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Admission Of The Jews To Parliament.
ADMISSION OF THE JEWS TO PARLIAMENT .
Mi * Fbiexds , — "Wh at- do you think of a Jevr not being allowed to take his seat in the House of Commons , because he will not take an oath contrary to his own feelings ; and in -which , I think , he is perfectly justified ? Does it not prove to you the state of representation , -when a man elected by a majority of 70168 is not allowed to represent those voters in the House of Commons ? At one time Catholics were not allowed to sit iu the House , nor were Quakers , bnt both Catholics and Qoabera can now sit in the House , but not a Jew .
In the reign of James L these words were ¦ written over the gates of Bandon , in the county of Cork , a . most Orange town : — ^ TorS , Jew , orAthiest , May enter here , but not a Papist . " A Catholic seeing those lines , wrote under them at night : — " These words are written , and written well , For the same are written on the gates of Hell . " Now only just think of Lord Johs Russell , Prime Minister , representing the city of London , while Baron Hothschild , returned for the same city , is not allowed to take bis seat , because he is a Jew .
However , from the state that France is in at the present moment , I have no doubt that the state of England wll very shortly be ¦ altered . But as I have told you before—and I repeat it again—when you are dull and -apathetic , I rest upon my oars . Now just look at the state of France . In the National Assembly a motion repugnant to the PfiESIDBKT was carried by a very large majority ; but there the minority rules the ^ majority , as an consequence of not hsvitig three-fourths of theNational Assembly in favour of the proposition , it was negatived . Now is not that a pretty specimen of Universal Suffrage , and does it not prove to you , that the minority rales the majority in that Republican country ?
In this country a majority of one carries a motion ; but not a motion in favour of your order , as no motion is ever proposed in the House of Commons , or rather carried , which is at all calculated to serve the poor . If you reflect for a few moments as to the great service that has been rendered to you by the present Session of Parliament , which has now sat nearly six months , I think you must come to the conclusion as to the benefit your order derives from your professing friends and supporters . I don't know whether I have ever told you of Knickerbocker ' s definition of the
manner in which a country was ruled . He tells you that the kingdom was in a state of complete revolution for a hundred and fifty years , because barristers and solicitors represented the country , and carried new laws every year , which the people could not understand . That the Bang ' s Prime Minister recommended him to bring in a law to this effect—that aiiy member who proposed a new law should do so with a rope round his neck , and if he failed he should be suspended and hanged . KNICKERBOCKER says , that in consequence of this wise law being carried for the next hundred and fifty years , so new law was passed , and the
country was in a state of perfect peace aud tranquillity . Now , I think it would be a very wise measure if the people were allowed to g overn themselves in this country ; and if they were you would not have a drunkard , a criminal , or a pauper in the land . But there is not the least use iu any person endeavouring to elevate your order while you are bo completely disunited . But as I told , you before—and I repeat it again—I am resolved , that however I may be abused and oppressed , never to abandon those principles which are calculated to relieve you from pauperism and destitution . There is no use in writing more to you upon this subject .
Ou Tuesday last Lord . DiroLEr Stuart brought a motion info the House relative to the treatment of JEkeest Joves while in prison . 1 did not attend , because I was perfectly convinced that if I had been there I should have made a ferocious speech , which , perhaps , would have injured him . But nothing can be more repulsive to a man ' s feeling than to reflect upon the manner in which Eknest Joxes and others of your supporters have been persecuted , reviled , and abused ; but , as I have frequently told you before , I don't blame the Government , I blame yourselves . Faithfully yours , Pbabgus O'Coksob .
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THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . TO THE DIRECTORS AND SHABEHOLDERS OF THE 9 ATI 0 MLLA 5 D COMPANY . GtEnilejiei ? , —Three weeks have elapsed since I wrote a letter , which appeared in the Star of Saturday , June 28 th , making a few inqtJries of the Directors , and suggesting to the shareholders the desirability of convening a Conference , for the purpose of taking into consideration the present position of the Company ' s affairs , and to prevent , as far as posaible , the property belonging thereto from being frittered away in useless expenses . The Directors have not thought proper to answer those inquiries to the present date . In the Star of July 12 th is inserted a letter , fligned * Observer , ' in which these gentlemen are charged with taking away ' all the
furniture from the Bank . ' If this charge bo true , their conduct is moBt unjustifiable , dishonourable , and also inconsistent with their former statements concerning the said Bank ; if untrue , the sooner they , clear themselves fi"c : a such , accusations the "better for all concerned . In the same paper appears the fol-W ' ing resolution from Ashton-under-Lyne : — Ti-n we , the shareholder * of the Ashton branch of the l ? a \ ion ^ LBna Company , do most cordially approve of Mr . Sweet ' s suggestion fbj the calling together of a Conference ; and we fartlu * b&tjse the Nottingham members to call a totrictmeeang oftheVdonches comprising the Nottingham district in order to discus * the question , and to make arrangements far holding a Conferracp 5 n Nottingham as won as possible , in accordance with the vote of the last Conference , which decided that the next Conference should b » held in Nottingham .
If the branches generally adopt the resolution , my course would be plain ; and to ascertain their feelings upon the subject allow me to suggest , that each county form itself into a district , and convene a general meeting of all too members resident therein , in some central place , and proceed to discuss the queation , and , if necessary , to elect a delegate to represent their district in the said Conference . For my own part , I will be guided by their
decision , and shall expect to see in the Star of August 9 th their assent to , or dissent from , the holding of such Conference . In the mean time , the directors are respectfull y requested to prepare a Balance Sheet of receipts and disbursements , from the date of their last accounts , and publish the same in the Star , that the shareholders generally may have an opportunity of examining the same . I am , Gentlemen , yours truly , James Sweet .
