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^ S ^ f- - AgTTgQy . PgJPEIi ,. LVll £ . CONSPIRACY OF THE COTTON LDSDS AGA . IHST THE OPPRESSED FACTORY ~ OPEKATIYE 3 . Ttis toirn and neighbourhood ( bo much noted for the tyranny an * oppression practised by the mill-owners over the poorf&etory slaves ) ia threatened again with a general strike for wages . It is a -well-known fact , that the markets connected tritli the cotton manufacture hare for some time back teen jnnch more " healthy" V ^ n they -were wont W be . finch being the case , the ¦ srorkmen iave come to the c-mdusion ( and jusay bo ) that they , baring had to suffer from the " badness of tride " , ought -now to reap a IitSJe ol the ;¦ benefit * accruing from ita revival . They care , therefore , requested their employers to give them that -which they promised at the last reduction , viz ., an advance of J | i per eat , —that belag the amount ts \ ea from ihe ^ rtaverson tbat occasion .
> f o E&onet -was this application made fey the bands in frhe eroJty of ilessra . Rayners , —ene of the firms payjig thrfworst prices in the town , —than one ef the Ionltat plots ever known was nnbluBhingly published , J > y the following placard : — * ' FCBiTcUoncB . —As It cannot escape observation that the workpeople of this neighbourhood are in a sr * te of great excitement on the subject of w » ges : —We the undersigned Blasters of Aahton-nnder-Xyne ,. Hurst , Dukicneld , and Mossley , anxious to prevent all the inconvenience and suffering which would result from another turn-out , hereby declare that neither the state of toads , nor a fair comparison of the rate of wages paid herewith those of other districts , authorises an ad-Tance at the present moment ; and we feel it our dnty therefore togive this public notice , that whilst we have no wizh to lower wagts , or to refuse a careful consideration of any proTed grievance , vi ab . e prepared steadily to sesisx asy adtascb , ok ant FURTHER BSCBOACHMBSI OS ANT INDIVIDUAL T 1 RH .
J . B . Beyner and Brothers , > RobertXees and Sons , Jn and Join Keu'Borthy , Abel Buckley and Co . Samuel Heginbotom and PbU * Plait ,. Squs , JohnRedfern and Sons , Samuel Robinson , Nathaniel Buckle ; and James Brooke and Co . Sons , Hyde , Sons , and Sowerby , 3 inns , Dsan , and Sons , Thomas Mellor and Sons , James Knott and Son , John Whittaker and Sons , Peter L ? igb , " " KoTember Srd , 1 S 4 S . " The factory operatives were , however , determined
mat they would not be frightened out of their rights , and knowing that the hands of Mr . Wood ., of Olossop , bv ? e obtained an advance of one penny par cut upon 27-inch elath , nineteen picks and twenty-nine yards long , being Is . per cot now paid for this kind of fsbric , they agreed that a public meeting of weavers and card-room hands should be called , those being two of the worst paid branches of factory labour , to take into consideration the statements put forth by the masters . A bin was immediately drawn up , and posted through the town , which ran * s follows : —
11 Public Notice . —As it cannot escape observation f * iat the manufacturers of Aahton unter-Lyne and its neighbourhood are labouring under great excitement , in conaeqnence of tbe operative power-loom weavers and rcrd-loom hands seeking an advance of wages , knowing afc the «* Tno Hma that they have sufficient profits to give an advance , we , the operatives , are as anxious to prevent all the TPffV n TT ' Tnf > T'c * and suffering of another turn-out a » out employers , as we are tbe greatest fcafferers in the end . But still we are determined to
have an adTance , believing that it will benefit both m ? . v ters and operatives . The -manufacturers say that the tth&a of trade will not allow an advance of wages ; but -we know it to be a fact , and are able to prove that they are receiving from la . to Is . 3 d . per cut aore than they were eighteen months ago ; and some of them are manufacturing more than 1 , 000 cuts per day , which will amount to from « £ 15 . 000 to £ 30 , 000 per year , xnd ibej hare tbe assurance to issue a placard stating that the Bi&tfi of tr&dfi Will sot allow tlaem to give . ua hack the last redaction .
" Oar masters 4 rt&te that the rate of wages in other districts will sot justify them in giving an advance . "We again refer them to Grlossop and several other districts , who bava au advance , and are now paying more than they are in this district Our employers state that they are wining to x&dress our grievances . ' The folio wisg are a few of them ;—" 1 st—We want our wages weekly . * ' 2 ad-r-Somfl of oar employers make " ta pay for shuttles , windows , and machinery which may happen to get broken or -warn oat , and charge na for them , Whidl WB have BO wg'h * to pay , as li Is sot our machinery , neithais it oar ikal * . « Srd— -Our employers turn Cuts on our hands for prttended faults / and make us pay more for them than the market price - " * ih—Ai aeme of the millathey quarter four times -day , two-pence per time , is particular J . B . Bsysez and Brothers .
" 0 . 1 Beyners , 01 Reynera , how often have you been tie first to reduce wages , and now you are taking Amo&t conspicuous part to prevent an advance . " TLere are other grievances which we shall not now enumerate , but shall reserve them for a future period . "Weavers and card-room hands , attend the meeting Which win beheld In the Cbarlestown meeting room , on Wednesday evening , Not . 8 th , at ^ ight o ' clock , and shew by your thousands that you are determined to be do longer trampled upon with impunity . ~ " 3 y Order of THB COMMUTES . " TTui—im nil , inn - " The public meeting called by tbe placard sent out by the Operative * was -very numerously attended , and was addressed by Mr . B . Pitting and others as to the coarse they ouRhi to pursue .
jfotwithstandiag the intimidating placard put forlh by the Mill-owners , the weavers of . Messrs . Rayners to the number of 417 , have given a fortnight's notice , taavun-Issa they receive an adTance of l ^ d per cat they will leave work ; * "fl to present bfercg charged -with illegally leaving the >« " >«" ' employ , eech person gave notice singly in the warehouse . Since : the above notice was given , tbe masters whose nfmim appear to the public placard above given , in order te prevent any support being rendered to the hands of Messrs . Beyaer ' s , whose notice expires this woek ; and to carry out their infamens designs , have put up in their rarious warehouses the following printed notice -. — " This is to give notice that we intend to dose our Weaving Departments on the 25 th of November . " . Signed THere follows the name of the firmT
Comment on the above is useless . Suffice it to say , th at such a course will throw out of employment about 4 , 00 © weavers ; and in a short time the other hands will haTe to leave work ; thus we may expect at least 8 , 000 or 10 , 000 person ? walking the streets in the coarse of s few days .
