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THE LETTERS OP A SEXAG£*\AHIA>. LETTER I...
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MAJOR BEX1WSKI AND THE POLISH CAUSE. In ...
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THE LETTERS OP A SEXAG £ _*\ AHIA > . LETTER II . Tie past and the present . Some Hangs worik knowing . i ! y Dear Son , —In your letter to me , 1 perceive an odd admixture ofbuoyancy and dejection , < _sf hopefulness _snd disax > i > ohilnient I can very well understand this . It _juccceds from tlie ardour of youth , without the materials which experience supplies to _cctrect-aud check it . "Vou chum for thc "age , " as you _exjeeis it , unprecedented" advancement ; and yet yoa arc dissatisfied with Its rate _* £ _progress—particularl y political progress—you are _dtsepiKjinted because it is not more rapid . Your era
is that-af the steam and the rail ; hst you cannot apply the in > , _*» etus of physical principles is politics—you cannot advance agitation in _J-n-j * shape , or -Tor any object , or urge -on measures of tan- did Icgfclackci villi tlie propulsive speed of these new p » j » vers . X _» v , I am not sure if they are sot in the meantime a cause of abated progress in ¦ tfccseinuncrs , _artheagh , of course , they aye destined to heroine the agents -of irresistible progress , even iu a . political point of view irresistible ; aud with _respe-ct to Tlie oostructious olcarcd , tlie cbjects embraced , anil tlie _^ eoiaetiical reach-si" aim , of inconceivable change in the -. future .
. Another of the failings of youth , whicli however is one tliat _ieai * = -to virtue ' s side , " is very marked in your _ciiaracltrr - " vou wear your heart oa . your coat-sleeve , " you believe _essrj thing tliat everybody says , and you tahe every una at his own valuation . If an individual _yrofessj-s u syr . iji . -uhy for 'the _people , yoa at once give _liitn credit for sincerity ; _nad this disposition leads you to give all torts of people the merit <; f g « o < l intention , and to attach i : n ; _iorianee > to their own representations of the effects tc he produced hy their measures . _Neither thtir ino ! cve 5 , tlieir clieracter , their position , their capacity , _gofiir much witli you , provided thcr professions are large and liberal , aou must _qucsthju , investigate , and think-more . I was much of tlie sau _> e disposition
at your age . and the consequence was , I lound , as years rolled on , tliat many men whom I believed disinterested , and inspired by thc leftiest thoughts and principles , -were hu _!!« vr _st'heart , aud liad aU along been animated hy _jKotivefi of tiie nisst _sordjil and grovelling character—men who mouthed phrases and affected patriotism merely to acquire lbe popularity which was indispensable _-t-j tlieir sel & h purposes . Hut I must not be unjust ; . tor do I ivislryou to he unnecessarily wary or incredulous . If uiy _experience suggests to my thoughts the names of some _nitu who have practised on public < TeJulify , it refers me to others whose conduct through life proved _tlicm all that they professed to he—men who were animated hy the purest motives and the loftiest _asplratieas .
_Auotlitir of your iiiungs I must _notice . You indulge too free * : * hi _self-gratulations . You have been bitten by the current cant of the day . You arrogate for your _SCiieratiGK a larger measure of wisdom , and all the other liigh qualities of being than fell to the lot of any that hare _preceded ir . This is thc intellec tual _sizQf youth , and more or less the characteristic of all _youii-j generations iu tlieir incipient stages , sometimes accompanying them into their middle age ; Taut it so peculiarly distinguishes the present time as to make the contemplative man wonder , and the charitable smile . This vaunting h : is become au absolute vice , and like _ereryliiiug pushed to a limit , it has produced its opposite extreme—an uustue and extravagant _adnih-alioa of things old and obsolete . A half-bantering , half-serious demand has even been made to restore thc heptarchy and the correlative state of things on which time has set liis seal , aud which have disappeared iu tlie natural order of events .
On what has theyoang _g-eneration to plume itself , and nliatis tlie nature of tlie advancement claimed fertile age I There arc two views iu which , for the sake of _simjlicirv and clearness , this subject may he considered—the political and the social , let us take the last , though scarcely the least impjrtant view of the subject , first . "What social advantages are enjoyed by tlie youujj _geutratioa which were unknown , or hut partially known , to That which immediately preceded It ? There arc some of au educational character , or in one way or another relating to intellectual _progress , which are not to he
despised . _^ Mechanics' institutes , reading-rooms , _Itcturexooins , cheap publications , and so forth ; these are the _things of which young intelligent people boast , and which naturally present themselves to my thoughts here . I have nothing disparaging to say in reference to these things . They cannot he too highly estimated . They are _-ainonjethe tilings which couuected themselves -aiediately witli the struggles witli which tlie great names who led the people in thc past are associated . _AVe looked forward to these things iu my days of hope and vigour , audiudulgcd very _Mattering notions oi" the benefits which we expected our children lo de-rive from them—those times when Pitt
¦ was minister , _wlien li likes was an agitator , and every year Irought fresli accessions of talent to tight in an apparently _loptlcss cause—when Hunt became a patriot , and CobUett having ended his _ca-. _nyai-rns in regimentals , « : ilcred upon and evinced a giant ' s capacity to work n a field of nobler exertion . In these things you etsjov some of thc fruits of tlie labours of men of large hearts , generous syiupathie _. -, and worthy aspirations amomryoar fathers . You have a light to estimate these things highly , and let me trust you have profited by them ; but you must not forget the share which the men of the past gcuerariou had in the achievement of these advantages . And in proportion as you estimate them Wight _SUCh _irill he ihe measure of your zeal and sliicerity iii ecdearoariug in whatever _cajiacitr you may be serviceable , and with whatever means are placed at your command , to realise corresponding advantages for your owu children .
