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let assistance HOUSE OF LORDS, Tuesday, Jdly 12. lord Wflibnclifkb presented a petition from the
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Now Publisjing, in Penny Numbers and Fourpenny Parts, VOLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY,
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CALVEK . TON . PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION TO PEARGTJ 8 6 CONNOR , ESQ . ON MONDAY Week / tlie above patriotic Gentleman will make his Public Entry into this Tory ridden Village , to advocate the Cause of the Poor and the rights of all , when , every Gentlemaa and Lady who wishes to hear the uiiadult-rated truth of our most grievous and unconstitutional system , under which the country n » w groans , \? ill do well to attend . We respt-ctfully invite the attention of our neighbouring Farmers on that Day , as well as the Poor Man , gnd promise them every friendly accommodation with the suffering but injured Poor , who now languish in a state of wfetctiedhess by that sys-
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NO TAXED COFFES . fp HE great and increasing demand for Messrs . X Cadw & Ty ^ rell ' s BREAKFAST POWDER , and the deoidedjpref-rence given " to it overall bthere where it has been once tried , at once proves it to be an article that has no equal in tiie Market . It is more healthful than Coffee ; and does not coat onethird the / price * From its sale bHflerto a good round sum has accrued to this Executive Committee q ( the National ! Charier ; Association , to ba &pt > a ^ ct to the furtherarice of the great principles of liberty . Chanists are , tbereforts in some measure , bound to purchase it : for by this means they can "kill two birda withi . one stone ; " crippJo Ibo Factlona' Exchequer , and put money into their own : while they will procure an article at once nutritious and healthf l- . ' " ¦ : ; ¦ : ¦ -, * ¦ ¦ - :: >' ¦ , :: :: ., : ¦ :- .:- ); , :- . Bold in Packages of four and eight Onnces , at the rat ^ s of 8 d . and 6 d . per lb . The 8 d . is reeommehded as the best ; while the 6 d . is guaranteed to be the beat in the Market at the price . ;
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BRITISH BENEVOLENCE . Tex affluent and professedly pious portion of onr countrymen mnsi certainly be possessed of the virtue of benevolence in a peerless degree , seeing that their ac * 3 of charily are so frequently alluded to . Searcely a day passes but we are told of the liberality and disinterested generosity of one or other of them . In the toretfed cathedral and the lowly conventicle it is trumpeted forth , and in the ponderous folio and the tiny pamphlat we find chronicled the charitable deeds of the wealthy . y ? e do not find fault with the rich for dispensing a portion of their superfluities to the poor and
needy ; on the contrary , we maintain it to be their imperative duty as trustees of the bounties of Providence . But we do find fault when charity T&untelh itself ; when it is put on as a garb to conceal delinquency , or merely to procure notoriety . We wish to see benevolence in its purity , emanating from an nnvitiated source and floTring in it ; proper direction . But alas ! we rarely find that to be the case ; the fountain of unalloyed beneTolenoe is nearly dried up , while , in most instances , the unworthy , the indolent and w * UproTided for , are the objects most regarded by the pseudo philanthropists .
German titled beggars , legalised cut-throats , and flie courtezan associates of royalty , have all drawn deeply on John Bull ' s benevolence ; hut few of the ¦ virtuous and worthy have received aid from the dispensers of his bounty . To the undeserving voluptuaries much is gives , while ihe deserving poor are left to starve . In the religious world we find more commissej-ation for the inhabitants of distant climes , than for the myriads of destitute , starring , and dying , by whom the flaming professors . are more immediately surrounded , and of whose condition the saints must be cognisant . In corroboration of this fact ,
m lay before our readers a couple of extracts from £ he pages of the Nottingham Review , which we shall place in juita-poation . The one refers to the benevolence of Britons towards the " untaught Indian , " or rather towards the souls of the " poor benighted blacks "—the other has reference to British benevolence , evinced towards our own distressed and perishing countrymen , their care-worn and woe-worn wives , and their hunger-bitten offspring . The one is to send words to the antipodesthe other to provide bread for onr neighbours , onr fellow-citizens , onr brother Christians , who worship at the same altar with ourselves , and who ara dying for lack of the common necessaries of life .
