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THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY,DECEMBER 18 IS*7
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THE CHARTIST CAMPAIGN. "When a system is...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The extra Session ...
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THE WRONGS OF I11ELA.ND. We have great p...
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Books Published And Auld By Ia.Vifc-Watsojf, 3, Q^Een-4 Hud-Passafie, Pater •Ooster-Iow.
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PEOPLE'S EDITIOH Of THE PfRSATOET OF STHCIDES : witli MrrectioBE ana _additlen * . By Thorn *! Cooper , the Chartist . " To be completed in _tix parts at sixpence each ; or in eighteen _HumbeTs at t-ropence esc * - . Parts 1 . 2 , and 8 , and numbers 1 to 7 , are Bet ? ready . _RtcB & _'d _CiiluVs Ha-mal of Freemasonry , tha threo parts complete ia 1 toL _, cloth boards 6 a . Bow pabK ? mng in weekly _Kuenbera at Twopence , a _« d in _taon-bl j _parh at TStaepesioa each , THB K £ _ASG * S £ R , ftRdUTILlTA _** _UA 5 BBCORD , a _jwrnal
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Just published , price One Penny . R ? DUCTI _") N OF _WAGE-5 .-No . 1 of a Series of Tracts oa the CAUSE and EFFECTS of BEDUCTIOKS in WAGE" * . By Bobebt _BvnBELL . To _bahad of Mr J . Watson , _Queer ' s _Head-passage , Pa ternest * r-row , London ; Wm . Love , _Nelsoo . street , Glasgow ; uf the Author , Sugar House-lane , Greenock , and 311 liberal Booksellers .
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WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . _CHRISTMAS SESSIONS . - -V _T 0 TICE TS HEREBY GIVEN , that the CHRISTMAS i \ GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace for the West Riding ofthe county of York , will be opened at _Eiarw & orou ' r _' _i , on Tuesday , the 4 th day of January next , at ten ofthe _clo-. k in the forenoon ; and by adjourn _, ment from thence will be holden at Wakefield , on _Websesdat , the 5 th day of the same month of January , atten of the clock in the forenoon ; and also , by further _adj-mrnment from thence , will be holden at Sheffield , on Mondat , thelOthday of the same month of January , at ten of the clock in the forenoon , when all jurors , _tuitors , persons bound by recognizance , and others having business at the said several sessions , are required to attend the court en the several days , and at the several hours above-mentioned .
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PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Es « ., M . P . rp MARTIN informs his friends and the Chartistbod y JL generally , thathe , has reduced the price of his _litho-raphiefull-lenjth portrait oftheir Illustrious Chief to the _faUowintf price : —Prints . Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . 6 d .
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TO TAILORS . Now Ready , by approbation of her Majesty , Queen Victoria , and n . K . 11 . Prince Albert , THE LONDON and PARIS AUTUMN and WINTER _FASHIOXS for I 8 i 7 and 1618 , by Benjamin Head jefld _(* _}> ., 12 , _Uart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London , awl by G- Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , London : a most magnificent and _suptrfily . coloured''Print , surpassing everything ofthe kind prerionsly published , accompanisd with the most fashionable full size Dress . Hidingfrock , lluatiug _. _and WrapperCoatpattenu , with every _paaicclar part for each _eoraplete . Also , the _m-stfash . lonaWe and newest stylo Waistcoat Pattern , including theniaisner of Cutting and making np tha whole , with infoimaSon _^ respecting the new scientific System of Cutting , which will be published Jan . l , 1818 , and will supersede ererrtbiiig of tht kind before conceived . Price 18 s ; or , post free , to all parts of the kingdom , Us . _Patsnt Measures , w . th full _expiration , gs the aet < the greatest improveaent ever known in the trade ) . Patterns to
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TUE LAND . . ... TO BE DISPOSED OF A _TlVO-ACRE ALLOTMENT , situate at Lowbands , near Ledbury . The successful Allottee having _euf-agementi that , at present , preclude his being able to avail himself of taking _goa _. session . ' . Application to bo made ( post paw ) to A . Z ., at Mr Walker ' s , Grocer , Clarke _' _s-pUce , _Bishopsgate-fitreet Within , _Cily . Londoa .
