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'1 J THE NORTHERN STAR. .„ „,-— : ULY 8 ...
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A Lli.i' OF BOOKS
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NOW PUBLISH!!* 0 Bt | R. D. COUSINS, IS,...
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Aristocratic Sporting.—Several horaea belonging tJ the Dake of Leeds and Lard Strathmore have
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' Nora-Ready, a New Edition of MR. O'CONNO&S WORK ON SMALL FARMS
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THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY. JULY 8, 1848.
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THE TRIALS. Whilst we write the trials o...
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the Reform Bill, and appealed to the cou...
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REVOLT OF THE SHOPOCRACY. *• Lay on, Mac...
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THE COUNTER REVOLUTION. Some of the Sund...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. Ministers barely s...
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'1 J The Northern Star. .„ „,-— : Uly 8 ...
' 1 J THE NORTHERN STAR . . „ „ ,- — : ULY 8 li 51 ^ == J 3
A Lli.I' Of Books
A Lli . i' OF BOOKS
Now Publish!!* 0 Bt | R. D. Cousins, Is,...
NOW PUBLISH !!* 0 Bt | R . D . COUSINS , IS , DUKE-STREET , LIKCOLs ' s-ISK-riELDS , LOKDOJt . THE SHEPHERD , by the Rtv . J E . Smith M . A . Vol . I , pr ice 5 s . 6 d . —Tel . II , price 33 . —Vol . Ill , price 6 i . Bo . rioth boariU ; or the three volumes in ose half-touod iu calf and lettered , price 16 s . Refuiation of Owenlsm , by (? . Redford , of Worcester ; with a reply , by ths R = v . J . B . Smith , M . A . Is . Kew Christianity ; or the Riliglon of St Simon , with a colour' a Portwlt of a St Sioionian Fecislo ; translated by the Rev . J . E . Smith , M . A . Is . The L " t : la Boal :, addressc-d to the Bishop of Exeter and Robert Owen , ty tha Rev . J . E . Smith , M . A . Gl . ; hj post 10 d . Legends and Miracle ; , ty tbe Rlv . J . E . Smith , M . A . Cloth boirds , Is . 81 . The Univ . rial Chart , containing ' . he Elements cf Universal Fa'tb , Universal Analcry , and Moral Sortrntnsnt . By the Rev J . E , Siniib , M . A . Price Is . : by pes' , Is . 2 J . Anrlyiir-Jl Chart of Univirsal Justice , Tiulh , and PcEc ; avoiding the two extremes of Spiritualism and Hat-riilism—the first cf which speculate on the Organic Priueiple , without the Organism , and the laiter , on the Organism , without the Organic Principle—both are presented in this CSart . By the Rev . J . E . Smith , X . A . Price 6 d . ; by post 8 d . ; or , on thick drawing-paper , Is . ; by post , Is . 2 d . The Wor . d Within ; or a descrip * icn of the Interior of tha Birth : a vision of the Miad ; by the Rev . 1 . E . Smith . H .. A . Price Gd . ; if by post , nine penny Stamp ! , KiraKud ' s System of Nature , a nratpocket edition ( two volumes in s ne ) . 3 s . 6 d ., post free . Tolney ' s Hui ? of Empiris and tho Law of NMure . Pockst tdit , n , cloth boards , Is . 63 . By puet , 2 s . "Words of a Belitver ; or , Paroles fi'na Croyant , by I'AMe de la Ifennais . For Laving written which , be was excommunicated and damned for ever by the Pope Price li . stitched ; er cloth boards , Is . 6 d . post frre . Palmer ' s Principles of Nature . Is . Gd , ; Post free . Good Sense , translated from Bon Sens , by tho Caie Hester , 2 « . Post ires . Clio Rickxen ' s Life of Thomas Paine , with a Portrait ( a tst ] bcstco boos ) . 6 s . Post free . The I'heo : og : cal Works of Thomas Piine . Cloth boards , 48 . PoEtfrce . Age of RrasoB . ( Totb boards , 2 s . Pest free . Bights of Man . Pric- ; Is . , 61 . , cloth beards ; gilt and lettered , Is . 8 J . Kigali of ifan , stitched fn a neat wrapper , only Is . ; by post , Is . 43 , —This is the chespe & t edition ever offered 10 tbe public . Conimos Sense . 6 d .: hypost , ninepennj stamps . Tbe Aphorisms of Thomas Pajne . Is . 6 J . Post free . Wstsor- ' s Apnlogy for the Bible . U . ; by post , Is . Gi . "Watson Refuted . Gd . ; by post , 9 a . Eternity pi the Universe , by G . H . Tonlmin , M . D ., p" ° - icg t ^ at the Wrrli end Nature hare over esisted . Is . ; by pust . Is . 6 d . The Caretian Mytbolngy UnTeilcd , In a Series of Leetur : E . by L ^ ssn Mi tchell , E ? q , ! ats of 9 , Grore-roed , LLcscn-grove , London , in nineteen numbers , at 34 . each ; or , handjomil ; ' fecund and gilt-kf . ertd , 6 j ., post frfe . Specsl . tive Dictionary , for the Contemplation of Pecetratisg Intellect ! , by I . B . Smith . Price 9 d . ; by post U . 2 d . Essays cs the Formation of tbe Ennan Character , by Sob-rt 0 « en , reviscii by the Author . Is . ; by post , Is . Gd . The Book of the New Moral World , by R . bert Owen . Is . ; by post , Is . 33 . Sii I , ? crnre 3 02 Caarity , fey Robert Owen . 6 d . ; ty post . 10 penny stamps . Addrc = ~ cf Robert Owan , denouncing the Old System tf t ^ eW .-rld and aacenncinj the Commencement cf the Krw . Price 23 ; by post , 43 . Charter cf the R ' ghts of HumDHity , ty Robert Owjn , Price 2 d . ; by post , 4 d . Sjcisl H . ble ; or , sn Outline of the Rational System , by R . 