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    • THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY . DECEMBER SO, 1818.
    • THE EXECUriVE COMMITTEE , TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
    • 1^0 BE DISPOSED OF, A FOUR-ACRE. Sbare in the National Land Company, all expenses being paid. Apply (pt>Bt-T>aid) to Mr James Nicholas, No. I, Clarenco-road, Kentish-town.
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      Brother Democrats * — Another act of tyranny On the part of our Whig ma sters renders it imperative upm us again to address you . The policy of the present Government seems to he to strike at tha root of the agitation , hy the incarceration of the men who have the csurage and ahility to expose those wrongs and outrages which , in thesacred name of law , are practised upon the patiently enduring people of Great Britain . In this design they shall and must be discomfited . The great cause of political emancipation will never lack advoca ' es in this country so long as justice is revered , liberty loved , or suffering sympathised with .

      Brother Democrats , you are ere this aware , that your old and tried friends , James Leach , Daniel Donov an , John West , George White , Thomas Rankin , John Clark , and others , hare been doomed , by a jadicial ukase , to twelve months' imprisonment i " n Krkdale jail , their only crime being the courage and honesty to address their fellow countrymen in the lrnguage of political truth . Baron Alderson , in pissing sentence said , that they would be treated as first-clas 3 misdemeanants . Now to avail themselves of t : e privileges of this distinction , it is necessary that they support themselves , or he supported by you . Being all of our own order , they have no other patrimony hut their labour to depend

      upon , that , in their prese . it situation is valusless . And even if they had wherewithal to maintain themselves , it wguW be neither honoarablejn U 3 , or just to thera , to leave them dependant on their own resources . These generous-hearted , noble-minded fellows , are suffering because of their labours in the service of the people ; they are punisked because of their devotion to that cause , the triumph of which would he the emancipation of the millions from the thraldom of Whig and Tory rule . They have cheerfull y braved danger to render us go id service—we now owe a sacred duty to them —led , as the one washoHonrably performed . let the other be now promptly fulfilled .

      Brother Democrats , we shall , ^ uhont fur ther-preface , tell you * ihat we now propose . It is , that these patriots-siauU be creditably and comfortably su ; ported by us daring the term of their incarceration . "When we consider that the means of doing this are trifling , we feel confident that the good work will b done . Would it not , we ask , be most disgraceful to us , as a party , if our neglect of these brethren in bondage , ' reduced them to the miserable alternative of surrendering the poor privileges of first-class misdemeanants , and submitting to the felon ' s fare and treatment ?

      We submit , that as the greater number of our fneads ere best known in Manchester , that a committee should he at once formed of the most active and energetic Chartists of that locality , and thatthey shoHld immediatel y set to work to collect subscriptions , to support those victims of a treacherous and traitorous Whi g Government . We aho suggest that Mother bs formed at Liverpool , to co-operate with tnat of Manchester . And from our knowledge of the energy and spirit which the Chartists of these towascan put into requisition when occasion demands , we feel persuaded that they of . themselves could perform this simple act of justice to our endungeoned friends . This , however , must not be : the burthen , though light , must be equally borue . No locality will refuse its fair share .

      Brother Chartists of Manchester and Liverpool ! discuss the subject of this address at your meetings on Jsunday evening . Do not separate without forming your committees . Let the Star of Saturday next announce the fact , accompanied with a firm appeal to the Democrats of the United Kingdom ; we will venture upon their part , to guarantee a generous respond to it , while we solemnly promise our cordial co-operation ia every endeavour to illume the gloom of the patriots' cell with a ray ef comfort and sympathy . WniIA 5 J DrxoK , Thouas Clark , Philip MGrath , Ho t Ross . G . Julian Harkey ,

      The Northern Star, Saturday . December So, 1818.

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY . DECEMBER SO , 1818 .

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      WHAT IS TO BE DONE NEXT SESSION ? In another month a new Session of the present Parliament will commence its sittings ; whether these will be as protracted and as useless as those of last year remains to be seen . As yet no indication whatever has been piven as to the nature of the policy with which the Ministry intend to take the " field . Judging from their antecedents , it may be doubted whether they have a policy at all , except , indeed , the determination to wait upon Providence , and shape their course according to the emergencies of the hour , may be dignified with that name .

      It is quite clear , however , that the stand , still and do-nothing mode of procedure adopted by them last year will not suit the nation longer . Even the shopkeeping classes are getting rid of their panic , and beginning to move in public matters , though , as usual , their movement smells marvellously of the huxtering and penny-saving style of doing business . They seem to be incapable of understanding the existence of anything else in the world except £ . s . d ., these m : igic letters bound their political , social , and domestic horizon ; all national change or movement is valuable to them , only in as far as it subserves the great object of their lives—how to get or to save money . In the coming Session

      we shall hear plenty on that favourite topic with these classes , and perhaps the Ministry may find they have rather a difficult g .. meto play with them . But all merely financial reforms , which leave the radical errors of our political and industrial arrangements untouched , must be in their very nature mere stop-caps—palliatives which are but momentary in their influence and duration . What is really wanted is such a change in the political system as shall give the whole people the power of appointing representatives , who , having convictions and sympathies in common with them , will labour to give legislative effect to their wishes , and previde the means oi supplying their w . -ints .

