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GREAT SUCCESS.—TRUE. RECIPROCITY
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DELIBERATE MURDER OF A SOLDIER IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.
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Ihe Murder is Golden-Lane. —The woman, H...
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IHE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 . 1848
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THE RALLY, In anticipation ofthe present...
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JUSTICE IN IRELAND. Among other pretence...
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Our Jutio.val Defences. — Acn.wded tneet...
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_^ 1 , '*« February 5 , 1848 . A 'THE _MORTEM STAR * _,.., - „ , — - _^ _4 —»« - » . _——» . i .. iii » iuiiiiMji . n «« M » M . jwm _» Bim «< w « _wiiwii » nnJiM _» " _««—b—— ft f
Great Success.—True. Reciprocity
GREAT SUCCESS . —TRUE . _RECIPROCITY
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_'AKiSW ; SAC 3 , A *** EACH _f « _8 AW , ' TO THB MEMBBBS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . p - _g —The propriety of establishing a "Rational _BtKEHT Societt has been frequently urged upon our _atten-JiBlKCDi , _^ _< _e « iro _expressed that _tws should originate ono , in order te afford an opportunity to those of our _ST ' , ? > _havrTa desire _sfjoUing aa _iaetitution nnder the auspices of tbe movement party , nnd established for friends _«^> _^ . _ng the _oaward matich af _peaocracy . With the desire of our friends we cordially sympathise , tae pnrpo- _^ our time j , fu uy aa j completely occupied in at tending to our preeent engagements , we should _<^ Teat _closure ia _eomplring wi _^ their wishes . We hare lo _« g been of opinion that the cause of the people TvTnld be _CiULh served hy " tho _esta _& lt _^ htaent of such an Association ; At pre . _ent there are thousands who join _« _t-er societies _vrhoTteuld prefer _becomius _member ' s of one couponed of persons whose opinions _harmomie with iheiro _™ , and _whos » funds instead of being placed at the disposal of their enemies , w « uld be app lied to bea . ftt themselves , and the cause which they have at _hsart . We must , however , decline _entering upoa tho organisation _© f such a body , but , at the same time , would recommend all who feel interested ia tfee matter , to join the
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_NOtV PUBLISHING . THS POLITICAL WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE . Complete in oae thick volume , price 5 s ., in which wit he found several pieces never before _published in "England ; and an appendix , containing the Trial of _Thomas Paine , with a portrait of the author . VOLTAIRE'S ROMANCE AND TALES , in one vol ., price Ss , 61 . THE DEVIL'S PULPIT , By the Rev . Robeet Tat-Iok , two vols , price 5 s ., published at 9 s . THE DIAGE 3 IS , By the same author , price 5 s ., published at One Guinea . THE MANUAL OF FREEUASONRT . By _Cirlile , . published at 15 s . aad now reduced to 6 s . This is the only edition that contains the celebrated Introductions , being a _eomblete K-y to the science and _myutery of Hasonry , Three parts in one volume , handsomely bound . THE MIRROR OF ROMANCE , one thick vol ., 400 pages ilo , double columns , price as ., containing tbe following : —Leone Leoui _, by George Sand—Physiology of _iiatrimony , fifty cuts , by Paul Ce Kock—White Heuse , s Romaace , and the History ef Jenny , by the satie author—Simen , tha Radical , a Tale of the French ICe volution—Memoirs of aa Old Man ot Twenty-five , an amusing tale , & c , W . _Dugdale _, IS , Holywell-street , Strand .
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Oa Saturday , the 12 th day of February , wJl be published , the First Number of a DUBLIN WEEKLY JOURNAL , ENTITLED 'THE UNITED IRISHMAN , ' EDITED BT _JOHX MITCHEL , Aided by Trohas _Devix _Kejl & t , Jobs Mabtis , of _Loughon :, and other competent Contributors . * Oar independence must be had at all h . _izirds . If the men of property will not support us , they must fall : we can su _, port ourselves by the aid of lhat numerous and _respei-iaiile class of the community , the Men of no Property . _'—TnzosiLT ) Wolfe Toxe .
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___|^ TruiT op FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., r rp M _\ KT i > - informs his friends and the Ch artist body _liiJTil ge " trall y . that he has reduced the price of his _S »« t 2 f « . ? I llc - ' _* - ! e , 1 5 tl * Porf _* ait of their Illustiious Chief ft to tbe _fciowmg _pnee _^ _Prints . H ; coloured ditto , 2 s . fid . _SSul _^ d _^^
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TIIE O'CONSOR TARTAN . Me JOnN GREGORY , Draper , Eccles , near Man . cb 6 _ster _, begs respectfully to inform his Democratic friends in Manchester , Stockport , Ashton , Hyde , Oldharo _, Bury , Heywood , Bolton , and Leigh , that he has become Agent for the sale of THE O'CONNOR TARTAN , and intends to wait upon his friends , in the above-named places , in the course ofa few days , with a select stock ot Ladies' Shawls , Scarfs . Handkerchiefs , Silk and Woollen Dresses , Gentlemen ' s Vestings , & c . id when he trusts he shall receive the patronage and support of his numerous friends .
