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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1843.
    • THE DECISION OF THE CONFERENCE THE NEW PLAN OF ORGANISATION.
    • PORTRAIT OF W. P. ROBERTS, ESQ.
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      Mr . Q'CO ~ sx OB has received communications from » any districts in all of which a v ^ ry great desire is expressed to have a pobtb ^ JI of Mr . Roberts , the people ' s Attorney-General We cannot wonder that a strong wish should be entertained to possess a Likeness of so truly amiable , tal e nted , and t rue a man ; and although "we know that Mr . O'Connor had determined to give no more Portraits , yet we have the pleasure to announce that all Subscribers f o r Three Months , from Saturday , the 16 th of Sept , will receive A POBTIUIT OF W . P . ROBERTS , THE PEOPLE'S ATTORNEYGENERAL

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      " BEPABTTTRE OF THE QUEEN O ^ A VISIT TO ^ v TEE XING OF TBE B ELGIANS \ \ Bbightos , TuxsdaT . According ! to the announcement in my letter jesterday , Her irajestj and the Itoyal mite left Brighten for Oslend this morning , at a quarter to nine o ' c ' . ock . From an- earl j honr ^ otb entrances to tfee Palace -were beset by sExlous crowds of the inhabitants and viators , a military guard being stationed at both gates , creating a doubt ss to -which route Her llajssiy would take to the Pier . JL detachment of the Grenadier Guards -was drawn up at the northern entrance , forming a sort of * hollo ? square to keep cff the crowd , while a similar d u ty was p erformed "by a detachment of the Queen ' s Own Hussars at the opposite gate , opening into Castletquaie and East-street , The entrance to the Pier , and

      thence along the Marine Parade , as far as Jiew Sieine , OTErlooking the Chain-pier Esplanade , attracted the ! greater portien of the visitors ; bat as far as the eye j eonld reach , light and left , "was to be seen a line of ; faces . The beach -was also covered -with spectators , | and the sea stndded with boats . ! La s t ni ght the Pier Company issued handbills , i annonndnj ; that the Pier -would be closed against the pu ' . lic nnta after Her Majesty ' s de p ar t ure , and this order -was risidly acted npon . The only persons on the i Pier -were a guard cf honour of the Grenadiers , stationed * . at the Pier-head , -with their band , Captain Pecbel ) , _ S 2 LP-, Mr . T . West , and Mr . L . D . Smith itwo of the ] managing directors of the Pier ) , Mr . C . Cooper , their elers , tfee Hi gh-Constable , the CJerk to the Comuiw-, ' aioiieis , aad the reporters connected "with the Irfradon t * nd local journals . i This arrangement w * s made in compliance -with the ! 5 ^ 1 J ^ f S"J y » « gniSed to Mr . Cooper by the ; Master of the Household . '

      Sw T ™^ ?» WBin * *«*«* ™* P ^ nce Albert drove on the Pi « , at the ate of 4 ? ch shs wbs I 2 ££ T ^ * £ **?*• - Oaiei carriage followed , contaming the Koya ] « nte s and as the ar / ft » passed SSLSig ""** ^ *" " « * £ * *»«; The K ^ yal party alighted from their carriages at the * « nd cf lhe Suspension-brid ge , whence they yttn ' ««** * » £ W « t and f e SlDith , £ 5 , 2 ^; the P « W , ^ here Ha M . jesty acknowledged the bows of the fentlemen assembled there , Ly W ™ h , reisrn . The Grenadiers saluted , and the baad at once stiscknp " Guds&vetha Queen . "

      iler Majesty paused to survey the fcexe , -which lie pressnee of the military made most aniBiatacig and tiec , cendncted l > y tbe directora , descended the -western flight * f steps , - which , ss -well as & temporary platform erected for the purpose of faeUiiutiEg Her MsJ 6 Bty » embaroaiion , -was covered with red cioth . Sir Samuel . B .-owuhid the hocoar of Landing ibe ftaeen and the Boyal paciy into the gaXey , which -w as Ijjng-at the hotton ^ , nude ? tie command of Lord Adolphus Fiizdarea * . H « Mjrjesty , Prince Afcert , and the mite being seated , &b gfiltey left the Pier , a t which momen t the latfaij epsuBeoeed Srieg a royal * aiute . The Chaini » er then g&lsted ia a similar manner , acd b y the time this isteb OTtV , fee ^ sfley reached ae Boj- al yacht The numerous vesCelt is ( be Roads were decked ont with £ * g » and Btresfc ^ r * , anfi She yards were all manned . Tfcnneckd -v jtb th . M SB MfKJen * fcapptnei whjeb was

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      I'ifrfy to prove fatal . After Her Majesty had reached the yacht , one of the seamen of the Tartar revenue cntttr fell from the ytrd into the aea , and had nearly sunk , when the b * atput off and picked him up . The Roy » l yacht at once got under weigh , and proceeded on her voyage , followed by eight other steamers . All wire soon left a considerable distance behind , -with the exception of the Mercury , -which took a parly to London , and the Ariel , an iron steamer , belonging to the Post-tfSce . These two maintained the same pace as the Rojal yacht tip to ^ he moment -when the yacht ¦ w as lost to view , which was at half-past ten o ' clock . The St . Vincent and another vessel of the line were in the cmng , and followed the squadron , the fl 3 g-sbip receiving a salute from the Pier . Dover , Sept . 12 .

      This afternoon at three o ' clock the Royal yacht , the Tictoriaand Albert , containing England's beloved Queen and illustrious Consort , passed Dover from Brighton in gallant style , with the Royal standard ^ floating from the main , and the Union-jack from the miz ? n . The Koyal vessel passed abou * . a mile off the shore . It was blowing a fresh bretBi from the eastward at the time ; but such seemed the powers of the Victoria and Albert that even with this bead wind sbe walked the -waters with a rapidity that nothing could exceed , leaving the other vessels in the Royal squadron far behind . On the Queen of the waters being descried off the westernmost of Dover Cliffs , ihe Royal standard was h o is t ed at t he Castle , and the Union-jack at the heights , -while from the vesssels in the harbour and the house-tops of many of the citizens * flags were instantly unfurled , and the entire sea front , for more than a mile , was lined with loyal snrjects , anxious to have sight of the Royal bark and its preciens treasure .