      One of the most prominent and pressing of these wants is the want of employment and subsistence , which grows wider and more stringent every day among all kinds of workmen . It is true that some " wise " men have discovered that this is because there are too many of us in these islands , and that the cure is to be found in shipping a few hundred thousands , or two or three mi . lions of the " surplus" to ether lands . The" Times" was a great supporter of this doctrine lately , but some figures showing the extent to which

      Emigration has gone during the last two years , have rather ^ frightened it into common sense again . It appears that the grand total of Emigrant from all the British ports , during the first eleven months of 1847 , was 244 , 251 , and for the firot eleven months of this year 220 , 053 . These are the numbers who have passed under the official notice of the Government Emigration agents at the various ports . In addition to them , there must be reckoned thousands of the better classes of emigrants , who have not come under the surveillance of these officers . The " Times '

      comes to the conclusion , that "there can be no doubt in these two years more than half a million natives of these islands have fled to other shores . ' Now , if the Malthusian doctrine was true , this large exportation ef "surplus" humanity ought to be looked upon as a good riddance , an ! as leaving more ample elbow room and larger rations for those who remain . But the organ of the money owners and the labour buyers has been struck with a new idea on the subject , though a very old one to our readers . It has found out that these despised

      and useless surplus labourers were , after all , the source of wealth to this country ; that "the capital , the stock , and the plant of this island are continually increasing , and have latel y increased more rapidly than ever , and demand hands for their further development . " It is , therefore , not without alarm that it sees this drain of native industry , and awakens to the perception of the fact , that "the United States gain what we lose . " The impossibility of procuring " cheap labour " to carry on the great works of this country , if the people fly from our shores at the same rate , looms in the distance , and the " Times" cries " Stop . "

      Just look at the shameless selfishness and cupidity of the class of whose sentiments and feelings it is the exponent . At one moment , from the dread of being compelled to disgorge a little more than usual of that wealth , which they have filched from the labouring classes , in the shape of poor rates , they cry out hastily for whole-ale emigration . At the next , finding that this is likely to raise the cost of carrying out our great works , by raising the price of labour , they cry " Stop at home . ' In both cases they care not one doit for the operative classes , save as mere machines , by whose labour they can become wealthy , to be thrown aside or treated as so much ' lumber when no longer wanted for that purpose , or when they cease to serve it . We have seen retributive justice overtak the landlords of Ireland , for the sordid and

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      selfish course they have taken . English manufacturers and money grabbers of all kinds had better take warning in , time , and turn their thoughts to measures that , will enable all classes to live in peace and prosperity in their native land . The impudent falsehood that this country ia overpopulated , has been so thoroughly exposed , that few now have the hardihood to utter it . A curious illustration of this fact took place at a recent Emigration meeting , in Warwickshire , at which Lord Lyttleton presided . It was attended by the persons who have fer some months past been

      engaged in running about the country , and describing Australia as a perfect paradisewhere a man has little else to do than to eat , dt ink and be merry , and to grow rich withal . After drawirtg a gloomy , but not overcoloured picture of the state of affairs at home , Australia was proposed as the remedy—whereupon it was objected to by a Chartist , that this country was not overpopulated , and that Emigration of itself was no remedy for the evils which had been described . Mr Adderley , one of the members tor Ihe county , who replied , admitted that in " the abstract this

      country was not overpopulated , but added that that fact might be consistent with another , namely ; that there might be too many in one particular localit y , or engaged in one particular calling . For such a temporary surplu ? , he preferred foreign Emigration to Mr O'Connor ' s plan of Small Farms , though he admitted that plan was sound in principle , and that if carried out under proper management and upon

      a right basis , it could not fail to confer a great and lasting benefit upon the country . Mr Muntz , member for Birmingham , who followed , heartily denounced the falsehood of overpopulation , and stated his own belief , that there was ample room in this country for three times its present number of inhabitants , and though no formal vote was come to ' on the subject , it is clear the Emigration-mongers experienced a decided rebuff .

      We hail the admission of Mr Adderley , as to the soundness and the value of Mr O'Connor ' s plan , as the first of many similar admissions in time to come . The political prejudices of some , the personal hostility of others , and the popular ignorance which prevails on the subject , have hitherto conspired to prevent its merits from being acknowledged , or its capabilities fairly tested . In the course of time , these causes of misapprehension will cease to operate on the public mind , and a dispassionate examination take place . If the system will not stand such an examination , the sooner it is abandoned the better for all parties .

      Among the indications that we are approaching a period when the vitally important questions involved in this matter are likely to be more earnestly and intelligently investigated and discussed than heretofore , we may mention the publication of a-work entitled " A Plea for Peasant Proprietors , with the outline of a plan for their establishment in Ireland . " The author —Mr W . T . Thornton—is already honourably known in this department of literary exertion , by a former work , entitled " Over Population , and its ' remedy . " Ih that just issued , he has ably drawn together all the facts illustrative of the value , advantages , and practical working of the Smidl Farm system , as shown in different

      countries . With most of these our readers are already familiar , either through the medium ef the " Labourer" magazine , or the editorial columns of this journal . It is a great advantage , however , to have them all brought together and made such a good use of , as Mr Thornton has done in his Tery opportune publication . No one can rise from its perusal vithout being thoroughly convinced of the superiority of the Small Farm system , which , in most European countries supports a large rural population in ^ comfort and happiness , and free from pauperism and poor rates , over that which , in this country supplies us with such frequent illus * rations of want of employment , crime , and taxation .