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. THB _LAKD . TO any allottee who DOES NOT WANT TO GOON HIS LAND AT PRESENT , a gardener will give five per cent , above the Company ' s rent , for a term of seven years . Apply , J . B . 31 , Drummoud-crescent , Euston-square , London . -
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THE LAND . WANTED , a Two Acre Allotment , at Mathon , Snig ' s End , Moat , or Filkin ' s Hall ; for which _£ _* 0 will be paid . Apidy , by letter , post paid , to Mr Love , News Agent , S , Nelson-street , Glasgow .
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LAND . TO BE DISPOSED OF , A FOUR ACRE ALLOTMENT ( Obtained in the November Ballot ) ; the successful allottee having engagements preventing him taking possession . For particulars , apply ( post paid ) , to Henry Whitworth , 35 , Scott ' s-row , _W'inding-road , Northgate , Halilax , Yorkshire .
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TRACTS FOR FUSTIAN JACKETS , AND SMOCK FROCKS . By the Rev . B . Parsons . Price _Oue Penny each . No . 1 , ' _ifasters and Men . ' New edition in the press . No . 2 and 3 , ' The Bible and The Charter . ' No 4 , ' Goody , Goody . ' No . 5 , ' Radicalism , an essential Doctrine of Christianity . ' No . 6 , 1 Tne Chief of tha Slaughter-men and Our National _Defences . Snow , London ,
Deliberate Murder Of A Soldier In St. James's Park.
DELIBERATE MURDER OF A SOLDIER IN ST . JAMES'S PARK .
Shortly Before Five O'Clock Yesterday Af...
Shortly before five o ' clock yesterday afternoon , a soldier of tbe Foot Guards was deliberately shot in Bird-cage-walk , St James _' s-park _, by a woman . The deceased , Charles Duckee , was about twentyone yeare of age , and was a native of Leicester , where his family , who are stated to be persons of respectability , reside . He entered the Coldstream Guards about three years since , and was considered - * smart soldier . The female , it appears , is a native of France , of the name of Annette Mayers , about 26 years of age , and said to possess great personal attraction ? , and was living aa a kind of upper servant
at 40 , _Albion-street , Hide-park . About twelve months since , and while the regiment was lying at Kensington , she became acquainted with a private named Hull , who is in tbe 7 th company , but they quarrelled a few weeks since , and about a month or five weeks ago the deceased offered his company , which , was accepted , and from that period up to the fatal event they frequently met . Within the last week or two another female had made her appearance at the Wellington Barracks who it is stated was deceased ' s wife . Ibis by some means came to the knowledge of Mayers . At four o'clock on Friday afternoon Duckee went with his company ( the 5 th ) to drill , and they were kept on parade about half an hour . _VFhile _^ they were
performing the evolutions Mayers was observed to be looking through the railings , and as the men were dismissed from parade , she went fo the gate of the barracks , and was soon joined by the deceased . They both shook bands , and appeared to be on tbe meat friendly term ? . Tbey were observed to laugh ( ritb , each other , and to walk together as far as the Queensquare-gate , when the female suddenly dropped behind , and taking a horse-pistol out of her pocket , discharged the contents atthe head of the unfortunate soldier , who , without uttering a groan , fell on his face a lifeless corpse , exhibiting only for a moment a slight motion of the leg . Two policemen , named Paul and Richard ? , both off duty , witnessed the occurrence . Paul immediately seized the prisoner . — The bullets entered under the left ear , through the riahteye , shattering the head in a _frishtful manner . Paul , on _takinc hold of her , said , * Yon have shot
the soldier . ' Sbe replied , ' I did it ; I intended to do it . ' On being conveyed to the station-house in Gardener _' _s- _' . anr , she wassearched by the matron , bnt previously handed to the inspector the pistol , pouch , and _tbrae letters . On the charge being entered , the inspector asked her what she wished to state , upon which she replied merely that she had done it . It appears that the prisoner bought the weapon a few days ago of Mr Beattie , a pawnbroker , in Regentstreet , for ten shillings . Meanwhile a stretcher was procured by Davy . 16 A , Sergeant _Dalgeish , and Paul ; and the body was conveyed to the Wellingtonbarracks , when Dr Skelton , the regimental surgeon , examined the wound , and pronounced the man quite dead . The ball passed through the brain . When placed in the cell , the prisoner inquired whether Du"kee was dead . She waa informed that he ' . was , whereupon she declared that she did not care how soon she was dead herself .
Ihe Murder Is Golden-Lane. —The Woman, H...
Ihe Murder is Golden-Lane . —The woman , Harriet Parker , charged with the murder of the children , Amina and _Robert Blake , was tried ( yesterday ( Friday ) at the Central Criminal Court , found guilty , and sentenced to death . At the last hunting party of the Spanish court , which was held atthe pardo , a wolf was shot by the DowaeerQueen Christina .
