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4 THE _NOBTHEBBT & TAR _Janpaby 11 , 1845 _^ _^^^^™ i _»^—^ _* _^ _» _^^——^—S _^^^^ . : : : ~~ _. '¦ - - ' _" --.- ¦ " -.. ¦ _-.-...- " ..--- --. ¦ "" " - ~ " i _it
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DOES " THE CAUSE" GET ON IN DUB' UN AMONG THE LEADERS ? The rForW of Saturday last " lota light" on the lrorMngs of the Burgh Quay Agitation Machinery Tho article is both curious and amusing , it is withal instructive : shewing that the feeders on Irak credulity are about to quarrel over tho carcass , ano _^ , m their frenzy , "kfflthogoW with the golden egg . But here _iathe World , let it tell its owntale .-A report has crept into circulation which maj'betrue _wfabe , foraughtweknow , tothoeffcotthatacerfc party in the Corn Exchange _^ mptcd te thwart Mr _fr ( Wix in his wish to obtain a resolution of the Association condemnatory of the , Cnaritab e Bequests Bffl . Be this as it may . it is quite clearthat not only at Burgh Quay has _thcsubjeet been hardly mentioned orators wha talk about all
• ven bv those garrulous manner of things—but the Nation newspaper has also maintained a reserve respecting this measure , little in keeping with its dashing and independent pretentions . The silence of an ordinary newspaper , touchincr a measure of such public importance , would be sufficiently remarkable ; but when we recollect that the iVafc ' _on professes to be the organ of the " Young Ireland , " or the go-a-head party—that its conductor has plumed himself upon revolutionizing public opinion ; and that many of the writers—forthey arclegion — -who have had the modesty to declare themselves , we known to be the shining lig hts of the Corn Exchange ; then , indeed , it docs seem more than curious that we have not had a prose-essay , or a melodious elegy , denouncing in " scathing terms the
hateful fepawn of Saxon treachery . We have noted that Mr . O'Neil Daunt saved his distance by delivering a speech against the Bequests Bill , and , if our memory play us not false , Mr . Mike Doheny "did the state some service" by pouring forth another philippic in some part of Tipperary upon a similar topic . But what are words to the _burninglava which streams from the pens of these incomparable writers ? Neither Mr . Daunt nor Mr . Doheny would venture to assert—without blushing to the eyes—that any Speeches they have ever made have achieved the miracles which their writings in the Nation have accomplished for the country . Very eloquent they arc , no doubt ; voluble speakers , it cannot be denied ; but they will not tell us that their tongues in the arena have ken at all equal to their pens in the closet ;
and , therefore , we cannot understand why they have been contented to skip over a subject which we would think they might have dwelt upon with benefit to the public . We cannot comprehend why those who boast that they belong to a new generation , which , if it does not possess tho experience of age , has less craftiness and caution , should play apart so different from their professed character . We only sought that some stalwart juvenile should have met Doctor Murray in wordy warfare , or we would have been satisfied with a single lyric to the spirit-stirring air of " Step Together , " were it merely to encourage the opponents of the bill—vet have our hopes been disappointed . We almost p _' itied poor old Lord Eoden , the other night , when he imploringly besought , in his journal , his young friends at the Nation , to get up a row with
Afr . O'Connell Falstaff , we believe it is , who has gaid that " discretion is the better part of valour ;" and we cannot blame that Blender corps who delight to call themselves the " Young Ireland" party , if , acting under the management of a shrewd guide , Mr . Peter Purcell , they decline plucking the Lion by the beard , and endeavour to overcome him by stratagem . If the writers to whom wo allude havo adopted a measured tone in the Nation , we can trace " the fine Soman hand" of one of them in the pages of Tait ' s _JSagazhve ; and unquestionably the scribe administers BS severe a flagellation to the leader of the national movement , as if he had never eaten salt in Richmond Penitentiary , or received his hebdomadal wages at Burgh Quay . Let ns now quote a passage from the puffing pages of the Scotch periodical ;—
On the whole , the Repeal cause looks many degrees less Tespectable , as seen from our British point of 'view , than it did during the months of Mr . O'Connell ' s trial and imprisonment . The immense moral advantage which he had gained , first by his martyrdom , and then b y his splendid legal and constitutional victory , has , so ferns regards puhlic opinion on this side of the water , "been completely frittered away . And the present state of flie agitation itself since its commencement—without a single definite point of policy to interest or alarm us —allthe old plans of Monster Meetings and Preservative Societies gently relinquished , the "impeachment" business postponed , and nothing new substituted in their place—is not calculated to impress English minds with any hi g h sense either of the importance of the thing in tself , or of the generalship of its head manager .
