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      Frightful Ignorance. Are There No Philan...

      enemies of progress , and their political existence is incompatible with the freedom and happiness of the millions . A few days ago the London University was the scene of a frightful exhibition of ignorance on the part of the too well known Brougham . At the annual distribution of prizes , "his Lordship" made a speech , in the course of which he puffed off himself as " the oldest mathematician alive , " and congratulated the students on being altogether unlike those of other countries who had assisted the people in their struggles t gainst oppression ! He exulted in the defeat of the working men

      of Paris in the late insurrection , and warned the students in Greek and Latin , to be careful that they did not allow their minds to be converted to Republicanism by the study of Greek and Roman literature . At the very time Brougham was mouthing hfs diatribes against Democracv , and insisting on the impossibility of a Republic , Emmerson , the celebrated American , sat immediately beneath him . What an effective though silent rebuke to "his

      lordship ' s" iguorance ! In praising England's " constitutional monarchy , " and " the singular happiness" it afforded to the people of this country , the ex-Chancellor was of course . thinking of his own " singular happiness , " in fteins- privileged to sack a pension of 5 , 000 / . yearly from the labour of the people . If " his lordship " imagines that the people are happy because they are permitted the honour of paying his pension , he must be frightfully ignorant of the real sentiments of his

      countrymen . "We trust that the people will set about the good work of enlightening the " higher orders . '' The ignorance we have unveiled is a disgrace to the " nineteenth century ! If there is any kind of ignorance more deplorable , it is that of the multitude in tolerating the sway of such rulers , to whom , in conclusion , we will address a few words from Peter Pindar" T } rants , with all yonr power and vride dominion , Ye ar ' nt s whit like God in my opinion ,

      Though you tniok otherwise , I do presume , Hot te the marrow with the ruling lust , Fancying yonr crouching suljects bo much dust , Your lofty selves the ml « fetj s-rseping brrom . Open the warehouses of all 50 m brains ; Come , sir * , turn out—let ' s ste what each ceataics Heavens , how ridiculous ! What motley itoff ! Shut , quickly shut again the brazrn deor « , Too mueh of balderdash the eye explores ; Yes . shut them , that them ; we Save seen esougb Are these the beings to bestride a world / To r . ich sid bmsls , has God his creatures hv . rl'd . ?"

      July 22, 1816 T.He Northern Star,

      July 22 , 1816 T . HE NORTHERN STAR ,

      Parliamentary Review The Annual "Slaught...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW The annual " slaughter" of Bills which distinguishes the close of every Session , has formally commenced . The Premier hopes to he ableto carry the Public Health Bill , and the Irish Encumbered Estates Bill , this session . He proposes also to persevere with a batch of Bills affecting the operation of the Poor Laws , brought forward by Mr Buller , the new President of the Commission ; and means , if possible , to have the Royal Assent . dven to the measure brought forward for f stftblisliinjr formal Diplomatic Relations with

      the Pope . So much for what his Lordship expects to do . Now for what he will not attempt to do . Inithe first place , the measure on the Navigation Laws , which has occupied so large a portion of the session , is to be thrown overboard , together with all the measures dependent upon it . The measures relative to the Elective Franchise in Ireland , and this country , either before the House , or promised , are " to be abandoned ; and as to the small fry of Bills affecting minor , and ,

      comparatively-speaking , private interests , they are to sink or swim , as the fates will permit . Such a lame and impotent conclusion to a session of ParJiament which met in November , and threatens to sit till September of course provoked not a little natural indignation on all sides of tbe House , and , for two hours or so the Minister was subjected to a continued storm of reproaches and querulous interrogations , which he bore with the air of a most ill-used and persecuted martyr , for the good of

      his country . lie abandonment of the Navigation Laws is broadl y asserted , by all parties , to have been theresult of deep * " political calculations . The only tenure by which Lord John can hope to retain office is , " to maintain the existing split between the two sections of the former powerful Conservative party . Should a junction take place between them , the ejection of the Whig s from office would immediatel y follow . Lord John sees this , and , therefore , thinks it well to keep a bone of contention in hand , by means of which he may keep these

      sections by the ears . The Peel party are in favour of the measure ; the Bentinck and Disraeli section oppose it , not because they set any extraordinary value upon the protection afforded to our Shipping interest by the present laws , but because they hold fast by the principle of protection in all its shapes ' . If this last vestige of our old crotective system was swept away there would no longer remain any serious question to divide the Conservative party . The old feeling of

      exasperation at what was considered the treasonable abandonment of the policy of protection by Sir R . Peel and his followers is dying out . The Chronicle , on the one hand , is writing up the policy of Peel , showing the landlords that he was right and they were wrong ; and that the best thing they can now do is to rally round him again ; the Herald , on the other side , has no objection to a union with Peel ' s followers , but objects to being led by Peel himself . If such a junction as that plainly intimated bv the Herald as desirable , takes

      place , it will in reality only pave the way te > the resumption of office by Peel . It would be the first step in advance by the alienated country party towards the deserters of that party in 1 S 46—for deserters they were quite as much as Sir Robert Peel , —and when the followers in that desertion were forgiven it would be difficult long to exclude the leader from the benefit of the amnesty and reconciliation .

      That such an event will take place at no distant period we fully believe . The feeling of dis < mst and hopelessness , with which we have all along regarded the present most ignorant , incompetent , and imbecile Ministry , is becoming universal among all classes and in all parties . Everybody begins to see the imperative necessity of a change , if the vessel of the State is to be prevented from drifting among breakers and rocks , and becoming a wreck . A sense of common interest is inducing all parties to lay aside their usual

      differences for the time being , in order to avert , if possible , the evils which are certain to follow the retention of power by a set of men who have proved , bv every official act , that they have neither the brains to comprehend the actual position and wants of the country—the tjusiness habits necessary to transact its . ordi-P . ary affairs—nor the political honesty which would induce servants , so notoriously defective of all the requisite qualities , to resign situations they are incapable of filling , either with credit to themselves or benefit to the nation .

