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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY ' AUGUST 15. 1840. OA1UIUJAI, ADliUST 101840.
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PRANCE . The Mmitevr contains * Royal ordinance , convoking the Chamber of Peers , and directing that they immediately proceed with the trial of the individuals commuted for an attack made upon the safety of the state , at Boalogne-sur-Mer , on the 6 th of August , 1840 . The trial of the parties could noi , it is said , commence before the month of October next . The Echo du Nord , of the 8 th , announces that Cabrera had been removed from the citaael of Hjuq to LHe , ia order to make room for Prince Louis Napoleon , who arrived there on Saturday night . The Armoricain , of Brest , states that orders had been received to fit out , without delay , the large frigates D ' idon , Minerve , Nereide , DatuuE , * nd Cleopoire , and to hasten as mnch as possible the armament of the frigates Andromede , Venus , Astrea , and Africaine .
The -Champ de Max , Lyons paper , of the 8 th inst ., states that me different regiments in garrison there were called to arms before day-light . General Aymer , escorted by a detachment of gendarmerie , vi > i : oi the d ff .-rent pesta , and particularly the artillery barracks . The Colonels then assembled the oScers , i : id told them wha ; had occurred at Bou-Ijgue , wh . ch uutil then was unknown . General Pelet hid arrived at Metz . " Notwithstanaiug the resolution adopted by the foxr Powe-s respecting the Eastern question , we hooe , " ^ ays tie Frankfort Journal of the 8 th , " that Priuoe MetUrrnich , that pruj * n : and aJble states-man , to whom Europe is so much indebted , will uot , ¦ wi . huu- mature reflection , adopt a resolution which may be attended with the mast se-ious results . Ii wili be recollected , moreover , that Austria has never been fortunate in her attwnpts at mediation . We
will also obsem , that the treaty of commerce concluded between Mehemet Ali and our Government will be an additional reason for the latter not to act hasiily . The quadruple treaty may be said to exist £ S vet only upon paper . " The Momteur publishes a despatch from Marshal T&ilee lo the Minister of War , dated the 1 st inst ., in which he states that on the 27 ih ult . the French troops were engaged with "M Arabs , and lost one Berg-ant and two private Cnasseurs killed , and four wounded , when the Arabs retreated . On the 2 S : h nit ., the Arabs , to the amount of 1 , 860 men , crosseu the ford at the Maison Carree , and attempted to establish themselves on the left bank of the Arach . They were charged by General Rostolan , who completely dispersed them , killed thirty , and captured several horses and a quantity of arms . The French had but two men wounded . Since then the Arabs have Lot « ho \ m themselves .
The last official accounts of the state of the French navy plainly calcnlate how aud in whai manner the navy of England may be moit surely and completely overwhelmed . The statement alluded to is calmly drawn up , and professes the greatest accuracy . Its most striking feature , however , is that which concerns the force in preparation . The ships of the line now actnaliy building by France , are the Ville de Paris zzd Ljuis ATT ., ot 120 guns each ; the Tage , the Fieurvs , ihe Ulm , the Dugay Trouin , the Haniia / , the Aatvzri / i j the Eylau , the Valmy , the Turenne , the Henri IV ., the AusterUtz * and toe Wcgramof
, 100 gats ; and the Dagueiclin , the Bayard , the Donairirlh , the Fontenoi , the Breslau , the Hector , the Tu ' , the Sceptre , and the Castiglione , of SO guns , Fo ! io « 1 atf these , we nave nine 6 u-gun ingates ; and eltvea of 50 guns , now on the stocks ; and , lastly , in addition to 29 steam-ships now afloat , we find seven more building , of which , three are 450 h&rse power Tie sum of the whole U thus stated : — " There can , therefore , be brought into action in a very short time 46 ships-of-the-line , 5 § frigates , and 43 steamers . This materiel would be quite sufficient fur the commencenieut of hostilities /'
SPAIN . The Madrid Journals of the 3 rd instant have arrived : iheir contents axe , however , devoid of interest . Tne Barcelona papers of the 4 th instant have been received . Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg arrived in that city , by the Mcrcurio , ou the 1 st instant , and was received wiih the greatest respect . Espartero reviewed the trcops the following day in hi 3 honour . Tne next day the English Consul gave him a grand dinner . The Freach Ambassador was amongst those invited to meet him . The Queen had no intention of leavicg Barcelona ; she was waiting the arrival of the new Ministers . Catalonia was so completely pacified , thai the mail aad stage-coaches hid recommenced running in districts that had been impassable for the last sis . years . General O'Djunell had resigned his command of the Army of the Centre .
LMTED STATES . By the picket-ship , Virginian , Captain Alien , wluch arrived at Liverpool oa Monday " night , we have received New York papers to the l 4 ih , and Canada , papers to the l" 2 th uit . Tae proceedings of Congress had not presented any feature of in ; erest to tae foreign reader . - The Q-iebec papers stale that Sir R . Jackson , the Comcjainler- ' in-Ctuef , had beea sworn in as Governor vf Lvwer Canada . His Excellency , the Governor-Gener . iL , iisJ left Quebec ia the Unicorn steam-ship for the purpose of vL-iting several places on the S :. Liurence , All was tranquil throughout the p r-ivitccs .