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PHONOGRAPHY . fj ^ bridffedjrom iht Ph&xaffraphie JtnmzaLj 11 Ms DBAS SiB , —Phonography may truly T » called * talking on paper . * 1 am in daily , nay hourly , conversation with my phonegrapbic friends , both at home and abroad . The port brings daily communications ; -and local phonographers , are hourly leaving fcheir conversational letters , to which I reply with a rapidity little excelled by speech ; but when unfortunate enough tc receive a long-hand letter , to which I have to return * long-hand reply , then I hare to forego the pleasure f using fills delightful mode of speech , 2 nd have tc sfflirt myself half an hour to write what I might in Phonography say in five minutes . I feel , on suet ootaaoES , as if J were a stammerer , aud had an
impediment m my wricos speech , which is exceedingly annoying . . The more 1 think of and practise this beautiful ecisnee , the more powerful an its appeals for increased activity in spreading a knowledge of its principle * , and scattering , far and wide , the seed which is yet to prodnee . a harvest of blessings to this and every other nation—a harvest of -which , at present , we baTB not the most remote ca& ££ |> tlun . I Wiere tbe ztdvsntsjM to be derived from Phonography are * as innumerable as ike stars of night , or stars of morn—dewdrops which tbe sun impeuls en every leaf and every Itower . ' It is time that people were made more folly aim to the erroneousness of our present orthography , and the great necessity that exists for a briefer and Eore correct method of communication by means of the
pen and presi The fuuntains ol truth and knowledge are , to a great extent , closed to the mass of the people , on account of the confusion and ^ difficulty which now block up the -entrance to them , in the shape of a written language coaposed of abont 50 , 000 words , of which 49 950 are incorrectly xptlt , and only 50 are , whaio 2 of them ought to oe , types OP THB SPOXBS sociutt . The . schoolmaster , however , is now abread ; * na we may faajy hope the day win come when this anomaly -mil be looked upon as a thing that was . We appeal to our Phonographic friends 10 use still creater exemofis ia the promulgation of the great and useful troths or paoDBUc Writing . It 3 . vme that , xo cbaiwe T ^ TV ^^ y ^^ * " *™^* * t « 25 SS ? £ = ? SSw 5
NSW XASGCAGa-One of a company of coala respectable farmer , reading in xtiz neighbonr ^> d painted In the ww Vhonogt&luc S « S ^ Sf ^ golon confid « iay said it was "Qree-ek-- a aeeona speaker asaerrated it was Haybrew-- a ' third that it waa " sarfinly tonner leiiher ) Haybrew or Qree-ek , < x may happen Jarmint . " In short all of them mar-Yelled greaSy on being told the amount *> f inforn » Biion contained in so small b ccmp&ss , and wondered what would be done next—JBdh Journal .
JdzBTHTB Tidtil—Last Sanday eyeming a meet in ^ Tfasiioldea to c ommen ce ibe carrying out of th New Plan , of Organization . Fifty-two meabfi trere enrolled , and arraugeiaenta are being made fo currying on the agitation Tjgsrously , by the spppinl mantJif a talented leeturfcr for Souik Wal *« . Stocexox-ob-Tkes— Mr . C . D . Stnart lecture here in the Mechanics' leading room , oh Moflda ; eyeaing lass .
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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 18 , 1843 .
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PROGRESS OF THE IRISH REBELLION . SINCE we last wrote , a True Bill has Deen found against the Irish Repealers ; and all VbingB for the present appear to progress in th&t systematic manner in wH ' cfc Statute Law can be warped to the performance of those duties to which its wielders desire to direct it . Thrast and counter thrust ; hit and counter hit , has been exchanged ; the respective expounders and mjBtifiers of the law appearing equally resolute . But as the intemperate and overanxious swordsman is no match for a cool and deliberate antagonist , neither does the babbling Mi '
T . B . Surra appear to have any chance with the cool , the judicious , and discriminating Jonathan Hehh . If the country was not likely to pay dearly for the farce now enacting in the Court of Queen ' s Bench in Ireland , we could join in that merriment , of Trhich the Learned Arcot ^ iEr-iizus r * t . appears to be the very life and soul . But inasmuch as the liberties of some men , and the national resources are at stake , we cannot avoid stamping the conduct of the Irish Attosxzt-Genk bai , with that deep and heavy brand of reprobation which it so well merits . We quite agree with the
Times as to the mock sentimentality which distingnished the English crooodiles when shedding tears over their Chartist prey . "We oan recollect the embarrasnnent of plain J . Campbeix , when in vain he attempted to read the last letter of theimmortal Shell . And hypocritical though tuch manifestations were jet they evinced a solemnity , whether real or assumed , which may be considered a necessary portion of the paraphernalia of a court of justice . Mr-T . B . Sxith , howeYer , is of a different opinion , and has therefore decided upon playing a different part .