_ITow , we believe that any inference which we British people might be disposed to draw from all this , to the effect that the Repeal cause is really decadent—is _essentiaUy one whit feebler , or less dangerous than it was in the days of the Monster _Meetings or the captivity- —would bo an erroneous Inference . What the British people may think , may even rightly think , of Mr . O'Connell ' s discretion , or consistency , or dignity of conduct , is an affair of very secondary concern , either to ns or to him . It is more germane to the matter to ash , what do the Irish people think of those things?—a question which every man who reads the newspapers may answer for limself . The recent aspects of Irish agitation have ,
moreover , given striking confirmation of a portentous fact , which we have more than once urged on the notice of our readers—Mr . O'ConneU is not the Repeal movement . The agitator has ceased to be master of the agitation . The magician is impotent to exercise—has only a qualified aud conditional power to command—the spirit that his spells have evoked . He cannot now do quite what he will with his own . There is a power , in the loyal National Repeal Association , behind the chair , and greater than the chair . "Why did Mr . O'Connell take the first opportunity he could find to snap his fingers at Federalism so soon after having deliberately and elaborately avowed a preference for it ! Sot merely because Federalists stood aloof , and did not seem to feel flattered by his preference ; but chiefly
because MR . _DUFPY WROTE A CERTAIN LETTER IN the Nation—A tETTEE , WE SIAT sat in passiso , which KOBE THAN _COSFIEBS THE YERT _BESFECTFOl SENSE WE HAVE LOXG XXTEKTAIIfED OF THIS _GENTLEHAS ' B AM ) HIS coadjutors' talest , sincerity , and mental independence —refusing , in pretty flat terms , to be marched to or through the Coventry of Federalism . Mr . _O'ConneU has ancc , not in tho best taste of feeling , sneered at " the young gentlemen who thought themselves fitter leaders than he was ; " but tho young gentlemen carried the day , nevertheless , against the old gentleman . We see in this , that there is a limit to the supremacy of this extraordinary man over the m , 0 Tcment which his own genius Originated ; what he has done he is quite unable to undo ; Repeal has a life of its own , independent of his influence or contronl ; Ms leadership is gladly accepted and submitted to , but always under condition that he leads the xightwav . Mr . _O'ConneU _' s recent overdoing of the part of A SIMPLE REPEALER IS A TRIBUTE TO THE POLITICAL POWER AND INDEPENDENCE OF
YODKG IRELAND AND THE NATION . We conclude , then , despite all transient and superficial appearances to the contrary , that Repeal is , essentially and at the bottom , just as powerful and dangerous as it has ever been ; as able aud as likely to trouble us in peace , and cripple ns in war ; and any inference wluch we may draw from the signs of indecision and littleness of character lately exhibited by Mr . O'Connell , cannot be safely extended beyond Mr . O'Connell individually . One important novelty , in this agitation , of an encouraging kind there unquestionably is at this moment : would that we could credit our rulers with wisdom to turn it to good
account ! Repeal , just at present , is stationary . It is without any definite , tangible line of policy , so far , at least , as is yet known . A new campaign of agitation has commenced ; but the plan of the campaign does not seem SitUed . The monster meeting ! are not resumed ; the Preservative Society of Three Hundred is deferred tins die , on account of unexpected legal difficulties ; and no new move is , as yet , announced in its stead . Repeal has HOt made that _prodipous advance which might have been anticipated as the result of the triumph of the 4 th of September . The enthusiasm avakened by the _reversal of the judgment has not been turned to account ; and things remain , for tha present , pretty much where they
were . Here we have a mutiny in the camp : and the wheeling round which we long anticipated now seems to he no longer remote . The rent is pouring slowly into Conciliation Hall , and sedition is regarded as not a safe speculation ; and we will " wager a ducat " that Mr . cx-Alderman Purcell will not , in future , permit the Nation to be carrying the Repeal luggage , or yoking itself to a declining cause . It is to us highly amusing to behold how Tail sneers at Mr . O'Connell and John Tuam , and takes such a fancy to the unfledged _atriplings of "Young Ireland . "World .
Strange Doings In Ireland
STRANGE DOINGS IN IRELAND
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_1 T _. T _. _TOKP _CONSPIBACr TO XUBDKB IBB CATHOLIC ABCHBUHOP . The Dublin correspondent of the Morning Herald , writing on Jan . 6 th , gives the following : — "Yesterday the Rev . Mr . O'CarroU ascended the pulpit in Westland-Tow Chapel , and previous to his sermon observed that it was his most painful duty to inform & econgregationthat a conspiracy had been discovered in the county of Tipperary , which hadfor its object the murder of the most Rev . Dr . Murray , Archbishop of Dublin . Thisextraordinarystatementprodueedconsiderableexcitement . The rev . gent , proceeded to ob-Borve that the intelligence of this awful design was th » _t _norntna _onmmiinirated tothcir revered prelate
byamagistrateof the county of Cork . Having heard tne foregoing statement in a public news-room this morning , I confess I entertained some doubt as to its correctness ; but , on inquiry at the chapel-house , the fact wa * confirmed . It appears that an anonymous letter , with the _Tipparary post mark , was received by a magistrate in the county of Cork , calling upon to go at once to Archbishop Murray , and apprise inn that 'three devils' had determined to take his life . The magiitrate enclosed the letter to Dr . Murray , by whom it was received yesterday morning , and we must infer that his grace believed the _contend to be true when he gave permission to the Rev . Mr . O'CarroU to allude to it in the pulpit . " The Dtiblm Monitor of Monday thus announces the fist : — " Tho greatest excitement prevailed in this
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n city yesterday and to-day ; , in consequence of a rumour having been extensively circulated and generally credited of a conspiraoy having been discovered in Tipperary , the object of which was to murder his Grace jDr- Murray . As may b * naturally expected , such a rumour spread _tike wildfire , and created the greatest excitement . For our own part , we attached no credence to it whatever ; the thing was so improbable- _^ outrageously extravagant , that we could not bring ourselves to consider it in any serious light . However , as the statement was confidently repeated , we made some inquiries to ascertain whether there was any foundation for it , and we be lieve that the following may be relied on as correct —A magistrate in the county of Cork received an
anonymous letter , the purport of which was that 'three devils , * as the writer said , had agreed to take the life of Ids Grace Dr . Murray , and the writer requested tho magistrate to go at once and put Dr . Murray on his guard . The letter was from Tipperary , and , of course , the magistrate enclosed it to Dr . Murray , stating the manner in which it came into his possession . Such , wo believe , may beTelied on as a correct account of the circumstances which gave rise to the rumour which has caused such a sensation in this city * We confess we do not at present attach much importance to the statement . We are inclined to think that some mischievous person in Tipperary has been at workthat he wrote the anonymous letter to the magistrate , who certainly acted very properly in forwarding it
to Dr . Murray . We repeat , we cannot bring ourselves to believe that even among the diabolical ruffians of Tippearry there could be found three fiends in human shape to conspire to take the life o such a venerated prelate as l ) r . Murray ; and for what ?—for merely acting according to his conscientious judgment in support of the Catholic church , of which he is one of its brightest ornaments , though by so acting he has incurred the calumnious invective and scandalous imputations of unscrupulous agitators ! Wc cannot disguise the fact , that the language in which _Drs . GroUy , Murray , and Denvir are assailed is calculated to nr _$ rk upon the worst passions of the people , and to make them regard
those prelates as so many wolves in the fold , ' as enemies to the Catholic religion—as having sold themselves to the Saxon , and-betrayed the interests of the church . This is the sort of style in which those prelates are spoken of . " The Monitor then g ives specimens of the language he'd out both by clergy and laity at different meetings , respecting the three Catholic bishops , who have consented to form a portion of the Commission to administer the Catholic Bequests Bill , and then concludes as follows : —It is a pretty pass things arc come to when such a spirit actuates priests and people—a spirit infused by Mr . O'Connell—a spirit to which he has pandered , in the hopo of swelling the Repeal _agitation . "
The Freeman ' s Journal affects not to believe the statement . It says : — " The Monitor , though tho official gazette of the party who originated this base slander seems either not to be cognizant of the fact , or careful to conceal it—that this rumour was whispered about for some days , and that the calumniators of our land—those who would affix upon our noble , our generous people , the contemplation of a crime of deeper die than any wherewith our Saxon taskmasters ever sought to blacken the fair fame of our country
—Bought in rain to get currency for their guilt y lie , till a rash clergyman , connected with Westland-row Catholic Church , perhaps in mistaken affection for the most rev . prelate whose name was mixed up with the foul fraud—perhaps through over-heated zeal for the new doctrines he has espoused , that the clergy should become the tools of the Castle—or perhaps to demonstrate the working of Castle connexion—was found on Sunday last to give publicity to the aspersions against his countrvmen , which he , at least , should have inquired into before he promulgated . "
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CHAMBERS' PHILOSOPHY REFUTED . Just published Price Fourpence ( forming a Pamphlet of 56 pages demy 8 vo ., in a stiff wrapper ) , A FULL and COMPLETE REFUTATION of the PHILOSOPHY contained in a TRACT recently published by the MESSRS . CHAMBERS , of Edinburgh , entitled the " Employer and Employed . " This valuable little work contains the most complete defence of the demands of the Working Classes for their fair share of the . enormous wealth created by Machinery , as well as a justification of Trades Unions . The numerous appeals that have been made to Mr . O'Connor from nearly every part of the kingdom for the publication , in pamphlet form , of those Dialogues that have recently appeared in the Star , have determined him to gratify what appears to be tha almost unanimous wish of the labouring Classes .
