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      A Chartist Candidate For The A V . West Siding.

      a CHARTIST CANDIDATE FOR THE A v . WEST SIDING .

      Tbe West Siding Election. To The Chartis...

      TBE WEST SIDING ELECTION . TO THE CHARTISTS OP THE WEST HIDING OF YORKSHIRE . Brother Chartists ,

      I have often told you that for same things a short preparation is the best , inasmuch as long discussion and preparation makes the mind doll , and excitement vanish . For these reasons I have abstained from urging yoa to yonx duty on Monday next , and the more especially because no great preparation is needed for a few miles walk . I find that , seduced by the middle classes , many good Chartists are again prepared to act ¦ anon the old Whig-destroying policy of selecting a choice of evils . Now this policy , more

      than any other , has damaged the Chartist cause , inasmuch as the real grounds for selection are never divulged , while it is set down , not to a choiceofevils , but to a popular acceptation No circumstances that the mind could devise could afford yon a better , a more legal , and fitting opportunity to meet in your thousands and hundreds of thousands , than the farce of nomination which is to take place in Wakefield , on Monday next , when you will be addressed as " Friends and Countrymen / ' tickled with plausible blarney , and have a momentary

      importance attached to the blistered hands of Labour ; which , however , will be of brief duration , as the decision , by yonr hands on Monday , may be reversed by privileged tongnes on Thursday and Friday . You have marched to Peep Green and to Kersall Moor in the dead of winter , with your mottoes upon your unfurled banners ; you have done this , and I have done it , in defiance of proclamations prohibiting those meetings , in our groping infancy—and are yon afraid now , when not thus fettered , bat invited on the gala day , to go in yonr manhood ' s strength ,

      to proclaim , upon the first opportunity afforded you , your horror and detestation of the execrable tyranny of last Session , and still wielded by the dominant faction . I will answer for it , that the men of Barnsley , of Dewsbury , of Seighley , and Huddersfield , will be at their post , and if the Chartists generally lose so legitimate an opportunity of proclaiming their resurrection in the face of gaunt Tyranny , let the Executive be dissolved—let the Organisation be destroyed , and let us hear no more mockery about Chartist resurrection .

      Can you doubt , for a angle moment ,-that Lord John Russell and his Press will resound with the triumph over Toryism , mainly owing to the amalgamation of Whiggery and Chartism ? Would it not afford them an opportunity to taunt the Irish people with English Chartist satisfaction ? Would it not enable them to tell their foreign allies that the Chariiste have abandoned their mad -career , ' and adopted the policy of selecting the best man , and he , being a Whig , his election would be urged as proof of Chartist adoption of Whig

      principles . It will not be stated that the selection was a mere choice of evils , but that it was a choice of the best man that could be bad . Did yon read the Whigling ' s answer to Firth ? Have you reflected upon his childish , his ignorant , and evasive answers ? And have you thought that , under the rule of the party to which he belongs , scores of yonr countrymen—of your honest countrymen— -your industrious and intelligent countrymen—will be tried , perhaps , upon the very day of polling , by jurors purposely selected from the very class who submit their candidate for your approval ? When the Whiff Attorney-General of old

      boasted that he had killed Chartism , Chartism revived on Peep Green . They sprung np like mushrooms in a single night . You have two nights to prepare for its resurrection , and when I tell you that all that the best organisation could do for the resuscitation of Chartism would not have so powerful an effect as your presence in countless thousands on Monday , wili you lose the opportunity ? Never mind their quadruped—their Church Endowments—their Political Economy—Municipal Franchise—the Ballot—the safe and prtgressive changes—and all the long catalogue of humbug—march under the old flag of Chartism , with your principles and your mottoes emblazoned on them , and let your

      watchword

      be—« HEWHO KNOT FOR US IS AGAINST US . " Never mind being called Tory Chartists O'Connell and the League hoped to frighten us by that nickname ; but in God ' s name , of all things let us never be called Whig Chartists . As the actions of all men are , liable to be misrepresented , and as heretofore most men hare regulated their conduct by the hope of reward , I again pledge myself that I will never accept of place , pension , or emolument from any Government that rules your destinies ; and ifyouhadithe Charter to-morrow , I would not

      sit as representative in the House of Commons , or accept of any office save that of UNPAID BAILIFF TO THK LAND COMPANY . I don ' t care , therefore , about being called a Tory tool , and especially if I earn the name by defeating the Whig enemy . What will the Irish say—and they will shortly constitute the main staff of Chartismif you strengthen the hands of the enemies of their country \ And what will the Old Guards say if yea lose such an opportunity—the only Opportunity of manifesting your disapproval of and contempt for the treacherous Whigs .

      " ONE THING AT A TIME , " say the League ; so say I , and let that one thing now be to give Whiggery a taste of Chartist feeling . Oh « how it would revive the drooping spirits of those at large and those in the Wh % dungeonf , to hear thatpn Monday next was the day of retribution . Chartists , think of your families--think of your wives , and think of your friend's families and their wives , who are victims to Whig treachery , and then will you withhold on Monday the poor , the only consolation you can offer them ?

