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CBBIEN v . THE NORTHERN STAR , THEi CONVENTION , AND O'CONNOR ON THE i ELECTION QUESTION . j York Castle , June 19 , mi . j Mt Deab . O'Beict , —I hare jnit read four letters i fr om yon , of different dates , in the Star of -this day , j aud I think yon w ; ll admit that there is in each a something demanding notice from me . In the discharge of my duty , it shall be my endeavour to pre- S gerre my correspondence free from any , even the \ slightest , appearance of controTersy . I shall give to it j the real stamp of what it is . intended to pass for ; an j enquiry , by two persons po-sessed of much public confluence , as to the best means of arriving at an obj «« upon which they are perfectly agreed : snch shall be my course ; in the investigation as to the m ost j proSiable nse to be made of onr present position ' for J be aaroiremerj t of the Charter .
Before I come to the consideration of that which i is the grand question , I must very briefly dispose of gome extraneous matter with which , here and there , your letters are intertarded . The first passage which I Eh&ll notice is the fol- lowing You _ say : — " Oh . ' If the chartist press j jrouJd but give np their dirty , jealous , personal squabbles , and for occe act an honoarabie and manlv * par :, how soon we should see 400 good men and ' true , ready to take the field and be put in nomina- j jion , and beat both factions on eTery hasting ? , at the I approaching elections ! " Now , unless this is the j shadow of some coming event , of which I am ; friai ^ j and entirely ignorant , I am nncenscious of j its meaning , as I am ignorant of the object it is '
intended to achieve . There are four Chartist papers j ic Grez . t Britain : the Star , the Scottish Patriot ^ the Zhmdee Chronicle and the Perth Chronicle , andnever \ darmg their existence has tbere & line of con-1 iroversy appeared in one of them , nor has contro-1 T £ Tsy been allowed to be kept up between third : parties in their columns , lest the very fact should I involve the papers in the conflict . From no weekly I paper has the Star copied so exteHSivcly as from the ' Scottish Patriot ; and , in truth , I had more than once piqued myself upon the striking difference that Barks the unanimity of the present Chartist papers j as compared with the deadly war which was early I iraged , and kept up to the close , by the two first 1 Radical papers produced by the alteration in the j Samp duties , the London Dispatch and the London I Mercury . Tney literally ate each other to the tails ;! and did urach . injury to the cause . Do not suppose ,
however , tnai in tnis contrast which I would have a perfect right to use in answer to your remark , j even withent qualification , that I mean it aa any ; rebuke , to yoa . I do not ; as you were one of i the persons attacked , and had no alternative j but to defend , or surrender character and public i confidence to the assailants . I use it to prove i that there axe situations in which those j who wish for unanimity , and are sensitive ; about differences ( which do not exiEt ) may be involuntarily dragged before the public . This portion of the subject I dismiss , congratulating myself tbat never , in the history of the newspaper press , did so cordial , so sincere , and unbroken a harmony exist between the journals of any party , as that which now exists between the whole of the Chartist press ;' and when we have the satisfaction and advantage of your addition to cur society , I feel convinced that the increase of family will but cement the union .
The Star is the eldest Fon of Chartism , but claims ; no exclusive right under the law of primogeniture . ¦ So much ior your letter of the Sth of J use . Your letter of the 12 th commences thus : — "SIT DEAR Abthcb , —I have just seen the Xorthern j Star of to-day , and rejoice to find that the Editor , at : Josf , sees the uecesity of acti ng upon the principle of meeting the enemy in practical style at the general : election . Had ce done , or advised , three months ago , ¦ ¦ what he is now doing and advising , we should have ' three hundred Chartist candidates now ready te take •' the field against both factions , and qualified to rv- preaait the people either in the Commons' House , or in another and better House , supported by five-Eixths , a least , of the whole ration . But better late than ; never ! Even now , at the eleventh hour , an effective blow may be struck for the liberties of the people . "
"Without at all championising O'Connor , the Star , cr the Editor , whose political characters must be inseparable , I think I can most satisfactorily prove that you wrote the foregoing paragraph in a moment of tkoughtltssness ; while its appearance , however produced , justifies xne in recapitulating facts which I would otherwise be deemed egotistical for repeating
and when one of your powers of memory has se ; 1 feel myself perfectly represented . H > oa forgotten the repeated advice of myself and ^ he nex t iwo passages which I select from your the Editor upen this subject , I feel warranted at . iellei of the l' 4 th , for comment run thus : — SLg ^ lSZF fL ™ JZ&ffito ? K ™ W ^ ' " » m fiercely glad to find that ifce &d > i « givtn moms ^ y lajiBg a tnieElate of this branch of my j , xbe yorthrrH s ^ last wetJtf eoirwpond . « ueU P ° i ^^ C ; ^ f dere o L A , ' ?{ - _ ,..... _ : _ with the Hrt ^ tance of wbat I have recommended to 18351 to marshal the elective in
In , essayed non- - fluence against the elective power of this country ; and after having detailed my plan of agitation to a large out-door meeting at Huddersfie'd , one of them asked me how the force could be made available I answered that my intention was , tbat when the non-electors were prepared , they should , at the cexr general election , elect by a show of hand ? , bees who should represent themselves in a house in London , called the " ' bee-hive , " if they p ! eased ; and I pledged ffijseif the good sense of the bees woc ^ d very speed . Oy triag the folly of ibe drones into contempt . I said much more , " but suffice it now that this was my
plan ; and it seemed to strike even the most forward of the movement party dumb . This plan wa 3 speken of everywere , and I was called a mad man . I am tot aware that the plan ever was hinted at before I broached it at that meeting . It never was printed before to my knowledge ; nor , up to that time , to the knowledge of any aside msn that I came in contact with , and they were many . In fact , if the thought was born before , i : was a Kill birth ; for not one soul had ever hf ard of it . Indeed , it caused a sensation in those day ? , and was a frf-shaess upon the very lip of noveity . That was in 1835 .
la 1837 , at the last &en ; ral election , and before the Star was in ex-. ssence , I xns . de another tour ; and agaii , ss far as ose itinerating doh asogue opposed by the whole prt £ 5 could accomplish the object , I strove to accomplish it ; but the public mind was not prepartd for the trial . However , always determked to test rey theory by my practice , I -svest ta Presvcn , and " created a tremendous public feeling for many days before the election ; all a : n > y ovrn expeiice ; acd , without appsariD ^ a .- £ Honor for electoral snppoT ! , I wen : to the hustings ar > d accomplished my object , by gett ; n _ a show of hand ; ; thus testing the great and ffiisnty d : ff-rTfr > pe between electoral power and BC'H-el » c : ive iLfluenci aad feehn ^ . That was in July . 1837 .
Early in 1833 , I wed : to Glasgow also at my owb expenctjfortee purpose of woiki ^ g my thecry ir ,: o practice , arc there also 1 achieved what the Chartiitsat the time coa ? idercQ as ihdr greatest triumph . I £ o ; the ehoiT of hands , and told them that 1 sftoaiu hold mysdi in readiness to obey their comKaLd-, when the rest of the counuy was prtpaiea to ccoperaie with them . la A-E £ u ? t of -be same year , I aga : r v : ? hed Glasgow , Perth , K : irarncckj Dunc > e , Pairity , _ R-. nfi ' -fTr ' hzT ? . a . r < l jlzj j other r ' . zrts ; ; . rc s :: _ i mforced t '^ e x . ec-es 5 iif of ¦ Drorecu » nE thir plan .
