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TAOUGLAS JERROLP'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER vw.JJ
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CHS NORTHERN STAii SATURDAY, JU3E 27, 1846.
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OLD HUMBUG WITH A NEW " GRY." The Tadpol...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. Tun week has been ...
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THE NEW MINISTRY. Northern Star Office. ...
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Mn. O'Connor and Mr. Cooper.—We bave rea...
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PROTECTION OR NO PROTECTION.
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TO THE EDITOR OE THE MOUSING POST, Sir,—...
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* Mr. Bright, M.P., for Durham, in the d...
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PEEL'S DECLARATION. TO THE KDIT0K OF THE...
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KECEirTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LUND SOCIETY.
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SECTION No. 1. PElt MR. O'CONNOR. SHAKES...
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Taouglas Jerrolp's Weekly Newspaper Vw.Jj
_TAOUGLAS JERROLP ' S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER vw . JJ
4 THE NORTHERN STAR . July 4 , 1846 I
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_^^ g __^ _V » _& i _|^ V » -- — — - _—^ - * . . - - , a v of several Series of Papers of Social Importance and Entertainment , by himself and Ms _Ejunest Litebaut Associates ; and also a mass of News aud Information weU digested and arranged , suitable to family reading . Office , 109 , Strand , where Prospectuses may be had , Gratis , aad of any Town or Country Newsreader .
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TO _ADVfiRTISEltS . DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY XEWSPArEH , circulating amongst thousands of all classes , will afford au excellent _opportunity to Advertisers . Advertisements , as far as possible , _lassified and inserted in leading places , according to _priority of reception at the office , 168 , Strand , where _Prospectuses can he had , Grati-, or of any Town or Country Sewsvcnder .
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In "Weekly Numbers at One Pkssi . and Monthly Parts at _Sixpence , the LONDOX PIOSESR , containing Sixteen large _Quarts Pages H 8 columns ) for One Penny , in which win be Yound an immense mass of entertaining and useiui matter-Original Tales and Romances of the hrst order , besides some very useful Essays , O' _*^***! _° _** _£ ' ' " _™ _Arficleson Domestic Economy , Science , andM . mufacture . The LOXnOX PIOXEEll devotes a porbun of its columns to theadvauccment of social happiness . It wages deadly -war against all corruption and monopoly ; fears no parry ; isweddedtono party , but advocates the nghts of labour and the emanriparion of commercial enterprise _throughout the world , with peace on earth and good will towards _allnianMnd . No . 11 is this day published . Part 2 is also ready . „ , T , „ So 12 , _tmblished on Thnrsdav , July 9 . will contain Eugene Sue ' s New Xovcl , eutitledMARTIN the FOUNDHXG _* ; or , ME 3 IOIES ofa VALET 1 > E CHAMBRE . Published by B . D . _Cousixs , Duke-street , lincoln ' s-inn , London , andsoMby all "Booksellers . y . B So . 7 of _t-. e LOSDOX PIONEER , contains a curious Dialogue between a Dead Body and aplesmeiist .
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AN ADDRESS TO WORKING MEN . IX WHICH IS SHOWX LABOUR IS "NOT CAPITAL . j Bntis—A Principal , not si Commodity . — A Power , not & Thing . —An Attribute , not an Article . —Xature's opposition to Riches . —On Strikes . SecondEuition . In which is added , "Men and Masters in a Fix . By "W " . R . _Goclson * . Price Ose _Pesjtt . May he had , by application at Jthe Author ' s , 19 , Cross-street ,. opposite tile Tax Ofiice ; and of Mr . Abel Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester ; also of Mr . J . Cleave . Shoe Lane . London .
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THOm & S COOPER . THS _CHABTXST'S WORKS . To be had of John Cleave , and all booksellers . ( Price One Shiiling . ) TWO ORATIONS _JUUIXST TAKING AWAY HUMAN LIFE ,
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TO TAILORS . Sow ready , THE _LONDON and PARIS SPRIXS and S 0 AIMER _JFASillO'S , for 1 S 1 G . By _approlwtion of her "Majesty Queen Victoria , and las Royal _Hisjhness Prise-.-Albert , r splendidly coloured print , beautifully executed published by CEXJAMI-V READ and Co ., 12 . Hartstreet , _iJIooinsunry-square , London ; and G . Ber" r Holy well-stroer . Strand , Loud ; . n . Si J J Ly tlie publishers and all booksellers , wheresoever _residing . This superb Print will be accompanied with full size Riding Dress and Frock Coat patterns , a complete pattern of the new
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A GOOD FIT WARRANTED . TTBSDEtL ASD CO ., Tailors , are now malting up a U complete Suit of Superfine Black , any size , for £ 3 ; Superfine West of _England Black , £ 5 10 s . ¦ and the very best Superfine Saxony , £ v , warranted not to spot or change colour . J uremic Supeimic Cloth Suits , 24 s . ; _Liveriesegu'illy cheap—atthe Great "ff _es > tern Emporium , Nos . 1 and 2 , Oxford-street , London ; the noted house for food black _clotiis , and patent made trousers . Gentlemen can choose the _colour aud quality of cloth from thc largest stuck In _Lo-iuun . iu . _i . - t uf cutting taught .
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_DAGUREEOTYPE AKB CALOTYPE . THE APPARATUS , LEX-- * , CHEMICALS , PLATES CASES , and every otlier artii-1- used in _making and mounting tlie above can be hsid of "l JEgerton , So 1 , Temple-street , _Vrhitefriars , Londou . _descriptive _Catalo-rucs _pratis . LEREBOURS' celebrated ACHROMATIC TRIPLET _JiBSSES for the MICROSCOPE , sent to any part of the country at the following prices : —Deep Power , 60 s . ; Low Power , 25 s . Every article warranted . Prcetical instructions , Three Guineas .
