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THE NORTHERN STAR SATOBDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1840.
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TBeri and } % ^ Iieigix » have remsnedT ThS xeasons for » o te ^ ar * net aeoutaidy known , bat it uu * pp «» d * Wr £ aA tf th * J&uCs speech , to be ^ wsdaMb * « mmm « t ^ e jCUmben , *» tt , « i ^ ££ « WB & » M 25 esty . Tto suoctawra ha * ~ ^^ flM 3 KWmXST < ff TSB CoKOVC * f * OH OP - CKE ¦ amcB- C&ambss * . —Th * 3 » pe&iar of th * French Cteamben , which _ wac to haw taken place last Wednetdaj , am ^ Mjfcpwtpnnfidiai Thursday mil 11 m Kins , who it JasajbaUe to . peace , thus gaits
The Wab Csism-n < Fainca , —The ton » # 't Preach journals is . 3 * aLwar ! iksi A < iiiintii # » B of the 7 W * , to nbose oowmtmleMic * fiBB *!* attaches great import **©* , writes : — " It la ** f Ifce moment to inquire into we manifold causes of * be crisis ; suffice it to saj * ka $ it exists , ud that It toO , within » very-soon period , bare acquired at * incurable degree of intensity , if wisdom , moderation , and real patriotism do not attend the councils # f Europe . Oar only hope is , that the Powers witei
have signed the treaty of July will grant to the successors of M . Thiers such conditions , make to them concessions which they had resolved n ft to make to that Minuter . If that successor is mot enabled to eome down to the Chamber of Deputies wish snob a remit , or sejaething like it , I hare a « 4 the least doubt the King will again be forced to capitulate , and that M . Thiers , borne back to the council table on the shoulders of democracy , will hare no alternative left bat to let loose upon the world the dogs of war to prevent an internal commotion . "
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FKOM OWX UODOH COK&SXFOlOSjrz . Weinesdey Evening , October 28 Half-past Seven .
CHARTIST MEETING IN FINSBUBY . A numerous meMing of the Fmsbury National Charter Association , was held at the . dezkenwell Lecture Boom , last evening , to hear an address from Mr . Peat , a working man , and a member of that body . Mr . Fossa wai called to the chair , when Mr . P&at « m" ««« H his observations by referring otfce humbug and hypocrisy of those wke recommend ebxtrea irr tenston as » remedy for the sodal and political grievances of "which the people complain ; and for hungry appetites the spiritual food of sermon * and payee . All this came with less grace , too , from the bloated clergy , who live and fatten upo * the tithes wrong from a half-starved people , aad while they fflnnmmisd jasss ftv * obedisQce to their fioeks . hare
taken iwimssT-jjiM tofrscnre to themselves the political TTinruaayVilftirti ^ iabops in Parliament , aad the eamal eBjoTsMsSsy « t 4 &ls sinful -world , to the amount of nine milttsssi and * fcalf sterling per annum . Mr . Peat aezt referred to * n » sktw almost exploded theory of surplus r ~ hltfr ~ propounded by the Mmifhnrf ^ ,, and impfesaed upon his hearers the fallacy of talking about asurptas of wealth produce ** , white than are ¦ o many hasli tBJsjBjSSjButry which may be made * o evils smier vhk&insssbpBr are not over-population , but une ^ fcstRb ^^ j ^ class k « iaiAtlon , sad the only sarplss popoBpcai this coontry has ever known eonsists of tbecssMto whiea Mflthns and his disciples belong , viz : patm * . lawyers , siock-Jobbea
cotton-lords , Whigs and TttHs ; Jhs emigration of all of wnom would be a great bJess&av , ' to the nation . Mr . P . next abowed tbs > arepeal « f ttw Com Laws , withont an equitable adl » j | jMswt between debtor and creditor , would beaposisH »' «« Cl to the whole of the working aad great numbers of the- middle classes . There is no eyfl in oar social eompaett&at may not be tawed to vkbBS TagitHHop , and the only lemady is food and cheap govenment , by tide formation of a legislative body tbat win be a just reflection of the sovereign people ' s WilL And shall it be said that the people , who paid twisty millions to emancipate the black slaves , wffl net make an effort to free themselves frwn an tqnaBy degrading bondage ? banish the thought ! show that you will not be thus taunted , nor humbly cringe before the hand that cmitea yon . Ms . Peat next
ably explained the principles of the Charter : spoke at Boatt length on the organisation of the National Charter Association ; read some extracts from the plan of Lovett and Collins , " those giant * in intellect , " -who , while immured in the cheerless dungeon , have proved to the world that their moral courage rose superior to the passing agonies of a gloomy cell , by the highminded toae of £ be production he held in his hand ; whkh , by its eloquent vindication of the rights of man , paralysed the petty faction , whose only arguments are the bayonet of the soldier , and the bludgeon of the poOeeman . Mr . Peat then forcibly appealed to the female portion of his andience , to instruct their offspring in a knowledge of the principles « f freedom and equal sights , aad concluded an « loqoent address amid the repeated plaudits of ^ ' * audience .
Mr . Cxmxmos { who was loudly cheered } said he considered Mr . Peat , who had just delivered a most able and animated address , an honour to the class of soctety to which he belonged—the working class ; and if the metropolis could boast of a lew more Bach men , theeaase of the Charter would aoon become too strong for the unholy alliance of the Whig and Tory actions . The cause ef the Tn ^ must progress ; the prose cutions « f the Whigs tint-given an accelerated movement to its onward course . We have now men in all conditions of life advocating the people ' s cause ; and the events of every passing day inspire new hopes , and impart increasing conSaenee of success . Mz . Peat bad spoken highly and justly of the merits of the pamphlet by Lovett and Collins , whose plan was
beautiful and comprehensive ; bat the wretchedly degraded state of the people renders them incapable of availing themselves of its most desirable advantages . We must isaprare the physical oonditaon of ttte great body of tl _ j people—elevate their position in the social scale , and provide them with better food , clothing , and habitations than they can now procure , before we think of sending them or their children , half-starved , ragged , and barefoot , to receive a first-rate education in a noble a ^ 'ft ^ o M > . Cameron then amMuneed + * r « t on Thursday evening be would enter more folly into the plan of co-operation he had recommended in his own coarse of lectures , which would have for its object "tie immediate adoption of practical measures for the moral and physical elevation of the working classes .
