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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1844.
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REPEAL -OF THE MALT-TAi . —IMPORTANT MEETING AT CSt ) YDO 2 s . Gbotdos , Sait ; kdatEtxxik& , Dec . 1 . —Amrnierous and highly important meeting of the gentry and influential ianners and agriculturists of the county of Surrey , tooi place this afternoon , ^ pursuant to a numerously signed requisition in the Town Hall , Croydon , for the purpose of considering the propriety of taking' steps ibr nrging on Ler Majesty ' s Government a repeal of the Malt-tax . Mr . Bleaiws was , atone o ' clock , unanimously called to the cliair , and having read the requisition , calling
the meeting , he said he felt great pleasure in being called on to preside oxer so numerous and so respectable a meeting , assembled , as he considered , for a most laudable purpose . He felt that an article of general if not of universal consumption , had been raised to such a price by the Government duty , as to be beyond the reach of tie labouring classes , which demanded , in his opinion , an immediate amelioration ; he ( tire chairman i . thought that if the Malt-tax "was abolished the Minister conld do trithont it , and that the labourers , who Tvere entitled to consideration , would be benefited . ( Hear , hear . )
Me . WsiLL proposed the first resolution . He said this was a subject not only of importance to the farmers , but to 'die labouring men of England , and no greater benefit could accrue to the farmers or the labourers of xhe coroitrr at large than a repeal of the jMalt-taX . - { Hear . ) " The effect of a repeal of the Malt-tax ^ rould be to call into operation the use of second-rate barley , which , because it "was not grown on the genial lands of this country , was precluded by the Government taxation from becoming : a malting barlev . All therefore that could be done "vrith such barley was to tie disadvantage of farmers , who could only sell it at the rate of 10 s . per quarter ibr the feeding of pigs and poultry . It wa > not the price o land that tended to increase the price of malt , but
the tiovexnnient taxation . The average price of land tras > rcteen shillings per acre , at the outside rwem y shilling ? , ami that land it was presumed would grow five quarters per acre . The Government tax was tweniy-rwoshilljngs > ]> er quartern thus , whilst the acre of laiid at twenty shillings grew forty bushels of barley , five pounds ten sliiflings per auv was levied Iit the iiovemmenr . Some time since the Government took off tlie tax upon beer ; and it -was said thai it was a . boon to tLe fanners of tLe country . Now , as one of that body , he ( Mr . TVeallj denied that k was a boon eiiher to the farmers or the labourers ; for it had irested those sinks of iniquity and iufaniy—the beer ?; : ops—wlik-b . had not only injured the farmers , but ruined labourere and their families . . Many sriic-nii- > Lad been proposed for the best-fit of the
agricuhnnU labourer : some said the allotment M-siem , other .- tie -system of emigration would He : x ^ t ; bui he lur-n-rht that the employment of la'lxmr was the oidy leniedy ibr existing evils — ( cheers ) — bat what ' . vhh the existing Corn Lav ? , the late Tariff , and tin ? infamous Cannda Bill , the ikmiers were Tinal-ir to dve c-mploymeut to labour . ( 11 oar . Lear , i After iTcpre-ssins ills conviction that there was not mon- labourers than were actually warned in England , Mr . Woal ! concluded by moving a resolution— " That in th . opinion * f tLe meeting ihe Mult Tax wa > ui > - ju ^ t in ir ? prLnei | i ] e and oppressive iu its operation , inasmuch as it imposed entirely upon tbe labouring ma&rs of this iwuniry , who are thereby taxeJ to such an extent a ? almost to prohibit the use of the bevcr :. 2 e best addled to their wants .. "* ¦
Mr . itouxo seconded the resolution . which , on being put tram the chair , was carried unaniniouily , aniiast K-nd acclaBiaiioas . i ! r . Thomas F- "b < t moved , the seeoiid resolution , "" TliLit the Malt-tax having been submitted to during a Ion ~ period , while hopes wei-e held out that when the w . ir oeascd that tax should be removed ; and thl > meeting having witnessed that sixteen millions of taxation is ; s been renioved whilst the Malt-tax remains , and xi ; at a moiety on lie duty of ¦ wines has al ^ o ix-en renir- ; -- « 3 , 1 ? o ! opinion that lie rune lias eo ' . t arrived "whet this > evere impost on the comfort and Eei-es siiics el" the people should at once irease . " The resolution having been M"conds .-d by Mr . EafysrN , was at onc-e agreed to , and a L-oaoniittet- u-a « appointed consisting orthe gentlemen who had signed the requisition convening' the meeting , to carry out its obje-ei * .
Thanks were snteeqoenTly voted to the chairman , and the meeting separaied .
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REPEAL IN LONDON . Th- sai'AT Etzm ^* , De < -. 12 . l ~ - ±± . —TLe Inspect &r-Geu :.- ¦ nasreinmeil to London , and Li ^ appearance doe ^ ' .--1 indicate ibsx be ba > strni-rvl iiu'cli iryin ln- > late ; : ; r » in Diddle . At the Wardiaote , on Thursday > - - ---. he aEi » oaiiced hL > intention of visiting aU the war 1-. ¦ 5 atc-:---5 iou— -n plan wLu- ' li , if carried out , will j . Z-i-yre ii ; ui-h dLssatlaiai-iioii , 'n" } uch lias been hit ! -- " . occa > i ..- ^^ d by sorne wards not having bt-t-n visii . i ..: all . An cxtraordinury placard wa ? put into circnlni ;^ a at the cjose of last week , cailiii" iri > " > n the
Inspi - -cii > r- < Teneral by name to meet Me ^ rs . liyde arid Hiis-t- " at tise Westminster Ward , rt-latjve to certain alle ^ ea at tacks made npon them . Some niiaunderstairding has aLo arisen in Livt-niool amom , - » t-the R . epeal ; . ^ . These Jlisensioas are deeply to be uq > lore < l Thi- ; - ? -. _/ : ;? £ ¦! for esz ^ iui ~ hhii : reading rooms in lreltLu j 15 wunuly recommvudfJ by the London Reptalfrs , and li- iv are Ir'ginninz to ask , -vrhv _ slio ! iU there not bo ? iiniLir readLiC n > oms estaUL <}> e <] in En ^ lauu t li they -sere esiabllrbed , rreat gor > a ivould follow , and pc-i ^ un ^ vr ould ~ p : nd in profitable reading the time whic-L i ^ nowworse t han Itrst in s . niTT discussion * aE'J
bickniEirs . tiUilii ^ WiRli . WeTTZ LlOX , I > Rr 3 iT-LASE liUiiii ^ WiRi > . Wettz Liox , DHrKT-LASE
. —On Suriday c-veniiig last the large room was respectably atien'ied . Mr . J . Eajrene Cavana ^ li , soii of the -celvbran-d translator of Moore ' s Melouies into Irish , was in t '_ e thair , and addrcssfd the meeting hi a speech -nrnjch elicited tbe ramifel apj'Iaiise . Tbe fiev . ! Mr . J . Furlong followed , depictrns the various modi-s ol persecution resorted toby the " English Go-Tenunf-st agai-i .- ? t the Irish priesthood , and said a
new i-rsi was dawning upon Ireland , nisd the time was not iar distant- when liberty would be procLiLnied iiroaaboTn the length sasd breadth of the Iai : d , and Ireland wonld then be a nation . Fifrw . were t-nro \ le < i . LirrKAT 02 ' s Wied Lc . v £ -Lavi ; . SjiAjurEii . —In this ward the wardens haveestablisL-eii n-adin" rooms , Which are well attended every t-vt-L . iug . They are Under the superintendence of iiiuse inestimable sentlemen , the Rev . Messrs . Moore and Foley , an 3 alreadv are the beneficial results berinniiis to be felt .