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CHEAP PAPER IIAXGIXG 3 . WM . FAKRI-5 solicits the attention of the _PubHe to liis well selected Stock of _Pajier Hangings , of which he has always a large atock on hand ibr iuspcctiou Or sale , commencing mth Bed _liuoui Paps * from sd . per yard . Staircase ditto -Jd . „ _Sitting lloom ditto lid . „ Drawing Room ditto iid . „ Grained and other papers equally cheap for Ready JHoney only , at tlie Manufactory . 18 , Cum «» = rha » dRow , King ' s Cross , Opposite the Chalk iloatl .
Chs Northern Staii Saturday, Ju3e 27, 1846.
CHS NORTHERN STAii SATURDAY , JU _3 E 27 , 1846 .
Old Humbug With A New " Gry." The Tadpol...
OLD HUMBUG WITH A NEW " GRY . " The Tadpoles _snd T . inies of the political world , have in their profound wisdom laid it down as an axiom , that nothing can be done without a " cry . " The _teadero of _Coxinasbywill rtmembcr how puzzled their two worthies were in tiie selection of a " good cry" on the eve of a general election , and we imagine the Whigs must have been just now quite as hardly put to their wits , to discover something that would successfully tickle the ears of John Bull . Their choit * e displays a sad poverty of _inTention , a smallness of mind , and a lack of honesty , quite in
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keeping with the character of the party , who m lb 35 made the proposed removal of two or three of ihe Bedchamber women of the «««» a national question ; who manufa ctured a grievance and a " cry" out of an ordinary and routine event , and made _hirelin- scribes fill their maudlin columns with drivelling trash about" friends of youth , " " outrage upon thc finest sensibilities , " " youthful and insulted Queen , from whom the Minister wished to separate attached dependants and companions , " and all the fulsome and abominable tvash _. whichat that time made England the laughing stock of Europe , aud caused the tears to trickle down the noses of all sentimental old women , whether wearing trowsers or petticoats .
The new " cry" isacompound of twoold ones , " Free Trade and Justice to Ireland , " is the motto inscribed on the Whig banner . The first is substantially achieved . The passing of Peel ' s measure with reference to Corn , virtually knocks do wn tbe entire protective system . It was the citadel of that system , and its destruction involves the capitulation of the whole . Its use in the present instance is merely to entrap as far as possible thc Free Trade party into the support of a Whig mini & try . The second portion ,
" Justice to Ireland , " is an old cry revived for the purpose of playing the old game with that country > namely , —bribing its leaders with places , honours , and pensions , and deceiving its people with hollow mockeries of reform , similar to those last conferred by thc Whigs on Ireland . Everybody remembers thc great cry on wliich the Whigs came into power at the Reform Bill era , 11 Peace , Retrenchment , and Reform . " IIow stands the account f
Instead of * Peace they involved theeountry in war with almost every quarter of the Globe , and had always half a dozen kettles of hot water . on the hob in case any of those in use got cool . The reason why we knocked out _Iiraina , cut throats , and battered down towns in Syria for instance . * was never comprehended by 999 out of every thousand ; perhaps we might go farther and say not even by the authors of the mischief themselves , and we rather imagine that Ibrahim Pacha and ihe originators of tbat war will , when they happen to meet , be very considerably puzzled to know what it was all about . They
originated a senseless and useless ( even if successful ) invasion of Afghanistan , in which British blood was poured out like water , and tbe bones of thousands of "British " subjects "were leit to whiten the rocky passes of a country which we were at last compelled to evacuate , with the disgrace of virtual defeat . In short , no more belligerent administration than this avowedly "peaceful" on ever held office in this country , even at the time when war was the trade of ministers , and the whole business of the countrywas to crush the ' * French revolution , " put down the " Jacobins , " or repel the threatened invasion of " Boney . "
War is an expensive as well as bloody game . It can't be played without money and plenty of it . The restless monkey-like love of mischief and quarrelling which characterised Lord Palmerstox ' s career , produced general distrust , fear , and ill-will among other nations , which , in conjunction with the acton ! demands of our wars called for additions to our murdering power . The violation of thc first
item of the pledge was followed by the breaking ol tbe second . "Addition , " not "Retrenchment , " became the order of the day . Tbe only _retienchment they effected was in the "income" ofthe comitry , not in the " expenditure . They found a flourishing and full exchequer , they left an empty one with an annual deficiency r . f millions . They added to the debt , and consequently to the permanent burdens , of the country .
As to their " Reforms , " we do not recollect any of them at this moment ** ; which would hardly be the ease if they had been cf any magnitude . We do remember they " gave us the Coercion Bill , which originated the celebrated aud never-to-be-forgotten description of them by their present associate in humbug— " The base , bloody , and brutal Whigs . " We do remember that they prosecuted the poor man s Press with a relentless hatred , a steady , unflagging and _unscrupulous crueKy , which bas scarcely any parallel in our history . We do remember that
they answered the demands of the Trades Unionists for a just participation in the fruits t _; f their labours , and the assertion of their right to withhold their industry when Ihey thought proper , and to sell it upon their own terms , by the transportation of the Dorchester labourers under judge-made law . VVe do remember that they imprisoned , tortured , transported , and wonld have hanged , if they dared , those who honestly carried out and acted upon the principles _promulgated by the Whigs themselves as to Parliamentary representation . In short , the prominent features of their whole career were the
violation of every / pledge given on entering office—the enactment of laws so tyrannical and unconstitutional , that , if proposed by the Tories , they would have led to a revolution , and thc commission of acts of injustice , oppression and ' cruelty , which ultimately dis » ustcd the nation ; and when , after meanly and selfishly clinging to ofiice for years , after all real power had departed _, from them , they endeavoured to dc _' ude the nation once more into intrusting affairs into tbeir hands , by thc " cry" of "cheap Timbers , Corn , and Sugar , " they were indignantly driven from office with a heartiness and a sensation of relief such a 3 never before was experienced iu the expulsion of any ministry whatt-ver . They appealed to the country , and it answered them by a majority of 100 against Wbkgery .
