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    THE NORTHERN STXH, . _ — __ Aiovht 19, m

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    A LIST OF BOOKS ¦ vr.W prBLISHl>G BT

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    THE NORTHERN STAR, SATUEBAY, AUGUST 19 , IMS.

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    IRELAND. Not satisfied with the suspensi...

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    NATIONAL LAND COMPANY. The Directors of ...

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    THE ARRESTS. Those of our readers who do...

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    THE STRIKE ON THE NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY....

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    PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The consideration ...

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    The Northern Stxh, . _ — __ Aiovht 19, M

    THE NORTHERN STXH , . _ — __ Aiovht 19 , m

    A List Of Books ¦ Vr.W Prblishl≫G Bt

    A LIST OF BOOKS ¦ vr . W prBLISHl > G BT

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    E . D . COUSINS , IS , DUKE-STREET , likcol . n ' b-i .-n FIELDS , LOHDOS . THE SHEPHERD , bj the R « r . J . E Smith M . A . Vol I . nriee 5 J . 6 a .-Tul . il , price ^ . -W . 111 . prfe . * M . rto « h b « rf .: « r the three T 0 luffic 5 in OEe , fcal .-bouod in calf and lettered ¦ P ' " *• . efetetion of Onnlso , b , O . Bedford , of Worcester ; ir i ' - n a reply , by tbe Rev . J . B . Smith , MA . 1 ,. Kew Cariiiit /; or the Rflfclonof St Simon , with a colonredPortrai . of . StSioontanremflle jiransta ^ bv the Rev . J . E Smith , M . A . Is The ' LUtle Boot , a ««« ed to the Bishop of E « ter « d Rob : rt 0 < veD , bv the Rev . J . E . Smith , M . A . Gi . , bv cost lOd . _ _ _ .. . , , Legends aod Miracles , by the Rev . J . E . South , M . A . Ciith boards , U . 8 i . . The Universal Chart , containing tha Elements Of L ' lll . verssl Faith , Universal Analca-j , and Moral Government . Bv tlK- R ; v J . E , Smiib , M . A . Prico Is . : by po st , Is . 2 d , Anaiv ' . ii-al CDart of Universal Justice , Troth , and Pence ; avoiding lbs two extremes of Spiritualism andMLtTrialism—the first of which speculate on the Organic Prieciple , without thi Organism , and the la : *; - , on the OrgnnisaJ , without the Organic Priacjp ' e—rjcnh aro presented in this Cnart . By the Rev . J . ' E . Smi'h , M . A . Price 6 d . ; bj post 83 . ; or , on thirk drawing .- ; apcr , Is ; by post , Is . 2 d . The YTor : d Witbin ; or a description of the Interior of the L irtn : a vUion of the Mini ; by the llev . J , E . Smi '* ' . M A . Price 6 d . ; if by post , nine penny stamps

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    FOR THE WORKING MILLIONS . A ROME FOR EVERY INDUSTRIOUS MAN AND HIS FAMILY . UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS ' . EQUITABLE LAND AND BUILDING BENEFIT SOCIETY , Enrolled and Empowered by Act of Parliamen t to extend over the United Kingdom . Patrons . — T . S . Ddncosibi , Esq ., M . P . Thomas Waklev , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabbill , Esq ., M . P . Condon Office— No . 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , StPancr .-, ? , London . —Daniel Willun Ritft , Secrttery ,

