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THE NORTHERN STAR, , SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, IM3.
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_N 5 W PDBUSHISS BY B . D . COUSINS , IS . DUKE-STREET , _LIKCOls _' s-I . _VW PIE 1 D _3 , LOVDOS . THE SHEPHERD , by the _Eer J . E . Smith M . A . Vol . 1 , price 53 . 6 a—Vol . II , P « 06 3 ? . -Vol . Ill , price 6 i . fid . cloth _boards ; or tho three volumes ib OEe , half-bouDd io calf and lettered , price 16 a . _efntation _ofOwenlsm , by G-. Bedford , of Worcester : With a reply , by tha Rev . J . E . Smith , M . A . Is . Kew Christianity ; or the Religion of St Simon , with 8 coloured Portrait of a StSlmonian Female ; _translated by the Rev . 3 E Smith , M . A . Is . The Little Book , addressed to the Bishop of Exeter ace Robert Owen , by the Rev . J . E . Smith , JI . A . 63 . bvpOBtlOa . Legends and Miracles , by the Rev . J . E . 8 mith _, M . A Clot ' a boards , Is . 81 . The Universal Chart , containing the Elements of _TJnl versal Fiitb , Universal _Analogy , and Moral Govern rcent . By the Rev J . E _, Smilh , M . A . Price Is . : by pos t , Is , 2 d . Analytical Chart of Universal Justice , Truth , end Peace ; avoiding the two extremes of _Spiritualisn and HatErialiBm—tho first of which speculate on the Organic PrlBciple , without the Organism , and thi lv . ter , on _ihs Organism , without the Organic Prin ciple—both are presented in this Chart , By the Rev , J . E . Smith , M . A . Price 6 d . ; bj post 8 d . ; or , or thick drawing-paper , Is . ; by post , Is . 2 d . The World Within ; or a description of the Interior o < the Earth : a vision of the Mind ; by the Rev . J . E Smith , M . A . Price 6 d . ; if by poBt , nine pennj _stamps-Mirabaud _' _s System of Nature , a neat pocket edition ( twe volumes in o _ni- ) . 3 i . 6 d ., post free . Volney _' _s _Ruius of Empires and the Law of Nature , Pocket edition , cloth boards . Is . 6 d . By post , 2 s . Wor s of a Believer ; or , Paroles d ' un Croyant , bj l'Abbe de la _Mennais . For having written which , he was excommunicated aF . d dataned for ever by the Pope . Price Is . stitched ; er cloth boards , Is . 6 d , post free .
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a / fETROFOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE _iVA ASSURANCE , Annuity , Loan , and Investment SOCIETY . ( Incorporated pursuant to tbe 7 th and 8 th Vic , cap . Ho . ) Temporary Offices , 3 d , _Regent-street , Waterloo-place , London . TRUSTEES . Richard Spooner , Esq ., | Spencer Horatio Walpole _, M . P . I Esq ., M . P . Edward _Vansittart Neale , Henry Peter Fuller , Esq . Esq .
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FAMILY ENDOWMENT , LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY . 12 , Chatham Place , Blaekfriars , London . CAPITAL £ 5 U 0 , 000 . DIBECTOBS . William Bntterworth Bayley , Esq ., Chairman . John Fuller , Esq ., Deputy Chairman . Rt _, Bruce _Ctichester , Esq . \ Ettiot Macnaghten , Esq . ' H . B . Henderson , Esq . Major Turner . C . H . Latouche , Esq , Joshua Walker , Esq . ' Edward Lee , Esq . Maj 9 r Willock _, K . L . S . BONUS . Thirty percent . Bonus was added to the Society ' s Policies on the profit scale iu 1845 . The next valuation will be in January , 1852 . _AKNDAl PB . EM 1 PMS WITH PROFITS , Age 20 _| Age 25 Age 30 / Age 3 S ( Age 40 AgM 5 . Age J 0 Age 55 ~ Us . d . JeE . d . £ s . d . ; £ s . d , £ s . d . £ s . d . _| fis . d . £ _s , d . 1 1 ? S 2 3 1-29 7 * 2 16 23 59 1 16 2 _! 4 10 6 -j 76 INDIA . The Society also grants Policies to parties proceeeding to , or _residing in India , at lower rate 3 than any other Office , tho Premiums on which may be payable either in London or at the Society ' s Office in _Calcutta . Annuities of all kinds , as well as Endowments for Children , are granted by the Seciety . The usual commission allowed to Solicitors and others . John Cazenove , Sec .
