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THE NORTHERN STAR , SATUBDAY . DECEMBER 4,1847
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Buoha T*Uttl.Lstled Aud Sold By. Ja-Viaa Watson, |(5 F Qneea'a Heai-Passage, Paternoster-Row.
BuoHa t * Uttl . lStlED AUD SOLD BY . JA-viaa WATSON , |( 5 Qneea ' a Heai-passage , Paternoster-row .
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PEOTLTffS EMTIO !! OP THE PTffRSATORT OP SCICIDES : with corrections an * additions . To appear in eighteen numbers , at Twopence each ; « six parts at sixpenea each . By Thomas Ceo ? er , the Chartist . The first number and the first part to bs ready on Wednesday , NevemberSrd , tSS . Rlciwd . < J * vlUe * « Manual of Freemasonry , tuo three pirts complete in 1 voL , cloth boards <« . How publishing in weekly nnmbew at Twopence , and in monthly partt at Sinepence each . THE RfcASOSER . and UTILITARIAN R £ COI » . * joamal of TWogy , Uotsls , PoKrfes . « . d CommumBm . E lite * by G . i . He-lyoake . Vohu 1 and 2 , price Pour shUling . and sixpence each ate now pttbltshed .. Holroake ' ettithematice to Mystery ; or , the bean-: ties and Uses of BacUi . "With plates , 1 vol ., price Halfa-crown . _ _ Holy -ake ' i Practical Grammar and Head Book . 1 Vol . Price Tw « shfflings and sixpence . 8 . a . ____ Praetical Gramoar , feds . ... 1 * ___—H « nd Book , cloth ^ , ... 1 0 r Wrapper - * . • 18 The Infidel ' * Text Boob , being the substance of J 8 lee tnr « s on the Bible , by Robert Cooper . Ho I to ^ already issned , and Jfo . « wtfl appear in a few days , and be continued regularly until completed . Stcli nnmbrr price Twopence . RHYMES » nd RECOLLECTIONS ot a HASB LOOM WEAVER . By William Thorn , of Inverary . With a fine portrait of the poet . 1 vcl ., cloth " seards and lettered , price Four shillings . BaHey *» Social Reformers' Cabinet Library . In ninenwnVis at sixpsnea-eash , Baiter's Bifloaal Philosophy , or iEssajs on mi ? cellaneouisurj-ctsi Historical , Moral , « d Political . ' Rrduee * to eightpesce . and denomi
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SEW LO . VDOJT DAILY PAPBR-lrRJCE THRE PENCE . THE LONBOX TELEGRAPH , PRICE TSBESPISWE . WILL BE PUBLISHED EARLY IS THE HEW * f EAR . 1848 . Inaoneoacing anew London Daily Newspaper , tha Proprietors will endeavour to state the prospects and grounds on wnichlheyTe ' y for sufficient Public support ; and they wUl particularly moid statements and promises that cannot he supported by fa- ^ ts . England , ¦ wi th her vast population , produces relat ' vely fewer Daily Papers than any part of the civilised world ; this eancity-efa real necessity ot life was mainly caused by tie late-enormous Stamp Duty of four-pence , which greatly j-edraeed the number of Journals published in bsadon . T"ifty years ago , without the duty , there were wsre Daily papers published in London than at the present . When the Stamp Duty was reduced to one penny « nly , lhe ? ablie expected an increase of Daily Papers consequent on such reduction , but with only on e exception vnten years , only one new Daily Paper was offered for its choice .
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THE MAN IN THE MOON FOR DECEMBER .-BOARD OF GREEN BAIZE . The following Regulations will be observed at the Publication of the forthcoming Number of THE MAN IN THE MOON . There wiU be no thoroughfare through Cheapside , Plect-streer , St Paul ' s Churchyard , or Nen-gate-ntreet ( except fob rcncHAsEBS ) , after Eight o'Clock a . h ., on Monday , the 29 th . Barriers will be erected at intervals , to break the pressure of the crowd ; and the ground will be kept by the Brigade of Household Cavaly , commanded by P . M . the Duke of Wellington ( lib first appearance on notice service since 181 <) . It will not be generally believed—but , nevertheless . it is a great fact—that the price of THE MAN IN THE MOON still continues to be the Homeopathic Sixpence . Office , 17 , Warwick-lane , Paternoster-row , and sold by all Booksellers .
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Just Published , Price 2 d . LETTE RS TO THE TOILINtf , By W . W . Beoom . To speak liisniind is every Freeman ' s right , In peace and war , incouneil and in fight . ' — Pope ' s Homer . London : Published by JenMnson , 91 , Leather-lane , Holborn .
