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    • BOOKS PUBLISHED AND SOLD Bt JAMES WATSON, . 3, Queens Head-passage, Pater aostec-Tow.
    • THE MONETARY CRISIS. . -
    • _ Giosgow.— At our weekly meeting held in the
    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY,OCTOBER 80.1847.
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      Books Published And Sold Bt James Watson, . 3, Queens Head-Passage, Pater Aostec-Tow.

      BOOKS PUBLISHED AND SOLD Bt JAMES WATSON , . 3 , Queens Head-passage , Pater aostec-Tow .

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      PEOPLE'S EDITION OF THB PURSATOEY OP SUICIDES : with corrections and sdettoni . To appe « in tigbtecn sntnbew , at Twepence each ; or six parts at sixpence each . By Tnotnas Cooper , the Chartist . The first nnraber and the first part to be ready on ^ Wednesday , fforoolnr 3 rd , 1847 . Kicbifa Ctrlde's Minnal of Freemasonry , ** taree ^ csariiS ' S £ ™ ^ io ^^^^^ oT ^ SSi Pontics , aad Commumsai . Slbfc J Hdjori" . Vols . 1 and 2 , price foa ^ huitoS' ^ H 8 hoabe '« lIstl . emtticsto Mystery ; cr , thebsan-S « dTI * e 7 of Eudid . With plates , 1 vol , price Hol , oS ^' p «^ «««»»! * HMaBook - 1 T ° i-Prica Two shilling * and supecce . s . d __—__ rracaaa 6 ramjur , bas . ... 16 . Quid Book , cloth ... — - 10 -W i »» pna » ... ... 0 10 The I nfidel ' * Text So « k , being the substance of 13 lee . tnrts on the Bible , by Robert Cooper . No 1 to 5 already issued , and No . 6 will appear in a f » w days , and be conUaned regnlarly nntil completed . Bsch number prlca Twopence . BHYSES and SEOOLK . CTIONS of a HAND IOOU WE A . VEB . By William Thorn , of Iuverary . With a fine i « rttatt « i the poet . 1 vcU , cloth boards and ' lettered , price Four slutting * . Saifey » Soda ! Reformers' Cabinet Library . In nine aambers at sixpence each . B * jlej '« Batioael Philosophy , or Essays on mi-ceOaneons snbjactt : Historical , Moral , and PidracalJ Seduced to « igbtpence . 1 Chats . 'RsUgMmwa i J * chart ot tba sects and dew » nU nations into which the carhtiaa world isiivided . A large-sheet , price Sixpence . Hacaiotosb ' s ^ lectrical Theotyof the Universe : I * o \ . ¦ doth boards , p rice Six sniffings . To be had sfeo in nnmbiTj ax Threepence « aeh . itst published , in 2 volnmefc neat doth fcoarda rafl le « er » n . price Sir shillings and Sspence , the ToarthSiiiion of AN CfQJJIEY « BBernmgW ) LITIC & 3 j JUSTICE , and iw influence on Morals and Tisppinei ? . By WHliara Godwin . To be bad in 11 parts at Sixpence each , -or in 18 Jibs . atT » r * peace .

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      Nuw re ^ dy , in one thick 8 to volams , price 6 « . THE POLITICAL WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE , now first collected together , and to which are added several pieces nevtr before pnbutned in England ; and an appendix , conuiningthe Trial of . Thomas Paint , at Guildhall ; with a portrait of the Author . Complete in 2 vols . 8 ro . price 12 »„ . VOLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTION 4 RY , With two well-finished Portraits of tbe Aathor . In 2 vols , price 5 ' ., published at 9 s „ THE DEVIL'S . 'PULPIT ,. By the Rsv B / mtM Tatiak , B . A . In one handsome volume , price 6 * ., CARLILE'S MANUAL OF FREEMASONKT ; , Originally published at 15 s . Complete in 1 vel ., price 6 s ., THE DIEGES 1 S , By the R ; v . Robebi Tailor . A complete set of COBBETT'S POLITICAL REGISTER , Fw nle , 88 volt ,, t » lt « caif . W . Dugdale , 16 , Holywell-street , Strand .

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      On tfce 1 st of Korember , will be Published So 1 , of fTIHB REPUBLICAN , a Monthly Magazine , price X Twopence , Addressed to all inotsring men , more especially to Ttadical Ceforroers « f all cJasses . In its pages the RIG 3 TS OF MAN will be earnestly advocated in that calta spirit vriich cau alone prove saecessfuL Xeodent Jt . VEs Gicbrt , 4 d , Fateraoster-row , and all Booksellers .

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      A NIGHT with The CHARTISTS-FROST , WILLIAMS , and JONES . —On the 1 st of November wiUbe . pnblished , iPnce 3 d ., a Narrative of thrilling Injt « rest , connected < ndtit the Monmoothshu'e Insurrection , headed by the -sfeove celebrated leaders . London : I Ciaek , Warwick-laoe ; Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . To be tad of all Booksellers and at the principal Railway Stations .

