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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY. JULY 15, 1843.
    • 2To Meatier? at& ^orngjiottftcttitf
    • We : learn from Boulogne eur-Met that a few days ago a revenue cutter captured, off Cape Grinea,
    • TO THE CHARTISTS
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      T 1 SET TO THE " CONOOBDIUM- AT JBAM COHHQN , SUBSET . BT G , JOCOB HOLTOAKB . 2 very . attempt to demonstrate the possibility o increasingltihe : am « £ Immsn h » ppinaa 3 ia a tribute to mHBtrnd-gWiether snea attempt succeed or irijether it fails , It is * tin * n offering : at ths shrite of human improvement . Tbe residents at tliB Ham Coomcnj Coneordium believe thatmenTronlfl be wealthier in frf "" fi , acd more refined in thought ,-were their " diet more ample , and less snunaL They beliere Association to be conducive to personal happiness ; and Co-operation to irorldly prosperity .. Believing so , like true reformers they endeavour to act ent iheir belief ,

      A Jew day ago I had the pleasure of rMting them , "Rrben 1 found Hftle to censnrSj and much to commend As 1 am far from admiring the opinions of the Con cordists , I may be ra pposed impartial in "what I say in favour of their doings . What they mean by " divine { natures , " " spints , 1 " "JjKinoines , " and so lortb ^ I am Utterly nnaHfi is -comprehend . SJofc their habitation , Pwt sahnsrs , sod their intentions , I t ^ m -m ^ flTatand . The other specnlfltions may be ray correct ; but I -sdll confine myself to "what comes within the compass of my capacity .

      The Concoidinm is a mansion of moderate sis , in a beaatifnl situation . The yards are spacious and clear ; the gardens exienove and improving . Some of the xoosss in "the iionse ace genteelly , ana all are comfortably , fnrtwghf ^ Shower and plunge baths are at *>»« service of alL A printing offlcs is attached to the premises , 3 n "Which a portion -of the members are emploj&d . Others are occupied in jtaoloring , agricultural , and « ti 7 > v useful departments ; and I must add , fo * t all I ^ k healthy and appear happy . "With the practice of the ConcordistB there is mixed sp mnch self-deniaL I use the term in the worldly sense . Be it remembered that all is sot denial which the world ia in the habit of calling by that name . I

      tjnest-.-Mj not that the stem Spartan "was a happier man i&an the Tolnmpfions Greek . The dist of the Concardist is piain , and purely Tegetable . The Epicnre would tum sway from Iftsis Homely mtsls lm& let lam t&-men » ber that they would Ecken si bis disease-engen dering { iish . ThfiiT diet has perhaps a homely appear ance ; "but the health that accompanies their npast is a far more loYely sight than the fever and bile "which creep round the gourmands * flaah-filled-plate . They who provide food for then * appetites instead of appe tites for their food , are strangers to the zest with ¦ which temperance&nd £ r 2 rciBe 8 » tdo"wn to the plainest fare . In the "words of ; his transhvter , Creech , Horace sang *—

      ** Why , Sir , fits pleasure that ' s in eating knows It- not in th'insat , fcnt in thyselfaloas . ilateexBTtdss thy since ; let that exeite : "For a fla » tny and a wjneasy appetite ' Her trout , cor tench , nor oysters can delight . " As ir diet , so in dress , the Concordists consnlt the attainment of health- In person the young men appear xatbr ? the followers of lycnrgua tban the votaries of ple ^ ssra . This is honourable to them . They chiefly "wesi besrdB , and iave much to encounter in the way * f tUGcCb for this peculiarity . Bat they appear to 4 Th ™ fc -with Bnlwer "that " it ia a fares to talk of independence , while every man is the -sIbtb of hisneighfesoaT * opimon ? ' "We Isve a strange propensity to ridicule the slightest deflation from eostnmes worn and hactnied , however harmless in itoelf that davia-Con may be . "We often spend more satire on onr neighboar's innocent eecentridtieB than on the pemldous rices cf half the nation .

      In -what I obserred at the Concordinm there were many things to be amended . Batl allow that these are not of great weight . It is to be considered that the experiment is in an incipient state . It would not be Tstt to criticise , as though time had been afibrded to " xeaeh perfection . It ia progressive . A friend who accorspanied . me , testified that he had visited the same place some twelve months ago , and "wss jjuritfineal at the improvement Xbax had taken place , Xus GoTwarSiiUtaTeapaxiicnlai object in "Tiew : and in conjm 8 nting on their plans , arrangements , and anodes of Imng , I haxe deemed & a duty to keep this object always in "new . As Is the iratka ol literature , so in- ' sxperiments in scitnee , the xnle of Pope should be thegnide x& onr judgment—** In all respeetrregard the "writer's end * ' Since none can coxnpaiB more than they intend- **

      The intention of the Concordists ia excellent ; and their experiment a most nacfnl one . Hence I should be more anxions to help tba amendment , than enter upon the condemnation of what may be defective . It is true my "visit "was short , and my observations therefore few . : Bnt I endeavonred to eompensate by Tipleaee tke want of more extensive opportunity . I personaliy examined eveiy department ; and all I saw ^ as dean and creditable . 3 Iy ignorance of what I ¦ pli ght not have ^ seen dtes 3 iot afiect the tmth of what . I -did see . A"prt as others have given their first irapressobs of fhi » place it 5 s egoaily fair that 3 shrmifl save suse .

      Sir . Tf-J . Tot has said that " to the ¦ world , yaiZ »« jb oSsn "srorih more th ^ Ti success . " This is a strange , bnt trne . assertion . It is an important question , "whether ire s ^ e steeped in conventionalism and shackled with custom as to be nnahle to throw oS onr artificial habits , return to fbs simple ones of nature , and stall progress in infcrtligeiiss . Mnch has been said of the merits of Cooperation ; but little has been donB socially to test Its beBtSrs . It is an jnteresting problem yet to be solved : and it is not too mnch to say that the progress of Innniniiy hangs npon its solntioa . Tailtereot success ¦ will alike settle the point . Svcctssvill determine the » ay mankind are to take ; and failure will prove that 2 « 5 snnst start in a new direction . The Concordists are one party who are labouring to furnish this informat 5 oB -, sz ^ d whether their experiment succeeds or not , 1 ^ £ t sen : esteem and deserve enconrsgement .

