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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1843.
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PORTRAIT OF W. P. ROBERTS, ESQ.
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THE COLLIERIES.
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CASES BEFORE THE MA GISTS A . TES . Dushah , MosdaY , Sep . lira-One case ocrn--pied the attention of the Magi > trafes for six hours , ud tbe other business was ^ onseqaently postponed . Lonsdale , a newer , summoned Bnden , the viewer © f the Gameside coal-pit , for twelve-shillings , a balanee of wages due to ihe cosoplamant , in consequence of bis not Tasting been-pwmded with sufficient ¦ work to produce theamoant ^ Qaranieefl by the bond . The guarantee in tie bond secured to tte hewers , « one with another" , 26 s . per fortnight . In & par--Bcnlar fortnight 2 * ir . Lonsdale had only been a&le io e « n 14 s- ; and his stunmoas was for the difference between that am and 26 s . 5 Se case was felly proved by Mr . Bobrets ; and the -viewer was called upon to answeT it .
Mr . lliBSEiiij for the viewer , contended that Mr . Boberis mnst be nonsuited ; that he had not proved iiis case - ; that he was bound to prove ,-not mereiy that Mr . Lonsdalebad not earned 26 s ^ but tbe xeen < m an average , ineleding all of them , "" -one with « nothex , " had not earned that snm . Mr . "Roberts , in reply , con'ended tfcat oueTrith anther" could onlymean ** such and all-of them ;" » nd that the construction advanced by tbe other ¦ side "was too monstrous to be supported by the Magistrates . By the bond the men were . prevented "working elsewhere ; by the most stringent clauses they were prohibited from offering their labour to ^ Skijelter market -o r to any market at all : ; and if the argument of the masters was held good , they would ^ ctnally tave the power of starving the hewers to « -compliance frith any caprice however frivolous oi
tyrannical : bj that argument the masters might ^ jive work -pro ducing 52 a . per week to half ol the hewers , * nd be justified in refusing to -give * n y work at all to the other half . If such a proposition re held good , fee -colliers wonld fee in « . far worse position than lie slaves oi ¦ Cu ba ; for ihe latter , whether wefk were given to them or not , had at all events « « laim to subsstenee . The solicitor on the other ride , had avowed tis desire to avoid all remarks calculated to widei "the breach between the masters and the workmen How-could that breach be more powerfully widened How -conld bad , burning , and vindictive blood bt xoore tfficientlj generated than by the avowal or flie part of the masters of a doctrine which wouk lednce the coal hewer to a position far below th £ level of the horses that worked in the . same pil -with him f Was this to be borne with ? Was ii
• expected that he would advise the slaves , wnom it ¦ Was hi 3 pride to represent—slaves , bound , it wonld appear , by a penalty of starvation : did the magistrates think that he would recommend his clients to submit to sueh a doctrine—a doctrine so base , so degrading , that humanity shuddered at its avowal If the doctrine urged held good for anything the masters ou £ ht , at all events , to- be compelled to prove the fact on which they relied —that they had paid an average of 26 s . per * tan- ; for thi 3 was a fact which it was niterlv impossible for him ( Mr . BO to know anything about . fiowent he left the case with the Magistrates—¦ whichever way they decided , good would be done ; ether the masters wonld be taught to be more guarded in their frauds , or the men would be knitted together in more compact union . The Magistrates complained of the inflammatory nature of Mr . Roberts' speech .
Mr . Roberts replied that he had done no more than his duty ; and that the inflammatory nature of troth would never prevent his uttering it . Tie mastera disclaimed all intention of exercising the starvation test , although , on being repeatedly pressed by Mr . Roberts , they admitted that they claimed the power—a power which they refused to zelingoisb ; because , as ihej said , they never meant to use it . After a long consultation the Magistrates decided that the burthen of proof ( ihat they had paid ihe 26 s . per fortnight to the hewers * ' one with another ") lay npon the masters . This puzzled the masters considerably ; but at last they stated that they would prove all thatTfas required .
Briden the viewer was then examined by Mr . Marshall , his attorney , and swore that he had paid h > all the men in the pit , ** one with another , " « n average of 5 s . S ^ ri \ , more than 263 . per fortnight . Thi 3 witness was ihen subjected to a most rigid cross-examination bj Mr . Hoberts . For a long time he resolutely persisted in his first statement . Mr . R . then required thB number of hewers employed , and the gross amount paid to them all ; the * esnlt was that the witness gave up his first statement , and admitted that the 5 s did . was an excess
npon ten consecutive fortnights , instead of upon one , as he had stated in the first instance . Upon l > eing further pressed—and the withering torture of the poor degraded tool , by Mr . Roberts , lasted three quarters of &b hour—he admitted that the 5 s . 9 id . excess had not been actually paid to the men , but that such sum was what he calculated the men fiught have earned " had they been so minded—but they had bad adviser * . " The exposnre of tbe lies -of this bloated mass—one after another , and slowly and Ungeringlj drawn out—elicited groan 3 of dis-« ust from a crowded court .
The Magistrates retired and were absent for two hours . On their return to tbt Court , the chairmana large coal-pit owner—gave the decision agaiast the claim of Mr . Lonsdale . " The viewer had sworn that sufficient work had been offered to the men to earn 26 s per fortnight / ' and so forth . The decision has thus been given against the fair and just claims of the workmen ; but they are well satisfied that they bronght forward their case . The Boasters were severely exposed ; the magistrates were shaken by Mr . Roberts' inflammatory arguments , and evidently were much divided in opinion . The cheering of the men—it was nnanimou 3 though suppressed—when Mr . Roberts avowed his determination to advise the colliers of Durham and Northumberland to "strike" rather than Bnbmit to the starvation test , was most electrial . The masters learned a lesson which they will not easfly forget .