At the ennclnsion at the foregoing address , Mr . Thomas Preston made a feeling appeal on behalf of the fiuniliea of the -victims , which was liberally respandedto . WK 81 LOITDOH NATIOMAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . —I * st evening , this society ( which we are happy to say is rapidly on the increase ) assembled in their spacious room at the Mechanics' Institution Tarern , dreosstreet , near Faddington , to bear a lecture by Mr . Sankey , on the principles of the People ' s Charter . Oar correspondent , having been engaged in another
part of the metropolis , did not arrive at the Institution till the close of the lecture ; which , he understood , had given complete satisfaction , aad on entering the room , Mr . Savage was addressing the company on the expediency sf their each and all becoming speakers , by which they would derive wmtn *! improTement , ' be enabled to detect and expose the sophistries of those who might seek to mislead them . A vote of thanks to Mr . Sankey was unanimously adeped , and also to Mr . Bennie , sen ^ as ffhairman . Mr . S . will again lecture at the same place on Tuesday evening next *
Progress op Chartisk . —We havs been favoured with the perusal of a private letter from Eilbarehan , Renfrewshire , in winch the following animating passages occur : — "The good cause prospers in good earnest in this quarter , and many , who hitherto stood aloof , begin to gather under our standard . I trust the . time is not far distant when we shall see the institutions of our country based on the principles of a pure demo cracy . The money we used to give those base fcfrritwgi who have hitherto kept both the awls and bodies of men in bondage , we sow send to alleviate their sorrows rtnT » "g the reign of Whig tyranny . " { Then
follows some directions relative to the disposal of three pounds from the ' Christian Chartist Church' at th < tf . place , for Mr . Levett , Mrs . Frost , and Mrs . Vincent This little village has only about two thousand inhabitants ; yet we have this week entertained Collins , M'Douall , and Whi te , and given them a handsome present ; "we have , over sad above , sent the three pounds enclosed ; besides which , the females have sent fourteen nhi 1 "" g « to Mrs . O'Brien , and have some mor * on hand , which will be dispatched to some other useful quarter this evening ; and all this we have d * ne for the cause during the present week . "
Carrier ik his Duh 6 * ok . —8 o , pikt-bted " Justice . "—Of course every Chartist is aware that the sentences , daring the late Wiig ernsade against Ch * rtj « m , were considerably modified or increased in their rigour by the consideration as to whether the dr iinqnent were one of the " enfranchised , " ox a member of that class which is " beyond the pale of the law , " as regards rights and privileges , but perfectly within its scope as to pains and penalties . Thus , in many * " « t " »»» . the very same offence , committed by individual * who were tried at the same time , aad before the same Judge , was visited on tLose different
individuals by various degrees of punishment , according to their dation , in an inverse ratio . Need we point to more than the parallel cases of Roberts and Carrier , at the Wilts A « " ^ ° « ? That the punishment inflicted on Mr . Roberta , was severe—and malignantly so—no one but a despot can deny ; yet what was Mb sentenoe , compared with that awarded to poor Carrier ; the latter being a humble member of the unrepresented class , and a working man ; the former being a solicitor , and , consequently , by virtue of his profession , a gentleman . Mr . Roberts was not sentenced to hard labour , and has since , as the readers of the Star are aware . , been
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. i lAewted ; whilejpoot Carrier is notonlyeosdemnedto tbe-iiieat system anil the treadmill , bat lsstao subjected tathe fnll mnisnrw of th * ri gM Hi ^ im ^ f tho Ptrriras "kURDER-TRAP . " A letter from Catsftez has been this week recsivea ia town * in reply *• sons queries forwarded by M * Cfeav » , in which Cassis * says > - "i am obliged for yos % Isjbd queries , w&oh , however , I mast dismiss raib ** eeAUly . -Tb « , am I restricted 1 o letters , day . namb « , lf 5 rriting , * e £ To all letters , jflim . liflr . ana >*«* gJHfl * - . X » admission , exoept « tasjrfe ** , ' and ttwo sifl ^ nust w * be very political Ca * 1 rtoiv * a « m * P « rt ^ Ko . Or asw other books ? ^ . y 2 m ^^ + J , 4 . w . » . nl „ . » . ..,. .. ' . .. Tv . * "i ' *™ *
i Ymi , except atheistical art professed * political ones , but oaai $ > lRft 6 to buy then * . Health ! GeaesaBy -vaxytagi-lftct it present atattpnary aad Werably good . Allowance of food ? Enough bread , potatoes , water , water-gruel * and salt THIS 18 Aid . Do I go on the mm r Alas ! I go en the tdud 4 hat driva the mitl , aad rd as lief be ik the mill , and sp would it be over with yours very truly , W . Caraiek .-wearty one-half of the letter is ^ oaipued of erasures , which arc evidently the werk of the . gaol authorities , aad will fully aceonst for Carrier ' s atswriM * & & » he would be as lief b * ia the mill , as « at tis » wheel that drives it , solbat it might soon be ever with him . " Some of these erasures , however—though the utmost pos tsta pains have been taken to prams * * he writing from
being deciphered , we bar * aneceede * , with oonaidera « difficulty , in making but : and fiamiheae we gather » at , even in his dungeon , and ia a state of mind and * ody such as the writer of a passage like the f eregoingmustbein , the poor fellow k still snxSous about the cause , aad Its apostles ; aad , atthouga the Governor of the Devises bastik has used his bert efforU to prevent even a sigh escaping from Us living tomb Carrier thus writes ( the Italia being erasure *) : — " How and where is Feargut , Hetheringto * , lovett , Bnmtem , and rrmstfUaticm «/ tie SomtU It could be scarcely said to be in the ascendant when I left the world . Is it it , oonpmetitmor appytltim usiih ike Northen Lumimtryl I sincerely hope that of the " Bast "
