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    • THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH i. 1818.
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      Poor Law was passed in tbe jear 1 S 31 , and in the win . er 01183 ' * a committee had been appointed to es * mme into i t * w .. rkm _' . Why _should not that _precept _<>¦< _u-i lowed on " the present occasion ? He thoug ht ; tha . it ought to be foUowed-for he wet informed that _¦««*»*¦ diL ofthe poor in lrehna _sougbtontfor tbe inmates of their workhouses a worse _tood than the wor . t f « od used outoi the workhouse , and the _bause _™« _**« some notion of wh . t that food was when tt wa > notorious that the poor of Ireland lived on the lowest d _: et of _SUoSein Bcrop _* . He asked Irish members to ell n _^ w _bltwas tbe amount of animal food in the union ' not tell bimbe

      " „ 0 f Ireland ! If they would , _ZS _ans _^ r the ; _option himself . Tbe _able-bo-^ i -d labourer in the Irish workhouses was not allowed a ¦ _fael * ounce of animal food _a-day . Waa that a fitting allowance for aay human being in a country from which eartle were coming every day into tbe English market ! The present was not a question as to the area of taxation but as to the whole operation of tbe Poor Law in Ireland , and bs thought thatthe inquiry into it should be g ranted without farther opposition by the govern _, nient _, and that it should be made , by the assistance of tbe government , as fall and searching as possible .

      Mr C . Bulks , dented tha accuracy of Mr wakley s assertion that the poor in the workhouses ia Ir » Iand were pat on a worse diet tban the worst diet to be found oat _ofthf'o in tbat country . It had never been the policy of ' = law in England to deter the poor from tbe woiknou _^ s by g iving tbem insufficient food ; and he _thoosht that Mr Wakley had no rig ht to make such an assertion , when the present commission bad been stickling for some time past forthe granting four dinners of meat every week to all ihe poor in our workhouses . Tha real question involved in tbis motion was tn j wi > 5 the house prepared to hark back on the law of last ? sS = ion , which ban extended the English Poor Law to _Iroland ? If so , he would oppose the committee upon that very ground . He could assure Mr Wakley that the cnantmicy af the Irish members was not SD remarkable a phenomenon as he supposed , and he wished to know whether Mr Wakley wonld advocate the propriety oi yielding to that unanimity when it was proposed to extend tbe income tix to Ireland ?

      After some observation' ! from Mr Grogan , Sir D . _Korrejs , and Sir A . Brooke , Colonel Dunne made abrief _repiv ; but before the bouse went into a division . Mr _WiLTEB assured the house that he did not rise for the purpose of detaining hon . members by any observations on the Irish Poor _Liw , witb which he was _imperfectly acquainted ; _but-ie could not resist that _opportunity of _congratulating the government upon the _firm _nate appointment they bad made in selecting as tbe president of the Poor _Lsw Commission a gentleman who had had the extraordinary _boldnessto assert that it 'never waa the _object of theXew Poor Law to offer to the poor in the workhouse of this country a worse diet than they wonld obtain eut of them . ' ( Hear , bear . ) He weuld say nothing of tbat famous document exhibited in tbe j

      hocsj seme _£ - _¦«• years s . go , which was drawn np as a _sor * of feeler , with a view of ascertaining to wbat _defjrea , short of starvation , it would be possible to reduce ths diet of the poor in this couatry ; bnt he would ask the right hon . gentleman the member for _Liskeard whether he bad _forgotten to what circumstances he owed the Eitnition which he now filled ? Had the right boa gen . tUinan _forzetten that it wa * to tbe disclosures that wert _cisd-i before the Andover Union Committee — ( hear , _he : ( - )—ia which it was preTed that tbe poor ot that union were reduced ta such an intolerable diet , that they were compelled to gnaw raw bones —( hear , hear)—and _cosid the rigbt hon . gentleman have the assurance , after tfc :: t , to say that it never was the object of tbe Poor Law to 2 re to the poor a worse diet io the workhouse , than

      th y would obtain out of it ? He ( Mr Walter ) was re . joiced ts hear the right hon . gentleman announce th _^ t he had been employed since th _» period he had acce ; ted his present office in endeavouring to _improve ths _<* iet of the _workheases _, and to give tbe poor four _davs si- at dinners in the week . This , did Hot , however , _sff _ct tiie merits of the original question ; and he should bave b- en warning in his duty to his constituents , and to the _respect wbich he owed to the memory of that indivi _= uii who whilst he lived , was the most _determined oppon _« -ntof this law— ( hear , hear)—had be not risen In his { . lace to express his astonishment at the assertion the ruht hon . gentleman hRd made . ( Hear . ) The hoHie divided—For the appointment _ of tha committee 101 _Acainstit ... 165

      Majoii-y against the motion ... £ 4 _kftcrsomei ' . _iscassion on the motion of Mr Newdegate _, , _ieiect committee was appointed to inquire into the law and cu-iom of different parts of the Uuited Kingdom as between out-going and in-coming tenants , and also as between landlord and tenant , in reference to unexhausted itnprevements or ( ieterioration of land and premises occupied for agricultural purposes . The house then _adjourned . WEDNESDAY , Maech 1 . HOUSE OF _COMMONS . —The house met at twelve o'clock .

