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    • THii NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 , 184C.
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      ^ A The Northern Star, December 19, 1846...

      _^ A THE NORTHERN STAR , December 19 , 1846 .

      Libeltal Books Os Politics, T11eology, And Social Progress,

      LIBEltAL BOOKS _os POLITICS , T 11 EOLOGY _, AND SOCIAL PROGRESS ,

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      Now ready . Price Oae Shilling . THK SKC _«!<» _-EB 1 TION « T - — * _*" MY LIFE , OR OUR SOCIAL STATE , PibiL a I _' _ocaa , by ERNEST JONES , Barrister at Law . . . Full of wild dreams , strange fancies and graceful images , _interri-ersed with in : oiy bright and _beautifuthuughts , its chief defect is its brevity . Thc author ' s in ; _spiralions seem to gush fresh and sparkling from Hippocrene . He will want neither readers nor admirers . —Morn ing Post „ ' It contains more pregnant thoughts , more bursts of lyric power , more , in fine , of the truly grand aad beautiful , tlian any peetical work , which has made its appearance for years . We know of few things more dramatically intense than tlie scenes betweer Vhilipp , Warren and Clare . —A _*« to Quarterly Review . _Publfehei by Mr . Xewby , 72 , _Moitimer-street , ' Caven dihs-. * : qii ! ire . • * ¦ " Orders received by all booksellers . ¦ By the same Author THE WOOD SPIRIT ; I

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      CHARTIST POEMS , "BY ERNEST JONES . ; Price ThreePence . ' 1 nWO EDITION , REVISED AND COBBECTHD . Replete with the fire of genius , and poetic powers of ths very highest order , for eloquence and destructive power , they appear , to _u _* - - , almost unrivalled . We say ''destructive , " for tlieir tendency is *• worse than Democratic . "New Quarterly Rcricw . -f Tory . ) These poems have earned for tbeir author the admiration of thousands . They may be classsed together as _stirriiis-siiil truly poetical appeals , which must command the response of the mighty multitude . — -Northern Star . These poems may very appropriately be styled the outpouring- of a soul inspired by a devout love for labour ' s _nuse , and intent on the _achievemaut of the emancipation of industry . The poetry will come homo with power to many a careworn heart , produce an influence on the mind of millions , and do its part towards keeping alive the flsuie of hope in the souls of the toiling . _—Nottingham Review . Oidcrs received by the author and Mr . Wheeler , at the office of the National Charter Association , 88 , Dean Street , Soho , London , or to M'Gowan & . Co ., Printers , lis , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London , where copies may be procured .

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      Thii Northern Star Saturday, December 19 , 184c.

      THii NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , DECEMBER 19 , 184 C .

      The Warrington Conspirators And Their Me...

      THE WARRINGTON CONSPIRATORS AND THEIR MEN . It is impossible for the unbiassed aud unprejudiced _reader to peruse the proceedings before the Warrington Justices , and published in last week ' s Star , without coming to the conclusion , not only that ** there is one law for the rich , and another for the poor , " but that there is merely the dicti / ni of authority for the persecution of the unprotected . The case against the seventeeu mechanics , not investigated

      by , but decided upon , by the Warrington Justices , was submitted to them hy the master's counsel , Mr . Pollock , with the foregone conclusion , that , met as it may he , it was after all one of conspiracy . Mr . Roberts , upon the other hand , attempted to enforce the judgment of Mr . Baron Rolfe , in opposition to the in terested opinion of plaintiff ' s counsel . But what say the " Shallows ? '' Why , after having heard theexparte statement of plaintiff ' s Counsel , they declare that uothiug that Mr . Roberts can add can alter their minds upon the question of commitment ; and throughout , the protection given to , and defence made

      for , Mr- Johnson , the cashier of complainants , the unauthorized and illegal intruder , who "justly chargeable with housebreaking , or at least illegally entering the dwelling house of one of the defendants , and assisting the constable as picklock , " will at once convince the most sceptical , was a conspiracy of the masters against the men . No single act of violence , force , or intimidation , is charged against the picquets , but , on the contrary , the most generous offers are made to those who shall abstain from violating the wholesome rules laid down for the protection of labour .

