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FOR THE WORKING AULLlUflS.
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Three Fires.—On Wednesday evening betwee...
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PORTRAIT OF CUFFEY.*.
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The above portrait, taken by his feTow-s...
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Next Saturday's "Northern Star" will con...
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THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1848.
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THE IRISH TRIALS.. The Court House at Cl...
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commission ot acts from which at calmer ...
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MR O'CONNOR'S TOUR. We have been disappo...
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Dj£ea&er$# eorresoonitfiua
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Mr J. Sweet acknowledges the receipt of ...
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LAND CONFERENCE. The Land Conference wil...
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RECEIPTS OF THS NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . ...
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Early. Closing, — The Ltsbds Ihiblligbnc...
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DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND. Received by Wm....
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CENTRAL TICTIM FUND , Receipt? of week e...
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TICTia AND BEFENCE FUND. Crown Rnd Anoho...
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MEETING •F HAND LOOM WEAVERS. Bblwbt— On...
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THE WHIG VICTIMS. LETTER FROM JOSEPH BII...
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Stm op Tradb in Piislbt.— Trade here has...
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For The Working Aulllufls.
FOR THE WORKING AULLlUflS .
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A EOHfi FOR BTERT INDUSTRIOUS , MAS AND HIS FAMILY . UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS ' EQUITABLE LAND AND _BUDDING BENEFIT SOCIETY , - Barollea and Empowered by Act of Parliament to extend over the United Kingdom . _POIP-tswtt — T . S . DB » e <»*™ . Esq ., M . P . Thomas _"Wakiev , _Bb «„ M . _T . B . B . Cabbeh ,, E-q _., M . P . ( a * _CWee!—No . IS , Tottenham Court , Kew Road , St Pancraa , LoHdon . —Dakiil Wiuuk Rem , Secretary . _Akea-tcep » Tuaw Sictiom Value of Snares and Payments for lore-tors . Fall S * are ... £ 128 payment ef 2 _§ . 5 d . per Week , or 10 i . 61 . _ptr Month _HrOt Share ... 60 — 1 2 _J — 5 3 — Quarter Share ... 89 — 0 7 J — 2 8 } - Applicants are _Kqaeated to state ia _thslr form the section they desire to be a membar of . Ha _SDiYEToaa ' , Soucnoas _' , or _Rsdehtiioh Fees . « wwwient _Entf-mee Fee , Including Certificate , Kulei , Ac , is is . per Share , and 2 _e . for any part of a Share . Prico of Rula , _incladtag _Pviatage , Is . OBJECTS . l _ To enable members to bmild _Dwelliss Houses . 5 ft . —To give to _depositing _memoera a higher rate of ~ _-To afford the mean , of purchasing both Free- _*« *" _>**«?• _^ f _^ _T _^ _TTf •* _~ * ,, " _t _i'T * =- > .. _, Zv _* -a 6 . h . —To enable Parents to make Bndowmpnts for Sin & r . d _Leasehold _Proper-ea or _Lmd . _^ _j _^ HMb , , lhrir WireBf or forMar . _, . _, —;—To advance Mort _, _* age « on Propsrty held by riage Settlements . <« ier » . 7 th . —To purchase a pfece of Freehold Land of _sof-: _ To enable Mortgagors being members to redeem ficlent value io gwe a legal title to a County Tote fer _itfotfortgage * . i _« ea > b «« «> f Parliament . S Sechoh I . By joining this section every _pasonintowaor country can become the proprietor of a House _tasu— i in his own _neighbourhood , withont being removed from hie _Fritnds , Connexions , or the preseatmeans _Ilf If and family may hare of gaining a livelihood . S _Sectios It . To raise a capital by shares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the in into allotments fram half an acre upwards , in or near the towns of the various branrhes of t _* -e society . _irojroperty to be the bona fide freehold of tha member after sixteen , eighteen , or twenty _yearc , from the date ii . ti-. tion , according ti hia subscriptions . 8 Sectioh IIL—Saving or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchasefcre enabled to Invest si gums , from 7 } d . and upwards , receiving interest at the rate of 5 per cent , per annara , on every sum of 10 a . upapwards so deposited . . _, Subscription Ojfiee . —* 92 , New Oxfoid-Street , where Meetings are held , and Members enrolled , every Wednesday Eveaing , from Bight to Ten o ' clock . I & XB . —From £ 300 to £ 500 will be advanced to the _membera of the first Section in December next , when ¦ _rariona who have and may become membera for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before the Srd of December j and who pay eat monthB * _EnbsciiptiouB in advance , or otherwise , will be eligible for an advance . ALSO , FOR THE WORKING ; MILLIONS IN CONNEXION "WITH THE ABOVE , THE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . : _iraroUee * . pursuant to Act of Parliament . Thus securing to ita members the protection of the law for their f fundi and . property . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with the privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , Agents , & c . An opportunity _ja now « _ff-rtd to healthy persons , up te Forty Tears of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions in town or country . _roxco ** Ofhce . —13 , Tottenham Ceurt , Kcw Road , St Pancras , ( thirteenth honse eastward from Tottenham Co art Road ) . _—Dasust _Wilmah Rcr-r , Secretary . Patrons . — -T . S . _DnscoHas , Esq ., M . P _.