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Canningand Castlereaghto his THE NORTHER...
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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE PARIS ELSCnOXS....
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A WIT.TESS TO CHARACTER. ' The"jct**ivet...
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To THE M_SIBEBS OF THE NATIONAL LAND CoMpany.—We, the members of tbe Manchester branch
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THE NORTHERN STAR, BATPBJMT, JUNE 10, 18i8 .
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REIGN OF TERROR 1 Bbmntemie (Chief cf th...
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The days of terror are restored. The Whi...
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In drawing attention to the state of the...
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Character of an armed assemblage . The _£° » _J" « _w against persons mixing in unarmed _«« _S 7 _K rom twelve to eighteen months _™?™ oa J _??? : ' _^ n nixing in armed _assemblages from sis _Wg _^ _-Jg jears-from two to five y « _ars- « d f _"" _^^ years imprisonment . 'If arms have beenns _^ iwd the armed force is _compeUed to act , from ge U ' Jen veers _solitaTVconfinement ; _* , tb ° ?* _£%£% _, _££ to twelve _vecn . _& ell casts a lest of _««« « £ «» WW Sfa « _rrA The writers and printers of seditious placards are also to _^ _sererdy punuhed . And this is the work of self-styled _ReP _^ f _*^" the 24 th of M _*^
the _cr _^ tureswho . before _™ no ihing-the mushroom despots who owe their great _, nessto the fertilising blood of the peop le ag _ init whose breasts they now turn tbe weapons of _? nuJ ?? B and Gemot * Has _Ledrtj-R-jllik _sanettoned this _ioknwi project ? If io , ha is ft traitor , if he &*« not _sancuoned it and yet retains his plsoe m the Executive Commissien , he is still & traitor , and a coward _inte the bargain . Will Flocoh _coetinue to _feo'd of 5 c _3 under a Government which _darcs to Propose 8 uch a law ? If he does , _ais popularity will be _extingnished for ever . of these treasons
From the painful consideration , I tnra to the admirable sentiments contained in » letter from Barbes addressed to the " CJab ef tbe Revolution' and read at a meeting ofttat society on Saturday last . ' The _reactionnaires , ' says Babbes , ( 'those rile toads ofthe marshes , as our fathers termed them ) most imperatively command you to enact the part of the Jacobins in the first revolution . Popular societies are the only obstacle te the audacity ofthe counter-revolution . Hasten then , like brave soldiers , who stand more proudly erect when threatened by the shock of the canneE—hasten , then , to become the most eminent ii those societies . Organise yoar correspondence with the departments ; corns to sn _understandinff with the other clubs of Paris ;
inspire them with your spirit , r _> ad let tveryope on seeing your achievements feel an ambition—as in the f lorious time when Robespierre , _Couthou , and St ast sat at the Jacobins—to have the honour of being _oannected with you . With this glorious hope for you , friends and brothers , I bid you adieu . ' ' Vive Barbes . ' A las let _Aristocrat !' June 7 th .
Canningand Castlereaghto His The Norther...
THE NORTHERN _| T AR . Ju * b 10 , 18 _^ _- _^ _^¦^¦^^^*^ _W _^—•^ _B**—^^^^*^*^^^^^^^^^ ¦ — I .
Government Preparations For Monday Next....
GOVERNMENT PREPARATIONS FOR MONDAY NEXT . ( From the Homing Herald of Saturday . ) The government are determined to u * e every _Hteans in their power to put a stop to _tbesa times of excitement , and have given orders for all the _troops to assemble again in London by Snnday night , and we hope that this will be the last time the military will have to attend without being called upon to act _ja a manner which will be the means of putting * ejeath blow to this lawless set . iFroa the Morning Chronicle of Saturday . )
_Obsasuatios tor Mo . vdat Next . — Notwithstanding the determination of the government to put down all _processions er cpen-air meeting ? , the Chartists last night gave notice that it was their intention to meet in a _fcoiy , on Monday nert , at Bishop Bonner * * - fields . Circulars have been tent by ihe Executive to the _geere ' ftriei of the Chartist _body , bat they have determined , ia spite of all resistance _eatbepartofthe authorities , to meet at half-past two o ' clock , and to conclude by six o ' e ' ock _. if possible . The only meeting announced to take place on Mar .. _ ay by the _Chartisfe _, is in Bonner's Fields ; but frem private information the government is in possession of the fact thit monster meetings are to take plica at Croydon _atd other parts . Every provision c * s been made bythe authorities to meet auy emergency either in the metropolis or suburbs . Last night 800 soldiers were marched into the Penitentiary asd are there to remain until after _Msnday , in case wy _attack should be made on that prison .
Latest Foreign News. The Paris Elscnoxs....
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . THE PARIS _ELSCnOXS . Paeh , Thursday , 6 39 ? _ —The returns for ths eleven vacancies in the _dt-pntatfcn of Parh were proclaimed to-day , at the Hotel de Ville . The following is the list of _thesaceeigfal _candidates , with tbe number of the voles whieh they _rsspectivelyobtained : — Cau > - _sJdiere . 147 . 400 ; Moie & u . 126 , 830 ; Goudchaux , 107 . 097 ; _Chaneamier , 105 , 539 ; Thiers , 97 . 894 ; Pierre _Lerow , 91 , 375 ; Victor _Hueo , EC _. S _6-5 _* . Louis Bonaparte , 84 , 420 ; Lagrange , 7 S , 6 S 2 ; B _.-isel , 77 , 247 ; _ProGdhon , 77 , 094 . The first foir names in the _listof unsuccessful _candidates , are as follows : —Thore , 73 , 109 ; _Kereausie , 52 4 S 3 : Raspail , 71977 * , E . De Giiardin , 70 503 .
On _ThuTiday evening the nsnsl _airoupements were formed at fhz Porte St Denis , but were dispersed by the military without any serious disaster . Severalarrests _weremade . At nine o'clock a group entered the Boulevard from the Rue Mazaren , shouting ' Vive Barbes I a bis les _RChtsl ' An attaok was made by the people on the residence cfThierc , but the populace wera _driven away by the military .