Should a verdict of M guilty" be the result however > the country will then loek back upon the proceedings as a whole : and seeing the indecent manner in which they were commenced , it will be difficult to reconcile them to the result . The captious , the cantankerous , the unprofessional , and ungentlemanlike manner in which this legal Don Quixote has treated tbe Bench , the Bar , the travellers , and the public , has « t once stamped him as wholly unfit to wield the great and important powers rested in him , cot only in the present eventful crisis , but upon any , even the most unimportant , occasion .
So glaring has been the rancour of this law officer , that even the Bench , three of whom are known to hare a strong political bias in favour of " legitimacy , ' has been pat to the blash upon more occas ions than one , and compelled to rale against the Attorsst-Gbxzbjll , withoat requiring to hear argument upon the other side . Meantime , while the storm lulls in the teapot , the hurricane continues to rage ontside . Towns are being Btill garrisoned , and provisioned for a long siege . Our warships are still moored in our ports . The Chelsea pensioners are Btill being drilled . The loyal Protestants are being secretly armed . Upon the
side of aggression all goes merrily on ; while we hear scarce a breath about that Commission upon whose report the foundation of future tranquillity is to be based . There have been so many nostrums proposed for the tranquilization of Ireland , that even allowing all to be good , it would puzzle tbe Teriest sage to select from the lot . The Times , indeed , claims credit for being the terrier that roused the bull-dog to action ; and also for having propounded those means of redress likely to be satisfactory to all parties ; and it is our purpose very briefly to analyse the arguments , the assumptions , and the proposals of onr contemporary .
In the outset of the agitation the Timet demanded as the remedy ) a mere difference of action from that which marked Whig policy . Thai journal recommended the appointment of friends to the Tory Administration , as » means of preserving Tory ascendancy ; to the end that the corrective power might be sufficiently strong to suppress tbe voice of complaint . Such was the first recommendation of the Times ; while in the estimation of its conductor there was not a smile practical grievance existing throughout the land . M Travel north , south , east , or
west , " quoth the Times , " and we defy yon to meet a peasant , traveller , farmer , or tourist , who will be able to assign a single practical grievance as a cause of the present dissatisfaction . " As soon , however , as the strong Government did assume a strong position , then the Times , always dissatisfied with every thing but itself , and anxious to hold the balance of power in Ireland as well as in Wales , began to speak of a redress of gr ievances , but more from a desire to hamper the Government than to see the object effected .
In thi 3 field of coercive c onciliation the Times has had a full summer ' s range . And upon Thursday last we were favoured with a digest of the long dream , with a compendium of the long history of tbb long-seeing journal . And what did it amount to % Why , after having laid down a number of plans for the pacilcation of Ireland , —tbe most accepted of which was a rival State Church ; and just as the reader must have been in exiacies at the revelations by which permanent peace was to be so cheaply purchased , behold the magician wields his wand , strikes the centre , and down tumbles the fairy palace , leaving nothing to be seen amid the ruins , save these sad words : " This is our remedy , but U is impossible to apply it . "
However the Times may now find it convenient to defend its policy wiih reference to the Reptal agitation , to guess after action , and prophecy a ter event , yet we confidently veutnre to predicate , tbat never in the annals of newspaper -writing has any journal ever yet presented such a jumble of heterogenous absurdity , as the Times has upon Irish affairs . The Times appears perfectly satisfied with the master hand by which the military blow was struck in Ireland ; but like ourselves is dissatisfied with the manner in which the legal arm has been wielded . The difference between as , however , is this : the objection of the Times is not so much to the condnct , as to the appointment of Mr . T . B . Smith as a part
of Sib Robkbt Peel ' s Government ; while the object in praising the Iron Duke evinces nothing more than a desire to play off the spleen oi the disappointed Lord j 4 sHBDBro » : and thus , in the persons of the Duke and the Attorney-General , are the battles with Peel and Asbbbbton fonght . For our : part however , vre think there was equal ill-will , j precipitancy , andranconr evinced in the mode of ; commencing the proclamation warfare , that has been since so characteristically foEowed Up in the Conrt of Queen ' s Bench . Very little doubt can now exist that public opinion f has given a shock to GoT ^ mmeut intention . And to j that we must ascribe the hasty abandonment of
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further proceedings againat the Repealers . We , as well as the Times , ventured upon a few predictions relative to the Repeal agitation ; and one ef which was , that the conduct which the Irish Attorney General was certain to pursue , would be followed by the destruction of the Irish Government . To that predictioa we Btill adhere , well knowing that the administration of Lord Us Grey ib unpalatable to a majority of tbe English Cabinet ; while the appointment of Mr . T . B . Smith , who was obliged to fly to Ripon , a pocket borough of Lord De Geey ' s
relative ' s , for a seat , has caused general dissatisfaction throughout Ireland . That Lord Eliot U prepariug to take his stand with Sir Robret Peel and the conciliative portion of the Cabinet , is manifest from bis present inactivity . And perhaps no fairer opportunity could have been presented to Sir Robest Peel , as a justification for flinging the rampant Irish Churoh party overboard ; and to that end we anticipate the recommendation of some such policy in tbe report to be laid before Parliament by the Irish Commissioners .
Meantime the condition of South Wales , the manifest tendency to a decline in the English market , together with the non-intrusion question in Scotland , added to the increasing acts of incendiarism , all give earnest of an unquiet winter . Authority should draw no hasty conclusion from the present delusive calm . If Irbh towns are garrisoned with English troops , it should be borne in mind that the most important towns in England are garrisoned with Irish hearts ; and in the event of tbe conviction of tbe Irish Repealers , we understand that it is the intention of the Irish residents in Lancashire and
Yorkshire , to convene a meeting of their own oountrymen in some central spot , to decide upon a petition to Parliament , or a memorial to the Queen , for their liberation . Such a step will not only be legal and constitutional , bat praiseworthy ; and will be rendered more effective by the peaceable and harmonious manner in which the assembled thousands and hundreds of thousands will be sure to transact their business ; Suoh an example set by those two great counties , if the metropolis does not take tbe
- lead , would be sure to be followed by every distriot in England : thus verifying our oft repeated prediction , that England after all is tbe stage whereon Ireland ' s battle must be fought . Let us not be misunderstood . We do not mean a physical encounter between an unarmed people and an armed soldiery ; but we do mean that moral engagement in which the voice of knowledge mast silence the cannon ' s roar , and the point of argument blunt the sharpest sword .
