Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 21st February 1846, Edition 2 of 4, Page 4, THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1846.

Page 4
Page 4
4 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (4)
    • THOI&aS COOPER. THE CHARTISTS WORKS.
    • Jfort&toinmg ;ffetuur&
    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1846.
    • €o *tta&er$ Sc €om£«ontat&
  • Adverts (11)
  • Text (14)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      4 The !'« [Orfhern Star, Febbuary 21, 18...

      4 THE ! ' « [ ORfHERN STAR , Febbuary 21 , 1846 .

      Thoi&As Cooper. The Chartists Works.

      THOI & aS COOPER . THE CHARTISTS WORKS .

      Ad00409

      THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Prison Rhyme . Ia Ten Books . ( One Vol ., 7 s . 6 d . ) « The most wonderful effort « f intellectual power produced within the last century . "—The Britannia . " Here we have a genuine poem springing out of the spirit of the times , and indeed out of the heart , and exeritoice i > f one who has wrestled with and suffered in it . It is no other than a poem in ten books , by a Chartist , and who boldly sets his name aud his profession of Chartism on the title-page . It is plain that lie glories in hispotttkalfaith more than in his poetry ; nay , his verse is hut the vehicle of that faith . Yet , nevertheless , it is a vi oreus and most efficient vehicle . We must cordially confess that vre have rev . d tile whole with a feeling of unfeigned astonishment . * * * We are by no means sarprised . having read his poetry , at the effect of his eloquence on the people . It is that of a soul full of thought , full of burning zeal for liberty , and with » _ temperament that mnst and trill come into action . The man is an bone and sinew . * * * He appears to have revelled in historv , ancient and modern . Mis acjuiremente in this department are quite amazing . * * " he Steadilv hold on iu single-heartedness , there can be no question fhathe has before him not only a certain and hLrh re putation , but what is of far more consequence , may become a real benefactor to his fellow countrymen of the million in their pursuit of sound knowledge and sound libertyJ ' —Mietie Kccieic . " We hail tU « writer as a new power iu the world of poetry , the ruler of a new domain , as jet but little it . OHTi , but which the puldic cannot fail to recognise , ¦ when iis hin ; s of thou-ht shall put on their singing rc-bes , and with fresh voice aud soul speah . its praises to fie world . " —Sentinel . " The hook possesses mind—mind which make itself felt and understood , and which , therefore , demands re-

      Ad00410

      WISE SAWS AND MODERN INSTANCES . ( Two Vols , 15 s . ) " A series of Crabbc-like sketches , in prose . They are manifest portraits , and admonish us of the author ' s skill in takisg the literal likeness . " —Atlmmtm . " VTe have rexd some of these stories with deep ir .-ferest , and few , we are persuaded , will rise from their perusal but with feelings all the warmer for what tlicy Iiave read . They can scarcely fail to be popular with the masses ; ' and , upon the whole , we think they deserve to be so . "—Atlas . " The author excuses the sternness of his pictures hy alleging their truth . The justification is all-sufficient . Chartist as these sketches are , they are healthier , in t « ne and sentiment , than the tawdry Actions ramped up for the reading public by some popular writers , that profess to exhibit the life of the labouring classes . "—The Sritanuia . "Of a truth , this Chartist agitation has thrown to the surface no more remarkable a man than Thomas Cooper , and we much question if there be any one so fitted to r » - jresent the manufacturing masses , to describe their wants , and expound their wishes , as he . —Kentish Independent . " Well written and interesting . The stories contain eome true and painful pictures of the miserable condition of many of die poorest opora . 1 ive =, w-Mle others of them are Of a humorous description . They eaunot fail to he popular with the thinking and reading portion of the working classes . "— Leicester Chronicle . "Many of the stories evhibit considerable rigour of pencil , shrewd sense , and clear-sighted observation , accompanied with a kindly , genial feeling and toleration . , tre were not prepared for from so determined a polifician . "— Glasgow Citizen . Alsojust published

      Ad00411

      COLOSSEUM .-XOT 1 CE .-PR 1 CE OF ADMISSION DURING TIIE HOLIDAYS ! . ' Hay Exhibition 2 s . Evening Do . 2 s . Cd . Children under Twelve Is . Stalactite Caverns Is . oxtra . milE DAY EXHIBITION consists of the Museum of JL Sculpture , Craud Picture of London , AHnunt-ra Conservatories , Gorgeous Gothic Aviary , Classio Kuins , Biviss Cottage and Mont lllanc , with Mountain Torrent , , fcc . < fcc . Open irom Tin till Four o'Cloek . E TEX 1 XG . —The new and extraordinary Panorama of J ^ nrDox in" >" ight , Museum of Sculpture , Conservatories , and Gorgeous Gothic Aviary , < fcc , brilliantly illuminated ; Swiss Cottage , Hunt L'lanc , and Mountain Toront represented by Moonlight . Open from Savtn till a Quartcrpeuit Ten o'Ciock . A 6 BASD OacnESTSA Osc- "f , on which the most adjrfrtd Oveetcccs , Sit . are played , from Two to Four and from Eif ht till Half-past Ten o'clock . The whole projected and designed by Mr , IViUiam JJradwell .

      Ad00412

      DAGUERREOTYPE AND OALOm E THE APPARATUS , LEX'S , CHEMICALS , PLATES , CASES , and every other article used in nws . ltHigand mounting the above can be bad •( 3 . Egerton , No . I , Temple-street , Whitefriars , London . De & rjrj utiv 8 Catalogues gratis . „„„ . „_ LEREBOURS celebrated ACHROMATIC TRIPBET 1 EXSES for the MICROSCOPE , sent to any part of the country at the following price : —Keep Power , COs ,, Low Power * 25 s . Every article warranted .

