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    • AN T EFFECTUAL CURE FOll PiLEb, M&lUJjAft, 6cc.
    • The Young Irelandcra of Dublin have adopted tbe fashion of wpnrin? neckerchiefs of orange and greea
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      X ' \ Th:E Northern Star. ' April 29, 18...

      X ' \ TH : e NORTHERN STAR . ' April 29 , 184 & _

      An T Effectual Cure Foll Pileb, M&Lujjaft, 6cc.

      AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOll PiLEb , M & lUJjAft , 6 cc .

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      ABEBNETHT'S PILE OINTMENT . ¥ n , „ - , _ , j „^„„ . ais » ase is the PUes I and comparatively how few of the afflicted have been psrma-HAT a P ^ " * J ^ . Serfa to He ^ al skill ! Thi ., no doubt , arises from tke tse of powerful aperient Ofcfr- ? ^ ^ w . S 55 W thWofc . Bion ; indeed , strong internal aedicino should always be avoided mail « ofeq ««< ly * SJ n e ¥ « Frietor of the above Ointment , after years of acuta > uftering , plsadlitastfote * £ Ttr » ^ SSMw »> . Ur Abernethy , was by him restored to perfect health , and has enjoyed it ever Sf ^ A - tn . ^ 4 ^« turnof the Disorder , orar a period of fifteen years , during which time the same AbM-^ » i « VXs ^ en Se me * nsofhealuiga vast number of desperate cases , both in and o « t of tbeFro-^ thi an Prescrip ^ aM o « n « Hi . 6 ^ ^^ ^ . ^^ r an ( J someojf themfor a « ry oonudnrm ^ s ^ f ^ -artlaa o intment was introduced to the Public by the desire of many who had been perfectly ^ i ^ v ' ittapp Ucation . andtinceits introduction , the fame of this oiatnwnt has spread far and wide -even the Ir ^ -Wrof-Jon , always slow and unwilling to acknowledge the virtues of any Medicine not p repared l ^ ftem-^ donow frSaW and frankly admit that Abernetby ' s Pile Ointment , is not only a valuable preparation , but a l ^ Saili mr remedy in every stage and variety of that appalling malady .- «„< ,,. „ mioht ^ ffSSs from the PilesTrill lot repent giving the Ointment a trial . Multitudes of case s' ^*? , « f t a . ey ° J ^ 16 prodnced , if the nature ef tbe complaint did aot render those who have been sured , unwilling to puolisn •^ oW ta torewdpofc . at is . 6 d , or the quantity of three 4 s . 6 d . pots ia paste 11 « , with ^/ gj " Srnie . byC . ZlKO ( Agent to the Propriety , No . 34 , Napier-street , Hoxfem New Town , . London > ^ * Bre a 'f ° ^" te p 7 oeured every Patent Medicine of repute , direct from the original maker * , mth an allowance on taxing six 8 i - S " 4 . , f „ , « j-RTsnvjrTTTV'S PIT B OINTMENT . " The public are requested to be on their guard ^ 3 sHS ! M a ^ . - ^^ S ! Ktti a ^ SSSK enabled to sell it at , owing to the great expense of the ingredients .

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      CORNS AND BUNIONS . PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND , Patronised h / Jihe Royal Family , Kobilitf / , Clergy , ^ " ,, fe a sure aud speedy care , for those severe annoyances , without causing tho least pain or inconvenieace . Unlike bS other remedies for corns ! its operation is such as to render the cutting of corns altogether unnecessary ; indeed , p may sav th » practice of cutting corns is at all times dangerous , and has been frequently attended with lamenta-* U rniwrnieuces . besides its liability to increase their growth ; it adheres with the most gentle pressure , produces an instant ^ and delightful relief from tortnre , and , with perseverance m its application , entirely eradicates the mosj ^ T ^ timonials have been received fro m upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of tho greatest eminence , as well as from many officers ef both Army and Navy , and nearly one thousand private letters from tbe gentry in tasa and country " saeaking in high terms of this valuable remedy . ^ enaredT John-Fox , in boxes at Is . lid ., or three small boxes in one for 2 s . 9 d ., and to be had , with full < 5 re"tiens for ' use ef C . Kivg So . 3 * , Sapiec-street , Hoxton New Town , lojidon , and all wholesale and retail Medicfeoveador s in town aad country . The genuine has theiiiame Jobm Fox on the Stamp . A 2 s . 9 d . box cures the ^ tobdnrateee * ns . Ask for' Paul ' s Every Man ' s Friend . ' m Abernetby ' s Pile Ointment , Paul ' s Corn Plaster , and Abernetay ' s File Pewderr , are sold by the following respect ^^^ i SoVt ^^^^^™** . *' St **»* Church . yard ; BuUer , 4 , Cheapside : Wewbery , St T *& l ' s - Sntton Bow ChurcrT-yard : Johnson , 68 , Cornhill ; Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; Willoughby and Co ., 61 , ^ eV 5 Xst « 7 t Without ; lade . » , Goswell-street ; Prout , 229 , Strand ; Hannay and Co ., 63 , Oxford-street ; and ¦ retail by all respectable Chemists andUedicine Vendors in London . ; Coo-srsr Acekts —Meyler and Son , Heeaid Office , Bath ; Wmnall , Birmingham ; Noble , Boston ; Brew , Brighton Ferris and Score , Bristol ; Harptr , FaEE Pukes 0 < fice , Cheltenham ; Brooke and Co ., Doncaster ; Simmend- Dorchester - Scawin , Durham ; Evans and Hodgson , Exeter ; Coleman , flloucestcr ; Henry , Guernsey . ; Barry " Halifax - DuEuan , Hereford ; Brooke , Huddersfield ; Stephenson , Hull ; PenBcl , Kidderminster ; Baines and fewiome Leeds ; Aspinal , Liverpool ; Drury , Lincoln ; Anbury , Manchester ; Blackwell lfewcastle . npoa . Tvne ; Sntton Review Office , Nottingham ; Fletcher , XobiomKbws Office , Horaicb ; Menme , Plymouth ; Clark , Pilot effice PreBten - Heckley , Putney ; Staveley , Reading ; Sqaarey , Salisbury ; R « ige and Jacksen , Mebcdbt Office , ' -Sbefi-ld- Walton CmoNicLE Office , Shrewsbury ; Randall , Southampton ; Mors , Stafford ; Bagley , Stamford ; sms ' sto ' ekoorf Tin * and Carr , Hesald OSes Sunderland ; Saunders , Tiverton ; Roper , Riverstone Cardwe ? ' Wakefield Sbarpe , ABVSETirtE OSce , Warwick ; Gibson , Whitehaven ; Jacob and Co ., Winchester ; Hannder and Co ' Wolverhampton ; Deighton , Worcester ; Mabson , Yarmouth ; Bolton Blansfeard and Co ., York- John King ' Bridgend ; Ballard . Cowbridge ; Evans , Carmarthen ; Williams , Swansea ; Raines , Edinbarga ; Alias ' Greenock' Marshall , Belfast ; Bradford , Cork ; Butler , Dublin ; Thompson , Armagh ; and by all respectable C & emists and Medicine Tenders in every Market Town throughout the Fnited Kingdom .

