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      Pauper Education. A Blue Book Has Just B...

      a remedial character . Ignorance perpetnates—knowledge would destroy "both . TheReports of the Inspectors contain anumtoer of most important facts , as to the value and importance of spade culture in itself , and , as an indispensable accessory to a sound system of youthful training , which we must take another occasion to lay before our readers .

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      Voting Duties Of Members Of Parliament. ...

      VOTING DUTIES OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT . We have received a note explanatory of the absence of Mr . Waiuey from the whole of the 219 divisions of last Session , mentioned iu an article ia last week ' s *« Star ' ' -- " The ( keat Unpaid . " Mr . "Wakisy ' s absence , we are informed , waspnrely caused b y illness of a very serious nature— " so much so that he was unabfeto attend to his unties as coroner ; " and it is added— " there cau be little doubt tbat if he had been present fee would have voted on the fide of liberality . " We have not tke slightest

      « qubt of the truth , of both , of these statements , and have therefore great pleasure in g iving publicity to the explanation thustendered . la the ease of men like Mr . "WASXEYand Mr . Duxcomre , —who was prevented by illnessfrom beingpresent atmore than three divisions , there is a tangible reason for absence ; while , at the same time , their earnest , protracted , and valuable services to tbe public in former times , entitle them to a relaxation of the strict role as to attendance , which , oug ht to be generally insisted upon . Those who devote themselves

      to the ^ promotion of the fsublic welfare , ought to be " able to calculate apon receiving public gratitude and ? honour . In a properly constructed representative system , such occurrences would be anticipated and provided for , without-detriment to the public interest , either by the provision of a temporary substitute , or the granting of an honor-iiy position to those whose p a st labours . < md merits deserved it . We deep ly regret that the popular cause should be deprived by illness of the a ctive support of two suck valuable public men as both the hon . members for Finsbury .

      While upon this subject , we may correct a misprint in the ai'tkle referred to . Instead of " Mr . Bell , SouthXorthumberlaad , " read ** Messrs . Bell" for it is a curious fact , that both of the members for that important district , were absent from every division , leaving it thus practically voiceless in the Legislature .

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      RESEIPTS OF THE KATIOriAL LAND GOMPANf For tHB Week Exwxg TacBSDAT , ecrouER 25 , 1819 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ f . d . Central Rossen- Bermonfeqj .. 0 5 0 Sale .. .. 200 Merthjr , Jones ., 2 7 6 £ 7 0 0 Brighton , Giles 2 7 G bbmb MONIES : BECEIVED Ml THE PURCHASE OF MATHON . J . a ., Inverkeiaj- ILW ., StJiaijers 120 0 0 iug .. .. 1 S 4 0 0 £ 2 GS . TOTALS . Land Fund „ . ... ... ... 7 0 0 Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 2 6 Bonus ditto ... ... ... 6 0 0 Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 10 Mathon „ 2 GS 0 0 Bents feom 3 £ aster aad Snig ' s En £ ... 42 13 0

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      XATIOXAL LANL > AND LABOUS BANK . XOTJCE . This Bank will he closed to the pnhlic on Tuesday next , 30 th instant , hi consequence of the general HoVy day on the occasion of Her Most Gracious . Majesty ' s Visit to the City . AH letters reaching the Bank on Tuesday will be answered the Mowing day . By Order , Thomas Price , Manager . 493 , Xew Oxford-street , 27 th Oct , 1849 . .

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      JUDGE'S CHAMBERS . Tiurrr . EE v . O'CossoH . This was an notion in the County Court of Aforyleooneforthefccoreryof £ 5 , paid by the plaintin as a " member , " to the defendant as a . " promoter of iheXaiional-Iand Company . The defendant now app l ie d ! for certiorari o n an affidavit ) alleg ing that the matter in dispute was one involving a large number of small sums , similar in amount to tbat sought to h e rec e ive d , and which , in the aggregate , amounted to more than £ 70 , 000 ; and that there were several legal questions arising out of the action of great importance and difficulty—whether the Scheme was legal or illegal , un d er the Jo i nt Stock Companies Act , or un de r the act for t he abolition of lotteries ; whether the p l a intiff having paid voluntarily , and been a party to all the proceedings , could now recover his money ; the defendant ' s affidavit also stated that the Queen's Bench

      Cousti Court, Westminster. Wm Richar D S...

      COUSTI COURT , WESTMINSTER . Wm Richar d s , who summoned Mr . O ' Connor i n ihXove court on Thursday last , was nonsuited , and to pay Lis own costs .

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      LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LX 1 V . : _ " Words are things , awl a small drop of ink Falling—like dew—upon a thongjht , produces . That which makes thousands , perhaps millions . thmk * " ranx .

      THE POLITICAL VICTIMS . MORE PATRIOTS MURDERED IN HUNGARY AND GERMANY . Brother Proletarians , The" Spectator" of Saturday last contains an article on the Cholera , the writer of which labours to show that that disease is occasioned by impaired or over-matched digestive powers , produced b y the quantity or quality of the nutriment taken for a brief or a continuous antecedent period ; and that its attacks are aggravated or accelerated by impure air , uncleanliness , deficient exercise , mental anxiety , or other adventitious circumstances known to influence the general health .