Pablic opinion is now upon the stretch . The mind contemplates with horror the military preparations being now made for the subjugation of Irish liberty .. We warn the aggressors against rousing the English lion , or driving the Irish who have sought shelter in this land to that desperation which would assuredly follow the announcement that the English sword had been drawn against Irish liberty . The last Repeal campaign has put them in possession of more of their country ' s history than they were previously acquainted with ; and while it has taught them the wrongs they endure , at the same time it has informed them of the means they possess to redress them . The Irish are not like the people of any other country . They can act as one
man , when Ireland demands their co-operation ; while a traitor or approver is a thing seldom discovered in their ranks . They can live like hermits : and die like heroes ! and we venture to predict that upon the very first announcement of a verdict of guilty , that that Irishman who is known to smoke a pipe , to taste of ezciseable spirits , or of any article from which duty was wrung to carry on the war of aggression , will be denounced as a traitor to his country . Erery Irishman will soon turn his hovel into a temperance hotel , where neither coffee , tea or sugar will be used , or anything that will furnish the sinews of war ; and we believe that there is not an Irish publican who would not vie in being the leader to surrender Mb trade , though erer so lucrative , upon the altar o £ his oountry .
What chance , then , can a military force have against such a people ! And if the Irish , in their own land , only abstain from any act of violence , be the provocation ever so great , they may rest assured that tbeir countrymen in England possess sufficient power , backed as they would be by the English working classes , to accomplish the freedom of their country . We have given copious reports of the manner in which justice was sought to be withhold from the Irish travellers , by the Iiish Attorney-Gbnxrai .. Those reports will be read by every man , with diseust , while all will be prepared to receive a verdict of " guilty , " should such be the the result , as an offering to one man ' s vengeance , rather than as the vindication of the offended law .
THE CRISIS . We announced last month that it waa the practice of monied men in the city to publish a monthly circular setting forth their views and opinions relative to the several securities in the investment of which they were entrusted by other parties . We then selected the circular of Mr . Thomas Allsop for comment , and from it we exhibited the fact that that discriminating and talented agent loosed to the cultivation of the laud as the only feasible means of
escape from our present difficulties . His reasoning upon the subject was so brief , but yet conclusive , tbat we submitted the whole of that portion of his circHlar to our readers . It was evident that the writer had drawn his conclusions from a general review of the whole system , rather than from any partiality that he entertained for an agricultural life . He has followed up his able circular of last month by one for the present which now lies before us ; and from which we beg to submit the following ail-important paragraph . He says : —
" The abundance of money so often noticed continues , though without any beneficial results . " The great source of national prosperity , beneficial and constant employment , has not been realized ; and though new markets are open in the East , there is reason to fear that the machine-producing power in this country ALONE will far outrun any reasonable or probable demand , without much permanent benefit to the great bulk of the population . It is quite evident to men of practical experience—to reflective observers , that great changes are inevitable , and , if not made by
the Government , will be forced into operation by the alterations which have taken place in the material condition of the population , by the rapid diffusion of usefnl Information and intelligence , and by the frightful anomalies which abound in our social system ; anomalies which are bo numerous and of such frequent occurrence as to excite neither sensation nor remark from those exposed te their immediate operation . As tbe Sun , ere it is risen , sometimes paints its image in the atmosphere , X ) the spirit of great change strides on before tbe change itself , and in to-day is seen the morrow . "
If we required any proof of the soundness of our own reasoning upon the general system , here we have it furnished by one whose business it is to direct capitalists in the investment of their funds . This review , at any time important , is doubly 80 a the present moment , when the cry of a " renewal of trade" rings in our ears . We have printed the above extract precisely as we found it ; and let those who so loudly vaunt the mighty influences of "Free Trade , " draw what conclusions they may from their own fanciful imaginations , they caunot get over the one emphasised word , " alone , " which , in speaking of machine-producing power , Mr . Allsop says , will " alone" far
outran any reasonable or prob&ble demand without much permanent benefit to the great bulk of the population . It is cheering to find men of Mr-Allsop's rank and talent looking to the rapid diffusion of information and intelligence , as a means of destroying those frightful anomalies which abound ia our social system . We would recommend our rulers to look npon the miniature of their condition , as presented by Mr . Aixsop , indicative of that full image in tbe atmosphere which must , ere long , remind them of that havoc into which their mis-rule is hurrying tbe nation . The principles of democracy it would appear , have not only forced themselves upon the consideration of the landed and shop-keepng classes , but they are now beginning to find their
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way amongst that body , whose sole consideration ever has been the best and most efficacious mode of protecting their own peculiar description of property . Thebalanoa of opinion has alternated between Whig and Tory principles i ; each preferred in turn , according to the inducements for speculation and protection for gambling , that they could offer ; but we now find that to the employment of a consuming prodacing power , and to that alone , the gentlemen of the Stock Exchange look for profit and security .
We cannot conclude this brief notice of bo important a subjeot , without tendering our best thanks to Mr . Allsop , for having thus Bprung from his *• order , " and thrown the weight of his talent and experience into the Labour scale . We are indebted to a correspondent for Mr . Allsop ' s circular ; and should this meet his eye , we rrould esteem it as a favour if ,, in future , he would transmit us an early copy , in order that we may follow him in his train of reasoning ; and , if not requesting too much , we
would hail with pleasure a more extensive commentary from his pen , upon all those matters connected with the monetary affairs transacted on " 'Change " He has now got fairly at the root of the great evil ; and no service can be greater than that which will enable the working classes to judge dearly and dispassionately upon the effect that the doings of this apparently dissociated section have upon all those concerns in life which mainly affect the comforts of the working classes .