Grat " s Iss Waed , Albert , GKiT " s-rx >" -Li > -E . —On Sunday evening last Mr . Burke presided , and the meerimr was addressed by Mr . Collins . Several were enrolled . HoTZEBHrrHE New Waed . —At the meeting of tab "SFartl on Sunday evening , at the Rose and Rummer , Paradise-street , Rotherithe , 3 fr , J . Roach in the chair , Mr . Casserly read the proceedings of the last meeting at the Conciliation HalL Several able speeches were delivered , and twenty persons enrolled themselves under the banner of Repeal .
LvsTxcxoE-GxxEiLix . ' s "R " iSn , Prince ' s Head , Sto * ket s-Gatx , ITsstmisstee . —On -Sunday evening December the 1 st , a meeting , which was weD attended , washeld , Masier J Riordan , in the chair . Mr . T . DaJy . R . Tv " . and Y . ( Dr . Grav ' s Ward ) , addressed the meeting at great length , andliighly complimented the parents of their youtuful chairman for instilling patriotic principles into iis young breast . He then awelt flpon the nreseni : prospects of Bepeal , and emnhatically called upon those present not to relax in their efforts for fatherland . Twenty-one persons were enrolled . ^
Dr . "Gnat ' s-TTiKD , BBmsE Qczex , Whttecbossbibset . —At-Oielasf ' meetang of this ward , Mr . TJemer , R . W ., presided . Mr . T . Daly , B .. W . and TV , addr ^ sed the Meeting . Sereial were enrolled . Tsb Ibkpectoe-Gesieai fisited the -following trards ttda -week . : —the Aldersgate on Sunday ; the St . Pafeiefc ' s on Monday ; and tie O'Connell on Tuesday .
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Brighton . —Conciliation Ward . — A meeting of this ward was held on the 1 st inst ., Mr . Baraman ( an Englishman ) presiding , on tbe occasion , who , in an eloquent speech , declared his sympathy for Ireland . Messrs . Butler and M'Cornick addressed the meeting at great length upon the question of Repeal . Extracts from several journals were read , and the meeting adjourned .
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O'CONNOR AST ) CHAMBERS . tvi la ^ t tvi-t-k assigned a sufficient reason for not baTtnj soonc-T noticed the tract , entitled the " Employer and the Employed , " recently published by the Messrs . Chambers , of Edinburgh ; and no trust that the first part of Mr . O'Coxnob ' s reply to that document , which will be fonnd in our sixth page , will amply compensate for the delay . "We revtived . scores of letters from all parts of the Country , directing our attention to the tract ; and , having perused it carefully , we cannot come to other conclusion than that the Messrs . Chahbees have been made the instruments of the Free Trade party , the
manufacturing elasa . : iu \ l the Poor Law Commissioners , to devotithat power nliich their long seri ices had procured them , to the destruction of any little self-pride and esteem tha : their former advocacy of Labour had rai& ? d in the minds of the yyorkins ; classes . The masterly , familiar , and coh-¦ vincinz manner in which Mr . O'Coxsoa has handled t }> t rirst branch nf the subject leads us to anticipate , when the reply is concluded , one of the most able and valuable defences of the cause of the working clas » es that has ye been submitted to their consideration . Mr . O'Coskos ' s minute calculations , as well as the close manner in vjijfh he keeps Mr . Smith lo the points urged
by his antagonist , are set forth clearly—and though in a familiar , yet in a" slashing " style . Cgnikgsbt , the hero of Mr . D'Isbaeli's last novel , is made to attach all importance to a good * " ry " a ? id a *¦ slashing article . " ?» o doubt the case made out by the tLnoj-jx ) 5 e > l Mr . Smitb -nould have furnished a loluublc l ' er ? " for the Free Trade school , and vtould have afforded ample justification to tfceir representatives for ]> urifyinj the labouring classes of those n-. any " eices ? e > , " and that si-eat " improvidence . " of winch the Messrs . Chaxibxss complain , as the necessary preliminary ! o ihe enactment of such measures as nould be satisfactory ; o the ' master" classe-s . When the people ' ¦ riot" ami ( ' - -v-. nTid redress , their advocates contend for
riie iieee-ssin ot rirst disarming : aiid then legislation can he temj ^ -mtvH deliberated uj > on . After the same fashion tile Messrs . CBaMBEES |> oiut out t 3 ie several obstacles ii- }] i ch stand hi the y » "ay o / p .. >]» u 3 ar redress , —the greatest iving Lal > -iur combinations -. and thus liint to a class , — ™ i : o . as Mr . 1 ' hamblks \ rv candidlv informs us . have no _ jliiny to do « i : h -i > t iii- . ^ . nut consider all as ma tter of '" i ? usiues > . "—the necessity of destroying combinations Wfore rrdress c ^ n be admiaistored . Such is the " i vy " relied uj » on to ciurv the ' sympathiz ^ -rs " triuaiphanth through the forthcoming session of Parlianiiat ; « jiili- ne havt hope enough \ et left to believe that the ••« la- > hi : ig article , " intruded as an answer to the
'iTj , ' ¦* % ill ttiik- that uiocx sentimentality about to bL on-red as a substitute for substantial relief . We arc- led to the belief , that , whaft ^ cr the intentions or prospects mi ^ ht ha ^ eIr ^ t ¦ n T \ hicli induci-i i the Messrs . Chambebs to fiilmiiiate their dreadful anathemas acrainst the labouring classes , tlic aiastti-iv , < s » r > viming , and trianjphant rep ! j , which i ' . is v > ut j > ridc this -week to publish , yvill cau > e them to abstain , i :: future , frum striking a blow at that hand br i ^ hirh they havt }> .- ¦»!! rr . iced fr . mi po'eny to affluence . As long as the Messrs . Chaxbebs remained
mere compiier ; of interesting works , —as gua ^ ers sucking rhe brains of others , —they stood high in the world of liter , ary compilation . They were free from criticism ; while their happy selections gare them a character for taste which insured them a certain amount of well-merited popularity . They have notv plunged into the troubled waters of authorship : and , at-i-ording to the raging fashion , would assume originality a > tbeir introduction . In this new character , howt-v r , they have " signally , totally , and disastrously fiiiled . Tirre was a time when the hard hlmvs of
' bu-Tirr miitb might have told upon the unresistius " ¦ ciiiiainj " J iCXjus ; and if tbe previous teaching of the MtiSTS- CHAiLBI . B . 3 has led to that nice criticism , nhich has tauzLt the working classes to distinguish between matt-rs of " : \ elins" and matters of ' business , " we trust that its propeT exervise upor their recent tract will c . > nliace them that the labour bt-stowed upon the enlurliten-DlfE ! , ji the iv . jrking classes bos no : bcea k »? t , and ' . Uat tht > pupils an = worth v of the j : iast « rr * .
