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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER U. 1840.
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POSS 1 G-2 T IlfTEliXGENCB . ] ~ ? FRANCE . THE KING'S SPEECH . The French Chambers were opened on Thursday , ! / tne Long in person . His Majesty left the Tuines at one o ' clock , in Ms carnage and ^ air , su ' rjraded by a numerous staff of general officers . ^ K-de-camps , &c . The whole of the garrison of Ana was oa foot , one-naif in the streets * the other under- mas in the barracks . Both sides of the Quay , -nd the Poate de la Concorde , by -which the cor-: ege passed , were flanked by troops of the line and . National Guards . His Majesty was saluted by repeated ehouts of " Yire le Roi I" from she troops ; b , T manifestation from the public was impos-Kbie , by reason of the distance a ; which they were Otom the cortege . On kis arrival at the Chambers , the King delivered the iOilcwing speech : — " GENTLEMEN , PEBES , AND DEPUTIES ,
" I hare felt the necessity of assembiiDg yon around me before the ord iztarj- period for the convocation of the Chambers . The measures -which the Emperor of Austr ia , the Queen of Great Britain , the King of Prussia ,-an-1 the Emperor of Russia have taken , in concert , to regulate Vhe relations between the Sultan and the Pasha of Egypt , have Imposed serious duties upon me . " I hare the dignity of our country at heart , as well as its safety and its repese . In persevering in the modPtite and conciliatory policy of which , for ten years , we have reaped the fruits , I haTe pnt France into a condition of facing any chances which the course of events in the Eist might bring about . The extraordinary credits which hs-re been opened for this purpose will be- immediately submitted to yon .- yen will appreci :-e the motives of them .
" I continue to hope that the peace of Europe will ' not be troubled : it is necessary to the common interest of Europe , to the happiness of all nations , and to the progress of civV . isation . 1 count upon you to aid nt it reainfriimTvr it , as I would count " noon you if the bonwr of fiance , and the ank M-h ch she occupies 3 inong the nations , should command us t 0 make new efforts . - " ' ¦ Peace is established in the North of S ain , and we Bhon ^ coB graValite ou rselves upon the happy result We should see with regret tlie s-ni 8 cf anarchy taie tae place of those of ciTil war . I feel the sln ' cerest ^ t ^ f ^^ May ^ biiity of the throne ci Isabella the Second , and the institutions which should maintain it , preserve that noble country from the long ana unbxppy trials of revoiniions .
The satisfaction which we haTe demanded not toTing been obtained from tbe Argentine Republic , I bave given order , that new forces should be added zo the squaaron charged to maintain in those seas respect lor our rghta and protection for oui interests . " i ? i . Afti 6 a ' mcc&s ** 2 crowned many important expeditions , in which the valour of our soldiers has » pa !» 9 d toelf : two of my sons hare shared their Gangers . Efforts are still necessary to insure the safety tod tie prosperity of our establishments in Algeria . My Government wiU know how to accomplish what we pare undertaken . "Tbe city of Boulogne has been the theatre of a-, inane attempt , which has only served to bring out anew the devotion of the National Guard , of the Army and of the population . Ercry ambition will fail before a monarchy founded upon and defended by ths aUpo-srerfui fcrce of the national wilL
" The law of the budget will spsedily be submitted to your examination . I hare prescribed the severest economy in fixing the ordinary expenses . Event * bar * tapDsed extraordinary charges upon us . I feel assured thai _ the public prosperity , restored to ius orig nal eUTvieity , wiU permit us to support them wi-Jhuu * affecting the state of our finances . Otter -meuxics "Will be presented to you tor worls of public utilitv lor the interest of literature , and the freedom of instruction . " Gentleman , I hare never asked with more earnest ness and confidence , your loyal co-operation . Their
powErJessness has not riiscouraeed anarchical passions under whatever fsrm they jir&ser . t themselves my Government will find in tie existing laws , Md in the ' firm nawtmanee of public libeny , the necessarv means to repress them . For myself , amid the triai toat Providence imposes upon me , I can but render ttoacfcs to that Di-rice Pow-r for the protection with Vhich it doea not cease to cover me and my family : aod prove ic France , by a still more assiduous care of ite wtsreixa and its happiness , the gratitude that I fsel tor the sentiments of affection which it has manifested towards me in those cruel momenta . "
( From the Times . ) XLECTIOjr OF THS FIUSSIDETT OP THE CHAitBKB O ? D 3 PCTIE& . The intelligence of the first success of the Soulttruizot Ministry n the election of the President of the Casiaber of Depsuii > s will be hailed with the greatest satisfaction in this country . The number ^ were as follows : — M . Sanxet ... ... ... - " > " > o M . Oliiion Birrot ... ... ili M . Thieri ... ... ... 4 M . Ba ~ pin ... ... ... 9 Xiost votes ... ... ... 3 grrins to the Ministerial candidate a majorky of f 6 JD a Chamber of & > # members .
This majority , however , must not be precipitately Assumed to ess the question at rest . As a cundioatfor the Presidency , the Moderation aud former scrnces of M ; Sa ^ z * i ^ aTe him an undoubted persona 1 Advantage over the extreme opinions and the in ? xpenence of M . Barrot . it wiU be observed that no Jess than sixty-nine deputies abstained or were prevented from Toting on th , 3 dirisioa : aud upon their snbs ^ queni opposition or rapport the ex ^ bience ol Ine Ministry must jet depend . We heartily congratulate M . Guiiot on this coejnencerEcu : , but the momtiu is sot yet como : o relax •« r endeaVvTu-s to obtaiu for him the mat-jrials 0 ; JBiore efneient eupport , jmd a definitive pacLuc arran ^ earcnv wiih the four Pu ^ -. -rs . AH % hs proceedings of the Chambsr up io the last arr . vals were in faTuur of ilinis : ers ; but still thev -cannot conndently depend upon a maioritv .