Uat ay estimation of the simple power of these things is _qualhied . I am not sure tliat there is more intelligence among the young _j . _coule , who were intended to be chiefly benefited by these things , than was possessed by those of a former _gencr-itiou . lias their general effect upon society been wliat wis prognosticated ? IVhat has become of the high-toned morality winch was to flow from these things ? ** Educate tlie people , " was tlie cry ofthe "Whigs , and one of the boons the promise of which helped them to ofiice— " educate the people , and you trill have no need of Poor Laws , for they will hecome provident in their habits—your prisons will have fewer inmates—there will "be less work for your judges—and less occasion for the services of a large police force" *—and so on . Sow , though tliis scandalous and mean party had not enough of the leaven of sincerity anion :: them—thou-rh thev had
not the heart to coi . te :: iplatc , or the nerve to propose or accomplish any one object , even allied to greatness , education is not so dificnU a matter as it was within my _rcinyTnlirasce ; iin .-Hitit .-s of instruction c _^ _istuow , -wliicli were not heretofore available—the press is not now trammelled with so many of those _jieiiy provisions by which legislators chose to deem It ought to be restricted to be compatible witli public tranquillity , and the _mechanics'instifnres , _asd reading-rooms , and lectures have all had time and room to operate a _nie-asure of _theprtigaosticatcdgood . "Where , then , is it to be found—and echo answers where XatcparliauKiitary reports , with thccontents of which you are no doubt acquainted , furnish painful evidence that l : e morality—the varied good _tliVcts which should flow froni increased facilities of instruction of every- kind , are net _rcalisi-il _; and wh y ? Because something- has been
_segU-ct _^ d . Tkv _jtyz _' _-xl requirements of the people have ree _^ ivea ad eorr _,.-54 » isn-uii : * _decree of atieTition . How _eati a high slate oi public molality bc _co-t-sisteut wilh a physical conditio ::, which throws people of all ages , and both sexis , promiscuously together , in numbers of six or seven , into one ccurined sleeping apartment , —as I have with my own eyes lately s _.-en , —particularly in England ? Jill rljrht _ft-elii : _^ is oan-: _^ ed ; ail the decencies—all the _nstiiiclive pioprielie . _- ' of life are set aside in these places . Thi ; is the dark side of the * picture . There is little groaa . I in * hj . _tsiing of advancement here . If the purely intellectual warns of thc people have received a measure of attention and concession , how much of either has been accorded tc those wauls , of a not less mpoi-tent , and certainl y a more imperative character , which arise out of phvslcai _nrccsaiies , anil which arc
_conne-eie-I with thc means of supporting life ? Alas ! this view ofthe subject has been : ilte > gcthcr overlooked in the engrossing attention which has been given , by _design inure ihau accident , I am inclined to think , to matters of nf _^ rior interest and _importance ? If society i- = really _aiivaiu-In-r , there ouribt to hi a visible improvement in tlie social _rumihbm of the _pc-ople-, for human happiness is tlie © s-jvetvf society . The j . Ir _. sical cov . uhiro of the people is very much _srsr . v now ll : au at any prrioil _witniii my remembrance . _Sum-rh _; - ; frens want of csiployiiicnt ; deprivation , to a great-r _nrl-j-s v _^ _t _.-nt , of _jhctvnvciiicneiis _, _Ci-mforis , and _sii-suietc _necessaries of life ; havcbe-ci : of late years more jr-. ii .-r . -i ; ati-i i . _T ' _iW . ' ft'y inrauicM , than a : anv _pu-rijd
wi . _hl : _i -: » y _ic-io-i— . l ; _,.-. _AVages have been lower—c : n-¦ _px- \ r . ' . _. _ _-:: < oi _' _-tvji-ykiud _jisos-esrecdily sought :. f _. cr , more _^ ill ! cu ! t io _pivcare _, _m-. re shankfully _received , a : id more prectuhits wh : _* u obtaaed . I have witnessed the _rccur-1-et _. _i-c cf _p-- > loi :: ca ! disiress—for a periodicity _ofg--nc-nil _gJooaian ! sutJiring _ap-. cars io be the _inseparaMe and font : ; : " ..: " ransc of a ' _- r . st and complicated ma : iu £ : _t-turiu ; _sysiua _: ' . bnt I . Io not a'Jude to distress of thi ; - _nainre —to th _^ t _snScring pro _^ ui-eJ hy the action of _tangible causes , such : _is cunvacy denin *» cmeuts ; the failure , _misillrection , or _misaprilication of national _schemes of _-fiaasce ; to c :, _u-:. _v . rria 3 _embarrassments , or lo iuV . ress rc 5 iii : _1-y _jn-ni _a ; : y ordinary causes - but to an amount and ~ _. T .: _< : _iii ~ . ~ y of _i-a-r . _* _riag ama :: Ingly general amo : ; g a c ! : _^ s < -r ; - _ _-r : Io : i of Hie r ; i . _-:-p ! c- ; _-.: alt times , and ; - _^ ss-5 . si ' . ' . s . iii mv _jn-j _. _iment , au alainiiii ! ' diaratter of _j . _-iv «
_-w-ne _^ ey . _Travi-lli-- * at stated periods in England , Scotland , and Ireland all my life time , conversing with all sorts oi _jirojOc , and I : ; : vh ;* r always taken a _detp interest in tin _condition of those forming the imd ; r stratum , so i ) speak of _fioelciy , I have l : _a » l _o :, _t-quai ! vsl _opportunities of _Toi _:: ii »; -i _jUstja-Jg-jicMts . i ? v l : r _=-j * . v 2 _flgu is _acenrate anil minute , _annimttrvT J : » stc (? : u " -hai : d , from casual _andsuniinjsai Oi *; crva : .,,:: _i , or for inte : e > ted purposes , as a gieit _amoantii : _^ _,. i 2 f ,. _nnati ! .: i is procured which goes to the _compo-Vio :. ors : ~ ti ; : ical tables , and which tonus the ba = i = ot v-u- - .-Maer . taT 7 _rc-iart>—tause cmious legislativc / _wyi , _whici _js-rcr - ~ z l : iy _„ _ua n ttrta _t _,, _sWge 0 f _Tl-CCtaliotl . and whk-:. fr . n-. isi . _mutct-la _1 sior legis ' . _alion mea : ; t to be _OTei-iavi-. _-.-jnt , or i . _evcr acluaU y attempted , until the pcoj _. k—v .. l the _' _•^ _3- !] _--rc i _* --
, . ; . . _ , ,. _^ „ .,,., „ , ,.,-... * _T * . . " * - ; — " _>••— - > re ma _yss-. _tjon to turn their _Jaiowir- _' _gi _-y _advaata _: ; _,. . , and a serious puipose . Willi t _^ _M * _„ pj-.- > rtiIt : i - u-s _anathis c = ? ir _« _ai-e , I _c-.-ni-avc n . _Tst-l ; utt _i-. j !;* -. _'e - , _cr : _- , aad I _det : _n it ri _^ J-. i t „ t i * _T- , 'i _snie
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a con _* ective to that disposition whicli you have , in common with , vnany intelligent _persons of _^ our own . age ,-of taking too one-sided , or at least not a sufficiently discriminating view of the past and the present . - I assert then , that the social condition of the peoplein the physical aspect I have referred lo—is worse now ilianat any perioa within my remembrance , and has been oflate years getting worse gradually . ' My mind wanders over several periods of public depression for a parallel to smitthing like thc present condition of the masses of the people , under a state of things which lias existed for years , which at the present moment is deemed prosperous , and which the abolition ofthe Corn laws will not improve—but 1 can recall nothing resembling it . One particular period of suffering eccurs to nie early in the present century . The distress of tliis period was very
general and unusually severe . It was , as far as may be , unconnected with political causes , and the ministers of the day were not presumed to be taxable with unusual want of wisdom or sympathy for the people . Of course , wise legislation could , as it can at all times— . or of what earthly use is it ?—have provided a remedy , or prevented the mischief , by being prepared for the evil ; but the acts of ministers were not immediately chargeable with the -distress . The harvests in many parts of the world hadbeen deficient , and tho doings of Xapoleon—then the imperial idol ofthe French people , whom , in their cstvava-janccand vanity , theywould have clothed with the attributes of Deity , aud then done sacrifice to him—this man ' s doings . on the continent in his career of empire , for he was then the Emperor , had their share in producing the
distress X allude to . I was travelling in the north of England at tliat time , and it was appalling to see the food tliat was eaten and thc price at which it was sold . A palpable _irloom seemed to hang over all the country ; everywhere its influence was visible ; a great grief had taken possession of men ' s hearts , and gave a universal expression of saducss to their countenances . I witnessed much and intense suffering at this time ; bat it passed away like a morning mist—men became cheerful once more—the bad unwholesome food was not so generally seen , and at last it seemed to have totally disappeared . Years passed away , and I can recollect the time when the precise description of food , deemed bad at a time of dearth and scarcity , appeared to be becoming tlie chief consumption of a considerable portion of one class of the people , until at last 1 have seen it become so common as to attract
no particular notice , while everything relating to household comforts and _jiersoual clothing among tlie class referred to , has been for years , and is now , in process of rapid _andj > craaj ? _CHtdeterioration . If in certain places , in my young days , I witnessed in my journeyings distress during one visit , it had disappeared when my visit was paid a second time . But latterly , when I visited a place this year , as it were , and found a number of people in circumstances of hardship and suffering , I found the same people , with additions to theirnumber , as bad the next year ; and from year to year they grew gradually worse , and their numbers increased apace . They were growing old in reality , but they looked older for their wretchedness . Years and natural causes alone didnot givemen of forty thelooks and appearances of extreme age , and impress a hue of sickly squalor on the faces of tbeyoungof both sexes . It was the daily struggle witli difficulties unknown to former times and classes ; thc daily endurance ot" misery which had become an abiding evil , a permanent oppression , and an _ndicrtianec .