The paragraphs to which we alluie are as follow : — "The Loud on Missionary -. " On Sunday , the 26 th Society held theis annual nltima , a sermon -was meetingin Manchester , la&fc preached at Calverton week , and tha collection , Church , Notts , by the including the breakfast Rev . Samuel Oliver , in on Wednesday morning , aid of the distress * d opeamounted to £ 1952 . " ratives , -when £ 3 . 8 s . 6 d . ¦ was collected . "
Now with what feelings other than those of shame ind disgust can the reader peruse the above 1 Shame to know that his own countrymen can pass unfeelingly groups of their famishing neighbours—turn a deaf ear to their tale of real woe , and leave them to perish in the very depths of misery—misery which many of these saints have been instrumental in producing—while , in a few moments after , they may be Been shedding tears of compassion o ' er the ignorant , Iratj perhaps , well-fed Pagans in some distant clime . Por the " poor blocks" their bowels yearn , their hearts bleed , and their purse opens to send forth
ambassadors among the heathen to teach them , not the fast which the aristocracy ^ the millocracy and the shopocracy of England have chosen for the people , but to teach them ( if they teach the scriptures ) the fast which the Most High hath chosen for a ?? people , namely , — " To loose the bands of wickedness , to undo the heavy burdeas , and to let the oppressed go free , and to break every yoke ; to deal thy bread to the hungry , to bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ; when thou seest the naked , that taou cover him , and to
let the oppressed go free , and that ye break every yoke . " These things must be taught to the heathen , of whatever rank , if the "whole counsel of God be declared ; and yet , the men who send forth these missionaries scruple not to wink at , nay , encourage the worst species of oppression at home . An instance came to our own knowledge , not long ago , of a Yorkshire miUocrat giving a large sum of money for the spread of the Gospel , and within a few days reducing the wages of his workmen to repair the breach made in his pocket by this act of Christian benevolence . This , weknow , is not a solitary instance
it has now become general among our modern saints in high life to " rob the labourer of hi 3 hire " ihai they may appear generous and liberal supporters of that religion to the precepts of which their actions run connter . It is really disgusting to contemplate the conduct of snch hypocrites ; and if ministers of the Gospel discharged their duty more faisbiaUyj the men who take the uppermost seat 3 in the sanctuary , and sport their gold rings and costly apparel , would receive deserved castigation from the pulpit , instead of which it is left to he performed by a small portion of the pres 3 , or inflicted from the Chartist platform .
"We tell the persons who subscribed the £ 1 . 952 in Manchester thai they are grossly mistaken if they suppose they are paving their way to heaven by such donations . Sach sacrifices of the profits derived from other people ' s labour is an insult to Deity , particularly if made at a tims like the present , when the wealth-producers around them are dying of actual starvation . We tell the pious benefactors to be just ere they be generous , and let charity begin at home . They need not traverse th « globe in quest of needy objects ; they will be found at their own threshold , and many of them the victims of their own inordinate avarice .
We tell them that the system under which we live is worse than that which obtains in any pagan land —that it geserates more ignorance , rice , and woe , than that of any other on the surface of the earth-Yes , we tell them that there is more crime produced by the mai-administration of affairs in this Christian country than one-half the " barbarous" nations ever witnessed .
If these men will not feed the hungry , or clothe thesaked j if they have no regard for the bodies of their fellow men , for God ' s sake let ihe £ lt 952 be expended in the attempt to convert our worse than heathen rulers from the error of their ways , and if these reprobates are out of the reach of the agents of ihe society , then let them go amongst the workers in the mills and mines , and we will guarantee them work enough to remove the ignorance and vice produced by our excellent institutions .
Talk not of the lost estate of ihe sons of Africa , while at home , in this land of Bible 3 , we are told of workers in the factories not having heard of Jjscs Christ , and of workers in the mine 3 Baying that they think he was born in Wales and went to England . In such places as those the £ 1 . 952 might be expended to advantage , and redound to the credit of the doporsj but we opine it would not quadrate wivh certain interests , and consequently these £ ene » toleni gentry would mnch rather send their blessing across the seas .
Now , we would seriously ask the Society to comaeBoe their work on a new plan . If they really desire to promote the well-being of the idolatrous nations , let them labour a little at home in prevailing upon our Christian Government to withdraw their man-butchers from amongst the " savage " tribes and the " obstinate" people of China ; for , depend upon it , our Bibles won't do much service to a people who feel our bullets ; Eabres and sermons ought not to be sent together ; canon law and cannon balls do not comport well with each other ; and so long as we export parsons and pistols to the same country , the inhabitants will question the smeerity of our motives , and wish the cargo and its owners at the b&ttom of the sea .
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The . Chinese and the Afghans must certainly think us an odd sort of people to send among them one set of men to proclaim " peace on earth and good wili towards " . msn , " and another set armed with murderous weapons to cut them up at the word of command , . murder the flower of their country , and incarnadine their soil with blood . Their priests need not fear the loss of their occupation bo long a 3 this is the case , ibr the whole people cannot hut sea the necessity of the missionaries retuminto their own country to preach peace to the men of blood and plunder .
We wonder if the cart ' oatls of cannon balls which passed along the streets of Bradford the other day are to be conveyed to their destination in the same ship which conveys the agents of the Missionary Society . If so , it will be quite in keeping with our geneTil method of doing public business . The blacks will surely kave their wigwams and dance for joy , on the arrival of such a cargo . We do not condemn the efforts made to extend
the principles of Christianity ; we are as desirous as any to see those principles propagated among al ] tte nationB of the earth ; but we abhor the conduct of a people muling and puling about the lost estate o ? the-bsnighted heathen , while they view unmoved the sufferings of humanity , so prevalent at their own doors , We have yet to learn practical Christianity at home , and un : il cur sondnct bears some approximation to our profession , it is worse than hypocrisy to set oarselve 3 up as instructors of the ignorant . Had practical Christianity been a subject of consideration at the meeting of the society in
ilanchester , the £ 1952 ; veuld have been appropriated to other purposes , but little tyrants most ape the great ones . The gr-at ones robbed the poor , whom they grind to powder , of ^ 20 , 000 , 000 sterling to cmancipite ( lj the blacks ; and , therefore , the little tyrants , as a matter of course , must imitate the example , by sqaeezing £ 1 , 952 out of the starving operatives undet their control to save the souls of tcose whose bodies our red-coats are employed to destroy . _ What superlative humanity ! What transcendent liberality ) ! Surely these men will never fexr entering the place to which they are afraid ( lj the poor blacks are hastening .