- T . _Waklei _, Esq ., M . P . B . B . _Cibbiix , Esq ,, M . P . F . O'Connob , Esq ., M . P . L . J . Hansard , Esq . In the short space of fenr years these societies have paid the following benefits to their members . SCUMART OF CUIUS . Sickness and Superannuation ... ... , * , £ 2674 1 8 _ Accouchmenta ... ... ... ... ... 930 IS 0 Funerals ... ... ... . ... ... 714 18 1 Loss by Fire ... ... ... ... ... 34 13 0 £ 4314 1 9 | Present Capital funded in tte Bank of England ... £ 1789 12 2 1 These Societies are in six divisions or sections , fer the Members to receive the following Benefits according to their Subscriptions : — FIRST DIVISION . I FOURTH DIVISION _, trtrance according to age , from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con . Entrance , according to _afte , from 3 s . 6 d . to 8 s . 6 d , tribnfion for Sickness and Management , 2 s . 7 d . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management . is . < d . £ s . d . nwance , in Sictness , per week .. .. 0 18 0 £ s . d . mnh—' s Funeral .. .. .. 20 0 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 _tfoTVjfe ' sar Nominees ditto .. .. IO 0 0 Member ' s FBneral 10 0 0 _eVaLying-ia 2 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee's ditto .. .. 5 0 0 ss by Fire , from .. -. £ 5 0 Oto 20 0 0 Wife ' s Lying-in 10 0 leerannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 6 0 Loss by _Rre , from .. .. £ 3 0 0 to 10 0 8 SECOND DIVISION . Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 trance , according to age , from 4 s . fid . to 9 s . 6 d . FIFTH DIVISION _, mthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Entrance , according to age , from 3 s to 8 s . Monthly Con-2 s . Id . tribution for Sickness and Management , ls . Id . _xowanceinSickness , per week .. .. 015 0 Allowance in SickneBs , per week .. ., 8 7 0 snber * t Funeral .. * " .. « 16 O 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. .. 600 tto Wife ' s or _Sorainee _' fi ditto .. .. 18 0 O Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 3 0 0 Efe _' s Lying-in - - . .. 1 15 0 Wife * - Lyin s -ln e IS 0 its by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 OtolS 0 0 Loss by Fire 5 60 per Annuation , per week 0 5 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. . 9 4 0 THIRD DIVISION . SIXTH DIVISION _, ( trance , according to age , from _< s . to 9 s . Monthly Coa- Entrance Money .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 tribution for Sickness and Management , ls . 7 d . Monthly Contribution .. .. . .. 0 1 0 iowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 011 0 Allowance Ir Sickness .. .. .. 0 0 limber's Funeral .. 12 0 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. 2 10 8 StoWife ' 8 or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 6 0 0 Se's Lying-is 119 0 _Ko Levies in this Division . es by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 perannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 _Lsvies according to the demands on each division per quarter . S . B . —The only difference _« n the two Societies is , the Patriots have an Accouchment benefit , the Patriarch ve not that benefit , therefore do not pay levies for it . f _ f Applications for Agencies requested from all parts of the country ; information for appointment of fenciescan be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing a postage stamp . Blank forms and information for the admission of country members can be obtained by letter , prepaid , closing three postage stamps , to Dahiel WitxiAK Rdeft , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New jad . Sc Pancras .
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HELP TO ENGLISH _COMPOSITION . Tbis Day , in a neat Pocket Volume , 2 s . 6 d . bound . 10 HPOSITION and PUNCTUATION , j Familiarly Explained for those who have Neglected ie Study of Grammar : and wherein foreigners who may 3 learning English will also find information calculated facilitate their progress in the understanding ofthe nguage . By JUSTIN BRENAN . Sixth Edition , con . _ierably augmented , snd carefully revised throughout . _< We confidently recommend Mr Brcnan _' s book to those hose early education has been neglected . We shall trselrespreseat copies of it to several mechanics , and hers , in whose progress we take an interest . ' - Edin-\ _ryh literary Journal . London : Effingham Wilson , Royal Exchange .
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_METROPOLITAN COUNTIES aad GENERAL LIFE ML ASSURANCE , Annuity , Loan , and Investment _ICIETY . ( Incorporated pursuant to the 7 th and 8 th ic , cap . Ho . ) Temporary Offices , 3 i , Regent-street , _ftterloo-place , London . TRUSTEES _, chard Spooner . Esq ., I Spencer Horatio Walpole , aP . 1 Esq .. M . P . Irard Vansittart Neale , [ Henry Peter Fuller , Esq . Esa . 1
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TO TAILORS . Bj aEprofcatkn flf Her Majesty _Ojaeeo . Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert .
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* - * _T _* | 0 YOU SUFFER TOOTHACHE ? — If so , nse . U _Bbarde's Enamel for filling the decayed spots , ' _^ rendering defective teeth sound and painless . Price One Shilling only , similar to that sold at Two Shillings and Sixpence . Sold by chemists everywhere . Testimonials . — ' It has given me the use of _oce side of my month , whieh luxury I had not enjoyed for about two years . "—E . J . _AIacdo . vald _, Belford , . Northumberland . 'It is the most _effective and painless cure for toothache I hava ever found . I have no hesitation in _recommendini * it to all sufferers . ' —Captain Thomas _Wbiobt , 12 , _Newington-crescent , LoHdon . ' I have filled two teeth , and find I can use them as well as ever I did in my life . I have not had the toothache since . ' — Abeaham Collins , North-brook-place , Bradford , Yorkshire . See numerous other testimonials in various news _, papers , every one of which is strictly authentic . If any difficulty iu _obtaining it occurs send One Shilling and a Stamp to J . Willis , 4 , _Bell's-buildings , Salishury . square , London , and yon will easure it by return of post . —Agents wanted .