I have , however , exceeded my limits , and must break off abruptly , promising to return to the subject . I am , etc ., Jacob _Titcsir .
Major Bex1wski And The Polish Cause. In ...
MAJOR BEX 1 WSKI AND THE POLISH CAUSE . In justice to Major Beniowski , wc insert thc following letter : — TO THE _XBITOR OF THE _JfOMnEnS- STAK . 8 , Uow-strcet , Sept . 1 , 1813 . Sir , —In answer to an article ofthe last number ofthe Northern Star , headed , " The Democratic Supper and Major _ISeniowski , " allow me to state , that 1 shall treat with utter _contempt the anonymous attacks on my character on all occasions ; hut most particularly so in tlie ease of " A Democrat , —a I _' olish Democrat . "' A Polish democrat , in London , besides myself , is a curiosity—a being scarcely imaginable . Until a I ' olish Sir James Graham-pensioned-democrat Sires his oicn name , and thc name of tlie party who refused to shake hands with nie , on account of my having turned a Polish aristocrat , I shall treat the matter with contempt , lint when he publishes these names , I shall rive to tlie English democracy a categoric , full , explicit , democratic answer . I have the honour to he , Your obedient servant , B . ISeniowski . Tlie reader will judge whether this be an answer to the averments of " a Polish Democrat . " Surely the alleged facts could have been denied , had they not heen true , without the implicated Major waiting for the name of the party who quotes the Major's own language , and narrates thc Major ' s own acts . It is the fact as to whether the statement of facts be true or not , that thc public have to do with , more than with thc name of the narrator of them . As wc explained last week , when insertimr ; the letter of " a Polish Democrat , " thc writer communicated his name to us : and wc believe him to be , from his public acts , a sincere " Polish Democrat . " Major Eeniowski will , of course , take his own course ; but we venture to tell him that thc matters of fact contained iu tlie letter of a Polish Democrat will not afford of his treating them " with utter contempt , " if he would retain his own modest designatiou— " the only I'olish Democrat in London ! " Indeed this letter of thc Major ' s is a proof that he himself hwws that " utter contempt" will not do . "Utter contempt" would have taken no notice of thc matter it despised : the Major has been obliged to take some sort of notice ; and he has , in our opinion , attempted to get out of a " decided fix" in a not very creditable manner .
To The Editob Of The Kobtllelln Stab. Si...
TO THE EDITOB OF THE _KOBTllEllN STAB . Sir ., —Do me the favour to insert the copy of a letter , in reply to an objection made to my name being retained on the list of voters for members of rarliament , and thereby endeavour to stem that abandonment of principle which is now so prevalent . "When bad men conspire to _injuve those who advocate Christian doctrines , good men cught to unite in support of each other . At any rate , when m in become so debased as to aspire to , and boast of being , common informers , it is time for those who admire the goad old principles of honest John Hull to look about them . Should you comply with my request , I shall feel grateful to you , and remain very respectfully , sir , Your most obedient servant , leadcnhall-street . James "Wilkinson .
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1 SS , _LeadenhaU-strcet , August 25 th , 18-10 . To Mr . Ii _iVmiva EadeU _Luclictt , Ab . 220 , Bctlmal-grccn-road Sill , —On Saturday evening last , at six o ' clock , the postman delivered to nie an open paptr , of which tbe following is a copy , viz .:
—" 3 EKVICE ) . _"Xotiec of objection to parties inserted in the list of the Livery . " To _--fr . . Tames _IFitt-tiison , 13 S , _icadoiiuill-slrcet . '' I hereby give you notice , tliat I _objvet to yowv name being retained in the list of persons entitled to vote , as fret-men ofthe City of Loudon and liverymen of the company of Upholders' in thc election of members for the said City . "Dated the twelfth day of August , one thousand eight hundred aud forty-five . " _WlItlAJt EsOEti . _Lccsett , " 220 , _Belhual-gveen-voad . " On the list of voters lor the company of Loriners . "
And pray , sir , who are you that dares thus to take such a liberty with a Liveryman of nearly forty years standing ? I say again , tc 7 io are you ? l ( 7 « _it aro you ? Or what have I done to you { a perfect stranger to me ) that calls for such a penalty as will rentier me unfit to vote for a _Jiember of Parliament ? If I have injured you in any way whatever , it is more than I cither know or intended , for I never saw your person to my knowledge , and certainly never heard of your name or existence before tlK-n why attempt to deprive mc of my long-enjoyed and paid-for right ? At any rate you might have stated _«/<> you object to my name being placed on tho list of voters —nay , thc murderer or thief arc charged with the acts committed , and proof adduced before conviction ; hut you go boldly to pass sentence on me before trial , and
_pror-ounce me _unqualified to vote for a Member of Parliament . 1 have exhibited vour " Xotice" to me to several of my friends , and am informed by some of them that ih ' ~ y have also received notices ; so that , it appears , you are a Common _Isfosmek , an ag . nt of the enemy of mzn-Uind . That , possibly , you may have found my name ( in all past elections ) iu favour of those candidates who have professed tliosc principles which I profess , namely , equal rights and equal justice to all my fellow countrymen , and that , you being opposed to those principles , think it your duty to oppose all who advocate them . However , should 1 be alive and in health at the next election , I will exercise my eight , regardless of your objection ; and Xobises as you cull yourself ( whicli , I am told , means bridle-bit maker ) , you will find some difiiculty in forging a Ceiti _* strong enough to restrain me from _dt-ing my duty .
What a lamentable state society must have arrived at , when persons recklessly perse cute their neighbours without shame or remorse , ami that too , regardless of the Divixs Law which they profess a belief in , and which forbids persecution—to se _^ _tUe-m make a mockery of tliat 15 _t-i : g ' : on whicli teaches kindness and goodwill towards each other—nay , to see them bold and willing imitators of She wicked j £ 7 . Er . _ct , _Aiiai ; , and the Soss of 1 ' emal , who persecuted the Pateiot >* ai : atii , merely for refusing to sell his inheritance—to see them imitate the infamous _Jcd-as _Iscat . iot , and CoJ . _'Mo . f I : < FOKMEiis _, shows how much thc character of England has fallen in this mercenary age from what it was in olden times .
However , it is never too late to re-pent , _liit-reiore let me implore you to reilcct on what you have done—then utten- . tlie morning worship in St . i ' _aur-i Cathedral , and listen attentively to lhe sublime prayers and thanksgivings to the ALJticiiTr CaEATOR—and _tlii-n open your ' . ' . HUE and read attentively the twtnty-iirst chapter in the first b . _iok of Kings , and sec what befel _Jekskul and her _C-JAHJI-TOK 3—then turn to the _Xeiv Testament , to the gospel according to St . _Jh-ttlieiv , chapter thc _twentysixiii , verses fourteen to _sist-en , _foity-sevenand forty _, eight , and _thaulook at chapter twer . _ty-ievest , verses three to _vi-jhtj aud yoa will sec what btfci Judas , and when j ou
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have seen all that , you will thank me for directing your attention , to such valuable information , 'that you . may profit by this , and become a true penitent and a practical Christian , is the sincere wish of Your intended victim , James _AVilki-jsov .
Odd Fellowship.
ODD FELLOWSHIP .
To Tue Editob Of The Kobtnekn Stab. Iiat...