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And should they be called upon to expiate on the scaffold with their lives the crime of " striking the blow tftemselvus , " which they paid Mi : O'Conneio . liberally to " strike " for them , we trust that his " Headsman , " Mr . Thomas Stzele will render a faithful account of the several amounts paid by the several victims to their own confidence . In the speech to which we refer , Mr . O'Connell invokes the . aid of 900 , 000 men of fighting age : and , merciful Providence ! what inferences are the poor deluded Irish to draw from such bombast and gasconade . Let him talk as he will—let him preach as he may—and declare his adherence to the principle of Repeal as best he can ; jet we tell him that his riding-off on the Catholic Bequest Bill , and crying out " blood and the scaffold , " while he has picked the pockets of the sufferers , will not satisfy the Irish people .
llis denunciation and threatened destruction of the poor White Boys , is in perfect keeping with his desertion of the Dorchester Labourers and Glasgow Cotton Spin ucrs—with ; his crusade against the Dublin Trades , bis de- " nunriations of the Rechabitvs , and his exultations at a handful of Irish beardless recruits having slaughtered the people in the streets of Netvport . Labour is getting too strong for Mr . O'Connsli . : and as he was never the friend of Labocb , be dreads its vengeance when the day of retribution shall come . He mouthed his lamentations and heaved his sobs over the Catholic blood shed at Rath
cormac , which , in his several associations , he has oftenitmes declared vetcries to Heaven for vengeance ; but wlliJe the straw in the widow's haggard was vet crimsoned with the innocent blood of the widow ' s son , and while the event was fresh and feverish , and before the just excitement had passed away , when Mr . O'CoNNoB gave notice of mo tion upon the subject in the House of Commons , Mr . O'Coxnell requested him not to " embarrass" the Government with the question !
Is it wonderful , then , tliat the poor Irish , deserted l > y all whom they have paid and in whom they have faithfully confided , should look to other than hired advocacy for the correction of their grievances ? Again , vre say , that while we lament this recurrence to outrage and the nece . s-. iri" irhieh leads to it , we look uith loathing and detestation upon the man who offers his services to ferret out victims for the Saxon law . Nor , will it satisfy the Irish people that tin .- act is superinduced b ; , the necessity >^ f prescj-vins perfect tranquillity as a means of
accomplishing a Repeal of the Union .. What wo say is , that if it is necessary , Mr . O'Connell is the last man living who should enter upon the task ; while , perhaps , Mr . Steele will be found the most efficient to di-cbarge the painful duties imposed upon liim b y his Hew office . No doubt , the Irish Catholics will yet continue to furnish ¦ blood money * for the persecution of their own llesh and blood . If so , bo it so . We onlv hope that the time is not far distant when tbe discipU > B of a Mathew will see the juggles by which the confiding Irish have been so long amused .
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ROBINSON CRUSOE , AND HIS MAN FRIDAY , AGAIN ! Mx . Joseph Stcbge has some general notions of mili tary tactics , but is deficient in , the art of bringing his troops into the fieia . Just about this period of each year , Mr . Sturde starts on the recruiting service , and his battle-field being very extensive , he reviews the outposts , commencing " fas north , " We learn from the Scotch newspapers , as well as from our Glasgow correspondent * that Mr . Stusoe has'been recently engaged in the fruitless endeavour to take the Chartist garrison of Glasgow by storm . Mr . Stusqe , with characteristic obstinacy , appears to be resolved on a renewal of last sessional folly and again bis man Friday , who has so signally failed ai
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leadqr of tiie Irish Federalists , is to lead on the " forlorn hope" against the " strong chest . " To aid in this project , our present harmony is to be disturbed ; and all the competitors for popular support having failed to get a " bid" for working men ' s support by " wink or nod , " Mr . Sthrqb and his staff see the necessity of being less reserved ¦ vvith the Chartist body . Hence we find Mr Malcolm , one of the keys to the Stoege bugle , sounding the new conditions on which the units of " Complettim" will condescend to fraternize with the hundreds of Chartism .
We have silenced the " physical force key-note ; and Mr . MALcptM tells us , that we must also give up the note of " obstruction , " a * far , at all events , as regards opposition to ; the Free Trade party . This young jackanapes has been " all things to all men , " and no doubt his teeth are watering for a snap at fho Free-Trade cherry . Mr . Stchge , however , should bear in mind the several lessons that the Ohartiats have already taught lura ; and b . v this time he should understand , that if the ocean and the streams are to unite , the streams must run into the ocean , and not the ocean into the streams .
However , it in these uuys of novelty and invention , the universal waters of Chartism are to be turned up the liill into the narrow streams of Sectionalism , Mr . Crawford is not exactly the engineer to direct the now course , or to apply the several "locks" the establishment of the new level . Mr . Mom , Colqchopn , and others , notwithstanding the results anticipated from the apparent apathy of the Glasgow Chartists , appear to have been watchful sentinels , wide awake on their post , and therefore not so easily reconciled either to becoino passive instruments in the hands of the League , or to be dragooned into a preference of Whiggery to Toryism , Our preceptors tell us , that on two conditions only can we bo admitted into fellowship witlt-tlu- wandering minstrels
of ' ' Comiiletism- * - " the one , that v » u are to prefer the League to ovory other thing in this world ; and the other , that wo are , upon all occasions , to ^ ivu the preference to the Whigs in contests between the two rival parties . It is strange that the position of Mr . -Si-urge at Birmingham , and his frequent detmiK'iations of the League , did not serve as a curb to tlic flippant tongues of his obsetiuiuu . s followers . However , for ourselves , tvheu we daily discover such discrepancies between the theory oi the soldiers and the practice of the Generals , we are irresistibly led to the conclusion , that with such an army we can enter into neith > 'r contract nor union , until they arc Jirst ttnUfti amonrjH the < nsi : l \'< -t ' As to the part that [ irtur Mr . Chawfobd is design .- « 1 tu piay in the revived tarce of " Stopping thf Suppliirs . 'Mie is old enough to know that any advantage that could be derived from
its revival , has lost its eleetrifjing novelty by the total failure of last year ' s experiment : and to advertize it "for representation this } car , " will be but to confirm die public in a belief of his unfitness for that post of leadership which Mr . STritOE is so anxious to confer on him , as , thf gre-ut luminnry destined l > o'lscurt" the FniSBLUY Lioht ! In nothing have either Mr . Stuboe or his party strengthened the hunds uf Mr . Dcvtosms ; bat , on the contrary , tbcro has esisted a perceptible desire on their part to weaken his influence and to substitute their own leader in his stead . It is marvellous that as men grow older they do not grow wiser : for if those two gentlemen possessed one particle of reflective power , they might have discovered l > y this time , thut th « lubuur of disturbing l ) f scuMBE from the aiYev'ions oi' the working classes , uas a task whollv beyond their pigmy power .
We cannot , in addition to this warning word to Messrs , . Sttrge and Crawford , conclude without noticing the claims of Messrs . Mom , Conji'iioiN , and the gallant Chartists << t" Glasgow , to the gratitude of the working classes in gi luTiil . They arc rwr ready at their posts , when danger threatens , or when treachery assails their principles . We presume thaftlu failure of the attack on the " outposts" will save the " citilel" from such another assault us was made upon it l ; ist y .-: ir by dissenting parsons , trafficking " pedlars , " and ni . fkcil Leaguers , under the guise of Lnboui ' . s friends . Huweu'r , should the attempt be repeated , we shall be . at urpost , to add another \ ictory to the many that the united Chartists have achieved ii " . er their disunited opponents .
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Speciallt to Agents .: —The agents , whose accounts have been sent in , will please to remit tbe amount before next -Saturday . Wotjces of FoBTncoMiso Meetings . —All notices of j forthcoming meetings , to secure , insertion , must be in tin : office by Wednesday mornings excepting such as are arranged for after that tkiy . Several came to hand last Friday , which were necessarily excluded . Reports of Sunday Meetings . —All reports of Sunday meetings in England must be in the hands of tbe editor by Wednesday morning , or they will be excluded . Our . Scotch friends must write so as 10 reach on Thursday : mornings . The bad Postal arrangements makes it necessary to give them a day ' s grace . In all other places the time named , Wednesday , is late enough : as late as the other duties to the paper will allow us to ' give .