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JUST _PUBLISHED , ( BinifoKii with tho '' Lasou _ueh" Magasine , ) Prw _\ e Cd . A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON' 5 _PADIE HUSBANDRY , _hsing the results of four years' experience . BV 3 . SlLLETT . M'Rownn and Co ., 16 , _Great'Windaiill-street , L « nnos and mav be had of all booksellers .
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Just _Published , price One Penny , A _CffiTTfiR by Fhaboos O'CoKHoa , Esq ., M . P ., « TO THE RICH AND THE POOR ; To those who Live in Idleness Without Labour , and to those who are Willing to Labour but Compelled to Starve . ' —i _^ MM-. Price 2 s . per 100 . or 18-=. per 1000 . ( _"VftTnhT MAY BE DONE WITH THREE ACRES WY OP LAND , ' Esplai & ed in a Letter , by Feaeocs O'Connob , Esq ., M . P . _T-e be had atthe Office of the National Land Company 1 _* 1 , High Holborn .
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Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To bo had at Ihe _Nfrlhern Star Office , IS , Great V 7 _lud » ill Street ; and . of Abel _Heywoad . Manchester ,
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JUST PUBLISHED PEICE SIXPENCE , ' NO . XIV . OF " THE LABOURER , " _CONTAIHINO A TREATISE . OH ' THE SMALL FARM SYSTEM AND THE BANKING SYSTEM BV WHICH IT IS INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPED , BT . FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ , M ; P . Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed ta the Editors , 16 Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in t « wn and country _.
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THE PORTRAIT OF MR E . JONES . If our agents , in the following : places , will state how we shall forward their parcels , they shall be sent during the ensuing week : —Gainsborough , Truro , Chesterfield , Dewsbury , Lynn , Norwich , Retford , _Alarket Rasen , Kidderminster , ' Newport ( Isle of Wight ) . Coventry . Belfast . Stafford , Horncaslle . Cheltenham , Swindon , New To vn . Trowbridge , Plymouth , Ledbury , Newark , Blandford , Winclicomb , Brighton , Sudbury , Tiverton , Reading , Newport ( Monmouthshire ) , and Northampton . Parcels to all other parts are on the way * .
Ihe Northern Star, Saturday, February 5 . 1848
IHE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 5 . 1848
The Rally, In Anticipation Ofthe Present...
THE RALLY , In anticipation ofthe present Session of Parliament , in which the banded parties of the privileged will endeavourto divert the public mind from the real questions at issue , by the bugbear of French _invasion ; the Chartist body have been gathering- under that banner , which has , indeed , survived the battle of factions , and braved the hurricanes of persecution , whicii have assailed the cause of the Charter , The fact is , Parliament seeing that the questions of the Charter and the Land will be _brought before them with accumulated force and terrible urgency , see the necessity of having-some
stalking-horse whereon to ride through the session—some excuse for putting off the consideration of their necessity for " matters of greater urgency . '' They think , no doubt , that the " National Defences" will be a good shield interposed between them and national misery , —between them and the national demand for justice . We are much mistaken , if they be not met on their own pet question in a matter they little anticipate ; and if by such means "National Defence" be not brought under their cognisance , as they little expect , and as they are wholly unprepared to own : the People themselves , the Spartan rampart , the best
means of defence , ; with the CHARIER for their sword , and the LAND for their shield . They may try to _burki the consideration of these great requirements of the age as much as they p lease , but they will still obtrude themselves , —they will still force themselves on the attention of the House . The poor excuse for arming monopoly against po . _pular right , can avail them no longer , and foreseeing this , they are trying to administer the dose in such gradual quantities as ? shall not alarm ( as they think , ) the common sense of the people , we are not to have the 150 , 000 militia men raised at once , but by doses of ten thousand per
annum . We tell them , that the subterfuge will not avail them—that the people will not fight for the rights of others—for the wealth of others —for the waste , rapine , and idleness of others —but that the people are determined to obtain their own . No more willing slaves led to the slaughter-house of monopoly—no more tax . payers dragged at the chariot-wheels' of Moloch—but the great fiat has gone forth : " Taxpayers shall be Lawmakers . " A second blessing is to be extended to Ireland , they have had the English Poor-law , and now it is intended
that this class-cursed country shali have a property-tax as well , and ( for the first year , ) of five per cent . Unfortunatel y this tax will not be paid by the property-class , but as all such taxes hitherto have been , by the povertj -class —by the workers who have created the " property" of the rich , Meanwhile , middle-class despotism is playing Its game in England : while the dungeon of the industrious—the prison in which those willing to toil , but denied even the privilege of labour , while the bastile is being multiplied here , the palaces of royalty and aristocracy are rising as well . The
new palace in Pimlico is still growing in splendour ; the new marine palace in the Isle of "Wi ght is about having its foundation-stone _laul by the German prince ; the aristocracy are aping the example of their Royal mistress , and a mansion destined to be the most magnificent in London , is now being raised by that very nobleman who is trying to multiply the taxes of the poor , by echoing , like a jackall , the war-cry of an " iron'' duke . But every palace brings a bastile in its wake—and thus , in the same metropolis , in which the palace of the noble rises , the bastile for the poor is being erected simultaneously .
