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4 THE NORTHE8N STAft. Maiich 20, 1847
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TilsL LAND AND US (JAi'AiilLillES
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ADDRESS OF TIIE SOCIAL FRIENDS SOCIETY.
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THE iNOKTHEKxN STAR SATCHPAY, MARCH 20, 1817.
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TIIE TEN HOUSS' BILL. Despite of open an...
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THE WARRINGTON JUST-ASSES. " Man, vain m...
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THE SLAUGHTER AT BARNSLEY. We are glad t...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The great event of...
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The Irish Poor Law, after a two ni ghts'...
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The only other question of importance mo...
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4 The Northe8n Staft. Maiich 20, 1847
4 THE NORTHE _8 N _STAft . _Maiich 20 , 1847
Tilsl Land And Us (Jai'aiillilles
TilsL LAND AND US ( _JAi'AiilLillES
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No . 8 of THE LABOURER , Just published , contains a Reprint of Mr . F . O'Connor ' letter , iu the "Northern Star " of January 3 ' th , demon _Strii ' . iiie ; the certainty with which an allottee may sup port himself and family , and accumulate money , ou a " Two Acre" allotment . * The very general demand that was made for the paper con ; limns tha above letter has induced the Editors to reprint it , after careful revision , in the March Kumber of the Labourer .
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No . 4 ofthe Labourer , to be published on April 1 st , wil' cutitain an elaborate _nrtfeieem '' TIIE BANK " , in ks relation with tho " LAND COMPANY . " j
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JUST PUBLISHED , So . 3 , ( price 6 d . ) of THE LABOURER , _Jfonthly _Magazine of Politics , Li . trature , Poetry , & C Edited by FrAUGCs _O'Cc-Hsoa , Esq ., asd _Eskest JoSEs , Esq ,, ( Barristers-at-Law . ) The Democratic Movement in this eountry heiug wholly deficient in a monthly organ , the _afc-ve magazine is esta . Hished to rcmedv this deficiency . Placed by lowness of price within the reach of all , jvt equal to its more expensive _competitors , it embraces the following features : — l .-THE LAND AND THE LAIiOUREH , " or thc progress and position of the National L : ind Company , and all interestinjr facts connected with the culture and produe-e ofthe soil ,
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C 11 ARTIST POEMS , BY ERNEST JONES . Priew _IT * ire « Pence . fifth jmnoN , eevised asd _cobeected : Replete with the fire of genius , and poetic powers of the very highest order , fur eloquence and destructive power , they appear , to u =, almost unrivalled . We say " destructive * , " for their tendency is " worse than Democratic . "New Quarterly Retiete . —( Tory . ) Orders received l >* r tbe author and Mr . Wheeler , at the _olilce of the National Charter Association , 83 , Dean _Street , Soho , Loudon , or by _H'Gowan . & Co ., Printers , 16 , _Gre-at Windmill Street , Haymarket , London , where copies may be procured .
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A NY ALLOTTEE wishing to DISPOSE of a PRIZE TICKET on the HERRINGSGATE or REDMARLEY ESTATE of a Four-acre Share , the Advertiser will give £ 10 and a Free Four-acre Ticket , or a Three-acre All : n » ent . —Apply ( by post ) to G . D ., at Jlr . Drake ' s , 2 , _PadiHngtoii-strcet , Marylehune , London .
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IMPORTANT TO _PHOTOGRAPHISTS . AX application was made on the 22 nd S « pt . * aiher , to the _Vicc-Chanrellor of England , by At . Beard who , jcting _unde-r a _mostestraoi-diny deiusi j . _i , considers himself tiie- _tokpatentee of the Photographic process !) to _restniin MR . EGERTON , of 1 , Temple-strtot , and 148 , _Plctt-street , rom _t-skiug Photographic _Portt . _uis , which he _lion's hy a process entirely _dihercat froD . _, uid very _suj-crior to Mr . _Beanl ' s , and at one-half the el . _' rge . llis Honour refused the application in toto . S . i license required fr ) practice this process , which is _an-litby Mr . Egerton iu a £ _* . w lessons at a moderate charge - All th _Apparatus , Chemicals , etc . to be had as usual _* t bin D' » iif . l , Temple-street , 'A hitefri .-irs .
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_jS _* r _* i _^/ _**** " 5 a _, § _^ _aSfe , WEST K 1 DIXG OF YORKSHIRE . SPRING SESSIONS , 1 S 47 . _TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Spring 1 \ Geaeral Quarter Sessions of the Peace , for the "We-t Riding ot the County of York , will be holdeu at PONTEFJ 1 ACT , en _Mosdat the _Fiktu Dat of Apeil _jdxi ; on _whii-h dny the Court will be opened at eleven _oV-i-i-iscf ths forenoon , and ou every succeeding day at nine o'C ! e . -ck . Prosecutors and Witnesses in Prosecut ' ons must he in _attendance , in the followiu ; order , via . : — Thiese in Felony , from tlie divisions of Strafforth and Tickhill , Loner Agbrigg , Barkstonash , Staincross , and Osgoldcross , at the opening ofthe Court on Mondav morning . . TJiose from tlie divisions of Upper Agbnjp- _"oriey , and Skyrack , at Ose _o'Ciock at _h _' oop ¦ * - _^ _- * _f-T-... sefrom the divisions of _SH _^ _JS _^ TJi ' _r * i _,, _„ _» T ,, i tl ... 4 in _^ tv _rh- _- _*'* ' the remainder of the _& _md _14 ' ) a _^ d n t- _- ( _' « - _** - _—* of misdemeanor , T , V r W 3 _* _OTi' & _™&** _^ attend at the open . - _„ " f , _« court on Monday , when they will be immedi" _£ _Sc sworn and charged , aud afterwards motions by counsel n ill be heard .