      Believe me , that both you and they have wore to expect from Whig fear than from "Wiig justice , and nothing would so far tend to paralyse the faction as the defeat of their ally upon the hustings . MY MYRMIDONS may , perhaps , give Cobdea ' s Myrmidons an insight into the future , by the occurrences of Monday ; and whether you are called Whig Chartists orTory Chartists , Sot a man ofyoa hold np your hand for the i Whig candidate . Be properly marshalled , and have fuglemen of your own , who will communicate to the most distant the time lor Labour

      to show its blistered hands ; and if you have to choose between the terms Whig and Tory Ch & itists , laugh at the scoffer , and tell him that be is a Whig tool , whereas your business is to jtestroy the tyrants that have destroyed the Con stitution . Oh ! what joy it would spread throughout the land if we COu \ fi communicate the glad tidings ° h Saturday next , that reviled Chartism mussed in . its revived strength on the preceding Monday . And what pleasure I should have in Waiting the return of the Dewsbury troop , ** ts bear from them that Monday was a day 01 some satisfaction .

      "UP THEN , CHARTISTS , AND AT THEM !" rfu- * p 5 ke and dudgeon , but with a forest £ » , terea ,, afl ds , that will carry more dread J ™ the enemy's camp . TO YOUR TENTS , " . *' CHARTISTS . You have Saturday ' | Sunday and Sunday night , to prepare , a to all who are not prepared to devote ^! J J" to the cause , that they are notpre-{ £ *¦ f w the exercise of those privileges which gladly would I make one of the number , £ ain ° ? t * iav e « ften told you , a victory h l 2 r l y yourselves has tenfold effect , that V Ttme ^ ironically told its readers * reargus O'Connor will be there to pro-

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      pose Julian Harney . Feargus O'Connor will not be there , as , not being an elector , he could not propose Julian Harney . I am sorry to add that Julian Harney cannot be there . On reading the sneering paragraph in the " rimes , " I at once determined that Julian Harney dught to be your candidate . I find , however , that it is impossible for him to leave his home at present , otherwise 1 have no doubt he would have repeated , in 1848 , ' the good work he performed in 1841 , when he met and thrashed Morpeth and Milton , Wortley and Denison , on the hustings at Wakefield . T _«_ _ rr I

      But , failing Julian Harney , your friend and talented advocate , Samuel Kydd , will meet the enemy . The Executive Committee have resoked that Mr Kydd shall represent Chartism at Wakefield on Monday next . Kydd will make a- glorious speech , boldly developing your principles—and , while the two dogs are fighting for the bone , perhaps Kydd will run away with it . I trust , therefore , that proper Chartist , electors will he selected to propose and second our . man , that we will turn the laugh against the " Time ; , " and teach it , in future , to have a proper respect for

      the power it mocks at . Kydd mil also he at Dewsbury on Monday night , and let the Chairman have the pride and the honour of iatro * during him as the Honourable Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire , which he will be until the result o £ the poll is declared on Monday week . '; Chartists , be in time . If you are not prepared for a . short march and a good position on the ground , change your name * Fill the place in the front of the hustings . Flank the , space on each side—have a good reserve in the rear—keep your proud banners unfurled and flying , and hold up , both hands for Kydd .

      And believe me , that such a triumph at Wakefield would do more to resuscitate Chartism , than if I wrote letters to yoa for a twelvemonth . The moment you read this , let a Committee be formed , and application be made to the sub-sheriff for hustings tickets for the Chartist candidate , and my life for it the short hour of preparation will tend to augment the numbers , and insure the better management of the business . Wow , then , we will risk our fate upon the cast—it is between the Times , Eardfey , and Whiggery ; the Star , Kydd , and Chartism . Every man that can walk , and is not at Wakefield on that day , is a traitor to the cause .

      Oawmrd and conquer , Backward and wtfaU !

      THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER ! . Hatch ! Hatch ! Bradford and Halifax W hy , my lads , don't yoa march forward ia order . March ! March ! K . etghley and BirasUy , An the brave Chutists « r « over tha tarSer , Many a banner spread flatten around year bud , Many aereat that ia & nsou » ia atory , March and make ready then , font of the HOUK TAIK HELL , Fight for yonr taase , and the ol & Ciirtwt glory . Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .

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      AM ) NATIONAL TMBES JQU 1 MAL . VOL XII . No 581- LONDON , SATUKDAY , DEGEMBER 9 , 1848 . ~~^^ iS ^^ . ' ; ' " ' . " . ' ' - ' " ^ » Five Shilling * a * d Sixpence per Quarter ' " : - ! 1

      Address Of The Executive Committee Of Th...

      ADDRESS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN .

      TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WEST RHHNO OF YORKSHIRE . GENTisiifisr , —We rejoice *© observe the marked spirit of independence displayed by you in the present political crisis . Your manly and straightforward examinations of the gentlemen who hare offered themselves as fit and proper persons to represent yc * in parliament , hate won for yon the respect and honour of every active and intelligent citizen -of the state . Ton have—because of

      unforseeucircamstanceE—been celled upon to exercise the most sacred duties of citizenship , at , perhaps , the most eventful period of European history . Your character as the most independent' and enlightened constituency in England , has been hitheito honourably sustained , and we feel that on your choice of a representative at this time , rests much of the national fame of Great Britain , as the leader of peaceful and progressive freedom . Therefore it is , that we address yon on behalf of your unenfranchised brethren , in hopes that their claims as citizens , will meet from yon a calm and judicious consideration .