Wo would adviso the Society to look at home , and , bafore they take the besom to sweep the snow from off the top of ihe Indian ' s hut to see that it is cleared away from their own door . If they are familiar with the wants of the blacks , whom they never saw , and ignorant of the exigencies of the whites , whom they see daily , they ai-e certainly as queer a lot as ever met ; but they cannot be Ignorant of the condition of their own country ; they most know that practical Christianity is here
coufiaed within a yery limited sphere . We have abundance of food , yet many perish of hanger ; the swill-tub i 3 ransacked to feed starving [ children , and the putrid carcases of dead animals are devoured with eagerness . We have clothing rotting in the shops and warehouses , while rags constitute the covering of the manufacturers of such clothing ; we have houses unoccupied in every street , whilo many are committed to prison for being "found sleeping in the open air . "
Now as these missionary gent 3 . frequently allude to the great day of assize , we wish them , if tL-. y believe their own doctrines , to reflect on the picture they wiii present when arraigned at the bar . They may talk of giving £ 1 , 952 , in the days of domestic distress , to diffuse gospal light in dark , benighted heathen lands , bat will not the jadge gay " know
ye not that / was huagry and ye fed me not , naked , and ye clothed me not ; a stranger and ye took me not in ? " They may affect ignorance and inquire when they Eaw him in that Btate of destitution I but the problem will soon be solved : — " Inasmuch as ye did it not unto these little ones ( pointing to the victims of tyranny ) ye did it not unto me . Depart from me , I know ye not . "
Working men , forget not that one assembly of professed Christians have given
£ 1952 of your hard earnings to support missionaries among the heathen , while another assembly of Christians haTe opened their hearts and given
£ 3 ISs . 6 & to alleviate the sufferings of their neighbours who are dying of actual starvation . How profusely the milk of-human kindness flows in some places ! Well , well ; bo it is i But hear it ye hypocrites—ye wolves in sheep ' s clothing—we shall have a reformation , ere long ,, with a vengeance , and your deeds but serve to hasten the day . The patience of the poor has been often tried , but it may yet be exhausted , and we leave the canting hypocrites to calculate the consequence of its being so .
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By the subjoined letter from our Engraver , the subscribers will at once see that no blame is attachable to us for the short delay which has occurred in placing specimens in the hands of our agents . Many of those within reach of the Engraver 'will have received specimens of the splendid Portrait of Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., 1 LP . ; and those of the Convention , House of Commons , and Procession , all in one Plate , will be in the hands of most by this day week . , In the middle of April we announced our
iiitention of giving the Procession Plate at the ' end of four months ; and now we are enabled to state , -that we shall not exceed the time then named by more than a fortnight ; and to make up for even that disappointment , we have to announce that the Portrait of Duncombe will be delivered to subscribers of three months from the date of the presentation of the Procession , and as the Proprietor of the Star is anxious that every Chartist should possess as many of the Portraits commemorating Chartist events , or keeping alive the memory of their political supporters as possible , he has
authorised us to state that all subscribers , from Satnrday week , will receive the above Plates at the appointed time . This extension doe 3 injury to none , and will be an advantage to many . It is needless to direct attention to the specimens above referred to , a 3 they are as much superior to any heretofore given with the Star , as those formerly presented with that paper are to any ever presented with any other journal . Each agent- receiving from twelve to one hundred papers per week ) will have one specimen of each plate , and one for each hundred above the first . The following is the Engraver ' s letter : —
" 37 , King-street , Covent Guden , July 12 th , 1642 . " Sir . —It was really not my fault that the specimens of the Procession , and the portrait of Mr . Duncwnbe , M . P ., were not reagy at the time they were promised to your . agente . The fact is , we were unable to complete the Engravinf in time . The Procession Plate alone contains more than four bundled figures , and is of a great Bias . It has not been one day neglected for now nearly four months .
" It was owing to Mr . O'Connor's nrgent entreaty that I promised him a complete specimen upon the day you appointed for their delivery to agents , and nofcinowiBg where to find Mr . O'Connor when I discovered the impossibility of perfecting the order , and not being aware that he had communicated the notiee to you , was the cause of the mistake . " However , I transmit specimens of Mr . Duncombe this week , and shall transmit specimens of the Convention , Procession , and House of Commons during the next -week . Trusting this explanation will be satisfactory , " 1 MB . " You obedient servant , " WILLIAM RBAD , " To Mr . John ArdilL "
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Cablisle Chartists . —We have not room for ihe report of their retiring council . A . B . C . —We are quite unable to decide the disagreement between the "doctors ? Our own opinion is that both quacks are alike . Joseph Swipt , Wath . —Yes , iliey [ might be indicted for an obstruction . Cos Mjcbrat . —Ne : rf week .
