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THE ISOR'f HIRN STAR. SATURDAY, JTJLY 14, 1838.
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TiEEDS AND WEST-RIDING NEWS. ¦ . ¦ . m ——
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The Isor'f Hirn Star. Saturday, Jtjly 14, 1838.
THE ISOR'f HIRN STAR . SATURDAY , JTJLY 14 , 1838 .
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"We bare received many letters of most anxious injury about the' progress of this matter , from Tarions parts i > f the Kingdomy—and hare great p leasure in informing the numerous saqinrers that the arrangements are progressing as fast as cir--cnmstances will permit . Some -apparent delay has 1 > een necessarily caused by the ¦ determination of the Committee of Management , that this T « stimonM shall be a reciprocal ene . That ev * ry wbreriber , while he contributes to the general ex--presion of honour and gratitude'to the Friend of
THE OASTLER NATIONAL TEST ! MONIAL .
the Poor , shall at tie same time receive Boaething -whict . he may regwi » * n abiding memento of the -nr tnes , the peiwweraace , said the patriotism to irmch he renders -ids tribute of affectionate regard For this purpose , aa degaat miniature ^ Hceness of 3 £ r . Oastlbr , rarroanded by emblems and ornaments , has teen « xecutedj and will "be engraved on a steel plate , of which an impression , on a Urge Boperfine card , will be presented to every subscriber , ttqo t ^ ll regard this -mate chronicle of daring de » di of-honesty as an invaluable lesson to be placed
before "his children , teaching them , in imitation of him ¦ whom it represents , continually to uphold , under all circumstances , " the cause of the afflicted and the xight of the poor . " "We "" have not yet seen the miniature , hut it is by a first-rate artist , and will be got up in the very be 3 t style .. Not wishing to be premature in any of their movements , tie committee have not made any public effort to procure subscriptions , nor will they do so , till the miniature is ready for distribution , which cannot be in less than another
. fortnight . Meantime many individual subscriptions are already set on foot , and proceeding rapidly . Various towns cave made application to the committee for information , and signified their intention to form committees ? An universal feeling pervades all the districts throughout the country , and there cannot be a doubt but that the funds will "be speedily sufficient for the achievement of the greatest triumph of principle over tyranny—of right over might , ever known in this or any other country .
Tot the information of the raany . inquirers we may observe , " once for all , that the meetings of the Committee are held at the General News Room , Paci . Horse Yard , every Monday evening , at Eight o'Clock . Communications may be addressed there , or to the Secretary , Mr . John Leech , , 3 nxton-Koadj Haaaersfield * . Those wno feel interested on this subject living in the neighbourhood are also invit » d to attend tbemeetings and co-operate ¦ with the committee .
We cannot leave the subject without drawing the attention of our readers to the nervous "and spir ited address of Mr , Baxteb , which will be found in another part of the paper . The strong honest sentiments of that address will be heartily responded by the millions of this country , or we know nothing of them .
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PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS OF THE WEEK . Another week ' s mischief has been perpetrated ; and to whichever side of it we turn for contemplation , we are alike impressed with feelings of disgust and indignation . On Thursday , the motion of Lord Brougham afforded an admirable instance of tie cool manner in -irbieh , with all the adroitness of the most practised thimble-rigging juggler , the robber-faetions combine
• flieir powers of fraud to wrest from the hard hand of poverty whatever shade of property—the accumulation of his own labour—he may happen to possess . In spite of all the efforts of all grasping Moneyersts to grab the whole earnings of the -working man , it has ever happened , and from ¦ the very nature of things , must ever happen , that , ¦ though in the main they succeed admirablv in reducing the great mass to mere food and raiment of the most ordinary kind , there are individuals whom fortunate circumstances enable to snatch'something
irom the remnant of their industry , and to accumulate more or less of property . As every sueb instance is regarded by the Moneycrat as a dangerous encroachment on the pr ivileges of bi ? order , it becomes an important objeet to devise the means by whieh this mischief may be remedied . Here is the beauty of enjoying a monopoly of legislat ive power . The right of the labourer to eontroul the laws , which regulate the creation and distribution of capital , laving been first filched from Mm , it becomes easy , by means of this usurpation , to sift from him also , whatever small capital may , by lucky chance , iave "been thrown int * Ms -hands . 'Tis only to
create lures for the investment of the poor man s capital , by whieh it may be drawn out of his hands in the expectancy of a future return , —and then by another touch of the hocus pocus of legislation , to lender valueless the property in whieb bis capital bad been embarked . The value , though lost to him , - is realized by some one , and ' the ehances are that , 'in the scramble , the Moneycrat goes off with the spoil . Sophistry and falsehood are ever ready to aid their aster fraud in public spoliation , and of this the ^ move ment of the Moneycrate , on the Beer Question forms , as we have said , an admirable proof . "When Babby BEOCGHiM needed the " sweet voices" of
the swinish multitude , to help Mm to the beigbt of bi 3 ambition , bow magniloquently he dilated , on the jjardsMps of taxation as affecting the poor , and , especially , how he insisted on the necessity of their taring , at a cheap rate " the wholesome old English beverage of Beer . " Well , the Beer trade was thrown open to competition . Beer-shops were established , and competition brought down the price of Beer . True , many persons saw in this procedure the germ of multiplied evils which must heavily affict society .