I iLea returned to EnjuiUjd , ana a < Ja ^ e ^ sed tec electors ana non-tlcc * . ors ol ihd Wc-t Ridiiig oi Yoikshire , both m the Star and at pub . ic nj ' . ef . css . 1 lo , c them thai my triumph would end with their election of me by show ol" hanas . V > her . 1 had Eaxured the public minu to a cex : a ; n extent , I j . uo l ^ hed , on the 21 r » of Sepitm ' otr , a plan ; or Hjc comp ' iete organisation of the county to carry out \ h > : national object : andfrcmthaitimti-oiheptr . t ^ otmy imprisonment , I kept it constantly m public rtw . This brings me to the ] mu > . di&te C"n-icrJ 3 ' . iou oi ihs sentence : n your letter ruitaing thut : — " ha-1 he done or advisee , " three months nso , what he is low co ; ns and zcrh-ins , we should , " &c . the
This pars ^ r- pli infinuates s ^ ainst of the 5 / or a c ' "^ " i-i cf very tcrk . us tnd cs ' pablc neglect of duty , in reference to the matter . Dst ^ aii ^ facts are . in general , the obiy advocates 1 caii u > my aid sgainrt charges cf vmyssion , or ritgjrct of public du : ^ ; ^ o as l ' cons-i-Jer myself rtSj-ou ^ bie for every word cf Editorial natter : n the Star from which I ' do ncc publieiy express n : y dissent , J ru-w btg kave to submit for your consideration the following published correction of yonr mistake . The foilowicg is from the Star , of the ' 27 ih Ftbruary . sevcDU-en weeks prerious to the presen t number , and five previou - to the period from which you lament the Editor d . ii sot start : —
» There is much talk of a dilution IJf ^ \ ^^^ ' ^^^\ ° ^ and there ean be no ham u . tog P ^ d ^ | . ^ wculd lie nkeh 10 be properl y executed bv a * wt ; but we h » ve ™^^ «^^^^ f dread of an empry il . l . 1 his i " a facal error Wh ' el-» dui » e « Bi « diffaenc « between ar ^ bert P ^ lMd , V . explained , hut which I fhaK hu pwtv may protract the fiTeat . Peel is no longer » . , « - - ' 'v " -xno-p leader ? h . w £ ls eie long , become a « x * ed taileJ ; P ^— -J -, y cxpo . e . ; a aorc gtr . era ; m < . vpphir . g , rc ^ ny o ^
Png « . and we should not be at atl surprised to find ; t ^ s Right HcBonral-le Grtatisman forming an a !! ianc « ** & my pirty which tad for its object the reltase of } the Ministry from the fangs of tbt Bfeggarman . Tv > . beg leave to direct attention to the letter from Fcariv . s ' ^ 'Connor , cublishfd fo long ftgo rs September , 1 S 39 , Kid which * ¦ s re repablish to-dsr , thinking that i % cm .- : ^ ias aH that can be said upon the subject , and * feasible-Plan o ! acaoa for the Chartists . " ^ ow , snrtly the Editor need not overdo what T ka-d cone to " Eurfeiting 1 further than io keep : r before lie public . By way of followirg np the reeommendc :: yn my « t- . er rc : * erred to in ibe above was r < . pr-iiu > i f . 'oin fe Siar of " 21 st September , 183 i ; and , as jou = p P ^ -o have forgotten its contents , yen vrul fi :-i 14 Egain printed in some par : of the prt ; em fittttber . ' ¦
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In looking over the Siar of the following week , the 6 th March , I find that my letter bearing more immediately upon the subject ef organization , was published in that number ; and , euriouB enough , Ijdso find in thai number a congratulatory article from the Editor upon the progress and unanimity of the Chartist press . To that article , which you will find in the 5 th page of the Star of the 6 th March , under the head " Chartist Press , " I beg to direct your attention . Now , surely , you do not expect that the Siar of to-day is to be a mere echo of the previous number ? and that , once having laid down a plaa it is to be repeated to surfeiting ! And are you not very forgetful youralf in having allowed all these things to escape your memory ?!
Well , but did 1 , or did the Editor of the Northern Star , rely upon that being enough No ; on the loth May , in a letter headed " To be , or not to be , " I again Bounded the alarm , and , from my silent cell , tried to ronse the sleeping nation . From that letter I extract the two following passages : — " There is now but one way of carrying the Charter speedily . A dissolution u at hand . Rely upon it that the Whigs will dissolve ; they will not give the Tories a cbanc * as long as they can help it Indeed , they have arranged ail the dissolution scenery for the performance . They expeet great things from the novelties , but they do not know the feeliDg of the people . However , we shall have a dissolution , that ' s certain . All the odds in favour of a Ministry in office will be tried upon a general election , before the hungry Whigs walk out "
I then enforce the necessity of exclusive dealing , for the purpose of carrying out my plan , and proceed thus ;—" But jefl . must begin in time . Let the Executive take it up , and tend a form of pledge to be printed in the Star , and from the Star to be reprinted in slips in every town , and lelt by tke Committee of the Association in each town , at every shop in the town . This could be done in a day . The expence is rothing . The shock would be electrical . Make no combinations to injure any person , but combine io serve your friends , and stitk lo iL "
I think that is pretty well for one man in prison , and now I refer you to every subsequent number of the Star for a note of the same tuue . Could I do more ! What individual at large has done as much I And , now I ask is it right , is it fair , ie it just , is it prudenVwhh all these facts—recent facts—staring you in the face , to charge the Siar with neglect of duty , while it has performed the whole dnty ! "When you speak of . Newcastle and Brighton and their state of preparedness , yon must certainly have passed over the Leeds and Yorkshire intelligeKce . No one rejoices more than I do to hear of the state of forwardness of our party in any place ; and when I correct error by adducing facts , illustrative of the position of the immediate neighbourhood of the Star , not a man who knows me wilJ suppose that I do so for the purpose of making invidions comparisons , or with any other , view than to render honour to whom honour is due , and to defend myself and the Siar against the charge of neglect of duty .
I \ ow , whieb / in this struggle , was the first warriortovm armed for the battle ! Leeds \ Leeds 1 Leeds ! 1 formerly , rotten Leeds ! Kurrah for Leeds ! aye , the men of Leeds had their fuil number of Chartist candidates in the field , their arrangement perfected , the addresses of their noble candidates on the walls and in the Star , before any other town in England . Hull had its Chartist candidate in the field . Bradford had its" Chartist candidate , aBd Halifax had its Chartist candidate , in the person of the manly , upright , and independent Mr . Gully , who will vote for every point of the Charter .