REPORTED REVOLT OF THE SIKHS . An extraordinary express reached Alexandria from _Sasz en the evening of the 2 S : h Jlay , too iste for tie _despitehea to be sent by the post , wi h the important intelligence , ' thst the Sikhs had revolted st Lahore . killed " two English _commissarieE , and _musscred , _pU tie British tro dps . '
A Wit.Tess To Character. ' The"Jct**Ivet...
A WIT . TESS TO CHARACTER . ' The"jct _** ivet 5 atioE turned upon legal practice in general , ' ' andthe ingenious dexterities of roguish attorneys in particular . 'The cleverest rogue in the profession that ever I heard of , ' said O'Connell , was one Checkley _, familiarly known by the aame of _Cheekley-be-d—d . ' Checklej was agent once at the Cork _asazes _, for a fellow accused of burglary and aggravated assault committed at Bantry . The noted Jerry Keller was ( ounsel for the prisoner , against _, whom the charge was made oat by the clearest _circumstactial evidence ; so clearly , that it seemed quite impossible to doubt his guilt . When the case for the prosecution closed , the judge asked if there were any witnesses for the defence . ' Yes , my lord , IVA Jerry Keller , * I have three briefed to me . '
' Call them , ' said the judge . Checkley immediately bustled ont of court , and retunred at once , leading in a very respectable-looking , farmer-like man , with a bine coat and gilt _bnttons _, scratch wig , corduroy tisbti , snd gaiters . ' This i 3 a witness to character , my lord , ' said Checkley . Jerry Keller ( the counsel ) forthwith began to examine the _witness After asking him his name and residence , ' You know the prisoner iu the dock V said Keller . ' -Yes , yoar honour , ever since he was a gorsoon ! ' 'And what was his general character V said Keller . ' Ogh , the devil s worseI' ' Why , what sort of a witness is this you've brought ? ' cried Kelier . passionately flinging down his brief , and looking furiously at Checkley ; c he has _railed us ' . ' ' He nny prove aa alibi , however , ' returned Checkley ; ' _examine him ts alibi as
instructed in your brief , ' Keller accordingly re EUmed his examination . * Where was the prisoner pn the 10 th instant ? ' Eaid he . ' He was near Castlemartjr , ' answered the witness . Are you sure of that ! ' ' _0 _,-iite sure , counsellor ! ' ' How do you know with such certainty ? ' * Because upon that very night I w & 3 returning from tfee fair , and when I got near my _o-vn house , I saw the prisoner a littlo way on before me—I'd swear to him anywhere . He was dodging about , and I knew it could bs for a : ) good end . So I slipped into tbe field , and turned off my horse ti grass ; and while I was watching tbe lad from behind the ditch , I saw him pop across the wall into my garden 3 nd steal a lot of _parsneps and carrots ; acd , what I thonght a great dale worse of —he stole a bran new _English spade I had got from
my landlord Lord Shannon . So , faix , I cut away alter hira , but as I was tired from the day ' s labour , acd he being fresh and nimble , I wasn't able to _ietch him . _Bst next day my spade was seen surely in his h mse , and that ' s tha same rogue in the dock 1 I wish 1 had a _hoult of hire . ' ' It i 3 quite evident , ' eaid the judge , ' that we _ tu > t acquit the prisoner ; the _witne = 3 has clearly established an alibi for him ; _Castlemartyr is nearly sixty miles from Bantry ; and he certainly is anything but a partisan of his . Pray friend , ' addre 3-ing the witness , * will you swear informations against the prisoner for his robbery of your property ? ' ' Troth I will , my lord ! with all the pleasure in life , if your lordship thinks I can get
any satisfaction ont of him . I ' m tould I can for the spade , but not for the carrots and parsneps . ' ' Go to the Crown Office aud swear _in _ormatioiis , ' said the j edge . The prisoner was of course discharged , the alibi having been clearly established ; in an hour ' s time some _icquirj was made aa to whether Cheekley ' s rural _witness had sworn informations in the Crown Office . That gentleman was not to be heaid of : the prisoner also had vanished immediately on _tyin" discharged—and of course resumed hia _malpractices forthwith ¦ It needs hardly be told , that Lord _Shannon ' s soi-disant tenant dealt a little in fio-1 tion , aad ' that the whale story of his farm from that _ ob ! c _ : * _ , and of the _prisoner's theftsirf _Uw spade and tne vegetables , was a pleasant device of Mr ]
_B- _^ oeb .-A West Riding d _^ n _stration will be he 5 _ra ¦ _XtoftstafT-moor . . ear-Bradford , on Monday next , at eleven o'clock in _^ _'f _^ . _^ Jo- »« _E--o Mr Wm . Brook , and Mr Shaw , oi h"XXs , wi _^ i several advocat es ofthe People s Cause fell _add-esatho _ . < ciS _* -A W _* t _™ _mS _« _g _^ _racetinz wili _bshc : d at the _Order s Inn , \ . _akefi-l _j . _- road , on . _M-jadaym _3 _rninff , ai nineo clock , J _«**/ - ¦ _£ —Tne demonstration committee , wiil meet au me G _^ _-ertlnn . _Wakefield-road . on _Toftshaw-rfloor , at nine o ' clock in the morn i _^ , and _»« _•» ' _- } : 5 _Ei-liQg _dile / _jate meeting .- ! he Ohr . tfc _» taClL . _» a Old will meet in _Batterworth-b-iiWings on Sunday ( _to-morrov _, ) at sis o ' clock in th * _evc-mc ? . _-iM _cMMiW-llm-ci in ths _Csuncii-room , afi i 7 iJsoa « _Ceffie-rcoss _, _Southgate , on Sunday ( to-morrow , ) as _eix _o'clock in tha evening . -The _memoers « _tns _aatbnal Land Company Till meet in tho Land-on _^ _Euuerforth-bcilding ? , on Sunday ( _to-niorro-v _, * at two o ' _ciopk in the afternoon to elect officers ;'
,. - Tf Rum £300 To £500 To Be Advanced In July Next.
