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    • To tbs Members op the National Laud Comp act.—We, the members of the Manchester branch
    • THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1848.
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      * ' And My Lord , The Victory Is With Me...

      character of an armed assemblage . The pa >»» " sgsiast persona mixing in unarmed assemblages vary rem twelve to eighteen months io . P ^^^ two mixing in armed assemblages from «*»• " * " ™ ^ i eM ^ t ^ t « teaT . « j ^ ftg ^^ ym imprisonment . ¦ J ™ ' S from five to ten the armed torce » «« P ^« g ^ ' S , f rom efctt fa r * * s ! itory ^ feiwimt ; it in me fc : ; . , * -,. - - * * " - "" * -, „ ^^_ , _ foJX „/ etvj / rtoAif toll gtS ^ The ^ rafdTn ?^ ° ^ "j the creaSelwho , before the 24 th of Februwj were Doihin ?—the mushroom despots who owe their great- 1 nessto the fertilising blood of the peop le against j whose breasts they now turn the weapons of Phzutk Uld GlJIJOT I Has LxDBrj-ROLLThr sanctioned this ¦ infernal project ? If 10 , he is a traitor , it fle nu not sanctioned it and yet retains his place in the Executive Commissien , he is still a traitor , and s rj \ ! j I ! i

      coward into the bargain . Will FlocoK continue CO BOldofi w under a government -which d * r <» to propose such a la w ? If he does , Ms popularity Will & 9 extiBEuished forever . From the painful consideration of these treason * , I tnra to the admirable sentiment * contained in s letter from Babxss addressed to the ' Club of tie Revolntioa'andieadat a meeting of that society on Saturday last . ' Th ? r « acfionnaire */ savs Babbzb , ( 'those viie toadg of tbe marshes , as onr fathers termed them ) most imperatively command you to enact the part of the Jacobins in the first revolution .

      Pupolar societies are the only obsiwlete the audacity of the counter-revolution . Ilsiten then , like brave soldiers , who et & ad more proudly erect when threatened by the shock of the cannea—hasten , then , to become the mosteminentof those societies . Organire your correspondence with the departments ; come to an understanding with the other clubs of Paris ; inspire them with your spirit , aad let everyone on ttsing your achievement ! feel an ambition—as in the glorious time when Robespierre , C-outhon , and St Just sat at the Jacobins—to have the honour of being Connected with you . With this glorious hops for ycu , friends and brothers . I bid you adieu . ' ' Yive Barbes ! A tew lu JLristoeratts !' June 7 th .

      I Canningand Castlereagb, To Express Fci...

      THE NOKTHfiRWJSTAJ . _ . , ^ . _ , _ Jo » 10 , 184 * ' ' i i ,-j ., onri to Three shulinre . containinic 9 oo pages ( post I . I Reduced to Three Shillingscontaining 900 pagea ( post

      The Arrests At Bingley. To Isb Editos 0?...

      THE ARRESTS AT BINGLEY . to ISB EDITOS 0 ? TBI 50 BTHBRS SIAR . Bisglit , Jane lih . Sib , —Having seen reports of riots and disturbasces inBingley , to all appearance emanating , from icdi-¦ viduals either unable or unwilling to give a correct account , I consider it my duty , as a person acquainted with the facts , to give them as tbey occurred , so that the country may know the crimes of the criminals—who they were—and who were the parties in reality , who produced all the routs , riots , and rebellions , in the peaceful and orderly little town of Bicgley . It appears that by way of frolic , or through some other similar Cause , a few boys and young men , had amused themselves once or twice , by going through movements , resembling those of the

      military , without , in my opinion , knowing anything about military exercise ? , or the consequences of imitating them . For this horrible offence ^ two of the parties named W . Smith and John Kelvingtou , were apprehended at about five o ' clock , on the evening ' of Friday , May 26 th . From the natareof the apprehension , it appears that the authorities of Bingiey wanted to shew off , and make something out of nothing , as I am quite confident , that had the magistrates issued a caution of any kind forbidding such practices , they would have been discontinued at 0 E 03 , and nothing more heard of tbe matter . Instead of that , however , the two young men were apprebeaded , without having been previously informed of the nature of tho offence , and in

      twenty minutes from the time of their apprehension , tbey were on the road to the Railway Station , for York Csstla . In the meantime a few of their neighbours , on being informed of the circumstance , collected about them in astonishment , and wanted to know the nature of the crime . On finding it was fortraininz or drilling , oae or two inquired if it vras not a bailable offence , and the constables at their request , took tbe two young men back again to W . B . Ftrrand , the committing magistrate , to know if bail would not be accepted . On arriving at the magistrate ' s room , Mr Ferrand ordered the door to be fastened , and commenced an oration about the

      amount of bail he would require , taking care to fix it at an enormous figure . On the crowd outside hearing him give orders to fasten the door , a rush took place into tharooo , and during tbe confusion the prisoners were harried oat . They were then conducted to a blacksmith' s shop and the handcuffs Sled off , after which the men were triumphantly marcbed through the streets . An in = ult of this kind could not be tolerated by a roan of Mr Ferrand ' s temper , and on that evening the officials of Bingiey , consisting of drunken constables and other low characters of different kinds , were busy in scouring the country by horse , gig , and rail , in quest of military .

      On the same night a boat called the Water "Witch , boioagingto a special , who had made himself very busy in ranning about after soldiers was set ou fire by some- unknown parties , but being oat ef data for pss = engers on account of the railway , it appears to have caused little uneasiness to the owner , the value being only about £ 10 , which it is supposed has been made good by the authorities Frem that day till Wednesday the town continued tranqoi , if » e except disturbances caused by a few special constables , some of whom wandered drunk about the streets , attempting to keep akindofeilitarystep .