TO TUE EDITOB OF THE KOBTnEKN STAB . IiatcVjfc ' s Plate Again . Meeting at Gray's once more . Tradesmen ' s dinner repeated . The " unmitigated lie " about , the "Reformed llace Runner" proved to bc "too true . " Dear Sir , —The " Old Odd Fellow" was at a lodge in Eccles , near Manchester , last night , August 30 th , and there he was informed that the Xoaefon Journal of Hint date contained a letter from Dir » ctor Ashdown , the Stepney dinner orator , denying the assertion made in in vour _papar by the " Old Odd Fellow" relative to
KatcliftVs being at Newton races betting with all around him ; and the comment on Ashdown's foolish talk at Stepney , about his friend " having left off betting for ever . " By mere chance the " Old Odd Fellow" got the loan of the ioiidon Journal for less than five minutes , in the lodge-room , and saw the said letter , wherein Ashdown avers that the assertion alluded to is an tminitigatcd lie . - He also tajs something ab » ut a correspondence he had passed with Itatclitt'e , which gave him authority ior so saying , with a long tirade of froth , amounting to nothing , except to show the gullibility of Ashdown when imposed upon by so artful a dodger as Katcliffe .
And now , vithout caring what Ashdown may say about unmitigated lying , the "Old Odd Fellow" will go to proving . He once more begs to re-assert that his letter was true , and llatcliffe knows it ; so do tens of thousands that live nearer to Katcliffe than either Stratford cr Stepney-Green . Ths plate affair was a complete humbug , "Will Mr . Ashdown mitigate his wrath , and tell us how that presentation was got up ? Will he tell us whether there ware eight or ten _subscribes 1 Will he give us a list of tlieir names and amount of subscriptions ? 'Will he enlighten us as to whether they were " tradesmen to the Order" or not ! And , if so , how much llatcliffe had paid each of them for goods supplied to the Order for the last seven years ?
WiU Ashdown deny that there ever were " Tradesmen ' s dinners" held at Gray ' s , to which the Executive were invited , and whereat the most shameful scenes of debauchery ensued , leading to corruption ? Perhaps Ashdown will deny these things , especially if Katcliffe send him another letter . But , unfortunately for Ashdown , he lives too far from the nest of infamy for his denials to go far ; and not all tlie Ashdowns nor London Journals that ever existed , can have any effect upon thousands of Odd Fellows in Manchester and Saiford , before whose eyes , and upon whose very thresholds , these disgraceful things hare and do take place .
And now we coino to the gist of the matter , viz . — What Ashdown re * lly did say at Stcpncy-grecn . To begin then ; Ashdown said , at a dinner at Stepney , on the 28 th of July , 1 S 15 , according to the Zoiicion Journal oi August 2 nd , 1 S _4-5 : " C . S . Ratelifte had made many enemies by his attention to ' the interests of the Order as a body , in preference to a mere section of its members . As a consequence , unfounded calumnies , emanating from that nest of iniquity , the betting ring , had been industriously circulated to ruin liim , if possible , in the estimation of those who knew little of him , except through the
office ho held , and consequently had no opportunity oi judging the truth or falsehood of the assertions . Mr . Katcliffe had narrowly escaped from ruin , through the instrumentality ofmen purposely bribed to entrap him ; but , acting under thc advice of his friends , he had long since studiously withdrawn himself from all connection with the turf or its transactions . He had inviolably adhered to this resolution ; and it was too bad , after these things had been canvassed , explained , and consigned to oblivion years since , to have them again raked out and brought forward . "
That ' s what Ashdown said at Stepney , according to the _Zoiitfou Journal ; and now for what the " Old Odd Fellow" said relative to it in the Northern Star . _- — Last week but one , the £ ondon Journal gave an account of a dinner at Stepney , whereat a speech was made by a Mr . Ashdown , one of the Board of Directors , and subeditor of the Journal . He is there made to say that ' friend Katcliffe has left off betting for ever ; he has buried all his turf transactions in oblivion , and become quite moral . ' Wiil it be credited , that while Ashdown was spouting this balderdash at Stepney , Katcliffe was * ctually on Newton vaee-couvse , with a roll of notes iu his hand , calling and betting with everybody around him , as can bc proved by scores . of witnesses . So much for Ashdown ' s veracity and his ' reformed friend's ' improved morality !'"
There , now , we have both Recounts ; and Ashdown says m : n « is an " unmitigated lie . " Of that the reader will judge . As for friend Katcliffe bcin _^ injured in the estimation of those who know little of him , it was well put that ; for thousands upon thousands who know a great deal of him are the persons I appeal to as my witnesses . As for those Odd Fellows who know "little of him , " the sooner they find him out the better for the preservation of their own interests and the interests ofthe Order . Again , I assert that "Katcliffe was at Newton , with a roll of notes in his hands , calling and betting with all around him . " To the proof . On the 30 th of August , at the Humanity Lodge , iu Eccles _^ ' a place between Manchester aud _JTewton raee-course , and within a mile from Monton , ishere Ratcliffe has _rencnASES a country scat ,
Ashdown ' s tale in the _Zoiietou Journal about the " unmitigated lie" was told , amid laughter at his credulity and indignation at Ratcliffe ' _s impudent audacity ; and there , among upwards of fifty Odd Fellows , an individual stated that he himself had lost several pounds on Newton race-course with Katcliffe ; and scores in Manchester can bc found who saw him not only there , but heard him hooted off the railway train when it stopped at the station , near his house . Before a room full of Odd Fellows on the above occasion , several letters were road in Katcliffe ' s own hand-writing , negotiating bets to a large amount with an individual in Manchester , one of which letters Katcliffe wrote while at Carlisle , offering to bet £ G 0 to £ 15 agaiust Idas for the last Derby ; and in that letter he states that "he stood to lose a heavy amount if thc horse won . " This letter was actually penned when he was on his way to the Glasgow A . M . C ,
where he met friend Ashdown . Another letter was written a day or two after he relumed from Glasgow , offering another large bet ; and his messenger on this occasion was his own brother Henry . Curious enough , Henry's signature is written on the back as witness to the transaction . In addition to aU this , plenty of stories were narrated , which Ratclift ' e understands well , and which will , ere long , come fully to light , Xow , these statements were made , and these letters read , before a very large room full of his nearest neighbours ; and let him deny them if he can . He is shamefully deceiving Ashdown ; for not only was he at Newton race-course , but at Liverpool also : and lie who wants proof of that , let him enquire of the present G . M . of the Order , John Dickenson ; he was there with him 1 Yours truly , r . An Old Odd _Fellcw .
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TO TnE _EDlTOa OF IHE HOBTnESN STAB .. Sir , —In your last week ' s Star , you very kindly stated your intention of allowing the Board of Directors of the Manchester Unity au opportunity of speaking for themselves ; may I , therefore , as a member of that body , intrude upon your columns , and possibly upon your patience , with some few observations upon a letter from an anonymous correspondent in your paper , who signs himself " An Old Odd Fellow . '" Thank Heaven he is not a young one . ' as it affords some ground for hoping the rising generation may be wiser and better than the preceding one . In reference to that portion of your correspondent's letter personal to myself , I have only to observe , that from beginning to ending it is neither more nor less than an " unmitigated lie ; " that I never made use of the expressions he imputes to me ;
and I further defy him even to find the words he has chosen to place in my mouth in any portion ofthe printed report of what I did say at the anniversary of the Stepney district . As regards my being sub-editor of a newspaper , I am not aware whether he intended it for a compliment , a stroke of wit past finding out , or a charge of offence ; but , in either ease , a more barefaced fabrication , for a dishonest purpose , was never attempted to be palmed upon an unsuspecting tradesman at his counter . I have for years followed a business demanding imperatively my own personal labour , both of head and hand , in conducting it as a means of livelihood for a large family . The only pretension 1 have for any grade in a printing establishment is my connection with my present colleagues in thc directory which it would appear has elevated us to the rank of " devils . " At all
events , I here publicly deny having any interest whatever , either directly or indirectly , in any newspaper , or other publication ; that I have never received one sixpence in any shape for any "balderdash" I may havo contributed ; and that my only connection with the paper to which your correspondent alludes is the lucrative one of stamp-office security for freedom of opinion and expression in its columns . 1 need , I am sin c , say no more upon this head , as you arc well aware of the pleasant contingencies thereto belonging . As to my veracity , perhaps yur nameless correspondent will amend his own . Tliosc who know mc best have totter reasons for confidence than _anonymous diatribes : and to those who know mo not , it can be of small consequence whether I outvie " Ferdinand Mender Pinto" ov no . So far from being " made to say" anything in defence of Mr , Katcliffe , I would assure your correspondent that it was a spontaneous effusion , called forth by a remark of thc
chairman ; and all lhe "Old Odd Fellows" that over had , or may have existence , shall never prevent mc from defending even a bitter enemy from unjust , _revengi-lal , and anonymous calumny . My knowled ge of Mr . _Kiitclifl'e is confined entirely lo those matters which have _cume- under my own personal observation , in connection with the _bushics _; of the society , lu which ( I was goiii o' to fay ) 1 have lhe honour ( : ) to belong - ; hut let that pass . I here uulicsitatiii _^ ly _alUi'in—autl let his scoundrel tr . ulucers disprove the aliiiniation—a more correct , indefatigable , ami uncompromising public servant no _fcndy of men ever possessed . I neither know , or de-sire So know , mure than this ; for ( -thcr matters , "let liim _"ithout sin lliroiv lhe lirst Eliine . " Three days after my "balderdash" had been ti llered , I r . cetvcd a letter from Jlr . !!¦ , _tlirtiiU _' . _i- ; - ae for so " unexpected" a compHmv _* . _* .:. This _leUe-v _e-nvWsed another .