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TO TAILORS . Now Ready , by approbation of her Majesty , Queen fic-• toria , and U . K . H . Prince Albert , THE LONDON and PARIS aTJTBMN and WINTER FASHIONS for 1817 and 1848 , by Benjamin Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London , and by < J . Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , London ; a most magnificent and superbly-coloured Print , surpassing everything of the kind previously published , accompanied with the most fashionable full size Dress , Riding , Frock , Hunting , and Wrapper Coatpatterne , with every particular part for each complete . Also , the m « st fashionable and newest style Waistcoat Pattern , including the manner of Cutting and making up the whole , with information respecting tho new scientific sjstem ot Cutting , which will be published Jan . 1 , 1818 , and will supersede everything ; of the kind before conceived . Price 10 s ; or , post free , to all parts of the kingdom , lis . Patent Measures , with full explanation , 8 s the set ( the great . imimprovement ever knows in the trade ) . Patterns to easure sent post frea to all parts of tbe kingdom . Is
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JEW PATENT INDICATOR , for ascertaining proportion and disproportion in all systems of cutting , the method of using it , and manner of variation clearly illustrated— Caveat granted to B . Read far the same , April 22 , 1817 , signed by Messrs Poole and Capmael , Patent Office , 4 , Oil-square , Liucoltfs-MW , London . —Declaration signed by the Right Honourable Sir 6 . Carroll , Lord Mayor of London , May 1 st , 18 » 7 . Price , with diagrams clearly explained , 7 s ; or , post free , 7 s fid . Sold by Messrs Read anl Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; 0 . Hcrger , Holyweli-s'reet , Sttand , London ; and all booksellers in the kingdom . Post-office orders and post stamps taken as cash . Habits H . H . L , performed for the trade . Bustfor fitting Coats on Boys' figures . —Foremen provide . ! . —Instructions in Cutting complete , for all kinds of Style and Fashion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short time , but the pupil may continue until he is fully satisfied .
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EMIGRATION . PERSONS EMIGRATING can obtain a free gift of FORTY ACHES of the BEST LAND in a most healthy aud productive portion of the United States . Land for sale from one dollar per acre . Passensers shipped to all parts of tbe World and supplied with Bonded Stores . Provisions , & c ., on the lowest terms . Apply ( if by letter post paid ) to Messrs Toulmin and Co , Passage , Shipping , and Land Agents , 15 , Eastcheap , London . '
Tbsaitic Txrwisios Ai A Percussion Cap Aiakhfaciory.—About Noon On Saturday Lastanexplo*
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sion of a most destructive and alarming nature occurred on the extensive premises of Mr Richard Walker , percussion cap manufacturer , Graham * street , in this town . The" explosion took place in a building consisting of three stories of workshops , and originated- in tbe middle range , spreading above , bekiw . and on all sides , and igniting the fulminating materials ai which the workmen were employed Taeeeiling and floors were shattered , and scarcely a single fquareof glass was left whole throughout the entire building . Fortunately , however , tbe wortmen escaped with comparatively slight . injuries , although some of the machinery at which they were at work was broken into pieces , aud forced to some distaaa & r-Birmingham Journal ,
Fatal Prize Fight . —Information has been re ceived by the Metropolitan Police that W . Stephens , a Birmingham priza-fighter , had absconded from that town , charged with the manslaughter of a well-known character , called the Lancashire Pet , with whom he f ught a pitched battle in the vicinity of Biririnr ham on Tuesday week , and who baa siflcadied from the fojuries he then received . - > * ; DsKtJATs Mbetoo . —A meeting of delegates from all the Cfajrtist and Land localities in Cheshire and Sooth Lancashire , will be held at Whittaker ' s Temperance Hotel , 93 . Great Ancoats-street , Manchester , oaSpdsy , Pec , I 2 ti ,
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, JiD-6 Xi 'OBLISHED . r ace evxPEHci , HO . XI ! .. flf " THE LABOURER /* With au Eognaved Portrait of F . O'Connor , Eso ,., M . P . CONTENTS , 1 . The Age of Peace , a Poem , by Ernest Jones , 2 . The Insurrection of the Working Classes , . S . Th * MornlUy « f ( Commerce . i . The Romance < of a People . 5 . The Poor Man ' s Legal Manual . « . National literature—Po ! and . Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , U Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . ' Orders received fey all agents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country .
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Just Published , price One Penny , A LETTER by Feargds O'Connob , Esq ., M . P ., 'TO THE RICH AND TBE POOR ; To those nho Lire in Idleness Without Labour , and to those who are Willing to labour but Compelled to Starve . ' Price ?*; per 100 or 18-. per 1090 . ¦ C * f I 7 HAT HAY BE DONE WITH THREE ACRES w V 0 f ? LAND •* Explained in a Letter , by Feabgcs O'Conwb , J 3 e « ., M . P . To be bad at the Office of the National Land Company , U 4 , High Holborn . •' ¦ ' ¦ *
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f gr Now that Parliament has assembled we inust , as a general rule , exclude lengthy communications , unless reports { well , written ) of very important ; meetings . Reporters , writers of letters , and Chartist and Land sub-Secretaries will , therefore , oblige by making their communications as brief as possible . We shall be glad it some of our correspondents will try to improve their writing ; and shall thank others , who might do so , to let us hare their reports , die ., beforei Thursday . Tna Poutbait of Ernest Josh . — Agents and sub- ' . scribers who do not receive thi ir papers direct from this office , will obtain their plates from tbe party by whom they are supplied with the Stab . Tothose who inquire the charge , we btg to say , that THE PRICE OF THE PLATE ( INCLUDING THE « STAR ) WILL BE SEVENPENCE .