The Koiionnl ^ republican paper ) was seiz » d or . feu ^ day at the Post-office and a ; us own ofnees . The AalionaJ announces that this Eeizure vras mad- b-.-ooacs of an ordina-Dce signed " Baroche , " ai the InSvaace of the Kins's Attorney-Gesersl , deio-. ac BL to article headed - The Army uader th- iiiaisiry 01 w i ? March . " The National aan ; u ces ibar AL Mane , Ba-. onnier of the Or ^ -. r of Auvocate « , hai ^ onsenied to defend the X&tional beiure the Jury . —Le Commerce . The Marseilles mail of the 4 : k instant reached Pans only on Monday evening . At M-jrieuies the - greats ewtbj within the memory of man teok piace on tbe 3 rd . It was a perfect deluge , and ail the eireets became so many rivers . All the lovrer part of the Hotel d'Orient , occupied bv Qaeen Cnrisfcisa , wis inundated , and several serious accident ; iad taken place . _ Three Paris mails were in arre ^ r . as well as the mails from Lyons and A-rigxiozu Floods haie been prevalent all over tba south oi France , and many liyes and much property have psen dfcetroyed .
TURKEY , SYRIA , AND EGYPT . Tie caiise of Mehemet Ali is desperate , as will appear by ihe following extract 01 a leuer from AlAila , dated 27 thult .: — M Two steamers arrived h ? re yc-sterday from the Levant . The first is tbe regular icai ! -b ? at L ^ onidas With letters from Alexandria of ihc loth , aud the Other the FuIvod , which left Beyrout on the 12 th . The aifairs ^ of Syria have taken a favourable turn . Admirals Sropf ^ rd , Bauuiera , and Walker " were at Beyxoat oiLlh *; l" 2 iw wuh five English aad Turkisb Ships of the line , ana aa Austrian frigate . The Great Liverpool arrived at Alexandria on the 18 th . iJidhsr despaiches and le ; ters were taken in-by the French slocp of war , Diligefite , s ' . atioaed off the
port , beverajeysrsjjeinents have been fought between the troops oi' ib .-iLim and -. he aHies . The Egyptians iave b <« n coaip . 'eKly beaten . They have had two © Seers ac-d ~ 2 iA ) of their cavalrv killed in their Biountains , and 7 , G& 0 men dispersed or made prisoners . The Emir El Kasim has been appointed * necessar to the Eoiir Beschir , and put at the head of several thousands of mountaineers . He is now in jrarsuit of Ibrahim Pacha , who ha 3 but a small ehance of escaping . We are in possession of Beyrou ; , Which was evacuated in the night of the 10 th , in consequence of an attack from the allied squadron . All the inhabitants had fied ; but first , 2 , U 0 d , and then all ihe res ; , returned and submitted themselves to the generosity 01 the captors . General Sir C .
Smith , ' the commander of the allied troops , gave them every assurance that they would not be disturbed . On the 11 th , the Emir Beschir arrived at Saida , Admiral Siopford , immediately oa being informed , embarked in a steamer and went to meet him . The camp of Djonni has been broken up . Admiral Walker's ship and two Turkish ships have 60 prisoners on board . Commodore Napier , with the Powerful of the line , and the steam-ships Gorgon ar . d Cyelops , has left Djouni for Tripoli , with the intent of bombarding the place . Desertersfrom St . Jeand ' Acre report that it is nearly impossible to get aw » y from the Egyptian army , on account of the rigid precautions taksn ; their own escape was miraculous . Captain Berkeley , of the Thunderer , who has the
command at Saida , has sBBtained an attack from 15 , 000 men . The Archduke Frederick was in the town . The Turkish troops have sio-. vn great eearage , and have conducted themselves well , notwithstanding the mistrust excited by ihs enemies oi fee Porte , General Jochmus and GcmmO'Icr ^ Kapier commanded the Turkish and English div : ^ aions in the attack on Ibrahim Pavba , Eear Beyrou :. Colonel Hodges vras at the head of the mountaineers . Letters of the 17 : h cc :. 5 rm the emirc ruin of the Viceroy's csu ^ e in Syris . All the correspondents agree in sr £ t : E £ j " tha r , when F . mii Beschir surrendered to the aUie ? , 15 , COO irre ^ niai ¦ loonta ' meera also made their submission . Two whole Egyptian regimems baie gone oTer tc
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the Turks . Ibrahim andlSolyman Pacha are in flight , pursued by the Anglo-Turkish troops , and their armies are completely discouraged . The Viceroy returned from € airo to Alexandria on the I 4 in instant . " Paris , Nov . 9 , Ten o'clock , p . m . The MonUcur Parisian of this night contains the following
TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH : — " Marseilles , Nor . 6 . " Malta , Nov . 2 . " The Great Liverpool has just arrived at Malta from Alexandria , whence it sailed on the 28 ; h ult ., with the India mail and passengers . " Admiral Stopford has prorogued the commencement of the blockade to the 20 ih of November . " St . Joau d'Acre had not bsen attacked . " The Phaeton , which left the squadron of Rear-Admiial Hugon under Bail in the latitude of Spezzia , left Malta on the 1 st inst ., at twelve o ' clock , to return to Toulon . "
This despatch , it will be seen , announces three important events—the prorogation of the blockade of Alexandria , the ium-commencement of the siege of Acre , and tke sailing of Admiral Hugon ' s fleet . The two first are of pacific indication ; the other is uot explained , but in no case can it be of a menacing character , a 3 Admiral Stopford ' a decision will h&Ye obviated any excuse for an hostile collision .
CHINA AND INDIA . DEFEAT OP BRITISH TROOPS IK INDIA . ( From the Times of Wednesday . ) We have received by extraordinary express , in anticipation of the overland mail , adyicea from Bomony of the 1 st of October , from Singapore of the 13 . h of August , and from China of the 3 rd of July . The lateness of the hour at which our express arr ived , unfortunately prevents our inserting morethau a portion of the very important intelligence we have received .