      Ad00413

      TO TAILORS . By ap probation of Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria and His UoyillU \ tlmes 8 Prince Albert . THE LONDON and PARIS FASHIONS for Winter , 1845 nndl ? 4 G , by HEAD and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; Bergcr , Holy well-street , Strand , London , and may be had of all Booksellers wheresoever residing ; a very superb Print , representing the most splendid exhibition in Europe , an Interior View of the Colosseum , Regent ' s-park , Londen . This eKquisitely executed and beautifully coloured Print will be accompanied with fullsize Dress , Frock and Riding Coat Patterns ; also , Patterns of the New Fashionable Polka Frock , and Locomotive Riding Coats , and an extra fitting Fashionable Waistcoat Pattern , with every part complete , and a fall explanation > f the manner of cutting and making them up ; also 9 xtra plates , including S sections , 4 forcutting fancy coats , 1 for waistcoats , the other for cutting Coat Collar Patterns , in proportion , for all sizes , so that any person may complete the whole in the most correct manaer , without a previous knowledge of any system of cutting whatever . Price ( as usual ) , the whole , 10 s ., orpost free , toanypart of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , lis . System of Cutting , 25 s ; Patent Measures , 8 s the set . Patterns , past free , Is each ; to be had of all booksellers . For particulars , see " Townsend ' s Parisian Costumes , " "Basctte of Fashion , " " London and Paris Magazine of Fashion , " the " LoHdon and Country Press , " & c .

      Ad00414

      TIIE REV . T . WILSON'S CATECHISMS . Just Published , Price Sd . mnE CATECHISM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR Also , New . Editions of the flowing Catechisms , by the Ifee . T . WiUon , Price lid . each . First Lessons in Natural Philosophy Secend Lessons in Natural Philosophy Third Lessons in Natural Philosophy First Catechism of Common Things Second Catechism of Common Things Third Catechism of Common Things Catechism of Bible History Catechism of English History The First Catechism of Geography The Catechism of Music . LONDON : DARTON AND CLARK , IIOLBORN HILL

      Ad00415

      FUNERAL ECONOMY ! THE CEMETERY and GENERAL FUNERAL COMPANY , united with SIIILLIREER'S PATENT FUNERAL CARRIAGES , respectfully invitepublie attention to the economic and convenient arrangements for performingerery description of Funerals complete , atcharges so m « derato as to defy competition , andno extras , by which the comfort of bereaved families will be materially prouioted , aud expenses limited . City-road , Finsbury , next Bunhiil-fields Burial-ground ; 21 , Percy-strcet , Tottenliam-court-road ; and lse , Union-street , Southwark . Shillibeer ' s Patent Funeral Carriage , with two horses , £ 1 lis . fid . ; Single Horse , £ 1 Is . A respectable Carriage Funeral , combining every charge , £ i 4 s . Hearses and Mourning Coaches . Catholic Fittings . Four Horse Funerals . £ 1212 s .

      Ad00416

      COALS . PROVIDE FOR VINTER . PROVIDENT FAMILIES , subscribing Is . per w « ek to the Metropolitan Coal Company ' s Shilling Club , can obtain lour half tons annually , without further charge , flues , etc . The Company ' s price current is , Best Screened Wallsend , 25 s . per full ton ; Seconds , 21 s ., 22 s ., and 23 s ; Coke , 17 s . Ga . Office , 279 , High Holborn .

      Ad00417

      ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . LESSEE , MB . JOHN D 008 I . ASS , ENTIRE CHANGE . '—First Night of a new drama , entitled the "Minute Gun at Sea ; " in which -Mr . John Douglass will appear . Engagement of Professor Fleming and his two Sons , and Signer Bradbury , the Flying Vaulter . "Linda ; or , the Gypsy ' s Curse , " at half-price . On Monday and during the week ( Thursday excepted ) to commence with the " Minute Gun at Sea . " Charles , Mr . John Dou ;; tiss ; the other characters by Messrs . Neville , Rayncr , Harrington , Bennett , D . Lewis , Marchant , Robherds , Lickfold , Miss Pearce , ic . To be followed by Signer Bradbury ' s Flying Feats on the Rope , After which , the celebrated performances of Professor Fleming and Sons . To conclude with " Linda , or the Gipsy ' s Curse , " supported by the companys On Thursday ( by desire ) " Macbeth ; " Macbeth , Mr . Grnttan Dawson . Various novelties are in course of active preparation . Stage Manager , Mr . Neville . Boxes , 2 s .: Pit Is .: Gallery , Cd .

      Ad00418

      A PUBLIC MEETING will he held at the London Mechanics' Institution , Southampton-buildings , Chanccry-lauc , Holborn , on Mondai , February 23 , 1 S 16 , to take into consideration the case of the Journeymen Boot and Shoe-makers of Belfast , and the Strong Shoemakers of London , now on Strike ; the men of Belfast Veins charged hy their employers , under the common law , with co . NSMK . Acr , and are now out on bail . Chair to be taken at Eight o'Clock precisely . Working Men ! this question must be settled . Let us meet and settle it .

      Jfort&Toinmg ;Ffetuur&

      Jfort & toinmg ; ffetuur &

      TUE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling member . * , and transacting other business connected therewith , are held every week ou the following days and places :- — SUNDAY EVEXIXO . Soutic London Chariot if'di , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at halt-past six o ' clock . —City Chartiet //«« , 1 ,

      Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Partheuium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lanc , at iialf-past seven . —iSbiucrs 2 bteit : at Mr . lluddregc ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-strcct , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower IfutnUts : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row . Bethnal-grecn , at six o ' clock precisely . —EmmctCs Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lissou-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Maryldoue : at the Coach Painters' Anns , Circus-street , at halfpast seven .

      MONDAY EVENIXG . Camlenvell : at the Alontpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely . TUESDAY EVEXIXO . Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , Blackhcathbill , at eight o ' clock . NeiveasUe-upon-Tipie : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house ol Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o'clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members .

      Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at S 7 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o ' clock .

      Westmissteb.—Mr. Edmund Stalhvood Will D...