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COLLIVER _' S COMMERCIAL COFFEE AND CHOP HOUSE AND READING ROOMS , _266 J , STRAND , LOJTDON . J COLLIVER returns his sincere thanks to his Friends and the Public at large , for the support he has received at their hands during the last ten years , and hopes , by strict attention and civility , to merit a continuance of tbeir patronage . J . C . also begs to state , that having lately made extensive alterations and _lmsrovements in his premises , he is now enabled to afford additional convenience without extra charge . A Commercial Coffee-room upstairB , with every facility for Travellers and Visitors from the country . The House is situated in the very heart of the Metropolis , in the centre of the Theatres , near the National Land Office , and Public Buildings . Omnibuses pass to and from all the Railway Stations , to meet the Trains , every five miautes Beds , ls . to is . 6 d . per night . All other charges _eaualiy moderate . NO FEES TO SERVANTS .
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EMIGRATE ! EMIGRATE ! EMIGRATE ! PERSONS DESIROUS OF EMIGRATING can obtain the GIFT of FORTY ACRES of the very best Freehold Land , ia that most healthy and productive portion of the United States called TEXAS , the Italy of America , the best part of the world for consumptive persons to go to ; if a man wlU cultivate Five Acres ot Tobacco ha will realise £ l 08 yearly ; breeding Live Stock will pay above twenty . five percent ; nothing to hinder him from getting on , no Rent to pay , no Tithes , no Rates , no Tax ** , or other Impositions . People , your enemies do not wish you to go to a Republic . If jou cannot pay your own passage , about £ 8 including provisions , we recommend you to become members ot Emigration Loan Clubs . Emigration is the only remedy . Land for sale er barter from one dollar per acre . A Vessel on Passengers Shipped to all parts ofthe world , and sap . plied with Bonded Stores , Provisions , & c , on the lowest terms . Apply to the General Passengers' _Shipping and Land Agency Offices , No . 15 , Eastcheap , London , and 32 , Waterloo Road , Liverpool . The only Shipping House having the privilege of GIVING AWAY LANDS ? V The Emigrants' Guide to Texas , with Map . & c . One Shilling .
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O'CONNORVILLE . TO BE SOLD , A BARGAIN , A FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT , with or without crops fa . and stock . The stock consists of four fattine hens . \ l J % 8 _^\ l V v , * w' l 0 lJVf wWca _^ U fa _» ow in a , fortnight ) , five hives of bees-three on Nutt ' s principle , and two on the storifying _svstem ( the profit oi these is from £ 5 to £ 1 per annum , _^ with bnt little trouble ) , also a donkey and cart . The crop _cen . sits of the produce of _seven-eightiis sf an acre of well eot up wheat , 8 wedish turnips , & c , enough to keep the Diz « ( except the fatting hogs ) three months , and _aQuantity of cabbage and broccoli , to come In early in _thesprin _/ The outbuildings consist of a small barn and pigsties a good yard , and a place for a cow . The eoU is well adapted for _garoeDing purposes , with a run of waUeoa the allotment . £ 15 having been paid off the Company's expenditure , the rent will be proportionably reduced . For particulars apply to fl . flowis _, on the premises All letters must be post paid , and contain a stamp for reply .
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FOR SALE . A FOUR-ACRE PAID-DP SHARE in the National Land Company . Price £ t . Apply to Mr Henry Biggs , 23 , White Street , Southwark . A'l letters to be post paid .
Three Fires.—On Wednesday Evening Betwee...
Three Fires . —On Wednesday evening between seven and eight o ' clock a fire broke out on the premises of Mr Dear , flannel and blanket maufacturer , 60 , Bioad Street , Cheapside , which destroyed a great quantity of valuable property in shawls and other articles of merchandise . The property was insured . Between five and six o ' clock a fire broke out on the premises of Mr Brown , sofa and chair staffer , 24 , Cbarles Street , Hackney Road . The loss falls upon the Phoenix Insurance Office . Shortly before eight o ' clock a fire occurred at the Fox and Goose , Shakspeare Walk , Shadwell . A portion of the house was entirely destroyed , and the loss falls n-tonthe Office of the Licensed _Viclualers .
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Now Beady , a New Eoltlonof MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . X _3 E CHE « tBT . _* flDmOM KVBE rUBWSHSD , ' " . " Price _ls . 6 d ., — * A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of be Author , of _PAINE'S POtmCAL WORKS . Just published , price 3 d ., THE EFfDBNCE GI 7 EN BT JOHN SILLETT , In Mb Examination before the Committee _* n the National Land Company . This important body ot _evidence forma sixteen _clnaelv _priced pages , and _oinclusively proves what may ba done , to explaining what John Sillett has done , with Two Acres . No . 22 , oFtHE LABOURER " _COHTAIRB TWO ARTICLES BT UB , _i-RSESI JONES , _eosiiMs : — _iffrabeact National Literature _Mttxeria System The Murdered Trooper The Eve of St . John NO . 23 , will be ready on November lst . Just Published , price ls . § d ., _rormlng a scat volume , EVIDENCE TAKEN BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE Appointed to inquire info The National Land Company ; with a review of the lame , and an Outline of the Propositions for amending the Constitution of the Company , so as to comply with the Provisions of the Law . Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row , London : A Hey wood , Manchester : and all . _Book-Bellera in Town and Country .
Portrait Of Cuffey.*.
PORTRAIT OF CUFFEY . * .
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The above portrait , taken by his _feTow-sufferer , Wm . Dowling , is now ready . Price 63 . OrderB received by Mr Dixon , Ui , High Holborn . PORTRAIT OF JOHN MITCHEL . This portrait will be g iven with the " Northern Slar" on Saturday , the 11 th of November . Price , with the paper , SEVENPENCE .
Next Saturday's "Northern Star" Will Con...