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THE REVENUE . XHERK HBVEn WKKI SUCH " PROSPEROUS" TUBES . Ax abstract of the net produce of the Revenue of Great Britain , in the yeaw and quarters ended the oth of January , 1844 , and the 5 th of January , 1845 , shewing the increase or decrease thereof , has -just been published ; and as by those tables it appears that Sir Robert has discovered the means of wringing £ 51 , 235 , 538 out of the labour of the producing millions , that portion of the press which supports his administration is in extacies . " Look here ! " they triumphantly exclaim ; "see the benefits of Consertism ! You , Whigs , could only manage in 1840 to
scrape together £ 45 , 000 , 409 ; and in 1841 only £ 44 , 746 , 400 ; while our man , Peel , even after tho relaxation and abolition of duties by his Tariff , hai easily ; collected £ 61 , 235 , 588 !! " " Ii this nothing * If not this a proof that the people havo confidence in him as a financier ? Has he not saved the nation from the destruction to which you , with your deficient income , was fiisthurrying her ? Pebi , is the ] man—the man to get the money ; therefore , hurrah for Peel ! Long life to him , and the £ 51 , 000 , 000 a-year . " Such are the itemly boasts made by the Ministerial press-gang ; boasta and
feelings , no doubt , participated in by those who live on the taxes -5- the dead-weight men ; the pretty misses of the Pension List ; tho annuitants of the "debt ; " the recipients of salaries , and thepocketters of allowances . All these may well glory in the fact that the Revenue has reached the point it has , because in that fact they see the chance of their several " pickings" being continued some little time longer undiminished in amount : but it by no means follows that the people—those who have to furnish the means , will be so ready to join in the chorus
of the " song of triumph ; " for the fact on whicli the loud boast of the Minister and Ins time-servers over the Whigs is based , is simply tins : —that Peel has managed , by his " crooked hook" to filch out of their pockets in 1844 , £ 6 , 489 , 138 MORE than the Whigs did in 1841 ! Blessed source of comfort and congratulation that—especially in these days of real Retrenchment ! Curious cause of merriment and joy !—Shout , hoys , shout ! " Clap your hands and bo joyful , O ye people ; " for Pjsel has taken six and a half millions more from you than the " rascally robbing " Whigs did !
It may be useful to inquire from what sourco Peel derives his " increase ; " and a single glance at the table solves the question . The amount of tho Income and Property Tax , for the year ending January 5 th , 1845 , is £ 5 , 191 , 596 : a not inconsiderable item of the six millions and a half . Then the increase in the " customs" in that year over the year ending Jan . 5 th , 1844 , is £ 1 , 305 , 453 ; and the increase of the "Excise , " for the same period , is £ 365 , 305 . No doubt but thatcireumstances have greatly aided Peel ; all of which his supporters would _gladly . place to bis own account , treating him as tho cause of them , when in fact he has been but the creature . The two good harvests that have followed each other , making food
at home plentiful , and consequently "cheap , " have left us the means at home , which in times of " scarcity" had to be employed in getting food from abroad : teaching us the simple and natural lesson that if wc would ever remain " prosperous , " we wutt product enough of food at home , and not have to " buy ' it , cither with " money" or "labour , " from abroad . It has been calculated that the last harvest made a difference of £ 5 , 000 , 0 . 00 in amount of produce between it and the harvest of 1841 ,- * _' . « ., to have secured in England in 1841 , the amount of food which the harvest of last year gave us , would have taken £ 5 , 000 , 000 or £ 5 , 000 , 000 _' B worth—it mat tors not which—to have purchased the deficient quantity from other riatea , la there not cause for " proa-
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perfty" in that ? And was Peel at the bottom of it ? Did he controul the seasons , and make the seed to fruotifyand bring forth abundantly ? Was it of no advantage to have the £ 5 , 000 , 000 at home , to spend in the manufacturing market ? And has not the " prosperity" thus caused greatly aided Pskl to the result that his " increase" of Customs and Excise exhibits ?—« ye , and this too , without any thanks to him . A deficient harvest would have caused hu _Revenue table to tell a far different tale !
There is all the difference in the world between natural abundance and an artificial abundance of food . It is true that in years when tho harvest . U scanty , we can procure the deficient quantity from _othtr sources : but then we have to give labour for it . If the last harvest had been like the one of 1841 , £ 5 , 000 , 000 short of what it really was , wo could hate _ywefawcv the required amount of food : but though we should have acquired the bread , _uie thould have lost the money . There would have been £ 5 , 000 , 000 less amongst us . It would not have mattered one straw whether the £ 5 , 000 , 000 worth of food had been
paid for in gold , or exchanged for in calicoes or woollens ; the result would hav _« been the lame . We should have been minus the £ 5 , 000 , 000 ' _b worth . Bread thus procured , however " cheap" it may appear to be in nominal price , i » tho " dearest" of all . It follow * of necessity that this must be so ;• for , besides the fact that you pay the full price for it in labour , or labour ' s worth , you decrease your means of employing other labour ; you decrease the moons of profitable consumption ; you _paupcriso your producer ! : you then have them ' to maintain in idleness ; you strive to starve them off the rate-books ; you thus engender
" sullenness "; and then you have an extensive army of police to maintain , to watch the stack yards arid homesteads , to see that tho " sullenness" docs not manifest itself in '' incendiarism " ! Produce enough at home , and let the producer havo his fair share of it , and all these evils are annihilated ! True , we cannot bespeak a good season , or put back a bad one : but we can , with skill and culture , aid the one and greatly mitigate the other . We can cultivate _cnoujfc of land . We can cuMjate tnat land well . We can , on an aveiage of years , produce enough of food at home ; and it is clearly our interest so to do ; and as clearly not our interest to purchase from abroad .