The Northern Star , Satubday . December 4,1847
THE NORTHERN STAR , SATUBDAY DECEMBER 4 , 1847
I Poland And Ireland. The Fraternity Of ...
i POLAND AND IRELAND . THE FRATERNITY OF NATIONS . " Another " 29 th of November " has come and gone . The seventeenth anniversary of the Insurrection of 1830 sees Poland still groanin ^ beneath the weight of her chains , and bedew " ing the earth with " tears of blood , " forced from her by the scourge of her oppressors .
Twelve months ago we had to lament the failure of the Cracow Insurrection , and mourn over the victims . immolated at Siedlic , and massacred in Gallicia . The past year has also had its martyrs . The patriots who escaped the assassin Szela's knife have been doomed to the dungeon and the gibbet . Wisniewski and Kapuscinski have added their names to the list of their country ' s sainted heroes . Condemned to die on the gallows , they bravely countered their
en horrible doom , aad turned what was intended to be a death of shame to a triumphant departure from a life of slavery and torture . Their last words were , "Long Live Poland ! " " Poland for Ever 1 "—a cry re-echoed by the thousands who , attending at their execution , worshi pped at their ieet , and uttering curses both loud and d eep upon the murderers of the martyrs , they at the same time " swore . that Poland should "live , " and live " for ever . " So true it is that
" Body-killing tyrants cannot kill The ^ ublic sou ) , the hereditary will , ^ Which downward as from sire to son it goes , By shiftiog'bosoms more intensely glows . Its heir-loum is the heart , and slaughter'd men Fight fiercer in their orphans o'er again . '" The King of Prussia , too cowardly to play the brigand-part of a Nicholas , or the assassinpart of a Metternich , is , like our coercion-loving Whigs , a " mild-measure " man . Accordingly the 260 suspected patriots , captured in Posen , in February , 1846 , have , after eighteen months incarceration , been brought to trial , and some of them condemned to death . We print , in another column , a translation of the defence of Louis Mieroslawski , who appears to
have been the chief appointed by the Democratic Emigration to conduct the insurrection , but who was , unfortunately , arrested at Posen on the eve of the intended outbreak . Although the speech , which appears in our third page , is but a fragment of Mieroslawski ' s intended defence , he having been interrupted by his judges , and prevented from completing his discourse , still though a fragment , it" is such a fragment as Plutarch would have treasured for the wonder and admiration of mankind . As yet the doom « f Mieroslawski is uncertain—he may perish beneath the axe of the executioner , or be reserved for a worse fate—the suffering of years of agony in the dungeons of the merciful Prussian King . In either case he will be another
added to tl e lone : list of the <' . noble armv of aaoeu to tl e long list ot the ' < noble army of martyrs , " who have suffered and died for the regeneration of Poland . Whether condemned to the painless grave , or the torturing dungeon , his name shall not be forgotten : it shall be a spell to rouse the Polish youth to deeds of vengeance and of glory . Oh ! come , quickly come , that < % of retribution and victory , when the Polish Eagle shall again wing her triumphant way over the n 6 w desolated plains of hapless Sarmatia .
Again the warriors of the Emigration have met , and sworn on their swords , and by the memories of their martyred brethren , to rejreneratePoland , or die ! Again the Democrats of France , Belgium , Germany , England , and every land where the banner of progress is unfurled , have assembled ? and sworn by their cherished hopes of liberty * to give aid to their Polish brethren , now and for evermore , until Sarmatia's stricken , but still determined , warriors are triumphant over all their . foes . "Each for all , and all for each , "is the motto of all true democrats , and , acting in accordance therewith , they must , and will , prevail .
