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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JUNE 19. 1841.
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      QUMOHftTiftTyp . Physical Force Respectables . —On Friday evening last , a grand row took place in the boxes of the theatre , Snnderland , amongst tbe moral force respectables , which afforded to the unwashed gods in the gallery fine proofs of the respectability , manners , and actions 6 f their superiors . We had some difficulty in diseorerisg the origin of the melee , bat-we believe it ms as follows : —Mr John Bowlby , son of Russell Bovr : by , E ? q ., a great Whig attorney , had engaged sundry seats in the boxes of the Theatre for that eveiiiug . On going to the Theatre , he found John Brunton , brother of the hurly-burly Town Clerk quietly seated in one of them . He requested him so rise ; this was declined , whereupon remonstrance issued from Bowlby , and defiance was shown by

      Brunu-n . At last Bowlby uttered the ominous wor e * , u You ' re no gentleman . Sir . " This led to a requvst that the parties should more to the lobby . Arrived there , Brunton applied his finger and thumb to the nasal projection of Bowlby , giving it an awkward twist , by which it acquired a curvilinear direc :: > n . Brunton having performed this genilemanh action to his own satisfaction , quietly retvrr ,-. d to the boxes , leaving Bowlby to study the navura of the alterations in his phiz . It appeirs th % t Bowlby had not seen or felt any improvement , for after cursing his wrath about an hour , he returned to the boxes , armed with Paddy ' s frienr . a good shilelab , the knotty end of which he app'iec , with all his muscular power , to Branton ' s

      Bose . The consequence was that this fine member Of r . i-Ravon ' B frontispiece , lay weltering in iis own blood , the claret , as the professionals call it , squirted in a : ^ reeuonB ,-beautifully variegating the splendid dressy of the ladies . These screamed , the gentlemen fetorrr , j , and ths performance was abruptly stopped in fiV _ - or . nfasion . Master Bowlby was handed off to the i . at : on-house by the police , from which , howerer . ne was immediately afterwards bailed , and tared ine disagreeable necessity of lodging there for the nv : " nt . On Saturday lie was brought up , and iie ki ^ r . g been clearly proved the author of the Tuiee-: e-jndition of Brunton ' s face , was adjudged to - u . . * um of £ 5 afc , a fine , or be committed for -two rn mths . "Sie former was immediately done .

      "Wha : adns-rikle exampTea of refinement oar superior- 2 . r d misters af&pH ItPOBTurr to Glass * akkrs . —On Thursday last 3 James ; Hartley , Esq ., who is an extensive glass-Taant ; f 3 ctnrer , was summoned before the magistrates of S iuderiand , for unwarrantably stopping the sum Tjf 9 . 4 d . from one of hi 3 workmen named Robert Hoes o . It appeared that there were seven other goinnjoases , for the same offence , against this gentlettiui , and that the off ? nce witb which he was charged , was one which he had practised with impunity for a Jon ^ time . The men , however , have Teeer ^ iy determin ed no longer to submit to what they .. ''asider unwarrantable filchings of their just earxtD - ^ , and accordingly Mr . Robert Hudson

      preferr ^ bis ch arge—Hudson proved that his regular wages were 28 s . per week , that on -the Monday previous , Mr . Hartley had only paid him 18 s . 81 ., alledging that he ( Hudson ) had not done Bome wcrk in a workman-iike manner . Mr . Hudson stated , that it was impossible for the work to have been done better with the metal , that is the glass in its liquid state , with which they had to work . Although to glassmakers , the technicalities occurring in the evidence , wi ll be we ll enough understood , ye * , lor the benefit of general readers , it may perhaps be as well to explain them . Hudson ' s business is that of crown-glass blowing , and Hartley contended that the gla-s was not well blown , because it was "heavy topped ; "' or ^ thick at the edge and thinner in the middle of the

      * table , " as the sheet of glass is called . Hudson stated this was caused by the metal being at the time in a bad working condition , and that the fault 'was with Mr . Hartley , who made his metal a mixtare so poor , that it would not stand an extra degree of heat or cold . He had been in the trade twenty-Beven years , and had never had one farthing stopped -out of nis wages before he came to Mr . Hartley . He stated that the invariable practice of ths trade was , that the men had a fixed sum guaranteed to them weekly , and that only when they had overwork was it customary to stop money for work not proprriy done , George M'Cuily was called on in support of the case . He had worked sixteen years , and had never had money stopped out of his regular

      wages . Hudson did his best , he was a good workman . The manager knew it was not the fault ef the men , bnt of the metaL He was cross-examined by the magistrates and Hartley , but his evidence remained unshaken . Robert Edington had worked twenty years at the business , never had been Stopped out of his wages . It was the custom to pay the full wages , if the men only did a little of th « full quantity of work , so long as it was not their fault , while they were ready to work they were , by the trade customs , entitled to pay . Hartley cross-examined him without eftect , except fcthai he proved that Hartley- had said be had the best set of men in tbe world . Several other woxkaafr ii u u irikd aWfgEi u bIbuIm

      « Tid ? nce . Workmen"Trora Newcastle were also called io prove that the wages of the trade there were the some . Henry Grey , from Newcastle , had been tw < -nty-rine years in the trade , and never had any portion of his regular wages stopped for such a case as Hndion '? , it was impessi ^ le to avoid the Bietal gvrmg way sometimes . Robert Thompson ^ of Sunierland , had been 35 years in the trade , and never knew an instance of wages being stopped forsueh a cause . He convulsed the court with laughter by gravely stating he was the best workman in the world , and yet he could not have produced better work than Huason . Mr . Alexander Wilson , late manager of Mr . A . Fenwick ' s work 3 at Sunderland , stated he had been 51 years in the trade , 40

      5 « ars in the crown glass trade , and 20 years of that time manager , and never had himself when a workman , nor knew of any instance while manager , of any taa-a having any portion of his regular wages stopped for bad work . He explained the process of glassmikincr , and proved that the bad gla .= s could not , in thi * ca-e , have been by bad work . Hartley , finding the ease going utterly agamst him , notwithstanding the frequent friendly assistance of some of tae magistrates , then meanly endeavonred to skulk'from his obligation to pay the balance dne by slating that he had cow no agreement with his men—no agreement of any description ; that he had warned them some time aro all former customs would be

      done awjy ! H ? a ' so endeavoured to convince the magistrates thai no usage of the trade ought to bind him ; bat , failing this , he agreed to leave the matter to the decision of the last witness , Alexander Wilson . He would shew him the glass , and let him decide . To this all parties assented , aisd the case was dismi- * ed from the Bench . The respective parties then werit- to the works to see the glass , when lo ! they were informed that the glass was all ' cut , packed , sold , and sent off ! It was thus discovered : o have been a move of Hartley ' s , to avoid a decision of the Bench aeainst him . Wilson decided that he ought to pay the men , which he then agreed to do , together with costs . We hope this will be a lesson to Mr . Hartley .

