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THE NOBTBERN STAR SATUBDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1844.
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DISTEESSED CONDITION OF THE AGR 3-CULTURAL LABOURERS IN MIDDLESEX . A meeting of the landholders and principal inhabitants of the parish of RuisIIp , Middlesex ^ convened byR , Dean , Esq ., the Lord of the Manor , iras held this day ( Saturdav ) in the Yestrr-room of the church , for the purpose o £ adopting means for bettering the condition of the labouring poor of the parish . "Pie meeting iras held in consequence of another meeting convened by the churchwardens and overseers , and held on " Wednesday , the 4 th instant , ^ having terminated "without any satisfactory result having been come to . Ralph Dean , Esq ., having been called to the chair , the meeting "was addressed by several of the gentlemen present , and the following resolutions were unanimouslv agreed to : —
"That certain lands in the parish of Jtuislip , the property of Ralph Dean , "Esq ., amounting to about forty acres , be tired for the purpose of spade colti-Tanon . "That a person be appointed to live in the house situate on such lands : -which person must be a good accountant , and capable and accustomed to measuring land generally . " That the lands so hired be held in trust by the said Mr . Dean , the Rev . C . Packe , vicar , and 3 Iessrs . Soames , Pearce , Hoagnton . &c ., for such poor persons in the parish of Roislip , desirous of having the same , as tenants in common , subject nevertheless , to the following conditions - "—
" That the person appointed to superintend ( as proposed in the second resolution ) be authorised to issue tickets upon tie "TreasnitrSj Messrs . Hall , Smith , and Co ., banters ., TJxbridge , for all works the tenants shall perform , at the rate of twopence per pole for the digging , and for the other worlis in proportion . " That the owners and occupiers of land in the ¦ par ish of Ruislip be and are hereby requested to eonie forward and make np a fund , to be advanced for the cultivation and cropping of such land , such fund to amount to the sum of , £ 200 .
" That every person who advances £ 2 and upwards shall be constituted a member , and shall be entitled to voie upon any question that the trustees may bring forward , as to" the present or ftiture management of the land . That every person advancing £ 5 shall have two votes , £ 10 four votes ? £ 15 sis votes , £ 20 eisht votes ; and that the churchwardens , overseers , lind o-nardians of the parish be appointed visitors during the ienn they hold such offices . " That the farmers and others in Ruialip shall give all the assistance in j their power , by occasionally drawing manure , &c , to the said land .
" That a sale of the whole of the produce ol the said land ghnll take place annually , by auction , the last week , at the latest , of the month of October , in <> afh year , after "which a division of the proceeds ol the crop , and a statement of the receipts and expenses , shall be laid before the trustees . " That after paying the rail anil taxes on sut-h land , and the money advanced for carrying on the work , the balance of the sale of the crops shall be paid over by the trustees to such poor persons who shall have so laboured , in equal moieties , according to their respective shares . *• That any 3 > erson having a share in the division of such profits , being convicted of felony , shall be excluded from the benefits of such division /'
Jlessrs . Dean , Hooghton , Hill , Pearce , and Stone , Soames , &c , immediately put down their names for sums amounting to upwara * of £ 100 ; and the above , and several other gentlemen , at the suggestion of Captain Tite , entered into a liberal subscription for the immediate relief of the poor of the parish during the present iiiirlemeni season . The jaeeiiag- then adjourned .
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LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . Lloyd ' s , Satcbdat , Dec . 14 . — "f t ind easterly , light breeze , and cloudy . JF-axasocxB , Dec . 13 . — "Wind E . S . E ., strong gales . Bolivar , Faro , for Newcastle , ^ mb . bows stove , damage to bulwarks , staneheons , < fcc , and sails split , having been in contact with a brig on the night of the ~ th inst ., lai . 49 , long . 10 , W . ~ The Velocity , Blandfonl , irom Ilamburgh to Fogo ( Newfoundlandi , out nineteen days , has put backleaky , decks swept , bulwarks . saDs , and stancneons carried away , and with one man washed overboard , having enrountered severe gales from N . to W _ , and proceeded a * far as lat . 49 , lontr-50 W .
Lhth , Dzc . 13 . —The sloop Carron , bound to Aberlady , laden with grain , drove ashore , Irth inst ., within the creek at Aberlady , and fell -with the tide : cars © saved in a damaged state . The Thomas and James , of Shields , fronTLeven to Dundee , foundered , Sth inst ., off Todd ' s Head : crew saved . Gstmsbt , Dzc . 12 . —The Lavinia . of London , got on the Middle Sand to-day , came off , and sank about a mBe above ihe Ness Buoy . The Sylphide , from Bataria to Amsterdam , has put in here with both pumps going , having struck on the Solar Sand ; crew exhausted with pumping . The Meridian , of South Shields , got on the Middle Sand , came off leaky . The Gienalvon , Gibbs , from Stettin , is in the Roads , with eight feet water in her hold , and extra hands on board to work the pumps , and will , if possible , be got into the harbour this evening .
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Mextikg op rax Bishops . —His . Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has announced his intention to lummon a meeting of the Bench of Bishops , in consequence of the unhappy schism which at present agitates the church of England , in order to deliberate aid determine upon the rubrical observances to be enforced throughout ihe Tarious dioceses of England over which his Grace has jurisdiction . As yet it Ls undetermined whether the assemblage of the Bench of Bishops shall take place about the period of the annual convocation at St . Paul ' s , or "whether the synod shall take nlace at theeommeiieement of the wreniT > g month of Jannarv . The issuing of the recent pastoral letter of the Bishop of Exeter has caused fresh excitement among the laitv , and a new source
of embarrassment to the Church ; it is , therefore , not at . all improbable that an early day -will be determined upon by their Lordshipa , so that the feverish controversies relative to the gown and surphce , and the weekly offertory , maybe finally disposed of . Lasdloeds A 3 n > Tesxsts . —Now that the allotment system is extending to the labouring elass , let us call publie attention to another plan for " allotment , " greatly needed . It is unreasonable ihat farmers ( as Tast many have ) should occupy such very < it « isive farms ; and these of course are men of property , otherwise they could not undertake these " monster " iarms . These farms ought to be subdrri'led , and , by that means , thousands of other families might reap a comfortable maintenance . This is a . subject , at the present time , worthy of general consideration .