      Westmissteb . —Mr . Edmund Stalhvood will deliver an address on The natal day of Thomas Paine—his worlrs , political and theolog ical , considered , " on Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) , at the I ' arthenium , 72 , St . Mardu ' s-hine ; to commence at haif-past soven . Mr . Bell , of Ueywood , will also lecture at the Partheuium on Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . Mr . Joiix Sewell will lecture on Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridgc-strect , New-road . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . The Bilstox Biukcii of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , now meet at Mr . Joseph Luney ' s , White Ilorse Inn , Uigh-street , where every member is particularly requested to attend next Sunday evening , Feb . 22 nd , at six o ' clock .

      Norwich . —A meeting of the members of the Norwich branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will take place in their room , St . Martin ' sat-Oak , on Monday evening next , Feb . 23 , at seven o ' clock . Dewst . —The members of the Derby branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society are requested to meet on business of importance at Mr . Chester ' s Temperance House , 1 C , Goodwin-street , on Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) , at six o ' clock . Those persons holding petition sheets on behalf of Frost , Ac , arc requested to forward them to tho above place on Wednesday evening , Feb . 25 , at eight o ' clock . Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) a lecture will be delivered in the school-room of the Working Man ' s II . iU . Chair to be taken at six o ' clock .

      BmeiiTox . —A democratic supper will bo held at the Artichoke Inn , William-street , on Wednesday , March 11 , to commemorate the birthday of Mr . William Cobbett , at eight o ' clock precisely . Tickets Is . Gd . each , to be had of Mr . Davey , Grosvenor-Glasoow . —The next meeting of the Glasgow branch of the Chartist Co-operative- Land Society , will be held on Wednesday next , iu the New Chapel , Nelson-street . A JJ correspondence for the Glasgow branch of the Land Society is to be addressed , in future , toNiel Gillespie , 100 , Uavannah , Glasgow , street ; Mr . Mitchell , 2-1 , Wood-street ; Mr . John Page , 11 , Camelford-street ; Mr . Tallett , 11 , Jewstreet ; Mr . Williams , 34 , King-street ; or at the bar of the above house . Do honour to the memory of tho labourer ' s friend , and attend the forthcoming festival .

      Keigbxey . —Mr . George White , of Bradford , will deliver two addresses in the Working Man ' s Hall , Iveigliicy , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , to commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at half-past livo in the evening . A tea-party will also be held in the same place on Shrove Tuesday , the 21 tli fast .

      Ad00419

      NOTICE . In next week ' s Star we shall gire & Ml report of the debate on Mr- Buncombe ' s motion for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , with a list of the names who wtcd for and against it ; and a Supplement , if necessary . W « 'do this in order that the uurcprcsentcd elasses maty be prepared at the hustings , at the next general election , with questions touching the release of Frost , Williams , and Jones , which no doubt will be put to tho several opposing candidates ,

      The Northern Star. Saturday, February 21, 1846.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 21 , 1846 .

      Commerce. The New Stapleof The Country. ...

      COMMERCE . THE NEW STAPLEOF THE COUNTRY . KESTItlCTION OF MACHINERY , AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION— THE MEANS 01 ? SUBDUING IT TO MAN'S WANTS . From the period that the uncontrolled use of machinery began to put society out of joint , down to the present time , when all arc compelled to admit the fact , but lack courage to acknowledge the cause , statesmen and cconomists , politicians and demagogues , bankers and merchants , manufacturers and landlords , have been endeavouring to devise some scheme , to agree upon ' someplan , by which the several wealthy interests may be satisfied and harmonised , without

      any violent organic change . The measure of Sir Robert Peel , iwecping and extensive as it is , is but another step in the same direction . He has hoped , vainly hoped , to frame such a piece of machinery as would lead to the necessary social change , without trenching upon the prescriptive rights or political power of any party . "Until very recently there has been a shyness even upon the part of the Anti-Corn Law League to scrutinise the position of the landlords , their burdens , and privileges , very iminutely . Recently , however , this coyness has been thrown off , and the public mind has been diverted from the monopoly of machinery to the consideration of the monopoly of land .

      As early as 1 S 3 S , before the Corn Law League was in existence , wc shewed , in a series of articles , that society was wrongfully governed—that machinery had pounced upon us with such an unexpected hop , step , and jump , that society was compelled to submit to such laws and regulations as its owners thought proper to impose . That the laws of the country were enacted for an agricultural state of society , and although exhibiting strong symptoms of lordly influence , that , nevertheless , there was , up to the

      enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Bill , a strong recognition of the rights of the poor . In a well regulated state of society no necessity whatever would exist for a pauper fund . If labour had its rights , and protection in the exercise of those rights , every individual would he a recognised member of society , and the weak and unhealthy , the destitute and forlorn , of each family would either be supported by their own members , or , if prudence saw fit , a national compact would be entered into to provide nationally for those who could not provide for themselves .

      The land being the natural inheritance ' of man , it very naturally followed tbat its usurpation to the uses of a few , would lead to the enactment of such laws as the constantly changing state of society rendered indispensable . Every one of those burdens now complained of by the landed interest are part and parcel of this general necessity . Land was the staple of the country ; and land , in one shape or other , was rendered amenable to the wants of sosiety , and the exigencies of the State . Hence , we find , that

      although the landlord class have been enabled to hold their relative position in society , as well as to partake of the increasing luxury of the times , that , nevertheless , they have not to any wonderful extent augmented their fortunes ; and for the plain and simple reason , because the peace of society demanded certain sacrifices at their hands—sacrifices which they would not have made if they could have safely withheld them , and sacrifices which they hoped to have arrested by their suicidal measure of 1 S 3 L

