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BO OKS PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY JAMES YTATSOS, S, Qneen'a Head-passage, Paternoster-row.
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GREAT SUCCESS.—TKUB RECIPROCITY
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TIIE TEN HOURS' BILL.
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ToDM0BDEJf.~On the 20th ult, a meeting o...
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Laud & Labour Bank.—At a meeting of tho ...
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Colchester.—On Monday last, a public mee...
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AppoiKTMBNT or Poor-law Inspector por th...
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The Misiso oobrsal announces that 'Princ...
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THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAYJANUARY 1, 1848.
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PROGRESS. DEMOCRACY AT H O ME AND ABROAD...
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COERCION IN IRELAND. On Wednesday the ne...
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Bo Oks Published And Sold By James Ytatsos, S, Qneen'a Head-Passage, Paternoster-Row.
BO OKS PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY JAMES YTATSOS , S , Qneen ' a Head-passage , Paternoster-row .
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PEOPLE'S EDITION OF THB PURGATORY OF STJI- ' CIDES : with corrections ani a « ditlens . By Thomas Cooper , the Chartist . To fee completed in six f arts at sixpence each ; or in e ighteen numbers at twopence each . Parts 1 , 2 , and S , and numbers 1 Va 7 , are how ready . Riciard Cirlile's Manual of Freemasonry , the three parts complet » ia 1 toI ., cloth boards 6 « . Sow publishing in weekl y numbers at Twopence , and in monthly parts at KiaepeBce each , THE REASGNER , and UTILITARIAN RECORD , a journal of Theology , Slorals , Politics , and Communism . Editei by G . J . Holyoake . Tols . 1 and 2 , price TOUT shillings and sixpence each are now published . HoIyoake ' sMattetaaticsnoHyitery ; « r , the beauties and Usee « f Euclid . With plates , 1 vol ., price Half-a-erown . Hotyoaie ' s Practical Grammar and Hand Book . 1 Yol . Price Tws shillings and sixpence . s . d .
Great Success.—Tkub Reciprocity
GREAT SUCCESS . —TKUB RECIPROCITY
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'AM . FOB BACH , AHB EAOB ?» B AM / TO THE- MEMBERS OF THENAUONAL LAND COMPANY . Fjhexds , —The propriety of establishing a Satiohal " Bemtit Sosieti has been fregnently urged upon our attention , and a strong deure expressed that we should originate one , in order to afford ah opportunity to those of our friends , who haT . e a dosire of joining an institution under th « auspices of the movement party , and established for the purpose of aiding the onward march of Democracy . With the desire of our friends we cordially sympathise , and were it not that our time is fully and completely ocaupied in attending to onr present engagements ; wo should feel great pleasure ia complying with their wishes . We hare long been of opinion tbat tha cause of the people would b » much serred by the OStaWiihaent of such an Association ; At present there are thousands who join other societies who woald prefer becoming members of one composed of person * whose opinions harmonise with their own , and whosa funds instead of being placed at the disposal of their enemies , would be applied to benefit themselves , and the cause which they have at heart . We must , howerer , decline catering upon the organisation of such a body but , at the game time , would recommend all who feel interested in the matter , to join the NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY , Which has been soma time in existence , and which was established for the purposes above enumerated . Tho actual management of it devolres upon its indefatigable founder , Mr Stallwood , a man in whose honour and probity we hare the greatest reliance—so ranch confidsnee do we repose in him , tbat we havo consented to become tbe directors of tho society—Mr Stallwood undertaking to do the work of secretary , our part of the business being to raske a periodical examination of the accounts , and other monetary transactions , which all parties may rely upon being done by us , The chief recommendations of thig society are—that the subscriptions aro liberal ; ita government democratic , and its funds will be deposited ia the National Lahd and Laboub Bank , We sincerely recommend this society to the consideration ef our friends . All communications on the subject to he addressed to tbe secretary , Mr Edmund Stallwood , 2 , Little Tale-place , Hammersmith , London . * . Cbeutophiu Doile . Thomas Clark , Philip M'GEAtH .