      Pursuing his argument , the Editor of the " Spectator" observes that : — "The cases of the two unhappy Chartists , who lately , and almost simultaneousl y , died of Cholera , iu prison , afford a forcible and practical illustration . Chagrin , water-gruel , sudden transition to inaction and close confinement , appear to Itsxe destroyed them !" The verdict of the "Spectator" I deem of

      much more authority than the verdicts of shopocratical juries—slaves of routineand prejudice , and ever read y ( with rare exceptions , such as the Calthorpe-street jury , ) to bolster up an ini quitous system , and unfeeling execution er s of oppressiv e l a ws , by ascribing t o the operation of natural disease , and the " visitation of God , '' effects which justly should be charged to man's wickedness and inhumanity to his fellow creatures .

      A human being stabbed to death by an assassin mi ght be said to die of loss of blood ; but the voice of justice would very properly pronounce the act of stabbing the victim , Murder . Possibly Williams aud Sharp died of Cholera ; but the Cholera , as mig ht have been foreseen by the parties concerned , was occasioned by the victims being subjected to ( worse than water-gruel ) bread and water only , close confin e m e nt , and mental torture . " Crowner ' s Quest Law " acquitted the prison officials and their masters of all blame . So be it . "Rich

      men rule the laws , " and the poor must submit . It mil , nevertheless , be as well for the peop le to bear in mind the " S pectator ' s" most just and true verdict on the deaths of poor Sharp and Williams . I understand that , on Tuesday evening last , ameeting of Metropolitan Chartists washeldat Anderton 's Hotel , Fleet-street , for the purpose of establishing a committee to raise a fund for the benefit of the widows of the late Joseph

      Wsluams , and Alexander Sharp . Apnnted circular , requesting my attendance at the meeting , onl y reached my hands on Wednesday eve—twenty-four hoars after the meeting had taken place—otherwise I would have been present to have assisted in the formation of tbe committee ; or , had I found it impossible to have attended , 1 would , at least , have accounted b y letter for my absence , I underhand that a consuiittce has been appointed , and . a sab-committee selected , for the purpose of . preparing an addscss to the public , calling

      attention to the .-suggested testimonial . It is to be hoped , that when the address shall be published in this-aiid other journals , that some active man in every locality , where Chartists exist , will be found to bring the subject before the few - " goad and true , "" who will , in turn , address themselves to the many ; I trust , with immediate and most successful results . Popular neglect of tlie families of the martyrs would bs a dark stain upon the ¦ w orking classes . generally , aud * hc Chartists in particular .

      The initiative -afi regards the proposed fund for the Widows of Williams ; and Sharp , has been taken by = the Chartist -Council of the Tewer Hamlets . The Chartistsof the Cripplegate locality are also moving an a good work , second oal y * o that of providing for the living , namely , the paying -of due honour to -the patriotic -dead . I am < roguested to stile that the -Cri pp legate Chartists are

      working with energy to secure the erection of .-a monumental testimonial of public regard for the mesiaries of Wslhams and Sharp , and Haxsha & d—the young man who died of the injuries dnflicted on hha b y the police , when the latter were engaged in forcibl y and brutally -dispersing a Chartist meeting held at Bonner's Fields , iu the summer oflSiS . It is intimated to me , ih & t funds

      are wanting to carry out the praiseworthy desi gn-of the Cri pp legate Chartists . While earnestly appealing t © -all haters of oppression to give their aid to this sacred work , I respectfully suggest to my Cri ppleg a te friends , ihepropriety of briefly stating—through an address or advertisement— the kind of testimonial they design to erect , and the sum necess a ry for that purpose , at the same time

      giving the name of some gentleman possessing public confidence ( such as Mr . 0 'Coy sou , or Mr . George Thompson , or Mr . W . D . Saul , or Mr . George Eogers ) , who will consent to act as Treasurer . Gratitude to the martyrs , and , indeed , the very honour of the Chartist name , demands the success of the Cripplegate friends . May they succeed in obtaining the support of their brethren throug hout the country .

      I had hoped to have been able , by this time , to have congratulated the Avhole of our persecuted brothers oa their freedom from further p rison-torture ; but I am disappointed . 1 am informed that thepolilical prisonersliberateuf r om Kitkdale on the 12 th hist ., numbered eleven . [ It is strange that no one of the prisoners or their friends has thought proper to send a notice to this paper of the names of the persons liberated , and the circumstances connected with then * liberation . Up to this time I know only the names of the three mentioned in the postcri pt to my letter , in last Saturday ' s

      " Star . * ' ] Dr . M'Douall , I believe , has had no intimation of any mitigation of his sentence , althoug h he is in a state of but very indifferent health , arising from the want of proper food , and fresh air and exercise . There have been rumours of the forthcoming liberation of our friends in Tothill Fields , but " the good time coming" has not yet come . It is suggested by Dr . M'Douall's family , that memorials should be got up in favour of his liberation . Li making known the wishes of Dr . M'DouAti's family , Imust confesslam not sanguine of those wishes being responded

      to . Recent appeals for memorials have been received with almost general apathy . The Chartists of London , and some few other p laces , have done well ; but I doubt if , a lt o g e ther , ten public meetings have been holden throug hout Great Britain . Such lamentable , unfeeling apathy is dishonourable to the Working Classes . The Proletarians should be like a Macedonian Phalanx , or the Thcban Sacred Band , welded together to aid , a nd protect , and ( if need be ) die for each other . Until you are animated by such a sp irit there can * be no salvation for 3-our order . Still the blood of the brave is flowing . I

      predicted in my last week ' s Letter that there would be further executions in Hungary . Alas ! they had alread y taken place J On the 9 th or 10 th ( both dates are named ) , three or four days after the MURDER of Batiiiyaxi , and the SLAUGHTERS at Arad , Ladislas Csanti , latel y Minister of Public Works , a nd Bar o n Jesz exak , Commissioner under Kossuth , were HANGED at Pesth . On the scaffold the victims attempted to a ddress the people , " but the roll of the drum and the rope of the hangman silenced their voices for ever . " No ! not for ever ! When , in the not distant future , the red , ri ^ ht-arm of Popular Vengeance sh all be stretched forth to execute justice and judg-