contains iU foravriy brilliancy , and—asto perpetna " Surely , when the press of tt *> " fsivUeged orders" talks so flippantly about the sanguinary spirit of the Char * tists , the writenare apt to forget that it is the rulerswhom they laud alone—that , like the mmtticudiaarian tyranny of the andent noblesse ef France * are aow doing their utmost to . convert the gloomy 4 f * p idr of the English labourer into the wild frenzy isf . revenge . It has been suggested that those vk * may havVan opportunity « f seeing Mr . Carrier in his dungeon , should urge on him the propriety of pemmt ilp eomplaining to the magistrates about the deprivation of animal food , the being placed on the wheel , * e ., aad to make mi ** te qf their answers , and of bis complaints , being prtlftulsr as to dates , < kc
Alleged death from viotswcB bt a Policehas . —A Fatal Lark . —This morning , au inquiry , which lasted nearly four hours , was instituted before William Carter , Esq ., Coroner for Surrey , at thsrKing ' s Arms , Boupel-street , Lambeth , on view of the body of John Wardal , a fine youth , aged eighteen years , the son of a master bricklayer , living at No . 20 in the above-named aUuuL The case created the most intense interest , in consequence of a report that the death of the deceased had been caused from violence by a police constable of the L division . From the evidence of the several witnesses , whose testimony was taken at very great length , it appeared that between nine and ten o ' clock on the night of Sunday last , the deceased was passing down Bonpel-street , in company with two other youths , when his companions pushed him in a very rude manner against two ladies standing at the door of No . 36 , and then ran away . The deceased followed them
but , on reaching the comer of the street , be was stopped by Atlee , No . 110 , who took him back to the house ; no charge was , however , pressed against him , and he wasauirerao' to go at large . He ran away ; but on reaching the corner of Bread-street , he fell down i n a state ef insensibility . Mr . Adeock , a surgeon , in the New Cut , promptly attended , but he expired in a very short time . A very long discussion took place amongst the Jury as to whether the body aheuld undergo a post mortem examination , but subsequently a verdict was returned , " That the . deceased died from the rnptox « ofabkK > dvesseliaternaUyaad net from violence . " The father said he would not feel satisfied unless the body was opened . The Coroner—The Jury had signed their verdict , and If he ( the father ) was not satisfied , be must apply to the Magistrates of the district It is a most melancholy meti that the poor man has lost two children from accidents . The rtmiJml has left an infant with a broken back .
Daring Bobber ? . —This morning , between nine and ten o ' clock , a young man named * fr »< ght , stole a tub of butter , value £ 1 , the property of Messrs Waters and Co ., cheese-mongers , in High-street , Southwark , from their cart , opposite St . i Saviour's . Church fie was seen to leave the cart with the butter , and was about to roll it on the patn , wnen a man called out to thedriver ; the prisoner started off at a railroad speed , but , after a long chase , he was captured , and taken to Union Hall , committed for trial , aad in less * fr * n three hours lodged safely in Newgate . The Dead Alive , or the Extraordinary Doctob—In the coarse of an inquest held before Mr . Carter , the eoroser for Surcsy , at Lambeth , the surgeon , upon being asked what day he was catted upon to attend the deceased , after a very long pau # , replied " On Thursday , Sir . " Caroner— " Are you quite sure ?" Surgeon— " Yes , Sir . " Coroner— " Why , the man died on Tuesday night . " ( Laughter . ) Surgeon ( confused )—
"Yes , it was Tuesday .- ( Loud laughter . ) pi was only a pauper , and the surgeon thevght the day teat of no amtequentx . ' ] Shameful Outrage ox a Child . —This morning a youth in the employ of a butcher in White-street , Borough , was fined 10 s . and costs , for wilfully throwing a half pound weight at the head of a fine little boy , aged Severn years , named Currjr . by which a deep wound was inflicted over the left eye . Had it been a quarter of an inch higher , it must have killed him On the sp # t
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THE NORTHERN STAR AND MRS . FROST' 8 FAMILY . —On the Seventh op November , THE PRICE OF THE STAB . WILL BE RAISED TO FlVEPENCE FOR THAT Dat OKLT : THE ADDITIONAL HALPPE 5 NT TO GO TO THE FAMILY OP THE ILLEGALLY EXPATRIATED FROST . IT IS ONLY BY A COMPULSORT TAX THAT WE CAN TEST THE VALUE OP PUBLIC OPINION . WHOEYEB PLEASES KAY CON TRIBUTE ONE HalFPESNY THAT DAY . OR LET IT ALONE .
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THE LEEDS FOX AND GOOSE CLUB TO THE ULSTER REAL OLD GOATS , OR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION . Cokpe&siox is & good naif-way house to repeutaaoo , and nothing more becometh the good man than an open confession . Being desirous to mould our conduct according to the most perfect model of charity , we should have abstained from any farther exposure of the birds and beasts , after the candid avowal made by fox Goodman at their first gabble , had not the
atrociously long and consummately ignorant address of the Leeds Fox and Goose Club to the" Ulcer" constitutionalists claimed some attention from as . Mr . Fox Goodman , at the first meeting of the scientific society of the Leeds menagerie , for the promotion of education among the ignorant classes , very candidly admitted that he was so much occupied in making money of their hands that he had no time to think of their brains ; and that , consequently , he knew nothing whatever of the matter , bnt would nevertheless do anything .