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A PiLL PO 2 the Hon . Fox JIaitls . —This gentleman , says the Perthshire Constitutional , is likely to receive smali encouragement from the Radicals in his pretensions to the representation of , this city ( Perth ) , and , kowever his recent professions may flitter the non-intrusionists , we suspect they will opera : ; in an inverse ratio" amongst the voluntaries . He is as much between the hazards of a Scyiia lad Charybdis as any man can possibly be , and it is no : easy to see how he can guid « himself in the liiknjma . In tbe Chronicle of last week we observe the following Leethy manifesto : —
** City Election . —In compliance with instructions from ihe i ' tr-. h .-hire Radical Reform Association , we give- publicity to the following resolution , which was unanimously passed at their quarterly meeting pa TuvSJay last , viz .: — ' That we view the line of policy purinea i > j the Hon . Fox Maule for tLe last Ivrc vear = VrVSh fctrlilx ^ S of ieOf . 2 , £ haUi £ , 6 JlA Lndigliaik-n ; ami caving learned that a section of the electors of Perth are pledged to secure his return to represent the city iu Parliament at the next election , and are already attempting , by low and contempt ole ar ; i £ ees , to eifect their purposes , we call
upon t-very lover o : ' humanity and good government , ¦ sviieiiiC-r electors vt noa-electors , to put themselves ia a position to defeat their insidious machinauo . iSj and rave tie ci ; y troai the odium of any connection with a man w ^ se very name is becoming infamous as the ti ucuient Lus ' . ruinent of political persecution , " J . Babclat . " J . ROBESTSO-N . " " Per . b , Jak 23 , 1340 . "
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Bhutal Assault on a Femalk . —Yesterday alternoon , a Tery interestiDg looking femaK aborHTwenty yean of age , was admitted into St . Thomas ' s Hospital , having been most brutally ill-treated by a gentleman named Wood , who Beduoed her » short time since , near Brighton , and with whom she subsequently came to London ; but being ashamed of the course of life -she was pursuing , she left him . On finding out her lodgings , he called there ; and , after knocking her down by which one of her eyes is dreadfully bruised , kicked her violently on a certain part of her body . Toe police are in search of the villain . ^™ ± ^™ ° ** Jj ^ $ -Y **^*}*
Melakcholt and Fatal Accident . —ThiB afternoon , at four o ' clock , an inquest was held at the Yarmouth Arms , Mill-lane , Tooley-street , on view of the body of Henry Brings , a fine youth , aged fifteen years . It appeared from the evidence , that the deceased belonged to the Gainsborough packet , lying off Hayes Wharf , Toolej-street ; and that , on tne previous morning , about eleven o ' clock , he fell of the rail , on which he waa sitting in midships , into the mnd . He w * s got out in about five minutes , and conveyed to the above house , and Mr . Needham . a
surgeon , was Bpeedily m attendance : in half an hour animation was restord , but , melancholy to relate , a relapse came on , and he died about nine o ' clock at night . Verdict- " Accidental death . " CAtmos to Soup Eatrbs . —Nakhow Escape . — Yesterday afternoou , a man , named Symans , was brought into SLThomas ' s Hospital , having swallowed a small bone in some soup , » f which he had partaken m an eating-house in the neighbourhood . Mr . Good , the assistant-house-surgeon , after great difficulty , proceeded in removing it , or , in a very short time , the poor fellow would hare gone to that country from ¦ whose bourne no traveller returns .
Death from Bathing .-This moraing , a fine youth , aged 12 years , who is at present unknown , was drowned in the river Thames , while bathing opposite tbe Penitentiary , at Milbank . Chartist Temperancb Association . —On Monday evening last , a preliminary meeting took pla « e at Mr . Savage ' s , Reform Temperance Coffee-house , near Spitalfields church , to take steps for tho formation of an Association of Temperance Chartists . The meeting was well attended ; several appropriate speeches were ma'e ; and resolutions approbatory of the object proposed were adopted . An adjournment until Monday next was proposed and agreed to , when specific resolutions will be brought forward , and a committee appointed to draw up the rules of the Association .
Hexkt Vincent—A letter from Oakham Gaol has been received in town , from which it appears that Mr . Vincent is allowed to read all papers , Spectator , $ c . § c , except the Northern Star . ' A- vsiy . —The Chartists of Ansty , at a public meeting held on their village green , last Monday eveningjunanimonsly and enthEsiasticall y determined on the adoption of the plan of organisation recommended by the delegates . Leicester . —On Monday evening , at a public meeting , the bounds of the division of Leicester were prescribed , and a council of nine persons nominated for the election of the executive , agreeably to the plan , section 10 . Other arrangements for perfecting their organisation were also entered into .
BAjfBr-RT . —Chartism gets well on here . The numbers increase rapidly . A subscription for the wives and families of the victims is going on both here and at the neighbouring villago of Shutford , at which place a Chartist sermon was preached by Mr . Thomas Evans , of Banbury , on buuday evening lcLbL .
The Northern Star Saturday ' August 15. 1840. Oa1uiujai, Adliust 101840.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY ' AUGUST 15 . 1840 . OA 1 UIUJAI , ADliUST 101840 .
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, SHAMEFUL OUTRAGE ON THE POOR . There are few improvements in the present conditon of society that we are so anxious to see at tbe closer connection of the different classes in interest and in sympathy . Convinced as we are that there is neither security nor happiness in i country where the democracy is continually ai variance with the aristocracy , and the employei hoBti ' e to the employed . We have ever endeavoured to compose the differences between them by pointing out their mutual rights and dutie ? , by recommend '
ing reciprocal concessions , by advocating the repeal of laws , which only inflame the working classes against the more wealthy , and by asserting those principles which alone can promise permanent and satisfactory peace . A great portion of the press , however , lay to our charge the desire of setting class again 3 t class , and of throwing the bone of contention between the different orders , while they regard the wealthy and powerful aristocrats as the pacificators of the nation .