      _XOTTISG 3 AM ELECTION COMMITTEE . —The SPEAKER : I bave to acquaint the house that I have rec € ived a notice from Mr Durand Cooper , the agent of William Key and others , stating tbat it is not intended to proceed with the petition against the Nottingham ekction . [ Mr O'Connor ' s seat is thus secure and unquestioned . ] Tbe _Cotrnty Rates Bill was read a second __ time , and ordered to bs committed . The Pow H < movaI Bill was also read a second time , _sn-1 _ordered to bs committed . Lor 3 P _^ LMeestok then ro _* e to resume his reply to the motion ef Mr Anstey . In so doing , the noble lord , ia 3 _U" ; c : oation of a question > _rhicb ho _understood

      Mr Wakley wished to pat to him , intimated that no violence _whiter had been nfiered curing the late disturbances in _P . ' . ris to the English _residents there , wbo had wis ' _-ly . _ibitaicc-d from all _int _^ _rferrncc with the _transacts V , 5 , wblc * i had oecurrerJ . Be ihtn _, ia _resuming Ids reply , _obiirvtd ' . hit it was _unnecessary for him to go into all ih '' G _* eiKil 3 comprised in Mr _Austey ' s speech , founded n : >' - > n a motion of forty paragraphs , _raisinz topics which had airra _^ y been made subject matters of 1 _S _3 pariiaHrnrarj _deba-es . and which , with all their _# ? _.: « := and collateral circumstances , filled some _thousands of folio volumes . Tbe noble lord then proceeded to address _hinvelf to some cf tbe mere prominent sf tbe _sccasations preferred against him , ib connexim witb tbe treaty of _Adrinnopb _" _, and other transaction s in which in

      both Russia ana Fr _^ iice particular were largely _coscsrned , vin 4 ica _' . inghi 5 conduct in all cases , ahd showing that in a l the rights ef naii _> ns bad ben respected , and tht _fcoiiour and independence of _England preserved . Hs alhoad-crted to _thecircamjtanc > ' 8 under which Mr _Urqchirt had been recalled from the diplomatic post which he had held , since which time tbe attacks of the hen . gentleman npon him had been unceasing ; occluding bis _observation * by stating , that while , he had had tbe honour of directing tbe fortign _relatioas of this country , he had devoted to the task all the entrgi ; s ef _trhich he was capable . They might have found EH ! 3 , no doafct , who wonld have done it witk more ability , but none with more entire devotion . Tbe principle on wkicii he had acted bad b een tbat of

      maintaining peace sm a friendly _oailrrstanditie witb all nations , as _ionc as it was _possible to do so consistentl y with a due re _^ ari to the interests , the honour , and dignity of ths country . It _n-cs a narrow policy to suppose that ene state or another was to marked out as en _eternal ally or perpetual enemy of England . She had Bone such ; but her interests were eternal aad _perpetual , and those itwas tbe duty af ths _government to support . And adopting the { _- . ipression of Mr . _Canning _, be would say ' The interests of England ought to fcs the shibboleth of every British minister . ' Thenoble lord resumed his s * at with loud cheers . —A scene of E 8 : ne confusion took place , coBseqnent npon Lord Dudley Stuart ' s moving the adjournment of the debate , whioh _occupied the few minutes that remained of tbe _aitting . wh ° n the Speaker left the chair , and the motion will therefore again take its place among the orcers ofthe day .

      THURSDAY MARCH 2 . The baisiness ia both . _bouses was of a miscellaneous snd routine character . None of the subjects discusBcd were ci sufficient- importance to warrant a separate notice in the crowded state of _aur columns . In the Commons , inseed , tbe majority of tbe mo' . ionB ended by tbeir being withdrawn or postponed for furtbev consideration , and the _Iloufe arjoarned at 10 o ' clock . FRIDAY , Hues , S . HOUSE 0 "P LORDS . —Iruh Poor Liw . — Earl _PiizwituiK in reference ! o the working of the Irish poor-law stated , tbat the poor of that _oountry were maintained on the miserable pittance of fivepence three farthings a week ; it was therefore impossible to suppose that the law would either be _rffrctu _^ l there , or relieve tbis country'from the influx of Irish paupers while the earn p _<» id for tbeir subsistence would not maintain lif \ ait ! . 0 U 2 h it might protract eristence .

      Thb _Clbsot asd _Education . — The occasion of "L rd _Lttilxto-i _' s presenting a petition from the Diocesan Board sf _Education on the _sabjectnf the _managemtnt clauses required by the committee of the privy council to he inserted in the trust-deeds of schools receiving aid from parliamentary grants , led to a diECus _Eion , the _B'sbop of Worcester complained ef tbe manner in which the petition had been got up , notice not _"giving heen _,-rivrn to all tbe members of tbe board in question . Nothing was more reasonable tban that iBymen who contributed towards these grant 3 should bave a share in their _management .

      Tke Marquis of _Husdowite said it was omy of late that anything hid heenh rard about the exclusion of the laity from a share in the management , and the aid given totbeKatio 33 l Sociityhadbeen on the understanding that the Clauses now complained ot were to _bethe terms _ofnr , ion . He conld not admit the principle , therefore , that tbe clergy should bave tho power of overruling the _opinions of the tbe lay managers . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Ikcome Tax . —The Chaxcsllok . ofthe EXCHEQ . 0 E _3 _, having moved tbe order of the day for going into _conmitt-. e of Ways and Means , oa the Inco me tax _molutieng _, Mr _Hoeshan moved , tbat if the * a « me taxbB continued , it is expedient to amend the _arUut 3 d f / 0 t , 0 lmp 03 e tne sam 8 charge on incomes those der ° _. _? r 0 feS " 0 Ilal an < J Precarioas sources , as on rhe & w _^ L . _™ r « al property . The honourable hardship and * nwr _„ 7 l * B _^ _B _' _-Mtrative of the his plan to be to _wS „ , _•? ' Fri ! Se _** , BX » by announcing _«* _ain the same cumber of schedule *