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      TO ALL WHO HAVE GARDENS . fiablkhed oa ihe First of every Uoath , price Threepence ,-rr ® E BIDLAKD FLORIST , AND SUBURBAN JL HORTICULTURIST ; conducted by J . F . Wood , F . H . S ., Nurseryman aud Florist , the Coppice , near Nottingham . Thi « Periodical has been established for the purpose of concentrating in one Annual Volume , the experience and observations in Floriculture , Horticulture , and Gardenb ) f , of the practicalaudamateurfloristsof the Hailed Eiagd « n , at such a price as to bo within the reach of all who love a garden . Advertisements inserted on very reasonable terms . A considerable reduction for a series ofthe same advertisement . Communications on all subjects relating to Floriculture , Horticulture , Siieciuiens , & c . should be addressed to the Editor us nbovc . A few copies of the back numbers may still be ha *! , to complete sets . The First volume , price 5 s ., cloth , lettered , will be ready early in January . The following Testimonials in commendation ofthe work have been selected from several hundred , to prove that the Midland florist is appreciated bj the best authorities in the world of floriculture , & c . : — Wc have much pleasure in recording our continued approbation of tins ably . conducted periodical ; a valuable assistant to all who hare a garden . -Northern Star . Mr Wood is a skilful and honest florist , and we confidently anticipate tbat tbe opinions wkieh he may express , respecting new seedlings , will assist ns in patting an end toasystem of imposition , wiiicbisalikeruinuuJ to the trade of a florist and disgusting to the amateur . — Gardener ' s ClirouicU . This is a little monthly work of thirty-six pages , eminently adapted to the present times , and the class of readers to whom it is especially addressed . —Gardener ' s and Land Steward' s Journal . This is . we believe , the cheapest floral publication extant , is got up with great care , and is especially worthy f support- —\\ 'isbeach Advertiser . Thirty four pages of interesting , useful , and instructive information for toe horticulturist as well as the florist , and within the reach of every one , the price being enly threepence . —Mark Lane Express . This mipreftuniug little work is another attempt , which promises not be be unsuccessful , to minister to the gratification of the lover of a garden . — Banbury Guardian . Loudon : Simpkin , Marshall , and Co ., Stationers' Hallcourt Edinburgh : Oliver and lioyd . Dublin : J . Machen . Glasgow : D . Robertson . Nottingham : R . Sutton , No . 1 , BridlesmitU-gate , where advertisements must be forwarded . And sold by all respectable Booksellers throughout the kingdom . tgr The only mode of securing the regular delivery of the Mibiakd FioBisT , is to give an order for it to some bookseller or news agent in the immediate neighbourhood , wh * can regnlarly obtain it in his London parcel . Manchester ; A . Hey wood , Oldham-street .

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      O'CONNOR TARTAN . —GLASGOW . WILLIAM LOVE has been commissioned agent for tbe sale of this BEAUTIFUL CLOTH IN GLASGOW , and on and after 2 nd of November current , will have a large supply of vestings , cravats , plaids , shawls , & c . Itha « . been designed by the weavers of Kilbarcban in honour of Mr O'Connor , and they have formed a Joint Stock Company for its manufacture , for the double pur . pose of supplying the friends and admirers of Mr O'Connor , and of employing a portion ofthe villagers during the winter . These objects , apart from the very beautiful design , aud texture ofthe cloth , entitle it to the patronage of all classes , particularly the reformers of the country , and the friends of the labouring man . Northern Star Office , 5 , Nels » n-street , Glasgow .

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      A COLOURED DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT in best morocco case for les ., which Is 15 s . less than any other London establishment , and warranted U be equally good , by MR EGERTON , 148 , Fleet-street , opposite Boureric-street , and 1 , Temple-street , Whiteiriars . Open daily from nine till four . Fereign Apparatus Agent to VoigUander and Liribours , a complete Hook of Instruction , price 7 s . 6 > L , by post 10 s Price " * tssentpostfree .

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      TO TAILORS Now Ready , by approbation of her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . K . H . Prince £££$ , THE LONDON and PARIS AUTUMN and WINTER , FASHIOSSfor , ™ , 7 and 18 « , by Benjamin Read and Co ., 12 , Hsrfcstreet , Bloomsbury-square , London , and by G . « 3 erger , Holy well-street , Strand , London ; a most- magnificent and superbly-coloured Print , surpassing everything of the kind previously published , accompanied with the most fashionable full size Dress . Riding , Frock , Hunting , and Wrapper Coat pattern ? , with every particular part for each complete . Also , the most fashionable and newest ftyle Waistcoat Pattern , including the manner of Cutting and making up the whole , with information respecting the new scientific system ot Cutting , which will be published Jan . 1 , 1818 , and will supersede everything of the kind before conceived . Price lOs ; or . post free , to all parts of the kingdom , lie . ; Patent Measures , with fall explanation , 8 s the set ( the ' great est improvement ever known in tbe trade ) . Patterns to measure sent post free to all parts of the kingdom ; : 1 s each . , .-.. ; NEW PATENT INDICATOR , for ascertaining proportion and disproportion in all systems of cutting , the method of using it , and manner of variation clearly illustrated—Caveat granted to B . Read far the same , April 22 , 1817 , tieaei by Messrs I ' oole and Capmael , Patent Office , 4 , Oid-square , Lincoln ' s 4 nn , London , —Declaration sighed by the Right Honourable Sir G . Carroll , Lord Mayor of London , May 1 st , 1817 . Price , with diagrams clearly explained , 7 s ; or , post free , 7 s 6 d . Sold by Messrs Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomshury-sqnare , ' ' London ; G . Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , London ; and all booksellers in the kingdom . 'Post-office orders and post stamps taken as cash . Habits H . H . L . performed for the trade . Bustfor fitting Coats on Boys' figures . —Porer men provided . —Instructions in Catting complete , for , all kinds of Style and Fashion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short time , but the pupil may continue until he is fullv satisfied . - ? -:.:, ; .