Now , this was honest , manly , straightforward ignorance ; aa ignorance which would have secured the fraternity from more than one exposure , could they have been contented thus to rest ; bat , as might have been expected , however close the foxes may wish to lie , the geese cackle and stretch out their necks . We scarcely know how to deal seriously with such a pack of noodles , and such a yarn as that now staring us in the face ; nearly two columns in length of arrant trash . Let us , however , Bee what we can do for thorn , by dividing their address into three parts—a beginning , a middle , and an end . We take , then , the first paragraph : it runs thus : —
" Fellow Reformers . —The cause in whieh you have engaged for the establishment of the Peoples rights upon the sound principles of public liberty , deserves the warmest sympathy and support of every friend of constitutional freedom . The interest which we feel in the saeeess of your labours , induces us to take advantage of the invitation to Union and cooperation held out to the friends of liberty in all parts of the empire , in the resolutions passed at your late public meeting ; and we accordingly proceed to address you shortly upon the means which we consider most likely to produce a united and successful agitation for the establishment of the public rights upon a firm and lasting basis .
"The Ulster Association affords a most gratifying proof of the willingness of the higher and middle classes of Ireland to unite in defence aad support of the popular liberties . " Now , we do not think 'that words could express a more perfect coincidence of opinion between two individuals , or bodies , than we find herein contained ; and well woHld it have been for Fox Marshall had his name stood at the bottom of these simple para-
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graphs , instead ef appearing , * s it does , at the foot of the folly . This requires « f itself no commeiit ; but when we eome to Bolder the « ooae T s tail to the , fox ' s head , then , we shall bare * word to a * y . ' - ¦ . The whole bodj < ot the address oonsista of a damsily ^ recapitulated a talk" of d » inequality of the electoral aad uaMfreseated classes . Had it been copied verbatim from ; i / sjajr one of ilie twenty thousand and one Bpeechoi aade upon the snbject , by working men at their meetiigB , or from , the tables furnished , by'the name order , l ^ l ^ t'n ^**** ****** the roily . This reamres < £ itself no comment Knt
through myriads « f pamphlets and moral numbers of the Star , wetsmld have understood it better All that s wnfoted brain oould effect ttf pat ' s , hew face mpon an old friend , haa been don « , and yet the only novelty presented is that of new mystificatioV However , we allow GoodbajV apology to stand , generally , as the apology * W'ihe Wdy , They have fooad oat that the , present system of representation is neither * rwl , * Ji 4 mist \''* jtut \''
nor equitable . " The people have been telling the foxes , for manj years , that it is neither Apnc */ , Just , unrequitable ; but , alas ! to their grief , they have long known that it is a sad reality . Not real I What in the name of common sense do these boobies mean ! Not real ! What ! then , is it bat imaginary 1 If so , we would but smile at the delusion . Is their talk of inequality and grievances then , not & real , but an imaginary talk ! 1 ¦ . ¦ . ..- ^ ..
. We wade through a vast portion of this long address , aad at length we find the foxes throwing the shield « f poor old Gbkt over their work . They quote a foolish idiotic sentenoe , from one of his many fooleries , wherein he says , "I contend that the right of voting in inhabitant householders is the ancient right of voting under the Constitution of this country . " Now , we contend that it is no such thing ; that it never has beeMn any age or at any time , or by any statute ; ttoiis tt * bw \ nor did the Reform BUI , as he says , * whh certain restrictions" , restore that right . Does anyman ; does
anything , but a Leeds fox or goose , doubt this t If there be any such , of him we ask , Does a freeman vote out of his house or any house ! Need a voter , claiming a right to vote as a freeholder or leaseholder out oj land , have a house , or even a lodging ; or need he reside in the county 1 Do parsons vote out of their glebe , or out of their tithes f We show , then , that the three oldest classes of voters—for the household franchise is of but recent date- the three classes constituting formerly the whole constituent , body ,
needed not a house to constitute a qualification . Well , but what do the foxes call Household Suffrage ! Hear it , ye ignoramusses ; hear it , ye brainless unwashed !!! They tail it , "first principles . " They say , ** oor object has been to select that which , while it is based on first principles , we conceive to offer the greatest balance of advantage in itsfavour with the smallest liability to abuse . " What would Locke or Jeremy Benthah say to the first principles" of a house 1
We now come to the goose ' s tail , which we give at full length : — " With these views , Fellow Reformers of Ulster , we are disposed to hail the overtures of union and so * operation which you hold out to English Befbraura , with , unmixed satisfaction and delight in our tarn we would urge upon yon the necessity of adopting some fixed and definite basis upon which to combine the Liberal strength of the three fc > n g ^ fnn » . The mere annunciation of general principles has cease d to satisfy
the Movement party . They must have something specific , as a standard to rally reond . Neither is it enough that you courageously resist the Stanley party in their crusade against the rights of the people of Ireland . Ton must adopt initiative ; aad set on foot practical measures of reform and improvement Whilst yon oppose injustice , you must also carry forward the cause sf Liberty . Aiming at the prevention of evil , you must also labour as earnestly for the accomplish ment of actual good "
Now , let any man compare the perfect coincidence of opinion which professedly existed between the two bodies , according to the fox ' s head , with the sweeping difference contained ia the goose ' s tail , and reconcile the two if they can . In the first , we find the objects of the "Ulcer" resolutions , passed at the first meeting of that body , approved of to the letter by the Fox and Goose Club . We find that their sound principles deserve the warmest sympathy and support of every friend of constitutional liberty . The interest whieh the Fox and Goose Club take in the success of the labours of the Ulcers , induces the
former to invite the latter to a co-operation in the good work . Now , can any words be more expressive of a complete coincidence of opinion ! Let us see what the goose ' s tail says in detail . The tail says : — 41 In our turn we would urge upon you the necessity of adopting some ^ x « d and definite basis npen which to combine the liberal strength of the three kingdoms . Neither is it enough that you resist the Stanley party in their crusade against the rights of the people ef Ireland . " Now , does this , or docs it
not , mean that such resistance to the Stanley party , b the only object of the " Ulcers" ! The goose tail flaps on thus : — You must adopt the initiative , and set on foot practical measures of reform and improvemenu" Does this contain a charge of a lagging policy , or does it contain an approval of the measures laid down in the resolutions , so highly approved of 1 * WhilBt you oppose injustice , " says the goose tail , you must also carry forward the cause of liberty !"