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THE LATE NATIONAL LAND CONFERENCE , Held at Lowbands , August , 18 i 7 , adopted the following resolution unanimously : — ' That this Conference recom " mends the country to dtpesit their funds in tho 'National Land and Labour Bank ; ' all who wish to follow the instructions of their friends and representatives will join that auxiliary to the National Land Company . THE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY . Patron . —T . Waklet , M . P . Diretlon . —Mksskb . P . M / Grath , T . Cuts ., and C . Dora . Bank . —Tee National Lan » and Laboor Bask . Seirelary — Ma E . Staliwoop . Central OJiee . —2 , Little Tale-place , Hammersmith . This society presents greater advantages to the industrious millions than any similar institution ev » r established . The benefits resulting from joining it are—InSlckaess , perweek ,. . „ from 7 s to 18 s Member ' s Decease ... ... „ * 6 „ £ 20 Wife ' s Ditto « . i . £ 3 „ £ 10 Wife's Accsuchement , 15 „ £ 2 Superannuation , per week ... ... ... ... <» ¦* ,, Gs A Gift Fund and Youth Burial Fund , and the Inresture of its Surplus Funds in Land , for the mutual advantage of its members . Entrance Fee , according to Age , as follows <—» Years . Years Years . Years . >; ., First Section , under 25 ... 3 s Od — S 5 ... 4 s 6 d — 45 ... 5 s Od — 50 ... 7 a 6 d . Second Section ... 25 ... 2 s od — 85 ... s < ad — 46 .. ; 48 sa — ao ... 6 » od Third Section ... 25 ... 2 s Od _ 86 ... 2 s Gd — 45 ... 8 s 6 d — SO ... 4 s W Poarth Section ... 25 ... Is 6 d — S 5 ... 2 * Od — 45 ... 3 j 04 — 59 ... 4 b 0 d If more convenient to members the en trance fea can be paid by instalments , so that the wholo is paid within three months .
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Now ready , in one thick 8 vo . volame , price 5 s . THE POLITICAL WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE , now first collected together , and to which are added sever alpieces never before published in England ; and an appendix , containing the Trial of Thomas Paine , at Guildhall ; with a portrait of the Author . Complete in 2 vols . Svo . price 12 s ., VOLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY , With two well-finished Portraits of the Author . In 2 vols , price 5 i ., published at 9 s ., THE DEVIL'S PULPIT , By the Rev . R 0 BEE . T TaTLOE , B . A . In one handsome volume , price St ., CARLILE'S M & NCAL OF FREEUASONRT , Originally published at 15 s . Comp lete in 1 vol ., price 5 s ., THE DIEGE 31 S , By the Rjv . Robert TArtoa . A complete set of COBBETT'S POLITICAL REGISTER , For sale , 83 vols ., half-calf . W . Dugdale , 1 G , Holywell-street , Strand .
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EUGENE SUE'S NSW TALE . PRID E , OR THE DUCHESS . The first volume of this dramatic picture of High Life [ all yet published , in Paris ) , is given in Part 56 of the FAMILY HERALD for January , price only Sixpence . The Family Heraldis a domestic magazine of useful information and amuseoient , a chaarM and' instructive fireside companion , the welcome guest of every home , and unquestionably the most popular Periodical ever published . Everybody reads and all Booksellers sell the Family Herald . A single perusal will test its merits . Order Part 66 .
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THOMAS COOPER'S ORaTIONS . LITERARY IKSTITUT 10 N , JOHN-STREET , FITZROY SQUARE . SUBJECTS OF POLITICAL ORATIONS to be delivered on Tuesday evenings , by Thojus Coopbb , Author of The Purgatory of Suicides . ' January 4 . —Society to be happy ,-Government to he just , —must be founded on , and guided by , the principie of Fraternity , or Brotherhood . 11 . — ' Privilege ; ' the greatest curse of society , ever since its institution : its seizure of Land , Mines , Fisheries , Game , & c . 18 . — ' Privilege : ' its arrogation of Tithes , and enactment of selfish and unjust Laws . 25 , — « Privilege J its prohibition of free-thought , prescription ofa creed , and endowment of a'sacred class , ' as teachers . February 1 . — ' Privilege : 'its inequitable dealing towards the unprivileged : Taxation . 8 . — 'Privilegei its black catalogue of the 'Pension List : iniojiitj of Sinecures . ' Subjects of the remaining seven ovations , in a future list . Admission to the Hall Id ., Gallery 2 d . Commence at half-past eight precisely . Orations are delivered by Thomas Coopbb every Sunday morning at eleven o ' clock , preceded and followed by the musical performances of the Apollonlc Society .
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PORTRAITS OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , THOMAS DUNCOMBE , AND OTHER GREAT LEADERS . THE advertiser is commissioned to dispose of 180 Pic _ ture Frames , suitabio for the above portraits , a ^ about halt the usual prices , News Agents will find thi an opportunity which seldom occurs , as they must be cleared out in a few days . Note down the addreia . Samuel JHolmes , St Gregory's Church Alley . Norwich , here all orders will meet with prompt attention ,
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PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P . T MARTIN informs his friends and the Chartist body « generally , that he has reduced the price of his lithographic full-length portrait of tkeir Illustrious Chief to the following price : —Prints , Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . 6 d .