      The masters , as observed by Mr . Roberts , are daily in the habit of entering into the worst descri ption of conspiracy ; a conspiracy that can only be divulged orbrought to light by the confession of one ofthe conspirators ; a conspiracy against which those conspired against cannot defeud themselves-, a conspiracy including a majority of the _master-class of the kingdom . We have been told by the _^' mes , and other journals , that the men have a perfect right to conspire to regulate the price of their own wages , but that they have no right to conspire to

      prevent others working at whatsoever rate' they please . And in thc instance before us , did the men PREVENT the " knobsticks " ( the informers ) from working , by force , intimidation , or violence ? And * according to the law laid down by Baron Rolfe , with respect to the Tailors' strike , at Ashton , as well as with respect to some insulting words used to Builders , upon a scaffold , that learned and " just Judge" distinctly laid it down , that men of one trade had a perfect right to influence men of the same trade on all questions connected with wages , provided neither force or intimidation was used .

      Conspiracy ! until it became a charge for the support of faction , was held not only to be a heinous and illegal crime , but a moral turpitude ; an offence so revolting to the honourable mind , that one charged with it would be likely to withhold any communicaliou of bis own turpitude , at least from the apprehending constable—the--first fibre of the legal cancer that comes in contact with him . But so far from Mr . Selsby , the general secretary of the body , conceiving himself tinged with any illegal crime , or moral turpitude , that officer boldlv ,

      manfully , and innocently confesses himself the author of the several documents relied upon for his _^ condemnation ; and upon the mere application of the con-Stable , gives up others that lie might have withheld . What quality of conspiracy , then , is there in this trumped-up case of a pair of irresponsible tyrants against tlieir unprotected victims . And , let the law stand as it may , why continue the farce of conferring a right , which meti _caunot take advantage ot without subjecting themselves to a charge of conspiracy . We have said that the masters' conspiracy

      _ugauist the men is a universal conspiracy , an illegal conspiracy , and involving moral turpiiitude of tbe most demeaning character . It is an assassin conspiracy , because a secret conspiracy against which the victim has no power of defending himself . It is the system of professing to give good men good characters , while the assassin puts a private mark , unintelligible to the victim , who , while he supposes himself armed with an approving commendation , presents his death warrant to him from whom he seeks employment .

      We should be glad to know what the law would call the present resolution of the Lancashire manufacturers to work short time , and what would it term a combination of the hands to resist the attempt . Would it call thc masters' conspiracy a wholesome restriction for the preservation or wages , and the men ' s combination a conspiracy for the creation of a surplus . We are happy to find that the men have traversed to the next Liverpool Assizes , and , if Trades Unions are to be preserved , and if the National Association of the United Trades is to be the rallying point and staff of struggling labour , here is a national question ; here is a wh le question ; here is a most important question for

      their interference ; for let tbem rest assured that their fortress can only be assailed by these repeated attacks upon the PICQUETS of the body . If the hotly is too strong and impregnable to warrant the enemy ' s success in a pitched battle , the sectional warfare will be waged against the outposts ; the very weakness which the Times and other master Journals anticipated , when they recommended local clubs instead of national incorporation . Are we now once more to fight this battle of labour alone ? Are wc to toil and sweat with labour ' s indomitable Attorney-General , and , when beaten by the apathy of all , shall wc , as of yore , he charged with all the consequences of defeat ? We tell the trades of England that THE WARRINGTON CONSPIRACY is the most important question ever submitted to a

      The Warrington Conspirators And Their Me...