      It appears , then , that land , so long as it was the staple of the country , was dealt with , in one shape or other , as though it was the property of the country ; and if the game of the squire starved the pauper , the pauper had a claim upon the squire for remuneration . The staple of the [ country now is commerce ; machinery is the agent by which that staple is manufactured , and the controversy in the cud must be , how new laws can be enacted for controliiiujr this new

      staple , and subduing it , as the land was subdued to the wants and necessities of man . All the laws and all the dogmas of political economy , and all the apothegms of its disciples , will not satisfy a starving people . There is one rule of political economy , the enforcement of which they will demand and command—it is , that when one channel of industry is closed , another is opened to the industrious . The great channel has for many years been narrowing , and now , for a limited period , threatens a further

      contraction . Since 1 S 3-I , since the enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Act , the agricultural channel has been almost exclusively limited to the use of theoretical landlords and experimental farmers . It was no longer open for the poor . There was a wide gate to each parish for all others but for the natural inheritor ; there was a narrow stile , and even that lie could not pass without having complied with whimsical conditions . According to the rules of political economy , then , we demand the unconditional , the unrestricted opening of that only channel into which political economists would now divert the industry

      of the country . We do not stop to split hairs , or reason over nicely , while a Prime Minister threatens us with famine in less than two months , while wc witness a cotemporaneous increase in the voluptuousness of the luxurious idle . We may regret the present scarcity , hut our duty is of a higher nature , and would carry us further than the mere desire to meet the threatened calamity . We seek to prevent the posibility of its recurrence , at least such a recurrence as shall mark the poor alone with its vengeance . Wc have looked for that political chaos out of which order may come , and we now see distinctly before us the model of that now frame of society which the times demand and man ' s necessities call

      tor . The first step in this great change was the routing , the overthrow , and disbanding of that party , who , by their possession of the land , had for centuries preserved the ascendancy of political power . It was in , pe siblc to deal with positive evils so long as this comrirative injustice stood in the way . There was no possible mode of keeping free trade agitators to tne mple discussion of capital and labour , produce , and istribution , so long as they were enabled to ride

      off upon land monopoly , or ily away upon the Game Laws . It is the clearance of rubbish out of the way of the architect , the digging of the foundation to prepare for the new edifice , an indispensable clearance , before wc could move in the new direction . Much tis we have written upon this subject before it became fashionable , wc , nevertheless , deem its full consideration of such paramount importance as to cal ' for its continuous development and unceasing agitation .

      Land , we shew , has been the staple of the country , and its possessore have relieved themselves from their obligations to society , and , in return , society is about to relieve them of the onerous duties of selfrepresenlatien . Commerce has taken tlio place oi land , and has become the staple of the country ; and society very naturally will demand such a code of laws as will subdue this newly created national property to the fresh requirements of man . As the

      threat of famine would render a very critical examination into its causes superfluous , so do tho pressing demands of socictyjequally justify us in taking , in the first instance , a wholesale , ratherthan detailed view of this new question ; while wo , nevertheless , promise to analyse it and lay it bare in all its parts . As we do not stop in the midst of lamine to inquire into the rights of landlords to the extreme luxuries they enjoy , neither shall we enter into a very critical pom-

      Commerce. The New Stapleof The Country. ...

      parison between manufacturers and operatives . We shall merely ebserve , that whilst manufacturers complain of commercial distress , they are daily ( possessing themselves of the estates of the abused landlords , while they boast of their ability to pay off the national debt , and mock tho extreme of voluptuousness itself by their sensuality and increasing luxury . When they , want trade , they complain of poverty ; when they want power , they boast of their riches , and demand a proper deference to wealth .

      In the midst of such luxury , those who alone create it are , if not in a state of absolute want , in constant danger of absolute starvation . Their very existence depends not merely upon the calculation , but upon the mere whim , caprice , and even spite of their employers . Now , if the ncwly-creatcd staple is to be subdued to man ' s wants , we shall here state the only possible means by which this advantage can be conferred . We demand restriction of machinery to the extent of the labour market , not to the extent of the foreigner ' s demand for produce , but to the extent of the Englishman ' s claim for compensation . We demand the total abrogation of all poor laws and pauper funds , and wo demand such laws as will lead to the EQUITABLE di & tribution of the produce of labour and capital .

      We devote our every moment ' s thought to this question of labour and capital , and wc can devise no plan , even with the Charter itself , which will harmonise these two descriptions of national wealth , save the adaptation of the working of machinery to the amount of hands requiring labour , and such a distribution as will save England from the stigma ol recording the millions left by the first race . pf manufacturers , while she records at the same ' time the fact , that one in every ten of the producing classes is a parish pauper .

      Tojeffect ourobject—that is , toinsure the free opening ot tho new channel of industry—we shall continue weekly to advocate , not only the necessity , but the impossibility of much longer deferring the enactment of a Ton Hours'Bill ; and if that is found too long a period , to admit all to their fair and legitimate share of tho NEW STAPLE OF THIS COUNTRY ; and if a labour reserve shall still continue to press upon their brother labourers as competitors , and

      upon society as paupers , we shall contend for an Eight Hours' Bill ; and so go on , adapting machinery to man ' s wants , and distributing EQUITABLY , not equally , its produce , until it becomes man ' s holiday instead of man ' s curse . There is more than enough created annually for all engaged in the working of machinery to live uuon in comparative luxury ; and wc see no reason why a purse-proud , noisy , upstart race of men should absorb all the national resources to their own kindly use . v

      Parliamentary Review. The Question Of Th...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The question of tho condition of Ireland , introduced on Tuesday night by Mr . O'Cossell , and the motion of Lord Beaumont in the Lords , for a committee to inquire into the peculiar burdens upon land , so far from being interruptions to the t » reat Corn Law debate , may be considered as subsidiary topics , growing naturally out of the main question . By directing attention to these separate branches of the subject , more light has been thrown upon the whole . The pressing necessity for the immediate settling of the cpiestion has been forcibly brought home by the appalling revelations , in detail of the

      famine and disease which , has already begun to stalk through unhappy Ireland , and the more fearful prospective ravages they arc likely to commit . At the same time , the appointment of a committee to inquire into the peculiar burdens and exemptions of the agricultural interest ought to be accepted as a guarantee , that in making the changes imperatively demanded by the pressure of a great national calamity , and a new public opinion , no injustice will be done to that interest . Whatever grievances exist , or whatever injury may be done by the proposed alteration , will be fairly inquired into and tested .