For a full refutation of the first part of this charge we refer the calumniators to the various articles which appear in our paper , and to prove how much the aristocracy generally labour to promote a union of interests and affactions between themselves and the poor , we beg to call attention to the following fact ? , which have been reported in the Times journal ; and we are happy to say the conduct of " the Noble Lord" has been severely commented upon in the leading articles of that paper . Our reader 3 will perhaps recollect the conduct of Lord
Radnor in prosecuting some poor people for glean- ! ing , when the left corn was intended for the pigs , j but the present i 3 a far more flagrant outrage . It ; appears that a poor family of the name of Pwnter ; had for forty-eight years occupied a cottage and its appurtenances , at a place called Wonersh , where i Lord GB . i . KTLEY resides , without paying rent , or i making any acknowledgement of title to his Lord- j ship . Recently , however , claim of title to this cottage was made ; but it was distinctly resisted by the poor people . Lord Gb _ 4 .: ttlet , after causing some sort of investigation to be made , under colour of 1 and 2 Vic . c . 72 , ( . for facilitating recovery of possession of tenements after due determination of the
tenancy " J by certain neighbouring justices of the peace , at their petty iession * , and having procured from them an opinion favourable to his claim , and a warrant to take possession , actually invaded at a late hour the peace of this humble family , turned the husband , wife , and children into the street , scattered their furniture in the open air , dug up their garden , and . levelled with the ground ihe cottage , which had been for forty-eight years their shelter and their home ! Here is a pretty specimen of an Englishman ' s home being his castle , if a few justices can issue a warrant , ( without any trial before a jury , without hearing the poor man ' s defence ) , to which shall empower his house to be broken into , and his fam . ly to be turned out of doors ! ]
Hi 3 Lordship probably thought this little cot tage spoiled some fine prospect , or offended hi 3 deli cate taste for the beauties of nature . He exclaimed with the rich landlord spoken of by HoRicEt—*
" O si angalos ille . Proiimtis acce&at , qui nunc denonnat agellum . " " Oh ! if that little nook were mine , which now injures the view on my domain , " as we may paraparaphrase it . He determined at once to have it . He pulled it down ; but the poor -cottager determined to appeal to a jury of his countrymen , and they gave him a verdict , with damages from Lord Grantlet of £ 250 .
Here they well and nobly did their duty ; they showed their sense of the conduct of the landlord , and the injury to the tenant . It is enacted by statute , that no land or rent shall be claimed after the expiration of iiceniy years , without claim or payment ( 3 and 4 Wh . IV ., c . 27 ); and , therefore , the lowly cottager on the estate of Lord G&aktlet had as good a title to his hovel as the Lord-had to his castle , or as any of the aristocracy have to their lands .
There seems , however , to have been some quibble about % conveyance from the father to the Bon of this cottage . The Jury certainly did not admit this to be of any validity , though Lord Abincer plainly told them that he thonght the tenant had no right to the cottage , and therefore no right to support tbe action , which was an action of trespass . The Times alleges , as a kind of excuse for the
conduct of Lord Abirgbb , that the fact of title being necessary to support trespass , might have made the Judge express such an opinion ; but this must be a , misprint or an unintentional error , for surely the Times cannot be ignorant of that which every body else knows—that mere simple possession is sufficient ground for an action of trespass , though title is neces sary is an action of ejectment .
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MJDUUALL . —iiADiCALISM ON THfWANE . Pennt-a-Linb , plain , John Campbell and something more regaled his northern friends with the assurance that Chartism was put down ; when , behold ! in a brief space , the Whigs had a lucky escape from its mercy . Well , Sidmouth and Castleh ' eagh hare recently made a similar boast , and let that boast be answered—but not as at Newport—on this day and Monday next . Upon the union , the energy - M-DuUALi ^ AAPiCAWSM Qti iwWANE .
and good conduct of theiben of Lancashire on those dajB much will depend . We say Lancashire , because , independently of the reception whioh they owe to MDooall and Collins , they must feel convinced that a powerful swarm of the hive will cause the bees elsewhere to swarm . We shall give full reports both of the procession and the dinner ; and need we say that we confidently expect snch a muster as the united efforts of Whig and Tory cannot
produce" Onward , and we conquer : backward , and we falL " The great national hell has closed without one particle of service being rendered to the people , after a most lavish and indecent expenditure of their money . The physical-force gentry are gone to keep their hands in upon the black cock and the moor fowl . " Joy be with them , and a bottle of moss , If thej never come back they'll be no great loss . " " It is as much the duty of a people to rebel against a corrupt House of Commons , as against a tyrannical Prince . "—Lord Bolingbroke , a Tory Lord . r
Men of Lancashire , " Now'a the day . " Be Calm . No violence ; no nonsense ; no outbreak , but that of indignation and just complaint . No flummory ; no blarney . Radicalism , pure , HSnBullied , unalloyed unsophisticated Radicalism . No royal physic , concealed under the inviting taste of Radical sugar . If the Tories cut your fathers down at Petejloo , the Whigs have filled their mad houses with" their ohildren . The eyes of Europe are this day on Manchester . Let Lancashire declare on thfe day whether or not CHA . RTISM IS ON THE WANE .
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THE TRAITOR GOVERNMENT , THE LYING SNEAK , AND THE CHARTIST VICTIMS . Ok Wednesday before last , Mr . Aglionby , after several ineffectual efforts , succeededinbringing before the benches of the Honourable " House , " the motion of which he had given notice for an address to be presented to her Majesty , praying her to direct the issue of a Commission to enquire into the truth of the allegations contained in Mr . O'Connor ' s petition , presented to the House on the first day of June last , and into what has been , and now is , his treatment in York Castle ; also to enquire into what has been , and now is , the treatment of persons confined for writing and publishing geditious libels , or for uttering seditious words , or for attending seditious meetings , in the Gaols and Houses of Correction of York , Northallerton , Wakefield , and Beverley .