UivrcASTLE . —Tuesdat , 12 ih Sept . —nine pitmen were summoned for leaving their work : the penalty they had thus incurred was three months imprisonment . On the bond being read it appeared that the period of its expiration was ** thirty four" instead © f " / orty-foffr . " The coalmaster contended that this was a clerical error : Mr . "Roberts on the contrary submitted that in aprosecnuoa under a penal statute clerical errors were fatal . The Magistrates held with Mr . Roberts , and themen were discharged . Immediately on this result a coalmaster applied to M r . Roberts " for an amicable conversation to settle it . " ** No / 1 said Mr . R ^ " you first drag my men here as criminals seeking to consign them to a felons ^ dungeon ; and then , when failed in your tyranny talk of * settling . ' First learn to treat your workmen as honest men ; and if you must have criminals » eek for them amongst yourselves . "
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DEPABTTJKE OF THE QTTEEK OX A VISIT TO THE KI > G OF TBE BELGIANS BElGHTOr ; , - TU £ SDjiT . According ioibe announcement in mj letter yesterday , Hei Majesty and the Royal suite left Brighten for © stend this morning , at a quarter to nine o ' c' oci . From an early hour both entrances to tbe Palace were beset tj anxious crowds of tbe inhabitants and tinwrs , a military guard being . stationed at both gates , creating a doubt as to which lonte Her Majssty ¦ would take to the Tier . A detachment of the Grenadier Guards was
drawn up at the northern entrance , forming a sort of a fcoUoir square to keep off the crowd , while a similar duty "wsb performed by a detachment of the Queen ' s Own Hcesara at the opposite gate , opening Into Castleeqnare and East-street . The entrance to the Pier , and thence along the Marine Parade , as far as New Sieine , overloofeinij the Cbain-pier Esplanade , attracted the greater portien of the visitors ; but as far as the eye -could reach , right and left , iras to be ' seen » line of faces . The beach -was aiso covered with spectators , and the Bea stndded frith beets .
Ijast night the Pier Company issued handbills , announcijurthat thePiei -would be closed against the public nnta after Hei Majesty ' s departure , and this order -ssasiigidjy acted upon . The only persons on the Yxa -were a guard cf hononr ^ f tbe Grenadiers , stationed « the Piex-head , -with ttreir band , Captain Pschell , M . T ., Mr . T . West , and Mr . L . D . Smith itwo of the managfflg directors of the Pier ) , Mr . C . Cooper , their eterk , . &e High-Constable , the Clerk to theCommisnoneis , and the reporters connected with the iondon and local journals . J ^ t " ^ 0 **^ * " made fa eotnpliasce ™ th tbe S 52 JSL SSSi / T * ** "" v »*
Precisely at a quarter to nine , as vre have stated , the JJ ^ al tamzge , containing Her Majesty and Prince JUb « Vdxove ^ on the Pi * r , at the gate of 4 ich shs wM received by the Hon . a A . Murrey , ^ rho bad 1 Jt tbe 25 £ ? h ^^ . OaocmiageB followed , con taming the Boyal „ & . ^ ^ ' SgJSL ^ " ** ** ^^ *« - ™* The Boyal party alighted from their carriages at the H * j £ tfae 1 | aspension-bndge , vrhenee theyVere conduct ^ by Mx . West and Mr . Smith , the directors , to tise Peu-head , where Her -Msjesty atfa « nrledgeaI the Tx-n of the gentlemen assembled there , by bodies ^ leinrn . The Grenadiers Ealuted , and the band at once struck np ¦*• God save the Queen . "
Her Majesty paused to survey the scene , which the presence of the military made most animating ; and then , conducted by the directors , descended the -western Jiighi ef steps , which , as well as a temporary platform erected for the purpose of facUitatijjg Her T&sjesty ' a -ambarcation , was covered with red doth . Sir Samnel Brown bad the honour of h&"riiT > g the Queen and the Boyalpsity into the galley , which was lying at thebotr torn , mider the eommtsui of Xord Adolphus Fitzclar-^ nc& He * Majesty , Prince ilbert , and the * nite being seated , tie gaflfiy left the Tin , at which moment tbe battery commenced firing a royal alnte . The
Chainpier then / sainted in a simflsj manner , and by the time this was over , tbe pHiej reached the Bojal yacht . Tbe xauoerous Tessels in thi Roads were decked out with flags scd streamers , and the yards were all manned Connected , with tha ao as * idfi&t bappen&S which was
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likely to prove fatal . After Her Majesty '^ d reached the yacht , one of the seamen of the Tartar revenue cutter fell from the yard into the sea , - and had nearly sunk , when tbe b # at put off and picked him up . The Roys ! yacht at once got under weigh , and proceeded on her voyage , followed by ei ght other steamers . All were soon lelt a considerable di / tance behind , with the exception of the Mercury , wfjich took a party to London , and Ihe Ariel , an iron steamer belonging to the Post-Ljfise . These two mpjntained tbe same pace as the Hojal yacht up to the moment when the yacht was lost to view , which was r . t half-past tea o ' clock . The St . Vincent and anolher-vessel of thB line were in tho offing , and followed the squadron , the flag-ship receiving a salute from the Pier . Dover , Sept . 22 .
This afternoon at three o'clock the Royal yachfc . the Victoria and Albert , containing England ' s beloved Queen and illustrious Consort , passed Itover from Brighton in gallant -style , -with tbe Royal standard floating from the mainland the Union-jack from tbe mi 23 n . The Royal vessel passed about & mile off tbe shore . It was blowing a "fresh breezs from the eastward at the time ; but such seemed the powers of tbe Victoria anfl . Albert that-even with this head wind she walked tbe waters with a rapidity th » t nothing could exceed , leaving tbe other vessels in the Royal squadron far behind . On the Queen of the waters beintr descried off the westernmost of Dover Cliffs , the Royal standard was hoisted at the Castle , and the Unioa-jack at the heights , while from the vesssels in the harbour and the house-tops of many of the citiz-ns' flags were instantly unfurled , and the entire sua front , for more than a mile , ¦ was lined with loyal subjects , anxious to have sight of tbe Royal bark and its precisus treasure .