      We submit that you should elect no man to be year representative , who < ket not at once ,, and without doubt or hesitation , express his convictions on all the important political topics of the day . . You are yne electors who delegate power to yonr representative ; his votes in the . House of Commons must either be in accordance with or opposed to your will If in accordance with your expressed wishes—yon are represented ; if opposed to your express wishes—yon are misrepresented . The ancient lineage of noble houses or . the doubtful candour of unpledged candidates , areapart from the guestien . The candidate who solicits your suffrage , not

      having made up his mmd as to how he ought to vote , on questions that have commanded the attention of the people for years , is meutatty disqualified to represent yoa ia parliament ; he who has given to such questions his mature consideration , and refuses to be pledged to a defined policy , leaves yon in doubt upon the most vital of all interests , to wit—the peace and security of society , the protection of your lives and properties , and may at any time exchange popular support for ministerial favour , pension , or emolument , without being for some years amenable to your control . Such men cannot be elected for the West Riding .

      Universal Suffrage , or the right of every man of twenty-ane years of age , of fixed residence and vneonvicted of crime , to have a voice in the election of a member to serve in parliament , we conceive to he unobjectionable , and as five-sixths of the male adult population of Great Britain are unenfranchised as the Jaw now exists—we would remind yoa that yon vote not for yourselves alone , but also for your unenfranchised brethren , holding their interests in trust-and that you are justly responsible to them for your votes , also for the protection of their lives and property , in so far as the laws of a state may affect the condition of the citizens .

      We therefore solicit you neither to vote for nor in any way countenance any candidate who is not distinctly pledged to advocate the justice of Universal Suffrage , in and ont of parliament , and use every legitimate means in his power to ensure a speedy enactment of the People ' s Charter , as the basis of the representative portion of the British constitution . Taxation . —Increased national and local taxation has been long and justly complained of , notwithstanding the increasing poverty of the working classes and consequent bankruptcy and ruin of the

      middle classes . The present Ministry have mam Zested no desire to lighten the burdens that press so heavily on industry or to reduce tie general expenditure , and it is with regret that we have witnessed the support they have , on all occasions , received from a majority of the members constituting the House of Commons , and by whose consent and support a most pernicious system of wasteful extravagance has been continued . The voice of the people has been heard on this question , again and again—they have spoken ont in unmistakable language , and their prayers and requests have been unheeded and mocked .

      We confidently call upon you to be true to the interests of the majority of your fellow citizens , throughout the empire , and support no candidate who is not prepared to vote for every possible reduction of our national expenditure , and such econo « mical reform as may , in your judgment , be conducive to the permanent interests of all . The Connexion between Church and State , Poor Laws , and the Employment of the Unwilling Idlers , are subjects which inevitably press themselves on your attention , and will receive from you that mature and deliberate consideration which their importance dsserve . We are Dissenters in principle ,

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      and cannot conscientiousl y support Church Establishments under any circumstance . We ire industrial reformers , and consider the present system of Poor Laws to be profitless , and desire their revision and amendment . In the election of a Member of Parliament , we trust that no party prejudice or local influence will bias your judgment , but that yonr decision will rest uppri a'just appreciation of sound principles , such as if understood and practised by the Commons of England , we sincerely believe would increase intelligence , reduce taxation , remove grievous burdens , develope . the national resources , and secure the preservation of the true interests of the Commonwealth . Signed on behalf of the Executive Council ot the National Charter Association , ThoiusCubk Phiup M'Gbatb Wiuuii Dixon Esmond Stiuwood HM » bt Ross Samuel Kydd , Secretary .

      The Rational Mode Of Permanently And Pea...

      THE RATIONAL MODE OF PERMANENTLY AND PEACEABLY ADJUSTING THE PRESENT DIS * ORDERED STATE OFEUROPE . I Ia the last week ' s number but one o £ the " Northern Star / ' the' irrational principle has been fully explained on which , from the beginning , all Governments , religions , Codes of Laws , and institutions have been br ? sed , and from which ; all the evil passions , v'ices , and crimes of men have necessarily / emanated , and the human character been . misfonned , and society itself made wretchedly inconsistent and absurd .

      Another Government , Confutation , and Code of Laws have been also p ^ iven , based on an unchanging law of nature , and , inconsequence , of universal application to humanity under every diversity of clime and colour . A law , the source of all justice ., charity , and love —a law which will supersede all speculation on what is now termed natural , right , which means only the right of the strongest . According to promise , the reasons in detail for each law e-f the new Constitution are now

      tjiven . REASONS FOB THE l / lWS OF THE FIRST SECTION OP THE UMYI . atSALItATIONAl . CONSTI TTJTIOK JOB , TBH QOVERNMEHT OF THE HUMAN RACE C 0 T JLBCI 1 YELY , OR FOR ANT DISTRICT SEPARATELY . Law I . " Every one shall be equally provided through life with the best of everything for human nature , by public arrangements , which arrangements shall give the best known direction to ttie industry and talents of every individual .

      REASONS FOR THIS LAW . Under this new Constitution , based upon , and constructed in unison with the laws ot God , « ach township becomes the parent of all within its jurisdiction , and the immediate agent of God , to earry the laws of the universal creating power into execution , in order to bring and keep human society in harmony with all nature . The parent , knowing that union is strength and wisdom , unites the children in one inte

      rest , upon a just and full principle of equality , knowing that without an honest and perfect equality there can be no permanent , heartfelt union ; and that , by uniting the faculties , feelings , and interests of a family averaging about two thousand in number , the advantages to each one may be increased , with reference to superiority of character , and permanent and substantial happiness , not less than two thousand to one , compared with the present individual system .

