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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, AUCHTST II, 1849.
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HOW CKDIDTALS ARE MA.NU FACTORED.
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TBE TEN HOURS ACT
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THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND. After the la...
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EXECUTIVE FUND
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR, ESQ., M.P
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A Good and Fashionable Hat is of the utmost importance as regards Personal Appearance
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HUNGARY ASV THE COSSACKS ! 3 ST Evert person wishing to uxBEnsiAxn the OB 1 G 1 X OF THE MICHTX HCXGABIAX STRCGG 1 E , SHOULD HEAD XO . 111 . OF THE "DEMOCRATIC REVIEW . " SOW KEA ^ Y WITH THE MAGAZEfES FOR AUGUST , 2 fo . in . of THE DEMOCRATIC EEVIETV Of UiiraSH and FOREIGN POLITICS , IHSXOUY .
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TO £ CUEAa-EST EMTKM EVEK rCBUSHED . Price Is . 6 i , AneT-. xLEdsrIegant edition , with Steel Plate tifthfc Author , of PACE'S POLITICAL WORKS .
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PJROIECIED Br BOrAL 1 ETIEBS PATJEA'T .
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1 J TJPTTJEES EFFECTUALLY CURED li WITHOUT A TRUSS ! THROW AWAY YOUR TRUSSES . TT £ mI £ - ? K- SALTER DE ROOS , 1 , Ely-place , Holborn-hiii London , will forward ( free ) per return , on receipt of a Post-office Order , er Stamps , for 6 s . 6 d ., 1 ^ ^' . P erman < mt cure for Ruptures , the efficacy of which is now too well established to need comment . It is easy in application i produces no inconvenience , and as the secret of this discovery has never been dis-Closed , all olhere are spurious imitations only . Br . de Roos has a vast number of old Trasses , as trophies of his immense success , left behind by persons cured , which he will almost give away to those who like to wear them . Hoursten till one morning , audfrom four till eight evening . "It has quite cured the person for whom you sent it , and you will be so good as to send two for other persons I know . "—Rev . H . Walcott , Highland Ferrers . S . U . —Inquiry wiU prove the fact that no remedy is employed at any Hospital in England , France , or elsewhere , nis being the only remedy known .
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PORTRAIT OF KOSSUTH , THE HUNGABUN CHIEFTAIN . We hare succeeded in procuring a life-likeness of the nol > le Kossvth . It is now in course of progress , and specimens , to which a f ae simile of the autograph of the Chieftain will he attached , will be in the possession of our Agents on the 18 th inst .
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J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz .: —Fob Cosfebexce Expenses , from Mansfield , 4 s 61—Foe Macvamaha's Actio * -, from Mansfield , 6 s 5 d ; frem Mr . Kirk , Ad . Fob Victim Fcsd , from llr . Lees , 6 d . Mr . Edjtob . —Your implied suspicion of my unfitness to receive subscriptions , ( and to many , might appear mv integrity also , )—has somewhat pained me—and would induce me to decline receiving them , but that those who have already contributed refuse to receive their money back , and insist that I shall continue to do good if I can . Your objection , that you know not whether I am authorised to receive subscriptions , "would stand good if there was a real organisation of the Chartist party in tills district , but unfortunately such is not the case , as the puaeity of attendance at Phillpott-street and
Brunswick ball will abundantl y testify , and the constant difficulty la getting men to attend meetings , upon tilde grounds , at the- request of Chartists who have known me from boyhood , and the . convenient position of my shop , being midway between the two meeting places , I Wrote , requesting you to answer the same . To me , personally , it matterslitde whether the monies are paid back to _ Mr . O'Connor , but as a conscientious Chartist I do not like the position of our party in relation to this matter . With every feeling of fraternity , I remain , Jons MaTHIAS , Butcher-row , Radcliff-cross , August 7 th . —[ We thought ourselves justified in inserting the notice which we did last week , but if the Tower Hamlets men are satisfied we cannot possibly have the slightest objection . Ed . N . SI W . CnisptEB , Derby . —The Reporter has not come to hand : we have therefore withheld , the letter addressed to Jtfr . Heywood . TheKiukdalePiusobers . —air . B . C . Cropper acknowledges 9 s . 2 d . per James Cooper from Oldham , for the Kirkdale
prisoners , namely Messrs . Cropper , Rankin , West , Donovan , leach and White . Tv " . Pehbebtos , Gateshead . —The Gateshead Observer has not come to hand . G . Bbow . v . Wakefield . —We have no room . Notice . —The reply ofthe trustees of the "National Cooperative Benefit Society , " in answer to the statement put forth and signed Thomas Clark , Christopher Doyle , and Philip M'Grath , which appeared in the Star of August 4 th , will appear nest week . AFbiexd , London . —I ' rom Euston Square to "Watford , and from thence a walk of six miles , KiDDEBMissTER . — 'Tis enough to state that Mr . Gisborneis a Whig-Radical , much more Whiggish than Radical : so lVhiggish that the Nottingham Radicals gave him the dirty kick out For further particulars enquire of Mr . Sweet , Goose-gate , Nottingham , or Mr . Barker , Smith's Temperance Coffee-house , Low-Pavement , in that town . 21 . IL Glasgow . —It is intended to reprint No . 1 of the Democratic Review .