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A Habd-golvg Patriarch . —Lately , at Aire , in the Pas de Calais , there died , aged ninety-one years , one of the mo 3 fc remarkable beer-bibbers upon record . From the age of eighteento sixty Ms daily dose of the Teutonic beverage averaged ten Iitre 3 . It has been calculated that , up to the time of his death , the average quantity of beer he imbUiad was per day four litres , so that he most have drunk l . OGG hectolitres during his lifetime , and paid the Excise no less a Bum than 3 , 198 f . He was also an inveterate smoker , and used to smoke one
kilogramme of tobacco per week , so that he nraat have Died 4 , 000 kilogrammes during his life . Chwsetsweepers . —Lord Shaftesbwy has jost laid on the table of the House of Lords a bill for tha further regulation , of chimneysweepers . It is proposed that no person under the age of twentyone shall use the trade of a chimneysweeper , unless duly apprenticed . Persons under sixteen years are mmiiarly prohibited , except to carry the apparatus , renait-es are to be imposed for disobeying the cesr regulations .
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CHARTISM , PAST , PRESEN T , AND FUTURE . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Dear Sik , —The state of Chartism is such that it requires every possible means to he used in order that it may again be resuscitated . While I have been thinking about this important subject , I have come to the conclusion that a few appropriate remarks upon Chartism , past , present , and future , may be of some use to your readers , particularly to those who may not have been long identified with the
movement . When we look at Chartism , in days gone by , we find that many good leaders in the cause have been taken a-way from their homes and families , and sent beyond the seas , because they would not relinquish their pr inciples . Their object was to legislate for the good of the many , and not for the good of the few ; and for the present unrighteous and in-r tolerant system to be virtually and really altered , so that the working man may have -a voice in the making of those laws which he is bound to obey .
Again , look from the beginning of Chartism down to the present time , and see the abuse and calumny that has been heaped upon the Chartist leader , who at present stands unblemished in the face of bis enemies . Go as far back as the Convention that met in ' 39 in London . Analyse it , and see how many of those gentlemen are at the present day really in earnest for the Charter . Some that sat in that Convention , and others that have risen up to be leaders since , have been elevated to prominent situations by Mr . O'Connor , and a great number of these
men have become enemies to him and the cause of Chartism . When we take another glance at the past state of the movement , we find that Mr . O'Connor has expended an enormous sum of money from his own pocket , which he would not have felt himself called upon to do had we been united , ThepaBt state of Chartism convinces us that , we , as people and members , have not been united as we ought to have been . The principles of the Charter have heen sown , have taken root , and will ultimately stand forth in all their g randeur . A great many more things might be said on this head . Let us all learn wisdom
from the past . When we look to the present state of the movement we cannot say that we are advancing very fast , either numerically or financially . Truly , we have an Executive sitting at the helm of affairs , who , I have no doubt , are working very arduously to establish and promulgate our principles . Notwithstanding this , and all other exertions made by nobleminded men in various parts of the country , we find that Chartism , to an alarming extent , is dead . May I not ask , can some plan not be adopted and carried out which would resuscitate , enliven , and put anew face on the movement ?
The Northern Star' has been , and is at the present day , the most powerful machine in the Chartist ranks ; and yet we find , in many instances , that individuals are to be found doing their uttermost to overthrow it . The present state of Chartism has been declared to be dead by the leader of the movement ;; but let ever-y man take courage—it contains the vital elements of its own resuscitation . What Chartism shall be in the future depends entirely on the people—they can
either render it weak or powerful—they only have to unite , in order to assert their legitimate rights , and march forward in a mighty phalanx to behold the flight of tyranny . The future seems pregnant with events . A general election , will take place at no distant day . All parties , whether in or out of power , are bidding for the people , know well that nothing can be done without them ; and in the language of Byron , it may be said—Me thinks I hear a little bird that sings ,
The people by and bye will be the stronger . Our motto for the future must be , a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull all together . I remain , dear sir , your obedient servant , A DAISTOKIA . N . Dalston , Cumberland , July 22 , 1851 .
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ORGANISE ] ORGANISE ! ORANISE ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERS STAR . - During a period of fifteen years I have been an observer of Mr . O'Connor ' s sayings and doings , and have never seen anything in that gentleman's conduct to warrant me in withdrawing the high opinion I have ever held , and do still hold of him . I believe his patriotism to be both genuine and disinterested ; and it is with pride that I state there are thousands who think with me that such a man
is a rarity . The wordy Chartists , —those who love to hear the sound of their own voicesmay laugh at the above if they please , and call it man-worship . I call it a high sense of gratitude , which , when rightly placed , is dignity in its strictest bearing . I cannot forget some sayings about the position we should be in , were Mr . O'Connor to remain inactive , and let others do . Others have tried for a lengthy period , and what is there to witness except more parties than ever , and consequently
less cash ? It is high time that steps ¦ hould be taken to remedy this matter . I am decided that in every place -where tbe Mends of our great commodore reside an organised standard should be raised immediately , to be called the 'O'Connor Chartist Brigade . Set to the work , then , at once . Feeling assured that the tome is come when the idea will be approved of , and also that it will be improved upon , I remain , respectfully , but determinedly ,
A Fifteen Yeaim' Pf % iyate in the Ou > Guard Beoumeni July 22 nd , 1851 .