Now , I ask if this proves neglect of duty , or if the tree is not be jndged by its fruit ! What was Leeds in 1832 1 The hot-bed of corruption , ¦ the bead quarters of pure "Whiggery , and the stronghold t , f faction . What Leeds is in 1841 2 C 0 . 0 G 0 men will declare apon the day of nomination , when Williams and Leech will know whether or not the Star , . the Editor , and myself , have neglected our duty . From the loth of May , to the present moment ,
both the Editor and myself have been relieved from any personal responsibility which we before incurred , by the unanimous recommendation of the late Convection ; aad , therefore , although I hold myself individually responsible for every word in the " iS / ar and in my own letters , yet might I , if inclined to split hairs , throw the onus of the recommendation upon the Convention . While I give them great credit for-their resolution , and which , observe , they say they had come to " after mature consideration , " I » hrii : k not from the avowal that in their address
njy friends all over the country . " In ; he very next paragraph you say : — " There is but one part of the Star ' s advice I regret to gee—one from which I diss-nt in tolo , I mtan the Editors' reccromendEtion to sspport Tories ar . iinst Whirs , in case the Chartists should not be able to return their own candidate . " In defence of the Star , my reply , and that of the Editor , to the fir 6 t part of the first paragraDh might equally be as follows : —I rejoice to fii-d that the recommendation of the representatives of , " the people , as conveyed in their splerdid address , corresponds exactly with the fubstance of what I have recommended to my party all over ihe ccuctrj .
Now . as this question is one of vital importance , not at all to the Star , but to the people , let us see what you asprove of , and what you dissent from in ihe same paper ef the 12 vh June . I have , carefully examined all the editorial comments bearing upon the subject , of which there are tbrae . ihe nrst concludes taus : — " You are now upon the eve cf a great crisis , and what : s jonr exact position ? It it > this—Y < n are the balance qv power ! aud as such the Political Lords who axe to farm nut power upon the sppr-jathirsr
Jeasine day . If yon re-let to the former tenants they will pay in future as they have paid hitherto ; id blood , in tears , in toil , in swat , in chains , in ptTJ-ecntion , srd bondage ; and to tfcem you must LET FUR SEVEN YEARS ; while , upon the other band , if you let to the Tories they become mere TENANT ? AT WILL , AXD REMOVABLE AT PLEASURE ; and r ^ rer , never , never , can the " Bloodies" be taught r- ^ soD , except in the school cf adversity , which is iept at the sign of the bleak side of the Treasury Bertciies .
" G-: a house cf Whigs , and , for seven Jong yehi > will tiiey ciirg to effice ar . ( i nsuhiply atuse ! Get a hc-u ^ e Tories , ar-d then , but not tiii then , ca . n Whig t-jurtship of ihe Chartists be ieKd up .. r . Tfctn -prt sha' 1 be the tuiialle , the leveiv , the heavtu-boru CLartists ! So , " Down with the ' bloodies , ' bur ? h . ' hurrah ! Hurrah ! and Cown -with the ' bloodies , burcah !" The Etxt under ihe head ¦ ' Duty of the people ai ' . he c ^ miiifi fc . tctn . iiS , " ar d which , autr saoi £ ctnci : c : a : ; i . ii of the ruling i&ctitn , pit / CveCs iLu-- ^—' ¦ Chartists ; the man who wiil vot « for , and do his utroiiit to scci mpiiih the fore-going list of reforms—hi is y-. nr mzn !
" Whtrevtr , 07 splitting with the \\ Kits , you can return yoixr hjsu , co so . Whertvtr , by splitting with ; tee Tories , you can return yenr u : an , lioso . " But where you cniiEot i-rsd a qualified pc-rson tc ¦ sl-rt as your candidate , or 'wheic , o ^ : ng to your poverty , I you dare not risk th-j tspeccts of a contest , wLat is then to be done ? " Po what yon were told to do seven yiars ago by Bkosterre . Dj yrhzx Feargvs O'Cosor I : as lat-. nred to imprt- ' -sTca ^ srirc tre rcc * - » ity < -f r * o : rjg . Have : your cacdTtiat ? " ; eiect ttem " ny stow oi" tarcih . : >? yn . r v-. rit . 3 We Tcpreseii a ' . ives ; and ltave to God and yoar own rtsoia ; e hearts the future . "
Now , here row must have mistaken a duty , or rather a n-u-.-e ii-commended ; o the non-elec ivo b' -cy in : betv , r . ! 01 not haviDt a candidaie 01 liic-ijuwii ; auc ji u wouid nuer in m that that i : was ut "• aracic w : h the advice elsmhere ^ ivm to the ; e . fc- " or = a-liiit ; uucrT the ificcreo ; Eou-tiei-iiri' pre .-sare . In this 1 hope to skew you con .-istti your i enure eir ^ r . ! You sy- ; a ' -: . cf ChartWt tkc-ors in a sense in wh ' cV ih . y co riii-txibt . You sut > e > e them to mcai > i e : ec"or » who . in ihe nmt 01 bc'ng It ft fret ai-. wiib the taik > 5 , would vote lor a Dar ' . is : candidate ' , in preftrerite o ai . y other ; while 1 use the Urn ; in in it to these
The fo- ; r psrserapbF , above quoted , critically r gi-te with'he acvic- m my hut 1 > tier , to bold ihe m : cer : c ^ i ^ rruitih wholly apart from both faction ? ; arid ihr votj-s . " and Jiave ; o Go'j ai : d your own re-Q'M'e hf-an s ihe tmurt''" have ref- r ^ ncp r > ot to tr-f r ; iu ; rsli * v i .-r' voter ? , tut-o tht ? ii . tuii . c « . urt-i-. i > t ili . vr-i i ' r-i-. r » ; & . ci ;} : •; wJio ] c gi > t o . ' tLat artu-ie . t > u \ i the ivil'W . ¦; c ; " . '" ihi- Rrflc-irr ^ Day . ' " ^ - -cs iireii'v . ; o sl-- " -w th- i . b- > Uit ° r' - ctj-i-r f » f Wb'f ' -. 'wt r ¦ jfirni' ¦> -: T'iTi -d liv tK ? f' « i . " - ~ rc : ' = •¦ uh- ; ii - ' ¦¦? " --ry 01 the 1 -u-ei-ci . > c n .-MueDi-e , in ¦ . .. eveii : <¦! ' 1 * .-i . < . \ ' ' : ' ^« f-. t -to irinfu-r ihe b : ] aT' < v . •¦ : goffer ? cni 11 ¦? <) . ' . i . v to th ? ir * cr r <¦' . ^ s . ej .- ' "i- " ..-. -T-i , ' ^ : ; ~ - ' .-2 cu for mi- LO ; i efi ' tcriv . t ,:. aiu-3 re- > : U .--J to a r-. ction ? . At ita-t . if th-. wT . " .-: r haJ sr . y t . " .:: cr vi-j . t > ii v : * : w , beiLusi huTe is ken fOLr . ut . 2 t » e v-ains to c ' ecr : Te ; lie has not huTTi . —r , de ( L-: » -. d me in the leas :. J musr , thereicie , coilitEi \ hh' I tee most perfect accordance
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between the Editor and himself , while yon find matter for approval and disapproval in the same number . You close your letter of the 14 th thus : — " I tell you , Bowman , that the Chartist who votes for a Tory , unless that Tory votes for him , ia either a fool or a traitor . Down with both factions , aad no distinction , should be our cry . " I quite 8 £ ree to join in the hue and cry ; but 1 must have the means of catchirg my thief when I Be « him , otherwise the hae and cry , and his description , is of little use . Presently , I shall point out my reasons for my every advice . You perfectly well know tbat the legal maxim , " qui facit per atiem fadt per se" ( who acts by another acts himself ) , holds good , equally as regards legal principles and political teachers ; and therefore the man who recommends the course must also be a fool or a traitor .