Next Saturday ' s "Northern Star" will conta _' n a full and faithful Beport ofthe proceedings of the NATIONAL LAND CONFERENCE , Which will assemble at Birmingham _, on Monday , October 30 th .
The Northern Star, Saturday, October 28, 1848.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , OCTOBER 28 , 1848 .
The Irish Trials.. The Court House At Cl...
THE IRISH TRIALS . . The Court House at Clonmel is once more left toitsusualquiet . Thelawhas had its victims , and is satisfied . The curtain has dropped on one part of the drama , and the busy actors have wended their way to other quarters . After the first trial —that of Mr Smith O'Brien—the proceedings were monotonous enough . The same witnesses made the same statements , over and over again ; counsel took the same objections , were answered with the same
arguments , and the Judges repeated old decisions ; the juries gave their verdict of " Guilty ' , in every case with the most praiseworthy docility and readiness , and the drama closed with apiece of acting on the part of the Judge , which had , at least , the recommendation of being highly dramatic . His lordship raised his arms most impressively when be came to the concluding " Lord have mercy on your soul , " and rushed from the Court , apparently as much affected as if he believed that the brutal and
barbarous sentence that he had just pronounced was really to be carried into effect He knew better , and therefore we think would have consulted the judicial dignity by bein _/ a little less theatrical in his deportment . The lives of every one of the prisoners are to be spared _, and the sentence will most probably be commuted into transportation for life . The trials developed the very worst features of such affairs . Falsehood , fraud , subornation , and perjury , were the predominant characteristics . Sidmouth and Castlereagh are names stamped with eternal infamy in English
history , for their employment of spies and informers , but the . Whigs have managed to achieve a bad pre-eminence in this art , which throws these two worthies completely into the shade . When the present panic has passed , and men resume the possession of their sober senses , the true character of tbe conduct and policy of the Government will then be seen as it reall y is , and will receive what it meritsthe execration of the right minded of all parties . It will be seen that these parties , who were prepared , when It suited their own purposes , to have levied open war in this country ,
have now—when in office—played off the poorer classes against the middle classes , and the middle classes against the poorer . They have denounced physical ferceatthe very time they were employing spies and informers to go among the more desperate , ignorant , and impatient victims of the system , and to entrap them into conspiracies having violence iu view . But the crowning achievement , and the original feat for performing which their
names will ever be remembered , is the creation of a new and extraordinary race of reporters . The species , it appears , can be raised on this side of the Channel , as well as in Ireland . The memory and the accuracy of these policemen reporters was truly wonderful , and the way in which they managed to hear what nobody else did , showed , at least , a singular adaptation to the popular purpose the Government had in view , in appointing them to so distinguished an office .
Ordinary parliamentary and law reporters , and gentlemen who report proceedings of public meetings for the press , find it extremely difficult to give verbatim reports . None of them , we are certain , would venture to swear that _, without takings note upon the spot , he , could swear to the accuracy and bearing of particular expressions and sentences . But what these experienced and practised professional persons
cannot perform , is the easiest possible affair to policemen . They can go into a crowded meeting—be knocked and hustled about from place to place—note down accuratel y all that is said—and , on leaving the meeting , make a correct transcript ef the very words used by the speakers . Nay , one of them confessed that having commenced his report on the eveninir the speech he swore to was made , he found his
memory so mucti better the following morningthat he tore up what he had written on the preceding evening , and began again Another swore that the sentences he deposed to were consecutive sentences , which all will admit to be a most material point in such cases ; but upon being pressed , he admitted that they were not consecutive sentences but rnerelypicked out here and there , _ashe thought they would suit his employers . Is it unlikely that the man who cooll y told this falsehood in open Court , would hesitate , if need were , to manufacture a speech altogether ?
_« _ffSil _? _i _- M 6 nce ' ** - _**** " -ft that ti _^ r-TJS P _f r an <* scoundrell y wretches that crawl upon the face ofthe earth-spies and informers-upon which the Whigs of 1848 procured these convictions . Whatever mav be thought of the moral guilt of the prisoners , itw-U wehave no doubt , be considered disgraceful that such testimony should have been admitted _assegai proof of guilt . But the fact is , that in all casesof trial for political offences , the passions have the ascendancy , and persons are burned b y the prevailing panie into the
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ENDOWMENT OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN IRELAND . Lord John Russell was recently waited upon by a deputation of the citizens of London , to urge an early settlement of the " Jew Question , " raised by the return of Baron Rothschild . Hi 9 lordship admitted the fairness of the demand , but stated that Irish business would take precedence of all other at ihe commencement of the Session . So far , then , we have an indication of the point to which Parliamentary attention is to be directed on its re-assembling , but of the mode to be adopted , with reference to Irish business , rumour tells nothing certain .
Looking at the manner in which the present Cabinet threw away the opportunity presented to them in 1847 , of laying the foundation of a new and better social system in Ireland , we have no hope whatever of their doing anything really effectual or practical in the coming Session . They are incapable of devising a comprehensive or statesmanlike measure ; and if they could do that , they have neither the courage to propose it , nor the political influence requisite to carry it . From that quarter , therefore , nothing is to be expected that is likely to prove of positive utility .
Numerous indications point to one measure as likely to be proposed , which is eminently Whiggish , and quite in accordance with the political genius of the Premier—the Endowment of the Roman Catholic Priests . His lordship has , on more than one occasion , given significant intimations of his desire to do so , and the Peel Party are understood to be by no means adverse to such a measure . It would appear , from the attention bestowed upon the subject , both by the Metropolitan and the provincial Press , that there is a
likelihood of its being formally propose j , and the Church and Dissenting interest are already beating up for an opposition to it , should it be so . In addition to these two classes of opponents , the proposal would , no doubt , have to encounter the opposition of those who object to all endowments of religious sects , on political grounds ; so that even if the Peelites and mere Whigs were to coalesce , the probability is , that their united forces would be insufficient to carry it .