_,. - tf RUM £ 300 TO £ 500 TO BE ADVANCED IN JULY NEXT .
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" FOR * f ! HE WORKLNG MILLIONS . [ A HOME FOR E _^ _ERY IKDUSTUiOTJS M & W AND H is _FAUltr . UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS ' 1 _EQUilTABLE LAA D AND _BUILDING BENEFIT SOCIETY , Enrolled and Empowered _"? y Act of Parliament to extend o _* er tho United Kingdom . P «< rw * . — * _T . S . DmreoHBi , Es « ., M . P . Thomas _Wakim , _i" 3 _s « ., M . P . B . B . Cabbeli , Esq ., M . P . j _London O _$ ot . —So . IS , Tottenham Court , New Road , St _Pancr » s , London . —Daniel "ff ilium Rum , _Stcrttary , I Arranged in three Sections . Payments In either Section , 4 d „ 8 d „ Is ., < fcc , kc ., per We « k , payable either ' Weekly or Monthly . Na Sb & teyobs _' , _SoLVcitobs ' _, or _Redemption Peis . Tbe present Entrance Fee ig Is . 6 d I per Share , _« sd Sd . for any part of a Share . Rules and Card , 7 a . Certificates , U . per Shaie , and 6 d . for any , ptrt of share , ______ —— - _SecnoK L—By joining this _aectioa erery ptison in town or country can become the proprietor of a Bouse and L * nd ia his own neighbjurhood , without being _remored from his Friends , Connexions , or the present means himself and famHy may hare of gai ning a livelihood _. Section II . —To raUe a capital by shares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide r la _Iitnd iato aUotmeats frem half an acre _upwardB . Tte property to be the bono fide freehold of the membe eiiteen , eighteen , or twenty years , from the date of location , according to bis subscriptions , _Ssczion 111 . —Saving or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest small sums , from _^ d . an d upwards , receiving interest at tbe _mte-of 5 per cent , per annum , on every sum of 10 aand upwards eo depoiited , . EubseripliQ * < OJicc . — 492 , Niw _Oxfoid-Stmet , where Meetings are held , and Members enrolled , every Widhxsdat _Evcnmo , from Eight to Ten o ' clock . LitlurtHaU , for _explaiaiBg tbe principles and objects of tbe Society , T __ Pa _ theiuu _ Rooks , St Martin ' slane , near the corner of Long-acre . Lvctares delivered every Sunday evening at Seven o ' clock , N . B . —Froa £ SM to £ 508 will be balloted for by the members of tbe _fint Section in July next , when all | perso ns wbo haTe and may become members for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before tho 5 th of July next , and who pay » ix mo-lbs' _SubferipUoBS in advance , or otherwise , will be eligible for the ballot . ALSO , FOR THE TVOBKING MILLIONS IN _CONNEXION WITH THE ABOYE , THE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES , Enrolled _purintlt to Act Of _PflrllaiaeBt , Thus securing to its members the protection of tha law for thetr funds and property . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with tbe privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , Agents , & c . An opportunity is now offered to healthy persons , up t « Forty Tears of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions in town or country . LoKDBH _OlSICE . —13 , Tottenham Ceurt , New Road , St Pancras , ( thirteenth bouse eastward from Tottenham Court Road ) . —Dakiil _Wj __ _ Rof * _s , Secretary . Patrons , —T . S . Bdkcombe , Esq .., M . P . T . _Waklet , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Camll , Eso . , M . P . P . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . L . J . _Hansabd , Esq . i In the Ehert space of f * ur years these societies have paid the following benefits to their members . _SDMHABV OF CLAIMS . Sickness and Superannuation ... , tm % t £ 1905 10 5 Aecouchments ... ... ... ... # t , 698 15 0 Fanerals , 496 18 1 Loss by Fire ... ... ... 29 5 0 JE 3125 8 6 Present Capital funded in the Bank of England , „ £ 1669 10 0 These Societies are in eix divisions or sections , fer the Members to receive the following Benefits according to their Subscriptions : FIRST DIVISION . FOURTH D 1 _TISI 0 N . Entrance _according to age , from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con . Entrance , according to ape , from 3 s . 6 d . to 8 s . ed , tribntion for Sickness and Management , 2 s . 7 d . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management . is . id . £ s . _d . Allowance , fn Sickness , per week .. .. 0 18 0 £ s , d _. Member ' s Funeral .. 20 0 0 Allowance in Sicliness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee s ditto .. .. 10 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Wife's Lying-in 2 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee's ditto ., .. 5 0 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. _ _j' 5 O 0 to So O O Wife ' s lying-in .. .. .. .. 100 Superannuation , per week .. .. ., 0 6 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 e SECOND DIVISION . Superannuation , per week 0 4 0 Entrance , according to age , from is . 6 "d to 9 s . 6 d . FIFTH DIVISION . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Entrance , according to age , from 3 s to 8 s . Monthly Con-2 s - lc 5 - tribution for Sickness and Management , 18 . Id . Allowance in _Sickaefs , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. 16 0 0 Member ' s Funeral 6 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 18 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 3 0 0 Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. . .. 1 15 0 Wife's Lving . in 0 15 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 15 0 0 Loss by Fire .. .. .. .. 500 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 5 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 THIRD DIVISION . SIXTH DIVISION . Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Coh . Entrance Money .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 tribntion for Sickness and Management , Is . 7 d . Monthly Contribution .. .. .. 0 10 Allowance in _Sickness , per week .. .. 0 11 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. ., 070 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 12 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. 2 10 e Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 6 0 0 Wife ' s Lying-in 1 19 0 No Levies'in this Division , Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 O to 10 O 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 ] Levies according to tbe demands on each division per quarter . N . B . —The only difference ia the two _Sccietic-s is , the Patriots neve an Acconchment benefit , the Patriarchs have not that benefit , therefore do not pay levies for it . j _^_ _j- Applications for Agencies requested from all parts of the country ; information for appointment of Agencies can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing a postage stamp . Blank forms and information for the admission of country members can be obtained by letter prepaid , inclosing three postage stamps , to Daniel William Rufpt , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New Rofcd _, St Pancras .