Mr . Aglionbt introduced his motion in a most temperate speech , during which he attempted nothing more than a recital of some of the more prominent of the grievances , endured by the victims of Whig malice and misrule ; appealing to the authority of the Attoiikey-Genkral that if their statements were true their treatment was decidedly illegal , as a justification for his seeking to have them sifted by investigation ; that the House and the country might know what reliance to place on the statement of the complaining prisoners , and that the Government might have an opportunity of clearing itself from the odium of having wilfully countenanced the violatiou of the law for the gratification either of personal malice , or of a determination to uphold tyranny by terror .
Had tho Government been conscious of rectitude in its conduct , it must have considered the motion of Mr . Aglionbt as one of the most favourable character . Truth and honesty never fear the light . Investigation does but establish their integrity , and enhance their claim to respect and admiration . Hence , men , who know that these principles actuate them , are ever anxious that their deeds should be thoroughly known and understood . Here , then , was an opportunity afforded to the Government to put ita enemies to silence , and establish its character for justice . Complaints of a most serious character had
been made—complaints which , by the confession of their own Attorney-General , if true , must subject them , or those acting under them , to infamy and punishment . Surely , nothing could be more natural than that they should wish to have all the circumstances instantly and fully enquired into , that the falsehood of the charges against them might be made apparent-This might have been expected from honest men » and , for that very reason , no one expected it from a Whig Government . No one was , we believe , surprised to find the motion met by tho Government , and their bond slaves , with determined opposition . Now , is any one , not a fool in politics , surprised that the Tory benches were left empty , in order
that Government might gain an inglorious victory for their political enemies . The Tories left the House because they knew that , from the Yery nature of things , a position must be taken by their crawling foes , which , while it created in them an instinctive desire for its success , because of its contempt for all constitutional principle , and perfect exhibition of despotism , would yet , by its very nakedness—its uncovered impudence—far surpassing even their own doings in the Bame line—compel them , if they staid to offer some hypocritical show of an attachment to the forms , at least , by which the liberty of the subject and the representation of the people are recognised .
Never was a troop of Janizaries in the Turkish service , or a gang of niggera on the estate of a white villain in the West Indies , treated with less show of courteous ceremony than was the * " British House of Commons , " on this occasion , by the pimping traitors who assume the Government of this country , and whose meanness of soul has shown itself as well able to endure affronts as to offer them . Everything is perfect in it 3 kind ; and , certainly , nothing can exceed the perfection of the haughtiness with which Mister-my-Lord John and Mister Fox Macle spit in the faces of the people ' s representatives (!) or the becoming humility with which the contempt of despotism was received by the Honourable (!) " House . "
; In referenoe W Mr , O'Connor ' s case , the little Lord observed , that when these complaints were first made the Magistrates were written to , and , were informed what it was thought ought to i be done in the matter ; that an Inspector : of Prisons was sent down to inquire , and that he ! was satisfied , from the investigations ho had made , \ that the instructions of the Secretary of State had been complied with , and that the Visiting Justwes had not enforced the prison regulations against Mr . O'Connor . The House had no revton to suppose that the Visiting Justices had violated their duty , and he thought the allegations of Mr . Feargus O'Connor would not satisfy the House that they had done so .
We don ' t believe that any man ever before addressed a mass of insolence like this to & company of gentlemen without being kicked out of the room . The House were not considering whether the instructions of the Secretary of State had or had not been complied with by the Visiting Justices : they were not considering whether the Visiting Justices had or had not violated their duty . The allegations oFMr . F . O'Connor did not go to the impugning of the Visiting Justices in ( that respect . Mr . F . O'Connor never said that the Visiting
Justices had not complied with the instructions of the Secretary of State . The motion of Mr . Aglionby did not make any reference to any violation of duty by the Visiting Justices . The allegations of Mr O'Connor were , that he was treated inhumanly , and in a manner which the Attorney-General declared to be illegal . Mr . F . O ' Connor has again and again charged that inhuman and illegal treatment upon the instructions of the Secretary of State . It was by the instructions of the Secretary of State that Mr O'Connor was treated illegally and inhumanly—
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that he was subjected to all the barbarities enumerated in his petition . The motion of Mr . Aguonbt ffM , that an inquiry should be made whether the statements of facts stated in Mr . O'Connor ' s petition were true or false—and then , of course , supposing the facts to have been substantiated , would have come the subsequent inquiry of whether the Magistrates had so treated him on theii * own authority , or by the instructions of the Secretary of State—that is to say , of whether the punishment due to a gross and scandalous violation of law should fall on the Magistrates , or on the Secretary of State . This was the real state of the question , and Lord John Russell meets the motion for inquiry into the facts stated , not by daring to controvert the Btatement , but by telling the House that be was satisfied that the instructions of the Secretary of State had been complied with . He satisfied , indeed ! A contemptible puppy ! Who is to care for his satisfaction ! or what difference to any body whether he be satisfied or not ! supposing that the question had even been about the fulfilment of their instructions by the justices ? Bat the little brat goes on to tell the" House" pompously , that " the House had no reason to suppose that the Visiting Justices had violated their duty , and that he thought the allegations of Mr . O'Connor would not satisfy the House that they had done so . ^ hbat he was subjected to all the barbarities enome-
Now this was necessarily intended to lead the House to believe that , if the allegations of Mr . O'Connor were true , the visiting justices must have violated their duty , and he insolently tells them , therefore , that they have no reason to suppose these allegations to be true . And why had they no reason to believe it ? Because an inspector had been sent dowu , and that inspector had satisfied Aim , (!) the conceited , yelping cur !