Trup , no one was able to discover any general benefit likely to accrue , from thus affording increased facilities to the indulgence in a destructive vice , already known to be too prevalent . No matter : it opened out a new field of speculation for small advEntnrera .. Thousands of aomparaiivdr poor men haTe invested their small capital , and hard earned savings , on the faith of Parliamentary countenance , in this new trade , established by the Puke of Wxllikgtoh , at the suggestion , we suppose ,
of - Habby Bbottgham , who so pathetically deplored the inability of the poor to hare cheap Beer : and rune that it is thus invested , the eyes of fhe Moneycrats are all at once opened to the perceptiqp of that which all honest men saw before . The evils of the Beer-shops become the talisman of Legislative trickery , and the advocate of cheap beer conceals bis direct attack upon the property of the poor , ( in the investment of their capital by sanction of law , ) under the guise of a Bill for the repeal of the Brer Act ; while the I > uke of" Wei-ijkgtos , with
a cr > n ? : siency worthy of Ms "vocation , - evinces Ms ari-v ^ tj to participate in the spoil , by declaring it now uciirabk iiiat an end should be put to the present systein of Bc-er-shops ; and that whenever a measure for that pu ^ -ose should be brought forward , he-would give it tve .-y support in Ms power . Thus do these amiable compeers , the leaders of the rival factions , jump their antagonist wit 3 together , and trith the utmost complaisance , proceed , cheek-by
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jowl , to coDftfcate , without mention of compensatioH , property ' to the amount of many hundreds of thousands of pounds , which his Yjeen honestly acquired , and guaranteed to its possftssorsby law . "We do not enter into the argument of whether Beer-shops are productive of more mitchief to society than may be consequent upon tkeir abolition ^ nor is that necessary to our purpose . Our object is to point the attentioa t > f the people to the fact , that , by the unjust monopoly of the power of law-making , the Money crate a * e enabled , at all times , to complete 1 -. » . ---fc * . "*" . * : _• ¦ > - - ¦¦/ - - '
their purposes of general robbery : for what their oppressive social arrangements have failed te wrest faom the oMdren of labour , their wand of legislation , enaHes them , with the ease ot Presto , quick , and begone , " to dissipate into thin air . Thisis but one illustration of the general system by which the savings of the indnstrious classes are wrenched from them , and thrown into the common lap of spoil . Let the depositors in the Savings' Banks look to it ; tie juggle of legislation will not be long ere its reaiy marie be called into requisition in that
quarter ; while the people may rest assured that without an actual controul over the making of the laws , thus will they « ver spend their strength for nought , and give their labour unto the son of the stranger . Indeed , the attack on the Savings' Banks has been already made . Mr . Bbown-Bread Joseph having summed up the " tottle" of the interest annually due to the depositors in Savings' Banks , found it utterly too much for the nation to pay , and moved , consequently , a string of resolutions , having for their object a reduction of the rate of interest
The Chxncellob of the Exchequer , however , was quite as wily an arithmetician as his friend Joe , and a little more cautious in Ms roguery withal . He had observed that the sums actually paid in money to the depositors , amounted only to £ 286 , , while £ 9 , 2 / 1 , 000 of interest W 3 s not paid at all ; but suffered by the depositors to remain in the banks under the name of additional principal . Mr . Bice , therefore , very aptly reasoned that words were sufficiently cheap—that the mere name sf a Mgh rate of interest was no great inconvenience , so long
as they were not called upon to pay it ; and that it was much safer , therefore , to allow the people comfortably to enjoy the delusion , than to hazard the awakening of the attention of the savers to the real position in wMcb their savings were placed ; wMcb might , perhaps , result in the conviction that they would be quite as safe in their own kee ping as in that of the State gambler . The Chancellor spoke feelingly upon the subject , for in 182 S , when the previous reduction of interest was effected , deposits had been withdrawn to the
amount of £ 1 , , 000 , and the present was not just the moment when be should earnestly desire a repetition of this fit of sanity to overtake the people ; though be had no doubt that , " there might be a time ich&i the reduction of interest might be proposed with advantage . " —Both " honourable" (!) gentlemen , however , pretty plainly manifested that there was another part of the subject , wMch troubled them much more sorely than the interest , and that is , " the respo ? isibilily ofthe public in paying baek the principal to the
depositors . " This was a very grave matter for consideration ; but , though very hard to bear , it was not exactly seen how the " responsibility" could at present be got rid of , but the attention of the Moneyerat law makers , has been tamed to it . Their interests are concerned in it , and we have no doubt , that legislative power will soon enable them to find some remedy for the inconvenience . We repeat our caution to the depositors—their money , and theirs only at present , sustains the tottering credit of the great National Shopkeeper ;
and as surely as , in the pompous words of Lord Brougham , "The sentence of death has gone forth against Beer-shops" —so surely will some tr ick be soon resorted to , to prevent them from being able to rescue their savings from the clutches of the Jews . "We advise them to look sharp . Without Universal Suffrage , there is no proper security of any kind of property to the industrious classes—but still av ^ n now we think land a much better security than the nominal intrest , and the promise-to-pay of the State
