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    • THE STAR OF FREEDOM. SATPBDAr, ATGVST », 1853.
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      ^ any can hel p one , where one cannot help many . ' Office , 13 , Tottenham-court ( thirteen " doors from Tottenham-courtroad ) , Kew . road , St . Pancras , London . labour ex ^ "" series « Australia , and the gnat want of trictscnn £ nencea in both 'he agricultural and commercial dto . Sean . Ten ! « " » that fact , calling loudly for an exten . ion of SSJsffi ° ^ ration , it ig proposed that a number of working men should associate together , and by the gifts of , . . OKE BHILLINO BACH , A cei ta-. n number should be enabled without expanse to themselves to receive a

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      MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION . Legally Established 1849 . Head Office , London , Lincoln's Inn Field Chamber ? , and 2 , Portsmouth street . Lincoln's Inn Fields . —Branch Offices , Liverpool , Manchester , Bristol , York , and Aberdeen . Confidential Referee R . Warwick , Esq . MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE ASSOCIA-- " - «• TION . conducted on the system as so successfully adopted on t he Continent , legally established as a medium for the introduction pfboth sexes unknown tetach other , who are desirous of en tering into matrimony , and who may rely on strict honour and secrecy . None but respectable parties negotiated with . Applicants may sign by initial or otherwise . i ull particulars , with printed forms of application , lUts of agents , and instructions , sent free , on receipt of six post stamps by IIogo Berebfobd , Esq ., Secretary . Registrars Offices , Lincoln ' s Inn Field Chambers , and 2 , Portsmouth-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London . Note . —Communications from the continentand abi oad promptly answered . Unpaid letters refused .

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      LETTERS FOR WORKING MEN . No . XVI . — Emigration . 10 THE EDITOR OF THE STAR OF FREEDOM . Sib , —I find the following in your paper of last Saturday : — "Would that their spirit ( the spirit of . those whom Kelson com * manned , who rivalled each other in ' self-sacrifice * for the safety , the welfare of 0 : d England )—would that their spirit of self-sacrifice , of devotion to duty , animated the mass of the existing generation of Englishmen . * o « * » The paramount duty is before all to straggle for the obtainment of their political freedom .

      To regenerate the Democratic cause , to lay the foundations of a popular organisation , pnre aud powerful , it is requisite that all those who consort in union should be animated by the unalterable resolution ' to allow no tolerance to falsehood in an ; shape or form , or tinder any pretext -whatever f that they cultivate among them a spirit of chivalry which shall weld them together as brothers of one sacred band , bound to standby each other to the death . - * And that they act under the inspiration of an Apostolic sense of duty , which f hall fear no peril and shrink from no toil . Jfoble words these , Sir , and most thoroughly I assent to them . Bat what 1 b the meaning alongside of them of your editorial * Let's Emigrate ?'

      I sti not one of those who make light of the sufferings of the working classes . When whole families of hard working men mast subsist upon four shillings and sixpence a week in 'Merry Carlisle , ' —when even these are not the worst off of the slaves of Free Trade , the Anarch , —one must indeed be callous , if one could be go unjust as to blame these sufferers because they cannot grow upon four shillings and sixpence a week to the full dignity of Martyrdom . I know what men suffer ; I know how that suffering must deteriorate the best among them ; I cannot find it in my heart to blame , to speak harshly of him who flers such debasement . But I do not the less see

      that flight is a debasement ; I will not , therefore , pretend that duty can bo made to ' harmonise' with destrtian . I leave such quibbles to the sophists—a race , I am sorry to say , very much increasing among us , and including some whom we had looked to for honester guidance . "What , Sir ! has the duty of self , sacrifice to do witli the splendid chance' of forming a deserters' republic in Australia ? What has the spirit of self-sacrifice for the safety and welfare of Old EngJandin common with the spirit that would seek * room , plenty , and leisure , ' at the greatest possible distance from Old England ? When men faint upon a long march , I do not blame them ; when the weary

      lie down to die in their despair , I pity them ; when well-intentioned cowards run away , or men once brave but now panic-stricken slip out of the ranks , I am sorry for them too , and some pity mingles with the condemnation which justice has for all shortcomings ;—but I will not talk of such men as worthy to wear the beautiful garlands of fraternity , nor at-1 eupt to justify their short-comings , their failings , ¦ with any bewildered jargon of how much better it is to run away than to bend the divinity within us at the shrine of our four-fold tyranny . ' Understand that I do not blame the intention of organising together those who have left or who are about to leave

      England . Let us part at least kindly with those who will not , or often ( it may be ) cannot , stay with us to the last ; let us even help them to where they may have ' room , plenty , and leisure ; ' and if we can make men to whose ignorance or weakness these thini s are more important than the duty of devotion , if we can make such men apostles of progress even at the easiest end of the world , let us by all means do so . But let us be careful that our words aud works ba not mistaken . Let no man think that we take emigrant to be synonymous with faro , or self-seeker , even under the most extenuating circumstances , to have the same meaning as martyr . And do not

      think that it is only your article which induces me to say this . Your article does but indirectly remind me ( for I give you credit for higher wishes in your teaching ) of the necessity of protesting against the sophisms with which men are misled upon this subject , —when M- Cat ) et organises desertion—when M . Blanc would persuade us that duty is only the harmonising of self-love and social- —when Mr . Holyoake can find nothing in duty except a sense of interest , and when a prominent writer in your own paper would iustify selfishness as a true principle of human nature . It is not because of Borne acts , but much teaching , that I feel called upon to protest . Once protesting before , I