0 * en . lid . ; by post . 3 i . A Ltc : u » oa Consistency , by Robert Dale Owen . Price 2 d . ; ^> 5 post , 33 . Chariis-. ti , Tia ies-Untonism , and Socialism ; or . Which is tbe bast calculated to produce Permanent Relief to the Working Classes f A Dialogue . By Tfeoaias Hunt . Price 3 d . ; by post , 5 j . The Moralist , devoted solely to the inculcation cf Morality andiuca scientific knowledge as relatts to Mors ! Impiov 3 Bi ! Ct . Ia ona vol ., cloth boards , 2 s . ; by post , 2 » . 83 . Wat Tylnr , ty Robert Sonthey . 2 d . ; by post ia . Tfce Vision ot Judgment , by LordBjron , 23 , ; by post id . CeefcMiuus of Faith , by a Philosopher . Price 2 d . ; b ; pa : t : 4 ' , Poor-L-. w Rhyme ;; or , Anti . Marcua , by Stephen W . Pii loa . This spirited Potm contains ttvo
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FROM WW TO XoO ' O TO BE ADVANCED IN JULY . NEXT . FOR THE WORKING MILLIONS . A H 0 i £ B FOR EVERY INDUSTRIOUS MAN AND HIS FAMILY . UNITED PATRIOTS' aND PATRIARCHS ' EQUITABLE LAND AND BUILDING BENEFIT SOCIETY , Enrolled and Empowered by Act of Parliament to extend over tlie United Kingdom . Pairotu . — T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P . TnoH & s "Waklei , Esq ., M . P . B . B , Cabbeil , Esq ., M , P . London Office . —No . 13 , Tottenham Court New Rosa , St Paecras , London . —Daniel William Rufpt , Secrtt & yy . Arranged in Three Sections . Payments in either Section , 4 d ., 8 d ., Is ., ic , & 0 ., per Week , payable either Weekly or Monthly . Na Sdkvetoss ' , Solicitobb ' , or Redemption Fees . The prestnt Entrance Pee is la . 6 d . per Snore , and 9 d . for any part ot a Share . Ru : es and Card , 7 d . Certificates , la . per Shale , and Gd ; for any part of a share . Section I . —By joining this ecctu n tviry pcieon in town or country can become the proprietor of a House aad Lan < i in bis own neigbb .-urhoad , without being removed from bin Friends , Connexions , or the present means himself and family na & y biiTO of gaining a livelihood . Section II . —To raise a capital by Shares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide r In Lend Into allotments frera bxlf an acre upwards . The property to be tho bona fide freehold of tho membe sixteen , eighteen or twenty years , f .-om the date of location , according to his subscriptions . Section ill . —Saving or Deposit section , in which members not witting to purchase are enabled to Invest small sums , from 4 d . and upwards , receiving interest at tho rate ol 5 per cent , per annum , on every Bum of 10 s : and upwards so deposited . Subscription Ofiee . —iM , New Ozfoid-Street , where Meetings are held , and Members enrolled , every WjdnesDat Evening , from Eight to Ten o ' clock . iKttvrcHtM , for explalaipe the prLnpipltsand oVjects of the Society , The Pabthemiom RooMS . SeMar . in ' siane , uear the corner of Lung-Here . L clures delivered every Sunday evening at Seven o ' clock . N . B . —From £ 300 to £ 500 will be balloted for by the members of the first Section in Jaly next , when all persons wbo have anS m & y bi-come mimbire for Shorts , or parts of Shares , on or btfore the 5 th of July next , & nd who pay SII mouths' subscriptions in advance , or otherwise , will bs fligible for the ballot . ¦ Il . lll i" — - ' Trnwrwin iibiwib —!¦¦¦!¦ . 1 ¦—¦¦¦¦ . 1 na ¦¦ " I
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ALSO , FOR THE WORKING MILLIONS IN CONNEXION WITH THE ABOVE , THE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS * BENEFIT SOCIETIES , Enroil- d pursuant to Act of Parliament . Thus securing to It * members tho protection of the law for their Juno ' s and property . Lrgalissd to extend over tho United Kingdom , with the privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , Agents , & c . An opportunity Is now efffred to healthy persons , up te Forty Years ol Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions in town or country , London Office . 13 , Tottenham Court , N w Road , St Pancras , ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham _ Court Road ) . —Daniel William Ruff ? , Secretary . fatrjnj , —T . 3 . Coxcombs , E ^ q ., M . P . T . Waklet , Esq .., M . P . B . B . CiBBiLL , Eso .. M . P . F . O'Connor Es <* ., M . P . L . J . Hansabd , Ee « . In the shert space of four years these societies hare paid the following benefits to their members . SUMMARY OF CLAIMS . ' Sickness and Superannuation ... ... , £ 1905 10 5 Aicouchments ... ... ... ... ... 693 15 0 Funerals ... ... . .. ... ... 496 18 1 L-ossbyFire ... ... ... ... ... 29 5 . 0 £ 3125 8 6 Present Capital funded In the Bnnk of England ... £ 1669 10 0 These Sctk-lies are in six divif ions or sections , for ihe >! eml trs to nceive tbe following Bmefite according to their Subscri ptions : — FIRST DIVISION . j FOURTH DIVISION . Entrance according to age , from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con- Entrance , according to ace , from 3 s . 6 d . to 8 s . 6 d , tribntion for Sickness and Management , Us . 7 d . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management . Is . 4 d . £ s . d . Allowance , in Sickness , per sveek n 18 o £ s , a If ember's Funeral .. .. .. .. 