Gambler ; and though the land of the whole country belongs to the whole people of the country , and is holden as individual property only by fictitious claims , founded on violence , we yet think the people would act more wisely in purchasing back , -with their savings , a portion of their own land—of which they could not be again despoiled , otherwise than by a general act of violence , wMch must involve equally the lands of the Aristocracy—than in permitting
those savings to be continually devoured by the titled cormorants who swell the pension list . There is enough of money now deposited by the labouring classes of this country , in the Savings' Banks , to enable them , if it was drawn out , to purchase , even at the present exorbitant price of land , as mnch land in their own conn try as would , under the co-operative arrangements recommended by Mr . Owen enable all the poor in England to subsist in comfort and
independence , with less than a quarter of their prespnt amount of daily toil . Another deep ruse was played by the company of shop-keeping tricksters , on Friday night . One of their creatures , Mr . Gillon having no doubt received Ms instructions—brought in a motion for an increase of allowance to the Duke of Sussex . This afforded Lord John Russell , in behalf of the Government , an opportunity of testifying how desirous the Whigs were not to waste the public money by increasing the income of one , who in addition to immense private property , has £ 60
a-day out of the pockets of the public , for performing no manner of useful public service whatever . This wa 3 a deep fetch of the Government to recover some little popular esteem . Knowing the natural prediliction of the Tories to the keeping up of the Pension List , they of course calculated upon the motion being warmly supported by Sir Robert Peel and his party , and , thus , upon an opportunity being afforded them of placing their economical habits in beautiful contrast with Tory extravagance and profusion . But Bobby was wide awake . " Jack
was Yorkshire , as well as his master , " and Sir Robert , with most provoking coolness , quite agreed with his Noble Friend , that the motion ought to be resisted . We could not suppress a laugh on reading the smooth oil-tongued phrases of this nicely managed bit of business , to see how perfectly the jockey was out-jockied , and the fencer foiled at Ms own weapons . Long have the WMgs been tolerated , not because iie people loved them , but because they hated the Tories—but the unsubstantial prop is now fast failiig them , and we give them joy of this attempt to bolster it up .
By far the most important business of the week was the presenting , by Mr . Fielden , of 36 petitions against the New Poor Law , embracing nearly 40 , 000 signatures ' , amongst wMeh were petitions fromSbwerby , Bradford , Shipley , and the Radical Association at Cumnoek .
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THE PATRIOT PARSON . The Petition of the Reverend G . S . Bull , to t iie House of . " Lords , on the Poor Law question , under the title of "The New Poor Law shewn to be Unconstitutional , Anti-monarchcial , opposed to the Common Law , and , according to High Authority , a Statute which is utterly void , " is animportaut document full of sound reasoaing , —eminent " authorities , "—startling facts and evident deductions . We shall give the whole of it in the Star , as soon as the press of Assize matter , &e ,- is off our shoulder * . :
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London , July 11 , 1838 . My dear Sirs , —No real Radical can read your accounts of the great meetings recently held in various parts of the north , without mingled feelings of deligbt and apprenension ,-- « delight at the spirit and intelligence evinced by the oppressed classes ^—apprehension , lest the machiavelianism of our rulers should excite a premature explosion . That a
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lution is brewing cannot be doubted : equally certain is it , that , sooner or later , the revolution must come , but the mind is sadly divided between hope and alarm as to the eventual results . If the revolution be precipitated—no matter by whose act—all will be lost;—if it be cautiously , legally , and maturely brought about , all will be . saved . Revolutions which produce changes of men , without changes of system , —which alter the mere , forms and externals of Go .
vernment , without effecting its radical constitution , —wMeh go , in fact , to merely exchange one set of despots for another , whilst the old institutions , and the old sources of oppression , are suffered to remain , —all revolutions of this sort are worse than useless . They occasion frightful losses of blood and treasure , —they let loose all the mean and cruel passious , — they produce such a hurricane of conflicting in > terests and passion ? , that all moral restraints , alf notions of right and wrong , become lost in the
general terror . In short , they , as it-were , open hell under the feet of society , producing such an incalculable amount of public and private suffering , that people are glad to take refuge under the worst military despotism , in order to escape one another ' s fury . Now , all revolutions are of this kind , which are not based upon , and conducted by , popular intelligence . Before a really beneficial revolution oan take place , —before we can have such an one as will radically reform the Government and institutions of a
country , —we must have previously a revolution of opinion . Not only must the mass of a nation have their minds made up , for it , but they must also understand the nature" of ^ he changes required , and be agreed as to the means of effecting them . "Without this , it is madness , or worse than madness , to make the attempt , I speak here only of organic changes , or changes in the frame work of the Government .