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      FAMED THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE , HOLLOWATS PILLS . A CASE OF DROPSY . EStract of a Letter from Mr William Gsrdaer , of Hanging Haaghton , Jforthamptonshire , dated September 14 th , 1847 . To Professor Holloway . Sis , —I before informed yeu that my wife had been . tapped three times for the dropsy , but by the blessing ot God upon tout pills , and her perseverance in taking them , the water has now been kept off eighteen months by their iieans . which is a great mercy , ( Signed ) Williah Gabdhee .

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      ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THEpDRATION OF HEHAN LIFE . JiLCSTEtTED W 1 IH StJltEROCS CoLOBKEB EKOKAT 1 NG 3 . Just Published , in a Sealed Envelope , price 2 s . Gd ., or free by post , ss . 6 d . COSTRODL OF THE PASSIONS ; a Popular Essay on the Duties and Obligations of Married Life ^ . the tmhappiness resulting from physical impediments and defects , with directions for their treatment ; the abuse oi fee passions , the premature decline of health , anu mental and bedily vigour ; indulgence in solitary ana aeiasire habits , precocious exertions or infection , inducing ; a long train ef disorders affecting the P « awpal organs w the body , causing censomptiops , mental an * nervous i Ability and indigcrtiaa , with remarks on §««™«» i Ideal , stricture , and syphilis . Hlustrated with Coloured ' , Engravings and Cases .

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      tie unpretending , fcut really truly valuable little roluse , entitled , ' Centroul of the Passions , ' by Messrs Luoas , The awfal eonsef jenoea of depraved habits , early actured , are set forth in language that must cose heme with harrowing force te the parent atd the victim . Tfe eegard this publication as one ef a class that is most productive ef benefit to humanity . The subjects , hi ghlyimportant ana delicate , are treated in a style which at once exhibits the possession of great scientific knowled ge , combined with the fidelity of truth . The author ef this work is a legally qualified medical maa , and we saost cordially recommendit . —Conservative Journal . Persons desirous of obtaining the above werk , and not wishing t » apply to a bookseller for them , may , to ensure secrecy , have it direct from the authors , by enclosing 3 s . 6 d ~ , or postage stamps te that amount . At heme from ten till two , and from five till eight ; immediate replies sent to all letters , it containing the fee of £ i . for advlea , & c . ; 60 , Newman-street Oxford-street , London .

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      The extensive practice of Messrs R . andL . PERRY and Co ., tha continued demand for

      The Young Irelandcra Of Dublin Have Adopted Tbe Fashion Of Wpnrin? Neckerchiefs Of Orange And Greea

      The Young Irelandcra of Dublin have adopted tbe fashion of wpnrin ? neckerchiefs of orange and greea

      Satin, As An Outward Token Of Their Hatr...

      satin , as an outward token of their hatred of their Saxon rulers .

      Corks Akp Bukzoks.-' Paul's Every Man's ...