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      TO THE IDITOB OP THX BOBXHEBB STAB . Beah SiB , r—The town of Ktlso has been placarded Ttith Mils of TariDUs siz = s , rolling a pnVlie meeteng , to > e held ia the Secession Cbnrch , on Friday Evening , the fEh of July , when John Bright , Esq ., and ' Archibald Prentice , Esq ^ , would attend -and address the meeting en the -working of the Com Iawb and the depressed eonoi £ fin of agriculture . Farmers were invited to attend to consider "what is the cause of the bad state rf the agriculturists , and what is tbeiemedy ? " Some of our Chartist friends sent me & bill to Edinburgh , and invited me to attend , which accordingly 1 did . The meeting "was addressed by the aforesaid gentlemen , who efiared to answer any questions , and enter into- any explanations on thexubject before the meeting . When

      the time arrived I rosa and . addressed ths meeting , and tthJb some obserraiions on the injustice of the Corn laws , whichl raid was -wrong , but not * ' the eause of ijwpresent depress&fl conditSon of agriculture , but the cause lay more at tfee -door of the manufacturing speculators , "Who , by their greediness to gain large jartunes in a short tame , bad reduced the arfizin and labonrtrs from comfort to starvation ; that no " two ¦ wrongs could ever make one right ; '" and the question of Com Laws was only the war-cry cf the ffreai meant / ado rers < tg *«« t the ffreai landowners ; neither party intending the people to have the smallest part of the spoilTrhEnthfibatflawaB-won . The audience cheered me for these sentiments , when Mr . Prentice arose to aik if I "was an inhabitant of the town , sad intimated ta

      the chairman that it would be necessary that my name and occupation should be ascertained before I was allowed te proceed . The ^ nestion was then asked me , if I was a farmer , to "which I answered in fee negative- The League gentlemen then pointed out a note-at the bottom of file placard , stating that "the depnlation-wilLbavB pleasure in replying to any questions put byianneisi—* nd , as I waa not a farmer , I could not bo allowed tp * flfl" »"*>»» T"Pftfc"ig- Tothislsaid , "the placard callB a public meeting an a public question affecting the "whole nation , and , as one of the public , I claim a right to show why I 4 ifer with tie deputation Iroaa the Xesgue . * ' The audience applauded my wmai , and jenes of < l near lam ™ made the ch&pel . iing again , End made the two Leaguers leok fit to burst with lage . 1 -wasaDowed to proceed , and was showing that a TBdneSon < A Vb& labourer ' s "wages , of say Sa . per week on four rndllioDB of labourers , lobbed the Home Jl&iket

      oi £ 32 200 000 in one year ; and that the manafactorer found it his interest to employ iron and steam instead of iaen s and ! waa proceeding to ask how mnch eggs , butter , aad cheese the steam Engine consumed from the Home Usrkei ? "when I was interrupted by Mr . Bright , who said ibey only came there to answer questions , and tLc * e put by farmers only . The chairman then < leshtd ; niy name ; and as soon as I toldbiHuthe deputies pnt their 2 ieads together and seemed inmi ghty consultation and grave fiisconisB . The chairman was instrncted to stopnie from speaking , and confine myself to asking brie ! questions . Accordingly I consented , and aikBd if 42 ie . -manufacturers had sot increased their BULChinery ana lednced tne wages cf their Trorimen ? and as the ¦ srortman conld -only purchase food sxcording to fts amoons of wages he ^ wjervea , would not the rednction of the tobounrt wages ba felt by the Home ilaiket ? Mnst be notpurcbaBe lees food , or pay less fer it , in the same ratio as bis means grew * Tn * nfT ?

      Hz . Bright attempted to shew there was more money paid to ¦ fTwrmfturHTTiTig labourers now than in 1770 {• whenyon know , my dear sir , there was less mamrfactarinj and less poverty ) . He " attempted to seem" to -smdersteadmy arguments as condeiianng all machinery ; and on tils clap-trap he became "very eloquent—proving that we could sot exist without machinery -of iome sort ; -even if It "was a needle or a pin , for which piece cf tumbug the audience gave him sxonnao ! applause . Ifow Sir , it has so often been declared , times ¦ without ^ number , that "wb are not against machinery or the invention of maehuiery , but seek to have machinery directed to benefit the community and not to starve them to death ; and as all who take an interest in public questions must be well aware of this our ^ onTtiTig , whit think yon of the " Mend" who panes fora gentleman , "who could condescend to prop up a falling cause by such a barefaced pretending to xnuenderstend-aa argument ? I can only say 1 pity the man ¦ who could ise snch "unworthy means t

      I had only the opportunity to put two questions , and ao opportunity « f xejtfy . Mr . Bright took three quarters of an b&nr in replying to my last question , to preclude Qie possibility ef -my asking anymoie ; and p ^ inly told file meefing that it w » s very probable I was pud by Vi » landowsexj to ^ etben- "work in opposing

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      the League . This fftn *]* prejudiee in the minds of many in the meeting who did not know me- ' The meeting-conclaaed at a late hour , when a resolution was passed In favour of & , Repeal of the Corn Lvws . Three proposltionB "Were pnt at the conclusion , to be -washed down with shouting . Three fihonta for a Repeal of- ^ te Corn Laws . Three shouts for the League deputies . Three sk-outs for the chair , and ? a xegnltr good one for the glorious , impartial , and liberty-loving ministers ef the chapeL The meeting then separated . On the day after , I had many of the inhabitants visiting me , and expressed their disapprobation of the unfair treatment I met -with , and -wished me to lecture in

      the open air ; bnt I was compelled to refuse : for I am worn down to a skeleton , and hardly ' able to stand up any longer . J was confined to my bed most ' of Saturday , for I had walked thirty-one miles the day before , to be at the meeting ; but , however , I took a walk through the town abont eight o ' clock ^ and , to my surprise , I found a great multitude assembled in the Market Place , expecting Be to speak . They came round me , and requested me to address them , and I could not refuse : -and in a veiy few- mlnutas after I began speaking , I felt as well as ever I was in my life . I found the late publicmeeting has done far more than I could have expected in favour of Chartism .