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REPEAL LT LONDON . Totxsdjt Evetesg , Dec . J 2 , lS 44 .- ^ The Inspector General has returned to London , and his appearance doe > not indicate that he has suffered much from Ms late illness in Dublin . At the "Wardmote , on Thursday last , he announced his intention of visiting all the wards in succession—a plan which , if carried out , will remove much dissatisfaction which has been hitherto occasioned by some wards not having been -riated at all An extraordinary plaeard / was put into circulation at the close of last week , calling upon the Inspector-General bv name to meet Messrs . Hyde and
Hnssey at the Westminster Ward , relative to certain alleged attacks made upon them . Some misunderstanding has also arisen in Liverpool amongst the Repealers . These dissensions are deeply to be deplored . The project for establishing reading rooms in Ireland is warmly recommended by the London Repealers , and they are beginning to ask , why should there not be similar reading rooms established in England ' . If ¦ they -were established , great good -would follow , and persons would spend in profitable reading the time which is now worse than lost in anirry discussions and Mekerinss .
Gratta 5 "VVabi . , White Lion , DsrET-LAXE . —On Sunday evening last the large room "was respectably attended . Mr . -T . Eugene Cavanash , son of the celebrated Translator of Moore ' s Melodies into Irish , ¦ was in the chair , and addressed the meeting in a speech which elicited the warmest applause . The Rev . Mr . J . Furlong followed , depicting the various modes of persecution resorted to by the English Go-Tenrment against the Irish priesthood , and said a new era was dawning upon Ire-laml . anrl the time was not far distant when liberty would be proclaimed throughout the length and breadth of the land , and Ireland would then be a nation . Fifteen were enrolled
- Liberator ' s W . ibd , Lote-Lxs-e , Srakitezx . —In thin ward the wardens have established reading rooms , which are "ireD attended every -evening . They are under the superintendence of those imsiimable gentlemen , the Rev . Messrs . Moore and Folev , and already are the beneficial results beginning to be felt . Gray's Lra 7 ? abb , Axbebt , Gsat ' s-iss-i ^ se . —On Sunday evening last Mr . Burke presided , and the meetinEr tra 3 addressed bv Mr . Collins . ' Several were enrolled . RoxHXBHrrHE New Wabd . —At the meeting of this "vrard on Sunday evening , at the Rose and Rummer , Paradise-street * Rotherithe , Mr . J-. Roach in the chair , Mr . Casserly read the proceedings of the last meeting at the Conciliation BalL Several able speeches were delivered , and twenty persons enrolled ihems elves -under the banner of Repeal
Issfeciob-Getesai's "Ward , Pjusce ' s Hbab , StobbtVGjie , TVxbimtssteb . — On Sunday evening , December ihe 1 st , a meeting , which -was well atxended , -srasheld , Master J . Biordan , in thechair . Mr . T-O ) aly ,-JLW . and V . ( Dr . Gray ' s Ward ) , addressed the meeting at great length , and highly complimented the parents of ^ their youthful chairman for instilling patnotic principles into Ms young breast . He then awdi . Bpon the present prospects of Repeal , and empfcaiically e&Dea npon . those present not to relax in their ¦ efforts for iathedand . " Twenty-one persons "were enrolled .
' Diu { teat ' s "Ward } -British Qcee-v ,, WhttecbossstKEPi , — At the last meeting of this ward , Mr Tierney , R . W ., presided . 2 , ir . T . Daly , R . W . and T ., addressed the meeting . Several were enrolled .
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Tke Iksfbctob-uixeral visited the foBowinS wards this week : —the Aldersgate on Sunday ; the St . Patrick ' s on Monday ; and the O'Connell on Tuesday . Brighton . —Cokcilutioh Tfabd . •—A meeting of thiB "ward was held on the 1 st inst ., Mr . Baraman ( an Englishman ) presiding on the occasion , who , in an eloquent speech , declared his sympathy for Ireland . Messrs . Butler and M'Cornick addressed the meeting at great length upon the question of Repeal . Extracts from several journals were read , and the meeting adjourned .
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THE NOBTBERN STAR SATUBDAY , DECEMBER 14 . 1844 .
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O'COXSOTi AND CHAMBERS . Wi last week assigned a sufficient reason for not hating sooner noticed the tract , entitled the " Employer an 3 the Employed , " recently published by the Messrs . CBiHBiis , of Edinburgh ; and we trust that the first part of Mr . O'Coskob ' s replj to that document , which Trill be found in our sixth page , will amply compensate for the delay . "We received scores of letters from all parts of the country , directing our attention to the tract ; and , having perused it carefully , we cannot come to other conclusion than that the Messrs . Chambers have been made
the instruments of the Free Trade party , the manufac Turing class , and the Toot Law Commissioners , to devote that power which their long services had procured them , to the destruction of any little self-pride and esteem that therrformer advocacy of Labour had raised in the minds of the woridng classes . The masterly , familiar , and convincing manner in which Mr . O'Cossob has handled the first branch of the subject leads us to anticipate , when the replv is concluded , one of the most able and valuable defenc-es of the cause of the working classes that has ye been submitted to their consideration .
Mr . O'Cossob ' s minute calculations , as well as the close manner in which he keeps Mr . Smith to the points urged bv his antaconist , are set forth dearly—and though in a familiar , yet in a " slashing " style . Coningss's , the hero of Mr . D'Iseaeij ' s last novel , is made to attach all importance to a good " cry " and a " slashing article . ' ^ o doubt the case made out by the unopposed Mr . Smith would have furnished a valuable " cry" for the Free Trade school , and would have afforded ample justification to thtir representatives for purifying the labouring classes of those manv " excesses , " and that great " improvidence , " of which the Messrs . Chambers complain , as the necessary preliminary to the enactment of sueh measures as would be satisfactorv to the " master" classes . "VVhen the people
• riot" and demand redress , their advocates contend for the necessirr of first disarming : and then legislation can be temperately deliberated upon . After the same fashion tie Messrs . Chaxbzbs point out the several obstacles vrtiioh stavni m the vray of popular rttlre ^ s , —tin- great L-st bring Labour combinations ; and thus hint to a class , — who . as Mr . OhaMbebs very candidly informs us , have nothing to do with '" feeling , " but consider all as matter ^ f 'business . "—the necessity of destroying combinations before redress can be administered . Such is the " cry"" relied upon to carry the " srnipathizers " triumphantly through the forthcoming session of Parliamt-nt ; while we have hope enough yet li-ft to believe that the ' slashing article , " intended as an answer to the ¦¦ m . " Tvin stifle tliat mock sentimentality about to t » e
offered as a substitute tor substantial relief . We are led to the belief , that , whatever the intentions or prospects might have been which induced the Messrs . Chambers to fulminate their dreadful anathemas against the labouring classes , thv masterly , convincing , and triumphant reply , which it is our pride this week to publi&h , will caust- tht-iii to abstain , in future , from striking a blow at thai hand by which thej have bvrn raised from poverty to affluence . As long as the Messrs . Chajibebs remained mere compilers of interesting works , —as jfuagers sucking thr brains of others , —they stood high in the world of literary comjulatiun . They were free from criticism ; wlule their happy selection * gave them a character for taste which insured them a certain amount 01 well-merited popularity .