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      LONDON NEWSPAPERS .-flraej , EeraU , Cftrontefe & c , posted' the day of Publication , at 2 ra . per Quarter . Sent the day after publication , at 10 s per quarter . Other papers equally moderate .- To be paid in advance . Address to Jas . fientley , Xews agent , IS , Giltspur . street , City , London .

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      A FORTUNATE SHAREHOLDER has a FOURACRE ALLOTMENT TO DISl'OSE OF , on the Mathon Estate , near Malvern . Persons wishiri gto purchase , must apply to' A Rice , 4 , Fair Vi . w-street , Cheltenham , All letters prepaid . '

      The Monetary Crisis. . -

      THE MONETARY CRISIS . . -

      The Rope Put Round The Neck Of Our Comme...

      The rope put round the neck of our commerce by the act of 1844 , has been loosened , and the nearly strangled victim is respiring a little more freely . Sir K . Feel , the author of that act , came up from Drayton express . Immediately upon his arrival , the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer had an interview with him , which lasted nearly four hours , and did not terminate till midnight . Next morning , Lord J . Russcll called etrly upon Sir Charles , tj learn the . declsion of the powerful ex-Premier , and immediately afterwards the Bank were empowered to issue notes to any amount- on approved securities , ateightper

      cent ^ -the government guaranteeing to procure them an act of indemnity , if , in doing so . they infringed the provisions of the act of 1844 . This is virtually an abrogation of that act . It has shown itself altogether incapable of doing what it was meant to do ,, aud must' go by the board . ' There are other ^ ques-. lions involved in the matter , to which we cannot allede this week for want of spaoe . but asit is not unlikely Parliament will ehortly be summoned to take the subject into consideration , weshall take an early opportunity of recurring to it . In the meantime , everybody is delighted with the change , except the Timet , which has been most decidedly snubbed , and tent to the right about .

      _ Giosgow.— At Our Weekly Meeting Held In The

      _ Giosgow . — At our weekly meeting held in the

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      liyers Hall , Charlotte-lane , on Monday , October 25 th , arrangements were forwarded for the reception of Messrs O . 'Cencor and E . Jones . The City Hall will be secured , and & public entrance will be eWen to the people ' s friendj .

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      JSouTHAUPtos . —A committee has been appointed ia this town , composed of members of the Chartist Association and Land Company , forthe purpose of makiug arrangements for the reception of Mr O'Connor , whenheoomesto tbe town . The above committee will meet on Sunday morning next , October 31 st , at Mr Jolm Starraer'e , Green-lane . Any parties in the district wishing to co-operate with the committee , must address their correspondence to Sir £ . Hemming , Leicester-street , Northampton .

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      Cboidpk . —A genei'M meeting will be held on Monday evening , tfuveajbar ht , to somioato the Chartist OvHIlciiand oficefl ,

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      JUST PUBL 18 HE » , ( Uniform with the " Labodbhi" Magazine , ) ' Price 6 d . A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON SPADE HUSBANDRY . . being the results . of four years ' experience , , BX J . SlLtETT , M'Gowaa and Co ., 16 , Great Windmill-street , London and may be had of all booksellers .

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      JUST PUBLISHED . PBICE SIXPBNCI , NO . X . OF " THE LABOURER , " Containing a treatise upon the National Land Company , and the National Land and Labour Bank , as aa Auxiliary to that establishment . By F . O'Cosxob , Esqi ; M . P Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , 16 Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . " Orders received by all agents forthe "Northern Star " and aU booksellers in t « wn and country ..

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of MR , ^ CONNOR'S WORK OF SMALL FARMS To behadatthoNeriAem StarOffico , 16 , Great Wind mill Street ; and of Abel Hey wood , Manchester ,

      The Northern Star Saturday,October 80.1847.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , OCTOBER 80 . 1847 .

      The Fricassee Of Editors. Mr O'Connor's ...