The Northern Star Saturday, Auchtst Ii, 1849.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , AUCHTST II , 1849 .
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HOW CKDIDTALS ARE MA . NU FACTORED .
Empiricism is the distinguishing characteristic ofthe age . The family of the Surfaces have obtained the upper hand of societ y , and quackery is the order of the day . From the Prime Juinisteb , downwards the rule is to avoid anything in the shape of real substantial work ; if the turn can be served by some easily vamped-up stop-gap for the moment , that is all that is aimed at . " Sufficient for the day is theevilihereo ^ " and as for the accumulated and accumulating evils which necessaril y result from such a course , why posterity must meet them in the best way it can . It is a
question s however , whether we are not the posterity who will have to pay in our own proper persons the penalty of this most shortsighted and deeply-injurious policy . The social evils of society increase with alarming rapidity . The honest working man finds it daily more difficult to procure employment , and when he does , it is at wages which barely provide the necessaries of life while he is at Avork , and renders it impossible for him to provide for slackness or entire want of work . Whatever may be the ultimate result—the immediate effect of each successive improvement
in machinery is to throw a very large proportion of the men out of work who were formerl y engaged in producing the article to which the new machineis applied . The persons so driven fromtheir previous occupation find thatthere is no new field of labour open for them . In every direction they discover that there arefour or five men competing for one job , and pulling down the wages until they will scarcely suffice to keep soul and body together . In these circumstances there are but two immediatel y available alternatives open to them—resource to the relief provided by the Poor Law or
begging—and , by the usual graduations from that p oint , thieving . Perhaps , indeed , we should he correctif wesaidthatthe firstis the preliminary step in the great majority of instances to that graduation in the mysteries of demoralisation and crime which the hopeless and helpless labourer has to undergo , and which , in so many instances , ends . in converting into enemies and a source of expense those who , if wisely and humanely treated , would have been the strength and life-blood of the body politic . This process of deterioration and
impoverishment accounts for the annually-increasing expenditure under the head of poor rates , and also the large amounts expended every year for police establishments , criminal prosecutions , prisons , houses of correction , & c . They are evils not only of urgent necessity , but also of increasing magnitude . "We are approaching with rapid strides to a state of things in which the maintenance of what is called public security and order will almost amount to an impossibility ; while the national resources will be inadequate to the supply of the means which this useless effort will absorb . Some
efficient measures ought to he adopted for the prevention of those crimes and vices which we now vainly attempt to suppress by retaliating evils upon those who are guilty of them . Instead of institutions for apprehending , sen tencing , and punishing those criminals who are , after all , but the victims of the present system , establishments ought to be formed in which the children of the destitute , the vicious , and the criminal may be educated to a contrary course of life , and afterwards provided with the means and inducements for continuing a life of honest industry .
