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hand to bear the expenses ofthe A « m «! j sittiD 6 in London next week ? rin ( impn * ittinein Mr Clabr said , that the cost of _^ 100 _menswingi _^ i _^ mmmTm _^ _-U- _^ ' ' lil _ £ _itemtt-m-mCm' £ CI § hlAB . « T begged to _supportthe motion , and _ob-MrVed that either the report of the House of Ceamons relative to iheir position was unfod ided , or the Convention had heen _eeeeivtd and misled as to tha number of signatures attached to it ; and , however humiliating it might appear , " if'h y bad been deceived , they ought to canf _«« tha factand _nronerly tet 'he feelings of the _.
-r-, people _infnture . If the resolution was , carried ne Hd propose resolutims to _test the feelings of the Se , taking fuU guarantees that they were not Si _mpised upon by the machinations of their S _<** , or the _mischicvousness of _ioib in their own rinks . With ward to the expenses ofthe _Assem-Hv he _thonsht _' _fna _*; _instead of the members beire paid individually by their constituents , a common fend outfit to be formed , and everybody paid a . ihfl , _tiTough he had no personal interest in ihe matter , _beinu an unpaid _delegate . . _ - 3 \ . _„ _.-W sufficient had been
The _Csaibhak said , he thought stated to show thai the _mestmss of tbe Natl-Hal Assembly next week would be vSi \ e < _s . In the meantime great goad could bs done in the country , ic must not be supposed tint Mr O'Connor had alto- j gether abandoned the d ' _ssuesion on the Charter . Un _, the contrary , it was his intention to g ive notice that he wou'd bring forward the question at an early day after the rec s _* _. and it would be tbe bounden duty ot the peop le to _stif . p > r _; him on thai occasion . He was not in favour of sending another national petition ' , but what he did _recimmend wa ' , that at meetings held to elect de _' . egate 3 . or other meetings held for the express purpose , petitions should be agreed * o and sent to the members who _represent the borough or district in which _thete _meetifigs were held . By this means they wonld compel tbe whole of the 600 members of the House of Commons to talk of the Charter , however distasteful to many of them the
_subjeet _miaht be . The motion and amendment were then put , when the former was declared to be carried by a large majority , and the National Assembly therefore steads postponed till tbe fir _^ t of May . A committee was then appointed to superintend the circulation of the various addresses throughout thecountry . - THB _" KATI 05 Ah PEIITIOS AXD KATIOHAL MEMORIAL . Mr IIabset rose to move a resolution , to the effect _tiafc the resolution previously passed , _empowerine the chairmen of the eimu . taneous meetings to be held on Good Friday , to sign the _proposed memorial to the Queen should be rescinded , and that the memorial should be
signed by all males of _eighteen years and upwards , who were in favour of the Cbarter . At eighteen yeara ot age men were comptlled to serve in the militia , and , therefore , it was competent for them to sign petitions . He also proposed further , that tbe females in lavour of that measure should sign a separate memorial , setting forth their reasons for its adoption . _Reconsidered _thatthiscouiss was absolutely necessary to rediem the character of the Convention and of the Chartist body at large . For his own part he had , previous to the presentation of the petition , and the report of the Committee cf the flouse _ of Commons upon it , made up hia mind never to _si _^ n another petition to that house , and certainly the hatred and _conterant with _whirh ; i _«» _rooiived Hid
not mrnisn any strong reason for altering that opinion so far as the house itself was concerned . No one rose to remind the members tliat it must have been enemies to the Charfer who appended the ribald names to the sheets , which it was said they contained . But Jae felt that they were placed in a false position , and thatit was their daty to take steps to place themselves right with the pnb'ic on this subject . It might be that the report of the Committee on petitions was aa _unmitigated fraud . He did not say it was so , thou ? h , looking at the tone of the house , it might be not uncharitably supposed that anything that would iell against 'hem would be strained to the utmost . ( Cheers . ) But this was their position : they had no committee to S 3 y that they had examined the
sheet ** - , and to verify either the individual signatures or vouch for the total number appended . There had , in fact , been gros 3 mismanagerrent among them on this point . The local officers he considered especially had been most negligent , snd thus they were placed in a position which prevented them from savins whether the report or the petition was right or wrong . It was a common thing to siy theejea of Europe are upon us , but he did not hesitate to say that in tbeir case it was a truth . They hid assembled a 3 the real representatives of the unenfranchised portion of the people , professing to bs backed up by millions of them , and they had since been branded as liara and impostors . It wa 3 , therefore , necessary to call upon the people
again to append their names to a _document setting forth their adhesion to the principles of tbe Charter , however _strnnsly they had resolved to petition no more . * He did cot object to women petitioning , because he thought they had a right to do so , but he did object to their _sigHing the same memorial with the men , as he wished to test what number of men ¦ were really prepared to support the Charter ; and if it _vrei _^ ofily one or two millions that were so prepared , and every guarantee taken against the signatures of none bat real individuals being attached to the memorial , it must demand attention . It was but reasonable to ask them to do this , before talking of erring up their own Hve 3 or endangering the lives of their leadere . Let them not deceive themselves . Let them ascertain what their real strength
actually was . He felt confident that if his motion was agreed to the memorial would receive in one week the signatures of every man in England who was favourable to the People ' s Charter . ( A voice trom the gallery— ' No . ') It was not competent to him to reply to that shout ; but he would say to the man who would not sign a memorial to preserve the character of _Fearf-ras O'Connor , of the Convention , and of the Chartists , that he would not trust him if he shouted afterwardsthat he would march to procure the Charter ¦ with a musket on bis shoulder . ( Cheera . ) In conclusion , Mr Harney earnestly pressed upon the Convention the necessity of putting themselves right npon this subject , and of making a veritable manifestation in favour of the Charter , to which no such exception could be taken as there had been to the petition .
