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      The Northern Star. August 16 3 1845-

      THE NORTHERN STAR . August 16 3 1845-

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      _»¦ ' ii' _iisf ¦ - . 1 _»» _—^^ = S = 7 DEMOCRATIC SIJPPERA Democratic Supper was holden atthe Angel Inn , Webber-street , _Bkickfriars-road , oa . Monjy lart , August llth , to celebrate the anniversary of the _formation of the Democratic Association of _lW _^ H _) It should have been holden on the 10 th , that _bcinthe dav , but the 10 th falling on a Sunday , _rendm-d t iie adoption of the day following _-nstead necessary Atei » ht _o'cl-jck the supper was announced to be readv . " The chair was takgu by Mr . Julian Harney , sapnorted on his right bv Mr . William Rider , one of the Yorkshire _delegates _' to the Convention of 1839 ; and on his left by Mr . Thomas Cooper , recently a snffercr iu _Staff-rd Gaol for his devotion to the cause of Chartism . A considerable nii-. nhcr of thc fair sex raced the meeting with their presence . A short time nft ' . T the commencement of thc supper Major Ucnniowski entered the room , and was warmly received bv his old friends and comrades .

      Thc viands having been disposed of with a zeal on the part cf each and all , which fully proved that they considered democracy a " knife and fork _question , " aad th * J cloth having been removed , the second part ofthe evening ' s business commenced by The CnAiHMAX saying : —It was customary on occasions like thc present to give oue of two standing toasts—the Soverei gn , or the soverei gn peop le , lie could not hesitate " as to which lie should select . ( Hear , hear . ) It niight be appropriate for aristocrats , basking in the smites of royalty , and profitmongers , who lived by ministering to the luxuries and selfish caprices of a court—it might be well for those classes to drink "ihe Queen , " and bellow "Godsave the _Oueen "—hnt for Democrats , who had nothing to do

      -with royalty hat the questionable pleasure of helping to payforit . it would be much more appropriate to drink " the People , " and shout" God save thcright * cf man ! " ( Cheers . ) The days of old-fashioned loyalty had gone ; loyalty to individuals went out with " the Stuarts ; was smothered in blood at Culloden ; and the loval man now was loyal to his country and the principles of liberty . ( Applause . ) The adherents of the Stuarts , _thengli mistaken men , wero honest ; they believed in the right divine of kings _, and proved their faith by the offering ot their blood and their lives . They were fearfully mistaken ; but they were to berespected fortheir sincerity ; whereas , on the other hand , the privileged and pot-bellied rascals who now boast of their loyalty at their feeds and gun-lings , cared notliin ; for Victoria , except as the head ofa svstem bv which they profited , and

      were enabled to riot in wrong and robbery . They _^ vonld just as soon hare for the head of that system Sick the younger of Russia , or Christina the royal _sue-brute bf Spain ; and would jast as soon toast those worthies as they did Victoria . ( Hear , hear . ) The chairman then " proceeded to criticise the "Queen ' s speech , " delivered on Saturday last , his remarks thereon being warmly applauded . The chairman concluded by saying that- most of the company present had been engaged in the movement for the l'eople _' s Charter since its commencement , and their reception of the toast he was about to give would prove that they were yet as zealously devoted to the obtainment of that great measure , _despiteproaacution and persecution , mistakes , failures , and treacheries , as they were when they first engaged in the struggle : —

      "' The _Sovereignty of tha People , as defined in the Peoples Charter . To the establishment of that measure as the la . r of the land , we pledge our untiring exertions until success crowns our efforts . " Mr . _IIexkt Ross responded to thc sentiment . lie felt proud to have the honour of jippearing amongst them that evening ; the sight of thc excellent _Democrats who surrounded him , and the recollection of what they had done in former years , inspired him with hope and renewed vigour , and really wade liim feel ten years _younger . ( Cheers . ) The sentiment he had to respond to was a noble one ; it recognised thc only rightful sovereigu , the people , and pointed onttheway by which thatsovcrciguty might be established . That way was _through thc obtainment of the _People ' s Charter . ( Cheers . ) But how was that Ghartcr to be obtained ? Not by using the mealymouthed language of expediency ; not by cringing to the * ' respectables , " ana weighing every word before

      they gave utterance to it , lest it should alarm the genteel Reformers ; not by carrying on a mere meehauical _agitation , meeting and talking , but talking -nothing to the purpose , and doing nothing * at all . ( Cheera . ) To get the Charter they must enlist the sympathies of the masses , and to do that the people must be spoken to in language they comprehend ; something like the spirit of the Democrats of 183 _'J must be revived if they would succeed . ( Applause . ) Mr . Ross then spoke at some length on each section ef thc toast in succession , in one of the ablest common sense addresses it was ever our good fortune to Lear , and which elicited the warm applause of the company , lie concluded by expressing his hope that 3 neh meetings would be held often . If the Democrats would promulgate their principles , and revive _enthusiasm for those principles , they must come before the public and address the public ; by so doing he felt assured tliev would material !? hasten the

      obtauiment of the Charter , which was the only means by which they could hope to establish the sovereignty of ihe people * Mr . Cooper sung " Rule Britannia , " with a Chartist chorus , assisted by the whole ofthe company . __ Tiic Chaiiuiax said the next toast , relatiug as it did to the Democratic Association of 1838-39 , would inquire some explanation , as all present had not been meinbersofthatsociety . The chairman then entered into a lengthy review of the various popular associations whicli had existed in the metropolis from 1 S 30 to 1 SSS , including the . National Union of the Working _Classes , the Trades' Union , the Metropolitan Radical Association , the Central _National Association , and the Working Men ' s Association . Hav- j

      ing explained the causes that led to the formation of the Democratic Association , thc chairman said the principles of the association were yet to be explained , wherein it differed from Other bodies . The members were Chartists , for they adopted the Charter at the outset of their career ; bnt * they differed with other bodies , or rather oneparticalar body , as to the modus operandi ; they repudiated all reliance on thc middle class , and all connection with the shopocracy ; they further avowed that all the means which oppressors employ to keep ihe oppressed in bondage , the oppressed were justified in using against thc oppressors . But the difference -was not confined to mere questions of policy ; thc Democrats went beyond all other parties in the

      avowal of thc extreme but righteous principles of political and social equality . They were Chartists , but they were " Chartists aud something more . " ( Cheers . ) What more they were was sufficiently signified by the day they selected for the anniversary of their Association—thc 10 th of August . Tliat day was memorable for two great events—thc overthrow of the French Monarchy in 1792 , and the proclamation of the famous constitution of 1793 . They did not hesitate to adopt that day , because it was a day not famous in English , tut in French history ; they loved their country , and gloried in thc history of their ancestors , but they were so far cosmopolites as to bewilliugto adopt the great days , _Uie-sreat events , and the great men of all nations

      jmto their political calendar . ( Applause . ) % adopting the 10 th of August of 1792 , they avowed themselres to be Republicans . ( Cheers . ) lie was a Republican—he always bad been , and lie felt assured he always would be to the day of his death . ( Loud cheers . ) But Republicanism was a very vague termit might mean anything from Venetian _oligarchisni to simple Democracy , where the people met in public assembly and made their own laws , without the intervention of representatives . They wanted something more defined than the word Republicanism , aud they found it in the Constitution of ' 93 , iu adopting the great principle of which they avowed themselves Democrats , so that they were Chartists , Republican Chartists , and Democratic Republicans ; he thought