The funds at present expended upon measures of public vengeance , b y which the evil is only increased and multiplied , would , if applied by slow degrees to measures of public charity , preserve the rising generation from growing up in such deep misery , ignorance , and corruption as the present is involved in . Although such a course might require , in the first instance , a greater outlay , it would so amply repay itself in the end , that , even on the ground of economy , such a course recommends itself to adoption . It is a great delusion to think that society has the choice whether or not it "will
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provide for all its members . Each individual that grows up in it must find a livelihood somehow or other ; if he be not put in the way to earn it in a lawful manner , he will seek it b y unlawful means ; if he be not taught to lead a sober life , he will lead a life of dissip ation—but still he will live ; if society refuse to take notice of him as an object of its care and protection , he will force it to notice him as an object of its self-defence and its vengeance . Would it not , therefore , be infinitely wiser , that society should bestow the and
requisite attention expense willingly , at a time when it has it in its power to make them available for the proper education of the individual thrown on its care—to an honest and sober life , and to a useful participation in the labours which the maintenance of society requires , rather than in the vain hope of evading the sacrifice , to leave the individual in a condition in which he must inevitabl y become an enemy ? Would it not be wiser at an early period to attach him to societ y by the ties of gratitude , than to punish him , when it is too late , for an alienation which was but the
natural consequence ofthe physical , mental , and moral destitution with which he was left to struggle unassisted ? Such was in effect the question reall y raised by Lord Ashley , when latel y bringing the case of the 30 , 000 juvenile outcasts , who prowl about the streets of the metropolis , under the notice of Parliament . Anything more painful , or more deplorable , than the facts contained in that statement , it is impossible to imagine , and when it is remembered that it applies , mutatid mutandis , to the same class in
every one of our large towns , it reads like an indictment of deliberate murder against tne nation . Lord Ashley proved by statistical returns , that very few persons commit crime for the first time after twenty years of age . Crime is first committed , in the great mass of instances , just at that period of life when the mind is most open to the best influences and most favourably disposed for receiving the best impressions , and it is therefore evident , that the seeds of crime being sown in early life , if they were eradicated then , the parties would not grow up into adult criminals ,
But let us take a few examples of the manner in which they actually grow up . A short time ago , Lord Ashley being desirous of seeing some of these seed-plots of crime , and the places where these unfortunate creatures slept , visited them at night in company with some other persons who feel a similar humane interest on the subject . They found hundreds living under dry arches , under doorways , and in out-houses , but most of them under the arches of incomplete houses , These arches were quite inaccessible , being blocked up in front , with the exception of an aperture just
large enough to allow a person to creep in , and the only way of knowing whether there , was any person inside or not , was by thrusting in a lantern , when five or six individuals were generally found inside . Ofthe persons so discovered he examined thirty-three , whose ages varied from twelve to eighteen years . Out of the thirty-three twenty-four had no parentssix had one parent each , and three had stepmothers . They were so begrimed with filth and covered with vermin , that it was difficult to go near them . Twenty of them' had no shirts , and nine no shoes ; twelve' had been once in prison—three , twice—three had been four times—four , eight times—and one , a
youth of fourteen years of age , had been twelve times in prison . Most of them could not recollect of ever having slept in a bed during the last three years , and when asked how theymanaged in winter during the cold weather , they . replied , " We lie eight or ten together in these holes . " They fairly confessed that they had no means' of subsistence but begging or stealing , and that the only mode by which they could turn a penny legitimately was , by picking up old bones and selling them . Such is the incipient state of these pre-doomed criminals . Every avenue to honest industry is closed against them . Destitute of clothing —of education — character—and influencethere is not the remotest chance of their ever
obtaining a situation in which , by their own labour , they may support themselves . The curseoflshmaelofold is upon them . Thenhand is against every man , and every man ' s hand is against them . Let us follow their melancholy career a little farther , and , with the same authority , take a peep into an adult thieves'meeting . "Last year , " said his Lordship , " he received a paper signed by 150 of the most notorious thieves in London , asking him to meet them at a place in the Minories , and to give them the best counsel he could , as to the mode in which they could
extricate themselves from then" wretched position . He went to their appointment , and found 250 instead of 150 assembled . They made no secret of their mode of life . They said , ' We are tired to death of the life we lead—we are beset by . every misery—our lives are a burthen to us , for we never know from sunrise to sunset whether wc shall have a full meal , or any meal at all . How can we escape from such a wretched life V " Is there not something profoundl y touching in this cry from the castaway wrecks of our modern civilisation ? It sounds like the accusing voice of old , " Cain , where is thy brother Abel ? " and , as of old , the reply , "Am I my brother ' s
keeper ?'' will not excuse our neglect of the means by which these lost members of society might have been saved from ruin . What was Lord Ashley ' s reply to the questions put to him—what his counsel to these miserable men ? Did he hold out hope of restoration to society , and the chance of purification from the stains of vice and crime , by a life of probationary industry ? Not at all . Society , which neglected them , and made a life of theft an inevitable necessity , cannot offer compensation for the ruin it has caused , or open a door of escape to the victims it has made . Lord Ashley told them—and most truly—that at the present day competition was so great that no situation became vacant but there were at
least three applicants for it ; and , more especially was the difficulty increased in their case , when men , whose characters were tainted , came in competition with others on whose character there was no stain . To that they replied—taught by bitter experience ^ - " "What you say is most true ; we have tried to get honest employment , and we cannot ; our tainted character meets us everywhere . " Even when some of them are so fortunate as to secure places they are hunted out of them ,
and driven back upon their old miserable life . One young man gave his Lordshi p a case in point . He had contrived to get a good situation , and , after some time , his employer was as well pleased with him as he was with his employer , when a policeman came one day to his master , and asked him if he was aware he was employing a convicted felon ? The master , on ascertaining such was the case discharged him immediately ; and he was once more driven back to live "by plunder .