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Dosmow Gammon of Bacon . — The presentation of a gammon of bacon to the happy couple took place at Lord Maynard ' a park , near Dunmow , oh the 16 th of July . About 5 , 000 persons were present , including several parties from Jersey , Suffolfe , Cambridge , Hertford , Kent , London , and other places . On the same afternoon , at the same place , Lady Maynard gave a treat to about 300 children who attended the schools belonging to the surrounding parishes . Dancing and several rural sports were introduced , and at six o'clock p . m . the company were to be seen sitting in groups , partaking of tea , &c , under the shade of trees in true pic-nic style , An efficient band of music played favourite
some quadrilles , &c , and after the bacon was presented , escorted the happy couple , Mr . William Hurrell , of Felstead , farmer , and Mary his beloved wife , to the park gates on their way home . It was originally intended and advertised to have given he bacon away at Broomhilb , near Dunmow , but several of the respectable inhabitants of Dunmow-town objected to it , on account of the vast influx of bad characters it was feared the revival of the ancient custom would call together ; but their feats turned out to be groundless , and instead of the mere rabble being the attendants , the great majority of tbe company came on to the park in gaily decorated vans , gigs , carriages , and vehicles of all descriptions .
Covstt Kates . —On Saturday last , according to a return , there was expended of the grants made by Parliament in aid of the county rates , for the years 1849 and 1550 , the sum of £ 455 , 647 14 s ., of which £ -382 , 433 14 a . 6 d . was for counties , and j 67 § , ieo l ? s . Od . for bproughsaad liberties .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Offices—14 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committee of this body held their usual weekly meeting , aa above , on Wednesday evening last . Present—Meaars Arnott , Hunt , Jones , and Milne . Messrs . Harney and Reynolds , being in the couatry , were absent , as were also Messrs . Grassby , Holyoake , and O'Connor . Mr . John Milne presided . Correspondence of an interesting and progressive character was read . he had made
Ernest Jones reported that arrangements for his tour , and would com - mencehis engagements at Exeter , on Monday , August the 4 th , by delivering two lectures . From thence he should visit Torquay ( two leetures ) , Devonport , Plymouth , Bristol , Bridgewater , Merthyr T ydvil ( two lectures ) , Llanidloes , Newtown ( two lectures ) , Birmingham , Peterboro' , Newport Pagnell , Northampton , ^ fongletpn ; Stockport , Padiham ,. and Bo ^ n ,. The frionda in other placeB { who . may require his services ) are requested forthwith to communicate with him at 72 , QueenVroad , Bayswater , London .
The Secretary was instructed to stale that as Gr . Julian Harney was on a tour In Scotland , and would ,. ere long , return through the North and Midland counties , the friends who may be desirous of his services are requested to address , ? G-. Julian Harney , Mauchline , Ayrshire , N . B . '—And also , as Cr , J . Holyoake will be at Newcastle-on-Tyne , on Sun-Sunday , July 27 th , and expects to remain in that district for two or three weeks , those friends who desire a visit from him are requested to address their communications , ' care of Mr . James Watson , bookseller , Greenmarket , Newcastle-on-Tyne . The matter to be inserted in the
forthcoming Monthly Circular was then discussed and arranged * and the Secretary was instructed to give the following extract from the introduction thereto : — The object we have in view in issuing this Circular is to promote and extend the organisation , that thereby a spirit of emulation may be aroused , and that one locality seeing what the others are doing may be stimulated on to renewed energy and action . Although we are convinced that it is the worst policy in the world to attempt prematurely to force a movement , yet we feel assured that the materials are arranging themselves for the coming crisis , and as we are keenly eyeing passing events we are most desirous of preparing for that time . '
The . Committee then adjourned to Wednea day evening , July 30 th . Signed on behalf of the Committee , John Arnott , General Secretary
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Sheffield . —The u ^ ual weekly meeting the Council was held in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , S 3 , Queen-street , on Sunday evening , Mr . Lye in the chair . After the contributions had been received , correspondence was read from various quaTtevs , which gave great satisfaction . The Committee brought up their report of the accounts of the late pleasure trip to Derby and 'Nottingham , which had realised £ 10 9 s ., and which was duly accredited to tho Refugee Committee . On the motion of Mr . Whaley , seconded by Mr . U . Flanagin , . the accounts were received as being highly satisfactory . One of the members of the Council gave in the folowing report : — " Thai he had been successful inthe trade of which he is a member in obtaining a vote of £ 20 for the Refugees . " Thanka were awarded to the railway company , and duly [ forwarded , for their kindness and liberality in granting the favour . It was then moved by Mr . Buck , and
seconded by Mr . Hague— " That we accept the suggestion of the Manager of the Midland Counties Railway Company as to timo for another pleasure trip for August , which the Chartist Council have been in treaty for some time . " After which Mr . Cavill handed in a large quantity of rules and prospectuses of theKatioual Loan Society , and , after some discussion as to arrangement , Mr . Whale moved , and Mr . Hague seconded— " That the members of the Council present forthwith form a branch of the National Loan Society , and that the meetings be held everv Monday evening , from eight till ten o ' clock . " The motion being put from the Chair was carried wm , con . The following persons were duly constituted the Committee : —Thomas Lye , James Whaley , Thomas Hague , Henry Flanagin , James Ritson . John Allinson , Treasurer , George Cavill , Secretary . After the distribution of a number © f Prospectuses , &c , the meeting was adjourned .