They have now plunged into the troubled watt-rs of authorship ; and . according to the raging fashion , would assume originality as their introduction . In this new character , however , thpy have ^ signally , totally , aud disastrously tailed . Then- was a time when the hard blows of " buffer" Smith might have told upon the unresisting •¦ nmmmj " Jackson ; and if the previous leartmig of the Messrs . { . hahbxes has led to that nice criticism , which has t 3 ught the working classes to distinguish between matters of " feeling" and matters of " business , " we trust that its proper exercise upon th .-ir recent tract will convince them that the labour bestowed upon the enlightenment of the working classes has not been lost , and xhat the pupils are worthy of the masters .
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OT 0 X 5 ELL A > T > THE ' - "WHITE BOYS . " We ha \ e read somewhere ail account of a practised pickpocket , who , having relieved a gendeman of his purse in a crowd , and being pressed , took a knife out of his pocket and cu : his fingers across , and then holding them up streaming with blood , screamed out murder , and succeeded in diverting the attention of the mob from the cry of " Stop thief ; " to that of •• Murder , murder ! " Thus lie escaped , taking with him the sympathy of the bystanders , as well a 3 the purse of his victim . At the last
meeting of the loyal Repealers at the Conciliation Hall , Mr . Gbattas , M . P ., was at great pains to justify the agrarian outrages now becoming prevalent in Ireland . He adduced very good authority to establish the fict , that a * the Government broke the laws tj day , the people were justified in breaking them by night ; in fact , the general admission that the administration of all law in Ireland is a farce , should at least insure some kind of consideration , if not toleration , "for those who , in the wUdness of despair , are compelled to execute for themselves that justice which the laws « jf their country withhold .
We have laboured industriously and ince-ssantly , and we flatter ourselves not ineffectually , to prove that every act of agrarian outrage committed in Ireland is a consequence of oppression and misrule , and not a characteristic of the Irish people . At the same meeting Mr . O'Consell issued a commission to Mr . Sttxle , the head pacificator of Ireland , to hold special commissions under the loyal royal seal of the Kational Conciliators , for the trial of the White Bovg of the counties of Leitrim and Cavan . We have always deplored those occurrences of a prtedial nature , because fhev must inevitably injure the people ' s
movement . TTe think , however , that upon examining the speeches of Mr . O'Conxxm ., the most censorious will discover some justification for those acts of atrocity so universally complained of ; while we as « er ! without fear of contradiction that the " hope deferred" by Mr . O'Coxneli , himself ; the many juggles by which for a time he succeeded in allaying that thirst for vengeance for personal wrong which the law refused to redress , has now caused the Ion ? pent-up passions of the Irish people to burst forth , and has induced them to put a literal jjiterpretation upon Mr . O'CojOiEU- ' s
motto" Hereditary bondsmen , know ye not , TVho would be free , Oieniselc < -s ibllsi s-rrike the blow . " The Irish j-enple , long accustomed to look upon Mr . O'CoXXELL as the embodiment of their every hope and e-very wish , supi > osed the word " themsel-ves" to mean Mr . O'Coxxell , who was to strike the Wow for diem . lJisappointed at last , however , they have now " taken their affairs into their own hands . " The " repeal year" of 1843 has
passed and gone , while the Saxon sway is as powerful as ever ; the ' clenching year" of 184 * is drawing rapidly to its close , to be succeeded by 1 S 45 : and the Irish people are now told , " WHO K > -OWS BUT THX al ? XAL 3 iAl COUE AT LAST . " HoYYever . Mr . T . Steele is to add the honourable office of " Government Spy" to that of ' Head Pacificator . " The consequent cold-blooded sacrifice of innocent blood , which Mr . O'Cox sell assures us will be shed upon the scaffold , is borrifvinp to contemplate .
Admitting thfc act of an oppressed people taking the law into their own hands , under the name of White Boys , to be wrong , because likely to he unsuccessful , yet we ask Mr . O'Coxseia , and his commissioner , Mr . Stule , whether the odious duty < if 'bringing the thonghtless , the confiding , and the injured to justice , might not be safely confided to the guardianship of the " strong Government" and the police arrangements of their local minions ! Mr . O'Coxxell cannot set up morality as his creed—because he rejoiced
in the Kebecca outrages , as a means of compelling the Government to do justice , Mr . O'CosKILL 'boasts of having been mainly instrumental in carrying the Emancdpa ion Bill : but we tell . him that had not popular discontent , marshalled under the name of White Boyism in 1823 , compelled Mr . Gon 3 tJ * S to saddle the Protestant landedproprietors with their share of the tithe , and thereby weakened that link which bound them to the outward and -risible sign of Protestantism , Emancipation -would not yet have been achieved . . , . . . .
As we are told that all Catholic Ireland iiMsodated as one man of one mind in the determination to accomplish a Repeal of the Union , it is no great " stretch of fency to conclude that the "body of Cavan » nd Tjeitrim "Whiteboys consists ef a . number of Bepealers ; aye , and of Bepealers too , who have largely and deeply contributed , their share to swell the immense revenue of their Liberator .
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And should they he called upon to expiate » n the scaffold with their lives the crime of " striking the blow OiemselBej , " which they paid Mr . O'Gonwell liberally to " strike " for them , ive trust that his " Headsman , " Mr . Thomas Stzele will ^ render a faithftd account of the several amounts paid by the several victims to their own confi-i dence . In the speech to which we refer , Mr . O'Conneii ; invokes the aid of 900 , 000 men of fighting age : and , merciful Providence ; what inferences are the poor deluded Irish to draw from such bombast and gasconade . Let him talk as he will—let Mm preach as he may—and declare his adherence to the principle of Repeal as best he can ; yet we tell him that his riding-off on the Catholic Bequest Bill , and crjing out " blood and the scaffold , " while he has picked the pocketa of the sufferers , \ viU not satisfy the Irish people .
His' denunciation and threatened destruction of the poor White Boys , is in perfect keeping with his desertion of the Dorchester Labourers and Glasgow- Cotton Spii ners— -with his crusade against the Dublin Trades , his de- " nuncdutious of the Rechabitcs , and his exultations at a handful of Irish beardless recruits having slaughtered the people in the streets of Newport . Labouti is getting too strong for Mr . O'Connell : and as he was never the friend ofLiABOua , he dreads its vengeance when the day of retribution shall come . He mouthed his lamentations and
heaved his sobs over the Catholic blood shed at Kathcormac , which , in his several associations , he has oftenitmes declared yet cries to Heaven for vengeance ; but while the straw in the widow ' s haggard was yet crimsoned with the innocent blood of the widow ' s son , and while the event was fresh and feverish , and before the just excitement had passed away , when Mr . O'Connor gave notice of motion up ^ n the subject in the House of Commons , Mr . O'Coxxell requested him not to " embarrass" the Government with the question !