      If the land docs bear an unequal share of the national burdens , it will be seen where nnd to what extent this unfair pressure exists . A specific evil will admit of a specific remedy , and we havo no doubt but that iii the case of any demonstrated injustice being inflicted by the nation on the national food growers , a speedy adjustment will follow . We very much suspect , however , that "the cat will jump the other way . " If the amount paid as land tax in other countries , relatively to the amount of the whole taxation of these countries , be contrasted with the amount derived from that source in this country , and the proportion which it bears to the gross annual income , it will bo found , we believe , that the balance is eminently in favour of that class , who now most lustih exclaim that they are unduly burdenvd .

      The debate on the main question has , upon the whole , been most intolerably dull . On the Fro * Trade side little novelty could be expected , the orators of the ; League having worn threadbare overythiug having the semblance of an argument that could be pressed into the service . The Protectionist speaker " presented as little variety , or rather as great monotony , as a street organ in the hands of an itinerant music grinder . They seemed to labour under a species of monomania , of whieh tho " one idea" was " Peel has done it all . " The gamut of scolding , in all its range , was run through against " Puel ' s desertion of liis party , " "Peel ' s treachery , " "Peki / s

      inconsistency , " " Peel's apostacy , " till one became , sick of the reiteration . When not abusive they were prophetic , and sufficiently gloomy were the predictions in which they indulged ; ruin to tho tenant farmers , and the workhouse for their families , were the very least of the consequences to be apprehended . Now , in this , wo think , the landlords arc by no means acting a judicious part , even lor themselves : if their predictions are not realised , they forfeit all claim to political sagacity ; if they are , their tenantry will bo able , out of their own mouths , to furnish those arguments for that alteration in the present system of holding and cultivating land , which the contemplated change will undoubtedly compel .

      From the common herd of Protectionist orators wc must , however , except Lord Jons Makxkks , whose speech was equally creditable in matter and manner . Occupying a decidedly independent position , and attached to no particular party—for " Young England , " if it over was entitled to the epithet of a party , is now apparently defunct— " its name is never heard "—he was able to act more freely than many who sat on the same side of the House . He agreed with the Protectionist party , however , in thinking that a general election should hare taken place upon the question ; and even now recommended , as a course shorter , simpler , and less productive of hostility , tbo immediate opening of the ports ; the suspension of the Corn Laws for six months ; and the occupancy of

      the interval to consider deliberately what is to be done at tho end of that term . In opposition to the ultra free trade doctrine , which would leavo the supply of food to be regulated by the ordinary commercial principles applicable to all other commodities , he adduced the authority of a distinguished foreign political economist , the Count of Milax , who says : — " That statesmen ought to separate the subject of f ood for the people from all questions of a purely commercial character . Men could do without wine or oil , but the first necessary of life—that which is essential to human existence—ought not to be subjected to the ordinary rules of commercial intercourse . " On this text Lord John preached a very fair Protectionist sermon .

      Mr . Mii-bs , tho leader of the high Protectionist party , in supporting the amendment of his relative , the mpmber for Bristol , made a speech which ; in many parts , induces us to think that lie lias been a diligent reader of the Northern , Star . Ilo showed , with considerable force , that the great enemy of the working classes was unregulated machinery and open competition , under the direction of large capitalists ; and though the unpopularity of the side of the question he espoused caused Jess attention to bo given to his statements on this point than they merited , the time is coming when they will bo as popular , aye , and as powerful in the legislature , as the doctrines of the League now are ,

      The fact of the matter is , that the Protectionists have never had the really strong points of their case put before the public . They did not daro to ally themselves with those who alone could have done so , who alone have given the subject that deliberate and comprehensive consideration which it demands , and who alone possessed the moral courage and intellectual powers necessary . to have followed the League orators in their peregrinations , confronted them upon every platform , and prevented the public mind from being filled by the eno-sided arguments of the large manufacturers , and the class who Jive by buy ing and selling . Conscious , at heart , that they were as little

      friendly to the rights of labour as the Leaguersthat the producer of corn was as ill-paid , or worse paid , as the producer of cotton ; and fearing an honest and unshrinking dissection of the whole subject , they allowed their active and unscrupulous opponents to fill the public ear and eye ; to deluge the country with free trade notions , to . which they only opposed the ridiculous braying of such animals as Sir John Ttuell—the cookery-book of his Grace of Norfolk , or the bluster of iiis brother Duke of Richmond , wliose declaration on Monday night , that the artisans in the manufacturing districts might be instructed that cotton would burn as well as straw ,

      was a proof at once of tke height of Ins indignation , and the impunity with which his order can set the law at defiance . Had a working man made such a speech , the whole press of the country would have been up in arms to denounce him . But the Duke escapes almost without rebuke . Tbcspeech of Mr , Bright , on Tuesday night , might be considered , in the continue ' absence of Mr . Coiide . v , as the official declaration of the League upon the question under debate . The Ministerial measure is to have its support , the only blemish in it , according to Mr , Bmcur , baing deferred , instead of immediate repeal . In this opinion ' many of the

      " farmers' friends" in the house coincide . Mr . Miles especially / leelared , with great emphasis , and in the most distinct manner , . that if they were to have the repeal at all , he for one , and he believed the feeling was a general one , would rather have it immediately than in ISid . They wished to know the worst at once . Sir R . Peel blandly replied , that as the League intended in committee to move an amendment to that effect , tJiey had on / y to vote with tlie opposition in order to carry their point . For himself he preferred his own plan , but , if beaten , he would not throw up the measure . He would try to oblige them . We should not , therefore , wonder if we have immediate repeal after all .

      ihe most sensible aud practical speech delivered on the opposition side of the house was that of Sir Charles Napier . His description of his farming , humorously as it was delivered , was replete with facts and instruction of the most important character . Let the landlords of England follow his advice . Let them give their tenants long leases instead ot ' . long speeches . Let landlord and tenant unite in draining the land , and putting it under a superior system ot tillage , and they will not only supply all the wants of our home market , but have a surplus for others .