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How Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at the Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Wind _, -ill Street ; and of Abel Heywood , Manchester .
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Just Published , Price 2 d . DR M'DOUALL'S ADDRESS to the MIDDLE CLASSES . THE CHARTER—WHAT IT MEANS ; THE CHARTISTS-WHAT THEY WANT . Also , in the press , a reprint of DR M'DOUALL'S DEFENCE of CHARTISM , before Baron Gurney , at Chester , August 16 th , 1839 . S . _Dipple , 43 , Holywell-street , Strand , London , and aU Booksellers ; also , at the Literary Institution , Johnstreet , Tottenham-court-road ; the Land Office , H _4 , High Holbora ; and Ab » l Heywood , Oldham-Btreet , Manchester .
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COLLIFEE'S COMMERCIAL COFFEE AND CHOP HOUSE AND READING ROOMS , 26 e § , STRAND , _LONDON . J COLLIVER returns his sincere thanks to hie . Friends and the Public at large , for the support be has received tt their hands during the last ten years , and hopes , by strict attention and civility , to merit a continuance of their patronage . J . C . also begs to state , that having lately made extensive alterations and improvements in his premises , he is now enabled to afford additional convenience without extra charge . A Commercial _CoSse-room upstairs , with every facility for Travellers and Visitors from the country . The House is situated in the very heart of the Metropoiis , in the centre of the Theatres , near the National Land OSce , and Pubiie Buildingj . Omnibuses pass to and from all the Railway Stations , to meet the Trains , every five minutes . Beds , is . to is . 6 d . per _nfcht . All other charges equally moderate . NO FEES TO SERVANTS .
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PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Eso ,, M . P ., T _MARTIKinforms his friends and the Chartistbody . generally , that he has reduced the price of his lithographic fuU-length portrait of their Mustrious Chief to the following price : —Prints , Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . 6 d . Also , a beautiful lithographic portrait of W , Dixon , late of Manchester , now one of the Directors , by T . Martin . Price—plain , Is ., coloured , 2 s . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To be bad atthe Nobtheb , n Stab office , IS , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket ; at the Office of the National Land Company , 144 , High Holborn ; Sweet , Goose Gate Nottingham ; Heywood , Manchester , and aU booksellers n the United Kingdom .
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WAVERLEY , TEMPERANCE HOTEL . 43 , _PRIKCES-STREET , EniNBCSGH , ( Opposite the Scott Monument . ) ROBERT CRANSTON having REMOVED from 129 , _High-street , to 4 i , Princes-street , begs respectfully to call the attention of his customers to the superior accommodation and more central situation of his new premises . K . C . respectfully submits that the WAVERLEY will be found most completely adapted to the wants of the Commercial Conmunity . His long experience also enables him to assure them tkat , combined with a strict attention to their comforts , it shall be his study to have every article supplied of the very best quality , and that , in short , while the accommodation and attendance _ivill be equal to those of a _first-bate hotel , the usual reasonable charges will he continued . R . C . also directs the attention of TRAVELLERS to the tact that THE RAILWAY STATIONS are in the immediate vicinity of THE WAVERLEY . An extensive News Room and Select Library . All the refreshments ' usualJy in demand atTemperanci Houses . N . I ? . —No intoxicating drinks sold ner allowed to bi used on the premises ,
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . . NOW READY , THE LONDON AND PARIS SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS for 1848 , bv Messrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Eart-street , Bloomsbury-square , nearOxfordstreut , London ; and by G . _BEBOtB , Holywell-stFeet , Strand ; and all Booksellers , an exquisitely _execnted and superbly coloured PRINT . The elegance ef this Print excels any beforepuhlished , accompanied with the Newest Style , and extra-fitting Frock , Riding Dress , and Hunting-Coat Patterns ; the most fashionable dressWaistcoat Pattern , and an _estra-fitting Habit Pattern of * he newest and most elegant style of fashion . Every particular part explained ; method of iucreasing and diminishing the whole for any size fully illustrated , manner of Cutting and Making up , and all other information respecting Style and Fashion . Price 10 s . postfree lis . HEAD and Co . ' _s new scientilic system of Cutting for 181 s is ready , and wiil supersede everything of the kind heretofore conceived . All the Pl : ites are numbered and lettered , and on thc scale of _Eighteen _Inches : Whole sine , never before attempted , containing twenty-three square feet : particulars , pustfree . Talent Measures , witb full _? _S ? _, Vj , "; "t ? r , _'* _.- _tUe Set _i , _^«» t _Indicator , _for-seertaiiimg proportion and disproportion , illustrated with Diagrams , price 79 . Patterns to Measuro ( all registered sceordlng to Act ot Parliament ) , post free , Is . each . The _wbulesoldby _Rlad and Co ., I ' - ' , _Ilart-street , Blooms-¦ bury-square , London ; and ail Booksellers . 1 _'ost . oilke orders , and Fust Stamps , taken as Cash . Habits _Dertvrix _* . d for tie TraCe . Busts tor fitti ; ig Coats on Boys ' figures , lore-men . provided , - Instructions iu _cuttint ? complete , for all kinds 01 Style an- ' . Fashion , which can b 2 accomplished in an _incredibly short time .
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TO BE SOLD , * FOUR ACRE ALLOTMENT , obtained in the £% . November JJaliot . Apply fif by letter p « pv . _i-1 ) to _WrJaclsjon . Ualfpcnny-FJatcb , Hull .
