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    • TO THE WORKING PEOPLE
    • THE ^ORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1842.
    • HOUSE OF COMMONS, Wedmesdat.
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      - ( Frcm the English Chartist Circular . } 1 £ * DeaB . Friends , —While legislators , politicians , philosophers , and political economists , are . severally eagigea in starching out the cause cf your distress , and in fasjsiiuuy -recommending a meara lot its eorrectton , il 5 ow Hie to Eucgest to yonr plain common sense the nature of yonrateplaiat . and the only remedy by which & care can possibly be efftcted . Your &mdaint is machinery , and ths remedy U the Chaeteb . Steam , the Poor Law Amendment Aet , and a Rural Police , constitute » trinity of villany , complete and . indivisible . Steam looks for free trade , "wbllt those who attend upon it at home are rendered incapable of possessing any of its advantages . The same persons who advocate free trade as a party , were

      the originators both of tbe Poor Law Amendment Act and of the Rural Police . Brougham , Home , Boebsck , Grote , Molesworth , Ward , and 'WartmrtQa * are anrongst the foremost tS free-traders , sod are \ fsdde& to the Poor Law Amendment Act , and most of tiarm—if m * all—are supporters of the Rural Police . Tfcus we fed the measures closely allied , while wa 3 i » over in their leading supporters a recognition of their waity . If 1 can lay -morepteHHy before yon what has been hinted at in speeches , yo » ^ rill not quarrel with ihe repetition . The great art of -writing—to my rated— consists in its -etearoeEs . in ttns letter T shin take up tbe 'guesUon of the ixdiredl operation of machinery- i am indnced to do so in -conse < pRnce of a vtry foo'ish attempt by the Sm newspaper and the Perth Ckswic ' e , te misrepresent notions wi& regard to m ^ caindry .

      ray The Sen , in tommenting upon my position , declares tbat maeainsry esnnot be the cause cf the present distress , inasnnKli as machiaeiy has aot been applied to ¦ , ^ ,. -ao ^ ies , shews , and bats ; and yet taiiors , and ahoemaiess , and hatters , it says , are folly participating in the genets ! suffering . I answer , that machinery does not make bet £ ; yet are butchers saSeiiDf from the effects of machiaey . No new machinery has been applied to making fcresd or grinding ecra ; V £ * hare bakers , millers , and floes-iactors been damaged by machinery , Machinery does bos bnild houses , or produce timber , slate , or

      stone ; yet haTe masons , carpenters , slaters , tilers , tio ber-sierchants , and all persons engaged in building , been iigared by machiBtry , Suppose your f .-reign trade to bo worth fifty-two millions a-year ; of what benefit ia that to tbe shopkeepers , or to those "who arc displaced by iia operauon from their natural position , by being made unwilling idi 9 rs ? Just take one million of idlers , who , before tbe great increase of machinery , earned each man only one pound per w * ek each , and you hare an exact set-off cf fifty-two millions per annum lost to the million on frilling idlers , and to the

      community ¦ home let ma be vary erpliei upon this subject ef the indirect infiaenca of machinery . I will instance JBoiton . Within the last few years , in Bolton , the number rf cotton mills has bseu doubled , while the number O . hands employed Lave been reduced to nearly one fcalfi and the consequence is , that those who hare been displace * from work by the improved machinery eat Bather batcher's meat nor bread , driiifc neither tea nor eoflfee , use no sn ^ ar , wear no clothes , hais , at shoes , -while they . ha-ve been toast out of houses built for the spirit of trade . Naw , all those pemns who supplied the above articles to operatiTes in employment have no dtnrmd , and , cons- qaenUy , make or provide no snpplj . Hesca does machinery operate indirectly

      upon trade , commerce , and business of ail boiIs in a mancer almost ; inconceivable . Lst US take , for example , the grossest end apparently most unassailable branch of trade . In Bo ton , there are now about thirteen huEdred uninhabited cottages . This want of occupancy in cottages will very speedily lead to the ¦ nn tenantiag of shops ; and the surrender of- shops will be fallowed by the removal of the landlord , who lived upon rents derived from those shops , to the cottages which have been abandoned by the ejected operatives ; consequently , these three classes of houses , those occupied by the little landlord , the shopkeeper , and the working roan , will stand as a competitive power against the importer of timber , the timbermerchant , the quirrymen , the brickmakers , the

      stone-masons , bnefcHyerg , tilers , iron-master * , nailors , alatera , plasterers , painters , and glaziers , and all other trades and parties engaged in building hfU 58 B , Nay , more ; every trade in Sheffield and Birmingham Will suffer from the empty fconsea . Empty houses are not furnished . No stovss , grates , fenders , fire-irons , locking glasses , razors , jugs , kettles , pots , gridirons , beds or bedsteads , chairs or tables , are found in empty houses ; ¦ while the overloaded pawn-shop 3 supply , of good , bad , and indirTsrenfc materials from the general trrecfe , more than is required for the present want * of a debased , enslaved , and pauperised community . Watch-makers , jewellers , coi ^ fectioncra , dress-makers , haberdashers , coach-proprietors , railway companies , play-boute

      managers , booksellers , and all the liberal professions , even persons who live upon voluntary contributions , are , one and all , materialiy , very vitally , affected by machinery ; for , my friends , be it remembered , "that if you cannot ipend with the shopkeepers , the shopkeepers cannot spend on luxuriss , nor yet on the necessaries of life 5 and 1 assure you , however the landed aristocracy may desire to cut the consection between themselves and the Great Umcasfied , yet are THEY also beginning to dissover that an empty house ? ays no rent ; and an empty house pays no mortgages ; ttad the Jew and money-jobbers are bbgmnuu to think that 20 s . in ths pound was too much to advance upon Linda raised to an unnatural and artificial price by eJaw legUtitiaD .