< Decreased revenue and increased taxation , eight millions added to the national debt in one year , point the moral of the tale—while Enclosure Bills show the spirit of the Government and b y locking up the resources of the country more and more , close the only channel of extrication from our difficnlties . In the face of this Chartism has seen the necessity of ntll ying-and it has rallied . Our columns of this week bear evidence of this , as witness the glorious meetings we have the gratihcahon of recording . Town and country seem stirred by the same glorious impulse . the spirit is rising oppression has raised , but that tyranny can never quell . The metropolis has eminentlexerted
pre- y itself—even those places long dormant are having their resurrection , and these meetings bear a multi plied importance , when we connect them with the maturity of the public mind . It is no longer the mere shout and cheer , but the deep conviction and the concentrated energy . The feelin" - raised dies no longer with the close ofthe meeting , but is carried beyond the doorsit spreads—it multiplies , and the great tide is rising throughout the country that must ultimately whelm class-legislation in its exultant waves . The Chartists are preparing for the Convention , the Petition , and , more than all , for the enforcement of that Petition by all legal means .
And well may the people help themselves , since the first night of Session proves their rulers will not hel p them . Notwithstanding the misery of the country , what occupies our Legislator * on the first ni ght of their Session ? Not to feed the famishing—not to propound
The Rally, In Anticipation Ofthe Present...
remedial measures—not even the bare _consideration of the people ' s demands—but the interests of the West India proprietors ! And why ? Because these gentlemen are repre - sented in the House—and the people are not The people must , therefore , represent themselves—they must speak unmistakable language , and show unmistakable power . It has long been the boast ef English Democracy to be in the van of European civilisation—and we believe that in this new advance of Chartism , such true elements of reform are
incorporated , as will ensure the permanency of those advantages which popular power shall have been enabled to gain . While , however , we are sounding the tocsin of liberty at home , from abroad , too , harmonious notes are swelling the choral strain . The agrarians of America and the patriots of Cracow , the victims of the Old World , and the oppressed of the New , are alike making the Land the chief goal to which their assumption of the popular sovereignty , long withheld , is tending ; and this ffoal they are reaching through the channels of political ascendancy . One universal demand
for restitution of stolen rights , is pervading the world—o * ie more of those great revolutionary epochs , which , like the several footfalls of the giant , Freedom , mark the march of time with the triumphs of humanity . Pre-eminent in the list stands Sicily . Sicily , that has scorned compromise , spurned concession , repelled force , defeated fraud , and relied on its own strength . Sicily proves to us what the people can do . We trust the same policy , the same success , will mark the course of the Sicilian throughout , and that the bright example will encourage the Democracy of Europe .
Justice In Ireland. Among Other Pretence...
JUSTICE IN IRELAND . Among other pretences for passing the 1 ast Whig Coercion Act , it was stated , the sym * pathy with crime and outrasre was so great and universal , that juries could not be found who would convict those guilty of them , Mr O'Connor proved , from Sir G . Grey ' s own speech , the falsehood of this statement , by showing that convictions and sentences had always been procured wherever the authorities had enforced the ordinary law . The proceedings of the Special Commission at Limerick ,
Ennis , and Clonmel _/ _are' certainly a startling contradiction to the hacknied and unblushing lie , about the unwillingness or fear of Irish Juries to convict . The tendency appears to be all the other way . Both Juries and Judges seem to have gone about their work con amore , the ono determined to convict every pri & _tmev brought before them , and the other to hang as many as possible , and transport the rest _. How far this diposition , on the part of Juries , to convict , may be owing to the prejudices of
the class from which they have been selected , we are not in a position to say . But this is certain , that they have been composed of persons whose names were on the lists as Grand Jurors , and who , under any other circumstances , would—some of them at all eventshave called out any Sheriff whatever who presumed to place _tfiem on a Petit Jury . The law requires that prisoners shall be tried by their peers , but the . landlord-class have , hy this monstrous composition of the Juries under this Special Commission , become Prosecutors and Jurors at tha same time .