      Mr V- Smith was the only member of the many whj spoke , that attempted to defend these unfortunate and blundering administrators of public affairs . He said that during the whole of his experience he had never known so few measures abandoned at , in the present session . A reply to this statement was wittily supplied by a gentleman , who said , " that was because there were so few to abandon . ' The necessity for having clear-headed , vigorous men of business to adminster the national

      affair s , was never more signally manifested than during the two years of mismanagement which has characterised the resumption of office by the Whigs . It cannot with truth be alleged , that their failure asj a Ministry is , in any denee , owing to a want of will on the part of " Parliament to work . On the contrary , there never was a House more willing to sit and dispose of business , than the present . The mischief is , that those who should cut out that work for them , and give a prastfcal direo

      tion to their labours , are altogether incapable of doing so . Scarcely a single measure has been introduced by them , which has not been immediately shown to be full of blunders , which rendered it necessary to withdraw it , and patch it up again , in some shape or other , to meet the palpable objections to which it was liable . In general , the tinkering process to which they were subjected only made the Faults of their original construction more obvious , and the result has been , that the whole of a Session , unparalleled in duration , has been spent in doing and undoing , and , for all" practical purposes , ' with , perhaps , one or two exceptions , our legislators may write " nil , '' as the result of their protracted sittings .

      Lord G. Bentinck, To The Dismay Of Minis...

      Lord G . Bentinck , to the dismay of Ministers , and , indeed , of the whole House , pointed out on Wednesday that all the long debates , and sittings till two and three in tbe morning , on the Sugar Duties , had led to nothing , in consequence of one of the usual blunders of the Chancellor of the Exchequer . The object of the Government was to allow the West Indian Colonies to import their Muscovado sugar at a duty of ffiirfeen shillings , in the year 1818-9 . But the first resolution states , " that the schedule of duties , , of which 13 s . forms a part , shall be levied " on

      sugar and molasses , the growth and produce of any British possession into which the importation of foreign sugar is prohibited . " The importation of foreign sugar is not prohibited in any of the West Indian Colonies , and consequently this resolution does not apply to them j they , therefore , fall under the head of " other British possessions / ' the Muscovado sugar of which is liable to a duty of 15 s . 9 d ., and thus the great object of the Government is entirel y frustrated by their own blunder , and the time of the House of Commons mercilessly thrown away , by several weeks' sittings in Midsummer

      for nothing . Of course , as the resolutions of the Committee have received the final sanction of the House , and a bill in accordance with them has been brought in , there is nothing left but to go into Committee again , and begin the question de novo . "Whether the Protectionists who fought the battle so toughly for the West Indians , will allow the Ministers to carry any measures whatever , at this advanced period of the Session , remains to be seen . The Chancellor of the Exchequer was dumb foundered by this exposure of his incapacity , and of the commission of a blunder for which a copying clerk in any Government office would have been dismissed . The effect in the city has been to create the

      greatest confusion and excitement—and the highest indignation exists among the merchants at the losses which the negligent and ignorant management of the Government entails upon the mercantile community . It is the price they must expect to pay for putting in office a set of men whom they would not employ as subordinate clerks in their own counting-houses , much less intrust with the management of their own business . Men who could not manage the bssiness of a single sugar broker in Mincinglane , are entrusted with the regulation and control of the affairs of an empire , the largest and most varied in its interests , of any either in ancient or modern times . Is it any wonder that things should be as they are ?

      It Is Not Merely Incapacity Which Unfits...

      It is not merely incapacity which unfits the present occupants ' of the Treasury Benches for office . In addition to that grave reason for dismissal , they add a deeper fault—that of deliberate and wilful tampering with the truth . The exposure of the Colonial-office with respect to the suppression of important Colonial Despatches , was still in all men ' s mouths , when another took p lace of a more unequivocal and damaging character . The same parties occupied the same bad eminence in this case as before . Earl Grey and his underling , Mr Hawes , bid fair to establish a reputation for themselves in political history , the reverse of enviable .

      On the 1 st of June , last year , Lord Lincoln moved an address to the Queen , praying that colonization might be made subsidiary to other plans for promoting the welfare of Ire land . Mr Hawes opposed the motion , but Lord J . Russell seeing the government were likely to be beaten upon the question , if they persisted in their opposition , finally agreed to the motion , upon the understanding that he was to be allowed time to consult the execu .

      tive legislative bodies of our North American provinces , and to lay the results before the house in another session . Other members pressed , subsequently , for more specific statements , knowing the slippery character of the men they had to deal with . They were assured that " special inquiries" should be made , and , on the 14 th of the month , the Queen ( that is the Ministers ) made the following reply to the address of the House : —

      I aa deeply sensible of the adv * atage which mjy be derived from / urlfar measures for the promotion ef colen zitlon , and I tcill direct such inquiries to be made at may enable Parliament to adopt a course ffie from those evils which precipitate legislation on this subject might

      n . Here , then , were the facts : The House had voted an address for specfa ? inquiry , the Prime Minister promised that ^ the inquiry should be made and the results stated this session , and , lastly , the assurance was confirmed by the Queen . Having waited thirteen months , and seeing the end of the session approaching , Lord Lineoln thought it was time to make some inquiry on the subject . He , therefore , a few days ago , asked what had been done on his motion . The reply was characteristic . Knowing that nothing had

      been done—that nothing was intended to be done , and that the whole affair had been merely a " dodge'' to avert a defeat , which proving successful for the moment was forgotten as much as the farce played at the Victoria Theatre , last year , at the same time . Knowing all-this , Mr Hawes got up to repl y to Lord Lincoln with one of his blandest , most candid , and most ingenuous faces . He " wasgreatly indebted to the noble lord for having given notice of this question , '' and then having produced the impression that there was nothing the Government more desired than an

      opportunity of stating what they had done in consequence of the vote of Parliament , he launched into a statement which had nothing whatever to do with the matter . Lord Lincoln , however , was not to be fobbed off in this style . Politely acknowledging " the valuable informa tion" given gratuitously by Mr Hawes , he observed that it was no answer to a very simple question > hich he begged to repeat , " Had there been a special inquiry , and , if so , what were the results ? " Seeing that the last " dodge ' 'had not thrown his lordship off the scent Mr Hawes grew desperate , got up again ,