Tiio accounts from China state that the first vessel of the expedition arrived there on the 9 th of June , and the greatest part of the remainder on the Qlst . The next day Sir J . J . Gordon Bremer issued a notice declaring the river and harbour of Canton in a state of blockade after the 28 ; h . Captain Elliott had kept several ships at the mouth of the river , to carry the blockade into effect , aud ordered the rest to proceed to the north and seize on tie island of Chuson , which is situate near the mouth of the great river Yang Tsen . Admiral Elliott arrived off Macao on the 28 th of Jane , and having taken Captain Elliott on board . followed the expedition . The latter ha 4 issued proclamations to the people along the coast , promising ih&t ' . heir persotis and property should be respected ; and Governor Lin had , on his side , offered reward ? for the capture and destruction of the British shipping .
The Chinese had made another unsuccessful attempt to burn the fleet by means of fire-rafts . With re ? p £ ct to India the intclligen received from Aff ^ hanisian was of au unsatisfactory nature . ^ Th 5 overtures made by Dost Mohamed to Schah boodjah turned oui to be were pretences to cover his approach to the frontiers , and rnmours had got afloat that this chief had actually succeeded in occasioning extensive rising in -Aff ^ hanistan , and that Captain Conolly had been token prisoner , and his party cut to pieces , by the insurgents . This report , however , was deemed to require confirmation .
The taking of Khelat . the capital of Beloochistan by the son of Mehrab Khan , was confirmed . The city was delivered into his hands by the [ chief appointed by ; he British political agent , and the latter , acd a small body of troops lefi under his orders , were made prisoners . The revoltera had likewise attacked the town aud fort of Kahnn , but had been repulsed by the garrison under the command of Capt Bro ' . rn . Major Ciibborn marched from Sukkur on the l" 2 : h of August , for the purpose ef relieving the besieged , but bcinp met on th « 3 Ut of Aucusi in
the defile of Poolf-j- ^ o by a large body of Murrees and Beloochcs who had cut up the road , and strocgiy intrenched themselves ia the mountains , he was unable to force the passage . The British detachment was accordingly obliged to retreat , with the loss of four officers and 250 Sepoys killed , am that of the convoy under its escort . On receipt of this disastrous intelligence tbe Bombay Government immediately forwarded reinforcementa to Beloochistan , and it was expected that lO , ft& 0 men would shortly be in readiness to take th « field agaia * t the insurgents .
No fears were ente-tained of an attack from the 2 s ~ ep * ulese ; -. he British Government had nerertheless deemed it prudent to take the neceiaarj measures for the protection of our dominions oa that tide . The fortifications of Htrat were advancing rapidly , but aa treachery was apprehended from Yar Mahomed , it was thought that a Britiih foroe would be marched to garrison the city .
UNITED STATES . We have received N ; w York papen to the 2 tth ult . ; they were brought Dy the pack « t-8 hip England , Captain Wake , which arrived off Liverpool on Moi-utiT evening , and re-acheu the Mersey on Tuesday mumin ^ . ^ The revsrns of the Presidential election showed ihat th ^ advantage wa ^ stil l in favour of th « Whig , dt Harris- ; n party . Indeed , scarcely a doukt wa 3 f . lt in the m ; aJs of his friends , that General Harrison would be raised to the Presidential
;; r . Vi e do not find in the New York papers » ny domestic cr f ..-ei ^ n r . ? wi of leading interest . ^ prom Cana-da we learn that hia Excellency Lord aydenham was in Upper Canada . Great preparat ' - 'as . were making in both provinces for the » oming
The Northern Star. Saturday, November U. 1840.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , NOVEMBER U . 1840 .
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THE "NORTHERN LIBERATOR" AND THE RUSSIANS . There is an old saying that when the heat is run to a : iash , it is tim-3 for the guest to take his leave . We hare , very early in our vi 3 it , run our host of NeTrca . stle to a hash ; but , before we touch it , we must crave permission to give our opinion of the varieties of whic ' a his previous repast was composed .
In oar last number we commented , at some length , upon a variety of articles that appeared in the Liberator of the previous week . In speaking of the article of that date , under the head "Peace or War , " we did not submit it to the nice rules of criticism by which , taken piece-meal , it might be rendered susceptible of much ambiguity ; we took it as a whole ; and , as such , we took it as a pacific document . To the tenD 3 tkjealousy , " " suspicion , " and " balance of pow ^ r , " we attached the true , the legitimate , the national , in fact , the only plausiole , meaning which can be given to them . To look with "jealousy" upon the acts of the most
popuiar government which legitimately rules a people is a great national virtue , and one which cannot be departed from without leading to an apprehension in the minds of the rulers that they are irresponsible to public opinion . " Jealousy" and " suspicion , " in a political sense , we take to mean necessary caution and watchfulness ; in fact , a -. vhok-some censorship to which the acts of all public men should be submitted . " Balance of power , " we interpret as the means of preserving peace , equally as a capability of going to war . What maxim is more true , than that the surest means of preserving peace is to be prepared for war '
We adopt the whole article as a stricture upon things as they are , rather than as a desire to affix any narrow-minded or prejudiced limitation to that friendly intercourse which , under altered circumptar . ce =, may lead to a more close alliance with France ; but never to a less " jealous" observance of her movements . The "balance of power" is a means to aa end , and that which , in
the hands of an oligarchy , may be an " unjust weight , " may , in the hands of a whole people , be % "justmoasure . " Therefore , it would be very unfair to say , because wa do not approve of Whig " balance of power , '' we do not approve of" balance of power " at all . Tae Charter means nothing more or less than a democraiie '' balance of power . " Thus positively , or relatively , " the balance of power " is the Tery essence of every measure : the use of it is another thing .