      Let us now se * how a eurplna of wotirnen in each trade , created by the people ' s inability to spend " , operates directly upon that trade in places remote , from the scene of . smoke devastation . Take Birmingham as an instance . By the census of 3831 , there were about five hundred uninhabited houses in Birmingham , -while by tee census of 1841 , there were About THR ^ E ibocsand houses VROccupiei ; the coesequence is , that Ptto and Grissell have no difficulty in tyrannising over good men in their employment . The Birmingham masons and others connected with house building , very naturally make their way to where the demand is ; and they constitute a reserve for the masters to fall back upon . Tbe Btarving thousands in Lancashire cannot wear hats , coats , or riioes ; and as a matter of course , the unemployed hatters , taiiors , and shoemakers find out where trade is most "brisk , and irake their way to ths libour market . Tbe metrepolls presenting the most flittering prospect ,

      thither they go by steam in nine houw , and they constitute in their several trades a reserve for their employer * to fall back npon , and thus enable them witboat rcsistasce , or even a struggle , to reOnee the wages of tbeir -workmen . Thus , tben , I tHafc that I ha ^ e established the fact beyond any power of refutation , that machinery is your complaint , and the Charter your only remedy and cure ; and ere long tbe foolish shepkeepers will begin to find out , that all tbe money made in a foreign market by artificial production is applied by the sniokeocracy either to the purchase of land ax laid on * on ir . wrt « age on I » AJiX > , AT HOME ' . ! While the result is that tbe shopkeepers are beggared , starred , unhoused , ead unclad , in consequence of the inability of theuswillic ^ i Utrs tireplenish their tills ; and ultimately this diabolical system of wholesale and unchecked gambling in d ^ h End blood will lead to the entire nnhannoniains and disarrangement of Eociety ; for , as I hava more thn-i oncw saH AN EMPTY TILL OX

      SATURDAY IvlGHT MAKES AN TJGLY WIFE CS SUNDAY MORSIXS- Machinery , tben , not Only aficCtS IlS iminsdlite victims , bat indirectly affects every class cf the community . It bas at length compelled royiliy itself torciinquteh a portion of its pay , And if not cbeezed wiil dr : ve is from the throne , and the aristocravj from house and home . I an :, your faithful friend and servant , PEiSGCS O'COXKOB . March 21 st , ISJ 2 .

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      CHARTISM , JOHN COMPANY , AND CABOTJLJ ( Continued from our last . ) Afsrban Guerillas" and Spanish . " Guerillas " - — Major Freeman , and the " Bheela" ] " Prince BoDey * and Shavirg Day . ' J Bhurtpore Gjld Mohura , and Brandy ! !! "We are no anvocatts for indiscriminate and relentless massacre , ct i 3 ihs " Timta * ca'ls it , butchery , and least 01 all -ssitu the £ Eesy lies prostrate and at our feet helpless -, k' . ILcre are fioiue cases in which censure jimat be laifi oa lishtly , or Uie actions themselves held justifidble , and a cass ia point is that of the "Affghana . " Without eutenrg into the " politics" of the aSkir , where is the uiScrence between the patriotism ( and all the -riituss tirrvnnlo appertainine ) cf tbe Affghao and Spanish G 3 erilJ £ ? Boih had thti ? countries invaded by men hostile to their creed , and foreign to their langnage the in ? sder . » in b ~ th canes wishing to possess Jhe

      eonntry and all its resourcra , in prererance to a rivalthe British in Ir . Sia thinking to oust tna "Russians , the Precck in Spain nsovin ? heaven aHd earth to destroy the power and infiuenre tf Ecglanii . The French in Spain < iid n&t Bucceed , and the British in Affgtanii-t&n have met with a rf ? tr « e UEpcraileled either in ancient or modern nistory . The same parties htre who lauded so feriumphantiy tie proweEs cf the SpaniEh Ghierllla—the ' priests' * who preached docirices frcm taeirpulpits JiiHe short cf = ss « sication , and that to destroy a republican and in £ del Precchojanln this -world , was a « tre passport to a good berth In the DJir—all these gtntry with their imbecile train , are now fihonting at the full piteh of tbeir voices for revenge oa the poor Mahometan Afrghaa GueriilaE , and demanding a bloody satisfaction for acting like men , and freeing tiieir •« homes and altars , " from the presence of a ruthless fnvafier .

      We are not reccing orer this unfortunate mishap ; we hav * left many dear f needs whese bones are bleaching ia AfFg hyMfftp-n ; esriy associations would make us forego toe slightest symptom of pleasure in our defeat , bat wa ooght to be ooMr ^ teat and call things by tbeir tight names . What is " black in " Spain * eann-1 be white in Afghanistan , and " > lahonimed&n hsLubdees " ehould be equally sacred as " Christian martyr 3 , " or , at ths least , the religious world might dteia them bo , and not preach a crusade in England and RindcsUn , for their K ^ i n g there in the same manner \? e would do at home . :

      We are not sestbleis wben *« butchery" is spoken or , » nci our enormities have been great in India ; Major Frttnasn of the Nizam ' s service , and commanding at Aurusnbad , had seme cvasidroV . s force to

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      put down the , «• Bhe ^ ls" in tbe Deecan , who weie a very tar jtViesome set of robbers , totally ignorant ; n short , little lesg than savages , dwelling amid caves and mountai" js , with their wives and families scarcely elothed , and armed with tows and arrows . He captared a vast dumber fay his detachments , and put them invariably' jo death This mr ^ or lathai devil , was in the habit of recounting to his . acquaintances and guests ( for he lived in style and sple jidour ) his te atment of three hundred Bheels , taken j adaoners by his men . They consisted of men , wome i , and children . All over the Deecan you will find 1 * irge , empty , aud dry tanks and wells , sometimes very deep and capacious . Under the pretence of safety , the Ch-istian Major stuffed all the Bheels into one of theses abodes , and kept them there by means of large pieces of timber , bamboo , 4 c piled one upon another .

      To make sure work of it , he set fire to the whele , so that all that were not burnt , were smothered , thus giving to the -world a novel and modern suttee , uneqnailed in atrocity , and which caste into shade the car of Juggernaut or the dectrineB of Brama ! We have heard this scoundrel repeat this tale in a ludicrous and commifserating strain j in fact he was the lien of the day when wa were at Aurungabad , and you would not dream of missing him and dining with him more than you would dream of leaving without a visit to the Tag-Mabal , tie tomb ct Aurengzebo , or tbe gardens of Nourm&haL For the honour of Britain , this vagabond boasted Portuguese blood in bis veins , and was a halfcaste , and could only speak broken English . How he got into the service we know not , but he was in good pay and good repute in the Deecan . All the Madras service can testify to the truth of the above .