The two last harvests , abundant ai they were , have greatly aided Peel , and have mainly contributed to produce the " prosperity " attempted to be laid to hit account . To these add the amount of manufacturing industry caused by the temporary settlement of the paper-money affair in America , which has caused a " brisker" demand for woollen and worsted goods , ademandwehave " satisfied , "—wise folks as wo are , —to repletion . Let us not forget the " demand" consequent on tho troubled state of Spam , which has enabled us for a series of months to smuggle British manufactured goods through
Portugal into a country where they are all but prohibited : and when to these items of " prosperity" we add the extravagant expectations engendered by the ratification and promulgation of the Chinese Treaty , which have led to a " block-up" in that quarter ; and also take into account the spirit of gambling speculation in Railway Shares let loose by the operations of the Banking system and the consequent " abundance of money , " we shall have little difficulty in divining the cause of the present apparent " _prosperity" ; see how it has worked , to far , in aid of Peel ' s administration , making it
appear tueeeuful before the unreflecting portion of the community ; and enable us to estimate the real value of the loud boasts by which the public ear is now greeted . A Blight examination will show that the " prosperity" is unreal , evanescent—fleeting as a summer's cloud . Reflection will show that the re-action is at hand ; that the speculative mania is sure to produce its effects : that nine-tenths of tho Railway schemes that have been propounded , and which the gamblers on the Stock Exchange and the gamblers out of the Stock Exchange , have turned to such good account at tomebody ' t expense , will melt
away in Parliament like snow on the river , leaving the poor innocent confiding "holders" of shares a tremendously ugly " dog to hold "; that tho enforcing of " calls" on those who "hold , " but who have not means to pat , will tumble the " market" of shares dovm much faster thanit " went up " that the loss thus _occationed to other holders will make them in a hurry to sell ; that the decreased value of the property (!) will bring hundreds to beggary—and these , in their turn , will bring down hundreds more ; that the " blow to confidence" thus given will not be confined to the
_sharo-market alone , but extend to all the operations of trade ; that the last accounts from India and China represent the markets there as all but glutted , and that seoure of " prosperity" ail-but cut off : that the American demand is all but annihilated by the " exce « sive " shipments of woollen and worsted goods during 1844 ; that the consequences on the liome _market , from the foregoing causes , must be injurious : reflection on all these matters will » how that we are far from being out of the wood ! and that It is worse than senseless to boast . It will also shew to
the wise the necessity of being prepared for the coming time ! And what , after all , has Sir R . Pbbl to bo proud of ! It ii true that he has got six-and-a-half millions more than the Whigs could get ; but he has not got more than he wants ' . —all he has got is little enough . He has ' an expenditure of £ 51 , 139 , 514 lis . 0 _id . [ how eaaci the accounts are !] to provide for ; and he has but just met it ! No very great thing after all . There is not much of a " surplus . " A good large one was expected . There are many mouth * wide open , in _anxioui expectation of" a plum . " The demands of the several parties for their share will be inconveniently
pressing . The remission ot one tax will be asked for , and the abolition of another ; none of which can PiEh spare ; for if " prosperity" only makes ends meet , pray what will adversity or " panic" do ? And thus does Peel approach the only " fair trial" ho has had . He has the question of the Income-tax to face . The giving up of that _"iniquitious import" will be demanded , and the faith of Parliament pleaded that it was only enacted for three years . The other parties that we formerly enumerated will also be at tho Minister , all making and pressing and enforcing their claims ; so that on the whole , Piel will have a most comfortable berth of it ! We wish him joy . '
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"XOUNG ENGLAND IN PRINT . We confess ourselves to have been among thoie who felt some little anxiety , as well as curiosity , about the appearance oi the " coming man . " Wc had not figure * him in imagination by any of the distinguishing types or preconceptions by which the youth , speaking for himself , informs us he was prejudged by the curious . The advent of " Little Britain "—( for such in all justice to the gentleman who has at length made his appearance we must
christen the young stranger)—by no means conjured up notions in our mind of " white waistcoats and certain impracticable fancies ; " but , on the contrary , the loud and ominous thunder that preceded the nation ' s accouchement , had prepared ui , if not for a monster , at least for a giant , capable of grappling with the several wrongs of which Old England complained , and of remedying tho several abuses under which she was tottering . Judge then , our sorrow , vexation , and disappointment on Saturday last , upon being presented with a kind of
Whim , wham , waddle , 0 , Jack Straw , straddle 0 . Little boy bubble O , Over the moor ! A second edition of General Ton Thumb strutting importantly as " the Napoleon ! " It was not either impolitic , injudicious , or unseemly , that the party calling itself "Young England" should ask the nation , upon whose behalf so much was promised , to pause until the day of judgment should arrive , when the " new bom" might be judged out of it « own mouth . In common justice to this very reasonable appeal for delay , we withheld criticism and comment until we had ( wmetlung move Ungiblo than tropes , figures , or metaphors to deal with . Accordingly we
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waited patiently , yet anxiously , for the development of the character , and the enunciation of the principles , of the party whioh promised so much , and from which so much has been expected . The first number of a newspaper , entitled " Young England , " was published on Saturday last ; and to it wo very naturally looked for a declaration of the principles and objects of the * " new party , " as ' well as the means of carrying them out . The declaration of object * and principles has hitherto been held a » an indispensable ' ingredient in the formation of new societies ; but after perusing the three columns headed " Principles of Youho England , " we found ourselves , at the close of our labour , in the same