The next " cry" was "High wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do . " This , if not originated b y them , they were , at all events , not unwilling to take advantage of . On that " modern antique , " that entombed abortion , we need say little . At the commencement of the Free Trade agitation it resounded on all sides , but the cry has been growing " small by degrees and beautifully less , " as they approached the winning post ; and now , neither Pebl , Russell , nor Cobdex will venture to predict what prices will be under the new regime . They are one and all amiably ignorant of the future , aud forgetful of the past . But if they have lost their recollections we have not ; aud now tbat the Corn Law is out of the way we shall watch carefully for the " high wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do , " which were to follow in its train .
At present , we confess we see no particular signs ofthe fulfillment of the promise . By the confession of Lord Dalhousie at least 1 , 900 , 000 quarters of com are in bond . A considerable quantity of this will be poured into the market at a lime when the home-grower will be compelled to sell new wheat to pay old rent 3 , The immediate effect will be , a depreciation of prices ; and , _so far , cheapness , in one sense , may be obtained ; but it will be dearly purchased , by " little to do , " and small wages for doing it .
Then the full effects of the steady and growing competition of the foreign growers the moment the great British market is opened to him , have yet to be _ascertained . They may prove beneficial , bat , at all events , the free traders , and the Whigs , and Cobde : * , are not very sure about it . They all avoid it as a tender point . Tbere is much that is suspicious in that fact , ire bave no doubt on the subject . Increased competition will lead io increased labour and diminished remuneration to thc labourers , as it has done before . Whatever advantage the capitalist , the annuitant , and persons with fixed incomes may derive from "cheap foreign bread" the labourer will not participate , in them .
This brief review dees not inspire us with mucli hope for the future . . Free Trade , if enacted in all its purity to-morrow , will not meet and remove thc evils incident to the present position oflabour . If '' Justice to Ireland" menu * in Uie Whigvocabulary what it meant before , not substantial , political , social , and economical it-forms for the great body of the people , but the _propitiating ofa host of mercenary and trading " patriots" whose only stock in trade is imprudence , and the power of _talking _nonBense—if Ireland is again tube deluded merely that _DisiELO'CoNs-sLLandhw friends may have the pickings of government patronage , then
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we say that the Whig policy , with regard to Ireland , shall have our most determined and unceasing opposition . Let " Young Ireland" look to it in time . Upon them will rest the deepest disgrace that ever fell to the lot of a party , if , after all their professions of patriotism and their aspirations after independence , they suffer ( heir country to be sold to the " base , brutal , and bloody " party , whose former official career was ono long
insult to the people of Ireland . Ireland must have , not the gilt gingerbread cake , or the showy toy of a holiday , in the person of noblemen who can smile and make bows and receive deputations amiably ; it must have solid substantial beef and bread every day . lt must be made not merely equal to England , but its whole people as well as those of England and Scotland , must be politically enfranchised , and enabled to enjov the fruits of their own labours .
'To this task wc anew consecrate ourselves . We have braved the dungeon—thedock—and the prison . We havo encountered all the rigors of Whig government , in order to compel them to do justice to the labouring millions of this empire . We drove them from power in 1840 , and wo are ready to do so again . The torch light meetings , they so much dreaded shall again , if . need be , glare upon their affrighted souls . Oppression shall not press down the people to the dust . Thc labourer shall not pine for want of food while the harvests he has sown and reaped mock his misery with their abundance . Thc artisan shall not wander famine stricken and ragged
through streets crowded with every description of weallh , ihe result of his patient and skilful labours . No , this Hnjust and monstrous system shall fallcome weal , come woe . 1 he ' . silent monitor' which bespeaks in terrible but _significant language , the deep and burning discontent of an oppressed and outraged people , may again show its light on the midnight sky , tlie long _processions of unemployed and starving men may again darken our streets under Whig misrule . We bid them beware , and we bid them defiance . Our position is taken , and to the last ditch we shall fight to secure to the people tiie _UnAm-i asd nil- Lasd . SO SUUREKDER ! !
Parliamentary Review. Tun Week Has Been ...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Tun week has been spent in Cabinet making , As yet , the "job is not finished" and , according to rumour , will . last some time longer , involving a further adjournment of Parliament and a continued stoppage of public business . This protractuie of a final decision on thc part ofthe Whig leader shows internal divisions in the camp . The antipathic . * whieh prevented his forming a ministry in November last may be conciliated but are not removed , and the task of conciliation requires time , even among those who are so _anxious tedi _]> their snouts in thc public _mess-it-ough as the Whig place-hunters .
On Monday night the late Premier delivered his valedictory address to a deeply interested and crowded house ; we have given it in full , that the readers of the Star may judge for themselves of it--merits , and of the merits of the Administration , of whose policy and effects upon national interests , it is a brief historical retrospect and summary . Whatever may be thought of Peel in other respects bv any of our readers , we are certain that not one will refuse to concede that , simply as a speech , wc have few parallels to tliat address in the annals of the British legislature .
It is remarkable as the last official speech of a Prime Minister , whose entire policy at home and abroad has , Up to the moment of its delivery , been one of continued and uninterrupted success . Whatever may be the ultimate effects of some of his measures , there has , up to tbe present moment , not a single cloud risen to cast a shadow upon them . The political seer who has the gift of descrying in the dim horizon of the future the shadows of coming
events , may be able to perceive the fallaciousness and the evanescent nature of some of the very measures upon which , at present , tho highest opinion is entertained ; but tbe country as a whole does , undoubtcdly . concur in thinking , that , taking the wbole period of five years during whicli Pekl has been last in office , there has been more of steady prosperity and constant progress at home , more of dignified ., peaceful , and conciliatory policy abroad , th : > n ever distinguished the career of auy previous Minister .
llow far this was owing to Pi-el , and how far to causes over which he had no control , but to which he merely possessed the skill of adapting his policy , wiil be matter of taste with various individuals , but tiie fact itself is unquestionable . It was also remarkable as a speech in which the heretofore recognised leader of one . and that the most . powerful , sectien of the aristocracy , frankly confessed that thc monopoly of power has for ever departed from t . When he told Parliament , and through Parliament the world , that the new commercial policy had neither been carmi _* . by himself nor Lord Jims _Husselu , but by Richard Couden , bo declared the fact cf a great revolution in our political and social system . The twin rival sections who used to play at the game ol
" outs" and "ins , " and toss the nation between them like a shuttlecock are henceforth political nullities . As elements in the state , they will have their proper p lace and weight—as kulkbs they arc defunct . The _k-oplk henceforward will rule themselves . Other Richard Cobdeus will arise , _giving utterance to the wants of tlie people ; thinking their thoughts , speaking their own words , demanding and enforcing those progressive _changes in outlaws and institutions which tke _necessities and intelligence of the age may require . To all such the aristocracy can in future oppose no serious , scarcely even a temporary , obstruction . Power has been transferred from their hands to tin sc of a _lar-je portion ofthe people . We have got the beginning ofa great revolution .