      These things should be known , and then the people of England will know what they are about We pride ourselves on being the true Consewaiiraa ,-we would conserve all that Is good and throw overboard all that is bad . We are not like the Weekly Dispatch , who would destroy without restoring ; we are capable of rebuilding on the ruins . This very consistent and Republican Journal (?) gives an amusing and manufactured account of Russian diplomacy and tho Chartist Convention , in lastweek'Bpsper . It quite " out-Herod ' s Htrod . " We wiBh it was truewe want money , and whether It comes from young Nick or old Nick , or the " devil's duat men , " it matters little , provided we do get It The end sanctifies tbe

      meani ! Yf uknovmy worthy friends , the middle classes , you are completely ^ ione for—irremediably , irreparably , and without hope , unless yon give up spouting your weekly fallacies , aud come t « us , your haven of rest . But you must play second fiddle—you may corns as ushers , not masters . We do not expect great burly fello-w » like Mutts and Cobden to come as scholars , they must come as parlonr boarders ; but if they behave we would rather welcome them as friends ! Let tkem get up a loan of five millions sterling for the Convention , the Executive to be trustees , and OConnorand O'Brien standing counsel ; give them a ttxr interest and bonus , and then good luck to Bishop Bumet and paper money . ' We may return to this .

      Did Captain Harvey Tuckett ever hear of the 16 th LaBcers in Btngcl , or Martin Honey , erstwhile private in them , afterwards a General and Chief in Runjeet Singh ' s service ? Honey was an Irishman , and ft finefellow and good soldier . He deserted from his regimeDt and got across the Sntledge River , was received with open arms , and made himself useful . We believe him to be now dead , but the opinion greatly prevailed in that regiment that he was in the vicinity of Lahore , when Lord Wm . Bentinck bad an interview with Ruujeet Singh ! Suspicions were afloat that more might join him , and be made " Princes , " so they were kept In the background , and had little opportunity if so intended . The " Sixteenth" were very popular , and wore " mustachios , " which was rather an eye sore to the eleventh , Capt Tnckott ' a regiment , who were none . Even in trifles our rulers display a meddling imbecility unworthy ef men , and

      although it was well known that the natives is India would deem loss of mustichlo a loss of caste , and be degraded like a Feringhee Padre , yet orders were constantly sent to CoL Arnold , the commanding officer , to insist on a universal shaving . At length Lord Wm . Bentinck , Colonel-in-chief of the Eleventh , and Governor-General in India , issued a peremptory order , and the Nappya were ordered to be in readiness . Officers and men—men who had never suffered a rasor to pass their lips for more than twenty years , wer « shorn as remorrelessly as Samson , and the moral strength of the Regiment , was lost in the eyes of the natives ! They never could be persuaded but that it was done for disgrace and punishment When Colonel Arnold came on parade after the shaving , he did not know his men , and though deeply grieved , the whole regiment burst out laughing . Poor fellow 1 he is dead , and much regretted byalL

      We must leave Bhurtpore . Gold Mbhurs , and Brandy , with a few etceteras , rill next week . The Government seems in " a fix , " as Jonathan would Bay , * r ><* there we -will leave it A Woolwich Capet . Chicheater , April 11 th , 1842 .

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      THE NEW " NEW MOTE . " Last week we had little opportunity of commenting npon the grand demonstration of the power , and oTert manifestation of the purpose , of the wily ones assembled in consultation upon the best means of putting down Chartism in Birmingham . Their sittings , though ended before our paper reached the hanuB of cur readers , were not ended when it went to pres 3 ; and though we had no difficulty in auguring , from the complexion of the whole previous proceedings of the parties then and there assembled , the almost inevitable character of their proceedings

      upon that occasion , it m ght reasonably have been deemed out of course to pronounce judgment by anticipation . . We have waited therefore , for the perfecting of the sittings , the investigations , and inquiries of these new " new move" gentlemen . Desirous to afford perfect justice , and to consider everything in the most favourable light , that we might approve , if possible , we determined not to trust ourselves to comment on the proceedingB of this Stujbgits Conference on the representations of our own reporter , lest the trick might be again resorted to of covering defection by a denunciation of the official , who , in the discharge of hiB dnty , transmits to his employers a detail of

      facts . We have waited for their own report , given by their official organ , the Nonconformist , whose conductor was not merely present , but prominent , throughout the whole proceedings , and who takes public credit to himself for having dnlj " nursed and got up , " if not begot tsn , the whole bantling , such as it is . We trust , therefore , that the conclusions we may come to from the reading of this report will not be liable to the objection of being founded npon false premises , maliciously furnished by those who had a purpose to misrepresent the Conference . Hera , then , we have the official detail of the conference movements of the Sturgites , given by themselves . And what is the conclusion to which those details

      inevitably lead the thinking mind 1 Every good man must regard the proceedings of tbi 3 conference as valu able so far , and only so far , as they may furnish evidence of sincerity on behalf ef the parties composing it , and the classes represented by them , in the prosecution of the great work , the establishment and fuiiflerance of which was said to be its object . We need scarcely say that the Sturgeitsa have taken almost infinite pains to make people believe , that that object was the establishment of such an understanding , such & cordial recognition of interests and Feelings between the middle and the working classes ,

      as should perfectly unite the whole energies of the whole people for the destruction of class monopoly in legislation and the assertion of ths principle of Universal Suffrage . This was the whele gift and burden of their song . "Unios " waa their watch-word . The necessity for bringing the energies of the whole people into one focus was the daily text from which they preached sermons of forbearance , of enquiry , of magnanimity of looking beyond u details'' to principles—beyoad men to measures , so plausibly and with such apparent earnestness that some of the more simple among their ChartiBt anditors ( only a few , certainly , and those of the more short-sighted ) began to think that men whose mouths were so mealy , and whose

      manners were so mild , must mean well i It was our misfortune to hav © seen too much of the external complaisance of canning faction , wben its * crib" is threatened , to be very easily satisfied that the new-born zeal for truth ani righteousness * of these late converts was not more nearly allied to some sinister intention than they might choose to make apparent . We warned the people , therefore ; we gave them the benefit of our experience and observation ; we put them on their guard against what we feared to be & delusive lure , though we Btreve to hops better things of it . And the result serves to satisfy as that oar vigilance was not less necessary than we hope it to hare been effectual .