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TO TAILORS . Now ready , THE LONDON AND i'AHIS AUTUMN AND WINTER FASHIONS for 13 'B and 17 , by liENJAMIN READ aud Co ., 12 , Hart-street , lUooinsbury-square , London ; and by G . Merger , Holywcll-strett , Strand , London . May * behadatl 2 , Hart-street , and of all booksellers wheresoever residiog , a Splcudid Print , richly coloured , and exquisitely executed View , Hyde-park gardens , as seen from Hyde-park , Loudon . With this beautiful print will be sent Dies ? , Frock , and Riding Coat I ' _attu'ns , tbe Newest Style _Chesterfield , aul the Sew Fashionable Double _lire-asted "Waistcoat , with Skirts , tbe method of reducing and increasing tiiem for all sizes explained in the most simple manner , with four extra plates , and can be easily _jierfonucd by any person ; manner of making up , and a full description of the Uniforms as now to be worn in the Hoval Navy , and other _information , price 10 s . or post free , lis . _ .. _ _. _ .
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_^ _ATl-JN . a _CU-Oi'EltATlVE BENEFIT SOCIETY , AND PROVIDENT INSTITUTION . EXTENDING OVER THE UNITED KINGDOM . Enrolled pursuant to the Friendl y Societies Act Patron . —Thomas _Waklev , M . P . Directors . —Messks . P . _M'GnATir , T . Cr . _Anu . C . Doric Secretaries .--ED _^ uj > _STAXj . wooD , THOMAS -WU COX . _" London OJSces . -bi , _Dt-aii-street , Soho , and 2 . Little Villi * place , _Ilammcrsmith-road Banh .-The National Land and Labour Bank .
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IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS . A _** _^ _-J _? UISTS antl othC TB _i-ay purchase 15 !) ACRES OF RICH TIMBERED Lm IN n esters VIKGIMA , described by General Walk UigtOll as tlie Garden of America , for £ 23 Ss 8 d _Stprlitur ALOOT THHEE SHILLINGS ' PER ACREi £ _$ ' PAYMEN TS idd 0 , ™ , tLeremaindCr "" FlVE _ASSDAL For further information apply to _CUAULES WILLMElt , American Land Ofiice , _STASiET B _VILDISG S , nr _** « , , r . ? AT STREET , LIVERPOOL . Of whom may be had a Pamphlet on Emigration , in winch these Lands are fully described , and the terms of sale explained , by sending three postage stamps to free the same .
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Kow Beady , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had at the _Northern Star Ofiice , IC , Srcat Wind mill Street ; and of Abel Heywood , Manchester .
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ANATOMY OF THE PEERAGE , LIYIXG- AND DEAD * Just Published , containing upwards of 900 pages , price os . bound in cloth , originally published at 10 s . Gd ., A PEERAGE FOR TiiE PEOPLE ; comprising Kiographical and Historical Sketches of each Member oftlie House of Peers , and an Account ofthe _Pl-ices and Emoluments distributed amongst their Families . By William _Cakpenteh . "A useful and ivell-timcl work , written in thc broad and popular manner of Mr Carpenter . "— Spectator . " The book has great talent , is smartly written , and there is a f ' _orcibleness iu the style of _argument . "— Conservative Journal . " The' Peerage for the People' is a sign of the times . "Literary Gazelle . "Mr Carpenter ' s able aud impartial hook requires no commendation from us . "— ir <» tmiiister Rsvieio . London : W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster Ron-, and all booksellers .
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NOTICE . , UNITED r-ATPvIOTs and _PATRIARCHS _BENEFIT SOCIETY . _*" u , AiVV _" P . _iti-oa . —T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . IN answer to the numerous inquiries of Agents , Members , and other Correspondents , Notice is hereby given , that the Prospectus of the LAND and _15 UILD 1 NG HENEFIT SOCIETY requested , by them , to be brought into Co-operation with the above Institutions , is now in tbehands cf the printer , and will be ready for circulation at the end of the week . Witbin a few days tbe Rules will be submitted to the Certifying Barrister for Enrol _, ment . Further information , prospectuses , Ac , can be obtained by letter prepaid , enclosing a Postnge Stamp , directed to the Office of the Institutions , is , Tottenhamcourt , New-road , St . Pancras . London * By Order , Daniel W _«»« am _Rcffv , Secretary . Agents wanted in evci _3-Part ° f Great Britain . N . B . —In answer _w Agents aud Members , Mr Ruin _bcirs to state " _*•* ' he sent no copies of the " Northern _Star _- _ipf - _'" " ' Ctaor ISth inst ., ) to them or any one .