      CABiTSLE . —Public Meetixg . — On Monday moruiiji , June 1-lih , the following hand-bill was circulated through the borough : —• ' Impjrtant news as to the coming Election : —A public meeting of the electors and inhabitants of Carlisle . will be held at the Market Cross , this evening , at eight o- ' clock , for the purpose of making arrang-.-ajenis a 3 to the anticipated election . Letters will be read from Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and Mr . Jimes Bronterre O'Brien , recommendatory of the course the people Ought to pursue at this most important . crisis . Hurrah for ' . he Charter ! God save the People !—By order of the Council of the Carlisle Radical Association /'—At the honr of meeting , a very large « au € oin- «© 4 > f people had . assembled in front of the

      Cress , when Mr . John Armstrong was calTed to the chair . He bricilv addressed the meeting , and concluded by reading the bill calling the meeting ; when he introduced Mr . Joseph Broome Hanson , who , after making some excellent and peninsnt remarks , proceeded to read two letters from Mr . J . B . O'Brien , atropgly urging on the people the absolute necessity of carrying out his plan at the next coming election , bat which is precisely the same as that so frequently recommended by him in the Northern Star . After the letters were read , the following resolutions were proposed suid carried . Moved by William Blythe , and seconded by William Johnson , of Dalston neaj Carlisle . "This meeting pledges it > elf to carry out the View 3 recommended l > y Mr . Fearzns

      O'Connor aud Mr . James Bronterre O'Brien , m the forthcoming election ; and that a numerous committee be now appointed , with power to add to their somber , to carry into execution the above recommendation . " Moved by James Arthur , aud seconded by James Ferguson , ** That the committee be authorised to draw up an address to the people of Newcastle , and to correspond with other places , oa this most important subject . " Moved by Wm . Parish , and Beeonded by James Hurst , " That we , the people of Carlisle , view with extreme disgust the conduct of the dnpes , of the anti-Corn Law J / sague , in allowing themselves to be so far led . astray , as to have committed so wanton and despotic an outrage , upon oar brethren of Manchester , as that ww 4 r « n of in the Star ef Saturday last , and we take

      this opportunity of informing them , that though their conduct has been openly tolerated by tbe authorities of the district , it will not nor cannot be forgotten , nor allowed to pass with impunity . We Ekewise warn them , and their imbecile yet contumacwss masters , to be cautions , for though we will not aggress , we will defend ; and as this is an important crisis , it is dangerous to tread too heavily upon the worm ifcat has already been injured , "ft e therefore denonnce the individual condnct of Sir Charles Shaw , and that distinguished personage , Tom Potter , and beg to assure them that they have merited our mo * t significant contempt , which they shall ever eajoy . " A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Mayor , for his kindness in allowing the people to nisei in ths Market Place . Three cheers were then given for O'Connor and others , and . the mooting quietly dbfer&ed .

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      HT 7 DDEBSFXXXD . —On Tuesday , the town was in a state of great electioneering excitement , The Plague" prepared a kind of clap-trap , or , as the peopl e call it , Jack in the Bos , which was put into a cart , and exhibited two loaves—the American untaxed , and the English taxed . The large one costing one shilling , and the other two shillings . Thsy had not proceeded far , before the loaves fell off into the trap , and out came the celebrated Mr . Cop&tock , who had prepared the same . The Chartists having beard what was to be done , got np an opposition show . On one corner of their cart was stuck a large loaf , a piece of beef , and a large piece of cheese , with the following inscription in large letters : — " Chartists' cheer for all working men . " On the other corner was a pole with a wooden dish and ladle , a red herring , four ounces of bacon , and a few split peas , with a small cake , and the inscrip tion H _

      — Whig fare for qble-bodied labourers . " On the other corners of the cart were the American loaf —with the motto , " Republicanism and cheap Government "—and the English loaf , with K Kingcraft and dear Government . " In the front of the cart was a red herring tub , nearly covered with Neddy ' s recipe for making soup , and a man with a pot measuring it out . In the cart was an ass , docorated with yellow all over , with a Leeds Mercury tied to its tail . Around the cart were placards , Behold the Great Liar of the North ! " At his head was fixed a beesom shaft , with a small black leaf , labelled " Neddv Baines ' s coarser sort of bread for the poor . " Such was the interest exoited after it became known , that it was exhibiting in the town , that all the manufacturers left their shops and the Cloth Hall to get a sight . The cheap loaf cart paraded round the town at intervals , without a soul but the driver and Copstock .

      Coach Accidekt . —On Monday , as the Briton coach was coming from Manchester to Huddersfield , when near Longroyd Bridge , a fore wheel came off , and the coach came down with a crash ; bat although it was fully loaded , onlytwo were seriously injured , and others slightly . This ib the only misfortune which has happened thia old established coach these twelve years . The ELrcnoN . —Huddersfield appears to be quite at a loss for candidates , neither the Whigs nor the Tories making anything to do . Many rumours are afloat , but nothing is yet finally settled . In the course of a few days , the people will be able to judge what oourse to pursue . The Whig ? dread their opposition , and if they pursue their tricks as they have done , they will hare a very warm reception .