20 0 fl Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto Wife's or Nominee s ditto .. .. lo 0 o Member's Funeral .. .. .. .. 10 0 o Wife ' s Lving-m .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 6 0 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ h 0 0 to 20 0 0 Wife's Lying-in 10 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 6 0 Loss by Vire , from .. .. £ § 0 0 to 10 0 0 SECOND DIVISION . Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . 6 d to 9 s . 6 d . FIFTH DIVISION . Monthly Contribution for tickness and Management , Entrance , according to ngc , from 3 s to 8 s . Monthly Con-2 s . Id , tribution for Sickness aud Management , Is . Id . Allowance in S ' ckner . ? , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 Membrr's Funetal .. •¦ .. .. 16 0 0 Member ' s Funeral GOO Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 18 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 3 0 0 Wife ' s Lyi ? . g-in .. .. . I 15 o Wife's Lying-in .. .. .. .. O 15 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 15 0 0 Loss by Fire .. .. .. .. 580 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 5 0 Superannuation , por week .. .. .. 0 4 0 THIRD DIVISION . SIXTH DIVISION . Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Cos . Entrance Money .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 tribution for Sickness and Management , Is . 7 d . Monthly Contribution .. .. .. 0 10 Allowance in Sicknefs , per week .. .. 0 11 o Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 7 0 Member ' s Funeral .. 12 0 0 Member ' s Funeral 2 10 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 6 0 0 Wife's Lviug-iH .. .. .. .. 1 10 0 No Levles ' in this Division , Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 O 0 to 10 0 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 040 Levies according to tbe demands cn each division per quarter . N . B . —Tbe onl y difftiecte in tbe two Societies is , ihe Patriots have an Accoucbmcnt benefit , the Patriarchs have not that beneri :, therefors do not pay levits fur it . % g ~ Applications for Ageneii . 3 nqatstcd from all parts of tke country ; Information fer appointment of Agencies can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing a postage stanrp . Blank forms and information for tha admission of country mcitabers can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing three postage « tsn > ps , to Daniel William Rorrr , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New Rohd , St Pancras .
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a ; ? ETRO ! 'OLlTAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE iVj . ASSURANCE , Annuity , Loan , and Investment SOCIETY . ( Incorporated ; urs = uant to the 7 th and tth Vic ., cap . 110 . ) Temporary Offices , 3 ' , Regent-street , Waterloo-place , London . TRUSTEES . Richard Spoor . er , Esq .., 1 Spencer Horatio Walpole , M . P . I Esq ., M . P . Edward Yansittart Xeale , Henry Peter Fuller , Esq . Esq . I DIRECTORS . Robert Chalmers , Esq ., I Edward Lomax , Esq ., St Thurlow-square , Bromp- I John's Wood . t ., n . I Samuel Miller , E ? q ., Lin . SaniuelDriver , Esq ., White-1 coin ' s Inn . hall . James Montgomr . y , Esq ., Henry Peter Fuller , Esq ., Brentford . Piccadilly . Edward Vansittart Neale . John PalU Griffith , Esq ., Esq ., South Audley-street . Iromnonger-lane , Cheap- William A . S Weftoby , sitie . Esq ., Hyde Park-place . AUDITORS . Henry Peach Buckler , Esq ., I Heury Grant , E ? q ., Shenley Basinghall street . | House , Brighton . MEDICAL ADVISERS . William Henry Smith , Esq ., I RobertKeate . Esq ., Serjeant F . R . C . S ., 2 , Fonthill-j SurgeontotheQueen . il , place , Clapham rise . I Hertford street , May H . W . Fuller , M . D . 45 . | Fsir . Halfmoon-street , Piccadillv I BANKERS . —The Union Bank of London , 4 , Pall Mall , East . SOLICITORS . W . W . Fisher , Esq ., 3 , Sing- I W . Chapman , Esq ., Rich street , Cheapsii . j mend , Surrey . SURVEYORS . Vincent John Collier , E q ., I KichirdA . Withall , Efq ., T , 3 , Morgan . street . [ Parliament street . ACTUARY Alexander Jamieson , Esq ., LL . D . MANAGER .-F . Fearguson tnmroux , Esq . The objects of this Society are : — To grant Assurances upon Lives , with or without participatioa in profits : also Immediate and Deferred An . nuities and Endowments . By combining the advantages of Life Assurance with the business of well-r ? gulated Building Societies , to render a Life Policy an available aud economical means of acquiring freehold , leasehold , or other property , by ail . vauees repayable by periodical instalments , thus : A ptrson desirous of purchasing his lease , or otherwise acquiring property , will not only obtain a loan nearly e ( jual to its value , but ou his death will leave the propert ; discharged iron such loan , in addition to the sum assured to be paid at his death . Three-fourths of the profits will be divided every five years amongst the assured intitli d to participate , and the remaining oue-fourth will be adiied to the profits of the shareholders . Prospectuses with tables , and -every information , may ba obtained at the Society ' s Temporary Offices , 3 ¦¦ , Regent-street , Waterloo-place , or of any of its Agents in the country .