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    METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE , Annuity . Loan , and Investment SOCIETY . ( Incorporated pursuant to the 7 th and frth Vic , cap . 110 . ) Temporary Offices , 3- > , Regent-street , Waterloo-place i London . TRUSTEES . Richard Spooner , Esq ., I Spencer Horatio WaJpole , M . P . I Esq .. M . P . Edward Vansittart Keale , Henry Peter Fuller , Esq , . Esu . I DIRECTORS . Robert Chalmers , Esq ., Edward Lomax , Esq ., St Thurlow-square , Bromp- John ' s Wood . ton . Samuel Miller , Esq ., Lin-< tomuel Driver , Esq ., White- coin ' s Inn . _ al ] p Sir Thomas Newley Reeve , Senry Peter Fuller , Esq ., Richmond . Piccadilly . Edward Vansittart Xeale Palk " Griffith , Esq ., Esq ., South Audley-Btreet Iromnoager-lane , Cheap- William A . S Westoby gi _ e . Esq ., Hyde Park place . AUDITORS . Henry Peach Buckler , Esq ., I Henry Grant , Esq ., Shenley Basinghall-street . | House , Brighton . MEDICAL ADVISERS . William Henry Smith , Esq ., I RobertKeate . Esq ., Serjeant F . R . C . S ., 2 , Fonthill- 1 Surge-n tothe Queen , 11 , place , Clapham . rise . | Hertford - Street , May . W . Puller , M . D . 45 , | Pair . Half-moon-street , Picca- j dilly . I BANKERS . —Tho Union Bank of London , 4 , Pall Mall , East

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    F AMILY ENDOWMENT , LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY . 12 , Chatham Place , Blackfriars , London , CAPITAL £ 500 , 000 . DIRECTORS . William Butterworth Bayley , Esq ., Chairman . John Fuller , Esq ., D'nuty Chairman . Rt , Bruce Chichester , Esq . IBli jt Macnagbten , Esq , H . B . Henderson , Es _ i I Ma , or Turner C . H . Latouche , Esq . IJ / s ' hua Walker , Esq . Edward Lee , Esq . I Jajsr Willoek , K . L . S . BOi * US . Thirty per cent . Bonus was added to the Society's Policies on the profit scale in 1845 . The next valuation will be in January , 1852 . ansdai premiums with pkofits . Age 20 Age 25 Age 3 U | Age 35 ) Agcl 0 ~ Age 47 Age 50 Age 65 " £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . dj £ s . d , J £ s . d . fis . d . Us . d . £ s . d . ' 1 17 9 < 2 3 12 9 7 : 2 16 213 5 9 . } 16 2 ; 4 10 6 5 7 6 INDIA . Tho Society also grants Policies to parties proceeeding to , or residinj in India , at lower rates than any other Office , the Premiums on which may be payable either in London or at the Society's Office in Cabutta . Annuities of all kinds , as well as Endowments for Children , are granted by the Seciety , The usual commission allowed to Solicitors and others , John Cazekove , Sec ,

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    NO MORE PILLS FOR INDIGESTION , Constipation , Torpidity of the Liver , and the Abdominal Viscera , psrsisting Headaches , Nervousness , Bilious ness , Despondency , Spleen , etc . Published by Du Barry and Co ., 75 , New Bond , street , London ; and to be obtained through all Booksellers . Price 6 d , or 8 d ( in letter stamps ) , post-free : A POPULAR TREATISE on INDIGESTION and CONSTIPATION ; th & main causes of Nervousness , Biliousness , Serofula , Liver Complaint , Spleen , etc ., and their Radical Removal , entitled the ' Natdeal Rkgenebatob of the DiGEsTivt Obqans ( the Stomach and Intestines ) , without pills , purgatives , or artificial means of any kind , '

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    A GOOD FIT WARRANTED at the Great Western Emporium , 1 and 2 , Oxford-street . Ubsdell and Co are now making to order a Suit of beautiful Superfine Black , any size , for £ 3 Kb . Patent made Summer Trowsers 16 s Begisttred Summer Over Coats , 2 fls . Ihe Art of Cutting taught , Patterns of Garments Cut to Measure for the Trade , and sent ( post free ) for Is . 6 d . each , or eighteen postsge stamps . Address , Charles Ubsdell , 1 and 2 , Oxford-Street London .

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    DO YOU SUFFEtt TOOTH ACHE ? If so , use Bband ' s Enahkl for filling the decaying spots and rendering defective Teeth sound and painless . PRICE , ONE SHILLING . Twenty testimonials accompanying ea « hbox . Sold by all Chemists , or sent free , by return ot post , bysending one shilling and a stamp to J , Wiilis , 4 , Bell ' s . buildings , SalisburytsquaTe , London .