      By this Constitution , it is intended that each township should generally form one agricultural , manufacturing , commercial , and educational family . In mining or fishing districts , this order will he varied in accordance with those circumstances . But in every case , the township will form those general arrangements that will supply all equally , according to age , with the best of everything for human nature , at each divisional period of life , and apply the faculties and powers of each , without exception , for the benefit of the individuals of the township , and of the extended circle of

      these federative unions . By the laws of God , every member of this family has received a different compound of the general qualities of humanity , and received them without their consent , or even knowledge . No one , therefore , can rationally claim merit , if he possess what may be considered a superior compound of these qualities ; nor can demerit be attributed to any one , for having what may be now deemed an inferior combination of them . The great Creating . Power of the Universe

      alone creates these varied natural characters ; and it is most probable that , as these families gradually acquire full rationality , it will be discovered that these differing compounds are necessary , most useful in the order of ^ nature , and without which , society would be incomplete , and the happiness of the whole imperfect . Each one , therefore , isj justly entitled to an equality with every other member of the family , according to age . No partiality or distinction , except that of age , should ever be introduced into any township .

      This law states that the best of everything for human nature should be provided for every one . Experience has ascertained that , the highest economy is attained only by using the best of everything that can be procured , or created upon a scale sufficient for the supply of all ; and that the township would greatly gain by abandoning all that is intrinsically inferior , and adopting the use of everything superior , to the utmost extent practicable . This arrangement fully folllowed out , with the subsequent laws to be explained , will , of necessity , make every one happy , so far as his natural qualities will enable him to extend his enjoyment , under the most favourable combination of circumstances within the knowledge and power of humanity yet to create or

      con-. Law 2 . " All shall be educated from infancy to maturity , in the best maaner jaiown at the time . "

      REASONS FOR THIS LAW . The importance of this law has never yet been fully appreciated by any nation , people , or individual , in any period of man ' s history , except Lycurgus , that to educate man is to manufacture a character for him ; and that , according to the machinery used for the purpose , that character will be well or ill-manufactured , and the individual will of necessity become inferior , mixed , or superior in his qualities . This principle being known , it becomes as easy to manufacture the Spartan character . to-day

      as when Lycurgus lived , if there would be now utility in forming a character of highjmilitary spirit , and with great personal prowess and self denial . But the time is passing to require any more sectional character , which has been now , or previously , manafac tured in any latitude or longitude . The period has arrived when the progress of knowledge demands a character , physical , mental , and moral , of full-formed rational men and women ; and the machinery is now required to manufacture from human nature this superior fabric , for the benefit of all who live , and for future ge «

      aerations . . . To know how to manufacture the human character is , to know how to remove the chief causes of the miseries of the world ; to terminate the necessity for her laws ; to withdraw the principle of repulsion between individuals , nations , and colours ; to insure universal peace

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      an , 4 , good government ; to put into active progress an ever increasing advance in know-Mwyand prosperity ; to uproot the cause ¦ L ' l . the inferior and injurious passions , which ignorance alone how maintains in the characters of all ; to undermine the foundation or all crime and inferiority of conduct ; to rentier individual punishment as unnecessary as it is unjust , and to make individual reward undesirable ; to produce a useful , good , and desirable physical , mental , moral , and practical characterfor « K , withouttheinjuriousmonotony ot any two . being the same in the compound of their individual qualities , but , on the contrary , producing a much greater variety of character than now exists , the variety arising from an endless combination of excellencies—in short

      , to km > w scientifically how to manufacture the material of human nature , the most ductile of all materials , in its endless capacity for varied knowledge , goodness , and happiness , ' is to know how to change the present universal disorder , consternation and confusion , vice , crime , and ' misery into a terrestrial paradise , in which the onward spirit of . each inhabitant will be to prevent the emten . ee of any cause of evil , and to promote , cordially and actively , the well-doing , the well-being , and the permanent happiness of every other individual ; andjjthen , without the necessity of wishing , of himself , to create selfish feelings , his wd best interests and highest rational enjoynents will be secured to the greatest practicalextent .

      Lav 3 . . " AH shall pass through the same genersl routine of education , domestic teaching , and enployment , "

      REASONS POR THIS LAW . Without a full and complete equality there can be ncgeneral permanent happiness ; in fact no justice jimpng men . It is the pure principle of demoency , carried out to it ' s full extent in practice , thit can alone carry the human race onward tow \ rd the highest , degree of perfection . When w shall be well trained , educated , and . employed under arrangements and amidst external circumstances formed and united to be congenial t ^ human nature , then , and then alone , will it be possible to form a correct idea of the excellence , prosperity , and joyous happiness , to the attainment of which the human

      race sooner or liter is destined . All the great national changes now in progress over the world are evident signs that this change is fast approaching . / Especially are the excitements existing at tKs period in the two most energetic and advanced nations upon the globe unmistakeahe indications that the , old errors in principle ind practice are to be speedily abandoned ly the authorities of the world , that they may be superseded by the laws of nature and of God , preparatory to man being new moulded from his birth to become , for the first time , a peaceable , intelligent , and highly cultivated rational being . .