Is it wonderful , then , that the poor Irish , deserted by all whom they have paid and in whom they have faithfully confided , should look to other than hired advocacy for the correction of their grievances ? Again , we say , that while we lament this recurrence to outrage and the necessity which leads to it , we look with loathing and detestation upon the man who oners his service * to ferret out victims for the Saxon Jaw . Jfor will it satisfy the Irish people that the act is superinduced by the necessity of preserving perfect tranquillity as a means of accomplishing a Bepeal of the Union . What we say is , that if it
is necessary , Mr . O'Coxnell is the last man living who should enter upon the task ; while , perhaps , Mr . Steele will be found the most efficient to discbarge the painful duties imposed upon , him by his new onii > e . No doubt , the Irish Catholics will yet continue to furnish blood money" for the persecution of their own desh and blood . If so , be it so . We only hope that the time is not far distant when the disciples of a M athew will see the juggles by which the confiding Irish have been so long ainused .
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ROBINSON CRUSOE , AND HIS MAN FRIDAY , : AGAIN ! Mi . Joseph Stdkge lias some general notions of mili tary tactics , but is deficient in the art of bringing his troops into the > field . Just about this period of each year , Mr . Stotge starts on the recruiting service , and his battle-field being very extensive , "he reviews the outposts , commencing "fax north . " We learn from the Scotch newspapers , as well as from our Glasgow correspondents ) -that Mr . STtJUGE has "been recently engaged in the fruitless endeavour to take the Chart ist garrison of Glasgow by storm . Mr . S tubge , with characteristic obstinacy , appears to be resolved on a renewal of last sessional folly and again his man Fridav , who has so signalh failed as
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leader of the Irish federalists , is to lead on the " forlorn hope" agaiust the " strong chest . " To aid In this project , our present harmony is to be disturbed ; and all the competitors for popular support having failed to get a "bid" for working men ' s support by " wink or nod , " Mr . Stubge and his stafi' see the necessity of being less reserved with the Chartist body . Hence we find Mr Malcolm , one of the key * to the Stdroe bugle , sounding the new conditions on which the units of " Completism" will condescend to fraternize with the hundreds of Chartism .
We have silenced the " physical force" key-note ; arid Mr . Malcolm tells us , that we must also give up the note of " obstruction , " as far , at all events , as regards opposition to the Free Trade party . This young jackanapes has been " all things to all men , " and no doubt his teeth are watering for a snap at the Free-Trade cherry . Mr . Stcbge , however , should bear in mind the several lessons that the Chartists have already taught him ; and by this time he should understand , that if the ocean and the streams are to unite , the streams must run into the ocean , and not the ocean into the streams .
However , if in these days of novelty and invention , the universal waters of Chartism are to be turned up the hill into the narrow streams of Sectionalism , Mr . Crawfobd is not exactly the engineer to direct the new course , or to apply the several " locks" to the establishment of the new level . Mr . Mom , Colqdhocn , and others , notwithstanding the results anticipated from the apparent apathy of the Glasgow Chartists , appear to have been watchful sentinels , wide awake on their post , and therefore not so easily reconciled either to become passive instruments in the hands of the League , or to be dragooned into a preference of Whiggery to Toryism , Our preceptors tell us , that on two conditions only can we be admitted into fellowship with the wandering minstrels
of " Completism— the on <\ that we are to prefer the League to every other tiling in this world ; aud the other , that we are , upon all occusiuns , to give the preference to the Whigs in contests between the two rival parties . It is strange that the position of Mr . Stcrge at Birmingham , and his frequent denunciations of the League , did not serve us a curb to the flippant tongues of liis obsequious followers . However , for ourselves , when we daily discover such discrepancies between the theory of the soldiers and the practice of the Generals , we are irresistibly led to the conclusion , that with such an army we can enter into neither contract nor t $ iion , until they are first uniiixl ain <» i it themsclvts . ' As to the part that poor Mr . Crawford is designed to play in the revived farce of " Stopping the Supplies , " he is old enough to know that any advantage that could be derived from
its revival , has lost its electrifying novelty by the total failure of last year's experiment : and to advertize it " for representation this year , " will be but to confirm the public in a belief of his unfitness for that post of leadership which Mr . Stcroe is so anxious to confer on him , as the great Zuinin / ir . v de / ti > ie < l to obscure the Fissbubv Light ! In nothing have either Mr . Stukge or his party strengthened the hands of Mr . Pu . ncombe ; but , on the contrary , there lias existed a perceptible desire on their part to weaken his influence and to substitute their own leadqr in his stead . It is marvellous that as men grow older they do not grow wiser : for if those two gentlemen possessed one particle <>? reflective power , they might have discovered by this time , that the labour of disturb , ing Duncombe from the aiVpctions of the working classes , was a task wholly bevond their piirmy power .
We cannot , in addition to this warning word to Messrs , Stcroe and CrawkorD , conclude without noticing the claims of Messrs . Mom , <'< u . u . rHouN , aud the gallant Chartists of Glasgow , to the gratitude of the working classes in general . They are ever ready at their posts , when danger threatens , or when treachery assails their principles . We presume that the failure of tho attack mi the " outposts" will saw the " citidel" from such another assault an was made upon it last year by dissenting pursons , trafficking " pedlars , " ami masked Leaguers , under the puiso of Labour ' s friend * . However , should th * attempt be repeated , vw shall be at our post , to add another victory to the many that the united Chartists havt achieved over their disunited opponents .
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Specially to Agents . —The agents , whose accounts have been sent in , will please to remit the amount before next "Saturday . Sotice 8 of Forthcoming Meetings . — All notices of forthcoming meetings , to secure insertion , must be in the office by Wednesday mornings , excepting such as are arranged for after that day . Several came to hand last Friday , which were necessarily excluded . Reports of Sdnda . * Meetings . —All reports of Sunday meetings in England must be in the hands of the editor by Wednesday morning , or they will be excluded . Our Scotch frieuds must write so as to reach on Thursday mornings . The : bud Postal arrangements makes it
necessary to gjve them a day ' s grace . In all other places the time named , Wednesday , is late enough : as late as the other duties to the paper will allow us to give . ; Mh . T . Clark would oblige by writing sooner . A . C . A ,, Islingt 6 ^ . —Refer to the Star of August 31 , 1844 , and you will there . find your Subscription acknow . leged . " Politics and Pamies in Switzerland . " —r-We were requested last week to notify to our readers that the edition of the Jwnvil < k Geneva has for the present discontinued the articles '' on the state of Partif k in Switzerland , " owing to circumstances of a local character .