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TO SUCCESSFUL ALLOTTEES . A MEMBER of the Land Company wishes to PURCHASE a TWO , THREE , or FOUR . ACRE ALLOTUEST , on Mathon . Snig ' s End , or Minster Lovel Estates . Minster Lord wonldbe preferred . Addro-s , Thomas Hemmtsg , 2 , _Urescsnt-street , _Eustonsquare , London .
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_JJSTPUBLISHED . . FBICE _SIXPENCE NO . XII . OF " THE LABOURER . " Witb a Portrait of F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . OONTEKTS , 1 . The Ago of Peace , a Poem , by Ernest Jones . 2 . The Insurrection ot the Workin * - Classes . 3 . The Morality of Commerce , ' 4 . The Romance of a People . 6 . The Poor Man ' s Legal Manual . 6 . Xational literature— Po _' and . Lottcra ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , 16 Great Windmill Street , Haymarket _^ London . - - ' Orders received by allagents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country . ..
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Ja « t Published , price One Fenny , A LETTER by Fe * boob O'Com-n _* -. _, Esq , ., M . P ,, « TO THE RICH AND THE POOR ; To those who Live lu Idleness Without Labour , aud to those who are Wil . ling to Labour but Compelled to Starve . ' Price 2 s . per 108 or 18 =. per 1000 . i "II /' _HAT MAY BE DONE WITH THREE ACRES V T OF LAND . ' Explained in a Letter , bj _F-siacca O'Connor , Eeq ., M , P . To be had at the Office of tbc National Land Company 14 t , _Dieb Holborn .
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The Northern Star , Saturday,December 18 Is*7
THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , DECEMBER 18 IS _* 7
The Chartist Campaign. "When A System Is...
THE CHARTIST CAMPAIGN . "When a system is rotten at tbe core , the taint gradually advances to the surface , and becomes apparent to the most casual observer , however much that surface may be varnished over by the arts of policy , and the sophistries of statesmen . Thus our elective system is receiving a blow from quarters least expected—or being exposed from the excess of its own corruption . The debate on the West Gloucestershire
Election was an instance of this—and , we must say , that wc consider the efforts made to stifle inquiry , as but little creditable to the House . "We have a petition presented against a nobleman , holding the high office of Lord-Lieutenant ofhis county—a petition _signed by a large body of electors—accusing the said nobleman df gross bribery and intimidation , of debauching the electors by strong drinks , and of usiug other illegal and unconstitutional means to influence the votes of the
constituency whereupon the Attorney-General coolly tells the House that it has no right to interfere , and cites numerous instances of grass bribery and intimidation on the part of noblemen , of which the House declined taking cognisance . Parliamentary Reform was supnosed to have obviated this difficulty , and to have enabled the House to interfere—but no ! the Attorney-General tells us that under the Reformed Parliament , the same as before , bribery and corruption may stalk abroad untouched in the light of day 1 So . much for lieform 1 When it was objected that Lord Fitzhardinge was amenable to the House in his
capacity of Lord Lieutenant , the Attorney-General draws the nice distinction , that although Lord Lieutenant , he did not act in his capacity of LordLieutenant , hut in that of Landlord . The Attorney-General must be well acquainted with the actions and intentions' of the noble lord , to be able to assert so positively that it was Lord Fitzhardinge the Landlord , not Lord Fitzhardinge the Lord Lieutenant , who made his tenants ( as alleged ) withdraw from a yeomanry troop . And surely the Attorney-General does not mean to legalise bribery and corruption in a Landlord , any more than in any other man !