      that a very excellent trinity in unity . ( Applause . The chairmau then entered into a brief exposition of the great principle of the Constitution of ' 93 , the principle wliich confided to the people the actual _making ofthe laws , the members ofthe national assembly onk devising aad framing the proposed enactments , leaving it for thc people themselves by their direct votes to sanction , amend , or reject the measures proposed . Having explained this , thc chairman continued . In this principle consisted the great superiority of that constitution over all others he bad ever heard tell of . Possessing such a power , a people could never be deprived of their liberties . With institutions based oh such a principle , _s nation's existence must be eternal , and eternally

      free . ( Cheers . ) But it might be asked why commemorate thc anniversary of a defunct association ? He would answer , for the purpose of keeping alive and promulgating the principle * , ofwhich that association bad been thc representative . ( Applause . ) It might be good policy to say " get tbe Charter first , and consider what we will do with it afterwards , " but lie could not sea the good of such policy . Thc Charter was a means to an end , bnt what was the end ? Werethcy agreed as to that ? did they think of it ? They must do sa if the Charter was to be of any real benefit . The Charter was an axe to cut down the tree of corruption—a power to pull down the strongholds of despotism ; butof what use would it be to destroy the upas of corruption unless they knew how to plant the tree of liberty ? or pull down the fabric of despotism , unless they knew how to build

      np the temple of freedom ? ( Loud cheers . ) Unless feey were prepared for the future all they could expect to result from the Charter would be that *•*_ the best , with universal suffrage nearly _TOiiversal wrong would exist , as was the case in tbe DmtedStates _^ tthisday . Of the acts and deedsof the Democratic Association , lie would onlv say thatit _^ _imccessfal because its members called things by their nght names , and enunciated principles which , te _^ gm accordance with universal right and justice , _^ ere understood and appreciated by the working to _^^^ SSr o £ _bo re forto ° much within toosnorta penod of time . Butthenrineinlesof thif principles that must bo appealed to to revive _ciithu _^ asmmthemetropolw . He hoped to see many -mcli

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      appeals as tho present , assured as he was , that important results would flow therefrom . ( _Glieors . ) By meetings like the present they would spread abroad a knowledge of thc rights of man , and hasten that glorious time When tyranny and slavery alike shall pass away , . And morn shall break , and man awake , in the light of - _.-.. ¦ a fairer day . ( Loud applause . ) The chairman concluded by giving the following sentiment : — "The day we celebrate . May the principles of the Democratic Association of 13 o 8- ' J 9 be our hope and our guide , until the right ; , of man are triumphantly established , and despotism in every shape is for' ever '

      overthrown . The GiiiiKMAS said he had much pleasure in calling on their old friend Major _Bcniowski , a man who liad been infamously caluminated , and suffered terrible persecution oven from some of the Chartists themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) Thc Major had , however , outlived the mistakes of those who were misinformed , and the slanders of those who , traitors themselves , wilfully plotted his ruin . ( Cheers . ) liis presence at this festival proved his unshaken _iidnlity to the good cause , while the reception bis friends had given him proved that they who knew him best trusted and honoured him . ( Loud cheers . )

      Major _Besiowskt , who was received with renewed cheering , said—lie hardly need tell the meeting how grateful he was for the kind reception thev had given liim . But a few days ago he little anticipated the pleasure of ever again addressing his brother Democrats . Most of them knew how cruelly he had been slandered ; he had been used most unjustly by men who would not grant him a trial , or any means of proving his innocence—nay , more than that , his accusers liad never offered to prove their accusations _, lie would say nothing more on that subject now , but he did not renounce his resolve to wring justice from tliose who liad denounced him , or affected to suspect him . Hehad suffered much , lie had drank of theehaliec of misery to the very dregs ; he had been famishing

      with hunger and cold ; he had been homeless and all but friendless , and in this state would have left England and renounced this country for ever , but that , had he done so , his enemies would have said "behold the proof of his guilt . " ( Hear , hear . ) True , he had retreated for a time as a wounded man must retreat , bnt he had remained in England , and now ho was stronger than ever . ( Cheers . ) By his own abilities and industry lie liad carved out for liimself an honourable means of living . Ile was mv longer wretched and powerless , and now he rejoiced he could once more stand before them , and with them , a brother inthe cause of universal liberty . ( Great cheering . ) He believed that miieh of the odium which had been cast upon him was because hewas what was called a foreigner—at least that was made one of the pretexts for suspicion . The idea called nationality was a delusion and a

      fraud ; men of all countries were brothers , and it was liis duty to aid Englishmen in the struggle for their rights , as it was the duty of Englishmen to aid his countrymen in their contest for freedom . ( Cheers . ) The aristocracy of all nations were in union , * they cared nothing about nationality , neither did the merchants and profitmongers , why , then , should the peop le ? ( App lause . ) Major Bcniowski here entered into a review of the state of parties at the time of the formation of the Democratic Association , denouncing in withering language those who were playing the part of humbugs at that period . Coming to the present time , he observed it had been said that tlie Democratic Association was defunct ; it might be , as an organised body , but its spirit still lived , and let but its banner be uplifted , aud hundreds would speedily rally round it . " ( Loud applause . ) The Chairman then gave thc third sentiment : —

      "The Sorlhern Slur , the people ' s organ . May the light of an honest press illumine the minds of tlie masses , and teaeh them how to retain as well as obtain the blessings of equally and liberty . " Mr . Rider , who was warmly received , in _p rising to respond to the sentiment , said—Being a plain , homespun Yorkshircmau , the audience need not expect any curled , frizzled , or dressed-up oration from him . If , after the substantial repast , and intellectual feast they had enjoyed , any still felt a gust for dainties in the shape of a dish of finely-turned periods , garnished with flowers of rhetoric , they would , so far as he was concerned , find themselves disappointed . He had been too much accustomed to porridge-eaters lo qualify bim to cater for silk-lined stomachs . What

      they would get from him would be very plain , and in the same strain as they sung in concert some six yeara ago , when he had the pleasure of becoming personally acquainted with thc Democrats of London , and of being initiated into their most honourable order . Since they last met , he acknowledged he had been an idle soldier , doing no duty , and allowing his arms and accoutrements to contract both dust and rust ; nevertheless , not having deserted the regiment , he did uot stand before them with a fear ot a Democratic Court Martial , or the nine-tailed cat , before his eyes . He might be interrogated as to the reason of his political idleness , and from the observations made by the friends who had preceded him , and from the oneness of opinion that pervaded the

      assembly , on what were once delicate points , he felt bound to explain the cause of his inactivity , prior to adverting to the points centred in the sentiment he was called upon to support . The real aud only cause of his inactivity , then , was sickness—a severe and protracted sickness ; not corporeal , but mental , and produced by the contemplation of the duplicity , ' tergiversation , apostasy , and blaek-heartedness of those who had surreptitiously , and for sinister purposes , wormed themselves up to leadership among the people . More injury had been done to the cause of the millions by pseuilo-patriots , than byall the opposition , persecutions , and prosecutions of avowed opponents . They well knew what a nest of unclean birds were gathered _together in Bolt-court the last