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More Evidence op Sympathy for the Perishing Poor . —The Moors and Bilberries .- — " We live in strange times ! that even wild fruit , known by the name of bilberry , or wimherry , is now denied the people . It has been customary from the remoatest times for the poor or other persons , in the summer season , to stroll on the moors on the borders of Yorkshire , Lancashire , and Cheshire , and get -wimbtrries ; but for some few years past they have been prevented , and this summer especially , under the plea that they disturb the meor game . Now , ye would-be great men , proprietors , as ye call yourselves , what right have yon to the commons more than any other child of Adam ? Did ye create them , or make the heath or fee
wimberry to grow ? Did ye do anything but ssnd idle fellows , called gamekeepers , to prowl up and dowD , and abuse and ill-treat such unfortunate persons as they caught committing the shocking crime of getting a few wild fruit , perhaps to maintain a starving , perishing family , and that too on unre » claimed wild desolate parts ? " O , but . ' say you , " are not the moors ours ? were they not allotted to us by Acts of Parliament ? and do not such lots and such places belong to Squire 6 uch-a-one and Lord Such-a-one ? and have r . ot th « y a right to prevent the poor blackguards from getting bilberries and disturbing the game ? " Acts of Parliament , indeed ! what rights can Acts of Parliament give that are at variance with ttaa laws cf God and Nature ? Are not the
uncultivated parts of the earth the common property of man ? What special right has auy individualman in cooimon-land , only that he has expended capital * r labour on it , and , above all , that he has given the people an equivalent for it ? Now , have you cither purchased , or reclaimed , or expanded capital or labour on the commons and the wastes of God's earth ? Not you , indeed ; but because you happen for the moment to be in possession of real or fictitious means , you set yourselves up for somebody ; and for a momentary vanity , or to gratify an idle vitiated taste , you resolved to preserve a few dry and worthless birds at the expeuce of the welfare of your
fellow-mortals in distress , we hear a great deal said about common Bense and common rights ; but are not the bilberries now growing , and which could be convened to the use of the poor , a corauien right of which , they ought not to be deprived ? Common sense says , jea ; but pride , vanity , and hardhearteiiness must be gratified , at even the expence of suffering humanity . Need we wonder that the poor and less fortunate should have their minds embittered by bad usage , that even a few winifeerries on the wild commons should be denied them ? No ! man , usurping man , is fast ' sowing the storra , and he is likely enough to gather the whirlwind . '"
Con MuhRAY , residing at 139 , Salt-market-street , Glisgovc , informs the brave Chartists of Dublin , that , through the kindness of his Scottish friends , he has collected 1 , 600 Chartist Circulars , und 1 , 000 old Stars and Patriots , besides a number of ether democratic periodicals ^ which are at their service . He wishes them to communicate with him as to the best pessiLle means of getting them transmitted , as they are very bulky , forming a sufficient load for the stoutest man . Mr . E . P . Mead , of Birminyham , willfinish his engagement at JVoUingham , nea-t Sunday , the 17 th of July , and * t > ill be willing to engage with any locality tcho wish for his services . The Committee of Management recommend warmly this
energetic and able veteran as a sound , sterling democrat . He has been in the field Jor nearly thirty years , and came to us warmly recommended by Air . O'Connor himself . Samuel Bonham , secretary . All communications must be addressed to Mr . Mead , at Mrs . Smith ' s , news-agent , Wurser-gale , Nottingham . . London Chartist Band . — We are requested to stale , that all musicians wishing to join the London Chartist bind may do sn by app ' ying at Mr . Martin ' s Teetotal Coffee-house , 3 , Church-street , Shoredilch , on Surutay neat , at three o ' clock in the ajlemoon . A Member of the National Charter Association , dciirons of assisting the cause by promulgating
its principles , begs to state that he is at ihe service of any district or locality to whom such services may be useful . Application to be made to Mr . W . Cordeux t 2 Q , Mickiegate , York . T . H ., Ashton-un-der-Lyne . —There was no"special reason" for rejecting his verses . We receive hundreds of poetical communications which we cannot insert—his among the rest . We long ago announced our purpose not thereajter to acknowledge rejected poetry , as our poetical correspondents are so numerous that we find it impossible to do so without occupying a great deal too much both of time and space . This was the only reason why his verses was not noticed when received . He is quite wrong in supposing that any one has