      was reminded of the Puritans fleeing into America , The Puritans , I reply , were not patriots in their flight They vindicated an individual right . They cared for individual conscience . It was no question of patriotism . When the question of patriotism came before tliem , they went not to America to solve it . They fi-ught it out upon English soil . Again , I say , while the question is one only of a man ' s interest ( if you can 60 narrow it , ) or only of a man ' s personal rights , he may decide it to his liking . It it is for him to choose Australia , Patagonia , or Nauvoo . But when thp question is one of duty ( of course referring only to those who have duties ) an honest man will

      decide not at all upon selfish or personal grounds , but upon patriotic or human tarian . I suppose he might reason thus with himself : —« J am an Englishman , to whom heroic fathers have bequeathed a special interest in this England , binding me to care that it be rid of Tyrants , cleansed of wrong and misery , and made fit for a dwelling-place and home of divinest Freedom . Dare I leave it to the wolves ? Dare I leave unclean things to foul the tombs of my sires ? Dare I betray the trust reposed in me ? Dare I

      desert the station on which 1 am placed ? How would my fathers have acted here ? True , to remain here will cost me my life—far more than life . What then ? Wha' has that to do with duty ? Life , and room for life , and plenty and leisure , aud splendidest chances in tne exremitie 3 of the world , —these are not duty . These have nothing to do with duty . 1 have a duty or I have not . If I have , let me not ask the cost ; let me not desert , be it ever so costly . If 1 have no duty—well , it is perhaps fitting that such an one should geek companions in * the gold diggings . *

      With our Hudsons at the top , and our gold-seekers at bottom , with our orthodox priests of mammon and reforming atheistical deifiera of interest , methinks the whole horde of us might as well pack up for the penal settlements , and leave the graves of the worthies of Old England unsoiled by the disgrace of 'Englishmen . ' Oh ic is sa

      country s glory , as to make a refuge for their cowardice , out of hearing of the echoes of the prophecies of England ' s youth . Oh ! thou blind Milton , life devoted Hnmpden , unflinching Elliot , and stern enduring , conquering Cromwell—have those for whom yourexampleswere given—have your countrymen and children no hope but to organise an emigration to Australia ? Who says thei e is no hope ? There is hope . But the faith that upholds hope ? Where ? Spartacus .

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      THE ORIGIN AND PiUll'HRriES OF THE "CAP OF LIBERTY . " The ancient Romans generally « ent with their heads bare , or covered them with the corners of their toeaor robes . Cffizer , hiving a ball head , cnvrn-d it with laurels . Indeed the ancients when either old or infirm , induced themselves « ith wearme a cap . As age was then hononrftfm 2 h b'"C ame In «* s of honour ; as none could then be deemed hononra-. ie « ho wera not free , the cap , b ; dg-S « m « ? me the bld ? e tf free ( 1 ° 5 «* < hetf a slave ' " ^ ZtZZZJSi" * *™ «» " ** ™

      common in its texture , and of a wSiiti , h colour . It is in the form of naugar louf broad at the bottom , ending like a cone , pis prefigures that freodom stands on the broad basis of humanity ; and it runs up to a pyramid , the erahelm of eternity , to show it ouaht to last for ever . It i * simple for Liberty is . la itself , the most sh'nin £ orn . ment of man ' It hath m > gilded trapping- , which but too often mark the livery Of despot sm . It is made of woul , to rf .-i . ify ti . at Libert ? is ihs birth ri ght of the s-epherd » s well :. s of tie senator ] - and that although shepherds may lawfully sheer the sheep tney protect , they ouaht noi to skin them . that b *\ ne the employment of the butchers . Liatly . the Cap of Liherrv is «« „ t ' . L DatITe coloar of ' " ° n'K'y d - This ' degloss , unspotted by f * cr on . n nnsta- el l . y tyranny .

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      • uM cL ter f ? . 'nOnrs bare re ° " UttManfrnople on the S . oand , ^ ° ? muUOus wbieh l are broken out in S , ° Se ^ w j £ T ' I !> laild ° f Ganil ' - The ful 1 34 » sKal , nnn » & ? ^ ***»«•» . but it appear * the *» Chri > Cf £ t ^ h n ave braved in . amou-ly toward * vernnr . wi , ^ j , ™ F f of a " tin * efforts of tho civil gomantty . The Turk .. « f I ?" P rese »™ of mind and luge W , « ., < ; hf of that id-nd oppo-e thems-Uea to «* same , qu , Ht , « , / & "" T nl'J «*• <> f tfce S . ihauon ? h * 1 ^ * " **** ' WJ » PrS ""' It . lh * wmmmd of a the ^ urreetum ha , not b ^ S . ^ JS . "* ^