Mr Graham seconded the motion , because he felt that the character of every man in that Convention was at present compromised by the manner in which the petition was got np . Several delegates spoke in _faveur of the motion , _ffhileothers expressed their . belief that it was impossible in si short a time to ascertain the feelings of the country fairly op an the question . "The Chaiemas , ia patting the motion to the vote , sook that view _oftlse subject , and _expressed a strong opinion that the comes proposed by Mr Harney was useless . Oifa divfsien the numbers were equal , being eeven for seven against the motion . Several delegates did not vote . \ _The Chairuak theE gave his casting vote against the cotion , which was consequently lost . THS _XHSDZE'CLASSES .
_iiir _Cochkake moved the appointment of a committee to draw u p an address to the middle classes , getting forth the principles of the Charter , and _ealling-cpon them for _support . The motion was agreed io , and the committee appointed _sceordingly . _ Someeonversatien _theniookplaceastothe-instrnctions to be given _t- > the missionaries now in the pro _TiacM _*' , for the prosecution of the agitation daring Easter week . After which the Convention , at one O elock , adjourned .
THURSDAY , _^ _kh . 20 . The _Convestion resumed _itesittings at nine o ' clock this morning , Mr M'Grath in _Sae chair . A letter wasread from Mr _Esaest . Jones , in whic-Be gave an _aoeount of his _reeejiion in Aberdeen , snd _ofihe state of public feeling in that district . An open air meeting , attended by sk least 12 iO 00 persons h-d been held , a National Gas . rd . 6000 in number had __ been firmed , and was rapidly increasing . Pruces 3 ioa 3 took place nearly everyeight , and Glasgow and Edinburgh were preparing to follow the same course .
_PETTS-Dys DCRIKS IHS _EASTEU _E _2 CESS . Mr Child moved a resolution to the effect that _during the Easter recess , the people be advised to hold public _meetioga at which petitions in favour of thc Chatter should be _adopted und signed hy those favourable to it , and afterwards forwarded to the members for the _oarongh or county for presentation . He thought if this course was adopted it would meet all the objections that had been urged against the _Jfational Petition ; Mr Walter seconded the motion . Mr Geahah _33 ked what was meant by this pro- ; ceeding : was it intended to found any motion upon their petitions in the House of Commons ? The Chairman replied , that Mr O'Connor intended to bring in a bill to amend the representation immediately after Easter . i
Mr Mibfieu ) moved as an amendment , — ' That no S * ach advice be given . ' He thought that if the _Hmue of Commons would not listen to the prayer ofthe National Petition , it would listen to nothing . Mr Wheeler _seeanded the amendment ; the Convention had yesterday _refased to call upon the people individually to sign the memorial to the Queen . It wag preposterous to ask them to sign any more Petitions , after the manner in which those they had / _ormerlysenthad been treated . _/ _Vvfft . ?? raMWered 6 hatthey were boncd to S ? _lf ? . Jh _.- _°° rail the Bnpporfc they could in his _^ _ffit _^ _question before Parliament , end Jte _shotadjtberefote _, support the motion . _£ i _* ss 6 GocaSAjts _« da Wh _« _ssdq 1 _» _inflow p f
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the motion , * which was o ; , posed by Messrs Gumming , Ilitchin , aad Grabs ? i .. The Chaibmah said that he wished the people to _ihow their rulers they w- ere in earnest . He did not think they could say thf , National Petition was rejected by the legislator e , The committee on petitions had reported thr x the signatures to it were many of them _ficttti _** , us and spurious , and on that _representation Mr 0 'Connor gave up the motion he intended to found up . on it . It was their duty , therefor * _, to forward pet uions with genuine -signatures ,
and bethought th /} Convention ought to adopt Mi Child ' s motion , t if they did not adopt this _^ course , _Lsrd John Russ * _\{ might say , in reply to Mr O ' Connor ' s motion , _'y . ou have no _. grouad to stand upon , the petition _ys ' i presented was a huge lie—a gross fabrication , ay _, d we have no _document before the house to show that the people are really in fajour ol the Charter .,- They were bound to supply Mr 0 Con nor b eforcha- ad with an answer to Buch a statement , and eWe bir a the utmost constitutional support thej could .
The que * ition was then put , and the amendment wascarrir . d .
; ADDRES 3 TO THB MIDDLE CLASSES . Mr V / altks reporttd from the committee appointed , on the previous day , to draw up an aduresB to the middle classes , and . read the address Mr Shibrok moved that the address be adopted . Mr Glesnutkr seconded the motion . After some _discuswon relative to a paragraph at tributing _miirepresectition to the metropolitan pre ss , in which several delegates severely censured tb e London newspapers , with a few honourable
exceptions , the address waa amended by striking oat t he evidence objected to , and unanimously agreed to ; and it was then resolved , that the address be im mediately printed , and forwarded to the local secre _tariea , with a rt quest that it be reprinted and extensively circulated . Mr Wheeleh brought up the report of the committee on the route to be taken by the missionaries now in the provinces , during the ensuing week , which was unanimously adopted , snd instructions in accordance therewith ordered to be forwatded to the several parties concerned .