influenced us agiust him : no attempt of the kind has been made . Kiddeiiminster Chartists . —We have no information about the merging of a reputed Chartist Society at Bath in the Complete Suffrage Union . F . G . —His lines to Chartist lecturers snail appear . X . Y . Z ., Mel or . —Make the order payable to Mr . John Ardi . l , and accompany it by a letter , staling the purpose of its application . Llamdloes . —The Ckartit . tfriends here arr anxious for a vhitfrom Mr . O Connor when he comes to Wales . An Ayrshire Observer . —Tf he be a constant reader must have seen that tee have done uur best
to warn the Chartists of ihe district referred to . and indeed of every district , of the designs oj Government . We know that spies are abroad ; and their eve is to get up meetings and make violent speeches , in the jirst instance , as a preliminary to the involving of some few fools in illegal practices , so as to afford a col ourable pretext for a general attack upon our bwly . We must trust in the good sense of the people . Jj they suffer themselves lo be snared , it is not jor want oj warning . J . B . Smjth , Leamington . —Thanks for his letter : it has been sent to Mr . O Connor . We shall be most happy to receive and pay every attention
to the communications of his Si asbury jTiaid . Boston . — TFi . Y the Boston sub-Secretary tell us , whether , when he put his letter into the Boston post-rfftce , the words Frost , Williams , and-Jones on the outside of it had been defaced ? A Constant Reader and a True Chartist . —Mr . White * . * address is 29 , ffromsgrovc-streel . Wilt . Dr . M'Douall send h-s address to John Leach , Ttmprrance News-room , Rcedhi / l , Rochdale ? John Shackleto . n , Bbadford — We advise him to keep his temper : ' tis not our practice to give up ihe numes of cur correspondents to every Jool who may choose to bet wagers about Uiem . J . Allen , . Brighton . —Of course , the parties he alludes to wuii'd receive their Plates through the new orient , upon our having satisfactory
evidence that they have been regular suln > critiers . Norwich —The public can be siipp ied with the Char . ist Circular , -Northern Star , O'Connor's Lectures , and all pamphlets , periodicals , and nho with Finder ' s blacking , at the raidcnce . oj G . Bell , St . Edmunds . Caholink Maria Williams . —Next week . Joseph A . Lander , Birmingham , is very , very angry uti'h us for publishing " gross falsehoods " in our last number . He nays there were twenty ¦ four shopkeepers at his meeting , and he rates us soundly , and calls us "Tory , " for saying there were twenty . Poor Mr . Lander ! we are sorry he is angry . We advise his friends to soothe him .
Charles Duncan . — We cannotJind roomfcr the long printed paper he has sent us . H . D . Gpiffjth 3 . —We do not see that any gc » d can result to the cause from the publication-- ' of his animadverlions en Air . Fielden . Once more , and we hope tor the last Time . — We beg that our correspondents will write only on one side of their paper . Many of them , we apprehend , have no idea of the trouble and in convenience they cause us by not doing so . Several communications have been this week rejected solely on tliis account . It is but a small matter in which to oblige us ; and ifpeop ' e do not choose to attend to it , we shall not choose to aiteud to their letters . ...
Basanites must excuse us : we are " crammed out . W . Feplow , Stafford . —We have sent him the J etilion per post . _ Tom Steele and the Complete Suffrage Union . —The follou-ina pithy communication has been made to the Birmingham Complete Suffrage Union by an excellent Chartist ' . — ¦ " The conduct of Mr . Steele , in attempting to connect the Chartists of London with the circumstances of the recent outrages on the Qaeen ' s person is most disgraceful ; and I regret that tne * Complete Safrage Union , of B-. ttuinftham , ' should include amongst the members of its council an individual "who could exhibit himself an actor iu bo cowardly , mischievous , and ungentiemanly a proceeding . Me
merits not the name of mu . n . " Ms . J . Wiicox , newsagent , Worcester street , Wolverhampton , has received 2 s . for Mason ? s Defence Fund , from Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell , Leicester . S . Tayloe , Manchester . —If he had read the Star of last week would have seen the uselessness of troubling himself to write his present letter abrut John Frost . Tavistock Chabtists . —We insert no nominations for Council without trades and residences . R . E . recommends to the General Council a levy of
one penny for each member of the Association three , limes a year for the support of our incarcerated brethren , their wives , and children ; and that each sub-Secretary send sixpence for every hundred members to the Treasurer of the Victim Fund . Stokeupon-Thent . —The communication on behalf of Samuel Robinson would be charged to usas an advertisement . If the duty be sent t » us we shall insert it zcillinglg . THOMAS SoaU . — The address of the Birmingham Chartists to their Irish brethren is altogether too late for this week .