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THE QUESTIONS SETTLED AT LAST . WILL THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS BENEFIT THE WORKING CLASSES ? AND IS O'CONNOR IN THE PAY OF THE TORIES ! At length and at last these questions are set at rest . They are completely settled ; placed beyond the power of doubt or disputation . They have agitated men ' s minds for a long period ' They have caused much discussion ; more dogmatism ; and no small amount of ill-feeling and bad blood . All this however is now at an end . The finisher is given to it all .
The cry that " O'Connob is in the pay of the Teries"has been most industriously circulated . It was in tbe mouth of every ; Corn-Law Repealer , the moment that O'Connor ' s name and doings were mentioned . It mattered not that the accusation received an emphatic denial . It mattered not that proof was challenged and demanded . It mattered not that no one ever attempted to give even a shadow of proof . It mattered not all this : the accusation was still generally bandied about .
Now this did not suit some of the Barnsley Repealers . They were anxious to know whether there were any foundation for the accusation or not . They knew that they had no proof of it themselves ; and they , therefore sought for it , from one who would necessarily know , if the thing were even so . Iu the neighbourhood of ¦ Barnsley there lives one who can " read the stars" I one who has the power
to opon the book , of fate ,: and tell both what has happened , and what is to happen . His power to do this is well kfloivn . His judgment , with his means of information , is known to be infallible . He was never known to be wrong ; and he has been consulted in oases of emergency and weighty importance by thousands of individuals . Indeed he is known in the entire neighbourhood as
West , the Wise man . To this man the Corn Law Repealers resolved to appeal . He could cut the Gordian knot . He eould tell , if any man on earth could ; he , who knew all things , past , present , and to come . Accordingly a Mr . Leadsfobd , with two brothers of the name of Hunt , and a few more , from Worsbro ' Common , repaired to the seer . Arrived there , and being duly ushered into tbe presence of the Wise-man ^ they detailed tbeir errand . Their minds were disturbed . They were anxious to know the truth ; they knew he alone could tell them .
Was Feabgus O'Connqb iw the pay of the Toriss } The Wise-man retired . He entered his study . He put on his considering-c&p . He consulted the stars . He asked the question of fate ; and , having got his answer , he returned to the querists . All wa breatless anxiety . The Oracle opened his lips . He procounced . The words were : — " NO . O'Connor is not in the pay of the Tories . "
Here was a stunner I As it was , however , from the book of fate itself , they reoeived the information with ail-becoming acquiescence . They next essayed another trial of the Wise-man ' s wisdom . They put it to him : "Would a Repeal of the Corn Laws benefit the work ing classes ? " Again he retired . Again he consu'ted the starry heavens . Again he received his answer ; and again he imparted it to his inquirers . The answer was : — "Net under Existing Circumstances . '
This was ajinisher . The poor League men were done for . It was death to all their hopes ; all their aspirations . The dictum they dare not dispute . It was truth from the lips of the wisr . Their own poor notions were surrendered at once ; and they departed wiser and better men . Before leaving , one of the party had another
striking proof of the means of all knowledge , on the part of the Wise-man . Recollecting that his garden had been lately robbed , he told the oiroum 3 tance and wished to know who had committed the depredation . The Wise-man went to consult . On hia return , he named the thief ; and the querists retired to their homes , perfectly satisfied that the oracle had spoken truth .
Thus , then , these knotty points are set at rest Who , after this , will dare to assert the truth of the pay-of-thc-Tories accusation ! or augur good from a repeal of the Corn Laws 2
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The Scotch Blasphemy Trj AL 3 . —We had intended to comment at some length ou these atrocious mockeries dignified with the names of " law" and "justice , '" but are compelled moat relutantly by press of matter to postpone our remarks till next week . John Dpncan , op Dundee—A Correspondent writes to us that " Mr . Duncan is , and has been for some months past in a very bad state of health . " He says " He ( Mr . D . ) was singled out last year at the time of the strike as one of the objects of prosecution ; was thrown into gaol , where he lay for sQuiotime , and kept in suspense regarding his trial ; and being of a nervous and excitable cast of mind , it preyed upon him to such
an extent that he is now confined to his bed with but poor prospects of recovery . lie has been removed to Edinburgh . " Our Correspondent adds— " That a very : small sum . from each of the places where Mr . Duncan has lectured would do much to relieve him aud his family at this trying period ; and we are sure that if tbe Editor of the Slav be kind enough to give this a place , it wili be responded to . '' Liberation of George white . —Mr . Stallwood appeals to the Londttn Chartists to remember that Mr . White will be liberated at Christinas ( the 7 th of January , we believe , is tbe day ) , and that that event ought not to pass by unheeded . He suggest * that Committees should be formed immediately in all the Metropolitan localities to form arrangements to escort
Mr . White from his prison by a procession , or otherwise arrange to give him a reception in some way worthy of his services . Mr . Stallwood goes on to suggest other matters to the London Chartista which may be best done by Mr . S . himself , to " enable the viotim of tyranny to return to his home batter than , he left it . " Amen , say we . Priestcraft versus Chartism . —Our Newcastle correspondent sends us the following : —John and Frances Scott , of Ouseburn Bank-top , had an infant child of theits christened in All Saints * Church , Newcaitfe , by the Rev . J . R . Green , on Sunday , the 5 th inst . The Rev . Gentleman , after performing the
ceremony upon several other infants , took the child referred to in his arms , and was preparing to go through the usual form , when the godmother told hia Reverence !?) that the name was to be Eleanor Frost , O'Connor . ' Upon which he refused to k&p the child in his a / TOS , but returned her to the godmother and performed the rites of baptism in the woman ' s arms ! The Bar . individual baptised several children before and alter E P . O'C * all of whom be held in hia arms during the ceremony ; but her he . would not , beo&'ase she was to be called Eleanor Frost O'Connor '' Bristol Chartists .- —All communications must be ^ B ent to Mr , F . C . Evans , No . 4 , Warlborough-hill , Bristol ,