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      Ailen is about the most painful tragedy we ever heard of . Had the scoundrels by whom she was bo atrociously outraged simply robbed and murdered her , their crime would have been not nearly so infernal . Had they even concluded their atrocity by slaying her upon the spot , there would have been a dash of mercy in their villany . Reader , imagine , if you can , the intolerable anguish of this unhappy being—how very a hell this life must have been to her during days and weeks ere despair gave her resolution to reach the solace of the tomb by the terrible means of

      selfslaughter ! And shall there be no retribution for such suffering ? Shall no adequate punishment light upon this woman ' s murderers—for blackest of murderers they were ? Is Justice asleep ; or do her representatives imagine that the ' crowner ' s queBt ' verdict has sufficiently disposed of this matter ? In that county of Nottingham certain justices of the peace , certain game-preserving feudal aristocrats , hunt for poachers as a Cuban planter hunts for runaway slaves , by unloosing bloodhounds on their scent —cannot these swift-footed ministers of vengeance

      trace out the wretches by whom Charlotte Allen has been driven to hide her terrible sorrows in the grave ? To allow such criminals to escape the pun . iehment demanded by their crimes is to outrage Humanity , and brand upon the Nation ' s forehead the stigma of ineffaceable guilt and shame . Last Monday at one of the Metropolitan Police Offices , George Todb aud Alfred Weston , ' two ruffianly looking fellows , ' were charged along with four or five similar ruffians , who unfortunately effected their escape , with havipg assaulted three young women , with intent , &c , in Victoria Park , on Monday morning . One of the young women was suddenly surrounded by six or seven men ;—we must quote the remainder of her-evidence : —

      Todd seized her , and exerted all his forco to throw hor to the ground , but she struggled with them and screamed loudly for assistance , upon which he dealt her tuch a violent Wow in the face as to knock out one of her te < -th , and , having at length forced her to the ground ; pulled up her clothes and flung them over her head . Two of the men in succession , though which she could not tell , then attemp-ed to commit what waa until lately a capital offence , but by violent struggling she succeeded in resisting them , and having got her clothes from over her face > he > found Toild and Weston close to her , the latter of whom was grasping her tightly by one of her hands

      to prevent her helping herself . The others ' then held her while Weston endeavoured to perpetrate the same offence , but one of her female friends entreated the men to desist from their brutality as the witness was in the familjway , and the whole of the gang then left her and con menced an attack of a similar infamous nature upon one of the other young women , and the witness , upon being released , ran shrieking away fur the assistance of the police , one cif whom > hnrtly after came up , and the whole » f the men then fled in different directions , sill of them . escaping wiih the exception of the two prisoners .

      This evidence was confirmed by witnesses—two youths who . happened to be at hand and witnessed the outrages . The prisoners were remanded . It would be a mere waste of words to comment on this case . The heart of every man , worthy of the name , must swell with indignation at the thought of the unmanly and beastly conduct of these ruffians . This evil is increasing . It is utterly unsafe for any decent woman to travel high-road or by-road in the country , and there is equal danger in the outskirts of even the largest towns . It is palpable that for scoundrels of the Todd and Weston stamp the law

      has lost its terrors . The punishment of mere imprisonment is mocked at , and to be transported has come to be regarded as a rather pleasant and decidedly cheap mode of conveyance to 'the diggings . ' It follows that the laAv is powerless to protect women from these prowling vampires . Suub being the case either women must , for safety ' s sake , confine themselves to their homes , or men , worthy of the name , must take this matter into their own hands . A terrible remedy—but even Lynch Law is preferable to no law at all , or to that law which affords no protection to the innocent , and strikes no terror to tho hearts of the wicked .

      There may be some over-delicate persons who will object to the subject matter of this article being treated of in our editorial columns , and who may specially object to the evidence we have quoted as being unfit to meet the eye , &c . ' To such we answer that we have not chosen this subject a 8 one to our liking ; it has been forced upon us by an imperative sense of duty . The moral rottenness we have denounced is a horrible leprosy , to tolerate which i ^ to invite national destruction . To occupy space with such a subject is to us a painful and most disagreeable task ; but one that by our mission we are

      bound not to repudiate . All but the most loathsome and brutal wretches must concur with us , that the protection of the female portion of society from ineuU and outrage is an indispensable duty : and will unite with us in demanding that that duty be rigidly performed . If the Law is powerless to do justice upon such as Todd and Westoiin , and upon the miscreants who drove Charlotee Allen to despair and death , society—apart from its rulers and managers--must take the law into its own hands , and make law equal to the intolerable character of the evil , and the pressing necessity for a remedy .

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      CO-OPERATION , AND ITS CONFERENCE . Our readers may have heard of that American Editor who , being thoroughly disgusted with the notorious Gorham case , instead of treating his subscribers to a dissertation on the subject , favoured them with the following epigramatic soliloquy in the column usually devoted to leading articles , — ' The Gorham case again , nothing but tho Gorham case , Darn the Gorham case ! ' This somewhat expresses our feelings toward the recent elections , of which we are sick and weary , and are glad to turn away from such a juggle to something real and earnest , and practical ,

      such as we can trace in the present associative endeavour to release Labour from the murderous tyranny of Capital , and the terrible strife of illimitable Competition . However we may differ with the political views of the gentlemen who are the promoters of the present Co-operative movement , we are irresistably compelled to pay tribute to their worm- hearttdnesg in stepping from their rank in Bociety to do battle in the cause of trampled Labour and suffering Humanity , and the earnestness they have shown in still holding on with fearless faith and untiring eeal under the most unscrupulous attacks of a hireling Press . It is a grand sign to see men willing to sacrifice balf

      their established reputation to think freel y , and cheerfully reudy to sacrifice the other half to be allowed to speak what they think , and carry it out in action ! And we are not unmindful of what these men have done and suffered for the Working Classes , in whose name we thank them ! It ia owing to their labours that the Co-operative movement is progressing bo successfull y—and it is owing to them that it is ripe enough to have held its first Parliament ; the proceedings of which were reported in our last number . It is owing to their exertions that we have some signs of life and healthy action amongst us , which is worth much , amid this fossilising stagnation ; almost any vitality being better than the cold darkness , and rottenness of death ; and better do we deem one night in earnest