      CORKS AKP Bukzoks .- ' Paul ' s Every Man's Friend , for the cure of corns aad bunions , has been so long before Iheru ^ llc-sohlgWy approved of , that it is scarcely nocesVary to say anything in its praise . We can say that , where the directions hare been properly attended to , we havo never known it to fail giving relief , and in most cases has proved a complete cure , without any of the painful and dangerous operations of cutting and filing so generally made use of by corn doctors , who style themselves « C / iirop 8 disi 6 . '

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      BLAIll'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . —Copy of a letter from Mr J . J . Wil « on , Chemist ,. Monkbar , York . « To Mr Thomas Prout . ' Uth Juno , 1847 . ' Sir , —Having suffered most dreadfull y for tho last six years from repeated attacks of tho gout , and receiving no benefit from the best medical advice I could obtain , I was induced , about six weeks ago , to try a box of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills . When I commenced taking them , which was in tho afternoon , my teet and elbows were very muc h swollen and inflamed ; I was suffering the most intense a gony . I had that night sound and refreshing sleep , aud awoke in the morning comparatively free from pain ; and before I had finished the box , I never was hotter in my life , They have not only entirel y removed the gout , but have also very much improved my general health . I have since recommended them to four individuals , who have suffered much from gout and rheumatism ; and they all speak highly of the benefit they have received from them . If you think my case worthy of insertion . amongst the many cures effected by your wonderful medicine , you are at perfect liberty to publish it . — I am , sir , yours respectfully , J . J . WitBON . ' testimonial exhibits the effects

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      PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGH IN TEW MINUTES AFTER USE , And a rapid Cure of Asthma and Consumption , and a Disorders of the' Breast and Lung-s , is insured by

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      A Special Constable To Peargus O'Connor ...

      A SPECIAL CONSTABLE TO PEARGUS O'CONNOR , . ESQ ., M . P . Sib , —I was one of the many who attended the meeting on - Kenningtort Common . True , I was a special constable , not through choice , but compulsion , I am one of that numerous class who acknowledge the Charter In principle , but are compelled , at present , to remain on neutral ground . And why ? I have a family dependent on me—looking up to me for food and support . They have that food and support now ; but , were I openly to

      avow my feelings , I should lose my situation , and they would loose their bread . Therefore , I , with many others , are compelled to hoist false colours . Sir ,. Ideolare to you , and Sod is my witness , that until now I have ever been a silent looker-on in political matter * but I am made a slave , I ara bouad to strve a cause which is foreign to my nature , and I will not rest until I havo broken my chains . Yes , sir , in point ot fact , I , with numbers , am compelled to appear as harmloss as doves , when we are something ( goaded by wrong ) , quite the contrary . We are arrayed in Bheep ' 8 clothing , while , inwardly , we are more like ravenous waives .

      Let no one ba deceived by the press , which cries Pence , ' when there is no peace . Justice must be done . That peaceful demonstration , sir , has worked a miracle . Mr Buncombe's letter was well-timed , and well acted on . May tho cause go on and prosper . May no indiscretion rob you of one of your numbers , May oil be determined . May all be peaceable , and justice will prevail . I am , sir , with much respect , Faithfully yours , A Muchanio .

      The Middle Classes And The Charter, To F...

      THE MIDDLE CLASSES AND THE CHARTER , TO F . O ' COKNOE , ESQ ., M . P . Sib —With heart-felt feelings I sincerely congratulate you on tho groat moral and political triumph , achieved by that great cause of which yon are tho tried , tho worthy leader , in the events which transpired on Monday , April 10 th . As to the ultimate success and adoption of the principles of the People ' s Charter , they are now bo longer , in my mind , felt as the secret , yet unhoped for , yearnings of by-gone years ; but I feel the full conviction of their fruition , in a coming , a not fardistant , future . Although not an enrolled member of the Chartist body , yet my warmest sympathies have ever been with them and their principles . An impression has gone forth , that the middle classes of this country are

      politically opposed to Chartism . Now I think that there are thousands who , like myself , in their hearts fully concur ia all its principles , but , from adventitious circumstances , are compelled to put on the mask of apathy , distrust , or dislike . There ara few of tho middle clasooa of society who are not , directly or indirectly , influenced by the power of the aristocracy . Tho daughters of the middle classes , are they not the ill-used , tbe badly . rcquited in-Structresses of the children of the great , their personal attendants , tho pals-eyed fashioners of their robes and their gaudery f Their sons , are they not the drudges ot the public offices 1 Da they not hold the situations , not strictly menial , in the establishments ef the great ? or hold the position of professional men at tho bar , tho church , or in medicine ? Do not these several pursuits

      The Middle Classes And The Charter, To F...

      bring them more or less under tho patronage , and , consequently , under the power and Influence of the nobWy ? - . - : \ For example . I hold the responsible situation of secretary to a nobleman of the highest distinction . Did any one wish to ruin me with him , my enemy need only to whisper to my employer , 'That man is at heart a Chartist , 'and my dismissal would follow , as a matter of coarse . And yet , to my own knowledge , tho sapient nobleman I serve , is as ignorant of the principles and the demands of tho Chartists , as I am of the constitution and law » of Lllliput . Thus , I believe , that a majority of tbe middla classes are in favour of the People ' s Charter , but , from circumstances , in the majority of oases such as I have detailed , they dare " not avow it .

      As a partial observer of tbe occurrences of Monday , the 10 th , I could not but observe , with feelings of indignation , the conduct of the police towards tbe people at the foot of Blacfcirlars Bridge . The newspapers of Tuesday , the 11 th , report' Showers of large atones were every few minutes , thrown on the bridge . ' ! Thoy were so ; but vsho first commenced throwing the stones ? It was the police themselves , . who first hurled them , at the people , and also at the special constables , in . order to provoke a breach of the peace . The people resented the attack , and then the police commenced ' a most furious and indiscriminate attack with their batons . This saw I with my own eyoo .