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NO MORE PILLS FOR INDIGESTION , Constipation , Torpidity of the Liver , and the Abdominal Viscera , persisting Headaches , Nervousness , Biliousness , Despondency , Spleen , etc . Published by Du Barry and Co ., 75 , New Bond-street , London ¦ , and to be obtained through all Booksellers Price 6 d , or 8 d ( in letter stamps ) , post-free ; A POPULAR TREATISE on INDIGESTION and CONSTIPATION j the main causes of Nervousness , Biliousness , Scrofula , Liver Complaint , Spleen , etc ., and taeir Radical Removal , entitled the 'Natural Reoenebatob of the DIGESTIVE Oeoans ( the Stomach and Intestines ) , without pills , purgatives , or artificial means of any kind , '
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A GOOD FIT WARRANTED at the Great Western Emporium , 1 and 2 , Oxford . _street . _Ubsdell and Co are now making to order a Suit of beautiful Superfine Black , any size , for £ 3 l ' . _s . Patent made Summer Trowsers , 15 s ; Registered Summer Orer Coats , 20 s . The Art of Cutting taught . Patterns of Garments Cnt to Measure for the Trade , and seat ( post free ) for Is . 6 d . each , or eighteen postnge stamps . Address , Charles Ubsdell , 1 and 2 , Oxford . street London .
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D O YOU SUFFER TOOTH ACHE ? If so , use _Bbakd ' s Enamel for filling the decaying spots « nd rendering defective Teeth sound and painless . PRICE , ONE 9 _HILLLVG . Twenty testimonials accompanying _aach box . Sold by ali Chemists , or sent free , by return oi po 3 t , by sending one shilling and a stamp to J . Willis , 4 , Bell ' s buildings , Salisbury , square , London ,
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BYRNE'S EMIGRANTS' GUIDE , Fourth Edition , This Day , Price One Shiiliug _, or postage free on receipt of 18 Queen ' s Heads . BYRNE'S EMIGRANTS' GUIDE TO NEW SOUTH WALES PROPER , AUSTRALIA FELIX , AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA . By J . c . BYRNE , Twelve Years in the British Co ' oniei ¦ This clever Jittle book contains all the information that an Emigrant can require . ' --The Critic . In a few days , ench with a Map , _BYRXE'S EMIGRANTS' GUIDE to the CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . BYRNE'S _EMIGRANTS'GUIDE to NATAL . Effingham Wilson , Commercial and Colonial Bookseller and Stationer , ll , Royal Exchange .
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J ust Published , Price ad , post free 2 d _exU-4 . COURT JOBBERY ; or , the BLACK BOOK of the __ PALACE ; showing how , when , and for what , all pensions granted by the Queen since her accession , have been bestowed ; and exposing the jobbery carried on both within and without the walls of the Palace ; witb biographical notices of the pasipebed paijpebs o » the STATE . London : W . Strange , 21 , _Paternoster-row , and all booksellers .