      The great event of the week , ; howevcr , was the speech of Sir Kojbekx Peel on Monday night . It was one of his most brilliant efforts , whether looked at with reference to its matter or the animated style in which it was delivered . Dividing the debata into two parts—the merely personal attacks on himself and colleagues , and the great question whether the measure proposed was such as tho country required at the prevent crisis—he handled each in a peculiarly bold and masterly manner . To the personal attacks , he simply replied—Do with me what you like—but don ' t visit my sins on the measure before

      the house—take that on its own merits , it it ha * any . The people out of doors did not care one straw about their party differences , or the way in which they were settled ; but the settlement of the question was to the country a matter of deep importance . He then proceeded to compliment the agricultural paity in the aggregate , and thence entered into further explanations as to the ministerial crisis of December—Ireland , as before , censtituting his stroug-Jiold as to the necessity for the measure ; but he took a wider range than three years' to show the benefits of a relaxation of the protective svstem . lie went

      back to the time of Huskisson , and , really , in tbe case of the siik and flax trades , made out a most showylooking case . All this , however , was but preliminary to a slashing onset upon the little dogs who , for the past week , had been barking at him . lie tomahawked them in the most scientific style , and ; in a leisurely way , that showed he took a . great pleasure in the job . Having despatched them , he concluded by an eloquent peroration a speech which amply vindicated his right to stand as the leader of that house , not merely fur his administrative talents , but for his peerless abilities as a debater and an orator .

      An event ot scarcely leas interest and moment was the support given to the Ministerial measure by Mr . Thomas Duxcombk , the recognised and accredited representative of the working classes of this country , Wc have given a very full report of the admirable , manly , and straightforward speech delivered by Mr . Ddxcombe on this occasion . It will speak for itself , without any comment from us ; and is such as docs honour at once to the people and their chosen champion .

      Sir . Robert has thus the formally proclaimed adhesion of the Whigs , the League , and the working classes to his measures . Against such odds , the small band oi Protectionists—who , continue to fire their pop-guns with a pertinacity which can only be accounted for by the supposition that they are making speeches with a view to the hustings at the next election—can have no chance . The system is downed ; and if tlicy were at all wise men , they would submit with a good grace to an inevitable necessity .

      €O *Tta&Er$ Sc €Om£«Ontat&

      € o * tta & er $ Sc € om £ « ontat &

      T. Wam'olb, Conuncrcial-Roiid East.—Wo H...

      T . WaM'OLB , Conuncrcial-roiid East . —Wo have not been abl « to find room for the letter ; perhaps we may do so shortly . F . Bates , Oirvan . —Although the Hues are not first-rate , wo may find room for them hereafter . It , Lamb , Liuieliouse , —The idea in good , but the poetry not Mitlicicntly good to warrant its insertion . F . Tovev , Cheltenham . —The lines are too imperfect for publication , Mb . John Willey , Xewbegin , Maltoii , wishes to know the address of Mr . J . It . I { . Bairstow . Norwich . —Mr . Harney acknowledges Mr . Hurry ' s reineuibrnnce . Veteran Patriots' ano Exiles' Widows' and Cmtdiiem ' s Funds . —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of 7 s . 3 d . from ilr . Vloww , Brighton ; of as . from T . 8 . K . Birmingham ; ami of Ills . hi . from Mr . Gray , Burnley ! Thomas Cooiujh , Secretory , 134 , Blnckn-iar ' s-road .

      Ediniiouuu . —Thanks for the Weekly Express , but it should have been at this ollice by Monday . When received on Wednesday , our columns were alread y so far occupied as to make it impossible for us to give a full report of the meeting . To Feabgl's O'Connor , Esq . —Sir , —lam an operative , but still I venture to take the liberty to address you on thu subject of reform . We are having a great struggle for the Ten Hours' system . We have petitioned the legislature of Massachusetts the lust three sessions and we appear before them again at the present session ! with four theusnud names , and if every means had not been yut in operation b y the manufacturers to prevent it , we should have had twice that number . It is a notorious foot , ( hut the overlookers iu our nulla durst not sign ii putition , or use their inHusiice to carry forward any movement that is not sanctioned by their emyloy « rs . Surely it may be culled a " free country 1 " where the masses are the servants of the few . If

      names do not change things , then tho aristocracy of the old country exists here ako ; if not in degree , in kind . Tou will pardon this trespass on your time and patience ; and if you receive this , please address n uKuibcr of your paper to me containing the notice . It you will take the trouble t « direct the enclosed to Lord Ashley , you will greatly obli ge your friend Sarah 0 . BayleyLowell , St . iteof Massachusetts , county of Middlesex , Xorth America , February 1 , 1843 . —[ The above letter , which cost us 2 s . Id ., by tile bye , will fully bear out our view upon the subject of short time ; from it the English operative will learn , that even in America capital and machinery have the power of ncutral . sing political t quality , u is a sad vu . tuVQ gWw b 8 . Q , Bayley , and one which we trust English agitation will give a brighter colour to . The Amci leans have taken tne tire irom us upon thu laid question , and we tniH we shall be able to enlighten ami aid them upon Ihe question of short time . )

