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F — BRITISH BENEVOLENCE . The affluent and professedly pious portion of onr countrym en must certainly be possessed of the virtue of benevolence in & peerless degree , Beeing that their acts of charity are so frequently alluded to . Scarcely a day passes but we are told of the liberality and disinterested generosity of one or other of them . In the turreted cathedral and the lowly conventicle it is trumpeted forth , and in the ponderous folio and the tiny pamphlet we find chronicled the charitable deeds of the wealthy We do not find fault with the rich for dispensing r- - ¦
a portion of their superfluities to the poor and needy ; on the contrary , we maintain it to be their imperative duty" as trustees of the bounties of Providence . Bnt we do find fault when charity vaonteth itself ; when it is pat on as a garb to conceal delinquency , or merely to procure notoriety . "We wish to see i » nevolenee in its purity , emanating from an nnvitiated source and flowing in its proper direction . But alas ! we rarely find that to be the case ; the fountain of nn&Hoyed
benevolence is nearly dried tip , wnfle , in most instances , the unworthy , the indolent and wellprovided jpr , are the objects most regarded by the psendo philanthropists . German titled begfars , legalised cut-throats , and the courtezan associates of royalty , have all drawn deeply on John Bull's benevolence ; but few of the virtuous and worthy have received aid from the dispensers of his bounty . To the undeserving voluptuaries much 13 givea , while the deserving poor are left to starve .
In the religious world we find more commisseration for the inhabitants of distant dimes , than for file myriads of destitute , starving , and dying , bj whom the flaming professors [ are more immediately Eurronndedj . and of whose condition the saints must be cognisant . In corroboration of this fact , we lay before our readers a couple of extracts from the pages of the Nottingham Review , which we shall place in juxta-position . The one reiers to the benevolence of Britons towards the " untaught
Indian , " or rather towards the souls of the M poor benighted blacks "—the" other has reference to British benevolence , evinced towards our own distressed and perishing countrymen , their care-worn and woe-worn wives , and their hunger-bitten offspring . The one is to send words to the antipodesthe other to provide bread for our neighbours , our fellow-citizens , our brother Christians , who worship at the same altar with ourselves , and who are dying for lack ot the common necessaries of life .
The paragraphs to which we allude are a 3 follow : — "Tnelrfradon Missionary " On Sunday , the 26 th Society oeia their annual ultimt , a sermon was meeting in Manchester , last preached at Calverton week , and the collection , Church , Notts , by the including ths breakfast Rev . Samuel Oliver , in on Wednesday morning , aid ol the distressed opeiHioimted to £ 1952 . " ratives , -when £ 3 . 8 s . 6 d . was collected , "
Now with what feelings other than those of shame and disgust can the reader peruse the above ! Shame to know that his own countrymen can pass unfeelingly groups of their famishing neighbours—turn a deaf ear to their tale of real woe , and leave them to perish in . the very depths of misery—misery which many of these saints have been instrumental in producing—while , in a few momenta after , they may be seen shedding tears of compassion o ' er the ignorant but , perhaps , well-fed Pagans in some distant clime , For the " poor blacks" their bowels yearn , their hearts bleed , and their purse opens to send forth
ambassadors among the heathen to teach them , not the fast which the aristocracy , the millocracy and the shopocracy of England have chosen for the people , but to teach them ( if they teach the scriptures ) the fast which the Most High hath chosen for all people , namely , — " To loose the bands of wickedness , to undo the heavy burdeas , and to let the oppressed go free , and to break every yoke ; to deal thy bread to the hungry , to bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ; when thou seest the naked , that thou cover him , and to let the oppressed go free , and that ye break every
yoke , " These things must be taught to the heathen , of whatever rank , if the whole counsel of God be declared ; and yet , the men who send forth these missionaries scruple not to wink at , nay , encourage the worst species of oppression at home . An instance came to our own knowledge , not long ago , of a Yorkshire millocrat giving a large sum of money for the spread of the Gospel , and within a few days reducing the wages of his workmen to repair the breach made in his pocket by this act of Christian heneoolence . This , we know , is not a solitary instance ; it has now become general among oar modern
saints in high life to " rob the labourer of his hire " that they may appear generous and liberal supporters of that religion to the precepts of which their actions run counter . It is really disgusting to contemplate the conduct of such hypocrites ; and if ministers of the Gospel discharged their duty more faithfully , the men who take the uppermost seats in iae sanctuary , and sport their gold rings and costly apparel , would receive deserved castigation from the pulpit , instead of which it is left to be performed by a small portion of the pre 33 , or inflicted from the Chartist platform .
We tell the persons who subscriQed the £ 1 , 932 in Manchester that they are grossly mistaken if they suppose they are paving their way to heaven by such donations . Such sacrifices of the profits derived from other people's labour is an insult to Deity , particularly if made at a time like the present , when the wealth-producers around them are dying of actual starvation . "We t « ll the pious benefactors to be just ere they be gsaeio-as , and le » charity begin at home . They need not traverse ths globe in qnestof needy objects ; they will be found at their own threshold , and many of them the victims of their own inordinate avariee .