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TO TAILORS By approbation of Her Majesty Qucon Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . NOW READY , THE LONDON AND PARIS SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS for 1848 , bv Messrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Kart-Btreot , _Bloomabury-square , near Oxford _, street , London ; and by G . _Bebqeb , Holywell-stFeot , Strand ; and all Booksellers , an . exquisitely executed and superbly coloured PRINT . The elegance pf this Print excels any _bsfdrepublisued _. _accompanieid with the Newest Style , and _extra-htfiiig _Frookp Riding Dress , _and-Hunting-Coat Patterns ; the most fashionable dressWaistcoat Pattern , and an _extra-fitting Habit Pattern of ** he newest and most elegant style of fashion . Every particular part explained ; method of increasing and diminishing the whole for any size fully illustrated , manner of Cutting and Making up , and all other information respecting Style and Fashion . Price 16 s . post free lis . READ and Co . ' s new scientific system of Cutting for 1848 is ready , and will supersede everything of the kind heretofore conceived . All the Plates are numberedand lettered , and on the scale of Eighteen Inches ; _Wholesize , never before attempted , containing twenty-three square feet : particulars , post free . Patent Measuros , with full explanation , 8 s . the set . New Patent Indicator , for ascer . taining proportion and disproportion , illustrated with Diagrams , price 7 s . Patterns to Measuro ( all registered according to Act of Parliament ) , post free , Is , each , The whole sold by Read and Co ., 12 , _Hart-street , Blooms _, bury-square , London ; and all Booksellers . _Post-oflSce orders , and Post Stamps , taken as Cash . Habits performed for the Trade . Busts for fitting _Ceats on ; Boys ' figures . Foremen provided . — Instructions in outting complete , for all kinds of Style and Fashion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short time .
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THE LAND . TO BE DISPOSED OF , a paid-up share for a Two-Acre Allotment in the National Land Company . For terms apply ( if by letter , pest paid ) to Mr Leighton , 4 , Cross-street , _Dean-street , Commercial-road East , London ,
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WANTED TO RENT , A SMALL FARM of twenty or thirty acres , ctueftj ai able , with suitable _buttdtaga . Address H . _Davies , 26 , Great Charlotte-street , Blackfriars-road , London ,
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THE RIGHT TO LOCATION of a Four-Acre allotment to bo disposed of , on the Great Mathon Estate . Applications to be made ( post paid ; to William Cole , No . 3 , _Satchviiie-street , _Betlinal-green , London .
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TO BE SOLD , A FOUR-ACRE FARM at the Great _Dodford Estate . The surrounding country is most delightfully situated , and is only two miles from the Railway Station , and a few miles from Kidderminster , Dudley Birmingham , and Worcester ; all being firs t rata market towns . Thelandisof the very best quality The allotment was balloted for in August , i 8 _i 7 , and is nearly ready for occupation , the advertiser having other _encace . _ments that prevent him from taking possession The same to be sold to the highest bidder . Persons wish _, ing . to purchase mu . t send in their bids as early as h _£ w _™ _» J _2 ! 1 Gorgo _? . \ . No- m < _"emshaw . _lano , Higher Hillgate , Stockport , Cheshire . All letters must have a stamp enclosed for reply .
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_^ _O'CONNORVILLE . TO BE SOLD a _Two-Acre Allotment , pleasantly situated m the c _. ntre of the estate . The cot _> tage contains three rooms , one upstairs , and two down , with a superior verandah before the door , and _gaus and railing * in front ; together with a good _outhfuse , twenty . four feet by twelvo , with Joft , and large boiler holding twenty-four gallons . The yard is fenced and tank w _, U _™^ f : al , ° 8 °° _f 8 ubst _™« al brick water tank , well cemented and covered with a trap door the tank is capable of containing some hundreds of era Ions of rain water , which is supplied by pipes from the house . Likewise a large manure tank , » ith pig sties . Ac . , _iA _^ _^ nM , t ° three quavters of an _^ _"e of wheat , * ' * _?«/ . _Stf narter a _, cre , « f Potatoes , turnips , mangel wurzel , & c . The ground is fenced in on one side with a hedge ; likewise a variety of fruit treos iie _JP J _% l _? _? - n Uve immediate possession clear of all liabilities for _rf 75 . All communications to be made _fposfpaid ) to Mr John Hornby , No ., , _O'Connorville , _nearlUckmiuuwortli , Herts .