In fact , since the memorable "Campaign " of" bloody " Judge Jeffries in the West of England , after the Rebellion headed by the Duke of Monmouth , we know of no historical parallel to the ' monstrous and disgusting infractions of the great principles of law and justice Avliich have characterised the proceed injrs of the Special Commission of 1848 . It is positively sickening to read of Juries , almost without a moment ' s hesitation , returning verdicts of guilty , upon evidence so palpably false—so plainly concocted—either from feelings of revenge , or the more gross , base , and despicable desire of getting the blood-money paid for their victim . It is equally sickening
to hear of Judges , "learned in the law , " accustomed to sift evidence with analytical acumen—to distinguish between that which is coherent and truthful , and that which is inconsistent , inconclusive , or fabricated—who are also used to the judicial impartiality of the ordinary Courts oi' Law—we say it is sickening to hear of such men putting on their " black caps , '' and proceeding to harangue prisoners in the name of reli gion and morality , whom they are about to sentence to an ignominous death , upon evidence that even , in our own " Old Bailey '' would not suffice to <( hung
a dog . " It is quite possible that many of those who are thus condemned to death , may be the characters they are alleged to he , but we confess , in many cases , they appear to us to have been returned guilty on the principle once openly avowed by an Irish juror , who , when a man was tried before him for murder , of which he was clearly proved innocent , gave his verdict against the prisoner , because , r though he did not kill the man , he stole my grey mare . "
One of the most disgraceful cases in the whole number / is that of John Crowe , a respectable man of the middle class , who was tried at Ennis on the charge of inciting or conspiring to murder Mr _Watsnn , the agent of his landlord , Mr Arthur . Two men had previously been convicted of the murder , and the charge against Crowe , of being accessory to it , rested , principally on the evidence of his -own nephews , one about fourteen , and the other about twelve years of age . The reporter for the Times , who sees in every prisoner the
marks of ferocious and confirmed villany , describes , almost in extacies , the precocious sagacity of thsee two witnesses . Whereas , taking their evidence in itself , and , as contradicted by all the servants of their uncle , it seems to us that a . couple of more precocious young ruffians never appeared in a court of justice , and that such a tissue of deliberate and palpable falsehood was never before told to a jury . . The first hoy deposed to various parties having slept in his uncle s house , and his uncle having incited them to murder Mr Watson . On
cross-examination , he admitted that he was a habitual gambler , that he had frequentl y robbed his grandfather of money to play at cards , and that , in fact , he himself was , if not present at the murder , near the scene on the day it took place , armed with a pistol , which he had stolen the night before . The second hoy , though criminating his uncle , varied considerably in his story , and , in some particulars , flatly contradicted the first . In both instances , their evidence differed from their first depositions . By way of hacking up such a pair of
exquisite witnesses , the Crown put into the witness-box a felon named Shaughnessy , who was confined in the same jail with the prisoner previous to his trial . This wretch , no doubt induced by the hope of sharing in the large reward , set himself to work as a spy upon the prisoner—cooked up a story of his having confessed to him , and was then deliberately set by the governor of the prison to watch the accused man , to lay hold of anv stray expression that might fall from him . " He ' was put into the same cell , and clung to him day by day and
night by night , and then , having thus prepared himselt tor the office , came into court to swear to a story , which the Solicitor-General did not even attempt to support by the production of other parties who were referred to in it , ' and who ought to have been called upon to . rive corroborative evidence . Another witness deposed to having lent Is . Gl to one iof the parties accused of the murder , and that shortly after that event the same person , having been in company with Crowe previousl y , _showed him five pound notes .
mfl _L _' _nS _M _^ eveniD _fi whea he showed wo _^ _-ri'o ' n them _? _^^ " _^ _^ _^ To the Court— "Ican ' t read . " Such a clumsily concocted accusation in an ordinary cjurt , would Jiave needed no
refutation , bi cause an impartial jury would _^ have stopped the trial by discharging the prisoner long before the degrading and disgraceful scene was half gone through , and have requ ested that the whole of the witnesses might be committed for perjury . But Mr O'Hea did produce witnesses , against whose character the prosecution did not whisper a single charge , and who proved in every particular the utter falsehood of the evidence which had been given against the prisoner . What was the conclusion ? " The Jury retired to the room for about a minute , AND FOUND THE PRISONER GUILTY .
After this specimen ofthe difficulty of getting an Irish Jury to convict , we hope we shall hear no more on that head , nor will our readers be surprised at the fact , that in every case convictions have taken place . All have been fish that came in the net . It was sufficient for the Juries that the Prisoners were arraigned : It was enough for the Judges that the Juries convicted—the gallows or the penal colony followed as a matter of course .
What effect is such an exhibition likely to produce on the great body of the Irish people ? Is it at all likely to reconcile them to the Government of this country ? Will it not more probably increase the hatred and the revengeful feelings which a course of tyrannous injustice for centuries has already produced ? So far from creating tbat sentiment of respect for the law and the authorities , which is the professed object of the Government and the propertied classes , such proceedings must inevitably add to the hostility they now feel
towards our laws , as the instrument by which we carry out our oppression of their country . The prisoners thus treated , hear their sentences unmoved , and meet their fate with a species of bravado mingled with fervent protestations of their innocence . By their own class they are looked upon as martyrs , not as felons ; their elevation to the gallows has a heroic , not an ignominious aspect , to those who look upon them almost as champions of the popular feeling ; their bodies will , wherever possible , be followed to the grave with funeral honours , and the Government will find that instead ef
producing order in the country , and respect for the law , they have , by sanctioning , procuring , or conniving at such atrocious proceedings , only sown the seeds of yet more crimes , ? , nd laid the foundation of a violent revolution , that may lead to a struggle in which one party will fight with all the energy of revenge , and the recklessness of despair ; and the other , with the determination which ever characterises the efforts of a dominant and powerful party to maintain their supremacy . The long waged Irish war may at last become a war of extermination—not by means of clearances , but the more speedy and summary methods of open warfare .