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A GOOD FIT WARRANTED . » T _thegreat western emporium , 1 , and _, Oxford-street _jHL Ubsddl and Co ., practical tailors , are now making a beautiful suit of superfine black for £ 310 s any size splendid _watej-proof overcoats made to order for 29 s each aud youths superfine suits for 24 s . The above house is the ' cheapest and best in London , for black cloths of everydescription , as may be seen hy several London dajly papess of last July , September , and Novembe 3 d Omiubuses to and from tho City , stop at the establishment every minute ofthe day .
Address Of Tiie Social Friends Society.
ADDRESS OF TIIE SOCIAL FRIENDS SOCIETY .
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AnxioHS to unite , in the bonds of brotherhood , the friends of the Rational System , and of human emancipation generally , we have formed a soeiety , entitled "The Social Friends' Society , " forthe purpose of applying the principles established by Robert Owen to social and personal improvement ; and of co-operating for the purpose of ultimately establishing a community of united interests , based on just and rational principle *? . Truth is thc basis of all excellence ; it animates and sustains good m _* n in all their undertakings . Shall Rationalists , who believe they hare discovered the _truo system of association , be diverted from the pursuit of theiv just and benevolent objects , by the partial failure that has attended their incipient
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OBSERVE . All correspondence , reports of public meetings , Chartist and Trades' Intelligence , and general questions , must be addressed to Mv . G . J . Haknev , " Northern Star Office , " 16 , Great Windmill Street , London . All legal questions , and matters of local news , not noticed in provincial papers , nnd requiring comnio t . to be addressed to Mr . Ernest Jones as above . All questions respecting Bills introduced into the Legislature , Acts of Parliament , their meaning and intent , & c , and questions respecting tbe Ministry , and the members of the two Houses of Parliament , to be addressed to Mr . George Fleming , Northern Star" Office AU questions , connected with the management of Innd , and touching the operations of building , cultivation , etc ., to he addressed to Mr . O'Connor . Lowbands , Red Marie , Ledbury , Worcestershire .
The Inokthekxn Star Satchpay, March 20, 1817.
THE iNOKTHEKxN STAR SATCHPAY , MARCH 20 , 1817 .
Tiie Ten Houss' Bill. Despite Of Open An...
TIIE TEN HOUSS' BILL . Despite of open and concealed hostility , talking against time , and even a more than usual amount of trickery , the Ten * Hours' Bill Im heen carried in committee ; we may fairly infer that fear has had more to do with this concession than humanity or principle , since the * speakers frequently _impressee * ** upon the Ilouse the dangers of delayr and of tampering with the excited feelings of the working classes * . one of them even went so fa ? as to state his anticjuations of a molt , should the Bill he
mutilated or thrown out . Now , this measure , although thus-far victorious , may still he _ulttmatalj * defeated , and will doubtlessly have a fiery ordeal to pass through in the House of Lords . We therefore trust that the people will not lose sight of the fact , that they mainly owe to out-doors agitation the support they , have met with in the- Hou e , and that they will not let the pressure from without grow weaker in the belief ef security , since the expression of _publicfeeling is daily proving itself more capable of squeezing something useful ont of the spongy materials of party-government . It is worthy of remark
how the arguments advanced ) against this measure hut add strength to the hands- of Democracy ,. since they demonstrate still further how incapable a . Glassgovernment is to legislate forra progressing people ; they urge the necessity of refusing reform , since one reform must lead to another;—every fresh concession will uncover an > additional deficiency in the fabric of corruption ; loosen one stone , and the others must come tumbling after , —and thus an honourable member insinuates the transition would be easy from the manufacturing operative to the agricultural labourer ; from the profits of the cotton lord to those of the landlord ; and that ,
in trenching on a part of the system of monopoly , there is danger for the whole . So there is ; and the whole must go * , the words were- prophecy ; Government know tlieir danger , and yet , in face of the awaking Democracy of England , they dare not refuse the admission of that principle , which unsets the cornerstone of their stronghold . It is to the principle involved in this measure that we mostly look—since it asserts the right of man to defend himself against tbe power of money ; and , as a battle of labour against capital , we regard it as another herald announcing the advent of the greater and more glorious reform embodied lu llic _CIIAllTEll .