The report of the . public meeting , holderi on Monday last , in this metropolis , to commemorate the Polish Revolution , will be read with satisfaction by all true Democrats . Men of England , Ireland , Scotland , France , Germany , Belgium , and other countries , fraternised on that occasion to swear eternal hatred to Poland ' s oppressors . A most remarkable feature of the evening ' s proceedings , was the" appearance of a delegation from Brussels-Ambassadors , charged with the holy mission of organising the alliance of nations . The delegation represented no second-rate men . Here are the names of the Council of the Brussels society of Fraternal Democrats : —
General MeWnet , a soldier of the French Republic , now a grey-haired veteran of eighty fears of age . General Mellinet is adored by the Belgian Democrats , who justly reeard him as « the bravest of the brave /? 8 Jotirand \ a Belgian barrister . Chief editor of a Democratic journal published in Brussels before the Revolution of 1830 , he suffered considerable persecution for his manly defence of his
country ' s liberties . He was a member ot the Constituent Congress , previous to the calling of Leopold to the throne . Subsequently he edited the Courtier Beige , a Radical journal , and is at the present time editor of the Debals Social , a journal devoted to the people . Jflh T V iitovof the fctpfc Somer ?? ? * m the revolution of i » wi - , ? W , P erils ° f the Republicans mine celebrated trial , of 1834 , and played a mymm mtImc m that owi , -
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. . Piowdis a Belgian bacrister , and a well known iRadical Reformer- . Weetttkk a name wellm-owa to our readers , who will remember tie gallant services of this gentleman at the late Firee Trade Congress at Brussels . He has feeen aeominated by the English Chartists " as tjheisr representative . Wfcwt more need we say -of Weerth ? unless we add that he is a poet of rw mean pretensions , whose songs tell of the sufferings of Labour ' s sens , and their aspirations for a better future . Ldewell . ' Here is a name beside the glory of which the names of haughtiest monarchs
pale their fires . Leleweli is the greatest of Polish , historians , and for literary eminence stands second , to but few—if any—oh the roll of timet' Originally a professor at the University of Vilna , he was for his patriotism expelled from his chair by the Russian Despotism . Retiring to Warsaw , he was nominated a member of the Diet . On the breaking out of . the Revolution , and the expulsion of Constantino , Leleweli was appointed a member of the National Government . In that capacity he advised measures which , had they been adopted , would hare secured the triumph
of the Revolution . He strenuously urged the justice and necessity of emancipating the masses , arming them , and making them possessors of the soil . He urged , that the war should be carried into Podolia , Volhynia , Lithuania , and the other ancient provinces of Poland ; that the Polish nation should everywhere be roused to arms , and the Slavonic race appealed to in the names of fraternity and equality . Unhappily , the majority of the members of the government and diet were temporisers and heart-and-soul aristocrats , who hated the very thought of emancipating the people much more than they hated the Russian . domination .. Lelewell's counsel was
rejected , and the revolution succumbed . Since then , this great . man has been living in exile . Denied a home , in France , by that hater of allrhonest . men ,, Louis-Philippe ,- the Polish historian and patriot has taken up his residence in Brussels . He is the recognised chief of the " United Emigration , " which embodies the' majority of the Polish exiles . He is the very model of an incorruptible Republicanthe Aristides of his country .
Lastly , the delegate sent by . the Brussels society , Dr Marx , is a celebrated writer on political economy and social philosophy . Banished from Germany , his native land , his works , nevertheless , ' circulate beyond the Rhine , and , in defiance of the censorship , rind their way to the hands of the people—that people whose destiny is to work out a mighty social , as well as political change in the heart of Europe . Such are the men who tender to us Englishmen the olive-branch of Fraternity . The Democrats of Great Britain will respond with heart and voice to their appeal .
All the continental speakers at Monday ' s meeting , French , German , and Belgians , united in declaring that the real Reformers of the continent looked . up to the English Chartists , as the pioneers of progress , and looked forward to the carrying of the Charter , as the great means of commencing the emancipation not only of Englishmen , but the entire family of European nations . This " great fact' ' should be a great incentive to the Working Classes of these Islands , to struggle determinedly for the obtainment of their political rights , and winning them , make England
" The anchor and hope of the world . " Monday last , —the anniversary of Poland ' s unsuccessful struggle for freedom , was selected , by Sir George Grey , for bringing forward the Whig Coercion Bill directed against Ireland , —the Poland of the West . But , if Irishmen will only unite with the people of England , the Whigs shall never succeed in their Russianlike designs against the sister country . The people of England and the people of Ireland
have until recently warred against each other , instead of warring , against their common oppressors ; and hence , both have been enslaved . Let fraternity take the place of hatred , and union take the place of strife , and : both nations will speedily gain their liberties . Whoever opposes that union , or holds back from that fraternisation now , is . an enemy to Ireand , and a traitor to the cause of Freedom . United we conquer—divided we fall I
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Coercion for Ireland , Currency for England , constitute the two great topics of the week . The first had the precedence given to'it by the Government . On Monday , Sir G . Grey ) following in the wake of English Home-Secretaries ever since the Union , brought forward the long catalogue of crimes and outrages which , in all cases , herald in the proposal to suspend the Constitution in Ireland , and then , having discharged this routine piece of duty , proceeded with the other equally-established part of his task—namely , the description of
the kind of coercion which the Whigs are willing to be content with at the present time . A brief summary of its provisions will show the spirit in which it is framed . The . Lord-Lieutenant is to be empowered , at his discretion , to proclaim disturbed districts ; He is , without limit as to number , except in so far as the reserve force at his disposal restricts him , empowered to increase the constabulary force in any proclaimed district , the whole expense of this extraordinary force to be borne by the district on which it is quartered . All persons , except those specially licensed , are to
be disarmed ,. and prohibited from carrying or having fire-arms in their houses . The constabulary are empowered to apprehend every one carrying arms contrary to its provisions , and such arms will be forfeited to the Crown . On the proclamation of the Lord-Lieutenant all the inhabitants of the proclaimed district , not within the enumerated exceptions , when called upon to deliver up their arms at the nearest police-office , must do so on pain of being adjudged guilty of misdemeanour , and punished by imprisonment . We do not find in the Bill any provision for compensation to the narties
thus deprived of their arms . Powers to search fotarma in the day-time tite also taken , and the authorities are to be empowered to call upon all persons between the ages of sixteen and sixty , to assist in securing persons sus reeled of crime '; and every person ' refusing to join in pursuit of such suspected persons is to be deemed guilty of misdemeanour , and to be liable to imprisonment , with or without ( hard ' labour , for any time not exceeding two years . Such are trie leading provisions of a Bill which , in principle , if not in detail , is a
much ; entitled to the apellationof . an "AI . gerine Act / 'as any previous infringement of the Constitution in Ireland . Of course Sir G . Grey in proposing it , repeated what had been said by all his predecessors in moving similar bills , that he did not expect it wouldjtouch the causes of crime and outrage in Ireland ; but then came also the hacknied , foolish and fal se corollary—it was necessary before and above sill things to give security for life and property before anything like a remedial policy ' could be effectual . Why , in Juiib , 1846 , this verv shal .