      T. Wam'olb, Conuncrcial-Roiid East.—Wo H...

      Joseph Buck , Sheffield . —We prefer answering his letter publicly , that it may be publicly understood . He asks why Mark Lancas ter did not get the prsrahim for his essay , which we praised for this simple reason , because the managers of the Conference failed to perform , their duty in reading and reporting upon the comparative merits of the two essays—for there were only two sent . The person who wrote the other essay bad just as good a right to the prize ns Lancaster , and we trust that Mr . Buck will understand that no more blame attaches to us than to Air . Buck himself . A Tradesman , Worcester . —We return our best thanks for his letter , while he will sec by the rules that it is not in our power to comply with tho change he suggests . A , M'Kenzie , Pl ymouth , —It would be impossible to comply with the request he makes : it would throw the whole business of the society into irretrievable

      confusion . W . Faint , Stjutford-O . v-Avok . —Thanks for his letter . The plot of landis ioo small , as well as too dear ; of course it will sell as well as town parks . It . T ., Leeds . —The society purchasing shares in the Chartist Land Association would be subject to the same rules , directors , and trustees as all other members . Roiiekt Shilling , Ely . —The price of a share is £ 2 lis . 4 d .

      lor two acres . W . Paine , Stratford-on-Avon . —It would be quite out of . ottv power to procure the information he desires relative to the ship Exnl , or the Captain's name . As to the remainder of his letter , it is an advertisement , and if he wishes its insertion as such lie will write to that effect , to Mr . William ltider , Northern Slur Office , 1 (> , Great Windmill-street , London . Rohert Wiclev , Hetwood . —Yes , itwas a rule that all districts should pay their own expenses . A person with a share in No . 1 , may also have a share in No . 2

      section . Nottingham Framework Knitters . —So lengthy a document as the memorial should have been at this oiKce before Thursday . We must postpone its insertion till Thursday next , Chartist Wafers . —A correspondent at Dumfries wishes to know whether he can procure Chartist , Socialist , or Anti-t ' ci'secution motto wafers . Veritas . —Yes . The wife had a perfect right to marry again . We did not receive his question last week , or it would have been answered . The new regulations made at Conference for tho payment of local expenses have only reference to the time since the Conference met . Jons Smith and Benjamin Armfield . — Thanks for their communication ; we received the same advertisement through both , and as the laud is to be sold by private contract , we have written to the solicitors upon the

      sumcct . Joii . v Hancock , Pexberton . —Thanks for his information . We shall be much obliged by further particulars , but he will see tbe impossibility of our answering every lerter upon tho subject . The situation would be a very suitable one . W . S ., Aberdeen . —Wc know nothing of Mr . Pitkeithley ' s Emigration Society . Shares can be transferred after , as well as before location .

      Receipts Of The Chartist C0-Operatiye La...

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST C 0-OPERATIYE LAND SOCIETY . SHARES . FEB ME . O'CONNOR , £ S . ( I . Bristol , per C . Bebbeek 1 ID !/ Newmiim , near Kilmarnock , per A . Brown .. 0 9 3 (} . Wood , Black Hall , near Edinburgh .. .- 2 12 i r'iunieestiin , per J . Wilson .. .. .. 0 13 8 Halifax , per C . IV . Smith .. ,. .. 5 7 2 Dewshnry-gate , per J . House .. .. .. 5 17 S Kidderminster , per G-. Holloway .. .. .. 200 Derbv , per W , Crnbtrce •• •• .. 317 Thomas Kirk , Hull 2 12 6 Salford , per J . Millington 2 0 0 Harnsley , per J . Ward 5 0 0 Two old ' Farmers , Birkenhead .. .. .. 3 IS 6 Hw-htlale , per E . Mitchell 2 0 0 Xottiuehstin , per J . Sweet ,. .. .. ISO Lecds . ' per \ V . Brook 5 0 0 Oreer . ock , per ft . Hun-ell „ „ „ 2 0 l ) Whjan , ] , or T . 1 ' ye .. .. ,, « . 3 0 ' J Stockport , per T . Woodhouse .. .. ,, 0 0 0 Manchester , y >« J . Murray .. .. .. 40 13 0 llramhiim , per J . Smart .. ., .. ,. 4 14-1 Arbroath , per J , Stephen .. .. .. 3 lu U Ik-bdeti Bridge , per J . Smith ., .. .. i 18 « South Shields , per J . Patrick 2 0 0 Alva , per J . Ilohertson .. .. .. .. 390 Artichoke Inn locality , Brighton , per G . Gilts .. 3 7 8 Hamilton , per W . Weir .. .. .. ,. 117 91 LEW FOR THE LAND CONFERENCE . PER MR , O ' CONNOR . Newniilm , near Kilmarnock , per A . Brown .. 010 Dewslmr . y-gate , per J . Rouse .. .. .. 000 Merby . j « ,-r W . Crahtrec .. ,. .. .. V 3 0 Xotrii-uiiam , per J . Sweet ,. ,. .. 0 1 y Hraiiiliaui , per J . Smart .. .. .. .. 0 0 3 lK-bdrn Bridge , per J . Smith 0 0 3 Hamilton , per \ S . Weir .. .. .. .. 0 U 3 LEVI FOR DIRECTORS . PER -MR , O ' CONNOR . Bristol , per C . Rebbeck .. .. ,. .. 0 1 2 Newmihii , near Kilmarnock , per A . Brown .. 004 G . Wi . oil . Black Hall , near Edinburgh .. .. 0 0 8 Uewslmry-siitu , jk- 'vJ . Uousu „ ,. ,. 0 2 i Derby , ircr W . Crabtree " $ 1 Nottiii ' , 'hiirn , per J . Swcct 0 l e Wigan , per T . I ' ve Oil Bramliam , per J . Smart .. .. ,. .. 001 Hamilton , per W . Weir ,. 0 1 5 J

      National Charter Association. Executive....