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addressed to the " coitors" of those " sporting" papers , da-which the calumnies of anonymous correspondents had be » n published to tho world . It contained a denial of the charges , and challenged his opponents to meet him openly , honestly , and fairly , and prove the truth of their assertions . I was green enough to imagine tliat the press , the god-like press , would be as prompt to cure as to inflict a wound : but no ; Mr . Katcliffe ' s reputation was only to be salved by payment for the letter as an advertisement ; and according to the scale of payment usually charged for the beastly notifications of quack and murderous compounds , fifteen shillings or a pound would have been sufficient compensation * , but , as I am a . living soul , three guineas was tho prico demanded , aye , and paid , for the insertion of a letter of some twenty lines containing a simple demand for justice and fair
_hearing , on the part of an individual whose accusers have never yet had the manliness or honesty to avow their names . These transactions have only taken place within the last month , and yet your unknown correspondent coolly asks us to believe , upon the faith of a score of witnesses as unknown as himself , that Mr . Ratcliffe , whilst his letter was being ; set in type , was openly calling upon " everybody around him" on Newton racecourse to bet with him . It wont go tlown . " You cannot call him fool as well as villain . " Again , the " Old Odd Fellow" charges the executive with meeting at a tavern to hear appeal cases ; he says , they have motives for it , or rather he imputes motives of the most unworthy kind . . I agree with him that the practice is highly objectionable—' tis a great pity , with his long standing in the Order , he has but just awakened to a
sense o f its enormity—because it is not true that the board room will afford anything like accommodation for witnesses or parties waiting ; thc greater part of the premises being occupied as ware-rooms for goods , for which Mr . Katcliffe is personally responsible . So far as my own personal observation has gone , it appears necessary to meet at some other spot for the hearing of appeals . Perhaps the Meal-house might bc found moro eligible than Mr . Gray ' s , and the penny charged at the dcor to defray expenses , as it is allowable to gain instruction even from an enemy . However , this evil , together with somo others adverted to by your correspondent , ave certainly not chargeable upon the present directors ; they have but just commenced to tread the flowery maze of office , aud this system has been in operation long , very long , without any attempt , on tho part of our
Manchester friends , for its rectification , although they have had possession for twenty-five years ; and it may be as well to observe that a large proportion of tho present board are individuals who have long been foremost in contending for a change . It would bc useless to burden your columns with financial or statistical details to prove the necessity for a proper apportionment of contribution to an anticipated and prospective expenditure . Your labours have been ever directed to tlie one great end of teaching the working classes their absolute dependence upon their own exertions alone , for the realisation of any ultimate good , and , therefore , I feel assured you can havo no sympathy with Mr . Probe ' s illogical attempt at placing charity and independence iu the same category . The sooner charity and such like phrases are discontinued as inapplicable to the working man , either in relation to his
own or any other class , the sooner will ho approximate to something like a just estimate of his own importance ; and the Manchester Unity , so far from a positive good , is , to my mind , a positive nuisance and au obstruction in the path of the working man if it be used as a means for fostering the _lile and degrading notion , that charity should usurp the place of that ennobling feeling of high independence which takes as a right its fair and _lagititimate proportion of those accumulations of prudence and forethought which it has been instrumental in procuring . The great vice , in my opinion , and a very serious drawback it is upon thc utility of secret societies generally , is the enormous expenses of their government . I will be bound to prove that every annual committee costs our Order thousands of pounds ; and I should muchlike to see an equivalent for this enormous outlay in legislation .
How much better would Mr . Probe and lus coadjutors be employed in devising some practical remedy for this evil , than in coining nicknames for men seeking the same objects , but employing more reasonable means for their accomplishment , I believe the best means ever suggested for fair representative government to be but a bungling contrivance atthe most , and merely a round-about way of _arriving at that which might bc more cheaply and effectively obtained from the fountain head at once . 1 have always maintained that every member of a community has a right to a fair voice either in making or altering the laws by which that community is governed . I do not contend that every individual ought to be consulted in questions of government , because he is bound to use proper discretion in the choice of members for the government ; but nothing , I am certain , can givo such weight
to laws as the consenting voices of those who are called upon to submit to them . I can speak confidently as . to the excellent working of this system , because I have two years since introduced it in my own district—every member uses his own discretion freely , and unbiased by any other influence ; and , I believe , most men , when a fair and dispassionate statement is clearly placed before them , can much better speak their owu sentiments than any representative can do for them . I am truly sorry to find my working brethren have not yet had sufficient experience of the evils arising from dissension among themselves—like the Spartan boy , they will cherish and conceal the fox that is tearing out their vitals ; but so far as division amongst the members of secret societies is concerned , I apprehend only good results can follow . Any change must be for tho better * , but I see no benefit likely
to arise from substituting one form of tyranny for another . The Manchester Odd Fellows have made out as pretty a case against themselves as need be wished ; they have demonstrated their total unfitness to be entrusted witli thc government . Manchester has now the sole power of sending candidates fov the highest oflices of the Order ; and , will it be credited , out of their boas el nine thousand members , they could not furnish the Unity with a choice ; every Lodge of eighty had the privilege of sending a candidate ; tho whole number sent one , and now tlicy blackguard him in pamphlets by Probe , and scngs by some other gentleman , with an expressive " alias , " although I dare maintain a more estimable man never existed either in his public or private relations _. There can bc no question that thc sooner thc government
of the Odd Fellows is removed from Manchester , the sooner will peace ensue in all their borders , and useful and effective reforms bc carried out ; for as to the necessity of reform all parties are agreed ; but I do not conceive any good eml can bc attained by anonymous slanders , unfounded assumptions of bad motives , exaggerated statements , or senseless nicknames ; such things bring discredit upon a good cause , and when employed to bolster up a bad one , are indications of a bitter malignancy of feeling in the party using them ; and a separation under such circumstances is far the better course for securing the peace and welfare ofthe opposing sections of a body which nature intended , but man has prevented , becoming one flesh . I remain , yours respectfully , Stratford , Essex . C . Ashbowx .