We tell them that the system under which we live is worse than that which obtains in any pagan land —that it geHerates more ignorance , vice , and woe , than that of any other on the surface of the earth . Yes , we tell them that there is more crime produced by "the mil-administration of affairs in tki 3 Christian country fain one-half the " barbarous" nations ever witnessed . If these men will not feed the hungry , or clothe
the naked ; if they have no regard for the bodies of their fellow men , for God ' s sake let the £ 1 , 952 be expended in the attempt to convert our worse than heathen rulere from the error of their ways , and if these reprobates are out of the reach of the agents of the society , then let them go amongst the workers m the milb and mines , and we will guarantee them work enough to remove the ignorance and vice prodnced by our excellent institutions .
Talk not of the lost estate of the son 3 of Africa , while at home , in this land of Bibles , we are told of workers in the factories not having heard of Jssrs Christ , and of workers in the mines saying that they think he was born in Wales and went to England . In such places as those the £ 1 , 952 might be expended to advantage , and redound to the credit ol the doDors ; but we opine it would not quadrate with certain interests , and consequently these Oene ' *^ eai gentry would much , rather send their blessings ^ foss the seas .
¦ Now , we would seriously ask the Society to eomfi « See their work on a new plan . If they really ^ ear e to promote the well-being of the idolatrous ^ tioas , let tfcem labour a little at iome in prevail-* &upon our Christian Government to withdraw &eir man-butchers from amongst the " savage " tobes * nd the " obstinate" people of China ; for , depend upon it , our Bibles won't do much service to * people who feel our bullets ; sabres and sermons ( ni ght not to be sent together ; canon law and cannon balls do not comport well with each other ; ad bo long as we export parsons and pistols to the sune country , the inhabitants will question the sincerity of oar motrres , and wish the cargo sad its Owners at the bottom « f the set .
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The Chinese " and the Afighans must certainly think us-an odd sort of people to Bend among them one set of men to proclaim " peace on earth and good will towards men , " and another set armed with murderous weapons to cut them up at the word of command , murder the flower of their country , and incarnadine their soil with blood . Their priests need not fear ihe loss of their occupation so long as this is the case , for the whole people cannot but see the necessity of the missionaries returning to their own country to preach peace to the men of blood and plunder . ¦ " ¦ _ .,,.
We wonder if the cart ' oads of cannon balls which passed along the streets of Bradford the other day are to be conveyed to their destination in the same ship which conveys the agents of the Missionary Society / Ifso . it will be quite in keeping with our general method of doing public business . The blacks will surely leave their wigwams and dance for joy , on the arrival of such a cargo . We do not condemn the effort made to extend the principles o ? Christianity ; we are as desirous as any io see those principles propagated among sl
the nations of the earth ; bat we abhor the conduct of a people muling and puling about the lost estate of the benighted heathen , while they view unmoved the sufferings of humanity , so prevalent at their own door 3 . We have yet to learn practical Christianity at home , and until our conduct bears some approximation to our profession , it is worse than hypocrisy to set ourselves up as instructors of the ignorant . Had practical Christianity been a subject of consideration at the meeting of the society in Manchester , the £ 1952 would have been appropriated
to other purposes , but little tyrants must ape the great ones . The great ones robbed the poor , whom they grind to powder , of £ 20 , 000 , 000 sterling to emancipate ( ? J the blacks ; aud , therefore , the little tyrants , as a matter of course , must imitate the example , by squeezing £ 1 , 952 out of the starving operatives , under their control to save the souls of those whose bodies our red-coats are employed to destroy . , What superlative humanity ! What transcendent liberality I ! Surely these men will never fear entering the place to which they are afraid ( tj the poor blacks are hastening .
We would advise the Society to look at home , and , before they take the besom to sweep the snow from off the top of the Indian ' s hut to see that it is cleared away from their own door . If they are familiar with the wants of the blacks , whom they never saw , and ignorant of the exigencies of the whites , whom they see daily , they are certainly as qHeer a lot as ever met ; but they cannot be iguorant of the condition of their own ooantry ; they must know that practical Christianity is here
confined within a very limited sphere . We have abundance of food , yet many perish of hanger ; the swill-tub is ransacked to feed starving { children , and tne putrid carcases of dead animals are devoured with eagerness . We have clothing rotting in the shops and warehouses , while rags constitute the covering of the manufacturers of such clothing ; we nave houses unoccupied in every street , while many are committed to prison for being "found sleeping in the open air . "
Now as these missionary gents , frequently allade to ihe great day of assize , we wish them , if they believe their own doctrines , to reflect on the picture they will present when arraigned at the bar . They may talk of giving £ 1 , 952 , in the days of domestic distress , to diffuse gospel light ia dark , benighted heathen lands , but will not the judge say " know
ye not that I was hungry and ye fed me not , naked , and . ye clothed me not ; a stranger and ye took me not in ? " They may affect ignorance and inquire when they saw him in that state of destitution but the problem will soon be solved : — Inasmuch as ye did it not unto these little ones ( pointing to the victims of tyranny ) ye did it not unto me . Depart from me , I know ye not . "
Working men , forget not that one assembly of professed Christians have given
£ 1952 of your hard earnings to support missionaries among the heathen , while another assembly of Christiana have opened their hearts and given
£ 3 8 s . 6 d . to alleviate the sufferings of their neighbours who are dying of actual starvation . How profusely the milk of human kindness flows in some places ! Well , well ; so it is ! But hear it ye hypocrites—ye wolves in sheep ' s clothing—we shall have a reformation , ere long , with a vengeance , and your deeds but serve to hasten the day . The patience of the poor has been often tried , but it may yet be exhausted , and we leave the canting hypocrites to calculate ihe consequence of its being so .