Will the Parliament , which has commenced its sittings for the session , do anything to avert this dreadful consummation to a long career of injustice , oppression , and misery ?
Parliamentary. Review. The Real Work Of ...
PARLIAMENTARY . REVIEW . The real work of the Session has at length commenced in earsest . The November sitting was , in all respects , an extra appendage , arid but for its Coercion Bill , and its stop-gapCommittee on the Currency , would be speedily consigned to limbo . There will , it is evident , be no lack of work in that which has begun this _/ veek . Numerous matters of general and pressing interest demand attention , and the aspect of the House on Thnrsday night , as well as the way in which business was set about , seems to promise that Members intend to set about " talking " of these matters : to settle them is another question—their capability to do that must be tested by time .
The expiry of the Income lax on the 5 th of April next , has applied the whip and spur to the Exchequer , and Lord John gave notice on the first night of the Session , that it is his intention , on Monday the 14 th , or Friday the 18 th inst ., to make his Financial Statement , and will also at the same time state what has been / lone by former , and by the present Government , with respect to our National Defences . Two questions of paramount importance will thus be raised at an unusually early period—Taxation , and our capability of repelling Foreign Aggression .
With reference to the former it is quite evident that , with a falling Revenue , and a gloomy prospect before us , the Ministry will not spontaneously propose any reduction of Taxes , and will also stoutly resist any remission of duties which may emanate from other quarters . Important and influential movements are on foot , with the object of procuring the reduction of the duties on Tea , and the repeal ofthe Window Tax . It is scarcely possible to imagine any two taxes less defensible than those singled out for attack . The one has become an article of universal
consumption , and the reduction of its price would not only add to the domestic enjoyment of the masses , but we verily believe materially promote sober and rational habits among the great body of the peo ple . The Window Tax is so monstrous in itself , and is levied so unjustly and unequally , that it is astonishing it has been so long tolerated . In connexion with the fashionable movement for Sanatory Reform , of which the Government profess to be such ardent friends , it is difficult to imagine upon what ground they can maintain an impost which notoriously excludes light and air
from the dwellings ofthe working classes , ' and is , to a great extent , the _source-of that disease whicii perennially haunts those portions of our towns in which they reside . Necessity , however , they s _? y , has no law , nnd , in ail probability , Lord John will offer to all arguments on the subject a conclusive and pithy " can't afford it . " It is understood that the Income Tax is to be made permanent , and to be levied at the rate of five per cent , for a limited period , in order to make up for the deficiency in the Revenue . If so , we trust that its _pr _e-
sent unequal and most unjust operation will be remedied , and that Income dependent upon the health and professional ability of individuals , will not be taxed at the same rate as that arising from real property , which is neither affected by the sickness nor the death of the proprietor . With respect to our National Defences—which now keep many people talking and writing , who know very little of the matter—it will be time enough to express an opinion when we have the facts before us in an official shape .
Ihe AttorneyGeneralobtained leave to brin" _- in four bills , which are afterwards to be submitted to a Committee , which , as affecting the administration of the law in minor cases , and those more immediatel y in connexion with the working classes , are of considerable importance They are intended to consolidate the present laws with respect to Justices of the Peace ; to enlarge their powers of Summary Conviction ; and regulate in a better manner the holding of Special Sessions and Petty Sessions . The professed
object in introducing these measures is , to promote the object of Prison and Criminal Reform , hut it will be necessary for tbe press , and the friends of the labouring classes , to watch them narrowly , in order to prevent provisions from being smuggled in , which may seriously interfere with the liberty of the subject . The celebrated " Masters'and Servants' Bill , " which was defeated by the people's champion , Mr T . S . Duncombe , was ushered with a flourish of trumpets of the same kind , and this fact should make us cautious and
wary . The West Indian Planters ' took the field early . The measure ofthe Wings , passed immediately after taking office in 1 S 46 _" , is said b y them to have inflicted wide spread ruin on the Sugar Interest , and Lord _G- . Bentinck proposed a committee upon the subject . He confessed that he was hopeless , in the present state of the House , of his carrying any measure of positive Protection , if proposed in the House , but he did hope that the facts he would adduce in the Committee , would he sufficient to cause the Government and the Free Traders to _re-tonsider
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the subject . Tu L -rd _uei / _rge ' s proposition the Government offered no objection ; but it _] ed to an interesting debate which was adjourned to and closed on Friday evening . Another proposition for suspending the ( lescending > calu of duties upon foreign sugar in the act of 1845- , will meet with a different and hostile reception ! There is not the slightest doubt that the West Indian interest and the Free Traders will , ..,, 1 ,.,... * .. T . A i ,. _i-i / p ' o _Iinm / _iaif-i _,,.. . 1
have maiiy . ii tussle upon this question in the course of the session , but we suspect with little chance of success for the Protectionist principle . The star of Free Trade is still in the ascendant , and we suspect that nothing short of actual and bitter experience of the utter fallacy of their dogmas will ever bring them to their senses , or produce such a re-action in the public mind , sufficiently powerful to compel the adoption of a more rational and equitable policy .