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . NOW READY , THE LONDON AND PAKIS SPRING AVD SUMMER FASHIONS for 1848 , bv Messrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ., VI , i ! art-street , Bloomsburv-squnre , utarOsfordsirect , London ; and by O . Blbueb , Hoiyvfeli-stFeei , Strand ; ai : d all Booksellers , an exquisitely executed and superbly coloured PRINT . The elegance ef this Print excels any beforepublished , accompanied with the Newest 3 tjle , and extra-flttiiig Frock , Riding Dress , and Hunting-Gout Patterns ; the most fashionable dress Waistcoat Pattern , and an extra-fitting Habit Pattern of" ho newest aad ino ? t elegant style of fashion . Every particular part explain-id ; method of increasing and diminishing tho whole for any size fully illustr . iled , manner of Cutting ami Maying up . and all other information respecting Style a ; id Fashion . Price lOs . postfree Us . READ and Co . ' s new scientific system of Cutting for ISiS is ready , and will supercede everything of the kind heretofore conceived , All t » e Plat s are numbered and lettered , and on the scale of Ei , ; htf-en ln «!< es . Whole sire , never before attempted , containing twenty-three square feet : particulars , post free . Patent Measures , with full explanation , 8 s . the set . New l ' atent Indicator , for ascer . taiuing proportion and disproportion , illustrated with Diagrams , price Jb . Patterns to Measure ( all registered according to Act of Parliament ) . , cost free , Is . each . The whole sold by Read and Co ., 12 , II art-street , Bloomsbury-Equare , London ; and all Booksellers . PostolHco orders , an 4 Post Stamps , taken as Cash . Habits per . formed fur the Trade . Busts for fitting Coats on ; Boys ' figures . Foremen provided . — Instructions in cutting complete , for all kinds of Style aui Fashion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short tirae .
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NO MORE PILLS FOR INDIGESTION . Constipation , Torpidity of the Liver , and the Abdominal Viscera , persisting Headaches , Nervousness , Biliousii 2 E .= , Des jf . ndency . Spleen , etc . Published by l ) u Harry aud Co ., 8 , Bury . court , St Mary , axe ; and Hedges , aud Butler , 155 , Regent-street , Loudon . Price Gd , or 8 d ( in letter stimps ) , post-free : A POPULAR TREATISE on INMUESTIOH and LO > ' STIPATIU . V ; the main causes of Nervousness , Biliousuiss , S rofub , Liver Complaint , Spleen , etc ., and their R . Kiic : il Removal , entitled tie ' Natcbau RsQESteatos or . the D ; gestiv £ Okoans ( too Stomach and Intestines ) , wiTHoCT pill * , purgatives , t ,-r artificial means of anv kind , and without expense . '
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THE I . AND-LO'VBuvds . TO BE DISPOSED OF , a POUR ACH 3 ALLOTMENT at I . owbands , together with the crops , iniplements , &• - '• For further p . rticulars , apply to William Sowter , Lowbans , Redmariey , Worcestershire , ( if by letter in . closings sta « . p ) .
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A FOUR ACRE SHARE in the Land Comp . vny , rlipitlefor tbe Ballet . Price & 4 ! 0 s . Apply , ( if by letter pre-paid ; , to T . Dunning , news agent , Rantwich , Cheshire ,
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ON SATURDAY , August Sth , 1 SJ 8 ( will bo published the First Number of a Weekly Periodical , to be entitledii mHE LABOUR LEAGUE" or JOURNAL of the 1 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES , dtvi ted to the interests of the above Associu . tion and the working classes generally . PRICE ONE PENNY ( post fbeb . ) To be had of all Booksellers in Town and Country . N . B . —Secretarits of Trade Societies are requested to give their orders forthwith to their respective . Booksellers ; the Office , 11 , Tottenham-court-road , London ; or to the Publisher , 2 , Lord-street , Douglas , Isle-ef-Man .
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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . M PILLETT , A FOUR ACRE paid-up shareholder , wishes to dispose of his certificate , previous to his leaving for the voiittnrnt . Applications to be addressed to X . Y , Z , 157 , Drury . lane , Loudon .
Aristocratic Sporting.—Several Horaea Belonging Tj The Dake Of Leeds And Lard Strathmore Have
Aristocratic Sporting . —Several horaea belonging tJ the Dake of Leeds and Lard Strathmore have
Been Thipped Fro.N London To Holland, Fo...
been thipped fro . n London to Holland , for tbe purdoae of running at the races which were to be held at the Loo this week . The Church in Danger . —The church at Silaby narrowly er- caped destruction a few daystsince through the imprudence of some plomberc , who were employed in repairing tbe leads , acd lighted a fire upon cbe roof . The fliniea spread to tha wood-work , but the danger was toon discovered , and they were extinguished with seme difficulty . A Civil Ball—In tbe course of eorae recent alterations in tbe cellaring of tbe Raneliffe Arms , Sheffield manor , the wtrkreen found a large cannon ball , which had probably lain there two centuries , —ever sinca the civil wars .
A C insidhbatb Son . —A few weeks ago the s ^ n of a joiner reyiding within a hundred miles ti Alfreton , Darbyshire . being short oi work , rpade a coffin for hia father , who lay ill , statins as his reason for so doing-, that trade might stir and if anything happened to the o . 'd dan he should be all of a bustle . The old man ia still livinK ' Sudden-Death . —On Wednesday weeks man who keeps a Shtifuld tool-shop in Bridgewater-street , Manchester , on going to the shop door , said to his wife before quitting the threshold , * I fctl unwell ;' and on leaving tho door for a sbott walk , and before ha bad g ^ ne twenty yards , he suddenly dropped down on the pavement and instantly expired .