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      The Confer « nc 9 has been held jtand though , Mr . O'Brien ia represented as having «^> reBaed him-Belf highly delighted with its proeeedingg , and as having said that * whenr 1 m anleiad thai Conference he expected to meet with meo who wonld admit their principle in wholesale , ted frifter it away in detatfcjj bat bis suspicions bad proved gronndless—iiheeraV . He had never been in any society- ^ top ^^*; evenL exclusiv « ly of working men—to wh ^^ . ho had fonnd the democratic spirit more tho ^ S || h ]| y developved / ' —• a careful reading of the wbofe-wport compels us , notwithsfanding our deference to Mr . O'BfiiEW *

      sjudgment , to adhere still to that which we had previously formed of this whole movement ; and to regard the very circumstances to which we have no doubt Mr . O'B . referred , as the ground of his satisfaction , as bo much additional evidence that the whole thing is a device of the enemy , and that insincerity is stamped upon its every feature . We repeat that we are able to discover in the whole movement , of which this Conference is the most prominent swid distinguishing feature , and in the conclusions and resolutions come to by the Conference itself , no purpose save one , — which is the exact converse of the one avowed

      no evidence hut that of deeply-concealed hostility and well-covered treachery , to the great cause of democratic rule , for the success of which 80 muoh appearance o £ anxiety ib manifested . We of course intend not that these strictures shall apply personally to each , or any , member of the conference . That there were there those to whom they are most strictly applicable , and who will feel their truth , we verily beliove ; and that there were there those who , like O'Brien and others recognised as Chartist leaders , 'hoped all things" out of fervent charity , and were therefore indisposed

      "To pry too nicely neath a specious seeming , " we can have no doubt ; while we know that there were at least five good men and true from Bradford , who represented , not the Sturgiies , but the people of that town—the only town , so far as we know , which sent delegates , not from a class , but from the people ; which delegates , we believe would have been prevented Bitting had not the Sturgites feared that such a step would destroy their whole prospect of obtaining credit with the people for their projected " National" Association ; and the presence of which delegates

      we have no doubt contributed very largely to give the cue to the proceedings of the whole Conference . We speak , then , not of men , but of measures ; we speak of this Conference collectively as a deliberative body , and of its acts , in reference merely td the tendency and character of those acts , and to their obvious likelihood to subservo or retard the attainment of the end towards which they were professedly directed . That end is the concentration of the whole powers of thepsople to one point—the establishment of Universal Suffrage . TheConference was held avowedly to devise the V > est means of carrying out this principle .

      The people had been feelingly exhorted to " lay aside every weight , " to detach themselves from all consideration of detail ? , not to encumber the principle with any unnecessary clog , but to take it in all its beautiful and naked simplicity , as a common bond of union—as a point around which all could rally ; so that our whole force might be brought to bear against faction . We told them , when the project was first mooted , that this , if meant honestly , must mean the Charter or nothing ; that the whole subject was not now to be considered as new matter ; that it had been

      thought abont by men as wise , as honest , as practical , as cool-headed , and as well-disposed as those who had now made the discovery of the necessity of "Universal Suffrage ; and that their great object of " full , fair , and free representation , " must of necessity include all the great principles ( or the M details" as these mushroom patriots were pleased to call them ) of the Charter . The Conference have acknowledged this . —thanks to the watchfnlness of the people , who , at the several previous meetings which had been held upon this subject all through the country , at the

      meetings for electing several of the delegates , wad by the voice and vote of some of the delegates themselves , have shown their new-born friends that they were neither asleep nor drunk ; that they knew the meaning of plain words , and that representation could ncithsr be " full , fair , nor free , " if robbed of any one of these principles of legislative fullness , fairness , and freedom . With the tact which long experience gives to men who have deep-laid designs to mature and perfect , the Sturge men did battle successively on these details with the blandest

      semblance of forbearance and of courtesy ; and finding it impossible to evade the strong reasons to which the people ' s eyes had become clearly opened , they adopted every one of these details ; that is to say , in plain terms , they declared themselves Chartists . This was precisely the position into which the Chartists always told them they must come if they were honest ; and this is the reason why we , and the consistent of the Chartists , who , thank heaven , were almost the whole body , have decried the new movement as a gratuitous diversion .

      Having , then , come to the conclusion that all the bix great principles of liberty , —the very principles On account of which , under the name of tho " points " or "details" of the Charter , they had heretofore refused coalition with the Chartiet movement , —were necessary , did they , as consistent and as honourable men , at once say " We have been wrong in opposing our good friends , the Caartists . It is clear that they were rijjht upon the matter ; that they understood the business better than we did ; that , as the Morning Chronicle acknowledged , "the Chartists have been better calculators than the

      middle classes ; it is reasonable to suppose that if they had formed more distinct conceptions of prinoiple , they will also , having had the benefit of experience and observation , be likely to have a better knowledge of details properly so called , and of the necessary organization for carrying out principle , than any we can have ; we have now , therefore , only to dissolve onr Conference , to vote thanks to , and confidence in , our schoolmasters , and to enrol ourselves at once amongst the people who have taught us the true principles of liberty , as Boldiers in the national army of patriots fighting the moral and peaoeful battle of the Constitution , and of "full , fair ,

      and free representation" t This would have been the conduct of honest men under such circumstances Was it the conduct of the Conference !—that Conference whom Mr . O'Brien delights to honour ^ and amongst whom he declares that he found the democratic prinoiple developed to as full an extent as in any assembly in which he had ever sat 1 Did the Conference , then , having adopted the Charter in reality , adopt it also in name , and testify the sincerity of their desire for onion by enrolling themselves at once under its banners % Let the querulous anxiety of its members to escape the brand-mark testify : —

      "Mr . Palliser was sure that if they carried Annual Parliaments it would be said that they had adopted the Charter , and the next point contended for would be its name—( hear , hear ) . " an anxiety which seemed to be so fully felt by all , or at least a great majority of those present , that no one ventured to perpetrate such an atrocity as tha r Of Submitting for the adoption of tho conference , the People ' s Charter , every principle of which they had just affirmed ; a submission , which if it had been made , tho Conference were told by Mr . Mull , the conductor of the Nonconformist , the Stubgb oracle , to whom they afterwards voted : —