" blessed state of ignorance" as when we oommenced . We looked with a species of awe , if not of reverence , to tho sacred record ; and abandoning for the moment all notion of self-importance—all preconceived notions—all recollection of by-gone teaching , we were prepared to receive a new lesson at the Mnds of our new preceptor . We had anticipated the utter dissipation of tho world ' s darkness by tho burst of a new light of a now . philosophy ; but , alas ! woe is man , and "happy is he who expects nothing , for he will never be disappointed . " Instead of receiving the anticipated instruction , we discovered that tho great Schoolmaster of 1845 had mainly derived his education from the previous year ' s philosophy of Mr . Gladbtoke , and Mr . Charles Buller . •"
That the world has been turned topsy-turvy for the last whole century , was a self-evident and indisputable fact : that the many rapid changes which have followed each other in quick succession during that period had disturbed some interests , and affected all , aro incontrovertible moral , social , and political truths ; and the cause of the capsize and nunble , as well as the consequences of the " ups and downs" of life , were enigmatical problems thus solved by Mr . Gladstone and Mr . C _Bulleh _, in the year 1843 , when the former assured tho House of
Commons , " that it was one of the most melancholy features in the social state of the country , that while there was a decrease in the consuming power of the people , and an increase _inthepi'ivations and distress of the labouring and operative classes , there was at the same time a constant accumulation of wealth in the upper classes , and a constant increase of capital . " A few weeks later Mr . C . _Bullek repeated ; " We see extreme destitution throughout tho industrious classes , and at the same timo _incontestible evidences of vast wealth rapidly augmenting . "
We do not moan to dispute tho truth of tho assertions of Messrs . Gladstone and Boiler ; but we do object to being charged with ignorance on subjects which for the last seven years we have kept prominently before the people , because the oft-repeated truism has struck upon the ear of our juvenile teacher aa a novelty , when hinted at by the aforesaid two members of Parliament . Old " John of Greenfield , " the Lancashire prophet , propounded the very same doctrine nearly a century ago , but in more homely and touching phraseology , when he said" that all the stuff in the world was made for all the folk in the world—and he hadn't a share of it . "
Young England would appear to havea very clear perceptionIofthepa 8 t , present , andfuture ; andalthoughwe are keptin the dark as to the means by whicli the principles of the party are to be carried out , or indeed , of the principles themselves , nevertheless the prospectus furnishes u _» with ample work for generations yet to come . Tho Church—its dissensions , backslidings _, and innorations ; the landlords , and their obligation to discharge the duties consequent on the possession of property ; the application of chemical and mechanical power to the wants of tho whole human race ; fitting regulations for tho adjustment of trade ; the
pressing demands for reforming our colonial policy ; tho greater responsibility of the rulers to the ruled ; the necessity of National Education and religious instruction ; the union of the two Irish rival churches , to the end that both may be moulded to ministerial will ; the indispensable necessity of crushing brawling demagogues ; the better adjustment of our currency ; the preservation of our firm adherence to the Established Church , watered by the blood of the martyrs ; the transportation of convicts , with » view to extending civilization to penal colonies ; emigration , as a means
of promoting increased markets for the produce of English labour ; the relations between crime and pumshment ; such are a few only of the social questions which our youthful friend tells us demand investigation ; while the only defined remedy proposed , at a meant of present correction , is the propriety of English labourers , who can find no employment at home , emigrating : to those wido tract * which aro nominall y dependant on the English crown , there to " subjugate TDK F 0 BU _3 T AND CONQUBB TUB WILDERNESS . " This , we presume , is to be the _English labourers " stake in the hedge ''!
The work that our active- coadjutor has cut out for himself , both abroad and at home , would naturally lead us to suppose that the co-operation of all would be sought for it * completion . But no ; tho same singleness cf mind and purpose that his inspired our friend with a desire for universal regeneration , further prompts him to spurn all aid , and determines him to do the work alone . " Ciiabtish , Universal _SurnuaE , Socialism , sullen disaffection ,
crime , incendiarisms , riott , and almost rebellion * , " — . ALL of which Young Xngland _. tell * n » are "the offsprings of ignorance , * ullenne « s , and right * withheld , "—are to be swept away , and for ever , from the land by the wand of ; tlio new magician : and to the performance of this Herculean labour our indomitable champion very candidly tells us that the Youho Manhood of the British nation is roused , not by a sense of duty to much a * by a sense of danger .
We beg to assure " Little Britain" that the Young England aristocracy are many years behind Old England ' s _toUing sons in that description of education which alone can fit man for the office of ruler of the present generation . It is not from _GLAnsioiraor Buller that Young England should derive information ; but , as he professes to be friendly to the principle of _discuision , we would strongly urge on him the necessity of taking counsel of those whose wrongs we believe he would cheerfully redress , and who will teach him , that although _CaumsJi may be a
CONSEQUENCE OF RIGHTS WITHHELD and hope deferred , nevertheless the working classes of England recognise in the very name a charm _possessing greater power than any fascinating novelty the most lively imagination can present . Although we have been constrained to speak thus _despondingly of the first number of Young England , yet , with more generosity than our " repudiating" friend , \ ve shall be happy to mark Ids improvement in social and political knowledge , and to record tho effect that a closer
intercourse with the _working classes is sure to produce . As our principal objection to all crotchetmongers has been the want of defined principles , and a deficiency of the meant necessary for carrying even their own nostrums , wc must refuse adhesion to tho present policy of Young England , —of his " principles" as yet wc know nothing , —until we see a more clear development of tho means by which oven tho most simple of the ten thousand proposed changes is to be accomplished . The value of Chartism has been its determination to remain a mountain : and now that it has brought forth a mouse , perhaps our young child , —for after all Young England is ibx _ojtbpbino op _Ceahtism , —may condes cend to learn from ite parents before he can hope to teach .