Mr Child moved , that tbe Convention , at its rising , _shouid adjourn until Tuesday next . Mr Cocsbane seconded the motion , which was met by an amendment by Mr Mirfield , that the Convention adjourn till the 29 th inst . Mr _GtKKKisrER consideredtnat their duties as delegates ceased on Saturday next , aad , therefore , he would move , as another amendment , that they adjourned until Saturday morning . Ultimately , Mr Child ' s motion was adopted , and the Convention , at twelve o ' clock , adjourned till Tuesday morning .
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¦' } THE NORTHERN STAR . _^ April 22 , , 184-,.... in t i —— ' — _^—— — - — _^^ " " ~ " . V , _Ti . npuTii Oa Di TA Mh ' . _NT'P I . _fnnr . I ' m _ilisliKri . Price _Threenence , tke / rsiritii Just Pu 'IisliedPrice Threepence , tke IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
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THE NATIONAL' CONVENTION TO THE MIDDLE CLASSES OF THE BRITISH EMPIltE .
Fellow _Codxirtme : _* , "We , the representatives of the unenfranchised c _' a _' seg of the British empire , fesl it to be our duty to address you at the present important crisis . We know that yon have been led astray by the press of this country generally , with regard to the objects we have in view . We , therefore , are desirous of _dsabusing your minds of the prejudice engendered by false representation . Thi 3 we conceive to he absolutely essential , hb your interests must be mere or less affected by the condition of the workin g classes . If they be Buff-ring from poverty , trade must , of necessity , be _bai . If they bo driven by misery to desparation , neither your lives nor property can be considered secure ; and to prevent outrage upon either , you mmt resort to means which involve a considerable expenditure , whieh ia invari * b ! r looked upon as a grievance .
It is a faet , well known to all , that jails and worl . - houses have beeu gradually _increasin _*? in numbtr , acd likewise that police forces have considerably increased within the last few years . With such a state of things staring us in the fac , we appeal to you , as men , if it be nit necessary that something should be done to stay the _progress of crime , poverty , and destitution , and we feel that wo shall not appeal in vain if reflection be allowed to take the place of prejudice . We know that you have been taught to look npon the labouring classes ot this country as unworthy of these _privileges which are enjoyed by the upper classes and yourselves ; and we perceive tbat it will cot be easy to remove this prejudice , unless we point out the injustice ofthe present system of representation .
To arrive at accurate conclusions upon the subject , it belmes every privileged man to suppose him self a man without privilege , and then ask if he should consider himself treated justly . This is a teat _. snd one that will not _deceive any man , if he will apply it impartially . No man likes to be a slave ; yet too often the reasoning of the enfranchised portion of the community tends to this point—namely , that some ought to be slaves to tke will of others . This is the sum and substance of such an expression a _* the following : — ' I 7 ie working classes are too ig . nor ant to exercise the franchise beneficially for them selves . ' And such is the reasoning of the greater portion of those whom * we now address ; but that it is true or just we __ _jdeny in tolo . We ask any one of you if you consider
yourselves ignorant of __ yeur own interests . We know _| well that such is not the case ; why then should you suppsse the working classes ignorant of their _interests ? We deny that they are more ignorant on that point than yourselves , and as individual welfare is the thing which regulates the judgments of men in the exercise of political power , we say that it must be injustice on your parts not to assist the working classes in obtaining for themselves the privilege of ' exercising a voice in regulating the affairs of the nation . We , therefore , a _^ k you to ca-operale with us in the attempt to _obtr . in by peaceful means the enfranchisement of the work ing classes from political thraldom—and we feel that by such course alone can you permanently secure either peace or _~ prospcrity for yourselves .
We are anxious to disabuse your minds of those false impressions engendered , by a venal press with regard to the spirit which regulates the movements ofthe enfranchised classes , 'lhey desire to obtain , by peaceful and constitutional means , a privilege which they have hitherto been denied , a privilege which is the natural and constitutional right of every British subject , —a privilege which none hut tyrants and oppressors in spirit could _coasistenly refuse . We say we know that they desire to obtain this privilege by peaceful and constitutional means . We , therefore , ask you to assist them in the attainment of their object . Wc request your ooperation , because we feel that your
influence—if brought to bear upon the governmentwill force them to yield justice to the unenfranchised classes , and a ? you aro men desirous of freedom yourselves _, we appeal to you on behalf of the enslaved . We wish you to place yourselves in such a position , between the government and the unenfranchised , as will effectually promote the happiness of all . This you will do by demanding of your representatives their support to any measure calculated to remove fr om the statute book all laws whicn tend to political degradation and slavery . By such a course , you wV \ ensure the esteem of your poorer brethren , and _strccgthen the position you now hold in , the state .
We have been represented as ruffians and destructives by the press—bnt we are men—and men who hold both iife and individual property sacred , We war not with individuals but with systems . We wish justice to all , injustice to none . If we have used strong expressions towards any class or party , we would have it borne in mind that such expressions have been used by the press and by individuals towards ns ; and though tbi _? fact may not be considered as anv palliation of the offence committed by us , we appeal toyouas men , if _every excuse ought not to be made _focthoiewho aim only to obtain that which is due to all- and who find themselves met by obloquy and contempt from tho ? e who ought to set aa example of forbearance and consideration . If we have represented the working classes as ready to fight for
their rights , if denied t & em by the government , it ia because they almost despair of obtaining them by peaceful means . They have _petitioned for a long time in vain , and _tfben any allusion . has been made , in tke House ef Cojnraens , to the _aabject of equal privi _« leges for all , it has generally been _saet with derisioc We ask if sueh conduct is not enough to drive men to _desperation , and _caase thera to threaten to take up arms to obtain by-forcible means that < which the legislature _rsfuse 3 to grant them peaceably . ; though that which they request ia nothing more than a constitutional just , and eguit & Ue adjustment of the power exercised by the few only to the injury « f the many . We ask you to reflect upon the preirent state of affairs ere you deny us yovtreo operation in ihe work we have in hand .