Now , we care but little whether the guilt in this particular instance be proved or not , for we are well aware that the interference complained of is not the exception , but the rule—as Sir Robert Peel intimated strongly enough , when requesting the House to pause before coming to a decision , " as there would be such a tendency to present petitions of a similar nature ; " but we allude to Mr Wakley's motion , and the debate _thi-reon , to show the mean , quibbling , and _preraricating spirit in which ehe Government meet every attempt to investigate the rotten system which has raised them , and as proving how they cling to the class privileges of aristocratic misrule . Captain Berkeley had even the assurance to intimate to tlie House
that " if the House thought fit to institute an inquiry , THE EARL would not object to it *" shortly after which the gallant captain indignantly retired . A noble lord theught 'this case established the necessity for the Ballot . We agree with the noble lord—it does ; and something more . It establishes the necessity for THE CHARTER AND NOTHING LESS . When one of the first law officers of the Crown tells ns
that a landlord may interfere in elections with impunity , or that those complaining may have recourse to the _shadowyjindistinctness of " the law , " supposing that the petitioning parties were able and disposed to incur the trouble and expense attendant on such a course ; when one of tbe objections raised against acceding to Mr Wakley ' s motion is , that there would be such a number of similar petitions ; when we learn from the Attorney-General that the house has almost invariabl y scouted such
investigations ; when we recollect that it is a welln ;« n general custom to put a clause in leases of lands or houses , that the tenant shall vote as the landlord pleases ; when werecal the case of an M . P . for a certain manufacturing town in Lancashire , who built hovels for his factory slaves , which he compelled them to rent at four shillings per week , deducting those four shillings out of their wages , while those who had " families let the scarce tenantable sheds to others , at a loss of from one shilling to one shilling and ninepence per week , not brooking to put their families in such unhealthy habitations , while they were obliged
to sign a requisition for the future M . P ., and to vote for him I—we say , when we reflect on these things , and that the law cannot touch them , it is high time there should be a new law , not a patchwork of the old systemwhich , like a rotten garment when mended with a new material , but grows more _ragged and useless—but a new system altogether , that should abrogate the danger of such enormities . We are well aware that the same classes would always make the same attempts , and that the Ballot alone , with our limited constituencies , would fail in the object of defeating bribery and intimidation . No ! yon must render this crime against a people ' s freedom
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impossible—to prevent ia better , than to pumsh- _* -and impossible it would become under the Charter , that great political lever , by which all social reforms are to be carried . If the constituencies embraced the entire male adult population , divided into , equal Electoral Districts , and shielded by the Ballot , where is the purse that could br'Ae them—where is tlie " noble Lord " who could intimidate ? Ifthe Electors of West Gloucestershire really wish to petition against illegal influence , they should petition for the Charter , since nothing short of that can redress their
grievances , and not only theirs , but those of the country at large . To the work then , he our cry . The material is there . Millions of men—of thoughtful , of well-informed men—are pining in misery , and panting for redemption ; a fine enthusiasm pervades the toiling classes ; they are ready for the work ; even former enemies are joining them , stricken to the dust by the same monopolising hand that has crushed the _labouring poor ; they all see that their own energies alone can save them from further , from unalterable ruin ; they all are anxiously
awaiting to take the field in the peaceful campaign against oppression , under the banners of law , order , and constitutional reform ; it needs but an impulse to put the magnificent machinery in motion—a finger to point to the plan of action , and the people would embrace it . Tliey are looking for that plan to guide tlieir agitation , to organise their ranks ; they expect it ; and never was a better opportunity for carrying a" well-digested plan of political , agitation , . to . a-successful issue . The People ' s Leader is in the House , paralysing faction ;—general misery without is
preaching general union ; the agricultural counties are waking at last , and their fresh impulse should be fostered ; the metropolis , a nation in itself , is beginning to show symptoms of renewed energy , and emulating the glorious Chartism of tlie north ; confusion is in the camp of the ehemy _5-r-ay ! even those old allies , CHURCH and STATE , have fallen out , and are fighting about straws , while the great realities of want and tyranny are pressing mountain-like upon the nation's heart ; everything favours . the popular cause ; give us , we cry , in the name of the people , a programme of action for the peaceful campaign of
constitutional reform—and , we doubt not , but the people will act . The necessity , therefore , of a Convention becomes daily more apparent , — and- ; _in-ieed , of hs assembling with the reassembling Parliament . Spirited addresses , — enthusiastic meetings , though ihey are the springs that feed , the river of Democratic thought , art not enough—specific objects , a fixed course , and defined plan , are now demanded ' , and , with these , rallying the great energies of our party , we doubt not ofa speedy triumph . To those who say the Charter is difficult to obtain—that long years must elapse first— -we reply , in the words of tlie Attorney-General , that we shall have the Charter—WHENEVER THE PEOPLE WILL .
