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ME NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1846.
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; : 1 1 On the 1 st of January will be published . . No . l , iurice 6 d . ) of
Me Northern Star Saturday, December 19, 1846.
ME NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , DECEMBER 19 , 1846 .
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THE WARRINGTON CONSPIKATOKS AND THEIR MEN . It is impossible for the unbiassed and unprejudiced reader to peruse the proceedings before the Warrington Justices , and published in last week ' s Star , without coming to the conclusion , not only that " there is one law for the rich , and another for the poor , '' but that there is merely the dictum of authority for the persecution of the unprotected . The case against the seventeen mechanics , not investigated ' ' , ,
by , but decided upon , by the Warrington Justices , was submitted to them hy the master ' s counsel , Mr . Pollock , with the foregone conclusion , ' that , met as it may be , it was after all one of conspiracy . Mr . Roberts , upon the other hand , attempted to euforce the judgment of Mr . Baron Rolfe , in opposition to the in terested opinion of plaintiff ' s counsel . But what say the" Shallows ?* ' Why , after having heard l \\ eex parte statement of plaintiff ' s Counsel , they declare that nothing that Mr . Roberts can add can alter their minds upon the question of commitment ; and throughout , the protection given to , and defence made
for , Mr . Johnson , the cashier of complainants , the unauthorized and illegal intruder , who "justly chargeable with housebreaking , or at least illegally entering the dwelling house of one of the defendants , and assisting the constable as picklock , " will at once convince the most sceptical , was a conspiracy of the masters against the men . No single act of violence , force , or intimidation , is charged against the picquets , but , on the contrary , the most generous offers are made to those who shall abstain from violating the wholesome rules laid down for the protection of labour .
The masters , as observed b y Mr . Roberts , are daily in the habit of entering into the worst description of conspiracy ; a conspiracy that can only be divulged or brought to light by the confession of one of the conspirators ; a conspiracy against which those conspired against cannot defenti themselves ; a conspiracy including a majority of the master-class of the kingdom . We have been told by the Times , and other journals , that the men have a perfect right to conspire to regulate the price of their own
wages , but that they have no ri ght to conspire to prevent others working at whatsoever rate they please . And in the instance before us ; did the men PREVENT the " knobsticks " ( the informers ) from working , by force , intimidation , or violence ? And , according to the law laid down by Baron Rolfe , with respect to the Tailors' strike , at Ashton , as well as with respect to some insulting words used to Builders , ujion a scaffold , that learned and " just Judge'' distinctly laid it down , that men of one trade had a perfect right to influence men of th :
same trade on all questions connected with wages , provided neither force or intimidation was used . Conspiracy , until it became a charge for the support of faction , was held net only to be a heinous and illegal crime , but a moral turpitude ; an offence so revolting to the honourable mind , that one charged with it would be likely to withhold any communication of his own turpitude , at least from the apprehending constable—the first fibre of the legal cancer that comes in contact with him . But so lar from Mr . Selsby , the general secretary of the
body , conceiving himself tinged with any illegal crime , or moral turpitude , that officer boldly , manfully , and innocently confesses himself the author of the several documents relied upon for his condemnation ; and upon the mere application of the constable , gives up others that he might have withheld . What quality of conspiracy , then , is there in this trumped-up case of a pair of irresponsible tyrants against their unprotected victims . And , let the law stand as it may , why continue the farce of conferring a right , which men cannot take advantage of without subjecting themselves to a charge of
conspiracy . We have said that the masters' conspiracy against the men is a universal conspiracy , an illegal conspiracy , and involving moral turpiiitude of the most demeaning character . It is an assassin conspiracy , because a secret conspiracy against which the victim has no power of defending himself . It is tbe system of professing to give good men good characters , while the assassin puts a private mark , unintelligible to the victiuij who , while he supposes himself armed with an approving commendation , presents his death warrant to him from whom he seeks employment .