      The police did not relish the duty they were engaged In , from two motives . They were j salons of the spa . oiale ; and it was well known to thorn that numbers of soldiers had declared that , if they were ordered to fire , the police had better take care of themselves . The ? J is a natural antipathy between the rod coats and tho men ia blue . Soldiers do not like to have been made amenable to the civil powers , and they owe the police a grudge , which they will assuredly pay on the first opportunity . With renewed Wishes of success to that great and holy cause which , like some huge wave , will shortly overwhelm with Its mighty force , and sweep away forever , all thefeouleneee of political filth and corruption , ' I am , sir , your sincere well-wisher , A Chartist at Hbabt .

      The Way ' Loyal' Addresses Are Manufactu...

      THE WAY ' LOYAL' ADDRESSES ARE MANUFACTURED . TO P . o'coBNOB , ESQ , MP , " Hohoobeb Sib , —You will , doubtless , ba made aware of the scandalous trickery resorted to . In order to obtain signatures to an address to the Queen , now getting ; ap ia Bristol by the Tories—but , in case you should not bo BO Informed , I beg to apprise yon that the most siifalr and infamous means are used to procure signatures . Masters coercing , their employers in numerous instances , and boys of twelve years of age urgently invited ^ -and , in one Instance , threattntd by the bullies who preside at the tables , which are placed in the chief thoroughfares of the city . I feel anxious to let you know how this ' misrepresentation' is being concocted , and , if a scrutiny is only invited , hundreds of names will be found to be lads whose names are placed to an address , purporting to bo what it is not in reality , I am , sir , yours , most respectfully , Stapleton Road , Bristol . A . Beli & bmihe .

      The Chartist Advocates. To The Editor Of...

      THE CHARTIST ADVOCATES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHBBN STAB . Sib , —You have more readers to the Nobtbebn' Stab thanmauy imagine ; and among thoao readers you have almost entirely the whole of the members of Parliament , and a great number of Peers of the Upper House . Therefore , I should like much if you would spare me the room in your excellent journal to answer gome of these worthies a few ot their many questions and attacks . First , thoa , they attack as and oar glorious cause by saying 'That our leaders and advocates are ignorant men , and belong to the working classes . ' Now , sir , I deny the first part of this assertion , and a lesser part of the latter . Our advocates are not the ignorant lot they would wish to impugn them . Is Feargus O'Connor an ignorant man ? No . Is Julian

      Harney an ignorant man ! No . Is Ernest Jones an Jgnorantman ? No . This gentleman ( with Mr O'Connor ) , is a barrister . at-law . Is Maunder May an ignorant man ! No . He is not only a gentleman of high standing , but a scholar . Is G , W , M . Reynolds an ignorant man f No . Read his many works , ' and judge for yourselves . Is Mr Wilkinson , the delegate for Exeter , an ignorant man ? No , He is a man of influence , and a perfect gentleman . Are Dr Hunttr or Dr M'Douall ignorant men ? No . Their professions say they are not . Is Thomas S . Duncombe , M . P ., or T . Wakley , M . P ., or W . J . Fox , M-P ., or George Thompson , M . P ., or Mr Muntz , M . P ,, or Mr Scholefield , M . P ,, are these ignorant

      meu ? No . But , yet , ; thoaethatI have mentioned art a few of tbe advocates of the Chartist cause . Nor are these members of the working classes—or , were they ever thus , more to their credit and genius . In the next place , they say that we have no right to expect to gala our point . Why ? Have not the toiling thousands , the starving thousands , the industrious thousands , quite as much right to lire and enjoy tbe laxurhsot ! lf 9 « s much , and more so , than thoao few who gorge and glut on tho fruits derived from the labour of the many ? And yet they have no ripht . I tell these worthies in au evil cause to beware of what thoy do , and to treat our class with more reverence , and our devoted and patristic leaders with more gentlemanly behaviour .

      Since tbe 10 th , a number of our tradespeople have joined us . Three to my own knowledge are ' special constables , ' who wish to bo unsworn . Yours , faithfully , Lambeth . J . Webb ,

      The National Petition. To F. O'Connob, E...

      THE NATIONAL PETITION . TO F . O ' CONNOB , ESQ ., H . P . Sib , —Seeing ; that you have been so calumniated in the House of Commons , on account of some fictitious names which have been adhibited jto tho National Petition , I foel it my duty as a Chartist to . state , that in getting up signatures in this town , a person of the name of Millar , in the Excise department here , put such names in the Petition as have been described by tho committee , but was detected and the sheet sot sen * . Some of our neighbours do not appear to have been so fortunate in their detection . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , Lelth . Finlat M'Fadtek .

      To F. O'Connor, Esq., M. P. Sib ,—I Beg ...

      TO F . O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Sib , —I beg to express my entire approval of the noble manner you have sustained yourself , and the cause you have so long upheld , against the machinations of the crew you have to contend against in the House of Commons , No doubt rests in my mind but Mr Crippi was a tool in the hands of government , to endeavour to crash you at once , but jour ready foresight saw through these vile schemes , and now you stand in a prouder position than ever , anfl I am certain if prudence i « eur guide wo shall shortly arrive at the fulfilmeat of our wishes : —namely , liberty for all . The middle classes are coming out surprisingly . In this parish a petition was adopted which embraces every poin t in tho Charter , Hoping you may havo health and strength to go on in the glorious cause in which you are engaged . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , Albemaric-street , Clerkenwell . M . P . Lee .