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More Middle-class and Manufacturing Ras-CAXiTY . —A Blackburn Correspondent writes us thui : — . ' ; ¦ / ' : ¦ ' , •¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦; : ; : vy ¦ ¦ ' :.. ¦ : ¦ .. ' :. ' :. : ' ^ . - ' - «« Having seen in your paper of last week an exposure of one of the multifarious methods by which the working man is robbed of the miserable pittance he obtains in the shape of wages ; and thinking that such exposures are calculated to do Bom 9 good , I have been induced to submit to your consideration the following account of a method by which a mliiqwner in the neighbourhood of this town contrive * to rob bis workpeople ^ of their hard-gotten wages . He proceeds as follows ;—" Instead of paying his workpeople every week , and thereby enabling them to make 'the most of their
money , he pays them onca a fortnight , and occasionally only once in three weeks . This inegularity compels the workpeople to have recourse to credit ; bat , as there are but tkree shops in the vicinity of the works , and , as the irregulatity before alluded to induces a great number of people to leave the mill , the shopkeepers refuse to give credit to the workers uDless they cavei a ticket from the millowner . The miUowner gives out the . tickets ; and for every 20 s . represented by the tickets the . millowner receives Is . 3 d . from the shopkeeper as a remuneration for his trouble : thus the workers are robbed of Is . 3 d . in the 20 a ., besidesi the exorbitant proSt exacted by the shopkeeper . " This proceeding pressed ao heavily upon tne
workpeople , that many of them preferred to borrow a portion of their wages from the millowner ; but that worthy gentleman" was determined that the workers should benefit nothing by this change : he therefore made a rnla that any person who borrotred 20 a . should pay 3 s . for the fortnight or three ^ weeks' lend , as the pay-day might happen to take place . This it will be seen , amounts to more than 300 per cent , per annum ! A single case will show how this ino » ey-leuding system works : — " Some time ago , a man , who now workB in the mill , had a child that died . He borrowed £ 1 , to defray funeral expences , and agreed to pay it back by instalments . But when pay-day came , the niiliowner
stopped the £ 1 , together with the 33 ., and lent him the £ 1 again . ThiB £ 1 was lent over and over again , till , before the man had it in his power to pay U back apain , it cost him 27 s . for interest in rather more than six mouths '/ time 1 "Again , not long ago , the same millowner had the mill ' necessaries' emptied , in which he found about five or six pounds of cotton waste , worth about le . . For this he mulct fifteen men iu 5 s . each , and sixty women in Is . each , —thus making £ 9 15 ? . of what was not worth more than la . 3 d . !! " In this wsy are the working men robbed , day after day , by the bawlerB for ' free trade * and ' extension of commerce . ' Should we not by all means seek union with these kind , considerate friends ? 1
Bury Chartists are referred to Mr . Bairslow ' s letter , elseiohixre inserted . Heywood Chartists are refered to Mr . Bairstow ' s Utter . : ' .:. - We are requested to stale that the Balance-sheet of the funeral of the late Samuel' Hdlbcrry will be published next vxtk . .- ¦ ¦¦¦
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James , Merthyr—The agerita find their own tickets . Joseph George . —If they have subscribed four months from the notice . John Jeffjeries — Write to Mr . John Campbell , Corporation-street , SaWerfl . Joseph Clarke , Witnby . —The order was 7 s . 8 d ., not 83 . 8 d . Wm . Balls should have enclosed post stamps for his advertisement D . O'Brien . —Mr . Watson has been desired to deliver the parcel : it leftthis office on the 11 th of June . The 4 s . from Bramham , noticed in bur last , for the National Tribute , should have been 53 .
FOR JAMES DUFFY . £ a . d . From the Chartists of Nottingham 0 8 0 « ditto Ashton-under-Lyne ... ... ... 0 3 0 „ the Cartiste at the Robin Hood Nottingham ... ... 0 2 0 „ Tower Hamlets boot and shoemakers ... ... ... 0 1 0 „ Old Basford Chartists , per E . Mead ... r ... ... 0 10 „ the Chaitiste of Abergarenny , per T . Q . ... ... ... 0 2 G
FOR MR . HINDES , OF SHOREHAM . From the Chartists of Nottingham 0 8 0 ^ ditto of Hammersmith locality 0 2 6 „ a few Chartists in Bear-lane , Bristol , per Mr . Miles ... 0 4 0 „ a few Chartists at the Robin Hood , NattinRham ... 0 2 0 „ tho Chartists of JPijmouth ... 0 2 6 « . the Chartists of Abergavenny , perT . G . ... ... ... 0 2 6 ^ an O ' . d Twr , London ... 0 1 0 TOR MR , PEDDIE . J From W . M . J ., Bath ... ... 0 1 3 .. W- Chapman , Soniera' Town , London ... ... ... 0 14
FOB MR . BROOK . From W . M .-J ., Bath ... ... 0 1 3 „ W . J . Witney . ... 0 0 6 .. Mortimer , Mill Bridge ... 0 2 6 „ the Chirtist of Rochdale ... 0 2 6 „ a Chartist ul ' Rochdale ... 0 0 6 „ W . Chapman , Someis' Town . London ... ... ... 0 14
FOR MRS . IIOLBERRY . From a few working men at D-irtford 0 4 0 „ the ChartUts of Hammersmith locality ... ... ... 0 2 6 J W . y ., Witney ... ... 0 0 G ^ the Chartists at the Robin Hood , Nottingham ... 0 2 0 „ the Chartists of Plymouth ... 0 2 6 „ Mr . Stitson ami four othnvs , per W . Smith . Plymouth ... 0 2 6
_ South Shields , being proceeds of Mr . Williams ' s kcture ISC „ W . Mortimer , M . ill Bridge ... 0 2 6 „ J . E , Kentish Town , London 0 2 6 „ Mr . Chupiuan , SomerV Town , Londen ... .,. ... 0 14 j Brimscombe , nearStroudwater , perG . L . ... 0 14 „ Cougleton , per J . B . ... ... 0 6 3 „ the Chartist stuff-hatters , London ... , ... ' ..: 0 5 0
FOR DEFENCE OF MR . MASON AND OTHERS AT STAFFORD . ' From the Chartists of New Basford 0 4 0 „ J . Chippendale , Chelsea ... 0 06 ~ the Coattists of Brighton ... 0 10 0 ~ Newark , per T . S . ... ... 0 5 0 „ Bishopwearmouth , being pro-~ ceerisof collection after Mr . Wiliiams ' s lecture ... 0 10 0 „ a few friends at Pieaton ... 0 2 6 _ the Coartiata of Rochdale ... Q 2 6
NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE EXECUTIVE . From the Chartists of New Basford 0 10 0 ' „ Mr . Ogdden , Ashton ... 0 10 _ Ventnor , Isle of Wight , by fiveperaons , per W . Norman 0 3 0 „ Newark , per Thomas Simmit 0 5 0 Z Melksham Forest , Wilts , per E . S . ... ... — 0 5 0 „ the Ladies ' Shoemakers , King Square , Falvey-street , London ... ... ... 0 10 0 „ John Williams , London .,. 6 3 6 ¦ J . Browett , do . ... " 0 1 0
FOR THE LONDON DEMONSTRATION FUND . From the Chartists of Plymouth ... 0 2 6 „ Do . : ¦ ' Dsvonport ... 0 16 „ a Plyuumth Friend ... 0 10 FOR HUNT'S MONUMENT . From John Cbii * i > enda ] e , Chelsea ... 0 0 6
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classes educated at Exeter Hall , praying to enable the system to be carried out He expressed an opinion that the grant of £ 30 . 000 for education in a country like this was altogether insufficient ; and explained what the present Government ; were doing to farther tho education of tho people , especially in . the estiblishment andeupport of normal 'schools , for which additional assistance from Parliament was requisite . The Marquess of Lansdowne and Lord Brougham expressed satisfaction , and only regretted that Government waa not prepared to go still further .