      The town is now placarded with bills , announcing a I lecture by me in reply to the arguments of Messrs . Bright and Prentice , together with a challenge to the League to fan * and free discussion . [ My dear Six , —I believe I 2 tave now , taking one day "with another , lectured every Avs this last ; fourteen months ; and I am now fairly " done up" in health . My English Mends know how I fared in England ; and I beg to be allowed tossy that since I have- travelled and agitated in Scotland , 1 have not touched the funds of our Association , in any district 4 if they have any ) , save ^ and except when among my "wazm-h&arted friends at Dundee and Montrose . Thus 1 think I have done as much with as little means as any man in our movement . I shall now rest npon my oars for a month , to get round , and to firmly establish one or two litte spots about Roxburghshire . I shall then be ready to serve any locality that may sand for me , " funds or no funds . " Tour ' s , T . DlCKEKSON . Commercial Inn . Kelso .

      The Northern Star Saturday. July 15, 1843.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY . JULY 15 , 1843 .

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      THE STRUGGLE . Whatever notions the Irish people and their leaders may have entertained as to the probable issue of the Repeal agitation in the restoration of the Whigs to power , there can no longer remain an ; doabts as to the tactics and the intentions of the Whigs themselves as a body . We needed not the new-born patriotism ef the old members of the old Whig cabinet and their unprincipled followers ; we required not the sudden ardour with which the Irish liberal members have been inspired , to convince us of ihe length that this greedy pack of mongrel

      politicians would go , to thrust their muzzles once more into the mess-trougn , or to teach os the amount of confidence which the people could place in them . Ardour , Z 3 & 1 , and large professions are baits , however , with which the incautious are likely te be caught ; and therefore it has become our :. duty to float it upon the surface , so that every fish may see the hook and avoid the nibble . We did not require the exuberant professions of Russell , Macvdlat , Paxmesstos , Roebuck ., Charlxs Bullkb , and others , to convince us of the lengths to which the ** outsf would go to get ** in" again . We needed not

      the high-flown patriotic sentiments of the Irish section who reviled us , who coerced us , and who would hare crushed us , until every drop of Chartist blood had been squeezsd out of us , to teach us the effect that altered circumstances will have upon vicious politicians . When we bear in mind the funeral procession that bore the bleeding corse of Ireland to the foot of the Throne , when the Irish people followed it as chief mourners , and the Whigs attired in their Windsor uniform , proceeded it as a joyous festival , we require no further proof of the hostility of that party to the " concessions" required

      by the Irish people . When we bear in mind that the first act of Lord Pluhket , Lord Gbbt ' s first Reform Lord Chancellor , was to diBmJRB every Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate who presided over or took part in the anti-Tithe agitation of 1832 , at a lime when Stanley , the Secretary for Ireland , declared that the " total exhsctioh or . Tithes " was one object to be accomplished by the Reform Bill ; when we recollect that the Hon . Piebce Bcilee , Sir Richabd Nagle , Mr . Jakes Rbdhond Babbt , and several others , were deprived of the Commission of the Peace for taking part in that

      anti-Tithe agitation ; when we recollect that without any agitation whatever existing for a Repeal of tie Union in Ireland , the Whigs gave us the most bloody Coercion Bill that ever disgraced the Btatute book , by which £ hey suspended Trial by Jury , and snbstituted that of Court Martial ; -when vre zeeolleet Ik&t tiiey gave ti 3 an Lrisb . Arms Bill which differed but slightly from the atrocious measure now before the House ; and when we bear in mind that all these cruelties were contended for as necessary to produce a calm in which justice should bo administered i when we recollect all these things , and find after ten years of boasted calm of

      Whig creation , that the Whi ^ s have better stock of complaint than the existence of every grievance which was promised to be remedied , we say they had much better hold their peace . We find an announcement in the Times of of Tuesday last of a meeting that took place at the house of Sir Benjamin HaiXj Whig member for Siarvlebone , and a baronet of Whig creation . It will be found in our eighth page , and will be read with the interest it deserves ; and most especially the speech of Mr . WysB j the Whig member for Waierford , from which we cull the following sentence for special remark . Mr . Wtse says : " HOW WAS THE TIME FOB .

      ENGLISHMEN TO SPEAK OUT . BUT UNLESS IT WAS THE WEALTH , AND THE INTELLIGENCE , AS WELL AS THB NUMBERS , IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT TO MAKE THE ATTEMPT . " 3 t will be further seen that the only resolution of the meeting was to present an address to her Majesty praying her to dismiss her present ministers from power . This is the first stone directly thrown from the Whig camp ; and we shall most anxiously watch the Repeal agitation to see whether or no it has hit 11 If Mr . Wtsb supposes that the numbers are to be ' led in the

      train of wealth and what he is pleased to call the intelligence 4 > f the oonntry , he will find himself most egregiously mistaken 1 The wealth is in the industry of the working classes , while intelligence belongs pre-eminently to theirorder . This is a " new move "; the newest of the ** New Moves , " and one ; which the people will require all their watchfulness to guard against , as emissaries are already abroad endeavouring to prepare the publio mind for rack a result . The Chartists , however , have now acquired a distinct position for themselves as a party ; and it-is only by

      making a proper use of that position , that they can hope to exist as a body . Should they now be foolish enough to join in a kind of secondary Repeal Agita tion , which would nave no other object id view than the restoration to power of England ' s and Ireland ' s bitterest focB , they shall do so after © wrtibn . They -pV iali not blame us for any evil results that may follow . As far then as regards the -declamation of the Irish Liberal Members and the hangers-on of Whiggery , we tell the people not to be led away by their sophistry , or to be gulled by their insolence ; but wherever

      a resolution is proposed to present an address to her Majesty merely calling upon her to dismiss her present advisers and the Parliament , let them more the following as an amendment : — B present an address to her Majesty praying that her Majesty will riiHmi <« her present advisers and call to her Council such only as will he pledged to carry out the details of the People's Charter , and to Repeal the Legislative Union between Great