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TO TAILORS . Now Readv , by approbation ot her Majesty , Queen Vic- ; toria , and 1 I . R . 1 L Prince Albert , THE LO . VDONand PARIS AUTUMN and WINTER ' FASHIONS for 1847 andlSiS , by Benjamin Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London , and by G . Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , London ; a most magnificent and superbly-coloured Print , surpassing everything of the kind previously published , accostpanied with the most fashionable full size Dress , Riding Frock , Hunting , and Wrapper Coat-patterns , with every particular part for each complete . Also , the most fashionable and newest style Waistcoat Pattern , including the manner of Cutting and making up tho whole , with information respecting the new scientific system of Cutting , which will be published Jan . ! , 1 * 18 , and will supersede everything of the kind before conceived . Price 18 s ; or , post free , to all parts of the kingdom , Us . Patent Measures , with full explanation , 8 s the set ( thegreatest improvement ever known In tbe trade ) . Patterns to measure sent post free to all parts of the kingdom , Is NEW PATENT INDICATOR , for ascertaining proportion and disproportion in all systems of cutting , the method of using it , and manner of variation clearly illustrited—Caveat granted to B . Read far the same , April 22 , 1817 , signed by Messrs Foole and Capmael , Patent Office , 4 , Oi-1-square , Lincoln ' s-ian , London . —Declaration signed by the Right Honourable Sir G . Carroll , Lord Mayor Of " London , May 1 st , 18 < 7 . Price , mtk diagrams clearly explained , 7 s ; or , post free , 7 a 6 d . Sold by Messrs Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; G . Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , London ; and all booksellers in the kingdom . Post-office orders and post stamps taken as cash . Habits H . H . L . performed for the trada . BuUfov fitting Coats o » Boys' figures . —Foremen provide J . —Instructions in Catting complete , for all kinds of Style and l ? ashio » , which can ba accomplished in an incredibly short time , but the pupil may continue uafii he is fally satisfied .
Tiie Ten Hours' Bill.
TIIE TEN HOURS' BILL .
Todm0bdejf.~On The 20th Ult, A Meeting O...
ToDM 0 BDEJf . ~ On the 20 th ult , a meeting of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Short Time Committee took place in this village , for the purpose of devising the best means to be adopted to resist an attempt which is now being made by certain mill-owr . ers to prevent the coming into operation of tbe ten hoars clause of the Factory Bill , passed in June last . Mr Joseph Hurst was called to tbe chair , and the following resolutions were adopted : — First That it having come to the knowledge of the Central Saorc-Time Committee of Lancashire and
Yorkshire tbat certain mill-owners were making a movement to prevent the coming into operation of the Ttn Heurs . clause of the Factory Bill on the 1 st of May next , instructions be forthwith given to every local committee in England , Scotland , and Ireland , again to meet and reorganise their forces , and at once communicate with tbe operatives in each district , with a view of preparing to resist any attempt that may be made to interfere with the coming into operation of the Ten Hours' Bill , for which they have so long and so zealously struggled , S . condly . —That we learn with deep regret that many
of the mill-owners are having recourse to UBdae means to obtain the signatures of their workpeople to petitions hostile to the Ten Hours' clause . This meeting strongly urge upon the workmen not to be duped info the signing of any petition upon any pretence whatever ; but that they at once collect evidence of and communicate to the several secretaries the course adopted to compel ( be hands to sign such petitions , with a view of enabling their friends in Parliament to expose the unjustifiable influence used by masters , who have , on all former occations , opposed the measure .
Thirdly . —That the local fommittecs he instructed to record the names of all mill-owners who coere & their hands to the signiug ot such petitions .
Laud & Labour Bank.—At A Meeting Of Tho ...
Laud & Labour Bank . —At a meeting of tho Paper Statners' Sick Society , Manchester , it was resolved , that the Funds of the Society be sent to the Land and Labour Bank . This is in addition to the funds sent from the Paper Stainers and Hangers Society , they being two distinct societies . Inaccordav . ce with the above we have sent the money , and hope soon to send more . On behalf of the Society , Ralph Babbbr , Ed . BmaEr , Trustees . Manchester , December 29 th .
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Manchester . —Mr J . W . Parker will deliver a lecture in the People's Institute , Heyrod-streer , on Sunday , January 2 nd . Chair to be taken at six o ' clock ia the evening . A members' meeting of the National Chartist Association will- 'be held at two o ' clock in the afternoon .