      RICBBXOND .-Shokt Hoeks . —Last week , a fine three-year old steer , a beautiful yearling heifer and a bull calf , six months old , all of the pure shorthorn breed , belonging to the Earl of Zetland , and bred by that nobleman , were brought to the weighing machine at Richmond : the steer weighed 175 stones , the heifer sixty-nine stones , and the bull calf fifty-four stones . Felost . —Deborah Harker , late servant to Mr . Thomas , of Cote House , near Hunton , was brought before George Gilpin , E ? q ., of Sedbury , © n the 9 th instant , in custody of Whiting , the police-officer of Richmond , charged with stealing , from Ann Farey , her fellow-servant , a quantity of wearing apparel . She was committed for trial at the next sessions for the North Riding . EjatLT Fhuit . —Mr . Ward , of Richmond , has at present , in his garden , a tree of fine cherries quite ripe ; and the same gentleman gathered ripe strawberries a week ago , from the same garden .

      BIRMINGHAM .-Muktz a * d Scholkpield . A meeting of the committee for the return of the above-named gentlemen , took plaoe at the Committee Room of the Town Hall , on Monday evening last , Mr . Thomas Attwood in the chair ; we know not what transpired , as the Reporter for the Star was engaged at the open air meetinr .

      The Northern Star Saturday, June 19. 1841.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JUNE 19 . 1841 .

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      IRELAND . THE BUBBLE BCBST . — o ' CONNKLL F 0 C 5 D OUT AND DE . NOUNC £ D . —MASTER JOHN COMPELLED TO FLY FROM K 1 LKEXSY . —BEPEAL OP THE UNION A CS 1 XB FOB THE PSESEXT . —XBWBT TURNED SULKY , ASD BECOME CHARTIST . — MORE Stars FOR THE BDTS WANTED J—SO FOR THE CHARTER HURRAH ! It is said that the gay of heart in the " green isle , " who have not time to fret for themselves , hire some practised old dame , or " eollangh , " to

      disdharge all the functions of grief , either by the job or for a yearly salary . This is an admirable praotice , and one which , in a branch of our department , we would gladly imitate . 0 , for some luckless Blare to wade through the ^ rjgjog % _ twad * a-oCthe- press , firttfe&e Tory Thaefio A ^ lfaRfnjt Guardian , ; the Whig Chronicle , London , to the Chronicle , Kelso ; the Dispatch to the Leeds Times ( pro tempore , anything ) ; and then for the Irish press , from none of which can we relieve ourselves . 0 , we say , for some such slave !

      W ell , theie is a pleasure , a silent pleasure , even in the midst of grief , and we have our share . In our trouble , we console ourselves with the assurance that the World , which we retain for a relish , will banish grief , and banish sorrow , by smiling a ray of hope through the dark gloom in which poor Ireland has been so long enveloped . Ireland has long been the battle-ground of faction . Canning supported the Union , in order that the grievances of Catholic Ireland may be patiently heard , and impartially legislated upon , by an unprejudiced jury , in a free country . But , alas ! " Hope deferred maketh the heart sick ; " and Ireland ' s hope was deferred , because Ireland withheld her energies from the advocacy of her own righteous cause . She is now about to use her insulted might , and throw the monster tyranny from her back .

      It will bs seen by the subjoined copious extracts , all from the World , that Repeal and crime are now nearly synonymous terms in the "sea-bound dungeon " which lately rung with devotion to "t he only thing " that can save Ireland . When will Ireland ' s " only thing" be matured forpractice . or ready for introduction to the House , where its time-serving , placehunting advocates hold the balance of power ? When the monster has strangled the present keeper , and when a more daring one shall awe ? it into affection by a willing obedience to its righteous commands , and a cheerful acquiescence in its will 1

      Let the taunts against Sir John M . Doyle , for his repeal principles , which now in the eyes of Repealers constitute high offence , if not crime , be read . Let the exoellent article from the New Ross Correspondent of the World be read . Let the whole article from the World be read . Let the abandonment of Kilkenny by " my son John , " be read , and when all are put together , coming from the only Radical paper in Ireland , who can longer despair for Ireland's regeneration ? Add to this , the plain and unsophisticated , honest and straight forward letter of Bernard M'Donnell , the person for whom Mr . O'Consell caused such tender enquiries to be made , but without avail . We give the letter at full length , and subjoin the answer of the " tory . " M'Donnell says : —

      " Sib , —I received your letter dated the first June , wherein you specific ! to me that you could not continue sending me the Star , whereas , that you consider that I may be out of Loughrea , and thereby , be the means of not having tbe paper circulated amongst the different persons who may be friendly to the cause of Chartism ia this part of the country j but I beg leave to assure you , that it is my continual study , at all times , to forward and promote , as far as it lies in my power , so g > od a cause ; and farther , as regards the distributing of the Star , I do assure you , that it is not

      confined by me Bolely to the town of Loughrea , bnt that I have tbe newspapers that are directed to me , circulated through various parts , lying within four or five miles of this town ; and now when the day is known , that I receive the Star , my house is crowded with persons of all ranks , from various parts of this town and the adjoining neighbourhood bordering on the town , as I have remarked , soliciting me for so honest a paper as they call it Such ia the rapid progress of Chartism in this town and its vicinity , caused by the circulation of tbe Star .

      " I bare written three letters for the last -week , to wiotu parts of Rnglmri , and received no answer to either . I now call oa yon , if yoa desire that Chartism should blazs in this part of the country to remit me , quarterly , a sum of money which you may deem competent to enable me to hire at rent a fitting room for persons desiring to join the cause , to meet , and read the Star—and by you so dsing , I will be enabled to form an Association in this town ; and , if « nce formed , it wi"l at once spread through the county at large , and thereby extend through the kingdom . I hope you will not delay answering this letter , and stating to me your approval or disapproval of its contents .