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Carlisle Chartists . —We have not rostn for ihe report of their retiring council . A . B . C . —We are quite unable- to decide the disagreetnent between the "doctors . " Our ovm opinion is that both quacks are alike . Joseph Swift ; Wath . —Yes , they [ might be indtctem for an obstruction . COS MXJBBAT . —Next week .
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Moke Evidence op Sympathy for the Perishing Poor . —The Mooes and Bilbekhies . — " We live in strange times ! that even wild fruit , known by the name of bilberry , or wimberry , ia now denied the people . It has been customary from the remostest times for the poor or other persons , in the summer season , to stroll on the moors on the borders of Yorkshire , Lancashire , and Cheshire , and get wlmberries ; bnt for some few yean past they have been prevented , and this summer especially , under the plea that they disturb the moor game . Now , ye would-be great men , proprietors , as ye call yourselves , what right have you to the commons more than any other child of Adam ? Bid ye create them , or make the heath or the wim-- - _— _ _
berry to grow 1 Did ye do anything bat send idle fellows , called gamekeepers , to prowl up and down , and abuse and ill-treat such unfortunate persons as they caught committing the shocking crinw of getting a few wild fruit , perhaps to maintain a starving , perishing family , and that too on unreclaimed wild desolate parts ? " O , but , " say you , " are not the moors ours ? were they not allotted to us by Acts of Parliament ? and do not sneh lots and sach places belong to Squire Such-a-one and Lord SttCh « a-one ? and have net they a right to prevent the poor blackguards from getting bilberries and disturbing the game 1 " Acts of Parliament , Indeed ! what rights can Acts of Parliament give that are at variance with the
laws of God and Nature ? Are not the uncultivated parts of the earth the common property of man ? What special right has any individualman in common-land , only that he has expended capital « r labour on it , and , above all , that be has given the people an equivalent for it ? Now , have you either purchased , or reclaimed , or expended capital or labour on the commons and the wastes of God ' s earth ? Not you , ' indeed ; but because you happen for the moment to be in possession of real or fictitious means , you Bet yourselves up for somebody ; and for a momentary vanity , or to gratify an idle vitiated taste , you resolved to preserve a few dry and worthless birds
at the expence of the welfare of your fellaw-mortals in distress . We hear a great deal said about common sense and common rights ; but are not the bilberries now growing , and which could be converted to the use of the poor , a commen right of which they ought not to be deprived ? Common sense says , yes ; but prid 6 , vanity , and hardheartednesa must be gratified , at even the expence of suffering humanity . Need we wonder that the poor and less fortunate should have their minds embittered by bad usage , that even a few wimberries on the wild commons should be denied them ? No ! man , usurping man , is fast ' sowing the storm , and he is likely enough to gather the whirlwind . "
Con MofiRAY , residing at 139 , Salt-market-street , Glasgow , informs the brave Chartists of Dublin , that , through the kindness of his Scottish friends , he has collected 1 , 600 Chartist Circulars , and 1 , 000 old Stars and Patriots , besides a number of other democratic periodicals , which ] are at their service . He wishes them to communicate with him as io the best possible means of getting them transmitted , as they are very bulky , form ing a sufficient load forthe stoutest man . Ms . K . P . Mead , ojBirmingham , will finish his engagement at Nottingham , next Sunday , the . 17 th of July , and will be willing to engage with any locality who wish for his services . The Committee of Management recommend warmly this
energetic and able veteran as a sound , sterling democrat . He has been in the field for nearly thirty years , and came to us warmly recommended by Mr . O'Connor himself . Samuel Bonham , secretary . All communications must be addressed to Mr . Mead , at Mrs . Smith ' s , news-agent , Warser-gate , Nottingham . London Chartist Band . — We are requested to state , that all musicians' wishing to join the London Chartist band may do so by applying at Mr Martin ' s Teetotal Coffee-house , 3 , Church-street , Shoreditch , on Sunday nejt , at three o ' clock in the afternoon . A Member of the National Charter Association , desirous of assisting the cause by promulgating Us principles , begs to state that he is at the
service of any district or locality to whom such services may be useful . Application to be made to Mr . W . Cordeux , 26 , Micklegate , York . T . H ., Ashton-under-Lynb . —There was no " special reason ' for rejecting his verses . We receive hundreds of poetical communications which we cannot insert—his among the rest . We long ago announced our purpose not thereajter to acknowledge rejected poetry , as our poetical correspondents are so numerous that we find it impossible to do so without occupying a great deal loo much both of time and space . This was the only reason why his verses was not noticed when received . He is quite wrong in supposing that any one has influenced us aginst him : no attempt of the kind has been made .