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London Correspondent fob thb <« Northern Star . "— Mr . Edmund Stallwood , having been appoint * d Correspondent for the Metropolis , requests of tbe sub-Secretariea and others to forward him timely notica of all forthcoming political * trades , and other meetings ; that , where possible , he may attendthem . Mr . S . will ta obliged for all information touching the Chartist cause , and matters of " news" in general . All communications to be addressed to Mr . Stallwood , at No . 6 , tittle Vale Place , Hammersmith ; or at Mr . Wheeler ' si 243 $ , Temple Bar ^ Mr . John West-t-AH communications for Mr . Weat , must be addressed , No . 20 , Lambert-street , Sheffield . «« Stars" to Ireland . —Mr . Green , Vine Yard ,
Sheffield , acknowledges the receipt of a number jof Stars . They have been forwarded to Ireland . A . B . C—If the wife makes oath that Bbe has been ill-treated , tbat aha cannot live with her husband , &c , the law will compel him to keep her . What might be the rate of allowance , we cannot Bay ; that would rest with the magistrates . Thomas Webb , Stockpori . —We do not see that the par ty has any right to interfere . Tbos . Webb is surely at liberty to visit his friends when he pleases ; and , at their reqhst , to coll 3 t from them their , subscriptions for the ] society of which they are members . We hope T . Webb will let us know whether the serceant of police tries to enforce h s threat or
not i Thos . Clark , late ; of ^ tockport , but now member of tbe Executive Committee , London , wribs as follows : — j Sib , —In the Star of Saturday Issfc , under the head of " Bath , " it is stated that " Mr . Clark , of Stockport " lectured on the previous Monday . It also appears the " Mr . Clark" mentioned attended without an invitation , or giving proper noHce . Now , Sir , as I am the only persotn known by the Chartists as " Mr . Clark , of Stoekport , " and not feeling ambitious of appearing in the position of the person above Blinded to . yon iwlll oblige me by informing your readers tbat I have b : on resident iu London for the
last month . j The Poets . —The iHues headed The death of the Factory Child , " we must respectfully decline . Tbe " Song , " by the ! " Charlestown Poet , " is not Bufflciently poetic , 'f An Old Radical's ' " acrostic , &c . will not do . j George WHiTE .-PThe Birmingham Committee acknowledge the sub of ten shillings from Bronwgrove , for Mr . White . ! The Birmingham Shoemakers have sent Mr . White 7 a . ; # Thb Glasgow Pottery . —Sir . ce writing the notice which , under this ] head , appears in our seventh page , we have received a communication from oar Glasgow Correspondent , vouching for the truth of the statements of "An Enemy to Whig and Tory Tyranny . "
Our Correspondent says : — " I find that an attempt is made to contradict the statements of 'An Enemy to Tyranny' in the case of The Glasgow Pottery * . I have had occeiion to meet with the friend who signs himself as above , Bince Saturday last ; and , after full inquiry , and without wishing to do injustice to a » y one , I bave no hesitation in saying , that the meeting got up in the Pottery was got up at the bidding of the masters , and that many of the men who gave acquiescence to the proceedings , did bo for the sake of tbeir employment " . The Truck System . —We had intended to have laid before our readers some most strange revealments , in relation to thi 4 robbing practice . We find that it has become systematised on tbe North Midland
Railway ; the tommy-shop , in that case , being a van to travel on ; the line from Leeds to Masbro , ' with the flour and other provisions for the men employed as plate-layers and road-repairers . The travelling truck-shop 1 Trucking by steam ! . We get on . Next week , perhaps , we shall be able to give all particulars . J . W . Parker next ] weekt Miners' Finances !—Wo request that our correspondents , who f ivour us with reports of Miners meetings , will endeavour to write correctly , at least let us have the ; names of persons , places , and items of finance , plainly and properly written . We cannot undertake to publish reports one week , aud the next , have to print a mass of corrections . Some of the communications we receive would
puzzle a " Philadelphia Lawyer" to make out ; no wonder the compositors make mistakes . We have this week received the following corrections : — ThornhiJ ] , 8 j . 9 d . i should have been Farnhill , 8 s . 9 d . Horse Shoe , Baraloy , o . }< l . ; should have been 7 a , 8 id . Bradford Colliery , should have been Bradiord Colliery 15 s . 2 d . Littleborough 153 . 21 ; should have been Littleborough , £ 1 2 s . 9 d . Fleece , Bolton , 3 k lid . ; should have been £ 3 Us . Horse Shoe , Ringley , £ 2 3 s . ; should have been Horse Shoe , Ringley , £ 1 3 s . Cheshire—The Secretaries of the Chartist Association in the following places are requested to send their address to Thomas Webb , 87 , Chester-gate , Stock porti ia order that there may be
arrangementa made for Mr . M'Gratb ' s , tour—Wimslow , Northwiohi Middlewicb , Nantwich , Conglecon , Maocleefield , Glossop , New Mills , Mottram , Hyde , Chester , Sandbaob , Warriogton . In any of the above places where there is no association in existence , correspondence from any Chartist friend will be attended to . A Subscbiber . —There was no evidence offered on the trial to shew that Mr . Frost was in Newport on the day ia quoetion . The report of the trial is the only information we bave upon the subject . Thk London Typb Founders . —We have received from this body an address , a considerable portion of which is occupied with thanks to the conductors of this paper for their advocacy of labour's rights and the Type Founder ' s cause in particular . We
beg to assure our jfriends that we justly appreciate their kindness , and shall in the future , as in the past , bo erer ready to do all that in our power lies to aid the cause of righteous labour against that of grinding " monopolizing" capital . The address contains several other matters which we would have published , bat for one reason . Our Sheffield correspondent has informed us that the strike in that town has happily terminated by the victory of the men . Hoping that ere this the like result bas taken place in London , we have witheld the address . Should our anticipations prove to be incorrect , we may publish such portions of it as may be necessary , at a future time . Simpsdn , Rland , and Ha worth , Bury . —Mr . O'Connor waain Ireland in the year 1839 .