      You may judge by this lutter thit I have lost a great deal of my time , if lost I may call it , in striving to forward tbe cause and rigilts of the dmter . My friends were agiinst me in cjr ; s ? £ - !? nee for a length of time , but now all persons in the town totally and entirely approve of it So 1 expect , as I am a poor man , ibriving to lire by industry , w Kuintain a large family ,

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      that you will get me some remuneration ibr . 'tii « Ltim « past " With the greatest respect , I beg leave to remain , ' Your obedient Servant , * c . &c . ' "BEUMAKD MDONHBLX . " Loughrea , June 8 th , 1841 . " To which Mr . CConnob gives the ( following answer : — Mt Deab * Akdili ,, —You will remit , in future , six papers weekly , without charge , to Bernard | l « D * anell , Longhrea , and also a post-office order for £ l \ to auble him to commence his noble undertaking far . tegenertting our common country . ' . ; Yours , Tery faithfully , Feahgu * Q-COBiroR . Now proceed we with our extracts Jroia the World . No . 1 , is a leading article , and runs thus : —

      "We hare attentively pemsed the letter of Mr OConneU to the Irish people , and from it . we can gather that tha approaching election will be nothing more than a faction fight , where a struggle will be made not for principle but a party . It will not be a Repeal of the Union , or even a Household Snffrage contest / but one to sustain the Whigs in power and keep out the Tories . The humble elector is adjured to disregard all the temptations of pow » r and terrors of persecution , and battle against the Tories with might and main . He is not told that the Whigs do ' muph good where they long haTe been , but is informed that their rivals , if suffered to occupy their places , will

      perpetrate every description of cruelty sad injustice . We much fear that the people an beginning to think that the one faction , when opposed , has displayed as much Tirulence as the other , and that both can contrive to be tolerably well behaved when they find it Is not their interest to resist the popular will . : We are somewhat surprised that Mr . CConnell appears to forget that tbe Tories were nnaUe to carry their " gagging acts " until a section of the Whigs had joined them , and that the wont policy of SldmoaU ) and Castlereajh met a powerful champion and ft Hinder in Lord Plunket , ths present Irish GhancsiMP 4 would be all very well for the leaden of tha / tanlax party to recommend that the aristocratic tJ 3 i 5 ~ &tt

      made ths nearest approach to liberalism ahoalf ^ et with the largest share of support , but to invottfwt § hate the Tories for only committing the same inUw which can with equal justice be laid aUtotfopt JrUte Whigs , is , in our opinion , neither just nor raas ^ AIe The Tories , it is said , would compel th « majtritjr to support the church of the minority . This k 4 m enough ; but when haTe the Whigs , when tfaemoitg ; distribute the patronage among their own relaUopptod dependents , manifested any displeasure at this awe of things ? The Tories are averse to extending thf suffrage , but we would like it to be shown to us tba ^ heir political opponents—not excepting Lord FitzwOTara , the great Corn Law Repealer , himself—are nior «? desirous for its enlargement Lord Haddingtonif heesmo

      over might give us indifferent assistant ^ barrisieS and Sir Edward Sugden might tx favourably-dj * F > towards Conservative magistrates ; but we question whether either tbe barrister or magistrates would bejjgorae than those appointed by Lord Ebrlngton ari ( f ? wnan cellor Pluuket Th « n as regards Repeal , both ' Whig mnd Tory are equally opposed to it T * arotuM the people , therefore , it will never do merely to threatem them with a Tory restoration . This may be an awfol enough calamity in the eyes of placemen , bat the multitude view it with perfect indifference . When you tell them that the Queen hates the Tories , they wonder why she is so fond of feasting them at balls and dtoners in Buckingham Palace , where Lord Jocelyn , the son of Lord Roden , courted the Lady Fanny Cowper , the charming neice of Lord Melbourne . When you ^ wdeavour to persuade the humble elector that he is- base

      and unprincipled wretch if he vote for a T «< y , he shrewdly inquires who keeps Lord Hill at the Horse Guards , and placed a mitre on the head of the Conservative Shuttieworth ? And when yon attempt to explain away these inconsistent partizin friendships , by stating that the exalted cannot be living in discord , he shrugs his shoulders and begins to consider why he shonld not live in amity with his Tory landlord or customer . It is all nonsense , therefore , to require the people to contend for a man or party instead of measures . L « t the Whigs emblazon on their banner , ' No Clap-traps , but real Radical Measures , ' and they will force us all to support them . Then , Instead of apathy and scorn , there will be such excitement and devotion as carried Lord Grey triumphant through all his difficulties in 1830 , despite Court intrigue and the influence of a powerful oligarchy , and gave him a . working majority of one hundred and fifty . "

      No . 2 , is from the New Ross correspondent of the World , who communicates as follows : — " NEW ROSS . —( From our own Correspondent . J The dissolution is coming—the Whigs are bate blade , And a general election will be here in a crack . It is then we'll have eating and drinking galore , And all for the honour of brave Captain Gore . ' Thus far the ballad singer . Now . tarn we oar attention to a more respeeUble personage . ' ' YotifU ? Osptaln Gore , " says the best abased , man in 1 % 'MH . Jji a letter to tbe inhabitants wbictrfsnow going tbe rounds , ' for Gore and liberty—for Gore and Refggn—forQore and Old Ireland—hurrah ! " This must , of course , hare an electric effect , and th « gallant Captain Gore will in all probability get , if not a walk over , at least an

      easy victory . Now , Mr . O'Connell , allow me to ask you one or two questions , if yon please . Are yon really sincere in your agitation for the Repeal of the Union ? If you are , why not endeavour to return as many persons pledged to the measure as you possibly can ? Here we could just as readily put in a Repealer as a Whig or Radical If you are not , ' why , in the name of all the gods at once , ' will you keep pestering us with such a gross political humbug ? There are reasons , however , for tbe Repeal question being placed in abeyance , other than that of the leader of our party being careless and irresolute . I was listening the other day to a conversation between a couple of voters . ' Is ' nt it a wonder , ' said one , ' that a Repealer does ' nt start for Ross V

      ' No , ' replied the other , ' not more surprising than that Messrs . So and So ( meaning a small tribe of wouldbe aristocrats ) are against the movement' Da you think , ' be continued , ' that matters will be ever tberwise whilst such fellows are permitted to arrogate to themselves the representation of tbe borough ? ' I don't think so . Nay , more , there ia not a man ¦ with a spark of enthusiasm in his besom but will give the same indignant reply to the query . Captain Gore , however , may make an excellent Member ; he is , I verily believe a brave , open-hearted sailor , and if not altogether independent in his politics , if not thoroughly at his ease under the eye of the minister , he will at all events act as decently as any gentleman possibly could

      under the like circumstances . Thursday next will , in ps pular parlanca , be ' a great day for Ireland . ' Then will the country people push in in thousands , and commingling with their brethren in town , march along in procession headed by their intended representative who will address his devoted followers is the choicest of harangues . Martin Doyle rising in the majesty of his eloquence will hurl the thunderbolts of bis wrath upsn the unfortunate Tories , and with a voice hoarse from incessant screaming will proclaim the triumph of liberal principles over the demon of ascendancy . Canvassing will be carried on on a scale hitherto unattempled : each elector will be waited on in turn , and woe to the wight who sees fit to repudiate the opinions of those with whom he will have to deal . "