      and briefly , at random , furnished an answer . "The Lords' Committee constituted the inquiry promised . " It was a reply evidently got up on tbe spur of the moment , and Lord Lincoln demolished it in an instant , b y remarking , that the Lords' Committee vf as appointed on the 4 th of June and that the Queen ' s answer was given on the 14 th , so that the former could he no answer to the inquiry promised in the latter . " Dates are awkward things . Mr Hawes , clever as he is at the suppressio ve-ri as well as the suggestio falsi , had not another word to say to this settler , upon which Lord John Russell valiantly rushed to the support of his silenced colleague , whom he extricated from his predicament after a peculiar fashion ,

      that is by landing him deeper in the dirt . " The inquiry , '' said his lordship , ( which Mr Hawes had averred had taken place ) " couldnot be made with any advantage , because there had been great sickness and mortality among the emigrants last gear ; " with this impromptu excuse the matte * ended . We imagine that people , with these frequent exposures of the veracity of our precious ministry and especially of that department which is under the chivalrous Grey and the candid Hawes , will , in future , place but little reliance in anything they may say . If once parties get a character of a certain scrt , scepticism attaches to that which is real in their communications ,, as well as to tiat which is invented .

      Suspension Of The Habeas Corpus Act, Las...

      SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT , Last night , Lord John Russell gave notice that he would , this day at twelve o ' clock , ask for " leave to bring in a bill to empower the Lord-Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland , to apprehend and detain , until the 1 st day of March , 1849 , such persons as he shall suspect sf conspiring against her Majesty ' s person or Government . " This announcement was received by the House with loud ehe ers

      The days of Castlereagh are revived ! If the English people permit this daring attack upon the constitution , they may prepare themselves for a similar visitation within a month from this time . Those of our readers who are old enough to remember the years 1817—18 and , ig , will understand the reign of despotism and cruelty the Whigs are preparing for both countries .

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      Tue Poets.-Wallace, James Quin, Paradise...

      TUE PoETS .-Wallace , James Quin , Paradise Island , A Constant Reader , and I . A . N .-Noroom . A Lovek of Justice , and a Wobkimo Man . — We are sorry we have no room . The same sentiments appear in every number of the Northern Stah . J . S . Hasun'gden . —You cannot compel the guardians togrart out-door relief , but may apply for admittance to the bastile . Your demand , when you should have begged , no doubt is the reason of refusal . It is folly to talk of the right of the poor against mighty oppressors . A Fakjier at Goadhurst , Kent , writes— 'that be has been a Chartist since tbe 10 th of A p ril , the excellent conduct of the Chartists on that day having converted him . '

      Debet , Thomas Agar . —No room . We do not know when Mr O'Connor will be at Nottingham . A Cohmomst suggests that it is the duty of all governments to provide against the failure of harvest . O . D . Milleb . —We have no room , owing to presa of matter . Derby . —We have no room for local addresses . If tho calls made b y the Executive were properly responded to there would be no need of local appeals , Mr Isaac Cuttsiss Benton , of 6 , Park-row , Greenwich , wishes to know the address of John Wright , stone ma-. son , lately living in the Borough , London .: Any expense incurred will he paid . fe GSja . Abraham Stbeet . — -Apply to tho directors , 144 , High Holbnrn .

      Gboss Ttrannt . —Richard Smith , of Sutton Bridge , Lincolnshire , writes us that he has been expelled from the society of Primitive Methodists through his advocacy of the Charter . The Libeety Fu . vd . —T . S . ( Leeds ) is informed , that we have made every inquiry on the subject , and find that the active and energetic Chartists of Somer * Town have submitted a proposition , made by Mr Robert Rebinson , for the raising a sum of £ 200 for this purpose . Mr Robinson is the proprietor of a freehold estate , in the market town of Ilolt , Norfolk , consisting of four four-ioomed cottages , -which he intends to dispose of in 10 . 608 shares , at Is . per share , by ballot , in the same manner as the allotments of the National Land Company . We are also informed , that the subsecretaries of the National Charter Association are authorised to receive names of shareholders , and that every information may be hud b y applying to Mr John Arnott , Secretary , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridgestreet , New-road , London . Mr W . Higqins . — Reeeived ; ana will appear in our

      nest . J . B . Smith . —Received . Vf . Aitbiik , Ashton . under-Lyne—We are very sorry that Mr Aitkin ' s communication arrived too late for publication this week . Henri Smith had better consult his lawyer—we cannot advise him . Samuel Hitcdix , jun ., jeweller , late of Wednesbury , is requested to call at Mr Adams ' s , tobacconist , opposite the Adam and Eve public house , near Balterseabridge .

      Receipts Or The National &&*?» Coxyip^N?...