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ALLOTMENTS ON SALE . A _FOUR-ACUE at Bromsgrove . —TWO TWO ACRES A at Snig ' sEnd . _ ONB _FOUR-ACRE at _SnVs Eud . All applications to be made to tho Directors -it their office , 144 , High _Holborn , London . _" , ftwor 8 at uieir
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THELAND .- LOWBANDS . * _TWO . AORE ALLOTTEE _wishes to dispose of his _£% . allotment by sale , or otherwise as may be agreed on , together with the crops and implements I Apply to John Wallace , Lowbands , _Redmarley , Ledbury , Worcestershire , inclosing a stamp
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- " - Just Published . SIDNEY'S AUSTRALIAN _HANDBOOK . Price One Shilling ; free per Post , Eighteenpence . HOW TO SETTLE AND SUCCEED IN AUSTRALIA . Containing every information for intending Emigrants . By A _BcsHMAtf . b Selection from Contests , Description of Australia and the _Bkish . —Wives wanted in the Bush . —Value of Cbildren .-Bush Servants .-Advice to men of large and small Capital .-Sheep Farming _, —fries of Cattle , Horses , & c-Emigration Benefit So . cieties —New South Wales-Port Philip ;—South _Australin— Swan River . —Mining—The Share of Working Men in Emigration . —Expenses of Outfit and Passage . London : P . Richaruson , 23 , Cornhill . Liverpool : Robinson . Manchester : Sowter . Bristol : Ridler .
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Now ready , price Twopenoe , THE RIGHT OF PUBLIG MEETING A LETTER Addressed ( before Sentence , ) TO LORD CHIEF JUSTICE SIR THOMAS WILDE . By _Eenest Jones , This letter contains the substance of the address which Ernest Jones intended to deliver in the court , but whioh the judge would not allow to be spoken . Also , price Threepence , A VEBBATIM REPORT OP THE TRIALS OF ERNEST JONES AND THE OTHER CHARTIST LEADERS . Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . TBE CHEAPEST EDITION EVER PUBLISHED . Price is . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . In a few days will be published , price 3 d ., THE EVIDENCE GIVEN BY JOHN 5 ILLETT , In hia Examination before the Committee en the National Land Company . This important body of evidence will form sixteen _closelv printed pages , and conclusively prove what may be done with Two Acres , by explaining what John Sillett has done . Now ready , Price Is . NOS . XIX AND XK . 0 _ r ' THE LABOURER . " NOTICE . It was intended to have presented an abstract of the whole of the Evidence given before the Committee , in tho present double number of the ' _Labodbeb . ' It was , how . ever , so voluminous , and at tbe same time of so much importance to a thorough understanding of the whole subject , that It has been found impossible to condense it within that limit . In the next number of ' The Laboubee' ( which will immediately f . _illow the present , ) we shall give the important evidence of Mr _Sullivas , M . P ., a member of the Committee , who personally visited two of the Estates , and also of the two eminent Accountants , to whom the Financial position and prospects of the Land Company were submitted by the Committee . We shall accompany the Abstract of Evidence by an analysis of _Hhe prominent points developed , and of the plan by which Mr O'Connor proposes to meet and obviate the objections to the scheme , elicited in the course of the Investigation . No . 21 , Price Slxpenoe , will be ready on September 1 st , Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage . Paternoster-row , London : A Ileywood , Manchester : and all Book „ sellers in Town and Country .
The Northern Star, , Saturday, August 10, Im3.
THE NORTHERN STAR , , SATURDAY , AUGUST 10 , IM 3 .
Caution To The People. In Our Last Page ...
CAUTION TO THE PEOPLE . In our last page will be found a full report of the examinations at Bowstreet , yesterday . It will be seen that the charges against " the prisoners are of a grave character , and , as we had anticipated , are founded principally on the evidence of an informer , who has been , _through the whole course of these secret meetings , in communication with the police _^ authorities . Mark this man ' s own admissions : —
" I entered the Association for the purpose of getting information , and communicating it to the Police Commissioners . I encouraged and stimulated these men in order to inform against them . " And again — I gave the men some hullets ; I gave balls to Gumey ; I gave him half-a-pound of powder ; I also cast some bullets on purpose for him and gave them to him . "
We forbear comment . No language of ours can add to the blackness of these admissions of the principal witness against the unhappy _prisoners . It will be attempted to make this affair a pretext for an universal proscription of the Chartist party ; but , in the name of that party , we disclaim the madness of . these few jnen ' , on ; which villains have traded for their own profit and the destruction of their dupes .