Mb . T . Clabs . would oblige by writing sooner . A . C . A ,, Islington . —Refer to the Star of August 31 , ¦ 1 S 44 , and you will there find your subscription acknow-¦ leged . " Politics and Pasties in Svvitzeeland . "—We were requested last week to notify to our readers that the ¦ edition of the JbuwiaZ de Oincva has for ' ¦ ' ¦¦¦ present discontinued the articles " on the state of Parties in Switzerland , " owing to circumstances of a local cha' ' racter . H . Lunn , Hampstead . —Get a copy of the last Tariff , from the Parliamentry Publisher , Hansard , of Parliament-street , and Great Turnstile , Holborn . T . PATHtiL . —The last National Petition , signed by 8 , 500 , 000 tax-payers , and presented by Mr . Duncombe , had in it a clause pleading for , and praying for , a repeal of the Irish Legislative Union . J
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t Ma . Patbicc O'Higgins , and Chartism is Ibelasd . — A good deal of anxiety has been manifested by our English friends to learn the present position of Chartism in Ireland . They missed the reports of the meetings of the Irish Univeral Suffrage Association from tbe Star ; and I numberless have been the applications to us , to learnjthe reason why . This information we were not at the time in a position to impart ; but we are now glad [ to have in our power to set inquiry at rest , by publishing the following letter from Mr . O'Higgins himself , a copy of which has been kindly forwarded to us . There are several other matters
included in the letter , to which we invite attention : — " Dublin , December 3 d , 1844 . —Dear Sir , —A good wafer is better ! and safer than a bad seal . It is right to mention this , as your letter of the id instant-came to hand open ; the seal having been broken apparently by the carriage , or , perhaps , tossing from bag to bag . Doyle called here on Monday , but I did not see him . I understand that he has gone to some part of the country . There has not been a meeting of the Dublin Chartists since August . They will meet early in January . The weekly subscriptions here did not cover a . twentieth of the expenses . I carried on for four years at
an expense out ; of my own pocket , of from £ fi 0 to £ 83 ayear . This was too much to tall on one individual ; besides being made a target of by the O'Connell party , without any means of defence except through the columns of thej Northern Star , which was of no use to me here . The Chartists either in England or Ireland do not support their own principles . My opinion is , that ho wh >) smokes tobacco , or drinks intoxicating liquors , while i'uuds are wanted to carrying out Chartist principlesiis more a Tory agent than a Chartist . Half the money spent in hlthy , stinking , tobacco would , if subscribed honestly and manfully to Chartist purposes , place it upon a footing that could not be resisted for any length i > l ' time . What right have the working classes to make victims of those , who for pure love
of justice and right , stop out of their ranks , cut all connexion with tlieir former friends , with a view to promote the happiness and comfort of the oppressed millions who make no sacrifice to promote their own welfare ? It is melancholy to see how in every age political knaves who Hatter and cajole the people succeed , whilei honest men are allowed to perish by tin * very men for ivh < , se interests they sacrificed everything . Look at the history of the O'Connor family ; see how they have always taken part with the people of Ireland—always advocates for extending the Suffrage to the working classes—even from the earliest period to the present time , using their most strenuous ertbrts tor Universal Suffrage . See how they huvel > een persecuted , their ni'oucrtv confiscated , their houses burned , a price
set U [ iou their heads , and tor what ? r or their devotion to the interests of their poor , persi . ruled , and oppressed countrymen ; fWell , see , on the other hand , Low ilicbitterest foe , the most malignant enemy ever the Workin ;; classes hail , drains , by tiatu-ry and ciijolery , si » nr THIRTY TilolSA . ND POCNDs ! A V LAR for his own use and le . 'iicht , t ' rum his miserable dupes . and upward . * < A £ 5 'i , 'iuu a year , in addition , frum t ) ic * ame creatures , for the sole purpose of restoring to power tlieir insidious fn' -s , the ' base , bloody , and brutal Whigs . " Many ; i truly liom .-it iriaii is deterred from taking . that part in the v _ Uaiii » t movement winch he would wish , in consi-ijuence of the apathy of tin : Chartists themselves . T 1 il' 3 do Dot support their own cause—they do not support their own [ leaders , or rather , political teachers . I
for one , will never descend to natter men fo"r the sake of popularity , f And 1 tell wu honestly and candidly , that it appears *! to me both ridiculous and disgusting to s c a man tlevlaiming ax-nim a Uovermut'iit with a pipe , in his jaiv . U is just s ; iying to his enemy , "Here Rood sir , I knpw you are mv oppressor , and that you could not oppress me unless me aud mj das .- ; furnished you with the ljieaiis . Mv wife is sick , and my children are hungry ; yet 1 v > ill l ^ . V out this thirteen pence , which is all 1 h . tve , iii tobuco > , because I am well aware that , by duing so , vou , my oppressor , will get twelve pence out of it , as duty <> r e \ eise , while I get not one halfpennyworth , as another grinder ot' thf poor must have
his pmht out jot * the penny . " I ask you , now , is'not this the true ftate ot ihe c ; use ? Bear in mind , that tin 1 test of dc \ i ) tii > n tu a cause is to be found in the way it is sustained , by the sinews of war . and these alone . Hear also in mind that e \ cry pound you save from the excise and sub ^ crib - - tu the Charter , deals double blows on the heads < jjf jour enemies . —I am , faithfully yours , 1 ' atiuck O'Hifii . iK " . —Mr . Thomas Webb , Stoekpurt . \ n Old Suiisr KiiitB , Stookpobt , cannot cor . i ^ el the Board of Guardians to do any thing , in the way of relieving tin- poor . They are elected , and selected , to starve the pu . ir ; and if they only allow Is . 6 d . per vvvek fur an old woman , su \ unty-two yeara of a ^ - , why ' 'Tis tlieir lox-atlm , Hal . "
They could refuse i-ven that starvation allowance , and also admittance into their " house of horrors , " and who is there to call ! th' -m t . > account ' The protection of tlif ]»<> ur has been taken away : we are trying to have it restored . ; Charles Gwilliam ., Liverpool , need nut b < - under no alarm about the splenetic effusions of the wincing " Lktor . " lie is jioweries .- , either fur good or evil . Like the venomous scorpion , he has been in . i'dc to bite himself ; und his own destruction ha-, followed by his oivn virus . i A . C , AlUlKuATIt . Wt r < -ally cannot answer liis query — for we cannot understand it .
lAtnoN against Imposition . —W e havv been requested to caution the public against an attempt which is being mu . de in certain parts of Ireland , by a set of unprinci pled men vi hfr > are ieoiii about with petitions , craving charity for tiitv nankeen weavers of Wj ^ aii , without the consent or knowledge of that body : and big to state that they discountenance such proceedings , as being cjilculutod to mislead thi- charitable and humane part of the community . They deem it prudent to lay this statement before the public generally , in order that the individuals going about under false pretences , may be dealt with according : to their merits . W . lMXOS AND THE MANCHESTER "GrARDlAN . " III Wed " uesday ' s Guardian there is a report ot ' a miners meeting at the Old Mess-house , Oldham . at which Mr . Dixon is represented as speaking . The fact is , Mr . Dixon was never out of Manchester pn that day . This is an old " dodgo" of the U-ii'irdMH , a . s it respects Mr . Dixon . During the Plug war , it represented tha : gentleman as a speaker at a meeting in T hikers' -gardens , putting into liis mouth a most flaming speech . Mr . Di \ i > u , in that case , ts in the prcM-nt , was nir-ver near the meeting at all . lie' wrote tn the ffaiinli'in to contradict Hip niUrepreseiitaiion , ( error it could not be called , because so oft ri . pe : ite < -l ) —an . l no notice wa « taken of his letter . ^" Iiat can be tin- reason i ' oy sucU cnn . Uut ' . Is it pal'ry spilt ., beca : isc Mr . Dixiiu is a reporter for the > 'hir ' If so the O-ii'inlian u a » ii ( '" / i dot' .