      A Voice From Woolwich, To The Emtoh Of T...

      A VOICE FROM WOOLWICH , TO THE EMTOH OF THE NOBTUEBK STAB , Sib , —The talk amongst my comrades is , the Chartlats want to do away with the soldier ' s pensions . Surely there sro plenty of high salaries could be taken off without touching a poor soldier . The news is here , you are going to print tracts on the Charter , which wo all think will answer , if you will be so kind as to explain the six points in them , for there are hundreds here do do not understand them . Please lot us know when they will be ready , in tbe Nobtbbbn Stab , and if there will be a collection for them , or if they will ba sold .

      There are hundreds here wish yeu may gain the day , as it is quite time there was a change , for we are used more like brutes than Christians . I saw last Sunday twenty of my comrades marched to church with their beads . shaved , merely for being half an hour after their leave , or for having a pint or two of beer . Wishing Mr O'Connor may prosper ia all his undertakings , I have no more to say at present . From your obedient , humble servant , A SOMHEB 151 THB RoYAL ABTILLIBY , Woolwich , April 20 th 1848 .

      How To Get The Charter. To The Iditob Op...

      HOW TO GET THE CHARTER . TO THE IDITOB OP THB kobthebn stab . Sib —As a middle class retired tradesman , and one who pays a rent of £ 90 per annum for a private residence , and a constant reader of , and Individual subscriber to , tho NobthebnStab from its commencement , I take the liberty ef addressing these few remarks to you , to say how deeply I , in common with many others , feel the lamen table results of the presentation of the People ' s Petition for the Charter . I am no Chartist ia the ordinary meaning of the word , yet I hare always been friendly to the measure , and would readily sign any proper petition embodying the whole of the * Six Points . ' I have bo doubt tho government and their agents and spies have been most busy in the matter , at the same time I fear there has been a great deal of indiscretion—to say the least of it—displayed by the friends—and pretended friends of tho measure In say this to observe

      Ing , I beg that I have no hope whatever from any petition or memorial simply , and unaccom . panted by other proceedings . What gained the Reform Bill ?—( Miserable and sham place of legislation as ii was , and is now proved to be . ) Why , a simultaneous run upon tho bank for gold , and that only . This plan than , together with continued out-door monster meetings ' withdrawal of all monies from savings banks , benefit clubs , stocks , & c , and turning tho proceeds instantly into gold-thia to bo put in practice all over the coun . try at one and the same time , with total cessation of labour , all those things having a posltlvs tendency to shake what is called -National Credit ' and ' National Faith to its very foundation , thereby keeping the go vernmentia constant fear , and in constant enormous expenses ; bo that in a very short time the whole of the infernal system would go to pieces , and the Charter would epesdily become the law of the land . I think this proceeding , vigorousl y ana pretty universally acted upon by the trades and the Ghartists , and as

      How To Get The Charter. To The Iditob Op...

      large a portion of the middle classes , would spesdily attain the object in view , j ; That something most be done speedily is very clear , otherwise the people , ia their thousands and teas ef thousands , -inust literally starve to death under the intolerable and unbearable oppression' whieh they now labour . Modus should bo instantly adopted for the fanmediate fraternisation of ae many of the middle class as practicable with ' . the working classes , for the speedy carrying of the Charter as a means to an end ; which , when done , ' an adjustment of what is oallei the national debt—all contracts between debtor and creditor , taxes , & C , and numerous other things relative thereto , must

      instantly take place , and the present accursed systeta of paper money must be totally destroyed , before any real justice or relief can be afforded the people ., There it no time to be lost , for matters " are getting worsemore serious and critical every day .: la short , the power of the aristocracy ( I mean the aristocracy , ' of money , aa well as the aristocracy of nobility ) f should be totally and entirely destroyed , or the power , if net the very existence of the people will be ' annihilated ; Make what use you please of this eommaEication . ¦ : I am , sir , your adEiror , . MaidaHill , London , April 20 tb , 1818 . T . Z . . [ We bare been compelled to omit a portion of oar correspondent's letter . He will understand why , ]

      ¦Thb Cositators'society. To The Sditoa O...

      ¦ THB COSITATORS ' SOCIETY . TO THE SDIToa OF THE HeBTHSUN STAB , Bia , —In comoquenco sf it letter appearing in tho Nobthbbw Stab , signed Feargos [ O ' Connor , and cob . talningan anonymous letter , reflecting on the cbaraeter of the Cogltaters' Society , I beg to inform yeu that I am directed by the society to state t © yoa the facts of the questioned discussion , There were not 200 persons present—nor 100 , sir . The two persons who voted for the system of a limited Monarchy in preference to Republicanism , were not Chartists ; we are sot a pelitiefil society but a discussion society . Wo represent no

      pelitlcat opinions , ' and do not desire to lead the working classes from the agitatlea for the Charter , as your observations would lead your readers to supposa . Wa ax . fremoiy regret that any eee should renrora to lssposs upon you such untruths , and hope that you will grant this denial an insertion in the aext week ' s Kobibbbr STAB , that justice may be done , and the public set right as to what are our objects . - I am , Sir , your most obedient servant . . -.: ¦ R . Kbmp , Hon . See . Id , Great Portlacd-street , Marylebone , April , 12 , 1 S 48 . ' [ This letter was mislaid , ]

      The Political Dodgers—Chartists, Beware!...