The question is now removed from the ground of monied and of landed interest , to the broader one of democracy and monopoly , and when an opponent of the former contends that the " country" will lose two millions sterling per annum by the reduction proposed in the hours of labour , we arc naturally led to ask what will the ' - working classes " gain ? Can their wages be diminished ? If the Government fear to withstand the demand for limited
hours of labour , can the manufacturers dare still further to limit thc amount of wages ? This rests in the hands of the operatives themselves ; and we may safely take up thc line of argument advanced in the Ilouse , that there would be "danger" to monopoly in trying the endurance of the people too much . Wc contend the country can never lose , while the working classes gain , since the _prosadrity of the greater number must involve its increased prosperity . It has been asserted in Parliament that , as tlie income-tax did not restrict those who paid it from additional exertions
to increase their incomes , so it would be unfair to restrict the working man from working more than ten hours . Is he restricted fror a working more ? In the factory , certainly ; for the benefit of his taskmaster , certainly ; but he has so much the more time for himself . It is disgusting to observe how Dennistoun , the mouthpiece of the Glasgow millowners , endeavoured , at the " eleventh hour , ' to infuse a fresh and perplexing element into the discussion , and , at the same time , to make Parliament take the initiative in the reduction of wages they desiderate , by propositi : ; a system of
relays in the rotation of toil , the result of which would he , that 120 men might be employed where 100 are now , hut the 120 to receive no more money collectively than the 100 received before ! Even the Ilouse could not stand this , and he was obliged to withdraw his motion , after having , free trader as he is , pronounced a funeral oration on the free trade fallacies , hy asserting that the competition ot foreign manufacturers could only be resisted by the additional hours of factory-labour at home . How poor must be the strength of the manufacturers , if a few hours' difference in weekly labour can annihilate their chance against foreign competition 1 How sad
would be the prospects of the operatives , if left to the tender mercies of thc mill-owners , when the advocate of the latter openly asserts , that only by straining labour to an unlimited extent can they succeed in driving foreign manufacturers but of the market , and absorbing , in their own persons , the wealth of a universal commerce . Such , then , is the future shadowed forth to the toiling millions , unless the Factory Bill obstruct their hellish career while the member for South Lancashire , Mr . Brown , contended that the tendency of the bill would he to drive the population back on the rural districts , and thus increase the Poor Bates 1 How one of
our principles after another is unconsciously advocated by our opponents ! Thc effect of a surplus in thej factory labour-market must ultimately drive tbat surplus back upon the land , but , we trust , not to the Bastile ! We have opened another channel for that surplus , through means of the Land Company—another home , in the Chartist cottage . NOT AS PAUPERS , but as OWNERS OF THE SOIL , the factory-slaves must return to their counties ; and class-legislation here again
proves itself incapable of devising sound measures of reform , since , in pulling down an old ruin , it never attempts to prepare a new and better habitation for the objects of its legislative interference . Wc arc glad to perceive the Premier has , this time , been forced to abandon the haughty position he assumed when opposing the repeal of the ratepaying clauses , and has , in this one instance , accommodated his words somewhat to the wishes of the people . There is one passage in his clever and forcible speech with which we fully concur , where , in retorting on
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Bright , who accused him of advocating from party _Purposes principles to which he was opposed e says ; - » "Wben it is produced before me that the leading men ofthe Anti-Corn Law League repeatedly said that ten hours would he enough , provided the Corn Laws were repealed , I say that if I were disposed to retort imputations , I , in my turn , might say they used that argument merely to get the working classes to support the repeal of the Corn Laws , and not with the intention that they should be relieved thereby . ( Loud cheers . )"
He continues , however , to say— " that is not my belief ! " But it is ours , and these pretty altercations remind us of King Charles ' s remark , when he saw some dogs fighting beneath his _prison-window . For , as the king said— " Be it among ye ! " so may the people say to the squabbling factions who govern them , reserving to themselves the right of believing all the evil that the hostile parties mutually say of each other . We must , however , do the Premier the justice to say , he spoke in favour of the
good cause ; but he only spoke ; his little arms were not long , ' enough to hug the full measure of a thorough reform , and therefore , though he spoke in favour of the principle , he voted against the measure ! We congratulate ourselves that our enemies are obliged to lay the mask aside , though much against their inclination , at a time so near upon a general election , and trust that on that occasion the people will not forget the deserts of those who refused to rescue Labour from the
clutch of Capital . Thanks to the energy of the people in agitating tbis question throughout the country , the Bill has been thus far carried with a majority of 78 ; and yet some of the most professing liberals will be found among the minority , Bowring , Milner Gibson , B . _Hawes , Lord Morpeth , Villiers , Bright , MSaeaulay , Dundas , again enjoy the unenviable notoriety of being arrayed against thc people ; and , among others , Mr Brownrigg voted against the measure , _probably influenced by considerations for his name , since we remember that Mother Brownrigg
was tried aud executed some years ago , for having flogged her apprentices to death ; while her present namesake imitates her example ,, in endeavouring to work and starve to death the factory slaves of his day . In order that the names of-the supporters and opponents of the- Ten Hours' Bill may be _handsd down to the day of election , we subjoin the following _division-list , and remind the friends of Democracy at the same time , that we have not only to shun those mem who voted . against us , but those ,, as well , who do not VOTE AT ALL ; since he WHO IS NOT
FOR US , IS AGAINST US !