      The yacht was too far off for us to distirctly recognise her Majesty ; but we think we observed her by the aid of a telescope , -with Prince Albert by her aide , on the quarter deck , looking towards the shore . When the yacht got immediately off the barbour , a Royal salute vraa fired from the guns at the grand redoubt ; and immediately the guns of the Castle , though they have been dumb for the last twenty yean , answered the salnte from the redoubt These salutes had hardly died away ere the Royal yach t had r o nnded t he South For e l a n d , and in a very brief space of time she was out of sight .

      This morning several of our most experienced Cinqne Ports pilots left Dover to guide the vessels of the Royal tquadren to Ostend . —Times .

      The Northern Star. Saturday, September 16, 1843.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 16 , 1843 .

      The Decision Of The Conference The New Plan Of Organisation.

      THE DECISION OF THE CONFERENCE THE NEW PLAN OF ORGANISATION .

      In another portion of this sheet will be found the Next Plan of Organization , as agreed upon by the delegates in Conference assembled , after most mature delibe r ati on , and thorough canvassing of its every and several parts and provisions . That Plan but now awaits the affixing of the Seal of Authority to it , by lhe Certifying Barrister . When that is done , and steps are being taken to procure it , — operations under it can immediately commence . The Executive Committee , the moment that the Plan h enrolled , will be prepared to issue Charters for the holding of branches , cardB of membei ship , books for the enrolling of names , class-books , and all other material for a due and systematic carryisg oat of the objects ef the Association .

      SeTeral parties have expressed fear that the rules and objects of the Association will not be enrolled : that the certifying Barrister will refuse to perform that which is , in him , merciy a ministerial act . For ourse l ves , we have no such fear . We know that the Barrister must enro ' , if the objects , plans , and purposes of the society are legal ; in accordance with law ; and calculated to ensure benefit to the members , li matters not to him what the parties joining together in Euch society please to call themselves ; he has nothing to do with what they may call ti-eir u principles , " if those " principles" are not in direct contravention of the law of the land . It is not for

      him to inquire into these things . He has merely to satisfy himself that the provisions and laws of the society placed before him for enrolment are in accordance with the provisions and requirements of the Bekepit Societies' Acts ; and , if they are , he > ic = t Essoi . ; if they are not , he mast point out where they are in contradiction , and enrol the rest . With the Barrister we fear no unnecessary delaj , or obstacle . Means are being taken to test the matt < a- very Ehortly ; and by next wetk we confidently expect to be able to make the announcement that the Plan of Organization for Mutual Benrfit has been stamped with AUTHORITY .

      What a ** step in advance" that will be We shall not then be the tag-rag and bob-tail of political parties . We shall not then be the illeg a l Chartists . We shall not then be an unlawful confederation . We shall be within the pale of the law ; have the pboX £ Ctios of the law , so long as we confine ourselves to a lazeful mode of seeking our LAVfTCL OBJECTS . But this i 3 not all . The code of Iaw 3 for the government of the National Charter Association for Mutual Benefit , as set forth in our columns this day , will , the moment they are enrolled , become

      as much the law of the land , as far as the society itself is concerned , as if they were embodied in Parliamentary statute . Is that nothing ? Wil ] not that be ol advantage ? Will sot that tend to insp ire confidence ? CosFiDEJfCE in oar general agitation for general principle , inasmuch as we shall have a legal defined plan of operations . Cosfidexce , in the security of oar funds , because we shall have every protection that the law can give against fraud and peculation . These are advantages worth some little sacrifice to obtain . Thxt abb obtained . The moment the

      Plan is enrolled , that moment do oar funds , all and every of them , come under the protective influence of the Act of Parliament protecting , Benefit Societies ; and under that Act we have protection for them full and ample . To shew this , we will hero transcribe from the act itself the clause which gives this protection . We do this , beca u se w e feel perraaded that confidence must be first inspired , before we can at all expect men to subscribe to our funds and nothing can so much tend to inspire that confiden c e , as a showiBg that the fnnds and their rifchtfnl application , are SECERiD and guabaxteed

      BT LAW . The Act 10 , Geo . III ., c . 56 , sec . 25 , provides as follows : — " And be it fnrtber enacted , that for the effectually preventing fraud and imposition on the funds of such societies , if any efflcer , member , e r any other p e r s o n , being or representing himself or herself to be a member of each society , or the nominee , execntor , admin i s t ra t or , or assignee cf any member of Buch society , or any other person whatever , shall in or by any false representation or imposition fraudulently obtain possession of the mtmiea of such society or any part thereof , or hating

      ti his or her possession any sum < f money belonging to SUCh SOcUly shall FBAUDCLESILT WITHHOLD TBE sake , ana for which ifiknee no especial provision is made in the rules ef sueh society , it snail be lawful for spy Justice of the Peace residing within the County within -whicajnch si ratty shall be held , upon complaint mad « on oath or tffirmation by an officer of such society appointed for that purpo » e , to summon such person against whom such complaint shall ke made to appear at a time and place to te named in j »« h summons ; his

      ana upon or her appearance , or , in default thereof , 0 ^^ Pro £ * ? ° or afi ^ ti ** , of the service S , «^ f ^ aons j > Aall and may be lawful for any two JutwtB resting within the county aforesaid to Sf * L ~ ¦^ * ocIet y- •»««»«* ¦* drafted iy ttta Act ; and n , im due proof cf «* fwda ^ ni < vrthdi to be paid to u » txawmr , io beStf ta