We can positively state , , on behalf of tbe onenfranchised __ _classes , that tbey feel certain their social condition can never be _^ permanently benefited antii they are politically enfranchised ; and however ( erroneous such an impression may be ia your estimation , we assure you that they are wedded to their faith , and will not be satisfied until politieal enfranchisement is granted to them by the government . Class legislation , they gay , has had its day , snd it is time that such a system was broken up ; and we feel that if it be not done by peaceful means , anarchy and confusion must of necessity be the result .
We wish to point OHt to yeu that the only property _» of the great mass of the unenfranchised classes ia their labour ; and as laws ate mostly made for the protection of the property of tbe enfranchised only , they feel themselves aggrieved by the circumstance of haviEg no power to make such laws as would protect the only property which the great mass of them possess . Labour being the source of all wealth , the labourers can never feel satisfied until _labaur is properly represented by those who make the laws to regulate the proceedings oi the whole penple ; therefore it behoves erery oae of yea to strive , by every means in your power , to obtain for the unenfranchised , political power . In conclusion , we have to state most distinctly , that it is our intention not ts _csue agitating until
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justioj is obtained for tae unenfranchised classes of this realm . Under such circumstances , it must be evident to all engaged in trade that the only way to promote their o _« n prosperity , is to strive to obtain for their poorer brethren those privileges which they themselves enjoy , snd wbich they value as dearly as their lives . Feeling that our appeal will not be in vain , we subscribe ourselves— Thb Frienbs op Mankind . On behalf of the Convention , Philip M _Gsmu , Chairman . Literary Institution ,. John-street , _Filsroy-squarp , London . - April 20 th , 1848 . . .... ... .
ADDENDA , The measure which we propose for yourconsidera . tion , as the one most likely to _effsct the object we have in view , is the People ' s Charter , which comprises the following six points : — 1 ; . Ckhbhsal _Supfuage . — All males _twenty-one years of age , and not disqualified by insanity er crime , to ba entitled to vote at the election of a member of Parliament . 2 . _—Eau & L E . _BPRESENTATIOK . —The United Kingdom to bedivided a < nearly aa may be , into equal electoral districts , according to population . 3 . —No Property . _Qualificatmk necessary for a member to sit in the House of Commons . i . —Voir , by Ballot . —To prevent bribtry , or undue influence . 5 . —Akkual _Parliambkts . —Parliament to sit for twelve months enly . 6 . —Paiuem op Members . —Members to be remunerated for their services .
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TO THE WORKING MEN OF LONDON . Fblww-Meh , I , and another fellow-werkman , late in the employ of Messrs Shears and Son , Coppersmiths , _Baulwide , Southwark , were discharged in a most _peremptory and unjustifiable manner , partly for having _refused to be sworn in as special constables , and partly , I suppose , for having dared to represent our opinions , in common with the masses who congregated for that purpose on Monday the 10 th of April On returning to our work on the morning of the 11 th , wo found the door shut against ut > , without having any reasons assigned for so arbitrary an act , save the tbe time keeper 'had hia orders . ' Considering it a duty „ to expose the persecuting spirit which had actuated cur late _employers , I accordingl y wrote a letter and took it to the offieeof tbe Mohn _^ g _Aovemiser , on Friday
_theiSth ; but finding now ( the 19 . h ) that such is not likely to find a place in tbe columns of tbe Morniko Advertise *! , I have adopted this method of 'flaking known to you the price at which a worktRg man may hold his _conscientious political opinions . I hold nothing more valuable than the eacredne ? s of my _ritihtof opi nion , be that opinion Anti- Monarchical or Anti Theistical ; and those who have violated that right , I thing , to say the least of them , thatthey do not intend to leave the world better than they found it . Let us rejoice we do not live in thi s * davB when physical tortures were resorted to as a means ef crtercing the consciences of men , but not _forget that our day bas its torture , and which , if less cruel or bloody , is also far less open and manly . Sir George
Grey ( through his servile instruments , the aristocratio _employes ) has made an odious attempt to stifle public opinion , by urging them to compel their workmen to be sworn in as special constables , and if that failed , at any rate to compel them to stay in iheir wcrk"thopson the 10 th , er forfeit their employ ment ; so that in either case tbe _objectsought was obtained , namely , to defeat , the constitutional efforts of the t e > ple . One of our weekly papers stated that Mr _Cubitt ' s men would ' take the 1 < ad among the trades as special constab'es . ' Such , however , was not the case . Mr Cubitt , no doubt , intended that his men should have taken the leid , hut he had not consulted with them when he promised Sir George Grey their assistance . Hence the mistske .