The principle of these , —because comprising or leading to all the rest , —is Universal Suffrage . Unanimity upon this point is the grand desideratum , —unanimity of conviction as to its all-saving importance , unanimity of consent as to the means of effecting it . With regpect to the former , you , gentlemen , have already done much : you have convinced millions that without
Ukiysrsal Suffrage there is no salvation for them—you have made the men of the North all but unanimous upon that point . Upon the other point —unanimity as to the means of effecting it—you have as yet done little . Indeed you cannot—because the thing is impossible—until the first point be fully established . If all the working classes throughout the kingdom were equally convinced of the necessity of Universal Suffrage , as are the men of the Northern counties , we might soon unite them upon some commoa plan of operation . Until then you can suggest no plan likely to be effective , without exposing yourselves , and the cause itself , to
imminent danger . No matter how legally and con - stitutionally you go to work—no matter how great your precaution ? , how strict in compliance with existing statutes , you cannot safely commence practical operations to carry Universal Suffrage until the masses generally , are prepared to co-ope rate with you . I know , you may do something ; you may do even a great deal in the way of training and organization , but what I submit is , that unless the people generally , are prepared to co-operate with our Northern friends , you can take no r . eally efficacious step for the attainment of Universal Suffrage , without great danger to yourselves and the cause . Why do I think so ? Because human
nature and all past experience tell me that whenever the oppressors of a nation cannot prevent a revolution , they precipitate one in order to make it a failure . This is precisely what will happen in England , unless the extremest precaution be taken to prevent it . The ruling classes of England , would , I am convinced , shed the blood of half the human race , rather than permit the working classes to enjoy equab' ty of rights with themselves , if they could do so with impunity , lhave no more doubts of this than I have of my own existence . The man who does not believe the same , I hold to be a fool or an ignoramus . I hold such a man to be
utterly ignorant of human nature—utterly ignorant of history—utterly ignorant of the effects of wealth and power upon the human heart . Now , supposing me to be right , is it not certain that our oppressors would at tMs moment produce a premature explosion in the north , if they could find a decent pretext ? I am certain they would , and I am certain that the outrageous conduct of the military , at the great Newcastle Meeting , originated in some undefined expectation of the sort . The ruffian cut-throats who commanded the 5 tb Dragoon Guards upon that day , were smelling for the blood of the people . Suppose there had been a few traitors , or spies
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niixed- ^ p w ith the k ^ g ^ . pose those spies or traitors , Acting upon' the secret instructioniJ-pf their employers , had ; in ; a pretended fit of indignation ^ commenced yelling at and pelting thei military- ^ ith stones , or other missiles ,- ^ and suppose an indiscreet fraction of the meeting to have followed their example , ^ what > in all human probability , would have been the result ? Whyj that the Dragoons : would have charged the unarmed people , massacred the leaders , — -killed all the best and bravest of the meeting , --andas a consequence " ' " ¦ ' '<¦ . ¦ ' . ' '¦ ' ' * . '• .. ' . « ..- ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . A . m it ' ' ' ' ' * ' . ^ " ^ " ^^^ - ^^^^ m^—
, , either drive the ^ Nbrthern Districts into ^ open rebellion , or else establish a military reign ef terrorywhich would- leayfe no reformer's life or liberty worth a week ' s purchase . In either case the op ^ pressor ' s ends would he ' answered-: in either case the cause of Democracy would sustanj , a fearful ; not to aay , fatal shock . And if there wer ^ j no spies ^ or traitors at the Newcastle meeting ^ what is to pre-¦ rent what I bave supposed from taking place at other meetings ? What guarantee have we that spies and traitors will not insinuate themselves into our future
meetings , —nay , into the Very committees of Radical Associations ? We have none whatever . I tell you , Gentlemen , that , considering whit your objects are , eonsidtring the sort of Government you live under , you have no security whatever for your lives , other than the strictest compliance with the laws , upon the one hand , and the most implicit confidence in your counsels by the people , on the other . Thai
you will never violate the law yourselves , is certain enough ; but , as you have no security that our oppressors , or their agents , will not violate it , in order to involve you , it is neces 8 aTy ; ; foryouf protection that whatever meetings you address jshouldjbe previously instruc-tea aa to the course they ought to follow in case of niilitary intrusion , magisterial interference , concealed spies , and so forth . Above aU ,
you must impress on the people the necessity of doing or saying nothing without the Bastion of their triad friends . A chairman of ^ tried principles , surrounded by a body of tried friends ' of the people ought to be religiously attended to , and obeyed on all such critical occasions . I throw out the suggestion , because I feel , that in the times we ive in , the people ' s leaders cannot be too cautious the
nor people themselves too observant of their leaders . Integrity , discretion , and firmness on the part of the leaders-cheerful co-operation and ready compliance with their counsels on the part of the people-these are pur only security against spies , traitors , and assassins . The blood y butchery of CourteNay and his followers near Canterbury was a preconcerted affair . It was perpetrated for the' purpose of preventing popular demonstrations
against the New ^ Poor Law Act , which has been carried into operation all over Kent , causing a general reduction of wages , and an immense destruction of human life in the workhouses . One of the murdered men had actually lost his wife and two children in those abodes of horror , and two more children immediately after quitting them . In fact , -five of his family had been immolated by that homicidal act , and several of his brother-victims had grievously suffered its effects in their own persons . The consequence was a fierce but natural
, and just outcry against the Act . A few days before the massacre , the village of ¦ — , was the scene of this outcry . Courtenay , as a ' well known friend of the poor , became the organ of of their grievance . Poor COURTENAY and his friends had spies set upon them by the Magistrates —everything that could be done to irritate and madden them was done , They were watched , tracked , waylaid , and at last cruelly assassinated by the military acting under the instruction of Dr
FooRE , theParson-Magistrate « totake Courtenay dead or alive . " The rest is known—the sarvivors of CouRTENAY ' s party are now in Maidstone gaol , under warrants issued b y the murderers . Most of them were taken with bullets in their bodies , and they are to be tried at the next assizes for murder ! !! The Coroner ' s jury and the Magistrates who committed them are all persons of thai class which thrives b y the New Poor Law Act . The class to which the accused belong had nothing to do with either the formation
of the Coroner ' s Jury , or with the appointment of the Magistrates . They are to be tried according to Imvs in whose enactment they had no voice , and by a middle-class Jury , whose interest it will be to convict them , unless the fear of having their premises consumed by the infuriated people should outweigh their interested lore of the New Poor Law Act . In short Swing is the only party that would seem to stand as a protector between the unfortunate accused , and their ruthless oppressors , or rather the only party of whom the
Magistrates appeared to be afraid at the time of the commitments , for it was Dr . Poore ' s most urgent injunction to the men to be discharged on bail , — "toatmicfor the injuries they had done societ y by taking car ? of the property of their employers ! ! /" Such arethe laws , —such is justice in this boasted land of freedom . I repeat that Courtenay and his friends were murdered for uo other purpose than to enforce the infernal New Poor Law Act . Their blood is but one of the thousand sacrifices already exactediby that insatiable Moloch .