Finsbdry . -- On Monday evening Mr . William Worseldine delivered a lecture on the " Philosophy of Bishop Berkeley" at the Crystal Coffee-house . The lecturer , after a critical analysis of the prelate's negation of matter , asked what was Truth . Most certainly the antithesis of Erron Yet , in the abstract , the best definition which could be given seemed empty , and only calculated to impart to the mind a greater curiosity to unravel the questiona q uestion more difficult than the Gordian knothence the diversified systems of the ancient philosophers , whoBe learning and acumen could never be excelled , It might , however , be boastingly as * serted that though they were great men yet the clouds of error had darkened their mental vision , and that priests and preachers had discovered
truth . If so , whence such conflicting opinions , clashing tenets , and jarring feelings ? Whence orthodoxy and heterodoxy , faith and disbelief , free-will and predestination , and a retinue of nursery tales % Would it not be admitted—yes , it must be—that they showed the difficulty of solving the problem ? Yet truth was as eternal and immutable as the sun which Bhone in the firmanent ; and therein waa the great secret . Those dootrines which were incompatible with the laws of nature were erroneous , and could not be demonstrated to the contrary by any process of reasoning , since truth could alone be deduced from nature and her laws . That waa the sure criterion , and would , if strictly observed , conduct them through all the labyrinths of error to the peaceful possession of truth . NswcASTus-os-TirNB . —A oiBtrict meeting oi the Northern District Union of the National Charter
Association was held on Sunday , 20 th of July , in the Joiners' Hall . Delegates present—Messrs . Gunn , Grant , and Charltou ( Sec ) , Newcastle ; Chapman , Sunderland ; Robinson , South Shields Mathwin , North Sbield 3 ; John Robnison , Blyth . — Mr . Chapman was called to the chair , Correspondence waa read from Coxhoe , and the delegates having reported the state of their several localities , &c , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — 1 . " That the fourteenth resolution passed at last meeting be rescinded . "—2 . " That a levy of twopence be made upon each member throughout the district , for a district fund , to be handed over to the secretary within a month from this date . "—3 . " That a permanent subscription of one penny per month be entered into to defray distr ict expenses . " —The meeting then adjourned , after fixing thenext delegate mee ting to take place on Sunday , 10 th of August , at Mr . YF . Mathwin s , 0 , Bird-street , North Shields .
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TESTIltOKIAI . BY ALL NATIONS TO PRISCB ALBERT . -LeMote de Londres , a French journal recently started in London , by the Countess ^ Brunetiere Tollieu , suggests that the re presentatives oi all nations who exhibit their produce at the mat school of universal industry fbou d raise near the site of the World's Fair a coossal bronze statue . of Prince Albert , as a slight tribune of tbcir gratit u de to his Royal BighnessT and in commemoration of the grand event of 1851 . « The guinea of the rich , and the labouring man ' s penny , 8 = * rf \ Vr ? hv " could not bo contributed to a more worthy
A CEHTIFIED Ci » E OF ScBOFCLA .-The § 'owin g certificate from Mr . Thomas Alcorn , of Jerry s Plain , Nevr South Wales , was forwarded to Professor Hojloway , by Mr .. 1 inkney , chemist of the same place :- "fhu is to "'^ JS my daughter , aged seven year » , wag afflicted will > sciofula for three years , and that after she had been attended by several reBpeotatte practitioners without success 1 waa induced to try Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills , which remedies , in about three months , completely cured her , and 1 she is now in the beat of health . This can be verified by rarious persons in this vicinity , where I haTe resided for twentj-two year * . —Jaa . I , B 13 . '
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THE STATE OF IRELAND . A public meeting was held on Monday evening at the Eclectic Institute , 18 a , Denmark-street , Soho , to consider the subject of the alarming decrease of the Irish people , aa shown by the late census retui'tis , and also to review and express an opinion upon the present condition of that unfortunate land . The hall was crowded . Several M . P . 'a had been invited to attend but were not present . Shortly before nine o ' clock , Mr . Dick was called to the chair , and opened the meeting by reading letters apologising for the absence of Mr . Eeynolds , M . P . for Dublin , and Shavman Crawford . lie also gave tbe result of his interview with Mr . Anstey , M . P ., who declined attending because he was not an inhabitant i > or representative of the borough , and he did not approve of title second resolution . Letters of apology were also read from Messrs . Holyoake , Jones , and Thornton llunfc . Mr . O'Connor moved the following resolution : —
Thnt the census of 1851 having revealed the appalling fact that upwards of two millions of our Irish brethren hnve witnin the last few years been swept from' the land of their birth by famine , pestilence , and exile ; it being also notorious that the surviving remnant is fast diminishing through the forced emigration of able-bedied adults ejected , from their holdings by landlord tyranny , and through tlT < f premature decay of the aged , the infirm / and tire -helpless joung thus bereft of their natural support . Tt "' being , ' moreover , an incontrovertible fact that this frightful deti mation of the Irish people does not arise from natural or necessary causes , but is wholly ascribable to an iniquitous and inhuman gysttm of class legislation and misgovern '
merit , which excludes the industrious millions from nil participation in the laws and institutions of their country , and invests their oppressors , the owners of land and money , with absolute power to plunder , enslave , and exterminate them at pleasure . This meeting cannot contemplate such a state of things without horror and indig nation . We denounce it as impiety against God—as an outrage upon humanity—as treason towards the Irish people . We denounce it , moreover , as an organised system of slavery and death , which , if suffered to go on unchecked in Ireland , must , in the nature of tbmgs , extend itself to England and Scotland , and at no distant day involve the empire iu ruin .
He said the subject possessed an awful importance . The resolution attributed these evils to landlordism , Prom past experience they knew that this was a fact . If the people were not deprived ef their political and social rights such a stato of things could never have existed , The evil was extending even to the landlords , who could not obtain rents from a starving and exterminated population . Unless an organic change took place , the same misery and destitution must extend to other parts of the empire . The upper class bad nothing to remedy this State of things even in Ireland . No man , save the gallant John MitchcV and his associates , had dared to speak the truth , and go to the root of the question—tho nationalisation of the land . They had great agitations , great displays of moral power , but tl \ ey tended but littfe to the elevation of the working men . The agitation now existing in favour of tenant right , though good in itself , would do nothing for those who most needed assistance and support .