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      ment on the tyrants , then shall the voices of their victims rise from the tomb , to ring despair ' s dread knell in the ears oi the goredyed oppressors . Yes ! and when the nations arise again , to again do their own work—and do it effectually—the voices of the slain patriots shall be heard b y Liberty ' s soldiers , inspiring them to strike down , and destroy for ever , the executioners of Humanity , and the system with which the purple-clad savages have too long afflicted the world .

      Other executions have taken place at Pesth , and it appears that sixt 1 / more of the leading Hungarians were marked down to be murdered , in batches of threes and sixes at a time . But there is hope that such will not be the case . It seems that the Austrian Emperor has sense enough to he apprehensive of a day of retribution , and hence , becoming alarmed , has recalled Hatnau and put a stop to that H yena ' s feed on human flesh . Report states that this monster is to be Plenipotentiary to the Prussian Court ; or something of that , sort . Why not to the British Court ? I can assure him that the gates of St . James ' s Palace would not be closed against him . I can assure him that even the Liberal Lord

      Palmerstojt would not hesitate to invite him to the usual diplomatic spreads , and aristocratic revels . More ; I can promise Hatnau , if he will come here , he shall win the smiles of those ladies of " rank and fashion" who smiled upon—nay , worshipped—the womanflogg ing , nun-torturing , child-slaying , peoplemurdering Nicholas . I can promise liim , too , the protection of the Police , and the un disguised disgust of Smithfield dr o ' versan-f Wbitechap e l butchers ; aud no I will / not antici pate what the people would do for fiitti "; indeed , it is not easy to imagine what the people might do if they " found an untamed H yena , without chain or keeper , in the streets of this Metropolis .

      To-day ' s news from Germany brings information of new executions in Baden . Three brave Republicans—Jansen , Schradou , and Bernigan—were put to death on the 19 th or 20 th of this month , at Rastadt , for taking a prominent part in the insurrection in Baden , and fighting against the Prussian troops . They were murdered by command of that royal , reli g ious ruffian , the Kixg of Prussia . When will the frauds and h

      ypocrisies , and blood-sp illing deeds of that princely perjurer be broug ht to an end ? " flow long shall the uory Ogre , Pow e r , Pile column of skulls on column ? 0 ! Justice , hasten thy judgment hour , And open thy doomsday volume ! Ko more oiP d spe e ch , it i s time the d rove Of tyrants should hear their fate read ; "We ' ve too long been drugg'd with the talk of "love , " Let the watchword be henceforth " Hatred !"

      I told you in my last week ' s Letter , that the pretended sympathy of the Press-gang ruffians for the victims of despotic power , was but rank hypocrisy . Behold tho proofs that I was right : the correspondent of the " rimes , " who at first affected to feel sympathy for the unfortunate Madame de Madersbach , has since changed his tone , and intimates that , after all , she got ofi e a sil y , for if she had not been flogged ( and her husband driven to commit suicide ) she would have been murdered hy tho Austrian soldiers . Why so ? Because * the unhappy lady " had always been a passionate

      partisan of the Magyars , " aud " gave such information as enabled them to take the Imperialists by surprise . " What " surprise ?" She , it seems in some way or other , aided Bem and Kmety in their escape , Such was her crime (!) sufficient in tlie eyes of the " Times" correspondent to at least excuse the unmanly aud inhuman punishment inflicted upon her . The reader will not be surprised to learn that the said infamous correspondent has , in the most dastardly manner , calumniated tho victim Csajjyi , even after his death . The cowardl y slanderer insinuates that the martyr died a coward . Nothing is too' base for tho wretches of the Press-gang .

      From man y more illustrations of Pressgang villany I will select but another instance . The Berlin correspondent of the * ' Morning Chronicle , " writing from that city on the 13 th of October , states that "it is generally reported that delegates from all the democratic committees of Germany , and of other countries , will meet in London during the ensuing month . '' He then goes on to insinuate that the " demagogue leaders " of Germany , & c , are about to concoct with the Chartists some terrible treason

      against tlie blessed rulers of the Continent , aud he charitably adds : — " This report , whether true or false , is worthy the attention of those whose houndea duty it is to look to the tranquillity of the country , and who are above all things , called upon to see that British hosp itality be n o t abused , & c , & c . * * * There is danger to Eng land from the unrestricted meetings and conspiracies of desperate men , who would fain disseminate their poisonous doctrines among the English people , and whose greatest joy would be the downfall of all that is held sacred by lo y al Englishmen , & c . & c . "

      There is more in the same strain , but I have copied sufficient to show you the villain's object . Instructed , and no doubt well p a id , b y the Prussian Government for his dirty work , this informer—or rather , I should say , fabricator of falsehood's—has set himself to the task of furnishing the British Government with a pretext for putting the Alien Act into execution , with the view of thereby forcing the unfortunate exiles back into the clutches of the murderer of the Badenese . Is it possible to conceive a blacker crime than the work of this unrepentant Judas of the " Chronicle ?"