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      him to the purposes of the society bo proved to bave been imposed upon and defrauded , together with such costs aa shall be awarded by the sa ? d Justices , not exceeding the sum of ten shillings ; and in case such person against whom such complaint shall be made shall not pay the snm of money so awarded to the person , and at the time specified , in the s aid ord e r , such Justices are hereby required , by warrant under their hands and seals , to cause the same to be levied by distress and sale of tha goods of such person on whom such order &bali have been made , or by other legsj pr o ceedin g s , together with such costs as shall be awarded b y the said Ju s tices , not exceeding the sum of ten shillings , and also the costs and charges attending

      such distress and sale or other legal proceedings returning the overplus ( if any ) to the owner ; and in default of such dis t ress bung found , the said Ju s tices of the Peace shall commit such person so proved to have offended to the Common Giol or House of Correction , there to be kept to bard labour for such a p e riod , not exceeding three calendar months , as to them shall seem fit : provided nevertheless , that nothing herein contained shall prevent the said society from proceeding by indictment or complaint . igaiuet the party complained of ; and provided also , that no party shall be proceeded against by indictment or complaiut if a previous conviction had been obtained for the same offence nader the provisions of thif Act . "

      Here then is protection . Let any member , " any other person , " get hold of the monies belonging to our society , when its rules are enrolled ; and let him refuse to deliver them up , or to apply them as the rules direct , and the remedy is swift and ample . " The Justices SHALL convict the ? aid party , and AWARD DOUBLE the AMOUNT OF MONEY SO FRAUDULENTLY , obtained or withheld . " We shall have precious little of running away with , or misappropriating , our funds under the New Plan of Organization for liluiual Benefit , when it is enrolled !

      Here then is every thing to inspire confidence . Here is a lever put into the hands of those who have to move the public mind in favour of our objects and purposes greater and more powerful than they ever before possessed . It will bo their interest and duty to use it well and effectually . The Plan then i 3 before the country . It has received the best and most earnest attention cf a delegated body , called into being for the express purpose . It is the result of their united wisdom and joint application . It comes before the public with no ordinary recommendations or pretensions . It comes stamped with popular approbation , expressed after much deliberation , and in the only legitimate manner . It therefore cannot fail of being well received .

      A lengthened eulogium of the several parts of the Plan would be here out of place . Opportunities will hereafter present themselves to comment upon them , as they are severally required to be put into operation . These comments we shall from time to time offer , with a view of making all practically acquainted with every detail , bo that the Organization may be a beality and not a thing in name only . Calling attention therefore , firstly , to the Plan itself ; and then to Mr . O'Connor ' s letter on the subject , in our first page ; and with every confidence that we shall be able next week to announce that the laws are enrolled , we take a hasty leave of the question for the present , with ' a promise to return to it often and again .

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      period the Government of the present blood-hoaadB of Spain had not been recognized by the Cabinet of St . James ' s . On . the contrary , tha very air re . sounded with laudations of Espartero , the ex-Reger . t , and with condemnations of the murdering crer / who have succeeded him , and who are now engaged in the destruction of the remnant of Spanish liberty . The Times took a proud lead in distinguishing the merits of Espartero , and in contrasting his mild rule with the

      tyrannous Government of- his successors , whose first act was the destruction of every liberal institution capable of offering opposition to their parricidal machinations . It was understood that the leading policy of those devils was to impose an early responsibility upon a poor little creature of thirteen years of age , as a cloak for their own iniquities . All their policy was drafted out beforo us . They were known to be the tools of Louis Philippe and his Cabinet ; and with this understanding , and before the first " Cheshire" had been cut , or the first

      " bottle of stout" been drawn , and while her Bntannic Majesty was en her way to her cousin of France , did we learn that the Government of the usurpers is formally recognised by her Majesty ' s Ministers . ' and Esparteko , the bold and the brave , the honest and the uncompromising ; the King-controuling and priest-curbing Espartero , is held up by the Times newspaper as an object of scorn ! This newspaper mist , however , did not blind oar vision . We saw Spain and Ireland through the " Cheshire" and the " stout . " The thunder of the artillery did not deaden the French cry for a

      republic ; the roar of England for her Charter ; and the unanimous call of Ireland for her Parliament . We sa i d : " be it borne in mind , that this is the preoursor of a congress of monarchs ; a conference of majesty ; to deliberate upon the best means of arresting the cry of democracy . " We announced that Louts Phiuppk would place Spain against Ireland ; and last week wo directed attention to the fact , that the English Minister had lost no time in preparing her Majesty to cover the stake without hesitation , by

      recognising French usurpation as the acknowledged government of Spain . However the political mechanic may scatter his fragments in the kaleidiscope , we defy him long to obscure the real objects of the Royal visit from public view . Shake it aB he may ; turn it as he will ; twist it as best he can ; the keen eye , after all , will ; distinguish between Spain and Ireland ; the Charter and the Spanish marriage , and the " Cheshire cheese and bottled stout . " ^

      The Morning Chronicle was the first of the daily press that dared to take our view of the subject ; and the answer of the Times to that Journal is truly ludicrous . It amounts to this , and nothing more that if the Chronicle is right , Louis Philime must be infallible . The Chronicle very forcibly explains the difficulties with which the intrigues of Louis Philippe are surrounded , and the danger which failure would entail upon himself ; and what ' s the answer of the Times ? Why ludicrous enough ; though quite characteristic ! It is this : —

      " It must have been obvious to far less cautions and experienced politicians than they are , that such & movement as that which has just taken place iu Sptin was only the precursor of troubles to which no end can be assigned ; and to suppose that they deliberately encouraged such a movement is to accuse them of a poli ij in which folly certainly predominates even over knavery . If &uch a scheme existed , its total failure is admitted even by our contemporary ; and after having drenched ua with a malignant sort of compassion for the i ne p t i tud e of L o rd Aberdeen , which left Spain and Great Britain at the mercy of the mast artful politicians iu Europe , we find tha t the tables are sud de nly turned , and , without any assignable cause , these Machiavels ore degraded to the level of inoffensive dolts . ' *