      Court , of , Justice on their behalr " , and , should indifference upon their part ( secure but a lame defence or shabby triumph , it -will go far to disorganise their body , paralyse their members , and give confidence to the enemy . Already , we believe , the leading counsel at the English bar have been retained for the defence , and let not the _struggle lack its main ingredient , the continuous , incessant , undyingi and untiring expression of universal horror at the injustice done to the innocent accused , and let those who vauntiligly contend for tlieir rights remember , that , when one of a community is injured , the whole . of society is wronged . . _ia * _m . _^> _S' _> _SS _^ . * _SS . _«^^ B _^"'" . " ¦ _*""*"" —

      Thirty Million Humbugs, " As Well May Th...

      THIRTY MILLION HUMBUGS , " As well may tha lamb with the tiger unite , The mouse with the oat , or the lark with the kite . t With my ballinamora , No union with humbug for me . " _Ix our time we have witnessed many humbugswe have witnessed the "Volunteer" humbug of 1832 ; the " Repeal"humbug ; the " Precursor"humbug the " Justice to Ireland" humbug ; the "Lovely Young Queen" humbug ; tbe' _* . Boyne Water"

      humbug ; ihe "One more Trial" humbug ; the " ' 82 Club " humbug ; the " Spontiaty " humbug ; but , blessed be Ged , the great magician has now presented us with a Thirty Million humbug , as the Irish Christmas pantomime . When we read the Li . berator ' s proposal of a Conference of arbitrators , appointed by himself , to settle all matters of difference between the Old and Young Irelanders , from _aur knowledge ofthe old fox we saw the drift of the dodge more clearly than those who have been unaccustomed to follow him in his devious course .

      O'Connell had three reasons for making this proposition : his first was for the purpose of dividing the responsibility of the present state of Ireland with'the young gentlemen who are in no ways accountable for the debasement he has brought upon the Irish nation . His second object was to secure a temporary reconciliation upon a point on which he is wrong , with a pre-detcrmined resolution to put the Young Ireland party more in the wrong upon some other question , then to banish them and exult in their dismissal ; and his third object was to preserve his authority until after the general election ; as

      O'Connell ' s policy has ever been to sell Ireland through her representatives , convinced of the impossibility of making wholesale confiscation of her fiery and enthusiastic nationality .. And then , to whom does the Liberator propose to submit the question of difference , and what question does he propose to submit ? Why , a splendid phantom to a tribunal of expectant barristers—a question which neither O'Connell or all the bar of Irelaud can give judgment upon , that shall guide men suffering oppression who have been taught to watch the oppressor ' s weakness to release themselves from bondage .

      Why ask for the cold-blooded judgment of men trained to the indiscriminate support of right and wrong , and looking to servility as a stepping-stone for promotion ? Can the technical , the cold-blooded and interested definition of mere lawyers bind the untrammelled mind , and forge chains for yet unfa _> rn patriots ? Will their decision blunt thc oppressor ' s bayonet , or make the tyrant sheathe his sword ? What mind is there that has riot an untrammelled tribunal within it , to which common sense and manhood would appeal against this old woman judgment ? But , says Mr . O'Connell , the lawyers are to decide upon the _question of law , as

      the question of physical force is the only question in dispute . What , then , does the old fox suppos the young cubs to be so deficient in sagacity as to allow him to test his innocence upon unanaswered charges by the simple decision upon an unmooted question . Suppose this legal tribunal , aided by some law quirk , to decide that Mr . O'Connell was perlectly right upon the question of physical force , would it not be trumpeted to the world as a general verdict of acquittal of the charge of selling Ireland for patronage ; of appointing government hacks as Irish representatives ; of treachery in the Senate ; deceit in Committee , profligacy in Council , and misapplication of the funds ?