      Oa the Wednesday moraing tha eSecta of the riding and running about the country began to develop themselves bj the appearance of a quantity of old pessioners armed like military , who had arrived by rail at abaut seven o ' clock in the morning . Each carried a gun and sixty rounds of hall cartridge , and the appearance of the motley crew of old men , like the fag-esd of Falstaffs ragged regiment of all sorts and sizes , appeared to excite a good deal cf curiosity . A quantity of . Noodles from Otley , and of regular military from Bradford , next arrived , and when the whole of the heroes of the different corps were assemb ' ed , the ? presented an appearance which plainly showed tm » t something terrible was upsn

      the point of being attempted . The noodles were appointed to guard the railway station , and tbe foot and old pensisners were marched to some factories and werkshops , with Ferrand and a posse of constables at their head , to ssizj upon certain individuals they suspected of something . Ferrand aud the constables , under the protection of tbe military and the sixty old British liens , then went to work , by dragging men and boys from their work in utcer ignorance of the cause , and one man , named Isaac Ickerhgile , remarkable for his quiet and isoSensivo habits , was dragged oat cf bed in his shirt . This feat , I am told , was per * formed by Ferrand himself , who tore him out , telling him to come along for a d—d thief . Sixteen were thus dragged from their homes , and hurried off by an express train to York , , without a moment ' s time to ascertain the cause , or for their relatives to know anything shout their destination .

      After thus getting them safely embarked for York , without fear of a rescue , Ferrand , with a quantity cl his pets , comprising the most unpriuciplea characters in Bingiey , went to York and commenced examining and committing the victims . This examination , like the apprehension , was quite novel . One man appeared to have got mixed amongst tbe prisoners by some items unknown to either the magistrate or his men . Ferrand wanted to know how he happened . to be amongst the prisoner . * , whtnlm officials iotinaei him that he ( Ferrand ) had Seized the man himself , and they had brcuiht hirz accordingly . This he ( Ferrandl denied , acd laid the blame on them , and the man was finally dismissed , with his railway fare and wages paid . Three procured bail , one was acquitted , acd seven are stOT in prison . Ose man named James Bland , a licensed hawker , who was on the list , bac who ras absent on his basinesa , on--hearing that they were searching every

      hole and ccrner for him returned home and surrendered himself . Ferrand , either through fear of the man , who is very big and powerful-lookine . or wishing to see him in the-true character of a free-born Englishman before his superiors , would not deign to enter into arrangements with him abaut bail till he was secured by a pair ot hsndcoffij . He then demanded the enormous amount of £ 300 , himself to ba bound in one hundred pounds and two sureties in one hundred pounds each , which was readily procured . Another of the party they wished to apprehend being also absent from home , two cf the specials , Varley 6 Tid Fouids , went to his lodgings and broke open his box but found nothing bat his clothes . Busfield

      Ferrand tas made himself quite notorious in this affair , none of the other magiitetsa having bad anything to do with it . Like a true Tory , he appears to have imagined th-si tho good old times of Judge Jefferies o'of the Irish Rebellion had again returned , and that nnT « -hW like liberty far the labouring class is how lad aside un der tha jjloriOttB rule of Russell , Groy , ' and Co The specials , wbo bare made themselves " -tmnqniennus in the affair are beginning to open rt , p ! r £ 7 tofl fok moreespecially on Saturday S- On-K-Med fellow .. moEgst their party , rifiSuiSd bfthe appropriate title * Cork , we are cept to walk about meditg ^ g upon £ e ewag £ £ n ^& J SJSA h « d » they are drier-Mtfff « sa sSSS 5 .

      UCM 2 HsmiD ~" -A district mattina trill beheti * T v"h Ih 3 t = on's Tempinnce Jl-jtil , iJjxwn rcadfcn ^ dayX ll : h , to take into , canajeu ™ f h- uropri-ty of engaging a lecturer tor the dj-ui . t-All ? e toc & io , are rested to «* *« £ * £ fates , aada-bota arrange respecting tha West K . cli . g nesting on Whit Monday . pi , « Tfi , t merr-Mo aw . —A general meefaEg of the WMtBt men bers will be held on Sunday afternoon , in tg xl es Sag-Mem , B . » guley . »« **

      » From £3u0 To £509 To Bk Advanced In July Next.

      » FROM £ 3 u 0 TO £ 509 TO BK ADVANCED IN JULY NEXT .