The country is indebted to the benevolent nobleman we have so frequently named , for bringing such , facts as these into notoriet y . He himself shrinks from proposing » remedy commensurate with the evils of which he depicts the gigantic outlines . But in the very nature of things and incited by the instinct of self-preservation alone , the middle classes and the Government must ere long make an effort of an adequate and remedial character .
The heartless and flimsy arguments b y which the Home Secretary excused the Government for withdrawing even tho paltry allowance for aiding the emigration of a few of these juvenile criminals which was made last year , was eminently characteristic of the quackery of modern statesmanship . It is true , no doubt , that to take 100 or even 200 of these young outcasts away to a colony where a chance of an honest life is opened out to them , does to some extent seem like a premium , to their class ,
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n » it « o But let it be remembered that the class does uot ereate itself / It is the spawn of town system , and we have no right to punish them for the vicious operations of our own bad institutions . If it be furthe r-argued , that so small a number would make little or no perceptible reduction in the ranks ofthe army of juvenile criminals , then remove the whole of them under arrangements favourable to thenreclamation and theb future industry At 10 / a head that would cost only 300 , 000 / . for the whole of the roaming outcasts in London , and when we remember that we spend
annually three times that sum in a useless blockade ofthe African Coast , and in the vain endeavour to suppress the Slave Trade , which flourishes the more the more money we waste in this most Quixotic of ent erprises—» is clear that there would be no difficulty in finding the means . The blockading squadron would be much more usefully employed as transport ships , and the money in converting these poor pariahs into good members of society . That sum would allow the Government to extend its operations to this unfortunate class in all our large towns , and by means of well-devised arrangements , combining education with labour , our colonies might be supplied with a race of willing and efficient
labourers—the founders of new nations—who if retained here will prove a pest in the bosom of societv . Nor is this all . As they proceed from crime to crime in this country , the extent and expensiveness of our punishments will increase , and at last , after having cost sorae 200 ? . or 300 / . in this sort of way without effect , they will have at last to be sent out as convicts steeped in crime , wedded to vicious courses , and totally incapable of sustaining honest ex . ertions , to these very colonies . Never was there a more insane or suicidal policy than this ! It seems as if it was expressly devised for the purpose of demoralising the communit y and increasing the social and fiscal grievances under which the nation is now groaning . We
speak of it in its lowest ana most obvious aspects . There are other and higher considerations which might be urged for the adoption of a more Christian course in this matter . But we must content ourselves in the mean time with this cursory glance at one ofthe most pressing and important topics ofthe day , promising , however , to return to it again and again in the spirit its importance demands .
Tbe Ten Hours Act
TBE TEN HOURS ACT
We observe with p leasure that Richa-RD Oasixek , the undaunted champion of the Factory Child , is prosecuting a vigorous agitation in the North against the infamous and illegal conduct of the Mill-owners , who persist in breaking the law . This is , perhaps—under the circumstances—the only course open to the advocates of that measure . Public opinion , in the long run , rules all parties in this country , and , perhaps , Sir G . Grey , when he ascertains by this means the almost unanimous determination of Lancashire in favour ofthe law , will feel himself bound to insist upon its beinsr obeyed .
At present the Russell Cabinet are afraid of alienating the powerful interest of the class who have openly conspired to evade the law . That such a conspiracy exists there can be no doubt . The clauses regulating the hours for commencing and closing labour are not new . They were framed by themselves , and when embodied in Sir J . Graham ' s Twelve Hours Act were correctly interpretated , and honestly acted upon . In fact , the new law only alters the old by substituting ten for twelve hours work per diem .
Against this alteration the Lancashire millowners made a desperate struggle , but despite their predictions of ruin to our manufacturing system , if it was carried , public opinion prevailed , and the Legislature at length set its seal to the labours of benevolent men , who had for so many years advocated the claims of the factory labourer . Wherever the law has been fairl y tried , it has produced all the moral , financial , and domestic results that were predicted by those who supported it . Improved health and spirits on the part of the labourer , have enabled him to produce more in a shorter time than he did formerly , and thus effectually disposed of one standing bugbear ofthe opponents ofthe bill—namely , that it would
diminish the production one-sixth . In the next place , the women employed in the factories having more time to devote to their domestic duties , find that the comfort of their homes is largely increased , and , at the same time , that the money goes further than it did under the old system , In spite of every attempt that has been made to seduce the factory workers into an expression of dislike to the law or even in favour of an eleven hours compromise , so satisfied are they with its practical working , that they have declared , we may almost say unanimously , in its favour . The deduction of four from the hands employed in Bolton , for instance , can scarcely be said to impair the unanimity of the operatives of that large and busy town .