      No . 3 , is a Bhort oomment from the World upon the griefs and lamentations of the Newry Examiner , who , like the young rake , requires eome one to fret for him ; and let those be read and pitied as they deserve : — ; "blow-up in newet . " Oar excellent and patriotic contemporary , the Newry Examiner , is , we are sorry to say , placed in a very embarasAog and unpleasant position—and" all ewing to two or three individuals who wish to breed strife between the Newry Repealers and anti-Repealers : —

      " ' One or two individuals ifsayBX&STSStaniner ) whose I talents for doing mischief are celebrated , have indu--j triously circulated the falsehood that Sir J « i > n | Milley Doyle is a Repealer , with a view to create | a split between tho Repealers and the anti-| Repealers . And a knot of half-a-doz ^ n say they will ' not vote for Sir John should he declara himself an ; advocate of Repeal . How preposterous ! Suppose th « ' Repealers , acting on the same principle , should say , j if Sir John be a non-Repealer we will not vote for him i Thus nine-tenths of the electors of the borough would I sink their votes and give the Tory candidate a waik-; over . And ore not the one party as much bound not i to put forward an anti-Repeal test as the other not to insist on a Repeal teat ? Indeed in this particular

      locality , a Repeal candidate has a juster and fairer claim to the Suffrages of the constituency than a nun-Repealer . But Repealers having the general interest of the country more at heart than anti-Repealers , and entertaining a more inveterate hostility to tho Tories , have ever shown themselves ready to put their peculiar principles in abeyance when such a sacrifice was required for the good of Ireland . Thby will not , therefore , insist on pledging Sir John to Repeal . For it is manifest be is no Repealer at present , though it is hard t » say what he may hereafter be . In the opinion ot Mr . Dixon ( we have it from his own lips ^ the greatest Tory in the land is aa much a Repealer at present as is Sir John . Then -what becomes of the Uollow pretence on which Sir John's claims are questioned f '

      " Wo applaud the anti-Repealers who maintain their principles , and thinking a domeBtio legislature would not be advantageous , but positively dangerous , will not vote for a Repeal candidate—but what cau bo said of the Newry Repealers , who , believing the measure to be the salvation of the country , ' put their peculiar principles in abeyance' out of deference to a Ministerialist ? L « t us not be misinterpreted— -we blame the Repealers , but wish Sir John success over a Tory , although Ellis voted and spoke against B ^ uk ilfnopoly . " Now what think you of that , Chartists and Repealers ; and what say you to tho one short and pithy sentence , " have iiidustriously circulated the FALSEHOOD that Sir John Milley Doyle is a REPEALER ?"

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      0 ! Nttery Examiner , examine thyself , and blush . 01 shade * of depaited Repeal ! and has it come U > this , that a charge of being a Repealer disqualifies » candidate in the Repeal town which returned the Republican-Bhadt { Ah ! we thought , and we said , that "Tib ' s Eve , " whioh is neither Jjefore nor after Christmas , would be the Liberator ' s time for pushing Hepeid beyond the " rint " point !

      Just behold ihereofclesa conduct of the wholesale trafficker in Irish patriotism . Does any man suppose that Captain Qobb has got a free admission tioket to New Boss I that the drivelling creature , Ashton Yates , goes scot-free to Carlowt or that Huron runs equal in harness with the beggarman in the Dublin " dilly ? " Bah ! its sickening , and we leave it with the following announcement about " my son John , " who can no longer dupe the honest and upright Repealers of Kilkenny : —

      " Kilkenny . —A Mr . Loughlan has determined on going te the poll , and , from peculiar circumstances , will at toast be enabled to make some show of opposition . Mr . Loughlan professes Radicalism , and avows his readiness to vote for Repeal ; and Mr . John O'Connell has betrayed signs of abandoning tbe contest " Let all these be read , and then let the reader say whether or hot the days of humbug are numbered in Ireland .

      * i Here we part , for the present , asking oar Dublin friends , oar Loughrea friends , our Irish friends generally , and our English friends as well , why they do not form themselves into exclusive dealing associations , for the purpose of supporting their pwmjrv efy ^* hjLonJjf honest £ aper that has an--¦ 9 & * ftinTMaii&fiw foritj 4 | m * f ear * i Why do not th * English Chartists kick some milk-and-water drab out of tW rooms and take the World instead t y& * I Star , the Dtmde * Chronicle , and the Perth fifyoAicle , are the corner-Atones of the Uulveral 1 &ap ! e of IJber ty . ^ 5 || W > World is the foundatioh-ftoae - <* t Ireland ' s future glory . One and all must be supported , and above all , and before all , the Worlds . :

      Supp « ri ile Warld' and t&e World will rapport you ., y - ' -q '" v , : ¦ ; ¦ ' . ' ;¦ . . - " : : ¦ - , - : . ' ;¦; . ' . : Vfe utterly repudiate the idea that we desire-to make a monopoly of » ny portf » n of the press . We can live and let live . The more the better for the cause . Hurrah for Repeal and the Charter , For tbe Charter and Repeal hurrah 111

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      THE CHARTER PERCURSOR PARLIAMENT . " When tLe Devil got in , the Devil a Whig would be ; When the Devil got < wd , the devil a Whig was he . " "Coxiho events east their shadow before . " Will those who have watched events from the year 1832 , wken the people first began to feel their full power , to the present Bine , say that some great and mighty change is not now at band f

      For nine long years the Tories have been mustering their strength behind the ramparts of Whiggery . For nine long years have the Whigs stood in the way of Tory annihilation , for the mere purpose of frustrating the promised results from their own boasted measures , and now they onco more appear as suitors for public confidence . The question is , do they deserve it ! We at once answer , decidedly not . They are now in our

      hands 1 and by a proper use of them , we can make them fit publio opinion like a glove ; but we must first Btretoh them to the size and shape of the blistered hand . That they will be in a minority , even they themselves do not for a moment doubt ; and if their minority is , as before observed , too small for a party , and too large for a faction , then will the people have returned the Charter Precursor Parliament !