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; Bristol . —The Irishmen and friends of Ireland resident in Bristol are informed that a meeting will be held at eight o'clock on Monday evening next , Jan . 3 rd , at Mr . Charles Rebbuth'a Coffee and Reading rooms , 1 , Tower hill , Old Market-street , for the purpose of . forming a branch of the Irish Confederation :
Colchester.—On Monday Last, A Public Mee...
Colchester . —On Monday last , a public meeting took place at the Assembly-room , St . John-street , On the motion of IMr B . ' . Parker , Mr Olive Payne was called to the chair . The chairman , delivered an excellent speech * ffhich elicited loud applause . The Bub-aecretary then read the report of the branch , which was adopted unanimously . Mr T . Clark , one of the directors , then came forward and was received with great applause . Mr . Clark delivered a splendid address , and received the thanks of the meeting . At the usual weekly meeting held tho following evening , the Bub . secretary reported that thirty more shares had been taken since the lecture .
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Boltoh . —The monthly meeting of this branch will take place on Sunday evening next , January 2 nd , at six o ' clock . Th Land Company ' s Petition will lay for tbe signatures of both members and the public , every night in the week , at the Land Office , New Market-place , from seven until ten o ' clock . Every member ia expected to sign .
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STOoramiDQE . —I ho members of this branch are informed that the committee will meet on Monday , the 4 th January , and a meeting of tho members will take place on the Wednesday following . Paid up shareholders are requested to pay all levies on or before tho 10 th of January , or their names will not be placed in the ballot box .
Appoiktmbnt Or Poor-Law Inspector Por Th...
AppoiKTMBNT or Poor-law Inspector por thb Manufacturing District . —The appointment of the Right Hon , Chas , Buller , as Poor-law Commissioner for England , was gazetted on Friday , and on the fol lowing day , by the terms of tha act of last session the duties of all the offices ceased . Mr Austin , who for some years has been assistant-commissioner for the manufacturing district , immediately received an appointment from the new commission , aa inspector ( the name by which the assistant-commissioners are in future to he designated ) , in carrying the recent act into execution . At a late meeting of the Scotch Antiquarian Societ y , there was exhibited tho original death warrant of Mary Q , ueen of Soots , and aa autograph letter of her stern monitor , John Knox .
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Rochdale . —Mr . Daniel Donovan , of Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Yorkshire-street , on Sunday , 2 nd January , at jix o ' clock in the evening .
The Misiso Oobrsal Announces That 'Princ...
The Misiso oobrsal announces that 'Prince Albert has , with a view to advance the mining interests of the county of Cornwall , determined on working the Louth Towan , United Hills , and Wheal Charle y minoj , being parallel lode ? . ' The quantity of water which entered the Wi ^ an coal mines , lately , by the irruption of tho river lSuu g laa , ia calculated at 3 , 495 , 373 tons .
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Just Published , Puce Id . ' _ _ . „ PUZZLES FOB THE Ctf £ * i By W . Tf . Hboom , Also , Price 2 d ., by the same Author , ., LETTER S TO THE TOIIlflo . London : Punished by W . Jenkinson , 91 , Leatherlane , Holborn , and Clements , Little Pultenoy-fltreet > Goldon-snuare .
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JUST PUBLISHED , ( Oaifora with the " Labob-reb" Magazine , ) Price 6 d . A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON SPADE HUSBANDRY , being the results of feur years' experience . BY J . SlLLBTT . M'Rowan and Co ., 16 , Great Windmill-street , London and may be had of all booksellers .
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J ¥ ST PUBLISHED , rates etxpEUCa , NO . Kill , OF " THE LABOURER , eONTBHTS , 1 , The Funeral of the Year and its Epitaph , by | Ernest Jones . 2 . Our New Year ' s Address , 5 . Insurrections oi the Working Classes . —The Men of Kent and Essex . 4 . The Scotch Critics And the Land Company . } 5 . The Romance of a People . G . Tho Poor Man's Legal Manual . 7 . National Literature— ' The Infernal Comedy . 8 . Our National Defences . 9 . Literary Review . Letters fpre-pald ) to bo addressed to the Editors , 18 Brest Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by allage & ts for the "Northers Star " and all booksellers in town and country .
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Just Published , price One Penny , A LETTER by Feakqos O'Connor , Es <* ., M . P ., « TO THE RICH AND THB POOR ; To thoae « ho Live in Idleness Without Labour , and to those who aro * Wil . ling to Labour but Compelled to Starve . ' Price 2 s . per 100 . or 18 » , per 1900 . t 11 /" HAT MAT BE DONE WITH THREE ACRES W OP LAND , ' Explained in a Letter , by Peaboos O'Conuob , Esq ., M . P . To be had at tbe Office of the National Land Company HI , High Holborn .