Mr . Rogers seconded the resolution . He could scarce contain his feelings when ho reflected upon the state to which misgovernment had reduced Ireland . Unless the working men of England bestirred themselvos they would be reduced to a similar condition . Bad laws had produced these results in Ireland , and they would produce similar results in any other country . No mere financial reform , or removal of little burdens , would ever emancipate them . They were all organised alike , and ought to possess the same means of attaining happiness , To say that one man was rich , was tantamount to asserting that another man was a slave . If justice was done to Ireland they would not see them flocking to other shores . Unless men enjoyed liberty , which meant the full enjoyment of all their powers , they would ever remain helots and . slaves . He called upon Uia fellow working men to arise from their apathy and take a determined stand for their rights .
Mr . Lawler made some remarks upon the speech of Air , O'Connor in relation to the efforts of John Mitchel and the Felon Newspaper , and stated that he had ' no hope for Ireland while the representatives of thatcounti'y couldbeamused by thegovernment , and drawn from considering questions relative to Irish freedom by the introduction of religious discussions . The speaker then dwelt upon the evils of the system of emigration , and stated that they were sent from Ireland to America , there to be exterminated by misery and want . The resolution was then carried . Mr . O'Brien moved the second resolution as
follows : — That , in the opinion of this meeting , the only efficacious cure for the enormous evils described in the foregoing resolution is self government for Ireland through local legislation—in other words , a parliament of her own free choice , elected by universal suffrage—to legislate within her own territory , for her own internal affairs . Such parliament not to meddle with imperial concerns , or queetionB affecting the empire at large , but to be independent , sovereign , and absolute in respect of all matters , purely Irish ' , or affecting Iroload owly . Atv Iv »\\ parliament elected in this manner , and legislating within the limits here described , would , in our opinion , suffice to ensure Ireland ' s real independence und internal prosperity , without endangering British connexion—a peril which could occur only in the event of the two countries clashing upon
an imperial question . At the same time we hold it to be but just to Ireland that she should still have a concurrent voice ( through delegation ) with Great Britain , in the settlement of all imperial questions ^ so long asshecpnstitutes an integral part of the empire . To these views this meeting pledges itself , and to all parties honestly embarked in the same cause we hereby tender the right hand of fellowship and co-operation ; He stated that the resolution hepropOPed contained not the whole remedy for " Ireland ' s grievances , but the beginning of a remedy . A radical cure could never bo effected until they had a nationalisation of land and currency . Local legislation by a parliament elected by universal suffrage would give them the power to remedy their evils . The repeal of the union , as advocated by most Irishmen heretofore ,
meant that the Irish parliament should have full power to legislate on all questions . This could not be done without a complete severance of the two countries , and then the weaker country would surely go to the wall . He had no objection to Ireland being entirely independent of England , provided he knew she was strong enough to maintain her independence . Sharman Crawford had , in a series of pamphlets , advocated similar views . "What they asked for Ireland was only part of the old Saxon law . Ifc was no more than was possessed bj every corporate town and city in the empire . There was a wide distinction between local and imperial legislation . . In America each state was sovereign in matters connected with local affairs ; but no state
could interfere with the imperial legislation , or the legislation of another 3 tate : that could only be done by delegates from the -whole thirty states . This was all he claimed for Ireland . It was a question that concerned Scotland also . There ought to be a local legislature for each of the three kingdoms , and a congress composed of delegates from the whole . They had ancient usage , reason , and the glorious example of America , which had progressed more in fifty years than the rest of Europe had in fifteen centuries . Bad and wretched as was the state of Ireland , give them this power of regulating all the affairs of their country , and be would dare to assert that , in ton years she would make more progress than any country hnd made during twenty centuries of monarchy . Notwithstanding M .
Berryer ' s boast , so loudly praised by the British press , "how Prance had grown in greatness during fourteen years of monarchy , " things were going on favourably for Ireland . Events would speedily take placewhich would cause attention to be paid to her wrongs . The party of revision in France had been defeated . ( Loud cheer 3 . ) They meant to have driven the people from all share of power ; but , though they had a majority , they had not the legal majority : and whilst they had two or three millions of enlightened democrats in that coustry , they dare not attempt to act illegally . If they did , it would be advantageous to Democracy—for then it would be sure to be triumphant . Mr . O'Brien then went minutely into the question of the revision of the constitution , and the rights of majorities and minorities , and was much applauded . Majorities had a right to make laws for the minority , but they bad no right to extinguish tho right of any
single man of the minority—if they did , insurrection became the bounden duty of the minority . The six millions of electors in Franco had no right to rob the three millions of the franchise ; and , rather than be so robbed , they were determined to die ankle deep in blood . ( Cheers . ) The speaker then dwelt with considerable power on the relative position of the middle and working classes . He denied that Mr . Anstey , who objected to the second resolution because it contained the doctrine of Universal Suffrage , or any of the middle class , had any right to say whether the people should have the suffrage or not . They had nothing to do with it . They had not oven the right to grant it . It was the inalienable right of the people . Mr . O'Brien then dwelt upon the extermination of tho people of Ireland , and showed what horror would be manifested if a few landlords were to bo murdered , whilst mAlUvas of Ir ' tfiiinen were murdered without a
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thought being given to the subject . They must , look to this question , The Irish were fast migrating to England . There were 60 , 000 Irish in Glasgow , and 80 , 000 in Miinckester . It was the same in all other great departments of industry . Mr , O'Brien concluded a long address , amid ranch applause . Mr . Jennesos seconded the resolution . On first thinking , he thought it might be objected to ; but when he came to reflect that it only meant local government , and that by it Englaud had acquired all the poyver she possessed , he gave it his hearty approval , The population of Ireland was fast decreasing , and would continue to do so . All those J ? ho possessed a little wealth or independence flew from her polluted shores , leavini ? onlv tho nnnr
and the puerile . How strangely did the present state of Ireland contrast with the doctrines of Malthus , who stated that population would increase in a geometrical ratio . Whig economy had shown its results in that wretched land . The government having failed to produce a remedy for Ireland , it waa the duty of the . people , in behalf of their own interests , to investigate the matter . The speaker stated that he had not come to that meeting with any intention of spoaking . As an elector of the Tower Hamlets , he had been deputed by a body oi electors to invite Mr . O'Brien to stand as a candL date . for .-the representation of that borough j , as his sentiments entirely coincided with theirs . ( Loud cheers . ) Tho resolution was unanimously adopted .