      What does the whole tenor of the above extract rnean ^ other than that Louis Philippe will not play at odds if he can help it ! and that in order to reduce the odds , he and Guizot , as we predicted , have wheedled Lord Aberdeen , who will no doubt be held up is the next session of our Parliament as responsible for all the results of the Royal visit ; our prudent helmsman being too ill to sail , but well

      enough to stand the fog of a shooting excursion ? Is it not clear from the whole tenor of tho above extract , th » t Louis Philivpe has had the mantle of infallibility thrown over them by the Times for the " nonce" ? But , are those who know tho risks that he has run , both foreign and domestic , foolish enough not to know that he is in the habit of playing his diplomatic skill against foreign and domestic ignorance \ and to such odds he looks aa the means of

      " taking the sting out of events . " It is true that total fai ' ure may follow snch a scheme , as admitted by the Chronicle , under one class of circumstances ; but it is equally true that another class of circumstances may lead to a very different result . So far then we have substantiated our former reasoning upon some of the details connected with Her Majesty ' s visit ; and we now turn to the Times for confirmation of our prediction . Toe Times of Tuesday has a laboured artiolo upon the subject of the Queen ' s visit , in which the writer endeavour ? to cover his pudden retreat by a very lame criticism upon an article that appeared in the Morning Chronicle , and from which we select the following extract in support of our original views : —

      " We trust it will be found that the evil impressions of the Whig policy ot 1840 disappeared from France when Queen Victoria set her foot within the territories of her nearest neighbour and her most powerful ally ; or that , however they may linger amongst those in this country or in that who labourea to rekindle the fires of secular hostility , they are effectually obliterated from the minds of the men wfao govern the destinies of Europe . It would b 3 absurd to attach to a visit which was projected and executed without

      any of the usual formalities of Royal etiquette ail the importance of an international congress ; but , on the other hand , no one can doubt that it has powerfu ly contributed to strengthen the bonds of amity between the two Crowns , and all that passed upon tbis occasion tended to secure our confilenco in the ur . broken tiat qnillity of Europe . So true it is , that no sooner are France and England at variance , than peace ia in perpetual jeopardy ; do sooner are they united , than its maintenance is secur e .

      Now , we ask if any man , the greatest fool , can , after reading the above extract , attach other than great political importance to her Majesty ' s visit ? But beyond the above , we find the following admission in the same article , confirmatory of the fact that the Royal visit was a political and not a mere friendly visit . The leading journal says— " Lobd Abehdkkn natuhallv accompanied his Royal Mistbess on-this memorable occasion j and the mlnisters to whom the foreign affairs op th 1 se two gbeat nations are entrusred enjoyed tub rare advantage of a direct personal conference on

      the questions ov the day . " From all these admissions , then , we learn that foreign affairs did constitute a portion of the business of the day ; while , however crookedly let out , the Ttmes is compelled to say something about an " international Congress , " and tho " powerful strength which her Majesty ' s visit is calculated to give to the two countries . " JSow is not ; this precisely what we said , with this mere addition—that that streugth vjoald be us « d for the purpose of opposing democratic intrusion 1

      But we have not done with the subject . We will stick to Spain for yet a bit . Let us reason upon the further influences to bo used in furtherance of Louis Phillife ' s design with respeet to that country . Our Queen is now in Belgium , on a visit to the King of the Belgians ; and let us see how the Royal circle while assembled there stamd in relation to any project interesting to the French King . Who , then , is the King of tke Belgians I Ho is uncle to our Queen . Who is the Queon of the Belgians She is the daughter , and the favourite daughter , of tho

      King of the French * Who desires to » arry the Spanish Infant , with a fertile nation for her dower ? The Duo D'Avmale , brother to the Queen of the Belgians , and brother-in ^ aw to the King of the Belgian . And the Belgian King himself ia nearly related to our Albert , and to the whole tribe of the Saxe Cobourgs . Who , above all other monarchs has the greatest inte ^ wrt ia attettgtheaias th » Bourbon dyBasij , and is making France the arbiters of the world ? The King of the Belgians , as a matter of course , for hie throne , would not be worth three

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      days' puroWe if . the French people succeeded in establishing a Republic . His portion of royalty will at all tim ' js be beat . sesured by his alliance with the Royal family of jFrance . Now , we would soberly ask those who ire accustomed to watch events as presented upon thd- stage of life , whether with such a stagermaHager as Louis Philippe , the dramatis personcs , that we have announced are likely to play the Spanish adventure , otherwise than in strict accordance with the directions given by the great artist Louis Phili ? fe ?

      God help us ! { lagging , as we do , seven days behind the sharp-shooters of the press . Our own " thunder" is enough to addle our poor brains , when we find our daily contemporaries compelled to take up our old noise as their fresh reports . However , so it is ! More than fourteen days ago we predicted what the object of the Royal visit would turn out to be . Our prophecy is in the course of fulfilment : and

      the temporary tranquillity of Ireland will cause no suspension of those arrangements which are intended not more for the suppression of the present agitation , thau as a means for future prevention . O'Connell is still ] the omen that haunts their rest ; and we can well imagine the following speech frdm Gustavus rehearsed by Lovis Phiupps as a means of conveying his soul ' s apprehension to our foreign Minister : —

      j What ' s to be done ? Now Aberdeen ; now is the time to aubtiliza Tny soul , sound every depth , and waken All the wonderous stateman in tbce . For I must tell thee , spite of guarding armies , Circling nations and empires That bend beneath my nod , This raised O'Connett invades my shrinking spirits , Awes my heart , and sits upon my slumbers .

      Spite of himself , he still evades ihe hunter ; And if there 's power in heaven or in hell It guards him . When was I vanquished , But when be opposed me ? When have I conquered , But when he was absent ? His name ' s a host ; A terror to my legions ! And by my tripple crown , I swear , O'Connell , I would rather meet all Europe for my foe Than see thy face in arms !