Kidderminster Cha&tists . —We have no mfonnation about the merging of a reputed Chartist Society at Bath in the Complete Suffrage Union . F . G . —His lines to Chartist lecturers &hall appear . X . Y . z ., Mel / or . —Make the order payable to Mr . John Ardill , andaccompany it by a letter , staling the purpose of its application . Llamdloes . —The Chartist frietuis here are anxious for a visit from Mr . O Connor when he comes to Wales . As Avrshibb Observer , —// he be a constant reader must have seen that tee have done our best to warn the Chartists of the district referred to
and indeed if every district , of the designs of Government . We know that tpies are abroad ; and their cue is to get up meetings and make violent speeches , in the first instance , as a preliminary to . the involving of some few fools in illegal practices , so as to afford a colourable pretext for a general attack upon our body . We must trust in the good sense of the people . If they suffer themselves io be snared , it is not for want of warning . J . B . Suith , Leamington . —Thanks for his letter : it has been sent to Mr . O Connor . We shall be most happy io receive and pay every attention
to the communications of his Salisbury friend . Boston . —Will the Boston sub-Secretary tell us , whether , when he put his letter into the Boston postejfice , the words Frost , Williams , and Jones on the outside of it had been defaced ? A Constant Reader and a True Chartist . —Mr . While ' s address is 29 , Bromsgrove-street . Will Dr . M * Douall send his address to John Leach , Temperance News-room , Reed-hill , Rochdale 1 John Shackleton , Bradford . — We advise him to keep his temper : ' tis not our practice to give up the names of our correspondents to every fool who may dtoose to bet wagers about them . J . Allen , Brighton . —Of course , the parties he alludes to would receive their Plates through the new agent , upon our having satisfactory
evidence that they have been regular subscribers . Norwich . —The public can be supplied with Ihe Chartist Circular , Northern Star , O'Connor ' s Lectures , and all pamphlets , periodicals , and also with finder ' s blacking , at ihe residence oj G . Bell , St . Edmunds . Caroline Maria Williams . —Next week . Joseph A . Lander , Birminglutm , is very , ve ry angry with us for publishing " gross falsehoods in our last number . He says there were twentyfour shopkeepers at his meeting , and he rates us soundly , and calls us " Tory , for saying there were twenty . Poor Mr . Lander ! we are sorry he is angry . We advise his friends to soothe him .
Chables Duncan . —We cannot find room for the long printed paper he has sent us . H . D . Griffiths . —We do not see that any gotd Can result to the cause from the publication of his animadveriions on Mr . Fielden . Once more , and we hope for the last Time . — We beg that our correspondents will write only on one side of their paper . Many of them , we apprehend , have no idea of the trouble and inconvenience they cause us by not doing so . Several communications have been this week rejected solely on this account . It is but a small matter in which to oblige us ; and if people do not choose to attend to it , tee shall not ckoese to attend to their letters . f } ' Basanites must excuse us : we are crammed out . W . Peplow , Stafford . — We have sent him the
Petition per post . Tom Steelb axd the Complete Suffrage Union . —T / ie following pithy communication has been made to the Birmingham Complete Suffrage Union by an excellent Chartist : — " The conduct of Mr . Steele , in attempting to connect the Chartists of London with the circumstances of the recent outrages on the Queen ' s person is most disgraceful j and I xegret that the * Complete Sufrage Union , of Birmingham , ' should include amongst the members of its council an individual who could exhibit himself an actor in bo cowardly , mischievous , and nngentlemanly a proceeding . He merits not the name of man . " Mb . J . WlLCOX , news-agent , Worcester-street , Wolverhampton i has received % . for Mason ' s Defence Fund , from Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell .
Leicester . S . Tatlob , Manchester . —If he had read the Star of last week would have seen the uselessness of troubling himself to write his present letter about John Frost . Tavistock Chabtists . —We insert no nominations for Council without trades and residences . B . £ . recommends to the General Council a levy of one penny for each member of the Association three times a year for the support of our incarcerated brethren * their wives , and children ; and that each sui-Secretary send sixpence forevert / hundred metxbers to the Treasurer of the Victim Fund . Stoke-upon-Trknt . —The communication on behalf of Samuel Rebinson would be charged to us as an advertisement . If the duty be sent ( 9 us we shall insert il willingly . Thomas Soak . —The address of the Birmingham Chartists te their Irish brethren is altogether too late for this week .