low and totall y unfounded assertion was scouted and exposed , by the very men who have appropriated and adopted it , when they were trying to climb into office , bv defeating Sir . Robert Peel on a similar measure . They had then discovered that mere topical applica . turns were of ho use , in the condition of such a patient as Ireland ; they professed to have become convinced of the fact that , in all past legislation the
upon subject they had put the cart before the horse , and in future tb » v declared , that the common-sense practice of putting the horse before the cart-offi 3 u 2 ing remed-almstead of coercive measure s-wls the only one that should ever he proposed to a BntuhParhament . On these grounds-bv these pretences-and b y the aid of a £ ious aUiaoce with the Protectionists , who buS to be revenged upon the Ex-Premier , for his desertion o ? the Rriiiciple of Protection , did the present Mimtry amH ,-k : 9 liUdahg
possession of power , and 16 ! their very first measure the year after , at the commencement of a hew session is , to repeat the policy they had so emphatically condemned in another ! We say that such an exhibition is one of the most disgraceful to the Whig party , that even they have ever before presented to the public , and of itself , should stamp them for ever as a selfish , insincere , intriguing knot of placeseekers , who are totally unworthy of the sympathy or support of ; a single honest politician of any party . If there was a single principle or pledge of any description given b y Lord J . Russell on his last accession to office , it was
that the old , exploded , cruel , ? nd futile policy of force , was for ever to be abandoned in Ireland , and that the evils of that unhappy country were-to be attacked at the root , by withdrawing the causes of that embittered feeling between the different classes of society , and removing , by reproductive measures , that destitution , which form together the perennial fountain of Irish crime ; and we say that , in failing to do this , his lordship and his Cabinet have broken faith with the people of this country , and ought immediately to be driven from the places they have obtained upon false pretences . The reception of . this monstrous
repetition of a frequently inflicted injustice , was characteristic of the different parties in the House . The trimming leader of temporising Repealers , ( videlicet place-hunters , ) Mr John O'Connell , could scarcely find words to express his thankfulness to the Whigs for their kindness , their magnanimity , in not proposing a more stringent measure . His feelings of pleasurable disappointment almost took away his breath ! Faugh ! such lick-spittle spaniels are only fit to be kicked , and no doubt the Whigs estimate him and his rump—for we can scarcely think he has " a tail "—at their real value . The man who came over to die on the
floor of the House , rather than permit coercion again to insult fcnd > wrong his country , '' with bated breath and whispering humbleness' * asked the Ministry to give time to send to Ireland to learn how it would be received there , and begged for an assurance that , if the Irish members did not oppose this measure , the Government would favour them with some remedial measures . They were deaf to his adjurations , and made no sign . But though
they might have hugged themselves in the belief that they could play the old game with impunity towards Ireland , they were speedily undeceived . Mr O'Connor taught them at once the lesson that , however a temporising policy may suit other parties , he will none of it . That he , at least , will redeem -his promises , and act upon principle . He had declared that he would give any such measure his most . determined opposition , and he would do so if he stood alone . He did divide the
House on the very first stage , and nineteen members , only , followed him into the lobby . Not an O'Connell is to be found in the list of that nineteen ! Ireland has a chance at last offered it of discovering who are shams and who are honest in her defence . One of the ablest and most satisfactory expositions of tire grounds of the opposition to this measure , was that of Mr Horsman , who , with great force , ' clearness , and eloquence , demonstrated the gross inconsistency of the Government in proposing it , the position of the House with reference to it , and the utter failure of all
such attempts previously . Our readers will be amply repaid for the time required to peruse his short but conclusive speech . While , however , the O'Connellites were in raptures with this mild dose of brimstone and gunpowder , the Irish landlord party , represented by Viscount Jocelyn and Lord Bernard , in the extremity of their fears , loudly condemned it as being altogether unequal to the exigencies of the crisis , and demanded more stringent , { qy . bloody , ) provisions ; Even Sir Robert Peel ) whom we would have thought , from his speech on leaving office , had at length
perceived the radical error of such measures , spoke as if he considered the bill a very milk and water one . . He magnanimously refrained from twitting the Whigs with their conduct towards himself , and threw his powerful aid into the scale ; in their favour . So deeply have the original errors of his education as an Irish statesman embued his mind , that it is evident he is yet disposed to cling far more to a detective police—in the other words , to a system of spies , and espionage , and the armed terrors of such bills—than upon the simple straightforward and radical method of doing
justice , and trusting to that for the healing of the diseases of the body politic . Mr Disraeli , on behalf of the Protectionists , gave a somewhat Jesuitical explanation of the reasons why , though his party voted against aa , Arms ' Bill in 1846 , they were going to vote for one in 184 ? , which might be very satisfactory and conclusive to his own mind , but we suspect it will by no means prove so to any impartial observer of the game of politics . In fact , Mr Disraeli , with all his great talents , is a mere partisan , and considers that ' * everything is fair in war . ' ' His standard is not—What is
just ? but—What will suit my party ? The sooner our legislature is purged from such impure tendency the better .