We should be glad to know what the law would call the present resolution of the Lancashire manufacturers to work short time , and what would it term a combination of the hands to resist the attempt . Would it call the masters' conspiracy a wholesome restriction for the preservation Of wages , and the men ' s combination a conspiracy for the creation of a surplus . We are happy to find that the men have traversed to the next Liverpool Assizes , and , if Trades Unions are to be preserved , aud if the National Association of the United Trades is to be the rallying point and staff of struggling labour , here is a national question ; here is a wk . le question ; here is a most important question for
their interference ; for let them rest assured that their fortress can only be assailed by these repeated attacks upon the PICQUETS of the body . If the body is too strong and impregnable to warrant the enemy ' s success in a pitched battle , the sectional warfare will he waged against the outposts ; the very weakness which the Times and other master Journals anticipated , when they recommended local clubs instead of national incorporation . Arc we now once more to fight this battle of labour alone ? Are we to toil and sweat with labour ' s indomitable Attorney-General , and , when beaten by the apathy of all , shall we , as of yore , be charged with all the consequences of defeat ? We tell the trades of England that THE WARRINGTON CONSPIRACY I is the most important question ever submitted to a
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Court of Justice on their behalf , and , should indifference upon their part secure but a lame defence or shabby triumph , it will go far to disorganise their body , paralyse their members , and give confidence to the enemy . Already , we believe , the leading counsel at the English bar have been retained for the defence , and let not the struggle lack its main ingredient , the continuous , incessant , undying , and untiring expression of universal horror at the injustice done to the innocent accused , and let those who vauntingly contend for their rights remember , that , when one of a community is injured , the whole of society is wronged .
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, THIRTY MILLION HUMBUGS , " As well may the Iamb with tbe tiger unite , Tho mouse with the cat , or the lark with the kite . With my ballinamora , No union with humbug for me . " lit our time wo have witnessed many humbugswe have witnessed the " Volunteer"humbugof 1832 ; the " Repeal" humbug ; the " Precursor" humbug ; the " Justice to Ireland" humbug ; the "Lovely Young Queen" humbug ; the " Boyne Water"
humbug ; the "One more Trial" humbug ; the " ' 82 Club " humbug ; the " Spontiaty " humbug ; but , blessed be Ged , the great magician has now presented us with a Thirty Million humbug , as the Irish Christmas pantomime . When we read the Li . berator ' s proposal of a Conference of arbitrators , appointed by himself , to settle all matters of difference between the Old and Young Irelanders , from our knowledge of the old fox we saw the drift of the dodge more clearly than those who have been unaccustomed to follow him in hia devious course .
O'Connell had three reasons for making this proposition ; his first was for the purpose of dividing the responsibility of the present state of Ireland with the young gentlemen who are in no ways accountable for the debasement he baa brought upon the Irish nation . His second object was to secure a temporary reconciliation upon a point on which he is wrong , with a pre-determined resolution to put the Young Ireland party more in the wrong upon some other question , then to banish them and exult in their dismissal ; and his third object was to preserve his authority until after the general election ; as
O'Connell's policy has ever been to sell Ireland through her representatives , convinced of the impossibility of making wholesale confiscation of her fiery and enthusiastic nationality . And th € n , to whom does the Liberator propose to submit the question of difference , and what question does he propose to submit ? Why , a splendid phantom to a tribunal of expectant barristers—a question which neither O'Connell or all the bar of Ireland can give judgment upon , that shall guide men suffering oppression who have been taught to watch the oppressor ' s weakness to release themselves from bondage .