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HOUSE OF COMM ONS—Tuesday , July 12 . Sir R . Peel moved for leave to fcring in a BUI tot the better security and / protection of has Majefi& ' fl ^ er-8 on . He stated the objects contemplated by the BiU , which is intended to dispense , when deemed necessary , with the formalities observed in the examination and trial ef peroons charged with high treason , and to inflict the punishments of transportation and personal chastisement on persons guilty of tta wanton ^ and cruel modes of alarm aud annoyance practwa re-Lord John Russell seconded the motion ; and after some observations from Mr . Hnme ^ d Mr . O'Cohnell , leave was given to bring in the Bill r andit was forthwith brought in , and went through the two stages of being read a flrBt and Becond time , and was ordered to be committed next day .
On the order of the day forgoing into committee on the Poor Law BiU , after a question from Mr . ^ Liddell , Mr T Duncombe asked if Government really meant to go on with the Bill , seeing the near approach of toe termination of the session . . . - ' •'; . . ¦ •' . Sir James Ghaham , attaching great hnporlanca lo the BiU , felt bound to go on , and ascertain the sense of the House with tespect to it .
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Captain Bernal declared his determination to resist Its progress . : ' ¦¦ .. ¦ .. - '• . ¦" . . . .. A conversation arose on the expediency of going on with the BilL ; and Sir Robert Peel , confessing that , the Government were placed in a difficult position , thought the House should first decide whether the Commission should continue for five years or not . After Bome further discusaidn , Sir James GRaham reiterated the recommendation of Sir Robert Peel ; but several memosrs , especially Mr . O'ConneU , entreated the Government to pass a temporary bill , and bring the subject on at an early period of next session . At lust , Sir James Graham expressed , on the ; part of the Governnjanl ; , a disposition to concede the point of pressing the entire Bill , but asked fora decision as to the continuance of the commission for five years , a point which he considered essential .
For this purpose the House went into committee , and ; ¦ - ., ;¦ ' ¦ .- . ¦ '' •'¦¦ '• ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ • ' . ' ¦/ . ¦ '' •¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ . ;¦ Mr . Sharman Crawford pleaded for shortening ihefduratibn of the commission to one year , nuving an amendment to thateffect . Mr . Ferrand seconded the amendment , vindtcatiwr , in his speech , the management of the Keighley Uuiun . The amendment was supported by Mr . Agliouby , Mr . Hardy > Sir Charles Napier ( who , however strongly censured Mi . Ferrand ) , and Mr . Liddell ; and then Mr . Hawes spoke in favour generally of the Poor Law Amendment Act , as a great social benefit , and expressed his regret that the Government were not going to press the entire bill before the house daring tue preseut session . After some observations from Mr . Charles Wood in support of the permanency of the commission , end from Lord Sandqn , who argued in favour of a frequent revision by Parliament of the commissioners powers ,
Sir James Gaaham said that there could not be a greater mistake than to assume that the commissioners were irresponsible . Their powers were subjected to a rigid supervision * more so than any other ' authority in the country . He argued at conaidernbio length against many of the objections urged against the bill . ; . . ' . "¦¦' . ; " ' - . ¦ . ; . ; ' ' -. . ' ; . ¦ . A desultory debate continued for some time longer , when a division took place , and there appealed For the amendment ... ... 92 . ' / ' . ' - ' Against it ..... . . ... .,. ~~ 164 Repeated divisions , and considerable debate , arose on motions to compel the adjournment of the proceedings , which ultimately ended in the clause being voted by 146 t 6 26 . '• ' . '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' " ¦ A ... ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦ Some other business was then disposed of , and the House adjourned .
Wednesday , July 13 . The Bill for her Majesty ' s protection went through Committee , and in the course of the evening was read a third time and passed . The House Was employed for the greater part of the evening in voting supplies , and a considerable portion of that pleasant business was performed . Mr . Hume was at his post , and endeavoured , but without success , to resist a few Votes . The House adjourned at a quarter to two .