The address desires the existence of su « h a state of things as may place the union between the two countries upon a permanent basis , and then langh . ably enough concludes with a resolution of the Volunteers of 1782 , or rather a fragment of a resolution . Bnt these heroes , who make Do difference between prin * ciples and details , wholly forget that the spirit of the resolution of the Irish Volunteers was against the existence of any legislative union between the two countries . Perhaps , for the benefit of short memories , it may be wen to place that resolution onoe more before the Fox and Goose Club . It
was as follows : —At a general meeting of the Volunteers of the province of Ulster , on the 15 th of February , 1782 , it was resolved—*• That the claim of any body of men , other than the King , Lords and Commons of IRELAND , to make laws to bind that kingdom , is unconstitutional , Ulegal , and a grievance , and so forth . " Now , by parity of reasoning , muBt not even a Leeds goose come to the conclusion , that the Ulster Association , now contending for the very principle tgainsfc which the Volunteers contended , —admitting their , the volunteers ' , principle to be the right oae , —are | acting
unconstitutionally , illegally , and ignorantly cowards Ireland ! Can any one deny this ! Here , then , we have the Ulster and the Leeds politicians professing to act upon the principles of the Irish Volunteers of 1782 , and at the same time violating the one only principle , for which that body contended . But let us endeavour to pick what we can out of the poor brains of these creatures . They profess an entire conformity to the views of the "Ulcers . " What are those views 1 Why , to leave England
just where she is , and to raise Ireland to the level of England . Happy consummation for poor Ireland 1 What are the other objects of the " Ulcer " Association ! To be thankful to the Ministers for what they have done , and to blame only the Tories that they have not done more ; at all hazards , to keep the Tories out ; and , finding the Irish franchise to be a thing completely in the hands of the landlords of Ireland , not to allow Stanlkt to take one wrung out ef THEIR stepping ladder to power .
In conclusion , we would most strenuously recommend the Fox and Goose Club to hire some practical working man to draw up their resolutions and addresses in future ; for we assure them that the effect of presenting such rubbish as this address to a reasoning and enlightened community , who seek to base the franchise upon "first principles , " will be to suggest the necessity of some education , or at least some knowledge test , for the middle class of electors . Is not the silence of old fox , Neddt , warning Bufficient to those young cubs who keep barking away , to induce them to believe that their bark is worse than their bite . A tender regard for their feelings induces us for thiB time to withhold the whole documa set forth by the Fox and Goose Club ; but let
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them be assured that another trespass upon our patience will not be treated with Bimilar indulgence we-Warp them that we will publish their next document at FULL LENGTH . ' ihem be assorod that another tr ^ p ^ upon our iwi ( on « a nriii « a » lu ( m . «^ i nfi . <^ ii .. : « j i ^ .
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JUSTICE ! JUSTICE ! JUSTICE ! . It wW Win ^^ zj ^ s ^ oa ^^ i ^ en , that , during last winter j a mostfrightfnl affray took place between some military officers , of a re ^ ia lent then quartered at Wigan , andthecivU authorities of the town * that one of the rirU authorities , in the « x * eatienof his duty , was moet violently assaulted by a party of the military ; that , upon the Mayor proceedingto this barracks , inaidof the civil power to wost the offenders , he wat nut by an armed party of soldiers andarWsted inhisprogrwB ; that the whole town w « up in arfl ^^ dt ^ t ih ^ presa declared that a greater violence never was oosomitted ; and de > manded that the same strict rule of justice should e applied fc those offleers as had bera so unsparingly administered ^ to the * deluded Char lists "
The Honourable Mr . Ptowsterr and Mr . Cash , the two officers most prominent in the affair , were tried at the last Liverpool Assizes , when / the Honourable Mr . Plcnkett was found guilty , aad sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment , and Mr . Cash to four months , fo Lancaster Castle . Our readers and the public -Will rooollect the charge of the Judge ; nothing could bestronger ; nothing could be more gross or violent than the conduct of those officers ;
nothing cjoujd be clearer than the evidence , and nothing wild be -milder than the sentence . And aoW , Chartists , prepare your ears for the most galling insult ever offered to justice , to law , to decency , and tathe poor . On Sunday week , before one-half of Mr . PtomcETt ' s period of imprisonment had expired , HE WAS LIBERATED , by order of the Marquis of Nohmanbt , while mauj poor Chartists , who hare violated no law , are still victims in the gaol he has left . ''
This especial favourite of Lord Nobmanbt had preserved his character untarnished , it appears , through all his punishment ; for we learn from the papers that , by way of recommending himself to the clemency of the merry Marquis , he had , While ia prison , attacked one of the turnkeys , who . held tho situation of monitor , and severely beaten hisa , in consequence of some disagreement . And that he was ao sooner , therefore , out of prison , than a warrant Was issued against Wm for this new offence , at the instance of the Visiting Justices , and on Wednesday last he was held to bail , himself in 4500 , and two sureties in £ 250 each , to take his trial at the next Lancaster Sessions .
This is the greatest utrage , not only upon imprisoned Chartists , bat upon all society , that has ever been . ventured upon , even by the Whigs . If this be tamely borne by the people , they will bear anything . We shall not trust ourselves to say mora for the present , than to direct public attention to the faoti and to ask whether the press will take it up 1 Bat here the matter shall not stop . In the meantime , let the country speak oat . We are anxious to see what the Sun will say to this peculiar piece of good lack for Feabocs .
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NORMANBY AGAIN : MORE JUSTICE TO IRISHMEN IN ENGLAND . In oar sixth page will be found a moat curious correspondence between Lord Nobmanbt and the NorihaUerton Chartist Huntsmen . Our readers will bear in mind , that upon Mr . Duncombb ' s motion relative to the power of the House , or the Executive , in the removal of prisoners from one gaol to another , or as to any alteration in their sentences . Peel and the Tories joined Rtsssxt and the Whigs in strong denunciation of any interference with the judicial authorities . "The judges "
said Peel , "the judges " , re-echoed Finality , " are the persons by whom alone the amount of punishment , the place of confinement , and the description of punishment , should be prescribed "; " and nothing " , added both , oould be more unwise than any interference With their powers , by either the House or the Executive . " So far bo good ; bat this correspondence shewB that by gross perversion of an Act of Parliament , meant as applicable to one description of prisoners only , the interference denied by the House and refused by the Executive , is to be placed in the hands , and exercised at the whim , of a set of gaol Justices . This is really too ridiculous .