Parliamentary Review. The Extra Session ...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The extra Session is about to close its labours . On Monday , if tbe Coercion Bill is sufficiently advanced , Lord John Russell is to move that Parliament shall adjourn to the 3 rd of February . In . this , the last week of its sitting , the subjects have heen of a more varied and miscellaneous character than any former week , but the work has been striotly limited to the matters contained in the Ministerial programme , as requiring immediate attention
Coercion for Ireland , Inquiry into the Currency laws , and a Bill to regulate Railway Expenditure—which seems framed on the principle of shutting the stable door when the steed is stolen . The other questions , raised by individual members , have , in most cases , like the long passages in old houses , wittily described by a popular author , " led to nothing ;'" except , it may be , " showing nff the paces" ofthe originator , and giving the topics themselves a preliminary airing , previous to their full discussion when Parliament fairly sits down to work .
The Irish Coercion Bill was the medium on Monday night , of showing , in a very marked way , the working ofthe boasted British constitution , especially with reference to Parliamentary forms . In ordinary times , the deliberation with which these forms are gone through has a somewhat imposing effect , and impresses the spectator with a belief that they really achieve Ihe object for which they jwere nominally intended—namely , to prevent hasty , inconsiderate , or unjust legislation . In this instance , however , these forms were stripped
oftheir ordinary trappings , and their naked working fully exposed . The third reading of the bill in the Commons stood for Monday evening ; and as it was necessary to have it read a first time in the Lords that ni ght , in order that it might be printed for the nominal information of the Peers , the Lords were compelled to wait until the Commons sent , it up . Having no business before them , the curious spectacle of some half dozen or more " noble Lords , '' was exhibited " cooling their heels /' in waiting upon the " other House" for nearly three hours . Scout after scout was sent out
to see how the Commons were getting onand the Lords nominally constituting " House , " gradually dropped off as the magic hour of dinner arrived , leaving at last only four—namely _^ the Earl of Shaftesbury to tak e the woolsack—Lord Campbell , on behalf ofthe Ministry , to move the first reading of the bill ; the Duke of Richmond , tu represent " Her Majesty ' s opposition ;' 'and the Duke of Grafton to represent " the House . "
¦ The only relief to this dreary and monotonous scene was , the first public visit to the House of Sir R . Peel , at an early period ofthe evening-, and of Lord John « t a later hour . It was somewhat interesting to observe the reception given to the ex-Premier , by the Peers present . All the Ministers who happened to be in the House went to the bar , and after g ivin g liim a most cordial shake of the hand , entered into familiar , and friendly conversation with him . The Duke of Richmond , like a stern Protectionist , held aloof from the " traitor'' lie had so often denounced
in bis own peculiar style oi eloquence . His welcome to Lord John , afterwards , was perhaps meant as a contrast . Itwas excessively friendly ; and in _order'to let the WhigMinister see the new frescoes of Horsley and Maclise , which are at the back of the Strangers ' Gallery , the Duke , fearless of the terrors of " Black Rod , " actually led him into the , body of the House while the House was still sitting ! Sir Augustus Clifford was conveniently : blind to this awful infraction of the dignity of their Lordships . At last the _long-waited-for Bill was brought up hy Mr' Berrial ; from the Commons . Lord Shaftesbury took his seat-
the Clerk' at the table read its title—Lord Campbell moved its first reading—the Duke of Richmond seconded it—the question was put and agreed to-the Duke moved the adjournment of the House—and all was over—in one minute ! Ths second reading was disposed of almost as quickly on Wednesday , on which occasion their Lordships broke . through their invariable rule of not sitting on that day for the purpose of forwarding the Bill another stage ; and indeed from the absence of oppositionthe
, unanimity , in fact , of the Lords of the soil , in the passing of a measure which is intended to protect their class from the natural though deplorable results of their own past misgovernment and misconduct , it would have been as w ell if all these empty forms of delay had been totally disregarded , and the Bill had been read a first and second time gone through committee , and after being read a third time , finally passed on Monday nicht when * first brought up . The _J _M proceedings were a mere farce , and in no degree took the edge off the cutting sarcasm
on _uur legislative lorms , which the facts we nave narrated so vividly convey . Inthe House of Commons the Bill enconn-