Lord _Palmehstox stated one truth in what was otherwise a paltry and pitiful attempt to damage and impair the effect of a speech which , contained some truths especially bitter for bis palate , when he said the repeal of the Corn Laws was one of the fruits oi thc Reform Bill . So it is . But mark tlie inference . If the manufacturing aud shop-keeping class of society have by means of tho possession of the .
franchise forced from the reluctant grasp of a wealthy , a proud , and a dominant _avi-twvacy , one of thc mosi dearly cherished and prized of their privileges ; i _) they have coerced the rival leaders of the two great parties to submission to their behe 3 ts ; if what wa . _~ a few years since declared to be " the height of madness" by Lord Melbourne , is now discovered by both Peel and Rush-ill to be the acme of political wisdom , why should the progress stop there ?
Is not the inference irresistible , will it not be universally apparent , that if thc possession of the vote has procured tlie shopkeeoers and manuf ' acturer .-freedom of interchange for commodities , the extension of thc vote to the working classes will put them in a position to achieve the freedom of Labour ? That is the grand preliminary , to thc grander changes h : the condition of the industrious class , which is tin next great object to be kept in view . If the Reform Bill was the parent of Corn Law Repeal , and thesignal for tbe emancipation of trade and commerce from thc remaining fetters tf territorial feudalism ; Universal Suffrage must , iu like manner , precede the emancipation of labour i ' rom the bondage of capital .
We rejoice that the road is clear at last , of one great obstacle to the clear perception of this fact among all classes of the industrial community . However any portion of them may have been deluded into a belief that their sufferings were caused by the landlord ' s monopoly now destroycd _. thcy will speedily discover—and that toil in the most practical way—bv the continuance of ti . ese _vt- ; y sufferings , that tile corn laws bad no more to do with their production than they had with thu erection of thc Egyptian Pyramids ; or Tenterden Steeple with the forming of Goodwin Sands .
It will be a great point gained when this lesson is clearly learned . There will then arise such a demand for the extension o' * political rights , as the precursor
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and guarantee of physical , social , and educationa improvements in their condition , as will compel the then ruling parties to obey , as readily as the present have now done the commands of the League . The working classes will not , and do not , seek to restore an effete and exploded system of protection . They must , in future seek for a superior , a more lasting and expansive system of protection , * first , by the achievement of political _enfranchisement ; and second , by means of mutual co-operation , and the union of their own labour and capital , to become at
once employer and employed . Birmingham Conferences , of so called working classes for the restoration of thc antiquated , now dead and buried , system of protection , ave only dull farces if nothing worse . For if there is no resurrection , and the leading actors in these farces must presume greatly on the ignorance , and consequent gullibility of the landed aristocracy , when tbey presume to practice so _imblushinely upon it . The restoration of Landlordism , in its old shape , iB beyond the power of Bkntinck even though aided by the patriotism , the talent , the integrity , and sobriety of Peter _Bropiit !
Of course thc political circles are full of rumours as to the course events are likely to take , but we see little use in retailing such mere gossip . The great probability is , that in the course of next week the new Cabinet will be declared , and that after a short prorogation to allow its membew to get re-elected , the routine of public business will be finished , together with the private bill business , as far as thought desirable to proceed this session . The difficult and knotty point ofthe Sugar Dutie * will be staved off for a session , by a temporary bill continuing the present
scale for one year , and in the recess the new Premier will have time to consider - whieh of two _aHeuBfttivM he will adopt—either io dissolve in « utumn and meet a new house next year , or present himself to the old one , and on the first defeat experienced from it , to appeal to the country . Probably the love of the half year's salary , and its necessity to some of the more needy of the party , who have for the last five years sat on the shady side of the Speaker ' s chair , will induce the adoption of the first course . If so , we can hardly help thinking it will be a case of obtaining money under false pretences .
Having in another article spoken at length on the probable policy of the new Minister , it is unnecessary to touch upon it in these cursory remarks . It is sufficient to chronicle the fact , as the only thing worth notice in the Parliamentary proceedings ofthe week , that John Russell , who was driven from office in 1840 by a disgusted people , who felt bis incapacity had almost reduced the nation to bankruptcy ; whose annual financial deficiencies were counted not b y hundreds of thousands , but by millions , and who like other people in difficulties was obliged to fly " paper kites" to sustain a doubtful and a sinking credit , has replaced Robert Peel , who , in the five years since elapsed , has restored financial prosperity and creditremitted _taxation to a large amount—promoted
educational and social reforms—closed victorious wars , in which our enemies were the aggressors , and prevented others by the exhibition of a calm and peaceable , but firm and dignified spirit . Why all this should take place?—why the Minister , whom all parties admit retires with the confidence , admir ation , and esteem of his fellow countrymen , should retire—and why the other , who possesses neither the confidence , admiration , nor esteem of any body , save a small clique of personal ' and hereditary _partisans and expectants of office , should come in—is more than wc can tell . But so the matter is , and there it must remain until events show the hollow _ness and transitory nature of the present arrangements and position of parties . '
The New Ministry. Northern Star Office. ...