What do we learn from this correspondence ! Why , just this—that the Home Secretary says Martin was not sentenced by the Judge to labour of any kind . M We know it , " say the Justices ; "but by our construction of au Act of Parliament , we are empowered to make Martin work . " "You must not make Martin work , " returns Normanby " If we don't make Martin work , it will be an injustice toother prisonersy * nA will materially interfere with our regulations , " reply the justices . " Make Martin work , then , by all means , although it was no part qf his sentence , " says the Home Secretary .
The magistrates of Northallerton are , no doubt , as muoh opposed to Chartism as those of York or Lancaster , and they , not having had any opportunity of manifesting their hatred , by heavy bail , subornation of witnesses , and employment of spies , are resolved to show their poor spleen in the only manner left to their small capacities , their narrow minds , and black hearts . They are the keepers of the game hunted down by their brethren , and in that capacity , will show their own littleness by adding insult to injury . We have , however , learned a good lesson between the two instructors ,
the Home Secretary and the Northallerton noodles . We have learned that even the pretext for oppressing Chartist prisoners for poverty , under an Act of Parliament , may be removed by the proper performance of duty by the people . We are not sorry for thU fresh outrage ; because , in consequence thereof , an appeal to the people settles the question . Let those who have been lukewarm before , now bestir themselves . The plan we propose is this : —Let the organised Association of each town from which Chartist prisoners have been
selected at once meet the friends and relatives of the prisoner . Let such nearest relatives , or friends , forthwith write a respectful letter to the visiting justices of such gaol afl the prisoner referred to w confined in , requesting to know the amount required to be paid , and to whom , for the maintenance of the prisoner sought to be released from any kind of labour , in compliance with the provisions of the statute of Geo . IV ., o . 66 ., s . 38 . We give the following , as the copy of a letter , which may be prudently written in furtherance of the object :-
—" Gentlemen , —I request to know , at your earliest convenience , the amount requisite to be paid and to whom it should be paid , in order that A . B . my husband , ( son , or brother , as the case may be , ) now a prisoner in the gaol of Northallerton , may be relieved from any sort of work , to which be is now subjected under the provisions of an Act of Parliament empowering magistrates to impose labour upon those prisoners who , although not sentenced to it by the Judge , are , nevetthelesstfrom their poverty , compelled to work , by order of the Visiting Justices . " I am , Gentlemen , M Your obedient servant , M »
Address " To the Visiting Justices , Northallerton Gaol , Northallerton , " and let the applicant give his or her address in full . We said that we were not sorry for this outrage . We are not : and for this reason ; any Chartist who now remains at work will be the victim ; not of Lord Normanby—not of the statute of George IV . —bnt of his own order . This is a question which should at once , and seriously , interest every working man in the kingdom ; and , as we are making our arrangements for a determined assault upon the conduct of the Home Office , and the Visiting Justices of those gaols
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where Chartist prisoners have been confined , upon the moment of the Parliament meeting , we require to have our hands BtreDgthen « d i ^ eviazy poesible way . More unlikely things have eome to pass than that Normanby , RcsseiX r and MiiiLKshbald keep a few U the magisterial tarakeys company in their own hett-holesv before many months roll Aver , aad if it so please providence we woald very gladly treat than to a smack of their owa relish . For tbohononr of humanity , to say nothing of Chartism , we hope to find renewed exertions and large funds flowing in to the victim treasury . r V whereCluurtist priso ^ * k A _« »«» « . # * i . . x > .. i ( . —_* _ _ . u _ - _« ^__ jL _ "
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IRISH POLITICAL FASHION FOR : ¦ ' : ¦¦ ¦ - . . -:. " . ' ¦¦ ¦¦¦ 7 HOV ^ MSBifc ¦ V . v . 'V rC ; - " ¦ The 8 th is to be the ijtot day : of course , from from that to the end of the month will , ' according to Sir John Campbell ' s construction of legal identity , be TH 8 SAMJB TIM * . - ; : / ' . ? \ ' ¦ .. [ . . ' \ . What is good law In Monmouth mostlbe good law in Ireland ; From the 8 th to the 30 th November , then , or , perhaps , we may add a slice of December , Will be the rent day , after which , as after a feast comes a fast , will eome the solemnity of the burial of the repeal eoxpee . As soon as the rhino is fobbed , we shall have about forty , or mayhap more , committees of rafonnf sitting daily .