      spent battle , than a month of prayer and waiting for deliverance . The Conference , of which we purpose saying a few words , was a true Labour Parliament , and a right good and noble one . If this wa 8 » fa ' sample of the kind of Parliament which ™ e Working Classes would return with Universal Suffrage , pray God it may occupy St . Stephen ' s speedil y . One of the principal causes for calling this t-0-operative Conference waB the passing of the New Industrial and Provident Societies' Act , which to a large extent legalises Association . This was a matter of rejoicing for the friends of Co-operation , and will doubtless tend to make the progress of the associative principle much more rapid than heretofore . Working Men can now associate under the protection of the law . No one can rob his fellow associates with

      impunity , nor can customers incur debts with the old chance of escaping from payment . The combinations ° f ' . e Woi'ker 6 for -the purposes of production and distribution , are now acknowledged , admitted within the court of judicature , and considered ' respectable . ' The want of such a law hitherto has been felt to be a great obstacle in the way . as Working Men generally w < re not found willing to work together and trust each other merely on a bond of moral socurityhave

      they been so often deceived , through the ius » ances of violated trust iti the present Co-opera'ive movement have been remarkably few , considering the opportunity . However , they can now co-nperate without the fears they once had , and let them remember that all the Parliaments in the world canuot free them from hatred , suspicion , nnd distrust of one another , if they have them . They must make a law unto themselves for that purpose . There is one clause in which the new Law falls short of the meaaure required . It is , that every member in association will be held responsible for all liabilities , instead of

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      each person having his limited share . But , though this may to some extent prevent Capitalists from risking their money and responsibility in associative undertakings , it should not deter good men and true from co-operating . All the existing Associations and Registered Companies are working under unlimited liability , and it is strange if the Working Classes cannot work together in as good faith as the Middle Classes repose in each other . We find an enemy to the cause twitting Vansittart Neale on his improved Co-operation , and taking credit for having inspired that gentleman with the idea of Associations capitalising as much of their profits as possible . He mav not be aware that Mr . Vansittart Neale

      drew up the model code of Co-operative laws two years ago , in which he recommended that one-third of the nett profits should be set aside for tV . e further extension of Co-operation . What the Conference took in hand it did well , with excellent sound sense , practical wisdom , and an admirable unanimity of feeling ; but , we are not satisfied that it accomplished all that was desirable or necessary . The proposition ' whether any and what steps Bhould be taken by the Co . operative Associations to enter into connexion with other bodies which are not directly Co-operative in their character , ' was indirectly blinked and evaded . Nor do we think that the work delegated to the

      Cooperative Executive is all that is required to be done by such a body for the unity and strengthening of the Co-operative movement . However , our quarrel is not because we are not Co-operative , but that we are more Co-operative—not that the Co-operators have done what they have , but because they have done no more . We heartily wish them good speed and shall fight their battle against the common enemy . We will fling in our mite of aid with any honest attempt to emancipate even the few from the grinding tyranny of Capital . Any healthy movement is to be preferred to apathetic suffering and dumb stagnation . Something may be done , and much may be learned

      in Co-operative associations . If a Republic of the Workshops be established it is a good initiation for self government in the National Republic of our Future . If we obtain but a glimpse of the beauty and blessing of Brotherhood , it may cheer and hearten us in our struggle to translate the grand idea of Fraternity into our every-day life , both individual and national Co-operation , even on a small scale wil 1 marshal us the way wo have to go because if we had accomplished the political , revolution , we have still

      the great old societary evil to conquer—we have still the fight with Competition ! Wo have still to combat Capital with all its means and resources to boot ; And this can only be done by Co-operation , the political stage being a fairer vantage-ground for us to co-operate upon . Therefore we are Co-operators to-day , anxious to begin to build up the Co-operative life , and deem it the incumbent duty of all political reformers to support this movement with their sympathies , and wherever it is practicable , to deal in none other than the Co-operative Market .

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      THE EXPULSION OF VICTOll HUGO FROM BELGIUM .

      In all ages , in all countries , with every class of men , there has been one virtue exalted abovo all other virtues , and most religiously adhered to under all aud every circumstance . That virtue is hospitality , which has just been so grossly outraged by the expulsion of Victor Hugo from Belgium . Victor Hugo was a member of the French Legislative Assembly previous to December . As a poet , a romanist , and a journalist , his name was familiar to all Europe long before . In the tribune of the Legislative Assembly his fiery earnestness , and his words of burning patriotism , as he eloquently pleaded the cause of the people , rendered his name

      dearer than ever to bis countrymen , and more renowned and respected iVirywhire as one of the most noble and talented defenders of the Republic , When theRepublic and Liberty was finally overthrown by the traitous Bonaparte in December , he was compelled to leave his country—that country for whose freedom and progress he had so nobl y striven —and to take up his abode in the land of the stranger . He was a guest that any free nation , and the worthy government of any free nation , would have delighted to honour . And such would have delighted to honour him all the more that he wa 9 unfortunate , that he had come forth defeated from his generous struggle with despotism—with the enemy of his country ' s liberty , and of the happiness of all

      humanity . It has not been so with the ' liberal' government of Belgium . Our readers know that that government has already shown itself unworthy of the confidence of the Belgian people—unworthy to occupy the position of the forlorn hope of continental freedom . Preaching conciliation , it has shown an ignorance of the best interests of the nation it has been called upon to g' » vfrn , and can less of every consideration except that of its own peace and safety ; it has repeatedl y dragged the national name and the national honour in the mire . We have seen how it truckled to the