      time he had the honour of meeting the London Democratic Association ; and they knew full well the amount of good that resulted from the chirping and fluttering of that heterogeneous assemblage . The hard-earned pence of the working men were recklessly expended , and time killed by tho reading of old Acts of Parliament , culled from Borne chandler ' s stock of waste paper , and - which was equally as irrelevant to the object of their mission as would be thc reading Cock Robin or Tom Hickathrift . But it wiled away the time , and kept up the game of picking . At length the working men saw the dodge—the supplies were diminished , and in proportion to that diminution the ardour of the patriots abated . Had money continued to be

      poured into thc treasury , these birds of prey would have sat on tlieir wind-eggs to this very moment . Most of the members of that Convention sprung up among us like mushrooms , they danced like meteors , and they vanished like vapour . May we never see their like again . ( Cheers . ) However , there were a few good men and true in that" parliament . " I am proud to say there is one here ( pointing to the chairman ) . ( Cheers . ) He , asanc . r _' rcme &/ _man , didnot get many pickings ; he did not ape the effeminate _things in St . Stephen's ; he did not blink the truth ; he did uot run , like some of the crew , on hearing the sound of £ 100 , 000 ringing through the land , to echo the thousand times refuted sophistry and rhodomontade of the Whigs . No ; lie went forth without money

      and without scrip , proclaiming the principles of Democracy , and he yet stands immovably fixed on the rock of political truth ; yet able and willing , on all meet occasions , to fight the good fight of freedom . ( Applause . ) Their chairman had enemies in their own camp ; but they had slain themselves with their own weapons , and here he was at the head ofa well-trained Democratic band , unscathed and undaunted . ( Loud applause . ) With respect to the sentiment he ( Mr . Rider ) was called upon to respond to , he must say thatthe committee had placed him in a novel position . It was like placing a shopman behind the counter to puff his master ' s goods . ( Laughter . ) There were , no doubt , thousands in the metropolis who were adepts in the art ; but he could

      not simper and smile , aud cut the deniiscniiquavcrs of those gentry . These might be indispensable adjuncts in a profit-mongering establishment , but as his master was not a profit-monger , he dispensed with ladies' men , or decoybirds . Nevertheless , as the customers had called npon him to try his hand , unknown to the master , he did not feel that diffidence he should do if standing in the position of a servingman emptying the shelves of silks and satins for the inspection " of some Lady Trollop , or Miss Sclina Drabble . He would , therefore , say , as the master was out , thatthe article was of first-rate quality made of the very best materials , by the very best workmen in the land . ( . Cheers . ) It was adapted for ail climates , and suited to all shades of

      complexion and conditions of life , save thieves , tyrants , tax-caters , and such like vagabonds , who ought to be whipped naked through the world . ( Great applause . ) Its firm texture had entitled it to thc preference given it by that portion of the community carrying the badges of honest industry—blistered hands , fustian jackets , and unshorn chins . ( Cheers . ) It is also of a fast colour , which not all the waters of prosecution running between the throne and Joe Mitchell ' s , can wash away , or even produce a shade of change . Its like cannot be purchased in any other house in town or country for love or money . It bears away the Bell . Itsninesmore brilliant than the Sun ( as every Spectator and Observer must confess ) , and the Traveller knows there is not its equal on the Globe . ( Great cheering . ) It is far in advance ofthe Times

      and theI Age in whicli we live . The Starhad its origin in the same town as himself—the once benighted town of Leeds , where the working men were wont to be led by the nose , like asses , by the " Great Liar of the North . " Every sincere friend of the people wasmaligned by that infamous vehicle of Whiggery , and the misrepresented might as well look for blood in door nails as jastice at the bands of the Whig pander . But the Star arose in thc very focus of _Whig- * ery—the monster was bearded in his own den—lightsboneindarkncss . The infant Star stripped the giant of Whiggcrv of his strength . The workics saw the deformity of the Idol they had blindly worshipped— they renounced their idolatry—saw they were men , and now , through the instrumentality of the Star , they act as men , and have taken most of

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      tlieir local affairs into their own hands . _Thenar was now fixed in the great metropolis of the world , and was iu reality the people ' s organ . Men of . other nations walked by its light , and experienced the . benefit ' of its influence . ( Cheers . ) Butletit be boriiemmind , that , as the people ' s organ , it had to combat faction —singly it liad to contend against a host ; therefore it must be sustained by the people , as it had hitherto been . By the people it had been made invulnerable to every attack , and by thc people it would retain its power over those who conspired to compass its destruction . The sentiment alluded to tlie principles propounded in the Star—those of Equality , but as the assembly were mostly veterans in the cause , he need not trespass on their time by expatiating on that

      portion of the subject ; they were already taught , and were proof a ? ainst fraud and sophistry of every description , come from whatever quarter it might . . As be was anxious to hear Mr . Cooper he would sit : down by observing that the proprietor and present conductors of the people ' s organ had been sufficiently tried , and found faithful to their trust , and holiest iii principle—the principles they propounded were honest and just , and it remained with the people to push on to the attainment of the Charter and the Land , and all good things would follow to the full establishment of pure Democracy . Tiie chairman then gave "the health of Joseph Mazzini , and success to the Democrats of all nations . "

      Mr . Cooper ( author ofthe "Purgatory of Suicides" ) rose to speak tothe toast . No _Englishman gloried more in his _nationalist of grcatmen than lie ( Mr . 0 . ) did . He would feel ashamed did he not glory in the names of thc incorruptible and brave Hampden , the martyred Sydney , the incomparable Milton , the upright Cartwright and Hunt—iior less in such patriotic orators as Chatham the elder , and Erskitie , who wrote their names on the page of England ' s history with the sunbeam of tlieir own peerless eloquence , and did not depart , in their manhood , from the Democratic sentiments of their youth , like the renegades Burke , and Wyndham , and Pitt , and Burdett . Yet , when names like that of Joseph Mazzini are mentioned , tliey ought to despise the narrower

      feeling of nationality , and merge their sympatbies in a broad and enlightened philanthropy , embracing the patriotism of every laud and every people . With all his fond partiality for ' tluv good and great among his own forefathers , a true English' Democrat feels an unspeakable glow of the heart while pondering on the deeds of glorious Tell—tbat matchless peasant , who broke tbe fetters of his fatherland , and whose name would echo in songs of liberty , as long as the eagles gazed undazzlcdat thc sun while they soar above the Alps of free Switzerland—( great applause ); nor is he less powerfully and nobly affected while dwelling on the brightness of _Kosciuski ' s burning glory , and the woes ef wcepiag Poland . ( Enthusiastic applause . ) The honoured name contained in the toast was enrolled in this shining catalogue of European patriotism : Joseph Mazzini had won lasting honour , not only for his true-hearted love

      for beautiful , but oppressed Italy , his celebrated Fatherland—but for this high-spirited resolve , and intrepid perseverance with which he hunted the infamous letter-spy tlirough all his false and diabolical attempts to east the base and bloody stain of murdei upon him . Mazzini had triumphed : he had substantiated his own truth and high honour ; while the English FoiichG was doubly tarnished with infamy , and would be remembered with detestation by the latest posterity . All honour , then , to Joseph Mazzini 1 and may the remnant of his life be filled with happiness derived from thc knowledge tliat the cause of Italian liberty , in which he had struggled so long and ardently , was nearer and nearer a splendid and permanent success . ( Cheers . ) The toast further breathed a wish for " the success of the Democrats ol all nations . " The word " Democrat" chosen by the association whose establishment thoy commemorated to night , was a word of grand associations , for it came from noble old Greece—the immortal land of