Tho object of these committees , who know Dan ' s temper , wilt be to hould him and not let him fight There will be one committee to receive information from Mr . and Miss Dillon , aa to the progress of Irish manufacture ; another to report upon the fisheries upon the evidence of Mr . Jaw ; another upon the effect Which the agitation of the repeal question is likely to have upon the first formation of liberal corporations ; another upon the prospect of many who would work for practical results being debarred by the' repeal agitation from joining . in any Association ; another to report whether or not
for a laBt trial , and in order that the repealers should be tremendousl y in the right * a proposal may not be made to an accommodation with the Uloers" ; the Repealers sinking repeal for the present , to give more power to the ^ Ulcers " , apon the express stipulation , that in the event of the "Ulcers " not succeeding in their scheme within a limited period , say 140 years , that in such ease the repeal is to be taken irrevocably in hand j another to consider whether or no the present is just the time to desert " the only Ministry that has ever evinced a desire to do justice to Ireland " , and to report in
such event , Whether the success of Stanley ' s Bill , thereby insured , would not rather weaken than Strengthen th $ Liberal party in Ireland ; another to report critically the number of Catholics and the number of Protestants now in Ireland . 'distinguisbing the number of each sect holding offices ander the present Government as compared with those who held office under any former Government , thereby proving that the benefits ot emancipation have been more extensively disseminated by the Whigs than by the Tories ; another to report whether or not it would be just upon the part of the magnanimous
Irish people , to desert the fins monarch Who ever felt for Irish grievances , just at a time when she is threatened with foreign wars , and the controul of a deadly domestic faction , ever hostile to the liberties of the Irish people ; another to report upon the evidence of medical men , appointed by the Associa tion , whether or no the effect of the break ap of the present Administration , strongly attached to the person of her Majesty , which appears most be a consequence of the continuance of the repeal agitation and the replacing her old , her tried , and affectionate friends , by the strange faces of a
Cumberland faotion . in her present precarious ^ "interesting" situation , might not have such an effect upon her delicate frame and virtuous mind as would make her incapable of bearing up against so great a bloW , aad thereby throw the destinies of Ireland into the bands of the bloody and exterminating Ernest and his Protestant coadjutors . All these committees to report to a General Committee of the Dublin Trades , who , upon having maturely considered the several reports , of the various Committees submitted to them , will eome to the following conclusion : —
•** Moved by John Sdoarsticx , grocer . and seconded by James Maltby , brewer : — " That it is the opinion of the Dublin Trades * Committee , after having most attentively considered the several reports of the various committees laid before them , that the present position of Ireland is most precarious and anomalous , and that events have occurred , since the resuscitation of the repeal agitation , which no human foresight could have anticipated ; and in order to meet those events , it is deemed prudent and highly necessary that the agitation for repeal be discontinued for the present , with a view to organising the whole i Irish mind for a resistance to a bloody war , which now threatens these countries . "
" Moved by William Puncheon , distiller , and seconded by George Woollet , clothier , "That while we , the committee of trades , recommend a temporary suspension of the repeal agitation , we by no means wish to have it understood , that we believe in any measure short of a Repeal of the Union , as capable of doing substantial and entire justice to Ireland . " " Moved by Simon Timbbrtoe , timber-merchant , and seconded by Charles Tophodse ,
aohiteot"That a deputation , selected from the various trades of Dublin , be appointed to wait upon Daniel CConnell , Esq . M . P ., the liberator of his country , in order to convince that distinguished patriot of the injury which a perseverance in the repeal agitation at the present moment may inflict upon Ireland , and to request that he will be pleased to devote bis unrivalled talent and indomitable energy to the formation of some systematic plan by which the machinations of Lord Stanley and his Tory oo-oon 8 pirators may be successfully frustrated . " " Moved by John Dillon , woollen-draper , and seconded by Phillip Quill , Esq ., attorney-at-law :
"That we , the Trades * Committee , cannot separate without recommending that Sunday , the 12 th December , be appointed throughout the whole of Ireland for perfecting the National Tribute to the liberator of his country , Daniel 0 'C 0 NHEix , E 8 q ^ M . P ., andwe beg at the sametime to express our surprise and disgust at thesmallnessof the O'Connbll Tribute of the present year , as compared with any of the previous years . M Signed on behalf of the Trades of Ireland , " By the Chairman , Timothy Goodtool , " Chief Of Police . "
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BIRMINGHAM FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES' RESTORATION COMMITTEE . The more we reflect upon the patriotio undertaking of this Committee , the more we are satisfied and delighted with the object of its appointment . The Committee must have money . We propose the following plan for providing the sinews of war : — Let every Association ascertain the number of agents who sell the Star in each town ; let them then have a small wooden box , with a slit ia the top capable of admitting a penny piooe , made for each agent . Let the following words be plainly written upon the cover— "Subscriptions in aid of the
Birmingham Frost , Williams , and Jones' Restoration Committee . " Let this box be placed upon the counter , Bealed with the seal of the Association , and opened by the Treasurer on each Monday night , in the Association Room . Let similar boxes be sent to those barbers who are in the habit of shaving the working men , and also to co-operative stores ; and , above all , to those shopkeepers with whom the people deal , the shopkeeper being requested to wrap whatever monies he contributes up in a bit of paper , in order that he may receive due consideration for his support of so just a cause .
Let this be extensively acted upon , and we venture to predict the success looked for by the Birmingham men within a muoh sherter period than they
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anticipate . We jund ^ rstand . . that SheffleldV jScjf csj ^ e , "Nottingham , Tand Bath are about " ft * B& ^ Co-operative Sooietfesi to aid Birmingham in the undertaking . - ~ , ,. Working m « n , caa yon conoervo any one thing naif so glorious at having , of yoarselvesvsecured the return of those men to theirfamilies and their hones Oh ! what a day for old England 1 It can , and it shall be done I ^ ' : / '' :.. '' ^ \ - ' : - ^ - '' " ' -.-. anticipate . We jnnd ^ rstand Jb ^ Sn ^ .. ^ i ^ " w-Ui--W . ' ~ * ' 1-ji ' -Di . il . _^« _ t--i-7- ^ v *
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THE DOG FIGHT . ¦ On Monday morain / f Wfa estiBteaoei tha annual dog fight , la the several p < ditieal kssnieb thronghcKU the Kingdom ; that hi Leeds to expected to be very sew . ( Md Tijw ^ is complaining that injustice has been done to man * of his dogs ; wnfle the Comiaerdal-iirert feeder says , if the ring is fairly kept , without ths interference of bystanders , he is able to win nearly every battle . 'f AV- '" ib « - ; te- ''; wa : jsA- : « m ^ e 4 , - ' T » f desire nothing more devoutly than that the boll dogs may be allowed to fight it out , without any let hindrance , molestation , or interferenoe , from thos « who have no interest in the result . -
Perhaps one of the most striking features in thk year ' a struggle is the fact , that in eoiueqnence ©• some swindle about the registration , the battle of the present year will have to be fought by the old dogs . Why is this important I Because any new materials introduced might have Becured bo more than increased activity upon the part of one of the factions , while , npon the other hand , the same parties only being in action , both most now strain every nerve and teat the fact , whether or no
the public mind , as far as Leeds borough is ooncerned has experienced any r ^ sctioa . Thte , in fact , is the only interest which Radicals can have-in , the etrug . gle—an interest in proving that , in the Whig aukfe of-, putUng dpwn $ a # sa £ John Bull has " paid top dear . for his whiattfc * For some weeks the trainers have been handling their dogs rather cautiously , merely ( marling at each other , but , o » doubt , oa this day we shall have the fatal Dark , tbt great bow-wow , the last growl before the grand encounter .