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LONDON . City _Localttv . —Mr . Cooper ' s lecture on history , last Sunday night , being the fourth of the course , was well attended , aud was heard with very groat interest . The crimes of Constantino , —tho celebrated parent of modern State-religions , —were _unilincuingly depictured ; and the changeable views of his no less murderous successors were amply detailed . The incursions of Alaric , Attila , and other Gothic , Vandal , and Hunnish conquerors , —the legislation of Justinian , and liis _iiigratciiil cruelty to the heroic Belisarius , with tho achievements of Nurses , the eunuch , were next sot forth ; and then the picture received its most attractive tints from a rapid sketch _, of the career of Mahomet . Mr . 0 . defended tlie
position ofthe philosophic Gibbon—that thc Arabian impostor was , in the outset , a sincere- enthusiast , and only became hypocritical , like Cromwell and others , by ' the seductions of power . The Saracen conquests , tlieir dominion in Spain , and overthrow in Franco , by Charles Martcl , or , "the Hammer , " were lucidly narrated ; and then Charlemagne , thc great marvel of the middle ages—the munificent cnconragei' of infant literature , who could not himself cither write or read—was graphically drawn . Curious Monkish stories , — limning-- of the Topes , and especially of the energetic Ilildcbvand , or Gregory VI I ., —their contests with thc emperors , —the armies of thc Crusaders , —the persecution ofthe Albigcnscs , —and other subjects ol" high interest , which formed portions of the lecture , wc cannot dilate upon . The lectures should bc heard to bc properly estimated .
Metropolitan District Couxcil . —Sunday , August 30 th ; Mr . Mills in thc chair . __ Thc Council , having fallen into some little arrears in thc prosecution of its resistance to the Masters and Servants Bill , appeal to their brother Chartists of the metropolitan district for the means of liquiclatingthc same . It was resolved that an aggregate meeting of the Chartists of London should be held in thc Hall , 1 , Tuvnagainlane , I ' . _irringdon-strect , on Monday evening , September 23 nd , at eight o ' clock . Victim Committee . —Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnn <
rainlanc , Sunday , August 31 st ; Mr . _Stollwood in the chair . —The secretary read a letter from Mi * . O'Connor , announcing thc receipt of the statements of tiie present condition of the Victim Fund , but stating that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was just about to leave town at the time he received it ; and , consequently , he had not time to compare it with the vouchers , but would do so , and submit it to thc next meeting . A . resolution was passed that the matters stand adjourned until Sunday next , when the whole of iho members are desired to attend at flYC o ' clock precisely .
SHEFFIELD . Lecture uv Mr . M'GnATii . —On Tuesday evening wcck , _ Mr . M'Grath _iectiu-cd to a _niimcroi'S audience in the Hall of Science , upon that all engrossing ami vitally important subject " the Land its capabilities , and tho people ' s right lo it . " L , the course of his address , Mr . M'Grath entered into a lull exposition of Use Chartist Land Co-operative plan for _ciiiibling the people to possess themsdvps of the Land . At the eiiiieiiision of the lecture a _disJu--sion commenced " , v , i : i"h was prolonged till a vew late hour . Severn" fiivoious objections _uvgeti bv the parlixaiis uf _O'llncn , such as the impns ' sibiiitv « , i purchasing land ; Uc inability of any but iradical
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agriculturists'to cultivate the laud with advantage ; the possibility of an aristocratic confederacy being formed to buy up all land offered for sale ; thc likelyhood of a special law being passed for tho suppression of the society , were dealt with by thc lecturer to thc entire satisfaction of the great majority of the meeting . A number of thc rules were disposed of , and several members enrolled . The society here is" progressing steadily in popular estimation , and weekly receiving accessions to its numbers ,
ROTHERUAM . The Land . —Mr . M'Grath addressed a large meeting of the inhabitants of this town "in thc marketplace , on Wednesday evening week , on "the Land , and the way to get it . " The lecturer ' s views were received by the mooting with unqualified approbation . An adjournment to a largo School Room then took place for tho transaction of business , when a number of tlie rules were called for , and some members were added to the society . The people here , from experience , seem , fully to apreciatc thc value of the land ; tlicy look upon its possession as tlie only means ol * social redemption for the working population .
BARNSLEY . The Laxd . —On Thursday evening week , wc nad a crowded and spirited meeting in the Odel Follows ' Hall , to hear a lecture from Mr . M'Grath in elucidation of the Chartist plan for obtaining land . Mr . _Roborson was appointed , chairman , who introduced thc subject for the evening ' s enquiry in a speech remarkable'for tlie conclusiveness and cogency of its reasoning . Mr . M'Grath's address elicited frequent bursts of enthusiastic applause . Barnsley is going a-liead well in the glorious labour-redeeming
movement . The Pious ax » _Pluxdekixo Pkofitocuacy . — On Monday last we had a great gathering of the " pious , " to lay the foundation stone of a new chapel , belonging to what is called tho " Old Connection Methodists , " and verily they arc both an old , cunning , and unholy connection . One contributor to the new edifice came an apprentice to Barnsley as a warehouseman , and got married to his master ' s daughter . The master and son arc both dead , and he ( the sonin-law ) is now carrying on thc business himself . He has amassed a fortune out of thc blood anel bones of the poor Handloom . Weavers , but he has given £ 500 to thc new chapel . A fortnight ago , his daughter was married to the son of a Methodist parson , anel
he had the Church-yard covered with damask carpet for his daughter ' s and the parson ' s son ' s delicate feet to walk on ; and this week , to crown his piety , he proposes to plunder his poor half-starved skeleton Weavers of ten per cent , of the miserable pittance they are at present receiving for their toil ; but , ho may rely upon it , the Weavers will not submit quietly to be plundered . If thc Weavers were to break into his warehouse anel take every tenth web of cloth , he would seek thc police officers to bring the thieves to punishment ; but no officers can bc forced to seize him for his robbery of his workmen's wages , for the reason , that the crew that make the law belongs to his plundering , heartless class . Thc Weavers' Union Committee meet nightly to take measures to prevent the success of this pious robber .
LEEDS . The Land . —Notwithstanding the adverse circumstance of Halton feast , wc had a most respectable audience in the spacious Bazaar on Sunday evening , to investigate the practicability of the plan for obtaining land , anel the benefits likely to accrue to the people from its adoption . Mr . Farrar being appointed chairman , Mr . M'Grath , of the Directory , addressed the meeting for upwards of an hour and a half , much to their satisfaction . At the conclusion of the lecture , several persons were enrolled as shareholders in the Society .
MANCHESTER . The Laxd . — Owing to tho unprecedented and idiotic opposition offered to the Land plan by J . B . 0 ' Brien and his partisans , the Council deemed it necessary to have their sophisms exposed , for which purpose " Mr . Thomas Clark , one of the Board of Directors , lectured at Carpenters' Hall on Sunday evening last . Mr . Clark took the objections of O'Brien seriatim , aiid replied to them to the entire satisfaction of the audience . O'Brien has asserted that , even if wo had the money , we could not purchase tlio land , as the aristocracy would unite to prevent it . Thc fallacy of this objection is so apparent , that
it carries its own refutation with it . Is it not a wellknown fact that the aristocracy never sell the land as a matter of choice , but as a matter of necessity , in which case Chartist money would bo as welcome to the ruined aristocrat as thc cash of any Whig or Tory in thc kingdom . O'Brien contended that we have no right to purchase the land , whilst he himself has asserted to Mr . Clark that , if he had money to spare , he _woulel lay it out in the purchase of land ! Now , if O'Brien lia ' s a right individually to buy thc land , surely the society has the samo right co-operatively . The thanks of the meeting to the lecturer closed the proceedings .
ROCHDALE . _Co-orERAiiox . —On Sunday evening last Mr . C . Doyie lectured to a _ininiGrous and respectable audience , in the Association-room . The lecturer , in his usual happy and eloquent strain , pointed out the advantages of co-operation ; and gave it as his opinion that until the worldng men were prepared to carry out the plans laid down by thc Convention , there was little hope for tho success of the cause . Mr . Doyle's lecture gave much satisfaction .