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      as in tbe pre eat act , but to cast them differently . Incomes _aris _' Dg from _profession _* he would take from _jcbeiiuleB aud place in _EcheduU E , which referred to incomes also of a precarious and terminable natnre , viz ., emoluments arising from public offices , leaving ' D ' entirely for incomes arising from trade , commerce , aud manufactures . And the scale cf tax he would then propose would ba as follows : —On incomes included in schedules A and C he proposed an addition of one penny to the present rate of tax , making eight-pence in the pound . On incomes which would be inclnded in schedule E , viz ., professions and emoluments from public offices he proposed tbat the tax should be four-pence in tbe pound ; and u , on incomes included in shedule D _, viz ., trade , commerce , & c , he proposed the intermediate

      rate of sixpence in the pound , leaving JJ as nt present , 3 y this slight increase on schedule A , they would relieve all the other classes , and raise a revenue mere than equal to that derived from the tax , and without those very vexatious _objections to which the impost , as now levied , was liable . Thia _xrrangemtnt gave a total , aecerding to bis calculation , of £ 5 , 581 , 008 , instead of £ 5 , 600 , 000 , which had been the produce of the tar for the last year ; but ministers calculated in their budget for tho ensuing yea r that tbe tax would produce only £ 5 , 200 , 000 . Hia _propositton would , at all events , fall more equally on the several classes of income tban tbe present , and be believed the scale he proposed was so far just , tbat it in ado a difference between those incomes wbich were

      permanent , and which represented accumulated capital— those which represented labour aHd ekill only . It had also this recommeauation , that it would relieve these who were most oppressed by the tax , as now imposed , while the only additional burden which weuld be thrown npon any class was the extra penny in the pound on permanent incomes—a burden which ho belisvad . would be cheaply purchased by tbe large amount of relief it would give to other classes , the satisfaction with which the change would be received by the country generally , and the ease with which the tax

      would ha col ' ected . The honourable member was loudly cheered during , and atthe close . of , bis speech . A protracted discussion ensued , the proposition being , of course , opposed b y the government ; at the termination of which the house divided , when Mr Horsman's motion was negatived by a majority of 175 , the numbers being 316 to 141 , The house then went into committee pro forma , to Bit again oa Monday , Mr Hume intimating bis intention of proposing tbat the duration of the tax be limited to one year . Tbe committees on tbe army , navy , and ordnance and miscellaneous estimates , were nominated : and tbe basse adjourned _.

      4 The Northern -Atak; '' ¦ ' ¦ Jmarch 4,...

      4 THE NORTHERN -ATAK ; '' ¦ ' ¦ _JMarch 4 , 1848 . -- _»

      Rhationai Saim Ouimpaitp.

      _rHationai _Saim _ouimpaitp _.

      Htbe—The Usual Weekly Meeting Of The Mem...

      Htbe—The usual weekly meeting of the members of thia branch was numerously attended on Sunday week last . Mr G . Candelet read Mr O'Connor ' s letter , addressed to the people , after which , he urged attention to Mr O'Connor ' s desire , and explained the comparative merits of tbe Joint Stock Company ' s Act and the Benefit Society's Act , showing the great saving a society , similarly constituted to the Land Company , would derive from the Benefit Society's Act , if adapted to their _requirements as contemplated by Mr O'Connor ' s motion . Herecommended t hem to appoint parties to canvass the

      town for signatures to the petiti » _c , and to strengthen the hands of Mr O'Connor , as far as they possibly could . It was agreed , upon the recommendation of Mr Wm . Healings , that threepence per member be transmitted as early as possible t » the proper parties appointed to receive the same in aid of Mr O'Connor ' s seat , and that the Bame be acknowledged in the Normebn Stae . A vote of thanks was given to a writer in the Edinburgh Express , styling himself a Lancashire ' Piecer Boy , ' for his truthful exposure of the doings of the cottonocracy in reference to the Ten Hours'Bill , and the

      reductions in wages . Bath . —At an adjourned meeting ot the members of this branch , on the 28 rd ult ., the following resolution was carried unanimously : —* That it is the opinion of this branch that the decision of the last conference , as reported in the 'Star , ' fully justifies the directors in opening another Land Company , but are of opinion also , thatthey are not justified in opening _aaother Company on principles so widely different before submitting the new code of rules to a Conferonce ; the opinion of this meeting is that the last Conference did not expect so considerable a change . ' It may be as well to state that the general feeling of thi 3 branch was in favour of the new _reguations .

      Dodworth . —At a meeting of the members of this branch , it was unanimously resolved : — 'That we protest against thepresent directors opening another Company until they have _assertained whether the majority of the members are in favour of the project . _Shefpield —A special meeting of the memberfl of the Land Company , called by placard , was held in the Three Cranes' Room , Queen-street , on Tuesday week last . Mr James Sampson , who has spent several years in America , was called to the chair . After tho _opening remarks ofthe chairman , the following motion was unanimously passed : — ' That the best thanks of this meeting be given to the directors for their promptness in opening the New Cosipany , believing , as we do , that the best interests of all will be

      served by such a course ; and further , that the niembers of this branch pledge themselves to aid and assist the directors , to the utmest of their power , in their " praiseworthy undertaking . ' The questidn of getting up a demonstration on behalf of Mr Thomas Kirk , one of the fortunate allottees , whs will leave this town for Minster Lovel , was next gone into , when it was re .-olved : — 'That a soiree be held in honour of tha ocension . ' Time and place will be d uly announced . On the following Wednesday _eveninij , Mr S . Kj dd delivered a lecture in the Town Hall : Mr Councillor Briggs in the chair . The subject _tf Mr _Kvdd ' _s discourse , was a review of Lord John Rus _^ eli ' s ( catch them and eat them ) Budget . The Uail was crowded . Thanks being given to the chairman , the meeting dissolved .