But if the ruling classes will put such murderous machinery in play to enforce one obnoxious statute , what may we not expect to see attempted against the friends of Universal Suffrage who would demolish the statutes by cart loads ? I leave the reader to guess that . If we do not see the necessity of caution , we will be made to see it . Up to the pre sent time the conduct of the people has been most forbearing and most exemplary . They have borne their wrongs with unparalleled patience , and asserted their rights with a degree of temper and intelligence
w , hichhas defied calumny . This noble conduct has exasperated their enemies who want only the sem-Wance of a pretext for shedding their blood . Let us afford them no pretext . Let us persevere with bur meetings , let us be on our guard against spies and traitors , let us be cautious in our choice of leaders , and above all let us not expose them or ourselves before our strength is organized . Let the glorious meeting at Newcastle be at once a signal for increased agitation , and an example to the rest of the kingdom .
I am still of opinion that the best practical steps towards the attainment of Universal Suffrage are the establishment of a daily press , exclusive dealing , and 'Universal Suffrage Clubs or Unions with a view to the nomination of a national representation at the next general election . There is no illegality , and , consequently , no danger , in getting 200 , or 300 Radical candidates for nomination , and elected by show of hands at the next general election . A representation so chosen , would be unequivocal evidence to all that the existing representation is antinational . The bare comparison of the respective
numbers by which the two representations were elected would put our enemies to shame , and set the whole ^ country in a blaze of indignation . To say nothing , of ulterior measures , wliich would altogether depend on the state of public feeling at the time a representation chosen in thoway I say , would be of incalculable use , A-i-re it ouly to collect , arrange and make kiww . i ) , / tiie-. AVishe . * of the people to . the legislature de facto ,., which it wou . M have , at least the right , in its capacity of legislature de Jure , to keep eternally ; in . hot water , pestering it with everlasting ^ petitions , and discrediting it by publishing daily bulletins of its abortive legislation . The
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morale power of such sa machinery would 'fee iirresiai tible . Exclusive dealing is also a potent lever in its way . If in every town and city of the kingdom petitions were drawn up , and carried round to the master manufacturers , trades people , gentryj&c ., for signature , it riught soon be ascertained who were the people ' s friends , and who their enemies . - The friends should have the people ' s undivided support ^—a mark shsuld he set upon their enemies . One uniform petition for the whole country demanding Universal Suffrage , and simultaneously presented
from all parts of town and country , would perhaps be the best arrangement . Isolated petitions are seldom heeded , but copies of the samfe petition coming simultaneously ; from every quarter , and signed by millions , would have an imposing effect . All working and poor people would , of course , sign them , and the fear of exclusive dealing would cause thousands of shopkeepera , and others to lend their signatures . In general , I hate petitioning Parliament , for what Parliament has no right to deny , but I should have no objection to one simultaneous volley of petitions got up in the way intimated . . As to a daily press , I hold that to be indispensable whatever
else we do . In fact , without it we can do nothing ; But as tMg is too important a theme to be lightly disposed of , I must reserve to a future ocoasion what I have to say upon it . Meanwhile' let me onserre , that not one daily paper in England noticed the great Newcastle Meeting . Not a word of it in the Times , Herald , or Standard , not a word in the Chronicle , Globe , Courier , or " Coronation Sun . " In short , the whole daily press . Whig , Tory , and Radical , conspired to burke it , and burked it has been accordingly , as far as they are concerned . But more of this again . Yours , &e . BRONTERTIE .
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Peter Bussey . — ' His letter to Lord Brougham is postponed for want of room . r ' The Mar Chester Universal Suffrage Association must excuse us atpresent ; their addresti ' * Aall he inserted as soon as we can find room for it , but we have a great number of communicatians on hand . John Critchley P . His song has been received . We like the sentiment better than the poetry of it . John . Jones has sent us a long letter which we cannot publish . We are at all times ready to aid the working classes with our advocacy of such general principles of social policy as may
tend to destroy inif yuitous Monopolies , and uphold the rights of labour- —but we cannot be . contiuuulhf interfering : in- individual cases . We niay remark upon this letter , that no 7 iiaster has . any right to deduct any thing from the wages of u workman . If work be damaged , the workman is liable to an action far damages . Tfie practice of making :. men wait at a public-house for their wages till 12 o ' clock ¦ on a Saturdaynight'is monstrous , and cannot be too strongly reprehended . John Jones states this to' be the practice of a Firm of Hatters , near Oldham , whose men have been out for some tinie . He also accuses them of having at the time of the turn-out sent a list of the names of the men who had left their work , to the other maiiyfacr turers
, with a request , that none of them might be employed . This , if true , was , as far as the men were concerned , an attempt at tyranny ; and to the other masters , apiece of insolent dictation : The fact is , as we have told the working men of Yorkshire and Lancashire , hundredsoftimes , that so long as they will hire themselves to the distributors of wealth , instead of ' producing'for themselves , and hiring the distributors , it will be ever thus ^ The lust of absolute controul is so deeply infixed in human nature , that they have no right to expect any individuals to resist its influence . Their efforts ought to be directed loioards flic effecting of such a change of system as shall turn that influence into a 6 elier channel , where it may tend to the upholding of universal , instead of individual interests .