      THE FRICASSEE OF EDITORS . Mr O'Connor's reply to the extraordinary and virulent attacks made upon his character , in connexion with the Land Plan , at a time when the writers of these attacks knew that he was on the continent , and could not immediately reply to them , has , no doubt , received that full and , searching consideration , which the variety and importance of the topics to which it alludes so fully entitles it . ; From its very nature and extent , it was impossible to do more than as it were improvise a few general

      remarks on the subject , in our leading- columns last week . Time was required to analyse and clearly comprehend the full value and bearings of Mr O'Connor ' s refutation of the calumnies of his bitter and unscrupulous assailants ; and it is but an act of justice , as well as of duty , to give the results of that dispassionate examination , in a brief summary of the more salient points of the reply of the hon . member for Nottingham , to the allegations of the halfdozen " we s , ' * to whom lie administered so powerful and well-merited a castigation .,

      Before entering upon that part of the subject , however , it seems desirable to make a few preliminary remarkets to the animus of thepar ties who have ascribed the basest motives to Mr O'Connor . If the only object of these editorial exertions had been to promote the welfare of the working-classes , and to prevent them from being misled by a well-meant , but unsound plan to promote an improvement in their

      condition , as is pretended ; there was , surely , no necessity for having recourse to such shameful and infamous personal abuse of one man in the pursuit of such an object . The question at issue , is one partly of fact , and partly of-opinion . In tbe first case , vituperation is clearly of no avail—facts alone are of any value .. In the second , we submit , that having recourse to the rhetoric of Billingsgate , is not the best , way in the world to make converts of those who

      differ on matters of opinion . Instead of such a result , the great probability is , that the dig . putants , while finding their belligerent propensities considerably and mutually excited , will end by being more firmly convinced than when they began , of the truth of their respective views . Of course , none of the editors who have made the existence ofthe Land Plan a vehicle

      for personal , { attacks upon Mr O'Connor ' s judgment and honesty , can imagine tbat these attacks will convince that gentleman that his views of the system are wrong , and theirs are right . But thoughrnot expecting a conversion in his case , they may have calculated upon convincing those who had shown their confidence in the Plan , by becoming shareholders . Let us see whether their policy was likely

      even to do this . The National Land Company , and the p lans which it was formed to carry out , were undoubtedl y ori g inated by Mr O'Connor , but the constitution of the one aud the machinery for effecting the other , have passed through numerous stages before they reached their present position and form . At each of these successive stages , the individuals who were directly interested in the success of the project , decided upon the course to be adopted . At successive conference * , the difficulties-rlegal and practicai-were fully discussed

      by the representatives of the shareholders , and their decisions , with the grounds for them , fully reported . The company did not assume its present shape by the fiat of Mr O'Connor , or any other individual dictator ; those who bad contributed the funds virtually and bona fide ordered its affairs . If there was any error , either o judgment or practice in conducting them , or in taking any of the . steps that were taken , those errors were participated in by all who concurred in the propriety of taking the course that has been adopted , and the anathemas launched by our contemporaries at the

      head of Mr 0 Connor , ought also to have fallen on all his colleagues . But that would have shown their absurdity , because it is impossible to believe , that any body of men could deliberately set to work to deceive and cheat themselves upon such tangible subjects as those with which the Land Company has to deal . ' Again : the working-classes have not been induced to ' put confidence in Mr O'Connor , and theLand Company , by any false pretences . The plan of the Land Company , be it right or wrong , is fully and plainly set forth , without either ; reservation or deception . If the sapient scribes who dissent from that plan ,

      have any reasons , any solid practical reasons to adduce against the plan ; if tbey can suggest any mode ; by which its defects , as they appear to them , can be remedied , and the object more effectually secured—it is their duty to do so . Had they taken the field in this spirit ,: and given friendly advice and assistance to the extent of their experience and influence , however small both may be , it would have shown an interest in the improvement of the condition of the workingclass , which-their actual conduct proves to be only simulated for the purpose of gratifying feelings of personal . and political , hostility and vindictiveness towards Mr O'Connor . "

      As far as we can understand the charges of the parties to whom Mr- O'Connor replied in so vigorous , effective ; and crushing a way last week , they may . be reduced into the following;— . - - i , First . —That Mr O'Connor has uncontrolled sway over the Company . : Second . —That he is ignorant of the management of such a Company . Third . —That he has wastefully , if not fraudulently , expended the monies of the shareholders . , Fourth . —That the whole scheme is fraudulently concocted , [ for the purpose of enabling him to swindle the working-classes out of their hard-earned money , to make an estate for himself , and then that , having ruined them he will desert them . '

      fhe choice flowers of rhetoric , and the varied manner in which these charges are , made and supported , together with the minor statements and details flowing out of them , can be judged of by the specimens with which the columns of the Northern Star were crowded last week , to the exclusion of more useful matter . One benefit however , must result from their re-publication , namely , to enable the members of the Land Company to seem their own words the nature ofthe charges made by these parties , and to judge for themselves of their truth or rea & miblenesg . | l 0 the ; charge that Mr * O'Connor ha * uncontrolled away over the Company , or as it is differently phrased in another place , bribe same authority . "We have objected to tbe large share of power aimed at by Fierce

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      Feargus , " it is only necessary to say , that by the laws of the Company , lie has ho more newer than his fellow-directors . If it be 5 ®* plied , that these laws are not legally binding until the Registration of the Company iscomp leted ; Mr 0 'Cor . nor replies ,, ( avid the tour upon which he is about to start in company with Mr Jones attests the truth of the statement ) that fee is desirous the Company should be com letely registered with the least possible delay . * . . ' . _