The " balance of power" in England is now undeniably in the hands of ihe people , but it cannot be thrown into the scale till the nest election ; and hense it is that every device aud stratagem of which art is master will be put in requisition to oficer the democratic ranks from tbe oligarchical regiment . JHnving thus re-a-ekaowledged our entire approval of ihe spirit , xneanin ^ , object , and tendency of the pae : £ 3 art : ? : o of t- ; a : ;! -= j of October , we turn to the Jec : arat : ou of vru . r contained in the Liberator of k ; - weak , in the Inter of " the writers of the Ulcraicr to the Radicals of Leeds . " Here , then ,
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we take leareof the pleasing variety served up in the fourth course of the Liberator of the 31 st of October , and turn to the hash which stands before us . Here our labours are limited ; here we have the laying aside of " all minor differences , " bo distinguishable among the writers of the Liberator in the previous number ; here we have a change as sudden as the flash which preoedea the thunder ; here we have none of your ifs" and " ancb , ' and "whys" and " wherefores , " and qualifications ; nay , not even any preparation of the publia mind fo * the great change . It has been wrought by a vision , it . is so sudden . It is said that
" Change , when too sudden , Is but old opinloa dressed in disguise for the masquerade . " However , as just judges , we have placed the pacific opinions of the Liberator of the 31 st October , and the warlike declaration of the Liberator of the 7 th November , in juxta-position in oht fifth page , so that the country , as a jury , may decide between the Liberator and the writers of the Liberator . We have numbered the paragraphs selected , both from the varieties and the hash , and shall now proceed to comment upoa the hash , having previously disposed of the varieties : —
" We are , and we hope you are , of the party who want a war , and we trust further that you will not allow yourselves to be humbugged by the party who are so humanely anxious about " the peace of Europe . " Let the reader compare this with the extract in the opposite column , and he will find that the writers of the Liberator are for imposing upon the people a state of " turmoil" and " confusion " " which neither pen nor tongue could describe "
" We are for war , " says the Liberator , " and we hope you are . " No , we are not ! and for this simple reason , that a war would take "the balance of power" out of the people ' s hands , and throw it into the hands of the people ' s enemies . The advantage of war to the Liberator would be jast that which science ever has over ruffianism ; aud no doubt the writers of the Liberator would feel as men of humanity , —not ' ¦ humanity mongers , " — should feel when humanely sitting in slippers and dressing-gowns , at a good fire , in a well-defended house , at a comfortable breakfasti
drawing the goose quill from the scabbard to pourtray the horrors of war , but suffering none of the inflictions of the sword . How delightful to write feelingly upon the horrors of war ! What a reliBh for a breakfast and an article would the following express furnish' From the Times . — " We have just received , by express , an account of a battle fought near Rouen , in which the enemy is said , upon a hasty calculation , to have lost 25 , 000 men , while our loss is not estimated at more than one half the number . Such was the enthusiasm of the gallant troops , that it was impossible to restrain their ardour , and they entered the town sword in hand . Women with little children at their breasts ; wives
in search of their husbands ; parents , ia wild despair , looking for their children , and infants rolling dtader the feet of the English war-horses , were scenes which presented themselves every where , but appeared to have no effect upon the gallant but exasperated troops . This indiscriminate carnago was in consequence of the obstinate refusal of the garrison to surrender , although the commander in chief most humanely allowed six hours for consideration . We rejoice to state that but few of our officers fell , the great loss being confined to the ranki . We have only lost one general , two colonels , one lieutenant-colonel , sixmajorp , eight captains , and forty-six lieutenants , cornets , and tnsigns . " " This representative of youn , Molesworth , too , was not always so humane as he haa suddenly be-• ome . If we mistake not , he supported , through thick and thin , the infamous Poor Law . " To give this extract its full weight , the reader must compare it with its correlarate in the opposite column , while we confine our few observations to a comment upon the logic . Molksworth is for peace , and Molesworth was for the Poor Law ; therefore , aa the Poor Law was an iniquitous measure , and was supported by Molesworth , peace must be an iniquitous thing
also , because supported by Moleswouth . Now for another bit of logic . The Times , we are also told , is for peace , aud therefore it must be right to go to war ; but what will the writers of tho Liberator and Champion say to this view of the case . The Time * has been a moat constant and consistent opponent of the Poor Law and the rural police ; and , of course , by parity of reasoning , it follows that the opinion of the Times upon other questions should rule those of the writers of tlw Liberator
and Champion , and the more especially as we recollect , that both tho Liberator and the Champion , bsfore their union , did repeatedly and most strenuously support Mr . Walter , the principal proprietor of the Times , and a rampant Tory , as a candidate for the Borough of Southwark , becausehe was opposed to the'Poor Law ; while the sama journals most scoffingly sneered at the glorious attempt of the Radicals of Mafy-le-bono to return Colonel Tnojirso . N , who is not only opposed to the Poor Law , but 13 for Universal Suffrage .
Wo have never praised Molesworth ; nor do we now feel disposed to do so . We want to see him throw off his aristocratic mantlo and join our fustian jackets outright . But let the writer of the Liberator bear in mind that the Leeds Whigs are tired of Molesworth , because he will not support the present administration ; lot them give the devil his due , and bear in mind that he
voted for the whole Sro points on Waklet ' s motion in 1837 , and struggled harder than any other man against Canadian oppression . Wo offer these facts , not in commcudation of Molesworth , but in answer to the writers of the Liberator . But the Liberator is wholly in error ; the Tunes \ 3 not against war ; the Times is merely avers * to a Whig instead of a Tory Government having the war pickings .