{ From our Third Edition of last week . ) Disastrous Firk . —On Friday raorniue , between the hours of ten and uleven , a fire broke out on the prtraists , 8 and 9 . Wild-court , Lincoln ' s inn-iinldp . The range of buildiugsares'Jely occupied by carpenters . Owinif to the ii _ fl-iBamabie nature of the houses , and the rapidity with which the flames made progress . feaM were entertained lest ihe whole cmrt should be destroyed . The engines , owing te there beirg no carriage thoroughfare to the scene of the cocfl-tgration , wers a icnn time before they could be brougtt into pl » y , which occasioned considfnibio alarm among tho inmates of the adjoining houses . The moment , however , tho engines were brought to bear against tha fhmes , a marked change toik
place , and m about a couple of hourc , by the sreat exertiens of the firemen and others , the csn-HagraUon was subdued . Iaihe meanwhile a number of person ? , who w-re acquainted with tho premises , entered , and succeeded in saving an immense quantity of to jh ' , which would have been otherwise destroyed . Wo are sorry to state that the buildings were mostly occupied by poor carpenters , who had their whole r . tock in-trade upon the premises , and that sous of them , with the exception of Messrs Hyatt acd Saunders , were insured . The origin oi the fire i ¦ , as jet , utkoown , though supposed to bu a spark Irom a pipe ( ailing on tho shavings . The amount of damage is very great , though it has not bt-en correctly ascertained .
Another Boilkii Exploion —A correspondent , writing under dale , Dudley , Friday evening , bbjs : — Fiir the second time within ihe short space of three wetkswe have to recc-rd one ot those appalling acci deniswiiicii have of late been of such frequentedcurrence in this district , acd attended with suol } terrible cori £ equer . ce 3 . The scane of the new catajj : trophe ia the Bioomlielii Iron Works at Tipton , ne & v this place ; and it teems that one of the boilfiain use wssa condenser , simewhat in sh & peof an egg save that it was fiat at one end . From some cause or other Ihis pari of it gave way , aa explosion took place , and tha entire bo . ler , which was about seven tooa iu weight , was forced with considerable vie-Ioneo in a horlzjntal direction across the canal , and into a brick yard one huridrcd yards distant . So soon as the Srat . shock wai over search was made
after the bodies of the unfortunate persons who had suffered by the occurrence ; and up to the hour ol writing > . he follon-iug had tacn discovered : —Llnivy Miilinfton , a-cd n ' neteen , found dead , uomeriied . Wiiiiam Perry , much burnt , aud not likaiy to recover ; wiicand live children . Williain Jjncs , head cur , b-dy much . w-aidid . Juhnand Thomas L ' siir also vrr . v much burnt . Three femalea engaged in packing briiks much injured . The causa of the explosion i ? a mysf-ry . 1 c is 'toruiuite , however , that a great number of those employed at the works were at-their suppers outside tho building at tbe time , or the loss of lift , must have been much greater . It is high time , however , that the quvt-tion of these explosions underweNt aeearcbing and impnrtUl inveaiip- - won , teems- thai they are becoming of such frequent occurrence . ' n
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TRIAL OF MR ERNEST JONES . We had announced that this number ol the'Northern Star' would contain a full report of the trial of Mr Ernest Jones ; ive had hecii given to understand that the trial would take p lace on Wednesday , but up to Friday morning Mr Jones has not been called on . Should the trial take p lace in sufficient time , a full report will appear in our Third Edition , which report will be g iven in our country Edition next week .
The Northern Star, Saturday. July 8, 1848.
THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY . JULY 8 , 1848 .
The Trials. Whilst We Write The Trials O...
THE TRIALS . Whilst we write the trials of the accused Chartists are going on . Fussell has been convicted , on the charges of " sedition , " and " attending an unlawful assembly . " His sentence , in all probability , will not be pronounced until the close of the trials . An unfair advantage has been taken of the accused , in placing Fussell first at the bar . The charges against the other defendants are merely the ordinary ones of " sedition , " " riot / ' & c . ; but in Fussell ' s case , a charge was laid to his account of having recommended
private assassination . With an amount of craft which does the prosecutor no honour , Fussell was first put upon his trial , clearly for the purpose of prejudicing the case of each of the succeeding defendants , Fussell found guilty , the other defendants are regarded as the friends aad fellow-labourers of a man who has been " convicted ' of having recommended , or , at least , spoken favourably of " private assassination . " Of course , under such circumstances , the " conviction'' of the other defendants is almost certain .
The force of prejudice has been strikingl y Illustrated in the case of Fussell . It was morally impossible for him to have a fair trial . There is scarcely a journal published in the metropolis from theTtwes to the Dispatch , that has not rung the changes upon the " assassination'' story . Even caricatures and pointless attempts at burlesque have occupied the pages of that , superannuated thing , " Punch , '' and its miserable imitator , the Puppet Show , got up for tho purpose of exciting odium against Fu'sell . It is no question that whatever may have been Fussell's real oiTencej he is a man " more sinned against than sinning . ' ' His character and liberty have been assassinated by the Press-gang' .
But for the prejudice excited by the Press there cannot be any doubt that he would have been acquitted . We must conclude , from the statements of the witnesses for the defence , that something was said about assassination ; but a perusal of the evidence dn'b ' oth sides will , we thinfc , convince every ' reasonable man that Fussell did not speak of assassination in the sense imputed to him b y the witnesses for the ' jirosecution .