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HISCKUANEOrJS , 8 ®* - Now that Parliament has assembled we must , as a general rule , exclude lengthy communications , unless reports iioetl written ) of very important meetings . Reporters , writers of letters , and Charti . it and Land _sub-Becretaries will , therefore ; oblige by making tbeir communications as brief as _pos-Bible . We shall be glad it some of our correspondents will try to improve tbeir _writing ; and shall thank others , who might do so , to let us have their reports , ke ., before Thursday .
PUBLIC MONIES . We request all Sub-secretaries , and other persons who may have occasion to send public monies to the _Metropolis , to pay attention to the following directions : — Monies for the understated purposes must be addressed as follows : —
_Payments for the Northern Star . Mr William Rider , 16 , Great _Windraill-street , Hay . market , London . National Land and Libour Bank . ' The _Munaifer of the National Land nnd _Labour Bunk , So . 493 , Now Oxford 8 treet , London . ' A ' afionaZ Land _Company . ' The Directors ofthe National Land Company , So . Hi , High Holborn , L _. ndon . ' National Charter Association . Mr Thomas Clark , Ko . Hi , High Holborn , London . Central _flegislrafton and Election Committee . ' Mr James _Grassby , No 8 , Noah ' s Ark-court , Stan _, gate , Lambeth , London , '
ivalienal _7 ' ettm , and _Wideics and Orphans Fund . Mr Joha Simpson , Elm Cottage , _Waterloo-street , _Catubcrtrell , London . ' For Mrs If . Jones . ' Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , _Waterloo-arreet , Camberwell , London . ' Metropolitan Chartist Hdl . ' Mr — Tapp , No . 52 , Finsbury Market , London , ' Defence of Mr , _O'Connor ' s S & . tt in Parliament , ' Mr Thomas Clark , No . 114 , High Holb . rn , London . ' Prosecution of the . _VaneFiester fieaminer . ' Mr Thomai Clark , No . 1 U High Holborn , Loudon . . ' The Sleaford Case . ' Mr Thomas Clark , N » . 144 , High Holborn , London . ' *
The Fraternal Democrats . G . Julian ELtrnry _, No , 16 , Great Windmill-street Haymarktt _, London , ' United Trades' Association . 'Mr Barratt , No . 11 , Tottenham Court Road , London . ' ' _jgT Monies sent _contrary ta the above directions will not be acknowledged . * * Private letters intended for Mr O'Connor , and sent fo this office , must be marked ' Private . ' Correspondents are requested not to trouble Mr 0 'Cunnor with letters , _reporta , < fcc , intended for the Star ; nor with any letters that should be addressed as set forth above .
G . White . —The lines 9 hall have a place some day . Mr S . Ktdd . —The friends at Stourbridge will be glad of a visit from M r Kydd . A . Schoolboy . —We know nothing concerning Mr Fox ' s 1 _qualification . ' _N o Room . —W . L ., Somers Town . A N > ntwich Chartist . —We cannot publish your letter in its anonymous form . Mr J . P . _O'Biuen _, Exeter , objects to Mr Robertson ' s assertion that a quarfr of an acre of garden is _sufa . cient for a teacher on the Chartist estates . Rochdale . —The report sent last week was in type before the second report arrived . Inadmissible —H . Lewis , Bnrslem . •" Mr II . Mott , begs to _acknowledge- the receipt ofthe following sums , for the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in
Parliament : —Mr Tivey , Old Lenton , los ; Mr Stanford , 3 d ; Mr ~ Oak > len , is ; Hyson-green , 4 s 5 d ; Mr Smith , Old Lenton , 3 s ; Mr Goddard _, Cd ; Mr Douse , Carrington , 10 s ; Mr Legs , Carrington , 6 s 6 d ; total , £ 1 Ids Sd . Nottingham , Feb 1 st . The Government and the Land Plan . ~ Sir , — Mr Donaldson , of Warwick , has stated my views to be mistaken ; I put him to the proof . His letter is hut a tissue of assertions from beginning to end without one word of definition . I can as > ure him that the resolution of the Warwick branch produced no impression here , as there are men here whose faculties are not to be seduced by vague declamation . As to _thefrorernmenfc being irresponsible , I deny it in toto . If the government had not to grapple with the public , where would be ' the concessions recently extorted ?