C . His letter has been received with feelings of regret ; but , though addressed to the Editor , its 'subject can only be discussed by the Proprietor of the Nprthern Star , who is at present in Scotland . The moment he returns , C ' s letter shall be laid before him , and will , toe have no doubt , receive prompt attention . Oastler Testimonial Fund . —We have received from George Julian Harney , \ ffMrf Thomas Ireland , of the London Democratic Association , a letter expressing their gratification at the prospect of the working millions , who are so much indebted-to the extraordinary fiiinness and persevering energy of Mr . Oastler , having an opportunity ^ afforded them of testifying in a tangible ajxd lasting shape their sense of his patriotic merits .
London Democratic Association . —Their Address to the Democrats of Great Britain and , Ireland is necessarily postponed by press of matter ' till next week . The Address of the Edinburgh Radicals . — We are again compelled , by the same reason , to omit this excellent Address . ¦ Peter Simple should reverse his two names , and he will then appear , as he really is , " Simple Peter . " Fox may be very cunning , but he is no conjuror . We can tell him that his tricks are all disco ' vered , and we advise him to look sharp—the hounds are e ? i the scent . .
C . Tinker . — We have receiveda parcel from Huddersfield , addressed to the Editor , and . marked Advertisement from C . Tinker . Wecunhot , with the law of libel before our eyes , give it insertion .
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LEEDS . Mr . Roebuck . —This gentleman , late M . P . for Bath , is now engaged on the Northern Circuit as a barrister . Assaulting a Policeman , —Benjamin Wiseman and his wife were charged before the magisr trates , on Wednesday last , with having assaulted a policeman named Payne , on Monday night last . Wiseman , in his defence , said that there was a fight
at the top of Marsh-lane , at which he was a spectator ; and that , on the policeman coming up , he merely put his hand on his shoulder , and begge'd him not to take one of the pugilists to " the hole , " as he thought he had got enough already . A row followed , in which the policeman was knocked down and abused , and the fighters made their escape . Wiseman was fined £ 4 10 s . and costs , and in default of payment to be committed for two months . His wife was discharged .
Stocks Jobbing . —On Wednesday last / a nqtor rious drunkard , named Robert Smith , was charged before the magistrates with having been drun k and disorderly on the preceding day ( Tuesday ) . He had been fined for the same offence on a previous occasion , which fine he had not paid . Accordingly , intending to have a spre ' e on the fair-day , he went to the Police-office on Monday , and sat six hours in the stocks , to pay off his old debt . He wks-again fined , and in default of payment , was condemnedHb a similar punishment .
A Madman . —On Wednesday last , a man named Robert Storey , was charged with assaulting a boy named James Holdsworth , and a man named Joseph Boys . From the evidence it appeared that on "the-night before a number of neighbours were merry-making in Baptist Court , Ebenezer-street , till a late hour . The prisoner coming hpme found bis wife among the party , and immediately ordered her into the house . When they were both inside , they had words , and the noise attracted the ne'ghbours to the window , who cried shame at him for beating his wife with a towel . At this he became with
exasperated and ran out of the house a poker in his hand . Meeting the boy Holdsworth first he jiave him a blow on the left ere-brow , TO ™? poker , which filled Mm to the ground . He Wed profusely , and lay senseless for a considerable time . Heuexc attacked Boys and beat him about the back with the same instrument . In the midst of the uproar W threw a tea-kettle full , of water upon his wife— the waier happened to be cold . A watchman was seut lor And he was given in charge . After tearing the cast- the magistrates fined Mm 20 s ,. ' and costs , or in default"of payment , to be committed for one month .
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j TpjtKSHij RB ; A ' ssiZpS .- ^ Oriljr ; tbJree daies no ^ remain in the calendar , andi twoi of th&fc are charge * of wilful murder . It is expecte < i , however j that the evidence against William Seller ^ charged ^ with tna . tritide , will lead to a verdict of not gnilty , on the ground of insanity . The trial- of Margaret Mi ynet will excite a hi gh degree of interest . The civil Ust progresses very slowly ; . none of the heavy cause * have yet been disposed of . . The follow ! ments have been mitde . —Queen v . Gathercole ( two indictments against a Church' clergyman for the foul libels on the nuns in DaTliugton and Scorton iiunneV lies ) for Saturday ; Blackburn p . Evans ( a cause arising but of the will of the late Mr . Blackburn , M . P .. ) for Monday ; and the remaining of the * Special Jury cases in order , commencing on Thuriday ; so that it is evident the Judges will be at York the whole of next week . We shall give out readers full reports of the most interesting trials .