      Moreover , will not common sense ask , whether tbis appeal was made to justice or expediency ? Whether to justice , when the naked question _stoad as it does now , or to expediency , when the walls of the rotunda echoed the downfall of profligacy . Where ' . * * the Balance Sheet ? How are the unexp lained lies to be atoned for ? Is Master Morgan to disgorge his Saxon salary , and Master John his _cai-tle feast ? Is Dungarvan to be relieved ofits splendid phantom , and is the Saxon mint lord to be coined into sterling _Irish patriotism , or is the repeal borough to be represented by a counterfeit ? The matter of difference between Old and Young Ireland is simply whether Ireland is to be

      SOLD OR . SAVED ; , whether her members are to he Whig tools or _representatives of Irish grievances ? . That ' s the question of difference , whether thejpeople are to be deluded into the surrender of passing opportunities for splendid phantoms ? Whether they are to be robbed of their poor pittance , that drunken actors maj _spoiittheir grievances , and magnify their subserviency upon the stage . The question is , whether the Irish or the English ave to have Ireland ? But il it is to be a mere question of physical force , let the defendants staiul charged upon their words , and not upon their conceptions , thoughts , or dreams , inspired by the informer .

      "I have more physical force at my command than any monarch in Europe . " —Daniel _O'Co-hkeii ., " Morally it we can , physically if we must . " —Daniel O'Connell , on Tura of the Kings . " I would rather _cce Ireland's streams running blood , and her green fields dyed crimson , than see her oppression continue . " —Dasiil O'Connell . "Thank God , my arm is yet young enough to wield fl sword in the struggle for Ireland's liberty , " _—D-jnii-i O'Connell . " Let me have the petitionsfrom 500 , 000 fighting men , and let tbem run thus , wc 509 . 000 fighting men of lighting age , do HUMBLY PETITION YOUR . HONORABLE HOUSE . " —Daniel O'Connell .

      "England ' s weakness is Inland's opportunity . "Daniel O'Connell . " Let them think of the motto nnder the touch-hole ofthe volunteer ' s cannon . "— _Dimiel O'Connell , with his finger on his nose . "I don't say that the time may not come when we shall be culled upon to take the field for Irish liberty , and then 1 shall be amongst thc foremost in its ranks . "Master John .

      Now wc ask the disinterested judge to point fo any thing in the Nation , to repeat any sentence spoken in the moment of heat by the most enthusiastic , equally significant of physical force as the mildest of the above expressions , circulated throughout the length and breadth of Europe and America , as the dial at wliich the Irish mind was set . What , then , is the traitor to become the prosecutor ? And is the supposed guilt of others to furnish his justification

      and acquittal ? Out upon such rubbish . But Smith O'Brien aud the regenerators have rejected the polluted hand , and spurned the debasing offer . And let it not be supposed that tbis is a question upon which the _English people can bo silent and indifferent . No , itis a question in which O'Connell's power is involved , a power that has ever been hostile to , and used for the destruction of English as well as Irish liberty .

      Thc trades cannot be insensible to a question that is to extend or limit the power of their greatest enemy and oppressor . The factory child , whose limbs have been twisted-by his breath , cannot be indifferent ; the branded pauper spending his cold Christinas in the cheerless hall uf thc stranger , cannot he insensible ; the widows of Clayton , flolbcrry , and Dully , who-o husbands perished under the vote of his . ' life _lichspiUlcs , and new judges , and his own neutrality , cannot be indifferent ; the 500 Chartists whose liberty hung upon his voice , and whose incarceration was perpetuated by his neutrality , and the subserviency ef the Member for Clonmcl _, Mr .

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      J _. _ustice _. Pigott , and , the Master of _„ the Mint ,,, thu Hon mrabb Member ? foi- Dungarvan , they eannct b # indifferent ; and if the name of rebel is likely to disturb Shell in bis sleeping tomb , or Frost , William--, and Jones , in the convict land , they cannot be indifferent . This old man turned spy upen the Chartists for the Attorney-General , he is now turning informer against Ireland ,. to strengthen Whiggery upon the ruins of his countrv .