1 IEBDEN BRIDGE . ' The _CnAnTEu axd the Laxd . —On Tuesday evening last , Mr . Thomas Clark , of the Executive Committee , attended here , and delivered an energetic and interesting lecture on thc Charter and thc Land , He reviewed past political agitations , and contended that , though the ultimatum of such agitations had not yet been achieved , yet they had produced that improved state of public opinion whicli , at no distant period , would force from the merciless grasp of tyranny those rights to which the working classes were so justly entitled . lie conjured
them , in thc sacred name of truth , to remain banded together , even though they were few , as tbe time was rapidly approaching when those gallant bands of brave and sterling democrats who had so long fought in the ranks of freedom would find all their energies needed in the guidance of that movement to which thc anticipated panic would undoubtedly give rise . Mr . Clark was listened to throughout with the most marked attention , and at the conclusion invited discussion , but no one taking up the gauntlet , after the usual compliments to the chairman and lecturer , tho meeting broke up .
SOWERBY HELM . The Laxd . —Mr . Thos . Clark addrcsred a meeting in the Association Room , on Thursday evening last , on the question ofthe day—thc Land . TIig lecturer , having laid down cleverly and distinctly the leading features of the plan , afterwards entered into an exposition of tho benefits to bc derived from the adoption of the plan . The superiority of the rural over thc hell-begotten factory system was lengthily dilated upon by thc lecturer , to the satisfaction of thc meeting . At thc conclusion , several persons came forward anel enrolleel themselves as members of the Land Society , being already members of the National Charter Association .
YORKSHIRE . The Laxd . —This question is causing a great sensation throughout the county . On Sunday last , a most important meeting was ' held at thc New Holland Small Farms , Wilsdcn , where there are four farms cultivated on Mr . O'Connor ' s principles , and a striking contrast is apparent between tlie old and new mode of cultivation . The land in question is the worst of any in Wilsdcn , the original soil not being more than three inches thick , and thc opinion of the old farmers in the neighbourhood was , that no person could make it grow turnips or anything else . There are four farms , of four acres each , and each four acres is divided into four equal parts , and these are planted with Swede turnips , potatoes , cabbages , big , and oats , which will bear comnarison both in
quantity and quality with any on tho best lands in Wilsdcn . The produce of one acre of lentils , whicli wero cut and taken away , they told-us was -worth twenty pounds . Early in the day , "roups of persons might be scon in every part of tiic farms , examining the crops and inquiring into thc mode of cultivation . The general question was , if such inferior land as this ean bo made to yield such a crop as this throw-h the means of spade cultivation , what would good land produce under a similar mode ? Precise ! v at two o ' clock , Mr . B . Rushton was called to the chair , who commenced thc proceedings bv giving out that beautiful hymn " Britannia ' s Sous , " which was sung with great enthusiasm . After some remarks from tlio chairman , the meeting was further _ndilrcsscd
by Messrs . Alderson , of Bradford ; Baldwin Cropland , and Gledhill , of Halifax ; and Mr . Firth , ol Keighlcy . A quantity of rules were sold aud thc louowing resolutions were carried : — " That this meeting adjourn to this day three weeks , to bc held _? r _n ' 10 samo tirao aiKl i _** > anu _ihaJi Messrs , M'Grath , Doyle , and Clark be invited to attend . " That tho West Riding _delegates bo requested , at their next meeting , to make arranaemcuts for holding a general camp moot-ins for the " West Ridinr _; . on \ vibsey Slack , being the most central place , and tbat Mr , O'Connor and others of thc Executive be requested to attend . " Thc thanks of the mcct ' ui" _- were given to the chairman , ' and thc _meeting di < _£ perscd highly delighted with thc procccdimis of the day .
ASHTON-UNDE R-LYNE . 1 ' hk Laxd _rux lias been taken up with creivt spirit m this town . More than ninety shares have been taken , and one hundred pounds paid to the society from this town only . I _1 ASL 1 NGDEN . ' The _Laxd-M - _i * . TaltcraalJ , of Burnley , delivered a lectin eon J _luii-suny _, August 28 Ui _, in the Chartist _, room High-street , _llaslni dcn , on the Co-operative Land Society , which gave general satisfaction . At the conclusion ot the lecture six entered their _nain-a ior the Co-operative Society . The following Mondnv _cvcjui-rr the enlranre money was paid , when the members appointed a secretary , steward , and i ; ivs :-• . lent ; ami it was resolved to meet everv Mend _?<* _cvonms to enrol new members and receive the !' " monies .
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LOKDOX COKX _EjECnAJfOB _, " "MOOTAT _, SbPI . l . _- _~ With a continuance of extremely fine weather , rapid progress is being made with thc harvest , and should this week prove as line as thc past , a very large proportion of thc crops would be got in by Saturday next . In Essex , Kent , aud Suffolk , a great breadtlnscut , butprobably not much above a fifth has at present been carted in the counties named , whilst further north _* thc proportion still abroad is , of course greater . The reports as to the yield and quality ofthe wheat are of a more satisfactory character thau from the extrcmowetness of the summer might have been expected . Still it is the general opinion that the former will barely prove an average , and that the weight pet * bushel will be 21 b . less than the produce of last year . The fine weather has , nevertheless , had its usual
influence , and thc trado has recently become very aeprcsscd . At most of the markets held on Friday and Satuwlav , prices of wheat gavo way Is to 2 s per qr ., though , " owing to farmers being busy in the fields , comparatively small supplies were brought forward . The complaints respecting thepotato crop have rather increased than diminished . To-day very umavourablc reports on the subject have reached us from Suffolk , from which it would appear that thc epidemic is spreading to the eastward . Up to the present time the accounts from Scotland and Ireland are , however , wc are happy to say , of a satisfactory nature . Tho arrivals of wheat coastwise into London were tolerably good during the past week , but thc quantity fresh up for to-day ' s market Was only moderate . A considerable -portion , of thc samples exhibited on the
Essex stands was of this yearti growth ; part ot the Kent supply was also new ; and on thc whole there were at least 1000 qrs . Tiic quality was very various , but the condition was better than expected . Good runs sold at 4 Ss to 55 s per qr ., and one or two selected samples 5 Ss and even GOs per qr . Old wheat went with comparatively little alteration , and the trifling business done in the same was at an abatement on the currency of Monday last of ls to 2 s per qr . In free foreign wheat there was scarcely anything passing ; to have made sales of importance less money must have been taken . Bonded parcels were wholly neglected , and quotations have become quite nominal . The arrivals from abroad exceeded lll _. uOb qrs last week , but nearly thc whole of what has rc « ccntly come to hand has been landed under lock . Flour was very unsaleable to-day , and ship samples
were obtainable at slightly reduced rates , 'lhereceipts of English barley were trifling ; one or two small lots of "" new were exhibited of coarse quality ; these sold at 32 s to 33 s per quarter . Iu foreign sorts there was too little doing to warrant alteration in quotations , but thc turn was against thc buyer . Malt was taken oft' in retail quantities at previous terms . English and Scotch oats were very scarce , and commanded fully former terms . The best descriptions ot Irish were also quite as dear as on this day se ' nnight , but inferior kinds of the latter and almost all sorts ot fine foreign oats were Gd per quarter lower . Beans were more plentiful than last week , and certainly easier to buy . Thero wore several parcels of new maple grey and white peas at market . Tlio best boilers sold at 39 s and 40 s , maples at 3 Ss to 39 s and hog peas at 80 s to 37 s per quarter .
CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , _TER _IltTERIAI , QUARTER . —British . s s s s Wheat , Essex , & s Kent , new & old rati 40 SO "White 50 60 Norfolk and Lincoln . . . . do 49 35 Ditto 57 59 Nortlium . and Scotch white 40 5 S Fine 50 57 Irish red old 0 0 Red iS 51 White 5 J 56 Itye Old 29 82 New 29 80 _Ih-aiik 31 35 Barley Grinding .. 2 C 27 Distil . 28 SO Malt . 3132 Malt Drown .... 52 51 Pale 55 59 Ware CO 02 Beans Ticks old & new 87 38 Harrow 88 40 Pigeon -11 42 Peas Grey B 5 3 S Maple 37 3 S White 38 40 Oats Liucohis & Yorkshire Feed 22 21 Poland 24 26 Scotch Angus 23 25 Potato 2 G 25 Irish "White 20 T _. 1 Black 20 22 rer 2 S 01 b . net . s si rer 2801 b . net . s s Tfiwn . nniflp . Flour ... 51 53 Norfolk & , Stockton o'fi 38
Essex and Kent . ... 38 42 | Irish 3 i 33 Free . Bond , Foreign , s s s s Wheat , Dantsic , Konigsburg _, « fcc 59 ( 53 43 48 Marks , Mecklenburg 50 5 S 83 _Stt Danish , Holstein , and Frieslaud red 48 52 2 S 31 Russian , Hani 48 52 Soft . . . 4 S 52 28 30 Italian , Red . . 50 52 White ... 54 50 32 2 D Spanish , Hard . 50 52 Soft .... 52 52 31 35 Rye , Baltic , Dried , . . . 2 S 20 Undricd . . 25 30 22 31 Barley , Grinding . 24 26 Maltim ? . . 28 30 1 !) 24 Beans , Ticks . . 34 36 Egyptian . 34 35 2 S 24 _1 _' eas , White . . 37 30 _JUiolo . . SG 37 28 ' Jfi Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick 23 25 20 30 Russian feed , 20 22 14 22 — -Danish , Frieslaud feed 20 22 14 lfi Flour , per barrel 2 S 30 21 27 AVERAGE PRICES Of the last six weeks , which regulate the Duties from tho 28 th of August to thc 3 rd of September .
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Wheat _1 ' _arleyx Oats . ltyc . Deans l ' eas . Week ending s' d- _s" d- s" d * s- d" s- d- s' d _' July 19 , 1 S 45 .. 50 0 29 C 22 4 82 8 39 9 40 2 > Yeek ending July 2 C , 1845 .. 51 7 29 2 22 5 31 7 40 0 3 S 10 Week ending Aug . 2 , 184-5 .. 53 3 29 8 22 5 31 6 40 5 41 0 Week ending Aug . 9 , 1 S 43 .. 55 3 29 7 22 8 33 10 41 0 39 0 Week ending Aug . 16 , 1810 ,. 57 0 23 i 22 2 31 4 41 2 38 T Week ending Aug . 23 , 1815 .. 57 0 29 9 22 S 33 4 j 41 S 3 S 11 Aggregate aver . ' i 1 age of the last six weeks .. 54 0 29 9 22 5 33 5 40 S 39 I London averages ( ending Aug . ill , 1 S 45 ) 00 11 29 11 21 10 85 8 42 10 40 3 Duties .. .. IS 01 9 o ; G ui 9 G { 2 fit 3 < J iMroMS from August 25 to August 31 , _inclusive . ENGLISH SCOTCH . 111 ISI 1 . FOKEIGN TOTAL . Wheat „ .. 11 , 647 00 0 3 , 861 13 , 558 Barley .. .. 70 0 1 , 025 1 , 300 o _. _llul Oats .. .. 14 0 20 , 034 11 , 931 31 , 979 Rye .... 0 o o o 0 Beans .. .. 804 0 0 0 30-1 Peas .. .. 358 0 0 58 410 Malt .. .. 5 , 349 0 V ) 0 3 , 059 Tares .... 0 0 ft « « Linseed „ 0 0 30 1 , 853 1 , 905 Rape-seed .. 20 0 0 27 47 Flour , sacks 5 , 540 0 100 0 5 , 040 Ditto brls . 0 0 0 0 0
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Loxdox Smithfield Cattle Market , Moxbat , 5 eit . 1 . —Since Monday last the imports of live stock tor this market have been extensive , they having amounted to 22 oxen and cows from Hamburgh , and 200 oxen and cows , together with . 7 fi sheep from Rotterdam . To-day we bad on offer 190 Dutcli beasts in excellent condition , intlccd tlicy were somo of tlio best animals we have seen for some weeks pnst , At tlio outports tho arrivals of stock from tlio Continent bave proved large , viz ., 220 beasts and slicep , all at Hull . From our own grazing districts tlio bullock supplies received fresh up this morning were very extensive for the time of year , wbiie a decided improve'incnt was noticed in their quality and condition . Although tlie attendance of buyers was rather numerous , the beef trade was in a very depressed state , at a decline in tho currencies obtained last week of quite 2 d . per 81 b ., the highest figure for the best Scots
not exceeding id . per 81 b ., and a clearance was not effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , wc received GOO short-horns , Scots , and Iiomc-brcds ; from the northern counties , 800 shorthorns , etc . ; from the western and midland counties , 900 Ilcrcfords , runts , Dovons , itc . ; from other parts ot England , 700 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 200 horned and polled Scots . The number of slicep were somewhat on the increase , though by no means large for the season . Prime ohl Downs supported previous rates , but all other breeds were 2 d . per Sib . lower , witli a heavy demand . Lambs were in fair average simply , and slucgish inquiry , at a decline in the quotations of 2 d . per 81 b . The veal trade was in a sluggish state , yet prices were mostly supported . The number of pigs—1 S 2 of which came from Ireland—was moderate . ' The pork tiadc ruled steady , at full prices .
By the quantities of Sib ., sinking thc offal . T s . d . s . ii inferior coarso heasts , . . 2 0 2 in Second duality ... . 3 o a 4 Prime large oxen .... 3 C 8 _S Prime Scuts , etc 3 ll ) 4 0 Coarse inferior sheep ... 3230 _Pe-cond quality . ... 3 8 4 * Prime coarse wooiled ... 4440 Prime Southdown . . . 4 8 5 » _Lamhs 4 4 5 0 i . _arjt * coarse calves . , , D 0 4 2 Prime small 4 4 4 8 Suckling calves , each . , . 18 0 30 0 large _hops 3 0 3 8 Neat small porkers ... 3 10 4 * Quarter-old store pigs , each . . 10 0 20 0
READ OP CATTLE OK SALE . ( From the Books ofthe Clerk of the Market . ) Beasts , 3 , _050-Shecp and Lambs , 2 S _. _1-10—Calves , MS - Pigs , 300 . Maxciikstkr Cons Market , _Saturday , August 30 . —During the week , the weather having assumed a more favourable and settled appearance , tlie trade has been of an inactive character , and sales of all articles were limited to the immediate need of the dealer , with little , if any , variation in prices . The market this morning exhibited a slender attendance of buvers , and wheat was offered 2 d . to Sd . per 70 IBS cheaper , nitli little disposition to purchase . "With an exceedingly languid demand i ' or Hour a reduction of fully Is . per sack was made . There was bat little inquiry for oats and oatmeal , and a decline of Id . per i . 5 ii ) s . on the i ' ormcr \ iiid Od . to ls . per load on the hitler ariiulc must bo noted .
Richmond Cokx Market , August . 10 , —The supply of corn in our market to-day was good ior i" ? season . Inferior samples were lower , but the bese maintained their prices . Wheat sold from < s- to Ss . 3 d . ; oats , Ss . to 4 s . ; barlev . 4 s . io 4 s . "Id . ; be _*'» - » 5 . i . to 5 s . Oil . per bushel . Tl : c favourable _cl _.-ai : _!;" _" : _^ ' _^ _ivca- _'hci'liiis Imd ;! _coircs- _'O'iiiins _dferto" ¦ _';'•• . j _^"' of She farmer . _^; nevertheless the holder .- ' , ot . * _- ' - ' aud wet lam _' ni especially , still assert thi _' . t their _fioA _» ave injured beyond recovery .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06091845/page/6/
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