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IRELAND . Not satisfied with the suspension of the Constitution in Ireland , the hellhounds of the Press are now endeavouring to hound a reckless Government on to the annihilation of the poor privilege of alio wing Irish outlaws to be tried by gangs of packed jurors . While the landers of the English Constitution are boastfully parading the clemency of the "Whi g Government for having relaxed tie laws of treason , the same parties are now proclaiming the
necessity of abrogating the Constitution altogether , and of substituting martial law in its stead . Has not the law , and has not custom in Ireland , been sufficiently strong and tyrannical , when administered by the ruthless conqueror to the outlawed serf — strong enough , prompt enough , and sanguinary enough—to satisfy the vengeance of the oligarchy , but must all semblance of law and Constitution be abolished in order to preserve their dominion l
On the trial of Mr _O'Doherty , his eloquent advocate , Mr Butt , clearly explained the meaning and the working of the new Whig Act . He showed that , although the prisoner mi ght have been guilty of what the law called sedition , that he could not be held guilty of what the recent act designates felony . And there was upon that jury , notwithstanding the appliances for corruption at the command of the Government—with all the horrors of alarm and fear aroused by the Attorney-General—there was , we say , notwithstanding all these _^ appliances , a sufficient amount of virtue to prevent agreement upon the construction of one of the most
bloody acts upon the bloody statute books of England . And it further appears , that a Specialj Commission is to be appointed for the trial of Smith O'Brien and others , and that that Commission is to sit in Tipperary . Is the reader aware , that the fact of _great excitement prevailing is sufficient ground for the postponement of trial in the case of a murderer I and what will he say to the vengeance of that Go . vernment which proposes , through its mouthpiece , the justice and propriety of dragging a man charged with treason in the most excited times , to the very scene of war , and to the very midst of the greatest excitement ?
From the day that the population of Ireland began to fret under the yoke of its ruthless and cruel oppressors , down to the present moment , every concession demanded b y justice has been denied , in order to preserve the dominion of the aristocracy in that country , until , at length , the aristocracy themselves find that they are now compelled to apply to thoBe whom they aided and encouraged in their every act of delinquency for the poor privilege of being allowed to sell their estates j and , as the practice of feeding class upon class in Ire . land has been the rule of British policy , _feek'M are being dail y thrown out , with a view to discover whether the plunder of one Church may not satisfy the appetites of the ministers
„ - - __„*! ... _ ol i . _c _„ » _v , _„* _;„ ofao _, _l nf tb (> ef another Church . So that , instead of the abolition of the greatest nuisance with which a country was ever cursed , we are threatened with the preservation of the nuisance , by enlisting in its behalf those who have heretofore been its most violent denouncers . And this Church , fed upon what legitimately belongs to the poor , is now to become a double infliction , and is to be saved from the tongue of desecration by a participation of its old assailants in its fruit .
But does the Government , or does any man in his senses presume , that although the sop may stop the mouths of many for a season , that the mind ' s progress will tolerate the perpetuation of the abuse . They may induce some Protestant Parsons and some Romish Priests to shake hands for the nonce , but the clergymen of the ( people , springing from the people , remaining of the people , and being
selected by the people , for exemplary character , devotion to their own religion , love of country , and hatred of the oppressor , will still be swayed by the people , and a sufficient amount of the young Catholic blood of Ireland will be found to reject and spurn the tendered poison , to dash the chalice from their lips , and still defend their faith , their country , and their flock from the ravages of the tempting wolf in sheep's clothing .