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DEMONSTRATION AT SNIG'S END . PERSON S visiting Snig ' s End on Monday next , June 12 tb , are respectfully informed that refreshments will be provided for the occasion at the following houses;—Mr Dewhursfe , Cyder Vaults , Snig ' s End Farm House . Mr Strather ' _s , Feather's Hotel . Mr Loyd ' u Swan Inn , and — Mr Dobbin's , Plough Inn . The above houses all adjoin the Snig ' s End Estate .
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EMIGRATION . EMIGRANTS can obtain a Free Gift of Forty Acres of the best Land , in the most healthy and produotive portion of the United States . Also , Land ior Sale or Barter , from One Dollar per Acre . Passengers shipped to all parts of the world , ana supplied with Bonded Stores , Provisions , < tc , oa tae lowest terms . Apply ( pre-paid ) to the General Passenger Shipping and Land Agency Offices , 15 , Eastcheap , London , aud 32 , Waterloo-road , Liverpool . It is also the finest part of the globe for consumptive persons to resort te .
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TO BE SOLD . A THREE ACRE SHARE in the National Land Company , all expenses paid for the present year , the advertiser being about to emigrate . For further particulars , apply fo David Casey , 2 , Hoi . born-buildings , Holborn .
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FOUR ACRE LOCATION FOR SALE , ISCLCniSG THE EKTIBE ToETHCOJIING CROPS , AT No . 6 , O'CONNORVILLE . The farm is in good A condition , and contains rather more than one acre of wheat , one acre of potatoes , about an acre and a half of barley , oats , peas , beans and cabbages ; a small portion of ground iB reserved for turnip } , and the remainder contains various kinds of garden produce . Any offer , or application as to terms , to be addressed ( prepaid ) , to Miss Vaughan , O'Connorville , near _Riekm-insn-orth , Hertfordshire .
To The M_Sibebs Of The National Land Company.—We, The Members Of Tbe Manchester Branch
To THE M _ SIBEBS OF THE NATIONAL LAND CoMpany . —We , the members of tbe Manchester branch
Jjana Uompany, O Araw Attention Of Other...
jjana _uompany _, o araw attention of other branches to the affairs of our company . Several of . the balloted members have materially suffered in ' consequence of not having sufficient notice of the time and place of location . Many have to give a month ' s notice to leave their employment , and the directors have only given _thrca week ' s notice to take possession .- —We suggest tothe directors the propriety of balloting for the location of the allotment as soon aa it is allotted , and before any building operations are commenced , as it would give the allottees an opportunity of havir _. g any extra buildings erected they might think fit . The time of
the next Conference is drawing near , and we would suggest to the directors the propriety of holding the next Conference at the nearest market town to the laBt finished estate , as the _delegates could obtain better accomodation in a _raarket town than on the estates . Many ofthe delegatea to tho iast Confurence , held at Lowbands , were put to great inconvenience . We think that the directors ought to issue the programme of business for the next Conference and the time for the nomination of directors . We suggest the propriety of publishing in the Sun a monthly report ofthe progress on the estates , and
the affairs of the Company generally . Also that two of the Directors should assist Mr O'Connor on the estates , the other two attending solely to the business of the office . —By order of tho meeting , Mr _O'Farkali , chairman ; Wm . Foster , secretary . Bolton . —The monthly meeting of this branch was held on Sunday last . After passing the accounts tho following officers were elected - —Charles Warring president -, Matthew Stevenson , secretary ; W W Pickvance , scrutineer ; and Robert _DooIsod , librarian . The library will be open every Monday nicht from seven until nine o ' clock . Free both to Land and Chartist members .
PoRT 3 EA . _ The members of this branoh have taken Deck Row Chape ) , Dock Row , Landport , which is ? _TC ! _t ? , _nesday evening at eight o ' olock , when the Star is read , and the news of the week _eenerallv commented . ' 6 ' ' v Bbistox . —At a meetisg of the Chartists , the following resolution , moved by Mr H . Clifton and seconded by Mr Cooke , was carried unanimously •—That _tdia meeting ia of opinion the late trial of the patriot John Mitchel by a ' packed jury" and * nartisan judge' was a direct violation of the liberty of the subject , and was a highly unconstitutional measure , and that we hereby most solemnly _pledne ourselves to exert ourselves to the utmost of onr _abil ' ? « . ° . *? _, . restore lhat gentleman , but also _tr 0 it , Williams , and JoneB _, and all other political offenders , to their country ; and for that purpose we proclaim onr adherence to the princi ples of tha ' People's Charter and No Surrender . '
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The Northern Star, Batpbjmt, June 10, 18i8 .
THE NORTHERN STAR , _BATPBJMT _, JUNE 10 , 18 i 8 .
Reign Of Terror 1 Bbmntemie (Chief Cf Th...
REIGN OF TERROR 1 _Bbmntemie ( Chief cf the Council of Ten ) . —Say , what was your motive t Bebtoccio . —Justice ! . _Bfit-iNiBHDE —What , your _olject ? Beb . tuccio —Freedom ! _Bbnintbnde —Say , who were your accomplices t Bebtoccio . —Tbe Senate ! Bbniutende . — _Whatdoyou mean ? _Bebtcccio . —Ask of the suffering people , Whom your patilcltiucrimes bave driven to crime ' . Marino Falitro ,
The Days Of Terror Are Restored. The Whi...
The days of terror are restored . The Whigs , utterly powerless for good , are determined to signalise their last days of official rule by exhi biting their aptitude for Coercion , and their ability to play the part of despotic obstructives . With progressive reform on their lips , the hypocrites are imitating' the sanguinary excesses of the truculent Tories of other days . By their imbecility , treachery , and falsehood , they have raised the devil of disaffection , and now they conspire to lay the spirit they have called forth , in the red sea of the blood of the suffering people .
After five years exclusion from the fleshpots o f office , the Whigs became suddenly affected by a most ungovernable desire to outbid Sir R . Peel in professions of "liberalism . ' Give them power once again , and they would rule Ireland without Coercion , and in _England they would complete the _preat reforms (?) commenced by Sir R . Peel . On the strength of these professions , and aided by the Protectionists , who desired revenge at any price , Lord John and his myrmidons ousted the Peel party . They have been two years in office , with a new Parliament fashioned to their will , now six months in Session . What hare they done ?