      The " sublime and beautiful' story of Foreign delegations and consp iracies with the Chartists , I know to be an unmitigated falsehood . As to the "poisonous doctrines" denounced b y the " Chronicle ' s" scribe , meaning thereby the doctrines of "Equality , Liberty , Fraternity' '— " Justice to all , Privilege to none "—I beg to assure that worthy that there is no occasion for "demagogue leaders " to come here from Germany , or any other country , merely f o rthes a ke o f propagating such doctrines , seeing that that good work is being already done by "loyal Englishmen , " and , amongst others , by the absolutist'Pressgang ' s determined enemy , L'AMI DU PEUPLE , October 25 , 1049 . . ' „ : ' ,.

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      Imprisonment fob Church Rates . — By a recent Act of Parliament ( 12 Vict . cap . U ) a limit is fixed for the first time to imprisonment for non-payment of church rates . The 9 th section declares , " wlicreas . it is desirable to limit the time within which a person assessed to a church rate may be imprisoned for non-payment of the same , be it enacted that any person now undergoing such imprisonment shall be uischaro-cd from such imprisonment so soon as he or she shall be imprisoned three calendar months , or shall sooner pay the sum or suras with which he or she is charged , and that hereafter no person shall be imprisoned for tlie non-payment of any church rate for any time exceeding three calendar months . Until this act was passed persons were kept in custodv for indefinite periods .

      Lady Fiiaskli . y , —Tin ' s amiable lady , for tWioui and her gallant husband and party the sympathies ofacivillised world arc so deeply awakened , is at present g leaning all tho inform a tion s he can a b out those dre . irv and ice-bound regions in which k'iintrepid husband has been so f ^ ig imprisonou , in order to organise some plan of relief early in the sprins . For this purpose she visited Kirkaldy on Thursday week to avail herself of all the information which George Tumbull , Esq . ( long a proprietor and manasrer of the whalers there ) , and Captain

      Kinnear , who for a long period of his lite has been familiar with that desolate country , could afford her . It will be recollected that it was Captain Kinnor who brought to this country the Esquimaux youth Akkatook , who , before he returned to his native snows , had acquired a tolerable knowledge of the English language . I t i s muc h to he regre t t e d th a t Akkatook was not at Pond ' s Bay when the natives gave the information concerning the impriso n m e nt of the exp loring parties . In any futher attempt to relieve the sufferers ( AkkatooK is still alive ) his services would be invaluable , /?/ ' ? Advertiser ,

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      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOninEHK STAB . Sin , —May I solicit the insertion in your next number of the following remarks , elicited by the letter in your last week ' s paper signed "Alfred A . Walton . " To the princi ples aud op inions enunciated by that gentleman I have nothing to object , they being precisely similar , if not identical with those propounded by the National Association of United Trades , and promul gated in their " Monthly Reports , " particularly in Nos . 3 , 4 , and G , for February , March , and May , 1848 , which latter article , under the title

      of " Organisation of Labour , " has since been re-published in the form of a tract , of which several thousands have been circulated , embodied also in two successive editions of the Laws of the Association ; aud , lastl y , reprinted in extenso ( by your favour ) in the columns of the " Northern Star , " onl y a few weeks since . Whatever merit or excellence may , therefore , be found in Mr . Walton's proposed scheme , by which alone-as he affirms—the working classes can be permanentl y benefitted , he , at least , cannot claim for it the merit of originalit y . I have said—and will now endeavour to show—that the principles and op inions of your correspondent are similar , if not identical with those prouuded by the National

      Association . The following extracts from an article in the Monthly Report for March , 1848 , mi ght readil y bo considered the Well whence Mi * . WALjfo ' x has drawn tho opinions aud recommendations he so ably enforces in his letter , and must , to all unprejudiced persons show , that the princi ples on which Mi * . Walton and his friends are seeking to establish a New National Organisation of Trades , are identically those upon which the National Association of United Trades is based , and who claim—and are fairly entitled to— 'the honour of being the

      first and onl y existing Industrial' movement ; and which , to use Mr . Walton ' s own words , "havehad the intelligence and fortitude to make a stand against this nefarious system , of man bein g used up by man , '' The Executive of the National Association , therefore , invite Mi * . Walton , and every generous and enlightened friend to the producing classes , to aid them in realising those superior and vital princi ples of which ho is so enthusiastic an admirer , and which , we believe , are the only ones upon which an effective aud beneficial movement can be established .

      I now proceed to my extracts from the Monthly Report , March 1 st , 1848 : — It is impossible to over estimate the importance of this inquiry , or the results which it involves . The facts marshalled in previous articles show conclusively that the industrial classes of tliis country arc at the mercy of a false and most injurious system of producing and distributing wealth , by which machinery of the most powerful description is brought ; into competition with manual labour , aud that in future , as in all times past , manual labour must be inevitably worsted in the unavailing struggle to cope with the enormous hostile agencies which constantly

      grind it to the dust . Are we then to give up the contest in despair ? or , because there are no better means of fighting the battle of industry , persevere with blind desperation in the crude , unsuccessful , bnt still brave and high-spirited course we have hitherto adopted ! Neither ; there is no cause for despair , and the noble spirit of self-sacrifice , —the courageous resistance to oppression , —the funds which have hitherto been applied for the support of strikes and turnouts , arc all that is necessary in order to effect the complete emancipation of industry from the monster tyranny under what it has so long groaned .