      Out of this election , now coming , the Charter or " 4 QKSXHINQ more" must follow . We are informed by the palace fenclbfes and tffl Whigs that the Queen is about to appeal to her people . The times for such an appea l arepeculiarly out of joint just now , inaemuoh as her people are beginning to doubt the reality of her existence . Many who were formerly rather enamoured of Royalty , begin to believe that the Q icen is some ethereal spirit—the ghost ' of some departed constitution—the ruling power of a living oligarchy , or the alternating puppet of tbe uppermost faction . They say , " For five months from January to May , we got up respectful addresses to her as the party or parson , individual

      or corporation , from whom alone justice is never asked in vain . " Thoy say , ' Those addresses cost us much money , and were written in the humble aud humiliating language of the present fashion of begging mercy where justice is the thing required . " They say , " We sent those respectful addresses by ambassadors of our own , in order to heighten the compliment ; and yet were her people ' s ambassadors disdainfully forbid her presenoe , while the heralds of war , and tools of foreign potentates , could command it as a matter of right . " For a whole month was attempt after attempt made , but in vain , to drink at the fountain of ' mercy , ' if we must use the humiliating word ; and the result is , that the people begin to doubt the reality of such a thing as a Queen .

      When the oligarchy require tho strength of the Royal spirit , her name beoomes a common password , and she is made too cheap ; but when the people require even an interview , the spirit is not to be found . The Whigs have , firstly , estranged the people from their natural protectcrs , as guardians of their rights and trustees of their property . They have , secondly , destroyed all respect for the House of Commons , by their insolent , outrageous , and audacious treatment of the people ' s respectful petitions . And , lastly , they have made the very

      namo of Monarch stink in the nostrils of every working man of common sense throughout the land . These things have they done in nine short years uf a Reformed era . But do they indeed hope to eucceed in their mad career ? They cannot . The tyrant ' s title to power , ignorance , has fled the land . Behold . the difference between the present times and the day when "the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill" was hailed as a great national legacy . Then the rich man spoke , and the poor cried , hurrah ! Not a single poor man could wag a jaw . Reform was his idol , and for it he would hold up his . blistered hand . But now , aKs ! how ohanged&the times . One party

      complains that the Chartist leadors , poor ignorant working men , receive immense prices for a single lecture ; while they further complain , atthesame time , that THEr cannot hire them . ' This is a change . At public meetings now , the people speak and the masters shout . Does the sceptio require further proof of our oft repeated assertion— " Give the people an interest in being educated , and they will very speedily outshine all other classes in knowledge ! " Have we not here a proof of it , we ask ? Do we not find disappointment in others propelling the people on to self-action , and obliging them to do their own work f and have they not , in the training , fax exceeded the most sanguine expectations of their warmest friends 1

      Will what is passing teach tho sticklers for old abuse that olden statutes cannot govern new opiuions— that the ediots of tyrants cannot hold freemen in subjection—that legitimacy means what a living majority deems right , and just , and prudent ; while loyalty is goue somewhai out , of iVi-hio ^ since law , to which alone it is due , has gone out of use . How now will a committee of St . Stephen ' s merchanta and a standing army meet such an array of moral power as our ranks present , aud which is the drill sergeantof physical ovi . ti . i , u I Cau ilicy ahoot a principle , fence with opinion , or stab a sentiment t No . Their Constitution is a tattered garment , in

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      which old opinion was fantastically dressed for the masquerade in bye-gone times . Let them take it now in one hand and the royal sceptre in the other , and sitting before the rushing streams of knowledge , say to the flood-tide of publio opinion , " Thus far shalt thou go and no further . " Let them try this , and they will then , in the unstayed , unsubdued , and unawed element , behold the shadow which is knowledge ; whioh is indicative of a great coming event ; which is s Charter Parxiahxnx , and of which the next assemblage will be the PRECURSOR .

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      THE "MANCHESTER TIMES ' AND

      THE SLAUGHTER ! The plotters and concooters of the Manchester slaughter were miserably disappointed , that the prudence and good sense of the Chartists foiled their contemplated slip of the "dogs of war" upon a peaceful and unarmed multitude . The Whig organs were sadly puzzled what to make of the affair ; for the prudence and good sense of the people at the " demonstration meeting , " left them

      just in this predicament : that the Anti-Corn Law League had invited the attendance of the people , in order , as they said , " to discuss the question f * that they bad then hired a band of bloodthirsty ruffians , armed them with bludgeons and pokers , and instructed them to " crack the skull" of every one who should presume to offer himself " to discuss" with them ; that these ruffians bad done their bidding ; that skulU , had

      be « n : * racked . that blood ha * ^ owed f itMHpl Magistrates and ' Police had looked on ^ ith perfect indifference , evidently waiting , for the bstalutort attacks of the people upon their assailants ; that the people saw through the move , and disappointed the further bloody designs of the ruffian crew ; that all the attacks , and nearly all the fighting , had been from and on their own side 11 and that every man of respectability and character , who saw their proceedings , was thoroughly disgusted and cried open shame upon them . Under these circumstaflcee the Whig Journals sung very small indeed .

      They would gladly have refrained from reporting the proceedings altogether , could they have done se : but this being out of the question , they gave a slight notice of the affair , representing the slaughter as a " slight disturbance ; " and lyingly charged the commencement of it upon the Chartists . This lying charge would have been palmed upon the publio had we not given in the Star a true and faithful Report of that day ' s proceedings ; and the Whigs , as far as the country generally was concerned , would have been washed of the odium which now will cling for ever to their very

      name . Our Report has , however , forced the rascals to notice the butchery , which but for our exposure , they would have gladly smothered . The " BUodtj" young " Times , " of Manchester , has the following morsel upon our Report : — " [ We have carefully read over the Northern Star ' s report of the proceedings of the Demonstration meeting , and assure our distant readers that there is scarcely a line of truth in it . Our town readers know that the report is a clumsy and malignant tissue of falsehoods .