      Reading . — At a special meeting ofthe _members oi this branch on Monday week last , the following resolutions were adopted : —* That in the opinion of this meeting , it is the duty of the directors to carry out the wish of the working classes , by the formation of a New Company , ' * That the proposed alteration in the mode of _hallotiDa ; , is anti-democratic , inasmuch as it _iucrea _es the chances of the capitalist , and we hereby invite our brother members to record their opinions on the departure from principle , regardless oL the taunt of sectional power . ' Means were then adopted to establish a money club , when the meeting adjourned to the following Wednesday evening . Hoxl _.- —At a meeting of tbis branch on Monday week last it wa 3 resolved : — ' That two persons be employed to obtain _signa'uresto the Land Petition . ' ' That £ 1 , be sent to the Sleaford murder case , and £ 2 . for the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament . '

      Beackburx . —At the quarterly meeting held in Nurton ' _s Commercial Coffee House , Back-lane , on _Sundav week last , the following officers were elected : —H . Marsden , one of thejeommittee for the next three months ; William A nderton , scrutineer for the next thr _. e months ; and John Sagar and T . Livesey , auditors for the _nextthree months . Mr O'Connor ' s letter to the industrious _classes of England , was read by the chairman , when it was proposed : — ' That each member , pay a levy of 6 J . towards defraying the expense of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament . ' Carried by acclamation . It was also unanimously agreed : — ' That Ernest Jones , aud W . P . Roberts , Esq ? ., be requested , when convenient , to pay a visit to Blackburn , and that Mr O'Connor pay us a visit when visiting Preston . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting separated .

      Somers Towx . —On Sunday week last , an overflowing audience attended at Mr Duddridge's rooms , 18 . Tonhridgestreet , New Road , when Mr William Dixon delivered a lecture on ' What England is , and what it will be , under the Small Farm System . National Co-operative Bbnejit Sociiiy . —Mr Johs Arnott has been appointed agent to this society for the _Somer 3 Town district , and will attend at Mr Duddridge ' s , 18 , Tenbridge-3 treet , New Road , on Sunday and Monday evenings , from seven to halfpast eight , to enrol members , Norwich . —On Monday week last , the Norwich br . inch of the National Land Company , held a tea party at their New Rooms , St Edmund ' s , which were fiiled to overflowing . After tea the band struck _ujj several lively air 3 when the chair waa occupied

      by Mr R . A . Clark , who delivered an excellent _speech , in which he stated that tbis branch numbered 800 members . Mr J . Uurrel addressed the meeting upon the sentiment , * The people the source of all wealth . ' After which Mr Dixon , one of the Directors , responded tp the following sentiment : — ' Success to the Land Scheme , and may the Directors Jive to see their desires accomplishtd . ' After a speech ofsome length and good argument , the _cnairmanlgave : —< May O'Connor eutlive his numerous foes , and live triumphant over the Press Gang . ' The _following was' spoken to by Mr B . Barber : — ' Success to the Land Plan and Labour Bank , and may tra < ie and commerce so revive , that the poor may be enabled to place deposits _therein—toshow their confidence in the treasurer ' s _seheme . ' The next given from the chair wns : — 'May success attend our efforts to establish and build a hall of our own . ' Mr

      _Baasbaw replied , and offered for his part to give 10 or 20 , 000 bricks towards the same . The next was enthusiastically received : —* May the defeat of the Whigs be complete in their vexatious endeavours to unseat Mr O'Connor , and may the people rally around him to shield him from e _^ enses . ' 'Success to the friends to liberty throughout the world , ' was responded to by Mr W . Dixon , Wa _thought his first speech a good one , but this far excelled the first , and wa 3 several times warmly applauded , he spoke as a plain man to a plain audience in language and argument that could not be misunderstood . ' The speedy return of Frost , Williams , and Jones . ' and other sentiments were given and responded to . A C _ollection was made by a few friends for the defence of . Mr O'Connor ' s seat , and _although more than three pounds had been forwarded , 6 s . 6 d . was _collated .

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      NATIONAL LAND AND CHARTER HANDKERCHIEFS . Price Is each , and may be seut hy post for 4 s 4 d . The above is a rich satin Brussels , for a man ' s neck , thirty-fire inches square , with tricoloured border and plain green middle , entirely composed of the best China silk , soft shuts and warp . Also the LADIES HANDKERCHIEF , eighteen inches square , price 2 s Gd , by post 2 s lOd . beauUfuUy figured with the Rose , Thistle , and Shamrock , for the border , interspersed with groups of _barleycorns in the middle , with the Charter and Land shield at each earner , the whole surrounded by a fringe of one and a half inches ; this handkerchief is composed of fine Italian silk . Tbe advertiser is a nine years Chartist , and a Land member from the _commencement , who respectfully solicits the support of his brothers and sisters in the cause . N . B . To prevent an inferior or spurious article being offered to our body , they can be had only on _application at the Office of the National Land Company , 144 , High Holborn , London .

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      PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., T MARTIr' informs liis friends and the Chartist body generally , that he has reduced tho price of hia _lithosrapbic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief to the following price . - —Prints , Is ; coloured ditto , 28 . Cd . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To be had atthe Nobtiiern Stab office , lfi , Great Windmill-street , _Ilaymarlret ; Sweet , Goose Gate , Nottingham ; Heywood , Manchester , and all booksellers in the United Kingdom .

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      FARM AT WILSDEN . TO BE LET by TICKET and Entered upon Immediately , a Farm , consisting of a Farm Houso , _Mistals , _Figgeries , and other convenient Farm Buildings , including receptacles for liquid manure , according to tho latest improvements , and Thirteen Acres of Gras and Arable Land in a _high state of cultivation . This Farm , which is situate at Harrips , near Wilsden , has been recently thoroughly drained and fenced , and ho palu 6 or expense have been spared to bring it to its present high state of cultivation . All tbe Buildings are new , and contain the improvements suggested by the experienced modern agriculturists . The form of the land is compact , and the llOUSa add outbuildings are centrally situated , and , altogether , the Farm constitutes a desirable holding , which , under proper management , will also be very beneficial to a suitable person . The owner will require the taker to enter and pay a . valuation according to the custom , and will allow a similar valuation on leaving . He will also give a lease for any reasonable term of years that may be required . _Apj ly to Mr D . W . Weatherhead ( the owner ) , Grocer , Low-street , Keighley . Sealed tenders may be sent to Mr David Wilkinson Weatherhead until the Uth day of March next , whan the taker will be declared . Keighley , Feb . 25 th , 1818 .