      Tliermistocles , and Aristides , and Miltiades : it breathed of the glorious struggles of Marathon and Salamis ; it raised up the thrilling image of _Leonidns and his fearless 300 , who fell , a forlorn hope , at Thermopyla-, and it told of the proud Persian humbled , and of Kings and their arrogance brought low—but of a whole people exalted to freedom—and that people the noblest that ever lived beneath the sun for eloquence and poetry , and philosophy , and the arts , as well as for bravery . ( Great applause . ) The word "democrat" was , then , like the name " Chartist , " one that ought to be dearly cherished for its associations . As Democrats , they possessed a name under which they could embrace as brothers , the shades of the patriotic dead of ail countries , and the patriotic living of

      every land : as Chartists , they Jove a name dearer than life to many , for it had been sanctified by suffering . Nothing seemed to him so cowardly , so ignoble , as the renunciation of a good name , because it is displeasing to tliose whom the world calls " respectable . " A really good man , and truly patriotic , though somewhat timid , said to him ( Mr . Cooper ) , the other day , "Why do you call yourself 'the Chartist' on the title-page of your book ? Do you not think it will prejudice some people against it ? " I answered , "Sir , 1 care nothing for that ; the name is dear to me , for I have suffered for it ; and since my enemies imprisoned me for being a Chartist , they sliall never have the name from me : on the contrary , I will place

      it before their eyes as often as ever I can . " ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) With unsubdued and unabated zeal for the Charter , as an Englishman , he felt proud , however , of the broader name of Democrat , when reflecting on the noble struggles of patriots in other lauds , and most cordially responded to the toast given by the chairman . ( Prolonged cheering . ) Mr . KKiGnr also briefly addressed the meeting , responding to the sentiment ; but as we had not the pleasure of hearing him , it is impossible for us to give even au outline of his remarks . "The health and speedy restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , Ellis , and other exiles , " was the concluding toast .

      Mr . Moi responded in a very sensible and feeling speech . Mr . Ross then proposed that the 4 th of November , thc birth-day ofthe patriotic Henry Hunt , should be celebrated as a Democratic festivity , by a supper , in a similar manner to the anniversary they were then met to celebrate . The proposition was unanimously adopted , and the committee which had acted for this occasion was appointed ( with power to add to their numbers ) to make arrangements for the Henry Hunt festival . '• Mr . _Coopuu briefly stated his desire that a permanent fund , to becalleu the " Veteran Patriots' Fund , " should be formed , for the relief of _individual like Daddy Richards , Thomas Rayner Smart , Allen Davenport , Preston , aud others , whose venerable age , infirmities , sufferings , and labours in tho cause of liberty , rendered it lamentably discreditable to the

      working classes that they should bo neglected , and perhaps have to end their days in a bastile , if not speedily placed out of fear of want . The _Bubjcct had been one of deep and earnest thought with him in imprisonment—he hadalreadymentioned it toseveral patriotic friends in London , and he trusted it would now be received with approval . Major Beniowsky immediately tendered 10 s . as the first subscription , and Mr . Cooper was requested by the company to make a definite motion on the subject ; which he did , by proposing that a public meeting be held inthe City Chartist Hall , on Monday night , September 8 th , to determine on the establishment of a fund for the permanent relief of suffering patriotic individuals , above sixty years of age , to be called the " Veteran Patriots ' Fund . "

      The motion was carried unanimously , and all present were pledged to use their efforts towards procuring support to the intended fund . In all , £ 1 Is . lOd . was subscribed towards it in the room . - __ The good feeling and hilarity of the meeting , by singing and agreeable conversation , was kept up till midnight ; and the friendly and ardent Democrats separated with thc resolution to use increased energy in spreading the everlasting principles of truth and freedom . - MlV _««^ _iVWWl > _UIAMUt _*^ _Hto _*^ A _^ _M / VlV _/>/ _ifc

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      oikgular Case . —A short time since , a young man , about eighteen years of age , meanly dressed and unable to speak , from his tongue having been cut out , was landed at Boulogne from a London packet . He had been taken up in Edinburgh for vagabondage , and being supposed from his features to be a native ol France _. Jiad been taken before the French Consul , who having interrogated him in French , received answers by signs . The young man having intimated that he believed Boulogne to be his birth-place , was forwarded there . Immediately on his arrival fhe coriimissaTy of the pott confided him to the care ofa gendarme , who was to lend his assistance in endeavouring to discover the young man ' s parents . All attempts have hitherto proved ineffectual , and nothing can be discovered from the young man himself .

      as he can neither read nor write . His conduct was at first so exceedingly violent , that it was found necessary to place him in confinement . It was . supposed by some persons that he was a cabin-boy named Fournier , who had embarked some time back on board the Irma ; but the real Fournier arrived at Boulogne within the last few days , and of course put an end to this supposition . From his gestures it is supposed that he was present at the intentional sinking of a Tessel _^ and that his tongue was cut out to prevent his disclosing what he knew . Two things appear certain —one , that he is not a native of Boulogne , and the otlier , that he is but little remo ved in intellect from idiocy . The authorities are busy in investigating this affair , but it is still involved in mystery .

      —Galignam . Sale of Slaves for the Benefit of Theology . —We find the following notice of a public sale , in the Savannah Republican of March 3 , 1845 . After describing the plantation which , was to be sold , the noticeadds— _"Alsoatthesame time and place , the following negroslaves , to wit , Charles , Peggy , Antonett , Davy , September , Maria , Jenny , and Isaac—levied on as the property of Henry T . Hall , to satisfy a mortage _/ . - fa ; issued out of Macintosh Supreme Court , in favour ofthe board of directors of the Theologhal Seminary of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia « . said Henry T . Hall . Conditions cash . " C . O'Neal , Deputy Sheriff , Mi C . "

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      MANSION HOUSE . . Monday . —Shocking _Degbaihtio . v . — A man named _Thoniiia Pasfield , who is what is called a " scufllehunter , " or " chance" porter , was brought before the Lord Major , charged with having cut his own throat in a lit _ot'druukenncss , or ratlier of madness , the rcsuit of drunken liiibits . The prisoner , it appeared , had been left a legacy of about £ 60 or £ 70 by a ' ' relative a short time ago , and had never been sober down to the time at which he made the attack upon his own life on the 7 th of last July . His female child , a poor liiilf-stiirved wretched looking creature , aged about four vears , had been dragging out a miserable existence witlrhim in tatters in a garret in the neighbourhood of Tower-street , and _occasionally received assistance from the benevolent poor people about the locality , who looked itjio _' n tlieir neg lected little fellow creature with great compassion . The child was in the habit of wandering about

      the streets while the father was smoking and drinking m what were called-the " flash ' cribs" of the City , and used to wait upon tlio stairs until it pleased him to return home ami open the door of his room , which contained nothing in the shape of furniture or bed-ciothes except a threadbare old blanket , a box , and u pail . On thc night ot tlie 7 th of July the _noor infant ' was found waiting upon , the stairs , and some of the lodgers having had reason to suppose that the father was in his room , an attempt was made to _gidn admission , but those who tried the experiment were obliged to break open the door before they succeeded . _Ujion ' cnteriii fcv they beheld a ghastly spectacle . The unfortuiutte drunkard had deposited the greater part of his person in ' the box , and was bleeding from a severe lvound inthe neck , which hung , over the . pail ; and cash to the amount of between £ 20 and £ 30 was found in a corner of

      the room , the remnant , it was supposed , ' ofthe property he he had been left by his relation . The prisoner , upon being asked what account he eould give of himself , replied that lie had been completely unconscious of what had happened * that he had some disagreement witli a female relation , which put liim out of sorts , and he took drink to get rid ofthe trouble ; but what further took place lie really could notsiiy . lie , however , vowed that hu was very sorry for what had occurred . The child , when the prisoner win carried to the hospital , was placed in the care of a female named Mary , Miller , who treated her with remarkable tenderness . The mother , itwas stated , has been sometime dead , and the neighbours expressed mueh anxiety that the hjird Mayor should interfere to prevent the cash found in the room from being squandered by the prisoner , TllC prisoner was remanded for a few days .