H . Ldnn , Hampstead —Get a copy of the l * st Tariff , from the Parlianien . try Publisher , Hansard , of Parliament-Street , and Great Turnstile , Holborn . T . Fathiil . —Thff last National Petition , signed by 3 , 500 , 000 tux-pn , yfers , and presented by Mr . Duhcombe , liad in it a clause pleading' for , and praying- for , a repeal of the Irish Legislative Union , j
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An Old Sr / nscaiBER , Stockpobt , c&naotcompel the Board of Gaardiaiis to do any thing , in the way of relieving the poor . { They are elected , and selected , to starve the poor ; and if they only allow Is . 6 d . per week for ah old woman , seventy-two years of age , why j " 'Tis their vocation , Hal . " They could refuse even that starvation allowance , and also admittance into their " house of horrors , " and who is there to iall them to account ? The pbotection of the poor has been taken away : we are trying to have it restoredi Charles Gwjilliah , Liverpool , need not be under no alarm about the splenetic effusions of the wincing " Lictor . " j He is powerless , either for good or evil . Like the venomous scorpion , he has been made to Ute himself ; arid his own destruction has followed by his own virus , i
A . C , Abbboath . We really cannot answer his queryfor we cannot understand it . John Roberts , Shrewsbury , overlooker in the Flax mill of thej Messrs . Marshall , of that place , writes to correct what he calls a " gross misrepresentation and libel" in a paragraph inserted in our last , stating that , " sixteen hands had struck work on account of severe fines ; " but in what either the misrepresentation or the libel consists we confess ourselves unable to discover ; tor Mr . Roberts distinctly says , " that siuih a strike did take place ; I admit . " He defends the act of " arbitrary fining" on ! the grounds , first , that those he inflicted
were smalZ in amount" — only two-pences and threepences ; and often times only one penny ; and second , that it is inecessary to protect the character of the manufacture of the Messrs . Marshall from the effects of " unjustifiable indolence and carelessness . " He also vouchsafes the information that he " fears God . and honours the King , " both of which he may do as long as , he likes ; but he should not "rob the labourer" either for the benefit of the Messrs .. Marshall or any body else . J . B . L . —Wp are again compelled by press of matter to withhold his first com munication . That received this week will be found in another column .
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FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE DOVER f RAILWAY . Wednesday morning , about one o ' clock , a most frightful and fatal accident occurred on the Dover Railway , near the nricklayers' Arms station , Old Kent-road , by which one man , named Robert Buckley , an enginedriver , was killed on the spot , and Aaron Wilkinson , the stoker , received such extensive injuries that his recovery is Utterly impossible . Several other persons were also severely injured arid conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , where they received every attention from the mskieiii house-surgeon . Jt appears that about twenty minutes after midnight the goods train destined for Dover , left the station at the Bricklayers '
Anns , lhe engine ( a new one , manufactured by Berry , Curtis , and Kennedy , of Liverpool , and named the " Forester" ) was attached to the trains ' , consisting of several trucks heavily laden . When the train was ready for starting , the engineer , Robert Buckley , a due young inan , and Aaron Wilkinson , the stoker , being told '' a )] way right , " proceeded onwards with it along the line , and it was observed by the men on duty that " she ran beautifully . " Unfortunately , however , lKjfore the train had reached more than halfway to the junction of the wooden with the earth-raised line , and just as it hart passed the timber-built viaduct near the Blue Anchor-road , the engine exploded with a report which was [ heard for some miles distant , the police stationed as far off as Woolwich marshes- havine
heard it , and the reflection at the moment caused l > y the fire and steam was so strong , that Deptforddockyard and the station at the Bricklayers' Arms were quite illuminated . There were three guards at the time with the ti"iin , and upon recovering from the stupor into which they were thrown by the occurrence , theyi discoveied that the engine had leaped completely over the side of the railway , and that the tender had broken through the latticed work foaning the left side / of the line , on to the ground , a depth of nearly eighteen feet . By the aid of their lamps they imiiiciUati-lv began to search for the engineer ami stoker . ] The latter they found about twenty feet from the train , bleeding most profusely from an extensive wound in the head . He was also so much
scalded by tilie sudden escape of the steam that his Hesli peeledioff upon their attempting to touch him . The most ijudienms measures were used , and Mr . Harvey , the deputy superintendent of thcluggage department ; having now come up with assistance from the station , the poor fellow was without delay conveyed tolthe Bricklayers' Arms station , and thence to ( Juy ' s Hospital in a cab . Search meanwhile was made for Buckley , and he was first perceived hythe whiteness of his trousers , the knee of which lay exposed from beneath one of the luggage trucks remaining upon the line . By great exertion the load was lifted from the body of the unfortunate man , but he was dead , being literally crushed to a mummy . The scene immediately after the accident baffles
description . One jof the trucks , piled full of bale ' s of merchandise , &e ., having by the violence of the shook been shattered to pieces , the various articles were forced fromjtheir enclosures , and strewed all over the line . The engine lay in the field , several yards from the snot on ihe line where the accident occurred , the wheels deeply embedded in the earth , and the body , boilers , and the machinery literally splintered to niccw . The side of the railway , which consists of a latticed work of wood all along the inclined plane , from the ( Jreyhound-bridge to the junction with the New Cross line , over which the engine and tender fell , is torn away for about eighteen feet . Upon instituting further inquiries , we found that that intended
journey of the Forester engine was only the fourth it would have made . " It was considered a very good one up to the time of the disaster . What caused the explosion has not yet been ascertained . The poor fellow Wilkinson was said to be so seriously injured that his recoveryj was considered hopeless . No information as to the probable cause ot the accident could be gleaned from him . It is most providential that at the time of the accident no passengers were with the train . The authorities of the railway unite in declaring-that the unfortunate deceased was a most sober and steady man , and respected by his employers as well as by all who knew him . Both he and the stoker were unmarvied . i
Further { Particulars . —As soon as possible the line was cleared of all obstructions , so that the regular traffic might not be impeded ; and at an early hour the directors who had assembled on the spot , with Mr . Cubitt , the lomocotire engineer , and Mr . ( iregory , ofjjthe Croydon line , considered it necessary to forward immediate intelligence of what had happened to C o lonel Pasley , the inspector-general of railroads , and who arrived soon after nine o ' clock , when a strict examination was gone into , the result of which is as follows . —The bursting of the locomotive being the supposed cause of the accident , their first object was to examine the engine as "it lay imbedded in the earth . After getting off the viaduct , it had pitched head foremost into the earth a depth of four feet , then turned over . They found the fire-box wits blown out as well as the whole of the lire ! bars , and the inner casing , between which and | the outer casing the steam generated , was also torn awav . The next point was to