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    BYRNE'S EMIGRANTS' GUIDE . Fourth Edition , This Day , Price One SIiMiug , or postage free on receipt of 18 Queen ' s Heads . BY RNE'S EMIGRANTS' GUIDE TO NEW SOUTH WALES PROPER , AUSTRALIA FELIX , AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA . By J . C . BYRNE , Twelve Years in tho British Co ' oniff ' This clever little book contains all tho information that an Emigrant can require . ' —T / ic Critic . In a few days , each with a Map , BYRKE'S EMIGRANTS' GUIDE to the CAPE OP GOOD HOPE . BYRNE'S EMIGRANTS'GUIDE to NATAL . Effingham Wilson , Commercial and Colonial Bookseller and Stationer , U , Royal Exchange .

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    Just Published , Price 3 d , post free 2 d extra . . . COURT JOBBERY 5 or , the BLACK BOOK of tbe PALACE ; showing hoiv , when , and for what , all pensions granted oy the Queen since her accession , have been bestowed ; and exposing the jobbery carried on both within and without the walls of the Palace ; with biographical notices of tho pampeeed paopebs op the STATE , London : W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row , and all booksellers .

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    TO TAILORS , By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and II . R . H . Prince Albert . NOW READY , THE LONDON AND PARIS SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS for 1848 , bv Messrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Eart-street , Bloomsbury-square , near Oxfordstreet , London ; and by G . Bebgeb , Holywell-stveet , Strand ; and all Booksellers , an exquisitely executed and superbly coloured PRINT . The elegance _ of this Print excels any before published , accompanied with the Newest Style , and extra-fitting Frock , Riding Dress , and Hunting-Coat Patterns ; the most fashionable dressWalstcoat Pattern , and an eitra-fitting Habit Pattern of * he newest and most elegant style of fashion . Every particular part explained ; method of increasing and diminishing the whole for any size fully illustrated , manner of Cutting and Making np , and all other information respecting Style and Fashion ! Frice 10 b . postfree 11 a , READ and Co . 's new scientific system of Cutting for 1848 is ready , and will supersede everything of the kind heretofore conceived . All tlie Plates are numbered and lettered , and on the scale of Eighteen Inches : Whole size , never before attempted , containing twenty-three square feet : particulars , postfree . Patent Measures , with full explanation , 8 s . the set . New Patent Indicator , for ascer . taining proportion and disproportion , illustrated with Diagrams , price 78 . Patterns to Measure ( all registered according to Act of Parliament ) , post free , Is . each . Tho whole sold by Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Blooms , bury-square , London ; and all Booksellers . Post-office orders , and Post Stamps , taken as Cash . Habits performed for the Trade , Busts for fitting Ceats on ; Boys ' fi gures . Foremen provided . — Instructions in cutting complete , for all kinds of Style and Fashion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short time .

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    THE LAND . TO BE DISPOSED OP , a paid-up share for a Two-Acre Allotment iu the National Land Company . For terms apply ( if by letter , postpaid ) to Mr Lei ghton , 4 , Cross-street , Dcan-street , Commercial-road East , London .

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    WANTED TO RENT , A SMALL FARM of twenty or thirty acres , chiefly aiable , with suitable buildings . Address H . Davies , 26 , Great Charlotte-street , Blackfriars-road , London .

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    THE RIGHT TO LOCATION of a Four-Acre allotment to ha disposed of , on tha Great Haihou Estate . Applications to be made ( post paid ) to William Cole , No . 3 , Satchville-street , Bethnal-green , London .

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    TO BE SOLD , A POUR-ACRE FARM at the Great Dod ' ord Estate . The surrounding country is most delightfully situated , and is only two miles from the Railway Station , and a few miles from Kidderminster , Dudley Birmingham , and Worcester ; all being first rate market towns . The land Is of the very best quality . The allot , ment was balloted for in August , 1817 , and is nearly ready for occupation , the advertiser having other engagements that prevent him from taking possession . The same to be sold to the highest bidder . Persons wish , injjto purchase mutt send iu their bids aa early US possible . Address , Mr John Gorgon , No . 104 , Hemshaw-lane , Higher Hillgate , Stockport , Cheshire . All letters must have a stamp enclosed for reply .