We have heard much talk of late about £ 10 , 000 and a Chancery Suit , in the event of a Tory majority in the kennel , but we have never been able to discover that a Whig majority would save the borough one single farthing of the sum , Speaking generally upon the subject if finance , we have only to remark that for © very twenty shillings tax imposed by the Tories , there will bo a pound laid on by the Whigs . Let no man in his senses doubt that . Indeed , any man who does doubt it has no sense . What , then , after all , is the most valuable result which the Chartists can anticipate ! Why , clearly a very large Tory majority procured wholly and e * irefy-6 p meant of the Whig Corporation Reform BW , and without the slightest
INTERFERKNCB Of THOSE WHO HAVE NO INTEREST I > thk MATrtB , A Tory majority , especially at Leeds will prove that a strong reaction has taken place in * the mindsbf the borough constituency since last year , ia consequence of the treason , the insolence , the barbarity , the iacompeteucj , aad the depravity of the present Administration . We must use these two parties as a poison aad aa antidote * Snppose , then , the Whigs have a majority m the Council , we have the poison without the antidote . We have a cowardly , dastardly , mean low-minded faction in the ascendant , while we have
no antidote to this poison in the minority , consisting of a resuscitated , reorganised , inflamed , blood-thirsty faction , relapsed into the old fever of popular abhorrence . Suppose , upon the other hand , the Tory poison predominates in the Council , we have th » antidote of Whig subservieocy , Whig hatred of Toryism ; we have a strong minority ready to lick the dost off our feet , to bow for twelve month * before the unwashed ; to check Tory impetuosity upon the bench ; to make real head , instead of shamfight , against local abase ; men who , instead of asking £ 1 , 000 bail for working men for political offences , woald lay on * 20 , and become bondsmen themselves ; an opposition who would check the licentiousness of the borougfi cat-throats , and
administer something like pique , if not justice , to the poor . We know not to whom we give ths moral advantage in this our portraiture of the respective parties . Whether to the Tories , as an incurable foe , a deadly enemy to popular rights , in their weakness as in their strength ; or to the Whigs , in arousing their passions to insure that protection from their Weakness and discomfiture , for which we should ask in vain from their love of justice . If the Tories have large majorities in ths the several Councils , we shall rery soon have ths Ministers' compliments , that Frost , Williams , and Jones shall come back , and that the mad-houses shall disgorge their half-made lunatics . Let , then " the Tory DevHs in hell" have a majority over "the WhigDeviW
We have received the most consoling assurances from many corporate towns , highly approving of our last week ' s recommendation , and ex * pressing a determination to act upon it to the letter . We have also received a most interesting document signed by a number * f the wives , mothers * sisters , brothers , and friends of the incarcerated Chartists , which , however , we confess ourselws fearful of publishing , and we are not over niooia these matters ; bat the document in question isrvauy though powerfully pathetic and in every way just , yet of bo heart-Btirring a description , that we fear its publication would lead to Maething more than mere opposition to the Whigs oft Monday . We give the following extract from this appeal : —
, * What right has the widow , the mother , the sister , the orphan , or the disconsolate friend , to complain of Whig injustice , if their every act , commenced in local persecution and terminated in local barbarity , is to be seconded on Monday , by the support of those very barbarians Who have rent our hearts and made bur bosoms throb with anguish f Why should the just magistrate . Frost first marked for persecution by aWhig Minister and then hunted down by his local blood-houndi , desire again to see that country for whose people he struggled ; but who thus sanction his oppressor ! cruelty , b y support of the very channels from whiffl they derive vitality !"
This is signed very numerously , aad deserves the attention of all working men . We commend its sentiment to all their hearts sad feelings . Let us not be mistaken ; the munl « ip * elections are looked to merely as the sinews rf factious warfare , and not at all with referenced local matters of pnblio advantage , convenience , « good government ; the base Whigs have pw ^ themselves , in all respects , greater , though stow timid and contemptible , tyrants , then did even their predecessors ; the people ought to know this , for they are feeling it , in all parts Of the oountry , is »¦ almost infinite ' variety of ways ; we wish toM them evince so much of the spirit of British ss « s * hood as , at least , to manifest a determinatioa w *
lick the foot that spurns , or the hand that saw * them ; we wish the eountry to give evidenee- ** and indisputable evidence—of their opinions of WW atrocities ; and hence we should be glad to see the "base , bloody , and brutal" faction humbled pW portionately to their deserts ; this can only ^ done through the medium of strong Tory msjorlift * ' and therefore it is that we wish to see those sis jorities : while , at the same time , knowing , ss ^
do , the fiiveterate hatred of the Tories to every semblance of popular freedom , either in pnwtico e ? principle , we would not have a single Chariisti «*«• to accomplish so just a work as that of ousting tb « "bloody" Whigs , to lend himself for one moment Ur the Tories . We eay , Let them be ; thestrifeis theirtr not yours ; and we remember the sayiDg of * w * * man , ' Whoso , passing by , intermeddleth with sjfflfe , not his own , is like one that taketh a dog by »*»
ears . '" Arguing from principle , it is clearly the ^ h duty of every man desiring universal freedom to stand perfectly aloof from all the toils of faction while we think we have ehewn ftbore UlWj
The Northern Star Satobday, October 31, 1840.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATOBDAY , OCTOBER 31 , 1840 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 31, 1840, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2708/page/4/
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