      He has performed his mission according to his engagement—his terms , as we announced at the time were , to break up the Irish confederation , in order that Ireland ' s weakness may be Russell ' s opportunity . And now , discarded and driven from the conventicle , aa y « jt unpolluted by Saxon patronage , we find this drivelling old man kissing th « bands of tlie Irish landlords , conspiring with Frederick Shaw , charged with the suppression of the State-Trial Papers , and other Orangemen , hoping to gull them with the splendid phantom of

      THIRTY MILLION HUMBUGS . Tlie old fox knows how to put salt upon the young birds- tails ; he made a party of Ireland , and abandoned it to seek refuge in the Landlord class ; were we not justified in 1832 in asserting that HE WOULD HIE A TORY ? But to clap the climax , Master John says , "Papa H was I that made the row , and I am so glad that we are to kiss , nnd make friends . " A word and we have done . The justice of the controversy is

      unaltered by the growing strength of Young Ireland While they were weak , and there was no anticipation of their strength , tho autocrat poured _hisweekiy wrath upon them , now that they are strong he stretches out his arms for protection and vainly hopes to save hiuself by convincing the Irish people thathe has offered terms of honourable reconciliation , which have been rejicted by the _seceders . But the Irish will understand that a _patched-up quarrel always leads to future rebellion .

      Weekly Review. Notwithstanding The Measu...

      WEEKLY REVIEW . Notwithstanding the measured tone of the orators at the meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday , and the verbal expression ofa hope _thatreconciliaiion between O'Connell and his tail , and the Young Ireland party , was yet _possible , it is quite cvide . it that uo such union will take place . Young Ireland i _» not to be done . The trick is sta ' e . They see through it . Failure , disgrace , and disappointment , are the only result of the last attempt to ruin an honest party and hoodwink a nation *

      Mr . Smith 0 Brien does not , in the estimation of some people , possess very high claims to political sagacity or extraordinary judgment ; but none doubt his earnest , straightforward sincerity . Such men are frequently deceived in their estimate of personal character ; and out of . the simplicity and singleheartedness of iheir own natures , invest , the deceivers with qualities akin to their own . Letthein , however , once awaken to a clear perception of the truth , and _henceforth there is never more communion with the hypocrite and trickster .. Ho is avoided l > y instinct . One deception is enough . Thus hash fared with O'Connell ' s _ambassador to Smith O'Brien .

      At once the leader of Young Ireland declared he would take no part in the transparent , though cunning , device ' .-by wliich _O'Cunnell hoped to win a verdict , and put his young , but powerful , opponents in tlie wrong . The Nation also , while expressing every possible desire for reconciliation , spoke out very plainly as to the terms upon which alone it could be effected . The ostensible point at issuenamely , the "legality" of . the doctrine of " physical force "—is , in reality , no question at all in the case-Practically , the Young Ireland party disavow holding it—at all events so far as Irish policy and affairs are concerned . Having done this , the Nation _s-ays : —

      But suppose that point settled—suppose the doors of Conciliation Hall opened to ' Young Ireland " aud ail thc Secession in a body- ( and it will be open to all or none)—then . comes the other side of the question . On what conditions are they to enter in ? Mr . O'Connell says— " Let us meet in a room and di-cu-s tlie points of difference between us . " Now , thu points of difference bctwetu us , are not alone " _illegality" or _ " physical force , "" but questions involving the political , moral , and financial _working

      of the _Association itself . The Scceders say , that as at present constituted and _conduc-irdii * is unsound , and therefore powerless for good ; often offensive in its tone and proceedings to its Protestant members , and ' therefore less than national ; under obligations to an English , faction , and therefor .- suspected aud deserted by the people of Ireland . They say , further , that the Committee , which , even in its hot _da- ' s _, had not tbat control which it ought to have over the operations of the body , lias now no control at all .