      " That this Confprence cannot separate without recording their heartfelt gratitude to Mr . M . all , editor of the Nonconformist for ^^ his powerful advocacy of our principles ;" that it should have had his firmest and most determined opposition . . ¦¦¦ . ; . Let the people think only of the fact that these bold aesertors . of the democratic principle —these mild and conciliatory middle-class men —these earnest advocates of union between the

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      middle aM : tli % ^ were bo ^^ idesiroi ^^ t < i « L-operate with ^ he Chartists , and ao I anxwraa "teatT ^ the Chartista Bbouid ; sead delegates to the Conference , that they might be fair ) / represented ^ tinw ^ tbat these inen had , as a collective body , just affirmed every single principle contained ia the People ' s Charter—that they had declared every one of these principles to be absolutely necessary to their notions of a " full , fair , and free representation of the people : " let the people think upon that fact , and then let them read the following resolution moved by Mr . WittuM Lotett :- * - .. ;/ "'' '¦ ¦ ' . ¦;¦¦ ¦ ¦ :. ¦; . ¦ ; -o ' - : C ¦¦ ¦ .. '

      •* That this Conference having adopted such jut t principles of representation as are necessary for giving to all classes of eociety their equal share of political £ 0 vver , and as the People's Charter contains such details as have been deemed neoessary for the working out of such principles , and has , moreover , been adopted by millions of our brethren as an embodyment of their political rights , this Conference , in order to effect a cordial union of tho middle and working classes , resolve , in a- future Conference ( in which the wholepeOble may bo fully represented ) , to enter into a calm consideration of that document , among other plans of political reform , and if approved of , to use every just and peaceable means for creating a public opinion : in its favour . " ¦'"

      Here is a resolution then , not such an one , certainly , aa might havej been expected : to follow the affirmation Of all the principles of the Charter ; but such an one as might , at least ,, havo been expected to disarm objection . It was surely the leaet thing the Conference could do , to testify the sincerity of their anxiety for ; union , after having admitted every principle of the great measure to which they knew millions of their fellow subjects , the wording menthe very men with whom they wore professing a desire to unite—to be wedded ; it was surely , we say , the least tiling they could do , after having admitted its principles , to look at its details , to examine them , aud see whether they were necessary , and whether

      they were good . Did they manifest any disposition , then , to do thiB ! Let the manner of their meeting Mr . Lpvett ' s resolution answer , ' .,.. '¦ "Mr . AdaraB thought they would be better without the molation at all ; but if it were persisted in , other plans besides the People's Charter ought to be inoluded in it . " The Rev . T * Spencer agreed with the last speaker that the conference had , not acted wisely in entering upon this subject . Had he wished to beeome a Chartist , he could have done so at Bath . He had shown his respect for the Chartists ; and had

      all of them conduoted themselves like those oresent , many of the middle classes would have become Chartists ere nowr-lhear , hear . ) Some persons were determined to have the Charter , and nothing but the Charter . The same thing was said with regard tc > the Reform Bill . They were Called together for one object , and they were now considering another . They were met not to consider the Charter , but the plan of Complete Suffrage , as suggested by Mr . SturgQi If this resolution were carried , it would be said tnat they had given the subject the 'goby . '" :

      Mr . Sfenceb therefore proposed as an amendment , that the arrangement of details should be left to the Birmingham Committee . 14 Mr . Tines seconded the amendment . He was quite sure that if they adopted the name'Chartist , ' it would impede their operations . " Mr . O'Brien had no objection to an alteration being made in the resolution to the effect suggested by Mr . Miail . -V : r - ¦ ¦ - /¦ \ . ' ; v . - " Mr . Lovett altered the resolution with a viewr to meet the wishes of Mr . Miall and Mr . Adams . " Mr . Dewhurst was proceeding to defend the Charter , aud to argue for the reten tion of the name "Chartist , " when he was called to order by Mr . Lovett , and resumed his seat . "

      " Mr . O'Brien said jt was not enough to lay down the plan of an edifice , it must be constructed . He agreed with Mr . LovetCs amended resolution , though he could not have agreed to the original motion . He teas anxious to merge the Chartist'body ititoii National one—( hear , hear ) . He teas not satisfied with the position which the Chartist bodytnow ' occupied ; nor Was he satisfied with the present position of the Conferenoe . Hb WAi 3 ABUNDANTLY satisfied with

      what ths Conference had done ; but there was one thing still wanting , viz , that it should partake of a National character . What were the obvious means of carrying that out ! There should be a body of dtlegates chosen from all the people of this country who were favourable to these proceedings , He was therefore anxious that there should bo another Conference in which all parties should be equally represented . "

      After abundanceof talk , during that and a portioa of the next sitting , the matter ended in the una > nimous adoption , on the motion of Mr . William Lovett , of a resolution to form a new National Association , to be entitled ^ The National Complete Suffrage Union" having for its objects the establishment and furtherance of precisely the same principles as the National Charter Association . This was followed by resold tions to appoint missionaries and lecturers , to

      print tracts and pamphlets , to establish a national weekly newspaper , and to raise funds by the issuing of cards of membership , varying in price from sixpence to five pounds each , ( as a method , we suppose , of evincing the perfect developement of the democratic principle !) and those resolutions are again followed by the adoption of a general plan of organization , affecting to differ a little from that of the National Charter Association ; but being practically in-opsrative , or perfectly illegal in its operation , by just so much as it does differ .

      What , then , is the conclusion forced upon the mind by all these proceedings taken as a whole . The avowed object of these men is the uniting of the whole energies of the whole people , and particularly the uniting of the middle and working classes ; and they prosocute this object by a means which can have no other effact than that of breaking up , as far as it may be successful , the union of the working classes already established . This may be sufficient to prove to Mr . Bbien that His suspicions of the Sturgeite ' a were groundless ; we acknowledge , however nflich we may regret to dissent from his opinion , that upon our mind it

      has worked a conclusion exaotly the reverse of this . None know better than some of the old stagers in agitation who composed this Conference ; none know bettjr t ban ; the whole party who assume the lead in this movement , that it ia impossible for it to goon without seriously injuring the prospect of attaining that full , fair , and free representation , for which they affect to be so anxious . The co-existence of two "National " Associations , having the same objects , and recognising the same principles , is alike needless , absurd , and imppBsible , They must fritter away each other ' s strength ; they cannot either of them become " National" without annihilating , the other .