      Burrounding despotisms , how it meanly did the bidding of the infamous bandit who has surprised Franco in her sleep , and bound her in chains . We have seen , how , in obedience to the dictum of Louis Bonaparte , it has repeatedly violated the most sacred rights of hospitality , and made the most atrocious , though happily unsuccessful attempts upon the freedom of the presB ; and now it has filled to the brim its cup of iniquity and shame , by driving from the Belgian shores the French patriot and poet , wl o had sought an asylum from the pursuit of the base and blood-thirsty tyrant that holds his fatherland in thrall .

      But wha t crime has Victor Hugo committed to merit expulsion from the land in which be ha-i Bought a refuge ? For a work which had not yet appeared , the name of which alone was known , and that name announcing no attack upon the constituted a uthorities of Belgium , and nothing contrary to the laws . The book is entitled « Napoleon the Little , ' and will M . Rogier himself pretend that Louis Bonaparte is otherwise than little in everything but crime ?

      This act of basest servility towards the French usurper will only tend to hasten the complete and final ruin of the Belgian Government . It would be a-matter of small regret , and no regret , indeed , if it could bring ruin and shame upon the Belgian Government only . Unfortunately , it is not bo . It will certainly bring shame upon the Belgian nation , and they may esteem themselves happy if it do not aid in accomplishing their ruin as well . Every symptom of cowardice or weakness , every act of meanness , every deviation tram the straight path of principle , is a blow aimed at Bol « ian independance and Belgian freedom . Constitu tional Be l gium cannot exist except as a representative of the European peoples , with the

      sympathies and the determination of these peoples to uphold her , and as a protest against the lawless and overwhelming despotism of the continent . She is not needed or desired hv C < xs ; ickism , or Grace of God' Kingcraft . She ' must determine , and that quickly and firmly , to stand by the peoples , or ehe will perish . Should she forget her duty , and attempt to attach herself to any or all of ih * " despo tisms of the continent , her doom is fixed ; ! hey ne . d her not as a handmaid , and if she will not he wise and the enemy of the foes of human freedom , she shall assuredl y be dev ^ ured . We mourn for Belgium , hurried along the path of destruction b y her imbecile rulers , but we have reason to be proud that our country has become the refuge oF one more of the noble combattants for European freedom . r

      We could wish that the residence among us of these our brother workers from other lands were not alto , get her useloss to our own people . Wo think tlm * without ceasing to labour for the re-eit-Ouishmen : liberty in their own countries , it would bo neither uuwise nor unprofitable for them to lend us their aid in i i r ? y WOrk of rege"ewting the British people . Wo do not demand this of them as a right in return for the protection thev receive . Had thev been

      treated as they ought to have been , and as they would have been had our ou-n people been really enlightened and free , as brothers and as martyrs to the Great Cause of humanity , wll worthy of every comfort we could bestow upon them , we would have done only our simplest duty and no mure . But we have yet fuith in this Britain of ours , in its children , and in their capabilities for improvement , and we would therefore cull upon these exiles to come forwani , as some of them have already done , and show their sympathies for , and aid us in redeeming , the British

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      people from their present selfish apathy ho ^ TT" *" we have awoke in the minds of 2 ' ™ aa 8 at i vheQ 5 n / I the energy fcE * ^ ve of £ tv 2 ° forefathers , we may be enabled to assist IS ? ? bre hren ia the destruction of tyranny'L ^ n S * gn tabliahment of univeraal freedom . ' U the e& *

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      POLITICS AT THE DOWN ASSIZE * RKCOHD COURT . " ( Before Baron Greene . ) SK- ** - « to ,-J » , l c ' anfeii , S& ' aft . •' Counsel for defendant-IIenw H t « Solicitors-Messrs . Murland and Neilson » > Es ( l- > < kC .

      iSKffiSHff laoH bW ^ " ° P f > ask me if "Lro't ? 0 in thi * tart I to which question m ansvvcr ^ f ^ J Cjj . ^ f ^ S ^ A ^ Sz tS ^ * «• n ^ avS ^^ £ r ^^ A 2 l tUbe court and , hSr ^ f ^ ° ap P « « which , I hope , and expect , thaty ou will H T you . <» time I have tho pleasure of meffi you "k m ° tho »»* to . A Chartist he i 8 , & 2 &sSZl f ? , ^ utmost of his power , to secure , afuU fS , " h aids ' ^ presentation of the people in the CommSi £ ° mpIeto ro " liament ; and whose motto « -. VyOmmons House of par . »» a » b , ,. i ;; , KfL - ouBw . " £ « s&ra&r&& 5 ffi- " * i » ¦ * of Par iamanf . « nJ iu . « aims 01 tne Jvinir t . ha u . / . _ - >