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . FEB MR . O ' COKNOE . South Shields , pur \ V . Wilkinson .. „ 0 15 s George Cudlipp , Swansea ,. .. ,. 0 i 0 NATIONAL ASTl-MlLlTIA IXND , FEB MR . O'CONNOR . James Sweet , Nottingham .. .. ,. 0 0 3 WiHi : trn Krown , Bulwell .. .. „ „ 0 J S Vlolim Ctvpit , ditto .. .. .. .. o 0 -i Joseph Glover , ditto ,. ., .. .. 0 0 i William Duncklcy , ditto .. ,. ., ,. 003

      Receipts Of Tiie Chartist Co-Operative L...

      RECEIPTS OF TIIE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIET 1 ' . SHARES . PER GENERAL BECRETART . £ S . d . £ S . ( I . Tonb-idgc Wells .. I 2 8 Mr . Evans .. .. 0 2 G Hyde o 13 ( i James Paris .. 1 0 ui Clioicvnliam .. 4 3 S John Donald „ 0 10 01 Alva 0 14 Staleyuridge .. -5 0 0 ) IX'Vhi ? .. .. 014 Mot train .. ,. U S * . Westminster .. I 7 S llindley .. .. 0 2 Si llcliden Kridi ; e ,. ( 5 T a Leicester .. .. 2 0 0 ) Mountain .. " .. 1 17 0 Hull 1 13 03 Mr . Common .. oil ) Lambeth .. .. 12 2 tl Mr . Aldridge .. 1 10 0 LEW FOR TUE LAND CONFERENCE . Alva 0 0 o Norwich .. ,. 0 fl GG Westminster .. 006 Hull ,. .. .. 0 2 66 . Uottram .. .. 0 I 8 LEW FOE DIRECTORS . Se ! by 0 1 0 Mottram .. .. 0 3 11 Westminster .. 002 Seiners Town .. 0 ' 2 66 Ilt-hden lirhlgc .. 0 0 10 Koehdule .. .. 0 0 ii ' A Mountain .. .. o ( l 9 Hull 0 2 SS Si'ctct :, ry .. .. 000 The 3 d . last week tor Conference levy , from Stratford , I , Essex , should have been Is . 3 d . I hereb y request all sub-secretaries to immediatelv fur-rmsli me with the names of the whole of their member * * and the amount of money paid by each . This notice doess not apply to those who have alreadv complied wit ' :- myiy nrevmiis requests , but to a number of towns , iueludin ^ Leeds and Manchester , from which I have not vet m-eivUUi any return . If this is not complied with , tho iucmK-rs iiriu those towns will he excluded from the First section . Av . y . shareholder wishing to have a copy of tho halaiice-slieetpt , can nave one sent him by furnishing mo with three ve-st-itage stamps . T . 4 l . Wjikkleb . Sec .

      National Charter Association, Veft Genel...

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , VEft GENElUL BECRETART . Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0 i ( ( Simik-rland , New Town Class , Bishopwearniouth 1 nil Leici-f tvr , I'VotUs ou . Yoi- ((« i-it i'tiir .. ., 0 : j ¦) -li A Friend , Rothurhithe .. .. ,. .. 0 a i . i .: EXILES' WIDOWS . Suudevlav . il , New Town Glass 0 2 t t ; VETEKAN I'ATKIOTS .. Sunderland Now Town Class .. .. ,, 0 2 ( ( I EXILES' KESTO & ATION COMMITTEE . Landport , l ' ortse . i 0 3 0 Tilleeoultry .. .. 0 2 ' Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secrc-tarv . .

      It Will Be Seen From An Advertisement In...

      It will be seen from an advertisement in anothehe column , that a public meeting will be held at tilth London Mechanics' Institution , Soutbampton-bni . di . dl o ^ f-V ! , lsMlwr ? -, an * > Holborn , on Monday , FebriiiirilV it ) , J & lb , to take into consideration ihe ' case or tJitJii journeymen boot nnd shoemakers ot Belfast , anaim tlie strong shoemakers of London , now on strike ke the men ot Bellast being charged by their omplovvrser " under the common law , with conspiracy , ami anarn now out on bail . Chair to bo taken at eight o ' clock *! precisely Working men ! this question must , b L settled . Let us meet and settle it . National United Association or Trades —The CeiCen tral Committee met at the Trades ' -olliee , 30 , Uydc-streeree-Lloomsbury ; Mr . J . Bush , Vice-president , i » the chaiaaii A number of letters were ieii . 1 ; among others , one froifrou he Miners of Holy-town , Minonncimr < ui accession m « three hundred members , and an intimation that thethe number would be inereased to two thousand tefore tie tit next Conference : from Mr . Sabdon , on behalf of tlf tl , Calico-printers ; from Mr . Batten , ou behalf of the CifarlfarV pauitvra of Greenwich , announcing their adhesion , an an Hieir determination to take up fifty shares in the Assoehoeu tion tor tbe Employment of Labour ; from Mr . Lancasteistc on feehalf of tho Potters of Bursiem , Staffordshire ; an am tfOill Mr . Major , of Bath , stating that the Cabineiinei makers , Carvers , fcc ., WWC about to hold a mectm- ftconsuler the propriety of joining the Association . Central Association or London Trades — ti , ti te 4 ,-met arthe Bell , Old bailey , on Tuesday cvt-nia-ni ™ Mr . Samuel Clung , tin plate worker , in the chair . TL TU meeting was commenced for the syeci-A purpose of tnkiinkh : steps in support of the much oppressed operative boot ant an shoemakers of Belfast . Mr . Wilson , of the city divisioiisioj attended and gave u detailed statement of tlie preseresen condition of his shopmsites in Belfast , which excited tld til warmest sympathy . On the motion of . Mr . T . Uarratrratt vork-enner , seconded by Mr . Williams , carver and gildeildee it was resolved ;— "That a committee be appointed fid hi tbe purpose of appealing to the merttopolitan trades , ars , an the working classes generally throughout the emp-jnpin aud to tako such other steps as shall best promote tlte it cause of the operative shoemakers of Belfast . " The toe ton mittee were then appointed , and commenced opiratioatio ) nimediately .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 21, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21021846/page/4/