Mr . Ettis moved the third resolution , as follows : — That believing justice will never be done to Irelann until the oppressud classes in Great Britain ( who alone sympathise with her ) shall he emancipated from class legislation , this meeting hereby invites all honest and inteiligent Irishmen to unite with thuir English and Scotch brethren in their struggle for a radical reform of the Imperial pnrliaroent , as the best and speediest means of ensuring justice for their own country as well as ours . To this end let the motto of all three countries be : ' United we stand—divided we iall . '
The resolution spoke for itself . It was almost a novelty to get a meeting in London during the existence of the "Big . Show . " Thousands flocked to London to Bee the show ; , but they only saw the inside of it—they did not see the dirty streets . ' alleys , ifcc , where those who created all these luxurious novelties lived . Foreigners who visited our shores seeing only tbe fair side , would say , " Happy England , to be possessed of such wealth and 8 Uch artist 9 happy Ireland , to be sister to such a country ; happy Scotland , to be connected with her .
Poverty and crime must surely there'be unknown . " Dissatisfaction could only be created by a vile press . Pifcy that they had not a little tiniR , or that they could not be shown the other side of the picture ; they would then see that this splendour was produced by the misery , and death of thousands—yea , millions of her sons , . and that those they envied wero deprived of every right , and also of every comfort which they ought to possess . The speaker , with great eloquence , which drew down much applause , dwelt upon the means of remedying this state of things .
Mr . Bezbr seconded the resolution . Democrats would not consent to patch up' the present rotten system of society any longer * Intelligence was progreasing , not only in England , but also in Ireland ; and in spite of Mr . Anstey , and men of his class , they were fast lenrning . the doctrine propounded by Mr . O'Brien—that this' was a . question concerning the working class alone , and' that the other classes have no right to interfere with ! it . The man who would deny the right of the people to the suffrage should be . sent to the British Museum as a curiosity . They now only objected to their intelli gence or to the fitness of the time for granting ifc . If they wanted the Charter they must , fetch it , it . would never come to them . Talk of Papal Aggression .-In Ireland there was an agggression of death upon
the people , before which all other aggressions ought to shrink into insignifioanceV . In all countries there was an aggression of capital upon labour ; and this eyer would be the result whilst the people were disunited—whilst each little sect felt jealous of each other . The tims wa 3 corning , he hoped , which , would force them to join in brotherhood . Unless they looked to it , they would feel the fate which was rendering Ireland one vast grave . The very thought of this ought to arouse them from their apathy . Mr . Bezer then alluded to tha murder of a poor Irishman by a policeman , which the authorities were endeavouring to hush up , and asked how different the case would have been had tho Irishman murdered the policeman . The speaker was much cheered .
Mr . Delaforce briefly supported the resolution , and alluded to Mr . O'Brien as a candidate for the Tower Hamlets . His opinion was that he stood a good chance of success even with the present body of electors '; but if the £ 10 householders would but register themselves , his success would be nearly certain . Mr . O'Brien made some remarks upon the subject , and stated that he would be pleased to be put in nomination , not with the hope of eucceeding , for he believed the middle class were too bitterly opposed to him , neither did he expect to make converts of any of the M . P . 's , but ic would give him an opportunity of addressing these whom he could not otherwise get at . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously .
A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , who , in reply thereto , stated , that having been many years an agent and large collector of rents in Ireland , he was well acquainted with it . Absenteeism was a great curse . A bad landlord wlio resided at home was better than an absentee . It was the great London Companies who exacted tbe highest rents . An estate of tho Beresfords , who were noted for being bad landlords , came into the possession of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers during the time he collected the rents , and they immediately exacted double the rent obarged by the Beresfords . His family went over to Ireland at the time of Cromwell . He knew tho whole history of the relation of parties in that country , and would , some evening , lay the particulars before them . Tho confessions of an Irish land agent would be a novel tv .
A vote of thanks was given to the Northern Star , and also to the Leader and Glasgow Sentinel , The meeting then dissolved .
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HEALTHFUL AKD INSTRUCTIVE RECREATION FOR THE PEOPLE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN SIAR . Sir , —Please allow me , through your columns , to inform your readers that Kew Gardens are now opea every day , including Sunday , free to all . This now delightful and increasingly frequented place of resort is a terrestrial paradise and fairy land , comprising about 200 acres within its park and pleasure grounds , will be found the English arbontum or collection of trees indigenous to the British Islands . The Royal Botanic Garden containing the largest conservatory in the world , in which are many splendid specimens of the noble palm tree , as well
as the plants and flowers of all nations ; seventeen other atovea or greenhouses , in one of these is the recently discovered Victoria liegia , or queen of water lilies , now in blossom . The principal objects of interest are tho Museum , Orangery , Rosery , Swis 3 Cottage , Albert Avenue . The awana and sold fish , lako , promenade , and Chinese pagoda . The sylvan terrace walk on the banks of the silvery Thames , a mile long , and overlooking Sion House and gardens ; varioisa temples filled with works of art , ruins , grottoes , arbours , the fairies ' ring and glen , the loverB * retreat and maidens ' bower , forest glado and hawthorn copse . The Queen ' s walk , velvet lawn , the nightingales' haunt and the robins' home . The dove cot , Washington oak , Napoleon willow , gutta percha tree , &c , &c . The distance from London by Piccadilly is an easy
Beyen miles , and conveyance may be bad by vans , railway , stoam : boats , and omnibus , I trust that not less than 250 , 000 will visit this romantic spot during the present summer and autumn . Teetotallers and others will meet with every accommodation , such as hot water , &c , for tea parties , of any number , at twopence per head , of the cottagers near the bridge , and in the Jane leading from the beautiful village green and church ( the burial-place of Gainsborough , the first of English painters of landscape , whose pictures of rural scenery in the Vernon Gillery are the delight of every beholder , ) to Richmond Hill , The gardens are open daily at one o ' clock , and close at dusk . A spot more suitable and appropriate for temperance excursions is not to be fouud in the vicinity of the metropolis , I am , sir , yours truly , Henry Birt .