THE NEW MINISTRY . Northern Star Office . Saturday Morning , July 4 th . The following has been published this morning as a correet list of the new Ministry . Thc fact that Lord John did not make a statement last ni « ht , seems to us , however , to make the matter somewhat doubtful , though in the main the list is very likely to prove correct . It offers some excellent materials for criticism , but further remark is postponed till we see the appointments finally and officially ammounced : —
President ofthe Council ... _Marauis of _Lassdowsk Lord Privy Seal ... Earl ' of Minto . Secretary of State for the Home Department ... Sir _Ghokge _Gtar Secretary of State lor Foreign Affairs . ... Viscount _Palmerston . Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs ... Earl Grist . First Lord of Ihe Treasury Lord John Russhll . Ghancellor of the Exchequer Mr . Charles Wood . Chancellor of the Duchy of . Lancaster Lord Campbell . Paymaster General ... Mr . AIacaulay . Chief Commissioner of
Woods and Forests ... viscount Morpeth . Postmastor-General ... Marquis of _CLiKRTC & KDE , President of the Board of Trade Earl of Gurbndoh . President of the Board of Control Sir John _Hobuovbts . Master of tlie Mint ... Right Hon . R . L . SilEIL . Chief Secretary for Ireland Not filled up . * First Lord of the Admiralty ... Earl of Auckland . Secretary at War ... The Hon . Fox Maule . The following are members of thc Government , but witliout seats in tlie Cabinet : Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland ,...... ... Earl of Besboeouoh . Commander-in-Chief , ... Duke of Wellikoto _. v Master-General of the Ordnance , Marquis of _Akgw-sbt Attorney-General , Sir Thomas _"Wildb . Lord Advocate ibr _Scot-Jolld ,... Ml * . _RuTHEuFORD . Solicitor-General for _Scot-^ land , Mr . Mavilakd . Secretary of tho Board of _Admiralty G . II . _Wahd , Esq . Oneot the Lords ofthe Treasury Lord Ebrington . Under Secretary for the
Home Department Sir Wm . _Scmrbvillb . Under Secretary for For- Tlie Right Hon . E . J . eigu Affairs Stanlkt . "The Duchess of Sutherland will be Mistress oi the Roues . ' We understand that either Mr . C . Buller or Mr . Hawes will be Under-Secretary for the Colonies . "
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* lt i _< believed that Mr . Laboucherc will havo this appointment . He lias vacated Ills sent in Parliament , linvin _^ accepted the Chiltern Hundreds j but m moving tor the writ for a new election for tho borough of Tauni : _> n , it way not stated what post had been assigned to M _,-. L .
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Mn. O'Connor And Mr. Cooper.—We Bave Rea...
Mn . O'Connor and Mr . Cooper . —We bave reaeived the following : — 35 , Milton-street , City . Brother Chartists : —It appears by the Star of the 27 tli inst , that at the City Locality a committee has been appointed for the purpose ofmaking preparations for holding a public meeting relative to the calumnious charge made by Cooper against our moat excellent , faithful , and brave O'Connor , the _uiiiiinchiug and unpurchaseable advocate of the working-man ' s interests . I would bo the last man to op , > osc or obstruct in any tonn the / _aii-iuvestigation of disputes , when the parties aro respectable , but not otherwise . Cooper has most effectually , by his unmanly attack upon Mr . O'Connor , destroyed his hitherto supported reFpcctnbility that be ! n ; j the case , it would be an everlasting disgrace to the Chartist body to suffer their brave leader , to meet such a contemptible fellow as Cooper . Wo—no—no _publiu meeting , the only way to meet this pease-loving
war-hating assassin , is to consign him and his vindictive calumnies to the grave of everlasting oblivion . May I beg of you . Brother Chartists , the favour again to come forward as _j-ou have already so nobly done , nnd vut your veto as a _finiil extinguisher on this disturber of the peace aud harmony of the Chartist famil y _, and you will much oblige , your ' s sincerely , June 30 th , 184 U . J . _Westmorlano . L _' LKASUBIS TlllP FKOM _YoRKS'IIRE TO TUB CUARTIST E _» - 'L'A ' rK . —Tho members of Uie Chartist Co-operative Land Society , at Wakefield , would strongl y urge upon the various localities throughout the West Hiding , the necessity of getting up a Cheap Trip to London , on the day of the demonstration at Herringsgate Farm , on the 17 th of August . Wo hope our Leeds friends , ( as the trip will start from there will see to this . We think that such apian is practicable , and iright by judicious management , be attended with advantage to the society . It would _nn ' orn the worhing-nian a . fine opportunity of seeing the " great metropolis , " as well as the members of the Land Society of attending and
Mn. O'Connor And Mr. Cooper.—We Bave Rea...
viewing tbe _objectof . theirdesire , the _Chartist Estate . The committee of management might be formed at Leeds , and no doubt every assistance possible would be given by the principal towns in Yorkshire , to make the trip worthy of its object . "W . _Febrard To Subscribers , in the neighbourhood of Kensington . — Complaints have reached us of thedifficulty experienced in procuring our paper , by persons residing in the above locality , some of whom state they have had to walk a distance of three miles , we beg to direct them to our agent , Mr . Charles Willis , 2 , Market Court , Kensington . John Richards . —Since the few remarks on the _"Veteran Patriots , " which we felt called upon to make in our "Feast of the Poets , " ( see page 3 , ) we have received the following painful communication from Ilr . Shaw , to which we request the earnest attention of our readers : —
Brother Chartists , — "Poor old John "Richards , of the Staffordshire Potteries , is hourly haunted by the dreadful anticipation of being compelled to resort to a Poor Law Onion Bastile , and be subjected to tbat infernal and abominable system which hitherto ho has Invariably opposed , and sought every opportunit y to denounce . Brethren , he is now in his 71 th year , past all labour , and quite destitute of support—shall it be said then that ( after leading an industrious and most exemplary life , and having suffered persecution , prosecution , and incarceration in the filthy dungeons to which your tyrant rulers consigned his poor old body for the heinous crime of pleading the cause of his fellow-man ) that the working classes will allow him to become au inmate of that detestable , and by him dreaded , place , or will suffer his grey hairs to descend into the grave for the want of a morsel of bread . Humanity shudders at the very thought . Remember
the old man ' s days are but few ; let us see and hear the working men ' s response to the poor old patriot ' s feeble cry . for help . Ouly think what even the price of one pint of porter from each of tliose for whom he has suffered imprisonment and privation , would do for poor old Daddy Richards ; it would cheer his old heart , and very considerably ease his descent to that grave to which he is fast approaching . Let every man , and ¦ woman too . do what they can , and at once , for our aid mny como too late , and we may have to , reproach ourselves with allowing tho veteran to depart tbis life through starvation . Brethren , we are without cash in the "Voter . in Patriots Funds . " Send your subscriptions forthwith to the Star , Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Harney , Mr . Cooper , or to myself . Will any of my brother comniittca-men confer with me , as it is essentially _necessary that we should have a meeting as speedily as possible . J . Shaw .