      The physical-force Chartists impudently obtruded on the meeting , for the purpose of creating disorder , and their bombastic and ignorant leaders were evidently prepared to play their accustomed game . But they were foiled , as they henceforward will be in Manchester whenever they attempt to break the peace in a quiet and orderly assembly . The reporter of the Star , if such any man can be called who manufactures falsehoods to obtain a paltry existence , has no doubt performed his work most satisfactorily to his employers , who seem to gloat over gross misrepresentation and filthy mendacity . ]"

      The Thumping Liar unblushingly asserts that "there is scarcely aline of truth" in our report ; and fancies that his bare assertion of the thumper " will be sufficient to make it pass for truth ! This is modest I Very ! Will the Thumping Liar point out one single " line" in oar Report that is not true t We defy him to do so . "Our town readers , " says the Thumping Liar , "know that the report is a clumsy and malignant tissue of falsehoods . " Faith , Mr . Thumper , they know no such thing ! and they know , too , that your reckless assertion , unaccompanied by proof , or any attempt at proof , will not make that pass for M falsehood" which is undeniably true ! No , no ,

      Mr . Liar , you must condescend to prove your assertions , before your " town-readers" will believe you ! Pray , Mr . Liar , is it " false" that the Mayor refused to call the meeting ? for that fact occupies more than " a line" in our Report . Is it " false" that the meeting was called by ten of the anti-Corn Law clique ; and that the hired tool , Finnigan , was one of them ! Is it " false" that the promoters of that meeting , Finnigan among the rest , invited the people to their meeting , under pretence of " discussing the ques ,-tion !"

      Is it" Mse" that this same Finnigan , in the anti-Corn Law Association Rooms , in the very head quarters of the bloody Row , where the blood-money id paid over to him and his hired brother comrogues ; —is it " false" that this receiver of the factory tyrants' gold , told honest Wheeler , that if the Chartists presumed to accept the invitation given to them to attend the meeting , "they must come prepared to MEET THEIR God" ? ! ! Is it lw false" that this fact was communicated by Wheeler to Sir Charles Shaw , your Chief Commissioner of Police , the day before your meeting was held ?

      Is it " false" that the promoters of the meeting hired a gang of soulless ruffians , armed them with bludgeons , and directed them to crack the skull of every Chartist they could meet with ? Is it "false" that when a procession of Chartists were coming upon the ground , headed by a Chartist flag , that , upon a signal being given from the platform , they were set upon by the armed ruffians , and their " skulls cracked "—five of them having to be taken off the ground in an insensible state—having been left for dead 1 Is it " false" that while these things were going on the Police and Magistrates looked on with perfect indifference , and took not any , the slightest , means to put a stop to the bloody proceedings 1

      Is it " false" that Sir T . Potter was appealed to , over and over again , to interfere to preserve the peace , broken ( as was toll him ) by his own friends ; and that he declined , saying it was only " a bit dl an Irish row ; aud that they liked such things !" Ia it " false" that tho military were under arms ; that the police were on the ground and in the neighbourhood , each aimed with a heavy truncheon ? Is it " false" to assert that all these preparations were made by tha promoters of your meeting , in tha hope that the people would retaliate on the spot the attack made by your hired ruffians ; and thus afford an opportunity of bringing in the soldiers , yeomanry , and police , to send some scores of them to "Meet their God" !

      Yes , Thumping Liar I please to say whether these things be "false" or not ! and ( hen let us hear what you have to Bay to the statements made in our last by parties who give their names , and who suffered from the bludgeons paid for out of the anti-Corn Law League ' s money ! While you have the subject in hand , you may as well , too , answer the following query or two . This will save your further recurrence to it , for no doubt it is a sore spot , and you will wish to keep it oovered .

      Just tell us , Liar , what the " Demonstration ^ looting" cost the anti-Corn Law League , independently of THE PAY given to the hired tools , Finnigan and Warren ! Was it as much , or more , than the eum the members of the " Plague" whispered among themselves on the hustings , as the cost , — £ 5 G 0 ? . How much was paid out of that sum to a certain joiner for bludgeons 1 and how long was he en < gazed ia making the " lot" for you 1

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      ; Answer these tw « queries , Mr . Thumper ? Qk then we have aaother or two to pat which ! J 2 puzzle yoa not a littlo ! ' -. ™ Yes , Thumper I let us have an answer to OtiL queries ; and Jet them be answewd . Loa'ijSg to " come it ? with— " Our -town rt >» A » t- * S the report is a clamsy and malignant ifi ^ ffl falsehoods . " This . won't ; do 1 , ft i ^| P | ll Thumping way of " settling the hash . ^ aiilf Report ; but it won't do 1 You ma& $ tij $ Mr . Liar , to point out the " falfiehoo 4 s " -mi "J most also PROVE them to be snob , or t £ e ca «! try will not believe you ! ^

      Ah ! but "it was . the Physical Force C&arljk that impudently obtruded on the meeting" tta kicked up the row ! So { so I Then yoa adoita . butchery , do you ! But •* it was the ( % artiiji »] What a fool it is 1 !! Let every man of coa ^ , sense ask himself whether or not , if , such had I * , the case , it would sot have afforded many * ecb food for the enemies of Chartism . Smarting m ^ , the lash of our exposure , they would now nialt throw the odium upon the Chartists !