The yacht was too far off for us to distinctly recogaise her Majesty ; but we think we observed her by the aid of a telescope , with Prince Albert by her side , on the quarter deck , looking towards the shore . When the yacht got immediately oft" tbe barbour , a Royal salute was fired from the guns at tbe grand redoubt ; and immediately the guns of the Castle , though they have been dumb for the last twenty yean , answered the salute from the redoubt These salutes had hardly died away ere the Royal yacht bad rounded the South Foreland , and in a very brief space of time she was out of sight .
This morning several of our most experienced Cinque Ports pilots left Dover to cnide tbe vessels of tbe Boyal tquadrsn to Ostend . —Times .
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Mr . O'Cossob has received communications from many districts in all of "which a very great desire is expressed to have a pohtraii of Mr . Roberts , tbs . people ' s Attorney-General . We . cannot wonder that a strong wish should be entertained to possess a Likeness of so truly amiable , talented , and true & man ; and although we know that Mr . O ' Connor had determined to givt no more Portraits , yet w have the pleasure to announce that all Subscribers tor Three Months , horn Saturday , the 16 th of Sept , will receive i . POETBAIT OF W . P . ROBERTS , THE PEOPLES
ATTORNEYGENERAL . We request the several Agents to open lists for the enrolling of names , as none but Snbscribera from the above datea will receive a plate . The prce ef Paper and Plate when presented will be Sixpence ; and none will be sold without tbe paper .
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THE DECISION OF THE CONFERENCE . THE NEW PLAN OF 0 RGAX 12 ATI 0 N . In another portion of this sheet will he fouDd ihe Nnt Plan of Organization , as agreed upon by the delegates in Conference assembled , after most mature deliberation , and thorough canvassing of its every and several parts and provisions .
That Plan but now awaits the affixing of the Seal of Authority to it , by the Certifying Barrister . When that is done , and steps are being taken to procure it , — operations under it can immediately commence . The Executive Committee , the moment that the Plan Is enrolled , will be prepared to issue Charters for the holding of branches , cards of membership , books for the enrolling of names , class-books , and all other material fora dne and systematic carrying oat of the objects ef the Association .
Several parties have expressed fear that the rules and objects of the Association will not be enrolled : that the certifying Barrister will refuse to perform that which is , in him , merely a ministerial act . For ourselves , we have no such fear . We know that the Barrister must enrol , if the objectB , plans , and parposes of the society are legal ; in accordance with law ; and calculated to ensure benefit to the members . It matters sot to him what the parties joining together in such society please to call themselves ; he has nothing lo do with what they may call tt eir " principles , " if those " principles" are not in direct contravention of the law of the land . It is not for
him to inquire into these things . He has merely to satisfy himself that the provisions and laws of tha society placed before him for enrolment are in accordance with the provisions and requirements of the Benefit Societies' Acts ; and , if they are , he mcst . E . YROL ; if they are not , he must point out where they are in contradiction , and enrol the rest . With the Barrister we fear no unnecessary delaj , or obstacle . Means are being taken to test the matter very shortly ; and by next week we confidently expeet to be able to make the announcement that the Plan of Organisation for Mutual Benefit has been stamped with AUTHORITY .
"What a " step , in advance" that will be ! We shall not then be the tag-rag and bob-tail of political parties . We shall not then be the illegal Chartists . We shall not then be an unlawful confederation . We Bhall be within the pale of the law ; have the pbotectios of the law , so long as we confine ourselves to a lawful mode of seeking our LAVTFUL OE 4 ECXS . But this is not all . The code of laws for the government of the National Charter Association for Mutual Benefit , as set forth in our columns this day , will , the moment they are enrolled , become
as much the law of the land , as far as the society itself is concerned , as if they were embodied in Parliamentary statute . Is that nothing ? Will not that be of advantage ? Will not that tend to inspire confidence ! Conpidencs in our general agitation for general principle , inasmoch as we shall have a legal defined plan of operations . Cowjdejice , in the security of oar fnnds , because we shall have every protection tkat the law can give against fraud and peculation These are advantages worth some little sacrifice to obtain . Thet abe obtaeved . The moment the
Plan is enrolled , that moment do oar funds , sJI and every of them , come under the protective influence of tbe Act of Parliament protecting , Benefit Societies ; and under that Act we have protection for them full and ample . To shew this , we will htro transcribe from the act itself the clause which gives this protection . We do this , because we feel persuaded that confidence mast be first inspired , before we can at all expect men to subscribe to our funds : and nothing can so much tend to inspire that confidence , as a showing that the funds and their rightful application , are secuked and gdabanteed
bt law . The Act 10 , Geo . III ., c . 56 , sec . 25 , provides as follows : — : " And be it further enacted , that for the effectually preventing / road and imposition on the funds of snch societies , if any officer , member , er any other person , being or representing » himself or herself to be a member of snchBodeiy , or the nominee , executor , administrator , or assignee of any member of such society , or any otber person -whatever , shall in or by any false representation or imposition fraudulently obtain possession of the monies of such society or any part thereof , or Jutvina
w nu or Tier possession any sum of money belonging lo such society shall pbaudciekilt withhold the Sake , ana for -which offence no especial provision is made in the rules rf sueh society , it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace residing within the County ¦ within which such scciety shall be held , npon complaint made on oath or affirmation by an officer of sneb society appointed for that purpose , to summon such person against whom such complaint shall fee made to appear at a time and place to be named in such summons ; __ J 1 ___ » x " , " ¦ ¦ ""¦^* MUV 41 DUU 11 UUUO
upon due proof , upon oath or affirautien , of the service « f sueh summons it shall and may be lawful frrTny two Justices S residing within the county « aforesaid to S ^ ? & lSa ¦ "n ?™* SSK-tie £ a « id «> ciety , confirmed as dlreotedby this Act ; and upon dne proof of such fraud , the said Justices shall convict the said party , cmd award double Oie amoxrd tfffx mor . ey to Jra ^ u& ^ UMw uittMi to he paid to the treasurer , to be St fEl £