Where was the report of that inspector ? and whdre was the evidence on which that report and the consequent satisfaction of the little yelping lord was grounded ?! aud where was the spirit of the British House of Commons , which could thus submit to be cuffed by a thing like Lord John Russell 1 The House had no reason to suppose !! Why , " the little dastard , dexterous liar was , at the very moment when he uttered this , giving them all the reason in the world to suppose that every one of Mr . O'Connor's allegations were true , for he was telling them that he had sent down an inspector on purpose to inquire into the truth of them ; but that he dare not let them know the result of that inspector ' s enquiries .
The " lie" which the little coward flourishes in the face of Feargus O'Connor , ( having first had the precaution to have his hands and feet secured , ) we leave between him and that gentleman at the reckoning day . We wish his little Lordship joy of the time when Fbargus shall get out ! We would ' nt wear his breeches for a trifle the day following ! * Wo remember that , some time ago , the little Lord
made somewhat free wita Mr . O'Connor ' s name in the " House ; " but on being gently reminded of it , chose rather to have hii apology printed in the Northern Star , than to have the 4 a « f of his nobility polished by the boot-toe of a gentleman . He has been more consistent this time ; he has had the prudence to take care that , for a time at least , his latter end and the index of his countenance shall be alike safe from retribution .
The affected ignorance of this thing ia not less prominent than his impudent palming of the object of the motion , without even the semblance of a cover . He actually prated to the House about the misdemeanants' side of York Castle , and talked of Mr . O'CoKNda ' s being removed thence to the felons' side at his own request , though he was Home Secretary in 1837 , and established , by his own authority , the regulations of the gaol which are now in force , aud by which he must therefore know that there is no misdemeanants ' side—that there is only the felons' side and the debtors' side . This does but show the gross and wilful ignorance of the brat to be fully equal to his impudence and villany .
He stated that he considered Mr . O ' Connor to be among the worst class of offenders . This may be . His opinion is a matter of small moment about anything : but , if Mr . O'Connor ' s offence be one of the worst class , it is surely hard that others who are less guilty should suffdr mare severely than eren he . What excuse , then , does the little rascal offer for his opposition to an inquiry into the facto connected
with the horrible treatment of Crabthee , White , and the Barnsley men ; Peodib and the others at Beverley ; and of Martin at Northallerton ! Why , none at all ; but tho same impudent and lying assumption . " There could be no advantage in a Commission to inquire into facts , as the report of that commission would be that the sentence was carried into effect according to the directions given by the Judges . '
The Attorney-General , a member of this Government , declares the treadmill to be a punishment of an infamous character , which cannot legally be inflicted on political offenders ; political offenders say that they are put upon the treadmill and subjected to Btill greater barbarities ; this Lord , as tho representative of Government , tells the " House" that there is no use in enquiring whether these be facts or not , for there is no intention to alter them ; and the crawling , servile , despicable" House , " the representatives of brick and mortar , submit to be thus schooled by him , without any thing like an effectual remonstrance ! Will this satisfy the people that , if their lives and liberties are to have any shadow of protection , they must have their own Members in their own House 1 Will this shew them
the necessity of uniting their exertions for the overthrow of the infernal system of class legislation ?! The little Lord was admirably supported by Lord Normanby ' s drudge , Fox Maule . Arcades Ambo ! Foxet can be as valiant as Johnnt in thrusting the " lie" into the face of those who cannot contradiot him , though to be sure he is content with somewhat humbler game . It is quite high enough for his genius to soar to chop sticks with a poor old woolcomber , sixty years of age , and his son , a prisoner on the
tread-wheel ^ who will not , till his term be up , be even allowed to know what his cowardly calumniator says . He says White is not treated with severity , and that his friends are allowed to Bee him , though the petition of his poor old father gives the lie to the base assertion , which Fox Maulb knew to be a lie at the time of making it . The old man has indignantly written to Mr . Dujjcombe to condradict the lie . We have a copy of his letter now before us , and give the following extract from it : —
" Sir , —Ab you dare to be an advocate for the incarcerated Chartists generally , I request you to know from Mr . Fox Maule where he got his authority for saying , on Wednesday last , 5 th August , in the House of Commons , that the friends of George White had permission to see him . I am Richard White , the father of George White , who got an order from Mathias Whitehead , Esq ., Magistrate , in this town , on the 7 th of June last , which I presented to Mr . Edward Shepherd , the Prison Keeper of Wakefield , the following day . The order specified that I was to see my son , if agreeable to the prison rules . I was informed by Mr . Edward Shepherd
, there and then , that the prison rales were such that I could not see my son , nor have any communication with him by letter , until be was six months imprisoned ; and it stands so still , for I never made application Bince June the 8 th . I may be contradicted where and when I have no opportunity of defending myself , as all poor Chartists are . On a former occasion , the same gentleman said , in that House , that George White was sentenced to hard labour ; if so , how wag it that the lawyers employed on his case could not hear that
sentence , or that the public journals of that , day did n « t mention it ? The lawyer is ready to swear that no such sentence ever passed in the Court at York ; what might have taken place out of Court he could not account for . The public journals all mentioned his being sentenced for six months confinement in the county prison , and I defy Mr . Fox Maule , or Judges Erakine or Coleridge , or any magistrate in the county of York , to produce one journal of that day that will say anything to the contrary . "
Not content with contradicting Crabtree ' s statement , he dares , in the absence of all possibility of defence , to blast the poor fellow ' s character , at least , as far as any man ' s character can suffer from the attack of Fox Maule , whom we don 't suspect
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any body-of believing , even on hie oath ; he-declares that he never heard of Martin ' s ease before h and that if hifl statement be true , there ie e&mething wrong ; he givob the " lie " to Mr . O'CoireoB and to Mr . Clarkson ; and yet he resists the motion for enquiry . Why , the very fact of his resisting this motion , is proof that the villain feels inwardly conscious that every one of the statements of these men is true , and that any enquiry must cover him and his reptile Government with disgraoe and infamy . anv bod «» f beli eren on hisoafor
We have not yet half done with this debate , which , though exhibited to empty benches , was the most important one of the whole Session , but our ' contracted space forbids us pursuing it further , at present .