      Tuesday . —An _Imi'ostoii . —A woman namcdAnnPcgnm , who bad the appearance of the wife of a decent tradesman , wa 3 brought before the Lord Mayor . —It . Webb ( policeman No . 653 ) stated that as he was walking along Wormwood-street he saw the defendant , apparently in gre : it agony , rubbing her knee at the door of a hall . She was very loud in her lamentation , and , upon being q , uestioued , said she had had a violent full , and had sustained desperate mischief . Witness took her to the station-house , and caused hei * to be examined by a surgeon , who told her to rest a little , and she would soon get over the injury , if she had been injured . In the station-house she became apparently a greater object of compassion , for she complained and it considered to

      of pains in both legs , was necessary take her , on ueeouut * cf her agonies , to the hospital . She became extremely violent upon the stretcher , hut was at last deposited in a bed in the hospital , and examined by Mr . Travers , who , after due investigation , stated that nothing whatever was the matter with her . —The Lord Mayor : You charge her , then , with being an impostor ?—The policeman said tliere was no doubt tit all that she had complained of pain for the purpose of exciting _coinpas-& _WU-, and ttevo was reason to believe tliat she had been lately engaged in stripping children of their clothes in the unfrequented lanes and alleys . —She was remanded for a few days .

      LAMBETH . _Toeidxi . — _Sejhous Charge . — George Humphery Bryant was placed at the bar before Jir . Henry , on a charge of being drunk and wilfully setting fire to the house of Mrs . Elizabeth Odcll , No , 0 _U _, Hill-street , Walworth . Mrs . Odell deposed that on the evening before , the prisoner , who had lodged at her liouse for upwards of twelve months , came home very much intoxicated , very much illused his wife , shamefully abused her ( witness ) , and threatened to hum the place down . He then went up stairs , but after stopping a few minutes returned down again and exclaimed , "I have set alight to your house . " Witness , iii consequence , ran up stairs , and upon entering the apartment occupied by the prisoner and his wife , she found the bed and bedding on fire . She instantly tl . _iijr some water on the bed , aud , with the assistance of her servant , succeeded iu extinguishing the fire before it had

      done .-my serious mischief . Had she not gone up so soon , and acted so promptly , she ( ihe witness ) had no doubt whatever the house must have been burnt down . The prisoner , after making the _declai-atiun slis hud before mentioned , about setting a light to the liouse , went away , but returned in about a tpiarter of an hour , armed with a large club , and swore the most desperate oaths he would have the lives of both his wife and witness ; and so violent and determined _xvus his maimer , that they were both obliged to lock themselves up , in the first instance , and theu escape from his rage by getting out of the front windows , while the prisoner was in the back part of the house . He had also violently assaulted the police . There was a third charge against the prisoner , of having stolen a large ingot _ of tin from the premises of Mr . Ootid , a plumber , in High-street , Camberwell . He was remanded to a future day to give the officers an opportunity of tracing the property .

      THAMES . MONDAT . —BllUTAL AND _CoWAUDLY MANST . _ALCUTBR . — Michael Carroll , a felt-maker , ' aged 20 , of No . 3 , Taylor _'* . place , Old Ford , Bow ;' Patrick Poley , of No . 2 , Taylor ' splace , 19 ; Martin lhinim , 28 , of IVitidinill-pI & ce , Old Ford ; Martin Keetiau , CS , and Daniel Kecnan , his son , 39 , of the same place , were bought before Mr . _JBroilorip , on a charge of manslaughter , ' the first with causing the death of a young man , named James Bristow , a stonemason , by striking him on the head with a poker , and the other four with aiding and abetting Carroll . The two Kcenans , _JBiinim , and Foley were described as labourers . The lirst witness callei was Richard Smith , who said he was a blacksmith and lived opposite the gas works at Old Ford . On Saturday night he was in the Hog nnd Partridge , Highstreet , Bow , with , sonic friends , and ho left there a few minutes before ' twelve . ' After walking a sliort distance ,

      tliey stood inthe middle of tho road , just before parting with each other , and were in conversation together when a stone was thrown from the direction of the house occupied by the Keenans , which struck a young mau named Kingdom on the back of the head , nnd inflicted a severe wound . Tbe blood flowed copiously from the wound , and Kingdom appeared to be in great pain . . Witness and another person named George Williams went to the door of the house from which they suspected the stone was thrown , and asked for an explanation of such a dastardly outrage , and were grossly abused and threatened by the Irish people in thehouse . Finding . remonstrances of no avail , and as they were not likely to obtain the name of the man who threw the stone , they left the house , and were about to part , when Carroll made his appearance and challenged Williams to tight . He accepted the challenge , and they began lighting . Williams - appeared lo

      begetting the best of it , and closed with his adversary , who then bit liim in a most savage manner , and severely injured him , and Wijlianis was compelled to let go . The fight was about to be renewed when Carroll called upon his countrymen for help , nnd a great number uf Irishmen came out of their houses , armed with sticks , pokers , and other dangerous weapons , and made a desperate attack on witness and his party , who were unarmed , and they were overpowered by numbers and compelled to retreat . They halted by the railway arch at Old Ford , and were soon afterwards joined by a man named Thomas Smith , who said he had been interrupted by a party of Irishmen , near the Five Bells , where they left _Oitrroll and his friends , much beaten with a poker . While they were talking , James Bristow , the deceased , and another man , who were on their way home , joined them , and lie advised them and his own party to remain where they were until the Irishmen became quiet and had gone to their homes : but some of tliem determined upon going back , and he accompanied them . ""On arriving at the place where tliey

      had left the Irishmen , he saw Carroll lurking about , armed with a heavy kitchen poker , which he attempted to conceal under his coat when he saw them approach , Thomas Smith immediately exclaimed , " That's the man nlio struck me with a poker in Bow . " When Carroll found he was discovered , he ran towards his own dwelling , and Bristow passed it , aud was about twenty or thirty yards away , when Carroll and another man came towards him , and Carroll struck him a tremendous blow on the side of the head with a poker , and felled him to tlie ground . Eight or ten Irishmen , armed with all manner of weapons , and some without any , then made another furious attack on witness and his friends , and they wero obliged to return to Old Ford , where they remained for some time , and missed Bristow , who they afterwards understood had managed to get up nnd crawl to the station-house . When they saw him again he was being led home between two policemen and appeared very much exhausted . By that time the Irishmen hnd disappeared , and he heard no more of them , Mr . Broberip said he should remand the ease uutil Monday next .