Lord John Russell pledged himself to introduce remedial measures for the wrongs of Ireland . He talked about Encumbered Estates Bills , Cultivation of Wastes Bills , and other measures calculated to remove political discontent by redressing social wrongs . He has not made an effort to pass any one of such measures . To condemn the Irish , to absolute dependence on the potatoe was , according to Lord John Russell when out of office , the height of madness ; but in office , Lord John leaves the Irish to exist upon potatoes if they can get them—if not they may die .
Out of office , he denounced and successfully opposed Sir R . Peel ' s "Protection of Life Bill . ' ' In office , be summoned an extraordinary meeting' of Parliament in the depth of winter , for the sole purpose of passing a measure to authorise the Government to rob the Irish people of their arms , and punish them for exercising the privileges said to be guaranteed to them in conjunction with the people of England , by that ignis faims " the British Constitution . " Of the two measures of Coercion , Lord John Russell ' s was infinitely more brutal than that of Sir R . Peel . The Irish dying of hunger , demanded bread , and the Whigs gavejthem a scourge .
Since Parliament re-assembled in January last , the one notable act of the Whigs has been " the Gagging Bill . ' ' They created discontent , and then they passed a special law to punish the consequence of their own misgovernment . A packed jury enabled them to bind their most formidable enemy in felon ' s chains - but , " The patriot ' s blood's the seed ef Freedom ' s tree , " and hundreds of thousands of " felons'' have taken the place of John Mitchel , determined to avenge his wrongs , and carry out the principles he inculcated and so heroically defended . The Whigs found Ireland in despair , and they have goaded her to desperation .
In _England , until the _p-issing of the Gagging Bill , the Whigs did nothing good , bad , or indifferent , to excuse the monstrous impudence of drawing their salaries under the pretence of performing tho public business of the nation . Not one grievance has heen redressed ; not one . attempt has been made to advance political or social reform . The Gagging Bill for the greater insecurity of " Her Majesty ' s Crown and Government / ' is the only act of " vigour / ' the only sign of legislative life ,
which the Whigs haye exhibited . We must , however , give them credit for the " Special '' panic they created on "the loth of April . " It is true it was no fault of theirs that , the solemn farce of " England saved and ' Public Order Triumphant , " so ably " got up" by Downingstreet , in conjunction with Printinghouse Square , was not turned into a frightful tragedy . Thank Gud , the good sense of the people prevented the catastrophe which the evil counsels and abominable acts of their ralers were so well calculated to provoke .
Their next chivalrous act was the attempt to excite public prejudice against the Chartists , by calumniating those who had signed the National Petition . At one and the same time they treated the prayers of the People with scorn and calumny , and passed a Gagging Bill to put a padlock on the mouths of their suffering victims . A Memorial to the Queen , praying for the dissolution of the present corrupt Ilouse of Commons , and the dismissal of her Majesty ' s present false advisers ; and praying her Majesty to call to her councils men who would do the
People justice , by making the Charter a Cabinet measure , was adopted ut great meetings in all parts of the country . The Executive Committee of the National Chatter Association had been authorised to present that Memorial to the Queen ; they attempted to do so , but were repulsed at every point , by those who arc nominally the Ministers of the Si _»* orei " n , but really exercise the sovereign authority !
The _c-urrespondence between the Chartist and the Oligarchical Executive-the conclusion of which appears in this day ' s Star —proves _tli-it the People of _tliiu country have not aven th ( V privilege which the inhabitants of _Ru _^ _' _a ., _„ _, _- China enjoy , that of admission to the presence ( _rftl . e oovercgn . _Petitioning the _, f Commons is an _acknowledg ed _f J , i ii i _^ u \ t-i \ . i _^ n ii , now proved to be equall y useless and worthies ? . These dastardl y Wings affect to he mo _< t anxious to provide for ' ¦ ' fl , „ _bt
The Days Of Terror Are Restored. The Whi...
Canning , and Castlereagh , to express his " thanks " to the Peterloo butchers , there has been no blow dealt to the Monarch ] so injurious , aB that dealt by the Whigs , in excluding the Queen from the sympathies and prayers of the People . Not the widest circulation of Paine ' s " Rights of Man , " or any other Republican work , or the entire works of all the Republican authors put together , could possibly bring upon Royalty that " heavy blow and sore discouragement" which will be the natural consequence of the People becoming impressed with the conviction , that the Monarch exists only as the gilded puppet of the Aristocracy , powerless to grant justice to the wronged , or even to receive the supplications of the oppressed . _f \ . n n _I i-w <» r \ r , A _C _* . ir . _4-1 _n ** _nn « . U ? f \ _ilV _nHflOO _tllD
What right have these Whig aristocrats to stand between the people and the throne ? By what authority , on what principle , do they erect their intolerable usurpation ofthe powers of the Sovereign ? How dare they wrest from the people the last of their rights—the poor right of complaint ? Men of England , do you not see that in every sense of the term you are the most unhappy slaves ? " The most despised , wreng'd , outraged , helpless wretch , Who beg » h _'« bread , if It is _« fu « ed by one Hay n ia it from another kinder heart ; But he vrho ia denied his right by tho « e WhoB . e place It Is to do no wrong- , ig poorer Than the rejected beggar—he ' s a _elaYe , "
Not content with refusing the demand ofthe people , the Whig Premier insulted the millions by asserting that they wanted no reform . ' Immediately on the heels of this insult , followed the news of the infamous conviction of Mitchel . Popular excitement immediatel y rose to fever heat . A procession , which appears to have been the momentary thought of men inspired by a righteous spirit of indignation against those who oppressed and insulted
them , marched through the principal streets of London on the 29 th of May . ' ihe people shouted for " The Charter" and " Mitchel / and peaceably separated , promising to meet again next evening . The Police Commissioners next day issued a proclamation forbidding processions . This arbitrary stretch of power was submitted to , but a large meeting took place . Then came another ukase from Scotland-yard forbidding "illegal meetings . " Englishmen were no longer to be allowed the glorious _privi le _^ e of grumbling !