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STATE PROSECUTIONS . —Dublin , Nov . 14 . . Judge Burton sat at half-past ten o ' clock , to hear motions of course . ) After the disposal of some cases , including that of the Queen v . Samuel Gray , which was postponed till next day , the State Prosecutions came on . Mr . Whiteside—The parties in the case of the Queen v . O'Connell and others were to appear ia person to-day , and ; the parties are in attendance now . j Sir Colman O'Logblin—They are in attendance , my Lords , for the' purpose of pleading , this being the last day . :
Mr . O'Connell , | accompanied by Mr . Daniel O'Connell , jun ., entered the Court , and was followed by the other , traversers , namely , Mr . John O'Connell , M . P ., Mr . Steele , Dr . Gray , Rev . Messrs . Tyrrell and Tierney , Mr , Barrett , Mr . Duffy , and Mr . Ray . j Mr . iorde—Mr . O'Connell hands in his plea , my Lords . ; Chief Justice—Mr . Daniel O'Connell . Mr . Forde—Ye ? , Mr . Daniel O'Connell , my Lord . :
Attorney-General—I would wish the Clerk of the Crown would state that piea . Mr . Johu O'Conucll banded ia his plea . The other defendants handed in their pleas . Clerk of tbe Crown—Do you wish to hear those pleas now read , Mri Attorney-General ? Attorney-General— I do . Chief Justice—Ar ; e there anymore pleas ? Clerk of the Crowin—There are none , my Lord . ' The officer then read the following plea : —
IN THE QUEEN ' S BENCH CROWN SIDE . TTie Queen against Daniel O'Connell John O ' Connell Thos Steele T M R « y John Gray Charles G Duffy Rev P J Tyrrell , Rev T Tierny Richard Barrett And now the saifi Daniel O'Connell iu his own proper person comes into the Court here of our Lady the Queen before the Queen herself and having heard the said alleged indictment read and protesting that he is not guilty of the premises charged in the said alleged indictment or any part thereof for plea ; in abatement thereto nevertheless saith that ! he ought not to be compelled to answer the said alleged indictment and that the same ought to be quashed because he saith tne said indictment heretofore to wit on the 2 d day of November in the year of our Lord 1843 to wit at the said court of our , said Lady the Queen before the
Queen herself to wit in the parish or St . Mark in the county of the city jof Dublin aforesaid was found a true bill by the jurors upon the evidence of divers to wit four witnesses then and there produced before them and then and there examined by the . jurors aforesaid and that the said witnesses then and there produced before and examined by the jurors aforesaid wore nor was any of them previous to their and his being so exaamined by the juror a aforesaid sworn in . the said court of our said lady the Queen , before the Queen herself according to the provisions of a certain statute passed in a certain session of parliament holden in the 56 th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George III . intituled an act to regulate proceedings of grand juries in Ireland upon bUis of indictment to wit in the parish of St , Mark ia the
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county of the city of Dublin aforesaid and he is read * to verify wherefore he prays judgment of the said indictment and that the same may be quashed and so forth . ,. _ , .,, , Daniel O'Connell . Mr . Forde—All the rest are the same . Attorney-General—Now , my Lords , I object to any of those pleas being received by the court 'and the court will of course allow ma time until to-morrow morning , that I may be prepared to state at length the grounds on which I object to them . I don't conceive fhat at this stage of the proceedings the party can plead in abatement , for if they plead in abatement at all , they shall plead that plea on arraignment , and on being put in charge Biit until I have on opportunity of looking into the pleas , I hope the court will not receive them , and tbat I shall have an opportunity of addressing the court in the morning .
Mr . Forde—The time for pleading expires tonight . Clerk of the Crown—They can be received as of to-day . Chief Justice—There is a similar plea tendered on the part of each traverser . Mr . Forde—Yes , my Lord , verbatim . The time for pleading expires to-uight , and we got no notice . Mr . M'Donough—Mr . Forde , wait awhile and leave it to counsel , if you please . Chief Justice ( to Attorney-General)—YoawiBb the consideration of those pleas to be postponed until
morning . Attorney-General—Yes , my Lord . Chief Justice—Of course , Mr . Attorney-General , that must be without prejudice to the rule on the traversers to appear and plead to-day . They have appeared and put in a plea ; and whether that be a valid or invalid plea , it is to be taken as if that plea were pnt in now . Attorney-General—Of course , my Lord , they tender that plea ; now , if the court be ultimately of opinion that it is a proper plea to be put on the
file-Mr . Hatchell—The way I conceive the case stands at present is this—The party came in within the limited time for pleading , and gave in his plea That plea was read , and the other pleas are exactly in the same words for all the parties . I conceive that plea is now put in , and on record . The traveasers seek no extension of time ; they have com * plied witn the rules of law , and the terms of their recognizance . If the Attorney-General conceive those pleas , or any of them , ought not to be received , they are open to objection , and his course will be to move to set aside those pleas on such grounds as he may be advised .
Attorney General—Tnis is a matter that must be left to the discretion of the court . If those pleas are not pleas that they would be justified in putting in at this stage of the proceedings ; and if the course Mr . Hatchell suggests were pursued , the consequence would be this—1 would have to serve notice to-morrow ; that notice could not be regularly moved until after to-morrow , and that will delay the investigation of that which ought to be investigated without delay—namely , the right of the traversers to pnt in those please at this state of the proceedings .