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him to tbe purposes of the society so proved to have been imposed upon and defrauded , together with such coats as shall be awarded by the said Justices , not exceetftag the sum of ten shillings ; and in case such persoe against whom such complaint shall Be made shall not pay the sum of money so awarded to the person , and at the time specified , in the said order , such JaBticea are hereby required , by warrant under * their hands and seals , to cause the same to be levied by distress and sale of the goods of sueh person on whom such order shall have been made , or by other legal proceedings , together with such costs as shall be awarded by the said Justices , not exceeding the aum of ten shillings , and also tbe costs and charges attending
such distress and sale or other legal proceeding , returning the overplus ( if any ) to the owner ; and in default of such distress bting found , the said Justices of the Peace shall commit Buch person so proved to have offended to the Common Gaol or House of Correction , there to be kept to bard labour for such a period , not exceeding three calendar months , as to them shall seem fit : provided nevertheless , that nothing berein contained shall prevent the said society from proceeding by indictment or complaint against the party complained of ; and provided also , that no party shall be proceeded against by indictment or complaint if a previous conviction bad been obtained for the same offence under the provisions of thli Act . " '
Here then is protection . Let any member , " or any other person , " get hold of the monies belongiug to our society , when its rules are enrolled ; and let him refuse to deliver them np , or to apply them as the rules direct , and the remedy is swift and ample . ' ¦ The justices SHALL convict the said party , and awabd double the amount of money so fbaudu-LENTLT OBTAINED OR WITHHELD . " We Bhall have precious little of running away with , or misappropriating , our funds under the New Plan of Organisation for Mutual Benefit , when it is enrolled 1
Here : then is every thing to inspire con&deace . Here is a lever put into the hands of those who have to move the publio mind in favour of our objeots and purposes greater and more powerful than they ever before possessed . It will be their interest and duty to us © it well and effectually . The Plan then is before the country . It has received the best and most earnest attention cf a delegated body , called into being for the express purpose . It is the result of their united wisdom and joint application . It comes before the public with no ordinary recommendations or pretensions . It comes stamped with popular approbation , expressed after much deliberation , and in the only legitimate manner . It therefore cannot fail of being well received .
A lengthened eulogium of tbe several parts of the Plan wonld be here out of place . Opportunities will hereafter present themselves to comment upon them , as they are severally required to be put into operation . These comments we shall from time to time offer , with a view of making all praoticatiy acquainted with every detail , so that the Organization may be a bealitt and not a thing in name only . Calling attention therefore , firstly , to the Plan itself ; and then to Mr . O'Connor ' s letter on the subject , in our first page ; and with every confidence ibat we shall be able n ? xt week to announce that the Jaws arc enrolled , we take a hasty leave of the question for the present , with'a promise to return to it often and again .
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period the Government of the present blood-hounds of Spain had not been recognized by the Cabinet of St . James ' s . On the contrary , the very air resounded with laudations of Espartero , the ex-Regent , and with condemnations of the murdering crew who have sucoeoded him , and who are now engaged in the destruction of the remnant of Spanish liberty . The Times took a proud lead in distinguishing the merits of Espartebo , and in contrasting his mild rule with the tyrannous Government of his successors , whose first act was the destruction of every liberal institution capable of offering opposition to their parricidal machinations . It was understood that the leading
policy of those devils was to impose an early responsibility upon a pocr little creature of thirteen years of age , as a cloak for their own iniquities . All their policy was drafted out before us . They were known to be the tools of Louis Philippe and his Cabinet ; and with this understanding , and before the first " Cheshire" had been cut , or the first " bottle of stout" been drawn , and while her Britannic Majesty was on her way to her cousin of France , did we learn that the Government of the usurpers is formally recognised by her Majesty ' s Ministers ! and Espartero , the bold and the brave , the honest and the uncompromising ; the King-controuling and priest-curbing Espartero , is held up by the Times newspaper as an object of scorn 1
This newspaper mist , however , did not blind oar vision . We saw Spain aud Ireland through the " Cheshire" and the " stout . " The thunder of the artillery did not deaden the French cry for a republic ; tho roar of England for her Charter ; and the unanimous call of Ireland for her Parliamont . We said : " be it borne in mind , that this is the precursor of a Congrats of monarchs ; a conference of majesty ; to deliberate npon the best means of arresting the cry of democracy . " We announced that Louis Philippe would place Spain against Ireland ; and last week we directed attention to the fact , that the
English Minister had lost no time in preparing her Majesty to covor the stake without hesitation , by recognising French usurpation as the acknowledged government of Spain . However the political mechanic may scatter his fragments in the kuleidiscope , we defy him long to obscure the real objects of the Royal visit from publio view . Shake it as he may ; turn it as he will ; twist it as best he can ; the keen eye , after all , will distinguish between Spain and Ireland ; the Charter and the Spanish marriage , and the " Cheshire cheese and bottled stout . "
The Morning Chronicle was the first of the daily press that dared to take our view of the subject ; and the answer of the Times to that Journal is truly ludicrous . It amounts to this , and nothing more : that if the Chronicle is right , Louis Philiwe must be infallible The Chronicle very forcibly explains the difficulties with which the intrigues of Louis Philippe are surrounded , and the danger which failure would entail upon himself ; and what's the answer of the Time * ? Why ludicrous enough ; though quite characteristic ! It is this : —