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      1 j ¦ rj FOR THE WORKING MILLIONS . \ A HOME FOR EYBBY INDUSTRIOUS MAN AND HIS FAMILY . !| UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS * j EQUITABLE LAND AND BUILDING BENEFIT SOCIETY , j Icrolled and Empowered by Act of Parliament to eslend over the United Kingdom . j i >« tf « ns .-T . S . DnneoKBE , Esq ., M . P . Thojus Waelkt , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Oabbiu , Esq ., M . P . I Lonim Offas . —IXo . 13 , Tottenham Court , Kew Eoad , St Pancras , London . —Daniei . Wiiwam Brpri , Secretary . ! Arranged in Threo Sections . Payments In either Section , 4 d ., M ., Is ., * c , & o per Week , payable either Tfeeklv or Monthly . Ne Srewrou' Solicitous ' , or Redehmioh Fki , Tbe present Entrance Pee is 18 . d . i per Snare , and 3 d . for any part of a Share . Hales and Card , 7 d . Certificates , Is . per Shaie , and 6 d , for any part of a share . . . —— Seotiok I —By joining ti . is section every person In tows or country ean boeome the prsprleter of a House aud Land lu his own neig hbourhood , without being removed from hii Friends , Connexions , or the present means blxaself and famil y easy have of gaining a livelihood . SECTION II TO Wise » Capital by Share ! W purchase Estates , erect DweUlaga thereon , and divide r In Land into allotments frem half an acre upw . rdi . The property to be the Bona fide freehold of the membe sixteen eighteen , or twenty yean , from the date of location , according to hie . Uuucriptiono . gKctioa III . —Saving or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest tmaii tami , from id . and upwards , receiving interest at the rote of 5 per cent , per annum , on every Bum of 10 s : and npw » rdf so depositsd . St & ieriplion CfM . —iM , H * w OrroiD . STiiET , whero Meetings are held , and Member * enrolled , every Wid « isd » i Evikino , from Eight to Ten o ' clock . LitlurtEaU , for eipIalB'Hg the principles end orjects of the Society , THb PiaTHKHUm RooHl ^ St Martin's , ltne , near the corner of Long-acre . Lectures delivered every Sunday evening at Seven o ' clock . N . B . —yros £ 306 to £ 50 d will he balloted for by the members of the first Section in July next , when all * 6 TI 0 n 8 who have acd may become member * for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before the 5 th of July next , and who pay six months * subscriptloBs In advance , or otbsrBiso , will bs eligible for the ballot , < n ALSO , FOR THE WOBKIX 6 MILLIONS IN CONNEXION WITH THE ABOVE , THE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES , Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament . Thus securing to its members the protection of the law for their fundi acd property . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , wkh the privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , Agents , ic . An opportunity is now offered to healthy persons up te Forty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing Instltutlono In town or country . LoKook Owice . —IS , Tottenham Cenrt , New Road , St Pancras , ( thirteenth honso eastward from Tottenham Court Road ) . — Daniil VfiLiUH RurrT , Secretary . Patrons . —T . S . Bdkcombb , Esq ., H . P . T . Wiklet , Esq ., M . P . B . B . C »« aii , Esq . M . P . F . O'Connok , Esq ., M . P . L . J . Hanbabd , Esq . In tho ehert jpace of f » nr years these societies have paid the following benefits to their memberBi SVXMART OF CL & ZII 3 . Sickness and Superannuation ... ... ... £ 1905 10 5 Aecouehments ... ... ... ... ... 695 15 9 Fanirals ... ... ... ... ... 496 i « l LoiiojFire 29 5 0 £ 3125 8 6 Present Capital funded la the Bank of England ... £ 1669 10 9 These Societies are in six divisions or sections , fer the Members to receive the following Benefits according to their Subscriptions : — FIRST DIVISION . | FOURTH DIVISION . Entrance aceordic ? to age , from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con . Entrance , according to are , from 8 s . 6 d . to 8 » . 6 d , tribntionfor Sickness and Management , 2 s . 7 d . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management . 18 . id . £ b . d . Allswance , in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 IS 0 £ s , d . Member ' s Fsneral .. .. .. .. 20 e e Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto VTife'a or Nominee s ditto .. .. 10 0 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. 10 0 0 Wife ' s Lving . in .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 6 0 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £% 6 0 to 20 0 0 VTifa '» Lying-in .. 10 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 6 0 Lois bj Pire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 SECOND DIVISION . Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Entrance , according to age , from is . 6 d to 96 . 6 d , FIFTH DIVISION . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Entrance , according to age , from 3 a to Ss . Monthly Con-2 s . Id . tribution for Sickness and Management , Is . Id . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 15 0 AHowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. 16 9 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. .. 600 Ditto Wife ' s or Nomioea ' s ditta .. .. 18 6 0 Ditto Wife ' * or Nominee'a ditto .. .. 3 0 0 Wife's Lying-in .. .. . .. 1 15 e Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 6 0 to 15 0 o Loss by Fire .. .. .. .. 500 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 5 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 THIRD DIVISION . SIXTH DIVISION . Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . to 9 « . Monthly Cot . Entrance Money .. .. .. 0 3 0 tribution for Sickness and Management , Is . 7 d . Monthly Contribution .. .. .. 0 l 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 11 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 070 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 12 0 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. 2 10 6 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee's ditto .. .. 6 Q 0 Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. .. .. 1 18 0 No Levies'in this Division . Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 9 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Levies according to tbe demands on each division per quarter . N . B , —The only difference in tbe two Societies is , the Patriots havo an Acconcbment benefit , the Patriarchs have not that benefit , therefore do not pay levies for it . ¦* g- Applications for Agencies requested from all parts of the country ; information for appointment Of Agencies can ba obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing » postage stamp . Blank forme and inforaation for the admission of country mesibers ean be obtained oy letter , prepaid , enclosing three postage stamps , t » DaHiei . Willuh Rum , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , St Pancras .

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      Now Ready , s Hew Edition of MK . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at the NeriXtm Star Office , 16 , Great Wind . mill Street ; aud ot Abel Heywood , Manchester .

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      Just Published , Price 2 d . DR M'DOUALL'S ADDRESS to th » MIDDLE CLASSES . THE CHARTER—WHAT IT MEANS ; THE CHARTISTS-WHIT THEY WANT . Also , in the press , a reprint of DR M'DOUALL'S DEFENCE of CHARTISM , before Baron Gurney , at Chester , August I 6 tn , 1839 . E . Dipple , *? , Holywell-street , Strand , London , and aU BookieDers ; also , at the Literary Institution , John , street , Tottenham-court-road ; the Land Office , H 4 , High Holborn ; aud Abal Heywood , Oldhwn-street , Manchester .