      Britain and Ireland , in accordance with the wishes of the people t > f that country ; and further graying her Majesty to dissolve the present Parliament and to issue her royal comnanda vo the several Sheriffs of Counties , and to the retr . rnhiR officers of tines and Boroughs , to returp . members elected by the whole people according to the principles laid down in the People ' s Chafer and demanded b y 3 , 500 , « 00 of her English rejects ; and further praying that ail political prIsonera , whether at home or abroad ,

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      shall be restored to their families , their country , and their friends , and that justice shall be done to all those who ts > v © nnjustJy suffered legal persecution for demanding a redress of those grievances which are now generally admitted to exist . ' If the recent discussions in the House ot Commons upon the j subject of Irish grievances had taught us the amount of justice which that country is likely to receive at the hands of the Tory Government , it has farther taught us that as the cricket system is to be played , the Whigs are better "out " than "in , * watching the wicket . In their day , the

      best evidence that could be adduced for the coercion of Ireland was one old ballad ! while taking advantage of Whigjpreoedent , the Tories rely upon a whole book of songs . The only difference between the two parties is this : that while the Whigs were "in , " the Tories ' not only did not oppose them , but joined them in their every act of recklessness I while upon the contrary , the Whigs , when " out , " are upon the watch , and give us , at all events , the benefit of their opposition . The English people know that the Whigs and Free Traders would squander blood and treasure to any amount before they would consent

      lo enact the People ' s Charter . The Irish people know that they have pledged themselves to resist the Repeal of theTJnion to the death ; and from this knowledge the people of both oountries most come te the conclusion that any junction between Chartists and Whigs must be destructive of Chartism ; while any coalition between Repealers and Whigs must annihilate all hope of Repeal . Justice to Ireland cannot be recognised in patronage ; it can only be developed in representation . Justice to England cannot be recognised in the principles of Free Trade , or Charca Reform ; it can only be effected

      by popular representation . We have thought it essentially necessary to be thus explicit upon the subject of this new dodge , because we are aware that at a time of general excitement those who are not steady in principle will be easily warped to the side of extravagant profession ; and that the Whigs and their emissaries will have recourse to all available means for creating a reaction , base d upon extensive promises , no man ban doubt . If , however , the people suffer themselves to be duped , they will learn their . first lesson in folly , from the spirit of vindictiveness which will be evinced in their annihilation

      as a political body . Should tkis trick succeed , the insincere of all parties would allow their senseless , frothy agitation to subside into a temporary calm for the purpose of bringing their united forces to bear against Chartism , which contains the only whole political principle worth contending for . We have now done our duty ! it is for the people to do theirs !! and if evil should borne from neglect of our advice , let the charge be saddled upon those who read our warning but eschew our counsel . We feel convinced that many warm-hearted Irishmen amongBb us may be led away by a belief that the Tories only stand in the way of a Repeal of the Union , and that

      consequently every act of opposition to them is calculated to advance the question . Our hope , however , is in the belief that Ireland herself has achieved too much strength , and has arrived at too supreme a knowledge of her own powers , to waste that strength and power in so slight a triumph as that of knocking down the Tory ** wicket" and placing the " bat" once more in the hands of those whom it cost us so much trouble to ** bowl out , " and who * while ia , pursued a career of " base , bloody , and brutal recklessness , unparalleled in the bloodiest annals of the bloodiest conntry . "

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      THE CRISIS . We know not whether the physician who had foretold a crisis , and who , although he had prophetically described all those symptoms by which its approach , its character , and duration were likely to be characterised , would be held in much respect as a practitioner , if , when the crisis was over , he was unequal to the task of subsequently dealing with his patient . For years , yea , for scores of years , "criaises" have been foretold by our political physicians ; and they have come , some as predicted , shewing all the symptoms by which they were to be preceded ; but when the patient was to be got

      orer the purging , the sweating , the blistering , the capping , and the bleeding , it was then that the difficulty of restoring him to health , to strength , and to vigour presented itself . Our present rulers , then , are precisely in the situation of the physician in the latter case . They have blistered and purged , and bled and cupped , and sweated the people , and have brought about that weakness which must erer follow such treatment j and they are now unequal to the task of restoring the weakened frame of society to its once healthy position . Politicians , however , like other

      professional experimentalists , are unwilling to confess the inemcacy of their own nostrums , and contend that the present condition of the people is a natural consequence growing out of some natural cause over which practical politics can have no controul . We know , quoth 'one , that the patient labours under Church deliriums ; we know saith another , that the patient labours under a very heavy rent pressure ; we know , quoth a third , that the burthens of the state are heavy and hard to be borne ; while a fourth admits that those upon whose industry they must all ultimately fall , have been crushed beneath their

      weight , from the fact of chose who represent the property of others having thrown them exclusively upon the shoulders of those who were not represented at all . If , then , these are the diseases under which the people labour , and if the connection be ' tween Church and State , which causes the Church delirium , is to be held inviolate , as Sir Robert Peel informed us no later than Tuesday night , there can be but little hope for any abatement in the symptoms of that portion of the disorder . If the rent pressure belongs , ; as we are told , to the "head morals " rather than to the head political , there is as little to be

      expected by way of recovery from that chronic disease . If what is called national faith must , under all circumstances , be upheld , the patient must still continue to suffer under that portion of the disorder . It is some consolation , however , to find that things which were scarcely allowed to be hinted at some few years ago—and for hinting at which some have grievously Buffered—are now spoken of , freely discussed , and admitted to deserve that character which good meu have suffered for stamping upon

      them . It not unfreqnently oceurs that that convenient plea , necessity , must be stretched in a remedial as weJl as in the coeroive direction ; and hence we find Sir RcbebtJPebl ultimately driven to the necessity of making the following admission . He says : " the attention of the Hodse had been called to thb £ eso £ tsof ibish grievances—ths social , the Political , am > the Religious . The Social , on Agbabian , were hot Kaw Gbjevaivces ; nob WAS IT POSSIBLE FOB THE GOVEBNMENT TO DUVISK AJfT JHMEDUIE BEHiDT FOB THEM ; BUT IF A

      CCMmittee had been pbcposed fob inqtjy Law of Lahdlobd amd Tenant hb would gladly have agreed to thai . " These are the words ot the Prime Minister of England , delivered in his place in Parliament on last Tuesday night , —the most important admission ever made by an English . Minister , and one which will not fail to have Us due and natural effect upon the minds of the working classes .