The state of Ireland at this moment , however painted by ihe amateur for English inspection and English action , is one that the mind cannot contemplate without horror , sadness , and sorrow . A people nurtured in rebellion and driven to revolt , now by the toleration , and again by the promises of a Whig Government , is threatened with the greatest calamity that can _befall a land—the loss of food ; and although our present rulers have undertaken to govern that country by a remedial ? healing , and pacific policy , we find the Session has been prolific of more acts of hostility against that country , than has marked any similar period of her history , while not one hope for the future has been held out by her oppressors .
The country is garrisoned with foreign troops , while the Parliament is nightly engaged in the most lavish and corrupt expenditure of the people ' s money . Surely the corrupt practices brought to light by Mr Osborne , the Member for Middlesex , within the last week , must have opened the eyes of every thinking man to the incompetence and profligacy of the present Government ; but the scene has not
yet closed ; the amount required to keep the Irish people in a state of passive obedience and non-resistance—while starvation and misery stare them in the face _^ has not yet been presented to the English paymaster . The fabrications of the Press may serve the Stockjobbing speculations of the Government , but when the sad reality is known , we much doubt that John Bull will feel satisfied with the result .
As we stated last week , and as Mr O'Connor stated in his speech upon the Repeal of the Union , America looks with an intensity of anxiety to the present state of Ireland ; and although we have at all times repudiated foreign intervention in our domestic affairs , yet it is _impossible for the shrewdest thinker to speculate upon the effect , that the present state of Ireland may produce upon the Irish Americans . And should America at any time proclaim war against England , we should be glad to know what amount of English bayonets and English desperation could , under the circumstances , preserve Ireland as a colony . And we warn the Minister of the Crown , that there is no circumstance more calculated to arouse the
angry feelings of man than the substitution of brute force for justice and concession . Does the Minister suppose that although the present insurrection may be suppressed , that the crop of vengeance which will spring from it can be as easily cut down ? There is this difference between the Irish and their enemies ; that , whereas vengeance is the watchword of the one , clemency and honour are the watchwords of the other . O'Brien shared his own money with his _followers rather than allow them to steal : he
preferred the protection of his . opponents to making them the victims of his followers' vengeance . And he preferred the loss of his own liberty to subjecting others to the pains and penalties consequent upon their hospitality . Bravery and hospitality have ever been considered the distinguishing characteristics of the Irish people , and in no instance have those national virtues been more prominently displayed than during the present war of the hungry millions , many of whom , famishing for want of food , have nevertheless abstained from robbery , for fear of giving their war the character or appearance of plunder .
The Press may speculate , the Minister may chuckle , the Saxon may boast of his triumph , but we tell them that the battle of right against might has not yet commenced , and that the only way to avoid a fearful carnage and loss of life , is by doing justice to' the' people both of England and of Ireland in time ; as they may rest assured that the justice which would be gladly accepted now , as compensation for all past transgressions , will not be received if the people should prove the stronger . — _^ _^ a » * ,.. _~ , _^ , , .
National Land Company. The Directors Of ...
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The Directors of the National Land Company having fully considered the propositions submitted by Mr O'Connor in last week ' s " Star , " have come to the conclusion of adhering to those several propositions , with the exception of the increase in the price of shares . This resolution was come to after a protracted discussion , upon the consideration that many poor persons who had gone to some inconvenience to pay up their shares according to the original price might , and most probably would , be put not only ] to great inconvenience , but in many instances the compliance with this rule might with them be an
impossibility ; and as the Company was established for the benefit of the poorest of the poor , and not for the most fortunate of that order , the Directors have , in our opinion , exercised a wise discretion in adhering to the original rules , in this respect , while the effect of charging four instead ot' five per cent , as rent upon the outlay , has this week had a considerable effect upon the price of _allotments—a _two-acre allotment at O'Connorvillegfetching 85 / ., and a | four-acre allotment at Minster , 1162 . We trust that this deviation from the propositions submitted in last week ' s " Star , " will be acceptable to the majority of the shareholders , while the effect of the other alterations will be to facilitate the transfer of shares of paid-up members .