• On Tuesday Night, Sir C. Wood Made His...
• On Tuesday night , Sir C . Wood made his promised financial explanation . The Whigs are peculiarly infelicitous in their Chancellors of the Exchequer . It almost appears , as if in all cases , they selected the greatest noodle of the party to fill that important office , and hence , their invariable financial failure . One can only account for Sir C . Wood being pitchforked into the situation , by supposing that that powerful member of the party , Earl Grey , made his brother-in-law's appointment as Chancellor , tbe condition of his own influence
being added to the Cabinet . However , be the secret of his occupying that position what it may , there he is , and certainly , it is almost impossible to conceive of any man more unfitted for it . In the oration of two hours and a half , which he inflicted upon the House on Tuesday , it was difficult to catch a glimpse of a single first principle relative to monetary science , — and composed as the speech was on the " everything and something else" model , it
was impossible to comprehend the unfinished and contradictory topics and views of which it was made up . A more unsatisfactory display was , perhaps , never made in that House , and he evidently did not carry it with- him . Ihe dea « silence , with which he was listened topmost without exception , throughout the whole of his laboured and lumbering harangue , reminded one of the words of Byron , and induced an involutary travesty of them .
" The thing we knew was neifher ' rich nor rare , nut wondered how the devil it got there . " His speech may be brief ! v dismissed , as being a repetition of the ' articles ' of the Times ,. with which he had crammed himself—an attack-upon those who opposed the Times , and its echo , Sir C . Wood—an attempt to justify the course pursued by the Government oh the extraordinary ground that they did not interfere until the mischief had reached its height , before they ddled in the matter
me . The Exchange had by first ruining hundreds ot'houses and paralysing trade , been turnedinourfavour-then interference wasnoofuse , andconsequently , that the Act of 1844 having been b y these singular means prevented from being broken , no indemnity could be asked for , and if the Whigs could help it , no change made . . But as a sop to the exasperated mercantile world , and an ingenious mode of stopping the mouths of inconvenient currency orators , he proposed a ( Jnmmittooa nf T ?„„ .,: „ t .: _ i . . - ~ vl 1
....... »»„ , Vjumiuny , which may report jw hapsattheemlof next year , like the last Currency Committee , that they have taken a great deal of evidence , which is so contradictory that the Committee neither understood it , or each other , or anybody else , and another Blue Book be added to the ponderous tomes wherewith the Whigs have enriched our Parliamentary literature . Mr- James Wilson , of the 'Economist newspaper ,, a . new member , folio wed the Chancellor of the Exchequer , in a speech which showed great reading and close Stud y of the subject , and which evidently made
• On Tuesday Night, Sir C. Wood Made His...
a very favourable impression on the houV ^ far as ability was concerned . It was , S' 8 ft in principle , most unsatisfactory to J er evident that Mr Wilson is hopelessly ™ , i curahly affected by that most nreuostA " m * all notions , that the GovernmeKnd % ?/ merit can and ought , to do nothing in tho of regulating the great affairs of societ tI ^ its functions are only those of a tax eath and policeman—hangman when needed r everybody should be left to take care ofrtl selves , and "devil take the hindmost " * We by no means agree in the pri ' ncipk ftt tin uuvernment
* tneury m . l tJS the shabbiest most beggarly , and most beggar creatine ? tern ever adopted for the government otmjT and as long as it rules in . commerciai , monetary and manufacturing affairs , we need no exn / l any material alteration for the better in theco dition of the great masses of society . After smart and spirited condemnation of the nr > i ; a of the Government from MrT . BuJnHS Mr Cayley , and a carefully prepared P * L .
= itsfavourby Sir W . Molesworth , the debate and the House adjourned till Thursday w }) ' „ the subject was resumed . On the general ^ ? tion , we shall endeavour to speak more fntt » m our next . * v
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One Of The Slandebebs. -A Respectable Wo...