      Out of those raw materials maybe easily constructed—whenever tho sons of Industry will it—a new system that must place the possessors of labour upon an equality with the possessors of capital , and enable them to demand and obtain a fair and just participation in the products of their united powers . It is not the want of means which prevents the Trades from realising these results , but the waut of knowled ge , strong enoug h to direct the means at their disposal into a new and rational channel . It would be easy to produce a long list of cases in which different trades ,

      after expending enorm o us sums , have be e n compelled to succumb to their employers , but it would be merel y encumbering this report with a " thrice told tale . '' It is impossible to ascertain the aggregate amount of the loss thus caused ; no means exist for obtaining correct statistics on the subject ; but we believe that one million sterling is not an exaggerated estimate of the actual cost to the ' working classes of the strikes aud turn outs during the last twelve or fourteen years .

      Taking merely a pecuniary view of the question , we ask , has this money been well spent ? —Has it improved the mental and moral condition of the labouring classes ?—Has it secured them from tho necessity of labouring as unremitting l y as ever , or precluded the probability of a pauper ' s death and a pauper ' s coffin ? Has it made a provision for the better training of your sous and daughters , o r will the burden you have borne of an unrequited and unceasing toil , bo more li g htl y laid upon your shoulders ? The answer to these q uestions must be in the

      negative . No party or class will be able to oppress or injure the operatives of this country , when once they become aware of their own powers , and of the immense means at their disposal , and learn how to unite and apply these powers and means to the promotion of their own welfare . Tho working classes hold in their own hands all the real power of society : they cultivate the earth , which supplies the food of all classes—they fabricate the clothing which covers tho bodies of all classes—they build the houses and the ships—they construct the

      railways , docks , machinery , and furniture required for the wants of society at large ; and whenever the millions of money , which they mi g ht command , are rationall y employed by them , tyranny and shivery will become obsolete terms . " Millions , ' ' some may say ; " where arc they V They are iu sick , burial , building , and trade societies—in money clubs and saving-banks . In each of them comparatively uselessl y , in some positi v el y mischievously emp loyed—in none of them so applied as to promote in reality either their present or pr © - spective permanent well-being .

      Then follows a series of powerful and con vincing a r gum e nt s , enf o r c ing the adoption of a system of self-employment , upon the princi ple of associated labour , as advocated / -by Mr . - Walton , to supersede . # 10 , old injurious system of strikes and turnouts . The establishment of colonies combining , like Mr . Walton ' s , shoemaking and carpentering , manufacturing and agricultural arrangements , is proposed as the onl y true mode of dealing with the surp lus labour , which , by reducing wages , leads to strikes and all their concomitant evils . The whole article closes with the following paragraph : —

      The operatives have hitherto contended for toil and wages . Their ambition has been bounded by the desire to be well fed slaves , or to the attainment of the position of well treated menials alone . They must look up . They are , thank God ! looking up , and if ihcv respond to our appeal in a proper spirit , the task , mighty as it is , will be achieved . Whatever difficulties may seem to oppose the progress of these views will be certain to vanish before a steady and undeviating perseverance ; and the parties upon whom we now call will discover that it is easier to lead men the viglvt way than tlie wrong one . Before the might of disinterested and unJta ^ inj ; cft ' urts for this high anil holy ol'jt-ci , tlie most sturdy prejudices will quail , and the thuussmd phantoms conjured up by ignorance to iinjicdf its attainment will vanish like morning mists .

      Tlie subject is continued in tho report for May , in the article before alluded to , head e d ' Organisation of Labour , V iu which , the out lines of a p lan for realising the principles previousl y advanced , are more systematicall y developed , and every requirement contained , or even hinted at in Mr . Walton ' s various communications upon this important subject , anticipated and provided for . There arc some cop ies of this tract still on hand , and may bo had on app lication at our office . I think , Sin I have clearl y established the claim of the National Association , as the first promulgator of those views now advocated by Mr . Walton , and upon which he seeks to establish a " National Organisation of Trades ; " but how far two Associations , having precisely the same objects

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      in view , with titles so singularly similar , as to lead almost to tho conclusion that one of them had been selected in imitation ot , ov as a supersedeas to the other , is rational or desirable , is , I think , very questionable ; but of this I am quite certain that the disposition frequentl y evinced b y the working me » . to carry that hateful spirit of competition , evacuate their places , and arrangements for social and political regeneration , is a thing to be utterly deplored and deprecated . Divide et impera , is th e t y r ant ' s maxim . Unite and conquer , should be the antagonistic maxim of every true friend of the order of Labour .

      I hope , Sir , I shall not be open to the charge of seeking to disparage or throw any obstruction in the way of Mr . Walton ' s praiseworthy desire to benefit his fellow-workingmen . I am too deeply impressed with a sense of the sad consequences which have always sprung from the contentions and divisions of the working classes to do that ; but , as an act of justice to that movement with which I have the honour to be associated , I am desirous that the delegates about to meet in John-street , should be made acquainted with the fact , that an

      association alread y exists , perfectly organised , and fully prepared with p lans for the carrying out of those princip les and practices recommended by Mr . Walton . It will bo for that gentleman and his friends to show , and for the delegates to consider , how far the interests of Labour are likel y to be advanced b y the contenti o ns o f rival associations , and whether it would not bo more consistent , and in every respect more advantageous , for a ll wh o ar e friendly to the redemption of human labour , to associate and concentrate their talent and

      energies to realise " one trul y National Confederation of tho Trades of Great Britain , " for the purpose of carry ing out those vital princi ples enunciated by the National Association , and so unreservedly subscribed to by your correspondent , Mr . Walton . As co-operators in a hol y cause , and not as antagonists , the Executive of the National Association—in their character of representatives of a numerous portion of the Trades of Great Britain—will present , for the information of tho assembled delegates , cop ies of their pamp hlet on the * ' Organisation of Labour / ' as published by them on May 1 st , 1848 .