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      sions of patriotism , and view with anxiety their own position ., if they see us failing in our duty to those who bave trod before them the thorny path of popular agitation . True we hope to steer clear of the law ' s meshes for the future ; and avoid , if possible , the persecution which has in the past decimated our ranks , and entailed sorrow upon not a few , and expense on all . Still no man who dares to play the part of an honest man and resolute patriot , can say what his own fate may yet be , if be will , as he ought , to remain " stedfast to the faith" j and to inspire confidence and zaal , it is necessary thai we shield , so far as possible , from further wrong those who have already fallen in the strife of " right against might . "

      We implore , then , of the Chartist body that they will " be up and doing , " without a moment ' s delay . We know of the poverty of the people ; but we also know that the smallest contribution from each professing Chartist would be ample to afford present relief , and the means of future support to all deprived of their natural guardians . Let there be no more delay in this matter . The wrongs of our exiled and incarcerated brothers ; the lonely

      situation of their widowed partners ; the neglected lot of tbeir orphaned children , cry aloud for ns to be stirring . 'Tis not / tp-syoipathy that is wanted ; but the tangible mean 3 of adequate relief and decent maintenance . Let the " leading spirits of Chartism , " in every locality , eee to it 2 On them rests the responsibility of having this work done , and done well . It is our firm belief that the people will do their dut j if the local leaders will do theirs .

      Our readers will see in the report of the last day ' s proceedings of the Conference , that a resolution was unanimously adopted by the delegates , setting apart Sunday , September 24 th , for a general and simultaneous collection throughout the kingdom in aid of the General Victim Fund . Of course , where local circumstances dictate the propriety of Saturday , 2 Sd , or Monday , 25 ' , h , instead of the 24 th , being the day selected for the obtainment of collections , the object

      of the Conference will be equally well answered . For ourselves we can see no objection why the three days should not be devoted to that object exclusively We are of opinion that money from certain parties , and under certain circumstances , might be obtained on each of the three day 3 ; when some of it would be lost by taking either day exclusively . But within those three days let the work be accomplished , that the Committee may have at once the means of afford ing substantial assistance .

      Our readers will also see that the delegates have appointed Mr . O'Connor the General Treasurer to the Association , Treasurer to the Viotim Fund also All monies , by post-office order , or otherwise , must bo sent—and made payable—to Mr . O'Connor , care of Mr . Cleave . Care must be taken to specify in the letter whether the monies sent are for the Victim Fund , or for the General Fund . The Delegates also recommended the appointment of a General Victim Fund Committee at Manchester by the Manchester Chartists , to whom all applications for assistance may be made . We trust tho men of Manchester will take up the subj ct immediately , and see that the Committee is forthwith appointed .

      This can be done on Sunday or Monday next at the farthest ; so that we may have the names of the persons appointed in tho Star of next week . Let the local committees everywhere make arrangements by the appointing of collectors , Sec , to ensure the welldoing of the work on the 24 th or other days ; and let each and all pull together in this righteous labour , for the aiding of the widow and protecting of tho fatherless—remembering that " Eueland expect 3 that every maa will do his duty . ' *

      THE YICTIMS' SUPPORT FUND . Address of the NaiisnoJ Conference to the Chartists of ihe United King d om . Fellow Countrymen and Patriots , — Having completed the special object of our mission in devising a perfectly legal Plan of Organization , the next duty which d evolv e d u p on us , as a Delegated body was the consideration of the situation of those ardent and generous spirits , who have become the objects of legal sacrifice for ourcause . Public ingratitude—exile—the loss of healththeforfetture of every prospect which existing institution * afford enterprizinz genins to pursue the allurements of fortune—with all the privation of persecution , have

      hitherto been the only reward which enlightened and humane constitutional Reformers have received at the hands of those for whom they sacrificed life , ha pp iness , and country , to rescue them from slavery . Yet , stern , unbending , and resolute ; confident in the rectitude of a just and holy cause , and inspired with the assurance tbat whenever the millions were sufficiently enlightened , their exertions would be appreciated ; invested with the most exalted sentiments and feelings which dignify the huma n charac er , they beheld degraded an ( penslaved humanity bleeding under the scourge of civil despotism ; every ennobling virtue blasted ; the love of liberty and the pride of nationality extinguished ;

      the purity of religion and the saoctity of law desecrated ; the most sublime discoveries in science and governm e nt pe rverted , to erect a sovereign despotism of wealth Bnd intellect over the most valuable orders of society , the industrious outcast millions ; and they willingly surren d ered , when failing to accomplish the sacred design of freeing their country , to be immolated by the merciless tyrant at the shrine of imperial usurpation . Estimating properly the difficulties their efforts had to surmount , no event , however unexpected or fatal to the i r succe ss , diecouragSif them in their arduous and hallowed undertaking . TfiSy suffered nco' . y , and without com p l a int

      To their labours do we owe the proud position which modern democracy has attained , in the intelligence , numbers , and supreme kfluence it everywhere exercises OAer public opinion . The hopes of the unhappy millions have been elevated . Tyrants no lons « t atbittate and dispoBe of out lives , aa if we were but the abject instruments of uasanctioned power . We aspire to a nobler state of existence , The spirit of the patriot has been imparted to the humblest in our ranks ; and thousands have aa generously sacrificed to acquire the liberty of our country , as the most active and eminent in the cause . Their destitute

      faml-Hes now look to us for solicitude and protection . What heart can resist their claims ? The ruthless arm of oppression . and the oppressor ' s vengeance are not so cruel to the feelinps of those who suffer , as would be ingratitade and neglect from us , for whom and with whom , they share the vicissitudes of persecution . Our character as reformers would sink in the estimation of every class without our ranks , or amongst ourselves , were the widows and the children of our once-zsalbus fellow patriots , not to be the tenderest objects of our care .

      Tb . U appeal the Conference rests assured will be received by every veritable democratic reformer , male and female , with the same generous feelings of humanity , which has dictated it at the present conjuncture of our movement . The moral vigour , pro g ress , and success of our new Organization , will depend upon the manner we treat those who have fallen victims to the law . The obligations of justice do not require that we Bbould do more tnan our circumstances can afford . Our poverty may prevent us doing

      wha t we otherwise m ig ht ; bullet us do our utmost . We must inspire each other with confidence , if we sincerely desire to achieve our country ' s freedom . Victory smiles upon our future prospects . Let the first act of oar renewed straggle be the performance of a pnblic duty to the families of our exiled and imprisoned fellow patriots . An act that will animate us with the proud consciousness of being just men , —an act that will consecrate every effart to regain our rights , and establish the greatness and dii ? nity of our country , in the fi -eedom , happiness , and virtue of her people .