14 , Gloucester street , Commercial Road , East . " Somioquy or John Fbost . " — The poem with this title , is far too lengthy for our columns . The Chartists of Salford sympathising with Mr . O'Connor and denouncing the slanders of his enemies , suggest that the money the Chartists are indebted to Mr . O'Connor , expended by him in the furtherance of the cause should be refunded . The Salford Chartists will do their share of this work immediately b y subscribing their quota ofthe Chartist debt _;—tliey suggest that tlieir brother Chartists 6 hauld do the same . The Saiford Chartists aho suggest the establishment of a fund to be called "the Gratitude Fund" to be raised by each _person located on the land paying one shining per acre yearly ; the said fund to be placed at the dis . posal of Mr . O'Connor to be expended by him as his own property without accounting in any way for its expenditure . These novel suggestions are signed on
behalf of the Salford Chartists by Robert Ramsden , sub-secretary . Mr . Frost ' s Case . —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of 2 s . Gd , from Thomas Frazer . a generous young Scotchman , who called on me , iu town , —and of 2 s . from T . John Parrish of Kettering . Thomas Coop er , the Chabtist , Itnwdon _, near Bradford , June 30 . TnE People ' s Estate . —Collection eor Mr . Frost . — Dear Sir . —I herewith transmit the sum of £ 110 s . collected atthe People ' s Farm , towards the relief of our exiled Brother Frost , and hope that we may soon have the pleasure of seeing him restored to his country and his sorrowing friends , and that the gratitude of those for whom he was sacrificed , will be a solace in after life , which , whilst It cannot erase , may at least soften , the recollection of his sufferings . I am , Sir ,
On behalf of the workmen at Herringsgate , Your very obedient servant , June 30 th , 1816 . ' Hen-it Ross . If you will give the following a place in your notice to correspondents , you will greatly oblige a poor " and afflicted Chartist of Batly , who has long been a " subscriber to the Star : — "A boy named Joe Stoney Bromley , son of Benjamin Bromley , of Batly , near Dewsbury , Yorkshire , left his father ' s house on the 8 th of January last , heis about 5 feet hi gh , light complexion , had on when he left home , a blue cloth cap . canvas short smock , black velveteen trousers , light coloured worsted stockings , cotton shirt , and clogs . Any person who can give any information of tbe boy to his father , Benjamin Bromley , are requested to do so , and it will be thankfully received and gratefully ackneivledged . "
Protection Or No Protection.
PROTECTION OR NO PROTECTION .
To The Editor Oe The Mousing Post, Sir,—...
TO THE EDITOR OE THE MOUSING POST , Sir , —I do not remember a period when wisdom was more needed among the leaders of the peoplewhen the entire absence of party recrimination was more to be desired than at present . If there evei were a time when circumspection , deliberation , calmness , and sound judgment were necessary it is now . VVe have been conducted to our present intricacies by party spirit , and by an absence of candour . Now that pavties are dissolving , let their angry feelings vanish . Now that deception has done its work , let honesty prevail . Cease those bickerings , consequent on party
feelings ; let each one ask—how can I assist in promoting the public weal ? It is evident that two opposing principles can now alone obtain the attention of statesmen and of the public . It is all-important that the true principle should be adopted . If , on close examination , it cm be proved tbat the principle of unrestrained action and universal competition be the sure way of securing the happiness of tbe people , then let everv bar be removed , all protection be abandoned , and let the nature of all our social and national arrangements be changed . If , on the contrary , it should be demonstrated that the principle of regulation , of order , and judicious restraint , be the only plan of promoting the well-being : of the _naiion , then let the attention of our leaders be directed to reconstructing our institutions on the principle cf Protection .
__ If it have been discovered that foreign trade is , indeed , more conductive to the creation of wealth than the domestic interchange of the products oflabour ; if it can be proved that the workmen and labourers of Britain - will be elevated In the scale of society by subjecting them to the " fierce competition * " of foreigners , let every means be adopted to increase our foreign trade and to give effect to that universal competition . Strange as it may appear , this great question has
not yet brai decided _^ It is the duty of those who aspire to lead the public mind now to settle this important question . M'Culloch is supposed to have settled it in favour of foreign trade , although he says , " It is quite obvious that it ( the question whether home or foreign trade be most advantageous ) admits of no satisfactory solution . " Thus , admitting , in one short line , that the scienco of political economy taught by liim is in a mist . In that mist , unhappily for himself and thc people , Sir Robert Peel has devised his " great and comprehensive measure . "
I would suggest to the leaders of the Protectionists , tbat a full and frank statement of their principles , supported by argument , be without delay printed and circulated . If they are really for Protection , they will have no difficulty in _proving the truth of tlieir principles—none in commending those principles to "the hearts , " aye , and to " tbe heads j" of the people . I am , Sir , Yours respectfully , _RiciiAun Oastler .
* Mr. Bright, M.P., For Durham, In The D...
* Mr . Bright , M . P ., for Durham , in the debate on the second reading of tho Ten Hours' Bill . _f _. Mr . Cobden , M _. P ., for StocUport , in the donates on the second reading of the Factories' Bill .
Peel's Declaration. To The Kdit0k Of The...