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Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at the Ncrthirn Star Offica , 16 , Great Windmill Street ; and of Abel Heywaod , Manchester . Thb Portrait ov Ebnest Jones . —Agents and subscribers who do not receive their papers direct from tbis office , will obtain t ^ oir plates from the party by whom they are supplted with the STAB . To those who inquiro the charge , we beg to say , that THE PRICE OP THE PLATE ( INCLUDING THE 'STAR ) WILL BE SETENPENCE . The Plates will be ready for issue at the latter end of January .
The Northern Star, Saturdayjanuary 1, 1848.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAYJANUARY 1 , 1848 .
Progress. Democracy At H O Me And Abroad...
PROGRESS . DEMOCRACY AT H O ME AND ABROAD . At the commencement of a new year , when the knell of its predecessor is still sounding in our ears , it appears to us a fitting moment to inquire what has been the progress of our principles , in the course of the past twelve months , and what are the hopeful prospects for those principles in the future . The general election in July—August last , greatl y advanced the cause of Democratic progress . The election of the Chartist-Chief , Feargus O'Connor , was alone worth far more than all the cost of the struggle . A number of M . P . ' s pledged to , at least , the princi ples of
the Charter , were also elected ; and the foundation laid for Chartist triumphs on the occasion of the next struggle . From accurate information we are enabled to state , that the public feeling in favour of Chartism , in Halifax , Sheffield , Derby , Greenwich , Tiverton , and ot h er p laces , contested unsuccessfull y at the l a te electi on , has wonderfully advanced since July last . Bad trade has broug ht not a few of the electoral class to their senses ; and the heartless indifference of the Government and Parliament to the wide-spread distress and suffering , promises to make speedy converts of many more .
W e candidl y avow that we are not overflowing with pity at the sight of the embarrassments of the electoral class . The present House of Commons , as avowed by that choice specimen the bourgeoisie , John Brig ht , is essentially a middle-class house , and the ministers are at the back of that class . A more incapable set of rulers than Lord John Russell and his colleagues never pretended to administer the affairs of a nation , and a worse body of
misrepresentatives never assembled in the Westminster tax-trap . According to friend Bright , we are indebted for both these blessings to the respectable gentlemen of the " shop , " who would elect lords and lordiings , bankers and con t ractors , millocrats and railway-kings , fools and " snobs / ' and would not elect men who grounded their claims to public confidence on their integrity , talent , and political wisdom . The poet has written
that" He who hates truth , shall be tho dnpe of lies , " and this the intelligent shopocracy have exemplified in their own persons . The truths of Chartism were too strong for their stomachs , and , therefore , were rejected for the quackeries of free-traders , currency-reformers , and bit-b ybit progressionists . They had their choice , and they deliberately chose the evil and rejected the good and they are rig htl y punished . — " They would he fools and victims , and they are , "
But as experience is said to make fools wise , we t r u s t th a t even the bourgeoisie are not incapable of improving on the past , and doing better for the future . We trust , too , that the working men will be better prepared for the next strugg le , than they were at the late Election . What was done was done well ; but better things might have been done had the good work been set about in good lime . There must be a greater number of Chartist Candidates in the field next time , and they must not delay their appearance therein till the eleveath hour : there must , moreover , be
amp le funds in hand to enable the Democratic Candidates to carry the struggle to the polling booths . We are glad to learn from the Address of the Central Registration and Election Committee , published in another column , that after paying ailjaemands , a surplus of Sixty Pounds remains at the disposal of the committee , which surplus has been wisel y banked for future use . Thus should a vacancy occur in the Representation of any locality , and should the Committee consider the chances of success favourable for a Chartist Candidate , the means exist of bringing forward a man of the
Pe o p le at a moment's notice . Of course it needs no argument to show that the Committee 's Funds at present in hand , however useful for any emergency , will be perfectly useless to meet a General Election . The next strugg le may be far off , or it may be much nearer than most persons imagine , but in either case the collection of funds should not be left till the last moment . As general appeals for money are not often attended to , we suggest to the Election Committee , that the first Saturday , Sunday , and Monday in the month of May next , be appointed for a general collection amongst the Chartists , members of the Land Com pany , and friends of Democracy