John HoiiEaTS , i SniitwsBi iiv , overlooker in the Flax uii . ' iofthe Messrs . Marshall , of that place , writes to correct what lie calls a " j , n > ss misrepresentation'and libel" in a paragraph in ^ rted in our last , stating that , " sixteen hands hail struck work on account of- severe fines ; " but in Mhat citht-r tin- mis ! Vj > ivse ! itatk / : i or the lib . i consists Yve . confess ourselves unable to discover ; for Mr . Roberts distinctly « a \ s , ' that swh a strik- did fake place , I admit . " lie defends the act of ' arbitrary fining ' on tbti ground * , hist , that those he ' inflicted w . Te $ w"U in amount " — only tv \ o- ; ietu ' e- and threepences ; and often times "lily one penny : : uid secuud , that it is necessary to p rotect ih < - character of tbe manufacture Of the Messrs . Marshall from tin . eiiects of " unjustifiable indoli tic < - and carelessness . '' He also vouchsafes the mtV . niuuion thai lio " fears Oml ami honours ! the Kim :, " both of which lit ? may do as lon ^ - as lie ! likes ; bur he slmuM not " rob tile labouri r" eitluii t'l . r the beneiu us' the Mv--vs Marshall or any body else .
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niir . HTFUL AfVIUKNT ON THE DOVER i RAILWAY . WoiliicMlny morni-nj ; , »'' out one o ' clock , a most frightful anil fatal ac ! ci lout ocruiTCil on the 1 lover Railway , iiciir the Hrickiayci " s' Anns station , < * 1 « 1 Ktlrt-roarl , by which ononinn , n . 'iniod Rolvrt Buckley , an enprineu ' river , was killed on the spot , ami Aaroii Wilkinson , the stoker , lwjrived . such extensive injuries that his recovery is utterly inipo <« iMo . Se \ 'oral other pei'soiw were aho severely injmvd and conveyed ' to Guy ' s Hospital , wherje they received every attention iVoni the resilient house-surgeon It appears that ' about twenty minutes after iniiluiglit the croods train
destined for I > ovet * , left the station at the Bricklayers ' Anns . The ejiirine ( a new one , nianufaetureU' by Berry , Curtis , ; nn < l Kenneily , of Liverpool , and named the " Forester '; ' j was attached to the trains , consisting of several trucks heavily laden . When the train was ready for starting , the engineer , Robert Buckley , a fine young mail , and Aaron Wilkinson , the stoker , being told " all ;• was right , " proceeded onwards with it almiii the line , land it was observed by the men on duty that " she ran beautifully . " Unfortunately , however , before the train had reached more than halfway to the junction of the ! wooden with the earth-raised line , and just as it had passed the timber-built viaduct near the Blue Anchor-road , the engine exploded with a report which was heard for some miles distant , the police
stationed as far off as Woolwich marshes having heard it , and Jtbe reflection at the moment caused by the fire and ! steam was so stromr , that Deptforddoekyard and ihe station at the Bricklayers' Arms were quite illuminated . There were three guards at the time with ] the train , and upon recovering from the stupor intojwhich . tJiev were thrown by the occurrence , they discovered that the engine ' had leaped completely over the side of the railway , and that the tender had broken through the latticed work fowling the left side ofj the line , on to the ground , a depth of nearly eighteen feet . Bv the aid of their lamps
thoy immediately began to search for the engineer and stoker . The latter they found about twenty feet froln the train ) bleeding most profusely from an extensive wound I in the head . lie was also so much scalded by the ! sudden escape of the steam that his flesh peeled offi upon their attempting to touch him . The most judicious measures were used , and Mr . Harvey , the 4 P uty superintendent of the luggage department , having now come up with assistance from the station , the poor fellow was without delay conveyed to the Bricklayers' Arms station , and thence to Guy ' s Hospital in a cab . Search meanwhile was made for Buckley , and he was first perceived by the
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whiteness of his trousers , the knee of which lay exposed from beneath one of the luggage trucks remaining upon the line . By great exertion the load was lifted from the body of the unfortunate man , but he was dead , being literally crushed to a mummy . The seene immediately after the accident bafflea description . One of the trucks , piled full of bales of merchandise , &c , having by the violence of the shock been shattered to pieces , the various articles were forced from their enclosures , and strewed all over the line . The engine lay in the field , several yards from the spot on the line where the accident occurred , the wheels deeply embedded in the earth , and the body , boilers , and the machinery literally splintered to pieces . The side of the railway , which consists of a latticed work of wood all along the inclined plane , from the Greyhound-bridge to the junction with the
New Cross line , over which the engine and tender fell , is torn away for about eighteen feet . Upon instituting further inquiries , we found that that intended journey of the Forester engine was only the fourth it would have made . It was considered a very good one up to the time of the disaster . What caused the explosion has not yet been ascertained . The poor fellow Wilkinson was said to be so seriously injured that his recovery was considered hopeless . No information as to the probable cause ot 4 he accident could be gleaned from him . It is most providential that at tha time of the accident no passengers were with the train . The authorities of the railway unite in declaring that the unfortunate' deceased was a most sober and steady man , and respected by his employers as well as by afi who knew him . Both he and the stoker were unmarried .
Further Particulars . —As soon as possible the line was cleared of all obstructions , so that the Z"Cgular traffic might not be impeded ; and at an early hour the directors who had assembled on the spot , with Mr . Gubitt , the lomocotive engineer , and Mr . Gregory , of the Croydon line , considered it necessary to forward immediate intelligence of what had happened to Colonel Pasley , the inspector-general of railroads , and who arrived soon after nine o'clock , when a strict examination was gone into , the result of which is as follows : —The bursting of the locomotive being the supposed cause of the accident , their first object was to examine tie engine as it lay imbedded in the earth . After getting off the viaduct , it had pitched head foremost into the earth a depth of four feet , then turned over . They found the fire-hox was blown out as well as the whole of the fire bars , and the inner casing , between which and the outer casing the steam generated , was also torn awav . The next point was to
examine what effect the explosion had had upon the viaduct , and the probable cause of her getting off the same . They found , upon inquiry , that there had been two explosions , the first apparently took place about eighty feet from the spot where the engine was lying . The fire-bars at the bottom of the fh-e-box had been blown completel y through the viaduct into arch No . 134 , making a hole three or four feet square . The second explosion not only blew the fire-box through the arch No . 133 , but such was the force of the f-: > am , that the engine "jumped , " and descended part . on the rails and partly off , a distance of eight or ten yards , crushing the immense pieces , of timber that supported the viaduct . The front door of the smoke-box was discovered about 100 yards distant . Although General I'asley's opinion was not publicly made known , we undei-stand that he attributes the cause to a flaw in the copper , or a defect in rivetting the casing .
Strange A . ccident . —Mademoiselle Brohan , an actress of the Theatre Frangais , some time back was knocked against in the street by a man carrying a heavy package . The blow struck her on the bosom , and caused such acute pain that she fainted . For two months she suffered constantly , the part affected being exceedingly swollen and inflamed . Recently , on her consulting an eminent sui-geon , he gave it as his opinion that some substance had got into the flesh , and caused the pain . He prescribed certain remedies , and two or three days after a needle worked its way out . It is supposed , that having been accidentally placed in Mademoiselle Brohan ' s dress , it was forced into the flesh by the blow . — The lady is dow doing well . —Galignani ' s Messenger .