Why ask for the cold-blooded judgment of men trained to the indiscriminate support of right and wrong , and looking to servility as a stepping-stone for promotion ? Can the technical , the cold-blooded and interested definition of mere lawyers bind the untrammelled mind , and forge chains for yet unborn patriots ? Will their decision blunt the oppressor ' s bayonet , or make the tyrant sheathe his sword ? What mind is there that has not an untrammelled tribunal within it , to which common sense and manhood would appeal against this . old woman judgment ? But , says Mr . O'Connell , the lawyers are to decide upon the q uestion of law , as
the question of physical force is the only question in dispute . What , then , does the old fox suppos the young cubs to be so deficient in sagacity as to allow him to test his innocence upon unanaswered charges by the simple decision upon an unmooted question . Suppose this legal tribunal , aided by some law quirk , to decide that Mr . O'Connell was perfectly right upon the question of physical force , would it not be trumpeted to the world as a general verdict of acquittal of the charge of selling Ireland for patronage ; of appointing ' government hacks as Irish representatives ; of treachery in the Senate ; deceit in Committee , profligacy in Council , and misapplication of the funds ?
Moreover , will not common sense ask , whether this appeal was made to justice or expediency ? Whether to justice , when the naked question stoed as it dees now , or to expediency , when the walls of the rotunda echoed the downfall of profligacy . Where's the Balance Sheet ? How are the unexplained lies to be atoned for ? Is Master Morgan to disgorge his Saxon salary , and Master John his castle feast ? Is Dungarvan to be relieved of its splendid phantom , and is the Saxon mint lord to be coined into sterling Irish patriotism , or is the repeal borough to be represented by a counterfeit ? The matter ol difference between Old and Young Ireland is simply whether Ireland is to be SOLD OR SAVED :
whether her members are to be Whig tools or representatives of Irish grievances ? That ' s the question of difference , whether , thejpeople are to be deluded into the surrender of passing opportunities for splendid phantoms ? Whether they are to be robbed of their poor pittance , that drunken actors may spout their grievances , and magnify their subserviency upon the stage . The question is , whether the Irish or the English are to have Ireland ? But if it is to be a mere question of physical force , let the defendants stand charged upon their words , and not upon their conceptions , thoughts , or dreams , inspired by the informer . "I have more physical force at my command than any monarch in Europe . " —Daniel O'Connell .
" Morally if we can , physically if we must . "— Daniel O'Connill , on Tara of the King * . " I would rather see Ireland ' s streams runniog blood , and her green fields dyed crimson , than see her oppression continue , " —Daniii . O'Connell , " Thank God , my arm is yet young enough to wield a sword in the struggle for Ireland ' s liberty . " —Daniel O'Connsli-. " Lot me hare the petitionsfrom 509 , 000 fighting men , and let them run thus , we 508 , 000 fighting men of fighting age , do HUMBLY PETITION YOUR HONOR ABLE HOUSE . "—Daniel O'Connsll . "England ' s weakness is Ireland ' s opportunity . "Daniel O'Connell .
" Let them think of the motto under the touch-hole of the volunteer ' s cannon . "— Daniel O'Connell , with his finger on his nose . " I don't gay that tho time may not come when we shall be called upon to take the field for Irish liberty , and then I shall be amongst the foremost in its ranks . "Masteb JoBH . Now we ask the disinterested judge to point to any thing in the Nation , to repeat any sentence spoken in the moment of heat by the most enthusiastic , equally significant of physical force as the mildest of the above expressions , circulated throughout the
length and breadth of Europe and America , as ths dial at which the IriBh mind wag set . What , then , is the traitor to become the prosecutor ? And is the supposed guilt of others to furnish his justification and acquittal ? Out upon such rubbish . But Smith O'Brien and the regenerators have rejected the polluted hand , and spurned the debasing offer . And let it not be supposed that this is a question upon which the English people can be silent and indifferent . No , it is a question in which O'Connell ' s power is involved , a power that has ever been hostile to , and used for the destruction of English as well as Irish liberty .