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      COLLIER'S COMMERCIAL coffee and chop HOUSE AND READING ROOMS , 266 i , STRAND , LOKDON . J COLLIVER returns his sincere thanks to his Friends and tha Public at large , for the snpport he has receive ! it their naads during the last ten years , and hopes , by strict attention and civility , to merit a continuance of their patronage . J . C . also begs to state , that having lately made extensive alterations and im prorements is his premises , he is now enabled to afford additional convenience without extra charge . A Commercial Coffee-room upstairs , with every facility for Travellers and Visitors from the country . The House is situated in the very heart of the Metropolis , in the centre of the Theatres , near the National Land OfSce , and Public Buildings . Omnibuses pass to aad from all the Railway Stations , to meet the Trains , every five minutes . Beds , is . to is . 6 d . par night . All other charges eouaUy moderate . NO FEES TO SERVANTS ,

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      PORTRAIT OF FEARGHS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., T MARTIK informs his friends and the Chartistbody . generally , that he has reduced tho price of Ms lithographic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief to the following price : —Prints , Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . 6 d-Also , a beautiful lithographic portrait of W . Dixon , late of Manchester , now one of the Directors , by T . Martin . Price—plain , Is ., coloured , 2 s . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To be had at the Nobthsbn Sta * office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket ; at the Office of the National Land Company , 144 , High Holborn ; Sweet , Goose Gate Nottingham ; Heyvrood , Manchester , and aU bookseUers n the United Kingdom .

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      WAVERLET , TEMPERANCE HOTEL . 43 , PEIKCES-STIEET , SDINBUXQB , ( Opposite the Scott Monument . ) ROBERT CRANSTON having REMOVED from 129 , High-street , to < 3 , Princes-street , begs respectfully to call tbe attention of his custemers to the superior ac commod & tion and more central situation of his new premises . R . C . respectfully submits that the WAVERLET will be found mot t completely adapted to the wants of the Commercial Community . His long experience also enables him to assure them that , combined with a strict attention to ther comforts , it shall be his study to have every articlu supplied of tha very best quality , and that , in short , while the accommodation and attendance will be equal to those of arrest-airs hotel , the usual reasonable charges will be continued . R . C . also directs the attention of TRAVELLERS to the tuct that

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      TO TAIL 0 R 8 . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert .

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      TO BE SOLD , A POUPv ACRE ALLOTMENT , obtained in the November Ballot . Apply ( if by letter post paid ) to Mr Jackson , Halfpenny . Hatch , Hull , _ ea

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      DEMONSTRATION AT SNIG'S J 3 ND , PERSONS Tiaiung Snig'a End on Monday next , June 12 th , are respectfully informed tbat refreshments will be provided for the occaiion at the following house * : — Mr Dswhurst's , Cyder Vaults ' , Snig ' a End Farm House . Mr StratWa , Feather ' s Hotel . Mr Lojd '» Swan Inn , and — Mr Dobbin's , Plough Inn , The above houses aU adjoin the Snig ' g End Estate .

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      EMIGRATION . EMIGRANTS can obtain a Free Gift of Forty Acres of the best Land , in the most healthy and productive portion of the United States , Also , Land lor Sale or Barter , from One Dollar per Acre . Passengers shipped to aU parts of the world , and sup . plied witli Bonded Stores , Provisions , &< ., on tfce lowest terms . Apply ( pre-paid ) to the General Passenger Shipping and Land Agency Offices , 15 , Eastcheap , London , and 32 , Waterloo-road , Liverpool . It is also the finest part of the globe for coaaumptwe persons to resort to .

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      TO BE SOLD . A THREE ACRE SHARE ia the National Land Company , all expenses paid for the present year , th « advertiser being about to emigrate . For further particulars , apply to David Casey , 2 , Hoiborn-buildings , Holborn .

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      FOUR ACRE LOCATION FOR SALE , lHCLDDIilO TUB ENTIRE JORTHCOMISQ CBOrB , AT No . 6 , O'CONNORVILLE . The farm is in good condition , and contains rather more than one acre of wheat , one acre of potatoes , about an acre and a half of barley , oats , peat , beans and cabbages ; a small portion of ground is reserved for turnips , and the remainder contains various kinds of garden produce . Any offer , or application as to terms , to be addressed ( prepaid ) , to Miss Vaughan , O'Connorville , near Rlckmanavforth , Hertfordshire .

      To Tbs Members Op The National Laud Comp Act.—We, The Members Of The Manchester Branch

      To tbs Members op the National Laud Comp act . —We , the members of the Manchester branch

      Ot Tne National Land Company, Wish To Dr...

      ot tne national Land Company , wish to draw tbe attention of other branches to the affairs of our company . Several of the balloted members have materially soff < red in consequence of not having sufficient notice of the time and place of location Many have to give a month ' s notice to leave their employment , and the directors have only given thiee week ' s notice to take possession . —We suggest to the directors the propriety of balloting for the location of the allotment as soon as it is allotted , and before any building operations are commenced , as it would giye the allottees an opportunity ef having any extra buildings erected they might think fit . The time oi the next Confeteneo is drawing ntar . and we would

      suggest to the directors the propriety of holding the next Conference at the nearest market town to the last finished estate , as the delegates could obtain batter accomodation in a market town than on the estates . Many of the delegates to the last Conference , held at Lowbands , were put to great inconvenience . We think that the directors ought to issue the programme of business for tho next Conference , and the time for the nomination of directors . We suggest the propriety of publishing in the Star a monthly report of the progress on the estates , and the affairs of the Companygenerally . Also that two of the Directors should asaiat Mr O'Connor on the estates , the other two attending solely to the business of the office . —By order of the meeting , Mr O'Farball , chairman ; Wu . Foster , secretary .