      I think , Sir , your readers will percei v e in the whole tenor of this letter—dictated as it has been by a sense of duty—a desire to promote the great objects which Mr . Walton and the Executive of the National Association are mutuall y p led ged to , by preventing , if possible , a division in the ranks of social and industrial reformers , and laying the f o undation of a confederation upon such enlarged and enlig htened princip les as shall insp ire the working classes with new hopes , and stimulate them to renewed exertions for their social emancipation . 1 am , Sir , your obedient servant , Wsi . Peel , Secretary .

      Middlesex Sessions. On Tuesday, The Octo...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . On Tuesday , the October adjourned session commenced at the Court-house , Clerk en well . There were sixty-three prisoners i ' or trial , fii ' ty-eight ol ' them being indicted for felony . Thirty-three were described in the calendar as imperfectly instructed in reading and writing , ten as competent to read only , and twenty could neither read nor write . Robbery of Flag-stones . —John Burton , 30 , st'mc-mas'jn , was indicted for stealing 100 feet of fiag-stoe , the property of Richard Sliaiders . Mr . Mellor appeared for the prisoner . —The prosecutor deposed that he was a builder , living in Grosvciiorstreet , Stepney . He had lately purchased a earn ) of

      nag-stoncs , of Messrs . Holroyd and Sons , of Rastrick , near Halifax , and they were unluadrd from a schooner lying off Whiting ' s Wharf , llatclirT , on Friday , the 12 th inst ., the delivery being commenced 011 the Wednesday before , on which day tlie prisoner went to him , at some buildings in Bronielv-street , and asked if he might superintend the unloading . lie gave him no peraiissi > n to do so , but he undertook it on his own responsibility ; and on the . 16 th the f itness , in consequence of information lie had received , went and counted over the flaa-stoucs which had been unloaded , when he found a quantity deficient , and he gave the prisoner into custody , — From the evidence of other witness-s , it appeared that the prisoner had directed a carman employed in removing the stones to take some of them to

      some new buildings in / Irbor-strect , belonging to a person named Cox , to whom on the previous day the pu ' soner had represented that he had a hundred feet of stone for sale , and Cox had agreed to purchase it .- The prisoner said that lie had a quantity of oilier stone to dispose of , but the transactions must be for cash , as he was acting for the captain of the schooner , w ho wanted the money . The hundred feet were delivered by the carman , and the prisoner received tbe : » . ioney agreed to be given . —Mr . Mellor , in cross-examining the witnesses , endeavoured to shiw that the prisoner had been commissioned by the prosecutor on several occasions to dispose of stone and other building materials , but it was positively denied . —The jury found the prisoner '• Guilty , " and the Court sentenced him to be kept to hard labour for t » 'o calendar mouths .

      WEDNESDAY . — A Jl'VESlLE ClUMISAL . —Edward Toghill ( tho boy alluded to by Mr . Sergeant Adams in his charge to the grand jury on Tnesdav ) and E dwa rd fihie were indicte d for having stolen n in e silk handkerchiefs , tlie property of John Hitchcock , draper , of 139 , Edgware-road . —Counsel appeared on b ehalf o f Tog hill . - Tho evidence of tho prosecutor , and policemen Go and 135 of the D division of Metropolitan Police , clearly proved the case against the prisoners . They were seen lurking together in Edgware-road , and the officers indicated above , knowing vjlio they were , watched their proceedings . They stood so me tim e looki n g i n to t he window of the prosecutor ' s shop , and at length Toghill went in , and whilst the prosecutor was

      waiting u p on a cu s tomer , ho walked deliberatel y up to . a pile of h ' ankci'chiefs exhibited in the window , took possession of a portion of them , and made off . The officers , however , captured both him and Skae ( who had followed Toghill , ) and conveyed them to the police-station .-Tlie jury found both prisoners " Guilty . "—The indictment further charged , that on the I 7 th daj ; of August , in the year 1 S 47 , and on the 10 th of August , in the present year , tlie prisoner Toghill was convicted summarily by metropolitan police magistrates . The sentence upon Skae was that he ho kept to hard labour for six calendar months . —The learned counsel who appeared for Toghill begged , before the court sentenced that prisoner , to say that his father , who

      was foreman to a tailor , his mother , and his family were respectable , and that the boy when at h omo w a s a lw a ys stea d y , well behaved . He was assured by the parents , who had two other children , that ho had been initiated into bad habits by parties with whom Skae was connected ; they had made , tool of him , and ho was now their scapegoat . — Tho learned Judge said nothing could be more atrocious than this . Here was the boy of ten years of age , who in less than two years had been conv icted summarily no loss than eleven times ; he had been wipped seven times by order of the magistrate before whom he was convicted , and fourteen mouths of the period he had mentioned was passed in the Houses of Correction in Middlesex , and no doubt

      ho was acquainted with tho prisons in the City , at Maidstone , and in Horsomonger-iane , yet his parents came hero and expected it to be believed that lie was a good and steady boy . He it was who seduced others—others did not seduce him . and if this conviction were good he most certainly would be transported . It was scarcely credible , that we were living in a c hristi an cou n try , and in the nineteenth century , for there were no means of any kind , character or description , that should be applied to this boy and the class to which ho belonged . If the prisoner were sentenced to transportation ( ho would be if the conviction were valid ) , ho would be sent to Parkhurst , and if approved , would be taught a trade , and ultimately sent to 0110 of the colonies , lie should order the prisoner to be remanded