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PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT . The dens of the mischief makers were formally closed , preparatory to the grouse-slaughter , on Tuesday last , on which occasion the Queen was delivered of the following
SPEECH . " My Lords and Gentlemen , " The state of public business enables me to close this Session of Parliament ; and , in releasing you from your attendance , I have to thank you for the care and attention with which you have discharged your important duties . " I continue to receive from foreign powers assurances of their friendly disposition , and of their anxious desire for the maintenance of peace . " I congratulate you upon the termination -of the civil war in Spain , The objects for which the quadruple engagements of 1834 were contracted having now been accomplished , I am in communication with the Queen of Spain , with a view to withdraw the naval force which , in pursuance of these engagements , I have hitherto stationed on the northern coast of Spain .
"lam happy to inform you , that the differences with the Government of Naples , the grounds and causes of which have been laid before you , have been put into a train of adjustment by the friendly mediation of the King of the French . " I rejoice also to acquaint you , that the Government f Portugal has made arrangements for satisfying certain just claims of some of my subjects , and for the payment of a sum due to this country under the stipulations of the Convention of 1827 . " I am . engaged , in concert -with the Emperor of Austria , the King of Prussia , the Emperor of Russia , and tho Sultan , in measures intended to effect the permanent pacification of the Levant , to maintain the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire , and thereby to afford additional security for the peace of Europe .
" The violent injuries inflicted upon some of my subjects by the officers of the Emperor of China , and the indignities offered to an agent of ray crown , have compelled me to send to the coast of China a naval and military force , for the purpose of demanding reparation and redress . " I have gladly given my assent to the Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland . " I trust that the law which you have framed for further carrying into effect the reports of the Ecclesiastical Commisioners will have the beneficial effect of increasing the efficiency of the Established Church ,, and of better providing for the religious instruction of my people .
" I have observed with much satisfaction the result of your deliberations on the subject of Canada . It will be my duty to execute the measures which you have adopted , in such a manner as , without impairing the executire authority , may satisfy the best wishes of my subjeeta , and provido fur the permanent welfare and security of my North American Provinces . " " The legislative bodies of Jamaica have applied themselves to the preparation of laws rendered necessary or expedient by the altered state of society . Some of these laws require revision and amendment ; but I have every reason to expect cordial assistance from the assembly of Jamaica in the salutary work af improving the condition and elevating the character of the inhabitants of that colony . The conduct of the emancipated negroes throughout the West Indies has been remarkable for tranquil obedience to the law , and . a peaceable demeanour in all thu relations of social life .
" Gentlemen of the House of Commons , — " I thank you for the supplies which you have granted for the service of the year . " I lament that it should have been necessary to impose additional burthens upon my people , but I trust that the means which you have adopted for the purpose of meeting the exigencies of the public service are calculated to press with as little severity as possible upon all classes of the community . " My Lords and Gentlemen . —
" In returning to your respective counties , you -will resume those duties which you perform so much to the public benefit and advantage . It is my anxious desire to maintain tranquillity at home and peace abroad . * To these objects , so essential to the interests of this country , and to the general welfare of mankind , my efforts will be sincerely and unremittingly directed ; and , feeling assured of your co-operation and support , I humbly rely upon the superintending care and continued protection of Divine Providence . "
The Parliament was then declared duly prorogued by the Lord Chancellor , and the members of both Houses separated . Of the speech it is unnecessary to say more than that the people are just twice mentioned in it . Once to inform them of the increase of churches , and again to announce the increase of taxes .