      Bolton . —The monthly meeting of this branch was held on Sunday last . After passing the accounts the following officers were elected : —Charles Warring president ; Matthew Stevenson , secretary ; W . W * Pickvaneo , scrutineer ; and Robert Dootson , libra ' nan . ine library will be optn every Monday night from seven until nine o ' clock . Free both to Land and Chartist members . Poetsea .-The members oi this branch have taken Dock Row Chapel . Dock Row , Landport , which h open every Wednesday evening at eight o ' clock , when the Star laread , and the news oi the week , generally commented . '

      Bristol . —At a meeting of the Chartists , the followingresolution , moved by Mr II , Clifton and seconded by Mr Cooke , was carried unanimously : — ' That this meeting is of opinion the late trial of the patriot John Mitchei by a ' packed jury * and partisan judge' was a direct violation of the liberty of the subject , and was a highly unconstitutional measure , and tbat we hereby most solemnly pledge ourselves to exert ourselves to the utmost of our ability , not only to restore that gentleman , but also Frost , Williams , and Jones , and ail other political offenders , to their country ; and for that purpose we proclaim onr adherence to the principles of the ' People ' s Charter and No Surrender . '

      A Genuraz , Msstiho of the Globe and Friends locality of the National Charter Association will be held on Sunday evening . Chair to be taken at eight o'clock precisely . The members of tho Globe and Friends branch of the National Charter aro requested to attend on Tuesday evening , and pay their Expence Fund and Local Levy . The Committee for the Excursion to O'Connorville , respectfully inform their friends that the excursion is postponed to Monday , June 10 . Nottingham . —The next meeting of the Land members will be held at the Balloon , Mount Eaststreet , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . A freeand-easy will be held at the Red Cow , Colwiok-etrect oa Saturday evening , at aeyen o ' clock , '

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      i i ,-j ., onri to Three shulinre . containinic 9 oo pages ( post I Reduced to Three Shillings , containing 900 pagea ( post ' free , One Shilling extra ) , originally published at A ' PEER-ABE FOR THE PEOPLE j comprising Biograp hical asd Historical Sketches of each Member of the House of Peers , and an Account of the Places and Emolument . digtriDUtfld amongst their Fami . u « . By William Cibmhtbb . ¦ . « A useful and well-timed work , written in the broad and popular manner of Mr Carpenter . ' -Spectator . ' The book has great talent , is smartly written , arid thore iaaforciblenessin the style of argument . '—Con . . creative Journal . Tbe ' Peerage of tha People' ia a sign of the hraeo . — TAtsrarv Oatelis . , ... ' Mr Carpenter ' s able and impartial book requires no commendation from us . '— Westminster Review . W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row , and all BookseUers .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , raics oixpehob . HO . XVIII ; OF " THE LABOURER , " CONTAINING ® ® reati $ e on the ? lUIwtt * Bi FEAitaus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents tor the " Northern Star " and aU booksellers in town and country .

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      The ' Northern Star ' of Saturday next , will contain a verbatim report of the trials of Mr Ernest Jones , and the others .

      The Northern Star, Saturday, June 10, 1848.

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , JUNE 10 , 1848 .

      Reign Of Terror! Bbhihtabde {Chief Of Tu...

      REIGN OF TERROR ! BBHiHTaBDE { Chief of tU Countil of 2 Vn ) . ~ Say what was your motiTe ? BsaTCCCto . —Justice ! Bimibtkbdb—What , your object ? BaMnecio . —Freedom 1 BsMMTBMDie . —Say , who wera your accomplices f Biktoccio . —The Senate ! Behihtende . —What do you mean ? BsaTDSCio . —Ash of the suffering people , Whom your patrician crimes have driven to crime ! Murim Folitro .

      The days of terror are restored . The Whigs , utterly powerless for good , are determined to signalise their last days of official rule by exhi biting their aptitude for Coercion , and their ability to play the part of despotic obstructives . With progressive reform on their lips , the hypocrites are imitating the sanguinary excesses of the truculent Tories of other days . By their imbecility , treachery . ' and falsehood , they have raised the devil of disaffection , and now they conspire to lay the spirit they have called forth , in the red sea ol the blood of the suffering people .

      After five years exclusion from the fleshpots of office , the Whigs became suddenly affected by a most ungovernable desire to outbid Sir R . Peel in professions of "liberalism . ' Give them power once again , and they would rule Ireland without Coercion , and in England they would complete the great reforms (?) commenced by Sir R . Peel . On the strength of these professions , and aided by the Protectionists , who desired revenge at any price , Lord John and his myrmidons ousted the Peel party . They have been two years in office , with a new Parliament fashioned to their will , now six months in Session . What have they done ?

      Lord John Russell pledged himself to introduce remedial measures for the wrongs of Ireland . He talked about Encumbered Estates Bills , Cultivation of Wastes Bills , and other measures calculated to remove political discontent by redressing social wrongs . He has not made an effort to pass any one of such measures . To condemn the Irish to absolute dependence on the potatoe was , according to Lord John Russell when out of office , the height of madness ; but in office , Lord John leaves the Irish to exist upon potatoes if they can get them—if not they may die .