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      TO BE DISPOSED OF . ; _:.-A FOUR ACRE SHARE in tlio National L ' and Company ; the present holder going abroad is the cause of parting with it ; Any person paying for this advertisement , aud tho original cuBt , can have it . NMJ . A share in a Building Society in its fourth year for sale . Price £ 2 . Apply to H . Todd , 10 , Brown-street , Grosvenor-square .

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      TO UE SOLD . A THREE ACRE _SHAUI , in the National Land Company ; the shares and expenses paid up . Price £ 3 . 18 s . Apply to Mr John _Watkins , Antelope Coffee House , York-road , Lambeth .

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      (Prom The Gazette Of Tuesday, Feb. 29.) ...

      ( Prom the Gazette of Tuesday , Feb . 29 . ) BANKRUPTS __ , Hurst , . jun ., Baker-street , _Bagnijtge-wells . road , licensed victualler—Daniel R » ss and Edward _Tathnm , Unien-street , Southwark , hat _manufacturers—George Farr Arnold , Apsley Guise , Bedfordshire , carpenter-Charles _Tottinau Chapman , Cambridge , livery stable . keeper—James Lewis Kennaby , King-street , Snow-hill dealer in corks—John Atkins , West _Cowfls , Isle of Wight , wine merchant—Joseph Beanian , Smethivick , _Staflordshire , iron-manufacturer—William Wood , \\ addiugton , Lincolnshire , licensed victualler—Dovey and John Hawksford , Bilston , Staffordshire , iron founders — William Francis Chapman , Worcester , corn factor—James bonis , Hereford , mercer—Thomas Batt Shuttleworth , Sheffield , shopkeeper—John _ Sankey , Birkenhead , blacksmith—William U » nry Kains _. ' . Liverpool , wine merchant—George WilUins _, Bristol , builder—Stephen Bennett , Bristol , teazle dealer—William Carter , Exeter , innkeeper .

      SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . J . Steel , Sanquhar , merchant—F . Borland , Glasgow , nierchaiit-A . Bichardsoii , Abbey , near North Berwick , farmer—G . Campbell , Edinburgh , cattle salesman—T . Dunn , Glasgow , wood merchant—W . 1 _' aul , Edinburgh , accountant—G . Broivnlee _, Mid-Calder , merchant-J . Borrows , Glasgow , and New Monkland , Lanarkshire , baker and coal master—J . and A . Porteds , Kilmarnock and _Canonmills _, _no-ir Edinburgh , tanners-E _, M'Letchie Glasgow , wine merchant .

      Halifax.Mr B. Rush Ton Will Lecture In The

      Halifax . Mr B . Rush ton will lecture in the

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      Working Man ' s Hall , on Sunday , _lMarch 5 , at six o ' elock in the evening .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of MK . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be bad atthe Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Wind millStreLt : and of Abel Heywood , Manchester .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , PQICE _SIXPENCE , NO . KV . OF " THE LABOURER , " : contain-no 1 _. The March of Freedom , a Poem , by Ernest Jones . t 2 . Insurrection ofthe Working Classes . The Origin of SwUs Independence . 3 _. Tho Poor Man ' s Legal Manual , 4 . Tho Romanco of a People . 5 . The Wolf and the Church , a Gorman Legend with an English Moral . G . National Literature . Russia ; being another Hack _pagB-in the history of Nicholas . 7 . Last Dying Speech and Confession of an Ex-King . S . Tbe _Juoprlsonad . 9 . A Lesson to Tyrants . 10 , The Pirates' Prize . 11 . Literary Review . Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , 16 Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents forthe " Northern Star " and all booksellers ia town and country .

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      Mr O'Connor will be at the Whitmore Station , in time to attend the tea party at the hour appointed , but cannot exactly state the hour . He will be in Preston in _good time ; on Tuesday , and will be happy to see the ' Old Guards previous to the meeting . Mr O'Connor begs to assure the working classes of his willingness to be continuously amongst them , while they must understand the necessity for his presence in the House of Commons , on Mondays ; Tuesdays , Wednesdays , Thursdays and Fridays ; and at Snig ' s End , on Saturday , Sunday , and until four o ' clock on Monday . On the 17 th and 18 th of March , he will be ' at Manchester ; and on Sunday , the 19 th , ' at Oldham , amongst his oldest friends arid constituents .

      Mr O'Connor's Motion For Enrolling The L...

      MR O'CONNOR'S MOTION FOR ENROLLING THE LAND COMPANY . Colonel Dunne having had the precedence of Mr O'Connor on Tuesday night , and the debate on that gentleman ' s motion not having concluded till near twelve o ' clock , Mr O'Connor had not an opportunity of bringing forward his motion for the Enrolment of the Land Company , but has renewed his notice fur the 16 th of March . The presentation of the little monster petition with 203 , 335 signatures , caused no small astonishment in the house , and there was great laughter , when the Speaker , according to the usual form , said * that it do lie upon the table . ' Mr O'Connor , however , to the astonishment of the hon . _memtjrs , who thought it was impossible to lift it , took it up in his arms and deposited it on the table , just in front of her Majesty ' s Ministers .

      The Northern Star, Saturday, March I. 1818.

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , MARCH i . 1818 .