      . It may do for such prints as the Thumpin g Ifa to dispose of the affair between brackets , thna [ j . cbutforos , who court and demand inquiry , ft fai not do ! And now let us ask one plain tti simple question . If the Chartists were openly m flagrantly the offenders , why did not fet "Bloodies" interpose and put them d ^ i If the Chartists were the real offenders , whj A they call a free discussion meetin § for tig ' % low-ng Saturday , to inquire fully into the ^ And if the other par ^ Mwere innoeentjw ^ jdi || fa ; wi £ arms Inrtneir hand ^ meejt to lajg * ^^ 1 to obstruct the Saturday meetbg , and Uwn ^ smother inquiry ! and why did they repeat % * offence by wounding , catting , and mauning pZ ottoaco uy » uuuuui £ t vutuug , « uu aiauaing pm

      Whsklss , and several others , without - | g slightest offenoe being offered ! "Were - ^ k conscious thai WmaAs * was ^* to io iegwil ^ the fact , thai Finnigan had Warned' him itf bis frienda to come to-the '' free discns » W meeting of foe "Plague" " prepared to meet $ jp God " ? Had they a presentiment that a j * i enquiry must take place touching the whole proeggr ings , and that the £ wt which WHJEBaj » # as aNii | swear to was a very ugly one for them to wrijg ^ out of ; and that it was necessary to get hint ott « f the way—so agreed to send him to meethb G ^ t Why was Mr . Bbadlby knocked ^ t ^ irl | ri maimed , in open day , for no other offene » J $ ijV 1 fe ( of being a Protestant I ^ - Ai . r v

      These questions must and shall be answered ; lij the folly and lying of the Thumper shall Mj prevent it , nor screen the real offender *

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      "DO BE DECENT I * « BE DECENT , BOf " Daceney ! katty , honey r ! - " O dear ! what will become of us * . Dear ! dear I what shall we do ?" Publicola , in his last letter to the Di * palch , \ condescended us a lesson upon the necessitj ^ using polite language , and urging the prudence i calling high offences by soft names . But tlufj nothing compared to the lesson on Decency whu 4 fj find in the last week % number of that modd cf urbanity , the Queen Grotmer ! . "Ladies and Gentlemen , " pray read the Moto * . sentence from the pen of the scrupulous and modest Mr . Baines . Speaking ef one of the Tory can&difeB for Knaresborough , he says— .

      "About Mr . Busfleld Ferrand there is MrhWs , i 6 mystery . A red hot ultra Tory , jho ina | t | ibaiWfc displays has shewn himself arrogant , pMnaaag . ' fBl quarrelsome ; who had ths INDECB ^ PW < W « HIMSELF AS A CANDIDATE FOB BRAPTO | P ^ IH Q press opposition tohisown uKjp'PI !'; Really this is too funny to laugh ait Priy , Mr . Modesty , did Mr . Aldam , Benior , ceiiatArsipi tha Aldam nonsense published in youtlay # enwy , u the address of the young gentlemafti ^ w aspnia to tho indecent honour of being defeaUdi or « i « his mother know he ' s going out ? r > f

      "Dear J dear ! . what will become of * i » " ? Tha world must be coming to an end , when PoBUCXKi reviles hard words , and Neddy Baimes speaks « decency I \ The naughty boy , Busfibxd , did net ask . Ba own uncle" ! " For shame , Sir ; who would voS for such an indecent nephew" \ v ¦ .- ..... a ^^ iWii ^ ivi * iv ^ i * i * f

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      THE CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM AND THE WHIGS . Mr . O'Connor has received the following Mhr from one whom he supposes to be an aoorddfcd agent of the Whigr , and which he submits tflf ' ^ Nottingham Chartists for a reply-he has giwi

      none : — » Camelon , near Falldrk , " June 8 th , 1841 . " Sir , —I tak « the liberty of addressing you for the first time , hoping , at the flame time , you will excw me for so doing . I should feel greatly . obliged by yoo 8 euding me a line in answer to the following , viz : — " Could a Chartist be put in for Nottingham instead of Walter , provided the Whigs would supporttte Chartists , which lean assure yoa they will if the Curtists will support them to get in one Whig ? Your UH ' mediate answer will greatly eblig 8 , Sir , yours truly , " W . B . BRAT . "

      " Direct to be left at Camelon Distillery . " What , we wonder , will now be said to the " unnjtural alliance" sought by the Whigs with tM Destructives , whose undisguised support of Toryism was to brand the Government of Sir Robert Putt as "bloodthirsty" ? Well , but let us have a word . What , in the event of a junction with the Whigs , would be thegaW proposed by the gamblers 1 Why , just this- " Head ? , we win-Harps yoa lose , " and then they would name a Whig , and not being able to agree abo « a fit and proper Chartist to insure Whig unanmW they , the Whigs , would then name three CharM * that is , three more Whigs , and from which numow tbe Chartists would be allowed to select one of \ W

      retten tno . ., . Now let us just lay down a rule for the goi dane of our friends in all such cases . They BOBt ro deal with the electors ; because , the Chsrtaw true to their word , would vote , to a ^ . ^ " ^ to compact , and then the Whigs would vote » m Whig , and for the devil , rather than for a UJ » r »» Theimderstandingtbenshoildbewith & ***** and should run thus , in writing , duly attertea ) twelve witnesses , being Chartists , and twelve mm Whigs .- " I , John C . Hobhodse , do hereby i * W myself to vacate my seat by accepting thei uw Hundreds , in one week after parliament shall » < j in the event of any twenty voters who shall vow me at the ensuing election not giving their sw « vote to A . B . the Chartist candidate . " That ' s the ticket for voting !!

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      ELECTION MOVEMENTS . . I « ' Now , by St . Paul , the work goes bravely «•« ' J Under this head we have given a bird ' s eye * J of the whole country , as to its movements ! *^ M not merely from communications { orvaxae ~ JM by our own regular and acknowledge ^ L ^ nTJ

      dents , but from many occasional •»«» -w Wjtj with the excitement of the time , and . a bo ^« the papers , both Whig and Tory o ^ Mfl « ^ blishment . " Our readers will not , «« J ™ J * Hi surprised to find some of the two and «** ^ paragraphs under this head smelling & ° f ' \ corruption'sfatid breath . " WebavepTen ^ hash of all sorts ; in full confidence that ^^ J seasoning will be found amply sufficient to »* -n

      the flavour . . # & . Let them reftr to the addresses of tt ^ J candidates for the borough of Leeds , _ passionately ask thomselves who , according v > are the most fit and proper to " ^ "VTippei would be superfluous to comment upott ^^^ of Messrs . Wiluams and Leech ; let ^^^ and then let theqthersbe spelt ; "J ^ jjtf minds of workLag men decide upon *»

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      r ^^ THE NORTHERN STAR . - ; . ¦ .. ; " ^ : . ; . ' /• "¦ ¦ :

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1114/page/4/