So ^Eat»Rt0 Antj Cormpaituems
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Another Viw . fob tbb Leaoob . —In a recent numher of the Bel / tut Vindicator , in nn article headed "The past and coming Sessions , " the following wholesome truth appears : " The cheap hre » d question remains as yet undeaii with in a manly spirit by the _Legislature and wa must say , thitthe League , with all their essays and pamphlets , and £ 100 , 000 fund , hav _« scarcely made it a question of real attraction . It la a question of great and extraordinary interest ; it is a plea of humanity for the liberty to live ; yet it has been each Ud over by lecturers after a fashion that is ludicrous and repelling . There U a want of lieart in { Kern . Thcr appear rather to plead for the employers than the employed , "
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THE _SECBWABT Iff tub Localit _* where John Moss ia gone to reside , late of Derby , Boot and Shoe Maker , is requested to correspond with Wm . Chandler , Upper Brook-street , Derby , when he will receive information of importance . William _Saxbv , _Favbesuak , Kent , returns thanks to those friends who hare forwarded Starr to him for _disdistribution ; and begs to assure them that the Stare so distributed tend much to _hreak up new ground . ITo doubt the seed thus sown will in due time bring forth good fruit , _Josepu Haughton , Vf abeington , mites us to say , that a number of friends in that town are making subscriptions weekly to purchaso a quantity of Mr . O'Connor ' s ___ _» . _ , _- _ » r _« _- _« . : a
reply to Chambers ' s tract on the Employer and Employed , for general distribution as a tract ; and he particularly recommends the adoption of the plan by aU other localities , as one calculated to produce immense good . _Joaif Heap and _Ajcbbosb Tomlinson _, Bubnlet . —It would not comport with our plan to publish their resolutions on the particular subject embraced by them . If they wish other locaUties in the neighbourhood to know that they have been adopted , the _SUb-SeCrtttai'y _OW communicate them . Thero is no reason why the public in other parts should be troubled with them . William Wistbam , IIanlkt . — The address of Mr . _O'HUjgins is— " P . _O'Higgins , Esq ., North _Anue-street , Dublin , "
Mr . 0 ., Debbt . —Yes . A lease , if its provisions are abided by , will always " stand good " for the term included in it . If any party succeeded to the estate , either by purchase , demise , or descent , it would still be subject to the lease , as long as it was in force . Wm . Pathe , _Stbatford-oh-Avon . —Wo never promise to publish anything until we see it . If he choses to send the communications he speaks of , if deemed of sufficient interest they will appear . But they must take their chance like aU others . One point our correspondent sadly neglects j he addresses his communications to everybody but the right party . His last was addressed to the printer . Has he not seen it several times repeated in the Star , that communications for the paper are to be addressed to " the _Editob , Mr . Joshua Hobson _, 310 , Strand , London" ? Let him attend to this simple instruction , and his letters will reach in du » course ; while if he sends them , as heha 3 sent his former ones , delay in reaching tho Editor is the
consequence . Allotments or Land . —The benevolent intontions of many of the land-owners , who have become convinced by recent discussion and Parliamentary inquiry , that land allotments to the labourers on their estates are calculated to add to their means of comfort , and aid in repressing the deep feeling of discontent and " sulieuncss" Which _Yownj England says "breeds _Cuartism : and incendiarism " are thwarted and rendered of non-avail by the eouduct of their " stewards , " who interpose aU sorts of difficulties , and evince every unwillingness to aid the misery-stricken worker in bettering his condition . It will be at once apparent that these gentry , whenever they set themselves to such a task , can , jwithout seemingly departing from the strict line of " duty , " so harass and
trouble those who seek to have allotments under them , as to render the tenancy an unbearable one , and either prevent them from engaging in the undertaking at all , or drive them from it in sheer disgust . In a majority of cases of this sort , the real facts never reach the ear of the owner who sought to render some portion of his possessions available to the producers on them for the production of comforts for themselves ; but he hears the version of the story vamped up by the agent , who shelters his own conduct behind the "ingratitude of the lower , orders , " who " met the benevolent intentions of their landlord in such au unbecoming spirit "; and the landlord imbibes a notion that he hag attempted to do his "duty" towards
"the poor "—and they would not let him : therefore he is at liberty to care no more about them , —at least till they come to their senses , and show they have hearts to appreciate the " kindness" intended them . And thus the sufferers are loft to suffer on , because the tender sensibilities of a leaden head aud steelcd-hesxt have not been awakened in their favour . The manner in which such a matter as this is managed by the " go-between" gentry wiU he learned by a perusal of the foUowing , from the pen of Mr . Robert Wild , of Mottram , who has been an active actor in tho scenes he _deseribas , and who , very properly , determined that the landlord should , in this instance at least , he made acquainted with the _doingB of his " servant" : —
The Hon . J . ToIIeinache , being the principal landowner iu our village , and having been informed that he was favourable to the system of allotments , a number of operatives—block-printers and others—whose avocation had gone , through the application of machinery to their craft , applied to that gentleman for portions of land each . __ Ho promptly returned an answer , stating that aU who lived in Mottram , and wished to have allotments , might have to the extent of half an acre ' each . Previously to this communication being sent to the lion , gentleman , several labourers applied repeatedly during the past summer to Mr . T . Dearnelly ( agent to the hon . gentleman ) for smaU plots ; but he , being opposed to the plan , used every subterfuge to defeat the applicants . Enraged at his conduct , the _Uibourars determined to acquaint the hon . gentleman with the proceedings of his steward ; and Mr . Tollema she , believing that theirs were well founded- grounds of complaint , wrote to the applicants to say that he would himself come over , and choose the fields most suitable for them , trying' to settle
thoauair to thou : Batistaction ; and iu the maautiine he intimated to his "faithful steward" that tho duties of his stewardship had not been discharged with fairness and impartiality . Time flew on . Tho appointed day arrived ; but with no Mr . Tollemache . However , it was rumoured he had been in the neighbourhood , which report turned out to be correct , as appeared from a letter sent by the hou . gent ., apologising for non-attendance on the day fixed . Report says also , that the hon . gentleman aud his steward ( Mr . Dearnelly ) had an interview , at which sharp words were exchanged , but which ended in tho steward's pretending willingness—nay , promiseto select the most suitable plots for the purpose , with reference to price und situation . In tho letter from Mr ., Tollemache , it was stated that the agent was anxious to do his best for the applicants ; whether he has done so
or not , let the following brief statement testify : —In the first place , he selected l _« nd ( three fields ) , for the best of which he only wants Is 3 d for the Cheshire rod ( 64 yards !) , and seeks to compel the labourers to fence all round Via piece—an item of expense the farmer never bears , but which the poor man must ! Yes , he must keep up the fences to protect his lumpers and cabbage against tho depredations of the farmers' cattle . Another field he has selected ; the farmer who has held it some time says it never paid : in fact , it would be foUy to expect aught in the shape of remuneration for labour from an old brickyard . It is , in fact , au old brick croft , from which nearly nil the soil has been taken , or buried beneath the brickbats and rubbish ; for this he only asks £ 5 tho acre ! Charitable man !—good soul ! What can prevent his going to Heaven —being