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tered , iu its last stage , the same determined and honourable resistance from a small , but high-princi p led and consistent minority , which it' had received during its former progress tirough the House . Whatever may he thought of that opposition at the present moment , and however it may have galled the obsequious majority at the back of the Minister , we are " satisfied not only that the minority did tlieir duty , but that no distant time will amply justify ' them in taking the course they did . The centuries of government by force
and strong hand , combined with the denial of justice in Ireland , have at least irreparably established one fact—it is impossible to smother discontent , to prevent outrage , or put down murder , by mere repressive measures . Depraved , idle , and apathetic , as the peopleof Ireland may be in the eyes of some of the people ofthis country , who pin tlieir faith to the ruffianly articles of the Times , and its echoes in the newspaper press : and deeply as the English Legislature may have injured the naturally fine qualities of that people , it has not blinded them to the . great principles of natural
justice , nor rendered them insensible to oppression and wrong . The resistance they makemisguided , lamentable , and erroneous , as the direction it takes may be—is but the natural re-action of down-trodden and oppressed humanity ; and there remains for this , or any other Government , only two alternativeseither the adoption of a policy based on justice , and leading to practical remedial measures , er a war of extermination against the country we have always treated as a conquered one . Mr Bright took advantage of the debate on the
third reading to explain why he , as the representative of Manchester , -would , vote , for tbe Bill , after having presented a numerously signed petition from his constituents against it . __ Certainly we heard nothing in his speech to justify his vote . From beginning to end it was an answer to the stale and oft-repeated sophism , if not direct falsehood , that before any remedial measures can be introduced , the Government must be armed with powers to repress outrage and crime by forcible means . Mr Bright gave a graphic and powerful description ofthe causes which have made Ireland what it
is , and which now keep it so . He expressed , in strong terms , his sense of the criminality of our past legislation , and he outlined , with singular force and boldness , several radical pleasures which are imperatively required , and . which must be passed before any real improvement can _^ be effected in that country . Why , with so clear and distinct a conception of the causes of Irish poverty and crime , he should have stultified himself by voting for a measure which will not , in the slightest degree , touch these causes , but rather add to the hatred which has "been already engendered by cruel , sanguinary , and tyrannical legislation for Ireland , we cannot _imagine . A man capable of
seeing and speaking out the strong truths he did , was surely too strong minded to be misled by the miserable cant which sufficed to quiet the consciences of the common herd of members , who follow tlieir leader as a flock of sheep does the bell-wether . However , so it was . The Irish people had the benefit ofMrBright ' s speech , and Lord John the support _tif his vote . In passing , we may remark that one avowal will bear returning to on some future occasion , We refer to the statement thatthe present Government is the Government of the '' Middle Classes , " and that in futuve every Government must depend more and more upon the support of the middle classes . There are some
important deductions to be drawn from this altered position of our political and Governmental relations , and especially with reference to the probable future effect-- upon tlie condition of the working classes , that may be worth consideration .
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The proposal to appoint the Committee of Inquiry into the causes of the recent commercial distress , gave rise on Monday night to an animated debate , which , but for the hour at which the business was brought on ( twelve o ' clock ) , would have , doubtless , been of greater length . As it was , the opposition had two divisions—one on , the proposition to adjourn the appointment of the Committee until after the recess , thus leaving the question open for
further consideration in the House ; and the other to enlarge the number of the Committee , for the purpose of adding members to representimportant classes , who are now wholly unrepresented in it . The Government were victorious in both cases , but the feeling was so strong that they did not press the appointment of the Committee that night . The Chancellor ofthe Exchequer moved the appointment of the members of the Committee on Wednesday , when the contest was renewed between the
Government and the opponents ofthe present banking system , in the shape of several motions , to substitute other names for some of those nominated bythe Government . After an obstinate and protracted fight , which lasted the whole of the time prescribed for the sitting of the House on Wednesdays , the Government were ultimately victorious , and carried the Committee as originally proposed . Colonel Sibtliorpe , whatever his eccentricities of manners , has an excellent knack of hitting the bull's eye—going straight to the mark—and alwavs cailinir _thin-rs by their right namesalways calling _things by their right