      Let us see what this admission amounts ta . The Right Honourable Bawnet tells us tbr , grievances complained of ; but that it ia / impossible for the Government to devise any me ^ ns to remedy the grievances 3 however he wil ' . agree to , the appointment oE a Committee to hear thb grievances which the Committee cannot remedy . The admission , however , 3 eads us to a 6 k WDy sir Robert Peel , aB Prime Minister , has neglected to do that which i ? dona by anolb / jr , ho would not oppose ! if a Committee toenqui ' . e into the law of landlord and tenant be necessary tveufor tho childish purpose of hearing , seeing . , ordering , and doing nothing , why did not Sir R ' obebt Peel Himself move th © appointment of s Jeh a Commif . ee I Perhaps the fair answet t ' a this question may go far to exhibit Sir

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      Robert Peel in that false position in which the confidence of his party has placed him * , a position which he might have held by independence ; a position which he is about to lose from weakness . Our whole system has become so confessedly rotten that even an { honest or well intentioned leader is sure to bring contempt upon himself by the tools that he is compelled to enlist ia his service . There is an old and in his case a very pertinent adage : "if you wrestle with a sweep whether you stand or fall , you must get ieome of the soot . "

      We presume that the same chances may bo calculated upon from embracing as from wrestling ; and Sir Robert having embrioed the political sweeps of all parties , from the ranting Republican , the revolutionary Whig , and the constitutional Whig , down to the inflexible and stand-still Tory of the olden school , for the purpose of carrying on what he hoped to make a Conservative Government upon the } principle of required reforms , now finds himself blackened by contamination , and damned by expediency . Could he have hoped for a better result from the workings , the machinations , and

      the conspiracies ( o which he has been , exposed in the Cabinet , hot of his voluntary formation , but of his involuntary adoption ? When we see the three most important offices filled by pressed men , and not by volunteers , we must have considerable misgivings as to their interest in the success of their leader ' s undertaking . Sir Jambs Grah . m fills the most important office under the Crown ; and it is only by acting in complete opposition ; to his whole former life that he can hope for grace , for favour , or even for toleration frem bis newly adopted party . He is cold-blooded , cruel , unrelenting , vindictive , and

      calculating , and hates Sir Robert Peel as he bates the devil himself . Stanley fills an office only second in importance to Graham ' s ; and Stanlet , the proud scion of the proud old house of Derby , bat bends beneath expediency's sternest necessity in playing subordinate to the man whose father had the merit of making his own fortuue . Stanley hates Ireland with an irrepressible , imperishable , and unextinguishable vehemence ; he loves the Church for the milk that he draws from her pap ; he defends thai title which the land gives him as a politician ; he aspires to that elevation and

      greatnes 9 i for which blood has been hitherto held an indispensable qualification ; and he knows that Peel has ! placed an extinguisher upon his hopes , and fetters upon his struggling ardour . For these reasons Stanley , too , hates Peel ; while he loves Gbaham , as in fact our Home and Colonial Secretary may be and not inappropriately denominated the Siamese Youths . Stanley and Graham broke up heGaRT Administration : and Stanley and Gbaham will I as surely destroy that of their present master . Seeing the power that the Lord Chancellor of [ Ireland has exercised , we must naturally

      attach great importance to that high office ; and although we believe in the sincere attachment of the quondum republican Lord Lyndhurst , his benefactor , yet do we incline to think that an unchecked license to the old republican blood to flow without ; dread for the loss of the good things of this life would overcome \ the strong feeling of personal regard . Peel is not altogether safe from the strongest affection which may be manifested , under prosperity , by the , political children of his own nursing . Gladstone will stand by Peel as long as Peel can stand without him ; but the moment that the fitting time for separation arrives , that moment will Gladstone

      breatc from his leading-strings , and with a cool and calculating temper , and with . a perfect mercantile knowledge , which so pre-eminently qualifies a man for distinction in this rule-of-three country , he will march on ; at the head of the commercial and dissent interest , and , moulding himself to the strongest political party , will acquire the position of leader of the publio mind , the object nearest and dearest to his heart . Such then are the materials against which Pbbl has to contend in seoresy ; while there is no cloaking the hurricane of unpopularity which is gathering- round him from without , for the very rea '

      sobs that we predicted long since , and which are , for opening the eyes of the people ; to the fallacies of the itinerant ; demagogue freetraders . If reference is now made to the letters of Mr . O'Connor upon the subject of the Tariff and the Income Tax at a time when the whale press of the empire was silent upon the probable result of those measures , it will be seen , thai so long ago as March and April 1842 , that gentleman predicted the very " crisis" which bas now resulted from those measures , and the position into which they would bring the Prime Minister . He foretold the very amount by which

      agricultural produce would be lowered , and to which the value of land would be reduced ; while he also predicted that those reductions would be of no value whatever to the working classes , whose wages would be commensurately reduced ; and he further added , that from the Charter alone could the people hope for any share in any benefit that was to be achieved by the Tariff ; thus , not only predicting the H crisis , " but prescribing the subsequent treatment for' the patient . All changes of all sorts , if beneficial , can be only so for those classes who , by representation , are enabled to turn them from general to class purposes .

      We shall conclude these observations with an extraot from a French paper , from which the general feeling of our friends abroad , as to our present position , may be gathered .

      SPAIN AND ENGLAND . Le Sieele observes , that " Both Spain and Great Britain are in a period of crisis . "If may judge from appearances , we should foresee a more extensive catastrophe for our rivals beyond the channel than for our national allies beyond the Pyrenees . "The agitation in Ireland is such , that tho entire mass of the population is joining in it . OConnell haa promised to have 3 , 000 , 000 of Repealers , and he has obtained them ; operatives , peasants , lawyers , proprietors , priests , bishops , all have risen at his voice . It is easy to see that this man is , morally , the sovereign of Ireland , and that with one word he may'ralse a tempest .