      Out of office , he denounced and successfully opposed Sir R . Peel ' s "Protection of Life Bill . ' ' In office , he summoned an extraordinary meeting of Parliament in the depth of winter , for the sole purpose of passing a measure to authorise the Government to rob the Irish people of their arms , and punish them for exercising the privileges said to be guaranteed to them in conjunction with the people of England , by that ignis faims " the British Constitution . 'Of the two measures of Coercion , Lord John Russell ' s was infinitely more brutal than that of Sir R . Peel . The Irish dying of hunger , demanded bread , and the Whigs gavejthem a scourge .

      Since Parliament re-assembled in January last , the' one notable act of the Whigs has been " the Gagging Bill . * ' They created discontent , and then they passed a special law to punish the consequence of their own misgovernment . A packed jury enabled them to bind their most formidable enemy in felon ' s chains ; but , " Tho patriot ' s blood ' s tho seed ef Freedom's tree , " and hundreds of thousands of " felons' * have taken the place of John Mitchei , determined to avenge his wrongs , and carry out the principles he inculcated and so heroically defended , The Whigs found Ireland in despair , and they have goaded her to desperation .

      In England , until the passing of the Gagging Bill , the Whigs did nothing good , bad , or indifferent , to excuse the monstrous impudence of drawing their salaries under the pretence of performing the public business of the nation . Not one grievance has been redressed ; not one attempt has been made to advance political or social reform . The Gagging Bill for the greater insecurity of " Her Majesty's Crown and Government / ' is the onl y act of " vigour , '' the only sign of legislative life , which the Whigs have exhibited . We must ,

      however , give them credit for the " Special' ' panic they created on "the 10 th of April . " It is true it was no fault of theirs that , the solemn farce of " England saved and Public Order Triumphant , " so abl y " got up'' by Downine-street , in conjunction with Printinghouse Square , was not turned into a frightful tragedy . Thank God , the good sense of the people prevented the catastrophe which the evil counsels and abominable acts of their rulers were so well calculated to provoke .

      Their next chivalrous act was the attempt to excite public prejudice against the Chartists , by calumniating those who had signed the National Petition . At one and the same time they treated the prayers of the People with scorn and calumny , and passed a Gagging Bill to put a padlock on the mouths of their suffering victims . A Memorial to the Queen , praying for the dissolution of the present corrupt House of Commons , and the dismissal of her Majesty ' s presentfal . se advisers ; and praying herMajesty to call to her councils men who would do the

      People justice , by making tbe Charter a Cabinet measure , was adopted at great meetings in all parts of the country . The Executive Committee of the National Charter Association had been authorised to present that Memorial to the Queen ; they attempted to do so , but were repulsed at every point , by those who are nominally the Ministers of the Sovereign , but really exercise the sovereign authority .

      The correspondence between the Chartist and the Oligarchical Executive—the conclusion of which appears in this day ' s Star—proves that the People of this country have not even the privilege which the inhabitants of Russia and China enjoy , that of admission to the presence ot the Sovereign . Petitioning the House of Commons is an acknowled ged farce • and Memorialising the Soverei gn is novv proved " o be equally useless and worthless Provea -

      These dastardl y Whigs affect to he most jj «« w to provide for - the security of her Majesty s Crown and Government , " but since inncc Regent George ( afterwards "Fum the fourth , " ) was fatally advised by Sidmouth ,

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      I Canning , and Castlereagb , to express fci 8 1 thanks" to the Peterloo butchers , there foss been no blow dealt to the Monarchy so injurious , as that dealt by the Whigs , in excluding the Queen f rom the sympathies and prayers of the People . Not the widest circulation of Paine ' s " Rights of Man , " or any other Republican work , or the entire works ol all the Republican authors nut together , could possibly bring upon Royal ty that " heavy blow and sore discouragement ' which will be the natural consequence of the People becoming impressed with the conviction , that the Monarch exists only as the gilded puppet of the Aristocracy , powerless to grant justice to the wronged , or even to receive the supplications of the oppressed . Tannine-, and Castlereaeb , to express ii

      What right have these Whig aristocrats to stand between the people and the throne ? By what authority , on what principle , do they erect their intolerable usurpation of the powers of the Sovereign ? How dare they wrest from the people the last of their rights—the poor right of complaint ? Men of England , do you not see that in every sense o f the term you are the most unhappy slaves ? " Tho moot displaed , nreng'd , outragtd , helpleai wretch , Who begshii bread , if it is refuted by one , Mty win it from another klndee heart ; Bat he who is denied his right by those Whose place It Is to do no nron ; , is poorer Then the rejected beggar—he ' s a slave . "

      Not content with refusing the demand of the people , the Whig Premier insulted the millions by asserting that they wanted no reform ! Immediately on the heels of this insult , followed the news of the infamous conviction of Mitchei . Popular excitement immediately rose te fever heat . A procession , which appears to have beea the momentary thought of men inspired by a righteous spirit of indignation against those who oppressed and insulted them , marched through the principal streets of London on the 29 th of May . The people shouted for "The Charter" and " Mitchei , ' and peaceably separated ! promising ; to meet again next evening . The Police Commissioners next day issued a proclamation forbidding

      processions . This arbitrary stretch of power was submitted to , but a large meeting took p lace , Then came another ukase from Scotland-yard forbidding "illegal meetings . " Englishmen were no longer to be allowed theghrioia privilege of grumbling ! In London , Manchester , and other places , meetings have been prevented or dispersed by force . Police , " specials , ' ' and military , have been nightly engaged in creating disturbance . Hundreds of the unarmed people have been maimed and wounded , and a great number flung into prison . Charges of training and drillina ; have been trumped up in Yorkshire to enable the Government to decimate the Chartist ranks .