But supposing they were , what would be gained by it r Would it render the task of g overning Ireland a whit less difficult than it is at present , or in the sli g htest degree abate the real causes of that misery and discontent , which render that country the " great difficulty" of all English administrations ? Neither . It is a- ' gross mistake to imagine ,, that because tbe Irish priesthood have , at present , a powerful influence over their flocks , that tbey will continue to retain that influence when
they become the pensioners of the state . The priests are now looked up to with confidence and respect , because the people believe that their interests and their sympathies are identical . They look upon the priests as being equally persecuted and robbed with themselves . The State Church iu Ireland is as great an alien as are the owners of the soil . The princely revenues enjoyed by its clergy have been reft from " the ould Church , " just as the land has been from its original Irish possessors ; and thus bound together by a sense of common injury , and a mutual antagonism to an
alien and oppressive Government , it is easy to understand the enormous influence possessed by the priests over an imaginative , religious , and impulsive people , like the Irish . But the sources of this influence will be at once swept away by taking them into the pay of the State . All the existing associations between them and the people would be de * stroyed , and they would henceforth be looked upon as being leagued with a Government towards which it is impossible that any Irish peasant can have any other feeling than that of rooted aversion .
Even if the money for pensioning the Priests could be found , and they were willing to accept it , the bargain would be a useless one . The consideration for which they were bought over could . not be secured . But both of these conditions are wanting . The money cannot be spared . In the face of a large annual deficit in the revenue , and the necessity for adding to the debt in a time of peace , it would really be " too unendurable " to pay for keeping two State Churches in Ireland . Heaven knows
that unhappy country is expensive enough to us already , without adding a standing army of Priests to the military and constabulary forces , by which " law and order" are now with such difficulty preserved in the British Poland ; Next : even if the money were forthcoming the Priests say they will not have it . The Catholic Bishops 4 have protested against the scheme , so that their opposition would be added to that of the parties we have already named . The plan , therefore , is futile and impracticable in every point of view , and the mere fact of its ever having been entertained at all only adds another to the long list of instances which prove the total incapacity of our Statesmen to deal with the evils of Ireland . These
evils arise from the pressure of unequal laws —the deprivation or political franchises—the bad tenure by which landed property is heldand the consequent want of capital and employment , which is inseparable from the present relation of landlord and tenant in that country . If any Government would address itself seriously and earnestly to the task of ameliorating the condition of Ireland , these are the things with which it must grapple , and not be led away by such delusive mockeries of reform as the pensioning of a few thousand Priests , for the purpose of employing them
in keeping down the natural emotions of desperate misery . ' , By force of arms " and priestly influence we have just quelled an attempted rebellion , and obedient juries have convicted its leaders at Clonmel . The people of Ireland should be shown that we do not intend to stop there , and leave things as they have been . Now is tbe time to step in with a bold and consistent system of just and practical legislation , which would give confidence and security alike to the capitalist and the labourer , and bring into play the rich and yet undeveloped resources of Ireland . Such a system would effect the object they aim at—that of reducing the people to quiet much more speedily and effectivelv
than any other mode that can be adopted , and , in the long run , it would be b y far the cheapest . But where are the men to propose or carry out such a policy ? We look for them in vain , on either side of Parliament , or in any combination of Parliamentary . parties . The | truth is , that they are either directly interested in maintaining the order of things in Ireland , or else , afraid of meddling with the landlords , The feeble and hesitating attempts in the two last Sessions , to remove some ef the most glaring evils of the present land tenure , and to promote the transfer of estates from impoverished landlords to the hands of capitalists , who would have called labour into _operation , only proved that the present Go-
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j vernment did not dare to grapple with this master evil firmly ; and the successful resistance made by the landed party to every really useful portion ofthe Irish bills that were brought in , showed that they are , as parties are now constructed , too powerful for any Ministry to risk a quarrel with . Therefore , we suppose , the old game of equivocation and expediency will be played over again . " There will be great cry and
little wool . '' The Session will open with magniloquent promises , and end with small performances . Landlord rule and robbery will be left untouched ; and starvation , ejectments , and disease will be permitted to continue the work of thinning the peasantry of a land which is accursed by a system of misrule which com bines all the bad qualities of every form of Government known under the sun . A pleasant prospect , truly J
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_commission ot acts from which at calmer pe . _uods they would revolt with horror . The demeanour of every one ofthe prisoners has been all that we could wish for . They have preserved a calm . and dignified deportment , and shown a true and strong attachment to their native country , which will , in after years , shed lustre upon their memory , and must , in the meantime , commend them to the affections
of their fellow-countrymen . 1 heir fate , so far from deterring from future attempts for the raising up of Ireland from her prostrate and miserable position , will , we are persuaded , only act as an incentive to renewed efforts to make it what it ought to be—free , prosperous , and happy . If that desirable consummation cannot be attained except by a separation from this country , that will take place , in spite of standing armies , spies , informers , and police reporters .
Mr O'Connor's Tour. We Have Been Disappo...
MR O'CONNOR'S TOUR . We have been disappointed in not receiving the looked-for reports of Mr O'Connor ' s meetings in Scotland . It will be seen by Mr O'Connor ' s letter that that gentleman has had splendid meetings at Montrose , Aberdeen , Dundee , & c . A full narrative from Mr O'Connor ' s pen will appear in the " Star '' of next Saturday .