      In . anothercapacity , however , Mr 0 Connor does , and if the Company is to succeed at all , must always , possess great powers ; as would also any other person who might be placed in the same position . The purchasing of estates , the erection of buildings , and the formation of small farms ; is riot committee-work . It must be done by one active , indefatigable superintendent , who has a clear and distinct idea of the nature ofthe work in which he is engaged , and who possesses the faculty of directing the energies of all under him to its accomplishment , in the most speedy , economical , and

      effective manner . Mr O'Connor is the only person connected with the Land Company who possesses the confidence of the shareholders ; -to such ari extent as is required for the performance of these several duties ; and confidence , is a primary and essential requisite . But it is objected , in the . second place , that he is ignorant of the management of such a society . Who says so ? The editor of the Dispatch ! How does he know ? What does he know ofthe management of societies himself ? , Has he had any practical experience in that way ? Or , above all ,: has he ever been

      associated with Mr , OvConnor .. int the management of any society , that he thus ventures to pronounce so confident an opinion as to Mr O'Connor ' s ignorance ? The value ofhis opinion , unless we are informed somewhat more upon these subjects than at present , is clearly very small indeed ; and knowing , as we do , something of the past history and experience of this redoubtable Editor , we have no hesitation in saying ; that if he were to set himself up as manager of a society , and depend upon his success for bis living , a speedy forced march into the workhouse would convince him at once ofhis presumption and incompetency .

      Editors are very excellent woadmongers . That is their trade , and so long as they are content to keep by the pen and the inkstand , they are very well in their way ; but were tbey ( even the erudite , experienced , and most wonderful Editor of the Dispatch , ) to present themselves us candidates for the situation of Manager of a Bank or Insurance Office , Superintendent of Railway Works , a Model Farm , or a Model Lodging-house , we have no . doubt but that tbey would be reminded of tbe old Latin proverb , which has been vulgarly and pithily translated among ourselves— " Let every cob . bier stick to his last . "

      Mr O'Connor , from his past career , and the position he has hitherto occupied in society , can , at all events , put forth a greater prima facie claim to the knowledge requisite for the management of popularly-constituted societies , and of practical agricultural and building operations , than a person whose migrations extend from his house to the office in Fleet-street , and from the office back again to his ; house ; and whose practical knowledge of society is gleaned from the communications of those who are actually doing its work . We reject the dictum because we know the critic is not qualified to give a sound opinion on the subject .

      The third charge may be said to be based upon , and to flow out of , tbe previous one , and it helps to show the truth of our estimate ofthe practical business-knowledge of Editors in general . Mr O'Connor is charged with wasteful , if not fraudulent application of the funds , and to prove this a number of items , having reference to the purchase and keep , of twenty 4 hree horses , are paraded with an immense show of indignation against Mr O'Connor , and of commiseration for hifi poor deluded victims . This is the first specific attempt to grapple with business . It is made by the Editor of the Nottingham Mercury , and his learned brother of the Dispatch falls into ecstacies with itquotes it in full , and grows quite magniloquent over it !

      - A breath disperses the flimsy superstructure which these practical and pains-taking architects had so carefully raised . The money , so far from being either wastefully or fraudulently expended , is proved , in the most conclusive manner , to have been a source of direct profit to the Company ; to have been absolutely required to carry on with the . requisite rapidity the plans ofthe Company , and to have indirectly added greatly to the immediate fertility of each allotment on the Lowbands estate . Item by item of this " mare ' s nest , " does Mr O ' Connor remorselessly turn up and expose , with a fullness , an accuracy , and a clearness , that leaves nothing to be ^ desired or to be added .

      In fact , these twenty-three horses , which averaged 3 Ql . 15 s . a head , tog-ether with the carts , harness , & c . required , are as much a misapplication or extravagant outlay of the funds , as the locomotives ofa railway company . They are the medium by which the capital of the company is put in motion , and made reproductive and profitable . As to the cant and hypocritical stuff about the expenditure of money in purchasing horses , arid paying for oats to feed them , while those who contributed it were receiving low wages , and . living upon low fare , it is too ridiculously disgusting to deserve any lengthened reply .

      The National Land Company is formed with the view of putting an end to low wages and low fare—in order to do so , its capital must be applied in masses to produce any effect upon a large scale , and the directors of the Great Western might as well sit down to calculate the private income of each of its . shareholders before ordering a new engine or an old one to be repaired , as the Directors of the Land Company enter into similar calculations before purchasing an estate , and proceeding in the most expeditious way to prepare it for allottees . The horses , cows , carts , and harness ,

      constitute part of the working plant of the Company . They are shown by Mr O'Connor to have already paid for themselves , and may be now looked upon as so much added to the capital of the Company . Thus , the very point which looked so formidable in the eyes of Mr O'Connor's assailants , " vanishes into thin air . " The figures to which they had recourse for . the purpose of crushing ' him , recoil on themselves— " the engineer } has been hoisted by his own petard . " After such an exhibition of crass ignorance of practical subjects , and the meaning of figures , we apprehend ' tbat