      The gentlemen of the Press-gang have been pursuing their dirty avocation with an amount of zeal which entitles them to a good haul from the Secret Service funds . Three weeks since they were unanimous in singing the elegy of Chartism , which , according ; to them , expired on the 10 th of April . Now , how different their tone . Day by day they proclaim the existence of a vast Chartist conspiracy of the most dangerous character , and are unceasingly urging the government to exercise the strong arm of force to crush the obnoxious party . But if Chartism perished

      on the 10 th of April , what need now to slay the slain ? The fact ip , these prostitutes of the Press-gang write to order . If they are told to write Chartism down , they declare it dead . If they are told to injure Chartisni b y exciting a panic , they write accordingly . One dodge is for the editor to write letters to himself , and append such signatures , as " A Father of a Family , " " A Loyal Citizen , " " A Shopkeeper /' " A ; Barrister , ''" A Special Constable , " & c , & c . These letters ( some of them , no doubt , written in Downing-street ) calling loudly

      upon the Government for measures of repression , recommending the free use of the bayonet and the musket , and demanding the arrest and transportation of " the leaders" are pointed toby the editor as manifestations of public opinion in favour of " coercive , " " strong , " and " stringent measures . A day or two after the Government orders arrests , or commands a savage attack upon the people , or demands from Parliament "increased powers" to " put down'' " dangerous manifestations , " & c

      From the tone of the Times early in the week , it was easy to percieve that the arrests were about to be extended to more than those who were driven into collision , with the police . Accordingly , we were not surprised to . hear of the arrest of Messrs ¦ FusseJl , Sharp , and Williams , and subsequently Mr Ernest Jones and Mr Vernon , It will not surprise our readers to find that Government spies are no longer confined to the p « lice . Miserable wretches , calling themselves " reporters for the Press , ' ' are now seen doing the dirty work of moucltards .

      We have read the evidence against the persons under arrest , but the " sedition" imputed to them we have tried in vain to discover . The speech on which the charge against Mr Jones is grounded is thoroughly guiltless of the character imputed to h . But the Whigs demand victims to " strike the disaffected with terror , " and ; therefore , ho means will be left untried to secure convictions . The Times predicts that there will be no difficulty in the Government obtaining verdicts against the accused , and the Times speaks for those who can accomplish the fulfilment of its predictions .

      The people have certain duties to perform , which must be fulfilled forthwith : upon which subject we shall have more to say hereafter j in the meantime , let the motto of the Chartists be— " Those who are not for us are against us , " and act accordingly . But one pressing imperative duty is to rally around the victims , and supply them with the means of securing the best legal defence , and at the same time protection for their families . Let every Chartist not absolutely without employment , give his mite , little or much , according to his means in aid of

      THE NATIONAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . And let all monies be sent without delay , to Mr O'Connor , who , in conjunction with the Executive , and any Committee that may be appointed by the People , for the purpose of superintending the collection and disbursement of the fund , will see to its just and judicious application . Chartists of Great Britain , if you would serve and save your friends , there is not a moment to lose ; you must immediately pour in your pence , : your shillings , and your pounds . The sufferings of your patriotic advocates , and the helpless condition of their outraged families , appeal to you trumpet-tongued . " ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN

      WILL DO HIS DUTY !"

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The debate on Lord Palmerston ' s foreign policy full y justified the charge of ignorance and apathy respecting foreign affairs , which is alleged against the people of this country . Its conclusion , however gratifying to the Minister whose conduct was arraigned , was most humiliating , and may , in future , become deeply injurious to the British nation . The Whi g party have shown themselves incapable of keeping a single promise they made \ vhen the Reform Bill first hoisted them into office , after the lapse of a long period of exclusion from it . Non-interference with the affairs of other countries was then announced

      as one of the cardinal points of their policy , but like the Retrenchment and Econcmy which were promised at the same time , it has turaed out directly the reverse . The *< nobla Lord the Member for Tivertoa , " has r / iana « ed to keep the country—we may say thf worldju hot « rater , about on ? quarrel or other

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      I whenever he has been in office ; and his la < [ exploit has been , to inflict on this country th mortification and disgrace of havin g the de patches of the Minister of Forei gn Affah " contemptuously returned , and our Ambassado ^ Kicked out Of Spain , in the most hu miliatiflff manner ! We by no means quarrel with tha Spanish Ministry for resenting Lord Palmer , ston's uncalled-for , i'ude , and offensiv e inter ference- It was the only courae ^ which the independent administrators of the affairs of a country nominally , if not really , independent could pursue . But we do , deplore , that the ^ whenever he has been in office : and bio i __ .

      meddling and mischievous system , which enabled a nation like Spain to jnflict such a wound on our national honour , was nofc promptly and decisively condemned b y the Representativeg of the nation . Instead of that , tfe had a mockery of a debate . Notwithstanding the crowded atatt' of the House during' the greater part of the dii > cussion , the excitement , as it approached itg close , and the political standing of those vrho took part in it , the thing was clearly a sham . Mr Bankes , the mover of the vote of censure was the very personification of the " forcible feeble , " and , in a lengthened , wearisome , monotonous harangue , full of repetitionscommon

      , places , and sounding nothingisms , uttered with pompous self-complacency , managed to set one-half of the House asleep , and drove the other to Bellamy ' s , for chops and cigars , whence they only returned when Mr Shiel rose to favour the House with an exceedingly inte- » resting historical romance . We are not aware whether the Master of the Mint has ever tried his hand at writing novel * or not , but it ia clear he possesses all the faculties for successful authorship in that line . His power * of invention are wonderful , and the ease with which he plays with dates , figures , and facta , is absolutely astounding . He really would be very great in the " historical novel'' line .