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Mr J. Sweet Acknowledges The Receipt Of ...
Mr J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums for Mrs M'DouUl , via .: — £ _»¦ d . MrGouIder .. „ ,. .. -003 Mr Shepherd M .. ' „ „ 0 0 S _MrBrozboIme .. , < . < ,. 002 MrsPerkinB .. „ „ ,, 001 Mr Chipindale .. „ .. m 0 0 C MrThurman „ .. .. .. 002 A Friend . _« .. _« ,. « 0 10
MX VICTW FUND . From tlie Colonel Hutchinson .. » 0 5 0 From the Newton ' s Head ,. .. .. 020 Thomas _Mennjjll , Wak » field , can be supplied with the O'Connor Tartan by sending his order to James Gibson and Co ., manufacturers of tho O'Connor Tartan , New Street , Kilbarchan , Scotland . Notice . —All places in the Northampton _district having arranged for meetings to be attended by Mr Kydd , must postpone the same for one week at least . Thin request is made from _unavoidable causes , and if attended to w'll prevent disappointment . Messbs Hdkt , ( Manchester ) , Day , _( _Sluaford ) , aad others _, who write on matters connected with the land question , ought to bave addressed their letters to the Directors , IU , High Holborn . We have forwarded their letter * .
The Pehtonviixb Mode-, Pbison . — We have received the annual letter of Henry D . Griffiths , denouncing this horrible place of torture . R . Tohmnson , Colne , should have sent ia with his _communication . Mr W . L icr , Cleekheaton . —The letter has not been received at thi * office , if it had , it would have been ao . knowledjed ot the time . The aidresses of parties to receive monies for all the various purposes of the movement , have so frequently appeared in the Stab , that ft ie no less strange than annoying , tbat we should be troubled vrith business in which we are not concerned , and to _whicli authorised persons are appointed to attend . Tbis would have appeared last week , but we delayed in order to make some inquiries on tbe subject . Wh . Redman , _Bacap . — You must apply to the _maglstrates .
Land Conference. The Land Conference Wil...
LAND CONFERENCE . The Land Conference will bold its sittings at tlie Odd Fellows' Hall , King Street , New Street , Birmingham . The sittings of the Conference will commence on Monday next , October 30 th . Chair will be taken at twelve o ' clock Sit TIOOTl . B y order of the Directors . Thomas Clark , —Cor . Sec .
Receipts Of Ths National Land Company . ...
RECEIPTS OF THS NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . FOR THE WBBK ENDING THURSDAY , OCTOBEft 26 , 1818 . . PESt MR O'CONNOR . _nABia . £ b . d , Bermondsey „ o 10 0 Huntingdon „ 10 0 Wieton „ 9 10 Birmingham , Globe aud Ship » 16 0 Friends .. 010 0 Newbury .. 4 IC 9 Nottingham , Brighton , Arti-Sweet H 0 2 ! choke M 27 !) _Chepstow .. Ill $ T Bidwell _» 0 10 Leicester , Astill 3 0 0 S E Broomfield 9 1 0 £ 16 10 6 SXPENSE FOND . Chepstow „ 0 2 0 Wigton ,, 0 8 8 Mark Swales .. 0 0 6 Nottingham , Sweet . 0 10 £ o U 9 AID FUND . " Oldham .. 0 0 8 S Rossiter » 6 0 4 £ 0 10 Land Fund 1610 6 Expense Fund ... ... ... 0 11 9 Aid Fund 0 10 _£ _J 7 ~ _f 3 Wm . Dixor . _CnaisToruEB Dona , Tho * . Omsk , ( Corre _* . Seo . ) Poilip M'QBATH _, ( _Fin . Seo . ) VICTIM FUND . SEORIVED 81 W . BIDEK . Chartist Pioneers , Winchester , per _Folkstone , per G Sturgess .. 0 4 0 R Lawry .. 0 5 6 _Chtster . le . street , Sheffield , per J p « _r M Robin . Cavitt .. 0 3 0 ton . .. 0 13 6 JMayman , R _« ms- A few Friends , gate » 0 10 Lewes , per J West ,. 0 18 £ 18 8 XroCIVES AT LAM 1 ) CIVICS . Mr Kendrick .. 0 2 6 Per Mr Whitcomb Deptford Friends , and Friends , per Mr Floyd 0 5 0 Greenwich „ 0 ia 6 ~ mmmm __ -m-a—£ 10 0 BECXIVED BY - . KTDD , Uxbridge » 0 5 0 Leicester , Wm Leicester , J Sutton 0 IS 0 White .. 0 3 1 Morton Colliery , JohnRoxby .. 0 2 0 £ 1 5 _ 1 DEFENCE FUND . _BECE 1 VED AT LAUD OFFICE . Ur Kendrick .. 0 2 6 Deptford Friends , MrWhittell „ 0 l 0 perMrFlojd . 0 2 6 £ 0 6 0 FOR DR MDOUALL'S DEFENCE . BECE 1 VED BT W . BIDE * , Worcester , per A Z ,. .. 040 FOB MBS X DOUALL . BECE 1 _VED BV W . BIDEB . Bury , J Jones , and a Female Democrat M 0 3 0 TO EXEMPT FB _180 NEBS _VB _6 M OAKOK PICKING . BECEIVED BV W , BIDEB , J . Mayman , _Ramsgate .. .. 010 THE LIBERTY FUND . BECKIVED BT 8 , KTDD . Bury , J Coulter 14 0 Lincoln , J Budd 0 5 0 Limehouse , Mr Finsbury Lo-Ford .. 0 5 0 cality , per Mr Chester , Mr _Hes . Dixon M 0 2 0 keth it 0 5 Uxbridge , Edward Farrtll „ 0 5 0 £ i 6 * 0 It is imperative to remind the Secretaries and Councils generally , that the state of the funds demands imratdiate consideration . It is unnecessary to recapitulate what we have said o-i former occasions . Let the active members of the body take up this question at once , and iu an efficient manner . N . B . —No monies to be sent to Mr Kydd , except for the support of the Chartist agitation , and in aid of Mrs Jones and Mrs _M'Douall . Let tbis request be attended to , and it will save much trouble and confusion . —Direct to Land _OEce , High Holbern .