      very little faith will be placed hereafter in any exhibitions of these wonderful " calculating boys "—we mean editors . ° As to the statement that Mr O'Connor has devised the plan merely for the purpose of plundering the working classes , it needs no refutation . The onlyway by which such an allegation can at the present moment be tested , is to see what colour is given to it b y the past life of the party whose motives are thus impugned . Tiled by this criterion , the allegation may be summarily dismissed , as equally

      wicked and absurd . Whatever Mr O'Connor may do in future , as yet he is the only political agitator who has appeared in England who has steadily and constantl y refused to take a farthing of the people ' s money , an who , while continually occupied in their service , has borne , all chargea from his own funds . The fact } i merely requires toj be set against the assertion , in order to judee of the value of the latter . So far as long-continued , [ unremitting and unpaid public exertions can establish a claim to public confidence , Mr O'Connor m „« t . h »

      aurmttea , even by his opponents , to have done oto an extent which cannot be shaken by 5 M 1 i f rr' ^ T and prophecies ii the whole fraternity of scribblere , who have made such an onslaught upon him ? * guaranteeofhwfutureintegrity thananyasser .

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      tion tothe . contrary ; and it is noti within the boundavy of moral possibilities that a man so trusted-rrone holding so prominent a position in Eng lish politics , and in whose very nature is deep lv inwoven ah overpowering craving for the approbation of his fellow beings , without which life would be a misery to him—we say , it is impossible that such a man , for any c onceivable-amount of wealth , would , even it he had the power , forfeit such a position , and condemn himself to a life of obscure infamy I That would be ruin , indeed ! compared to which the loss of 2 / .. 12 S . 3 l . 18 * ., or 5 J . 4 s . i i t irttliin thr

      , by each individual shareholder of the Land Company would be but a trivial affair , and , despite all the exaggeration of Mr 0 Connors assailants ,, that is the measure of their loss and ruin , even should all their malignant and foul predictions be verified . But even were there no legal or practical obstacles to the fulfilment of such rascally prophecies , there is that in the very nature of the case , and in the sacrifice of position , fame , and power , which ' such a course would involve , that it is impossible to imag ine any sane

      person would deliberately make it . ihe predictions only orig inate in the baseness of those who make them . They know what tbey would do were they in the same position . . ' " These remarks have , extended far beyond what we intended when they were commenced , and still there are very many points untouched upon which we purposed to comment . We must , however , conclude ; and shall do so by

      drawing attention to the fact—a curious and instructive ; one—that , in the midst of the utter break down . of the monetary and trading system , tbe wretched apologists of that system can' yet find time to abuse Mr O Connor and the Land Company . The only way to account for the concurrence of the two facts is , to suppose that they see in the growing power of Mr O'Connor the downfall ofthe social and political machinery by which the profitmongers have coined fortunes out of the blood and sweat of the toiling millions , and . dread tbe advent of the time when the , labourer shall riot only be " worthy " of , but shall " enjoy' his hire , and become the "first partaker of the , 'fruits . "

      The labouring classes , uuder the ! guidance of their adopted and trusted leader , are laying the foundation for future independence in the midst of an almost unparalleled commercial crisis . ? |) To the attempts made to shake their confidence 'in that leader they respond by shoals of votes , expressive of the most thorough and entire trust in a man who has foughif . their battles through good and through ovil report , and accompany these

      resolutions by still more substantial proofs of that faith by sending him—thousands of pounds of sterling money . Tbey have lost all hope of emancipation from the wordmongers and profitocracy , andjdevoutly believe , that under the leadership of their adopted guide , and by travelling a different path to that tbey have hitherto trodden , they will reach at last the goal of their arduous and continued efforts . The

      venal press may abuse the leader , but the people know how to appreciate that abuse , and ¦ will continue to help on the great work of tbe Emancipation of Labour , undeterred by the . bugbears coined in editorial imaginations .

      The Good Old Cause. In That Famed Popula...

      THE GOOD OLD CAUSE . In that famed popular arena , "the Crown and Anchor , '' wherein so many able , and some virtuous men , baveatdifferenttimes thundered , as the ' . Vox Populi , for Radical Reform , we witnessed on Monday last another and an enormous gathering , to testify in favour of the good old cause—the cause of the right against the wrong , the many against the few . The dinner at the Crown and Anchor was provided in honour of the Radical Reformers

      returned to Parliament at the late general election , and those who mean to be returned on the occasion of the next electoral struggle . The invitations to both sections of " the People ' s friends'' hadbeeiiliberally distributed by the committee of management ; hutj > f the elected , only Mr O'Connor appeared to do homage to the sovereign people : of the nonelected there was a larger attendance , but limited , with one exception , to the men whose names are linked with the Thb' Charter"Name and all . "