On the other hand , the niillowners of Lancashire generally , reckoning , no doubt , without their host , have , apparently , resolved to set the law at defiance ; they ' have organised a relay system , which is directly in the teeth of the spirit and intent of the very words of the Act , and when the Government Inspectors have charged those guilty of this violation of the law , the Magistrates—Arcades ambo — have dismissed the charges ! "A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind ; " hut the part of the story which needs explanation most , is why the Home Secretary has not at once
dismissed the Magistrates who have thus tampered with justice , and prostituted the bench to subserve their individual or class interests ? There is the greater difficulty in replying to this question satisfactorily on the part of the Government , because it has no doubt what the law is , and what it meant it to be . The law officers of the Crown have decided in favour of the interpretation put upon it by the Government Inspectors , and we believe that Sir G-. Grey and Lord J . Russell both concur as to what the law reall y is , and that the niillowners are guilty of a shameful evasion and violation of its provisions . Why , then ,
do they not visit with instant condign punishment those judges who refuse to enforce the law ? Why , instead of this , do they connive at its infraction , and even go the perilous length of advising a compromise with the lawbreakers ? Why , alas ' . the answer is not far to seek , Gold and political power in this country are omnipotent . If the offenders had been poor men , there would have been " short shrift" made with them . Judges , magistrates , and lawyers have a wonderfull y keen insight into matters Avhen the accused is poor ; but g old exercises ablinding effect upon their optics , which , it is to be feared , in too many instances justifies the adage that , " There is one law for the rich , and another for the poor . "
We hope , however , that the spirited movement now taking place in the manufacturing districts , will countervail this tendency on the part both of the Magistrates and the Government . It is to be regretted that the law did not embody an appeal from the decisions of the Magistrates to the Courtof Queen ' s Bench , and though we would rather see the Act enforced as it is , without any further appeal to
the Legislature upon the subject , yet we suggest that if such an appeal be requisite , the friends of the factory operatives will take care that such a provision is introduced , and thereb y take the power of abusing the law out of the hands of men who are surrounded b y too many direct and powerful incentives to waver in the impartial discharge of their duties . In the meantime , success to the gallant " Old King " and h * s brave Confederates , who are now advoop . iiing the cause of justice . « ud humanity {
The Royal Visit To Ireland. After The La...
THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND . After the lapse of twenty-eight years the Sovereign of the United Kingdom has paid a visit to Ireland . According to the newspaper accounts Her Majest y has been received with the most uproarious , unanimous , and enthusiastic loyalty . This we can believe , but it somewhat detracts from the value of such a reception , when we remember that GEORGE
IV . was , in like manner overwhelmed with the loyal manifestations of liis admiring subjects . It was , however , a bold stroke of the Whigs to gild over the failure of their Irish policy , by a royal visit ! It is in human nature to prize those things most highly of which it is deprived , or which it enjoys most rarely . The Irish People are traditionally loyal , The feeling of clanship—of love for the " ould Chiefs , " and the " ould families , " forms the basis of a character in which the sentiment of
loyalty is likely to take root , and flourish , in . its most exuberant style . If the personal visit of the ruler of this great empire should impress on the heart and mind of HEii Majesty more strongly the necessity for commencing anew , vigorous , and practical policy in that country , it will be the most useful of any she has yet paid to any part of her dominions . Now that the false shallow agitations which stood between the people and a clear perception of their wants and interests ,
have died a natural death—now that the empty declaimers and mercenary spouters of Conciliation Hall are scattered to the windsthe landlords to a great extent humbled , and the full measure of Ireland ' s woes been taken , we may venture to indulge in the hope that ere long the foundation of a new order of things will be laid by some party—which will have the effect , of developing the vast and varied resources of a country upon which Heaven has showered its choicest natural
blessings . In connexion with this subject we mentioned last week a discovery by Mr . Owen of the value of poaMiog , and the various articles of value which could be produced from it by a process of destructive distillation . The authority on which we relied was so high and unexceptional , that we considered ourselves warranted in implicitly accepting the statements made by them in Parliament , on the faith of actual experiment and practice . Since * that time , however , we find
the accuracy of these statements have been impugned by several writers m the Times , and by a leading article in the Morning C'hronicle . It is admitted , that peat bog will produce all the articles enumerated , hut it is denied that they will produce them in such abundance , or at the cost set down . We have at present no means of deciding between these contradictory statements , but wo understand that it is the intention of the patentee and discoverer , shortly , to form a public Company , for the purpose of prosecuting his discovery upon a large scale , and we shall then probably be in a position to judge more satisfactorily of its capabilities as a practical measure for the introduction of capital , and the extensive employment of labour in Ireland .
To The Members Of The National Land Comp...
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY .
In consequence of the imperative necessity of the Directors attending the Conference at Snig ' s End , no List of Monies will he published in this day ' s Star . Samuel Boonham , For the Directors .
Executive Fund
EXECUTIVE FUND
Received by S . ILydd . —IVipponden , 7 s . ; Rochdale , 10 s . ——Received at Land Okice . —Bermondsey Chartist Locality , 5 s . FOR COST OF MACNAWIARA'S ACTION . Keccived by W . Rider . —T . Kirr , Ashby-de-la-Zouch , Gd . ; Dewsbury , per E . Newsome , 12 s . Cd . ; Mansfield , per J . Sweet , Nottingham , Gs . 5 d . ; llr . Kirk , per J . Sweet , Nottingham , 4 d . —Received at Land Office—Cheltenham , 3 s . 20 . ; Bermondsey Chartist Locality , 5 s . VICTIM FUND . , Received at Land Office . —Cheltenham , Gs . 4 d , ; Bermondsey , 5 s . ; South London Hall , per Collins , 4 s , lOd , ; Golden-lane Locality , 2 s . lid . ; proceeds of a Ball and Concert , Twig Folly , per J . Allen , 10 s . ; lWcr Hamlets Locality , 4 s . !)&
FOR W . CUFFAYReceived by J . Giussnr . —Stairibridge , per J . Dalbv , Is . id , ; Allottees at Chavterville , 8 s . ; Mr . Catterall , Is !; W . Small , 4 d . ; Henry Wilks , 2 s ; George Wilks , Is . ; James Barren , Ashford , Kent , Gd . CUFFAY AND OTHERS . . Received by j . Grassbt . —Rising Sun , per Mr . Scatten , Gs . ; Penzance , per J . Lewis , 10 s . ; W . Eider , as per Star , £ 2 0 s . 9 d . ; George Wilks , 2 s . ; Henry Wilks , Is . ; Failsworth , per James Taylor , 5 s . 8 d . Keccived by W . Rideb . —Mr . Wadleton , Birmingham , per ~ W , 11 , ItudliaU , Is . — Heceived at Land Office , —Mr . Peafcey . 2 s . Gd ,
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Ruoeb . —A Friend to Liberty , Murton Colliery , Gd . ; Kottingham , per J . Sweet , Gd . ; Mr . Lewis , Crown « sti'cet , Soho , 2 s . 3 d ; FOR KIRKDALE PRISONERS . Received by S . Kvdd . —Dalton , Three Friends , Is . : Holly well , Brook , 10 s . Gd . FOR THE . HUNGARIANS . Received atLAND Office . —Benjamin Bitches , Is . ; a few Tailors , Kiveif Head , per J . Pearson , 2 s . M ' DOUALL ' S CASE-FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( or otherwise ) . Received by W . Rider . —A . Simpson , Dundee , 5 s . 5 d . FOR MRS- JONES . Received by W . Ribeb . —A . Simpson , Dundee . 2 s ,
To Feargus O'Connor, Esq., M.P
TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P
Worthy and Dear Sin , —Great captain of our political and social regeneration : We have heard , with extreme regret , that you are about to retire from the post you have long filled with so much credit and honour to yourself , and advantage to us . Your incessant labour — your discreet management—your self-devotion—your disinterested and liberal conduct manifested in our behalf , have not passed by ns without sincere feelings of gratitude and love . It is too true we have shown much apathy towards you and your noble exertions , but that has been from want of ability to express , and not from want of hearts to feel . It is , also , too true , when some of your degenerate children have acted with base ingratitude , we have stood by silent and
apparently unconcerned , leaving them entirely to your fatherly chastisement , when we Should have strongly expressed our reprobation and disgust at such base conduct . But you , Sire , who are so well acquainted with the faults and failings of human nature , we hope , will make every allowance for such neglect , and not abandon a whole confidinofamily to gloom and despair , for the black an ! viper-like conduct of some of its members . No , we cannot for a moment believe , that having so far succeeded in your benevolent undertaking , you will now abandon it , but will , as you have offen declared , in spite of all opposition , bring it to maturity . To hope for one to fill your place is preposterous ; if sufficient in every other qualification , he wonld lack our confidence , which you possess to the fullest degree . We trust that the delegates , in Conference , may adopt such measures as will restore
tho Land project to health and vigour , by driving from among us all the hornets and drones , with those whose hateful selfishness can never be satisfied , and , consequently , will be always grumbling and making that which would otherwise be harmony and peace , nothing but discord and confusion , leading to destruction . In conclusion , let us entreat you to go on > » nd may He who has given you such an iron arm and such mental and physical vigour , still support you in your herculean and righteous undertaking ,, to ' see the object of your utmost wishes accomplishedthat ot beholding happy groups basking in the- sunshine of every comfort , " under their own vine and figtree , none daring to make them afraid . ** We remain , dear father , captain , and benefactor , Your grateful children , and faithful soldiers , On behalf ofthe Dorking branch of the Nation Land Association . William Rooms , Secretary . Dorking , August 1 st .