      • ' Oti the other hand , of the operative of Great Britain there are 2 , 000 , 000 who ate idle in workhouses —in those bastiles for labour where there is no occupation to be had . The official returns of the indigent poor throughout England and Wales for the year 1842 , state the ! poor within the workhouses to be 221 , 687 ; the exterior poor , 1 , 207 , 462 : " la the same country the picture of corruption is not less hideous than thafi of pauperism ; we have tweed it ; too recently to repeat it It is proved that in no country are there committed more crimes , nor in no country are morals more depraved than in England . ' ;

      "It is there that the Government , the Ministry , the two Chambers , and the Law Depart / . nent openly practise venality ; it is there that diplomacy Is habitually destitute ; of all good faith ; it ia there that there ia a virulent ; dispute between three churches ; it is there tkat social order is attacked * ita base by the Chartists . Add to all those cause a of destruction that thu British aimy , whose provinr , fa to secure the administration of the laws , is nntr . ericklly weak , scattered over the entire globe , and is csmposed in the proportion ef one-third ot those Irish Catholics -whom they axe employed to repress . I » o not forget , in One , that England is crushed under the weight of a debt of more than fifteou milliards , and that henceforward it will be impossible for her to add to her taxation .

      " In Spain , on the contrary , if there exist some of the causes of the derangement ; which ia visible in England , there are at least unity of religious faith , richness «! soil , j which is sufficient for the wants of all , in general an honourable character , and a material force resulting from her admirable position between the two seas which -join the barrier of the Pyrenees . " The prosperity of thoie two , nations is necesBu ?

      for the future tranquillity of Europe . Whatever may be our cause of complaint against the most powerful , we trust that both may weather the crisis in which they are it present placed by useful reforms . Spain will draw the strength she requires from her own vitality , and England , endowed with iuconteatible energy , has need only to enlarge the popular eights in onier to' maintain herself fur a long time against the weight of her tottering empire . "

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      THE MARYLEBONE DODGE . ItwiUbeseen from an announcement made inotr present number that the meeting at Sir Benjamin Hall ' s houee was but the precursor of a publio meeting which is to be held on Monday next , in the borough of Marylebpne , ostensibly for the purpose of discussing Irish grievances , bnt in reality with the view to restore the Whigs to power . If Marylebone , however , claims any j political pre-eminence in its representative quality for having returned a fighting sailor and a Whig baronet , it is also distinguished for having throughout the most trying times

      preserved a- high character for public principle and political boldness . Under these circumstances we might well afford to leave the Whigs and their followers to be dealt with on Monday next by the working classes , who , while in power , they bo cruelly deceived and brutally oppressed . Ab however we are aware of ' the use that will be made in other parts of the country by a Whig triumph in Marylebone , and as the local drones may have a blighting effect upon the local bees , we would strenuously recommend the friends of freedom

      inthe Charter , to send their battalions from all parts of London to aid aud assist in making the triumph of democracy so complete that its enemies will not again care to mock us by falae promises , and so woe us that they may be aiile to crush us . Marylebone ' has been the scene of many a glorious Chartist triumph ! Let that of M onday be added as another to the number I The riding-school , the workhouseyard , the institute , and the several other places of meeting , have frequently resounded with the shouts of triumph : let them be heard again on Monday , and let the amendment , which we have elsewhere

      recommended , be committed to the hands of the Admiral and the Baronet as the sense of the men of Marylebone , to be delivered into the hands of the Queen . And let them see that this service on their beh ilf shall be as well performed as those which they boast of having so faithfully rendered to the electors . Above all let them take care and have fair play : and in order to ensure it , let them appoint an honest , brave , and ( cool-headed working man tc take the chair . Surely , if the meeting is for the benefit of the peopb , this is a step that all parties must acuuiese in . The time iBCome when Chartists

      must not omy be watchful but brave ; as the people may rely upon it that those who lay claim to extreme liberality , are as much opposod to the Chartists and their principles aa the most rampant JTory to be found on earth . We must now organize 5 organise !! organiza !!} fora dissolution of Parliament ; and should we be driven to another election under the old system , we must take advantage of the pressure of the times to insure the restoration of all expatriated Chartists , and the emancipation of the imprisoned : while for the general conflict we must so marshal our forces as will

      ensure the return of euch a knot of veritable Chartists as will sit with the Speaker and rise with the House , pledged to the non-electors by bond and oath to ro&tore their trust when called upon , as a means of ensuring the honest discharge of those duties which they undertake to perform . There would be no better ( commencement to such an organization than the triumph of Chartism amid the general confusion of politics ; and there would be no place which could give greater influence to that triumph than the adoption of the amendment we have published , by the ] good people of Marylebone . It would give both factions a taste of that share which the people themselves intend to have in all

      future changes , while it would inspire the Chartist body with a new hope and vigour for the coming campaign .

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      My Friends , —I have before been put to the extreme pain of referring to the differences which exist between me and the Editor of the Northern Star , with reference to Dr . M'Douall . I had reason to hope that if those differences could not be reconciled , you would be spared from the frequent recital of them . From the article which appeared in last week ' s Star , however , under the bead " Notice to Correspondents , " my hope in conciliation was wholly destroyed ; aud no alternative remains to me bnt that of publicly expressing my disapproval of the course , and disbelief in the charges against Dr . be

      M'Doual . Nothing c ^ n farther from my mind than Tor a moment to deny the right of every man to express his own . opinion fully and fairly ; and in order to set myself right with the public , I shall exercise that right and I trust calmly myself . I do not then Subscribe in any , the most remote way , to the denunciation of Dr . M'Douall . For myself , I will add , that I respect him for his talent , I honour him for his patriotism , and I have full confidence in his integrity , while as a friend I have the most affectionate regard for him . With these feelings , aud entertaining them I trust strongly , I could not submit to be branded as a

      hypocrite for tolerating abuse of him , or as a tool , not being able to resist it . I feel convinced that I have taken the proper course for the protection of my own honour and my friend ' s character , by thus taking the earliest opportunity , after the recent provocation , for making this explanation ; while at the same time I am resolved that upon the issue no contingent evils shall spring . You are not to infer from this that any other difference whatever exists between me and Mr . Hill ; while he , I feel assured , will concede to me that right which he has very freely exercised himself .