The press of matter of a political nature this week , prevents us from saying much that we had intended upon this subject , while perhaps , the letter of Mr O'Connor , to the editor of the " Examiner , " may supply the deficiency a letter to which we beg the serious attention of every member of the Company . And as matters appear to be progressing with as much activity as when subscri ptions were _comine _; in to the amount of 5 , 000 / . a-week , we trust that the monster will - revive , and that , while the Managers have abated nothing of thdr zeal the members will abate as little of their ardour and resolution .
As the price of allotments are sure to rise in the market , we would counsel located members not to be over hasty in the disposal of their castle and their labour field . We understand that the work at Bromsgrove progresses more rapidly than upon any former estate , thus confirming our impression that Mr O'Connor has no intention of winding up the affairs of this great national undertaking . Next week we shall publish the insidious and dastardly part played by Mr Cobden , during the sitting of he Committee , and which , since our last pubhcation , has been confirmed by the ¦ authority ? 1 _T _? m ° _^ T _* gentleman . So much cLe _™ ° for _> the wwkil W
The Arrests. Those Of Our Readers Who Do...
THE ARRESTS . Those of our readers who do not reside k London or Lancashire , and who are not in _' tha habit of seeing the metropolitan dail y pap _' ers will be astonished when they peruse this day ' s Star , to learn that a number of Chartists have been arrested in London and Man chester , and that there has been some kind of an armed movement at Ashton , which has resulted in the death of a policeman , and the arrest of a great number of the Ashton Chartists . TUT ? , AKR . FNTS
However astonished any of our readers may be at the news of these events , their astonishment cannot exceed ours . We ask in vain what is the meaning of these armed meet ings held in opposition to the known course of action prescribed by the men responsible for the cha « racter of the Chartist movement ? No one can inform us of the meaning of these demon * strations—demonstrations of weakness , not of strength .
In the absence of full information , we this week confine our remarks to the fewest possible words . The shooting of the policeman at Ashton is a sad and terrible affair , which , no matter who did the deed , will be deplored by every Chartist . At Manchester the arrests appear to have been conducted in a most arbK trary and unlawful manner , the majority of tha persons arrested being taken without warrants . Up to the hour of writing these remarks , we are perfectly ignorant of the names of the persons arrested in London . We hear that the arrests have been going on all this day ( Thursday ) . No examination having yet taken place , we are uninformed as to the charges en which these arrests are founded .
One fact our readers will mark , that , /» m private information , the Government in the Metropolis , and the magistrates in Lancashire , were fully informed of the designs of the persons arrested , whatever those designs were . We do not doubt that if there has been any plotting , such plotting has been the work of villains , who , for their own horrible ends , have duped and seduced honest but mistaken men , to—we fear—their destruction .
We do not accuse the Government of having plotted the secret meetings and secret arm . ings , which , it is reported by the daily papers , have been going on for some time past ; but we are morally convinced that , by the services of traitors in the camp , the Whig Ministershave been fully informed of every act and word suggested and stimulated b y the Spies and Detectives , who have earned the confidence of unreflecting men only to betray them .
It has been stated in the papers that the Government had full information of the names persons , and destination of the " sympathisers , ' ' who lately left New Vork to join the Irish Confederates , together with full particu . lars of the vessels in which they embarked from that port , cargo , crew , & c . As a matter of course , these men as fast as they arrived in Ireland , were arrested . This should he sufficient warning to the people of the boundless system of espionage exercised over them . Earnestly we entreat the people not to put themselves in the power of their enemies . Secret societies will be their destruction , for ia suck societies traitors abound .
The Strike On The . North Wes. Tern Rail...