In London , Manchester , and other places , meetings have been prevented or dispersed by force . Police , '' specials / ' and military , have been nightly engaged in creating disturbance . Hundreds of the unarmed people have been maimed and wounded , and a great number flung into prison . Charges of training and drilling have been trumped up in _Yorkshire to enable the Government to decimate the Chartist ranks .
The gentlemen of the Press-gang have been pursuing their dirty avocation with an amount of zeal which entitles them to a good haul from the Secret Service funds . Three weeks since they were unanimous in singing the elegy of Chartism , which , according to them , expired on the loth of April , Now , how different their tone . Day by day they proclaim the existence of a vast Chartist conspiracy of the most dangerous character , and are unceasingly urging the government to exercise the strung arm of force to crush the obnoxious party . But if Chartism perished f
on the 10 th oApril , what need now to slay the slain ? The fact is , these prostitutesof the Press-gang write to order . If they are told to write Chartism down , they declare it dead . If they are told to injure Chartism b y exciting a panic , they write accordingly . One dodge is for the editor to write letters to himself , and append such signatures , as " A Father of a Family , " " A Loyal Citizen / ' " A Shopkeeper /' "A Barrister / _'"A Special Constable , " & c , & c . These letters ( some of them , no doubt , written in Downing-street ) calling loudly upon the Government for measures of
repression , recommending the free use of the bayonet and the musket , and demanding the arrest and transportation of " the leaders" are pointed to by the editor as manifestations of public opinion in favour of " coercive , " " strong , " and " stringent measures . A day or two after the Government orders arrests , or commands a savage attack upon the people , or demands from Parliament "increased powers" to " put down" " dangerous manifestations , " & _c-From the tone of the Times earl y in the
week , it was easy to percieve that the arrests were about to be extended to more than those who were driven into collision with the police . Accordingly , we were not surprised to hear of the arrest of Messrs FusseU , Sharp , ahd Williams , and subsequently Mr Ernest Jones and Mr Vernon . It will not surprise our readers to find that Government spies are no longer confined to the police . Miserable wretches , calling themselves " reporters for the Press /' are now seen doing the dirty work of _mouchords .
We have read the evidence against the per . sons under arrest , but the " sedition" imputed to them we have tried in vain to discover . The speech on which the charge against Mr Jones is grounded is thoroughly guiltless of the character imputed to it , But the Whigs demand victims to " strike the disaffected with terror , " and , therefore , no means will be left untried to secure convictions . The Times predicts that there will be no difficulty in the Government obtaining verdicts against the accused , and the Times speaks for those who can accomplish the fulfilment of its predictions . The people have certain duties to perform , which must be fulfilled forthwith .
These duties include " war to the knife " against the Whigs , and all who directly or indirectly support that " base , bloody , and brutal" faction . Upon this subject w ' e shall have more to say hereafter ; in the meantime , let the motto of the Chartists be— " Those who are not for us are against us , " and act accordingly _. But one pressing imperative duty is to rally around the victims , and supply them with the means of securing the best legal defence , and at the same time protection for their families . Let every Chartist not absolutely without employment , give his mite , little or much , according to his means in aid of
THE NATIONAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . And let all monies he sent without delay '' to Mr O'Connor , who , in conjunction with the Executive , and any Committee that may be appointed by the People , for the purpose of superintending the collection and disbursement of the fund , will see to its just and judicious application . Chartists of Great Britain , if you would serve and save your friends , there is not n moment to lose * you must immediately pour in your pence , your shillings , and your pounds , the sufferings of vour patriotic ad . vacates and the helpless condition of their outraged families , appeal to you trumpet-tongued . " ENGLAND EXPECTS NUT KVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY' "
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- "" - _/^ "" _^ - _^ _ggp * _-, . . ..., _..., _^ . _ PA R LI A M EN TA RY REVIEW . Tha debatrton Lord _Palmerston ' s _foreign _polir-y _Jullyjiistilied the charge of _ignorance and apathy _royjii ' i _' tinir _foreign iiffairs _, which is _dle- ; _e- ] _against the peuple of this country . Its _wncluaioii , however _gratif y in ,- to the Minister whose conduct was _arraigned , was most hnrai _li'itinjr , and may , in future , become deel
py injurious to the Uritish nation . The _Wliia-- party have shown themselves _mc'ip'iiilc ol _lu'i'pin _^ ii '•• _ini' _-lo promise , tliey made when the H-fonn Hill first hoisted them into ofi ' ict _^ _ait'M- the lapse of a long period of exclusion from it . _Xor- ' _ntei-ference with the affairs of other countries _«; _tlien announced as one of the card _iial j _oi-its of their poliev , but lil « 5 tiie R trail h _m-nt and Economy which were _promi-ed at tae same time , it has
t . iiWnn / 1 nilf A \ fQ / _ii 1 if tVli » nn « _mi , nn Tl t . t ur _/ ied out directly the reverse . The ' noble Lord _tlae Member for Tiverton , " has managed to keep the country—we may gay the world-, in hot water , about one quarrel or other " whenever he has been in office ; and his last exploit has heen , to inflict on this country _\ R _& mortification and disgrace of having the despatches of the Minister of Forei gn Affairs contemptuously returned , and our Amba ssador kicked out of Spain , in the most humiliatinjr manner ! We by no means quarrel with the Spanish Ministry for resenting Lord Palmer _, ston ' s uncalled-for , rude , and offensive inter *
ference . It was the only _coursejvhich the independent administrators of the affairs of 3 country nominally , if not really , independent could pursue . But we do deplore , that the meddling- and mischievous system , which enabled a nation like Spain to inflict such a wound on our national honour , was aofc promptly and decisively condemned b y the Representatives of the nation . Instead of that , we had a mockery of a debate . _Notwithstanding the crowded state of the House during the greater part of the discussion , the excitement , as it approached ita
close , and the political standing of those who took part in it , the thing was clearly a sham . Mr Bankes , the mover ofthe vote of censure , was the very personification of the " forcible feeble , " and , in a lengthened , wearisome , monotonous harangue , full of repetitions , common places , and soundingnothingisms , uttered with pompous self-complacency , managed to set one-half of the Ilouse asleep , and drove the other to Bellamy ' s , for chops and cigars , whence
they only returned when Mr Shiel rose to favour the House with an exceedingly interesting historical romance . We are not aware whether the Master ofthe Mint has ever tried his hand at writing novels or not , but it is clear he possesses all the faculties for successful authorship in that line . His powers of invention are wonderful , and the ease with which he plays with dates , figures , and facts , is absolutely astounding . He really would be very great in the " historical novel" line .