One of the Slandebebs . -A respectable working m-m at Sutton-in-Asbfield , whom we know personalty a „ i knowing can confide in , writes to us ' as follo ws — ' vll Pitkethley , from Huddersfield , was here for a few da « ; the other week , when he wag abusing Mr O'Connor an ! the Land Plan . He said Mr O'Connor was a tyrant n « S every man associated with him was his 'tool , ' and that the Land Plan would be a failure . But I can assure you that Pitkethley ' s ' abuse cannot injure Mr O'Connor on the contrary , Pitkethley will find that he will not meet with that support in Sntton he has hitherto met with in his business transactions . That is the way to teach such men to keep their evil tongues quiet . ' We have heard of some more of Mr Pitketbley ' a private ; . vituperation of the Land Plan , excited , no doubt , by the " people preferring that plan to bis moonshine Emigration ' ' ¦ scheme . - ¦ A Youjio Cru mist , Brighton , —No room . ' Teholo . ' —No room .
Thomas Jonks—Noroom fortheparagraph , < tc . respecting the horses . Mr Loan , Halifax . —No blamo attaches to you . It lies with parties at the office . Several Communications are unavoidably postponed . Mr II . WiiAiLET , Berwick . —Yes . Mr 3 obm Mdhphx , Manchester . —Ihe subscription for twelve months will bo £ 1 . 2 s . > d . If we pay tlie postage ( 2 d . on each paper ) the amount "ill be £ l . 10 s . 8 d . H 7 e send regularly to the United States . Mr O'HiootNS . —We are compelled to postpone the oorres . pondence of Mr O'fl . till our next . New York . —A correspondent wishes to know- tha amount of the fore-cabin pasage money in a New York packet , fbi * a man and his wife . Mr Oani-elet ' s Tbact .-A correspondent at Mertbjr Tydvil wishes to know if this tract can be procured
from any agentfin London . To the Membbbs of the Mechanics' Societv . —In the Stab of November 20 th there is a letter from H , Selsby , denying that lie . ever advised the Warrington branch to withdraw their money from the Savings Bank and p lace It In the Koyal Bank of Liverpool , and blam . ing a Manchester mechanic for not publishing his name to the letter he wrote in the previous week ' s Star . Now , sir , I am not in a position to publish my name any more than ' the Manchester Mechanic' was , but will give you a few fac s that will place Henry Selsby in no verj enviable position . A Manchester mechanic got his in , formation from the noble defence of the fourth branch against the « ppea ! of the Executive Council , which said appeal was burked by many of the secretaries that it was sent to . Mr H . Selsby did send a letter to the War . rington branch advising them to withdraw their money
from the Savings Bank and place it in a Bank in Liver , pool . One of the Manchester fourth Branch officers was in the Club-room , at Warrington , and hsard the letterrjoal . No matter how II . Selsby may wish to evade the above , it is a fact . Now , mark If . Selsbj ' s denial . — ' That ho never authorised them to withdraw thair money from the Savings Bank and place it ia the Royal Bank of Liverpool . ' 1 know he did not , but he ad . vised them to place it in a Liverpool Bank . Let him try his hand again at evasion and I will disperse a little of the mist that surrounds him and show him up in bJ 3 true colours ' . — Another MAxcnr . sTEn Mechanic . v 7 . G ., Spilsby . —The shares will , when drawn , have to be made over to the hiuband . Will Mr . foH . v Moss , late of the Staffordshire Potteries , boot and shoe maker , please favour me with Wa address in the next week ' s Stab , viz ., the Uth ? It
will be esteemed a favour . Yours , Mrs E . Ellis ,. Grange-lane , Corbridge , Staffordshire Potteries . Henby Gbeenwood , overlooker , late of Lodenden Foot , is requested to send the number of bis certificate , and his address , to the secretary of the Hebdcii Bridge branch of the National Land Company . —James Maesland , Mib-sec . J . Sweetlove begs to inform the members ef the National Land Company , and the readers and subscribers to the Nosthebn Stkr , residing in Greenwich , Deptford , Woolwich , and Lewisham , he has removed to Providence-row , near the Union , Woolwich-road , that they will still be supplied with the above paper , and the ' Labourer .. ' Orders will be received by Mv Paris , District Land office , Coldbath , Greenwich ; Mr G . Floyd , baker , Church-street , Deptford ; and Mr J . Morgan , gvoeer , S 9 , Butcher-row , Deptford . The Land ahd Labodu Bank . —Sir , —In the Star of
Nov . 2 " , a four-acro shareholder suggests the idea of one million of individuals depositing one pound each in the Bank . Now , I think that that idea is very limited , and yet extravagant , inasmuch as there are many thousand zealous supporters of Chartist principles . and the Land Plan who have not a shilling to spare . Now , I would say , let every shareholder who has u spare pound deposit it in the Land Bank ; also > those who have their £ 5 ., ^ i 0 ., or j € 20 . and upwards , do likewise , and by that means the parties directly interested in the Land and Bank would lay a foundation for the Trades and other . Benefit Societies to build an edifice ( with their funds ) , which will not enly benefit themselves , but cause the capitalists to respect the producers of wealth . I , as one , will do all that lies ia my power to causa our trade more generally to patronise the Bank . Ah ! but the Manchester Fxaminer says ,