The trades cannot he insensible to a question that is to extend or limit the power of their greatest enemy and oppressor . The factory child , whose limbs have been twisted by his breath , cannot be indifferent ; the branded pauper spending his cold Christmas in the cheerless hall of the stranger , cannot be insensible ; the widows of Clayton , flolberry , and Duffy , whose husbands perished under the vote of his Whig lickspittles , and now judges , and his own neutrality , cannot be indifferent ; the 500 Chartists whose liberty hung upon his voice , and w hose incarceration was perpetuated by his neutrality , and the subserviency of the Member for Clenmel , Mr .
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Justice Pigoty » nd the Master of the Mint , thf Honourable Memfcei" for Dungarvan , they cannot b « indifferent ; and if the name of rebel is likely to disturb Shell in hia sleeping Ic-tob , or Frost , William ? , and Jones , in the convict land , they cannot be indifferent . This old man turned spy upan the Chartists for the Attorney-General , he is now turning informer against Ireland , to strengthen Whiggery upon the ruins of his country .
He has performed his mission according to hia en . gagement—his terms , as we announced at the time were , to break up the Irish confederation , in order that Ireland ' s weakness may be Russell ' s opportunity . And now , discarded and driven from the conventicle , as yet unpolluted by Saxon patronage , we find this drivelling old man kissing the hands of the Irish landlords , conspiring with Frederick Shaw , charged with the suppression of the State-Trial Papers , and other Orangemen , hoping to gull thom with tne splendid phantom of
THIRTY MILLION HUMBUGS . The old fox knows how to put salt upon the young birds' tails ; he made a party of Ireland , and abandoned it to seek refuge in the Landlord class ; were we not justified in 1832 in asserting that
HE WOULD DIE A TORY ? But to clap the climax , Master John says , "Papa it was I that made the row , and I am so glad that we are to kiss and make friends . " A word and we have done . The justice of the controversy is unaltered by the growing strength of Young Ireland , While they were weak , and there was no anticipation of their strength , the autocrat poured his weekly wrath upon them , now that they are strong lie stretches out his arms for protection and vainly hopes to save himself by convincing the Irish people that he has offered terms of honourable reconciliation , which have been rejected by the seceders . But the Irish will understand that a patched-up quarrel always leads to future rebellion .
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WEEKLY REVIEW . Notwithstandino the measured tone of the orators at the meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday , and the verbal expression of a hope that reconciliation between O ' Connell and his tail , and the Young Ireland party , was yet possible , it is quite evident that no such union will take place . Young Ireland is not to be done . The trick is stale . They see through it . Failure , disgrace , and disappointment , are the only result of the last attempt to ruin an honest party and hoodwink a nation .
Mr . Smith O'Brien does not , in the estimation of some people , possess very high claims to political sagacity or extraordinary judgment ; but none doubt his earnest , straightforward sincerity . Such men are frequently deceived in their estimate of personal character ; and out of the simplicity and singleheartedness of their own natures , invest the deceivers with qualities akin to their own . Let them , however , once awaken to a clear perception of the truth , and henceforth there is never more
communion vrith the hypocrite and trickster . Ue is aroided by instinct . One deception is enough . Thus has it fared with O'Connell ' s ambassador to Smith O'Brien . At once the leader of Young Ireland declared he would take no part in the transparent , though curr ning , device by which O'Connell hoped to win a verdict , and put his young , but ' powerful , opponents in the wrong . The Nation also , while expressing every possible desire for reconciliation , spoke out very plainly as to the terms upon which alone it could be effected . The ostensible point at issuenamely , the " legality" of the doctrine of " physical force "—is , in reality , no question at all in the case . Practically , the Young Ireland party disavow holding it—at all events so far as Irish policy and affairs are concerned . Having done this , the Nation says : —
But suppose that point settled—suppose the doors of Conciliation Hall opened to "Young Ireland " and all the Secession in a body —( and it will be open to all or none )—then comes the other side of the question . On what conditions are they to enter in ? Mr . O'Connell says— " Let us meet in a room and tiiacuss the points of difference between us . " Now , the points of difference between us , are not alone "illegality" or " physical force , " but questions involving the political , moral , and financial working
of tho Asseciatian itself . The Seceders say , that as at present constituted and conducted it is unsound , and therefore powerless for good ; often offensive in its tone and proceedings to its Protestant members , and therefore less than national ; under obligations to an English faction , and therefore suspected and deserted by the people of Ireland . They say , further , that the Committee , which , even in its best days , had not that control which it ought to have over the operations of the body , has now no control at all .