      One indispensable pre-requisite " to any real or permanent improvement of the condition of the people of this country , is to find them productive , profitable , remunerative labour , ami to increase the sum total of real wealth , and the staple necessaries of life required by the population . Mere trading , or the . ' . transfer of food , clothes , hardvrare , furniture , &c . from one hand to another , however largely it may show in the trade and navigation returns , does not augment the amount of these articles . They rather lose by each transfer , and it it

      quite possible to have very formidable lists of imports and exports , without a nation being much the better for them as we all know to our sad experience . But this system , which begins at the beginning , and produces more food and raw material on which labour can he afterwards bestowed , must necessarily promote the substantial interests of all classes , and the general interests of the nation . In this important respect . Mr Thornton demonstrates the superiority of the Small Farm over the Large Farm system . He says : —

      In the year 1837 tha average yield of wheat on tbf Jarge farm 9 of England wai only twenty . one tasbels , and the htgbeBt average for nay one county waa no morthan twtnty . slx bus eU . The highest average linoo olalmed for ihe whole of England is thirty bushels ; and , aocordlog to a statemont resting on tha sama authority , the produce of tho aeed is seldom less thin twelye . foM ; bat if dril-ed , fourlesn-foid , and if dibbled , sixteen < r even twenty . fold . In Jersey , where the avorage b ' zb of farms is only sixteen acres , the average pro < iuo . ) ' of h ? at p > r acre was stated by Inglls , in 1831 , to be tbitty-dr bushels ; but it isprovod by official « ableB to havj baen 40 basbeli in the five years ending with 1833 In Guernsey , where fsrniBare still smaller , four Quarters

      pemcre , Recording to Inglls , Ms considered a poad , but otill a very common , crop . ' Ic Flanders , where the most numerous class of farms oo&slsU of those between five and ten acres , the average yield of wh > at Ib at least thirty bushels ( ' FUinUh Ilusban I ts' pp . 8 and 76 ) . Mr Miceultocb , indsed , wltbou * . qio-. lng his aathority , sets it down at eo more than 20 J bushels per acre ; but this , though only a trifle below the average » sorlbog by the same writer to the wtole of EaglaHd , an * higher thau that of oDO-half of the whole number of Bullish COUn . tic « , is evidently incorrectly stated , nad must bu ooniiideratfy below the truth , ss Mr Maecullochlikowiieaays , that the seed sown produce * mor < j than twenty . fold . It BhouUbe observed that the coll . both of FkndcrBand

      of the Channel I >] aa < 3 s , is for the most pars of a li ght snndycharaoer , ill . adapced for tha growth of wheat . Of tmley , a m « e pultable crop , the quantity in sosie parts ef Belgium U sometimes as much an eighty bushels per ficre , and the average ia forty . five ; wbilo in England it is only thlrty . tbrce bmhels . Of potatoes , the avorrgj proves in England { 9 certainly nos mere than 300 buehfli , er 22 , 200 Iba . ; and in J ney , 35 , 0 OOlb 8 . Closer , another moat important article of form produeo , is nowhere foucd in ' such perfeoc luxuriauec' us In Flan , ders , whore it exhibits a vigour and weight of produce truly sarptitiag , ' more etp dally when it is considered 4 that such ' pr « d gi-us crops are raised from 6 lb » . of »« d neracre . ' ( M \ ecaUocb , Qa «( f . Dlo * ., vol . 1 . p 331 ) These proofs may be thought sufflcleut to entablieh the superior proiuotiv ' epets of 6 msll farms ; but if othori be

      rtqulrad they may be found in England itself among tho imallest of emi . ll farmers—the allotment holders of a qmrter of an acre , who seldom fall to obtain a profit of at least £ 5 , sterling even from that morsel of ground . It appe « rs , then ,, that the small occupier , in uplco of h < u disabilities , real or imnginnry , would b «« ble to get a Rood deal more" fivinhis land than It would yield if it lormed a portion of a ' largo farm . After p&yiDg , therefore , rBn 6 at the same rate as the large farmer , an ! ofttr takli g for his own rue the «« m « Bum as would be applied to the maintenance of the cultivator of aocqunl portion t . f a large firm , he would have rumatnlDg not only as Rreat , but a much - greater relative 6 UrplB 8 wherewith to continue his cultivation . Acre for aero ha wou ' . d ba able to spend in im provements , not only a ; n uch , but a good . deal more thin bit rival .