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SOUND POLITICS , GOOD PRINCIPLES , AND WHOLESOME ADMONITIONS . We select the following extract from the short , but valuable speech of Mr . Sanket , at the late dinner to Lovett and Collins , at White Conduit House . " He ( Mr . Sankey ) could have wished that the member for the borough had regained , as he would have told them that it was in their power to put a stop to this state of things . If the twenty-nine , who voted
for Mr . Duncombe ' s motion , would go to the Ministry and tell them that , by their conduct , they had forfeited all claims to their support , and that henceforth they would make it their sole object to remove them from office , be assured , before three weeks would elapse , the Whigs would alter their line of policy . ( Loud cheering . ) The cry of the " Tories are coming , " should no longer be used as a catchword , fit only to frighten children . The power of the people , if exerted to turn out the Whigs , would be equally efficacious to restrain the Tories . "
In the above we find sound politics , good principle , and wholesome advice . If the Radicals required practical results instead of flashy theory aud unsound practice from their ' . representatives , our cause would soon be in better train . Those twenty-nine acting , as Sankey has properly pointed out , would soon bring the Whigs to their senses ; if , instead of waiting to stop the committee of ways and means till the end of the session , and till all their ways and means had been granted , the twenty-nine invincibles had in the first instance shown a bold front , rather than a " grim
side-Tisage , the Whigs would have been compelled to surrender . But even upon Aglionby ' s motion the twanty-nine are not forthcoming , and , if they had , they could have insured its success . The fact is they want meal aud malt , popularity and patronage ; and while they bluster about popular right , they are the very faction who , above all others , have preserved the rule of Whiggery , and supported the tyrants in their lust . These have been the means by which O'Connell has been allowed so long to hoodwink the Irish . While he had liberty and democracy on his lip , and was denouncing the Whigs
out of doors , his name , and that of every member of his family and tail was found voting for every abuse , and against every measure calculated to give independence to the slave class . Again we commend the speech of Mr . Sankey to our readers , and thank him for the just and manly criticism . We also thank the sound sense of the company who refused to drink the health of a Monarch and her Consort , while their people are bowed down by abject slavery under their sway . If they do not know it , they ought to know it , and ignorance is rathor an aggravation than a palliation of the crime . "The Queen and Prince Albert , and may
they soon , as parents , feel sympathy for those , who having ohildren , are confined in prison for political offences \ " Blarney ! sheer Blarney f This is licking the hand that ia raised to shed their blood . This seasoning reminds us of the over-kind mother ' s method of administering nauseous physic to over-indulged ohildren . " There my pet , there honey , don ' t you see the goodie *; " but at last the people , like the oft-deceived child , will begin to suspect the seasoning , and doubt the medicine comes alone . The effect of these clap-trapa ib to give to the Whigs just that countenance which these scouts can filch fox them , from a starving and insulted people .
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the third column , beginning of third paragraph from bottom , for " Prosecuted" read Persecuted In third column , twelfth line from bottom , for " I received a compliment , " read He received a compliment .
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Sundry Poetical Contributions declined . Wh , Brown . — We are unable to see any good that may result from the insertion of his letter . George Lindsbt concludes an earnest appeal on behalf of the Chartist victims with the follow ing ; in trhich there is too much tf truth . — " J know that the cry of poverty will be raised as an excuse when this or a similar appeal is made to your pockets , as it has become of late very general at Delegate Meetings , when money is wanted on particular occasions . Some ¦ being ashamed of their mission without being provided with the necessary means , plead poverty for their constituents , and tell the meeting , with very bad grace , that they would
be very willing to subscribe , only they were so poor . This , my friends , is a poor , jf iimsy excuse , a mere shuffle , and blush when you think of the fact , that at the very lime when a few art engaged in the work of regeneration , that ginshops andjefry-shopsafe seen swarming with the very men who call aWud for reform , when they they have it in their power to belter their own condition , and that of their more unfortunate neighbours too , by reforming themselves , Such inconsistencies as tht « e , every toe / t informed mind will dissent from . Yes , my friends , we would at the present moment be enjoying our rights , had all men proved honest to themselves , who held up their hands last ytar at public meetings . "
W . Walker . —No room this week . Arthur O'Neil . — We have not room this week . T . Davison . —We don ' t knovt . John Garnktt . —Too late . T . Sidaway . —Too late . Thomas Harbing . —We know nothing of it . He had better write to Mrs . O'Brien . Duncan Robertson . — We shall notice the affair . Ma . T . S . B ., Dbwsbury . —Thanks for the hint :. it is a pood one . Northampton . —The report of the meeting was
mislaid until too late . We will give it next week . Notice . —A great many correspondents must remain unanswered till neat week . John Allen has sent us four or five letters which we cannot read . S . P . —His address to the Wookombers of England shall appear if we can find room ; if not , itt principal sentiments shall appear in some form . Military Flogging . —The speech is of too old a date .
Alexander Brown , of Paisley —We have received a letter from him in rejerence to some man ' s family , but cannot possibly read it . Wili he send us a translation 1 Edward Polen . — We never received ihe addresi . George Hardisty . ^ — Mr . Tozer had his son ch ristened Feargus O'Connor Vincent Bronterre . Dudley Radicals . —The announcement of their meeting on the 17 th instant , in the Lancastrian School , and the communication relative thereto , would subject us to advertisement duty . Cooper , Birmingham . —The Plates mentioned , with the next sent .
J . Keighley . —155 , Great Britain-street , Dublin . J . B ., Burley . —Too late for this week . R . J ., Islington . —If he gave notice before the expir rationfif thej / ear , the Pawnbroker is bound t » produce and give up the articles at anytiat within three months from the time of such notufr If he did not give notice , and the property * pledged for IQs . or upwards , he can recover the amount for which it sells , deducting the amount for which it is pledged , with the interest . Iff
did not give notice , and the properly is pledged for under lQs , he has no remedy whatever . The Huddkrsfield Postmaster *— We have received a letter , of whichthe folllowing is a copy , fr > m our Huddersfield Agent , respecting Vie conduct of this official . The original we have forwarded to the Postmaster General ; and recommend Ut > Tinker to forward a formal complaint to the W ^ officer , entering into full particulars . &e shall see whether he will answer the" Question *"
put to htm by the General Officer . " Huddersfield , August I 2 th , 1840 . ' Sir , —How does it happen that the Leeds Ucrvrt Is delivered an hour before the Northern Star tit ® Post-office , and the Postmaster will not let us la * them when we go for them , unless we . give ' hto * ahUlings per annum , for his trouble of giving them t » oa ? Last Saturday morning , when I wanted mine , » aid « the Northern Star is not going to be master her * " Tie Post-office providesafree delivery , audit shall M free , bo you must wait until they are brought to yoa . When I asked him how it was that VaVtrcwi ** delivered so much sooner than tits Star , hia answer was , «•¦ Ask me no questions ; * " ask me
question * . " " Toon , &c ., _ . & Christr . Ti » KBJU SUBSCRIPTIONS FOB BROTAN . £ » . * From Mr . Weatherhead , Keighley 0 10 £ *•* From Hull , for Mr . Tmeent . 0 3
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Errata.—In Mr. O'Connor's Letter Of Last Week, Ia
Errata . —In Mr . O'Connor ' s letter of last week , ia
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—T KE FOREIGN POLICY AGItATORS . In oar Third Edition of last week , we gave somt aoconnt of a visit of Mr . Charles Attwood to Birmingham , upon aRnsso-conspiracy errand ; but for hia appeal to a people who , as O'Connor says , could not cause the tail of one Royal horse to be cut we might say that his mission was of some importance ; but then that importance must be given to it by those of Mr . Attwood ' s own order—the middle classes of society . To the whole thing much suspicion must be attached ; and more especially to the following insolent observation of Mr . Charles Attwood to the oppressed working people : — ^ HHS REIGN POLICY Am ** TORS
" The people had lately been distracted with intern differences about the suffrage and the minor point * , while they forgot to pry into the conduct of their Foreign Minister . " So , then , Mr . Charles Attwood attaches more importance to the guilt or innocence of a Foreign Minister , than to the question of the suffrage ; and appears to think catting off the old head of the old beau , Palmerston , a matter of much more importance than Universal Suffrage .