      " Vive La Republique !" In Our Third Edi...

      " VIVE LA REPUBLIQUE !" In our third Edition of last week , we announced the termination of the French Revolution by the abdication and flight of Louis Philippe . We have now to announce" the institution of the Republic on the ruins of the destroyed Monarchy . Immortal be the three days of February—22 nd , 23 rd , and 24 th;—days , without [ exception , the most glorious in the annals of the human _rao . e

      The 22 nd witnessed the thronging of the people in the streets , excited and agitated b y the monstrous interference of the Government for the prevention of the intended Reform Banquet . The Ministers were confident and insolent in their supposed strength . On the evening previous , Duehatel , the Minister of the Interior , had scornfully declared that the Government would "not give way before any manifestation whatsoever . " In twenty-four hours later , this _braggart and his confederates were tottering to thtir fall . Still , Guizot and

      his colleagues were confident . Their hirelingswordsmen— the Municipal Guards — had fleshed their swords , and shown their perfect willingness to lay the popular agitation in blood . " A bas Guizot , ''' cried a million voices that evening in Paris . What cared the " M _: in of Ghent ? " His Guards were faithful , and the fidelit y of "the line'' unquestioned , and , therefore , he laughed—yes , ' _* ' immoderately laughed , " when Odillon Barrot laid the articles of imp _« acliment on the table ofthe Chamber of Deputies .

      The morning of the 23 rd dawned npon a population universally excited , but still almost totall y unarmed , and , therefore , incapable of engaging in combat with their enemies . But , though unarmed , the Parisians were now re-Solved that Guizot and his confederates should be hurled from power . The unanimity and courage of the people were most wonderful . The troops ofthe line , affected at the sight of devotion and heroism so astounding , permitted

      the erection of barricades under their very eyes , and within the reach of their bayonets . The National Guard had been summonsed to arms the ni ght previously , but had almost unanimously refused to obey the rappel . This morning ( Wednesday ) the Guards began to muster , but they mustered to the cry of Vive la Reforme . In a few hours the unyielding Ministry was no more , and the unconquerable Guizot had announced his own downfall !

      Now came the short-lived reign of the humbugs . It was announced that Count Mole had been sent for by Louis Philippe to form a Ministry . The people received the news of Guizot ' s fall . with shouts of triumph , bnt they wisely added , " it is not sufficient , '—a bas les systeme _- ' That night Mole abandoned his task in despair . There was yet a chance for another set of humbugs , and the morning of the 24 th , found Louis Philippe reduced to the staking of his last card—the formation of a Thiers-Barrot

      Ministry . But though Louis Philippe knew it not , the game had been already decided—his full had become inevitable . The mysterious slaughter of the people on Wednesday evening , in front of the Hotel of Foreign Affairs , bearing , as it did , the appearance of a premeditated attempt at wholesale assassination , stung the people to madness . By this time , a vast number of the patriots had obtained arms

      —the discomfited and destroyed Municipal Guards having considerably contributed to the arming of their conquerors ; the National Guard had fraternised with the people , and the soldiers of the line had exhibited every sign of disgust at being compelled to act the part of destroyers of their countrymen . The illumination on Wednesday evening showed the red flag unfurled , although as yet the popular cry was only " Vive la Reforme !"

      Dame Partington ' s attempt to repel the waves ofthe Atlantic with a mop , was not more ludicrously ineffectual than was the attempt of MM . Thiers and Barrot to check the surging waters of Democracy , now that the flood-gates of popular power had been opened . MM . Thiers and Barrot' were rejected by the Vox Populi . The storming of the Palais Royal , followed by march of the

      the people against the Tuileries brought to an end , at one and the same time ' the attempted ministry of MM . Thiers tna Barrot , and the reign of Louis Phili ppe . His kingship " abdicated , " at the same time very generously giving away that which was not his to give—the supreme authority . Philippe , the first and last , decamped , leaving the Count de Paris as a legacy to his beloved , but most rebellious subjects .

      lhen came that interesting spectacle or rather theatrical "dod ge , " the appearance of the Duchess of Orleans in the Ch amber of Deputies , leading her young sons , the Count de Pans and the Duke de Chartres . Odillon Barrot appeared in the tribune as the last champion of expiring royalty . As he betrayed

      " Vive La Republique !" In Our Third Edi...

      the people in 1830 , so he tried again to cajole them in 1848 ; ' but in vain—that " voice " from the gallery , " It is loo late ! " sounded the death-knell of the monarchy . The doors were violently forced open , and the Chamber filled with armed men . The " satisfied majority" now found that the game was up . If there were any waverers , the muskets ofthe Proletarians , levelled at them from the galleries , taught them the utility of a speedy decision . President Sauzet put on his hat , but the Count de Paris did not put on his crown . The Provisional Government was proclaimed amidst thundering shouts of " Vive la Republique . ' '

      « See that we are not cheated this time . " s 'We will have the Republic--a Democratic Republic ! " These cries testified the earnestness of the people , and we are happy in believing that the Government selected in the hour of excitement , will not be found wanting in the day of difficulty . We will not attempt this week to criticise the acts of the Provisional Government , enough that their acts must command the admiration of-the world . The abolition of the punishment of death for political offences , and the institution of the Commission entitled the

      Committee for the Government of the Workmen , charged with the god-like mission of devising means " for putting a stop to the long and iniquitous sufferings' of the Proletarians , are measures calculated to win for the new Government , the confidence and love of not only the working-men of France , but of Europe generally , Menwho have determined that" the Revolution having been accomplished by the people , must be accomplished / or the people , " will have the good wishes and prayers for their success of the working-men of every land , and excite on every shore the soulstirring cry of ¦ ¦ " Vive la Republique !"

      The Beginning Of The End. The Republic F...