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Mobs Middle-class and Manufactubino Ras-CAUTY .---. 4 Blaekbiirn Correspondent writes us thus ;— ¦; .. •• ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ v .. •¦ :: / - . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' . - . ;¦ . ' . - . '¦ ¦' . ' ¦ ¦ ' - .. ' - . ' Having seen in your paper of last week an exposure of one of the mnltifarioas methods by which the working man is robbed of the miserable pittance he obtains in the ehape of wages ; and thlnWng that such exposures are calculated to do Borne good , I have been Induced to submit to your consideration the following accountvbf a method by ; which a mlllowner in the neighbourhood of this town contrives to rob his workpeople of their hard-gotten wages . He proceeds as follows;— - ¦ ¦ v : ¦ "Instead of paying his workpeople every week , and thereby enabling them to make the mbsfc of their . ^ . ¦ . ¦' ¦ .. . - .. ¦ ¦ , ¦• ¦ . ¦• . -
money , he pays them onca a fortnight , and occasionally only once in three weeks . Thia irregularity compels ; the workpeople to have recourse to credit ; but , as there are but three Bhops in the vicinity of the works , and , as the ^ WBgularity before alluded to induces a great number of people to leave the mill , the shopkeepers refuse to give credit to the workers unless they have a ticket from the millowner . The miUowner gives out the tickets ; trt \< for every 20 a . represented by the tlcbeta the millowner receives Is . 3 d . from the shopkeeper as a remuneration for his trouble : thus the workers are robbed of Is . 3 d . in tke 208 ., besides the exorbitant proftt exacted by the shopkeeper . V " This proceeding pressed so heavily upon the
workpeople , that many of them preferred to borrow a portion of their wageB from the millowner ; but that worthy > gentleman' \» as determined that the workers should benefit nothing by this change : he therefore made a rule that any person ; who borrowed 20 s . should pay 3 s . for the fortnight or three .-. weeks * lend ; as the pay-day might happen to take place . This it will be seen , amounts to more , than 300 per cent per annum i A single case will show how this money-lending system works i- — " Some tima ago , a man , who now works in the mill , hadachild that died . He borrowed £ li to defray funeral expences , and agreed to pay it back by instalments . But when pay-day came , the millowner
stopped the £ l , together with the 3 s ., and lent him the £ l again . This £ 1 was ; lent over and over again , tiU , before the , man had it in his power to pay it back again , it cost him 27 s . for interest in rather more than six months'time I "Again , not long ago , the same millowner had the mill necessaries' emptied , in which he found about five or six pounds of cotton : waste , worth about Is . 3 J . For this he mulct fifteen men in 5 s . each , and sixty women in Is . each , —thua making £ 9 15 s . of what was not worth more than Is . 3 d . 11 " In this way are the working men robbed , day after day , by the bawlera for' free trade * and ' extension of commerce . ' Should we not by all means seek union with these kind , considerate friends ?! Bury Chabtists are referred to Mr . Bdirslow ' s letter , elsewhare inserted . ; , - ' Heywood Chartists are refered to Mr . Bairstow ' s - ¦ ¦ ¦ letter . ' ¦ - [ : ¦ ' ' ' ^ ' . ' . . ' We are . requestedto > stalethat the Balance-sheet of the funeral of the late Samuel Holberry will be jfublislnd next week . ¦ -. ¦ ¦ ¦
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James , Mebthyb . —The agents find their own ticfata . Joseph George . —If they have subscribed four months from the notice . John Jefferies . —Write to Mr . John Campbell , Corporation-street , Salford . Joseph Clarke , W itney . —The order was 7 a . 8 d ., not 8 s . 8 d ; Wm . Balls should have enclosed post stamps for bis advertisement D . O'Brien . —Mr . Watson has been desired to deliver the parcel : it left this office on the 11 th of June . The 4 s . from Bramham , noticed in our last , for the National Tribute , should have been 5 s .