      RECEIPTS Or THE NATIONAL &&*?» coxyip ^ N ? , FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , JULY , 20 1848 . PER MR O'COHKOB . VHA 3 E 8 . £ 8 . d . Horninghold .. 3 2 6 Lepton c 0 9 0 Newport Pag- Manchester .. 1 16 0 nell .. 2 IS S Rochdale .. 1 11 0 Gloucester .. 0 15 0 Bath .. 1 19 0 Haswell » 0 9 0 Leicester , Astill 4 0 0 " Wakefield .. 3 3 0 Mells , Smith „ 13 0 Mansfield , "Walker 2 0 0 Retford .. 1 13 C Belper .. 5 5 0 Birmingham , City .. 0 i 0 Goodwin .. 110 Thrapstone „ 0 18 0 Eridgewater , Salford m 3 0 0 Spurway .. 3 10 0 Kettering ., 3 7 0 Richard Grif-Romford .. 0 6 0 fiths .. 0 10 0 Nottingham , C Mowl .. 0 1 o Sweet „ 1 1 G G H Love ,. 0 10 0 New Radford .. 2 10 W Sturgeon .. 4 18 0 Leeds „ 5 0 0 J A Smith .. 0 16 £ 87 8 6 2 XPENSE FUND . Newport Pagnell 0 1 6 Rochdale .. 0 3 0 Gloucester .. 0 5 0 Bath .- 1 1 0 Belper , Lee „ 0 8 6 Leicester , Astill 10 0 Aberdeen . 0 4 0 Mells , Smith ., 0 10 Nottingham , Retford .. 0 2 0 Sweet .. 0 7 C Bridgewater , New Radford „ 0 1 0 Spurway .. 0 It 6 "Wm Sturgeon .. 0 4 0 £ 4 12 6 Land Fund ... ... ... 57 8 6 Expense Fund ... ... ... 4 12 6 Rulei ... ... ... ... 0 14 62 2 1 Bank 69 16 2 £ 13118 6 ULl ^ . mi . » ALpyy . Wh . Dixok . CH & lflTOPHEB DotLB , Thos . Cube , ( Corres . Seo . ) Philip M'GBATH , ( Fin . Seo , ) RECEIVED AT BANK . Manchester ., .. „ 23 4 0 NOTICE . The manager has received a remittance of j £ 15 from Edmund Stallwood on account of' The National Co opera , tive Benefit Society'in the Deposit Department of the National Land and Labour Bank , T . Pbice , Manager , RECEIPTS OF LIBERTY FUND , ifarylelone Lo- Whittington and cstlity , .. 0 15 0 Cat Locality .. 0 G 3 Blackfriars Lo- Cheltenham As . cality , per Mr sociation .. 0 10 0 Bryson ., 0 9 7 Edinburgh , per Rotherham Char- A Walker .. 2 0 0 terAssociation 0 10 0 Waterhead Mill , Washington Bri- per R Beaugade , per Mr mont .. 0 10 0 Daniels .. 0 15 0 Colne , per Josh Western District Watson .. 0 10 0 for London De . Lincoln , per T monstration .. 0 3 6 ' Sharp „ 0 10 0 Limehouse Lo- Mr Richardson , cality 3 0 0 City 0 2 0 W . B . .. 010 Ramsgate , per J MrPearce „ 0 0 § Maymau ~ 0 2 0 A Friend .. 0 0 6 Leicester , per Peterborough , 2 nd Buskby .. 15 0 Subscription * 0 9 4 £ 11 19 8 John H'Cbae , Secretary . DirENCE OF HB o'coHKOS ' B SEAT IN PABtlABIEFT . Ipswich ,. m 2 3 6 FOB UBS JONES . Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. ., 0 l 3 Mr M'Crae ' s route has been unfortunately mislaid . All p laces desirous of Mr M'Crae ' s services will correspond with him immediately and direct to Mr il'Crae , at the office of the Nobth Bsiiish Expbbs » , High-street , Bdinburgh .

      Cremorne Gardens. Tha ' Aquatic Tourname...

      CREMORNE GARDENS . Tha ' Aquatic Tournament' continues to attract crowds of spectators . This novel species of diversion ia exhibited on the river at Chelsea , in front oi Cremorne-houEe . The sports commence by the disp lay of wrestling upon a platform moored on the water , on which seme of the best proficients of Somersetshire and Cornwall exhibit their skill ; the falls being into the river , from which the combatants are rescued by swimming . A number of Life Guardsmen contend with lances and swords in boats , from which they are precipitated into the water in their turns . There is some admirable swimming by about twenty of the moat celebrated professors of the art , and a variety of aquatic maneeuvres . the whole accompanied by the music of a military band , the discharge of pieces of ordnance , and the shouts of the company , who appear highly delighted with the amusement . . . The new ballet , ' Le Diable de Bois . ' well got up , and elicits the most rapturous applause .

      Mebtbtr Tydvil.— The Members Of Branch N...

      Mebtbtr Tydvil . — The members of branch No . 1 , of the Laud Company , are requested to attend at tho new room in Barclay and Perkins , Fontmorlais , on Sunday evening next , the 24 th inst , and members in arrears with their local and general levies , are requested to pay the same without further notice . Milk End . —A public meeting will be hold at the Leigh Hoy , Church-street , Mile-End , New Town , on Sunday next . Chair taken at eight o'clock .

      Mr John West of Macclesfield , will visit the following places , viz . ; Monday , July 24 th , Biratal ; Tuesday , 25 th , Batley ; Wednesday , 26 th , in the Bed Chapel , top of Heckmoadwicke ; Sunday , July 50 tb , Dews burj .

      Defence Fund. Received By.Wu. Rideb. £ »...

      DEFENCE FUND . Received by . Wu . Rideb . £ »•

      . per W . Tanner n is n , per w . Tanner ... ... 0 15 0 Northampt & a , per J . Johnstone ... 0 15 0 Wandsworth , per O . Beck ., , „ 1 o 0 John Heaton , Giggleawlck . ' . ' . ' . ' 0 0 G Leith ChertUts ,, tt ^ 0 10 0 St Andrews , per H . Mustarde . ' . 0 4 0 Churwell , near Leeds , per B . Soarth ,, 0 14 0 Great Western Steam . ship Work ' s , Bristol , per T . Reader ... ... .. 0 5 5 M . A . Blanchard and Friends , London .. 0 3 0 J . Cuntollo , Newport , Isle of Wight ... 0 2 0 Winlaton , per E . Summoraide ... ... 0 5 0 Alfreton , per W . Williamson , ... .. 014 l Bromsgrovo , per J . Hall ... ... 0 IG G Alios , per W . Simm ... 0 15 0 Beverley , a few tailors , per A . J . Coover ... 0 5 0 Blairgowrie , psr J . Donaldson ., ... 0 8 0 Perth , prr J , Cree 0 5 4 Bory St Edmunds , per G . English ... 0 6 G Holmfinh , per J . Ramsden .. ... 0 10 0 Ditto , per ditte ... ... ... 2 17 0