      .. „ . „ . „„ , UUB representatives of tfm fn . 1 US 2 . That every ma o inhabitant nrm , c Co"imon 8 . persons exeepted ) , is by the 2 ws of Qodw ( iusanQ sss . choosing * ws&Si y sssia ; 42 ^^^^ 4 . That to soouro real reDre ^ nttf ^ ¦ . , representation , the reiSSf Zit" ? " ' irlw * tho electors , the parliaments Sbo tnil 7 nrf « ° aentatives T shall bo paid annual , and the repre-A ^»/ SSo ^ Sf to ^ 3 lv r ishaWo » gion of any other man . ' a 11 m lotion tho reli-. 6 . That he who is not a Chattkt ;¦ , Q ; n profits by tho evils of misru ^ or t' L \ ? ° r a k , * and reason make no impression . oo [ um wllom f acts Dublin , 2 nd August , 1852 . PATRIC& O'HIGGINS . -Romthe Frtornxn ' t Journal . FATAL ACCIDENT IN TUE BlUSTOT on \ vvur i ; An accident of a very distressing charaS . tK ^ iivcb uul 1

      were jos& , occurred in the RrUfn ! n , n .. i T ' SSKflBM- MK ?* f ^^ Tli-ictSS ^ XWA-aj s . ^ with the view of returning to Clevedon thp fifth Z ¦ ' with some friends at Wesfon and eX ° " eBtg teBfffi of returning to Clevedon , via the Bristol and ExeSfi way , by an early train the fullomne mornin , ** ? £

      ° a \ T . amC nJShta * ail was picked upatClovedon KnlO ? MOnd , ? -V ° V , > and ha ' 3 were w fonnd 2 S 5 K ' «« tance of about two miles from Clevedon . The young men not-having yet made their appearance it was conjectured that some accident had happened m the management of the boat , by which they had all me » untimely end , and boats were despatched from Cievcdon on Tuesday , and Wednesday to search for th * hod ; .. -nZ ms

      K 5 n V « "e ^ e T" 5 meu washed on "bore at 3 rcK &e v edl . nday eVeUillBl a " ™ taken * " »

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      M . Victor IJiTGO . -On Wednesday evening M . Victor Hugo left the Waterloo station for Jersey , by the eieht 0 clock mail train , after a stay in L . ndon of three day « Driven from Prance for the free expression of his opinions concerning the coup d ' etat , in his pamphlet , entitled" Napoleon le Petit , M . Hugo took refuge in Beleium ; but , fearful of giving offence to the President , the Belgian government politely requested him to proceed upon his journey and , accordingly , on Monday morni ig , he arrived in Loudon , and took up bis abode at an insignificant little tarem , m Queen-street , Windmill-street , called toe Hotel de Notraandus . Dunn ? his short stay , M . Hugo , unlike man ? other political refugees , seemed rather to avoid than to court the pubho gaze ; and . although he dined every day at tne table d hote of the hotel , his prasenoe was there known CO ilTj . 1 des the Ulual frequenters of the house . This table d hote ia constantly frequented by French artis's aud such ^ exiled litterateurs as , not havine enounh assurance tn

      Wain an entree to the tables of wealthy lion-hunters , are led by necessity or r y inclination to seek its modest and inexpensive hospitality ; and to witness the earnest and respectful demeanour with which these gentlemen conducted themselves towards M . Hugo was a touching spectacle . On Wednesday morning , . at breakfast , the Hotel de Norooandirt was visited by M . Louis Blanc , who came to pay his respects to the exiled poet . M . Hugo ig accompanied in his wanderings by his younger son , a fine handle young feilnw , of atiout three or four and tweniy . A Manufacturer and a Bailiff cummittbd fob Feloxj —Joseph Winterbottom , a cotton yarn manufacturer , was charged before the Huddersfield magistrates on S"ur day hist , with having , on the 20 th ult ., at Ilnddersfield , telonious y removed three sk pi of cops and bobbin-, and twenty bundles of cotton yam , the property of Mr . I < nac bimpson , warehouseman and cotton spinner , of Manchester aud . Preston ; and John Cropper , a bailiff , was charged

      witn aiding and abett-me . Winterbottom recently occupied t » o mills at Roxton and about two months a ? o , became the occupier of the Ap » ley miM , n ar Hmidersfi-ld . Winterbottom had dealt extensivel y w th the pvo ^ uut . r , and became indebted to him for £ 1 , 204 17 s . 5 . ) . In security for the payment of ithis or any further sum up to £ 1 , 400 , a deed was recently drawn up , by which the prisoner .-. ssigned over all his goons and effects to the prosecutor . The principal was to » e paid not later than the 1 st of January , 1855 , or on demand ; interest to be payable on the amount oue . In tt-fault of pajment at the time specified nr on demand , Mr . w np 3 On W * B empowered to enter and take possession . Winterbottom had furnished an inventory of the goods and effects of the Apsley Mill , in which they were estimated as worth