      All this they ought absolutely to see reformed before they again co-operate with the Repeal Association . For to what end should the Association be reconstructed , unless it is to be made effective for carrying out Repeal ? Why set up again that giant frame if there is not to be soundness at its core . Hard * conditions these to the dishonest and lazy crew who have so long lived on the pence of the Irish people 1 So hard that it is certain they can never be swallowed . The game h up . The delusion is at an end .. The Phantasmagoria so long exhibited by the performers at Burgh Quay , have vanished . Stern realities must succeed the

      shadowillusions . Fur Ireland is in a state such as no natioB pretending to the name of civilized , ever was known to be before . All the bonds . of society seem loosened : everything is inverted , turned topsy-turvy . Th ** wild elements of a thorough revolution are at work nml tho crisis demands wise , thoughtful , bold , and true-hearted . men—not hoary hypocrites , drivelling fouls , drunken spoulers , and ' selfish place-hunters

      Ihe long centuries of neglect , oppression , and injustice , which have passed over Ireland , have produced their approp riate harvest . The earth has been sown with serpent ' s teeth , and they spring * up armed men . It is fearful ta look into the possible , probable fu . ture , or to speculate on the fierv ordeal through whieh we and the Irish people have to pass ere our purification from past errors is effected , and sound health restored to thc body politic .

      The justification of these few sad and ominous words , will be found in the copious selections wc have given from the Irish papers . " Read , mark learn , and inwardly digest" them . On this side the Channel there is little to nctice . There is no one movement a-foot which has the ear or the heart of any considerable party in the nation , except the Land movement , The Tea agitation is so evidently a merely mercantile one , that it excites nn sympathy . The Malt-tax movement is equally

      sectional and limiteu . Mr , Charles Cochranc _' s i ? ort opening " little go , " has died a natural death . Indeed , one wonders at the perseverance , and , above ail , the desperate generosity , by which it -was kept in existence for so long a time . By way of filling up the interval of this " piping time of peace , " all sorts of minor diversions are resorted to . Now is the time for pigmies to _iiclricve greatness , and strut upon the stage a brief existence before the giauts come on to send them into their native littleness .

      As to the coming Parliament , the air begins to be filled by the buz of rumours usual about this time , and amongst other indications of the approich of the season , the Standard and Post have contrived lo manufacture a new topic out of their intense dislike to Sir Ii , Peel . It is with reference to the _placo in wliich their former favourite should sit in the House of Commons on there-assembling of Parliament . The Standard , which was the first to broach the question , denied chat Sir R . IVel would be the real leader of the opposition . That tart it

      assigned to Lord George Bcntinck , and it was grievously wounded by the idea that Peel and his adherents should sit on the front bench to the left of the Speaker . It gave , however , an explanation , meant to show the virtue of submitting to necessity , The explanation was : that the left front bench was by the usage of Parliament assigned to Priv _* > - Councillors in opposition , that Peel , for re .. 50 ng h ( , _M know to himself , had never made any of the Protectionist party Privy Councillors , that most of hi * immediate adhorcnts held that honour , and that consequently the numerically wwk Bect _* oa Q f J

      Weekly Review. Notwithstanding The Measu...

      Conservative party would secure * the front place , while Lord George , _andhk _iMger forces , will be driven to the back seats or farther from the chair _. This dictum , however , is . dissented from by a correspondent to , whom the Standard gives way , as possessing large parliamentary experience . lie says : — . . "I believe you are in error in supposing that there ' s any Privy Councillors ' JBench on the Opposition side of the House . I never , during now near fifty years that I have known the House of _Commons , learu ot such a priuciple or saw such a practice . If Mere had been _aooh it is hardly credible that Mr . Il o „ % rW _, _haJe , P * his Privy Cou . iciJlor- » seat on Sir Robert Walpole ' _s Treaaurv tWh . Pnr

      a snort : time towards the close of the last century there was not , I believe , a single Privy Councillor tobe * oen on the Opposition bench . It « ao occupied by Pox Grey , Sheridan , Erskine , Tierney , when not "my Councillors , just as it was after they K . H _M me « l ' _** nk- Subsequently Mr . Wait * K u ' , - ro 5 ' _^ Sir Samuel _llmitlv , and Sir Sum on _tlSW' Wh ° ° CCUpie < J t ,, e lorel _" uost _^ t _ons on that _beuch , wore none of them Privy Counr 1 ?„ ¦ * T ¦ . *? can a 11 _wcoUect that so lately as the Kelorm administration Mr . Hunt , who certainly wag l \ _fhllVnh _^ ? ' &> ii onthe Opposition Bench wit i Sn Robert Peeland that supporters