      Morpeth , per T , Franco 0 4 8 Clitheroe , perU . EntwlStifl .. ... 0 8 0 Wimlaton , per C . M'O . ... ... 0 3 0 Eye , near Porerborougb , per E . Scholey ... 0 12 0 Western Division , London , part proceeds of Racie for two Representations of tho Battleof Waterloo , per J . Milne ... 1 11 0 Belper , per T . Rainbow ... ... 0 4 2 J . Taylor and friends , London ... ... 0 19 D . Robinson , Cumbernauld , „ , „ 0 10 Warwick , per C . French ... ... 0 3 0 Hawick , per J . Ogilvle ... ... ... 1 12 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet , ( fourth subsorip . tion ) , omitted last week ... ... 15 2 Do per do ( Bfth subscription ) ... 1 11 0 Hanlcy and Sbelton , ( third snbseription ) per

      MrDeakin 13 7 Worsbro' Common , per G . Booth ... 0 12 o A friend , Hoyland , per do ... ... 0 2 6 Grantham , per A Williams ... ... 0 12 6 Colchester Chartists „ , , „ , „ 0 15 0 Chelmsford , per J . Mason ... ... 0 3 7 Soham , Democratic tailors , per G . West ... 0 13 0 Calton , Glasgow , per A . M'Donald ... 0 3 0 Johnston , per J , Caldwell , „ , „ 0 5 0 W . Hosier , Coventry . „ ,., ... 0 0 9 Kidderminster per G . Holloway ... ... 0 5 0 A few friends , Chelsea , per J . Jennings ... 0 5 6 Bedwortb , per W . Beddor ... ... 0 5 11 Felling and Windy Nook Wards , p ? r J ,

      Henderson ... ... ... ... 0 13 3 J . Smith , Kennoway Burns ... .., 0 2 2 Chester , p * rR . H . ... ... ... 0 2 0 W , Poole , Duke-atreet , Stamford . Btreot ... 0 2 6 Bury St Edmunds , per T . Leggett ... 0 I G A , Brown , Newmilns ... .. ... 0 5 0 Selby , per W . Mitchell 0 4 6 Stoke . Buh-Hamden , per T . Taylor ... 0 3 C Rossendale , per J . Taylor ... ... 0 4 8 Brampton , Cumberland , per J . English ... 0 3 0 Tavistock , per B . Hole ... ... 0 7 3 Burton-on-Trent , per C , Dooley ,,, ,,, 0 7 0 Lepton , per L . Lodge ... - ... ... 0 4 6 Nottingham , ( sixth subscription ) per 3 .

      Sweet ... ... ... ... 0 10 7 J . Mayman , Ramsgate , „ ,,, 0 2 0 King ' s Cross ... ... ... ... 0 16 0 Second portion of proceeds of raffle for two representations of tbe Battle of Waterloo , from Western division , per J . Milne ... 1 10 S Gilbert Burton , Huntley , „ ... 0 10 Xorwood , per T . Keatea ... ... 0 12 n J . Gain , EnsingtoR Lano ... ... 0 0 6 Cheltenham , per J . Glsnister .. .. 0 G 0 Dalston , per A . Leech ... ... . ... 0 5 0 Linlithgow , per W , Grandiaon ... ... 0 2 8 Retford 0 7 3 Market Raein ... .. 0 6 0 Cononly ... .. ... ... 0 10 3 Camberwell locality for Victim and Defence

      Pond 9 10 0 Westminster locality , Mr Barnes ... 0 17 C Three Friends , Bedfordbury ... ... 0 3 0 Mr Bucbley , „ ... ... 0 2 0

      288 1 4 Central Defehcb Committee , "Windsor Castle , High Ilolborn : — G . B 0 2 11 J . Potison .. ... ... ... 0 10 E . Silllway .. ... , „ ... 0 10 Ten Specials ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Newton Abbott ... ... ... 0 10 0 Cartwrlght ' a Coffee House ... ... 0 16 9 Wigton ... ... ... ... 9 4 0 Woolwich , two artillery men , and three

      sappers .. .. ... .. 0 9 8 Ipswich ... ... .. .. 17 0 Brandy Car , Wakefield .. .. ... 0 1 G T . Saunders , Blandford ... .. 0 10 0 Park Gate Charter Association , Rotherham 0 12 3 Now Radford ... ... ... ... 0 IG 0 Per Jenkins .. .. ,. ... 0 2 0 Limehouae .. ... .. ... 0 2 9 Mr Side ' s Book .. 1 10 8 J Mlddleton per Edmond ... .. 0 10 O Thomas Paino ' s Brigade , per Eammett ... 0 6 9 Green Gate , per Hancock .. ... 0 4 3 A few friends , near Green Gate ... ... 0 4 2