      £ 1 , 905 , but a discrepancy being discovered between their real and estimated value , tlm deed was iimnrtiiately executed . On the 23 , d ultimo , the prisoner , statin * "im-BtilV unable to meet t > ie demand serreil npuii him , possession was taken , ind the prisoner Cropper , a Miff in tho service of Mr . N « wton , sheriff ' s officer , of Manchester , was left in charge of the premises . On the following Monday morn , ing , with the consent and assistance of Croppvr , the articles auoro named were removed by railway to M-nichertor , by Winterbottom , and consigned to Messrs . Wiiitolio d and Wilcock , cotton spinners , who , however , refused to receive them . Information having been received by the prosecuior , Winterbottom and Cropper were taken intocu > toily . Mr . Fret-man ontbohalf . ot Winteibottom , contentleil that the prosecutor was not leeallv in oossession . inasmuch i » the

      deed was conditional and not absolute . The iiiiigiatrutep . however , being advised by tho clerk that the possession was legal , committed tine prsiom-rs for trial at the York As .-ixea . Bail was ucoej t d for th . > prisoners , iiulieir own recognizances of £ 150 eacli and two surefios nf £ 75 . Testimonial to Mr . Gkorge Thompson . —A . meeting of Mr . T hompson s friends in th « Tower Ihrnlem to «« P ace on Wednesday evening at the British Institution , Cowpersreet , tor the purpose of considering on the presentation ol a suitable testimonial to their late representative , in approval •» f his services in the cause ot civil aud religious freedom-Thefollovfinn resolution was adopted :- " Tiiaith * suggestion of Mr . C . B . Wi'lnnm , that Mr . Tliomp-on ^ ouW be presented with a freehold house within the 'inii ts «» ' tlie To ver Hamlets , would bo a suitable and proper mode of expressing the high esieem and warm attachment entertained towards that gentleman oy a large majority of the eteciorB aud nun-electors of the boiough , ami otiiei tnends of human freedom ; and this meeting pledgeiiself : ou » e its utmost efforts to carry sucU suggestion into tffoct"

      . . „ . , Death of Count D'Orsat . —T ho celebrated Count D'Orsay expir-d on W' - 'im-gnaj at his residence in Parif , after many weeks of painful illness . ,. , Death of I ' ohv J . uakkot . —This celebrated artist oieu at Pans on W -inesday last The . New Cbystal Palace —The first column of tho New Crystal Palace was raised at Svdenliam on Tuutsday with great ceremony and much speuch-m ^ kini . Dkath of Mr . Ujungbr , M . P . fir Durham Cm . —We uave to rncovd tue deaili of Mr . Granger , ihe member for the city ot Durham . The mela-ichoiy event t . ok place lit York on Thursday , very su . ide : ily . Another Fatal Accidkxt on the London and North \ Ve 8 thrn Railway . —We regret to announce ihe occurrence on Timrsd » y or anoth-r aceide . it on Mie northern di « - Hion of the London a > . d North-Wesiem Rii'way , hy whicn . the lite of an engine driver \ m been sHcrif ^ ed , and ilw ° ' . 8 t iker placed in jeupardy . Full pariicuUrs will appear m our wcori' 1 edition .

      COMMBNCEUKNT OP TUB OYSTER SEASON . -The OV St ^ neaiion c < iuuirnue > l on Wedutwiar , bui the ceremonies will } whica ( he opening of ihe market m-A to be celebrate " , ««•" wli'ch have uflnje * ears bteu falling into disuse , were ent rely 'iiscominutd . Critical sta t * of thk Public Health— The weekly rcpurt ol me Registrar G- er « l , j . mt i < s » urd , iiulira es a g eai prevalence of di trri : 03 . i , and ihe importune ; ul pruinpv le-KMvse to medical aid . > i . umbrr » f vessels which passed the Snund in the first Bixmoinhs ,, f the p-esent year amounted to 6 . 636 , being JJ 6 less thm iu ibe curretpuiifliiig period oi 1851 shipbuilding in LivtRPouL — la u yard on the west sul © ui lirnn . wi , .- K Doo « , rhtt keel .. t a vessel .. f upwards ot 2 WV tons has b-en laid . Wht-n completed vhe wi . l ba the la > 8 «« merch « u .. nat eVrr built in En ad

      .... K . li en -The tow ., of K . l ^ oh , tho destruction of which ' 5 hi ,- * e aniKKnuuil in ,, ur i-st , accurniiiir to H'O la «* een . ^ ns , coi . tat . eii .- . bout 670 nou « eaa . < l 11 , 000 inli » l"t « nt 8 , a « i-i a oons ' . i . re . i one of Hie principal pi . i . es of Russian AOJaod ia point of mercantile opulence nnd trade ,

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      < & ¦ All communications for the Editor must be addressed to No . 4 , Brunswick-row , Queen ' s-square , Bloomsbury , Londen . OtDimr . —John Malench ' an Oldhnm Charti-f writes tliat If p . P ox was not thrown outoi'the representation of Oldham in consequence ° » »} Mi conduct in Parliament , but by an unprincipled coalition of snam Radicals and Tories . " ana the intimidation of organised bands , _ engaged by the man who employed the notorious Gifford , and paid with gold , but not from California or Australia , but from the vale of Todmorden . ' In direct opposition to the above , we received , just as we were Rom * to press , a letter signed 'Thomas H Ikyand , ' which , at the request of the writer , we wou'd have given in full , but for its length , and that it is written on both sides ot the paper . The pur ort of the letter is . that the factory workers , far from regardinp Mr . Fox as a 3 nppnrter of the Ten Hours'Bill , ' aro wholly against him for his duplicity , and for having been a tool and a cat = paw to the notorious John Bright . ' Mr . H quotes several an « iv > npu ' ar TOte 8 ' R ' Tt ; n h . v Mr - F ° x > n Parliament , and adds : ~~' , could have wished tt have been able to return such a man as Mr . Aewton , whom you recomra-nd to our notice , but the influence of boih the iron-mastrrs and Whig cotton-lords is so powerful , that we should not have a shadow of a chance of returning him , as they sera determined to have their pet tool , Fox . and no other , in spite of all opposition that can be mustered a-jainst them . ' Walter Saondersos , Gallishiels . —Your valuable suggestions are u ider consideration . G . J . Holtoake . Received . John Aesott is requested to call upon Mr . G . J . Holjoake . G . F . Chambeblain , Korwich . in reference to certain remarks in a recent letter of « L'Ami duPeuple ' on the conduct of the people in the late General Election , urges that the working classes of Aorwich did their amy by overthrowine the Tories , and—in spite of corruption—securing the return of MeFsrs . ? etoand Warner . We have not room for G . F . C . 's letter in fuli T . SitTESTEB . Hanley .-Received . Noro m . J . More , Darlington . —We regret we could not make use of your J 6 ttGI *« M l ' lld RECEIV £ 0 F 0 * TDE Kefdgees - —c - Seagrave , Farnham , 1 ^ The first quarterly meeting of the Democratic Re fugee Committee will be held on Monday evening n » xt . August 9 th , at eight o clock , at the Institution , Jobn-street , Fitzroy-Equare .