      _SOUTHWARK . _TtiESDAr . — Attempt at Suicide . —nannah Clarke , a young female , the daughter of a respectable man , was brought before Mr , Cottingham , charged with attempting to commit suicide . She was arrested by a policeman on theprerious night , when about to throw herself into the river at tho London-bridge stairs . When the defendant was placed at the bar before the magistrate , she exclaimed that she would not be deterred from carrying her object of suicide into effect . —The policeman said sho was the daughter of ' a ' man iu good circumstances , and that she absconded from home about twelve months since , and went to live under the protection of a man who had since been transported for highway robbery ; that as soon as he was sent out of the country she became of profligate habits , and abandoned herself to a life of infamy ; that her father was even now willing to take her home , but she rejected all entreaties of that nature . —Tbe magistrate remanded the prisoner until Saturday , and said that notice should be given to her father to attend , and unless he procured bail for her not attempting to repeat the attempt upon her life , she should bit committed for a long period to gaol .

      Wednesdat . —Savage Assaults . —Mr . Cottingham was engaged for a considerable time in hearing charges of . ' assault , 'two of which , of an aggravated description , were preferred at tlie instance of two women against two men , named Joseph and William Martin , who , although bearing the some name were in no way related to each other . The first case was preferred against Joseph Martin , by a young woman named Mary Kogcrs , from whose statement it appeared that about a fortnight ago she happened to be present when the defendant and a woman were quarrelling together . On that occasion she ( complainant ) interposed , upon which the defendant , who was armed with a poker , made a blow at her head . She raised her right arm to guard her head / and was struck with such violence between the elbow and wrist , as to inflict a wound there as well as on the top of her head , Tho wounds were of such . a serious nature , that she was

      obliged to be conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where she was confined until that day , being unable to quit the ward . She here exhibited the marks of the injuries she sustained on the occasion . Tho defendant endeavoured to palliate his offence by saying that he was intoxicated and that , in wresting the poker from tlie complainant , he by accident struck her over the arm- , that he regretted the occurrence , but the liquor was the cause of it . Mr . Cottingham stUd the condition ofthe complainant even now , a fortnight after tho outrage , evinced the serious nature of the attack , and that it was miraculous she was not killed , for had she not thrown up her arm in the way described , and thereby prevented the force of the blow on the head , she must have been deprived of life The magistrate then inflicted the full penalty of £ 5 on the defendant / and in default of payment he was commuted for two months . The next charge was ag _^ n . st . _WiUiam

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      Martin , preferred by Mary Coombc , who stated tliat as she was walking along the _New-eut on the preceding night , the defendant , who was walking with another man , knocked up against her , and uearly threw her down . When she recovered herself , she merely asked her assailant why lie acted in such a manner towards her , and had scarcely time to utter the words , when he doubled his fist and struck her a" severe blow on the mouth , that had the effect of loosening several of her teeth . He- was in the act of running away , after having . committed . the cowardly assault , when ho was pursued and taken into custody . The defendant said that . the . complainant was about to strike him for accidentally pushing against her , and that in warding off the blow her mouth enuio against his knuckles , but that he had no intention of hitting her . The magistrate , having severely commented on the cow-. _-ii-d . _' y nature of thc assault , inflicted a penalty of £ b on the defendant , who , having expressed his inability to pay it , was committed to gaol .

      CLERKENWELL . _--WEDNESDAY . —iMi'lATITl'DB AND KoiiBEUT . —ArtllUI 1 ' rayne was charged with stealing £ 25 in ' gold and silver , two gold rings , and a gold pin , the property of William Femes . The prosecutor is a warehouseman in the City , and , actuated by motives of humanity , bad , although in very humble circumstances himself , shared his bed and board with thc prisoner , who was , when he craved his assistance , in destitute _circumstances . The prisoner ' s habits were so irregular that tlie prosecutor was obliged to dismiss liim , und a day or two after his room was broken into , and the above-mentioned money nnd jewellery abstracted . The prisoner , wiio alone knew where the box containing the property was placed , was seen coming out of the liouse on ihe evening of the robbery _, lie was remanded .

      WORSHIP STREET . Wednesday . —Cuahoe of _Si-abuing . —Eliza Avern , a middle-aged woman of masculine appearance , was placed at tho bur before Mr . Bingham , upon the charge of cutting and wounding her husband , William Avern , a cork cutter , Jiving in _Keale-street _, Spitalfields . It appearid from the statement of the husband , who had lost his right eye , nnd had several scars upon his lace , that he had been married about 25 years to the prisoner , but her temper was so violent and ungovernable that he hadled u life of constant disquiet and unhappiness nearly thu whole of that time . Between nine and ten years ago she stubbed liim so _d-iiigcYowjly in tho side ihat his life was for some time despaired of , and ou a subsequent occasion , in the course of an altercation between _thuni , she attacked him with a dinner fork , aud stabbed hiin in the right eye , the sight

      of which had been totally destroyed . She had since then repeatedly assailed him in a similar maimer , and he bore the marks of her violence upon almost every part of his person . On his returning home rather late on the preceding Inight , he handed to the prisoner the amount of his day ' s earnings , but recollecting afterwards that he had to purchase some cork for his business , he requested her to return a small portioii of thc money , which she positively refused to do , and on his repeating the . request _« he became greatly excited , and seizing a knife from the table made several rapid thrusts at him , in warding off which he received a severe cut on the thick part of the right shoulder . - lie arrested her arm as she waa about to repeat the blow , and after a violent struggle gave her into custody . Mr . Bingham said he should order her to be brought up again , that the case might be completed against her .

      HAMMEBSMITH . Wednesday , —Desperate _Ikisii Riot at _Kensingtok . —JameS Murphy , James Connor , John Cotter , and Timothy M'Carthy , four Irishmen , the two ' former , living in J enniiigs ' s-buildings , Kensington , and tho other two in Marylebone , were charged before Mr . T . Payntcr , the sitting magistrate , with having been concerned with a number of other Irishmen not in custody , in a desperate riot in the town of Kensington , on the night of Sunday last . Murphy , Connor , and Cotter were each committed to hard labour for one _jcalendar mouth , and M'Carthy was ordered to find bail in two sureties in £ 10 each , to appear atthe sessions . Several other persons engaged in thc riot , which was an extraordinary one , and disturbed the whole town , were sentenced to imprisonment .

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      ODD FELLOWSHIP . TO TIIE EDITOR OP THE _KOnTUEBS STAR . Doncgall-st ., Belfast , Aug . Cth , 184-5 . Sin , —As some reports of proceedings in connection with the Manchester Unity of Independent Odd Fellows have appeared in the Star of Saturday last , and sonic previous numbers , and as such statements arc calculated , if suffered to pass unnoticed , - to do much mischief to tho order , and consequently to the working classes generally , ! havo thought it necessary to trouble you with a few remarks thereon . I should have done so sooner , ' but supposed some one more competent than myself would have done so . The importance of thc subject to thc working classes will be a sufficient guarantee for thc insertion of this

      communication . I am as strong an advocate for freedom as any of your most _zealous correspondents can possibly be , ai nearly seven years' subscription to the Northern Star , " through good report nnd trough evil report , " will testify ; but I am sorry to be obliged to doubt the purity of the motives by which the leaders of this movement are actuated . There appears to mc to be ' more of . personal pique and disappointment , than that pure love of principle which should be the main spring of the Reformer . All that has been said , one assertion excepted , vie ., "the scale being founded on a fiilse data , " appears to mc to bo totally beside the question ; and if it is the good of the order they are seeking , why not have availed themselves of those means tho laws of the

      order so amply afford for . remedying supposed or real grievances ? If-the resolutions complained of , as passed by the late annual committee , can be shown to be inimical to tho well-being of the order , and tho majority of the members will it , by laying thc matter lawfully before tho board of directors , the operation of the offensive resolutions could be suspended until tho next A . M . C , wliich would be the proper plan for settling the dispute . As regards representation , I consider the system to bo all that any reasonable man can wish . Every district cau send a deputy to the annual committee ; anil those districts who have moro than 1000 members two deputies , and so on for every 1000 . members one deputy ; and as these deputies arc elceted by the representation of each lodge in quarterly committees