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    O'CONSORVILLE . TO BE SOLD , a Two-Acre Allotment , pleasantly situated in the centre of the estate . The cottage contains three rooms , one upstairs , and two down , with a superior verandah before the door , and gates and railings in front ; together with a good outhouse , twenty four feet by twelve , with loft , and largo boiler holding twenty-four gallons . The yard is fenced , and gates at the entrance ; also a good substantial brick water tank . weU cemented and covered with a trap door ; the tank is capable of containing some hundreds cf gallons of rain water , which is supplied by pipes from the house . Likewise a larga manure tank , with pig sties , ise . The crops consist of three quarters of an acre of wheat , with one and a quarter acre of potatoes , turnips , mangel wurzel , & c . The ground is fenced in on one side with a hedge : likewise a variety of fruit trees , io . The purchaser can Lave immediate possession clear of all liabilities for £ 15 . All communications to be made ( Vosfpaid I to Mr John Hornby , No . 7 , O'Connorville , near Riekramiswortn ,

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    ALLOTMENTS ON SALE . FOUR-ACRE at Bromsgrove . —T V \ O TWO ACRFS , „ ^ " 8 ' s End -ONE FOlTIt-ACRE at Sni _' End AH applications to be made to tho Directors at their office , 144 , High Holborn , London .

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    A _ THE LAND .-LOWBANDS . TWO-ACRE ALLOTTEE wishes to dispose of his allotment by sale , or otherwise as may bo agreed on , together with the crops and Implements . Apply to John Wallace , Lowbands , Rsdmarley , Ledbury , Worcestershire , inclosing a stamp .

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    Just Published . SIDNEY'S AUSTRALIAN HANDBOOK . Price One Shilling ; free per Post , Elghteenpence . HOW TO SETTLE AND SUCCEED IN AUSTRALIA Containing every information for iatending Emi grants . By A Bushman . Selection from Contents , Description of Australia mid tbe Bush . —Wives wante < in the Bush . —Value of Children . —Bush Servants . —Ad vice to men of large and small Capital—Sheep Farming —Price of Cattle , Horses , Ajc—EmiR ' ration Benefit So cieties . —New South Wales-Port Philip . —South Aus . tralid—Swan River . —Mining—The Share of Workinj Men in Emigration . —Expenses of Outfit and Passage . London : P . Richarason , 23 , Cornhill . Liverpool Robinson . Manchester : Sowter . Bristol : Kidler .

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    Now ready , price Twopence , THE RIGHT OF PUBLIC MEETING A LETTER Addressed ( befsre Sentence , ) TO LORD CHIEF JUSTICE SIR THOMAS WILDE . Bt Behest Johes . This letter contains the substance of the address which Ernest Jones intended to deliver in the coarr , but which the judge would not allow to be spoken . Also , priee Threepence , A VEBBATIM BEPOHT OF THE TRIALS OF ERNEST JONES AND TLIE OTHER CHARTIST LEADERS . Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVER PUBLISHED . Price is . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . In a few days will be published , price 31 ., THE EVIDENCE GIVEN BY JOHN SILLETT , In his Examination before the Committee on the National Land Company . This important body of evidence will form sixteen closely printed pages , and conclusively prove what may be done with Two Acres , by explaining what John Sillett has done . Now ready , Price Is . NOS . XIX AND XX . OT ' THE LABOURER . " NOTICE . It was intended to have presented an abstract of the whole of tbe Evidence given before the Committee , in the present double number of the ' LABonflER . ' It was , however , so voluminous , and at the same time of so much imnort & nea to a thorough understanding of the whole subject , that it has been found impossible to condense it within that limit . In the next number of 'The La-BoCREa' Cwhich will immediately follow the present , ) we shall give the important evidence of Mr Sullivan , M . P ., a member of the Committee , who personally visited two of the Estates , and also of the two eminent Account , ants , to -whom the Financial position and prospects of the Land Company were submitted by the Committee . We shall accompany the Abstract of Evidence by an analysis of 'the prominent points developed , and of the plan by which Mr O'Connor proposes to meet and obviate the objections to tho scheme , elicited in the course of the investigation . No . 21 , Price Sixpsnce , will be ready on September 1 st , Watson , Queen ' s Ilead-passase , Paternoster-row , London : A Hey wood , Manchester : and all Book , ael . ' era in Town and Country .