PEEL'S DECLARATION . TO THE KDIT 0 K OF THE MORNING TOST , Sir , There can now be no mistake . Justice has , at length , been done by Sir Robert Peel to Mr . Cobden . On the highest authority it is now avowed that for the last five years , Mr . Cobden—not Sir Robert Peel—has been the leader of the Conservative party . Let every member of that party , from the proudest Peer to the poorest pauper , note that "great fact . " Her Majesty may have " counselled" with the person of Sir Robert Peel—her real counsellor was Mr . Cobden . The Queen may have sat at the council table , surrounded by Her Majesty ' s Cabinet Ministers —virtually she was consulting with the League .
"Windsor Castle ov Buckingham Palace roay have been the spot where Royalty consulted with her Ministers ; but thc Free-trade Hall at Manchester was the locale from whence the thought was borne to guide tbe Royal mind—to cheat the confiding Conservatives . 1 have often heard that the " Manchester men" will never be satisfied ' * till the Government is established in Manchester . " And why not ? The Premier tells us the soul of thc Government is there . Why not the outward sign—tlie body ? It might there be done cheaper—it could uot be done meaner . Why not try ?
I was persecuted by the Conservatives , in 1811 for placing those persons respectively , precisely as thev arc now placed by Sir Robert Feci : ' W sure that people are slow to believe unwelcome truths' 1 remember , also , when I told the Duke of Wellington ( during the discussion on the ne _, w Poor Law in the
Peel's Declaration. To The Kdit0k Of The...
House of Lords)— " If your Lordships pas 3 that bib among other things , you must repeal the Corn Laws ' His Grace laughed at me , and said " _Hnmbng ah \ i moonshine . " Fell , let these things pass . WW next ? Arc we , indeed , now , at the bidding of Sir Robert Peel , to take the League a 3 the nation " , nurses ? Are we really to abandon the whole pro . ducts of our industry to universal competition ? To count protection and regulation a curse ? Are _» abselutely to buy in the cheapest markets ? Are we fo bave cheap _Bishop 9 ? cheap Ministers ? cheap Judges ? cheap Ambassadors ? And a cheap monarch ? As well as cheap clothes—cheap cutlory _^ cheap houses—cheap farms and cheap food ? _^ _ji this is consistent with League principle _^; or , are we
to be the dearest taxed people , and at the same time the cheapest labour people in the world ? These questions must soon be solved—solved by the hierarchy and the aristocracy—as well as by the hard-working artisans and labourers ! A war , in which no quarierear a be given , is at hand!—a war of-principle between truth and error I In that war—may God defend the right ! We now know with whom we bave to contend . Thc battle of the constitution must be fought on the threshold of the cotton-mills 1 If , Sir , the friends of the Constitution and the Church intend to uphold our institutions , tliey must not consent any longer " to walk in the light of the constitution" with Sir Robert Peel , led , as he avows he is , by Mr . Cobden ! They must find a leader who has not forsaken the old paths , or removed the landmarks of the poor !
one who eschews the word expediency and will neve * swerve from principle . Then they must associate , and meet League with League . If the League controlled Sir It . Peel , there can be little doubt that the League will coerce Lord J . Russell . Who , then is powerful to overcome the League ? Who but those who , in the principles of the League , read tha downfall o £ ouv institutions , the destruction of our Church " and Constitution , jthe penury and slavery of the people ! By union t hey can and will conquer ; in units _tlieymust fall . Sir Robert Peel ' s Parliamentary declaration respecting Mr . Cobden will surely open the eyes of the Bishops and tlio Lords . It is now clear that a cotton mill , on the old system , without nny legal restraint or regulation—apest house—is the pattern on which tlio social system of England is to be constructed ' .
May God , in his infinite mercy , avert lrom my countrymen that curse 1 Sir , I do not exaggerate ; the League denounce all regulation or interference in mills and factories , They wish for a repeal of the present Factories Act , and strenuously oppose the Ten Hours' Bill . They know that , before the legislative interference —which they deprecate—human beings . English children , Christians , were systematically bought by the millowners in London and other southern towns They were banished to mills , and died by hundreds and thousands , of over-work , bad food , filthy beds , dirty clothes , and broken hearts ; A Leaguer views that condition of humanity as Paradise—because it mart's him men j The slightest attempt at interference or regulation has ever met with his most strenuous opposition !
I do not libel thc League ; they cannot deny the truth of this statement . They cannot deny that if their principles prevail , mills will again be subject to the old-fashioned system . Sir R . Peel has raised the League higher than the Parliament—lie has enthroned Richard Cobden in the seat of higher power ! Peel is now eclipsed by Cobden . The people of England are now consigned to the tender mercies of the League—by bim , who swore that " he would walk in the light ofthe Constitution . " Is there no objection ? None from Bishop , Peer , labourer , or pauper ? lam , Sir , Your ' s respectfully , RicnARD _Oastlbr .
P . S . I do not know what other people feel—I felt a shudder when lread Sir Robert Peel's statement . I , who had so many years ago discovered the Premier ' s leaning to the League—I shuddered atthe realisation of the vision ! The thought , that after all the sacrifices of blood and treasure , after all the exercises of wisdom and patriotism for ages and centuries , my country should at last be delivered , bound hand and foot , into the hands of the League , made my blood creep . I know that many Leaguers are kindly in their dispositions . But I know also that tlieir principles lead to death , by competition . R , O . London , June 30 , 1 S 4 G .
Keceirts Of The Chartist Co-Operative Lund Society.
KECEirTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LUND SOCIETY .
Section No. 1. Pelt Mr. O'Connor. Shakes...