      Our space will not permit of further extracts on the present occasion , but the object we had in view was merely to direct attention to this subject , as one of the most important character . The investigation by the Select Committee of the House of Commons last year , of the plans and accounts of the National Land Company , should , during the ensuing session , be

      vigorously followed up by appeals to the Legislature , either to adopt these plans , or any better that can be devised , to provide permanent remunerating employment for the people . That is the question of questions , and unless it be forced upon the attention of Parliament by the pressure from without , it is quite certain that neither Ministers of State , nor members of the Legislature , will turn to it voluntarily .

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      THE MANCHESTER VICTIMS . . We direct the attention of the Chartist body to the address of the Executive in another page , in which is made an appeal in behalf of John West , George White , James Leach , and their fellow sufferers . We trust that that ap peal will be heartily responded to . Our readers are aware , that the imprisoned patriots are placed on jthe footing of fir 9 t-class misdemeanants ; they are permitted to wear their own clothes ( receive books and newspapers , write and receive letters , and , we believe , see visitors every day , Sundays excepted . They are not merely allowedthey

      , are bound , to find their own provisions ; should they fail to do so , and be driven to seek the prison allowance , they would forthwith cease to enjoy the privileges they at present possess , and be degraded to the position occupied by the common class of prisoners . Such a result of public apathy would be not more painful to the men themselves , than it would be disgraceful to the working classes . These men are an honour to their order , and for the rights of their order they are suffering , The people must not , will not , be ungrateful to their advocates and defenders .

      We presume , that before this time , committees have been formed in Manchester and Liverpool , to provide for the wants of our incarcerated brethren . We ought to have been placed in a position to have furnished the public with the addresses of the secretaries of these committees , but , at present , we are ignorant of what steps have been taken in those two towns ; we , therefore , can only repeat our announcement of last week , that assistance may be forwarded to the care of Mr Pavrell , Temperance Hotel , 62 , Richmond Row , Liverpool . Anything in the shape of actual assistance cannot be too soon forwnrded-r-such aa

      money , postage stamps , or provisions of any kind . We again appeal to the readers of this journal , to do their duty to the men who never failed in the performance of their duty whilst battling for the cause of the people .

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      THE FAMILIES OV THE VICTIMS . " I know , " said a certain judge , when sentendng a number of Chartist victims— "I know that most of you have those at your homes who will suffer by your conduct . " It is to be feared that this taunt predicted the truth . We have received a letter from Leeds , containing somo particulars of the present condition of the wife and children of the imprisoned patriot , George White . We have heard with feelings of indescribable pain , that Mrs White is without house or home of her own , and thai George Whites children are positively wanting food . This is a terrible condition for a wife and mother to be reduced to .

      We are informed of a circumstance which possibly admits of explanation , and which , when explained , may wear a less ungracious appearance than it does at present . It is re ported to us , that on Sunday night last , at the usual public meeting in the . Leeds Bazaar , two friends made a collection for Mrs White , and obtained the sum of twelve shillings . Our informant adds , that the collectors were not allowed to give this money to the person for whom it was collected , the committee resolving that the money should be sent to the General Victim Fund , We have always approved of a general fund , and only regret that that fund is so inadequately supplied with the means of distributing efficient aid to all who have

      claims upon it . But we submit , that cases may arise where assistance is pressingly needed , and where it is only an act of justice to tiive aid which may be obtained from any 'local source , without waiting for a remittance " from the general fund . So far as the facts are before us , we believe such a case to be that of Mrs White , and her children . If we have been misinformed , we shall be happy to correct any error we may have fallen into ; but if the iacts have been correctly stated to us , then we must protest against an act which we conceive to be neither generous nor just . It may be as well to state that Mrs White ' s present address is 7 , Fenton ' s Court , Saxton Lane , Bank , Leeds .

      We have hesitated to make this statement . We feel assured that it will pain both the imprisoned victim , and her whoss name is so prominently brought forward . But silence might be { he cause of even a greater pain . If George White ' s wife and children were suffering , we should hold ourselves guilty if we did not adopt the only course open to as to obtain , if possiblo , an amelioration of the sad condition of those who deserve a happier fate .

      Let it not be supposed that we desire to single out any particular person with the object of saeking a monopol y of public favour for that person , Nothing of the sort . We fear that the families of several of George \ Vhite ' s comrades are in an equally unhappy position . If we do not name them personally , it is because wo desire to spare them the pain of bein ? dragged before the public . A well-supported General Victim Fund should be provided f . * r the fair and impartial relief of all the families in addition to which locil assistance should be liberall y and cheerfully given .

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      CHARTIST ORGANISATION . We beg to remind the Chartist body of an address from the Chartist Executive Committee , which appeared in this journal of December 16 th , calling on the friends of Chartism o subscribe

      A NEW YEAR ' S GIFT to the funds of the Charter Association . If that appeal is properly responded to , the Executive will be enabled to prosecute the agitation with renewed vigour , and establish a veritable organisation of the friends-aud supporters of the People ' s Charter . Let it be borne in mind that the Executive is an unpaid body . That the members of that committee give to , not take from , the funds . Besides giving their time , talents , and labour , they are foremost in contributing to the general treasury .