      A Committee will be appointed at Manchester to be entrusted with the management of all funda contributed for this purpose . Let every individual do bin duty , and forward threngh the officers of the locality , or directly his raite to the General Treasurer . The following list will show our position , and the character of the Government . 41 imptisontd for 1 year ; 21 transported for • 7 and 10 years . 20 do 2 do 9 < io 15 do 12 do Zl do 13 do for life .

      The Conference , in conclusion , and in duty to the cases of those which have yet to appear at we Court of Queen ' s Bench , most seriously impress upon the country their situation . Mr . R oberta assured the Cooferene * there was every probability that a complete acqiittal could be obtained , provided the first tfelent of the bar oo * ld be engaged . This will require money , and' «*" tainly , if it k within the power of our bodf to Secure . their caaea every legal advantage »¦

      point of a * gumeii $ atton , we surely will Bd ^ " ° * them ' to be thrust into a dungeon , When a trifia fro » eaah would preserve the * HBerty and services to oar cause . Some of the most nble men in oar rants ore In the number to be tried on the fomrtb antnt ; eraaJ " must have them omV , If tew will sanofioa what justice demands . StgK « , OB b « h « lfofae Goafe » e » c « , gfjuiRB JUAB-AB , Piwldent R ¥ . MeRBWOtf , factory . Conference Room , Sataeday , itlw& > p * ., 18 « K

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      THE COLLIEK 1 ES . CASES BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES . Dcxhah , Moxdat , Sep . lliH- — One case ccm-- pied the attention of the Magistrates . for sir ., hours , and the other business Tras consequently P * > tponed . Iyonsdale , a hewer , summoned Briden ^ he viewer of the Gameade coal-p it , for twelve stuffings , a balance of vragea due to the comp lai nant , in conse-^ uenoe of his not having been prov Jed with sufficient ¦ work to produce theamonnt guaranteed by the bond . The guarantee in the bond ^ cured to tt « hewers , " one vrith another " , 263 , per fortnight . In a ' particular fortnight Mr . J- ; on 3 dale bad oaiy been able to earn 14 s . ; and K ^ ftrnmoBs was lor the difference between that snjr , 2 ^ 3 255 . The case v ? a ? , fogy proved by Mr . Kobebis ; and tie viewer vsas called upon to answer it ,

      Mr . M- ' ^ bsbj 5 £ ., foi the viewer , casteaded that Mr . Hoberts must * a nonsuited j that fee had not proved iis e « e ; thai he was bound t « prove , not merely iliat Mr- Lensdale had not earned 26 s ^ but the men tm an average , including all « f them , *' t ; ne with another , " iad not earned that « um . Mr . "Robebts , in reply , con tended that ** one wish anther " -could only mean scch and all of them ;" and thsA the construction -advanced by the other side f ?» 3 too monstrous to be Fupported by the Magistrates . By the bond the men were prevented ¦ working elsewhere ; by the most stringent clauses theyTvere prohibited froc -offering their labour to a belter market or to any . market at all ; and if the argument of the masters * ras held £ ood ,: they weald

      acteally have the power of starving the hewers to a compliance with any caprice nowever frivolous or tyrannical : by that argument the master 3 might # rre work producing 52 s . per w * ek to half of the hewers , and be justified in refusing to give aay work at all to the otheT half . If such a proposition were held good , the colliers would be in a iar worse -position than the slaves of Cuba ; for the latter , whether werk were ^ iven to them or not , had at all events a claim to subsistence . The solicitor on the other side had avowed liis desrre to avoid all remarks < alculated to widen the breach between ihe masters and the workmen . How could that breach be more powerfaHy- widened J How conld bad , burning , and vindictive hlood be more efficiently generated than by the avowal on the part of the nasters of a doctrine which would lednce the coal hewer to a position far below the

      level of the horses that worked in " the same pit ¦ wi th him ! Was this to be l > orne with ? Was it expected thai he -would advise the slaves , whom it "was his pride to represent—slaves , bound , i t would appear , by » penally of starvation : did the magistrates think that he would recommend his clients to submit to such a doctiine^—a doctrine so base , so degrading , that humanity shuddered at its avowal ? If lhe doctrine arged held good for anything , ihe masters ooght , at ill events , to be compelled to prove tie fact on which they relied —that they had paid an average of 265 . per man ; for this was a fact which it was utterly impossible for him < Mr . R . ) to know anything about . fiowevtr he left the case with the Magistrates—¦ whichever way they decided , good would be done ; cither the masters would be taught to be more guarded in their frauds , or the men would be knitted together in more compact union .

      The Magistrates complained of the iidLunmaiory astiire of Mr . Rober ts speech . Mr . Robebts replied that he lad done no jnore than his duty ; and that the inflammatory nature of truth would never prevent his nttering it . The masters disclaimed all intention of exercising ihe starratioK test , although , on being repeatedly pressed by Mr . Roberts , they admitted that they claimed the power—a power which they refused to relinquish ; because , as they said , they never meant to use jK After along consultation the Magistrates decided that the burthen of proof ( that they had paid the 263 . per fortnight to the hewers " one with another" ) lay npon the masters . This pnzzled the masters considerably ; but at last thby stated that they would prove all that was required .

      linden the viewer was tnen examined by Mr . ^ nj . raiTi his a t torney , and swore that be " had paid to all the men in the pit , ** one with another , " an average « f 5 s . 9 ^ 1 ^ more than 26 i . per fortnight . This witnes wa 3 then subjected to s most rigid cross-examination by Mr . Koberte . For a loflg time he resolutely persisted in his first statement .. Mr . R . then required the number of hewers employed , and the gross amount paid to them all ; the Tesnltwas tbat the witness gave up his first statement , and admitted that ihe 5 s : 9 M . was an excess

      upon ten consecutive fortnights , instead of npon one , as he had stated in the first instance . Upon being farther pressed—and the withering tortnre of the poor degraded tool , by Mr . Koberts , lasted three quarters of aa bonr—he admitted thai the 5 s . 9 ^ d . excess had cot been actually paid to the men , but that Euch sum was what he calculated lhe men might have earned *• had they been so minded—but they had bad advisers . * The exposure of the lies of this bloated mass—one after another , and slowly and lingeringly drawn out—elicited groans of disgust from a crowded conrt .