_MAJORITY—AYBSi Acton ,. Gol . Howard , HnB . © 6 Adder-ley , C B Howard , Ftt Aglionby , H A Humphery , Aid . _Ainsworth _, P Inglis , Sir B H All ' s , J-B Johnson , Gen . Arundel an J Surrey ., 2 wl Jolliffe , Sir W Q _H of Kemble , H Baillio- H J lascelles , Hon . W 8 Baiilie _, W Law , Hon . C E Barnard ) E O Layard , Major Baskcrville T B if Lefroy , A Bennet , B Liddell _, Hon . H T Bentinck , Lord G lowther , Sir J H
Bentinck , Lord H lowther , Hon . Col Beresford , Major Manners , Lord J Bernal _, _E March , Earl of Blaskstoue _, W S Mastermnn , 3 Blake , M J Maunsell , T P Brisco _, M Miles , W _BroadlsJ , H Morgan , O Bruen , Col , Munis , D Buck , L W Mostyn , HnE M L Bulkeley , Sir R B W Muntz , G F Uunbury , . W M Netvdegate , C N Butler , I ? S _Newport , Visct . Cabbell , B B Kewry , Visct Cayley ,. E S _O'Brien , A . S .
Chapman , A O'Brien , W S Chelsea , Viscount O'Connell , D , jun Chichester , Lord J L . O'Connell , John Christopher , R A Owen , Sir John Codrington , Sir W Packe , C W Cole , Hon H A Paget , Colonel _Collett , J Pukington , Sir J _Conyngham , Lord A Palmer , R uourtenay , iiora _raune-r , a Cowper . Hon W P Plumridge , Captain Crawford , W S Polhill , F C ' urtcis , H B Itsshleigb , W _D'Ejncourt , Hon C T _Itaivdon , Col . Douglas , Sir H Rcndlesham , Lord
Douglas , JDS Rich , Henry Duncombe , T Richards , R Dundus , Sir D Rolleston , Col . Du Pre , C G Rushout , Capt Eutwistle , IV Russell , J D Watts Etwall , R / Ryder , Hon G D Evans , Sir de L Sandon , Visct Ferrand , W B Sheil , Rt Hon R L Finch , G Sibthorp , Col Fitzroy , Lord Smith , Abel Fleetwood , Sir P Smith , Rt Hon R V Flower , Sir J Spooner , R Fox , C R Stanley , Hon W O Frewcn , C Staunton , Sir G Fuller , AE Stuart , John Gaskell , J M Strickland , Sir G Grant *} , Marquess of Tollemnche , John
Granger , T C Tower , Christopher Grimsditch , T Trevor , Hou G Rice Grogan , E Trowbridge , Sir E T Grosvenor Lord Turner , Edmund Grosvenor , Earl Verner , Sir * iY Hall , Sir B Vyse , Howard _Halsey , T P Vyvyan , Sir R Hamilton , G A "Wadington , H S Harris . lion . Capt . TFak _' ey , Thomas Hatton _. Capt . V " _eVaR-cr , R _Henle-y , J W Wawn , J T Ilervey , Lord A Williams , William Ilildyard , THT Hindley , C _teileus . Hodgson , R Fielden , John Hollond , R Brotherton , J Hornby , J
MINORITY—NOES . Aldnm , W Lambtou , H Autrobus , E Langston J Buine , W Lawson , A Barkly , H Legh _, G C Boll , M Leman , Sir C _Bcrkely , Hon . C Lindsey , Colonel _Ro-iverie , Hon , E P M & cau _' y , T 11 Bowes , J Mitcalfe _, H Bowring , Dr Monalian , J II Brown , W Morpeth , Viscount Brownrigg , J S Ogle , S C II Duller , C Patten , 3 W BusfieldW Philips , M
Byng , G S Ptotheroe , E D Carew , W II P Pusey , P _Denyson , J E Rice , E R Dennistoun , J Ross , D R Dickiuson , F H Russell , Lord J Duncannon , Viscount _Stausfield , W R C Dundas , Hon . J C Stuart , Lord J E _^ erton , W T Stuart , W V Kgerton , Sir P Strutt , E Evans , W Thornley , T Fitzwilliaro , Hon . G W _Towneley , J
l'orster , _M Tuffuell _. H _Gftsoa , T M Vane , Lord II Grey , Sir G Villiers , Hon . C Hanmer , Sir J "Wall , C B Hnrcourt , G G Ward , If G Hawes _, B Wood , Sir C Hope , Sir J Wortley , Hon . J S Houldsworth , T Howard , Hon . C W G _TElLEBs . Hume , J Bright , J _Joues , Captain Duncan , G
The Warrington Just-Asses. " Man, Vain M...