Now , I shall not retort further than by presently proving the converse of your proposition . Not one word shall escape me beyond a searching tor the truth . The next paragraph is the firtt in your postscript to your letter of the 12 th , and which runB thus : — " P . S . I pray you again , Bowman , to discountenance the policy of voting for Tories , under aDy circumstances ! unless tchere they coalesce tciih the Chartists . The recommendation « f that policy to the Chartist electors , by the Star and by the late Petition Convention , has already done us much mischief . It bas fumiehed a handle to our enemieB to exasperate the poor deluded Irish againtt us . It has been , in a great measure , the cause of the late deplorable events in Manchefcter . It has greatly neutralised the good vbkh Mr . O'Connor " s letters to O'MaUey had uuquefctionably effected for ub in Ireland . "
I feel it dne to yon , to the Siar , to myself , to the Convention , to the Irish Chartists , and to the Chartists of Glasgow , to protest in the most unequivocal terms against every sentence , line , and word , in the j » bove ; and , perhaps , the best aud most judicious mode of doing so will be by again calling my advocate , dates and facts , to plead for us oil . You must , then , have observed that , ever since Mr . O'Connell fonnd the old Convention , and the English people , and the Star supporting a Repeal
of the Union , he and the Irish press , assumed a more hostile tone against the English Chartists . Yoh must be aware that Mr . O'CoDnell leoks upon every sincere Repealer as his greatest enemy ; as his monster , which was but intended for an agitating clap-trap , becomesdangercusin proportion ashegrows in strength . Every man of common sense has discovered that ; and now , ailow me to place briely before you the factB which led to a rupture between the English and Irish Chartists , and the blind Irish followers of moonshine .
On Tuesday , the 2 nd of March , now Eevtnteen weeks past , there was a meeting called at the Justiciary Hail in Glasgow , for the purpose of supporting Lord Morpeth ' s Irish Agitation Bill . The meeting was announced for eight , but the conmittee issued tickets to the supporters of the measure to attend at eix ; they accordiBgly did attend , and were admitted by a side door to the amount of some hundreds . Mr . ColquhoHn , by chance , got eue of those tickets and instantly and properly sour . ded the alarm , and mustered the Chartist forces , not for the purpose of opposing the Irish , but , very judiciously , lor the purpose of letting the world know that the Glasgow Chartists had not joined in the clap-trap . Well , the Chartists were kept outside , B hiveriDg , while the CTConnellites were privately admitted : and when I use the words Chartists and
O'Counellitee , I beg you to understand thatamong the Chartists were many Irish Catholics , while aiEOEg the O'Connelitfs were many Scotch merchants and traders . Well , when the doors were or . ei . ed and the Chartists found the meeting packed , they naturally became uisgusted and indignant ; and when Dr . Murdock , the excellent Catholic Sithop , was called to the chair , Mr . Ross ' s appointment to the office was moved aa an amendment , which , we are told , was carried . However , be tl a * , as it may , when Bishop Murdoch nas in the chair , Mr . Colquhoun held up his card of inviiation as his title 10 be heard , when he was most shamefully and brntally treated , and an indiscriminate attack was made upon the Chartists . In prcoi of the Chartists' innocence it is but fair to siave , that many of the assailants ( but none being ChartictE ) were pnnithed by the Whig authorities
for their conduct . I regret being compelled to rub this old ? ore , because the good sense , philosophy , and judgment of trie Rif : ht Rev . Dr . Murdoch and of the Chartist ? , had completely healed the wound ar . dnownota particle of the sore spot is perreptible . But while thos « who were to live together as neighbours and friends were thus willing to sacrifice their apparent differences upon the altar of patriotism , and theieby restore peace and good -will , the feud -was too great a God-fend for the Devil , who preaches peace and lives epon dissention ; and consequently , in one of iho ? e "patriotic" addresses , manufactured for the
approbation of the Corn Exchange hirelings , and adurerFfd to the Chartists of iS ' ewry , the attack upon Bishop Murdoch is made the most prominent feature , a kind of recrniting sergeant for the enl i-tment of Catholic prejudice against the English Chartists , being Protestants , and al < o against the Irish Catholic Chartistp , and from thai moment to the present , " Protettant , " '' Hanoverian , " "Sassenach , " and "Orangeman" , have beentheiooliEhepitbets indiscriminately applied by the Catholics to their Protestant and Catholic brethren , while struggling for equal liberty for thi Catholics and themselves !
You may , perhaps , say , " 0 , this iB a mere assertion . " To which 1 would be warranted in replying , " well , it is assertion against assertion . " Eut I am most providentially in a situation to corroborate mj assertion , not by circumstantial , but by written and direct evidence , and which I here subjoin , from James O'Brien , in refutation of the assertion of James Bronttrie O'Brkn . I received ihe following letur , which bears date 23 rd April ; bear in mind ihe . 23 rd April , Icug teiore the Siar , or the Convi ntion , hsu said one word about the course the recomfficr-dstit-n of which , jou say , led to the ridiculous conduct of i be Irish in Manchester . Now , bear the cate in mir . d . and here is the Jet : er , which I received uj , on the 24 ih : — " Manchester , April 23 d , 1841 .
" Silt , — 1 would be vtry much obliged by your answerinp me the followii g queMior . s through the n . ediu » of tee Slur , vhtibtr , asisiepc-ited t o us Irish nit n , ttat jou tncoureged tte Chuitjsta of G . &'ROW te iliM . uTb tho nieetiDt- ' thatwa * fot up loputit ^ onavainstLt'rd Stanley ' s Dt ^ frtDch ! Stn : eritl- ; ill , Bi ; ri in favour of Lorri Morpet ! ' s B . I 1 ? Until thftt is rigl tl > tspla red to us , j < u may re .-t i-atiifkd tliat we wiil rtvt-r j < . in yt-u in your wiiri egitation as long as we live . We will go Leart ar . d Lacrt fOT the Corn La-ws , and will oppofeevtry Chartist meeting tbbt tafces place here , for fatisfaction for the itsnlt offered to cur nspectf 0 . K .. n . ; in Catholic Bishop , at the Glartow nuetirg . Yts > . iS . r , by him wLo Hiaue us ^ toxi or aii-re , we will get batifcf&ctien of them , the « -n » of prostitution , for where is there a virtuius
man in England . Sir , nor . * , sot ( 'lit . You are alsoaccuied of si'viEg that tbt-women of Ireland are greater vagabonds than of England are ; prove it . Oh , that you could be guilty of tuch a e ^ yine ' . You are advocating irdeienceiit jrirciples . and CLarsisni also , as your followers also are . Wl . y c * k ! yiu nut join our poor unforrurste countryuien in Giasci-. vt ? ivsUad of hurting tfc-m cut of tbb jlact- they ls .-tt to petition , they ovsklii to j ' . in tl )* ni Ltert and tard to vet what they i > te .--tekiig fur thtruselves , tbat is , the extension of the SufingH . Ko , Sir , botli jiuajit tbtni will net allow us 1 ur liberty , if you iaa it in j « . ur j-owtr . We will weigh the iLing in cur latab ' . s ; lur > ou ha'i maiy , jic , 1 say niany Jritbnitu here , nhu were ytur nienilsur . til the Glasgow luefctirp tcok place ; but now , alas , they are your wett ntspnate eniniiis . Mark tLat , Sir .