It has often struck me that many men conceive , as their position in society is widened from the lot ot the many , so is their duty to them narrowed by that very circumstance , or Mr Cubitt would not have promised so prematurely . Do our employers and Sir George Grey think they can , by any such means , stay human progression ? Never : Thought is more , ' powerful than their 'little brief authority . ' The _effiirts that have been made , and thoso which are constantly b _.-ingmnde , for the complete emancipation of mental thraldom—tbe struggles for Nationality and for social and political reform all over Europe , are proofs to the contrary . Let out _misgovemors , instead of enacting rigorous measures for the suppression of that which is in itself a proof of partial legislation , concede some , at least ,
of the people's wishes as other European Govornments have done , to save themselves and _averi civil war . _L-.-t them well weigh the opinions of Lord Byron , written at a similar time to the present , who has truly said that ' Acts—acts on the _partcf government , and r . ot writings against them , have caused thc past convulsions , and are tending to the future , ' Further , ' Government may exult over the repression of petty tumults ; these are bnt the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on the shore , while the great tide is rolling on and gaining ground with every breaker . ' When Gibbon wrote the following words— ' the efforts of despair are sometimes formidable , ' he no doubt intended that future statesmen should benefit by his acute observations ; and never
in the history of this country were words more applicable to what may be fairl y apprehended from the state of feeling existent in the minds of the unemployed and half-starved population of England , Ireland , and Scotland . I now say to my late employers , who have used me and my fellow-workman so unjustly , that I defy them or any other employer to impugn my character ; and if they thought by an immediate dismissal to punish me for my political disobedience , let them know I have foiled them , by having calculated upon both the incompetency and the arbitrary unwillingness of any employer to retain my services . In concluding , I beg to state that although I am not a Chartist by enrolment , I am one from conviction ; and there are few working men indeed who are not Chartists in that sense of the word . E . Pbitchakd , Tin-Plate Worker .
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" THE DEMOCRAT . " THE PEOPLE'S ANSWER TO CRIPPS & CO . We direct attention to the annexed letter from the good and true men of Ashton-under-Lyne to Mr O'Connor . The propositions of our Ashton friends , if generally adopted , will ensure not merely the publication , but also the establishment of The Democrat . We have laid the letter before Mr O'Connor , and we are authorised to state that he accepts-the propositions contained therein ; at the same time , thanking the men of Ashton for this additional and noble proof of their confidence . Let the localities speak out on this question ; and , if they accord with the views of the Ashton ChartistSj act while speaking .
_D-eau Sir , —The Chartists of Ashton having learned , through the press , that it is your intention to establish a daily _newspaper ( the Democrat ) , a discussion has arisen on the aubject ; and , __ aa we think that there is a great risk in the starting of a daily paper , we venture to make the following aug _gestions for your consideration : . 1 . The propriety of starting the paper by means of shares ef one shilling each , or any amount you may think fit , but we think that the smaller the shares the better , as there will be so many more persons interested in the success of the paper , and that will cause it to have a greater circulation . If , onthe other hand , it should fail to pay , it will nottben injure you so much as it otherwise would do , if you should ventur tocommence on Your resources .
2 _. Tbat there be 500 , 000 snares of one shilling each , which will amount to £ 25 000 , and whioh will be a good sum to commence with . 3 . That no one person shall bold more than one hundred shares . 4 . That the whole control and direction of the paper be vested in you . Sir , we have two reasons for making of these propositions : — 1 . To show to the laughing and sneering House of Oommon 3 that you still enjoy the confidence of the working men , and that we are ready to support you in opposition to all your enemies . 2 . We wish to save you from as much risk as posia
sible the starting of this paper ; for , if it Bhould be once octnmenced , and fail for want of support , it would . delight our enemies , and perhaps ruin you . Sir , if j ? ou should approve of our suggestions , and wiU put forth a prospectus to the effect of your intention to establish the paper in shares , we aro sure that it will meet with success . Our locality will do its duty , for _mat our meeting last night , no less than sixty persons offered to take shares out ; and if you should agree to adopt onr suggestions , we feel confident that orer mo thousand shares will be taken out in this place . I remain , yours , On behalf of the Ashton Chartists , James Taylor . To Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P .
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_Wakbick . —The united Chartists of Leamington and Warwick , ha _pe agreed to elect a delegate tothe National Assembly , a _aieeting for that purpose will be held at the Temperance Hall , Leamington , on Monday evening nest , at seven o'cloek . Halifax . —The mem oers of the National Land Company are requested to attend a meeting on Easter Monday , April 24 t . h , at the house of Mr G . Buckley , the sign of the I . viendly Inn , Church-lane , at seven o ' clock in _theereni _/ og ' _Mabylebone . —The _members of this locality are requested to attend at the C . _iach Painters' Arms , _GiiOuS-Btteet _, _Nw-roadi on _Su'uday _eyening next ,
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LATESf FOREIGN NEWS . FRANCE . The fetes ' of Thursday passed off without the least _disturbance , and in the _evening Paris was brilliantly illuminated . The illumination was universal _, extending to all the bye streets aud the s uburbs . DENMARK AND _GERMANY . WAR ! The German papers Btate that tha Prussians ha _^ e at length crossed tho _Seheswig frontiers , and tbat consequently the war between Denmark and tbo Germanic Confedecraoy has commenced .
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IRISH CONFEDERATION . A public meeting of the members of this body wan held on Friday nic _* ht in tbe theatre in Milton-street , Citr . The theatre was completely filled . Mr Kenny presided , and at some length addressed the meeting upon the state of Ireland , and tbe position in which tbe repeal question is at present placed , Mr Dalt moved the first resolution , concratula ting ( the friends of repeal upon the formation of a _Pfotestant Association in the town af Dro _? heda for the furtherance of the repeal _canso . The motion having been seconded , was unanimously agreed to .