THE WARRINGTON JUST-ASSES . " Man , vain man ! Dressed in a little brief authority , Like an angry ape * * . # _l'lays such fantastic tricks before high heaven , As make the angels weep , " " Tell it not in Gath ! " the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday brings the doleful tidings that" the rumour of the intended retirement from the bench of Thomas Lyon , Esq ., and William Stubs , Esq . ( the
magistrates who adjudicated on the case of Mr . J . 13 . Edelstone's file-cutters ) , in consequence of the setting aside of tlieir decision hy the Secretary of State , has turned out to be well-founded , the gentlemen in question not having since that time taken their seats on the Warrington bench . " Here is a calamity for Warrington ! " It is confidently stated , " says the Guardian , " that the proceeding will be made the subject of further parliamentary investigation . " What proceeding ? The retirement of Lyon nnd Stubs ? No , gentle men , don ' t deceive yourselves ; though your self-conceit is not small , be assured
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that _FAr _iiament does net equally estimate your importance " . But perhaps the Guardian means that that " proceeding '' ' by which you have rendered yours' _-lves infamous—the refusing to allow poor working men the common justice of being tried according to law—is to be made the subject of further investigation . Be advised—let well alone . Your doings have been of that nature that the more they are stirred the more they slink . We observe that some of your " friends" have been hawking a
document to and fro for signatures , which document testifies to your " valuableservices" and requests you to return to your magisterial duties . To this memorial three hundred signatures have been appended ; but you must know that nothing could he easier than the collection of three times three thousand signatures in Warrington requesting you to remain in that" retirement" you are doubtless so well qualified to adorn * Experience is said to teach even fools . May you profit by its lessons !
The Slaughter At Barnsley. We Are Glad T...
THE SLAUGHTER AT BARNSLEY . We are glad to see that the men of Barnsley have taken up the case of the poor victims slaughtered at the Ardsley Main colliery . On Monday evening an overflowing meeting was held in the National School room of that town , when the following resolution was adopted : —
"That this meeting deeply deplores the sacrifice of human life by coal-pit explosions throughout the country , but more particularly in this neighbourhood , and consider it our duty to investigate the causes of those dreadful catastrophes , and use our best endeavours to prevent their recurrence . " The meeting was conducted by Mr Peter Hoey , Mr Frank Mirfield , Mr Grocott , Mr Swallow , Mr
Robert * ( the Miners' Attorney-General ) , and others well known for their ability and energy in battling or the rights of Labour . A petition to the House of Commons . was adopted ; and from what we know of the men of Barnsley , we are convinced that no efforts will be neglected by thera , tp secure a thorough investigation of tbis awful tragedy , and guarantees against the repetition of such a holocaust of tint victim * of capital _.
The brutal apathy with which our legislators have continued to regard the- periodical slaughter of the unhappy rainersy can only be accounted for l > y the fact tbat many of the members of the legislature are proprietors of these slaughter-dens , and those who are not are , with few exceptions , the representatives of the capitalists . Had Labour been represented in the Commons' House of Parliament , the capitalists would have been forced to devise means for the protection of the workmen .
The , remedy is a simply one , perfectly just and perfectly practicable . Make the lord of the coal-pit responsible for the support of the family of any man killed in his employment , and compensation or pensions secured to those who , without losing their lives , might be badly wounded . Was this provision enforced by law , coal-pit proprietors would speedily adopt those precautions , which it is notorious might be employed with such good effect as to render coal-pit explosions almost impossible .
If the frightful deaths of the miners ; the sufferings of those who escape death only to linger a life of pain " The broken tools that tyrants cast away ;" the grief and misery of despairing wives and destitute children ; if , all these sights of woe and scenes of wretchedness fail to move the flinty hearts of the rapacious Coal-Kings—if their sympathies are . not to be wakened , perhaps their fears may be acted on . It may be that the working men will begin to askwhy they should encounter the gloom and toil , the terrors and dangers of the mine for a miserable
pittance , in dread of momentary death , while their masters , who never handled the pick , nor performed one hour ' s toil in ibe dnik bowcla of tho earth , reap untold wealth from their slavery ! The riches created by the miners are of right theirs , The coal-pits should be the property of the State . Robbery has heen long tolerated , and murder has hitherto escaped with impunity . What if the miners—what if the people generally*—refuse to _tolerate either longer ? What if they demand , " by what right do you rob society of these national treasures ; by what right do yon compel us to toil , suffer , and die for you ? " How will the Coal-Kings answer r
Parliamentary Review. The Great Event Of...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The great event of the week is the triumphant passing of the Ten Hours' Bill in committee . There were grounds for apprehension that the Ten Hours ' clause would be thrown out , as many of the members who supported the secoi _^ l reading expressed their determination to stop at a limitation of eleven hours , and the Premier himself expressed his desire that thc reduction should rest at that point . On a division , however , the Ten Hours' clause was carried by the large majority of 78 , in a liouse of 200 members , and the result was greeted with loud and
hearty cheers . The opponents of the Bill tried every possible manoeuvre to impede the progress of the Bill , but after the decided beating they have received in every successive attempt to defeat it , we apprehend that they will not offer any further' opposition oil the bringing up of the report . It may , therefore , now be said to he virtually law , so far as the House of Commons is concerned , and we cordially congratulate the operatives and friends of the measure ou the termination of this great struggle for justice and humanity . The subject being treated of at len < _-th in another column , precludes the necessity for further remark in this place .
The Irish Poor Law, After A Two Ni Ghts'...
The Irish Poor Law , after a two ni ghts' preliminary debate , has _ at last got into committee , aud there is little doubt but that it will be carried in its present shape . In moving thc order of the day , Lord John Russell delivered a speech which had the merit of going a great deal further than his Bill . His Lordship gave the "Irish party" of Peers and Commoners some exceedingly hard hits , and broadly declared that the poor had a right to support from the land and property of the country .