Early. Closing, — The Ltsbds Ihiblligbnc...
Early . Closing , — The _Ltsbds Ihiblligbncbr states tnat at Huddersh ' ald , ths whole of the linendrapers , hatters , booksellers , and other shopkeepers , ( with one exception , ) have closed their respective shops at seven o ' olock , _aceotding to previous arrangement , in order to afford their Assistants , apprentices , servants , and others employed by them , that relaxation which the constant and irksome du'ieB imposed upon them render _neceisary . A ' SBiiLEB . ' --Toni C , was eating oysters ; he toek one into his mouth that was not quite freah , but not liking to eject it , he resolved to swallow it . Oa taking another in its shell , a by-stander remarked , ' Tom , tkat is a fine native . ' C said , I m mighty glad ofit , for the last was « settler . '
Defence And Victim Fund. Received By Wm....
DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . Received by Wm . Rwsb , £ - . $ Coventry , p-r W . Hoaler ... ... 0 12 o U , Ball , Man-field ... ... 0 0 & Worcester , per A Z . ... . » 0 4 _Q J . _Maymsn , _Rimsgate .. »• _? .. 0 1 n _Polsokibaw , per A . B * _rnle ... ... 0 3 9 S , _Marobaat and Brother , Cheltenham ... 0 5 0 Netberthong , near Huddersfield , per J . Moorhouse ... ... « ¦ 0 4 0 John Heaton , _Glggleswlck ... ... 0 1 Trowbridge , per J . Howell ... ... 0 15 _Siroadtrater , perH . PrJtclmd ... ... 0 2 0 People ' s Hall , B . rmioghsn * , per H . Radball 0 13 £ 1 15 11
Central Tictim Fund , Receipt? Of Week E...
CENTRAL TICTIM FUND , Receipt ? of week eadlog Oit , 21 , 1848 . Nottingham , p ; r Mr Sweet ... ' , „ 0 I ff Mr Rider , as per 8 _tab 0 18 f > Mr Kydd , from various Mends ... ... 17 7 Ditto , from Sunderland ... ... 0 12 0 Land Office ... ... ... ... 0 211 James Wood ... ... .. .. 0 1 & ' General Hill' ... ... ... 0 10 Mr Burrows , per Mr Turner ... ... 8 1 q Cigar makers , per Mr Brisk ... ... 0 5 o Limehouse ... ... ... ... 0 2 $ _Krnest Janes looality ... ... ... 0 5 o Camberweii , per Mr _GrasBby ... .,. 0 10 o City Ladles'Sboemakew , per Mr Parker ... 0 12 o Friends , per Mr _Rochford ... ... 0 18 0 £ 5 18 0 Coll ! _ver's Coffee House , J . J , _MBaaiMAH _, 2 _S 6 _ S rand , London , Hon . Seo . Tae C-mmHtee earnestly appeal to the country for assistance . The present weekly nceipts are not adequate to secure the pajment of one half the snail allowance at first granted the wives and families of our imprisoned friends . Letter * and remittances should beaddressed to _Jasiah John Merrlman , as above
Tictia And Befence Fund. Crown Rnd Anoho...
TICTia AND BEFENCE FUND . Crown Rnd Anohor , Gbe' & ire Street , Waterloo Town 4 * 1 10 O Tho preceedt of a work bos , a present from one of the members , E , f _icke » boill .
Meeting •F Hand Loom Weavers. Bblwbt— On...
MEETING F HAND LOOM WEAVERS . _Bblwbt— On Monday week a large meeting of weaver _delegates , from various _diatriots of tbe counties of Antrim and Down , was held in _M'Donald ' _s Tavern , Hill Street . The object of the meetinjr was to endeavour to have corumaoioated through the press a _general statement of the grievances to which _, the _hand-loom weavers of tho North are exposed , and thereby to enlist the sympathy and _eo-operatisnof tbe enlightened public on behalf of such legal and constitutional measures as might be deemed necessary to avert further threatened evils upon the-| trade , Mr Richard Johnston was called to the chair .
Mr John Boyd , in an able speech , moved the firat resolution , as follows : — ' That the reduction on wages made for seme time past by the firm of J * and II . Young and Go . it unprecedented and uncalled for , and , if carried into _effaot , must brine misery and destitution , first upon the operative and next upoa the honest employer . ' Mr _Boyd , iu order to elucidate the _reflation with wbich he was entrusted , read from the records of the trade tbe various _periodical reductions which had taken place in the rate of wages forparticular fabrics . It appeared , for instance , that in 1792 , the pricn for weaving 2 , 000 08 : h jackenet per tl ! was 2 _i- 10 d ., and for winding the spangle , 8 d . ; in 1802 the same artiole fellto 2 * . 8 * 1 . ; in 1810 to Is . 8 H . ; 1812 to ls 61 .