      Stoket lloniiKiiiBs isy 1 'em . u . bs . — Caroline Morris a well-dlCSSCil young woman , aiul a . known promenader of the Strand , was indicted for steahV a gold watch , value £ G Ids ,, the property of Louis dc Prosciclski , from his person . She was also inilieteil for haviii . fi- unlawfully placed her hand in the pocket of tho said Louis de IWcielski , with intent to steal . a purse containing inorcy . —Mr . O'Brien appeared for ili < - ' prisoner . —The prosccutcr ivas a Polo , who had been resident in this country but a very short time . He was accosted hy the prisoner in the Strand , as he was returning from a place of amusement , when she was guilty of the conduct imputed to her in the indictment . —The jury acquitted her on the first charge , and found her g u i lty u p o n the second—Th e l earned judge s ai d that both verdicts were correct in a legal sense , but he had not the slightest doubt that she had robbed the prosecutor of his watch . Tho sentence wasthat she be kept to hard labour for six calendar

      months . Ellen Clifford , a good-looking and fashionablyattired woman , was found guilty of stealing a watch , value six guineas , from the person of William Frith Gribbl ? . —Sentenced to six months' hard labour .

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      Great Demonstration At Derby. On Monday ...

      GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT DERBY . On Monday evening a public was meeting held at the Town Hall , Derby , in order to adopt a memorial to the Qu e e n , praying for the release of all political prisonei-s now suffering transportation or captivity . At seven o ' clock tho spacious room was crowded to excess ; and hundreds went away unable to obtain admission . By some singular inconsistency tho Mayor , after granting tho Town Hall for the purpose specified , had a number of special constables sworn in ; but there was no necessity for tliis stupid " pre « caution . " At half-past seven o ' clock Mr . Snout took t he ch a ir , and opened tho proceedings in an eloquent speech . The memorial was then read ; and th e Ch ai rm a n called u p on

      Mr . G . V . M . Refolds , who was received with i mmense a p p lause . He said that having represented the working-men of Derby in the Xational Convention , he was delighted to respond to the invitation which had been sent liim in London to be present on this occasion ; and his satisfaction was increased by the excellence of tho purpose for which tho meeting was convened . He Called upon all present to bestow their sympathies upon these brave patriots , who were now enduring the rancorous persecution of a tyrannical government , merely because they had asserted those rights which were withholdcn by a detestable system of usurpation and oppression . "When ho looked around upon tho condition of the country , and behold the millions

      toiling in misery , penury , and destitution , for the sake of tho few drones that revelled in all the luxuries and enjoyments of life—when he saw the condition of the working man becoming gradually worse and worse , ' and that of the aristocrat proportionately growing better and better—when he contemplated the wanton extravagance of the oligarchy , and the wholesale system of plunder which a few titled satraps had established—and when ho heard the prime minister arrogantly , presumptuously , and impudently telling the people that they did not want reform—he really could not be surprised if enthusiastic patriotism was occasionally maddened to desperation . ( Loud cheers . ) lie lumself was not one ot those that believed the political prisoners had

      done any wrong , on the contrary , he looked upon them as victims and martyrs . ( Cheers . ) But even if they had acted intemperately and injudiciously ( and that was the worst that could possibly be said of them ) , they nevertheless deserved all * possible sympathy ; for they had acted conscientiouslythey had behaved gallantly—and they were tho victims of a n a tro c ious sy s tem of d espot is m and tyranny . ( Cheers . ) As for the unfortunate men who hni been murdered in gaol—or , rather , been handed over to the ferocity of a terrible pestilence —surely an unbounded sympathy should be extended , not tnly to their memories , but likewise to the wives and orphans whom they had left behind . ( Cheers . ) Mr . lleynolds then proceeded to review all the momentous events which had occurred upon

      the continent of Europe during the last eighteen months ; and he bade the friends of freedom bo of good heart—for it was written in the Book of Fate that France , Italy , H u ng a ry , Prussia , and the Germ a n States wou ld ris e ag ai n , and that democratic institutions would shortly be raised up i n th o se places where sham republics or corrupt thrones now existed . ( Immense cheers . ) The " party of order" ' were now in power throughout Europe ; and this " party ef order" consisted of the most diabolical ruffians or contemptible hypocrites that ever disgraced the human species . And it was this party which denounced the peop le i n all c ountries as the " mob , " tho " rabble , " and the canaille—it was this party which declared that working-men wwe

      not calculated to receive free institutions—It was this party which put down the sacred Roman Republic , and stifled in tho fumes of human gore the nascent liberties of Hungary . ( Cheers . ) Rut th e reed p a rty of order was the peopl e ! For the people had all Europe in their hands eig ht e en months ago ; and he defied any aristocrat to tell him of a single act of cruelty , butchery , or plunder perpetrated by the millions when they h e ld a ll t he capitals of continental Europe in ' their ha n d s ! ( Cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds then proceeded to expatiate upon tho six points of the Charter , all of which he showed to be absolutely necessary , as t h o

      primal means of accomplishing the reform of those abuses which exist to so fearful an extent in England . He likewise entered into an elaborate view o f the whol e s yst e m o f taxation , whi c h he p roved to be scandalously unjust and oppressive towards the millions , and as flagrantly favourable and harmless towards the oligarchy . In conclusion , Mr . R e ynol d s c a lled u n on t h e Ch a rt i sts to ren e w that peacefu l , legal , and constitutional agitation which could alone convince the aristocracy and the government that the working-men of these realms were resolved never to rest until they obtained the full me as ure of justice which th e y demanded . ( Tremendous cheering . )

      A collection was then made in behalf of the widows and orphans of the murdered victims , Sharp and Williams ; and seventeen shillings were thus obtained . The proceedings terminated at halfpast nine , and the meeting dispersed without affording any opportunity to the gallant " specials" to demonstrate their valour .