This right , however , we do not nud conceded in his Bill . The limitations to it are so numerous and stringent , that virtually the dispensing of out-door relief is altogether discretionary , and is meant to he merely temporary , and ordered only on special occasions hy the Executive Government . It may , however , prove the thin end of the wedge , and ultimately lead to a real poor law for Ireland . One thing is quite certain , that the Irish banditti will no longer be allowed to escape from their fair share of both local and general taxation .
The first step has been taken towards a Poor Law , by means of which property will be compelled to support or employ the labouring classes . Another step has also been made towards causing the Irish landlords to contribute to the general expenses of the State , in the same ratio as their class on this side of the Channel do . In the debate on Mr Roebuck ' s motion , the principle he contended for was clearly admitted lry both Lord J . Russell and Sir Robert Peel , and the arguments used against its adoption referred only to form and time . The
extension of the tax to Ireland is only a matter of time , and it is now only withheld , rather on the score of sentiment than of strict reason , for the tax is to he on the property , not the poverty of Ireland . The fact ofthe matter is , that the disclosures which have been made in the Ilouse as to the heartlessness , rapacity , and selfishness ofthe Irish landlords as a class , have excited a feeling of deep disgust , not only among the members of the Ilouse , but the entire country , and something like retribution awaits them . We are paying the peualty of long _-uisgoveruuient o { Irelaud ,
The Irish Poor Law, After A Two Ni Ghts'...
and will in future have to pay still more heavil y . All Ihe accounts from that country point tothe most appalling conclusions . The full extent of the cala . mity has not heen meted—despair , mortality , pestilence , clouds of destitution and disease , will yet be wafted across St . George ' s Channel . Even a good harvest will not repair the consequences of the failure of the potato crop , and that can hardly he looked for , when it is remembered tbat all accounts concur in stating that a much less breadth of land has been brought under cultivation than usual . There must , of course , be a diminished production to meet these probable future calamities . Ministers have as
yet proposed nothing worthy of a moment ' s consideration . The Waste Lands Bill is a most paltry jejune affair . They will not support a systematic scheme of Colonization ; they oppose the introduction of railways on a large scale , which might be done without being open to the objections urged against Lord George Bentinck _' s plan , la short , thc plans by which the perennial destitution of Ireland might be removed , and a permanent improvement effected in its condition , are obstinatel y withheld or opposed ; and England will lnve to pay a heavy addition to its present contributions for the relief of Irish distress , without the satisfaction of seeing that these large sacrifices have been _effectual for the object in view .
The Only Other Question Of Importance Mo...
The only other question of importance mooted this week has been , the Suppression of Cracow ; the debate on which terminated on Tuesday night , by the withdrawal of Mr Hume ' s motion for stopping the payment ol the Russo-Dutch Loan . The only two defenders of the Three Powers to be found irt the House of Commons were , Lord George Bentinck and Mr Disraeli . They both contended that the annexation of Cracow constituted no violation of the treaty of Vienna . Lord George absolutely " thanked the mild , the clement , Emperor of
Austria ; the just _Kinjc of Prussia ; and he also thanked the Emperor of Russia 11 " Well might such an insane declamation , in a free country , be met by " shouts of laughter ! " In fact , the whole speech had a running accompaniment of that kind of music , and the exhibition has done more to damn his Lordship , as a politician , than the most strenuous efforts of his worst enemies could have done . Mr Disraeli , with his practised literary powers and fine genius , avoided the ironical cheers and loud laughter which greeted his noble friend . He threw around a bad cause the brilliant halo of oratory ; defended it by research ; and delivered a speech remarkable at once for the unsoundness of the principle contended for , and the
great mental ability by which it was _distinguished . But Mr Disraeli must not play these tricks too often . He has established for himself a high reputation as an orator and debater . We believe that , upon the whole , his sympathies and aspirations are of a wholesome and healthy description . He is ambitious . Let him not shut the door against himself and debar himself in future time from bringing his cultivated powers and refined intellect to the service of the people . As tbe organ and advocate of the industrial classes he would occupy a higher and prouder position than as the mere mouthpiece of a faction , who , if they weie in power to-morrow , would , in less than three mouths , be kicked out of ofiice amidst the unanimous execration of the country .
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O'Coxnob Viile Prists.—Tbepla'-I Prints ...