      These Conference men havei proved to a demonstration one of two things : either that they are perfectly insincere , and that their object is net that which they profess , or that they are more devoid of the common principles of reason ; than the utmost stretch , of our charity will allow us to suppose them to be . The very fact of their rejecting without enquiry ox examination , the details of the Charter and the organization of the alrestay established National Sooiefcy—established for the attainment of their owb principles--proves that they desire to effect not union but division among

      the people ; and we nbvr again ask the people plainly , whether , with thia palpable evidehee of fraud and insincerity upon its front , they will permit themselves to be bamboozled by the pretended assertion of their principles , into an alliance with , and a support of , parties whose plain object is io re-enact , upon a bolder scale , the bye-gone juggles Of their " liberal" brethren t We have no fears for them . Tha people have too much sense to be thus trapped I Had the evidence of their sincerity appeared upon the face of the middle-olaBS movement , none would have

      hailed it with greater cordiality than we would ; nor would the whole people have been wanting in readiness to forget past injuries , and to forgive bye-gone wrongs . They would have extended the hand of fellowship to their late persecutors , now made rational and sensible , with right free good will . But under such circumstances we feel quite sure that they will have but one answer for them : they will say plainly , ** Messrs . Middle-class , Full , Fair , and : Free" men , pray excuse us ; we are no longer to be hoodwinked ; if your object be the establishment of the principles you have es-

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      ^ used j we shall receive you heartily as brethren and TciUow workers ; we shall congratulate you on the improvement in your moral and intellectuai character , and we shall gladly give you the benefit of onr experienca and belter acquMntance with the principles of right , for your further instruction in the , mode of their developement and furtherance . But you must not expect that we , from wh « m you abknowledge to have learned your principles , shall

      submit ourselves to your guidance acd tutelage . This would be indeed for the cIcar-Bighted to choose blind leaders , and to deprive themselves of all reasonable ground of Complaint , however disastrous might be their way . " In a word , they will point the Complete Suffrage Association men to the " ranks'' of the National Charter Association as their ; due place and best opportunity of exhibiting their patriotic energy , and their no less patriotic love of union .

      We hold it to be dear as day-light that this is the precise position which the people must take , and the only position which they could take iu reference to the new "New Move'' Charter Association , supposing its claims to a national character and its exhibition of the democratic prinoiple to have been much better and more forcible than they are . But what Bhall we say to this body , —this Conference , partially elected by narrow con&iituenoies , —presuming to constitute s portion of themselves a national society at all I Our idea of democratic principle seems to differ strangely ^ from that of Mr . O'Bbien ; for we had thought that under the influence of this principle no Society could be at all deemed " National , " whose constitution and laws did hot emanate from

      a deliberative body representing the powerand intellect of the nation , which power and intellect our democratic principle teache 3 us to recognise otsly in the people themselves or in their representatives fully , fairly , and freely chosen-Here on the contrary is a body of men ^ the major part of them representing merely the bahdfuls of persons who signed Mr . Sturge's beclaration ; and these men presume to lay down not only the principles but the rules , constitution , and laws of a society for the whole nation ; and not only so but to elect the officers by whom this National" society is to be

      controlled and governed and its funds applied , for twelve months ; without the liberty , to any member of this ?? 'National " - ; Society , to alter , or amend , or propose the alteration or amendment , of any one of its rules , however objectionable , for the like space of time ; nay more , so perfect is the exhibition in the new " national" move of the democratio principle , that even at the end of twelve' months no member of this "National" Society has the power to amend or alter , or to propose the amendment or alteration of any . rule , however objectionable , except he be one of the "National " officers now appointed by this Conference ,

      representing , at the most , a few handfuls of men , and many of whose members represented no one but themselves . This is as fine an exhibition of the democratic principle as we have seen for some time but it is fully equalled ; by other parts of the Constitution of this new " National" society for the suppression of Chartism , upon which we have not at present either room or time for comment . We have already exceeded the space we purposed to devote to this subject in our present number , but we cannot leave it without giving one more evidence from the report of the Ifonoohforthist of the perfect sincerity of tbeBe middle dase Sturgb men , in their ardent professions of a desire to conciliate and

      unite together the middle and working classes . " Mr . Dewhirst rose and moved , and Mr . Brook seconded , .... ' :- . . ' .... '¦ ¦¦¦ ' ' . .: ¦ . ; ' ; - . ¦ ¦ ¦' : ' . , ,. .. ^ -. "That we , the delegates , assembled in conference at Birmingham , having after due . and mature consideration recognised and adopted the principles of Annual PariiamentSj Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Equal RepresentatioE , No Property Qualification for Members of Parliament , and Payment of Representatives , cannot under such circumstances consistently separate without giving a

      cordial aad hearty vote of thanks to the ^ vorking classes for the indemitable courage , hearty perseverance , and Christian forbearance manifested by them as a body in times of trying want and BHrpasssing enaergency brought about by the misrule of class legislation and the monopoly of interested speculators ; and we further pledge ourselves to co-operate in every constitutional agitation for the purpose of creating , organising , and directing such union of all classes as may tend to the attainment of the principles whioli we have recognised . ' ; ¦;• ¦