FOB JAMES DUFFY . •¦ . .. ¦ .. ' . ' ¦;¦ ... ; £ b . d . From the Chartists of Nottingham 0 8 0 „ ditto Aahton-under-Ljne ... ... ... 0 3 0 „ the Cartists at the Robin Hood Nottingham ... .. .. 0 2 0 „ Tower Hamlets boot and shoemakers ... ... ... 0 1 0 „ OldB&rford Chartists , per E . Mead ... ... ... 0 10 ' « the Chartists of Abergavejiny ,. per T . Gv ... ,.. ... 0 2 6
FOR MR . UINDES , OF SHOBEHAH . From the Chartists of Nottingham 0 8 0 _ ditto of Hammersmith locality 0 2 6 ,. a few Chartists in Bear-lane , Bristol , per Mr . Milas . w . 0 4 0 „ a few Chartists at the Robin Hood , Nottingham ... 0 2 0 „ the Cnartiats of Plymouth ... 0 2 6 ^ the Chartista of Abergavenny , perT . G . ... ... ... 0 2 8 „ an Old Tar , London ... 0 1 , 0 FOB MB . PEPDIE . | From W . M . J ., Bath ,,. ... 0 1 3 „ W . Chapman , Somera * Town , London ... ... ... 0 1 4 FOR MB . BROOK . From W , M . J ., Bath ... ... 0 1 3 „ W . J . Wltney ... 0 06 „ W . 'Mortimer ,-Mill Bridge ... 0 2 8 _ the Chartist of Rochdale ... 0 2 6 „ a Chartist at Rochdale .... 0 0 6 « . W . Chapman , Somera'' Town . London ... ... ... 0 14
FOB MBS . HOLUEBRYv From a few working mien at Dartford 0 4 0 „ the Chartists of Hammersmith locality ... ... ... 0 2 6 ^ W . Y ., Witney ... ... 0 0 6 ¦* „ ¦ . the Chartists at . the Robin Hood , Nottingham ... 0 2 0 „ the Cbartista of Plymouth ... 0 2 6 „ Mr . Stitspn and . four others , per W . Smith , Plymouth ... 6 2 6 ¦ « . South Shields , being proceeds of Mr . Williams ' B . lecture' 1 S 6 . » W . Mortimer , Mill Bridge ... 0 2 6 ¦ „ J . E ., Kentish Town , London 0 2 6 „ . Mr . Chapman , Somerfl'Town , Londen ... ... ... 0 14 j Brimscombe , near Stroudwater ,
perQ . L . .., ' ... ... 0 1 4 „ Congleton , per J . B . ... ... 0 6 3 „ the Chartist stuff-tatters , Londou ... ... ... 6 5 0 FOB DEFENCE OF MR . MASON AND OTHERS AT STaFFOBD . From the Chartists of New Basford 0 4 0 „ J . Chippendale , Chelsea ... 6 0 6 . Z the Chartists of Brighton ... 0 10 0 ~ Newark , ; per T , S . ... ... 0 5 0 "„ Bishopwearmouth , being proceedsof Collection after Mr . WilJiama's lecture ... 0 10 0 „ a few friends at Preston ... 0 26 the Chartists of Rochdale ... 9 2 6
NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE EXECUTIVE . From the Chartists of New Basford 0 10 0 ' „ Mr . Ogdden , ABhton ... 0 1 0 .. Ventnor , Isle ; of Wight , by five persons , per W . Norman 0 3 0 „ Newark , per Thomas Simmit 0 6 0 . i Melksham Forest , Wilts , per E . S . ... ... ¦ -.. 0 6 0 ^ the Ladies' Shoemakers , King Square , Falvey-atreeti London ... 9 10 0 „ John Williams , London ... 0 3 6 ^ J . Browett , do . ... 0 10 TOR . THE LONDON PEMONSTBATION FUND . From the Chartists of Plymouth ... 0 2 6 „ Do . Devonpbrt ... 0 1 6 „ a Plymouth Friend ... 0 1 0 FOR HUNT ' S MON | UMENT . From John Chippendale , Chelsea ... 0 0 6
House Of Lords, Tuesday, July 12.
HOUSE OF LORDS , Tuesday , July 12 .
Lord Whabncliffe presented a petition from the classes educated at Exeter Hall , praying for assistance to enable the system to fee carried out . He expressed an opinion that the grant of £ 30 , 000 for education in a country like thia was altogether insufficient ; and explained what the present Government were < ioing to further the education of tho people , especially in the establishment and support of normal schools , for which additional assistance from Parliament vras requisite . The Marquess of Lansdowne and Lord Brougham expressed satiafectioD * and only regretted that Government was not prepared togo still further .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS— Tuesday , July , 12 . Sir R . Pbbi . moved for leaVe to fering In a Bill for the better security and protection of her T&ajeBtyii j person . He Btated the objects contemplated by the Bill , which fa intended to dispense , when deemed necessary , with the ^ formalltlea observed in . the examination and trial ef peroons charged wltB high treason , and to inflict the punishments of transportation and personal chastisement on persons guilty of the wanton ^ and duel modes of alarm and annoyance practised re-Lord John RuSbbix eeeonded th « motion ; and after some observatfonB from . j ^ r . , Hume ^ wid Mt > O'Connell , leave was given to bring in tfie Bill r andlt was forthwith brought in , and went through the two stage * of being - ; read a first and Becond tune , and was ordered to be committed next day . ; . _; :