In plain terms , the people of England , if they understand their own interests , ought now to do every thing in their power to encourage tne brave French people to go to war with Rmx . \ & ,- * f ~ poxtibfe , aj « i > tot Ekgxxot : but to go to war by ali iaeaus . " Let this paragraph bo read in connection with its opposite friend ; and let all bo read in connection with that « turmoil and confusion which neither pen nor tong-ue can describe 'MM
Here , then , is a road open to the Charter—suddenly opened by an ail-just Providence , which has cau ^ a your enemie 3 to fall into the pit which they opened for others ; and , a-a . u , Enghnd will stand by them under all circumstances , and in tchauver course they may / eel Utemsehet compelled to take . " If this is not expediency and a complete departure from all " jealousy , " " suspicion , " and " balance of power , " we know not what is . What then ? Hitch France into a war ; if without England , 30 much the better ; but if with England , well and good ; aod no matter how the fates interfere , let England back France under all circumstances , and flow down tke current in whatever direction French fickleness may direct .
France , too , so "jealous" of England , so " suspicious , " so galled withal , so anxious for an opportunity io " pay England off ; " aot the Legitimates , not the Imperialists , not the Republicans , but France , " the nation , is the vessel to which England isto tie herself as a jolly-boat , and follow in her wake till swamped in the surf 1 Here we take leave of reasoning and assertion
and coiuq to the one fact contained in ths loiter of the \ rrittrs of the Liberator , and a woeful fact it is ! It is number five of the war column , and will be read _ wkh the mo 3 t profound attention by every upr ight man in the kingdom . Here , by some iuterporition of Providence , we are led by the vain di * - ck-.-ure of a secret , to the knowledge that some underhand cosspiracy has been carried to a prodigious length against the people ofEDgland . Observe ,
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for tbe first time , vre hear of the nrBt and second objeots for which a deputation has been sent to France , the second being to force France into a war , though a war with England should be the result . Thus , for the first time , we hear that the members of the deputation have got constituents , and that they have received secret instructions from those constituents , wholly secreted from the people . The only observation which we feel called upon to make upon this part of the subject , is to demand from the writers of the
Liberator , that all matters connected with this conspiracy , aud hitherto withheld from the i > ublie eye , be instantly transmitted to the Executive Council of Manchester , for the purpose of a fair digest of the whole being laid by that , the only recognised representative body , before the country . Having addressed so much to the judgment of the sound-thinking portion of the community , let us now have one word with those whose love of fantastic chivalry may have got the better of their reason . We mean those who really anticipate a junction between the French
Republicans and English Radicals . Let such , if any such there be , just ask themselves the following question : Are Urquhart , the confirmed Tory , and Arrwooo , the new sprout from the hotbed of liberalism , the persons likely to originate , foster , and lead to a successful issue , any plan for the establishment , advancement , or promotion of Republicanism ! Let this be answered by all , after mature consideration . And as for tho farcical nonsense of their tolly carrying the Charter , by Divine Providence , at once , we need but observe that if such were their aim and object , one half of the money and pains spent at home that has been spent upon the Russo-humbug
would go much further to carry the Charter than all their tricks and vagaries . The fact is , Urquhart and hia gang have undertaken to clear the way for the quiet return of the Toms to power , by the annihilation of Chartism . Why don't we see the humbugs in Yorkshire , Lancashire , Glasgow , or the West of Scotland , where the political opinions of Mr . Urquhart are kuown and held in just contempt J Why should tho representatives of so pious , just , and patriotic a move , nestle together under the wing of Mr . Attwood and the Northern Liberator , the only journal which , thank Heaven , even sanctions this piratical excursion !
Bufore a foreign foe should land on my native soil , to aid in my country ' s struggle for her liberty , it should be over my lifeless body , " said the immortal patriot , young Eumktt , who was butchered in 1803 . Tha Saxona , Normans , and Irish , should havo had a surfeit , ere this , of inviting the friendly aid of foreign nations to settle their domestic disputes .
These Russo gentlemen are tbe officers who would put themselves at the head of the national columu , to lead it to its own destruction and their triumph . Away , then , with such notional ir their cause is righteous , it will bear the light of day ; if not , let it die where it was hatched , in tho black hearts of dark conspirators . They would cheerfully press the steam of publio opinion till tho boiler burst , and then Uugh at the explosion .
Executive Council of Manchester ! Indomitable patriots of Glasgow ! we invoke your aid—we pray your assistance—we ask for your co-operation in this , our single-handed defence , against the besiegers of our libonies . Join us , and meet the foe . Address the nation . Send a short advertisement to Some London paper , declaring your non-co-operation with the Fronch delegation , and thus save our sountry , our Charter , and « ur cause from the threatened invasion oi friendly conspirators .