clothed m garments of gold—und welcomed with : "WeU done , thou good and faithful servant ?" _Haviug , iii the first instance applied myself for a small plot , thinking that half an acre of garden ground would better mj _cowlpion , I , in company with a few other labourers , last week applied again to this worthy agent , telling bun iu a proper manner that _ths land ho had _selected was not suitable for our purpose , or in accordance with the expressed wish of his employer . The following conversation took place -. —Agent .- "Let me see ; what is your name ? " Answer : " Kobert Wild . " "Ah , ah ! Yes , there has been a great deal of writing between you aUotmout fellows and Mr . Tollemache , in wluch you have held me up as a bad man—as the blackest villain on earth . Through your mistaken notions you have misrepresented me , and have caused much unpleasantness . And believe it is in
I your hand-writing ? " Answer : It is nothing more than you might expect . " "Well , " said he , " I don't care si straw . I have determined you shaU have no land . " " How is that V " Why , because I have a deal against you . " " For what V " O , I know all about you . " WoU , let me hear what it is V "Oil have discovered a blot in your character " . '"Well , point it out . " " Why , man , you have been in prison two years for promulgating your revolutionary doctrines . You aro a rank Chartist . " I rejoined , " and you are a Tory ; and Chartism , when examined , will be found equally honourable , aud when reduced to practice more beneficial than your much-vaunted Toryism . " " Yes , " said he , " I know you have impudence enough to say so ; but you can't couvince me of that . " I answered , " I shall not attempt . However , sir , I have one more question to ask . Do you object to me having ; an flllotme _» t merely because you and I differ iu politics » that because Chartist
I am a , have been kept down with poverty for years , and am seeking to improve the condition of my family by means of my own labour , and that of my neighbours , by securing the fruits of our toil through the euactiuent . of the Charter "—( Interrupting ) said he , " Your Charter , I tell you , will be your ruin . Your Charter is opposed to tho Queen mid constitution , and aims at nought but revolution . Yes , and I tell you again , that those who hold such inflammatory doctrines as yours are enemies to their country , and must not be encouraged with allotments . If I had my way with such as you , who poison the minds of all well-disposed people , I would banish you totall y out of the country . You aro not nt . for society , I have scratched your name out , you must havo no tand-with your Cflttrtim . " On this beautiful specimen of Tory liberality I shall offer no remark , hut leave you and your _readers to make their own comment . O , dear ! I am cut off for ever from th _» soil '
_lionEUT Wild . It remains to be seen whether the hon . landlord will countenance the vindictive and disgraceful proceedings of his underling . If he does , all his professions of a desire to improve the condition of the workers are mere moonshine . We trust , however , that he will show himself superior to the r evengeful feelings that prompted tho conduct of his "faithful steward " _"Cuabtism aud _iNCENniABisM _, " young England gravely states to be "the offspring of sullenness aud rights withlield . " WiU the " suUenness" of Robert AVUd be lessened by " withholding" from him his « right" to the land ; and will that be the best mode of convincing him that Chartism is wrong ? Let the Hon . Mr . Tollemache look to this matter . His character is involved . He has , it is true , evinced a disposition to cause " withholden" rights to he restored to the allotment
applicants , by personally interfering to prevent the spleen of Ids vindwtive and cruel-hearted " representative" from having full play : but his interference is needed now more than ever , or it will be apparent that , in his opinion , to he a Chartist is to be a pariah -one _deservedly thrust out of the pale of social life ' Surely the " putting down" system is at at end' Ex ' perience had proved that it is utterly inefficacious for its purpose ; that it never did , and never can , succeedhnt that it una produce «• _suUeuness " , which , whether it engenders Chartism or not , is but too likely to end in "incendiarism" ! Let the non . Mr . Tollemache read a lesson in this instance , to brutal and over bearing " stewards "; and teach his brother laud _, owners how to go to work to cause their benevolent intentions to have due effect , and all fair play , W « hall anxiously watch this case , and report _thu result at a future lime *
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Distbessino Cas « of . Mbs . Em . is . — -The _Committej lately formed in London to tako steps to extricate the Whig-mndo widow from her present situation of extreme distress , and consulting of delegates from ths various localities about town , have issued _subscri p , tion-books to their several friends , and desire ns to publish the following address in aid of the goodwoik they have engaged in . We gladly comply with the fe . quest , trusting that the appeal so earnestfully maa may meet with due response : —Through a _Jiriery of unforeseen circumstances , the sanguine expectation of Mrs . Ellis ' s friends have not been realised . We state with regret , that this law-made widow , and hor bereaved orphans aro in great distress . _Perhapi it would have more weight if Mrs . Ellis ' s situation TYr «< _roTeo < _irwn . nisi op 1 £ ks . _Em-is . —¦ The Coinm ; + _* .. _
was depicted by herself . On the Tth ult ., she wrote thus , without any idea of its being printed : — . " Tonight ( Saturday ) , I am almost broken-hearted , having scarce anything in my 6 hop . I had been expecting to obtain a little money , but being disappointed I did not know what to do . I was obliged to pledge some bed clothes , as all my wearing apparel is gone . I have no hope , unless my Chartist' friends think of my situation . " Sinco that period Mrs , Ellis has lost a beloved daughter—her who was the darling of Ellis , the expatriated patriot . Such is the present position of Mrs . Ellis ; forlorn ; almost friendless ; naked ; her remaining children often without food ; her heavy bereavement weighing on her mind , and the reflection that her husband , tho father of her littla
ones , is in bondage , unable to follow the remains of his beloved one to the grave , or be a partner in her sorrows . Her condition is indeed deplorable ! Indeed if something is not done forthwith , there is no alternative but that this victim must return to the Potteries to become the inmate of a Union Bastile . — Will the Chartists permit this' With them the caso is left . Let all that have hearts to feel get instantly to work . _Jonw Abnott _, Sec . The Scotch Readebs . —Having used our best endeavour to supply tho readers in Scotland with the Star on Saturday , we find it impossible to comply with their wish until our own machinery has heen erected on the printing premises , which , we hope , will be the case in the first week in February .
Mb . O'Connob begs to say that he has been compelled to leave several private communications unnoticed for the last month , inflammation is one of his eyes renders it painful for him to read or write . They will be aU noticed in due time . John Lowbv _lus forwarded payment for the Star , aud also put a question requiring an immediate answer ; but he has omitted to give any address , not even tho name of the town or county where he resides . We caa answer his question , though we cannot forward tho paper . As he pays ill rent and the tuxes , he has a perfect right to the vote ( if he resides in a borough ) , notwithstanding his former difficulties . Eixas _Hitcuin , Hebden Bhidge . —The insertion of hu Inquiry is rendered unnecessary by the announcement in the Bradford Chartist intelligence .