      It is impossible to impute other than disinterested and patriotic motives to tho members of the Executive , in making the appeal they have done . Should the members and friends of the Association neglect to answer that appeal , tht leaders will , of course , remain in their present pewerless position . If , on the contrary , the appeal should be satisfactorily responded to , the Whigs will be soon made to know that they have prosecuted and persecuted the advocates of the Charter in vain .

      . Next Saturday ' s money list will determine whether the present disorganisation is to continue , or whether we are to have an efficiently organised movement for the purpose of acliieving the triumph of Equal Rights and Equal Laws .

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      ——Co fleaners & comsDonimUe * - ¦ iJ ,.,, ,. ,. , . ; 83 T Wo cannot publish Rny forthcomin i ? meetings' & )„ in future , unless paid for at advertisaments . We are compelled to adept this course in order to avoid the heavy duty we have lately paid on auch announcements . The publication of ballots , rifiha , &j ., are illegal . J Birni noknoirledgoi tho receipt of the following su ™ ( aeiit herewith for ths Defence Fund , viz — ^ « / From MrChipindalo ... ' u t , r „ The Seren Stars ... "' j ! „ MrPaterBon „ . '" » n 7 „ MrThurman ... % " ' « * Btf f i i i i B 3 S& 38 S

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      on Labour , by ditto , and fourteen ditto of the Evidence taken before a Select Cooimittee of the House of Commons on the National Land Company ; Mr William Dixon , Mysteries of London , Red Ryver , by Cooper , and George the Planter , by Dumas ; Miss Dixon , Wild Fosvers ; Mr P . Phillips ' , portrait of the Duke of Kent , framed and glnzed , scene from Uenrj- IV . ditto , and a Ifiniaturo H « t ; and MrM'Fee aSiU Handkerchief-Mr W . Woods , "Warrington , and S . P ., Uxbridge . —Tour communicati ms are advertiatmentv , and must be paid for as such . The charge is 4 s 6 d each . ThkWidow Suirron . —Mr Robert Findlay , Aberdeen , on behalf of MraShirron , auknowUdges the receipt of the following turns : —Juliau Harney , 5 i ; Thomm Clark , 28 6 d ; T , M'Gruth , 2 R Cd ; W . Dixon , 2 s Cd : S . Kjdd ,

      Is 6 d [ Tbis acknowledgment was forwarded to this fflce two weeks ago . ] 4 S" We aro sorry to learn that Mrs Shirron hat been riaited by terrible miifortuaes since the untimely death of her husband . Two of her children bare departed this Hfo within the present month . Ona died oa the 8 th inst ., and on * on the lO ' . h i » it . ; and both were buried on the 11 th of December . Mrs Shirron has still one child , which was horn au tbe day her husband died . She returns her grateful thanks to those friends who hare assisted her in tbe time of her terrible 'rials . TnoMAB OtHKUzv , Manchester , acknowledges the receipt of tbe following sums : —Congleton , per W . J . Pickford , 12 s ; Et'cle » , pjr Mr Gregory , 8 s ; Milnrow , Ifls .- [ To what purpose is the money to be Applied !—Ed . N . 8 . ]

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      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , FOR THB WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , DECEMBER 28 , 1818 . FER MR O'CONKOS , SHAKES . £ 8 . d . Ti'owbridgr « 6 11 18 DsJston M 17 2 Haidstone ¦• 1 12 8 Birmingham , Brighton , Giles . 2 16 3 Ship .. 144 Market Laving . Sutherland ,. 18 0 ton .. .. 0 12 0 Hanley „ 4 o 10 Warrington .. 19 7 Telgnmouth .. ' 2 10 0 Aberdeen « 1 16 6 Wigton „ 0 18 6 Whlttington and T K'dman „ o j n

      Cat .. . „ 4 15 2 W Bannister „ o 13 0 New Radford m 1 9 8 D Lock .. o 1 0 Sleaford .. ! 5 0 J IT „ H let ) Hull .. H 1 18 0 J Hefferman ,. 0 16 Nottingham , . L Armstrong „ 0 0 6 Sweet .. 8 7 8 W Williamson .. 0 16 Hlndley , Bowrton 1 8 4 W Ilobluson .. o i » 0 Bath .. ., OK 8 JSwalfield ., 0 3 6 Northampton , J B Ford M o s (> Harrison .. 0 10 2 C Howl „ 0 2 0 TViBbe » ch „ 0 17 6 Lambeth ., 030 £ 4 o 8 2

      EXPJ 3 NBB FUND . Trovrbrtdge .. 0 1 o Wisbeach „ o 2 0 Maldstone M 0 5 0 Dalston .. 0 7 6 Market Laring . Birmingham , ton H 0 16 Ship .. 0 4 0 Warrington „ 0 2 o Hauley M 0 5 6 Aberdeen .. 0 3 6 Wigtoa „ o 6 0 New Radtord .. O b 4 J D Peebles „ 0 1 fi Nottingham .. 0 6 3 Northampton 0 i 1 £ 2 10 8 J

      TOTALS . Land Fund 40 8 2 Expense Fund ... ... ... 2 10 ¦ 8 J Bjdu 13 18 0 Loan Fund 1 13 0 Transfers 0 7 3