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DnBAnvuL Firb ai LmsHOvsB . _—List night , ( Friday ) a fire btoke out in a large building in Churchrow , Limehouse , occupied respectively by Mr Baron _Waterstndt , patentee of ships' signal lights , Mr Taylor , _boatbuilder , and Mr Home , sail manufacturer . The combustible natur e ef the materials with which the building was stored enabled the flames to progress with inconceivable rapidity , and before any measurfs . could be taken to prevent it fire houses on the opposite side of the row took fire and burnt with so much fierceness that it waB found impossible to save any of the furniture belonging to the inmates . Tbe engines from tha various stations atsd the assurance companies were quickly on the spot , but before their arrival it was _cbvious that all attempts to extinguish the burning pyramid formed by the then roofless manufactory would be hopeless .
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. _fnnr . I ' m _ilisliKri . Price _Threenence , tke Just Pu 'Iislied , Price Threepence , tke BLAOK liOOK . of the British _Anisrooiucr , containing : An ExrosnRE of the Most Monstrous Abuses in _Cqdsch and , State . CONTENTS . The Aristocratic System , and its Worbing , the narrow limits and inequalities of the _Representation , The cost of Royalty—The Queen , Prince Albert , and the Rojal Dukes and Princesses ; Royal Palaces , Stables , Parks , & c ; Royal Pensioners ; Koyal Household Expenses ; Crown Revenues ; the Crown , & c . The Salaries of the British Executive—Salaries ofthe Ministry and their Secretaries , contrasted with those of tlie United States . Salaries of State _Pensions above _^ 1 , 000 a year—Total coat of Civil Government . Annual cost of Justice in England , Ireland , and Sootland—Law _rencionei-8 above £ 1 , x < 00 a year—Law Jobs and Sinecures . Diplomatic Expenditure—Cost of titled Ambassadors to Foreign Courts—Titled Diplomatic Pensioners . The Black List of Pensioners for Civil Services ' - a batch of the smaller Fry of titled Pensioners .
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Just Published , Price One Penny . A LETTER to LORD JOHN _RUSSELL on the _Coming Revolution in England and Ireland , by _( x £ okge J . _Manti-e . Associations supplied on the same terms as the trade . Address , 6 . J . _Mantie _, 8 , Bristolstreet , _Uirixungli & m .
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JUST PUBLISHED , REVOLUTION IN PARIS . A narrative of the recent RovoU . Hun in France , containing a full account of ts Causes , Incidents , and Effects , together with tie Abdication of Louis _Philr . pe , tlie fall of Guizot , and the triumph of the Popular Cause . —By a Barhisteb . Price Sixpence . Forth ™* Stab Office , _I « , Great Windmillstreet , London ; Watson , Patent' ¦ _ster-row ; Cleave , Shoelane ; Bcrger , Holywell-street ; _Mauchesier , Abel , Heywood ; aud all booksellers iu To . vnand Country , whom all orders should be immediately sent .
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FAMILY ENDOWMENT , LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY _SOCIETY . 12 , Chatham _Plat-e . Blackfriars _, London . CAPITAL £ 5 ttU , « 00 . DIRECTORS . William Butlerwovlh _Bailuy , Esq ., Chairman . John Fuller , Esq ., Deputy Chairman _, lit . Bruce Chichester , Esq . Elliot Macnaghten , Esq . H . B . Henderson , Esq . Major Turner . C . II . L . _itouche , Esq . Joshua Walker , Esq . Edward Lee , Esq . . Majw Willock _, K . L . S . _BOISUS . Thirty percent . Bonus was added to the Society ' s Policies on the profit scale iu 1815 . The next valuation will be in January , 1852 . ANNDAl _TttEMlDMS WITH PROFITS . Age ! i 0 iAge-, * j A Age 35 _Age 40 jA | _ie 45 . Aga 50 Age i" 5
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . II . Prince Albert . NOW HEADY , THE LONDON AND PARIS SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS for 184 S , bv Messrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Kart-street , _Bloomsbury-scjuare , near Oxford _, strett , London ; and by O . Berv . ee , Holywell-stFeet _, Strand ; aud all _Pouksellers , an _exquisitely txeewted and superbly coloured PRINT . The elegance nfthis Print excels any _beforepublished _, accompanied with the Newest Style , and _extra-litfing Frock , Riding Dress , and Hunting-Coat Patterns ; the most fashionable dres _* Waisteoat Pattern , and an extra-fitting Habit Pattern of •» he _newt » t and most elegant-style of fashion . Every particular part _explaiuod ; method of increasing and diminishing the whole for any size fully illustrated , manner of Cutting and Making up , and all oilier information respecting Styl o and Fashion . Price 10 s . post free 1 ls .
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# TF so , send One Shilling J . and a Stamp to J . WILLI 3 , i , Bell ' s Buildings , Salisbury Square , London , and receive by return ( with _, out fail ) _RRANDE'S ENAMEL for filling the decayed spots . An instant and permanent cure . _Charged by Dentists 2 s . 6 d . Ei . ough for three Teeth . One Thousand Boxes posted weekly . Agents
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PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., r _$ \ MAKTIF informs his friends and the Chartist body JL . generally , thathe has reduced the price of his lithographic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief to thc following price - . —Prints , ls ; coloured ditto , 2 s . Gd . Also , a beautiful lithographic portrait of W . Dixon , late of Manchester , now one of the Directors , by T . Martin . Price—plain , Is ., coloured , 2 s . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To be had atthe Northern Stab , office , 16 , Great _'Windmill-street , Haymarket : at tho Office of the National Land Company , 144 , High Holborn ; Sweet , Goose Gato Nottingham ; Heywood , Manchester , and all booksellers n the United Kingdom .