Plymouth , Jan . 31 st . E . Robertson . Mb Tomlinson . —Sir , —In the column of notices to correspondents in last Saturday's Stab , you inserted a letter of Mr Lucy's _deprecating tbe use of his name in recommendation of my services as _. _i lecturer . I can assure Mr Lacy that I have . been much surprised at the num . ber of letters I have received from different localities this last fortnight , from persons with whom I have not had tho least acquaintap . ee , ner one single line of communication , _preruius to the _rei-eipt of their letters . When I was at StocKport _, on the _IGth ultimo , I was announced in the Star for both Halifax and Stockport , and on ray return home , I found that a letter had been sent to the Macclesfield secretary unknown to me from Halifax , stating 1 should also visit Macclesfield , and thus these three meetings-, at _threeldifferent places , were
all announced aud expected me atthe same hour of the same day . Tlio two meetings , viz ., Halifax and Macclestield , I knew nothing about until I saw the ene announced in the Stab for Halifax ; and _although I was at Stockport the very day I should have been at Macclesfield , I knew nothinc of it , or I wonld have been with the men of Macclesfield , and they may thus account for their disappointment . Just the very same with Chorley ; I knew nothing about their letter , and had not the least knowledge of the first letter that was out to the Preston secretary , and I shall feel extremely _obliged to the person or _^ persons whoh _.-ive b _? en communicating to men in other localities on mv behalf , without my knowledge or _consent , if they will refrain f _> _-om using , either my own name or the name of Mr Lacy ; I think I am capable , Mr Editor , of transacting my own business , especially matters of communication , and if I should happen to be necessitated to have a
recommendation from the West Riding _secretaw _, I will write to that gentleman myself , and I liave not thi least doubt but that he would readily ¦ accede to my wish . I then-fore warn the secretaries in other localities , to take no notice of any letters without my own signature attached to th « m . I may also state that a good many readers of the Stab have got the impression that there _» re two persons ot the name of Tomlinson taking a prominent part iu our _movement iu the West Riding , whereas , I am the _o-i y . person of that name tbathas attended meetinfrs "in this part of the country . Henceforth , _allcommunieaions for me , must be addressed . Cart of Joshua Xicoll , tor _Ambrose Tomlinson , Temperance Hotel , No . 16 , Broadstreet , Halifax , —I am , yours , Ambkose Tomlinson . Mr LIatterhaji , Eye . —The paper was posted as usual ; We can post the plate if jou think proper . _ip Press of matter compels us to withdraw several communications till our next .
Minster Lovel . —We have received the list of _Brllot for _locauss on the Minster Lovel _estate ; press oi matter compels _l-g postponement . Mr Smith of _Bikminshaji . — W " e havo received t _^ o letters bearing the _signatures ot 'Thomas Pilsford _, ' and 'Thomas S . Kettle , ' asserting the falsehood and strongly condemning the imputations cast _upjn Mv Smith by tbe writer of the letter which was appaaJod to the report of the Birmingham meetin- in our iast ' number . Our correspondents describe both the Messrs SmV . h _, father , and son ( of the New Town ) as
friends to the dtmocratic cause and to whom _tb . Brmingham Chartists owe a debt of gratitude for tbeir msHy acts of kindness . Our correspondents ndd , thr . t the members of both the late and _present _Executive ; and Messrs _Fussell , Thome , _Wilkins' -. Fallows , and nil the Old Guards of Birmingham , c . i vouch for the excellent publio and private char 3 c _< - ofthe Messrs Smith ; and the impassibility of thi v offering any factious opposition to the Land P .. in , _i-r any other plan truly calculated to benefit the peopb Mr E , Veale _, Bristol . —It terminated on the u ' Li . _a ult .
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Our _Jutio . val Defences . — Acn . wded tneetfrg waa held at tke Temperance Hall . Fair-street , _Ilorsfclydnwn , on Tuesday evening . February 1 st . Messrs Ernest Jones and Charles Keen , were pre ~ sent as a deputation from the ' Fraternal Democrats . ' Mr John _Gathird waa unanimously palled to the cbair . Mr Charles Keen , in a brief but ex _2 el ! c 3 fe speech , moved the first resolution , which was to tha eifect that all international disputes ought to be settled by arbitration ; and that in the event ot the militia being _called out , it waa the duty of the working _cliis ea to resist sowing therein , until the Charter was made the law of the land . Mr Ernest _Jor-63
seconded tho resolution in an eloquent address which excited the most enthusiastic cheerinp . The resolution wns unaaimou & ly adopted . Mr Barrutt moved a resolution ot confidence in " . the National Land and Labour Bank , pledging the _raeetiol to support that institution . Mr Stallwood , iu a forcible speech which was loudly applauded , _seconded the resolution , which . was carried _ut-acimouslj * . A vote of thanks was given to Messrs Jones , keen , ar . d Stallwood , for their attendance ; and also to the chairman . Cheers wero then s i ** en for the Charter and the Fraternity of Nations ' , and the meeting disHolved .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05021848/page/4/
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