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On Sunday last , aged 71 years , Mr . Samuel Smallpage , of this town , clothdresser . On Tuesday , the 5 ih inst ., at the residence of her . ' father , Mr . Thomas Prown , Cottage Uppingham , Rutland , after a long and seTere illness , Mrs . Olive Cooper , aged 29 years , wife of Mr . Win . Cooper , of : WaIddn ; , - - " . ' ; ;"" . - ; -. - ,:- ' : ..: - ' : : ;; - - " :- ;/ . - , .-. . ¦ ¦ . .. - :. ¦ ¦; On Monday morning last , in the 20 th year of his age , William Dunslay , eldest ; son of Sir John Simpson , of York , Knight-Same day , greatly respected by a numerous circle of friends , in the 50 th year of his age , Mt . Richard / Bowee , confectioner and fruiterer , Boarlane , -Leeds . ' ' ' : :: ' .. ¦ .. ¦ ' ; '¦ ¦ ¦ : . ¦¦' ¦ ' ; : ¦ - ¦ '¦ . > " : . '; . V ' - ' -: ¦ ¦ •¦¦¦'• ¦ ; -:, ' ¦ ¦ Oh Sunday last , ' . at Tadcaatery dcoply regretted , aged 41 , Mary , daughter of the late Mr . John Arcl > bell , builder aud stone merchant ; , of that p lace .. ¦¦ . ¦' ¦ .: /¦ :- ' ¦ /¦;¦' , - ¦ ,. ¦ ¦ ' ¦;¦;¦/ ' .: ¦ . , ¦' . '¦ ¦¦ .. \ \
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THE COLIiIERS OF NORTH STAFPORDSHIRE TO THE MIDDLE CLASS OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES IN PARTICUX . A . R , AND TO THE OPERA . T 1 VE CLASS , AND ALL MEN IN GENERAL .
Men and Brothers , —For moro than six weeks have we , the colliers of Longton , in the employ of Mr . Sparrow , been resisting a reduction of our wages . Serious indeed , to us , is the attempted reduction , being no less than one shilling per day , either direct or indirect ; direct in * the reduction of sixpence per day , and indirect in tho increase of work to be performed ; the increased amount of work being one yard per day , per man . Thus this reduction cuts two ways , less wages and more work . It is a fact of public notoriety , that our work is dangerous , dirty , and laborious , ia the extreme . From the first moment of our getting into the chains , to descend to the bottom of the pit , until we are again
landed at the top of the earth , our lives are not one moment in safety . Fire damp , black damp , a fall of coals , or a Blip of the roof , may in an instant CODsign us io death , or cripple us for the remainder of life . Often , as the record books . of the Infirmaries can testify , hate numbers 6 t uur brother men been earrie « i there to be cured of burns ; or broken limbs ; and many have sunk into the grave , from the injuries tbey have received . These things surely should entitle us to soinething more than a mere subsistence , and yet the hard hand of avarice would give us all the danger , all the labour , and all the dirt , that it may obtain more gold to glut the insatiable maw of avaricious men .
After we , the men of Longton , had strnsiglcd for six weeks / the miners in the employ of Eirl Granville are treated to a dish of the same kind , and are compelled either to submit to the samei fednction , or , by standing out against such reduction , prevent the fatura degradation of themselves and their faniilies . Saopkeepers , we appeal to you . If our wages ava reduced , we shall have leas to lay out with you ; and , of course , your profits must be less . To your Bad txperience , you can testify that for years back we have not been overdone with money , even When our wages were ¦ is- per . day ; for you do know that we have not , on the average , worked more than four days per week , and often not that If , then , our wages be reduced to the tune of one shilling per day , how are we to live , or to pay for what we get ? Your interest , therefore , lies in upholding the value of labour . Come , then , we say , assist us to win our rights , for in so doing we win your profits .
Operatives , we appeal to you for your assistance ; for depend on it , the redaction in our tvagis ia but tha prelude to a reduction iu youra . Let ua beg of you , then to help us to conquer ; and in our victory see your own reward . Coal-owners , we appeal to you . Will you , by a most injudicious reduction of our wages to increase your splendour , or to enable you to lay up more gold to hoard in usless heaps—will you , then , engender . thosi .-heartburnings , those strifes , that will most assuredly follow ? Ia it wise in you so to do ?' . Is there hc-ue of the milk of human kindness flowing throuch your bosoms , that you seek to deprive us lyour workmen ^ ol the few remaining cotuforta we have left ? Let us h < 'pe better things of you ; and , by a wise , a just , and niscriminating policy , reconcile your workmen to you , and give the men a just reward for their labour .
Miners , a word with you . In our fate behold your own . If we are conquered , how long will your wages be what they now are ? and how long will you be able to resist the iron hand that seeks to lay us prostrate ? Join with us ; and by ooe determined yet peaceful struggle , complete our and your victory .
By order of the Committee of the Operative Colliers , In whose behalf I am , Sir , Ever yours , John Richards , Corresponding Secretary of the Natioual Charter Association .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 16, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct897/page/5/
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