examine what effect the explosion had had upon the viaduct ^ , and the probable cause of her getting off the same . [ They found , tiuon inquiry , that there had been two explosions , the nrst apparently took place about eighty feet from the spot where the engine was lying . Tb . ^ fire-bars at the bottom of the fire-box had been blown [ completely through the viaduct into arch No . 1 : 54 , njaking a hole three or four feet square . The second explosion not only blew- the fire-box through the arch No . 133 , but such was the force of the steam , that the engine "jumped , " and descended partly on the rails and partly off , a distance of eight or ten yaitl ^ , crushing the immense pieces of timber that supported the viaduct . The front door of the smoke-box iwas discovered about 100 yards distant . Although General Fasley ' s opinion was not publicly made known , we understand that he attributes the cause to a flaw in the copper , or a defect in rivetting the casing . j
The lats Dreadful Explosion on the Dovee Railway . — ¦• Additional Particulars . —This unfortunate occurrence , which is unparalleled , it is said , in railway accidents , has attracted the most serious attention of the officers and directors belonging to the line , as well as of the other metropolitan railway officers , several of whom have- inspected the spot for the purpose of collecting information ; for it has not previously been known for the boiler of a locomotive , while running , to explode and cause such havoc as on the present occasion . It has been stated , that Colonel 1 ' asley examined the shattered engine a few hours after the accident , and he has since sent his report to the Board of Trade . We have subsequently learned that other circumstances have since transpired wliich
will throw , ] it is said , additional light on the cause of the explosion . In the examination of the engine by Colonel Pasley and the engineers , on "Wednesday last , part of the inner casting round the fire-box was found to have been blown away , and the sa . me piece to have been forced through the viaduct into the arch beneath , a considerable distance from where the engine lay . The current opinion then was that the explosion had been caused either by some flaw in the copper casing , or else from some defect in rivetting it . Yesterday , however , iipon further search being made by Mr . Cubitt , the engineer of the line , Mr . George , and other gentlemen , it was discovered that the
safetyvalve was "hard down , " from -which it was inferred that the exp losion arose solely from the circumstance of the engine-driver having neglected to open it . The steaiQ then having no means of escape , had caused the ] casing to collapse and the explosion that followed . } Upon further consideration , this might have resulted from the engine capsiziifg and making a double turn over , as she must have done ; preyipus to going off the viaduct ; the drum of the engine it is quite certain , struck one of the iron rails , fortlie indentation is still clearly perceptible , and thisanight have driven the yalve into the position described . The most unaccountable circumstance is , that the * engine was found witli the steam shut off , bv which some of the
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railway officers conclude that the driver Bad suspected something was wrong , and had shut off thef steam . The body of the engine-driver , whicji lies at the Bricklayers' Arms station , is that of a fine young man , upwards of six feet in heiglit , and from the appearance it is probable that death was instantaneous The neck wa 3 broken , and also the left arm where the waggon wheel passed over . A very remarkable circumstance is , that he was not in the least degree scalded , whilst his unfortunate companion was severely so ^ During the time that the men were employed in removing the waggons off the line another accident occurred , which nearly cost an
excavator bis life . He , with several other men , was clearing the line , -when a waggon fell from the top of another one , and to save himself he ran forward and fell through one of the holes to the bottom of the viaduct . When picked up he was found to be perfectly insensible . Without loss of time he was conveyed to Guy's Hospital , where he received surgical assistance , and he was enabled in the course of the morning to walk to his own lodgings . Upon" inquiry on Thursday night as to the state of the stoker Wit kinson , we were told that a change had taken place for the better , and that the surgeons entertained ^ sanguine hopes of his ultimate recovery .
Death op Aabon Wtlktsson , the Stoker . —The young man , Aaron Wilkinson , the stoker of the engine whose explosion on the line of the Dover road , on Wednesday morning , has led to such lamentable results , expired at a late hour on Thursday night in Guy ' s Hospital , The unfortunate young man , who was only 20 years of age , ever since his admission lay in a hopeless state , from the fearful manner in which he was scalded all over his body , besides having his skull fractured . He received the most unremitting attention from the principal medical gentlemen of the establislunent . He was in a state of stupor from the time of his admission until his death .
The Inquest on Robest Buckley , tub Engineer . —On Friday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . Carter , coroner for Surrey , at the Bricklayers' Anns station , upon the body of Robert Buckley , who met with his death by the explosion of the boiler of the engine of the luggage train last Tuesday night , the particulars of which will be found in another column . The evideneeps mostly a repetition of the details which will be found in our account of the accident . We give the following from the evidence of Mr . Edward Berry , of the firm of Berry , Curtis , and Kennedy ., engineers , Liverpool , where the engine was built : — "Lam an engineer , living at Wolverton , and having heard of the accident I
proceeded up the line and examined the engine and tender , endeavouring to find out the cause of the explosion . I found the engine on the ground my much damaged . One end of the fire-box was driven out , a piece of platfr about three feet and a half by three feet and a half , extending from the fire door to the point where it is fixed to the tube plate . The chimney was broken , and the smoke-box end was blown out ; the upper part of the dome and the safety valve were much injured , the former having an impression of the rail upon it . The front axle was broken and one wheel off . The tender and engine were lying about six yards apart from each other . The connection between the two consists of a screw and two strong
[ inks , one on each . The screw was broken , but the links appeared perfect , as did also the chain . When the engine is at work the tender is attached by the screw , but the chains ought to be on , in case of accident . There was an indent on the dome of such a nature that I shoidd conclude that that part of the engine had been on the rails , and I have no doubt that the bursting of the fire-box ( which was forced out by the pressure of the steam ) iiad driven the bars and ash-box through the boarding of the viaduct . I should say that the explosion took place at that immediate spot , and that the engine was lifted up and turned over on her front wheels , making a complete summerset , and , falling