in 1818 lo Is . 0 | d . ; iu 1820 to 10 | d . ; in 1826 to 64 .: in 1835 to 3 id . ; and in April last . Mr _Jjiriieaan , the agent of J and H . Young , & Gi „ in Belfast , gave 2 d , l-10 tb , weaving sod winding included . Ia round _nurabew , the weaving and winding of twelve yards of snch jackenet , in 1792 , would have be < n £ 1 IU . Si ., and _supposing that the weaver could put out of his hands three pieces in the week , ( which would be good work ) , his _week'u _traces would have amounted to £ i 8 * . 9 d ., whereas the price now paid by Mr _Jaaaieson , for the same fabric , and the same " . mount of fabric , is 6 i . 31 ., a reduotion of £ i 2 i , 61 in a week ' s work . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Boyd proceeded to say , that the Me * _srs Young were paying 3 s on the fabric , or thirty per cent , lesson tbe week ' s work , or 1 * . per piece less than respectable houses in the same trade in Belfast , and observed that the time they had chosen to make the reduction was when famine and disease were walking :
abroad , and men were ready to grasp at any sum _,, and that by their ' selfish spoliation the respectable trade of Belfast , who were anxious to lire and let live , would soon find it necessary to reduce tbeir price ? , in order to meet tbem in the market . After repudiating anything like a combination to effect the _purpoaes in view by the meeting , Mr Boyd went on to show that it was the interest of landlords and ratepayers to support the weavers in their struggle for the benefit of their trade . The weavers of this town and neighbourhood were now soreduced in _circumstauces that , should the other manufacturers of Belfast bs obliged to reduce their prices to meet those of Mr Young , 30 . 000 individuals residinit within a circuit of ten or twelve miles round Belfast , and depending for support on the shuttle , must ultimately be starved out , or be obliged to live in the workhouses upon the charity of the public .
Mr Jobn Johnston seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr J . Baid moved the next resolution _t—' That as men moving in a civilised community , we olaim the ripht to sell oar labour in the highest market . ' Mr S . Bell seconded the resolution , which was unanimously passed . Mr John Campbell , in moving the 3-d resolution , viz , ' That we give every legal opposition in our power to those who have made us poor , and would increase that poverty to advance their own interest , ' detailed the circumstances of au unsatisfactory interview which he . as a member of a deputation , had with tho Messrs Young , in Glasgow , fie was followed by
Mr Wm . Stewart , of Conlig . who _seconded the resolution in a brief but effective speech . The meeting after being addressed by several other speakers was dissolved .
The Whig Victims. Letter From Joseph Bii...
THE WHIG VICTIMS . LETTER FROM JOSEPH _BIICHIE TO A FRIEND , Newgate , Oil 6 ih , 18 i 8 , Dear Sir . — -This is , no deubt , the last letter you will receive fro ?) me in Eogiand . I therefore take this opportunity of explaining my conduct in pleading Guilty . ' On Saturday , the 30 . li , Mr Roberta called to see whether I would consent to plead guilty , and thus save the rest of the prisoners from transportation , and consequently their wives and _families
from destitution , statin * at the _sametime it would mitigate my sentence I at once objected to this , and _rejected any mitigation on any such terms . One ot tho prisoners , named Poole , then stated that some of us wished to be transported for the purpose ( if getting employment abroad , which we could not get at borse , and tbat my excuses were paltry ana vain . However , they were all satisfied that my motives were pure , especially as Mr Roberts said he would endeavour to get my trial put eff till the next sessions , when my pleading 'Not Guilty would not _affect the rest .
On Monday , when 1 was called to the bar , 1 was questioned aa to whether I would plead * Guilty' by Mr Ballantine , telling me at the same time—that if I refused , all those men who were found with arms would be transported for life , and those found without any arms would be imprisoned for various periods . The other prisoners at the bar with me , art if with one impulse , cried : — ' Ritohie , Ritohie , save > ns , our wives and families from destruction / ' Mr Ballantine had just said the government > would show no meroy . 1 * . was te me they ap- pealed—yea , to Ritchie , the Red Republican ! I L know how to feel and how to suffer—I yielded and I pleaded guilty . I did it to save those men , their r wives and families from destruction—thus I am with- out trial sent to chains and slavery . I had not been i lone removed frora the bar , when I was again re > »
called . It was but to _witness my further disgrace- - I was asked what I had to say in arrest of judg- - ment ! I * aa confounded . The judge followed u ? » the wards— ' Oh , ' said he , ' you bave nothin g to say , ' , you have plcadei guilty ! ' I thought I would have e died with shame and vexation . I was in a fix ; 1 had d pleaded ' Guilty' and I ooald say nothing . I re- _inquired all the courage I could muster to stay at the e b . ir . I wished then I had fallen before the _cutlas * . ! . 1 am informed that the Timsb reporter says , 1 1 turned pale . Silly man ! I havefaoed dangers from n which he would shrink and _fly—obairas and slavery , f . Death itself is but a jest , compared to the fate or w my country . Alas 1 poor Eagland , almost afraid to know herself ! Joseph Riicbie .
Stm Op Tradb In Piislbt.— Trade Here Has...
Stm op _Tradb in Piislbt . — Trade here has Bank ik to the lowest position . The rule with almost every ry house in town for the last two weeks has been to put ut dawn almost everythiag as the web was finished , sd . The consequence is , the streets are again cro wded lad with unemployed workmen , and those who can ob- ibtain work oan only earn a wage that will scarcely ely aff > rd to sustain the life of one individual . We are ire glad to learn that more extensive _preparations for for the make of harness goods are in progress for thether spring trade just now than has been tho _caseforBoaeaei y ears out .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28101848/page/4/
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