It was a curious feature ofthe debate , that all the speakers combined to prove two things —first , that though our despatches had been flung in our face , and our 'Ambassador con . temptuously turned out of Spain , that we had not experienced any humiliation ; and , secondly , that , though Lord Palmerston had caused this national disgrace , he was yet an extraordinary clever Foreign Minister . One
of the reasons wh y England was not humiliated , as expressed by Mr Shiel , struck us as being very remarkable . " The nation , " said he , " that is powerful enough to avenge an insult , is powerful enough also to despise it ! " We wonder what old Oliver Cromwell—who , in his day , made the namo of England and Englishmen respected in all the . "Foreign Courts of the world—would have said to this queer proposition ?
Sir R . Peel joined in the compliments showered upon the Foreign Minister , as far as ability went , but he cautiously abstained from any approval of the system upon which Lord Falmerston conducts his policy , as , indeed , it was impossible for him to approve of it , looking at the nature of the foreign policy of his own Administration . Lord Palmerston ' s system is neither more nor less than a policy of personalities . In every Court it establishes a party for , and a party against
, England—thus engendering hostility and antagonism , and preventing the transaction of business in that impartial , honourable , and dignified manner , which ought to characterise the official intercourse of nations . The result , as far as we are concerned , is a perpetual succession of squabbles , and the imminent danger of finding ourselves , some fine morning , involved in a war , without having the chance of reaping either honour or profit from tbe contest .
We do not wonder that Lord Grey should have had such a strong objection to a policy like this , as to induce him to reruse to take office with them in 1 S 45 , and thus keep the hungry expectants of the party out for a year _longer . The wonder is greater that , looking at the sentiments he expressed in 1844 , heshould even now _consent to sit in the same Cabinet with " his noble friend the member for Tiverton . " He then
said , " That there was no greater curse to the world at large , and to the interests of civilisation and humanity , than the carrying ; on m every court in Europe , and in every country in the world , a party struggle between what wa & called the English party and the French party . He abominated the whole system of such interference , and he would say , that the more they abstained from giving advice as to the manage ' ment of their internal affairs , the better . "
For this opinion lie gave good and solid reasons , and he concluded by saying , " he hoped they would , in f uture , abstain from all interference , and that they would leave the Spaniards to settle their own affairs for themselves , as the most likely means of restoring that country to the state of constitutional government , and security of person and property , which nil must equally desire . "
Disregard of this sound political advice , and reckless intermeddling with Spain , by Lord Grey ' s own colleague , has led to the result we have stated , and however much thtt House Of Commons may assume to " Pooh ! pooh ! " the Spanish affair , no vote it can pass of confidence in Lord Palmerston , will wipe away the stain wliich these events have cast upon the escutcheon of this country .
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In drawing attention to the state of the juvenile population of the metropolis , Lord Ashley presented an accumulation of facts , deepl y and painfully interesting in themselves , and constituting at the same time a bill of indictment against the ruling classes in this country , of the most conclusive and condemnatory character . The extent to which other more immediately pressing matter has filled our columns this week , prevents so full an abstract of these facts as we eould have wished
to present . He showed , conclusively , that not less than 30 , 000 boys and g irls exist in London , who constitute the basis , as it were , of our criminal population : from them the ranks are constantly recruited , While Government are busily engaged , at an enormous expense , in prosecuting , imprisoning , transporting , and _occs * _sionally hanging , these criminals in units , they are at . tbe same time allowing circumstances to exist , which breed and train up others to follow the same course by tens of thousands ! But
this is part snd parcel of the statesmanship and economy of the day . Fifteen or eighteen millions a year for cannons , muskets , and swords , gunpowder and lead , soldiers and sailors , is considered a very proper expenditure indeed . Five millions a year to educate , employ , or put in a way of employment aud self support—by honest and honourable industry—those who are driven _^ into criminal courses for want of such education and assistance , would be denounced as the most _wasteful and extravaKaut misapplication of the national finances . What wise
men our _staiesuieji are . Lord Ashley , however , though he can collect facts , and possesses the further merit of arranging them clearly , and stating a case well , is deficient of that faculty which enables a man to draw the proper conclusion from his own premises , and ofthe boldness which would compel him to demand remedies commensurate with the evils he had pointed out . Hence , on Tuesday night , after drawing a picture sufficient to make every head hang down for shame , mill every heart to _la-at witl ' i iilarm l _* ,. the
tutuve destiny of an empire in ' whose bosun such elements of evil are _Millered to grow up and accumulatejie concluded hy asking for some ten or twenty thousand pounds , to send away , to AuKti' _-tJiu or , w _* _m' _vtiier of our colonics , one thousand of the best conducted boys and girls from the _R'igged Schook of London . The attempt to stop the _growth of criminals and improve the condition ¦ . f the poople by _.. such _nieans , is as futile as it would be to bale out a ship with a single bucket , which had five feet of water injthe hold , and the leak unstopped ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 10, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10061848/page/4/
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