      The Magistrates retired and were absent for two tours . On their return to tb « Court , the chairmana largecoalpii owner—gave the decision against the claim of Mr . Lonsdale . - ** The viewer had sworn that fuScient "work had been offered to the men to earn 25 s per fortnight , " aad so forth . Tie decision has thu 3 been given against the fair and just claims of the workmen ; but they are -well satisfied that they brought forward thefr case . The masteri were severely exposed 1 the magistrates ¦ were shaken by Mr . Roberts' inflammatory -arguments , and evidently were much divided in opinion . The cheering of the men—it was unanimous though suppressed—when Mr . Roberts avowed bis determination to advise the colliers of Durham and Northumberland to " strike" rather than submit to the starvation test , wa 3 most electriaL The masters learned a lesson which they will not easily forget .

      2 \ £ TraiSTLE . —TtTESDAT , 12 iH SEFT .- * nine pitmen ¦ were summoned for leaving their work : ihe penalty they had thos incurred was three months imprisonment . On the bond being read it appeared -that the period of its expiration wa 3 ** ihirty-fovx" ins t ead of " forty-ioui" The coalmaster contended that this was a clerical error : Mr . Roberts on the contrary submitted that in aprosecation under a penal statute clerical errors were fataL The Magistrates held wi : h Mr . Roberts , and t hemen were d ischar ge d . Immediately onlhis result a coalmaster applied toMr . Roberts * ' for an amicable conversation to settle it . " ** iSo , " said Mr . R jou first drag my men here as criminals seeking to consign them to a felons ' dungeon ; and then , when foiled in your tyranny , t a 3 k of ' settling . First learn to treat your workmen as hone / t men ; and if you must have criminals « ek for them amongst yonrstlves . '

      Portrait Of W. P. Roberts, Esq.

      PORTRAIT OF W . P . ROBERTS , ESQ .

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      THE CONGRESS OF MONARCHS . So , so , then ! we are not altogether such very bad prophets . Indeed , our great fault consists in ruuniag at too great a length before our cotemporaries . But however great the distance between us and the taij of tho pack , yet are they Bure , sooner or later , upon all great questions of policy , to pick up the scent from the ground we have run over .

      When the Tahiff was introduced , the one section selected by the press for geueral bombardment was that which was most likely to touch the sensitive feelings of their readers— the Income Tux . We , however , passed over the pimple , and directed attention to the incipient wen—the admission of live stock from foreign countries . So with regard to tho outbreak of last year . Caution followed caution , nntil tho * ' cry of wolf" became etale and insipid . Again , our several predictions witu respect to the Repeal movement are in course of fulfilment ; while Wednesday ' s Times verifies our prediction that tho Editor and Correspondent of that paper would bo embolden the Rebeccaites , that revolution and murder would be the result . We remonstrated , in no

      very measured terms , against the encouragement held out by the Times to the " Rebecca " means of redressing sectional grievances . We contrasted the encouragement given by the writers in that journal to men with arms in their hands , whose object was the redress of sectional grievances , with the anathemas thundered forth by tha same writers against those who , without arms in their hands , petitioned for a mere hearing of their complaiats . Well , what has been the result ! Let the Times itself answer for ilB own misdeeds . Here here is the result : we find it in the Times of Wednesday last . Thus : wbbbe is all tujs to end \ A MOST FOUL AND COWAHDLY MURDER HAS AT LAST BEES COJ £ M 1 TT £ D . AluCH HAVE THOSE TO ANSWER

      FOE WHO HAVE PRODUCED THIS STATE OF SOCIETTTlIE STUPID IXCt'SE , ' WE KNOW NOTHING OP IT !' WILL NOT EXONERATE THOSE WHOSE DUTV IT WAS FROM THEIR POSITION TO KNOW JT , AND TO PRBV £ M IT . " The reader will discover from our report of the transaction , to which the abore " post mortem " lamentation of the Times' correspondent refers , that a poor old woman , of seventy years of age , earning a livelihood by her services , h as bee n shot dead b y the proteges of the Times correspondent : by those who " were now going the right way to work to

      make tlieir complaints hoard , and to ensure a red r ess of their grievances ; " and wh 9 . by the way , were cautioned against the contamination of Chartist interference . O I if this " Btep ia the right way " —a step which was sure to fallow the encouragement held out by the correspondent of the Times—had been taken b y a C h a rtist , as a means of redressing Chartist grievances , where , O where , would our contemporary have found gall enough to blacken the criminality \ Now , forsooth , the Welch sucking dove of the Times plaintively lisps , " Where is all this te end" 1 Where ! Why as we predicted , IN THE DOCK !

      IN THE TRANSPORT SHIP !! ON THE SCAFFOLD i ! ! and with , in all probability , the Times' correspondent an * unwilling occupant of the witness box ! There ' stchere it will end ! And a most fitting end for those who allow themselves to be seduced to the commission of murder by the encourment held out in the Times newspaper . But to our immediate purpose . Upon the subject of Her Majesty ' s visit to fte King of the Barricades we struck out our own course , while our contemporaries were luxuriating in large importations of u Cheshire cheese and bottled stout" for the

      entertainment of Britain's monarch . Then we have had the fitting-up of the Royal yacht ; the condescension of Her Majesty , who vouchsafed to enter into conversation with some of the Royal crew ; the historic importance given to a shabby old Chateau , and a miserable old watering place ; the competUioa for seats in and upon the trading omnibuses ; the price of lodgings ; the smiles of Royalty , and the cheers of a hired multitude , the very gilding of the Royal yacht ; a flash from the eannon ; the thunder from the far-fetehed artillery ; the illuminations : we havo had , in short , all these things ; all that constituted a " grand jubilee , " placed vividly before the public , to screen the ministerial object to

      be effected by the Rojal visit . Our readers will bear in mind , that fourteen days ago we expressed the great difficulty tbat we felt to reconcile the visit and hasty departure of the two French Princes ; and stated that our contemporaries attributed their backward speed to the repulse given to the Due D'Aukalk by her Majesty upon the subject of hie pretensions to the hand of the Qubeh of Spaik ; and further , that their chagrin was increased by the warm reception then in store for Espartero , who , by the treachery of tho French Court , had been driven froa the country that he lerv&d with so nu « h fidelity .-- We expressed tha difficulty that we felt at recoueilitog the sudd an visit of her Majesty , with the sadden , departure t £ her cueks , At tbat