namescalled the appointment of a committee " a piece of downright humbug . " He was perfectly right—and the speeches of Mr Hemes , a great authority on banking questions ; of Mr T . B . iring , also a great authority , and other members , showed that they regarded it in that light . It is , in fact , what we stated it to beat the time the motion was agreed toan " artful dodge ' ' to take the question out of the hands of the Parliament , to place it in the keeping [ of a Committee of a most lop-sided description , and to prevent all legislation upon the subject , until it is convenient for the
_bullibnists and the supporters of the Bank Charter of 1844 . They dare not fairly face the question while the disastrous consequences of that Bill are still fresh in the memory of the commercial classes , and they are desirous of postponing legislation until a year or two of comparative commercial prosperity shall have somewhat effaced from recollection the wide-spread ruin and baukruptcy of the fatal autumn of IS 47 as well as the fact , that by giving the Bank the powev to break that act , the . Government
itself virtually abandoned the principle on which it is based . The more this question of money and currency is considered , the more important will its bearings upon the condition of the . working classes be found to be . It is by means of the present monetary arrangements , and the nefarious machinery by which they are carried out , that a few individuals are armed with the power of abstracting from the labours of the great masses of society , millions upon millions of treasure , and to become the virtual masters of both Government
and people . They hold in their hands the measure of all value , the power of setting industry to work , or forcing it into compulsory idle ness . The powers of society to produce the means of supplying its own wants—its labour •—its machinery—its land—and its capital of various descriptions—are as nothing before the terrible artificially created despotism of the money lords . By means of absurd , we had almost said insane , legislation—we are constantly subjected to tortures , like those of the old Greek M yth of Tantalus . Westand in the nudst of an overflowing stream of wealth ; but irrational
ourown money laws prevent us from enjoying it . The power of producing and consuming is limited , not by the natural capabilities and Wilnts of the soil and the population , out by the number of pieces of metal which may happen , on a particular day , to be in the hands of the money merchants . Instead of making the shadow subservient to the substance-the representative of wealth to the thing represented—we act precisely the contrary , and by so doing , inflict artificial sterility on the soil—artificial idleness on our workshops and factories—artificial stagnation _^ our
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commercial markets—rob the shopkeeper of customers—the customers of work and wages —empty the workshops of _industryand fill the union Bastiles—stop the healthy and free cir _» culalion of tra de—diminish the power of bearing public burdens , and increase their weight at the same time , afldall this to support a crotchet , which , ridiculous in itself as the worship of Juggernaut , is as fatal and deadly to its worshippers as the great Eastern idol itself .
The interesting Debates on the question of Jewish Disabilities , caused by the introduction ofa Bill for their removal , on Thursday night , are deserving of a more lengthened commentary than we gi , ve them this week , The subject of Episcopal Revenues , whicb was mooted by Mr Horsman , on Tuesday evening , is also one of considerable publie interest , and suggests some notions not at all favourable to tlie management of our State Church . It is , however , one which will bear recurring to . In the meantime , as we haveobserved , the actual work done has been
confined to the passing of the measures proposed by the Government , for the repression of crimein Ireland , the regulation of Railway Expenditure in England , and the appointment of a Committee designed to throw dust in the eyes ofthe public , on the important question of the Currency . It is not a very magnificent sum total for the extraordinary Session whicb Ministers summoned under extraordinary circumstances , but which we cannot compliment , now that it has virtually come to an end , upoa any extraordinary legislative aptitude to meet unusual exigencies .
The Wrongs Of I11ela.Nd. We Have Great P...
THE WRONGS OF I 11 ELA . ND . We have great pleasure in announcing that _' a great meeting of the English working rlasses , residing in the metropolis , will be holden in the course of next week , for the purpose of protesting against the Coercion Bill , and expressing sympathy with the people of Ireland . Mr O'Connor , M . P ., and all the-Chartist leaders , will take part in the proceedings .
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Co _iAeatiers & _CotTespcmsen _&?
* "¦ • Miscellaneous. Wno Feabb To Speak...