      ; even some nt the Government , as Mr . O'Connell , & e , sat for some tune in the same neighbourhood . B ., t , at all events , I think I may safely assert , that Lord George _isentaiik , or any other member , Privy Councillor or not , may sit , if lie pleases , on wh . it is called the Opposition bench , and can assure himself of that seat by the usual precaution ., f being in his place at prayers— the only mode by which , according to the general rules ofthe Ilouse , any place can be secured , and these rules extend to every part of the House except only the Treasury Bench , and a seat in which a member has been thanked .

      Ths Standard is '' grateful" for this correction , and adds"That . Sir Robert Peel , Sir James Graham , and the rest of them , rae ? . n to occupy the Opposition leaders' bench , if permitted to do _s- > , wc _might inter trom their conduct last summer , even if they did not use all available means to announce to the public that such is thoir purpose . ' One cannot pass through Pall Mall without _beini ; assailed bv one er ot . _iei * of Sir Robert Peel ' s p ersonal dependants , with assurancvs ofthe Right , lion . Baronet ' s high health and . high spirits ; the number ot hares he shoots every day ; and , ahove all , the assurances of his determination to take the teat of Opposition leader , to attend constantly in Parliament , and to take part in every impwrtant debate .

      ** The knowledge we have , then , of the determination of the ex-minister demands some preparation . " r The conclusion is the recommendation of an address to Lord G . Bentinck from the members of the country party , calling upon him to assume the seatof opposition leader , and thus prevent the usurpation ofthe deserters ; of course the Post concurs in all this . It is a very pretty quarrel as it stand- * * , but if there be any truth in the rumours about the clubs , another change of positions and seats is not far off . The divisions in the Cabinet between the partisans of Lords , Grey and Palmerston , to which we alluded a

      week or two since , are said to have reached such a height that a break up ofthe Cabinet is unavoidable ; the sooner the whole lot are kicked out of office the better . Russell has shown himself totally incapable of grappling with tbe state of Ireland , and Palmerston his usual fncilifcr of getting us into hot water abroad . Instead of having the session to devote quietly to the educational , sanatory , and other social reforms which Lord John promised on taking office , we shall have to deal with a whole natt-. ii ia a state of anarchy and utter destitution ; and with foreign affairs in a plight which threatens most seriously the peace of Europe .

      It is impossible not to contrast this disastrous and gloomy aspect of affairs , with the _effcotive and business-like arrangements of Peel for the relief of Ireland last winter ; and the dignified , but conciliatory and pacific , policy of'Lord Aberdeen , by which , without compromising national honour , or forfeiting national advantages , we were preserved from quarrels with other nations , who were quite ready to have bristled up into a warlike attitude , if we had given them the slightest excuse for doing so .

      The question mooted by the Standard is oi' no importance in itself , but it throw ? , incidentally , a little light upon the feelings by which the combatants on the arena of the House of Commons will be animated when next they meet . Peel is not the man to be deposed from his well-won supremacy and _portion in that Ilouse , by any Lord George oi them all ; and if the lately-elected idol of the Protectionists attempts it , we have little doubt but that he will be worsted .

      Grateful Paddy. (From Punch) Oeh! Paddy,...