" It must have been obvious to far less cautious and experienced politicians than they ate , that sucb . a movement as that which has just taken place in Spain was only the precursor of troubles to which no end can be assigned ; and to suppose that they deliberately encouraged feuuh a movement is to accuse them of a poliay in which folly certainly predominates even over knavery . If &uch & sckeme existed , its total failure is admitted even by our contemporary ; and after having drenched ua with a malignant sort of compassion for tbe ineptitude of Lord Aberdeen , which left Spain aud Great Britain at tbe mercy of the most artful politicians in Europe , we find that tho tables are suddenly turned , and , without any assignable cause , tbese Macbiavela are degraded to tbe level of inoffensive dolts . "
What does the whole tenor of the above extract mean , other than that Louis Philippe will not play at odds if he can help it ? and that in order to reduce the odds , he and Guizot , as we predicted , have wheedled Lord Aberdeen , who will no doubt be held up ia the n » xt session of our Parliament as responsible for all the results ? of the Royal visit ; our prudent helmsman being too ill to sail , bat well enough to stand the fog of a shooting excursion ? Is it not clear from the whole tenor of the above extract , that Louis Philippe has had ttie mantle of infallibility thrown over them by the Times for the
" nonce" ! But , are those who know tho risks that he has run , both foreign and domestic , foolish enough not to know that be ia in the habit of playing bis diplomatic skill against foreign and domestic ignorance ? and to such odds he looks as the means of ' * taking the sting out of events . " It is true that total failure may follow such a Echeme , as admitted by the Chronicle , under one class of circumstances ; but it is equally true that another class of circamutances may lead to a very different result . So far
then we have substantiated our former reasoning upon some of tho dutails connected with Her Majesty ' s visit ; and we now turn to the 7 Vme * for confirmation of our prediction . The Times of Tuesday has a laboured article upon the subject of the Queen ' s visit , in which the writer endeavour ? to cover his sudden retreat by a , very lame criticism upon an article that appeared in the Morning Chronicle , and from which we select the { following extract in support of our original views : —
" We trust it will be found that the evil impressions of the Whig policy of 1840 < UsAppeared from Prance when Queen Victoria set her foot within tbe territories of her neatest neighbour and her most powerful ally ; or that , however they may linger amongst tbose in this country or in that who laboured to rekindle tbe Sres of secular hostility , they are effectually obliterated from tbe minds of tbe men who govern tbe destinies of Europe . It would be absurd to attach to a visit which was projected and executed ¦ without
any of the usual formalities of Royal etiquette all tbe importance of an international congress ; but , on the other hand , no one can doubt tbat it bas powerfully contributed to strengthen , the bonds pf amity between the two Crowns , and all that passed upon this occasion tended to secure our confi leiico in the unbroken trar quillity of Europe . So true it is , that no sooner are France and England at variance , than peace ia in perpetual jeopardy ; no sooner are tbey united , than its maintenance is secure . "
Now , we ask if any man , the greatest fool , can , after reading the above extract , attach other than great political importance to her Majesty ' s visit But beyond the above , we find the following admission in the same article , confirmatory of the fact that the Royal visit was a political and not a mere friendly visit . The leading journal says— " Lord ABERDEEN NATURALLY ACCOMPANIED HIS ROYAL MlSTRESS ON THIS MEMOBABLE OCCASION , * AND THE MINISTERS TO WHOM THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OP THI-4 E TWO GKElT NATIONS ARE BNTBU 8 TED ENJOYED THE RARE ADVANTAGE OF A DIRECT PERSONAL CONFERENCE ON the auestions of the day . " From all these
admissions , then , we learn that foreign affairs did constitute a portion of the business of the day ; while , however crookedly let out , the Times is compelled to say something about an " international Congress , " and the " powerful strength which her Majesty ' s visit is calculated to give to the two countries . " Now is not this precisely what we sajd , with this mere addition—that that strength would be used for the purpose of opposing democratic intrusion ?
But we have not done with tho subject . We will stick to Spain for yet a bit . Let u ' s reason upon the further influences to bo used in furtherance of Locis Phillipe ' sdesign with respect to that country . Our Queen is now in Belgium , on a visit to the King of the Belgians ; and let us see how the Royal oirole while assembled" there stand in relation to any project interesting to the French Kiog . Who , then , is the King of the Belgians I He is uncle to our Queen . Who is the Queen of the Belgians She is the daughter , and the favourite daughter , of the
King of the French . Who desires to marry the Spanish Infant , with a fertile nation for her dower i Tho Due D'Aumale , brother to the Queen of the Belgians , and brother-in-law to the King of the Belgians . And the Belgian King himself is nearly related to our Albert , and to the whole tribe of the Saxe Cobanrgsr . Who , above all other monarchs has the greatest interest in strengthening lh » Bourben dynasty , and in making France the arbiters pf the world ? The King of the Belgians , as a matter of course , for hie throne would n 4 t be worth three
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days' purchase if the French people succeeded in establishing a Republic . His portion of royalty will at all times be best secured by his alliance with tbe Royal family of France . Now , we would soberly ask those who are accustomed to watch events as presented upon the stage of lifo , whether with such ja stage-manager as Louis Philippe , the dramatis personce , that we have announced are likely to play the Spanish adventure , otherwise than in strict accordance with the directions given by the great artist Louis Fhilifpe ?
God help ] us ! lagging , as we do , seven days behind tho sharp-shooters of the press . Oar own " thunder" is enough to addle our poor brains , when we find our daily contemporaries compelled to take up our old noise as their freah reports . However , so it is ! More than fourteen days ago we predicted what the object of the Royal visit would turn out to be . Our prophecy is in the course of fulfilment ; and the temporary tranquillity of Ireland will cause no suspension iof those arrangements which are intended not more for the suppression of the present agitation , than as a means for future prevention . O'Connell is still the omen that haunts their rest ; and wo can well imagine the following speech from Gustavbs rehearsed by Louis Philippe as a means of conveying his soul ' s apprehension to our foreign Minister : — :
¦ What ' s to be done ? Now Aberdeen j now is tbe time to subtilize Thy soul , sound every depth , and waken All tbe wonderous stateman in thee . For I musi tell thee , spite of guarding armies , Circling nations and empires That bend beneath my nod , Tills cursed O'Coaaell invades my shrinking spirits , Awes my heart , and sits upon my slumbers .