generally , for the benefit of the Election Fund . Wealso suggest that theCommittee should send printed circulars to all the Chartist and Land localities one month previously , calling upon the said localities to make the said collectisn , either by levy , general subscri ption , proceeds of public lectures or festivals , or anytfother mode each locality may deem the best . Should Parliament ; not dissolve before May , 1849 , then the like collection to take place at that time , and so on , every year in . the month of May , until a dissolution of Parliament . We are not in the habit of praising or puffing either public individuals or public bodies , but we must take this occasion to say that the members of the Centrfl Registration and
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Election Commit tea have , by their untiringand patriotic labours during the past year , " deserved well of their country , " and fairly entitled themselves to the grateful thanks of the unrepresented classes of these realms . ^ W ' e * may here allude to a matter which is already , and very property , exciting the attention of the friends of Chartism—we allude to the threatened attempt to oust Mr O'Connor from his seat . The petition against that gentleman may be onl y a waste-paper pellet , intended to annoy the Pe o p le ' s member ; it may , however , be something more—it may be the effort of an infernal conspiracy to ruin Mr O'Connor with expenses . If so , there can be no
doubt that the conspirators will be foiled , and h a ve " the poisoned chalice returned to their own lips . '' Of course we take it for granted , that every man who , by " resolution" or otherwise , " expressed his joy at the . return of Mr O'Connor to Parliament , will sell the shirt off his back rather than allow the hon . member for Nottingham to be beaten , or compelled to defend his se a t to his own pecuniary injury . The blow aimed at Mr O'Connor is intended to strike down up-rising Chartism . If Mr O'Connor is defeated , we are all beaten ; if he is immolated , the peop le are sacrificed . Should he full , then might we say with the orator over Caesar ' s body-
" Then you , and wo , and all fell down , While cursed treason triumph'd o ' er HS . " But we have perfect faith in a very different issue . We are persuaded that we have but to sound the trumpet " to the rescue ! ' and the People will rise as one man , to the help of their friend and champion , Throughout England lectures , public meetings , and assemblages of local delegates , attest that the "dry bones " are once more quickening into life and action . The very numerously . attended and enthusiastic meetings recentl y holden in the metropolis , exhibit a
most hopeful sign of the time * . The very energetic labours of the Metropolitan Delegate Council ( which includes the members of the Chartist Executive ) , have mainly produced this cheering revival . We now entertain sanguine hopes that when the niisrepresentatives of the nation re-assemble , they will find the people less disposed to quietly submit to their useless talking and evil working . The renewed agitation for the Charter opens a field for the exercise of the peop le ' s virtues . If self-reliant , courageous , and persevering , they must and will succeed .
We must direct tha special attention of our metropolitan readers to a prospectus issued b y a Committee comprising all . the known and trusted leaders of Chartism residing in the capital , which prospectus sets forth a p lan for obtaining for the Chartists of London a Commodious and central hall for public meetings , & c . We recently expressed our strong conviction that the project set forth by the
Committee above alluded to , was of primary importance to thft cause of Democracy , so far as London wasconcerned , andon the present occasion it is not necessary that we should do more than reiterate the expression of that conviction , at the same time appealing to our metropolitan friends to take up the matter promptl y a nd earnestl y . There must be no doubtingno fear of failure ; like Carnot , we must " organise victory / ' and victory will be ours .
The National Petition demands a word . It Is a duty the peop le owe to Mr O'Connor , to prove by their signatures to that petition that he is indeed their representative ; it is a duty they owe to themselves , to prove b y the same means their earnestness in repudiating trie misgovernment of their rulers , and the sincerity of their desire to be represented in the Legislature . We leave to the Chartist Executive the question of calling together a representation of the Democracy in a National Convention . In our op inion , such a Convention is hi g hl y necessary , and its early fitting as indispensable . Energy must now be the order of the dav .