All this they ought absolutely to see reformed before they again co-operate with the Repeal Association . For to what end should the Association be reconstructed , unless it is to be made effective for carrying out Repeal ? Why set up again that giant frame if there is not to be soundness at its core . Hard conditions these to the dishonest and lazy crew who have so long lived on the pence of the Irish people ! So hard that it is certain they can never be swallowed . The game is up . The delusion is at an end . The Phantasmagoria so long exhibited by the performers at Burgh Quay , have vanished . Stern realities must succeed the shadowy illusions .
For Ireland is in a state such as no nation pretending to the name of civilized , ever was known to be before . All the bonds k of society seem loosened : everything is inverted , turned topsy-turvy . The wild elements of a thorough revolution are at work and the crisis demands wise , thoughtful , bold , and true-hearted yuen—not hoary hypocrites , drivelling fools , drunken spouters , and selfish place-hunters . The long centuries of neglect , oppression , and injustice , which have passed over Ireland , have produced their appropriate harvest . The earth has been sown with serpent ' s teeth , and they spring up armed men . It is fearful te look into the possible , probable fu . ture , or to speculate on the fiery ordeal through which we and the Irish people have to pass ere our purification from past errors is effected , and sound health restored to the body politic .
The justification of these few sad and ominous words , will be found in the copious selections we have given from the Irish papers . "Read , mark learn , and inwardly digest" them . On this side the Channel there is little to . notice . There is no one movement a-foot which hits the car or the heart of any considerable party in the nation , except the Land movement , The Tea agitation is so evidently a merely mercantile one , that it excites no sympathy . The Matt-tax movement Is equally
sectional and limited . Mr . Charles Cochrane'a Port opening " little go , " has died a natural death . Indeed , one wonders at the perseverance , and , above all , the desperate generosity , by which it was kept in existence for so long a time . By way of filling up the interval of this "piping time of peace , " all sorts of minor diversions are resorted to . Now is the time for pigmies to achieve greatness , and strut upon the stage a brief existence before the giants come on to send them into their native littleness .
As to the coming Parliament , the air begins to be filled by the buz of rumours usual about this time , and amongst other indications of the approach of the season , the Standard and Post have contrived to manufacture a new topic out of their intense dislike to Sir R . Peel . It is with reference to the place in which their former favourite should sit in the House of Commons on there-assembling of Parliament . The Standard , which was tho first to broach the question , denied that Sir R . Peel would be tho real leader of the opposition , That part it
assigned to . Lord George Bentmck , and it was grievously wounded by the idea that Peel and his adherents should sit on the front bench to the left of the Speaker . It gave , however , an explanation , meant to show the virtue of submitting to necessity . The explanation was : that the left front bench was by the usage of Parliament assigned to Privy Councillors in opposition , that Peel , for reasons best know to himself , had never made any of the Protectionist party Privy Councillors , that most of his immediate adherents held that honour , and that consequently the numerically weak section of the
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Conservative party would secure the front place while Lord George , and his larger forces , will be driver , to the back seats or farther from the chair , mis dxetum , however , is dissented from by a cor respondent to whom tho Standard gives way a . possessing large parliamentary experience . He says ;—; 0 111 frf are in err ° r in supposing that there deof «? fi T fi Council ora' Ben h o « t ^ Opposition years thS . t , Inere T' daring now ¦ m « fiftj heard ofJJtT ^ ? Houso of Commons , heard of such a principle or saw such a *»*;» 11