A Visit To O'Connoftville. On Monday Las...
A VISIT TO O'CONNOftVILLE . On Monday last a numerous party of friends from the Tower-Hamlets visited this estate , and with others from Chesham , Chalfont , Dibdin Hill , & c , the assemblage presented a gay and animated appearance , Tea was provided in the School-room , to which a goodly company sat down , and those who could not be accommodated therein were amply supplied by the allottees . The view of the estate from the front of the School-house was most encouraging , and highly satisfactory . The beautiful and abundant crops of wheat " already ripe unto the harvest" and the fine and healthy appearance of the potatoes were much applaude . Certainly here and there a few pieces of
barley ( through the drought ) were not ia that prosperous condition which could be desired , yet oa the whole the land under cultivation reflects great credit on the allottees generally and bespeaks a vast amount of energy , perseverance , and industry on their part . The visitors , on the contrary , expressed their opinions in rather severe terms on the state in which the land belonging to the School-house is situated ( nearly the whole being overrun with vreerjs ) , and also expressed their deep regret that instead of being a " Model , " it was a disgrace to those whose duty it was to cultivate it . After enjoying themselves for some hoUM , the company left this delightful spot , highly admiring ( with the exception above stated ) what they had seen .
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Bradford.—At A Meeting Of Members Held I...
Bradford . —At a meeting of members held in the Democratic School Room , Croft-street , on Sunday , August 5 th , the following persons , were duly elected to serve as councilmen : James Courman , John Sager , Samuel Wood , Jeremiah Dewerst , George Croft , James Croft , John Parrot , president ; John Norminton , sub-treasurer ; Richard Gee , treasurer ; Edward Smith , financial secretary ; Thomas Wilcock , corresponding secretary . Auditors , Henry Wandol , Robert Pickles . All correspondence for the Chartists of Bradford must be addressed to Thomas Wilcock , care of Thomas TJmpelby news agent , Manchester-road , Bradford .
To Feargus O'Connor, Esq., M.P. Dear And...
TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Dear and Honoured Sir , —We have heard with much pain , that you are about to retire from public life on account of the ingratitude of some of tbe members of the body to which we belong . We assure you , that wo feel much interested in the continuance of your labours in behalf of the people wo think that it will be a great pity for you to give up your labours at the present time , when the cause of Chartism is rapidly reviving and the triumph of our principles in a short time is almost certain . We , therefore , do entreat you to remain at your post , so that you may have tho honour of I being a conqueror over the enemies who have imipededour progress ; and we also think that our 1 cause would be very much retarded by your retire-
To Feargus O'Connor, Esq., M.P. Dear And...
ment , We therefore grateful ^ thank you for your past services in behalf of our order , and wd beseech you to continue your exertions , so that the Charter may be speedily obtained , and that you , sir , may have the consolation of not having toiled in , vain , but live to see the principles which ( to usa your own words ) have absorbed your life ' s devotion become the law of the land . From the Chartist Association , Berry Edge . G . Stobart , Secretary .
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Gosport.—At A Meeting Of Members On Mond...