      £ 68 17 U Wh . Dixow , Cbbi-toph « s Dotli , Thos . Cl »» k ( Corrss . Sco Phimp M'GjtAta ( Fin , Sic . ) FOR THE EXECUTIVE SICEIVID BY V . BIDE * . J Catson , Clif . Sheffield , W < ord .. 0 0 6 Holme « „ 0 5 1 JPoulton ., 0 0 6

      EXECUTIVE NEW TEAR'S GIFT . MCEITED BT 8 . XTDV . Leicester , per H Botherhithe , A Bnrrow . 0 2 6 Shosmaher .. 0 0 6 Southsea , per E MrMdlurd „ 0 0 8 Nobbs .. 0 4 0 Mr Frost .. 0 10 JWebb .. 0 10 Keighley , aGea . Newport , Me tleman „ 0 5 ' Williams ., 0 8 0 Leeds Bazaar .. 10 0 A Friend „ e 6 Rotherharo , per Mrs Heath „ o 1 o Mr Turner .. 0 6 0 William Barrot 0 0 6 Pottery Field , Mr Brooker „ 0 5 0

      DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND , BECEIVED AT LAND OFFICE . R Shilling „ 0 10 MWil = on ., 0 1 0 E Proley „ 0 1 ft Mr Mallen .. 0 0 3 Halbrook „ 0 8 6 FinBr . ury ., 0 7 0 Vr Floyd „ 0 5 6 James Lanes .. 0 S € MrsSimms „ o 11 0 LM Waters „ 0 0 1 WCM .. 1 o 0 A Shoemaker , B Cooper ., 0 10 Rothorhithe .. 0 0 6 G D , Chelsea „ 0 2 6 Ralph Turner .. 0 fi 0 PWB .. » io KKCSIVED BY » . ETDD . Carlisle , per Cham- Leicester , per H bers' Warpers 0 10 0 Barrow .. o 5 0 Soathaea , per E Berry Brow , per Noobs M 0 7 8 Mrlleeley .. « 2 & FOR fflVES AND FAMrLlE 3 OF VICTIMS . BEOEIVED BY W , HIDES . Mr Ball , Mansfield .. ., 008

      FOB MRS M'DOUALL . RECEIVED ni W . BIBE 1 . Oldham , Three Friends from Gladwick „ o 0 6

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      DEFENCE FUND . SECI 1 VED SI TTILLIAH BIDEB . £ C . i . J . CaiBon , Clifford ... .. . „ 0 0 6 Oidham , three friends tton GiAdvrick ... 0 0 g J . Bramhall , Shiffi ^ ld ... ... ,. 0 0 6 Borrowash , per R , Bssnorth ... ... 0 2 0 Mansfitld , H . Gilbtrt ... ... ... 0 10 ,, J Gilbert ... ... ... 0 0 6 ,, G . D ; ckeosoa ... .., 0 0 6 „ M , Ball ... ,., ... o 0 S Barnslej , par P . Mirfleld ... ... 0 12 2 Waterloo Town , Bothnal Green , per J . Wells 0 10 Nottingham , per J . Sweet ... ... 0 2 2 Sowerby Bridge , per R . Holroyd ... 0 4 2 Birmingham , Pi * ple ' a Hull , per W . H . Rudh&U 0 14 0 ,, John Mltchel 8 on , 0 13 ,, JohnM'Maln ... ... 9 10 „ James Gorman ... ... 0 10 „ George Corbey ... ... o 1 0 „ — Richards 0 10 Total £ 2 4 3 Ia last week ' s monies for Difsnoj Fund , it shoufd have been Clarke 61 ., not Clarke Is , ¦ — - NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . Newcastle , per Mr Judo , „ M Jgl 0 0 Mr Stall wood , for Mr Kjdd ... , „ i J 3 G Orippleg * te , por Mr Miller 0 10 Crown and Anchor , per Mr Picktrtgill ... 0 10 0 Kentish Town , prooeeds of benefit at Aisembl y II ) ubo , per Mr Lunn ... ... 13 8 Ernest Jonca locality ... ... ... 0 7 2 Hoxton , per Sumnor . „ ... ... o 5 o \ £ 5 3 5 } J . J . MesAman Hon .-Secretary . 114 , High Holborn , Dec . 28 , 1848 . i -

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      CoLLisios at Se * —LiviRrooL—Oa Sunday , th « Marchiouesa of Bute , from Cardiff , arrived at this port . She reports that on the 2 ( hh instant , at nine o ' clock in the morning , the South Stack bearing E . N . E . ten miles , Bhe oarao in contact with the schooner Lady of the Isles , horn tbis port to Sc Michael's . The latter vessel lost both her &mts - the Marchioness her head , cutwater , jibboom and * bowsprit , the force of the collision also springing her corering-bosrds and main beam . She took the schooner in tow , and remained by her until the 23-d when thoy parted oompany , Point Lvn « a bearinJ