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IRELAND . Bkpobb we take onr leave of Ireland and Irish questions , we hope to present Irish society so plainly to ' onr most anti-Irish reader , »« to wako him , at all events , cognizant of the system he professes to approve , and thus to brand all opponents to Irish freedom as willing tyrants or prejudiced slaves . One oircumstanco has gone further than almoBt all others , unitedly , to prevent a wholesoaio CO-operation between the moving masse 3 in both countries ; tha t has been tho nice and scrupulous care taken by O'Connbll so to blend the represented and
unrepresented classes of England as to leave upon the Irish mind a great , indeed a greater , prejudice against the "lower" than the "higher" orders of Englishmen This has been most systematically done for the mere purpose , firstly , of preventing a real union for the suppression of real grievances ; and , secondly , to present to the Irish mind the Herculean task of accomplishing aay , even the slightest , benefit against odds so great , organisation so powerful , and hatred so deep-rooted . The Irish people must not , however , forget tho many , very many , days spent from 183-3 to \\)?> o , by tho English people , in flocking
toO'Co . NKELi . ' s standard upon mere Irish questions . The Irish must not forget that tha Appropriation Clause , Corporation Bill , Tithe Bill , Jury Bill , aud many other Bills , composed the sum and substanco of O'Connell ' s English and Irish harangues which were to be so many emanations from " Justice to Ireland ; " and that he ( Mr . O'Cohnkll ) turned round himself , and not the English or Scotch , upon every single one of those measures . Never , we assert , was sympathy upon any English question expressed by the English and Scotch public so powerful , as the sympathy which , upon all occasions , has been manifested for every Irish question by the English and Scotch people . Indeed , when the
English could not be brought to iRrhrte for Engliah questions , they have \ 0 u found ready and willing to agitato upon Irish affairs . But , was it likely , after the grossest deceit upon every question of English and Foreign policy—after the violation oi every pledge , made with the solemnity of an oath , on which the Creator ' s name was invoked on behalf of the Factory children , the Canadians , and all those desolate and oppressed—after the self-appointment of Chancellor to the unprotected little white slaves we ask , would other nations , or would England respect herself , if , after so many perjuries , she still hung upoa the honnid lips of a man whose very word , like-a coin , is stamped with its money value T
Another generally received error is , that English Parliaments are tho real representation of the English people ; and that it follows , aa a matter of course , that the Eujjiah people are cc-asequently Ireland ' s oppressors : while the fact is kept from the Irish , that the English people complain that , in the whole House of Commons , they have not one representative . But , in passing , may we not observo upon a fact which will at once strike every unprejudiced eye , that O'Coxnsll never has , sioio ^ e he entered the world of agitation , ever said one civil word of England , or overtaken the slightest share
m English popular questions , farther than to damn them ? and as to Ireland helping England to gain the Reform Bill , it ' s all blarney . There was no agitation in Ireland whatever for Reform . It so happened that the agitation for the total abolition of tithes in 1831 , wa 3 co-temporaneous with the English and Scotch agitation for Reform ; and in the very height of that agitation , when the question of titheb was on the evo of being settled , the said O'CoNNEiiL sent his emissaries and letters from London to Ireland to stop all agitation . But , to go further into the question of Parliamentary oppression of Ireland , wo shall be
enabled to prove that the Irish Parliament , since it became a purchasable commodity in 17 o 2 to 1800 , ! when the Union was established , cost England millions I upon millions ; that from 1800 to 1823 one hundred Protcatant representatives of a Protestant Church coaetiiuted the Ministerial majorities in tho English House of Commons , which has raised the cleot to eight huudrod uiilliou £ , and' Uh upon record the moot damnable aces that cvor dcf , i . ) d a statute book ; and all for the support of ; he frotestAui , Church iu Ireland . We shall further prova that from 1 U ia ; ti the Irish ga , ve no assistance , worUiy -. me
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towards effecting a reform in Parliament ; and we shall prove that from 1832 to the present moment , the Irish Liberal Members have been the most complete Ministerial hacks , the greatest slaves , place-hunters , sycophants , ready tools , and unblushing traitors that ever sat in any House of Commons . We shall have no difficulty in establishing the fact that the Irish Liberal Members , as they are fantastically called , have constituted the largest , the most compact , and the most powerful force ever known to exist in any legislative assembly ; and all at the disposal of one man : and that not one single
pledge made upon the Irish hustings in 1832 has been redeemed ; not one beneficial measure has been fought out for Ireland—( if we except the oppoailion to the renewal of the Bank of Ireland Charter ; J but , on the contrary , Irishvotes have been bought , if not as openly , as flagrantly and more dearly than in the palmiest days of Castlereagh ; that every new imposition and levy of money has been backed and supported , and carried by the Irish " Cheap Government" phalanx , with the exception of the Irish maximum to Prince Albert , which was stopped by the Tories ; that Canada has been revolutionized for the purpose of
Union , just like Ireland ; and that every Irish member abandoned the Canadians , although pledged to the throat to stand by Canada , and oppose the very measure which , for want of their presence , was passed : that Ireland has been filled with police and beggars ; that more useless Irish Commissioners and placemen have been provided for , under the present administration , than under the very worst Tory Government ; and that , in fact , so far from the English people having had hand , act , or part , in Irish oppression , the Irish members iu the English Parliament have been the greatest tyrants , slaves , and oppressors , known in modern , or described in ancient history .
The sum and substance of Irish liberal policy , under the present Administration , has been to keep the Tories out : not upon the plea that a Tory Government could , in the main , commit more ravages upon the Constitution , or more tyranny against the people , than the Whigs have contrived to commit , but for the plain and palpable reason that the means of committing those ravages would go into other and different hands . The policy of tho Whigs has been to feed the landlords , the parsons , and thepaupers : to feed the mill-lords upon handcuffed labour ; tofeed commissioners , constables , revising barristers , factory
inspectors , and the locust tribe upon the ten per cent , and five per cent , laid upontaxes , customs , and excise ; and cunningly in the first instance , directly from tho middle classes , and then , indirectly , upon the labourer : and they have become wholesale skilly cooks for a starving population , thereby depriving the shopkeepers of the means of living by impoverishing their customers . Not one of these things could have been done against the free will and consent of the Irish liberal majority ; but in all of them they have co-operated , for this simple reason , that in the appropriation they have had the biggest half . Our next article shall be upon Irish absenteeism , its ramifications and consequences . We had intended to introduce the subject here , but we Lave found the clearing of the rubbish from the foundation , & work of more labour than we anticipated .
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THE QUEEN . Heigho , l » ck-a-day ! bo there's nothing in it , after all !! a eradle , and no child !!! Bloody Mart was with ehild for three years , and never had one . But Burely this « an ' t have been a Whig hoax , to keep the Tories out . No , no . Even Melbo » bsb would never go auch lengths . The last Cabinet Council declared that it should not be till the Coalition Ministry shall be formed , and the war question , diipoawLjiL God kelp ths poor Chartist prisoners , who were on the look oat for the god-send , Jtdwhos * hopes have thus miscarried ! ^ fc .