Spite of himself , he » till evades ' he bunter ; . And If there ' s power in heaven or in hell It guards him . When was I vanquished , But when be opposed me ? Wben have I conquered , But wben he was absent ? His name ' s a host ; A terror to | my legions ! And by my tripple crown , I swear , O'Connell , I would ratber meet all Eaiepe for my foe Than see thy face in arms !
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THE VICTIMS . We request the serious attention of our readers to the important address following these remarks , adopted by the Conference of Delegates assembled at Birmingham , on behalf of our unfortunate brothers " the victims / ' their wives , and children . No Chartist who read the letters of Hoyle and ^ Williams published in | the Star a few weeks since , but must have blushed crimson deep at the undeniable apathy and indifference , which have for some months past characterised , us as a party in our treatment of the "Victims . " We say as a parly ; because several
" localities , " and not a few individuals have been found exceptions to the general rule ; but the time haa now come when something must be done generally , and nationally , or eur charaoter , as a great political party will be lost . Men will naturally shrink from the toils and dangers of a public advocacy of our principles when the prospect before them shall be starvation and death to their families , while they may be suffering for the maintenance of the truth . So long as the country had its attention absorbed with the preparations necessary for the holding of the late
Conference , and the ! funds of the movement were wholly k quired to assemble an efficient representation of the popular will for the re-organizing of the body ; so long we ^ excused the but very partial efforts made to assist ; the sufferers . But now that the work of the national delegation is over , aud breathing time is afforded to the people while waiting for the enrolment of the new Association ^ we- think no excuse can be permitted for the non-fulfilment of our duty . It is a duty—a sacred and
indispensable duly—to succour those who have toiled , struggled , and suffered for ns . Wonld we have the New Organization to succeed , . we must bfg " n well in this matter . The men whom we nave appointed to the high and honourable posts of directors of the Association ; the men who as district or branch ofBcers may be summoned from their daily avocations and the calm repose of their fireside oirdes , to fill their offiees withent fee or reward , may hesitate to respond to our call ; and will , at any rate , regard with mistri&t ear profes-
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sions of patriotism , and view with anxiety their own position , if they see ns failing in our duty to those who have trod before them the thorny path of popular agitation . True we hope to steer clear of the law ' s meshes for the future ; and avoid , if possible , the persecution which has in the past decimated our ranks , and entailed sorrow upon not a few , and expense on all . Still no man who darea to play the part of an honest man and resolute patriot , can say what his own fato may yet be , if he will , as he ought , to remain " stedfast to the faith "; and to inspire confidence and zeal , it is necessary that we shield , so far as possible , from further wrong those who have already fallen in the strife of " right against might . ''
We implore , then , of the Chartist body that they will " be up and doing , " without a moment ' s delay . We know of the poverty of the people ; but we also know that the smallest contribution from each professing Chartist would be ample to affurd present relief , and the means of future support to all deprived of their natural guardians . Let there be no more delay in this matter . The wrongs of our exiled and incarcerated brothers ; the lonely
situation of their widowed partners ; the neglected lot of their orphaned children , cry aloud for us to be stirring . 'Tis not lip- sympathy that ia wanted ; but the tangible means of adequate relief and decent maintenance . Let the " leading spirits of Chartism , " in every locality , gee to it ! On them rests the responsibility of having this work done , and done well . It is our firm belief that the people will do their duty if the local leaders will do theirs .
Our readers will see in the report of the last day ' s proceedings of the Conference , that a resolution was unanimously adopted by the delegates , setting apart Sunday , September 24 th , for a general and simultaneous collection throughout the kingdom in aid of the General Victim Fund . Of course , where local circumstances dictate the propriety of Saturday , 23 d , or Monday , 25 ih , instead of the 24 th , being the day selected for the obtainment of collections , the object
of the Conference will be equally well answered . For ourselves we can see no objection why the three days should not be devoted to that object exclusively . We are of opinion that money from certain parties , and under certain circumstances , might be obtained on each of the three days ; when some of it would be lost by taking either day exclusively . But within those three days let the work be accomplished , that the Committee may have at once the means of affording substantial assistance .
Our readers will also tee that the delegates hare appointed Mr . O'Connor the General Treasurer to the Association , Treasurer to the Victim Fund also All monies , by post-office order , or otherwise , must be sent—and made payable—to Mr . O'Connor , care of Mr . Cleave . Care must be taken to specify ia the letter whether the monies sent are for the Victim Fund , or for the General Fund . The Delegates also recommended the appointment of a General Victim Fund Committee at Manchester by the Manchester Chartists , to whom all applications for assistance may be made . We trust the
men of Manchester will take up the subj ct immediately , and see that the Committee is forthwith appointed . This can be done on Sunday or Monday next at the farthest ; so that we may have the names of the persons appointed in the Star of next week . Let ths local committees everywhere make arrangements by the appointing of collectors , &c , to ensure the well * doing of the work on the 24 th or other days ; and 1 st each and all pull together in this righteous labour , for the aiding of the widow and protecting of the fatherless—remembering that
" England expeots that every maa will do his duty . '
THE TICTIMS' SUPPORT FUND . Address ef the National Conference to the Chartists of the United Kingdom . Fellow Countrymen and Patriots , —Having completed the special object of our mission in devising a perfectly legal Plan of Organization , the next duty which devolved upon us , as s Delegated body was the consideration of the situation of those ardent and generous spirits , who have become the objects of legal sacrifice for our cause . Public ingratitude—exile—tbe loss of healththe forfeiture of every prospect whichexiatinginstitutioia afford enterprizine genins to pursue the allurements of fortune with all tbe privation of persecution , have
hitherto been the only reward which enlightened and humane constitutional Reformers have received at tbe bands of those for whom they sacrificed life , happiness , and country , to rescue them from slavery , flfet . stem , unbending , and resolute ; confident in the rectitude of a jnst and holy cause , and inspired with the assurance that whenever the millions were sufficiently enlightened , their exertions would be appreciated ; invested with the most exalted sentiments and feelings which dignify the human character , they beheld degraded and enslaved humanity bleeding under the scourge of civil despotism ; every ennobling virtue blasted ; tbe love of liberty and the pride of nationality extinguished ;
the purity of religion and the sanctity of law desecrated ; tbe most sublime discoveries in science and government perverted , to erect a sovereign despotism of wealth and intellect over tbe most valuable orders of society , the industrious outcast millions ; and they willingly surrendered , when failing to accomplish tbe sacred design of freeing their country , to bo immolated by tbe merciless tyrant at tbe shrine of imperial usurpation . Estimating properly tbe difficulties their efforts bad to surmount , no event , however unexpected or fatal to their success , discouraged them in their arduous and hallowed undertaking . Tbey suffered nobly , and without complaint .