'that those branches of our society that have depositedtheir funds in the Land Bank must withdraw them before the end of this month ; but I think the mem hers of the Nos . 4 and 5 branches will prove him ts be a false prophet . The UiamtHer also states that the deposits in the Savings' Banks throughout th , united kingdom in I 8 i 5 amonnted to £ 30 , 7 i » , « ii !) . Now if one fourth of the above sum were in the Land Bank I would ask , how long would it take Mr O'Connor to locate the shareholders on the land ? Yours , « b \ , A Mechanic . P . S . Perhaps H . Selsby wonld like to know who I am ; the answer is—one that wiU not let him and his aristocratic friends have it all their own way quietly . Oke or the ' Whistier ' s'Victims . —Sib , —Seeing iuthe Star of tli" 6 th instant , in the nxtracts relating to tho
' Whistler , ' mention of a man named Seott , of Mitchellstreet , Belfast , as one of the ' Whistler's' victims , and as I was this day accidentally passing by Mitchell-street " I thought I would test the truth ot the statement , by seeing the man . I accordingly inquired , an- ' had no trouble in finding him ; He was sitting at dinner when I peued the door , aud from hi » own lips I heard the whole affair , repeated almost word for word as it stands in the Star , with this addition , that Somerville , besides beirg a great scoundrel , was a great coward as , on one occasion , while in Spain , he shamm d the ' belly-ache , ' . and ran away to the back of a ditch , and lay there until tho danger was passed . I have also conversed with a gentleman in Belfast who knew Somerville well in Glasgow , and helped to kick him out of it . And this ia tuo despicable tool employed to damage the character of such a man as Mr O'Connor .
Belfast . Nov . 17 , lSi 7 . w . S . Patbick . O'Hiqgims , Dublin , has received a very friendly communication , and a copy of the Nostheb . y Stab , from Mr Leigh Gleave , of Rochdale , for which he is much obliged . . To THE IVUABITANT 3 OF LIVERPOOL —FCelinj 88 I dO VCTJ strongly the injustice of compelling you , either by direct or indirect means , to support the hordes of Irish paupers , or apy of them , who are forced to visit your town , it is my intention to deliver a lecture in some public building in Liverpool , early next month , on The cause ofttw influx of Irish Paupers into Liverpool , and the means to prevent its recurrence . ' Patrick O'Higgins . Dublin , 20 th November , 1847 .
Public Mokies . —I must again entreat my friends Dot to trouble me with monies for the ' Registration and Election Committee , ' the 'NrtUOnal Victim Fund , ' the * Sleaford Cafe , ' * Trades on Strike , ' & c , & c , I have quite enough to attend to without taking the work out of men ' s hands who are in office for the special purpose of receiving monies for the above funds , —* G . Julian Harnet . The O ' Connor Taktak , —To several correspondents . We understand that the Directors of the Land Compaay , in connexion with some friends , have ordered a quantitj of the O ' Connor Tartan , which will be on sale at the Land Office , 144 , High Holborn . Pltmoutjj . — Will John Itogers of Plymouth forward hit full address to Charles Rogers , No , 4 , Ruy-street , Stalybridge , Coesbire . R Moss . —No room . Tebitas . -- No room . B , Wilewsok . —Thanks , No room . Tnos . J oses has been appointed agent in Liverpoel for the sale of the O'Connor Tartan , The Chartists of
Liverpool can be supplied with tbe Nobthiks Stab , tne Labourer , and othvr Democratic publications , all ' the profits being devoted to Chartist purposes . Hr Jones attends at Mr Farrell ' s , Temperance Hotel , i , > Cuzoeau street , every Monday , Wednesday ) and Friday j evening j , to diipoie of the above articles and receive > orders . Wmbeach . —Mr J . Darwood has been duly appointed J secretary of the Wisbeachbranch of theNational Laud 1 Company . , Mr Darwood , Wisbeach—mutt apply t « his Loudon a agrnt tor the specimen . We can only sopply those , ' , direct from the office , whose pap- rs are forwarded by o » . >• 1 Ms notice m » 5 t answer a t » o * t of country agents , »» ° state that they procure the Stab through London llshirs .
IVCtAl . NOTICE , —As I har e a considerable number of caeeson n band , requiring ulterior proceedings , I ffust . ia a order to enable ma to do justice to ray clients , decline ic receiving until further notice any morel , gal corns * s < pondence ( except mh as relates to easts in ian ^ i > ' ' whether for the Star or otherwise . . ALL LETTERS CONTAINING NEW CASES 1 ? W 1 LI / REMAIN UNNOTICED . $ ? LeTT » B « TO BE ADDB 186 ED IN FCTDRE TO SB II AT 16 , GBEAT WlKPMlil ,. tI » IT , H ATUAB 8 » T | V J . ONBOK , Ernest Jonjs ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04121847/page/4/
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