      But this glorious change for humanity can never be effected by class , sect , or party , by sections or districts , by any favoured nations orjindividuals . The Almighty decree has gone forth from the commencement of time , " that alloftht human race shall be happy or none . " It is an all-merciful , wise ,- and benevolent decree , worthy of all reverence and admiration ; it is the everlasting charter of human progress and happiness , of more extended ,- ? substantial , and abiding future progress in oneyear , than under the errors in principle and practice of the present irrational system of the world , can be effected in a century , or indeedto speak

      cor-, rectly , in any given period ; for error in principle , while continued , must * lead of necessity tovgreaterand deeper evilsin . practice . Hence , the present extending crimes , individual mental contests and increase of insanities over the world . No ! It is only by a just and pure equality , gradaally extending over the human race , under a refined parental democracy , that goodness , excellence , progress , and joyous happiness , can never be given and secured to humanity . All or none will ere long become the watchword of democracy first , and then the universal motto of men of every country and clime .

      To attain this high elevation of equality , the children of the Federative townshi p " must pass through the same general routine of education , domestic teaching ,- and employment ;" and then the government of each townshi p and of the most extended federation of these townships , will become so simple and plain , that every young person will readily be trained to comprehend them , and at the required age have sufficient knowledge and experience to

      take full share in assisting to govern them . This part of the subject involves so many important considerations , that , it might' be extended to a large volume ; but that which has now been stated , may : be sufficient for the present purpose , merely adding , that the education , domestic teaching , and employment are described in outline and detail to a considerable extent in a lecture on the new classification of Society , and which will form part of this appendix .

      Robert Owen . TThis letter will be concluded in next Satur day ' s "Star . " !

      . Windsor Castlk.—The State Apartments I...

      . Windsor Castlk . —The state apartments in Windsor Castle are open gratuitously to the public on Mondays , Tuesdays , Thursdays , and Fridays . The Lord Chamberlain ' s tickets may be obtained io London , gratis , of Messrs Paul and Dominic Colnaghi , printsellers , No . 14 , Pall Mall East ; Mr Moon , printseller , No . 20 , Threadneedlc Street ; Mr Mitchel , bookseller , No . 33 , Old Bond Street ; Messrs Actomanu and Co ., printsellers , N 6 . 96 , Strand ; Mr Wright , bookseller , No . 60 , Pall Mall ; of whom

      also guide books may be obtained for one penny each . The tickets are available for one week from the day they are issued . They are not transferable , and it is contrary to her Majesty ' s command that payment for or in reference to them be made to any person whatever . The hours of admission to the state apartments are , from the 1 st of April to the 3 ht of October , between eleven and four ; and from the 1 st of November to the 31 st of March , between eleven and three .

      Suicide op an Officer ' s Widow through Distress . —On Tuesday , Mr Bedford , the coroner , held an inquest at the Red Lion , Robert Street , Grosvenor Square , on the body of Mrs Emily Brown Staples , aged 50 , widow of the late Captain Charles Staples , an old Peninsular officer , who committed Suicide on the evening of Saturday last . The body ol the unfortunate lad y was identified by ber sister , Mrs Maria Gearing , and Mr James Toley , of Markham Street , Chelsea . It appeared that the deceased had become very much reduced in circumstances , and that she had for some time past lodged in a small back room , at No . 7 , Robert Street , for which she paid the trifling rental of 5 s , per week . She was excessively proud in her poverty ; and latterly contrived to live by the exercise of her talents in drawing , painting , and millinery . She had fallen into a

      few weeks' arrears of rent , ' and though her landlord did not appear to have pressed her , the circumstance evidently took a deep hold upon her mind , and at last her intellect became , so deranged that she resolved upon the act of suicide , and . unfortunately accomplished it on Saturday evening , by swallowing the contents of two bottles of laudanum . On a paper on the table , ' near her bedside , were found the following heart-rending words : —• Gid bless you all ; remember me , Distress , disappoint , ment , wretchedness , and despair drive me to this unhappy end , and are the cause of all . '—Verdict—« Temporary Insanity . ' Pepper , the master of a Goo ! e billy-boy , hi been committed for trial for the manslaughter ef Sarah Brown , an unfortunate girl of Boston , whose dretl b ¦> wantonly moaZce while he was dtuut .

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      The Executive.— The Executive Committee ...

      The Executive . — The Executive Committee met at the rooms of the National Land Company , Hi , High Holborn , on Friday evening , December 1 st . Present—Messrs Dixon ,, Stallwood , Kydd , Clark , and M'Grath . An apology was made for Mr Harney , on the ground of domestic affliction . Mr T . Clark in the chair ,. On the motion of Messrs Kydd and M'Grath , it was resolved : — ' That Messrs Dixon and Clark do wait on T . Dnncombe , Esq ., M . P ., to request his patronage and support to the Association . ' On the motion of Messrs Stallwood

      and Dixon , one thousand copies of the rules of the Association were ordered to be printed . Mr Kydd then gave an account of his recent lecturing tour in Northamptonshire , which was received with much satisfaction—after which a discussion arose , as to the sum that should be . paid to the secretary when travelling , The several members having stated their experience on the matter , Mr M'Grath moved , and Mr Dixon seconded .: —* That the sura allowed to the secretary when . travelling . should , be three pounds per week . ' - Mr Stallwood moved , as an amendment : — ' That the sum be two pounds ten shillings . ' Mr Kydd seconded the amendment . Mr Dixon , with the consent of the Committee , withdrew his

      motion , and moved : — 'That the secretary , when travelling , do receive , over and above his usual wages , the sum of two shillings and sixpence per day , to defray incidental expenses . ' Mr M'Grath seconded the motion . Mr Dixon ' s motion was ultimately adopted by a majority of three to one . The motion on the commemoration of Thomas Paine ' s natal day was postponed for one week . Mr Clark submitted the proposition , of which he had given notice , viz .: ' That metropolitan public meetings be held weekly in support of the People ' s Charter . ' Mr Kydd moved a resolution in accordance .. therewith , which was seconded by Mr Dixon , and carried unanimously . A deputation , consisting of Messrs Kydd ,