Brutal Assault . — -On Tuesday last , a mwi named James Murphy , was charged with having assaulted two men named William Blackburn aiT Matthew Striker , near the Old Church , at tvro o ' clock on the same morning . Blackburn had thfea teeth knocked out by the blackguard , and other serious injuries were inflicted on Ms friend . ? Th charge being proved , the prispner was fined and expenses . ' ¦• -.. - . -. ;¦ .: ¦ ¦ " ; -. '¦ . ; : "¦ ; -. > : ¦ . , . Tins CiRCTJS . —This place ofpopular ^ amusement closed last night , after a moat successful : season * lowards the close « f the performances , the actbjr manager , Mr . Silvester ^ came forward , and amidst the plaudite of the audience delivered the following
address ^— "Ladies and Gentlemen , —I am desire by Mr . Batty , m addressing myself to you for the last time this season , to express his warmest gratitude for your kind support during his short residence among you ; and while he thanks you for the kind attention which ; you have bestowed upon him , he trusts that no act of hi& or of his company , has been such as to call forth censure from the most severe . Mr . Batty is aware that his profession is surrounded by many temptations ; but it has always been his care to engage such artists as 3 re not pnly celebrated
as performers , but respectable as citizens ; and with this precaution , he trusts that he shall leave such a character behind Mm as will ensure Mm a welcome reception when he n . ; Xt visits Leeds ; and he trusts that the patronage and kindness which he has experienced this time , will not then be withheld .: Until such time , myself and the rest of the company- join with Mr . Batty in wishing all prosperity to the town and tr ' a * e of Leeds , aad health and happiness to all its people ; and that they may neyer want the means in proportion to the will , of enjoying innocent amusements . " .
South Market . —The annual Meeting of the proprietors of the South Market , was held on Monday last , when the report presented by the clerk was unanimously adopted . A vote of thanks was passed ' tb M'r . Heselton on his retirement , and a gratuity was-presented to him , as an acknowledgment of his faithful services during 13 years . Caution to Keepers of Beeb Shops . — On Monday , William Smith , keeper of a beer-shop , m Kirkgate , was brought up at the Court-House , by summbDs , charged , with havin g filled liquor to
convioted thieves , and other disreputable characters , on the 17 th instant . He was fined 40 s . and expenses but I * cprisequence of hisr'having been frequently cautioned , information was given to the Office of Excise , wbo in the course of the day , removed the signboard , and finally closed the business . —On Tuesday , William Mitchell , keeper of a beer-shop at Holbeck , was brought up charged with having hi' ! house open for the sale of beer previous to one o ' clock on Sunday last . He was fined 403 , and
expenses . Leeds United Order of Oddfellows . — On Saturday last , a new lodge Was opened at the house of Mr . Raistrick , Star Inn , Mabgate , Leeds , under the title of the " Evening Star , " No ' 10 , ^ pn which occasion near sixty gentlemen were initiated ; and the lodge was opened in due Jorm , under very flattering prospects of soon becoming » bright orb and a firm pillar in the order . ¦ ancient Forestry . ——The Thantsgivini Court of Ancient Foresters , No . 100 , held theii fifth anniversary , at the house of Samuel Gillam , Robin Hood Inn , Bank , where a good substantial dinner was provided by the worthy hostess , which did her great credit . . The evening Was spent in 8 manner to please and gratify each other until a late hour , when all separated to their respective homes in peace . .- ., " ¦ . . " . . ,-. „;
Northern Union . —At a meeting of the Members of the Northern Union * . held on Monday evening last , at the house of Mr . Standing , Briggate , it was resolved— " That the Working Man ' s Association and the Northern Union be now incorporated , and that their weekly meetings be held on every Monday , evening , at the New Temperance Coffee House s a little above Kirkgate end , Briggate , where some subject of public importance will bt discussed . " Moved by Mr . Roberton , seconded by Samuel Smith . The first general meeting wiU be held on Monday evening next , at eight o'clock , at which time and place the members and other friends are requested to attend .