Fatal Occurrence ox the Thames . —A long inquiry was gone into on Wednesday evening , before Mr . W . Payne , at the Vestry Hall , Horsleydown , on the body of David Daniel , aged 27 , late captain of the Aquilla barque , of Abcrystwith , who was drowned in the river Thames , under the following melancholy circumstances : —Mr . Joseph Lewis , of No . 8 , Webbstreet , Berniondsey , medical student , said he was in the deceased ' s company on Tuesday night , at the Watermen ' s Anns , Shad Thames , which place they left about three o ' clock on Wednesday morning , for the purpose of proceeding on board the deceased ' s vessel , lying oft' Pickle Herring Wharf . After
walking some distance they turned down a 'narrow lane , leading to the water side , the deceased being five or six feet in advance of witness . In a minute he heard the deceased slip , and a splash in the water . He got to the end as soon as possible , and haying hold of an iron loop , he nut out his leg for deceased , who was struggling in the water , to lay hold of . Witness called out that there was a man in the water , but at the same moment his foot slipped , and he also beeame immersed . He was picked up by a boat . The deceased was not quite sober , but could walk very well . The tide was very high , and the night extremely dark . The jury returned a verdict of—Accidentallv drowned .
Supposed Siticibe at Blackfkiars Bridge . —On Wednesday evening an inquest , adjourned from the previous Wednesday , was resumed before Mr , Payne , city coroner , at the Vestry-hall ,. Horsleydowu , " on on the body of George Holmes , aged 61 , a Chelsea pensioner , who committed suicide by jumping off Blackfriars-bridge on the evening of Friday , the 22 d ult . The body was shockingly mutilated , " the right arm and thigh being fractured , with a severe bruise on the lower jaw , produced , according to the medical testimony , by a fall . Henrv Stibbs said he was in the
company ot the deceased on Thursday night , when , pointing to two sabre wounds on his head , he exclaimed that when drunk he was mad , and that he was determined to destroy himself . He heard that a man had thrown himself off the bridge on Friday , and on hearing next day that deceased was missing , made the remark that it must have been "Old George" ( the deceased ) . City Police-constable 348 , was on dutv on Blackfriars-bridge last Friday three weeks , and heard the alarm of a man jumping off . He ran across , but he had reached the water before
witness got to the spot . Verdict—Found drowned . Alarming and Destiilctive Fires . —At an early hour on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered by the police at the dwelling-house of Mrs . i ' owner , carrier ^ No ; 7 , Crystal-road , North Brixton , and which for a time created the greatest excitement in that district . Immediately on the alarm being given measures were adopted to save the inmates of the burning building . Their rescue was providentially effected , and information of the fire having been forwarded to the several fire-brigade stations , numerous engines were soon on the spot , and the flames were subdued . The damage done to the lower part of the premises was very considerable , but , fortunately for the occupier , it is said the property was insured .- — Between eleven and twelve o ' clock on Wednesday forenoon another alarming fire bi-oke out in an extensive warehouse , the propert y ot' Messrs .
Glew aud Ohlhain , No . 77 , Basinghall-stro ^ t , City . It was occasioned by the kitchen line taking fire , and conunuuicatuu ; to the massiw nil ' tera on the upper floors . The brigade from the Watlingstreet aud Jeffrey \ s-sqnare stations quickly arrived , and thive ar . ^ earir . ir no other cliauco of suhdmiig the fire , owing to the confined locality , the tfreHieiU'oin menced euttih- away the quartering and other boarding , and by these means stayed the progress ot the flames . Since Sunday morning no fewer than twelve tires have occurred in different parts of the metropolis . The most serious are as follows : — At St . Peter's Church ; one at the Bethnal-green New ( . 'huicli , neat the Hackney-road , part of the pews and galicrv 0 D the south wing burnt , insured in the Pha-nix Fireoffice ; some carpenters * workshops , belon ' giiiK to ^^* G . Scwell , in Lisbon-grove , destroyed , as also other damage to the main building ; and a private house , tenanted by Mr . G . Harrison , Gilbert-street ,
Grosvenor-squarc . TniHSK . —On Monday last , the 9 th inst ., a poor man , named William Raine , was run over by the mail train on the Great North of England Railway . The deceased was at work on the line when the whistle oi the train was blown to warn him ; he just stepped off the line , but the engine-man , thinking him too near , again blew the whistle , which startled him , and he stepped on to the way again , and was instantly knocked down and run over , liis legs auil thighs were severed from his body . He died the same night .
Fatal Accident with a Steam-engine . — Wednesday evening Mr . Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital , on view of the body of James Je ** - vis , aged nineteen years , an engineer employed in tnO engine manufactory of Mr . Burgess , of Back Ohurcn * lane , Whitechapel , who met with his death under tna following circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that oa Wednesday morning , aixnit seven o ' clock , the deceased was at worK in the turning department , finishing la piston in the engine-room . The place at which he was at work was distant from the engine about thirty feet , and he nna no business to approach the engine , when suddenly » noise was heard , as if some verv heavy body had-oeen
thrown against the wall , and the deceased was loun « lying on the floor quite insensible and covered witn blood , which issued from a tremendous wound on xno side of his head . A medical gentleman was ' imp * diately sent for , who recommended his ¦ unmemaie removal to the hospital , but he died before he couia reach that establishment . A tellow-workman saia a minute before the accident he saw the deceased gonis up a ladder to the top of the boiler , for the P'fP ? ' !' witness imagined , of wanning his hands , and . tnaw having fallen back , the strap of the engine naf ^" ; him through the framing of the fiy-wheel , and thrown him against the wall in the manner prep ^ y , ;!; scribed . The jury coincided , and returned a veraic » of—Accidental death .
The Northern Star. Saturday, December 14, 1844.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 14 , 1844 .
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE ¦ L-L' -nt ' s . FsiuAT Nighi . — The brur . ^ Thomas , oi Snrdi riaud . tts < \ rrtH .-k » d at Skerries on Sirndav uLrlit . AH th * crew were saved . On tho-same J : Iirht a ¦ svrei'k happen ^ oil Biisby-oui-eEU , on the Lincolnshire coast . Tlie vessel proved to be a schooner . caBtMi tie Mitliers , of l > anhar , laden with oak from KoaLrsVy . bound for London . There was a heavy sea at t ' rtr xime ; so r ^ nch so timi bo sooner "was the boat got cv-crixjaixl for tiie crew lo save Titem ^ elve * tkaii the ¦ wave > Joshed Lor loutoms . The wreck beine short ! v
seen JT « m the adjacent town , tLe : iie-l > oat was unmedisiely got n » Jv , and the poor creatUrvs-saved . —A distressing shipwreck took plaee on Tuesday ¦ R-evk . 03 the Nurtaern part of Scotland , of the seboorXT Bates , of Mairpon , trhic-h was losx op S ) me roek > simile about U-u niiltis from tie sLore , between the viEii-es of iiarb and skye . The crew were save-L Ivzi the v ..-i- > el has become a total -wreck . The Otter v .: < 5 e ] s are tlie Jane , for Lobqod , lost in iht S-sriii . r . i ihe mouth of the Thames ; the Victoria , smack , of Liverpool , -wrecked off xhs Skerries ; tilt Leoi't-M of Petwiiead , lost off Lessoe ; the Albion scL'X-ner . strained on Prince Edward Mand _ ; aid the x h' > oner Prince Oscar , lost on the toast of Gerliiai .: * * .