      J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums , for the Defence Fund , v ' z .: —> From Arnold ... ... ... 0 3 0 Mlas Eilen Hongaton ... ... ... 0 10 From Gotham ... ... „ . 0 1 G From Carlton , per Mr Whewell ... 0 13 Frsm the Kiog of the French ... ... 0 3 10 $ Byron Ward locality ... ... ... 0 1 G Per Messrs Sktritt and Pringle ... ... 6 16 Gotham , per Mr Roberta ... ... 03 0 „ per Mr Bowley ... ... 0 16 Langley Mill ... ... ... 0 5 6 Calverton , per Mr Anthony ... ... 0 16 C Carlton , per Mr Whewell ... ... 0 16 _ £ 2 _ 1 _ 7 J Received at Land office . Mr Nurse ... ... ... ... 0 10 Mr Muos ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Mr Lodge ... mm ... ,,, 0 10 Mr Ward ... ... ... , „ 0 10 J . Grellier ... ... ... ... 0 10 Mr Bray ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Ashford , by a few Chartists ... ... 0 5 0 Wm . Sadler ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Rochdale . Female Chartists ... , „ ... 0 5 0 A Female Friend .., .,. .., 0 10 John Arnoit , SomerB Town , begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for the Defence and Victim Fund , which ho has paid over to the Somera Town Defence and Victim Committee : — Mr Mack ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr Joe . Dixon ... ... , „ 0 10 Mr James Rogers ... ,,, ... 0 0 6 MrWhita ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 MrUttlng ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr P . Redding ... ... ... o 1 o Mr Ballon , per G . Austin ... , „ 0 2 6 MrMcDodd , „ 0 4 0 Mr Park , „ 0 2 6 MrYfilBon , „ 0 16 Mr Gradewell „ „ o 1 6 MrNurae 0 0 6 Mr Arnott hag also received 23 . from Mr John Bodill , of Nottingham , for Mrs Jones , the law-made widow of the Welsh patriot ; and alao 4 i . 2 d . oollected by Mr Henry Freeman , for MraFueselJ . The following sum was inserted in last week ' s Star minus 6 d . ; but the parties desire it in the following form . Please to gratify them , Newcastle . m . Judb . Washington Colliery ... ... ... o 5 0 Rickley Colliery ... ... # § i 0 4 0 Wldeopta Colliery , 0 5 0 Received per Thomas C . wper ... ., 0 8 10 Received per Martin Judt ' a Book ... 0 7 0 1 9 10 Deduct for Post-Office Order and Postage 0 0 4 1 9 0 Oldham . —W . Hamer acknowledges the receipt of the following sums for the Defence Fund : — Ashton 0 10 0 Waterhead Mill < # 0 10 e A few Friends , Hey Chapel 0 6 ° Bury 0 10 0 Leigh ... , „ tn <> # o 10 9 Stockport ... ... # ii # - > 0 3 6 Wanington 050 In consequence of a typographical error in tho amount of monies received by me for Mrs Jones , published in last week ' s , Stah , it may be proper to apprise our Stafford friends that I receited 0 ? . from them , though announced & a only fid . ; which with the 3 s . 3 d . received from WallingJord , I paid into the hands of the treasurer , Mr J . Simpson , Waterloo-street , Camberwell . An alteration , having taken place in the Defence Commit . ' , I hegt ? say that Me W . Lacy ia not the

      Defence Fund. Received By.Wu. Rideb. £ »...

      ma ? i s uow ? h et , last ™ - Mr Charles Hay coatee , ^ ^ S ^ MftS ——^ Wm . Rider .

      __ The Late Murder By A Convict At Ports...

      __ THE LATE MURDER BY A CONVICT at PORTSMOUTH 1 CT AT

      m , „ WNCHKMEfi ASSlzaa . rf ? = 2 r s & s . rsss ifrffl-s-It appeared from tho evidence that tbe prisoner wa * aeonyict at Portsmouth under the . uffi dence of the deceased . On the 11 th of Jane last at about naif-past eleven in the morning , prisoner was in a passage adjoining the filling loft . O'Connor was also there , and a man of the name of Smith , a rieeer was in the loft . Smith suddenly heard a noise as of a very heavy blow , which seemed to come from tho passage , and upon lookingup he saw O'Connor in tha

      act ot falling upon his back . The prisoner , who was also by O Connor , had an immense mallet in his hand with which Smith saw him strike O'Connor a most violent blow iu tho face as he was falling . Some of the convicts who were by , but who had been unable to prevent thia murderous attack , immediately picked him up . The prisoner thereupon said , I told htm I would cook hia goose , and I have done it . ' h ? . 1 r Ie lrw * who was most seriously injured atiout the head and face , was bleeding mostprofusely . "e was taken in a state of insensibility to tho Star ion , and tbflra attended by the surgeons . On the IwTr . ^ ha becarae delirious , a nd so violent SrlVr ? , men t 0 ho ! d " ' > down - He ? go 0 a SSi ? T ever ' SUDk int 0 a state of stupor , Sil * ^"!!?* " ^* « ft * . right . The P rl e fc 0 Ur 3 mmediate into

      Trfnir ™ i ° , V , J taken custedy , vict & ' Whilst th ft n , « rt «» York « £ with 1 L !¦ „ * 5 ^ . & ad some conversation nniiSS ?\? ^ A " * ' ™ ^ ned in an opposite cell . He said toher . ' I have done one King asked him who he meant . Horeplied , 'O'Con . nor . I gav . the a blow on the head , and knocked him down . The turned up his eyes , and I gave him another blow on the face and knocked his nose flat on his face , and I saw tbe old devil stand by the as 1 killed him . I B 3 id I would do it . I looked for an opportunity all the morning , before I could get one . I was an hour before I could get anything to do it with . At last I found the mallet , and that I killed the with . ' He then asked where he should be topped . King said . ' At Winchester . ' The prisoner replied . « I shall make a fine speech at the scaffold . '

      Mr Missing declined to address the jury , saying that he had watched the case , and done all that he could do . A written statement was then read , in which he complained tbat O'Connor had got him into trouble , by reporting him for using threatening language , and worked him into such a state of madness tbat he did not know what he did . He was very sorry for what be h & i done , and hoped the court would have mercy on him . Mr Justice Williams having summed up , the jury in the-course of a ew minutes returned a verciiot of' guilty , and the prisoner wag sentenced to be hanged .

      Indecent Assault. At Tbe Stratford-Upon-...

      INDECENT ASSAULT . At tbe Stratford-upon-Avon borough petty sessions , July 8 th , 1848 , before William Sheldon , Esq ., Mayer , Dr Thomson , and Mr Charles Lucy , Charles Inns , a painter and glazier , of this town , between forty and fifty years of age , was brought up in custody , under a warrant issued oh the previous Tuesday , and charged with having , on the 26 th of June , eoaimitted an assault with intent to commit a felony on the person of El ' za Taylor , a young girl not fourteen years old , and who had lived as servant in the prisoner's family .

      From the evidence of the girl , It appeared that , about eight o'clock on the evening in question , the prisoner entered a shop up the yard at the back ot his house , where she was engaged chopping sticks . That ho immediately shut the door , caught hold of her round the waist , forced her up against some ^ acks , and , notwithstanding her outcries and resistance , was proceeding to effect his object , when Miss Sarah Inns ( tho prosecutrix ' s mistress , and sister of prisoner ) , opened the door of the shop , ar . d caused him to desist . Tbat the girl was about to tell her mistress how the prisoner had used ber , tut the would not hear ber , and immediately sent her borne , when she told her mother ( whose evidence was corroborated ) , all thafhad been done to her .