Mr . Hatchell—The court has already decided that a question arising in these trials should not be debated without due notice . Such was the course adopted with respect to us . I conceive the Attorney-General will not be too late to serve notice for after to-morrow . He will have full time to consider the bearing of the case , and to move to set aside tho pleas , or to demur to them . JudgeJbrampton— And if it were convenient for the Att ^ ey-General to state hip grounds of objection now he might make his motion , and the court would let it stand until the following morning .
The Chief Justice thought the matter was in the discretion of the conrt , and that counsel on either side ought not tc interfere with that discretion . The court had no right to go into the case then if it Would be inconvenient , and if no ends of public justice could be attained by it . It was , he conceived , in the discretion of the court to postpone it until the following morning , the parties having tendered their pleas , Mr . Whiteside—That , of course , is between the Crown Counsel and the court . We are not bound
to appear on that notice . Mr . Fitzgibbon—Suppose the Court shall determine to-morrow that those pleas are not in time C 3 pleaa in abatement , the time to plead to the merits lapses . But if the Court now determine it , the traversers are now in time to plead in bar . But if the Court postpone that consideration until tomorrow morning , it is only right that to-morrow be considered as to-day ; and if the Court will determine to-morrow that those pleas are not in time , all we want is , that the plea in bar shall be received to-morrow .
Attorney-General—When that matter is discussed to-morrow , that and the other circumstances of tho case will be under the control of the Court ; bnfc I trust that nothing will be anticipated or decided to-day . Chief Justice—The tr&versers are not to be prejudiced by the matter not being further discussed to-day . Mr . Whiteside—There is no decision calling upon us to appear on the part of the traversers , so you may argue it yourselves . Mr . Henn—I submit that by the course the Attorney-General asks the court to take , we are
deprived of a benefit which we are entitled to—not a benefit I would say , but a matter of right—and the reasons assigned by the Attorney-General discloses that fact ; for if the ( pleas were received now , and there is no reason why they should not be received , the Attorney-General conceives it would be necessary to serve notice , aud that that would cause delay . Bat if eoj it was a delay the party were entitled to ; that notice should apprize us of his reasons for objecting to the pleas . He complained of our making a motion without giving him two days ' notice ; and is it not reasonable that he should be required to give notice to us I
Chief Justice—I doubt if there can be any objection to the course the Attorney-Generol proposes ; and I eay , as a member of the Court , that four o ' clock is not a proper hour to go on with the discussion of this case . His Lordship had scarcely concluded these observations when the officer directed the crier to adjourn the court , and the Court was accordingly adjourned at about twenty minutes to four o ' clock , without further discussion of the case .
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SUNDERLAND . —Mr . D . Stuart lectured here on Sunday and Monday evenings , on the Repeal agitation , to very good audiences . Manchester . —carpenters' HALL .- ^ Tae Chartists of Manchester held their usual weekly meeting in the above Hall , on Sunday last , when a sermon was preaehed by that truly talented and worthy man , Mr . J . Barrow , from Bolton . The Bpacious Hall was crowded in every part by an attentive and respectable audience . 1 WII . NROW . —William Dixon , from Manchester , paid a viBit te this place , on Monday evening laBt , and delivered a lecture la the Chartist Room , to a large and respectable audience .
GLASGOW . —At a meeting held in the Youpg Men ' s Academy , College-street , on Mod day evening it was resolved , that a public meeting should be held on Monday evening next , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of advancing , so far as practicable , the plan of Organisation . Let all those who feel interested in the question Of & union with England and Wales , rally round the Ntw Organization , so far as it can be acted upon and instead of
finding faults , step forward and prepare for the Conference which is to meet in April next , when the whole country will have an opportunity of being consulted as to our future line of action , and if there be anything defective in the new plan , then will be the time to discus 3 such . I hope my fellow citizens will adopt such steps as will entitle them to be represented in the ensuing Conference . Men of Glasgow , recolleot this is your own cause ; therefore to the meeting on Monday evening next
. " ..- BHrD , 0 N ,--Mr . J . Adams lectured in the Chartist H » ll , Dale-street , on Wednesday evening lest . At the elo « e of the lecture , some objections were raised by a Corn-Law Repealer ( a Mr . Madden ) which ended in a challenge by Mr . Colquhoun , to discuss the merits of a repeal of the Corn Laws , under existing circumstances . This , Mr . Madder , found convenien t to decline ; but offered to meet any working man in the village on the question , which otter Mr . Wm . Brown at once accepted . ff DOMPHIES ^ -0 n Thursday , the Dumfries and Msxwelltown Working Men 8 Association , which has been in . existence for about seven yearswas
dis-, solved , or rather merged in . the National Charter Association . At a meeting of the members of the »« fe * sooiety , on Monday evening last , Mr . James M JNiel , stocking-maker , was nominated a member of the Council , in the room of Mr . John Bell , joiner , resigned . The cause is at present in a flourishing condition in Dumfries , both as regards accession to ™ ChartiBt ranks and increased zeal—a result which Mr . O'Connor ' s well-timed visit , and the introduction of our new Organization , have beea mainly instrumental in producing . Nottingham . —At the delegate meetine . held at
ilkestone , on Sunday last , Mr . Vickers , from Belper , m the ohair , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —1 st . " That a levy be laid upon each locality that has had the services of the lecturer to the full amount agreed to at the delegate meeting held at Nottingham in June last , to enable the Committee to pay off the arrears due to the Looture Fund . " 2 nd . "That this meeting records its sincere thanks to Mr . C . Doyle , for the able and consistent manner in which he has discharged hia duties whilst lecturing in this distriot ;; and should any locality be in want of a lecturer , they beg to recommend that gentleman as a powerful auxiliary to the cause of Chartism . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 18, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct828/page/4/
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