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THE TCnYEll iiAMLVitS ASD MR . GEORGE THOMPSON . On Wednesday evening , a meeting of tlio Shore * ditch district electors of the Tower 11 ,-unlets bo « rough , was held in tho largo room in Cowper * street . City-road , to hear from their representa * tive , Mr . George Thompson , an explanation of thd causes which had led'to his absence from the House of Commons for a considerable portion of tho present session .. The chair was taken ; by . Mr . Churchwarxv den Picktord , Tbe room was ' crowded , and the * majority of . persons present appeared to bclODg tff tbe trading and operative classes . Mr . G . Thompson , who waa received with loud cheers , interspersed with partial marks of dis . ip . probation , addressed tho meeting at some length ; He aaid he was anxious to ffiv&Jiis constituents tha ^ j
opportunity Ql heftrai ? Ins ej-pfaimtion of conduct which nad been nwde the subject of comment- in some quarters . . He-had been to Jho United Statea where \\< s had no intentian of stoppsg . But he had stopped . At Boston he fell fii with a man and a woman who had twelvemouths 'before escaped fromt slavery , but the man hunters had fallen upon their track , " and they were to ' be sent back to the horrors of their former doom ... Ilia friends determined to give him a public welcome ,, sad a meeting was heldt in the large building known by the name of thff " Cradle of Libpi'ty , " at whish were p / esent no * fewer than 3 , 5 fiO' persona of tk'O purest character , and the most respectable station . But that meeting was broken up'by the sninio ^ a of the commercial interest in that city , who- spirit their agents to
prevent him from being heard . And lio was not allowed to . bo heard . But , lie JanneiMately published a declaration tlwougli tbe- ; newspapers that he would remain iu America until he had tested the right of a man to freedom of speech , and that tho question , should be decided in his person whether a man lifid not a right to speuk 6 ufc r and denounce inhumanity and oppression , by whomsoever they were practised , ( Loud cheers . ) He was invited by the mayor and authorities of tha city of Worcester to go-there and hold a meeting . He went there ,. and the people ; of that beautiful 8 tate , of Massachu ^ e ^^ oiyccl him ktodly , and never before had he feltsb stiwgiytbo-truth of that line of the poet , " God made the couatry und man thy town . " ( IIear , hear . ) Having left the boundary
of the cotton interests , he penetrated into the heart Of Massachussefcs , and from that time-there was » general desire to hear hinv , and he lectured ia Michigan , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Connectfeut , and Maine . From Canada he received lettm by tho hundred exhorting him tosupporb the nio ? al power in America against slavery . Still he-resolved t& return to England on tho lit of February . However , ho took at last the first steamer that was to start in June , and hastened " ngaiu tohisnati 7 e land , and now , before them , he called God to- witness that he had not during his absence devoted a single hour to personal objects or to profit . ( Hear , hear . } He candidly admitted that , lover- as he was of liberty , ho was not merely a < geographical lover , but his hope and aspiration was to see her spreading ber
beneneent influence over the whole . world . { Cheers . ) And the first principle of liberty was the right of a man over himself , not that hundreds of millions of future human beings should be sold in their fathers ' loins . Therefore a mun who did anything towards rescuing liberty from assault and violation , especially in such a country as America , left the world better than he found it . His first effort in public life had , been in the cause of the negro . ( Gheers . ) Lot them ; drive him henca if they would ; let them say he sh ' ould never enter tlie House of Commons again as their represcntativo ; still there was a dwelling opposite where ho would enter-and seek comfort and consolation at the baso of the statue of Wilber ' torce . While he \ va 3 fighting the battle of freedom , scandal waa
suited abroad concerning him , and it waa falsely reported that iu his capacity as their representative he had injured Ireland .. ' The result of this was that tbe Irish rose' up against him ) nnd ho was harassed by . them '; but he was grateful to tUink that he-had ' outlived that lie . ( Cheers . ) Injured Ireland ! Why it was needless to say , for it was well known to his friends , that he had resolutely , and almost factiously , some would say . divided tho house against the government continuing their unconstitutional powers . ( Hear , hear . ) His . last effort had been'to rescue . Ireland from misgovernment . He had . now come to abide the issue of this trial . He had no fear . _ He could not say he anticipated an . unfavourable decision ; but even if it were so , , he should sleep as soundly to-nieht , fotr
they could not makehim unhappy as he felt he bad done his duty . : ( Hear , hear . ) They could not mmble him , for he desired no earthly honour : they could riot impoverish him , for lie could not bo poorer than ho was . ( Cheers . ) Ko one should corrupt him , and therefore they could never make him afraid . They might ask what he meant to do 1 vile-would telk . them . He , did . not -mean spontaneously to resign . ( Loud cheers . ) lie would submit to being dismissed , but he would '" not be guilty of self-degradation by resigning . ( Hear , hear . ) Next he might be asked would he stand again ? If he was acquitted at that bar he would stand again . ( Cheers . ) Did they ask him whether he loved liberty as wtll now as when he n-entabroad ? He should answer that his votes in parliament would be in the same spirit thev had been . He