      THE POLITICAL DODGERS—CHARTISTS , BEWARE ! TO THB IDITOB . OF THB , HOBTBEBH STAB , S » , —Whatever ; may . be the ultimate result of the movement which hag been made during the past fortnight , throughout the country , it apptaco very obvious to me , that all these demonstrations of popular feeling and enthusiasm will drivegorerneaent to accede in tie mean time so far to the wishes of the people , as to yield to them some portion of their rights , The bribe which Lord John Russell will offer , as most acceptable in the eyes of the liberal portion of the House of Commons , ( who at presrnt threaten to desert him ) wiJJ be an extension of the s * ffrage , probably to holders of a fire pound qualification , ana an attempt will thus be made similar to that of 1832 , to atop tha mouths of the people with a miserable half measure of justice , which , practically , will still cscluOe the large body of the working classes from having a voice in the representation .

      Though suoh a measure may satisfy the coalition which , for party purposes , has just been formed under the auspices of Messrs Hume and Cohdea , the people , if thoy have any faith at . all in the principles of the Charter , must unequivocally and determinedly set their faces against it , and there are many reasons for doing so . First ; If they believe that political equality is every man ' s birthright , then any measure which bears the character of a gift from those who for centuries have profited by a monopoly ef political privileges , or which does not concede the whole rights of the people on the broad ground of justice is inconsistent with and violates tha first principles of the Charter . Second : Such a measure will withdraw from tbe cause of the people , and throw into the ranks of the monopolists , tho large number coming under such property qualification ; who , the moment

      thoy possess political importance and power themselves , will grow lukewarm in agitating for the extension of similar powers and privileges to tbeir less fortunate fellow men . Third : Such a measure , unaccompanied by Vote by Ballot , only enlarges the already wide field of bribery , and the very abuses which must flow trom the exercise of the extended franchise , will be held up as a powerful argument , against the universality of that franchise . Fourth : Such a measure is a stumbling block in the path of the Charter ; for by withdrawing the attention of'he people from the glorious sua of liberty which ffilda tbe horizon , and fixing it upon an artificial and painted representation ef the Goddess , the impetus which her ear has rectived , in these revolutionary times ,

      will be lost , and tbe car stand still ; and when the people , after the lapse , perhaps , of years , find that they have be ? n led away by a Jack-o'Lantern , and return to worship and sacrifice at the true shrine , then tbe impulses have to be supplied anew , and the disused forces once again hrought into play . Tho course which the lover * , of liberty must pursue is clear . Lather told his opponents , * This is what I want—I want the word of God—I will have the whole word of God , and aothing less . ' Let the Chartists , in like manner , tell those who would beguile them with fair promises , and half measures , 'This is what we want . We want tho Charter . We will have the Charter , and nothing loss . ' Your obedient servant . Aberdeen , April 19 , Z .

      The National Petition. To Thb Iditob Op ...

      THE NATIONAL PETITION . TO THB IDITOB OP THE NOBTBBBN STAR . The fate of the National Petition , and the probable JiD 6 ofp » licy the Chartist body will pursue under existing circumstances , being the theme of conversation in every circle , yoa perhaps will not think it presumptuous in raein suggesting the following , not as my own opinion alone , but of several old friends of the cause here . There must have been foul play somewhere with the National Petition !; and tho manner in which the House of Commons and the press have endeavoured to cast a stigma upon the character of Mr O'Connor , and the cause generally , renders it accessary that some efficient plan should be adopted , to redeem tho character of the cause , and to remove any doubts that may have arisen on the minds of parties respecting Mr O'Conaor ' s conduet in the affair . We consider that the country should sign the petition over again , that the committees in the

      various towns , should adopt the same course , by whieh every person , be his political opinions what they may , woald be tested to sign it ; and that the Petition be sent separately from the various towns , villages , and hamlets , to the members representing the borough or ooanty for presentation to the House of Commons ; and that the number of signatures attached , and that tbe name of the member to whose care the Petition had been entrusted should bejsent to the Executive ; we consider that wo should have a greater number of signatures than we had to the last , and it would be such a reply as the Committee of the House of Commons little expected . The whole might be completed in a month , and duriag that period we could rally such a public opinion in opposition to the tyrannical ministry as would place them on thawrong side of the Treasury benches , lam , Sir , your obedient servant , 71 , Park-road , Preston . Jambs Bbowm .

      Trades' Unions Illegal—Hume's Act Repeal...

      TRADES' UNIONS ILLEGAL—HUME'S ACT REPEALED . TO THE IDITOB OF THE KOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —The heading of this letter may , to many of your readers , appear astoundin ; , and some will likely enough turn to the debates in Parliament to ascertain who brought up the motion ; but instead of looking to the south tbe readers of tho Stab will have to look to the north . There has this great feat been accomplished . The Ihtesness Cocbieb of the 21 st March contains nearly four columns of the report of a trial in the Sheriff Court , at Inverness , which , it seems lasted thirteen hours . From the report , it would ^ appear the boot and shoemakers in Inverness had some time ago formed themselves into a union for the protection of their wages , and the supporting each other in sickness

      and at death . One of their laws inflicted a fine on any member who should be found to have defrauded his employer , and the whele of their laws appear to have been framed with care , and as much in favour of master as workmen ; and it is proven at the trial that some of tbe masters took an active part in getting up the society , and concocting its rules . One of the rules was to tha effect ' that cutters or foremen should not do the work of journeymen in the shop , ' as the doing such work would prevent the journeymen from getting a fair share of the work . Another rule was , « that society men would not work along with non-soclety men . ' As these two rules appear te have led to the dispute , trial , and conviction , it is needless to quote further from the rules which are altogether the most moderate rules I have seen .