down on the plattonn of the viaduct , had destroyed the chimney , smoke-box , and dome ; thus explaining the mark of the rail upon the copper dome . I think that the impetus of the train pushed the engine over the side of the viaduct . I think that Wilkinson was blown backward by the steam , and that the engine behind had nothing to do with the accident , Buckley must have been carried along by the force with which he was thrown , and accounts for his being so much in advance . I cannot account for the explosion in any way but from excessive pressure . I am a partner of the house that built the stoani-engine , and it is constructed on the same principle as those we are in the habit of making . The
bouers are made to bear oOlbs . to the square inch ; all our Iwilers are made to bear that weight . I have particularly noticed the boiler itself on this occasion . The fire-box is made of copper , and the space containing the ! water is about three inches wide . The boiler is supplied with water by the pumps , which are always in motion , but the power of Forcing the water rests with the driver , who can do it when he pleases . I cannot form any other opinion of the accident than that there was too great a pressure of steam . I could detect no flaw in the construction of the engine , nor can I form any idea of the power of steam that was on at the time of the accident . There are means for ascertaining how
much steam there is in the boiler . If the train had been heavier the accident might not have occurred . It may have happened , as it sometimes does , that the man had put his hand on the safety valve , in order to accelerate the speed , and thus caused it to burst . I have had frequently to check the drivers for doing so . It is the first accident that ever occurred to a lire-box of that construction , and I do not consider the fault 13 in the make . The copper is thebest that can begot , and we are not in the habit of alloying it . We work it just as it comes to us from the manufacturer . The custom
of proving the boilers has been left off for some time , they being considered sufficiently uniform . When an engine isat -work there is lessdangerthan when standing still . I have been superintendent of engines finrthelast seven vears , " The jury returned the following verdict — " That the deceased died from bodily injuries received by the sudden explosion of the boiler of a certain locomotive steam-engine ; but from what cauBe that explosion arose , by- reason of the death of the only pergons present at the time , there is no evidence to show . "
THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY . Isquest upon Wilkinson , the Stoker , Saturday , Dec . 14 th . —This day Mr . Payne held ah "inquest at Guy's Hospital , on the body of Aaron Wilkinson , aged 19 , fireman to the engine Forester ( No . 83 ) , that caused the doubly fatal accident on the above line , near the Bricklayers' Arms terminus , on the morning of Wednesday last . A number of gentlemen connected with the railway were in attendanceduring the investigation , and many scientific persons listened attentively to the evidence . The first witness called was Mr . Tickel , house-surgeon , who stated that the deceased was admitted into the hospital
about one o ' clock on Wednesday morning . He was superficially scalded over the legs , hands , and more particularly over tho face . He had a cut over the lelt eye communicating with a fracture of the skull where thert was slight depression of the bone . There wereno symptoms of concussion of the brain . Deceased could not answer questions distinctly ; he merely mcaned , and complained of pain in the belly . He never made any communication as to the cause of the accident : Witness could not ascertain the precise csuise of death , not having made a post mortem examination , as n ? had not seen any of the deceased ' s relatives since niS death to authorise him to open the body . TM coroner inquired if any of the relatives of the deceased were in attendance , and the summoning officer said he expected Wilkinson's brother mi
few minutes . None had up to that time amved-Mr . Benjamin Cubitt examined : He had tkesimff impendence ' of drivers and firemen , and it was aa duty to examine the engines . The engine in questwo was brought to the terminus on the 28 th ult ., andtas * worked on the 30 th . It was put together at the railway I > y a man sent by the manufacturers at Liverpow , ami he remained with her until witness was satisfied she was perfect . When put together , her steam «» got up for the purpose of trying her , and she too * . * train of coal waggons , heavier than the luggage trau * she took on the night of the accident , to Croy don an » Reigate . She took a similar train trip to Dover , tw engineer that came with her from ] jiverpeol alwaysa ^ companyin » her on those trips . Witness a ^ 5 . ° with her . and ascertained her fatness to work puww
She was a luggage engine , not used at all tor vo transport of passengers / The boilers of luggage *' gines are larger than those of passenger trains , ou do not otherwise differ in construction . The'Goron " What results from this large size of the boiler . »* Cubitt : The generating of more steam , an « l 0 Dfi strokes of the cylinders-, nothing more , we ; wut them at from fifty to sixty pounds weigMF square inch , and I should think this ewpj would bear a pressure of 200 pounds the square ; » " ; Tbf . pjirrine was made of similar materials to ui «*"
used in the construction of engines for P 8356 " ^ . trains . The inside of the fire-box was ™ fi *; 'iL outside iron , and the boiler tubes brass , tj " a ness here produced part of the fire-box , ^ a drawing of the damaged engine » r tM ; spection of the jury . ) The Coroner : What ££ the chief mischief caused to this engine . * Cubitt : The Bide of the fire-box was w ^ into the bottom . By the jury : Engines may J *^ by a pressure of water . This engine was " , ^ J ^ —such trial is dangerous , as & ™ ay causejn > injury , which would 'shew . itself , » g «^« g £ r : worked by steam on thepubbc lme , Bv tbet ^ ed High pressure from some unknown cause P *™ j J . the accident . If the safety valves had been proper open the accident would not have ^^ L ^ ;^^ \ ¥ a \ a / , / . n « ftv , oT . «» aaiVw > miist have been greai ^' .,, ! .
usual , probably higher than ^ . 200 lbs . per Mg | jU -The indicator woW have fold deceased th gg , of the pressure , and he ^ migfct have bM «« S state ¦ <§• the safety valves . By * : 3 ^\ &Sfc * say ' whether there was ;© r was . not *^ kr the part of the driver with respect f J ^ fju f valves . However , a higher ? rate of »*«™ " ? Kptthan 60 or ( 50 lbs . per inch was not reqmW ^ train on the night in question . Mr . Goocfr , W
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4 ~ THE NORTHERN STAR j December I 438 fcr
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T . S . DCN'COMBE , M . P . "While the active geuius that represents uiuat-y is strained towards every point of the compass in quest of "" safe investment" ; or " profitable speculation ; " while the snrplus of Labour ' s produce has made money as well as other indigestible things , a ilrog in the market , its value , becoming dnilj diminished bj reason of its wrongful distribution ; while landlord is readj to devour landlord-Church to eat Church—rival manufacturers devising the surest means of making themselves " safe" without reference to any single consideration save that of selfprotection : and while the Government , which Mumlil
adjust all tlivse differences , looks tamely on at this game of " eat Dug , " it is some consolation to find the sharjx-iutd intellect of I . abdck directing its energy , not to the cori . rection of an ; one of these abuses , which would but confer advantage oji fine section « f a class to the prejudice of another section , but to the rCinodtUiiig of the present system , in that shape and form from which all would be recipro r callv benefitted . The present state of the combinations of the labouring classes is somewhat analogous to that of a stagnant pool , which the severnl competitors for Lahotb ' s support are afraid to disturb : each being fearful list the slightest pebble should cause an unlooked-for commotion ' .