* _"¦ MISCELLANEOUS . Wno _feabb to speak of NiNETr-EiaiiT . _!'— John Lennon writes as follow .--: —Now , sir , is the time to unite the Irish and English w rkiiig slaves . I halt been ten weeks in Dublin , und returned last week . I was _de—Figntd for Amevica _, but failed . I was Invited there by Robert Emmett , Esq , to publish a book of poems , at ' _, least S » 0 pages . I was three weeks in Kildare , with my old friend bold Quigley , of Katlicoft ' ey , who wag Ave years a Statu prisoner— ' 0 S-I 8 : i 3 . In " O'Kelly ' s history of tlio Irish Rebellion , page 290 to 2 _D _!» , I am called * the fdithfu ) _Leiiii _.-ui , unsubdued by a & vjrsitj , and unsullied _, in eh _< r : etcr . ' Quigley and I have sent him a Northern Stik this uiorniui _* . —John Len _. non _, 10 , Paradise street , " _" restou . —Mr Lennon sends a few lines , from which wegive the following : We'll he put to the test when , too late in the fie'd
, We must then fight or die , or disgracefully yield . Sweet angel of frodom ! forbid it be so—That one coward be found that would cringe to the foe , O'Neiland _D'Do'iiieM , jour spirit imparts A Celtic emotion t > pure Irish hearts . On the rvrords of battles wc need not enlarge-, The pike nover lost when it came to the _charge . At Tara' -s great meetinic we lost our own choice , So then mako u stand was tlie national voice . But ' tis never too late to recal what is past , My "ountry ' s in motion from Cork to Belfast ; The _epirit that _^ _low'd in our martyr'd M'Crakcn , In the sons of U . tonia revive and awaken . The Heavens proclaim—men of Erin _combine 1 Be free , should ye p _.-visli at Liberty ' s sbiine ! The iieroes of Erin will rush to a man , Whei . the Cross and the Shamrock advance in the van , Then freedom aid faith band in hand will restore
The lost rights nf Erin to last evermore . J . Er . MoT , Devouport . —It iB _itnpnstib _' e to open our coiuHiustotue publication of every private grievance ; nor can wo risk our actions for libel on such a case . You _should consult some legal adviser . Vf . I * . _Uobinson . —Weh . _svenoroomfor your letter . The pamphlet shall have our attention , W . Y ., Leicester . —No room . Money clubs already exist in many places to enable the working men to sjnd * ¦ mon ey to the Land and Labour Bank , Propose j " our plan t _< - the _Leicester Land members . _SToesroM . —In consequence of a great demand for the Nokthkbs Stab , I hereby announce that all persons wisUni * to become subscribers may do so by _applying at _N-. 4 , _Angel-str . et , before Tuesday , every week , as-Mr tfoudkousc , secretary to the National Land Company , has taken out an agency for the same . _Baci-p . —Leigh Glcavc , secretary to the Factory operatives of Kochdale , in Union with the National Association of United Trades , will feel much obliged to
thesecretary ofthe Uacup Factory Association , m connexi jn with the same , if he willsend his name and address to mc , * » ligley . square , Rochdale . Hide . —Sir , —Seeing in the Stab , in the notice to correspondents , ' a correspondent at Mertliyr Tydvill _wishestolt now if Mr Candelet ' s tract can be procured from any agent in London . ' I have to Informyour correspondent , through tha Star , tbat the tracts may be had by _seudiug _posUigestamys fevtUe \ wun \ _wr * Ki \ tiv ° _iA , to Jobn .-Gaskett , 26 , _Norbury-fitrect , Hyde , Cheshire . Wakeeiemi _, —We have no _voiiin for the Address . ' Mr A . Mitchell , Hawick . — Itwas sent . We have forwarded another . The Norwich Mketimo .-Ernest Jones will hare much pleasure in attending the meeting in St Andrew ' s ilal " on Monday next . John Bessos , Manchester . — The membera balloted in Dei-ember aud March will b- located at Minster Lovol —T . Cla ' _t-k of tho _Livebpool Mai * , of December 4 th ?
_Severad _CoMMUN-iCATioKs are under consideration . Wai , _Nshtos , Stepney , Our only reason 'or _eieluding ' your letter frmn this week ' * Stab , it tbat i * came to us when the space we devote to such matters tva 3 aV raidv full ; occupied . It shall appear iu our nex .
_Lt-fiAL . NOTICE . —As I bare a considerable number of _caseaou hand , requiring ulterior proceedings , I mutt , in order to ennble mo to do justice to tny clients , decline receiving until further notice any more 1 < gal _corrt-spondenc * [ except suck as relates to cases in hand ) , whether for the Stab or otherwise .