SECTION No . 1 . PElt MR . O'CONNOR . SHAKES . £ s , d . Torquay , per R . H . Putt .. .. .. C 19 4 Gcorgie Mills , per TV . Median .. ., 2 0 0 Ashton-under-Lyne . perE . Jlobson .. .. G 19 o Tavistock , per II . Hole 0 11 S Halifax , per C . W . Smith ' 2 lo 0 Hanley and Shelton , per H . Foster .. „ •" > 0 0 Stockport , pei- T . Woodhouse .. .. 10 0 Bury , per M , Ireland : „ „ 0 4 0 Worcester , per M . Griffiths ,. .. 2 10 6 Totness , per W . Tanner .. _.. „ 2 8 0 City of London , per J . Dunn .. .. 2 10 0 Dodliurst Brow , per J . Bowden .. .. 0 17 6 Norwich , per J , Hurry „ „ „ 2 0 0 Newport , per T . Williams .. .. _.. 1 IS 6 _B « C « P ' .. 5 0 0
Barnslc _}* , per J . Ward .. ,. ., 5 0 0 Preston , per J . Brown .. .. .. 12 lj ) 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. „ „ 1 17 6 " Northampton , per VV . "Mundnv .. , .. S 0 0 Oldham , per IV . Hamer 5 0 0 Carrington , per J . Ross 19 4 4 Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. .. _.. T 8 0 Leigh , per J . _Ilowarth 4 3 6 Leeds , per W . Brook .. „ „ 5 0 0 " Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. „ 14 2 0 Dodwortli , per T . Croft .. .. ., 3 0 0 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. „ 5 0 0 Asliton-under-Lyne _, per E . HobSOn .. .. 3 4 8 , Colne , per It . He y 3 10 8 _Dorliin _; , per W . Russell .. _.. „ 5 lfi 3 Leicester , per 2 . Astill .. .. ,. 4 8 G Wigan , per T . Pye 13 6 _HauiUton , _TS _* v _- w , \ Y * K ,. „ .. 1 ft D
£ 159 G 2 SECTION No . 2 . Wmmmmmm Lancaster , per J . Harrison 2 0 0 Northampton , per W . Munday .. .. 5 0 0 Tavistock , per R . Hole 0 4 0 Lynn , per lt . Scott .. .. .. .. 0 14 6 Halifax , per C . W . Smith .. .. „ 0 JO 0 Lough borough , per J . Skevington .. .. 2 12 4 Stockport , per T . "Woodhouse .. .. 10 0 Bury , per AI . Ireland _., .. .. 2 18 1 Worcester , per M . Griffiths .. .. .. 312 4 Totness , per W . Tanner „ .. .. 0 4 9 City of London , per J , Dunn „ „ 2 13 _g Doilhurst Brow , per J . Bowden .. „ 0 13 4 Stoektoii-upon-Tees , per T . Potter .. „ 3 10 IVeston , per J . Brown 16 6 " _Nottmglmm _, per J , Sweet G 8 0 _Carriii-jroii , per ( T . Moss 0 5 0 Halstead , per J . C . Abbott .. .. ., 12 9 Darlington , per W . Carlton .. . . 0 13 8 Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. .. 6 5 0 Truro , per J . _ilaglov „ .. 1 12 n Manchester , per J . Murray .. 5 7 11 Bradford Alderson i
, per J . .. „ r , n n . _" ... u . u ..,, « .-. « . . uur » _on .. „ a 0 0 Aslitonuudor-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 8 4 C Sutton-in-Aslineld _, per C . Aleakiu .. .. 0 19 5 Dorking , per W . Russell 0 l 6 Leicester , per Z . Astill 2 14 5 Wigan , per T . Pye .. ' 0 4 4
£ 65 9 9 PER GENERAL SECRETARY . " SECTION No . 1 . SHARES . _ LL _, £ «• d . £ s . d . Bntterley - - 4 5 0 Elderslie - - 0 19 0 Thomas Dredge . 4 19 G Derbv - - 2 5 0 Hanley and Sliclton 8 11 Somers Towu - 1 11 G Whittington and Cat 5 18 G J . Barnett . 0 10 0 Hull . . . 1 7 6 Ely - - - 4 2 3 Limehouse- - 0 10 0 Heywood - - 5 0 0 Wellingborough- 1 14 6 Birkenhead - 5 0 0 Sudbury - - 1 14 11 " Boulogne - - 2 8 0
£ 50 10 11 SECTION No . 2 . _Sootville _, France , Lane End - - 0 13 4 pov Sidaway - 5 4 4 Sudbury - - 0 4 4 C . Dooley _, Burton- Elderslie - . 110 on-Trent - 2 12 4 Hindley - . 0 1 4 Joseph Pattison . 0 2 0 Horsley , J . "Williams 0 4 6 James Swaflield- 6 5 G Do ., J . Morse - 0 4 6 Jlr . Wilkins , Hoare 1 G 0 Derby , R . Calodine 5 4 4 Hanley and Shelton 110 Somers Town - 0 9 0 iriiittingtonandCat _* 0 2 Wells - . 10 0 William Hy . Burke 5 4 6 Do ., X . Y . M . - 5 4 4 I- rederick _Capurn 0 3 0 Ely - - - 0 17 9 John Morris - 0 10 Allington , Philpot 0 4 2 Kensington . . 0 0 10 Edinburgh , per LimellouSG - 4 » lo OumnSng - 0 14 4 Chas . Cooper , St . Boulogne - - 0 6 0 lancras . . 0 2 8 _Congleton - - 0 7 4 Arnold 0 2 uviu
, J . Cooper 8 n _. , v , voupcr U A 0 £ 43 2 1 Mr . O Connor , Section No . 1 ... 159 6 2 Mr . Wheeler 50 10 11 91 Jf
„ „ ... »•• w _—w - « . _* £ 209 17 1 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 65 9 9 Mr . "Wheeler , „ „ ... 43 2 1
£ 108 11 10 NATIONAL ANTl . lill . lTlA Association . „ . _ri-H MB . o ' CONNOB . - _•• uttingham _. pevJ . Sweet 0 1 o RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER _ASSOCIATE ) _y . PER GENERAL 6 BCBETAKY . James Swaffield 0 10 City of London - 8 ' In consequence of William Greenhow , of Mancb ester having _takun a swond shave , he declines taking _r , _„ . „„«' sum of tlie lot fulling to him , as announced last * _„ fcX the location therefore falls to Richard Oinerod , o' _/»„„ . _„' No . 21 in tho ballot . utouen _, TnoMAiMiR , _8-jcretarv .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 4, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04071846/page/4/
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