THE STRIKE ON THE NORTH WES . TERN _RAILWAY . We gave in our last an outline of the circumstances which have induced the strike of the Engine Drivers on the North Western Railway , a strike not for wages , but to resist a scheme artfully concocted to bring the men under an odious and unjust system of classification , immediately injurious to the majority , and undoubtedly intended for the ultimate injury of the whole . Under the old systemwhich the men desire to return to—a driver
had 6 s . per day for six months ; after he had driven his _engine for six months his pay was increased to 6 s . Gd . per day for the next six months ; to 7 s . for the year following ; and afterwards he had an additional 2 d . per day per annum , until his wages amounted to _$ s . per day . A fireman , when he was promoted to the situation of driver , had os . per day for the first six months ; 6 s . per day for the following half-year ; 6 s . 8 d . per day for the next twelvemonths ; 7 s . per day when he had been a driver for two years , and 2 d . per day per annum until his wages reached 8 s . per day . This was a plain straight forward system :
although , considering the heavy responsibility resting with each engine driver , we think the men were anything but too well paid . Under the new system of classes some of the men receive 8 s . per day , but others only 5 s . 6 d . per day , and it is curious | that the lowest paid drivers are those attached to the fourth class trains . It is reasonable to suppose that the cleverest and most experienced men are paid the highest wages , and , consequently , the passengers by the Parliamentary trains are committed to the care of the least able and experienced _. _driyera . " Another illustration of the tender regard for the s ' afety of the working classes , entertained by Railway Directors .
It is evident tbat under the new system a man will have no inducement to perfect himself in his duties—for consi gned to a " class , " with no regulation as to the time he shall remain in that " class " he may remain there the whole term of his employment ; for , no doubt , none but the special favourites of the ruling _Jaekin-office would ever be raised from the lower classes to the highest . This system of " caste ' is the most odious ever devised to stifle indus . trial emulation and keep deserving men in the bondage of poverty . z & i _*
The railway officials boast that thev are backed up by the G overnment , _hav _nTbeen supplied with men from the dockyards to take charge of the locomotives on the railway : i _? has also been stated that numbers of the Metropolitan police have been allowed to enter the Company ' s service to supply the place of porters . Can these statements be true > \ Ve fear they are not without fo undation , " as on TVi _*? ? occa 8 ion the Government has aftorded hel p to employers to defeat men or strike , and establish the triumph of capital on 8 i £ _»^ bb _Whata _« ro ° us illustration of the great fact that this political _aKwS f r th ° _l _^ atof ? herich unrepTse _^ _Lief tbe < _W--n of the
t is worth y of note that the men on strike have been ., for years in the employment of he Company-some ten , some eleven some twelve y ea rf _-I uffi C ent _f , roof of th e fidelity and ability with which they have performed the " r _dutiM . Moreover the men offered to _subrnt the case between them and the Company to arbitration : secondly , the highest paffXrS to submit to a reduction of sixpence _nerdav and thirdly offered to accept 5 i " « £ daS 2 _^ m force on the Great Western _llailwaf" bu all offers were , n vain _TJ eir hi gh _mightinesses , the Directors , disdainfully rejected all _cor _^ SEr & Ft _S racefl % _^ ve red the link _thJirfifr n 4 0 man . y _, y _*» _-s bound them to their faithful but now ill-requited servants
. this case concerns the public , as well as the l u ° _> u 1 ? _£ * - An univ _<* sal impression proails that the drivers ab present employed on i _^ 1 ™ _? _" dlltie _*'> an _impression which has been not a little strengthened by vhin _h Tn ? ° Ppage _/ of trains _« nd accidents , which , though not of a fatal nature , have _^ L _^ l _- - «™ the travelling ortion of the
_. p community . On Thursday morning the Pete _, b oroHgb , " mail train can ? e to a dead stop at _WoLvertoa , and WdS run into by the York mart train ; _several oi the _passengers bruLd f _; r 0 f the _B »» rd . _C ?» _S _brmsed ; _fortuaatel y no life was lost . Two of the carriages were very much damaged . In a _arista _/™*™« _tKnciler Z Za nblu _* h mail trains successively came _cSdlSJ ° / _' ° Urse _^ revented f _*™ P _^ _- ceeding onwards in consequence of tke other two trains being across the line . . X _V _' Hume » n <* other M . P . _' s , who travel by the best trains , and consequently have the beat , drivers , , feci considerable alarm , lit is
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19081848/page/4/
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