      "Several delegates , among whom was Mr . O'Brien , urged the withdrawal or modification of the resolution ; but the mover and seconder declared that they would not accede to it ; the Conference might either reject or adoptii . " jffow mind , this is no statement of a " lying reporter for the Northern Star ; it ib the report , without alteration or curtailment , of the Stuboe oracle , the Nonconformist . And we learn , from the

      sequel of that report , that as the two brave Bradford men refused to withdraw this resolution , and left it to the Conference to adopt or reject it , the Conference obliged them by rejecting it . The votes are given in the report ; for the amendment , ( that is for the rejection of the Bradford men's resolution ) 41 ; against the amendment , i . Names are not specified , but we pledge our lives that the five were the five Bradford

      men . To conclude—at least for this time . We Bhallprobably be looked to for some opinion upon what course the people should pursue as to the future movements of this new self-constituted- " National " Complete Suffrage Association . Here then is our opinion at once . The people should , have ^ tothing to do witb . them . They should leave them alone in their littleness , and laugh at them . The people must hot oppose them , for they profess to be seeking the advancement of our principles ; let them , therefore , go on

      their own way ; aud if they are determined to go alone —if they are determined to make a foot-road for themselves alongside the people ' s turnpike , in God ' s name , let them walk on it it until their ancles ache and they begin to feel their loneliness But support them against toe factions in all their assertions of the great principles of liberty . If they should be weak enough to take the open field in defence of oiir principie 8 relying on their own strength , rush to the rescue , lest the enemy should overcome them ; let them not , by any means , be beaten by the open and avowed advocates

      of class legislation : on every public occasion when the Complete Suffragites ^ ^ muster for the assertion ot our common principles , there letthe Chartists muster with them to a man ; let there be no suoh division in our ranks as the enemy can take advantage of ; let thembewell protact 3 d , and by our aasistance made triumphant , in every publio assertion of our principles which they may attempt ; but never leave them without letting them know to whom they are indebted ; never leave a meeting

      without a resolution pledging the people to their old leaders so long as these remain faithful , to their triej friends who have braved the battle and the breez ? to tneir owiruational organisation , vvhioh they know to be legal and efficient , and to the evidence 01 sincerity to the cause by enrolment in the National Charter ABsbpiatipn . This is the advice we give the people ; we give it in all sincerity and earnestness ; and we tell them , that if it be not heeded , they arelikeiy to have bitter and abundant reason for repentance .

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      The adjourned debate on the income tax waa resumed by Mr . Aldam , of Leeds , who croonded his objections to an income tax on account « f its iDquisitonal character . Some parts , however of the Mmistenal measnre had his approbation . v « > n ? i * o 'L ^ ere « P <»» ensued , in which Mr , EscotV Mr . Parker ^ LordSandon , Sir C . Napier , ^' k * ^ ' ^ ° E * . Mr- Hawes , Sir Jamea fcrraham , Mr . Ferrand , Lord Worsley , and Colonel bibthorp had their ^ say , when the House divided . |^ r brinjtine upihe Report ... ... 308 i ) or LordJ 6 hn 8 Amer idment . » ... 202 Peel ' s majority ... ... 106 -After some farther conversation , ^ he Report was hen agreed to , and leave given to bring in tbe Income Tax Bill .

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      BIRMINGHAM . GREAT CHARTIST MEETING ON ; MONDAY . The workiee have done their dnty , and they hare done it well ! They have brought the mountain to Mahomet , instead of Mahomet going to the mounlMun ! - " . ¦¦ ,- '¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦' :- " . ¦'' -: / ' . , ' v ¦ '' . ' ¦ ¦ " : ' : \ . ' ' ' . ' ¦ : ¦ ¦'' ' ¦ - ¦ The brave men of Bilston began to be on the move about four o ' clock ; by five , the band waa serenading O'Connor ; byeix , the Wolverhampton worthies were in . the field , -and thef started ' for Birmingham in good order , with banners floating ia

      defiance of their enemies , not more glorious than the cause they had been unfurled to maintain . On the road , the Walsall workies joined . ; and Wedensbury , Dudley , Stottrbridge , Kidderminsfcer , Brierly Hills , and other localities Bent forth their tributary Streams , forminig as fine a sight as can be well imagined . The morning was beaHtiful , but yery windy ; and when the Birmingham men met them at the Trees , in Hampton Road , O'Connor , who had headed and marshalled the procession on foot , looked more like a miller than any thine else .

      An immense number of stalwart and enthusiastic miners , dressed in their fianuel jackets , marched first in the procession ; they entered the t « wh in great regularity like a yfell-drilled regiment ; and loudly cheered O Connor throughout the march of ten miles . The Birmingham men halted , and fell into the rear of the immense procession . Therewerft several excellent bands Of music and banners . Having arrived at Duddeston Row , iud taken up their position , the chair was taken exaotly at eleven o ' clock by Mr . Portevv who briefly introduced the business ofthemeeting . ! The first resolatipn was moved by Mr . M'Carfney one of the delegates from Liverpool , and seconded by Mi \ E . P . Mead , of Birmingham , both of whom

      delivered very eloqsent speeches . . / Mr . O'Connor supported the resolution in a speech ,: not a very loug onej but one full of kind feeling towards the working men , and jokes upon his own unwashed appearance . He was nowfairly identified with the great unwashed , though he wasnot the great unknown , " He hailed with satisfaction the acknowledgment of our principles , deprecated any opposition to any party contending for them , and recommended vigilance and watchfulness It was said and thought by many that the object of these " new movers" was u to get rid of Feargus . ' ^ But they might as well attempt to remove Olympus ; he braved their vain and futile attempts . They said lie was in the p » y of the Tories . Good God ! in league with the faction thai

      had deluged the green sod of his beloved Iroland with martyrs' blood ! He was not a Whig . The Whigs had proved that t by their persecution of him and his brave associates . How could he , then , belong to , or have anything to do , with such a set of scoundrels a 3 either the Whigs or the Tories ^ But be must be brief ; he had to address another meeting in London at eight o ' olock , and the Conventioa would meet to-morrrow morning . He must wash and eat ; for he was a very unfit and very unseemly guest at a soiree , or in a ball-room , unless it were a masquerade ball ; and therefore he must now take his leave , aitd leave other talented aud eloquent men to address them . Mr . O'Connor then departed amid the deafening cheers of tbe assembled thousands . r