      N . E . twenty milea , the wind S . W . This left her in a fair way tor reaching the hie of Man The schooner was tight , and the whole of her crew abided By u 6 F « Ihorrdmkt FiRB .-Laat wee"k seven utaoks were nred by an incendiary at Colljwcston , fourmles west of Stamford , on the farming preidUa SiStS by Mr Thomas Close . The effjrtt of theLTrK e * ere therefore directed to prevent the extension of the flames to a large barley atack nud a hovelfulo wheat a short distance off . Totheir surpri e they found a very marked unwiilingneaa to render nan Bwtanw on the pjrt of some of the labourers whoI had assembled . By dint of muoj peMuaiim howew some of the men were induced to form a iine for the conveyance of water to the engine . The vaTue of theataoks destroyed Mr Close estimates atSooo and or this Bum he h iasured in tha P . ^ fB

      Bad Ngwi for thk Pioj . —At ths brewerv « f iw . by which all the ossence ia extracted from the malt Uaring nothing but bare husks for ¦ grail ' The Jut scoounts ahow the American " ( TitWt Whig , very marry everywhere withouti wi J »? r ^¦^ aarta-ftsS a ^ &w& ~ - w-ffl iisssss

      mM t , 0 DB 81 Uhcuuihr— An adyertisfce chandler SratSi > BpMrawetieB are the to * ligktoVw

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      MR KYDD'S TOUR . ^~ TO . THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR Sir , —I lectured ai Bradford on Tuesday ih 19 th . The trials at York were then going on ' » , great anxiety was manifested as to the probaijia / at of the Bradford victims . The meeting was held * the Long Pledge Hall , and the numbers present mil be estimated from the fact , that the money collected was £ 2 J 7 s ., th 8 surplus being voted for the defence of the prisoners . The council promised to use the ' influence to re-establish the old Plan of Ofanjjj

      tion , and , as an earnest of their good intentions voted 10 i . to the Executive Fund . Under judicious management , Chartism would flourish in Bradford * The town is densely populated , and when meeting * are held , there i 3 an unanimity of resolution , power . ful for good or evil , depending solely on its direction to a practical and defined purpose . A ] ocm council , wisely chosen , consisting of the most sober and experienced of the body , would , by perseverance speedily regenerate the populsr movement . The enthusiasm of youth is always to be courted

      honoured , and admired . It is the young blood of g state that give 3 energy to popular reforms ; but , in a country like this , the institutions of which are old , and its people unhabituated to sudden changes youthful enthusiasm sometimes becomes dangerous ' it ripens and quickens into resolution—re-action is correlative among the propertied and lependanq classes—men are afraid—despotism is strengthened ! —and the magnified fears of the middle classes ai « the stock-in-trade from which ministers undermine ihe liberty ^ of the subject by Coercion ami ' Gagl ging Bills , ' and their sure successors—political persecutions . Therefore it is that intelli gent and experienced men are most valuable as sub-agents of

      the National Charter Association . We require the energy of youth , directed by the experience of age . The ' . Id soldiers are the » appers and miners , who prepare and direct the attack ; the young constitute the active and reserve forces , who carry the siege and « torm the citadel . Both are indispensable for victory . But the sappers and miners must go first , More money has been collected in Bradford than in any other town of its size . Yet they are in con . tinued trouble and pecuniary difficulty . Let the past be a lamp to light the path for the future and Bradford , once enrolled in the Plan of National Or . ganisation , for the objects defined in the rules of the society , and , my word for it , this town will be found to be a powerful auxiliary .

      I next proceeded to Honley , a small manufacturing village , laying between Huddersfield and Holmfirth . The friends here have a hall for their own purposes . The night was bitterl y cold . Notwith . standing the meeting was well attended . A most respectable and intelligent-looking work , man asked the followiag question : — ' Mr Kydd , seciig we are ¦> surround d by bigotry and error , do you not think it would be wuer for the friend * of progress to form themsel ves into societies for the organisation of labour ? ' 1 answered' It is

      , the interest of all men to improve their circumstances industrially , and nothing cnuld be more desirable than that the labourers should be enriched b y the full possession of the fruits of their own labour , and a few successful experiments would do much towards the solution of the problem—What can be done for the people ; be it remembered , however , as my friend lias said , that we live surrounded b y bigotry and error . These obstructions must be removed , and all measures of relief must be looked at in a two-fold light . —What will be their results on the active

      agents engaged , and acted upon by such measures 1 What will be t .. e general results in their relation to the interests of humanity ? Chartism is not destructive , but humanising ; political , social , and moral reform are not antagonistic , but joint parts of the game whole . I say , then , to tbe Communists , cooperators , aud moral reformers , ' Go on , and [ wish you may prosper . ' Such a question suggests to your readers some thoughts ' on the' spirit of the age , ' and i 3 worth more than the last v olume of Hansard

      containing the rambling lucubrations of Chisholm Anstey , the witticisms and conceits of Disraeli , and embod ying in thick boards the crudities , absurdities , and puerilities of Parliament . I returned by coach and railway to Keighley , and lectured on Thursday svening at Howarth , a small hamlet among the hills , in the Keighley district . On Friday I lectured in Silsden , in the same district . The meeting was held in tbe Odd Fellows' Hall , and was well attended .