      01 the district * . 1 cannot see what valid objection can be raised against it . As we have 4000 lodges in the unity , if each was to send a deputy to the committee , 1 think wc should havo a _legislatWc assembly with a vengeance . This would iiulced bo " odd . " Most of the speeches and resolutions hitherto published appear to be directed against tlic officers of the order , if they have been unfaithful to their trust , let them be exposed , and suffer accordingly . I would be the last man to throw a cloak over their sins if they be guilty . If they have been guilty of "jobbery" or peculation , let the proper steps be taken to put a stop to such proceedings ; and let : them be treated as every man should be who would defraud such an institution . Their removal from office and disgrace would be a warning to those who would come after them .

      I send with this a copy of the last " quarterly report ; " and you will see by it that there are other causes for this , more than appear at lirst sight , and which I fear are not very creditable to the parties concerned . Upon calm reflection , the resolutions taken by the A . M . C . aro calculated to place the order on a more firm and durable basis , without contracting to any extent worth naming , the benefits of the order . The reductions apply chiefly to the funeral gifts for members' wives ; and 1 am of opinion that a man should not bo looking for a large * um at the death of his wife , he having the same means to support himself as before . I think the women might look with some degree of suspicion upon men who are over anxious on this point . When a man is sick and unable to work for his family , and also when the widow and the fatherless are left unprovided for as is too often the ease among the working classesthen

      , is the time when assistance is most required ; and on those occasions the sick and funeral gift , rer ™ S fesaM } . _>' were * Tliesealterations ime not been made without notice ; every lodee _intomin 71 , l i lgbecn ma < j 0 _acquamtccl with the intended change long previous to the meeting of thc & asgow committee ! What more could be done ? uur laws are not irrevocable . We have an annual _E'S _^ th _? M ' _C , that can aLr and amend what the circumstances of the time and experience dictate ; so that thereis no excuse whatever tor resorting to means unknown and unrecognised by the order , to effect improvements therein . My object is to reconcile all parties , and to promote peace and harmony . I hopMherefore , tliese remarfes will be received in the spirit in which they -are offered - . and this institution , which has long been tho pride of the working classes , may come out of the _nresonf . W , l

      unscathed * and that . it ' may long flourish to spread _^ benevolent influence far and wide , is the _> C wish ot your obedient servant , WS P . S .-. I would remark that thc largo sums paid for regalia by the members is voluntary , as what is required by the lodges according to law is very _triflm- * and , therefore , the members who choose to buy these tomfooleries" have themselves to blame . I _« b no advocate for them , but would let every man please himself m theso matters . ¦

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      ADDRESS TO _THlT MEMBERS OF THE _INDEPEf DENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS , L 1 YEBP 0 O 1 DISTRICT . _"MaiuiJUL , " Coming events cast their shadows before . " BaETnBE _* ,-Sosoonns the executive government ol any community attempt to rule with an iron hand am proceed to carry out tlieir self-opinionated views byun constitutional means , from that moment maybe heart the just murmurings of disapprobation . The _doinn eommenees his system of tyranny by gradual encroach ments upon his intended victim ' s liberty . Under th , mask of friendship he proceeds onwards , until he has by treachery and cunning , gained all he desired , leaWn his victims nothing hut the bare recollection of th 3 former greatness . Such proceedings are doubly crimi nal , when the would-be tyrants govern a _frMemitv d who * standard is emblazoned the vord _/ S _^ Sueh is the present and future _prospS _SteSe pendentOrderofOddF , _xin _P ra P C b _« _rfal _«;« _^^ . elves to be governed _^ foe _jelfish and _capridous whim :

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      of C . S . R » tcliffe and the Board of Directors ; one of whose grand schemes was to make an inquisitorial examination of the funds , he , of every Lodge in ihe Unity ; suspending whole Districts , and threatening till others with the same sanguinary punishment , should they dare to flinch from bowing to their arbitrary will . Our General Laws state that all proposed alterations in them aro to appear infull , and circulated with the January Keuoi-t of the Unity . This rule—theprinciple of wliich is allowed by aU to be essentially necessary to the well-being ofa freeconimunify—1-. 'is been violated at the last A . M . C . The executive have resolved among themselves to alter the Financial ' arrangements ofthe Order , and for fear of their self-opinionated-views being thwarted , they merely made _asiiyht allusion to Www views , knowing " well tliat liad

      they been submitted tothe test of being fairly canvassed tlirough the Unity ,, that tliciv intentions would not have heen approved of . It would be a gross libel upon them were we to ' say that they are ignorant of tho nature of outf Order : they are no such thing . They wero not ignorant of the fact , that by altering our iinunci . il arrangements , they were treading upon the vitals of the Unity , thereby endangering its very existence ; and ere long , tlieir motive , for so doing will be glaringly apparent . Had they [ the executive ) have been sincere in their viewsof the state of the Unity , they would have recommended that the surplus fund of the Order should have been distributed among those Lodges and Districts that were in a state of pecuniary embarrassmentrequested them to retrench their expenditure , and pointed out the vast sums of money they wasted on regalias and other things not necessary for our

      government . The following will perhaps shew tho reasons : — From 1 S 30 to _1 S _15 , the principal men of tho . executive have been paid for Regalias , Printing he , upwards of £ 3 ( 3 , 000 , independent of what they have . received , from private individuals . Why should wc tamely submit to be made the tools of men , whose sinister motives are so very apparent ? They say you must reduce your Charitable Gifts . Do they libit in the least about retrenching jour expenditure on _Kegalia ? No . Let reason answer the cause . We wished justice tobe done us , nnd forthnt purpose waited respectfully upon tho _district Officers ( KO threats were held out ) to request them to call a general meeting of the District , in order that every man should understand how far the alterations affected him . They have since issued a circular , condemning us in no very respectful language , for daring to openly complain of the unjust and sinister proceedings ofa body who have betrayed the trust reposed in them .

      Why did the District Officers refuse to call a meeting , moro especially after the very strong feeling displayed at the last Quarterly Committee ? If their cause is pure , why cringe from fair discussion \—why uphold the conduet of men who have always been aliens in feeling towards us ? They boast of being die poor man ' s friend ! forgetting at the 6 auie time , that the parties they uphold are appropriating as much of his earnings to themselves as they possibly can . Strange anomaly ! On one side ap . pears a recommendation from the Board of an increase of salary to £ 300 per annum , for C . S . Ratcliffe ; on the other Isido a long statement of the poverty of the Unity . These are tha men the District Officers are determined , whatever s the _conse-numee _, to uphold . We did expect , iu a circular cmnuating from them , to havo had some explanation as to the future Financial arrangement of the District . The following is the most we can glean : " It litis been

      supposed that the alterations proposed limits tho wife ' s funeral money to £ 0 . It is no such thing ; tlio £ 5 is merely mentioned to show the principle of the matter . " Why not tell us distinctly to what extent the alterations will affect us ? Again they state ; " Where grievances exist , take a proper und constitutional ' method of redressing them . " Whero is the prospect of success ? They , the executive , have too much influence and power to leave us any hopes of revoking their decisions . They again say : " We are able to prove , that , by a trifling increase in the contributions , the same payments might be made . " If tin increase of contribution be necessary , we cau arrange that question without being coerced by the Board of Directors . They refer us . to tho present and past position of the District—granted ; and it will be seen that the District was never in a moro prosperous state than at present , and for lhe Inst three years we have been gradually decreasing- our expenditure .