On the order of the day forgoing into committee on the Poer Law . BiU , after a question from Mr . LiddeU Mr . T . Duncombe asked if Government really meant to go on with the Bill , seeing the near approach of the termination of the session . . _ : ' ¦ , ' ... Sir James Graham , attaching great importance to the BUI , felt bound to go on , and ascertain the tenae of the House with respect to it
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_ C&ptainBEaNAL declared his determination to tesiat ita progress . ¦ ¦ . '' ¦ ¦' •¦ ¦' '¦ . ''¦' , ' .. ¦¦' ¦ V : ' : '¦ "'¦ ' -- " / - ' r- - ¦ A conversation arose on the expediency of going on with the BUI , and Sir ROBEBT Peel , confessing that the Government were placed in a diffioult position , thought the Housa should first decide Whether the Commission should continue for five years or not After Rome further discussion , Sir James Graham reiterated the recommendation of Sir Robert Peel ; but several members , especially Mr . O'Connell , entreated the Government to pass a temporary bill , and bring the subject onat an early period of next session . At last , Sir James Graham expressed , on the part of the Government , ' a disposition to concede the point of pressing the entire Bill , but asked for a decision as to the continuance of the commission for five years , a point which be considered essential . ...... . . . .-
For this purpose the House went into committee , and ¦ " ¦ ¦ ; ; . 'j ' . " v " ' ¦ ' - " ' \ . , ' " ¦ " . "' - . : :: :- .. : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ :: ¦ ' ¦ : ¦¦ - . " ' ¦• ' Mr . Sharman Crawford pleaded for shortening the duration of the commission to one year , moving an amendment to that effect . . " Mr . Fekband seconded tne amendment , viadicaUag , in his speech , the management of the Keighley Union . Tke amendment was supported by Mr . Aglionby , Mr . Hardy , Sir Charlea Napier ( who , however strongly censured Mr . Ferrand ) , and Mr . LiddeU ; and then Mr . Hawes spoke in favour generally of the Poor Law Amendment Act , as a great social benefit , and expressed his regret that the Government were not going to press the entire bill before the house during the present session . ; v : '• . ¦ .. ¦ . ' ' '¦ . ' - . ; , ' >¦ . '¦ ' ¦ . ¦ . ; " After some observations from Mr . Charles Wood in support of the permanency of the commission , and from Lord Sandon , who argued in favour of a frequent revision by Parliament of the commissioners powers ,
Sir James Gaahah said that there could not be a greater mistake than to assume that the commissioners were irresponsible . Their powers were subjected to a rigid supervision , more so than any other authority in the country ; He argued at considerable length against many of the objections urged against the bm . . ¦ . : ¦ ' : ¦ . .. ; , ; ¦ - ¦ ' ; ' : , " •; . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦; . ; : ; . . ; . ; . . - . . ; .:. . : . ; A desultory debate continued for some time longer , when a division took place , and there appeared For the amendment ... ... 92 . 'V ' .: Y Against it .,. . ' . .... ' •' " ... ^ 164 . ' Repeated divisions , and considerable debate , arose on motions to compel the adjournment of the proceediugs , which ultimately ended in the clause being voted by . 14 . 6 to ' 26 . ¦'¦ ' , ¦ '¦ ' , ' . . ¦¦ ¦'¦ V ' , ' . . •"¦ ' ¦ . ¦; . ; . . ' Some other business was then disposed of , and the House adjourned .
Wednesday , July 13 . The Bill for her Majesty ' s protection went through Committee , and in the course of the evening was read a third time and passed . The House was employed for the greater part of the evening in voting supplies , and a considerable portion of that pleasant business was performed . Mr . Hume was at his post , and endeavoured , but without success , to resist a few votes . The House adjourned at a quarter to two . ' ¦ ' ¦ . . * - «¦*! r A ^ - r * n-1- <* fawl ^ fc ^ V f r ¦ 1 * 1 r . r f r ¦ - '¦ . ' ' ¦ ¦
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THE COLLIERS OF NORTH STAFFORPSHIRE TO THE MIDDLE CLASS OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIliS IN PARTICULAR , AND TO THE OPERATIVE CLASS , AND ALL MEN IN GENERALS .,. [¦ ' ; ' ¦ _ .. / " /¦ . : ' . '¦ ' /' Men and Brothebs , —For more than six weeks have we , the collierg of Longttfn , in the employ of Mr . Sparrow , been resisting a reduction of our wages Serious indeed , to us , is the attempted reduction , being no less than one shilling per day , either direct or indirect ; direct in the reduction of sixpence per day , and indirect in the Increase of work to be performed ; the increased amount of work being one yard per day , per man . Thus this reduction cute two ways , leas wages and more work .