    The Northern Star, Satuebay, August 19 , Ims.

    THE NORTHERN STAR , SATUEBAY , AUGUST 19 , IMS .

    Ireland. Not Satisfied With The Suspensi...

    IRELAND . Not satisfied with the suspension of the Constitution in Ireland , the hellhounds of the Press . ire now endeavouring to hound a reckless Government on to the annihilation of the poor privilege of allowing Irish outlaws to be tried by gangs of packed jurors . While the lauders of the English Constitution are boastfully parading the clemency of the Whig Government for having relaxed tie laws of treason , the same parties are now proclaiming the

    necessity of abrogating the Constitution altogether , and of substituting martial law in its stead . Has not the law , and has not custom in Ireland , been sufficiently strong and tyrannical , when administered by the ruthless conqueror to the outlawed 8 erf — strong enough , prompt enough , and sanguinary enough—to satisfy the vengeance of the oligarchy , but must all semblance of law and Constitution be abolished in order to preserve their dominion ?

    On the trial of Mr O'Doherty , his eloquent advocate , Mr Butt , clearly explained the meaning and the working of the new Whig Act . He showed that , although the prisoner might have been guilty of what the law called sedition , that he could not be held guilty of what the recent act designates felony . And there was upon that jury , notwithstanding the appliances for corruption at the command of the Government—with all the horrors of alarm and fear aroused by the Attorney-General—there was , we say , notwithstanding all these ^ appliances , a sufficient amount of virtue to prevent agreement upon the construction of one of the most

    bloody acts upon the blood y statute books of England . And it further appears , that a Special Commission is to be appointed for the trial of Smith O'Brien and others , and that that Commission is to sit inTipperary . Is the reader aware , that the fact of great excitement prevailing is sufficient ground for the postponement of trial in the case of a murderer ? and what will he say to the vengeance of that Government which proposes , through its mouthpiece , the justice and propriety of dragging a man charged with treason in the most excited times , to the very scene of war , and to the very midst of the greatest excitement ?

    From the day that the population of Ireland began to fret under the yoke of its ruthless and cruel oppressors , down to the present moment , every concession demanded by justice has been denied , in order to preserve the dominion of the aristocracy in that country , until , at length , the aristocracy themselves find that they are now compelled to apply to those whom they aided and encouraged in their every act of delinquency for the poor privilege of being allowed to sell their estates : and , as

    the practice of feeding class upon class in Ireland has been the rule of British policy , feelers are being daily thrown out , with a view to discover whether the plunder of one Church may not satisfy the appetites of the ministers of . another Church . So that , instead of the abolition of the greatest nuisance with which a country was ever cursed , we are threatened with the preservation of the nuisance , by enlisting in its behalf those who have heretofore been its most violent denouncers . And this

    Church , fed upon what legitimately belongs to the poor , is now to become a double infliction , and is to be saved from the tongue of desecration by a participation of its old assailants in its fruit . But does the Government , or does * any man in his senses presume , that although the sop may stop the mouths of many for a season , that the mind ' s progress will tolerate the perpetuation of the abuse . They may induce some Protestant Parsons and some Romish Priests to shake hands for the nonce , but the

    clergymen of the ( people , springing from the people , remaining of the people , and being selected by the people , for exemplary character devotion to their own reli gion , love of country ,, and hatred of the oppressor , will still be swayed by the people , and a sufficient amount of the young Catholic blood of Ireland will be found to reject and spurn the tendered poison , to dash the chalice from their lips , and still defend their faith , their country , and their flock from the ravages of the tempting wolf in sheep ' s clothing .

    I he state of Ireland at this moment , however painted by the amateur for English inspection and English action , is one that the mind cannot contemplate without horror , sadness , and sorrow . A people nurtured in rebellion and driven to revolt , now by the toleration , and again by the promises of a Whig Government , ^ th reatened with the greatest calamity thafcan befall a land—the loss of

    Ireland. Not Satisfied With The Suspensi...