11 " : _ s Vessels B . rx Dowx . —On Monday evening about > is o ' xioek , a collision occurred near Beachy EeaAi - f » j a vessel named tae Rose , beJonsrircr lo Tanuoxni , beiiig ran dotra "l » v another , tvLu-h provtvl to be the Hebe , of London . The crew escapoJ in the boat . Another collision happened on Tu&Hiay morning , off Uolyhead , -which was- attended by th- * i-tal loss of the schooner , Portmadoe Packet , ill- V . " . Jones , Toaster . She-was from Liverpool , for Cam-irriiii , -with a general carr ^ . vrhrn , during a -deir * -. * taO of sleei , some unkno-sm vessel , apparently a br-V , about 3 f » ' tons burthen , run Into , ami stove the i . 'rf .-varks iu to such an extent , that tie vej ^ e ] sunli " . n the course of a few minute * into deep -prater . Th ? ivts- saved themselves bv th « -ir own boats . Abi-: -t vessel is reported to t .-: v ¦ t ? - run i ^ owj bet--- ~ I . mguard-fort and AMbcr-.- . of ^ Ifi > Ik , by one of the Spou-h steaiuer ^ , but i .. t fait ¦• filie crev . we are vet unable to learn .
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FROST , WILLIAMS . JONES , ASD ELLIS . The following corn'SpQM'Vnro from and with " Sooretary Sir James Graham ' nhuws that the " pressuiv from without" is nut yet Bufticienth strung to causu the " unhtuidini ? Minister " to j ii'lil tu public demand what ho h : is so : often dfiiii'd tu justicr . The | i < . *> j » le , therefore , must male the " call" a littlo l <> u < ln \ and more ournestfui . Let them tr \ what petitioning Pnrlktnu'nt will do . It will give Mr . Dlncomue an upi-urtuuiiv , ut nil cvi-nts , of sookinp in " thi- llousu" for niorc- ' r > ason ^ " from thf Home Secfi'tary , for his determination , than he vouchsafes in his formal , cold , official , refusal a . Tuvisti . ck . Devon . Nov . 9 . \ M .
Sib—At a nnmerous public uu-i ' tiv . | i , cunvenod Octoher 30 ; imi , in the Guildhall in tlie town of Tavistock , in the Cituuty of Di-von , for the purposi . , it' tdUing into consideratioii the propriety of jnenioriali / . ing her Majesty fur th » restoration of John Frost , Zophnniah Williams , and William Jones . The aecompanvin ^ int-murial « as unanimously tt « lu |« ted . Hoping you will accede to the request of thojiieetiii ) ' , and feel it consistent with your public duty to fay the said memorial hi fore her Majesty ! I urn , sir , vour obedient servant , William Welch , Jun . Tbe Ritfht Hon . Sir Jame * (" ralmni , Hart , Tavistuck , Devon , Nov . H , ' t < l 4 . Whitehall , liith Nov .. 1844 .
Sir--Secretary Sir J ^ amos ( traham having carefully vonsidere i your application in behalf of . ' ulin Frost , William Jones , iiml Zepnaniah Williani . ^ , 1 tun directed to express to vou liis regvt't that there is no sufficient ground to justify hini , consistently with lu ' s public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . I ain ' ssir , juur most obeilient humble servant , J , M . 1 ' lIILLirs . Mr . Willi . im Welch , junior . T « vist .. ck , Devon , Nov . 21 , 1 H 44 . Sir -I be « to acUjiowledne tht ; receipt of a letter from your secretary , J . Al . i'hillipps , stating that there , is no sufficient ground to justify you consistently , with jour public dntv , to ailvlfie her M ; ije-ty to > jrant the prayer of my app lication on hehalfof John I ' rost , William Jones , aij'l ZepJinni-ah Williams . ' - t
Sir—I 1 »^ ' >> state that my \» . Urr did not rerjue-t ym to advise , but to lay the memorial before her Majesty . It appears evident to me , lV"iu the tenor of your letter , thnt the memorial sent by me h ; is not been presented to her Majesty ; considerin ^ ' you , sir , as the public servant of the State , I heir , with due ' respect , to state that it is your luty fo lay all appeals from the people hef' -rc her Mnjestj wlii-n requested to do no . Waiting your answer , before the mloptioii of a petition to the House of Commons , and believing that the same will be adopted through'iut the comitn , I am , Sir , you humble servant , William Welch , Jin . The HUht Il / n . Sir J . une- tlrahnm , Hart . Whitehall , Nov . " . " . rd , 1 ^ 44 .
'Sir ,-f am iliivcted li , ^ ^ cvretaiy James ( . to acknowl .- 'l ^ c the rei eipt . of \ niir letter of tht ; Kith inst ., transmitting petitions from Itilstou , liifiniiijj ; hain , Doltou , Carlisle , finish-ton , Dumfries , Livt-rsed ^ e , Newport ( l > ie ot Wiijht ) , Nottingham , Oldham , IVn / . anee , and tiueenshea'l . on livtialf of John Frost , Willium . lones , antl Zei . bnniiih Williams ; ami to a < -i | uaifit you that Sir Jatiit's Ovaham cannot . uivise Iur Majesty to mitigate the aenteuce of these Convicts . I lam , Sir , your most ¦ obedient humble M-rvnnt , T . S . Vuncowhe , Esq ., ALT . J . M . Phillips . Whitehall . 2 : Jrd Nov ., 1844 .
•' Sir , —Secretary Sir James Gr . iluim having carefully considered your application in b ' -lialf of Williaui Ellis , I aill directed to express to ymi his refji ' et that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , consistently with his public duty , in advising Her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . I am sir , your most obedient humble servant , ( j . M . 1 ' millips . Tht > s . Duncombe , Esq ., M . l * ., &c .
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T . S . DUNCOMBE , M . P . "While the active genius that represents money is strained towards everr poinV of tbe Compass ill quest of "' safe in vestment" Jor " profitable speculation ; " while the snrplus "f Labour's produce has made money as well as other indigestible tilings , a drug in the market , its ¦ value becoming daily diminished by reason of its wrongful distribution ; while landlord is ready to devour landlord—Church to eat Church—rival manufacturers devising the surest means of making themselves " safe" without reference to any tingle consideration save , that of gelfprotection ; and while the Government , which should
adjust all these diiVercuccs , looks tamely on at this game of " X ) uG EatDoC . " it is some consolation to limit lie sharpened intellect of LiBOCE directing its energy , uot to the cor . rection of any one of these abuses , which would but confer advantage on one section of a class to the prejudice of another section , but to tht remodelling of the present system , in that shape and form from which all would be reciprocally benefited- The present szate if the combinations of the labuuring classes is somewhat analogous to that of a stagnant pool , which the several competitors for Labocb ' . s support are afraid to disturb ; each being fearful lest the slightest pebble should cause an unlooked-for commotion .
Hence , we find bishops and parsons , landlords and far . tntrs , manufacturers aud free-traders , constantly tread ins ; on the brink , but fearful of too near an approach . Lord Plo-kett , in commenting on loose pleadings , once obsened , "that counsel soisetinii-s went about the thing , and about the thing , but not a bit nearer the thing . " And so , in truth , we may say , " all cliisst * of sympathizers , renovators , regenerator . * , and agitators are going about the question of Labovk , but have not come a bit nearer to it . " Each , in its own peculiar wny , would take that burden off LABorB ' a shouhiers . which would be least injurious to the patrons ; but none will allow Labocr , th-it Uela the finch . To BESCIE ITSELF .
The movements of the monoy-party are active , and consequently produce their effect upon Government . Those of Labour are sullen , and scarcely conspicuous . However , as a party , though ever so strong , must be represented in one shape or other , that its strength may be developed to its opponents ; and lest our present quiescence might lead to the false notion that the people have embraced Sir Rob £ Bt Pfel ' s " no politics " policy , it is indispensable that Labour should have its
demonsome manner which will exhibit its strength , without the violation of its principles , or of even a pledge of its leaders ; or without violating the deliberate injunction of its representative in Parliament . Seeing the manner iti which the petition of 3 , 5 i > 0 , u 00 working men was treated by the Committee of Capitalists in the House of Commons , arranged on both sides of the house , Mr . Duncombe very proper ' r toid thepeopje that " they might petition THAT PARLlAiLEXT a ^ ain if they pleased , but he would not
be made the instrument of their folly ; " and , notwithstanding all that has been said and written about the "dangers of Leadership , " we have considered that the people were bound by this injunction of their " Leader i " a . ic , tlieir great and triumphant Leader . At tile same tinx-, « e hare racked our brain to devise means , by which the people could obey the commands of their general ; and at the same time convince their opponents that the determination not to be again wantonly insulted Was not to be taken as the triumph of the enemv .