      M'Grath , and Clark , was then appointed to look out for a suitable place for such meeting to be held , and report at the next meeting , in order that those meetings may commence on an early day . On the motion of Messrs Stallwood and Dixon , it was una . nimously resolved : — 'That the secretary do issue , on behalf of the Committee , an address to the electors of the Wcs * Riding of Yotkf complimenting them on their rejection of the candidate who repudiated ' organic changes , ' and calling on them to press forward in the onward march of progress by

      placing in nomination a man who is ready and willing to carry out the representative principles to their fullest extent . . The secretary was ordered to communicate with Councillor Brook on the subject immediately . ¦ On the motion of , Messrs Kydd and M ' Grath , it was resolved : —' That , in the . event of Mr Roebuck not being placed in nomination for the West Riding , a Chartist candidate shall be started . ' On the motion of Messrs M'Grath and Dixon , it was resolved : —' That Samuel Kydd is a fit and proper person for that purpose . ' The Committee then ad jouraed ,

      New Basforb . —A meeting of the National Land and Chartist-members was held on Sunday evening , Dec . 3 , at the Friendly Tavern , when a lecture was given by Messrs Sweet and Roberts , showing the necessity of the Land members paying up their shares in the Land Company , and also the necessity of re-organising the Chartist body in this locality . It wag resolved— 'That the Charter Association meet every Saturday evening at eight o ' clock , at the above house . ' A council and secretary was elected , and the following resolution carried unanimously : — ' That this meeting , while it recognises the right of every man to a free expression of opinion , cannot

      allow the present opportunity to pass without en . terihg their decided protest against the columns of the people ' s paper—the Northern Star—being used for the purpose of gratifying the spleen of indivi . duals ' , who , whatever their professions may be to the contrary , show by their acts that they are not the friends of Democracy ; and , further , this meeting has the greatest confidence in the honour and integrity of F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and pledges itself never to relax in its exertions to assist him in causing the People ' s Charter to become the law of the land ? A vote of thanks was given io the lecturers for their able services .

      The Chartjsr . —To the Inhabitants of Leicester—We , the Council of the National Charter Association , request your earnest . attention to the following appeal . A few months since we were the most powerful party in the state—our numbers were overwhelming , and onr finances abundant . We had onlytoan » nonnce the time of our meetings , and it was responded to by thousands . We met and discussed our grievances , and resolved never to desist until the People ' s Charter should become the law of the

      land . But what a ' change has come over the spirit of our dream I' Have the things ef which we then complained been in any measure altered ? Do we feel better able now to bear the yoke of political and social slavery than we did then ? or are we resolved , in the midst of misery and destitution to sit down cahv . ly and quietly ? Our tradesmen on the verge of bankruptcy-our bastiles filled with paupers—our gaols with criminals—and all this the result of a vicious and unrighteous system of class legislation .

      Fellow townsmen , does not our country present one Of the most glaring anomalies in the world ? We are the most ingenious and industrious people upon the face of the earth , and yet , we assert , there is no country with similar advantages , oppressed like us . And why is this ? simply because we are beyond the pale of political power . It j s true we have a thing called a House ot Commons , and professing to represent the common people . But do they do it ? We answer , no . In that house we find the 'Interests , ' as it is called , of Colonists Church Law , ILand , Railway , Canal , Shipping , Banking Commercial , and last , Free Trade ; but not a word about the Labour Interest . And marvellous as it

      is , that though every other interest depends upon the labour interest , yet this is not cared for , —no , not legislated for ; but robbed and plundered of its ' legitimate rights , that every other dare in the state may fatten upon its misery , and riot on its destitution . We ask , shall these things be longer tolerated without an effort on our part to remedy them ? Do you ask us what is your duty ? We answer , be sober , reform yourselves , enrol yonr names in the National Charter Association—subscribe your pence—stand firm by your order—give no heed to mere politicians , —help no party whose object is the destruction of one class and the elevation of another—in fine , give no heed to quack or political economists .

      . Do you ask a reason for enrolment . We answer , United we stand , divided we fall . ' As for subscribing yonr pence , —this surely is known to all . Scores of our friends are now suffering incarceration , and others will shortly be expatriated to a foreign land , whose wives and children—humanity—our sacred cause—demand all the pecuniary help we can qive . Shall it be said that ( he families of the victims of a Whig spy system shall suffer , pine , and want ,

      while we can lend a helping hand ? Doubtless , your response is , No l a thousand times , No !!! What we mean by standing by your order , is , that you should not entrust or delegate your power to any othtr than yourselves . You want no leaders Lead yourselves , and you are invincible . Let France be a beacon in this respect ; had she confided her destinies to Labour ' s sons , instead of the moneymongers , she would , ere this , have been a model for the world .