'J lie Attorney-General passed a sufficientl y sev > r 0 condemnation upon his own witnesses , wh . nh ; said the Crown lawyers "hadobtained the bes evidence they could , " implying that the bes was no great things . The real value of f e e 'idence will be seen at a glance by ' all who tak i the trouble to read it , ' V er 3 pe . it that upon such evidence Fussell must have been acquitted , had not his conviction been ensured previous to his trial by the vile calumnies heaped upon him by the Press-gang . - —7 . ; v : iL ¦ :
-.-We must call attention-to Lord Chief Justice Wilde ' s " new doctrine ^' , or rather eld doctrine revived , of ithe- bright , divine" of kings and queens . Serjeant Alleh had very , properly insisted that " "' the peoplehScla right to expel the sovereign , if the' sovereign did wrong , " and that the liberties at . present enjoyed by the people of this country had been won by . the exercise of that rig ht on the occasion of the "glorious revolution" of 1688 ; and , further , that the reigning sovereign possessed the throne only in acknowledgment of that right . This " constitutional principle" quite shocked the Chief
Justice , who declared Serjeant . Allen had been guilty of broaching " a new doctrine , " and went on to assert that "the great lawyers and great statesmen of 168 S , denied the doctrine of the existence of any power to remove the sovereign . '' We must say this is shameless doctrine for a Whig , a worshipper of "the principles of the glorious revolution , & c . " It has been laid down b y Locke , Coke , and Blackstone , that the duties of allegiance and protection are reciprocal and co-ordinate ; and long prior to the revolution of 1688 , in the reign , for instance , of Richard II ., the
Parliament declared the original contract broken and throne vacant : and this has happened not once only but several times in the history of this country ; and ho judge-made doctrine will blot out of history the fact , that Queen Victoria owes her throne to the principle maintained by Sergeant Allen : —the ri ght of the people to expel the sovereign from power , if he or she is unfaithful to the nation . The Chief Justice , asks , who is to decide if the
Crown has done wrong ? We answer those who have decided before—the People-Since the above was put into type we have received the report of the trial of Vernon and pilliarriB " . . It will be seen , that in 'the course jifthg trial Williams , by advise of his Counsel , withdrew : his plea of "Not Guilty , " and pleaded " Guilty " to the charge of attending an illegal meeting ; the defendant's Counsel at the same time expressing a hope that the charge of riot would be withdraw !) .
The Jury , after a consultation of three quarters of an hour , returned a verdict of " Guilty " against Mr Vernon , on the first count—that fur attending an unlawful meeting . Mr Vernon has yet to encounter u second indictment . On this trial a new witness was suddenl y produced for the prosecution , the defendant having had no notice previously that any such wit nets would be brought forw ard . This most
un-Justcoursewas purhuedb ytheAttorney-General because that functionary was well aware that the original evidence against Vernon was utterly worthless for the purposes of the prosecution . This gross violation of everything in the shape of fair play is characteristic of Wing lucrality . The Attorney-General winced under the lashing ; exposure made b yMrPanyof the Whig incitements to popular violence in the time of
The Reform Bill, And Appealed To The Cou...
the Reform Bill , and appealed to the court for protection . A Whig Judge graciously accorded that protection , by pronouncing Mr Parry " irregular . " There is , however , another tribunal before which the Whigs will have to appear , and it is very likely before long , too , when the accusers of Whi g traitors and Whiff persecutors , will not be silenced as " irregular , for the tribunal of p ublic opinion will pronounce the truth of the accusers ' charges , and the guilt of the Whigs . When once again the Whigs are compelled to appear on the hustings , they will find themselves p laced upon their trial , with not the shadow of chance of acquittal .
We expect that our town edition will contain a report of the trials of Sharp and Ernest Jones . We pray for their happy deliverance , but have not sanguine hopes of such an issue . With some of the accused Chartists already convicted , and the prospect of further convictions , we must entreat the Chartist body generally to continue their unrelased efforts to obtain ample funds , not only to meet all expenses attendant upon the trials , but also to provide
the necessary means to ensure the honourable protection of the families of the " convicted' ' patriots . The wives and children of the persecuted advocates of the Charter have a natural right to the guardianship of the Chartist Commonwealth . The enemies of Democracy acquire what they call " glory" by inflicting suffering—war and law—upon their fellowcreatures . It is for Democrats to acquire true glory , by mitigating the wrongs under which their friends suffer .
" Tho drying up ono toir has more Of honest fame , then shedding seas of gore . "
Revolt Of The Shopocracy. *• Lay On, Mac...