From this dilemma we have been relieved by the proposition of Mr . O'Connor , made at the tea-party on Tuesday night . To meet the difficulty , he proposed that on the day of opening Parliament , while the Capitalists were accompanying their Queen in triumph to open the session , in which their interests would be discussed and protected , Uit sons ofLABoi R should meet in Finsbury , and accompany THEItt CHAMMoS to the arena . It would be impossible to convey the faintest notion of the enthusiastic m . inner
ui wmcu this proposition was received by every individual present . Ali rose simultaneously , as if tleetrifieci by the thought , and cheered and cheered again : and when it is burne in mind that the tea-party to welcome the Xtar to London was the most numerous and by far the most respectable that has ever taken place on any occasion in the metropolis ; and when it is understood , as observed by Mr . O'ConNoB , that every district of London and its Ticinity was fairly represented in the vast assembh , the
manner of receiving the proposition gives us strong hope for the success of the plan . There is just time enough to carry it into effect ; and if , without at all interfering with the route of the gingerbread coach and the armed outriders , Laboi-u shall on that occasion do its duty to itself , the demonstration will be wortli five millions of signatures . To work , then , let us go ! Let each district appoint its committee , and as Dlncombe is iu the hands of the Trades , let them take the initiative .
We hope in our next to be able to report that a general committee lias been appointed to make the necessary arrangements ; aud that tbe several localities will vie in supplying the small wheels to work the machinery . After tbe procession , let us have a Tea-party at the Crown and Anchor , and invite to it all those members of Parliament nuu will pledge themselves to resist further encroachment o-. s the rights of the working-classes , and to confer on them the power of self-defence . This may be made a powerful auxilliary to aid our chief , who will be strong teithvi in the exact proportion in which he is supported without . Let the " JIan's-men" then at it , in right good arnest .
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O'CONXELL AND THE " " 5 V 1 IITE BOT ? . " "> Vj . have read somewh .-rr an account of a practised pickpocket , -nil-... baijng reiieT-i a gentleman of his purse in a crowd , and being pressed , took a knife out of his packet and cut his fingers across , and then holding them up streaming with blood , screamed out murder , and succeeded ia diverting the attention of the mob from the cry of " ^ top thief '"' t-j that of Murder , murder "' Thus h = r = * .-ai > e < l , i .-udng with him the sympathy of the bys-as'lers . as ii-. il as the jiirse of liis -victim . At the last meeting of the loval ReT . cakrs at the Conciliation Hall ,
iir . GSATT ^ x . M . P .. was at great pains to justify the agrarian outrages now becoming prevalent in Ireland . He adduTd very ^ jod authority to establish the fact , that a > the Government broke the laws by day , the people were ju ; -iinvd in breaking them by night ; in fact , the general admission that tht administration of all law in Ireland is a farce , should at least insure some kind of considera ^ lion , if not t . jli-ration . for those who , in the wildness of despair , ar- compelled to execute for themsylv ^ s that ju * - .. . which ti ..- la-ns ui their country withhold . v >" e Lint iaboured indu > triv > usly and incessantly , and we flatter ourselves no : ineffectually , to prove that every
art ...: agrarian outrage committed in Ireland is a tonseuueace of oppre ^ i'jn and misrule , and not a characteristic of tilt 3 ri--b j » - - ' . j »} e . At tin .- same meeting ilr . O'CosXEU issued a ComimsiJon to Mr . Stexle . the head ii 3 i-iS < --at < xr of Ireland , to huid special commissions umler the loyaj royal sr-nl of the National Conciliators , for the trial of the Win :. - - B' -ys of the counti-.- ? of Leitrim and Cavan . We Lav- ikvsys drj . loreJ those occurrenci-s of a pra-dial Batorc , l > -. v _ -au = TT they mu > T inevitably injure the people ' s rnvTeiiH- ; . i . T ^ c think , however , that upon examining
the spei-chr ; of Mr . O'Conxell , the most censorious will oi-coier so : iic justint-atiiju fir th-jse act = of atrocity so utii-i- !> ajlj i-jiupiuined of ; whik- ve a ~» ert without fear uf c . > r ; trsdii-: j . . < n that thv " hope deferred" by Mr . 0 'Conseli . himself ; the t . aaj j * i 2 : ; rU- ^ i > v -vvkich for a time he suec .- » -iled i-. j ; il ' . n ; . jgj that thir .-t f = > r » t-ngtraucv for pr-reona ! v . nv .. g which the law refused t-i n-irvs . * . has now caused tii ; ' I'm ; pent-up pa > sio ; is of tlie Irish people to burs : f < .. rth , aud has u : < iutc-d them lo put a literal interpretation upon Mr . < Vf > x ? c ? : l . l . '» mofr . i
- Hereditary bonisuicn . kn . w ye no ' , Who w . jqII br f : ei , th ... , sclrej must strike -he blow . " Ih- Irish people , ' .- > n ? act-ustoiBtd to look upon Mr . O'CoyxtLL as the einbu-liment of their every hope aiid t-ierr v . i ^ i , supposed the word " themselves"' to mean Mr . v'C <* yxxi . i .. nh'i nas tu strike the hlvvr for them . Disaj / - poinied st last , however , they have now " taken their affairs into their own hands . " The " repeal year" of I * i 3 has
passed and gone , while the Sama sway is as powerful as ever ; the " clenchinsr yt-ar ^ uf 154- * is drawing rapidly to its close , to be succeeded by 1 S 45 ; and the Irish people are now told . 11 WHO iSOWS BTT THI BLPEAL M . 4 T CuSIE AT LAST . " Ilowt-ver , Mr . T . Steeli is to add the honourable office of " Government Spy" to that of ' * Head Pacificator . " The consequent cold-bluoded sacrifice of innocent blood , which Mr . 0 'C-js . s'EI . l assures us will bs shed upon the scaffold , is borrifviiic to contemplate .
Admitting the act of an oppressed people taking the law into their own hands , under the name of White Boys , to be wrong , because likely to be unsuccessful , yet we ask Mr . O'Coxxill , andhis commissioner . Mr . Stexle , whether the odious duty of bringing the thoughtless , the -confiding , aud the injured to justice , might not he- safely confided to the STuardianshipofth . tr " strong Government" and the police arrangements of their local minions ? Mr . O'Coknell cannot set up morality as his creed—because he rejoiced
in the Rebecca outrages , as a means of compelling the Government to do justice . i £ r . O'CoifXXLl . boasts of ha T - ingr Wen mainly instrumental in carrying the Emancipation Bill : but we telThim that had not popular discontent , ¦ marshalled under the r . ame of 'White Boyism in 1823 , compelled Mr . GorLBraN to saddle the Protestant landedproprietors with their share of the tithe , and thereby weakened that link which bound them to the outward and risible sign of Protestantism , Emancipation would not vet have been
achieved-As we are told tliat all Catholic Ireland is associated as one of one mind In the determination to accomplish a fiepeal of the Union , it is no great stretch of fency to eocclude that the body of Caran and Leitrim Whiteboys consists of a number of Repealers ; aye , and of Bepealers too , -who hare largely and deeply contributed their share to swell the immense revenue _ of their Liberator .
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4 THE' NO'RTHEftflT STXR . j December 14 , 1844 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct686/page/4/
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