      The District Officers have suspended the Duke of Norfolk and Union Lodges . We know not why they should have selected them ; at the same timo there are many others { which tliey are not ignorant of ) of the same

      cpi-111011 . It would be tiring the patience of the readers of this , were we to extend thc argument to the length tlie importance of the case demands . It is in contemplation to hold a meeting of the members of the District , duo notice of which will be given , when we hope that every member in the District , who possibly can will attend . Bear in mind that if you tamely submit to the usurped poivar of tho Board of Directors , that the Widow and Orphan ' s Pund must be abolished , the Funeral Fund reduced to £ 10 for a member ; £ 5 for liis first wife ; the widow ofa deceased member nothing . Wo again call upon you to come forward . Now is the time or never . The man who tamely submit 3 to be enslaved deserves to bear any burthen hia task-masters would impose upon liim .

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      TO TUB MiMIIEB 8 Of TIIE INDEPENDENT ORDEB Or ODD FELLOWS , Or LIVERPOOL AND OTI 1 EB DI 8 TH 1 CTS . Gentlemen and Bkotueks , — Circumstances have arisen in thc Order whicli' call for immediate investigation . The parties named below having formed themselves into a Provisional Committee , for the purpose of examining into the hearings of tho Financial Schemes of the Glasgow A . Jf . O ., beg leave to state that they have carefully weighed well the whole plan _» s as submitted , and do not hesitate to pronounce them as a most _toijnst _onduncallcd-for interference with thc internal affairs of Lodges , as guaranteed by the general laws of the Order , iu the management of our financial arranttoments .

      " _n ' o beg also to state that we do not wish or desire to _up-root or destroy any of the useful parts of our valuable and esteemed Institution , hut simply to remedy cxistiny abuses , nnd to co-operate together for the purpose of managing " our own house at home" on the most economical principles ; and to do justice to our brethren without levying on tlieir funds forthe support of thou Who do not render any real service to the Order , but who , ou ( lie contrary , are a disgrace to thc Unity . Fibst . —lYc propose that the _Lirerpool District see _« d » immediately from the Manchester Unity .

      Second . —That we establish ourselves as tho " Independent Order of Odd Fellows , " and we earnestly solicit the _s-calous co-operation of every Lodge and District in the Universe , so that the principles ot ' ournoble Institution may be fully carried out—free / vow extraeapimt and witless expenditure—free from tlie trammels . of men who have betrayed the confidence we reposed in them , by tlieir uncalledfor persecutions and utter contempt for tho rights and liberties of the members of our Order . Third . —That all the lodges joining this _Unity do contribute their fair proportion for the purpose of establishing District Funeral Funds , forthe decent interment of deceased men-burs and their wives , and for granting suitable relief to the widows and orphans ofour departed brethren . _Fomt-ru . —That the scale of gifts be fixed by a committee of one or more members from each lod" 0 .

      Firm . —That when properly organized , immediaU i steps be taken to enroll the Funeral Funds ; and that t Lodges be recommended to enroll their By-Laws ; and I that proper officers be appointed immediately to cany tin above objects into effeet . By order of the Provisional Committee , P . & . ' Stanley , Secretary . [ A grand aggregate meeting was to be held on Thurs- !• day evening , in the Queen ' s Theatre , to consider on tho io foregoing proposed resolutions . It was confident ]/ ex- spected by our informant that they would be . idoptcil . il . The Eccles District has joined the Manchester and Sal- ilord Brethren , against the Board of Dire tors . ]

      Coksump. Your Own Smoke.—Several Persons...

      Coksump . your Own Smoke . —Several persons ns were fined 40 s . each at Manchester Borough Court , ; t , on Thursday , for not consuming the smoko of _thch-jh - _stenin-enginefurnaces ' , " - ' .. - ' _- ' .-. SAMm fob Onios _Ghoweks . —There aro nowow growing in a garden belonging to Mr . Isaac Sidc-lcbottom , of Mill Broolc , in _Staley _, near Stalcybr . 1 Jgc . 5 c , fifty-one onions , of thc Charlotte kind , the produc-lotion of one single root . All the above are in a per-erfect and healthy condition . —Manchester Courier .

      Leeds Cloth Markets.—In Conscquenco Ofth...

      Leeds Cloth Markets . —In conscquenco ofthothoi state ofthe weather buyers aro cautious , and _eonse-isequently there has been only a moderate business _diir-inrmg the week . In the cloth halls , both on Saturdaydayand Tuesday , the demand for . all descriptions ofgoowoiwi was rather flat . Lbeds Cons Mauket , Tuesday , August IS . _—ThoThoi arrival ot wheat this week has fallen to about an ani average one , for which thereis a moderate demand aid all rather over the rates of last Tuesday . Having tig u small supplyof oats and beans , both these articles art ar « held * for more money . No alteration in other grain * aini bincc Saturday morning it has rained heavily id till to-day ; it has now abated , but still has a very _w «» l settled appearance . Semy Cork Mmvkxt , Monday , August 11 .-. 1 .- " Wheat 23 s . ; ed . ; maslin , 10 s . fjd . ; beans and _pea-pcas 10 s . Od . per load ; oats 22 s . Cd . per quarter .

      „ Malio » Corn Market , Saturday , August 0- 9 .-We have had a limited supply of wheat and oats _offciolfci 1 ing to this day ' s market , and no alteration _inpricwi Barley nominal . Wheat , red , from 52 s . to 60 s-60 s .-white ditto , 58 s . to 04 s . per qr . of 40 stones ; oa ** ' »« te Hd . to 12 d . per stone . ,. ,.. 10 UK Corn Market , Saturday , August 9 . —11- _* 111 weather in this neighbourhood continues very _uiisCiinsc » tied . We have a moderate supplv of grain here _tu-e tui morning ; that , combined with the very rainy mo *' " ,- - * 1 ' ing , causes our farmers to ask advancing _priccsriccM which the buyers generally arc not inclined to coinpoinp ¦? with , consequently ; wc have but a small amount unt business doing .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of 17, Groat Wiod^Odiali

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 17 , Groat Wiod _^ _odiali

      Street, Haymarket, In The City Of Westmi...

      street , Haymarket , in the City of Westminster , - ' i •» _Officain the same Street and Parish , for the fie r prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR Eaq ., andpub UB « c « 11 _Wiuuh Hewitt , of No . 18 , _Charles-strcet , Brano _% ano ¦ itreet , _Walwarth , in the Pariah of St . ' M _* u 7 > _* Y , '" _tos , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , No- 'No- ** Strand , in the Parish o St . Mary _Jo-Strand , _, n y a City of _"WQstminster Saturday ,, _Aujuit 16 , 1 SU > .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 16, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_16081845/page/8/