REVOLT OF THE SHOPOCRACY . *• Lay on , Macduff , And damned be he tbat first cries hold , enough !" At this moment when the full tide of counter revolution has set in upon our French neighbours , it is quite refreshing to have to announce a revolt of the men of the counter . All the world is aware of the loving fraternity of the shopocratic " specials / and the blue bludgeon men , on the ever memorable 10 th of April and the 12 th of June . It is true that on the latter occasion the worthyprofitmon gers did not exhibit quite so much ardour as when they " came , saw , and did not conquer "
at Kennington Common . One day ' s campaign was quite sufficient to sicken a very large number of the " guardians of order ; " and hence , on the 12 th of June , not a few refused to listen to the voice of the Home Office charmer ! Still the volunteers and pressed men were sufficiently numerous , when the locality known as Bonner ' s Fields , was to be stormed , to enable the veracious Press-gang to exult once more at " the public spirit" displayed by " England's National Guard , " the heroic " specials . " But
.. » .. -PL 1 JIJ . 1- l » ' The course of true love never did run smooth . ' And with pain and sorrow we have now to announce , that the bonds of affection , which united the " specials'' and police , have been rudely snapped asunder . Marylebone is in full rebellion against Scotland-yard , and the shopkeepers of the great Metropol-s have withdrawn their allegiance from Sir George Grey , who has been compelled to beat a retreat to the tune of the " Rogue's march , " varied by that other popular air , " Go to the devil and shake yourself . "
It appears that the Government contemplate a serious augmentation in the number of the police force , and a very serious increased demand upon the pockets of the " friends of order / ' to meet the expense of the addition to the spy and bludgeon bands ; full particulars will be found in another column . This has occasioned an explosion in the Metropolis , the Marylebone middle men taking the lead . Meetings have been holden , at which the Government , the police , and , in fact , nearly the whole of our " g lorious institutions / 'have been denounced in terms that would have done credit to the most out-and-out Chartist meeting ever assembled .
On Wednesday , a . numerous deputation , consisting of Churchwardens , Vestry Clerks , and " principal inhabitants / ' headed by Mr Bernal Osborne , M . P , , Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., Sir Benjamin Hall , M . P ., & c , & c , waited on Sir George Grey , and clamorously stated their grievances . Sir George was very polite , but told the revolted " sections" he must have the money , as he considered the proposed increase of the force " a boon to the public / ' which the possessors of property
should onl y be too ;« 8 Ppy to pay for . The revolutionists had no objection to the increase of the Police , their only objection was the pay all would be well if the ( Government would agree to throw the exi ) e /} i ? a !| ujp ^ ja , lhe Consolidated Fund . Sir George ¦ fireyJfljiJwever , seemed to think that that fund had already more demands upon it than it was well fitted to meet . The Whig functionary proved inexorable , whereupon Mr Osborne announced , " that in case of another outbreak Government would get ISO
SPECIAL CONSTABLES . " Several members of the deputation declared that their parishes would refuse to make any additional rate . Great applause echoed this declaration of war , in the midst of which Sir George Grey took up his hat and bolted . Mr Commissioner Mayne , who had attended seemingly to watch this '' disorderly assembly , " followed his leader .
A Mr Geeson , anxious to complete the re volution , proposed to transform Lord Dudley Stuart into an English Dupont de l'Eure , and proclaim , through the mouth of the " provisional ' ' president , a resolution to refuse any additional police rate ; but the counsds of the moderates prevailed , and it was finally resolved , that public meetings should be " called in all the metropolitan localities to take measures "to resist the demand . "
" This is a very pretty quarrel as it stands /' and we wish both parties stout hearts to fight it out like men . It is hard to tell which of the parties is the worst . The Whig Government desire to add to the standing army of police , for the purpose of coercing the people—the ' shopocracy hating the Chartists as they hate the tax-gatherer , would be very glad to have the additional bludgeon men to protect their insolent usurpation , but tbey desire to throw the cost upon the country at large . We ear * nestlyhope they will be foiled . If there are to be more police , we trust that the middle classes will be compelled to bear the burden .
The London bourgeoisie came eagerly forth on the 10 th of April , to give their support to a corrupt , extravagant , and people-plundering Government ; their vile newspapers have lent the aid of fraud to force , to keep the people in bondage ^ and at this very time , the men of the shop , in the character of jurors , are visiting with the vengeance of the law men whose only oft ' ence has been that of attempting to establish astate of things which would render police and police r « tes almost entirely unnecessary Theshopocrncy will support ' ' the system , " and our earnest prayer is , that the system may grind them to the dust .
The Counter Revolution. Some Of The Sund...
THE COUNTER REVOLUTION . Some of the Sundny papers headed their account of the late struggle in the French capita with the words , ' « Counter Revolution ID . 1 . Mis . Without intending it , the knaves of the iress-gang proclaimed the truth : they meant their readers to infer that the "in surgents" were the counter revolutionists , but a glance at this week ' s news from France will satisf
y any one , that while there is a counter revolution the traitors to the Republic are those who recently conquered the workingmen ot Pans . The « Republic" is a mere mrrne asham-a mockevy-a delusion-and a snare -. ( h 3 S potism--the despotism of force as avowedly reigns in Pans as in St Petersburg , ihe . Assembly is guarded b y Infantry , Cavalry , and Artillery , aud , throughout . Pari , the military make the kw for the population .
Cavaignac has almost entirely filled his ministry with African butchers—the pitiless deflators of Algeria . The A « fiembiy , in its latest elec tion of officers , has added to the list of militaryrulers another general . The " Army of the Alps" is marching upon Paris which is hence * forth to be surrounded by an immense military camp ; in short , the reign of Mars has auc , ceeded that of Plutus , and the sabre has taken the place of the sceptre . The National Workshops are abolished , and the Government is about to rescind the decree which fixed the hours of labour at ten per day . The Clubs are suppressed , and some of themosfc democratic of the journals are annihilated .
The arrests continue , and the position off many of the persons arrested within the last few days , proves that the late revolt was no mere rabble rising . Men of eminence in lite * rature and politics , and officers of the Army and National Guard , are amongst the com promised . The sufferings of the thousands of prisoners ? confined in the most horrrible of dungeons , are terrible ; hundreds have been shot since the arrival of the news which appeared in lasfe week ' s Star .