It is a fact of piablic notoriety , that our work is dangerous , dirty , and laborious , in the extreme . From the first moment of our getting into the chains , to descend to the bottom of the pit , until we are again landed at the top of the earth , our lives are not One mqmentin saiety . Ftr ^ damp , black damp , a fall of coalB , or a slip of the roof , may in ah instant eomlga us to death , or cripple us for the remainder of life . Often , as the record books of the infirmaries can testtfy , have numbers of our brother men been carried there to be cured ot burns , or broken limbs ; and many have sunk into the grave , " from the injuries they have received . These things surely should entitle us to something more than a . mere subsistence , and yet the hard band of avarice would give us all the danger , all the labour , and all the dirt , that it may obtain more gold to glut the insatiable maw of avaricious men . '" ¦ ' ¦¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ~ ' . '¦ ' ¦ ¦' .. - . ¦ . : "
After we , the men of Longton , had straggled for six weeks , the miners in the employ of Hirl Grauville are treated to a dish of the same kind , and are compelled either to submit to the Banve reduction , or , by standing out against auch reduction , prevent the future degradation of themselves and their families . Shopkeepers , we appeal to you . If our -wages are reduced , we shall have less to lay put with you j and , of course , your profits mnat .. be less . To your-sad experience , you can testify that for years back we have not been overdone with money , even when our wages were 4 s . per day ; for you dp know that we have not , on the average , worked more than four days per week , and often not that . If , then , our wages be reduced to the tune of one shilling per day , how are we to live , or to pay for what we get ? Your interest , therefore , lies In upholding the Value of labour . Come , then , we say , assist us to win our fights , for in so doing we win your profits .
Operatives , we appeal to you for your assistance ; for depend on it , the reduetiou In our wages is but the prelude to a reduction in yours . Let us beg of youi then , to help us to conquer ; and in our victory see your own reward . - . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ : " ¦ ¦; . ' . - ¦ ; . ' . '¦ ' ' ¦ ' - . ¦• . . ¦ ¦ Coal-owners , we appeal to you . Will you , by a most injudicious reduction of our wages to increase your splendour , or to enable you to lay up more gold to hoard in ualesa heaps—will you , then , engender those heaitburnings , those strifes , that will most assuredly follow ? Is it Wise in you so to do ? Is there none of the milk of human kindness flowing through your boaems , that you seek to deprive us ( your workmen ) of the few remaining comforts we have left ? .- ' . Let us hope better things of you ; and , by a wise , a just , and discriminating policy , reconcile your workmen to you , and give the men ajust reward for their labour .
Miners , a word with you . In our fate behold your own . If we are conquered , how long will your wages be what they now are ? and how long will you be able to resist the iron band that seeks to lay us prostrate ? Join with us ; and by one determined yet peaceful struggle , complete our and your victory . By order of the Committee of tbe Operative Colliers , In whose behalf I am , Sir , Ever yours , John Richards , Corresponding Secretary of the National Charter Association .
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/ . ' . ¦ . ' > ' . ' :- ¦• ' .. Vv DEATHS ' . ; ' : . ; ^ .: '' ; ' . '¦' . . V '' On Sunday Iast , i « ed 71 years , Mr . Samuel Smallpage , of this town , clotbdreaser . On Taesday , the 6 th vast ,., at the residence of her father , Mr . Thomas Brown , Cottage Uppiflebam , Rutland , alter a lonj ? and severe illness , Mrs . Olive Cooper , aged 29 years , wife of Mr . Wm . Cooper , of ; Weldon . ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ - . - ' - ¦ - . ¦' " ;; ;¦ - ¦ .- •; ; : > ' ..: :-: . - . -. ;; - / . ¦¦ - - Oo ^? day ^ la 0 ri * « last , in the 20 th year of hw age , William Danalay , eldest son of Sir John Simpaon , of York , Knight . Same day ; greatly respected by a numeroag circle of friends , in the 50 th year of his age , Mr . Richard Bowes , confectioner and fruiterer , Boarlane . LeedB . r " : ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ :, ¦ : ¦ '¦ ¦ . '¦ \ < : y - '¦ ¦ ¦' : ¦' : ' ¦ -.- : ^'; 'A -. ^
On Sunday last , at Tadoaster , deeply re ^ rettea , aged 41 , Mary , daughter of the late Mr . John Arobbell , builder and Btone merchant , of thai place . ;¦¦ ' . - ¦ . ¦ :- . ; . : ¦ ¦• ' ¦;' :: : '¦ . ' -.., ;;¦•? - - "¦;¦ ¦¦' . ¦ . ¦ . ;¦¦¦ ¦ . . " .-v : ; ' - On Saturday Jaet , in Merchants * Row , Soarbroogb , in the 7 Sth year of bis agfiL Mr . Samuel Middleton , grocer , tea-dealer , &o . ^^> -- ^<^ Oa Sunday week , at Altbfis tiqflMiLJuwnHfr fieldiin # e 80 th-year of his a « e > 8 u | Stti ^ wSv Esq ., formerly Lieut . Colonel in Jn £$ j ^ rjff $ g »\ Own Regiment of Dragoons , arifej |^« oRnT 2 S ] BeDJamin Wade , &q * romW /^ wSm ^ ^
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On Sunday last , at the Superintendent Registrar ' s Office , Westgate , Otley , Mr . Christoper Barnes , to Miss JaneHindle , both of Otley . . ¦ On : Saturday . last ; , at Chapel Allerton , by the Rev J . Urquhart , Mr .: Edward Read , chief constable of tho borough of Leeds , to Mrs . Mary Flocktra , of the samoplacei ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 16, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct439/page/5/
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