To their labours do we owe the proud position WBicb modern democracy bas attained , in the intelligence , numbers , and supreme influence it everywhere exercises OAer public opinion . The hopes of the unhappy millions have been elevated . Tyrants no longer arbitrate and dispose of our lives , as if we were but the abject instruments of unsanctioned power . We aspire to a nobler state- of existence . The spirit of the patriot bas been imparted to the humblest
in our ranks ; and thousands have aa generously sacrificed to acquire tbe liberty of our country , as the most active and eminent in tbe cause . Their destitute families now look to us for solicitude and protection . What heart can resist their claimB ? Tbe ruthless arm of oppression and the oppressor ' s vengeance are not so cruel to tbe feelings of those who auffer , as would be ingratitude and neglect from us , for ¦ whom and with whom they share the vicissitudes of persecution . Oar character aa reformers would sink in the estimation of
every class without our ranks , or amongst ourselves , were the widows and tbe children of our once-zealotu fellow patriots , not to be the tengereat objects of oat
care . This appeal the Conference reats assured wiil be received by every veritable democratic reformer , male and female , with the same generous feelings of humanity , which baa dictated it at tbe present conjuncture of our movement . Tbe moral vigoar , progress , and success of our new Organization , will depend upon the manner we treat those who b % n fallen victims to the law . The obligations of justice do not require that we should do more than our circumstances can afford . Our poverty may prevent us doing
what we otherwise migbfe ; but let us do our utmost , we must inspire each other with confidence , if we sincerely desire to achieve our country ' s freedom . T ' ict 0 'J smiles upon our future prospects . Let the first act « our renewed struggle be the performance of a pobue duty to the families of our exiled and imprisoned fellow patriots . An act tbat will animate us wi » the proud consciousness of being just men , —sn ** tbat will consecrate every effort to regain our right * and establish tbe greatness and dignity of our country , in tbe freedomhappinessand virtue afherpeople .
, , A Committee will be appointed at Manchester to W entrusted with the management of all funds cooWbuted for this purpose . Let every indivWnal do nil dnty , and forward through the ofBcers of tbe localifi or directly his mite te the General Treasurer . The following list will show our position , and tM oharacter of tbe Government . 41 imprisoned for 1 year ; 21 transported for 7 and 10 years . 20 do 2 do 9 do 15 do 12 do 21 do
13 do for life The Conference , in conclusion , and in duty to Jk « cases of those which have yet to appear at M " Court of Queen ' s Bench , most seriously ""P ™ ^ upon tbe country their situation . Mr . X-0 ™™ assured the Conference there was every probao ""/ that a complete acquittal could be obtained , P ^ vided tbe flrat talent of the bar could be «»• gaged . This will require money , and , « £ tainly , if it is within tbe power of our ** £ to secure their cases every legal advantage point of argumentation , we surely will not w » them to be thrust into a dungeon , when a trifle « weach would preserve their liberty and services to ow eause . Some of the mo » t able men in o " * " ™" , in Abe number to be tried on the fourth »««*; " " £ , must have them out , if law will sanction what jom "" demands . Signed , on tehalf of the Conference , SSciBB FakbaR , President . R . T . MORftiSOJf , ^ Secretary-Conference Room , Saturday , Stb Sept ., 1843 .
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THE CONGRESS OF MONARCHS . So , so , then ! we are not altogether such very bad prophets . Indeed , our great fault consists in running at too great a length before our cotemporaries . But however great the distance between us and the tai j of th « pack , yet are they sure , Boonrr or later , upon all great questions of policy , to pick up tbe scent from the ground we have run over . When the Tariff was introduced , the one section selected by the press for general bombardment was tbat which was most likely to touch the sensitive feelings of their readers—Jte Income Tax . We
however , passed over the pimple , and directed attention to the incipient wen—the admission of live stock from foreign countries . So with regard to the outbreak of last year . Caution followed caution , until the " cry of wolf" became stale and insipid . Again , onr several predictions with respect to the Repeal movement are in course of fulfilment ; while Wednesday ' s Times verifies our prediction that the Editor and Correspondent of that paper would so embolden the Reseccaites , that revolution and murder would be the result . We remonstrated , in no very measured terms , against the encouragement
held out by the Times to the " Rebecca " means of redressing sectional grievances . We contrasted the encouragement given by the writers m that journal to men with arms in their hands , whose object was the redress of sectional grievances , with the anathemas thundered forth by tho same writers against those who , without arms in their hands , petitioned for a mere hearing of their complaints . Well , what has been the result ! Let the Times itself answer for its own misdeeds . Here here is the result : we find it in the Times of Wednesday laat . Thus : " where is all this to end t A MOST TOOL AND COWARDLY MDRDtB . HAS AT LAST
been committed . much have those to answeh for who have produced this state op societv . The stdpid excuse , * we know nothing of it !' will mot exonerate those whose dutt it was from theib position to know it , and to pre-VERT IT . " The reader will discover from our report of the transaction , to which the above "post mortem " lamentation of the Times' correspondent referH , that a poor old woman , of seventy years of ae ; o , earning a livelihood by her services , has been shot dead by the proteges of the Times' correspondent : by , those
who ** were now going the right way to work to make tlieir complaints hoard , and to ensure a redress of their grievances ; " and who , by the way , were cautioned against the contamination of Chartist interference . O ! if thiB " step in the right way " —a step which was sure to fallow the encouragement held out by the correspondent of the Times—had been taken by a Chartist , as a means of redressing Chartist grievances , where , O where , would our contemporary have found gall enough to blacken the criminality 1 Now , forsooth , the Welch sucking dove of the Times plaintively lisps , " Where is all this to end" 1 Where ! Why as we predicted , IN THE DOCK !