" J am tony that you should be lowered in the ey < s of your coniitrj men . " There nas a discussion got up in George-street , Sa ! foid , on Wtdnetday last , to distuss tlit n ^ trits of the Corn Liirs ; but the Irithnitn aitviuliitd -with an intectitn of fclayii . g e \ try Cbarti&t-nLu <•} pcseO ns . " I would wish y < n s-hcu'd giTe us sme iniumation on these stiljecLs to ste if it would allay the animesily tl ot is in their breasts , for you may depend on it tkat t ! f y will iiieturb every Churtitt meeting tLat takes
prate 1 ere . We exi / tct tu have a meeting in tbe Cotu EscLucgi s ^ ainst the Com L ^ -sv «; and if tbe Cl ariists c me to cisuib it there will be four ttoiuar . d li ' sl ; nitn JnlUd at leatt . Ne ^ t-r will Chaitism fiuurish in peer Ire srd tirce the Gh' ^ ow fray . " Od Sunray rut , wt are to Lave a n . eeting to see if y - u wiil giTe aiy information to us . I lely on your kg Me fphit to s ^ e if you cau naijitate that black spot cut of ytur breast- If ytu do cot answeT this le'ter . thn-u ^ h 1 E 6 columcs cf your psfer , we exf ect silence giveB censent . ¦**
"I am , " Your most obedient countryman , " James OBrikp . " iv ' cw , what eay you to that ? I answered that letter tbe very moment I received it . 1 enclosed my answer to an Irifh Catholic , and requested that he anci two cti ers would attend the meeting about to fce convened for receiving my answer . I did rot tell one ot the thiee tbe contents cf n . y letter , or of the letter I ieceived . I did not allow a single English Cl-artifctto appear in the affair . My letter charged O'Brun with being the fabricator of the folly about IriFh women , until he fchculd tell his author , whom 1 premised to kirk well in his presence . As to the Gi .-fcow intent ^ I truly stated that I had never i . t ;; ra a word about it , till I taw the result , which I cer-plv ucplorfd , in the papers .
Well , if inquiry was the object , why not publbli p . y nrswer ! . And had I not a- perfect rijiht , noi b ' .-uriffc - a wc . ro to the contrary , to suppose that mj ar . sw . rr was q-. iue tati = ! actory , and rhat all . thedil " - f-r . TiCC ? wtrc- rectrii ed . The lact 13 , ground ot 3 ecu ; a : ; orj , and net refutation , was the thing hoped i ' or . 1 h" It-tttr was banded sealed to the chairiron , and was read to the meeting , but never jMlliJicd . Now , what say ycu 1 And where is the man on earth who can say he ever heard from me one word about the mad intention
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of tny countymen , aa expressed by O'Brien , until low dragged from me in defence of the Star , the Convention , and the Chartists ! Had I supposed that my letter was not satisfactory I should certainly ' have sent O'Brien ' s to the Exccntiveto put them upon their guard . Let me now ask you what support we could expect from men who declare that they will support a repeal of the Corn Laws , or any thing , and oppose the Chartist ? , because the Glasgow parties had a misunderstanding ? Your observation , if believed , would have have done more to injure Chartism , the Siar , and the Convention , than if the whole press of England had been \ is 1 br its best endeavours to effect the object . The
only difference is , that to the press I would attribute one motive and to you another . Your motive , I feel convinced was in order to afford an opportunity forliealingthe wound by a fair exposition of what could be said in reply to the slander which , perhaps ; s-waB noised abroad , and brought by a correspondent under your notice . Of this I feel certain , beca me no man can doubt that the charge , if believed , | w < mld at once justify the Irish for their hostility to the Chartists , would destroy all confidence in the discretion and judgement of the Convention and the Star , and would effectually undo the very thing which for six years I have zealously laboured to effect , and do the very thing which , for the same period , Ilaniel O'Connell has endeavoHred ,
but in vain , to prevent—a thorough union of the people of both countries . Can I ever sufficiently return thanks to Providence for having preserved O'Brien ' e letter ? for had I no better delence to offer than mere assertion to assertion , public opinion might have been led astray ; but I have now crushed the calumny in its infancy . I have some curious documents , I assure you . I have , without resorting to the same means as Foucbi for acquiring it , just as minute information about the plots of the great as he had . I have had many communications from servants * of ministers , Noble Lords , M . P's ., Right Reverend Fathers in God , and others , and from Chartist soldiers , much of which I turned to good account .
i shall notice one , and only ono more passage . In your letter of the 14 tb , you say : — " And ss to the new hocus poevs policy of promoting Chartism by inundating the next House cf Commons with Toryism , I cannot find language capable of expressing my contempt for it . O'Connor is certainly mad , if he imagines it ; for I am certain he could never swallow such a gross lump of Cobbettism in a moment of sober reflection . It is contrary to all his former recorded opinions , and utterly at variance with the policy Le so ably ard mnufully followed up against the Liberator and Champion . "
Here I fully agree in the assertion that O'Connor must be mad , if he imagines such a thing even possible ; but the man who would affect to suppose that I did imagine such a reBult possible , or who would lead others to suppose that I so imagined , must have read that portion of my letter to very little purpose . I do not repeat " mad" "fool" " traitor , " or " mad man , " for the purpose of retorting ; but I would be a cross between all , if I had recommended the entertainment of such a proposition . I should be a mad fool of a traitor .
Now , jiiEt observe ; in my letter of the 29 lh May , in which the passage occurs ( and from a reference to which I find that again the negligent Siar was scolding the people for not being ready with all the machinery for tbe contest , ) I used these words , " Six years 8 go , I said I would prepare you for sale . Two years ago . I published a plsn for your local organization . /; and THREE MONTHS AGO I BEPUBLISHED THAT PLAN . 1 was well aware that only during tbo excitement ot a contested election , would either band of robbers bid for the virtuous people ; that hour has now come YET ARE YOU KOT PREPARE !) WITH TOUR
COMMITTEES , SUB COMMITTEES , TREASURERS , AND SECRETARIES CF ELECTIONEER ] KO CLUBS , which I rCCOUlmended , but as I never fight with my own party but always try to make up for their laz'ness by MY OWN EXTRA DILIGENCE . I TELL YOU NOW TO GET YOUR MACHINERY READY . " 1 merely chopped upon this sentencein looking for the paseag to which you refer , in order to construe it by the context ; aud 1 ask you now , has the Star been negligent in the arrangements necessary for the struggle But to the passage .