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A GOOD FIT WARRANTED nt the Great Western Emporium , 1 and 2 , _Oxfor'd-ttrcet . _tlbulcll and Co are now making to order a Suit of beautiful Superfine Black , any size , for £ . 11 _s . Patent made Summer Trowsers , l's ; _Kegistsred Summer Over Coats , _L't's . Ihe Art of ( Jutting taught . Patterns of Garments Cut to Mensure for tho Trade , and sent ( post free ) for ls . 6 d . each , or _eis-htceH postage stamps . Address , Charles Ubsdell , I and 2 , Oxford street , London .
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_CHARTERVILLE . NEAR MINSTER LOVEL . _T 7 DMD . ND STALLWOOD respectfully informs his bro-111 ther Allottees , Neighbours , and Friends , that he has been appointed Agent by au eminent . Mercantile Hou 6 ein London , and c : in supply Teas , Coffees , sugars , Oatmeal , and General Grocery of the finest quality , at London Prices , at their own doors . Forward your orders to E . lmund Stallwood , No . 20 , Two Acres , Brizenorton-road . —O ders promptly attended to , and punctually executed . N B . —Stationery of every description .
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TO BE SOLD , THE RIGHT of LOCATION on a Four Acre Allotment , situated in Warwickshire , near Kidderminster , which will shortly be ready for Location . The above Estate is of the . best quality of Land , aad conveniently situated to several good Markets . Letters coutulning terms , and cnclesing postage stamp , to be addressed—Z . L ., care of Mr J . Lord , News Agent , Sorthgate , Halifax .
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{ From tho Gazette of Tuesday , April 18 . ) BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Charles Ellis , of _Easthothly , Sussex , grocer—James Wade , of Lissou-grove , draper . BANKRUPTS . Edward Benten , of 23 , _Tottcnham-court-road _, pawnbroker- James Sidney Stopford , of 8 , _Austin-friars _, merchant—Hannah _Prosser and Ann _Prosser , late of Bondstreet , milliners—Diedrkk John Elster and James Godfrey Ulster , of 41 , _Threadneedle-street , merchants—Edmunil Townsend , of Hungcrford market , and 9 , Gros . venor-street West , fishmonger— Lucy Churchyard , of Market-hill , Woodbridge , butcher—Robert Blake Webb , of Bury St Ediflund 6 , d-aper—William Killard , of Swindon , innkeeper-Jno . Shave , of Bristol , licensed victualler —Jlary Hetherington , of Lyme Regis , Dorsetshire , inn . keeper—WiUiam Dyson , of Wakefield , Yorkshire , grocer —Jamea tireenwood , of Uawortli , Yorkshire , worsted spinner—Anthony Harrison , of _Bootle-cum-Linncre , tancashire , joiner—Adam Marsland , of Macclesfield , silk manufacturer—Richard Wilson , of Hartlepool , ship _, owner .
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS . George Spicer , of Bath , milkmen-Thomas Norton , of Loose , near _Muilstone , millwright—John Eaton , of Huyton , Lancashire , saddler—Joseph Spencer of Bilston , tinman— Thomas _Hargreaves , of Neath , Glamorganshire , attorney—Charles Keunett , of Hunse . ford-street , Westminster , coach proprietor—WiUiam Pidwell , of Cha _:-lestown , Cornwall , cooper—Benjamin Dance , * f Slielsley Beauchamp , _\*> orcestershiro , farmer - Samuel Large of Until , _butcher— William Robbins _, of Bath , retailer of tobacco—Charles Addis , of _Worccater , assistant turnkey — William Pugh . , of Birmingham , coach proprietor-William Priest , of Bath , professor of music . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS .
James M'Arthur , of llonilue contractor—John Park of _Rntherglen , grocer-Riphard _Reid , _ofCHnsgon- _ivrljrh ' t—Eugene Campbell , of Oban , _sadler—John Adams Bower and Eobert Cleugh , jun ., ot Dundee , card nianu & cturers—John Laurie , of Edinburgh , farmer—Thomas Carswell of Paisley , tailor-Feter Christie , of Grangemouth _drwer _ D . Gavin Scott , of _Dunta-mllne _, _povk « _tW manXcturer-John Keith Sim , of Glasgow , commission _^ St William Fulton , of Glasgow , tanner—John _Philn nf f filth distiller-James M'Indoe , of Glasgow . _wriirhtXl A _. _tfr _. _^ _kawr i _* , of Edinburgh , _Um-JUB SS
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NO ' . XVI . OF " THE LABOURER " e _« sTKHTe . ' 1 . The _MxwstiUaht avid _flburtr _tww _laPaiHe . _tran . Iated by Ernest Jones . - - ans * 2 . Insurrections ot the _Warking _Classes . —TIu Hi » sites . _^* 8 . The Poor Man ' s Legal Uattual . —The Law of Rimi . Thc Boy ' s Song . uc ' 5 . The Pirate ' s Prize . ( Concluded . ) _S . The Parting Guest . 7 . The Romance of a _Peeple . 8 . Our Charter . 9 . The Mcalmonpors—An Irish Sketch . 10 . The German Youth . letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editor * , is Great Windmill Street , Havmarkct , London . r Orders received by all agents forthe "Northern Stat " and all booksellers in town and country _.