IN THE TRANSPORT SHIP !! ON THE SCAFFOLD ! ! ! and with , in all probability , tho Times' correspondent an unwilling occupant of the witness box ! There ' s where it will end ! And a most fitting end for those who allow themselves to be seduced to the commission of murder by the encourment held oat in the Time * newspaper . But to onr immediate purpose . Upon the subject of Her Majesty ' s visit to the KiDg of tbe Barricades we struck out onr own course , while our contemporaries were luxuriating in large importations of" Cheshire cheese and bottled stout" for the
entertainment of Britain's monarch . Then we have had the fitting-up of the Royal yacht j the condescension of Her Majesty , who vouchsafed to enter into conversation with some of the Royal crew ; the historic importance given to a shabby old Chateau , and a miserable old watering place ; the competition for seats in and upon the trading omnibuses , * the price of lodgings ; the smiles of Royalty , and the cheers of a hired multitude , the very gilding of the Royal yacht ; a flash from the cannon ; the thunder from the far-fetehed artillery ; the illuminations : we have had , in short , all these things ; all that constituted a " grand jubilee , " placed vividly before the public , to screen the ministerial object to
be effected by the Royal visit . Oar readers will bear in mind , that fourteen days ago we expressed tbe great difficulty that we felt to reconcile the visit and hasty departure of the two French Princes ; and stated that our contemporaries attributed their backward speed to the repulse given to the Due D'Acmale by her Majesty upon the subject of his pretensions to the hand of the Queen of Spain ; and further , that their chagrin was increased by the warm reception then in store for Espartero , who , by the treachery of the French Court , had been driven , from the country that he served with so much fidelity . We expressed the difliculty that we felt at reconciling the sudden visit of her Majesty , with the sudden departure of her gujEte . At that
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THE LANt )! THE LAND ! ! THE LAND ! !! Glorious i news for those who have had the koneety and the hardihood to brave the sneer , the jeer , and the scorn of the ignorant and the timeserving . Our columns are too much crowded to admit of ample commentary upon tbe following extract in the present week , and therefore we shall content ourselves with simply announcing the source from whence we take it .
It is the practice with 6 harebrokers in the City to issue monthly circulars , with a view of conveying the best information to the publio upon all matters connected with capital , securities , investments , and speculations . For many years we have been in tho habit of reading those circulars , and wo have invariably discovered that those issued by Mr . Alsop , I of 34 , Cornhill , have been the most luminous , the most prophetic , and truth-telling . The following extract is taken from that ' gentleman's circular of the present mouth ; and while we shall refer to it again and again , for the present
we would invite the serious consideration of every reader to the cheering prospects that it holds out . It will be seen that the few paragraphs to which we allude , are intended as a feeler to those of Mr . ALSOP ' siown order ; and that the writer contemplates a move in the right direction for the accomplishment ef this desirable object . We do not say too much ef Mr . Alsop , or more than ho deserves , ! when we assert that , of all others of his order , he is the most cautious in investing the capital of those who give him their confidence , while , at the same time , no person who knows him
will attempt ; to deny that taking him for all in all , he has hot his superior for judgment , sound sense , ability , and tact . We further understand that Mv . Also p has very properly placed himself in a situation wherein he may be the better able to form a correct estimate of the value of that security which he may hereafter fiud himself justified in recommending to his friends as a profitable source of investment . Mr . Also p has taken a considerable portion of land for tbe purpose of satisfying his own mind upon the subject ; and we can entertain but little doubt that the following extraot is a consequence of that knowledge which he has derived
from practical experience , and to the following up of which we i shall look forward with no ordinary anxiety : — j " The Government securities maintain the high prices noted in our last , an £ within the last few days a further advance of Jjper cent , bas taken place . The prices are however tpo high under the circumstances in which the community is placed , and are maintained at these quotations solely by tbe abundance , or ratber the redundance , of money , a ad the artificial scarcity of stock . Shrewd and experienced observers are filled with distrust at the anomalies which abound and supply stock as it is wanted for permanent investment .
" The amount of money now lying idle , or only producing from half to one and a half per cent . ; the , fearful amount of the ; population unemployed i » r only half employed ; and the vast comparative amount of land wholly or partially unproductive , have induced ns to give our attention to a practical mode by which these three elements of national greatness aud individual happiness , now unemployed , may be usefully combined together , and rendered highly productive to the capitalist . "
" If capital continues much longer to be unprofitable , we shall mature our plan and submit it for general consideration , | assuring our own correspondents that any moderate amount of capital which each may seek to employ , shall be received and applied upon a principle which , whilst it will have a security superior to ihe Government debt at the present time will yield an interest of more than 60 per cent , above the 3 per cents , at present price , with a fair prospect ( all but a certainty ) of an increase jin the value of the capital , to a corresponding extent—a feature in this plan peculiarly important , seeing the high price of Consols , the impossibility of any sustained improvement in them at prestnt prices , and the probability of a considerable decline . "
Now growlers , growl away ! We have forced our principles upon the consideration of the monied classes , an object which we could have scarcely hoped to accomplish in our infancy . This indeed is soul-reviving and cheering .
The Northern Star. Saturday, September 16, 1843.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 16 , 1843 .
Portrait Of W. P. Roberts, Esq.
PORTRAIT OF W . P . ROBERTS , ESQ .
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The Collieries.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct947/page/4/
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