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REYNOLDS AND CARDIGAN . Ws rejoice at being the only journalists who havo not devoted one serious line to the late Carbiiux-Rktnolds Punch and Judt . Wo also rejoice that it has terminated . Tho prattle has terminated by the gallant , brave , spirited , and bold Captain writing the most paltry , sycophantic , grovelling , mean-spirited , begging , praying , pitiful , disgusting , letter evor penned by culprit going to the gallows , to save his Ufol The sympathy of the whole nation weighs , in the gallant Captain's
estimation , but as a feather compared to the monkey trappings he lias doffed . His letter is a side-whisper to the Queen , and says , " Pray , ma'am , give me back my gold lace breeches . " We hope and trust , however , that her Majesty will have too much respect for the Eervice ever again to put the " gallant " gentleman in uniform . It appears Cardigan was right after all ; he knew his man . What pains some men take to cut their own throats ! We recal the gallant Captain ' s appointment as Colonel of the Monmouthshire Royal Sappers and Miners .
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LOUIS PHILLIPPE'S BALDERDASH . Wk have , as it is likely to be expected from us , given elsewhere the speech , as it is called , of Citizen Louis , when meeting hia staff of plunderers . If a working man spoko such nonsense , he would be told that he was not qualified for the franchiso ; and yot Louis is no fool ! But ho is fairly nonplussed ; he is bothered ! He is in a mess , and knows not how to get out of it ; and we wish him joy of it !
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MR . BAIRSTOW . There is to us no gratification equal to that which we experience in faithfully recording the virtues of the working class . We havo very narrowly watched the conduct of Mr . Bairstow since bis appointment to the honourable and important office of West-Riding Lecturer ; and we say , with truth , that his whole career has been as honourable to himself and to his constituents as it has been serviceable to the cause . He goes on the " even tenor of hia way , " vre hear of no dissipation , no attachment to one spot above another , no neglect , no
disappointment , no bravado , nothing io take a feather ' s weight from the Charter . While on the subject of missionaries , we must congratulate the men Of Lancashire upon the appointment of our able and efficient friend , James Leech ! from whose ministration of sound orthodox Chartism we anticipate a host of good . Such men are an honour to their country and her cause . Leech , like Collins has evaded the tempter ! Though poor , and having a large family , he is rich in truth , and will have his reward .
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any increase in the circulation of the Star on the 26 th of December over the previous week , the whole to go in aid of the fund ; while w « beg to assure our friends , that , hitherto , when the price has bees raised for a particular purpose , the proprietor has invariably lost . Thus , from an additional halfpenny from each subscriber to the Star on the day after Christmas Monday , we seonre two good and virtuous lecturers , and give Whiggery and Rnsso-Chartism % slap in the faoe . Can any one suggest a better mode of meeting the many powers opposed to us , and for providing for men who have been pounced upon as Whig prey \
We recommend that the two Missionaries should take separate districts , and that their course should bo to push the Charter , and , at the sane time , prepare their localities for the Frost , Williams , and Jones * restoration display on New Year ' s Day ; after which , we shall propose a simple plan for the payment of some dozen lecturers to carry the object of the 1 st of January and the Charter into effect . In these steps we wish to have the sanction and concurrence of the Manchester Executive Council , the Glasgow Council , the Birmingham Restoration Committee , and the London Charter Association .
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THE BEST JOKE THAT EVER WAS IN THE " WORLD . " Here it is : — " At present meetings are held in every direction throughout England—lectures are delivered , and money collected ; but beyond this we cannot see thai any active measures are taking to achieve the object which the Chartists have in view . Physical foree is abandoned—even " the sacred month" is not spoken
of , and the whole Chartist movement seems to be limited to the collection of money . Now , this appears to us exceedingly unsatisfactory , and we cannot help observing that we are inclined to place no great reliance in thoae who confine their exertions , in a great degree , to a pecuniary clamour . We trust the Northern Star will leave Irish backsliders to us , 9 ? at least delay taking them in hand until it bas succeeded in putting Chartist afFah-s upon a better footing . "—World ( Dublin Paper ) of last week . ¦
If this had come from any other quarter ^ the Wwld than a little " leader , " we might have thought it an O'Conkeli , flight of fancy . However , at such a timt , and in such a place , the joke is most piquant ! It is too funny to be met otherwise than with a counter -joke : —Mi * e Flahertt was a cow-boy , and Kate FLi . jtNi « As « used to milk the cow . For many a long day , both night and morning , did Mike ' s lips water for a smack
at Kate : but modesty—Irish modesty—prevailed ; and Mike but looked all sorts of nnutterable things at the unconscious maid , till , as bad luck would have it , one day , in the morning , Mike , being primed with an extra glass , made bould to snatch a kiss , as Kath was walking off with her pitcher of milk . The astonished maid smashed the pitcher en Mike's head , and then exclaimed , " Oh then , wisha , wisha , bad luek to your thick
skullsee , now , what you ' ve done !"—Moral : Dan and hia tribe first break their pitcher upon the head of Chartism , and then turn round , and exclaim" Wisha , bad luck to you , see what you've done V But that ' s not tho best of the joke . An Irish paper , in the O'Cohhell interest , talking of collecting funds at any time , but especially at the prntni time , is the joke . Now , does owr funny friend forget that the whole amount of national rent ; the whole amount of wages of delegates ; the expencesof a Special Commission , lasting a fortnight ; the defence of three hundred victims , with able counsel to defend them ; the wagei of the several