      THE BEGINNING OF THE END . THE _REPUBLIC FOR FRANCEAND THE

      , 'CHARTER FOR ENGLAND . Our columns have of late been much taken up _' with the great ' ' Continental movementswe are now happy to say that we have home progress to report as well . " The beginning of the end has arrived' '—matters are culminating to a crisis—the French Revolution has kindled the torch , and by its light the British people are reading the Charter of their liberties . We have just quitted one of the most glorious meetings ever held in the Metropolis —overwhelming in numbers , and magnificent in enthusiasm . It has not been a meeting ,

      the effectgof which evaporates in the streets beyond ; bnt the men of London have given a solemn pledge not to rest until they have the Charter . Nor did the meeting separate without taking steps for its next- gathering , and commencing its organisation for the great plan of action , at the end of which we see the Charter as a positive ' reality . The utmost order characterised the proceedings . A full report of this splendid demonstration shall appear in our columns of next week . Meantime let us ask , what is the COUNTRY doing ? It must

      not be satisfied with mere meeting , shouting , and passing of resolutions—not with merely showing its power , but it must bring that power to bear ( legall y and peaceably ) through the medium of organisation . Organise , organise , organise ; so that we can bring all our concentrated power to bear on one given point —the weak spot of corruption—and then it must give way . Our opponents tremble and totter before us . We are the only really strong party in England —the vitality of our country is centred in us—and on us devolves

      the duty of its regeneration . We can assure the people they can obtain the Charter in one year , —nay 1 in ' one month —and without breaking one law or committing one outrage . Now is the time . We are happy to learn the Convention " s _** about to assemble —the people must second it—and , in the short interval before its convocation , they must _develope the material of popular opinion and

      popular power , so that the Convention , when it meets , shall be able at once to set the giant machinery at work in the great constitutional struggle for our rights . To the work then , men of England ! Rally and organise your millions before the Convention meets , and then you will be able promptl y , energetically , and successfully , to carry out " the plans it forms . Let not the . world say , " The French are free while Englishmen- are slaves !''

      We have also to record another instance of Fraternity among nations the Chartists of London have delegated Messrs M'Grath and Ernest Jones—and the Fraternal Democrats have deputed Julian Harney—( also elected by the Chartists)—to Paris , to congratulate the French people on their glorious triumph . Let there be public meetings throughout the country , to pass addresses to the French people ; and at all those meetings let the cry be " The Republic for France , and the Charter for England . "

      Parliamentary Review. Minutershave Susta...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . MinUtershave sustained a defeat , which cannot fail to damage them materially . They have been compelled to succumb to the popular voice , as expressed in tones neither to be misunderstood nor disobeyed , on the proposed renewal of the Income-tax for five years , and an additional two per cent , for the first two years of that term . On Monday , the Chancellor of

      the Exchequer formally announced the withdrawal of that part of the financial scheme , propounded by his Chief , and restricted his demand to the renewal of the present tax for three years more . Before acceding to that demand , there are two previous questions that ought to be investigated . Whether the proposed expenditure is absolutel y necessary , or whether it is not possible to make some

      reductions in our present expenditure ? Mr O'Connor , in his masterly speech , which our readers will find full y reported in our Parliamentary columns , has answered these questions in the most practical , straightforward , and satisfactory style . Without having had the advantage of preparing himself to follow a long , complicated , and perplexing financial statementrendered trebly perplexing , when Sir Charles Wood was the exponent—he proved by a series of figures taken - from the Chancellor ' s own speech , and close inductions from them , not

      only that the Ministry are not entitled to ask any additional money from the country , hut that , on the contrary , they ought to make a considerable reduction on the expenditure of previous years . The Radical members of the House , generally speaking , deserve all credit lor the manner in which they have criticised and resisted this monster budget , but we are bound to confess that a more searching and able commentary than that of the honourable member for Nottingham , produced upon the spur ofthe moment , on a most difficult

      subject , we never met with . It is on these ques-10 ns , mainly , that it has been apprehended a Radical Government would fail ; and if they ( lid , they . could not tail in a more vital department of statesmanshi p . Whatever grounds tor that apprehension may have formerly existed , it appears clear to us that there are none for it now , and that , in the financial de . partment , at least , a PEOPLE'S MINISTRY in this country , would not do less justice to the sagacity oi those who carried them into power , than the heroic , noble , and transcendstatesmen

      _ent , whom the people -of France have substituted for a degraded and treacherous despot , and the paltry minions who were his instruments for crushing their ' aspirations for freedom and justice . The _ft-ote the men of the people make themselves acquainted with matters of business and acquire practical experiei . ee , the more will they be fitted for that period which it is ev . dent is fast advancing , when the people will really and trul y manage their own affairs by their own government and _ftheir own repr /

      Parliamentary Review. Minutershave Susta...

      sentatives , instead of submitting to a mock Parliament and an aristocratical Administra tion . Such is the divided state of parties in the House at this momeut , that we verily believe , even now , if a cordial union could be effected between all the individuals in it pro . fessing _Radical principles , they would be powerful enough to hold the balance between the two cliques ofthe Oligarchy , and impose their own conditions , not onl y as to the

      financial but also the political policy ofthe empire . This we are fully convinced of , that it would be utterly imp © ssible to find any man less fitted , either by nature or acquirements , than the present Chancellor of the Exchequer , for the'duties of that office ; and the lofty sublimity of Lord John ' s imagination evidently prevents him from going minutely into suck trifling matters as a few millions a year , more or less , of taxation .