You know , full well , that I was describing the calamity which must ever follow the want of opposition to the Government in being . You know that I taid that 5-uch a thing as inundating the House with Tories was " impossible . " That was my very word , and I was hjpcrhetically describing it as a calamity inferior only to the want of an opposition . Now , how do I conclude th « paragrah ? Thus : — " If ycu had CSC Tory devils , they would bo frightened at the hound ci tbeir own voice , and would imploriDgly cry , ' 01 for an opposition ! " I merely put ihe thing hypotlii'tically , lo show the want of an opposition , and what the country bad suffered for nine yrars of Reform , from that very want . I was proving that , unopposed rule over has
degenerated , and ever will cegenerate into tyranny and licentiousness . I was stating that the Tories actually sacrificed the Whijrs by not opposing them . AH this J put hypothttically to ground an argument upon , showing , at the same tiiae , the " impossibility " 01 its being carried into practice ; while you speak in your letter with strong presumption of our capability of returning fifty Chartist members . Now , in return . I tell you that it would be more easy , and the Whig electors would sooner join to return C 08 Tories than to return 50 , what I call , Chartist members . The electors would not jreturn them as Chartists , while a wif-e disposition 6 f the balance of power would give us 200 Chartist members returned as Whigs .
You appear to have mistaken the ground of controversy between me and the Champion and Liberator . The policy , as suported by them and opposed by me , was , the propriety of supporting Tory principles , in the Houso of Commons , aud ot denouncing Whigtery , ior the mere purpose of placing Toryism in the at-cendant , upon the mere speculation of ihe repeal of the l ' uor Law Amendment Act . Through life I have endeavoured to get a fair fling at the Tories ; and for nine years the Whigs have ftooci between them and me ; and now I say to the Whigs , get out of my way , and let mo at them . Having to far disencumbered the great question at iesue of all extraneous matter , I shall hero take my leave , ivr th <; pzese'nt , with tho intention of addressing another Jeter to you , to-morrow , upon the subject of ihe beK use to be maae of our forces in the approaching battle .
In themean time , wishingyon , frommy soul , every sv . ccis ^ , boih at Newcastle and through Jife , to which ycur zeal , your talent , your honesty y # ur ion # niibejidiug and unflinching exertions , and your privation aiid manly fcuikring entitle you . I am , Your faithful associate And affectionate friend , Feaegus O'Connor .
Shall We Dlfcstkoy The Whig Assassins Oil Not ?
SHALL WE DLfcsTKOY THE WHIG ASSASSINS Oil NOT ?
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —) l . five rend vith extreme smpiizi- the remarks cf Mr . O'Emu , hi the last number cf tie Siar , on the aVove qutstiou ; ) m every one will admit to you that not on !} is tbe Whig fectien the great hairier to the VTr ^ rvhP of d mii tiacy , but it is : likewise the most trtacl .-rions , pr < fle : te , arri ptuecutiEg oligarchy which Ins t . vt r appealed in these natiorjs . Then , supposing the Trry faction to be ready to act as the Whig faction hes done , ih it not kcuik ' . policy to do the btst we can at the present crisis , nan : eiy , to trample upon one of thcte factions , since we cannot do to to both , and therel-j have only one faction to coritend -with in future , ii . stead of two , as at present ?
But rrobably I eball beBt convince your readers of the ifiundriess of tbe policy recommended by you and Mr . OCuuDor . in rt-i ' trtrc ^ te ttie Whigs , by giving yon a sketch cf ' tbat which I saw , and part of which 1 was . " Well , tl en , 1 Lave been an active supppnrter of the WLigs , voted for , ard otherwise aided them ; and on the subject of the Corn Laws , while they went denouncing the repeal of those laws , as the work of uauu . en , 1 wus fut ^ Ling en the question . But . uj-CD that and ( very otLer project of Reform , I fout . d ttiat they wtre determined to ptrsecute me for touching tbe tutji-ci . of Reform ; they even employed miscreants to entrap me , insult , and injure me , under the foiius of iaw aim authority ; and even now , I ftel eo coi-vicced of their dishonest and trinity intentions in nsject of Corn law lepial , and every ether measure vthich Refoimers contemplate , that if I did not oppose then ; at tie next . lections , I should be acting against evtry dicta e of my conscience .
I would eladly assibt in returning a Chartist representative for Dublin at the next election ; but when I cannet protifj my visLtb iu that respect , surely I am bound to do the ntxt b < -st tiling in my power , namely , to upset , as far as I can , that concentration of rascality , the Whig find O"Cunrell dynasty . Every man standing in the earn * . position onihx to do likewise . If he could return a candidate wlio would represent " the mistral le toia of toil , " he ought to do so , by the aid of tbe Tory faction , the Whig faction , or tbe Duvil himself , if there was any prospect of painirp lLat durable object by splitting bis votes with any of . them ; but if no such opportunity p-K = riitJS it > eif , Jet him irflict Vfcna < 3 i . nc € < ior Whig
trtachcry and rtntove ; he uBgarchlcal breakwater out of tht-wuy . Woe b . U'fc ! the Chutist party , if the Whi fSfcam a nirjoiuy nt the coming election , then will thi-y cbarne the Chartist army , right , left , and itntie , valiant-v .-i f . h the iiotion . that tlifl T . ; ry pl :: lai ; x can be brought up nT ar ; y trtne . and panting with re-VL-i : ge for the Ncttii ^ a in' other Chartist onslaughts , und for ihe-wi'huint- biasts which ILm . Nn ; than Slur tas &fnt down < . L : ir golden harvests of jobbery and Sunder ; but fheulil tbe Tory party be thrust into harness , tbty-nil 1 be to wen £ , between the national cry of the Chartists , and the ravenous howl of the ¦\ Vhf gs for place , that the Chartist paity must according to all appearances , be called into the management
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of public affaire . The great object then should be to retnin Chartist candidates , but whsre that cannot be done , to clear the decfes for action , by sending the Whig assassins under the batches . I am , Sir , Your moat obedient and humble servant , Samuel Gordok . 41 , Aungier-gtreet , Dublin , June 21 st , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —The readers of tbe Star will reuollect the disturbances that took place in Colne in the month of August last , in consequence of the previous brntal , cowardly , and unjustifiable conduct of the " Jacks in office , " or the should-be peace preservers , and their tools of all work , tbe county police . The consequence waa , ths csmmittal of four young men to Lancaster Castle , charged with the wilful murder of Mr . Halstead , who carue by his death at that time , from the baud or hands of some person or persons at present unknown .
The aforesaid young men were tried on the capital charge at the late assizes at Lancaster , and three of them were acquitted of tbe murder , but , at tbe suggestion of their counsel , pleaded guilty to the charge of misdemeanor . Richard Boothnian , the other prisoner , was found guilty by the Jury of wilful murder , en the testimony of two hired and unprincipled policemen . Owing to some strange and unaccountable circumstance at the trial , the witnesses for the prisoner Boothman , who "were ready , and capable of proving an alibi in his favour , were not brought forward . The consequence was as stated before , and he was sentenced to death ; but by prompt and energetic exertions being made , by memorials being sent to Lord Normonby and the Queen , his sentence was commuted to transportation for life . A poor , innocent , unoffending young man transported for life I It is the general and unanimous conviction in this town tbat he is perfectly innocent of the crime for which he is aufferinir .