      On Saturday I proceeded to Sutton , through one of the finest valleys in Yorkshire , and found that out Sutton friends bad procured tre use of a chapsl at Cross Hills , about half a mile distant . The meeting was crowded to excess , the managers and elders of the chapel being present . They opened b y singing a hymn . I lectured on 'Labour and Land . ' A most respectable middlciged gentleman , who is , I am informed , a local preacher , and an elector of the Riding , asked me b y what means did I hope that

      Universal Suffrage could become law ? I replied , Jhat as an acknowledgment of truth , singleness of purpose , energy of action , intelligence and organisation of numbers seemed to me to be the elements of success , we weald endeavour to aggregate those from society ; and if we could by persuasion and argument change the thoughts of men , we would one day change institutions , laws , and governments . ' The leader of the band gave out the Hundredth psalm , beginning with the line , ' All people that on earth do dwell ; ' and so ended the labours of t ! e W « : k .

      On Sunday I addressed a crowded meeting in the ] Bazaar , in Leeds , hundreds being unable to ob » tain admistion . At the conclusion , the oiganiiation ' was begun , and tke committee generously voted £ 1 \ as a new yetr '« gift . I proceeded to Rothcrham , to a tea party , the meeting was select , harmonious , and elaviting . I thank our Rotherham frends for their great support . At Rotherham there are a few j fine fellows , and now , as they luve procured a rei : ular place of meeting , I augur their success . Mrs Theobald , a lady-lecturer on temperance , addressed the meeting , and made a feeling appeal on behalf of the victims . I this evening lectured in the Town Hall on 'Labour , its position and prospects . ' And as our friends in the Midland Counties , for most

      sufficient reasons , desire to postpone my visit for a month , I will return to London , not later than Saturday . Wishing you and » 11 your readers a happy new year , I reaiain , youn faithfully , Samuel Kydd . Sheffield , December 26 ih . P . S . —The West Riding election has turned out most favourable for ths interests of democracy . Many of the supporters of Sir Culling C . Eardley have discovered that they have hitherto played a losing game , and openly confess that there ' is no hope for progress but b y a union with the out-andout Radicals . The union between tbe constitutional , « bigs and the unconstitutional Tories , has enmpletaly changed tha relation of parties . Earl Fitzwilliam , whose purse was most advantageous in

      bvgone times , is nj longer to be depended on . A cheque for a few thousands cannot now be bad at will . If the Chartist electors stand aloof , the Whigs and Tories , who are united to defend the ' Church and Constitution' are in the majority . Our policy is obvious . Let the Chartist electors " in each district form themselves into local committees—correspond with s > ll the distrcls in the Riding-fix on the man wh 9 is to be their representative , Hie disappointed » nd thinking parties of the Liberal interest will support them in preference to either the Whits or Tones . No compromise will be necessarv , as the balance of pohrerwillbe in their hands , ' and the non-electors will give to them a most decided support . One thing is plain , so important a constituency must not again be sacrificed to satisfy the ambition of a misjudging and crotch « tv fac ' -ion .

      The Chartists , throughout Yorkshire , will , I hope , continue to correspond with the Executive . The Wakefield nomination lias raised them in popuiai esteem , anrl , in the future , we must never lose an inch of ground once gained . The susccss of our present attempt at re-organisation rests merely * itb the local leaders . If they do their duty , and , I aoubt not but they will , success is certain . ' Ours is not astrugg ' e of party or faction , it is the cause of human right and progression , and progress it must . S . K .

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      Tn « Constitukkct or England On Monday next ( January the lit ) the new act parsed in tbe Jar . session . ( 11 th and 12 ; h Viotuia , ouap . 90 ) , » regulate tho time of payment of rates and taxes by f arlwmentary eleotors , will take effect . It is provided that after the 1 st day of January , 1 S 49 . no pwaoa shall be required , in order to entiUe him to have hia name inserted in any list of Totem for & 1 city , town , or borough ia England , to have paid any poor rates or assessed taxes , except such as shall bi \

      . ve become payable for him previously to the 5 : l > day of January in the eame year , and that no pt f ' son shall be entitled to be on guoh list of voters unlesa the poor ratea and assessed tax < u uiyab ' e from him previously to tbe 5 chdayol January shall be paid « n or before the 2 O . h of Jnly following M . OiBii—We are informed that M . Cabet left L" 8 rpool for America , en Saturday , Dec . 16 th , i » t&o Europa steamer , for th « purpweof superintend * "i « r Personally the CommuDiatic operations in Noit& ICXUi

      The Execurive Committee , To The Chartists Of Great Britain.

      THE EXECUriVE COMMITTEE , TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN .

      1^0 Be Disposed Of, A Four-Acre. Sbare In The National Land Company, All Expenses Being Paid. Apply (Pt&Gt;Bt-T&Gt;Aid) To Mr James Nicholas, No. I, Clarenco-Road, Kentish-Town.

      1 ^ 0 BE DISPOSED OF , A FOUR-ACRE . Sbare in the National Land Company , all expenses being paid . Apply ( pt > Bt-T > aid ) to Mr James Nicholas , No . I , Clarenco-road , Kentish-town .

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      , . THE NORTHERN STAR ; December 30 , 1848 .

      The Nation Victim And Defence Fund.

      THE NATION VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1503/page/4/