ALL LETTERS CONTAINING NEW CASESWILL REMAIN _UNNOTICED . _{* e * _lj-ttekb to be aoure 8 sed in fctdre to mb . at 16 , Great "A ' indhiu _, - ste . ee- " , _Baimarket , Even . should fresh c . _ises be accompanied by foes , they will not be attended to . LoSDo ; _* - Ernest Jokes . Jonathan _Ormerod , Hnlifix . —That depends whe _. c the property was situate . John _Hekferhan . —The marriage is good . Samuel 1 ii !* adbent , Manchester . — 'ihe legatees . must file a bill against the executor . If tliey will authorise jne _t-i take proceedings ; he shall soon be made to do what he ought to do , or be puaisiied for his _illegal _conriuet . .
C . B _., Hul ' . —You are entitled toa share ofthe debts nue to tie kte partnership , and you had butter give notice to all who owe money to it , not to pay wliat they owe , _except upon the joint receipts of _yourself aud your late partner . The notico should be in writing , and sewed by some respectable person who coutd prove its service _. It it is generall y known that you and jour late partner liave _: dissolved your partnership , there can be but little likelihood of his _involvms yw ia liabilities . A notice o . dissolution in the publie papers is usual in such cases ; but , in yours , 1 should taink it might safely be dispensed with . , A . Yo .. ng Chabtist , Stockton If vou will send me a copy of the will , and iuform me which of the legatees 1 is that is dead
- , and whether there is auy dispute as tothe validity of her will on the ground oi' insanity , I wil advise you as to tho course you should take . You appear to be a man ot" some property , and yet , regardless of repeated notices in the Star , that I profess to give gratuitous advifo only to poor persons , you upuly to me tor advice and stud no lee . Joun Ashwoiitu , _llui-y .-Without knowiug in or about wh . t year ibe bill was tiled and the names of the plaintifl and defendant , ruy prucuring you the information , you wish fur is quite out of tlie question . As a _legateeu der Mrs Stott ' s will , youmost _. _likely have a copy ofit , ur can gef one If you have , send me a copy of suchcopy , as it may afford a clue to the information ,
you-want . John Loceuam , Ilull , —I can collect nothing from your very confused statement , but that you claim a copyhold property as heir to jour ' cousin , Robert I . insdale . ' ' Vou must get some skilful person to make out a pedigree , by which to shew that you are Robert Liusdale ' scustomary heir ; and you must state the year ot" Uiehd .. _Liii-dnlc ' s death , and who has been in possession since his death ; but before you give yourself any trouble about any other ttiiug _uivike- _jovnaelf quite _buto that K . _Liitfdala died intestate . Jane Parkinson , Manchester . — V . itUout seeing the jvill and other paperB you v _. _p- > ak of , or copies of them , I can rennet-you uo _assistance . Mr Tate will , no doubt , let you have copies ; if lie refuses , give me his address , an * Iwillwriteto him . Andkkw Siiemiabd , near Glasgow . —I suppose the farm in West Canad a belonged to your deceased brother for ever , aud not merely for a term of years . If , for ever , it now belongs to James . T . W . Gissing . —If he had lived in the parish five years at the tine he became chargeable , he _belongs to it . wm . _Hutchins , Batli .-I answeredyour'friendI _' _almer'gt case in the STAa two or three weeks baok . There does nutuppear to be the slightest chance of his recovering tlie property .
Deaths;. ;• At Sootcville, Les Rouen, Fr...
deaths ; . ;• At Sootcville _, les Rouen , France , on tlie 18 th of No vember , 1847 , Mr llalph Kerfoot , member ofthe National Land Company , Rouen branch , First Section . The deceaved was one of the fortunate members drawn in tlie fint ballot , _andetands No . 17 on tho O'Connorville plate . He came to England nt the demonstration in May last , tj t : ike possession ; but exchanged with Mr T . M . " ~ * heeler for his location in Worcestershire , and returned again to Franco , to await the completion of his holding . Ilis death was brought on from mnutlamroatioa cf the lungs , which soon ehauged to brain fever , which proved fatal , me deceased was a stern Chartist , and _figured in the movement ef U _4 . which _compdled Mm to tow Us * J _^ v « to _* _f _* _U Chowbent . for Rotherham in Yorkshire , from whicb nlaue lw eki !« rated to France . The deceased has left oue Rn b ? rto _* J _& e " _»* _»« _, His remains were followed to he grave by bis brother Laud members and o « Tlmr ' sdav Ziing . Ca therine , the youngest daughter of _nZXrU _, one ofthe Directors ofthe National rand Conn-any ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18121847/page/4/
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