Hence , we find bishops and parsons , landlords and farmers , manufacturer * nnrl free-traders , constantly tread ; inp on thv brink , hut fearful of too near an approach . Lord Plunkett , In commenting on loose pleadings , utict observed , " that counsel sometimes went about the thing , and about the thing , but not a bit nearer the thing . And so , in truth , we may say , " all classes of svinpnthizern , renovators , regenerators , and agitators are going about the question of Labour , but have not come a bit nearer to it . ' Each , in its own peculiar way , would take that burden off Laboub ' s shoulders which nould be least injurious to the patrons ; bat nome will allow Labocrthat f ( tU the pinch , to biscue itself . '
The movements of the inone . v-party urc active , and consequently produce their effect upon Government , Those of Laboub are sullen , and scarcely conspicuous . However , as a partv , though ever so strong , must be represented in one shape or other , that its strength may be developed to its opponents : and lest our present o , ui , eseence might ltmd to the iklse notion that the peopli have embraced Sir Robert Peel ' s " no politics " policy , it is indispensable that Labour should hnve its demonstration in some manner which will exhibit its strength , without die violation ef its principles , or of even a pledge of its leaders ; or without violating the deliberate injunction of its representative in Parliament . Seeing the inanner in which the petition of 3 , 500 , 000 working men was treated by
the Committee of Capitalists in the House of Commons , arranged on both sides of the house , Mr . Duncombe very properly told the people that " they might petition THAT PARLIAMENT again if they pleased , but he would not be made the instrument of their folly ; " , notwithstanding all that has been said and written about the "dangers of Leadership , " we have considered that the people were bound by this injunction of their " Leader ;" aye , their great and triumphant Leader . At the same time , we have racked our brain to devise means , by which the people could obey the commands of their general ; and at the same time convince their opponents that the determination not to be again wantonly insulted was not to be taken as the triumph of the enemy .
Prom this dilemma we have been relieved by the proposition of Mr . O'Connor , made at the tea-party on Tuesdaynight . To meet the difficulty , he proposed that on the day of opening Parliament , while the Capitalists were aeeom , panying tiieir Queen iu triumph to open the session , in which their interests would be discussed and protected , the sons of Labocr should meet in Finsbury , and apcomr pan ? thxix CBiMHos to the arena . It would be impossible to convey the faintest notion of the enthusiastic manner in which this proposition was received by every individual present . All rose simultaneously , as if electrified by Jhe thought , and cheered and cheered again : and when it is borne in niirnl that the tea-partv to welcome the Star to
Loudon was the most numerous and by far the most respectable that lias ever taken place on any occasion in the metropolis ; and when it is understood , as observed by Mr . O'Connor , that every district of London and it ' s vicinity was fairly represented in the vast assembly , the manner of receiving the proposition gives US strong hope | fbr the success of the plan . There is just time enough to carrv it into effect ; and if , without at all interfering with the route of the gingerbread coach and the armed outriders , Labouk shall ou that occasion do its dntj to itself , the demonstration will be worth five millions of signatures . To work , then , let us go ! Let each district appoint its committee , and as Dcncoicbe is in the hands of the Trades , let them take the initiative .
We hope in our next to be able to report that a general committee has been appointed to make the necessary arrangements ; and that the several localities will vie in supplying the small wheels to work the macliinery . After the procession , let us have a Tea-party at the Crown and Anchor , and invite to it all those members of Parliament who will pledge themselves to resistfurther encroachment on the rights of the working-classes , and to confer on them the power of self-defence . This may be made a powerful auxilliary to aid our chief , who will be strong lritAiTiin the exact proportion in which he is supported without . Let the " Man ' s-men" then at it , in right good earnest .
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l- 'RO . ST , WILLIAMS , JONES , A . Xt > ELLIS . Tho following eorrespnmli-nee from and with " Secretary Sir James Graham 4 shows that the " pressuru from without" is not ytt sufnc-ii-iitij strong to cause the " uube-nding Minister " to yield to public demand what he has mj often denied to justice . The people , therefore , must makt * the " cull" a little louder , and more earncstful . Let them try what petitioning Pn-rli .-itnont nil ] < K .. It will gi \ e Mr . Duncombe mi opportunity , at all events , of seeking in "the House" for more ' reasons * from the Home Secretary , for his determination , than he vouchsafes in his formal , cold , official , refusals . Tavistock , Devon , Nov . 9 , 1844 .
Sir—At a numerous public meeting , convened October TO , 1844 , in the Guildhall in the town of Tavistock . in the county of Devon , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of memorializing her Majesty for the restoration of John Frost , Zejihaniali Williams , and William Jonea . Tho awiUipanyinK memorial was unanimously adopted . Hoping you will accede to the request ot the meeting , iind feel it consistent with your public duty to lay the said memorial before lier Majesty ! 1 am , sir , your obedient-servant , William Welch , Jun . The Right Hoiv . Sir James Graham , Bait ., Tuvistock , Devon , Nov . ' ¦ > , 1844 . Whitehall . lGtii Nov .. 1844 .
Sir—Secretary Sir * James Graham having carefully considered your application in behalf of John Frost , William Jones , and Zephaniah Williams , 1 am directed to express to you his regret that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , consistently with his public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . I am sir , your most obedient humble servant , J . M . Phillips . Mr . 'Williiun Welch , junior . Tavistwli , Devon , Nov . 21 , 1 IH 4 . Sir—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from your secretary , J . M . Phulipps , stating that there is no
sufficient ground to justify you consistently , with your public duty , to advise her Majesty to grant the prayer ot my application on behalf of John Frost , William Jones , aud Zephaniah Williams . Sir—I beg to state that my letter did not request you to advise , but to lay the memorial before her Majesty . It appears evident to me , from the tenor of your letter , that the memorial sent by me has not been presented to her Majesty ; considering you , sir , as the public servant of the State , I beg , witli due ' respect , to state that it is your duty to lay all appeals from the people before her Majesty when requested to do so .
Waiting your answer , before the adoption uf a petition to the House of Commons , and believing that the same will be adopted throughout the country , I am , Sir , you humble servant , William Welch , Ju . v ' . The Right Hon . Sir James Graham , Hart . Whitehall , Nov . JOrd , 1 S 44 . Sir , —I am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16 th inst ., transmitting petitions from Kilstem , Birmingham , Bolton , Carlisle , Congleton ,. Dumfries , Livm-sedge , Newport ( Isle of Wight ) , Nottingham , OMhain , I ' enzance , and Queen ; .-head , on behalf of John I'rust , William Jones , aud Zeplmniah Williams ; and to acquaint you that Sir James Graham cannot advise Her Majesty to mitigate the sentence of these Convicts . I am , Sir , yourmost obedient humble servant , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . I' . J . M . 1 ' hiu . ips .
Whitehall , 23 rd Xov ., 1 S 44 . Sir , —Secretary Sir James Graham having carefully considered your application in behalf of William Ellis , I am directed to express to you his regret that there is no sufficient ground wi justify him , consistently with his public duty , in advising Her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . I aiu sir , your must obedient hunibIt-servant , G . M . Phillips . Thos . Duncombe , JEsii ., M . I > < to .
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