Stealing Lead . —On Monday , John East . wood was brought up at the Coutt-House , charged with having , at eight o ' clock that morning , removed a quantity of lead from a building , the property of the assignees of Jphn Bol : 6 n , machine-maker , in Pontefract Lane , He was apprehendfcd on the premises with a knife and file in his possession ' ,- ' . 'be was proved to have reraovtd the lead fot tilt purpose of stealing it . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction . Robbery . —On Saturday , John Grant , was
brought up at the Court-House , charged with : har ing on the night previous picked the pocket of Mm Scatcherd , of two poverei gns and three half crowns , near the Union Company's warehouse , in Leeds . He afterwards knocked heridpwn . She knew him perfectly well by name and sipht , and information being given to the police , on the following moraine he Was apprehended on board a vessel . He denied the robbery , and stated that he had only two-pence halfpenny upon him , but on being searched , amount stolen was found in his watch-pocket He was held to bail for Ms appearance at the
sessions . . Cricket Match . —On Wednesday , the lltb instaat , a match at cricket came off at Harewood Bridge , between eleven of the Leeds Oak -Club ,. and eleven of the Boston and Tadcaster Club , which was won by the former as follows : — ¦ : ' - . ¦ '¦ OAK . V ; " . " . ' " ; FIRST INNINGS . ' .. . ' ' /' SECOND-INNINGS . , / Green , E ., run out .... 16 Bowled out "b y Beckere .. " i Binns , ct by Houseman . 6 Ct by Richmond ........ * Russsll , b by Beckers .. 3 B by ditto .............. Greenhow , do do ...... 2 Ct by Noblei ........... . Q Womack , bbyH » u 8 eman 2 B by Richmond ........ 1 Green , J . ct by do ...... 6 Not put ................- RuRufortu , run out . ; .. IB b y Richmond ...... ¦} Sowry ,-not out ........ 21 Run out * " ' Wbitneld . bby Beckew . 5 Ctby Richmoud ........ 2 Bateson , run out ...... 1 Do do Burley .......... 2 Gascoigne , bbyHouseman 0 Do dp Richmond ^ Byes ..... 13 Byes . ...... ' ..:... - 1 Wide Balls .. ..... 9 Wide Balta :. • • . • • • • • ' ' 6 "iT 49 BOSTON AND TADCASTER . Burley , bby Womack .. 1 CtbyE . Green .......... ' * Noble , ctby Whitfield .. 5 B by Womack .. " Wharton , b by Womack 12 Do do , Gaacoigne ........ J Howard , do do ...... 6 Runout ................ ° Houseman , tun out .... 4 B by Womack .. . '• ....... * Beckers , fcby Womack . 2 Do do ...... J ThurlwelljbbyGagcoigne 3 Do . do .. ' ,. ; .. ; .-.. ; .. ^ Richmond , ctby Russell . 7 Stumped by Womack .... »¦ .-'¦ Wharton , !) by Womack 0 ' B by Gaacoufne ....... jj Staele , nol otit ...... v . 1 Ct do ¦ do .. .... 2 Tamyson , b by Womack : SNotoui .... 1 Byes .................. 0 ,-ByiM-.. ^ ...... - ..... . Wide Balls ............ 1 wide Balls 0
The Oak Club winning by 54 notches , or in on ? innings and five notches over . ¦ Leeds HdRticuLtuBAL Society . —We ha » e much p leasure in calling the attention of our readers to an advertisement in another column , annouDciDg an exhibition of Horticulture on Thursday nexfl From the spirit with which the managers of tbi » institution have conducted its former meetings , ' *• . may ^ safely promise its patrons a high treat . His Worship the Mayor , one . of the Tice-presidents , ^ preside , and by permission of ' . Lieut .-C . oL Camp ^ and theomcers of the 9 th Lancers , theirspleni '' baud will be in attendance . ;
Vagbancy . —On Thursday last , two : notonw » character , were committed to Wakefield for tbr ^ months , on a charge of attempting to p ick the pockets of several persons in Vicar Croft . Committals . —The following persons were coin ' mitted on Thursday last : —Nathaniel Huntj charge * with stealing two cases of razors the property oi Edward Mewgent . Eliza Priestley , stealing a bag nine shillings , in copper , and 31 bs . of sugar ,.-t . property" of Joba Wilkinson / of Meadow-Ian ^ Win ; tracey , stealing sausages , the property » . Wm . iawton , of High-street . ; Wm . Barker , stewing a watch from the person of Joseph CrootUer , while asleep in a beer-shop . '
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^^^^^^^^ HMMB ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ H ^^^^^^^^^^^^ H ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^—^^^^^^^^^^^^ u ^ a TO THE READERS OF THE NORTHERN STAR IN \ ENGLAND AND IRELAND . My Tbibnds , —Since I left Leeda I have been actively and incessantly engageQ in the war of justice against injustice , and of virtue against vice . I have addressed the men of Newcastle , Shields , Sunderland , and Carlisle : at each-and every one of which places , the Radicals—the honeBt portion of society , are of one mind . They are determined . to have their rights ; even though they should be compelled to fight for them . I have much to do in Scotland , where the want of a Radical Press ever causes an accumulation of :- - ' w ^ ^^ ¦ ^ F ^^ r ^*»^ ^ * ^ b m ^ ' ' ¦ - - ' ¦ . ' ¦ . ¦ " ¦ .
evil , bnt which is likely , thank God , to be partially , if not entirely , remedied ; as you will be happy to learn that John Fraser , one of our best friends , has established a paper in Edinburgh , and that Dr . Taylor has established a Twopenny ii 4 erafor , breatbing the same spirit as the Glasgow Liberator , whichhe ^^ so ably conducted . " Bailie Craig , of Kilmambck .
is also about starting an out and out Democratic journaL Such , my friends , are our prospects here , and rely upon your interests being brought fully before the Scotch people . We took their word for th « injustice done to the Glasgow Cotton Spinneri , and they must take my word , as speakiog your sentiments , upon the injustice done to the people of England , through the Poor Law Amendment
Act , and it must be enough for them to know , that in England it is universally execratea to mate it generally detested here . Stephens holds a very high position among the real friends of freedom , while the electors and Malthusians tell tell the non-electors , and those who would live and let live , that hig doctrines are damnable . To-morrow —Thursday , I go in company with the much injured
Taylor to Barhead , a town about nine miles from Glasgow , with the right sort of inhabitants , what the traitor O'Connell used in his agitating days to call fighting men ; and afterwards I shali review and recruit the radicals for the coming campaign . In conclusion , my dear friends , I have to implore that you will keep up a vigorous fire for Universal Suffrage , and ' against the damnable act . I shall
report progress from time to time , and must , at present , subscribe myself Your unpaid and devoted Servant , FEARGUS O'CONNOR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 14, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1014/page/4/
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