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      THE LAND ! THE LAND ! THE LAND ! !! Glorious news for those who have had' the honesty and the hardihood to brave the sneer , the jeer , and the scorn of tho ignorant and the timeserving . Our columns are too much crowded to admit of ample commentary upon the following extract in the present week , and therefore we shall content ourselves with simply announcing the source from whence we take it .

      It ia the practice with sharebrokers in the 'City to issue monthly circulars , with a view of conveying the best information to the publio upon all matters connected with capital , securities , investments , and speculations . For many years we have been in the habit ( of reading those circulars , * and we have invariably discovered that those issued by Mr , Also p , of 34 , Corahill , have been the most luminous , the most prophetic , and truth-telling . The following extract is taken from that gentleman ' s oircular of the present month ; and while we shall refer to it again and again , for the present

      we would invite the serious consideration of every reader to the cheering prospects that it holds out . It will be seen that the few paragraphs to which we allude , are intended as a feeler to those of Mr . Alsop's own iorder ; and that the writer contemplates a more in the right direction for the accomplishment of this desirable object . We do not say too ; much of Mr . Alsop , or more than he deserves , when we assert that , of ail others of his order , he is the most cautious in investing the capital of those Who give him their confidence , while , at the samel time , ho person who knows him

      will attempt to deny that taking him for all in all , be has not his superior for judgment , sound sense , ability , and tact . We further understand that Mr . Alsop has very properly placed himself in a . situation wherein he may be the better able to form a correct estimate of the value of that security which he may hereafter find himself justified in recommending to his friends as a profitable source of investment . Mr . Alsop has takon a considerable portion of land for the purpose of satisfying his own mind upon the subject ; and we can entertain but little doubt that thefollowing extract is a coneequence of that knowledge which be has derived

      from practical experience , and to the following up of which we shall look forward with no ordinary anxiety : — ! " The Government securities maintain tfee high prices noted in our laat , and within the last few days a further advance of \ per cent has taken place . The prices fire however 100 hi ^ b under tbe circumstances in which tfie community is placed , and arc maintained at these qu ot ations so l ely by the abundan c e , or rather the redundanco , of money , and the artificial scarcity of atock . Shrewd and experienced observers are filled with distrust at the anomalies which abound and supply stock as it is wanted for permanent investment .

      " The amount of monef now lying idle , or only producing from half to one and a half per cent . ; the fearful amount of the population unemployed or only half employed ; and the vast comparative amount of land wholly or partially unproductive , have induced us to give our attention to a practical mode by which these three elements of national greatness and individual happ iness , now unemployed , may be usefully combined together , and rendered highly productive to the capitalist

      " If capital continues much longer to be unprofitable , we shall mature our plan sind submit it for general c o n s idera t ion , assuring our own correspondents that any moderate amount of capital which each may seek to employ , shall be received and applied upon a principle which , whilstiit will have a security superior to the Government debt ] at the present lime , will jield an interest of more than 60 per cent above the 3 per cents , a t pr e sent price , with a fair prospect ( all but a certainty ) of an increase ia the value of the capital , to a corresponding extent—a ' feature in this plan peculiarly important , seeing the hig h price o f C o ns o ls , tho impossibility of any sustained improvement in them at p resent prices , and tee probability of a considerable decline . "

      Now growlers , growl away . ' We have forced our principles upon the consideration of the monied classes , an object which we could have scarcely hoped to accomplish in our infancy . This indeed is soul-reviving and cheering .

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      TJHE VICTIMS . Wfi request the serious attention of our readers to the important address following these remarks , adopted by the Conference of Delegates assembled at Birmingham , onjbehalf of our unfortunate brothers " the victims , " their wires , and children . No Chartist who read the' letters of Hoyle and Williams published in the Star a few weeks since , but inasi have blushed crimson deep at the undeniable apathy and indifference , which have for some months past characterised us as a party in our treatment of the " Victims . " We say as a party ; because several

      "localities , " and not a few individuals have been found exceptions to the general rulej but the time has now come when something must be done generally , and nationally , or eur character aa a great polifcioal party will be lost . Men will naturally shrink j from the toils and dangers of a publio advocacy of our principles when the prospect before them shall be starvation and death to their families , while they may be suffering for the maintenance of the truth . So long as the country had its attention absorbed with the preparations necessary for the holding of the late

      Conference , and the funds of the movement were wholly rf quired to assemble an efficient representation of the popular will for the re-organizing of the body ; so long we excused the but very partial efforts made to assist the sufferers . But now that the work of the national delegation is orer , aad breathing tims is afforded to the people while waiting for tha enrolment of the new Association , we think no excuse can be permitted for the non-fulfilment of our daty . j It is a duty—a sacred and indispensable duty—ip succour those who have toiled ,

      struggled , and suffered for us . Would we have the New O ^ anizatieajto succeed , we must bcg " a well ia . this matter , j The men whom we have appointed to the high and honourable posts of directors of ike Association ; the a * en who as die trie t or oraneh « £ Soera | may be swramoaed from theft daily avoearions aad the calm repose , of their fira-Bidc oiroJoa , to 00 their ef& 93 s mthrat fee oc reward , may hesitato to respond to our call ; and will , a * aoy rate * wgw-i wnb awto-as * «* pro& 3-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct819/page/4/