      The excuses on the part of the absentees for non-attendance were of the usual character — "' detention in tbe country , " " unavoidable business , " and " engagements of long standing . " Like tbe persons bidden to the great supper recorded in the 14 th chapter of St Luke ' s Gospel , they all had a reason of some sort— -good or bad—for staying away . The cause of absence in a few cases seemed to be honestly set forth ; and , in the case of Mr Duncombe , but one feeling pervaded the breasts of all present , that of sincere sorrow

      that the cause of his absence was continued illhealth . We may add , that that feeling was accompanied b y the heartfelt prayers of all , that the cause of absence , too . truly set forth in the letter of tbe hon . member for Finsbury , might speedily cease to exist , and that he—the People's Champion—might soon , very soon , be restored to health and strength , and thereby be enabled to renew the great work of his mission—that of labouring for tbe destruction of injustice , and for tbe triumph of right . But the majority of the "letters of apology " were understood - by the people to be mere

      flimsy excuses , invented to cover the real hostility of the invited to the object of the meeting—a demonstration in favour of Radical principles , as embodied in the Charter . In two or three particular , instances , the loud and angry expressions of disapproval that greeted the make-shift apologies of loud ranting " Radicals , " showed that the people were fully alive to the real character , and perfectly informed of the real sentiments of ' their "friends . The carpet-knights of Radicalism may learn from the manner of the people , tbat the masses are not to be trifled with . Flavin * with-edge tools is dangerous sport , and certain gentlemen may discover too soon , that—•« A breath can unmake , as a breath has made "

      " Faithful among the faithless found , " tbe Chartistmember for Nottingham was at his post , and his reception proved how much the assaults of his enemies have added to his power . Denounced and assailed , misrepresented . and calumniated by the venal and corrupt pres . he W nevertheless , received with an amount of enthusiasm truly indescribable . Dr Epps met with another sort of reception . Ihe Doctor , who is a kind of universal lecturer on nearly all the olodes " and " isms existing : , has been for man ,, 5 ««

      -before the public , but as n ' politician , has ' been known only as one of a very timid character . At the late election he appeared " at Northampton , as a candidate for parliamentary honours , on Comp ete Suffrage principles . At the meeting on Monday evening , the neonle exhibited the desire to welcome him as a friend -although , like " Royal Charlie / ' he ' d 1 Sn "lang a-coming ' -but the Doctor « mW » iL 1

      spoil all , by exhibiting a want of modesty and good sense perfectly intolerable . . Ituwi per fee ly intolerable to hear a man boast of what he had not done , and sneer at those wh 0 we ? e 3 ™ L ? nd fferi whUe h « was wa { , ' and watching for quieter and safer times tl winch o make his appearance , and reTn the harvest others had sown . It «* , intolerSe to tlT " T l ecturin K derail JJftw n f ^ P % their attachment to names , and heir ignorance ofthe virtues of theS geome . When gentlemen like Dr Eons nip

      amongst the Uartists , they should modestly e themselves to learn before they begin to lit : J - ? [ gh ^ thority for holding " that a man wise m his own conceit is a vefy foolish fellow and we imagine that Dr E p ? when he fou nd that his soft sawder" was met & ffiM ^ The drivel about conciliating the middle classes by abandoning the naughty name of

      The Good Old Cause. In That Famed Popula...

      Chartist , is unmitigated humbug , Men i ^ profess to adopt our principles , will not scriT i to adopt the name , a name which has receiv a the sanction of millions , and been hallowedi the blood of martyrs . They prove themselv either dishonest or imbecile , if they adop t a other course . # n ? We earnestly advise the Chartists not t waste their time in attempting to concilia !! factious dissentients , whose only chance of notoriety exists in their isolation from a * main army of progress . The fantastic trick ! and grave grimaces indulged in of late bv some of these worthies , have afforded us siderable amusement . The way thcyw " soaped " each other at their tea-and-toasft nu fiaf ; ° " nm ; f y *^ '""" Hr IT ' " ^

      turn-outs , has been exceedingly edif ying Eaten up with vanity and spleen , their " o ^ J self-glorification has been the one object of their gatherings . Of course , they nev er heard of the Nottingham election , "its name was never heard . " They are Radical Ref ormer ? forsooth j but the truth is , they would have been very glad if Sir John Cam Hobhousft had been elected instead of his opponent . "Pale Envy withersat another ' s joy , And hates the excellence it cannot reach . " As usual , the press has applied the burkin ?

      system to . Monday ' s meeting . Several re porters were present , but those virtuous gen . tlemen , of course , gave pen arid pencil a holiday . The next morning's journals appeared some with a column , some half a [ column , ofa report , and some with not a line . Wednesday ' s Times contained a "leader" devoted to the consideration of the meeting . Seeing that the said article commenced in the usual style ofabusej ' and misrepresentation , we looked through it for some argument against Chartism we might grapple with ' j but neither argument nor common sense could we find in the precious concoction . from beginning to

      end . "A little knot of noisy demagogues , who try to make the people discontented . " "Red-hotRadicals place no limits on the extravagance . ' of their asinine indulgences . ' * " Political quacks , " & c , && Abuse of this sort , garnished with tap-room slang . Here is . another illustration of the virtues of our middle-class friends , so lovingly recommended by Dr Epps to our admiration . The Times is the great organ ofthe Bourgeoisie , Who support it , and such vile journals as the Dispatch and Manchester . Examiner- The middle-class rob the people of their rights , and then , through their villanous journals , add insult to

      injury . Mr O'Connor ' s colleague , Mr Walter , is reported to be the principal proprietor of the Times ; to tbat gentleman an invitation was ad « dressed from the committee managing Monday ' s banquet . We give Mr Walter ' s reply : —• 68 , Hussell-fquare , September , 28 th , 1847 . Sir , —I feci much obliged by the flattering invitation which you have been good enough to present to me , and much rigret that in consequence of other engagements , 1 cannot have the pleasure of accepting it I remain , Sir , jour obedient servant , John Waltbb .