      Truth to say , the Whig Bud get of 1848 proceeds at a snail ' s pace . The revised edition of it to has still be discussed , and in the meantime the items of which it is made up having been divided into two great parcels , $ _ne endorsed *• Army , Navy , and Ordnance , " and the other ' J Miscellaneous , " have been pitched down before a couple of committees upstairs , who are to take upon themselves one of two duties—either they are meant to do the work of the Ministers , by preparing in detail such estimates as the exi gencies of the country really require , * or they are , on the other hand , to usurp the functions of the Representatives ofthe people in their collective capacity , and dictate to them , in their reportswhat they

      , ought to do with reference to these estimates . We say that if they do the one a clear , prima facie case of uselessness and incompetency will be made out against the Government ; if they attempt the other , it will be an invasion ofthe constitutional rights of the people , and of the House of Commons , which ought to be resisted to the death . After all , fit is the unquestioned right of holding the purse-strings , which gives the people the strongest hold upon the aristocratical factions who alternately occupy the Treasury benches ; and although the right may have been abused , misused , or _buffered to rest in abeyance , no act whatever that imp lies its non-existence , or that tends to weaken it , should be permitted for a moment .

      The question for the people , as we have said , is whether they will be contented with their first victory over these wi etched financiers , or whether they will press forward , and demand such a reduction of the estimates and ofthe annual expenditure , as would allow at once of the repeal of the Incowe Tax— -as contra distinguished from the Property Tax— and also of that most iniquitous , health-destroying , and atrocious impost , the Window Duty ? The time has come when this question of Taxation should be looked fairly in the face , and the National Debt itself overhauled , _fdesp ite the cries of horror which may be-uttered by those interested in keeping that monster millstone around the neck of the nation . All duties

      imply rights . Debtors have their rights as well as their duties , and there can be no harm in the debtor looking over the account from _( ime ta time , with the view of arranging it in _accordanca with equity ; as well as the creditor insisting upon keeping to the strict letter of the law . If we reall y are so very poor , and our national income is falling deficient , let the burdens fall upon all alike . Surely the class , whose existence depends upon the regular payment of their dividends , will have no objection to pay something additional , as well as the rest of their neighbours , to maintain those institutions which guarantee and secure to them

      their half-yearly receipts . If the nation owes them money , they owe the nation protection and security of property ; and they ought , at least , to bear a fair share of any losses ' or burdens which fall upon other classes . Until this g igantic item of our National Expenditure is dealt with b y bold and equitable men , no very tangible reduction of our National Expenditure can be effected . Whether the conversion of the whole into terminable annuities , or announcing that the interest upon the Debt wohW be gradually extinguished , at the rate of one-eighth per cent , per annum , which would give those who have funds invested sixteen vears to find out other and better

      investments , be the best mode of procedure , we do not pretend to say . But one thing is certain , that , with the increasing pressure upon the poor man , the growing difficulty of finding employment , and the diminished wages he has to take when he is luck y enough to get it , the maintenance of this great swindle must lead to a general , determined , and , it may be , violent effort to throw it off . With respect to the Estimates for the year , we would rigorously overhaul the Naval , Military , and Ordnance Estimates . In 1835 , the expenditure under these heads was

      something over eleven millions and a half . It has gone on increasing , at the rate of a million _a-year or so , until it now amounts to between eighteen and nineteen millions . Wh y is this ? What substantive _freasons are there for so large an increase to our expenditure for soldiers , sailors , and marines ? There is often a vague talk about the extent of our Colonial possessions , and the necessity we are under to protect and defend them . But what new Colonies have we acquired since 1 S 35 , which are so large or so valuable as to require us to pay eight millions a year for their

      defence ? Surely it will not be pretended that Hong Kong or Labuan are worth an eighth of that amount , not merely in the shape of annual expense , but as purchase money for the fee simple . Tha Miscellaneous Estimates , too , oughtto be closely searched into , and no doubt a million or two could be cut down in them . Among other items , for instance , 50 , 000 _f . for a pmery at Keiv might be fairly struck out . If Royalty wants a new pinery , let Royalty provide itself with one out of the large revenues which the nation grants it . Prince Albert might , we think , manage very comfortabl y with 10 , 000 Z . a year as pocket money , instead of 30

      , 0007 . Queen Adelaide might contrive to get through life tolerabl y well upon 20 , 000 / .. instead of 100 , 00 ( U , a year ; and thus , from these three sources we should save 150 , 000 _J ., the precise sum which Lord John asks for the Militia , supposing a Militia to be desirable . But the subject is too fertile for us to do more than glance at it , and we can only conclude by saying-, that we earnestl y trust the House of Commons will resolutely refuse to grant anv supplies until these preposterous and infamous estimates , which will impose a _burdenofnotlesa than 60 , 000 , 000 / . upon the country , are thoroughly pruned and pared b y bold and honest hands .

      Ihe Answers Of The Government To The Var...

      Ihe answers of the Government to the various questions put to them by members , with reference to the recent soul-stirring events in France , have been of the most prompt and satisfactory descri ption . There will this time be no English interference against Republican France . The Government has committed itself in the f » _ce > of Parliament , in the eyes of all the Governments of Europe , and of the world , to a strict policy of non-intervention in the internal affairs of our heroic neighbours . It must be the duty of the people here to see that this pledge is faithfull y kept , and that no pretext whatever be . allowed for its violation . On the other hand , we hope that the Provisional

      Government of the Republic , and the great and noble people whose destinies they are appointed to guide , will refrain from making any movement of an aggressive character . They nave a high and a holy mission to perform—one upon which not onl y the welfare of France , hut of the world depends . Let them , by the _re-oi _^ _anisati on of Labour , Capital , and Skill , and the equitable distribution of the products m that combination , lay broad and deep in _trance the foundations of a new , rational , just , and permanentl y beneficial state of society , and they will then find that France will not nhlv he

      aoieto maintain all its own population at home , "i the midst of comfort and prosperity , but t o present against all external _aggrekon-should it be insanel y , attempted frora any _quarter

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04031848/page/4/