    WT and although our present rulers have undertaken to govern that country ' W a re " medial , healing , and pacific policy , we fin *! ' the Session has been prolific of more acts' P ' hostility against that country , than has marked any similar period of her history , while not one hope for the future has been held out by her oppressors . The country is garrisoned with foreign troops , while the Parliament is nightly engaged in the most lavish and corrupt expenditure of the people ' s money . Surely the corrupt practices brought to light by Mr Osborne , the

    Member for Middlesex , within the last week , must have opened the eyes of every thinking man to the incompetence and profligacy of the present Government ; but the scene has not yet closed ; the amount required to keep the Irish people in a state of passive obedience and non-resistance—while starvation and misery stare them in the face—has not yet been presented to the English paymaster . The fabrications of the Tress may serve the Stockjobbing speculations of the Government , but when the sad reality is known , we much doubt that John Bull will feel satisfied with the

    result . As we stated last week , and as Mr O'Connor stated in his speech upon the Repeal of the Union , America looks with an intensity of anxiety to the present state of Ireland j and although we have at all times repudiated foreign intervention in our domestic affairs , yet it is impossible for the shrewdest thinker to speculate upon the effect , that the present state of Ireland may produce upon the Irish Americans . And should America at any time proclaim war

    against England , we should be g lad to know what amount of English bayonets and English desperation could , under the circumstances , preserve Ireland as a colony . And we warn the Minister of the Crown , that there is no circumstance more calculated to arouse the angry feelings of man than the substitution of brute force for justice and concession . Does the Minister suppose that although the present insurrection may be suppressed , that the crop of vengeance which will spring from it can be as easily cut down ?

    There is this difference between the Irish and their enemies ; that , whereas vengeance is the watchword of the one , clemency and honour are the watchwords of the other . O'Brien shared his own money with his followers rather than allow them to steal ; he preferred the protection of his opponents to making them the victims of his followers' vengeance . And he preferred the loss of his own liberty to subjecting others to the pains and

    penalties consequent upon their hospitality . Bravery and hospitality have ever been considered the distinguishing characteristics of the Irish people , and in no instance have those national virtues been more prominently displayed than during the present war of the hungry millions , many of whom , famishing for want of food , have nevertheless abstained / rom robbery , for fear of giving their war the ' character or appearance of plunder .

    The Press may speculate , the Minister may chuckle , the Saxon may boast of his triumph , but we tell them that the battleof right against might has not yet commenced , and that the onl y way to avoid a fearful carnage and loss of life , is by doing justice to the people both of England and of Ireland in time : as they may rest assured that the justice which would be gladly accepted now , as compensation for all past transgressions , will not be received if the people should prove the stronger .

    National Land Company. The Directors Of ...

    NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The Directors of the National Land Company having fully considered the propositions submitted by Mr O'Connor in last week ' s " Star , " have come to the conclusion of adhering to those several propositions , with the exception of the increase in the price of shares . This resolution was come to after a protracted discussion , upon the consideration that many poor persons who had gone to some inconvenience to pay up their shares according to the original price might , and most probably would , be put not onlyj to " , great inconvenience , but in many instances the compliance with this rule might with them be an

    impossibility ; and as the Company was established for the benefit of the poorest of the poor , and not for the most fortunate of that order , the Directors have , in our opinion , exercised a wise discretion in adhering to the original rules , in this respect , while the effect of charging four instead of five ) per cent , as rent upon the outlay , has this week had a considerable effect upon the price of allotments—a two-acre allotment at O'Connorville fetching 85 / ., and a four-acre allotment at Minster , 116 / . We trust that this deviation from the propositions submitted in last week ' s " Star , '' will be acceptable to the majority of the shareholders , while the effect of the other alterations will be to facilitate the transfer of shares of paid-up members .

    ihe press of matter of a political nature this week , prevents us from saying much that we had intended upon this subject , while , perhaps , the letter of Mr O'Connor , to the editor of the " ' Examiner , '' may supply the deficiency ; a letter to which we beg the serious attention of every member of the Company . And , as matters appear to be progressing with as much activity as when subscriptions were coming in to the amount of 5 , 000 / . a-week , we trust that the monster will revive , and that , while the Managers have abated nothing of their zeal , the members will abate as little of their ardour md resolution .