      It was a curious feature of the debate , that all the speakers combined to prove two things —first , that though our despatches had beea flung in our face , and our ^ Ambassador con . temptuously turned out of Spain , that we had not experienced any humiliation ; and , secondly , that , though Lord Palmerston bad caused this national disgrace , he wag yet an extraordinary clever Foreign Minister . One

      of the reasons why England was not humiliated , as expressed b y Mr Shiel , struck us as being very remarkable . " The nation / 'said he , " that is powerful enough to avenge an insult , ig powerful enough also to despise it ! " We wonder what old Oliver Cromwell—who , in his day , made the name o £ England and Englishmen respected in all the ' . Foreign Courts of the world—would have said to this queer proposition ?

      Sir R . Peel joined In the compliments showered upon the Foreign Minister , as far as ability went , but he cautiously abstained from any approval of the system upon which Lord Palmerston conducts his policy , as , indeed , ih was impossible for him to approve of it , looking at the nature of the foreign policy of his own Administration . Lord Palmerston ' s system is neither more nor less than a policy of personalities . In every Court it establishes a party for , and a partv against ,

      England—thus engendering hostility and antagonism , and preventing the transaction off business in that impartial , honourable , and dignified manner , which ought to characterise the official intercourse of nations . The result , as far as we are concerned , is a perpetual succession of squabbles , and the imminent danger of finding ourselves , some fine morning , involved in a war , without having the chance of reaping either honour or profit from tbe contest .

      We do not wonder that Lord Grey should have had such a strong objection to a policy like this , as to induce him to re * fuse to take office with them in 1845 , and thus keep the hungry expectants of the party out for a year longer . The wonder is greater that , looking at the sentiments he expressed in 1844 , he should even now consent to sit in the same Cabinet with "his noble friend the member for Tiverton . " He then

      said , " That there was no greater curse to the world at large , and to the interests of civilisation and humanity , than the carrying on in every court in Europe , and in every country in the world , a party struggle between what was called the English party and the French party . He abominated the whole system of such interference , and he would say , that the more they abstained from giving advice as to the management of their internal affairsthe better . "

      , For this opinion he gave good and solid reasons , and he concluded by saying , " he hoped they would , in future , abstain from all interference , and that they would leave the Spaniards to settle their own affairs for themselves , as the most likel y means of restoring that country to the state of constitutional government , and security of person and property , which all must equally desire . "

      Disregard of this sound political advice , and reckless intermeddling with Spain , by Lord Grey ' s own colleague , has led to the result we have stated , and however much the House of Commons may assume to " Pooh ! pooh ! " the Spanish affair , no vote it can pass of confidence in Lord Palmerston , will wipe away the stain which these events have cast upon the escutcheon of this country . ~~~~*

      In drawing attention to the state of tbe juvenile population of the metropolis , Lord Ashley presented an accumulation of facts , deeply and painfully interesting in themselves , and constituting at the same time a bill of indictment against the ruling classes in this country , of the most conclusive and condemnatory character . The extent to which other more immediately pressing matter has filled our columns this week , prevents so full an abstract of these facts as we could have wished

      to present . He showed , conclusively , that not less than 30 , 000 hoys and girls exist in London , who constitute the basis , as it were , of our criminal population : from them the ranks are constantly recruited . While Government are busily engaged , at an enormous expense , in prosecuting , imprisoning , transporting , and occasionally hanging , these criminals in units , they are at tlie same time allowing circumstances to exist , which breed and train « p others to follow the same course by tens of thousands ! But

      this is part and parcel of the statesmanship and economjjof the day . Fifteen or eighteen millions a year for cannons , muskets , and swords , gunpowder and lead , soldiers and sailors , is considered a very proper expenditure indeed . Five millions a year to educate , employ , or put in a way of employment and self support—by honest and honourable industry—those who are driven into criminal courses for want of such education and assistance , would be denounced as the most wasteful and extravagant misapplication of the national finances . What wise

      men our statesmen are . Lord Ashley , however , though he can collect facts , and possesses the further merit of arranging them clearly , and stating a case well , is deficient of that faculty which enables a man to draw the proper conclusion from his ovrn premises , and of the boldness which would compel him to demand remedies commensurate with the evils he had pointed out . Hence , on Tuegday night , after drawing a picture sufficient to make every head hang down for sh ame , and every heart to beat with alarm for the future destiny of an empire injwhose bosona such elements of evil are suffered to grow up

      anil aceumuiate , he concluded by asking for some ten or twenty thousand pounds , to send away , to Australia or some other of our colonies , one thousand of the best conducted boys and g irls from the Ragged Schools of London . The attempt to . stop the growth of criminals amlimprove the condition of the people by such means , is as futile as it would be to bale out a ship with a single bucket , which had five feet of water in the hold , and the leak unstopped | j We are sick of all philanthropy which doeS not go to the root of the evil . We are sick ° f "long passages which lead to nothing . " 'The exposition of the physical , men tal , and

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 10, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10061848/page/4/