      About the Srd November , a deputation frem the Journeymen ' s Society called on one of their employers , and requested he would cease to give the making or closing of boots to one of his foremen employed in the shop , as such was against tha rules . With this demand of the journeymen the masters comply , but immediately lodge information with the Procurator Fiscal that they were intlmadated to do so , least their men should strike . About the same time , a deputation of the workmen are sent to another employer ( who was in the habit of isaporting cheap shoes from the eastern district of Glasgow and other places ) end intimated that they would in future refuse to cobble or mend the work so imported . Tbi employer in this case also pretends to havo compiled , butlodgss information that ho was intimidated into a coxapliance least his men should etrike . A working journeyman is not to give information to the Fiscal , that he had been dismissed , from a shop , because he was in arrears to the union .

      Five efthe leaders of the union are immediately apprehended , and after lying a considerable time In prison their trial was brought on on tbe Hth ult . Not even an attempt is made on the trial to prove tho slightest threat of violence in any of the cases , either against person or

      Trades' Unions Illegal—Hume's Act Repeal...

      property . Nay , the whole of the witnesses for the crown swore that there was no other threat used but that tha workmen , after finishing the work they had on band * would leave the employment . ; -It has always been understood by Unionists , and soma of the highest anthoritles of the land , that worhmea were entitled to combine , and if they thought proper te strike work , providing they made use of no threatening language so as te intimidate ethers either to join tbeir nnion or strike , We believe it was Lord Cockburn who tried Raid , the cotton spinner ; in Glasgow , in 1837 , and In turning to that trial , it will be found that his lordshi p in passing sentence , said that workmen had a pirleci right to combine , not only to combine , bat to stri & a woric , to obtain their point but they had no right to eay to others you must combine , or you must strike also

      Repeatedly have the Sheriff ' s of Lanarkshire made similar statements from the tench . Baron Rolfo , as judge in the trials that took place after the turn out in 1842 , and in . the more recent Warrington case / reiterated the samo , but to the honour of a Whig government it has bees reserved for them to upset tbe judges' enlightened opinions on the Wght of the wor & mon to combine * Repeated trials , under Hume ' s act , have taken place in different parts of Scotland , and in every case where either throats of compulsion or violenee were need , tha parties were subjected t « punishment , and that . toe ) , without the deputcadvpeato for the crown stooping so low as appearing in a common sheriff ' s court , that his appearance there might carry with it all tha weighted being backed by the crown . One would have thought the Lord Advocate would in these times of trouble bad

      other and more important work for bis depute-advooato than sending him all the way to Inverness for the purpose of obtaining the conviction of five shoemakers , who had been guilty of nothing more than is ev « ry day practlsed la Edinburgh , Glasgow , and every other plaCQ where unions eziat . Bat it may be said this was KOt a qnestlon respecting wages , and that tbo journeymen were dictating to their employers . This I frankly admit . But in what respeet were they dictating » The employers adopt a line of policy towards the men that bad a tendency , or a supposed tendency , to reduce wages , instead Of paying the men an advance according to tho demand , the employers import shoes from Dublin , Belfast , & e and very likely from France also . Now admitting tha right of capitalists to purchase and import frem where tney choose , ourely the boot and shoemakers had an

      equal " right to say we will not mend these Irish aad Preach ehoea . Not one word of evidence that the workmen said , we will not permit others to mend them . Not one word of threatening is sworn to throughout tha whole trial , farther , than that if employers p » rslsted ia doing so the men would strike work , and only in one Instance was the word sfrifce used . Previous to this trial we always understood workmen had a right net only to threaten a strike , but , if they choosed t o strike , they were at li & ariy to do so . We now find the reverie , and that with a vengeance , too , as the five poor shoemakers are now languishing in a Mon's cell , whepe they wera sentenced for two months . Your correspondent is awara an appeal ban in this oast been made U the higher courts , and tbat the opinion of all the lawyers who have been consulted on the subject is , tbat the convicting ef

      these men 1 b unjust ; but where have these poor men the mesas to carry their case before the higher court ! No deputation will in future be safe to go to any employer on any case whatever connected with wages . The right , now enjoyed since 1825 , of working men disposing of their labour to the best advantage has been taken away . Every trade is equally affected by this decision , whieh I consider as effectually repeals Hume ' s act as if that aet had never had a being , There is no use ia any union where all the power is given merely to collect funds and talk over thtir grievances . Suppose a dispute occur with engineers , miners , or any of the other trades around , that moment a deputation is sent to tbe employer on any case ; all he has got to do is is eomply , and then . turn round and say he was intimidated into a compliance for fear of a strike . True , the Tims and other journals of a like caste say the people of Britain don ' t require any reform , and that there is no fear of a revolution , as action is free in this happy country , where all are repre .

      ssnted in parliament . Such false language as this is driving tbe working classes every day nearer to an outbreak ; and new that the last vsstige of Unionists ' right is taken away by destroying tbe power they formerly thought they possessed through the act referred to , let oaeh trades' society at once introduce politics Into their business , and never let a meeting pass without impressing on ell the utility of doing all in their power to obtain their political rights ,. and then when represented , when having a say in making the laws they have to obey , such a case aa tbe one at Inverness will be unheard of , Let every nnion man at once put his skoulder to tbe political wheel , and it will soon be found to tarn in the right direction , Tour correspondent has been actively mixed up in nnion affairs the last fifteen years , and holds , after the late decision , it would be only waste of time to depend longer on unions redressing the wrongs of the working classes , ' Let nnion and ear political rights , ' in future ba our motto . I am , Mr Editor , & c „ C . N .