    As the price of allotments are sure to rise in the market , we would counsel located members not to be over hasty in the disposal of their castle and their labour field . We understand that the work at Bromsgrove progresses more rapidly than upon any former estate , thus confirming our impression that Mr O'Connor has no intention of winding up the affairs of this great national undertaking . Next week we shall publish the insidious and dastardly part played by Mr Cobden , during the sitting of the Committee , and which , since our last publication , has been confirmed by the authority of a most respectable gentleman . So much for Free Trade affection for the working classes .

    The Arrests. Those Of Our Readers Who Do...

    THE ARRESTS . Those of our readers who do not reside in London or Lancashire , and who are not in the habit of seeing the metropolitan daily papers , will be astonished when they peruse this day ' s Star , to learn that a number of Chartists have been arrested in London and Manchester , and that there has been some kind of an armed movement at Ashton , which has resulted in the death of a policeman , and the arreat of a great number of the Ashton Chartists .

    However astonished any of our readers may be at the news of these events , their astonishment cannot exceed ours . We ask in vain what is the meaning of these armed meetings , held in opposition to the known course of action prescribed b y the men responsible for the character of the Chartist movement ? No one can inform us of the meaning of these demonstrations—demonstrations of weakness , not of strength . In the absence of full information , we this week confine our remarks to the fewest possible words . The shooting of the policeman at Ashton is a sad and terrible affair , which ,

    no matter who did the deed , will be deplored by every Chartist . At Manchester the arrests appear to have been conducted in a most arbi- - trary and unlawful manner , the majority of the persons arrested being taken without warrants . Up to the hour of writing these remarks , we are perfectly ignorant of the names of the persons arrested in London . We hear that the arrests have been going on all this day ( "Thursday ) . No examination having yet taken place , we are uninformed ag to the charges < m which these arrests are founded . One fact , our readers will mark , that , /» w « pr misinformation , the Government ia the

    The Arrests. Those Of Our Readers Who Do...

    Metropolis , and the magistrates in Lancashire were fully informed of the designs of the J sons arrested , whatever those designs J „ We do not doubt that if there has been an » p lothmj , such plotting has been the work of villa . 'ns , who , for their own horrible ends have duped a .- ? d seduced honest but mistaken men to—we fear—their destruction . ' We do not accuse the Government of having plotted the secret meetings and secret arm ings , which , it is reported by the daily paners "

    have been going on for some time past > but we are morally convinced that , by the ' services of traitors in the camp , the Whig Ministers have been fully informed of every act and " word suggested and stimulated b y the Spies and Detectives , who have earned the confidence of unreflecting men only to betray them . It has been stated in the papers that the Government had full information of the names

    persons , and destination of the " symni ' thisera , '* who lately left New York to join the Irish Confederates , together with full particulars of the vessels in which they embarked from that port , cargo , crew , & c . As a matter of course , these men , as fast as they arrived in Ireland , were arrested . This should be sufficient warning to the people of the boundless system oi espionage exercised over them .

    Earnestly we entreat the people not to put themselves in the power of their enemies Secret societies will be their destruction , for in such societies traitors abound .

    The Strike On The North Western Railway....

    THE STRIKE ON THE NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY . We gave in our last an outline of the circumstances which have induced the strike of the Engine Drivers on the North Western Railway ; a strike not for wages , but to resist a scheme artfull y concocted to bring the men under an odious and unjust system of classification , immediately injurious to the majority , and undoubted y intended for the ultimate injury of the whole . Under the old systemwhich the men desire to return to—a driver had 6 s . per day for six months ; after he had driven his engine for six months his pay w-. is increased to 6 Gd

    s . . per day for the next six months ; to 7 s . for the year following ; and afterwards he had an additional 2 d . per day per annum , until his wages amounted to 8 s . per day . A fireman , when he was promoted to the situation of driver , had 5 s . per day for the first six months ; 6 s . per day for the following half-year ; 6 s . sd . per day for the next twelvemonths ; 7 s . per day when he had been a driver for two years , and 2 d . per day per annum until his wages reached 8 s . per day . This was a plain straight forward system ; although , considering the heaw responsibility resting with each engine driver , we think the men were anything but too well paid . Under the new system of classes some of the

    men receive 8 s . per day , but others only 5 s . 6 d . per day , and it is curious that the lowest paid drivers are those attached to the fourth class trains . It is reasonable to suppose that the cleverest and most experienced men are paid the highest wages , and , consequently , the passengers by the Parliamentary trains are committed to the care of the least able and experienced drivers . Another illustration of the tender regard for the safety of the working classes , entertained by Railway Directors .