Pbopeb Address fob Communications . —Our friends will greatly oblige , and much serve themselves , if they will but observe the simple directions given for the addressing of the different sorts of communications . Thii week several parties have written to Mr . Hobson , ordering papers . Others , who have been sending communications for the paper , have sent them to other parties than the Editor , even to the printer . Now , aU this is blundering . Mr . Hobson is not the publisher ; and , therefore , has nothing to do wifA orders for the paper . He is the Editor ; and therefore all matter intended for insertion or _notlct in ih * paptr should be addressed to Aim . Orders , advertisements , and payments , should he addressed to " Mr . O'Connor , Northern Star Office , 340 , Strand , London . " Letters and other communications for tho Editor , to " Mr , _Hobton , Northern Star Office , 340 , Strand , London . "
Monies Received By Mr. O'Connor. 0ard3. ...
MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . 0 ARD _3 . £ s . d . Prom Vale of Leven , 0 1 i 8 UBSCBIPHONS . From Sowerby Longroyd 0 5 G From Vale of Leven 0 3 0 VICTIH FUND . Stockport—Collection made by the Chartist Singers on Christmas Eve , per Thomas Webb .. ,. 1 11 a RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . . SUBSCRIPTIONS . S . d . S . d Southampton 18 _Barnoldswick .... SO H . II ., Lewisham , one Sawley 0 8 year in advance .. .. II Merthyr Tydvil .. •„ 5 a Trowbridge .. .... 4 0 T . Salmon , * London , Brighton 3 0 monthly subscription 0 6 Haslingden 18 W . Salmon , ditto .. 0 ( Blackburn 5 6
CARDS , Merthyr Tydvil .... 3 0 Ditto , Card OS Bacup 0 3 Blackburn , Hand Books 1 fl Ditto , Hand Books .. 8 8 _Oswaldvrhistle , ditto .. 0 8 HasliDgden , ditto .. 2 8 DONATIONS . Haslingden—three power-loom Weavers , a Hew Year's Gift .. .. 10 Ditto , Gilbert Rushton 0 8 VICTIM FUND . ilr . _BIsckmore , of Ply- jug , per Mr . Batemouth , proceeds of man 14 0 a raffle for a glass VICTIMS , _HASWa ' LI , COIXIEBT . Per Mrs . Windeler 7 9
* Several Gifts Of Stationery From This ...
* Several gifts of stationery from this gentleman aro thankfully acknowledged .
• THOMAS M . WHEELER . Brother Chartists , —The period i » now rapidly approaching when , in accordance with the rules , we shall have to resign the trust reposed In us ; and having , during our period of office , discovered that » contrariety oi opinion exists relative to the best mode of electing your Executive Council , several important towns—including _Manhcsster , London , Tavistock , and others—being in favour of an election by the votes of the whole of the memhers instead of the present system , we think it advisable that some decision should be come to upon this subject ; and therefore recommend that each locality in the kingdom shall call a _special _mseting of its members , and procure their several decisions , by ballot or otherwise , upon the following _questions : —
First . —Shall the ensuing Executive Committeo be elected by the vote of each member possessing a card of the current year , or in accordance with tho present plan of organisation—viz ., nomination by tho members and election by the votes of tho Delegates at the Aunual Couventiont Second . —If tho decision should be in favour of election by the votes of the members , will it be advisable to hold the Annual Convention ? Third . —If the decision should be in favour of holding the Convention , shall its sittings be iu London or ( in accordance with the decision of the lato Convention ) at Leeds .
Let the answers to the above questions be recorded in the following manner . The sub-Secretary shall , between the present period and the 1 st of February call a special meeting of the members , when the abore questions shall be submitted to them , and each member shaU write on a ballot-paper an answer in the following manner : — First . —Members or Convention . Second . —Convention or no Convention . Third . —London or Leeds . The number of votes pro . and eon . shall be _carefuUy recorded , and a return made to the General Secretary . The VOtCS Of the Whole Of the Localities will then be published , and the Executive wiU feel bound to act upon the decision of the majority .
Fbiends , —The greatest advantage to _bo'derived from the principles of democracy is that of _enablin" the Exo-CUtive , under doubt , hesitation , or necessity , to appeal to the whole people ; and feeling that tho required confidence cannot be reposed iu a bod y as to the mode of whose election there exists the slightest , doubtwc have thought it our duty thus briefly to submit the foregoing questions to your consideration and adjustment . And the election of an Executive being the principal duty to be performed by the Annual Convention , your decision upon tho first point may help you to an easier solution of the second . Many localities complain of the double expense of paying delegates , as well as their regular contributions , to carry on the movement . However it is our duty to suggest all matters upon which the fate of our cause depends—it is yours to decide upon them . r . M'Gbath , President . Christ . Dotlb .
T . Clark . F . O'Connor , Treasurer . T . M , Wheeler , Secretary
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Suspectkd Child Murder . —On Wednesday afternoon , just about dusk , as a policeman of the M division was going his round iu Sparrick ' _s-row , nct f Maze-pond , 111 the Borough , he saw a bundle _Iving on the pound , wluch he found to contain the body of a newly-born male child . As the body was quite warffl the oflicer thought there might yet be life in it , and he conveyed it to Guy ' s Hospital to ascerta in ti » tact ; but upon examination by the _« urgeons it _*»• pronounced to bequite dead . „ Attempt to Poison a Pamilt at _MANcnESiur .. _--Un Monday evening last a most atrocious attempt to poison his wife and two children was made bv Ucnj * - _Him Anderson , a millwright , _living at No . 91 , Longstreet , _Ancoats , Manchester . It appears that for several davs Dast And ™*™ _vu ; g fn + hn _« mnlov o »
Messrs . Fairburn , tho engineers , had been drinking _, and on Saturday spent the entire of his wages »> liquor . On Monday afternoon he came home abo « half-past three o ' clock and asked his wife to p bun have some tea . Mi's . Anderson told n _' that the kottlo was on the fire , and as soon a Bhe had made some for her daughter , _*»* worked in a factory , she would make him some , j ! immediately became very abusive , ' and told both hi ! wife and son ( a boy about eleven years old ) that the ' should not stop in the house , and under a threat <" being beaten they went into the street . Anders "" then bolted thedoor and refused for some t ; :: - ¦ _toalh » w them to come in . As she stood near the win * _M Mrs . Anderson saw her husband go to the oupbo ftrt and take a quantity of onions out , whieh ho pi **
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