      By the testimony of Miss Inns , it appeared that , although the witness had found the prisoner and the girl together in the back . ; shop , with the door shut , she had not heard any outcry , and had accidentally gone to look after the girl , when she discovered them together . That the girl had told her some trifling falsehoods that evening , and for these , and her insolent conduct when found , she had discharged her , and not because she had found her in the shop with the prisoner . Mr Greves , solicitor for the prosecutien , urged that the evidence of of Miss Inns was strongly corroborative of the poor girl ' s evidence , but as far as the witness spoke in favour of her brother , the prisoner , it was foil of discrepancies , and upon that point ought to be viewed with much suspicion . Her feelings were naturall y much biassed . No attempt had been made toshow what tbe prisoner was doing with the girl in the shop , other than as appeared from the prosecutrix ' s evidence . He called on the magistrates to commit .

      Mr Lane , solicitor , appeared for the defence , and fruitlessly endeavoured to cast improper stigmas on the giil and her friends , and that the case was got up to extort money from the prisoner . The maghtrates dismissed the case considering the evidence not sufficient to commit upon . [ We have received a letter from the father of the girl , ( John Taylor ) who stales that the clerk to the magistrates is the father of the prisoner's attorney ; he also animadverts strongly on the conduct of the magistrates fo' their partiality in dismissing the case . We do not publish his letter , fearing it may be libellous , but leave our readers to draw their conclusions from the above report . —Ed . N . S . ]

      Revolt In Newgate. On Wednesday Morning ...

      REVOLT IN NEWGATE . On Wednesday morning an extraordinary degree of excitement prevailed in her Majesty gaol oiNowgate , from a discovery that the convicts in one of the wards were not only in a state of mutiny , but that they bad barricaded the only entrance into the ward , and had threatened the life of any one of the officials that should make an attempt to effect an entrance . A body of police was immediately sent for , and on entering the gaol , tbe men having been armed with cutlasses , they prcceeded to the ward in question , and upon the door being unlocked , the barricade that had been fi rmed was forced in ; and the turnkeys , with twelve men of the police and the inspector , entered . The first thing that presented itself to tbe eyes ol the policemen was twelve persons ,

      principally youths or young men , from about eighteen to twenty-five years of age , standing in a line against the wall , with their hands behind , apparently handcuffed , but which was found not to be the case . Without saying a word , the police went and collared each his man , who , preceded by some of the turnkeys or warden ? , were taken down stairs into a room , and as soon as one was handcuffed , he was conveyed to the press-room , where they were ironed . This extraordinary outbreak , as might be expected , created an unusual degree of curiosity amongst the police , and which was in no degree allayed by no answur being given to their inquiries . The only

      communication made was in a sort of undertone , and that was that the twelve who had all been tried , were sentenced to be transported ; and that they formed a portion of the 105 convicts at present in Newgate . To a question to one ot tho convicts by Inspector Howard , the reply was , 'What will not evil men do when drove . ' After the whole bad been removed the ward was examined , when it appeared that their original determination was to resist to the utmost , for the whole of the bedsteads and the other articli s of furniture were destroyed , the mattresses and counterpanes rolled up and so blended together in the barricade as to show that a determined resistance was originally intended , while the whole of tho glass in the window-frames was broken .

      Attempted Murder At Roinerhitnu.—On Tues...

      Attempted Murder at RoinERHiTnu . —On Tuesday evening a young man , named James Scott , aged nineteen years , went into the Red Lion for the purpose of taking some refreshment , and whilst sitting in the tap room he got into conversation with a labouring man named GreenhilL Shortly afterwards high words ensued and subsequently a desperate fight waa the result . A few rounds only teok place , when the landlord interfered , and they were separated . However , a few minutes had scarcely elapsed , when Scott had occasion to leave the room , and while he was standisgoutside the house Greehill made a rush at him with a largo clasp knife , inflicting a most serious wound in the abdomen . A stream of blood immediately followed the injury , and the poor man fell to the ground apparently lifeless . In but

      the meantime , Greenhill had effected his escape , an alarm being made tho polios were soon on the spot , and in a short space of time , succeeded in arresting him . The injured man was at once carried to the nearest surgeon ' s , where tbe wound was dressed , and he partially recovered his senses ; but the medical gentleman , on examination , finding tbat the injury was great , a cab was procured , and he was carried to the accident ward of Guy ' s Hospital , where he was placed under the care of Mr Hodgson , the assistant-Burgeon , who oa Wednesday gave but very faint hopes of his recovery . At the time the church of tho Vatican was built , niches were left for statues of the Popes . All these have been tilled except one , and some ^ superstitious persons argue , from the signs of the time , that this one niche will be all that will be required ,

      ^Atfonal. Gfttotfatftm Ot Te'tefc Crate,

      ^ atfonal . gfttotfatftm ot te'tefc Crate ,

      • Knowledge As Power— Union Is Strength,...

      • Knowledge as Power— Union is Strength , ' The Central Committee have received several communications expressive of the great satisfaction felt in Ripponden , at their spirited exposure of tbe Truck and Document Conspiracy recently brought to light in that town , and a vote of thanks to the Central Committee for the prompt manner in which they took up the case . These expressions of satisfactioa are very gratifying , as they prove that , notwithstand"ig their abject poverty , the great bulk of the

      working men still retain tbat hearty old English abhorrence of all that is mean and slavish , whu & from time immemorial is said to have been the dig . tingmshing feature in the national character . " It proves that there still exists a leaven , at least , of that sturdy independence which contrasts so strongly and so advantageously with the conduct of-the wretched serfs who have for ever disgraced themselves by appending their names to a paper , under "hid they voluntarily surrender to the arbitrary mandate of their employer the last vestige of their independence , the only distinctive feature which separates them from the abject condition of the veriest slave .