      GRATEFUL PADDY . ( From Punch ) Oeh ! Paddy , tnj honey , we ' ve given you money , And we freely come down with tbe dust , did we not ?* And now you enjoy it , the way you employ it , Is in laying it out upou powder and shot . In want and starvation , you cried to our nation To relieve you we pineh'd our own indigent sons ; You _itaiued your _pstition—ta buy ammunition , Pikes and cutlasses , bayonets , pistols and ( tun ? . Against us thus arming , your conduct is cha _.-ming To the friends that . vou found in your _s > ea * _iii of need . Sure , Padd y my darling , at Englishmen snarling , 'Tis a rare grateful boy that je are , then indeed 1 So , shout for O'Brien , the young Irish Lion , Whilst _pursuing your mighty magnanimous course ; Our alms ' _gaiust " our honours" the Sassenach , the donors You convert into weapons of " physical force . "

      Grateful John Dull. Oith ! John Bull My ...

      GRATEFUL JOHN DULL . Oith ! John Bull my _darlint . you ' re _notbuig but varmint , You ' _rw playing on Paddy and running your rigs , You grunt and you grotvl _, hud hick to your _soal , While you ' re aiten our bread stuffs , our praties , and pigs . Yon big bellied divil , why can't you be civil ! We axed you to give u * a hit of our own , ¦ And you coek up your snout , like a pig in the gout , And _instid of the bread _start ' _i , you give us a stone . You _tlirait US Wid scorning , while our monees adorning , You ' re streets and your parks , and you ' re palaces too , The poor ov thu nation , is dead wid starvation , And you exposing fas b . usts to you ' re own pauper crew . So shout for Lord J . _iVn , that ' s not very strong , Wiiile we bays up the muskets , the powder and shot , And when we've ihe miins , you'll attiud to our claims , For be prayers and petitions therM _aotliing begot . F . O'C

      Co -Mentors & Eorrestooufctr. &

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      Bolton Our Bolton Friends May Restsatisf...

      Bolton Our Bolton friends may restsatisfled that the omission of tlieir previous notices was no fault of ours . We sre always _rea-iy and willing to accommodate the working classes , for whose benefit alone our paper is established ; and therefore , if their communication had arrived , it would have appeared . Many continue still to address US , 340 , Strand ; whereas our address is , 1 (* _. Great Windmill Street , Ilayniarket , London . Our friends will find their wisueB complied with iu the present number . ' It . P , Q . Y . It . S , T _.--Upontlie colliery explosion . We

      never insert the lucubrations of anonymous writers . TO THE SECRBTAKY of . THE MiMCnESTEB JOURNEYMEN Bxhe &' s Society . —Sir , —You arc requested to send your address to John . Miiward , Parker Silent , Dirby , with a copy of the rules ot your society . The Makers of Derby seeing the _n-.-uemity ot" union to obtain aa amelioration of their condition , wish to form themselves into « soewty , and _become a branch of the Manchester Union . W . Woodhoosb .- —November . — 1344 . A Lancashire _Dejcocuat . Forward your address to Mr . Harney , Northern Star office , and you will be answered .

      J . " Skevinotox should write toMr . O'Connor . Uenrv Flood . — Xe . it week ; press of matter excludes from this _wceli ' s number . _, _Has atom , —lu tuo ' _O'ding article on "Small Farms last went , au error occurs in the following sentence : —« " The same canton which has the greatest number of Landlords iu Switzerland , contains nearly aU its pauperism . " It should have been tho " smallest" number _. The context slioived the tact insisted upou , but it is as well , iu such matters , to give no room for cavil . A _CoRaRSWKOKST dt'Siios us to insert the mUowing notice to any member of the Land Company who * _* m obtained his allotment , ana i * not disposed , at present , to avail himself of going on the land , would oblige bv stiuing on what term * he will dispose of the lot to a poor man who has been out ofa situation two vears . All leit m on the _subject * re to be addressed ( post paid ) to Mr . _Mumuy , _Sub-Secretary ot the Land Company , Turner Street , _JlailCllOSleh

      Died, December Uiu, Lsitt. A'- I'Ershore...

      Died , December UiU , lSitt . a ' - I ' _ershore . w _**_ _* _% hire , afi « d « fty . twoyc _* . w _. _' J mi . aa , ihe beloved _n »* Mr . Johu Side-way , of the _al _^ ve pl _*" _N *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19121846/page/4/