In the midst of this ruin , it is some consolation to witness the downfall of the traitors and imbeciles , who have caused the fall of the Republic . The moderate democrats—Ledru-Rollin and his party—are proscribed , and Lamarline , ostracised , is said to be already on his way to Palestine , where he will have time and opportunity to reflect upon the misery his sen < timenlal philanthropy has brought upon his ? native land . Marrast and the National gang of scoundrels , having done the work of the bourgeoisie , are also destined to perish .
The existing state of things more than justi « fles the late revolt . There is no longer ground for compromise ; the future of France must be the vilest and most cruel despotism , or the—* Red Republic .
Parliamentary Review. Ministers Barely S...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Ministers barely saved their measure on tha Sugar Question . Fifteen of a majority was virtually a defeat . In two years they have managed to get nearly into the same position as it took them ten years to attain previously . But , as in 1840-41 , they found it possible to hobble on , after a fashion of their own , with a majority of eight , we presume they consider themselves quite strong enough to govern the country and administer its affairs , with nearly double that number .
The divisions on this measure afford unequivocal proof , that with reference to our Colo * nial intei-ests , at least , that re-action has taken place which Mr Disraeli predicted as certain to occur , in the very height of the Free Trade mania . The proposition of the Ministry , to extend the limited period of protection granted by their own bill of 1840 for three years longer , and to increase at the same time the amount of protection , is itself a virtual abandonment of the boasted princi ples of Free Trade . But ,
as if to leave us in no doubt as to the decadence of the influence of that party , Mr Bright put Parliament to the test by moving , as an amendment on the Government plan , that no alteration whatever should be made in the Act of 1846 , and after a protracted debate , got just thirtysix members to support him ; while , on Tuesday night , Sir J . Packington ' s motion , for a differential duty of 10 s . in favour of the Sugar of our colonies , was lost by a majority off only sixty-two .
It is scarcely possible to imagine any policy more signally condemned , or more emphatically pronounced a failure , within so short a period of its adoption , than this . If the reaction proceeds at the same pace , long before 1854 , the time now fixed for the cessation of all differential duties on sugar , we shall have a ministry avowedly Protectionist . In fact , already the corn growers are whispering about an extension of time in their case , as well as the sugar growers .
All this is the result of the Free Traders having pul the cart before'the horse . Instead of first endeavouring , as far as possible , to assimilate the burdens of this country to those of others with whom we might have to trade and compete , they plunged us at once into an unequnl ' contest , and , like all theorists , now where the results have falsified their predictions , they blame everything but their own theory . Free
Trade , as far as it has gone , having proved totally inefficacious as a remedy for any great national evil—having , in its o « n way , aggravated many of those which formerly existed , the party represented by the Parliamentary thirty-six , wish to give us more of it . They are disciples of the Sangrado school of Practitioners . His remedy was copious blood / letting and plentiful doses of hot water . When his
patients—as they usuall y did—sank under this process of depletion , the worthy doctor always contended tl . at they had not lost enough blood nor swallowed sufficient hot water , and of course prescribed more of both . Messrs Bright , Cobden , and others of that ilk , are worthy descendants of the famous Spanish quack . The debates on the Sugar Question , besides their intrinsic interest , have been apropos to a great many other topics . We noticed one of
them at some length last week . Since we wrote , another question of some interest was introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer . One of the great objections to the proposed scheme of the Government is , that it involves a considerable loss to the revenue ; and it was argued that , in the face of a deficient revenue it was most unwise to incur still further loss by passing a measure which was confessedly useless , as a means of improving the condition ot the planter .
Sir C . Wood felt this was a strong point , and he therefore parentheticall y extemporised another budget , in which he eat nearly all his former words on that subject . No Indian juggler was ever more dexterous in playing with cups and balls , than the " hun . Member for Halifax' ' is with figures . The ease with which thev foil into any arrangement , in order to suit the pur poses ot the moment , is perfectly marvellous . Jivery one will remember the lugubrious and gloomy speech in which , shortly after the opening of the Session , he brought forward his Budget , and startled the island from
its propriety by the exhibition of an alarmmg dehcit , which could onlv be met by raising the Income Tax from ' three to five per cent . Every one will remember , also , how he protested that it was impossible to cut down the annual expenditure in any perceptible degree without interfering with the efficiency of our national e stablishments ,. In spite „ f these protestations , however , the nation compelled urn to give up his projected increase of taxaturn , which he did in a speech showing that
he would in realit y , have more money than he thought he should , and therefore would not , alter all , need the increase . Then lie was forced to send the Estimates before two Committees of the House for revision , from whence they have not yet returned . But , coming events cast their shadows before . " bir Charles is wise in his generation . Doubtless , the Committees have determined 011 some reductions , and , therefore , assuming a virtue winch he has not , the Chancellor hastens to
anticipate , as far as he can , the recommenda . tions ol the Committees , and to explain that ins last versions of the Bud g et were as incorrect as the first , both as regards income and expenditure , lie bus even discovered that the excess of expenditure over income in the present year , will pvohablv be less 1 , 535 000 . " than he formerl y estimated . In other word ; , that , instead of being upwards of two
millions , it will be less than half « million . He also stand , that he has " gone through the iNavy and Ordnance Estimates" with the Fiist L"rd of the Admiralty , and they have " satisfied themselves that without , in any degree , impairing the elliciency of these services , a reduction on the year , of 300 , 000 / . might easily be effected . " The 150 , 000 / . voted for tha Militia he has abandoned , aad he conduct b $
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