      The Chartists Of Cirencester To William ...

      THE CHARTISTS OF CIRENCESTER TO WILLIAM CRIPPS , ESQ ., M . P .

      Sib , —On looking over the parliamentary report of Thursday , the 13 th of April , we , ( the Chartists of Ciren . ceiter ) perceived ' you were one of the committee ap . pointed to examine tbe National Petition ; and we having been Instrumental in procuring signatures to that Petition , feel it our duty to reply to tho unjust attack you have mads upon it . We feel equally indignant with yourself at any person affixing fictitious and obscene names to that Petition . Wq feel sure that the Chartists of the United Kingdom are too ealightened to have committed themselves in ouch a manner ; we therefore feel assured that it must have been done by some government spy or spies , whether in or out of the House of Commons we leave yoa

      to infer . I Sir , aa regards the other portion of the report , which has reference to tho signatures in the same hand writing , we admit such to bo the case , but it is not true that such are fictitious or forged names , Tg & j ^ tsined one thousand eight hundred and twenty in fUs town and neighbourhood , twelve hundred of which ap . peered in only three different hand writing ; but we can positively assert that not one name appeared in that Petition without the consent of the proper persons . Various reasons may be assigned why it is so ; very many could not write , We obtained many names frem our friends in the ceuntry on slips of paper , which were carefully copied . Many more would havo signed it but were deterred from doing so , through the heartless ty < ranny of their aristocratic employers . Wo believe that

      your opposition is not so much to the signatures as to the prayer of the Petition . Sir , now we come to the assault you made upon the honourable member for Nottingham , Feargns O'Connor , Esq . His private character , notwithstanding the fierce attack you made upon it , we know to be unimpeachable . As for his public character , the working classes of this country know that he has never swerved from his duty towards them , and they are fully satisfied with bis untiring exertions ia their behalf , therefore we do aot wonder at the opposition he meets with , seeing he advocates our cause against tyranny and class , legislation . For fifteen years he has adhered to the cause of the people , without seekisg place or reward . He has suffered for them , and spent hie time and hie fortune in trying to workout their

      regeneration ; knowing this to be true we are content to remain ' his poor deluded dupes , ' as yon call us feeling confident * we do see him in the right light , ' We advise you for the futnre to walk in the track of Sir Robert Peel , as it is more than probable that honourable gen . tleman will once more take the seals of office ; should he do so you may possibly be seated upon the Treasury Bench again . As your stay in ofiico on the late occasion was of such short duration , we advise you to make the best use of your time , as it is most likely it will be tho last opportunity afforded you by the electors of this place . We remain , on behalf of the Chartists of Cirencester , Edwabd Fbkdebic Paths , Thomas Sunn , Thohae Tatiob ,

      A Hundred Thousand At Kennington. To Tbs...

      A HUNDRED THOUSAND AT KENNINGTON . TO TBS ED 1 TOE OF DOCG & AS JEEEOLD'a NEWSPAPER , Sib , —The misrepresentations made b y a member of the ' Lower House , ' who stated tbat Keaoingtoa Com . mon could not hold more than ninety thousand persons , and that ho was convinced that the highest number assembled thereon at the late meeting did not exceed 16 , 000 , coupled with other statements , have induced me to examine and measure the ground contained within tho fences , and I find it contains 156 , 006 square yards . Now as Ikoowthatin a densely packed meeting you may

      safely calculate that eaeh square yard will , or can , contain nine persons , and as that fact may be easily proved by numbers of men women , and children , of various sizes , placed in a room ef three or four square yards , it will speedily be seen that Kannington Common within the fences can hold a densely packed mob of 1 , 400 , 000 persons ; and if tha surrounding roads were also cram * med , the whole area willba found capable of holding tbe whole population of the Metropolis ! I have , therefore , no hesitation in saying that , from the representations made me there were considerably more than 100 , 000 of all descriptions of persons assembled on the late occa « aion .

      I am no Chartist , nor am I aware that I have ever even spoken to one ; the treatment , however , experienced by that body will make me and many ethers see their just complaints in a very different light to what we have hitherto done . Instead of meeting their demands in au open , fair , and honourable manner , it ia thought best to oppose them by treachery , misrepresentation , and contumely . Thus it ever has been , from the time of the ' Saviour' down to the present hour , that those who war with bad principles are crucified or persecuted . The Times acknowledged tbat it eaw nothing objectionable in the six points of ' the Charttr ; ' neither do I ; although I could wish , as regards 'Suffrage , ' some modification were made . It may do for traitors to jeer at the Ylctoria and SnubnoscB , Wellington aad Pugnoses , introduced into the petition , but the very circumstance thereof will aid Instead of defeating the Chartist cause ; and all impartial persons will at onoe gee that the unsuspecting Chartists have been duped by those whose object it wag and la to betray them . T , W , Hvasm . . Brixton , April 18 tb , 181 ? , !

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29041848/page/2/