      From my disinclination to say more upon painful subjects than is necessary to serve my immediate purpose , I abstain , for the present and for ever , from further reference to this most painful of all painful ones . And remain your faithful friend , Feahgus O'Connor .

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      The Carpenter's Hall Chartists , Manchester —This morning ' s \ post ( Thursday ) brought an address from the Council of the Carpenler' ' s Hall Chartists , in reply to the notice in last week s Star qfecling them . Mi \ . Hill , who is personally alluded to in that address , fias been this week in very indifferent health , and so much , engaged in making preparations for his jtoar through the country , that he has spent scarcely any time at the Office ; and consequently ( he entiie arrangement , and indeed management of t / ie paper Has fallen upon my shoulders . I have not an opportunity just now of consulting him ; and as I presume mis address will not be inserted without explanatory remarks , I have withheld it for the purpose of putting it into his hands . In thus acting I assure the Carpenter ' s Hall Chartists thai J have no intention either to offend or to interfere ; I merely act as duly dictates , under the peculiar cireumsto » wes . 1 J . Hobson .

      E . Wilks , Cheltenham , desires us to answer the following question : —* ' Which are the cheapest and best books ro give an ignorant person a general knowledge of his rights and duties as a citizen ; the object , nature , and duty of Govern ' tnents ; the reforms necessary in our Govern ' tnent ; and the way to get it reformed ; and some general knowled ges of Political Economy V' The works voe would recommend are , Paine ' a Right ' s of Mau ; Paine ' s Dissertation on First Principles ot Government ; Paine ' s Common Sense ; Paine ' s Crisis ; aad Paine ' s Decline and Fall . of the English System of Finance : also Cobbett ' s Legacy to Labourers ; Cobbett ' s Poor Man ' s Friend ; Cobbett ' s Paper against Gold ; and Cobbett's Advice to Young Men . For the " Reforms necessary m our Government" read the People ' s Charter ; and , "for the way to Set it Reformed" attend to the teachings

      of the Northern Star . For a general knowledge of TRUE Political Econmy , read Bray ' s Labour ' s Wrongs , and Labour ' s Remedy ; Watts's jFacta and Fictions of Modern Political Economists ; Atkinson ' s Principles of Political Economy ; Gray ' s Social System ; © ray's Remedy tor the Distress of Nations ; Oastlcr's ( Fleet Papers ; Owen ' s Memorials to the Allied Sovereigns ; and Owen ' s DevelopemeHt of the Principles aad Plans of Home Colonies , j Mr . Wilks states that he asked the question of the Editor of the Noucouformist ; but received for answer that "As could not answer . " Abovi he has our answer : and if when he has riad and grounded himself in the principles the works specified ( each , he is not a wise man on the ^ subjects enumerated , it is not in the power of existing books or book-reading to make him so .

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      Williah Faiebubn , Wbdnesbubt , desires all who may have monies in their hands , for the aid and assistance of the law-made widow , Ellis , to send an account of the same for publication , that the amount collected may be ascertained ; and the money applied , either in one way or other , to the relief of the present pressing necessities of the widoio ' sease . Cobbection . —In Mr . Cleave ' s list of subscriptions last week , one item was set forth as from Mossley Lincolnshire . It should have been Lancashire . The MARrLEBONE Chabtiszs desire the address of Mrs . Richards , as they have some money for

      her . A Sincere Friend , at Usworth , vmtes to thepit ~ men of the Tyne and Wear , bearing testimony to their great and glorious demonstration of Saturday last , when , as he says , fiverand-twenty thousand men , with their sixty or seventy banners fluttering in the breepe % and accompanied by their bands of music , ' assembled lo hear from one another the cause of their manifold griev ances . But while he is pleased to be able to report most favourably as lo the general order and decorum of the procession , he must reprove for a practice at the meeting , which , if not slopped on future occasions , may lead to great mischief %

      He speaks of the practice of drinking on the ground , from ale-carts and waggons ; and ( he practice eflhe bands playing while the proceedings of the meeting are being carried on . Both practices , he says , interferes with good order j and give the enemy occasion to speak ; while the former may be used by the designing for the accomplishment of most nefarious schemes lo defeat the object of the working men . Amongst a sober people there is little chance of a riot or tumult being incited : with a tipsy crowd nothing more easy . He would advise that the parties calling large meetings should see to these things for their own protection . C . F . Stollmeyek . —We will see what can bis done in

      our next 1 Henry Humon , on behalf of the Chartists ofCelne ^ writes to say that William Smith , who was arrested during the STRIKB-OPTBREAK , at S / dpton t in August last , and sentenced to twelve months ' imprisonment in Wakefield House ef Correction , . will be at liberty again about the middle of August next ; and his friends are desirous to give him a public entry into the town , as a mark of respect for his virtues as a good citizen , a good father , and a good Chartist . To this end they desire the co-operation of every lover of right . A meeting is to be holden in the Chartist newsroom . Windy Bank , on Sunday , July ZOth , to make the necessary arrangements .

      J .. L . Ambler , Ambler Thobn . —T 7 e are sorry that we cannot oblige him ; but the calls upon our space are so many and so urgent , that it is very little indeed we can devote to mere Essays or Disquisitions on abstract'questions . We rather prefer matter that f elates to present and immediate practical results . Robert Ashfokth , Birmingham . — We know not of the Advertisement he writes about . He had better consult some ofthe faculty in Birmingham . We are not friendly to Quacks . J . M . Leach , Hyde ^ — We cannot afford space for his long address to the master-manufacturers and . shopkeepers of Hvde . We would advise him to

      deliver it to them orally . Nottingham Female Chartists will see that we have omitted their * schooling" of Miss Susannah Inge . We must not have the women " quarrelling" : the men make" mess" enough . The no-¦ tide last week teas quite sufficient . A Constant Reader , Hull , should have given his name . We shall hand the letter over to Mr . West . It would have been but fair , too , that a " Constant Reader" should have ascertained front the party himself , whether the sum he speaks of had not been sent , before he wrote his " suspicions" at all . Isaac Hotle , Kirkdale Gaol , shall have attention next week .