Gosport . —At a meeting of members on Monday , July 30 th , the following resolutions were passed unanimously : — "Thatthis branch has the greatest confidence in Mr . O'Connor and his brother Directors . " "That the Company have nothing' to do with the government nor the law , and that the affairs of the Company be carried on under the name ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Company , as formerlf . " ' That the ballot be re-established , knowing that it
would give general satisfaction to a large majority of the members , as it would stimulate them to exertion , and increase the weekly payments . '' " That each , member pay the sum of 6 d . per week until all the members are located , and those not complying to be excluded from the ballot . The weekly payments of the paid-up members shall be placed to their account in the . Redemption Fund . " "That each branch undertake to pay off , by instalments , all dissatisfied members belonging to their own branchthat is , those not complying with the rules that maypass at Conference . "
TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAB . Sib , —The resolutions which appeared in the Star , fass ed at a late meeting of this branch , and which can assure you never would have passed had there been a good meeting , had the effect of causing a large meeting of members on the 3 rd inst ., a report of which meeting I was instructed to send to the Star office for insertion , I trust , therefore , that you will have the goodness to insert in the first publication of the Star the following . Yours & c Aberdeen . . R . Robertson . Aberdeen . —The monthly meeting of this branch of the National Land Company took place upon the evening of the 3 rd inst ., at Mrs . Bain ' s , 63 , Castle-street . After the usual business was
transacted , Mr . John Thomson was unanimously voted to the chair , who requested the secretary to read the minutes of the last meeting . A most enthusiastic debate took place between the movers and seconders of the resolutions passed at the last meeting and some of the parties present . Some ofthe besfc and ablest reasoning , both pro and con , as to the practicability and impracticability of the Company , was brought forward , and gave great information to the meeting , which was the largest we have had here this last twelve months . All the resolutions were discussed , one by one , the opposers holding that they were not the resolutions of this branch , there being but a thinly attended quarterly meeting , the supporters showing p lainly that every means 1 R their power had been employed to eftect a meeting without having recourse to physical force , and that
they had themselves to blame for the resolutions , by not attending . It was finally agreed upon— " That this not hems a general meeting , no resolutions 1 ) 0 moved , but that we adjourn until the evening of Monday , the 27 th inst ., being the last Monday of this month ; and that there be a general meeting called by bill for that evening at eight o ' clock , at Mrs . Bain ' s , 63 , Castle-street , to read and comment upon the proceedings of the Conference , when motions made and carried at said meeting would undoubtedly be the real resolutions of this branch , A vote of thanks being conferred upon the chairman and duly responded to , the meeting broke up at a late hour and parted all good friends , only naturally indi gnant that we had to obey and support a system of government that opposed every scheme calculated to benefit the condition of the working classes .
American Mothers.—When My Wife First Ent...
American Mothers . —When my wife first entered the' ladies' cabin , she found every one of the numerous rocking-chairs filled with a mother suckling an infant , As none of them had nurses or servants , all their other children were at large , and might have been a ' greafc resource to passengers suffering from ennui , had they been under tolerable control . As it was , they were so riotous and undisciplined , as to be the torment of all who approached them . How fortunate you are , " said one of the mothers to my wife , " to be without children ; they are so ungovernable , and , if you switch them , they sulk , or go into hysterics . " The threat of "I ' ll switch you , is for ever vociferated in an angry tone , but never carried into execution . " One genteel and pleasing young lad y sat down by my wife , and began conversation by saying , " You bate children , don't you ? intimating that such were her own feelings . —LyelVs Second visit to the United States . '
An Unlucki Meal , —««> Yh at d 0 gs are these , Jasper ? inquired a gentleman , the other day , of a lad who was dragging a couple of waspish-looking terriers along Regent-street , London . "Idinna ken , Sir , " replied the urchin ; "thev cam' wi' the railway , and they ate the direction , and dinna ken whar to gang . " John Kkox ' s House . —We understand that the proprietors of this venerable tenement are resolved to reclaim to the Court of Session against the decision of the Dean of Guild Court , requiring its removal , in conjunction with the Society of Antiquaries , the proprietors have expressed their willingness to place the fabric in a proper state of repair , and they maintain ' that the grounds upon which the Dean of Guild Court have adopted their present resolution are insufficient . -M British
The only British sovereigns that have visited Ireland , in peace or war , were Henry II , John Richard II ., James 1 I „ William III ., and Geor ^ IV ., in August , 1821 . Her Majesty is the first British Queen that has visited tbe country . The total cost of the enrolled pensioners from 1844 to 1848-9 - was £ 165 , 08 ^; the total mi mbe * of pensioners enrolled o 3 , 3 T »; namely , 80 , 981 in Great Britain , and 21 , 394 in Ireland . More Goi » Regions . —The Jeffersoni & u Monitor of Texas , asserts that gold exists in the Wachita Mountains , to an equal extent to that in California ; and the Arkansas local journal states that gold has been discovered in that river .
A Prrson being seated at a table between two tradesmen , and thinking to be witty upon them , said , « How pretty lam , fixed between two tailors . " . Yes , was the reply , " being only two beginners in business , we cannot afford to keep more than one goose between us , ' * We often hear of the enlightenment ofthe middle classes . Is it a proof thereof that last Friday ' s Gazette announced the dissolution of partnership of the Norwood Green Corn and Flour Society ( bavins mills near Halifax , & c ., ) and tbat while fifteen members subscribed their names , twelve subscribed their marks ?
^ ExTRAORDiNABy FEcen-Dirr . —A single female house-fly , m such a season as this , is calculated to produce 20 , 080 , 320 eggs . Advance op Waoes at Leicester—We are happy to find that most ofthe leading manufacturers have agreed to give an advance of threepence per dozen upon all -wrought hose sham knits ; tbe advance to be paid tor all taken in on Saturday , August 4 . It 18 9 ^ cted that this advance will be shortly conceded by all . —Leicestershire Chronicle . Weekly pleasure excursions are now advertised from London to Paris .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 11, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11081849/page/4/
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