    It is evident that under the new system a man will have no inducement to perfect himself in his duties—for consigned to a " class , " with no regulation as to the time he shall remain in that " class , " he may remain there the whole term of his employment ; for , no doubt , none hut the special favourites of the ruling Jackin-office would ever be raised from the lower classes to the hi ghest . This system of " caste ' is the most odious ever devised to stifle industrial emulation and keep deserving men in the bondage of p overty . The railway officials boast that they are backed up b y the Government , having been

    supplied with men from the dockyards to take charge of the locomotives on the railway : it has also been stated that numbers of the Metropolitan police have been allowed to enter the Company ' s service to supply the place of porters . Can these statements be true ? We fear they are not without foundation , as on more than one occasion the Government has afforded help to employers to defeat men on strike , and establish the triumph of capital on the prostration of labour . What a monstrous illustration of the great fact that this political system exists for the sole benefit of the rich and powerful , and for the oppression of the unrepresented classes .

    It is worthy of note that the men on strike have been for years in the employment of the Company—some ten , some eleven , some twelve years—a sufficient proof of the fidelity and ability with which they have performed their duties . Moreover , the men offered to submit the case between them and the Company to arbitration : secondly , the highest paid offered to submit to a reduction of sixpence per day ; and , thirdly , offered to accept the regulations in force on the Great Western Railway , but all offers were in vain . Their high mightinesses , the Directors , disdainfully rejected all compromise , and disgracefully severed the link which had for so many years bound them to their faithful but now ill-requited servants .

    This case concerns the public , as well as the men on strike . An universal impression prevails that the drivers at present employed on the line are unfit for their duties ; an impression which has been not a little strengthened by the reports of stoppages of trains and accidents , which , though not of a fatal nature , have naturall y sufficed to alarm the travelling portion of the communitv . On Thursday morning the Peterborough mall train came to

    a dead stop at Wolverton , and was run into by the York mail train ; several ot the passengers were injured , and one of the guards very much bruised ; fortunately no life was lost . Two of the carriages were very much damaged . In a few minutes after the collision the Lancaster and Edinburgh mail trains successively came up , and were of course prevented from proceeding onwards in consequence of the other two trains being across the line .

    If Mr Hume and other M . P . ' s , who travel by the best trains , and consequently have the best drivers , feel considerable alarm , it is natural that those who travel in third and fourth class trains , and consequently have the worst drivers , should feel still more anxiety for their personal safety . We are not aware of the resources of the engine drivers , but we feel that this is a workman ' s question—we will say every working man ' s question—for when one man or one trade is oppressed , all are wronged ; if , therefore , the engine drivers should require the assistance of the working men of their own calling , or even of other trades , we trust that assistance will be generously , promptly , and universally rendered .

    Parliamentary Review. The Consideration ...

    PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The consideration of the Estimates , in Committee of Supply , affords an opportunity of bringing up every possible question of public interest ; and , to do justice to our Legislators , they seem not at all disinclined , notwithstanding the lateness of the session , to take full advantage of it . The debates have been equally varied and protracted , and while necessarily in many cases dealing with small questions , have , in others , introduced matters not only ol national but of continental interest .

    On the vote for granting the amount required for the department presided over by Lord Palmerston , Mr Disraeli took occasion to deliver , certainly a very brilliant , if not a very enlightened , attack upon the whole foreign policy of the Government , with reference to recent events on the Continent . Thft mission of Lord Minto to the Italian States , especially , constituted the groundwork for a display oi that powerful and witty sarcasm , Avhich distinguishes Mr Disraeli ' s best efforts . He dei

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19081848/page/4/