      Amongst the very few privileges which class-made law lias left to the working man , is the right , under certain sufficiently stringent guarantees , of association ; and if the priceless value of that acknowledged right was properly understood and appreciated by the working man , he would spurn with indignant scorn any and every attempt , from whatever quarter it might emanate , which had for its object to deprive him of that inestimable privilege . If ever tiie condition of the wretched working slaves of England is to be improved , it must be by and through them

      selves ; and by whatever means it is to be accomplished , by whatever machinery this much desired object is to be attained , it must be a superstructure based upon the Legal Right of Association , Let then this most valuable right he jealously guarded , let any attempt to rob us of it—even under semblance of law—be resisted even at the risk of life . And aa to individual attempts by unprincipled employers , treat thero with the ineffable contempt which such disreputable conduct alone merits from honest men .

      Let us suppose that some Whig , Tory , or , what perhaps is more probable , some future Free Trade Ministry , was to signify its intention to repeal the Act , GO Geo . 4 , cap . 129 . and thus to make all trades unions illegal , and punishable by imprisonment and hard labour . What an outcry would be raised through the length and breadth of the landwhat hearty and patriotic denunciations of governmental tyranny would be sent forth through the press and by orators at public meetings—what lamentations over the degraded position to which the tyrant government sought to reduce the working men of England—and yet that position , however de . graded . however isgraceful , would not differ from the position to which the man Parson and his wretched co-mates have voluntarily sunk themselves ; dr to which such men as Messrs Whitley and Sons are

      attempting to reduce those who are stupidly so base as to place themselves within their power . " We are satisfied tbat any such attempt by any government however strong , and under whatever name , would be indignantly and successfully resisted ; and surely individual despots are not to be permitted to do that with impunity , which would be indignantly denied to the strongest government . Let the working classes , and such of them as are members of the National Association in particular , well consider this matter . The remedy for this great wrong rests with themselves . Every attempt of this sortsbonld , in all cases , by individuals or by masses , be promptly and without reservation resisted . Far more honourable would it re to beg our daily food from door to deor— to accept the starveling dietary of the Poor Law Commission—than submit to eat the bread of

      degradation , and drag about a wretched existence , abhorred by your fellow men , and deservedly despised by the tyrants whose abject slave you had signed yourself . Each man has a duty to perform individuallya duty he owes jointly to himself , to his family , and to society—and he ought to perform that duty under all circumstances , and at whatever risks , without calling upon any other party to aid him . It is his duty to take care that those acknowledged rights which appertain to him as a member of society , are not violated in his person . Itis , for instance , an acknowledged right , vested In each individual , to choose that form of worship most congenial to his

      prejudices or his convictions ; every man , again , has a right to walk unmolested , on what is termed the Queen's highway ; and any man would undoubtedly indignantly resent any attempt which might bs made to inter / ere with his exercise of such rights , but neither of these rights are more clear and undoubted than the right of associating for the protection 0 ! the poor man ' s only property—his wages—and any violation of this undoubted and truly valuable right , ought to be resented with equal promptitude and decision . A few instances of determination and firmness , coupled with that wholesome exposure which is one of the Invaluable benefits which a free presses calculated to afford , would soon put a stop to this growing evil .

      The Central Committee will always be found ready to second the endeavours of any honest man who may seek to protect himself from such an abuse of that power appertaining to capital . The sordid thirst for gain , acting upon minds naturally base , will , unfortunately , furnish occasional instances of this abuse of such power ; but we are bound to say , the British employers , generally , are quite incapable of reverting to such unworthy means of enriching themselves . They have their clubs and associations , and are too well cognisant of their utility to seek illegally to deprive the working men of the free exercise of similiar privileges . It is only a small minority who disgrace themselves and their class by such dishonourable actions ; and if the working men meet their offers with a determined resistance , all

      attempts at such dishonourable dictation will cease But it would be well to ask ourselves this question : Is there anything in the constitution of our local societies , anything which ought reasonably to awaken the jealousy of our employers ? Is there ought in our laws or practices calculated to engender and produce a feeling of antagonism ? Because , if there is , it were well at once to apply a remedy . The principle of the National Association may be expressed in one word—CoNCihiATioN . We seek to promote between employer and workman a

      reciprocal feeling of confidence . We wish to place them and ourselves in a position to demand and secure good prices , and , as a consequence , good wages . We believe it is t ' je reckless competition of workmen against workmen , and employer against emp loyer , which is gradually reducing one class to the Gaxette , and the other to the Union workhouse . If it is possible , then , to remove , or even lessen , this acknowledged evil , surely it were wise for both of these parties to lay aside , the one their pride , the other their prejudices , and to work together for their mutual benefit .

      There is one error of some of our local bodies which has had a considerable tendency to create _ a hostility on the part of the employers in some districts to our movement -, we allude to canvassing iu the mills , pits , and workshops for members , and in collecting the weekly contributions under similar circumstances . Now , we emphatically call upon our members , wherever such practices exist , ' to stop them immediately ; for we contend , that employers have equal cause to ] complain of such violation of their rules , and interruption to their business , as the hands have to the arbitrary fines and abatements which are frequentl y so loudl y and so justly comp lained of . Thus , by removing all just grounds for complaint , we believe that the present dislike evinced by some employers to our union would quickly subside .

      We offer these remarks to show , that , while on the one hand we shall always consider it a duty which we shall not need prompting to induce us to fulfil , to expose the arrogant assumptions of undue power , by what we believe to be a very small and contemptible section of the employing class * we will never , on the other hand , connive at . nor sanetion , any practices fom our members which can be shown to be injurious to the interests , or obstructive to the business of the masters . \ Yc look forward with great confidence that thia conciliatory policy , if it does not eventually procure for us the active support , will at least weaken . the prejudices , and gradually smooth away the rough asperity , with which some of them view our progress . ___^__

      Tbe Atiobskt.Genbiui. -T1u8 Mdinent Lega...

      Tbe Atiobskt . Genbiui . -T 1 u 8 MDinent legal functionary has been served with a writin an action for penalties incurred by alleged K'to / , «™ Uoisbam election , to the amount of ten thousand pounds . Three eminent counsel a * retained , and the cause , it is said , will be tried at the next Wth mer assizes for Sussex .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 22, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22071848/page/5/