Of course , the Executive must be powerless , lacking the sinews of war . Is it too late to suggest a "New-Year ' s Gift ? " Many individuals anticipated the new year b y contributing largely , considering their meana . Shall their patriotic example be followed ? Let the honest and earnest men of every locality see to this . In this political review of the past , the present , and the future , the L a n m o vem e nt hardl y comes within the scope of our remarks ; nevertheless , it is a proof of unexamp led progress , and a subject for gratulation , that the members of the Land Company may say « WE ARE FIFTY THOUSAND V \
Fifty thousand future freemen—fifty thousand , organised Chartists , or to be made Chartists—made by the force of reasonmade by the instinct of self-interest , which must teach even the most thoughtless that the certain means to make the Land Plan national , and secure to the Land members and their children the full blessings of that Plan , lies through the obtainment of the Charter . Our remarks upon Home Progress have left us but little room for ; comment upon the progress of Democratic princi ples in other lands . In France , the Reform B anquets have
succeeded each other with startling rapidity . The French Chambers have just been opened ] andtheFagin of the Tuilleries has suit his sp ite against the Reformers , by alluding in his speech to " the agitation which hostile and blind passions are fomenting ; " and he has appealed to his Peers and Deputies to iffirml y maintain , according to the Charter , social order , and all its conditious . " His Citizen-kingshi p croaks discreetly , but his words , though few , sufficientl y betray his fears . The Reform discussion will now be transferred from the banquetting halls to the Chamber of Deputies , where ,
ot course , buizot and Co . will find a majority to support them in violentl y voting down every attempt to reform the present infamous system . The result will be a more powerful renewal of the agitation . " out of doors ; " then mil come arbitrary attempts , on the part of Ministers , to put down the Banquets ; resistance will ensue and revolution commence . Ihe tr u th i s , that these Reform Banquets are the beginning of the end , " and that end will be the destructi on of Louis Philippe ' s throne and something more Switzerland has passed through the ordeal
ot a civil struggle , and has , like the Phoenix emerged from the flames of civil strife stronger than she was before . Freed from the conspirators and traitors who benumbed her energie s , Switzerland now presents the spectaclelike Pallas bursting from the brow of Joveofa nation armed to the teeth , read y to measure swords with any of the Despotisms who may dare to dispute her claims to perfect independence , and her guardianshi p of the sacred princi ples of Democracy . ; The triumph of the Swiss Diethas given an impetus to the cause of Democracy throug hout
Eur ope , but particularl y in Germany and Ita ly . Ihe addresses sent to the Diet f rom a n umber of German cities , and the subscriptions collected b y the German people in aid of the widows and orphans of the soldiers of the Confederation who perished in battle , prove that the German people have wisely identified Swiss Radicalism with their own cause . The anti-Jesuit demonstrations at Milan , Turin , Genoa , Florence , and in Rome itself , prove
that the Catholic people of Italy understand that the enemies of the Swiss Radicals are their enemies , and that the consp irators against the Swiss Diet are also conspirators against the cause ol Progress , in all rations . Italian Freedom is everywhere advancing , in spite of Metternich ' s menaces , Ferdinand ' s ferocious proscription of his subjects , and the timid and temporising policy at present pursued by Pope Pius . "The die is cast ; the Rubicon is crossed ; " Italy must and will be free !
The struggle for liberty in Portugal is on the eve of recommencing . In Hungary , Bohemia , and tfalticia , thejdomination of Austria totters to its fall . Poland is agitated by the throes of coining convulsion ; and even the
Progress. Democracy At H O Me And Abroad...
Russian despotism is undermined , and may , iy , a moment when men little dream of such ich catastrophe , be blown to destruction by unseflse « hands . We commend to our reader the extrxtr ; ordinary and brilliant speech of M . Bakouninnim which will be found in our second page , freifren : which our readers will learn that a democratiratci revolution in Russia is neither hopeless nc ncc problematical , but certain , and that , too , at at m distant day . Yes , "Poland is not yet Iost , > st „ and Russia will yet be redeemed . Across the Atlantic , our American brethrenreii aie at length beginning to get their eyeJye ; opened to the folly and wickedness of theiheii murderous crusade against Mexico . Tha'hat
horrible sentiment , " Our country , ri ght oi on wrong / ' is fast disappearing before the marclrcl ! of Fraternity—a principle once adopted by thrth « Young- American Party only , but now beconv > nv ing generally recognised . In proof , we pointml ! to the report in our seventh page of the grealeall meeting holden in New York , in support ol oil Italian liberty . The Ame-icans are , th a nknk : Heaven , beginning- to find out that it would be be wi s er nobler , holier work , to help to crush thehe Despots of the Old World , than > cut thehe ; throats of Republicans in the New—to help totoi
free the nations of Europe , than to enslavevei those of America . We shall have somethingng ' to say shortly of the progress of the friends of of ' a Landed Democracy—the "National . Re-Ieformers . " Their success is a guarantee for or the preservation of the institutions of Jefferson m and Washington , and a pledge for the political ai and social redemption of the human race . Lastly , the project first enunciated b y the ?« Fraternal Democrats , and then definitel y pro- » - po s ed b y tiie Democratic Society of Brussels s namel y , the . holding of
A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS of all nations , is another and most important t sign of Radical and Cosmopolite progress . It t is proposed to assemble the said Congress at t Brussels , on the anniversary of the Bel gian Re . . volution , in September next , at the very time s that the united * schemers , the free-traders will hold their Congress in the same cit y . The i proposition is , at this moment , exciting earnest ; discussion in France , Germany , and Switzerland ; and in this country , has been alread y unanimyusl y and enthusiastically , ' adopted b y the Metropolitan Delegate Council , at which
two members of the Chartist Executive assisted , and has been since ratified by several of the London localities . At a future time , we shall return to this important question , which , in the meanwhile , we commend to the calm consideration of the Chartist body throug hout Great Britain . Hitherto " a chain of moun - tains , a river , an arm of the sea , a quickset hedge , or an imaginary line , " has ser v e d to disunite nations and keep them enemies of each other ; but the " march of mind" is convincing
each and all of the foll y of these divisions . Congresses of kings have been holden to divide and enslave mankind , but the Congresses of the people will unite and free the humaa race . In such Congresses will be found the " cheap defence of nations'' against both popa . lar vanity and the blood y desi gns of royal conspirators . In vain do tyrants plot in their secret councils , and marshal their homicidal forces , the handwriting is on the wall decreeing their doom . In spite of their force and their
fraud" It ' i coming yet for a' that , When man to man , the warla" o ' er , Shall brithera be for a' that' "
Coercion In Ireland. On Wednesday The Ne...