, , PultenelSh f ^ credibTe ««* Mr ruiteney should have kept h s Priw noiinpilW ' o Lv ? hL tlme *»«*»«» close of the last cen * pnL AT WaSnot ' ^ eheve ' "" Ste Pmy ' Councillortobe ? een on the Opposition bench . It was EobtaJnPd Yh i ° unc llora ; JU 3 t M ib ffa 9 after they bread M . r t rank i . Subsequently Mr . Whit-Si M ' BnmghMi , Sir Samuel Romilly , and Sfr fcKW : Wh ° occu P the foremos ? pS tions on that bench , were none of them Privy
Coun-Rpft £ j- £ t - . . aU rec ° »<* t that so lately as the itetorm administration Mr . Hunt , who certainly wa » •?» h v ypTOMillor , sat on the Opposition Bench witn sir Robert Peel ; and that even some supporters ot the Government , as Mr . O'Connell , & c , sat for some time m the same neighbourhood . But , at all events . I think I may safely assert , that Lord George uentinck , or , any other member , Privy Councillor or not , may sit , if he pleases , on what ia called the Opposition bench , and can assure himself of that seat oy the usual precaution of being in his place at prayers— the only mode by which , according to the general rules of the House , any place can be secured , and these rules extend to every part of tbe House except only the Treasury Bench , and a seat in which a member has been thanked .
The Standard ia " grateful" for this correction , and adds'? That . Sir Robert Peel , Sir James Graham , and the rest of them , mean to occupy the Opposition leaden bench , if permitted to do so , we might inler from their conduct last summer , even if they did not use all available means to announce to the public that such is their purpose . One cannot pass through Pall Mall without being assailed by one or other ot bir Robert Peel ' s personal dependants , with assurances of the Right Hon . Baronet ' s high health and nigh spirits ; the number ot hares he shoots every day ; and , above all , the assurances of his determination to take tho stat of Opposition leader , to attend constantly in Parliament , and to take part in every important debate .
I The knowledge we have , then , of the determination of the ex-minister demands some prepara-The conclusion is the recommendation of an address to Lord G , Bentinck from the members of the country party , calling uponhim to assume the seatof opposition leader , and thus prevent the usurpation of the deserters , ; of course the Post concurs in all this . It ia a very pretty quarrel as it stands , but if there be any truth in the rumours about the clubs , another change of positions and seats is not far off .
f he divisions in the Cabinet between the partisans oi Lords Grey and Palmerston , to which we alluded a week or two since , are said to have reached such a height that ajbreak up of the Cabinet is unavoidable ; the sooner the whole lot are kicked out of office the better . Russell has shown himself totally incapable of grappling with the state of Ireland , and Palmerston his usual facility of getting us into hot water abroad . Instead of having the session to devote quietly to the educational , sanatory , and other social reforms which Lord John promised on taking office , we shall have to deal with a whole nation in a
state of anarchy and utter destitution ; and with foreign affairs in a plight which threatens most seriously the peace of Europe . It is impossible not to contrast this disastrous and gloomy aspect of affairs , with the effective and business-like arrangements of Peel for the relief of Ireland last winter ; and the dignified , but conciliatory and pacific , policy ofjLord Aberdeen , by which , without compromising national honour , or forfeiting national advantages , we were preserved from quarrels with other nations , who were quite ready to have bristled up into a warlike attitude , if we had given them the slightest excuse for doing so .
The question mooted by the Standard la of no importance in itself , but it throws , incidentally , a little light upon the feelings by which the combatants on tho arena of the House of Commons will be animated when next they meet . Peel is not the man to be deposed from his well-won supremacy and position in that House , by any Lord George of them all ; and if the lately-elected idol of the Protectionists attempts it , we have little doubt but that he will be worsted .
Grateful Paddt. (Prom Punch.) Och! Paddy...