The Rev . J . Henderson , Incumbent in this town , worthy of all praise for using his talent and influence in behalf of the ir . jnted and unfortunate Boothman , in endeavouring to obtain his release ; but hitherto his charitable intentions have not been successful , arising , it i 8 tbonght , from communications going from another quarter , who is in frequent communication with the Home-office . We understand poor Boothman was removed from Lancaster gaol last week , to the hulks , preparatory to his going abroad for life , in all probability , a victim of police perjury and petty spita and malice .
In consequence of the public believing the yonng men were innocent of the charges brought against them , a subscription was entered into to procure them something like g fair trial , and the following items were received from the different towns and villages , which , we trust , you will have the goodness to insert in your valuable and widely circulating paper : — £ b . d . Burnley 2 7 0 Keighley 1 6 Oh Ackrington 0 14 0 Hebden Bridge 0 9 0 Sund-bed , near Shaggatie ... 0 14 7 . } Barnoldswick 0 12 0 Burrowford 0 14 Oj Cliatburn ... 0 4 3 | Grindleston 0 11 3
Clitheroe 0 12 6 Farnhill 0 5 2 £ Glusburn 6 5 7 $ Button . 0 12 6 " Cononly ... 0 6 0 If you can find a little space for this coruraunication , you wiil much oblige your numerous readers in this town and neighbourhood . Respectfully , yours , &c J . Watson . Colne , June 22 d , 1841 .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fbidat , June 18 . Tbe Madhouses ( Scotland ) Bill , and the Election Petitions Trial Bill , went through a Committee . The Militia Pay Bill , the Metropolis Improvement Bill , the County Bridges Bill , and the Bribery at Elections Bill , were severally read a third time and passed . In answer to the Earl of Wickiow , The Marquis of NormaNBY taid , tbatin consequence of the sudden termination of tbe Session , the Bills for the Improvement of Sewers and the Drainage of Towns had been withdrawn for tbe present .
The debate on the Punishment of Death Bill was resumed , and on the motion of the Earl of Wincbil-SEA , the capital punishment was again restored to curtain offences exempted by the present Bill . The Noble Earl then moved to exempt certain cases of rape from tho operation of the Bill , but on a division , the numbers were—for th « clause , 64 j for the amendment , ( iO . The Bill then went tbrouch a Committee , and in answer to the Earl of Wick low , The Marquis of NORMANBY said it was his intention to extend the provisions of the Bill to Scotland and Ireland . The Criminal Justice Bill was read a second time , and in < Committee the Earl of Wilton moved to exclude Manchester from its operation ; but on a division , there appeared—for the motion , 31 ; against it , 32 .
After some discussion , the D . > g Carts Bill was , on the motion of the Maiquis of Nokmanb * . withdrawn , and their Lordships adjourned till Monday .
Tuesday , June 22 . PROROGATION OF PiiBUAMENT . Parliament was this day prorogued by her Majesty in person , preparatory to the Dissolution , with the usual forrualitits . At a quarter past two o ' clock , the discharge of cannon and the flourish of trumpets , announced tbe arrival of her Majesty , who shortly afterwards entered the House . The Speaker and the Members of the House of Cornmonfl having been summoned to the Bat by the Usher of the Black Rod , the Right Honourable Gentleman shortly afterwards appeared , attended , or rather pushed forward , by a formidable ho < iy of Members , who ap peared to set all etiquette at defiance in their iinxkiy to obtain a look at her Majesty .
Tbo Speaker then addressed hor Majesty as fol-Iowr : —Most Gracious Sovereign , we , your Majesty ' s faithful Commons , approach your Majesty with sentiments of unfeigned devotion and loyalty . Ifc has been our most anxious desire , iu granting the supplies for the present yiar , to place at the disposal of your Majesty the means by which the naval and military establishments of the country might be placed in a state of complete t fficiency , and we entertain a strong conviction that by thus enabling your Majesty to maintain the honour of the Crown , an < 4 protect tko just rights and Interests of the people , we have adopted a course which , undtr the favour of Divine Providence , will ensure both to this country and the rest of Europe a con tinuance of the blessings of peace .
Vve now tender to yeur Majesty an Act to apply certain sums of money for the service of the year 1841 , and to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament , to which , in all humility , we pray youi Majesty ' s gracious assent . The Royal Assent was then given , in the usual form , to the following Bills : — The Aj ; roi riation Bill , the Militia Pay Bill , the Bills of Exchange Bill , the Punishment of Death Bill , the Bribery at Elections Bill , th 6 Controverted Elections Trij'l Bill , the Highway Rates Bill , the Loan Suoii-. ties Bill , and Mad Houses ( Scotland ) Bill , tho Blackburn Market Bill , the Bourne Drainage Bill , and some other private Bills .
The Loud Chancellor then presented the Speech to her Majesty on his knee , which the Queen read in her usual clear and diEt- 'nct manner , with a very marked and decided emphasis on the passage which referred to the exigencies of the public servico being provided for in the manner leati burdensome to the community .
THE SPEECH . " My lokds and Gentlemen , " Oa a full consideration of the present state of public urT . iii-s I have come to the determination of proropuing thib Parliament with a view to its immediate ciitsoiution . - ; •• The paramount importance of the trade and industry of the country , aud my anxiety that tbe exigencies of the public service should be provided for in the manner least burthen some to the community , have induced me to resort to the means which the Constitution haa entrusted to me , of a » certaining the sense of my people upon matters which so deeply concern their welfare .
" I entertain tbe hops that the progress of public business may be facilitated , and that divisions injurious to the course of steady poHey . and useful legislation may be removed by the authority of a new Parliament , which I shall direct to be summoned without delay .
" Gentlemen of the House op Commons . " I thank yon for the readiness with which yon have Toted the sums necessary f jr the Civil and Military Establishments . " Mt Lobds and Gentlemen , " In the exercise of my prerogative I can have no other object than that of securing the rights , and promoting the interests qt my subjects , and I rely on tho co-operation of my Parliament , and'the loyal zeal of my people , for support in the adoption of such measures as are -necessary to maintain that high station among the nations of the world , which it has pleased Divine Providence to assign this country /* Tbe Lord Chancellor then said : —It is her Majesty ' s Royal will and pleasure that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday , the 29 th of June instant , to be then here holdtn , and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued till Tuesday , tbe 29 th of June . Her Majesty and her attendants then quitted the House in the same Older as they had entered it .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fridxt , June 18 . Several private Bills were read a third time and passed . : . '• ¦ The report of the Committee on the Fine Arts was brought up and ordered to be printed . The Bills of Exchange Bill and the Loan Societies Bill went through a Committee . The Court of Chancery Bill was read a third time and passed . On the order of the day fer taking into consideration the Lords * amendments to the Waddon Chase Enclosure Bill , some discussion took place . Mr . WaRBDRTOn " mo-yedthat it be read a third time that day three months , on the ground that it wa 9 an undue interference with the rights of parties who had a right of commonage over tba chase . Sir T . FBEMANTLfi and Mr . Estcocrt defended th « Bill .