      Give no heed to mere politicians . That is , pay no deference to any man whose object ia to patch and parleywhh the cursed system . ' The whole question should be , ' Labour ' s wrongs ' and Labour ' s remedies . Help no party who seek the aggrandisement of one class to the destruction . of another . Depend on it , friends , it must be ' one for all , and all for each . ' In fine , give no heed to quacks of any description 1 , for nothing short of a full and entire enfranchisement of the people , together with the ability to understand and carry out the great question of free labour , will ever benefit this country . We call upon you , then , to rally round the old standard of Ghartism , and by all legal and peaceable means to strive for its success .

      We are happy to inform you that at a meeting of de l egates from all parts of England , Scotland , and Wales , held in Birmingham , it was unanimously

      Resolved To Fall Back Upon The Original ...

      resolved to fall back upon the original plan of or . ' ganiiation ; and the opinion of that meeting was that a National "Victim Fund should be formed to aid those who are now undergoing the . penalty of the law ; and in order to c arry out this plan , an Executive committee was appointed , consisting of ; forty persons , representing the large towns throughout the kingdom . . ^ ( Signed , ) H . Gnaw , Wk Brabshaw , J . Johnsojc' J . Pabkib , W . H . Bosioir , G . Wbat , W . Richmond , J . Lowst , G . Godjb ** . The Council have appointed the following per sons to receive subscriptions to aid the National Victim Fund , —Messrs Green , Rutland street Burton , London Road ; Richmond , Harcourt Street Cully , Sanvygate ; Astill , Church Gate ; Wray Black Friars Street : and Parker , Wilton Street . f rwolved to fall uponthe origin al of ganiiation ; and the opinion of that meeting was that a National "Victim Fund should be formed to « : j » i .. » t _ . _„^ , .. u ^ -rimine' the nenaltv nr

      At a Meeting of the Chartist members residing in the borough of Finsbury , on Sunday evening December 3 rd , at Hudson'sAcademy , Cross Street Hation Garden , the plan of new organisation was taken into consideration , when a long discussions took place on the word president , and it was moved and seconded : — 'That the word chairman be adopted , ' which was carried by a majority of one All the other rules being passed , the * meeting adjourned to next Sunday evening , Dec . 10 th . Elland . ~ This branch of the National Land Company held a meeting on Sunday last , at the house ofD . Marsden , when the following officers were clected for the next six months , viz . — Daniel Marsden , secretary ; Joseph Firth , treasurer > John

      Beaumont , William Whitley , and Thomas Taylor scrutineers ; after which the following resolution were passed unanimously : —' That the Chartists of Elland consider the base and unwarranted attacks made from time to time upon the character of F dtCorinor , Esq ., ' M . P ., entirely uncalled for and unmerited on the part of that gentleman and that whilst we repudiate such a manifestation of ill will on their part , we are of opinion that their object is to divide the Chartist body into sections , and ultimately break up the movement ; we therefore express our entire confidence in the above gentleman , and hope for the future , he will sot lose his time , '

      nor occupy the columns of the Stab with , the foul aspersions of such parties . ' 'That this branch meet every alternate Sunday * from the 3 rd of December . ' 'That Daniel Maradeh be delegate to-Dewsbury , on the 11 th inst ., in order to meet F * O ' Connor , Esq ;' Bmobton . —A general meeting of the Charthitool this tewn was held at the' Artichoke Inn / on Tue * day avening , December 5 th . Mr Thomas Harvey occupied tbo chair . The following address was pro . posed by Mr John Page , and ably seconded by Mr W , Flower : — ' , to MAKODS O ' OOHHOB , 8 Sq ., U * " . * HorieuaxD and Respeoibd Lbadbb ,

      It occasioned considerable pain to us when wd read the attacks made upon yonr character in the National Assembly , and we were constrained to ask ,, When will thesnarleri ceaseV However , ont consolation rested on this gr ( at fact , that yen would , as on all former occasions , r » nquieli the conspirators , whilst yoa wosld remain unscathed . We have watched your oonduetfor several years , and pronounceyonr every act consistent , honest , useful , and patri-< otie , while that of yonr calumniators would not stand the slightest investigation . We , therefore ,-tender you our most heartfelt thasks for year past invaluable services , and we exclaim , with one heart and one voice— ' We are not tired of yon as a leader ; ' bat , oath ? contrary , wa are fully convinced , if ever yonr valuable services were required , they are more especially so at the present time , in order to reorganise the Obiitistsof this country , and repair tho breaches

      made in our movement by government spies and false friends . Sir , yonr mottois ,.. ' The Charter and no surrender . ' We , too , have adopted the same motto . Thereforo we are more than ever determined , not to yield one iota , n « t even the name , either to false friends or open enemies , be they Whigs , or Tories , government itself , or all combined . No , sir , we will still say , ' Come one , come all , this rook shall flee from its firm base as soon as we . ' We entreat yon to continue your unpaid energies , until yoa shall have seen the accomplishment of your glorious mission—the emancipation of the working . classw of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales . Once more , we tender you onr cordial thanks , and promise you our renewed cooperation in furthering the cause of Labour . * We remain , yours , fraternally , ' Thb Chartists oy Brighton .