ivas tor religious equality , and that was all that the most outrageous churchman could compass . He n-a . s for practical freedom to all . ( Cheers . ) Uefore he « ent to America , he had given himself up without Stint to tlie Cause of this people , uud he was ready to do-rote himself to that cause still . If they would be satisfied , with honesty tha' . was incorruptible with the fervent adopiion of the cause of the people , . with a man poor in pocket , with but humble endowments of mind ami education , then lie would be tlit'ir member . ( Cheers . ) Learning wisdom from the past , he tnightplease them better for the future . Tins much unlv would he say—never while he sat in parliament for tiuj Tower Hamlets would he leave liis native country n ^ aiii . ( Cheers . ) If ever lie left it again , it wuM be when all political connexion was dissevered between him ami that noble borough , ( Hear , hear . ) He aspired to no hi gher honour than that thej had conferred nj > on him . He had accepted nothing . lie had never in his life given a vote at the dictation of a minister . He had never iu his life given
a vote to please a party , lie had in every case identified himself with the people of this great country . To them he belonged , among them he was born , in station he was with them . With their hopes anil interests lie was hound up ; while they were enslaved he was iu bonds , while they wevQ unenfranchised he had no vote but for them . ( Cheers . ) Hut whether he went forth as their representative or as a private man , still he would pour out his life as water in tlie lioly cause of liberty . ( Cheers ) They might find a member move aristocratic , with more money in his pocket , or with more talent to serve them , but this much he would venture to say , that tlicy would not tind . one more honest than himself , one more incapable of corruption , one less likely to sell them , or one less likely to be guilty of fluttering them to tlieir < -oirn hurt . Tho lion , gentleman sat down amidst prolonged cheering . ¦ Ski Mooke moved and Jit * . Pocccs seconded a resolution expresssing the confidence of the electors in Mr . Thompson .
Mr . Da vies proposed , and Mr . Rorinsos seconded , an . amendment to the effect , that Air , Thompson was not a fit person to represent the borough . The amendment and resolution were then put from tlie chair . Ko hands were held up for the former , and the re . solution was carried by acclamation . Mr . G . Thompson then briefly addressed the meeting , thanking them for this proof of their confidence , and repeated his pledge , that he would not again absent himself from the country , unless his connexion with U > e borough was entirely dissolved . He felt obliged to thrse who had had the manliness to express disapprobation , and should profit by the counsels he had received . He warned them not to depend upon members of Parliament , for they were
not omnipotent or infallible ; and whatever their fitrengtli in public opinion , they were in u miserable minority as to < number , for what were eighty-one going out into one lobby , with S 00 against them in another % There was much , work to be done out of doors , and he bad made up his mind , to be among the people in the wiuter . ( Cheers . ) He concluded by saying that they had accepted his explanation , and approved of his conduct , and they should have no cause to repent . Their vote was another link to bind him to them ; and although he was a humble man , hated by tlie aristocrata , and cursed by the slave-owners , who did what they cpuld to asperse and . spurn him , he had the consolation in reflecting that , when he died , although they might write him flown as a beggar , they must say he was an honest man . ( Cheers . ) The meeting then dissolved about ten o ' clock , giving three hearty cheers for Mr . G . Thompson .
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The Fatai , Riots is Iiivkupool . —The inquiry before the Coroner of Liverpool , concerning the deaths of the two men , Malta and Jone 8 , who died from , injuries received during ; the recent riots , was resuihed on Tuesday . Tho . inquiry as regards Jones was postponed in consequence of . the absence of a' material witness , but that in the case of Malin was proceeded with . Several witnesses were examined , who described the riot which took place subsequent to the attack , on the procession . It wascleaviy sho ^ n tbat deceased was engagedin * these riotous proceedings , and that in tho melee he had been , killed by a pistol shot , but in the absence of any witness who could identify the individual who had discharged the weapon , the inquest was adjourned until Friday next . The body of Jones
who was an Orangeniari , was interred in St . John ' s Churchyard on Sunday last ; that of Malin on the same day , m the burial-ground of St . Patrick ' * Chapel , Toxteth-park . The bodies wicfoSwcd to the ewe by hundreds . of their respective partitans , but no further indication of riot occurred . On Tuesday night a man named Thomas . Weaver , to 0 r !> ° « ! f' residin S ^ Back Boundary-strcet , wasarmted on auspicion of being the party who hredI the Bhot which caused the death of John Mailing . John M'Leer , who was well' acquainted With Weaver , swore that tho deceased was running right before the prisoner when ho fired the shot , and the man foil . No further evideneo was tendered , and the prisoner was removed , hut he will be given up into custody of the coroner , and tho further examination will be conducted in
thecoroner s court . „ . , ,,. , Death or Dr . LixoABD .-Dr . Lmgara . the celebrated historian of Eng land , died at his residence , Hornby , a few minutes before twelve o clock on tha "ffi iSf ^ - ' tote-hlp of Brurv-lane . Theatre ha 3 ended in insolvency ; he is noir an inmate of the Queen ' s Prison , preparing to go through tha Insolveat D » btors' Court .
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Free Sittings' is CncRcnKs . — -According to a return to parliament just printed there are in Eneland and Wales 304 , 004 free sittings established in the several churches built under the Church Building Acts . The commissioners consider tiiat they have no power to sanction the conversion of sittings finally reported to paKliamant aa free into rented sittings .
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AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOUBNAL .
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mil ? NO 718 I / MM SATDRDAY MY 9 ft i « m pbice nwraw *« ( l _^' j _ J * J _" " LUWlfU « ^_ lOUl , Fire Shilling * and Si * « ce per Quarter \
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 26, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1636/page/1/
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