On a division there appeared—for the amendment , 18 ; against it , 31 . The Lords' amendments were then greed to . In answer to Sir Francis Burdett , Lord John Russell said the Government had not abandoned its intention to ask the assent of tbe House to a vote for a sum of money to raise a monument to Sir Sidney Smith and some other distin guished officers , bufc circumstances had occurred which bad rendered it un » advisable to bring forward iuiy s pplemental vote fo * such a purpose during the prefentsession . In answer to Lord Robert Grosvenor , who complained of the delay experienced by travellers on the Grand Junction Railway , Mr . Shtel said be would be prepared-to give th © Noble Lord some explanation on Monday . The Lords' amendments to the Banks' of Issue Bil were acTeed to .
Oh the motion of Lord lNGESTRr E , an addres » to « . Crown was agreed to for a new tu vey of the co ran New Zsaland . Adjourned till Monday .
Tuesday , June 22 . The Speakexc took the chair shortly before tvr o ' clock . Sir J . Hobhotjse presented a petition from a plaes in Wiltshire , in favour of . a total repeal of the Cora Laws . ' ' SirR . Ingxis presented a petition from Chelsea , favour of Church Extension . Mr . Hawbs presented nineteen petitions from various parts of the metropolis against the present Corn Law * .
Mr . Estcourt wished to ask the Chancellor of tha Exchequer if he had made any provision out of the snpplies for tbe next six months for the payment of the half-year ' s salary due to the Chairman of tbe Committee of Ways and Means . The Chancellor of tbe Exchequer could assure the Hon . Member that if no provision had been mada in the usual way for the payment of the salary of the Chairman of the Committee ef Ways and Means , it waa not from any feeling at that Gentleman , bnt from th state of the Session . He would however take care thafc some measure was adopted for tho payment of the salary forthwith . Tbe subject then dropped . Mr . M- O'Connell presented a petition from Kilkenny against the Medical Reform Bill . Mr . Dugdale presented a petition from Birining ' - ham , signed by 10 , 700 persons , praying for Church Extension .
The Deputy Usher of the Black Uod then entered tbe House , and summoned the Commons to attend her Majesty in the House of Lords . The Speaker , accompanied by al ! the Member present then left tbe House , and on his return , read her Majesty ' s Speech at the table . Several Hon . Members then shook bands with the Speaker , and the House separated .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF SCOTLAND GENERALLY , AND THE SCOTTISH FRIENDS OP BR 0 NTERHE O'BRIEN IN PARTICULAR . Brother Radicals , —You are probably aware that some few months ago a-committee was formed in Leeds for the purpose of raising funds to present Mr . Bronterre O'Brien , upon iiis liberation , with a national testimonial in the form of a newspaper printing press and appendages . Consequent upon an address issued by that committee , in the Northern Star , a number ol auxiliary committees have been foir&ed in various places throughout England . One was lately formed ia this city , undet the auspices ot the Chartist Association and it is that committee who now address you .
From the nature of the subject , we have little more to dotban to bring it '' prominently before you . Bronterre '« great merits , his valuable services as a public writer , and his sufferings in the cause of truth and justice , are too generally known—and we hope appreciated—to requite tbat wo shouid enlargs upon them . Were ifc merely to show our sense of , and gratitude for , these services , it behoved' us to do something in this way Hia enemies have t > ken care to give him some tangible proofs of their regard ; and so we think should hia friends—and this the more esptcially that , in doing so .
we will not only put an instrument into-iis hands uiore efficient tUau he has ever yet had , to \ io us further service , but will ev << n prevent his powerful aid from being entirely lost to us ; for we need not conceal from you the fact , that upon the success of this scheme depends whether he is to continue , as he has so long been , the able , dauntless , , -ond successful pioneer of a better order of things in tLis country , or be f 01 cod to exile himself to auotaet . When these are tbe uitevnaUves it surely requires no deliberation to determine bow we . should act .
As to the mwlo of raising funds , it would be out of place for us to dictate . It was suggested to ourselves , we approved of it , arid now suggest to you , tbao a good ¦ way might be to form committees in large towns for collecting kubscriptions , getting up soirees , &c . ; while smaller placers in the neighbourhood could remit thuir coiiections to these ' committees , who would in turn communicate with the general committee , at Leeds . Up , men of Scotland , and-be doing ! You have nobly contributed your share to the call upon you for the victimised Cbiirtists . How much more is it your duty to come forward , and aid a scheme whieh will not only prove an antidote to Whig tyranny , in so far as one Whig victim is concerned , but will do more for myriads of Whig victims , the oppressed millions and their posterity , than has yet 15 een done . Viewed as an individual case , the claim upon yon is undeniablo ; but viewed as the came of the industrious olasstu generally , it -would be foliy , as well as biack ingratitude , not to give it your warmest ; iid .
We have taken the liberty to bring the matter before you , being , so for .-as we know , the only committee formed in Scotland ; and such things muse emanate from some quai-itr .. We have ourselves already succeeded as well aa we could have expected ; ami wa trust that each and all of you will set aealoualy to work . O'Brien will be out by the 24 th of September , at farthest . Let us have Something ready for him thu * will in some small measure comptnsute f .-r . the sufferings of the last eighteen months , as well as for the incessant labour aiul toil of the last teu years . Let 110 place , however small , or individual , however poor , keep back because they can do" but little It is drops that fill the ocean ; and in a matter of this kind , provided tbe tund bo raised , the more contributors to it the better .
We . shall be happy to receive and acknowledge , through our secretary , any sums that may be forwarded from individuals iu the country , or email ciubs ; and we have ro doubt that other committees speedily to ba formed will do the same . In this matter , Scotland expects every man to do hia duty . ( Signed ) W . Allan , Chairman . Edwabd Sutcliffb . J . Cummins . D . MaCleod . A . Macgregor , Sec . James hukter . Peter . Anderson . Charles Innks ; Henhv Ranked . Thomas Blackib . Edinburgh Committee Room , June 14 , 1841 .
N . B . The Secretary of the Leeds Committee is Mr John Ogden , 39 , Marlborough-street , Leeds , who will communicate all information . The Secretary of the Edinburgh Committee to be addressed at No . 114 , High-street , Edinburgh . *
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Christened , in thu Parish Church , Willand , by the Rev . H . Manley , Fearg us , sou of John and Charlotte Copp . William and Nancy Goulding , of Blakeley-street , Bolton , had their infant son duly registered James Fear ^ us O'Connor , on the 24 th May uU . Christened at Blytb Church , on tho 24 tb of May the son of Mr . George Bird , by the name of Feargna George Bird , in honour of that sterling friend of the people , Feargus O'Connor , E ; q ., it being the first that has taken place in thai part of Northumberland . Mt 3 . Smith , the wife of Mr . Win . Dudley Ward Smith , has been delivered of twing ,. a boy and * girl ^ who have been duly re ^ ittered FearftBs O'Coanor Thomas Smith , and Maria Frost Smith .
AfewdayB ago , Mary , the wife of Mr . Jonas Wilkinson , of Clayton Heights , wag safely delivered of a son , which was registered on Saturday by tha uame of Feargua O'Connor Wilkinson . What is most singular in this family is , that it ia the twelfth Jiving child tliat the has fciv « n birth to , and they are all in Health , and are living with their parents . Bora at Edinburgh , on th > 2 nd of June , and baptised by the Rev . Wm . Brace , of Cowg&te Church , on the 20 th , Charles Feargus , the son of Mr . and Mrs . Charles Hunter of that city .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct712/page/7/
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