COERCION IN IRELAND . On Wednesday the new Coercion Act of the Whi gsjeame into operation in the counties of Limerick andTipperary , and in certain baronies of the counties of Clare , Cork , Waterford , King ' s County , Roscommon Leitrim , C avan and Longford . In tho county of Cork , one barony , that of Ossery and Kelmore , has been proclaimed . The Lord-Lieutenant has thus shown little delay in putting the last precious spawn of surface legislation in force—with what effect
remains to be seen . The landlords and their organs generall y , predict a failure , because of the mildness ( Heaven save the mark !) of the measure . They are quite prepared to urge more stringent and sweeping measures , under cover of which wholesale extermination and expatriation could be carried on . The people of Ireland are vermin in their eyes , a n d it is only because there exist certain restraining influences in public op inion , and in modern civisation , which prevents them from having open recourse to a war of utter extermination .
We have protested , and we repeat our protest , against the monstrous infraction of the principles of natural justice , and of sound policy , which the whole legislative career of this country towards the Irish people involves , " thelandlords , the Church Establishment , and the Executive Administration , have reduced that peop le by their monstrous , unjust , and tyrannical conduct , to such a condition that society is utterly disorganised , and there is neither safety for life nor property , that ia prima facie evidence of their unfitness longer
to continue its rulers , Instead of our adding cruelty to cruelty , injustice to injustice , by punishing the helpless victims of their fatal and ruinous policy , let us remove them at once from the position in which they have been enabled to work so much mischief , and commence a new , radical , enlightened , and practical course of remedial measures , altogether unimpeded by the obstacles which these parties might throw in the way , if suffered to retain the position and influence which they have a l read y so grossl y and grievousl y abused . A w h o e people cannot , and ought not . to be
sacrinced to the maintenance of any class or classes whatever ; where the existence of these classes h asutterl y failed in producing any of the results tor effecting which they are professedly established , it is time to sweep them away . Man is greater than institutions . It is only so far as any institutions develope the latent capabilities of the soil , and give free scope to the faculties of those who dwell upon it , that they are valuable . That society in Ireland has utterly broken down , is so self-evident a proposition , that it needsnoargumenttoenforceit . Whatthenoug ht to be done ? Extreme cases demand extreme remedies . Either repeal the legislate ve union at once and permit the Irish peop le to work out
weir own redemption unfettered by England , or if we still insist upon ruling that country , let ns take it into our own hands at oncepension off the landlords ; pay off the inertgagees ; abolish the Anglo-Irish Church , making equitable compensation to the present incumbents , and commence with a tabula rasa . It we had a Government bold enough to do this , and practical enough to introduce the necessary measures for developing the latent resources or the country , and training to industry and order the population , by giving them a direct and permanent interest in the improvement they were instrumental in carrying out , very few years would elanse before that
wftich » now the disgrace , would become the glory of the British Empere ; and instead ofa dram upon the finances , an inexhaustible storehouse of real wealth . But it is the curse oi the age to be afflicted by " small men" and small measures . The shopkeeping spirit possesses it entirely . The far-seeing calculations ot the true statesman are unknown to our rulers . It is sufficient for them if they can make the thing last their time ; " and thus , by alternate coaxing and coercing , they manage
so tinker up a worn-out and miserable system tor the time being . Have a care , masters unless the foundation be looked to , the old ncketty edifice must tumble about your ears some day . J
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mi ^ Ln J i , croa . » ba * at tha same time annoyinfr S . ™ he Bl ' tIw Kmo "d « f the Jewish Msbiuties . The sentence was 'Nor shall we ask wh ether iE E ^ ouade " broad prinoipleawhioh wouldadfflit tho Deist or the Atheist , as well as the Jew , to sit m Parliament ' Ac . For Deist , the word / tautiM 2 u ed \ thu 8 inverting the passage into no * sense—it not something wwee .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 1, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01011848/page/4/
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