O'Coxnob viile Prists . —TbePla _' _-i Prints of" O'Connor _, ville" are now ready , and have beeu sent to such of our agents as have ordered them . The Coloured Prints have also beeu sent to some , but not to all , nor will it be practicable to send them all till next week , or probably the week following . We are , however , colouring and mounting as fast as possible . Auy disappointment tbat may be felt by tbe subscribers must be attributed to the agents , whose neglect in _forwarding their orders nas caused tne delay , We had as many coloured and mounted as we thought likely to be wanted ; but tho orders which are now coming in from agents will require a much larger number than we anticipated—as many indeed as it will be practicable
to finish within the ensuing fortnight . Uud the agents used due diligence in ascertaining the wishes of the subscribers , and communicating their orders to us , a sufficiency of each sort would have heen ready at the appointed time . Ma . O'Connor will have much pleasure in attending the Tea party at Manchester on Good Friday next . Land Qt' £ srwj * s . —Mr . O'Connor begs to say that sixteen hours a day would not be sufficient to answer the several questions put to him ou tbe subject of the Land , and must refer correspondents to the printed rules , and to next month ' s number of tbe " Labourer . " W . _CinTtl-Tcn , Newcastle . — Nosharescan be transferred until after the company is _complexly registered . R , if ., Glasgow . —Committees on public bills are
composed of tbe whole house . C . F . Warwick , —If inquiry is made , Mr H . will do as requested . 3 . Yobho . —W » have handed your letter to Mr Jonos . _Haistead ,- — We cannot answer your questions . London Plasterers Ths "Address" shall appear in our next . The society of Operative Plasterers meets every Monday evening at 8 o ' clock , at the Rock T avern , _Lisson-grove . "A _Scotcuman" and J . _Jeposon . —Your letters have been forwarded to Mr . O'Connor . The _FiNsuoav Shareholders of tbe Land Company suggest increased exertions to collect the monies due to Mr , O'Connor on account of tbe Defence Fuad , and tbat the amount subscribed be handed to Mr , O'C , on
tlie occasion oftlie allottees taking possession of their allotments on thc Herringsgate Estate ; and if the amouut subscribed should exceed the sum requited , the overplus to be appropriated to the Victims ' , Widows ' , and Orphans' Fund . John _HiiowK , Kinross , and David _Lirnoow , Biggar . — Both papers were posted at the proper time . Mr Jon * . ' Gaskell , Hyde . —Tho charge announced in the Northern Star tor the plates , entitle every subscriber to the paper uud plate , Mr E . Ibvin , _Bisbopwearmouth . —Tho agents pay the expense of carriage . We can either send by railway , or enclose tbem in a bookseller ' s parcel . Say if you receive one from London , uud if so , from whom . J . S . ( _Hauipstcad-road . _)—Judging from tho laws of
attraction , we incline to the opiuion that it must be a hot body ; it is assuredly the centre of heat , and consequently gives forth—produees warni » h . We think our correspondent is disposed to be facetious wiih US , However , it is a controverted point . J , 11 . ( Hanley ) . —Appears to have heen treated very unjustly ; but we should thiuli six years' character would weigh well with his employers ; aud that , humiliated ns his feelings must have beeu by tbe rough and insolent conduct of certain officials , he will yot find consolation in the reflection that his reputation remains unstained . Tlie police might have beeu mistaken as to identity : it ii u common error . It , Cogger ( Co-sheath ) expresses Ids approval of the petition adopted by thu unemployed workmen of
Manchester . Their proceedings ure applauded by tbe people te throughe _/ Ut the laud . Mr _Skivinoto" * , Loughborough . —Yes ; at the price : e charged to agents . P . M' 2 * . ( S _' atcford . )—We regret we have not space for ) r ycur observations on the potato disease . _MEaTHyn-Txnvii .. —Wo handed your letter to the Di- iirectors . RicUARD _OiSTLEE , Esii , —We ave reluctantly compelled ed by press of matter to postpone Mr . Oustler ' s letter on * n John Bright ' s speech . P . Gray ., Dumfries . —We have handed your commands , ds to Mr . Jones and tho publisher , _gsP Legal _Questioss not _answered this week , will be be replied to in our next . George Bbatley , Old Basford . —You had best pay thedie farmer what is due , and the lawyer his 3 s . Od . A Poor Chartist , Truro . —You must pay thc
Indf-ilfeyuarter 4 rent , notwithstanding your premise * weveeve : . injured . William _Ashwohtu , Halifax . —If there were twelve shiUiil .. lings due for rent , the judgment of tbe Court seems toi toi he correct , and you must pay tho money , All otherher matters appear to be irrelevant . A Chartist Elector , Halifax . —She cannot make a mUiniU _,, eveu with htr husband ' s consent , unless under a power wen contained in a settlement mado previous to the iuukin $ ing ; oftlie will ; and to such settlement tho husband _mushustt be a party , G . Berwick , St Andrew ' s—You will procure a _copy-opji on communicating with Ur T . M . Wheeler , 83 , Heaneau _.. street , Soho , London . "Cuartist Poems . "—Mr Ernest Jones begs toreauosjuosll thoso friends wbo sent for copies of the above _poeinSBins _, _! _, to remit the ninount , per post-office order , maduadii payable at the branch office , Old Oavendish . strcct , ott , oil per postage stamps _.
Robmorde-T—Fielden Brothers Mills Commen...
_roBMORDE-t—Fielden Brothers mills _commenctencti full time again this ( Wednesday ) morning , afteafte : being stopped for three weeks . Is ia rumoured tha thai they will run the mills ten hours per day , aud pay loty loa _twelTo , *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20031847/page/4/
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