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JUST PUBLISHED { _Iniform with the " LABOBma" _Magazine , ) Price 6 d . A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON SPADE HUSBANDRY , being the results of fear years' experience . By J , Sh . iett . M'Rowan and Co ., 16 , Great Windmill-street , London and may be had of all booksellers .
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Just _Publiihed , pri » e Ono Penny , A LETTER by _Fiap . oos O'Coumob , Esq ., M . P ., _« TOTIIE RICH AND THE POOR ; To those who Livo In _MleDoss Without Labour , and to these who are Willing to Labour but Compelled to Starve . '
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Prioe ? _s . per 188 or 18 s per 1000 . i _TSTlUT MAY BE DONE WITK THREE ACRES W OP LAND , ' Explained in a Letter , byFEAaaca O'Connor , Esq ., M . P , To he had atthe Ofiice of the National Laud Company 141 , High Holborn . ¦ _*¦*¦* » xll B ilUIBUlU ,
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, . ¦ _*¦*¦* » xll B , Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at tho _Ntrthern Star Office , 16 , Great Wind _, mill Street ; and of Ahcl Heywood Manchester .
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3 CST ECBUSHED , _Ptica Thtetpence . ( Forming 32 large 8 vo . pages , ) A VERBATIM REPORT OP THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION , Including full particulars of the Meeting at Kennington Common , and the pioceedings of the People and the Government on this momentous subject . Northern' Star Office , Great Windmill-street , J . Watson , Paternoster row , London ; Abel Heywood , Manchester ; and all Booksellers in Town and Countrv .
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THE DEATH OF LIBERTY . Should the present Bill for the Suppression of Public Opinion become law , as is intended , on Saturday , our next number will appear in full _monrnina-, and will contain the causes which led to the death of the deceased , with the inquest upon the remains , and the FUNERAL proeps _& ion .
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MR O'CONNOR AT NOTTINGHAM . Mr O'Connor requests us to state tbat he will be at Nottingham Station at the hour appointed for the procession on Monday next ; and further , that he has declined an invitation of tens of thousands of his warm hearted countrymen to attend a meeting in Dublin on that day , rather than disappoint his consti " tuents .
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In answer to a correspondent , I bpg to state that it is utterly impossible for 51 r Harney to discharge his duties to the Northern Star and act as delegate in the National Assembly . Peargus O'Connor .
The Northern Star, Saturday, April 22, 1s4s.
THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , APRIL 22 , 1 S 4 S .
Parliamentary Review. Backed B Y A Panic...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Backed b y a panic-stricken majority the Whigs have succeeded in violating the constitution of the country , and in passing a law , which , in spirit , reduces Great Britain and Ireland to a more degraded position , as respects the rig ht of free speech , than that from which Germany and Italy have just emancipated themselves . To affix the stigma of crime to the utterance of opinions is an act so monstrous , that when tlie panic has passed away , men ot all classes , and of all parties , will wonder that it should have been perpetrated . But , thoutrh what is called sedition may , in law , he felony in future , and punishable as such _^ the common sense of men will revolt _ageinst both the description and the penalty , and any prosecutions that mav be instituted under the new
law , will be likely to carry with them little of the weig ht and power of that true arbiter of all questions—public opinion . The gallant minority , who resisted this atrocious measure at every stage of its progress in the House of Commons , were not wholly unsuccessful . Small as they were in number , they compelled the Minister so far to give way as to make the most obnoxious part of the Bill , that which applied to " open and advised speaking , " a temporary , instead of a permanent provision , as was originally proposed . They also forced the adoption of various amendments in detail ,
wliich will , to some extent , protect the liberty ofthe subject , when the law comes to be enforced . One of the curiosities of Parliamentary debating occurred in the discussion upon the second reading of the Bill in the House of Lords on Wednesday . Henry , Lord Brougham , with tliat consistency and love of freedom for which he is so hi ghly distinguished , gave what he called " a salutary warning" to newspaper proprietors , editors , and reporters , that they must not entertain the fond notion that they had , in future , a rig ht to print whatever was said in Parliament , for , although members
might make treasonable and seditious speeches in their places in Parliament , and be protected by his privilege from punishment—proprietors , editors , and reporters mi g ht be transported for recording the fact , as though they had "invented" tbe treason or sedition themselves . If Smith O'Brien , for instance , were to come over after Easter , and deliver another speech , like that he delivered last week , the public Press must either suppress the speech , or print it with the penalty of transportation for not less than seven years in view , as the consequence of their exercising a hitherto undisputed right !
Henry , Lord Brougham is , however , not a very eminent lawyer , however hot headed he may be as a partisan . It is part of his nature to be always aiming at ¦« capping the climax . ' However far anybod y may be prepared to go , the eccentric Broug ham will go further . We had , therefore , some doubts as to the validity of this dictum of the ex-Chancellor , which were confirmed by the speech of Lord Campbell , who followed him , and who , though a " heavy , " is at all events a safer guide than his erratic countryman . He repudiated the idea that the Biil would punish editors , proprietors , or reporters , for giving speeches to the world
whicli were spoken in Parliament , even though they were treasonable j and added , lie should be ashamed of himself if he brought forward or supported any measure having that object in view . This point , however , though apparentlv so clearly settled by Lord Campbell ' s speech , was , after all , left in a very doubtful state at the close ofthe debate . The Earl of St Germans , at a latter stage of the discussion , revived the question , and urged that the mischief done b y the mere speaking , was small compared with what was done by the publication of these speeches . He had no wish to include the speeches delivered in Parliament _,, but the case was very different when speeches wera made at the National Convention , an . db . e-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_22041848/page/4/
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