missionanea ; and the funds collected for the support of their families . Does he forget that the whole amount falls far short of ene-half the annnal salary of one Irish juggler , whose only trick is patting all the pea * under one thimWe , and that ont always hia own ! Doe » our excolient friend forgot ths Out fobbed £ B , 000 of at English collection , tee iljftsawd , of it from hit own uartl' ! Does ou / -ixzsllniA fcfeaa : forget the usual ceremony pielimiaarr \ j ftp « aU ^ - ^ a repeal , precursor , loyal regioW 4 ' .. c . si , or * H ^ f || l other thimbling farce at ihe CtauExv ' i « ffe Jmg | beg leave to han . ]/ in £ 55 7 s . as the - vinfflffnFflf since last meeting ! " Dow our friend ; ~ feiH 3 ili
not one of those assocfa tion-accounts . If ^ IM |» BSii settled \ And , above all , uoaa our ftfp *^ HPi concluding vote fur tb * season ^ ^« 51 P 1 Daniel O'Conkeu ,, E = ., M . P , # j | | | Ireland , be appointed treasurer . " . 1111118 But even yet we have not com ? 9 ^ 1111 joke , to tell , should never be Inj ^ < fl 9 nli and shoulders ; it shonld be apposiv . flHHl Here it ia , then , from the next co ; , iS ^ KH
friend : — . Q 8 tm $ R 5 "We had intende-1 to-day to mice some lengthened ' . ' remarks touching the G'Coan-H A-inaity , but ws * re sorry to find that onr tyiv :-i vr i <¦¦ t - ¦ •¦ anit nit to da so . It is consolato . } to le&l tuau tie / Will bo the lesj missed , owing to the proper light in which the matter is viewed by the public . Gratitude for the exertions of Mr . O'Connell wai formerly a strong ingredient in stimulating national generosity ; but we have now another motive to incite us , when we recollect tkat every shilling subscribed now , over any former year , wilt furnish au argument in favour of Repeal no * to be parried . We shall return to the tubjeet ; but , meantime , we would earnestly recommend in county , town , parish , and hamlet—activity . "
Now , that ' s from the Dublin World !!! Now , let us ask our friend a few simple questions . Who helped to draw up , and signed the Charter ! DANIEL O'Connell ? Who denounced the" fell 6 w , BaONTEBRB O'Brien "— "that fellow with the French name , " and other Chartists , and told the AttorneyGeneral that theyshould be prosecuted for treason ? Daniel O'Connell . Who hired ruffiaas to mob Loweky ? Daniel O'Connell . Who congratulated Ireland on the Sergeant that assisted at the Newport slaughter being one Sergeant O'D ^ lt , an Irish boy Daniel O'Conkell . Who rejoiced thai ; the Westgate force were all Irish gossoons , and called Feost a traitor ? Daniel O'Connell . Who offered to
raise 500 , 000 volunteers to put down Chartism ! Daniel O'Con . vell . Who voted for the suppression of Mr . Inquisitor Crawford ' s notes of O'Connor ' s treatment in York Castle 1 Dicket Sheil , and two more of Daniel O'Connell ' s tail . Who boasted at Carrick-on-Suir , the other day , that one Irishman would beat seven Welshmen , and that he drove the English Chartists from Dublin , ( a happy knack truly of unitiag England and Ireland ) ' Daniee O'Connell .
Our friend , anxious to relieve us of much trouble , says , " We trust the Northern Slav will leave Irish backsliders to us . " We would and welcome , if wo did not pay too dear fer witnessing the entertainment of" Ali Baba and tho Forty Thieves , " as performed at tha St . Stephen ' s Theatre by the Irish company of strolling players , to surrender our right of criticism . But as matters at present stand , we decline the honour of being yoked in the Iriab . " merry-goround" and of being trotted backwards and forwards , to the tuae of" Here we go up , np , up , Aud here we go down , down , downy ; And here we go backwards and forwards , And into London towny , "
upon the Irish " hurdygurdy . " We never heard a more modest request , especially as the principle of national non-interference has at all times formed so strong and striking a feature in Irish newspaper policy . Faith I it is not bad policy , after filling our gaols , to cry out , " Ah ! now , let us alone , can't you I " But onr friend professes to agree with us in pr inciple . The World may ; but we will tell the World the difference between the Northern Star and the Irish press , upon the question of Repeal . Thfl
Star agitates for Repeal ; the Irish pres 3 merely agitates Repeal for O'Conneix- Oar friend may tickle the Leeds trout , but he may be aseured that he wen't hook the Lseds salmon . We started in the repeal agitation , defending the principle , but declaring the agitation for it a cheat ; in , and less , tbau three ninths not apaper in the erf ? pire will advocate or mention the subject , with tne exception of the Northern Star . Every prophecy we have made about repeal agitation lias come to pass . Th , a death-knell 01 repeal has been sounded already ; aut > , to crown the whole joke , we give the funeral
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BYRNE AND OWEN . We rejoice to find that our two northern victims ar « receiving from the friends of liberty ome consolation for the sufferings they have endured from the bloody persecution of our mild Whig Government . They have been purified , and why not send them now to work—why not appoint them as Chartist Missionaries ! or are we to do it ? If so , well and good : and we do hereby appoint Messrs . Byrne and Owen missionaries for asy district where the Radicals shall add £ 1 per week to tbe sum of £ 2 per
week for each , making for each a salary of £ 3 per week , £ 2 to be paid by our agents at Newcastle , Messrs . France and Co ., weekly , to each , from Saturday next till the 26 th of December , being a period of six weeks ; and upon which day tho price o f the Star will be raised to 5 d ., to defray the amount of the mission , the surplus to which wo will add £ 10 , to be given for a Christmas box , to ro to tho wives and families of the imprisoned victims , to procure a good dinner on New Year's Day , after the glorious display which wo anticipate .
V . e have received , directions from Mr . O'Connor ta say , that should any objection bo made to this mode of securing an honourable and useful employment ibs * good wen , he will pay ¦ x \\ l ? iiQ 9 elf ; and , ns C »> 3 . v ' a v / ifo should not oniy bo virtuous , but above suspicion , should there be
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4 THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 14, 1840, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2710/page/4/
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