      ' Signed on behalf of the meeting , 'Thomas Harvet . chairman . ' The address hsving been pat from the chair , WSS carried unanimously , amidst the plaudits ef those assembled ; After some other routine business , a rote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved . We understand a concert will be given in January , to commemorate the seventy-eighth anniversary of Mr Flowers birthday .

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      MR GEORGE WHITE . ZO THE EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN 6 TA . K . Sib , —I should not hare requested a space in yonr paper this week , were it not for a note which I received this morning from W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and which was enclosed with a copy of the Liverpool indictment . It is ne exaggeration to call it a ' monster indictment , aa it contains nine columns of closely printed , matter , and must therefore have found abundant employment for the Crown scribblers . It is comprised in nine counts , and in addition to our namee , which are repeated oyer and over in well-approved law jargon , it char / jeans with 'falsely , maliciously , seditiously , and unlawfully conspiring , combining , confederating , and agreeing together , by divers illegal and seditions means and

      practices , to excite and pennade , and to endeavour to excite and persuade five thousand of her Majesty's liege subjects unlawfully to resist and obstruct the laws and government of this realm ,, and their due execution , and to wit , in and . within her Majesty ' s dominions to make , excite , and stir up divers , to wit—five hundred insurrections , riots , routs , and tumultous and illegal assemblies ; . and to arm themsolves to wit—with pikes , swords , firearms , and other weapons of offence , for the purpose of moraeffectually , to wit—by aaoh violent and illegal means as aforesaid , obstructing and resisting the laws and government of this realm , and their due execution . * The above is repeated in various shapes throughout the long document , and is dexterously interwoven with oar names from the first count to the last .

      Now , Mr Editor , one would suppose that it is quite enough for me to have to answer the above , and also another of a similar description at Warwick , without being subjected to the vile calumnies of some professing Chartists . I have heard of various assertions and insinuations against my character , emanating from some paltry cowards who , I have reason to believe , reside in Manchester , but decline to recognise them until I find geod and undoubted proof . Daring the last week I was in the company of Mr George Harrison of Nottingham , who informed me that when he was at Manchester , some of the parties to whom I allude , either asserted or insinuated that I was a governmen t spy ; and this morning I received a note from Mr Roberts , from which I extract tha tollowingpajBage :-1 t 0 M 8 0 m for

      wi »^ T g i ad 7 handwriting , ther e Sainstua " rnmo «« ' that you have turned some ^ L * , ^! . 6 !^ 9 ? 66 of a cowardly conspiracy , ia tt ^& Ai ^ S * * J reputation with the thX SL W haT 8 P « l 'eason to believe that country ! f « m " m ? a 9 ; *« 'e » ed throughout the K ^ is « S 3 WffJ mce toSs , * ' ; and I . thereml ! Si $ ^ ! rt * l »* b in the only I ind , Ynantly" ££ thfP ° ! J tt 8 tiw ' cowardly bJStoSSi lt ^ ^ ™ p ° te ™ ° ttto more than thikSS ft ? 1 ' who WmiM it ; and , cduldnot alleKeaBini » u 08 th tnis moment , I culated to ooSnSSj jS »» «» lM »« ny mancal"iMartiwHtti ? - lthtbe *> wn » ment , Chartist movement thV / l g ln oonn «> 9 »» with the might net . he published h »? i ? mt ? pen and faSr > and nuations of tC fool ? JtL"Pd ' B «* *¦« - been the depository of' 3 e f * aPP « af «» if , 1 had doing n » X iKV , uShfiS * - T r ' « thM others . My . whole JS th « f I « w to do to sufficient answerTo tho £ ^ LiiTi ?* " io ^ * have atroggfed hard WonS ; ffi , 0 < ¥ ^ - I tism , even before the ChSK ! and .. « Phold : Charcan ha proved by Mr oS £ » *?*? « P , Which the Star , and never neSP , 't the od ^ of asMrtitio m « rf Mn «; n » » " R leotea * H OPDortunifv < vf

      no matter what might have b ^« ~ D - «»< K * scy , the time . I have endured i ^ tf *** " * without flinching , and again resu *^ pri 80 nments the Chartist ranks on my JiErS ?^?^ 1808 J serted from my pMt , no matter ft danVZ , 6 / ° A W , «« . Let the little iDttCVS ttTfiS !? and then they will , perhaps , findW ^ iXSS than calumny . Even were I in mnrt & htEt ? mation I wouldsutfer death in VSnT & Jot pealed to the people as a jury , asd I , therefore , give notice that I shall be on the platform of the Peopie a Institute , fleyrod Street , Manchester , en ' Sunday evening next ,, at which time and . place I ' ehillenge tha oalumniatora to meet me . I shall then prove mys ; lf RBterliug and uncoaipromisim ? Ohi ' titf and shall remain , - ¦¦ m « f , Mr Editor , as bjfore , yours sincerely , Leeds , Deo . 65 b , 1848 . Gjorqe Whiir .

      Liberation Ob J. R. Baxter, Esq.—Mr Baxt...

      Liberation ob J . R . Baxter , Esq . —Mr Baxter , the proprietor of the Dwrmuc FttRior , has been liberated from the county gaol ot Dundalk , where ha had been imprisoned , under the suspension , of the Habeas Corpus Act , for tha laat four watts ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09121848/page/1/