      Mr Walter professes to have felt muck obliged by tbe flattering invitation , and felt much regret he could not have tbe pleasure of accepting it . Does Mr . Walter ' s letter truly express bis sentimenss , or does he approve of the " asinine" abuse poured by his "suckmug" editor on the * , men whom Mr Walterexpressed his regret he should be unable to meet ? These axe questions which , perhaps ,, may be put to Mr Walter the next time he meets his constituents . The Times may discover that it is not exactly safe to attempt thesneering down of Chartism , that is , if its proprietor desires to continue member for Nottingham .

      The way to silence the Times is forthe-Chartists to exhibit their earnestness by insisting upon having a daily organ of their own ^ and by making their organisation as a party thoroughly effective . We put a serious question to the Chartists of the metropolis . Shall last Monday ' s magnificent meeting be allowed to , pass b y as a bubble of the day , to be remembered for a week or two and then forgotten - or shall it be held in remembrance as " the beginning of the end "—the revival of an agitation which ' shall not cease until the Charter is made the law of the land ? We suppose that all true democrats wuT

      admit the desirability of making the Chartist movement truly powerful . It is unnecessary for us to advise any peculiar mode of operation to effect that object . The "Executive Committee , '' the " Registration and Election Committee , " and tbe officers ofthe several localities , are the proper parties to advise , and take the initiative in tbe good work . We must , however , impress upon our friends the necessity of commencing operations forthwith . Let new be . the appointed time . Remember that ; the National Petition has yet to be signed . ' . Remember > at four miltons of signatures must be appended to that Petition 1

      :. Let everylman who cheered Mr O'Connor on Monday last bear in mind , how powerless the Member for- Nottingham must be , unless supported by the unmistakable voice of publicopinion . That " opinion , " to be effective , ami respected , must be expressed in more ways-, " ,, ^ i hur « 'hs , » and « enthusiastic cheew . 1 he people must make their power felt through the medium of organisation . JlT ? " \ i ? ondo « fare hound to set an example to their provincial brethren : now is the time to set that example

      . iip ?« f . ) ' ' ctonL ; Re armed us with confidence , whilst confusion reigns in the camp of zrrrri Aoto 5 ? time * ° ^^ m sen ied phalanx again 8 t corruption ' s citadel . Nmovs the time to plant ou the crumbling battlements of privilege the banner of THE CHARTER , AND NO SURRENDER I ^¦^¦ ' ¦'* " **^' ' ' <' ' ^* ^^ i ^^^ ' ' ' - '^ rf ^ - ^* *

      "Mr Cobden. The Apostle Of Free Trade Ha...

      "MR COBDEN . The apostle of Free Trade has returned to his native country , after a continental tour of considerable duration-in the course of which he visited all the leading cities of Europe , from Paris to St Petersburgh , in a kindoftriumphal procession . How far the honours paid o him by royalty , and the banquets given by the nobihty and merchants of various cities , were caused by the national desire to pay res ' pect to a successful public man , and how far by zeal for the cause of which MrCobdenis the

      representative , we have no means of judging-lmt the fact that he did meet with a distinguished reception is undoubted . He left England m the first flush of victory . The anplause of his a dmirers , and the more substantial reward of an almost princely subscriution S 32 SJ Sk * I ' , " ! * SS 5 n « ia spread in fcnghsh society . Hehashppn welcomed filed mXltl Z ^ T " nt ? he has 'Aed . and tfce fiS 0 f tbe merc ! mnt 8 of Hamburgh-rich , T ern , . ? . rciaI Ha ^ rgh ~ mu st liave been still ringing in his ears when he again set foot on his native shores .

      J Ve grudge no man the well-earned meed oi honour and rewards for long-continued and zealous public service ,. and should be less inclined to do so in the case of Mr Cobden than ota most any public man who has appeared on the stage of English politics in modern times . Whatever may be thought of the p hilosoph y and policy of which he was the leading exponent , none can deny that he exhibited » ™» re sagacity ill the management ofthe League , in the adaptation of means to end , and in the calm , searching , and steady intellectual power he brought to bear upon the subject . He applied to his work , in short , most of

      * those qualities which are the very stamina oi English society . The mainspring of its enterprise , the ! secret of that success whiebjio spite of all drawbacks or obstacles , natural and artificial , distinguishes the career of Eng lishmen . - The nation sympathised with such » man , because it saw its bestfeatures , as it were , individualised and reflected by him . And , whatever may be the effects , immediate or remote jofthe ^ bolition of the Cora hvts , M

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30101847/page/4/