      The Poor Law at Warrington . — We have another communication from the person signing himself " Washington , " not only reiterating his former statements as to gross and scandalous treatment pursued towards ¦ the inmates of Warrington Workhouse , but assuring us that his account of ' them is far from being as strong as it might truly be . We much regret that Washington" has not given us his name . In these matters , and with charges of cruelties so incredible as he details , it is but fair that those who wish us to publish that which might bring us under " the lash of the law , " should at least give us an opportunity of ascertaining their own credibility , and how far we might be justified in trusting ourselves to

      make statements on . their responsibility , —which is , as vae sometimes have been dearly made to know , —no responsibility at all . We therefore can but still treat this matter as an attempt of the enemy . * ' Washinston" details much that he has done in the Chartist cause , and against the Whigs and Tories of Warrington ; but he has not told vs who he is . He may be , for aught we know , a Poor Law Assistant Commissioner , who wishes to have groundless charges of "Poor Law atrocity" published , that he may . have a "job' * of "inquiry , " and be able to " demolish" the flimsy and infamous stories vamped up aga inst "the Boon , " —the rate-saving , comfort-distributing New Poor Law . " Washington" having

      thus "fixed" us , we must decline to publish his statements : not that we would shrink from doing so , if assured of their truth . This we should do , regardless of all consequences : for toe know that the only safely of the poof under ihe present system lies in public exfosuke . The Press is the only power on the side of the people at all dreaded by their persecutors and robbers : and we are prepared to . run alt risks in affording the poor all the protection that the Press can afford , when we have real grievances to detail—real actions to complain of or denounce . Anxious , however , as we are to publish whatever can tend to alleviate or better the condition of the poor victims of tyranny , we cannot afford to go

      "fishmp for sham instances of oppression ; or suffer ourselves lo be imposed upon with fictitious narratives * if we can avoid it . Strongly suspecting that this is an attempt lo so impose upon us , we naturally feel desirous to ascertain whether our suspicions are justifiable or not . We should therefore feel greatly obliged if some known friend in Warrington could help us te ascertain whether there are any grounds for one or two statements or allegations made by our correspondent " Washington . " We havs ascertained ^ since our last , that the Master of Warrington Workhouse has died very lately ; and that he died suddenly . These facts we gather from an advertisement in the Manchester Guardian for

      a new master and mistress , in " consequence of the sudden death of the late master . " But what we are anxious now to get to know is : " Did the Guardians farm the old and young female inmates of the Workhouse to the Master , to be by him kept for the sum of one shilling and six p ence per head per week'' ? " Is it true that the food he kept them on was so thin thai the young females could not help but urine their beds" ? " Is it true that for thus doing , what they were physically incapable of preventing , they were FLOGGED" ? " Is it true , that on the 27 th ef June last , nine females were set apart to be FLOGGED by the Master himself ; but that before he had finished with the first , he fell down at the feet of his victim , and expired in less than

      fifteen minutes" ? "Is it true that an oldman of the name of Taylor , more than seventy years of age , and so feeble as not to be able to walk without two slicks ; is it true that this old , feeble man was refused admsssion into the Woi-khouse ^ and consequently drowned himself in the Sankey Canal , at a pface called Buttei milk Bridge , on the evening of June 24 th last" ? " Is it true that about a month ago , a little girl was so hungry as to crave a potato from the old woman who had the charge of boiling them ; and that she was discovered eating it in the yard by the master ; and is it true that he forced the child to tell where she had gotten it ; and then , after reprimanding the old woman , is it true that he took another potato , hjtfrom the pot , and went ami forcsd it down the child ' s throat' ? " Is it true thatthat same

      CHILD DIED THAT SAME NIGHT" ? We wish to know whether these things be true or not . for we don ' t believe them ; but believe that the tending of them to us lo be published is a wicked attempt to mislead us . If it turn out to be so , we shall gladly aid in bringing to justice the man who , by means so detestable , seeks to bring odium upon the Poor Law Authorities , and innocent veople into trouble . The letters we shall preserve ; and Vjve don ' t receive from some knowu friend in Warrington , confirmation of the allegations made by the writer , we shall either place them in the hands of the Poor Low Commission' rs , to be by them dealt with as they may think meet ; or

      in the hands of a Member of Parli . tnent , for Parliamentary inquiry . Mas . Cooper , Leicester— A most energetic and stirring appeal to the Chartists generally , on behalf of the husband-bereaved widow , Coopeb , has beenforwarded to us , by Mr- Thomas Winter and Daniel Toon . They represent her as being ingreat difficulties arising from her continued illness , and her inability to attend to business She is in danger of being ousted from her home being in arrears with both her rent and rates . The bare mention of these fads will be sufficient to show Chartists their duty .

      W . Aitken , late of A 8 HTON . —The Committee appointed to collect subscriptions for the support of the wife and family of Mr . Aitken , ( who had to run to America for the part he took in the strike-ouibiieak of August last ) , desire alt those who have books and monies to deliver them in , on or before Tuesday , the ' 3 rd of August , either to the Committee itself , at the Chartist Rosm , Charlestown , on Monday and Tuesday evenings , or to Mr . E . Hobson , bookseller .

      2to Meatier? At& ^Orngjiottftcttitf

      2 To Meatier ? at& ^ orngjiottftcttitf

      We : Learn From Boulogne Eur-Met That A Few Days Ago A Revenue Cutter Captured, Off Cape Grinea,

      We : learn from Boulogne eur-Met that a few days ago a revenue cutter captured , off Cape Grinea ,

      a boat , with three mou en board , containing bales of cotton-thread , tullos , and stockings , amounting in value to £ 10 , 000 . Each bale had strapB , go as to make it portable as a knapsack . The boat and its freight ; were brought into Boulogne , and sold on condition of the goods btin « ve-exported .

      To The Chartists

      TO THE CHARTISTS

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      4 THE NORTHERN STAR . i

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 15, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct659/page/4/