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      2 Fo © omjspottlicttts .

      The Star Of Freedom. Satpbdar, Atgvst », 1853.

      THE STAR OF FREEDOM . SATPBDAr , ATGVST » , 1853 .

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      OUTRAGES OK WOMEN . When we read of the Savage Indian imposing upon his partner of the weaker sex that toil and drudgery . which should properly be performed by the male sex , we congratulate ourselves that in England women have outgrows that state of vassalage . "When we hear of the Turk confining his wife , or wiveB , to the jealously guarded seclusion of the Harem , we take credit to ourselves for the nobler estimate and worthier treatment accorded to women in this country . When we peruse the harrowing record of Hindoo barbarism , as exhibited in the burning alive of the widow with the inanimate body of her deceased hua- , band , we sicken at the disgusting folly of Priescraft ' s Slaves . Like the Pharisee in the Temple , we thank God we are not like unto others ! Here Woman ' s true position is universally acknowledged ; the protector of our infancy , the guardian of our childhood , the idol of our youth , the cherished partner of our manhood , the solacing friend of our old age ; our joy in health , our comfort in affliction ; the beneficieut guardian of our footsteps from the cradle to the death-bed ; the artist ' s ideal , the poet ' s inspiration ; the civilieer of our rugged nature ; the pride and boast of our native land ! Vain vaunting ! with which we strive to cheat ourselves and impose upon the world . The occupied factory and the deserted home ; the thronging troops of prostitutes in our streets ; the brutal outrages to which women are habitually subjected by their ignorant , drunken , and ruffianl y husbands ; and the still more atrocious crimes of which females are the victims , testify that even in England Woman is not yet freed and secured from vassalage , degradation , suffering , and cruel wrong . The assize and police reports continuall y teem with accounts of the most savage assaults and the most horrible atrocities committed upon women and these classes of offences seem to be rapidly increa ' sine . It cannot be concealed that England ' s Christian (!) and civilised (!) population includes amass of wretches , high and low , compared with whom tatooed savages are gentlemen .

      We have been led to make these remarks in consequence of perusing a horrible story which appeared in a portion of our impression of last Saturday , and which our country readers will find in this week ' s paper . On the 2 nd ult Mrs . Chaklotte Allen , a woman' well known and respected' in the village of Hucknall—Torkard , —celebrated as being the burial place of the great poet , Byron , —committed suicide ? under very distressing circumstances . ' For some time she had been suffering in health and spirits , aud had on more than one occasion been heard to exclaim , that ' She bad more trouble upon her mind than she could bear , and that she should some day or other make away with herself . ' Passing over some particulars we come to the cause of her trouble as communicated by her to a witness . S e " <« at , ? tti " * » be Monday before last EaRter , and wont to Radfovdstatum tocome J . omeby the train , but . a > to \) late . She tMit back to Nottanghra . intending t « get home by the carrier , but wastooUteforhima-so , n consi . qaellpe f , ^ „ , ^|« walk . On reaching tbeCro ^ lane-. udsti . ree men stopped her and atte nfline her pockets one of . hem threw her downfund , Ke O h-rr . stance , succeeded in violntinj ; her person . Tie deceased ended herstory by stating , h t she h * lh « d Pee ? ain dtaase * ver T h « '" »* ' «*«•« " ««* to tell her husband , bu Mrs A len de" dttt U S " ecriedl ) 5 tteri * and appeared to be in Not daring to tell her husband the cause of the bitb-r misery ; rejecting medical aid , which she shrunk from sohcitrngm p , rSon ; what remained for her but to die ? The grave was her only refuge , through death al , ne could she hope to find relief . Accordingly on the day above mentioned she was found lying dead in a pool of blood , having half gevere d her head from her bo ly with a razor . Of cour there was a formal mqu'ry , and the jury found a verdict ' That the deceased h « d cut her own throat , being at the same time n * n uieou > d state of mind . ' To our thinking-supposing this nnhappy woman's J story to be absolutely correct—this end of Charlotte

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      . THE STAR OF FREEDOM ' ,- ; .

      Gotd! Gold! Cold! Jjational Gift Emigration Tn .„ Society. T0 Atj Straliai Or Aky Other Part Of The World.

      GOtD ! GOLD ! COLD ! JJATIONAL GIFT EMIGRATION Tn SOCIETY . T 0 ATJ STRALIAi OR AKY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 7, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1690/page/4/