      Ashtox-Uj-Der-Lyxe.— At A Meet I Ng O F ...

      Ashtox-uj-der-Lyxe . — At a meet i ng o f mem be rs in tbe Land Company ' s meeting room , back of tho gas works , Mr . James Taylor in the chair , fourteen new members were enrolled , and tho following resolution passed— " That no person join this association without being- proposed and seconded bv members of this society . That the time of mooting be ten o ' clock every Sunday morning . " All communications to be addressed to Thomas Storor , Ben ' tink-street .

      HuDDERSFiEin . —Tho Chartists at their weekly meeting , hold in Mr . James Emsall ' s Temperance hotel , Brixton-road , on Sunday evening at seven o ' clock , when it was resolved— " That the ibllowin * members form a council for the next three months ! J . Smith , A . Rrook , W . Wood , J . Broom , IV . Kitson . John Bradley , president ; John Grant , secretary ; James Emsall , treasurer ; and that Wm . Murphy be the corresponding secretary . All communications to be directed to the secretary , Mr . It . Dewhurst , Aspley , Near Iluddersfield , Yorkshire .

      Salfoiid . —A meeting was held at Mr . James Iloyle ' s , 2 , Simpson-street , Hope-street , on Sun da y last , to consider the propriety of re-organising the Chartist body . After some discussion , a resolution was carried imanrnionsly , to re-form the Chartist Association ; a secretary , treasurer , and president appointed ; and all present enrolled themselves aa members . The meeting was adjourned to Sunday , November 4 tlv , at two o ' clock in tbe afternoon , at tho same Louse , when ft is Loped that every one desirous of becoming members will attend . Rochdale . —Two lectures were delivered in the Chartist Room , Yorkshire-streot , on Sunday , the 21 st , inst ., by Mr . D . Donovan , of Manclicstor . Mr . D . showed the conduct the Chartists , as a body

      , ought to persuc towards the middle class movement , namely , to go with them as far as practicable , but not to be deceived by them , as had been the case in bygone times , Mr . D . also showed the conduct of the middle classes towards the working classes from the time of the Reform Bill agitation up to tho present , which had been anything but beneficial to the working classes . Mr . b . likewise showed the impossibility of a reduction to taxation being obtained until tho people was enfranchised . Tlie lecturer also took a retrospective view of the taxes paid to Church and State , and the army and navy , which gave general satis / action . Tiianks haying been voted to the lecturer , the meeting separated .

      Newcastle . —At the weekly meeting , held at the Cock Inn , Head of the Side , on Sunday last , Mr . Martin . Robinson in the chair , it was moved by Mr . James . Nisbit , and . seconded by Mr . M . Judo , — " That we recommend Mr . Dickinson as a proper person- to lecture in tins district ; and that any place desirous of obtaining the services of that gen . tleman may do so by communicating with Mr . J " . Hudson , Dawson ' s-couvt , Wcstgate-street , Newcastle . " It-was announced that Mr . Dickinson , w oul d deliver a course of lectures , commencing on Sun d ay next , on "The desirability of a union between the middle and working classes . Tower Hamlets . —A public meeting took place

      on . Sunday , October 21 st , lor the purpose of hearing a lecture by Mr . P . M'Grata , at Mr . Smith ' s , Weavers' Arms , Lower Pelham-streot , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , which gave great satisfaction . It was then moved , " That a committee of eight be formed , with pow e r to add to t h e num b er , f o r the p urpose o f sending two delegates to the Metropolitan Council . " It was also moved , " That Mr . P . M'Grath favour us with another lecture on Sunday , the 4 th of November , at the above house , " to which Mr , M'Grath kindly consented . In the meantime it was moved , "That we meet at the Whittington and Cat , Churohrow , Betlmal-green , on Sunday , October 28 , to receive reports ' from tlie various localities in the Tower Hamlets . "—The meeting then adjourned .

      Pko . 'Osed Fund for the widows or Shakp and Williams . —On Tuesday evening a numerously attended meeting of members of the National Charter Association was held at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleetstreet , for the purpose of ai ' u-. ptin- ' measures for carrying out a proposition which has yeventiy been made to raise a fund for the hem-fit of tho widows of * the Sate Jusiiph Wiiliar .- ir . and Alexander Sharp , who died in prison under circumtanc c s wi th wh ich our rea d ers ar e f amiliar . Mr . Henry Stiles having been called to the chair !

      a general committee , which was entrusted with tho control of the details of the arrangements by which it is proposed to raise the fund , was appointed , and a sub-committee , consisting of Messrs . Reynolds , Brookes , Petit , Fcrdinan d o , and Davis , was also nominate d , for the purpose of framing an address calling public attention to the intended testimonial . Mr . Reynolds presented five guineas to the object ; and 19 s . collected by him at a public meeting at Derby ; svlso per Mr . lllingworth , 3 s . Cd , Tho meeting then adjourned till next Monday night , at eight 0 clock , at the same placei

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 27, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27101849/page/5/