GRATEFUL PADDT . ( Prom Punch . ) Och ! Paddy , my honey , we've given you money , And we freely come down with the dust , did we not ? And now jou enjoy it , the way you employ it , Is in laying it out upon powder and shot . In want and starvation , you cried to our natioa ; To relieve you we pinch'd our own indigent sons ; Yeu gained jour petition—to buy ammunition , Pikes and cutlasses , bayonets , pistols and guns . Against u » thus arming , your conduct is charming To the friends that you found in your season of need . Sure , Paddy my darling , at Englishmen snarling , 'Tis a rare grateful boy that ye are , then indeed ! So , shout for O'Brien , the young Irish Lion , Whilst pursuing your mighty magnanimous course ; Oar alms'gainst " our honours" the Sassenach , tho donors , You convert into weapons of " physical force . "
Grateful John Bull. Ogh ! John Bull My D...
GRATEFUL JOHN BULL . Ogh ! John Bull my darlint , you ' re nothing but varmint , You ' re playing on Paddy and running your rigs , You grunt and you growl , bad luck to your sotvl , While you ' re aiten our bread stuffs , our praties , and P'gs . Yon big bellied divil , why can't you be civil 1 We axed you to give us a bit of our own , And you cock up your snout , like a pig in the gout , And iRStid of the bread stuffs , you give us a stone . Tou thrait us wid scorning , while our monees adorning , You ' re streets and your parks , and you ' re palaees too , The poor ov the nation , is dead wld starvation , And you exposing fat _ baists to you ' re own pauper crew . So shout for Lord John , that ' s not very strong , While we buys up the muskets , the powder and shot , And when we ' ve the mains , you'll attiud to our claims , For be prayers and petitions ther'll nothing begot . P . O'C .
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Co iUa & ersf Sc Corostoontittt &
Bolton,—Our Bolton Friends May Rest Sati...
Bolton , —Our Bolton friends may rest satisfied that the omission of their previous notices was no fault of ours . We are always ready and willing to accommodate the working classes , for whose benefit alone our paper is established ; aud therefore , if their communication had arrived , it would have appeared . Many continue still to address us , 310 , Strand ; whereas our address is , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Our friends will And their wishes complied with in the present number . Z . P . Q . Y . R . S , T . —Upon the colliery explosion . We never insert the lucubrations of anonymous writers . To tub Sbcretabt ov the Manchester Joubmetmew Bakeb ' s Society . — , —You are requested to send your address to John Milward , Parker Street , Derby , with a copy of the rules ol your society . The Bakers of Derby seeing the necessity of union to obtain an amelioration of their condition , wish to form themselves into a society , and become a branch of the Manchesttr Union .
W . Woodhocsb . —November . —184 * . A Lancashire Democrat . — Forward your address to Mr . Harney , Northern Star office , and you will be an . swered . J . S & EvmoTON should write toMr . O'Connor . Henby Flood . — Next week ; press of matter excludes from this week's number . Erkatom , — In ths lending article on "Small Jams ' last week , an error occurs in the following sentence ;—" The same canton which has the greatest number of Landlords in Switzerland , contains nearly oU its
pauperism . " It should have been the " smaUcst" number . The context showed the tact insisted upon , but It Is as well , in such matters , to give no room for cavil . A Cokresfondent desires us to insert the following notice to any member of the Land Company who has obtained his allotment , and is not disposed , at present , to avail himself of going on the land , would oblige by stating on what terms he will dispose of ths lot to a poor man who has been out of a situation two years , AH letters on the subject are to be addressed ( post paid ) to Mr . Murray , Sub-Secretary of the Land . Company , Turner Street , Manchester .
Died; December Uth, Istfi, At Penhom. Wo...
Died ; December Uth , IStfi , at PenhOM . WOMMlttt shire , aged fifty-two years , Jimhna , the beli / tfeO Yttftul Mr . John Sidoway , of the above place !
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19121846/page/4/
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