Let these questions be argued by those whose properties would be injured by the invasion of a foreign foe ; for the poor , we do aver , that neither Russian , Turk , German , Prussian , Jew , or Devil , could make their condition more deplorable than it is . Could the vilest despot do more than cripple youth , persecute and starve manhood , entomb the old and virtuous in the cold Buttle , and sell his remains for twelve shillings a quarter t
Could he do more than turn the prisons into places of inquisition , make poverty a crime , and complaint a justification for oppression ? Could he devise more implements of torture than our laws now inflict ! Could he make greater disparity between the several classes of society ! Could he require a larger standing army , a more unchristian or bloody police , a more profane priesthood , a more corrupt magis tracy , more grinding capitalists , or a poorer people ! No , we defy him .
Mr . Attwood held another meeting on Monday when , we are glad to find , the cool , clear-headed Cqllins hoisted the national flag , by proposing an amendment to the effect that the statements contain . in « a charge of treachery against our Foreign Miniathr had been listened co by the meeting with sorrow and regret ; but that the people would not consent to join in any movement which had not for its object the obtaining of the Charter ; and we rejoice to find that it was triumphantly carried .
This was right ; and we hope the example will be universally followed . Let the bye-play be left to the francbised , while the people look after their own affairs , turning neither to the right hand nor to the left .
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London , Wednesday Evening , August 12 , Quarter to Seven . . Reported Accident ? xo His Royal Highxsss , F ; ri _\ ce AL 3 EKI . —An estraoriiimrj sensation was ert-iUti in ihe city mis afternoon , in consequence ot J i a report that Prince Albert had been thrown from j his horse , between one and two o ' clock , opposite j Bnekingham Palace , by which he was said to be j vtry seriously injared , and on 'Change he was re- ! poned to be dead . Ua our making enquiry , however , at the Palace , it was found there was not the slightest truth in the report , his Royal Highness hanag left , with the Queen , and the King and Queen of the Belgians , for Windsor Castle , where they would arrive in time for uinuer .
Neesou asb Boggis . —It appears that these two oppressed individuals have fowarded a statement of tneir grievances , in the form of a petition , praying for inquiry inttrthe-allegations , to a member « f the-House of Commons , who , having been made acquainted with the base conduct of the Government j prosecutions , through t ^ medium of this paper , j promised to use his endeavours to obtain justice for j them ; and when on the etffe of making thsir case known in Parliament , the defendants have been apprised that Government has given orders that all further proceedings in the case shall b * e abandoned , as well as aputstallothers connected withthemin those charges , ' the ends of justice being satisfied with the suspense and inconvenience to which the defendants
have been put . " Such are , nearly , the woras of the Marquis of Normanby , in relation to this atrocious proceeding ; by which it would appear that the boasted right of Englishmen to have " Bpeedy justice " is a mockery , whenever any Government , with a knowledge of the weakness of their cause , defers the trial wi oDnoxious parties , for the purpose of harassing them into degrading sabmifsion . Here have been two men persecuted , in the name of the law , beyond precedent , and for many months ; and when they have carried their complaint to the very door « f tbe Hoose-of Common * , the Government lets co lie deadly- snctV , not oat of mercy to the
parties chargo « L *« rt fcttew of exposure . But it i * a question wfiwlttr 'these two poor men are not entitled to a TeS&nipense for the losses they have sustained , and the deprivation of their employment ; that they will not get any redrees at the hands ol the Whigs , is quite certain ; not so . we would hope , with their brother Chartists , who , by rallying round them , have already effected much good , and t > y one or two further united efforts , will convince the common enemy of the working classes that though Keesom , Boggis , and others h » ve been totally ruined and shamefully h&rass&ed , the cause of Ch&rtism is as vigor-jus as ever , and expanding its roots by the very persecution which was intended to check lit
growth . SHOCEIKG AOCIDIKT AT WOOLWICH DOCK YaXJXYesterday afternoon , a man named John Duvden , while at work at the docks , in Woolwich Dock Yard , fell a height of fifty feet , by which he Teceived a severe scalp wound and fractured hip ; he was re moved with all possible speed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he is doing as well as can be expected
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 15, 1840, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2697/page/4/
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