      Messrs . Lowery , G . White , Thomasson , from th& Vale of Leveu ; Kicharda , from the Potteries ; A » B . Ceok , from Stroudwattr , Gloucestershire ; T . Soar , and T . P . 'Green , of Birmingham , subsequently addressed the meeting , which lasted nearly four hours , in soul-stirring speeches , amidst breathless silence , when not interrupted by rapturous plaudits A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and thus ended our great Midland Demonstration . The following resolutions were passed without a dissentient hand being held up against them : — H That this meeting view with great satisfaction the result of tbe late Complete Suffrage Conference , as far as their adoption of the entire principles of the People ' s Charter : is concerned ; and we hope the COOr Siliatory spirit exhibited in that assembly will be the means of producing a very strong impression upon the national mind , in favour of the rights of

      mail , and that a general sense of the justice of tha people's claims will induce many to join in th * struggle of right against might , and ultimately obtaia for tie masses , that full and perfect liberty which alone can secure the greatest amount of prosperity and happiness to the empire at large . " : That this meeting do deo ! a , re their perfect satisfaction with the present organisation of the body called * The National Charter Association , * and their firm resolution of adhering to the present mode of agitation , relying upon their own exertions , but-holding out . the right-hand of friendship to all who agitJte for the same righteous principles » s themselves . And we do earnestly call upon the working classes to stand firmly by their own order ^ aQdrally round their own victorious standard , by enrolling themselves as members of the National CharterAssofliation . ' *

      ^ That we , the members Of the National Charter Association , douse onr utmost exertions to increase Our numbers and augment , our funds by every rational and peaceable means , snch aa the distribution of Chartist tracts and other Liberal works , by local collectors , by friendly visits , and mutual instruction societies , and discussion with adverse parties , in order to convince others of the fatal effjots of class legislation , which has been the cause of the moral , social , and political evils , which have reduced the people to their present state of suffering : and destitution , and we pledge ourselves , never to cease our exertions until the People ' s Charter , unmutilated , become the law of the British Empire . " ? ¦ ¦

      ' • . " That this meeting deeply sympathise with the sufferings of our patriot brethren , the victims of Whig treachery and injustice , especially with the three Welch martyrs , Frost , William ^ and Jones and Howel , Jones , and Roberts , of Birmingham , and that we pledge ourselves never to cease our exertions in their behalf , until every victim is restoredto liberty , the bosom of his family circle , and to the land of his birth . " : "That the be&t thanks of this meeting be given » because most due , to the Chartist delegates , who last week so nobly advocated and defended the six grand principles of the People ' s Charter , in the Complete Suffrage Ckravention /'

      [ Tho departure of our reporter from Birmingham to attend the CJonventidn mm sitting , has prevented us giving a full report of this large , important , and enthusiastic meeting . This we are sorry for , as public , attention has been most anxiously directed towards it . Under the eireumstances i no other course was left us but to insert such a report as we conld procure ; which we have done , with this explanation . ] .

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      Mr . Griffin , of Manchester , acknowledges tht receipt of 10 s , per post-office order , from the Chartists of Halifax , for the victims aC the Hall ¦ ' of Science , and on their behalf returns them his sincere thanks . ; ; Halifax . —It is most urgently requested that all our Chartist friends direct their communications to Joseph Thornton , Barum Top , Halifax , until further notice . Mr Jaues Sweet begs to < acknotcledgeihe receipt of the PelUinnjrom Boston , Lincolnshire . All Letters for Mr Taylor during the next three weeks to be addressed to him , care of Mr . Sweet , news-agent , Go 6 se Gate , Nottingham ^ . The

      Report of the Wome district meeting was received after the last week ' s Taper was ai CflAnmi ) Tithes ^ Chartist ( f rom hk infanci /) telkusthathemeamiassdondshisarrangefnents are completed , which will be in a fete weeks , to supply his brother Chartists with ink , to be called ¦ 'Chartist Ink , ' and to forward to us weekly , for the itse of the Executive , one penny out of every shilling of the proceeds oj ' the sale thereof . Mr . 'Ihomas Short has received from the Chartistt _ of Winchcomb 5 s . for the masons on strike . T . J . Siiita . — -There is no law < in the matter ; but the usage of all welt ordered assemblies is deci ~

      dedty against tiieex-M . P . to whom he refers . MosSLKT . —Mr . Tnornas Large , Baguley-hili , Mosky , has teen appointed sup-Secretary , in place of _ George Hoy le , resigned . : Birmingham Young Man ' s Charter Association . — We have no room for their address . J . J ., Legbams-lane , Bradford . — We thank our friend most heartily for his kindly rebuke . We have ne doubt that it is written in perfect « ncerxtyand meant in perfect kindness . He must excuse our p ublishing it , a < we cannot perceive any go » d end it would answer by publication , more especially as he hat assigned no reasons for the opinion he has expressed , Daniel Maksben s / rony / y recommendiV to all Forresters , OM Fellows , and other secret orders , to connect with each lodge' a cooperativestore . In 0 ™ PPort of h's proposition , he says;—" buppose , for . insfcince , that each Lodge has £ 100 ai

      command , and that they agree to lay out such sum in stores ; and suppose that each society haa fifty members , and that each , member expends 16 s . per week ,, making the agfregata . £ 37 10 0 ; then euRpoae , furtne ? . that Is . ( f 5 d ; perpoondsteruntfbe allowed for pronto , making £ i Us . ed . per week , or £ l \ 2 s . ed . per month , and £ 144 6 s , Od . a year—a sum which , if properly laid Out , would furnish or oafld , in the course of ten or twelve ytars , a comfortable house for each member , whidj ¦ .. . would confer on them the elective franchise . " S ^ - - ^ ' G . 'I Harneyhas received from n ::. X- Y . 2 * for the Executive . Mr . H . has -. ¦ ., jorwarded the money to Mr . Campbell , who has ¦ . acknowledged the receipt of it . rSRSOXS willing to become lecturers for the East apd North Riding district of Yorkshire must send their names to the Sect etary , Edward Bur ley , 19 , ' Billon street . Layerthorve . York . Everv tendiaate

      must forward credentialit from the Distrust . . .. Secretary , testifying to talent and sobriety . 10 . THE ChaKTJSXS OV THE EiST AND NOKTH KIDINOS . —Those places who have not already forwarded their share of Convention Fund are requestedHo do so immediately to the Secretary .

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      To The Working People

      TO THE WORKING PEOPLE

      The ^Orthern Star Saturday, April 16, 1842.

      THE ^ ORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , APRIL 16 , 1842 .

      House Of Commons, Wedmesdat.

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Wedmesdat .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 16, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct750/page/4/