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, THE NORTHERN STAR Febbuaey 24, 1849 .
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Jnst ptfolUhcd . . Xo. 1, Trice SixrESC** OF
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TO THE MINSTER LOVELL ALLOTTEES.
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My Friends,—I cannot tell you precisely ...
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THE HORTHERN STAR SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 4 14, 1849.
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PARLIAMENT AND THE PEOPLE. Lord Bolixgbr...
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SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT. Our...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The event of the w...
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RECEIPTS OF T HE NAT I O N AL LAND COMPA...
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DEFENCE FUND. Per W. Rider.—Leicester, c...
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Monster Visit of Englishmen to Paris. •*...
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, The Northern Star Febbuaey 24, 1849 .
, THE NORTHERN STAR _Febbuaey 24 , 1849 .
Jnst Ptfoluhcd . . Xo. 1, Trice Sixresc** Of
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THE COMMONWEALTH : A -WSTI 1 LY KECORD OF BEMGGSATIC , SOCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS "THB COMMONWEALTH" will be the Representative J" the Chartists , _Svci-iUsts , and Trades' Tjniunists , in the Monthly Press . con-tests : 1- Gold Region of California . 2 . Pauperism and _l'oor Kates . 3 . The _Spv Sjstem . 4 . Louis Blanc . "• - The KiKX-h ofthe Revolution . C . rratact _iveiKSS Of Small Farms . Com-i-. _iin-ca _-ionsfor the Editor , Books for Review , & C , to be forwarded to tlie Office , ic , GREAT WINDMILL STREET , LOSDOX . To lie kid Of all _BooKSt-llens in To-v * and Country .
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SOUTH _LONDON CHARTIST HALL , Corner of Wtbbcr-strect , Blackfriars-road . T ORATIONS . ill _* _™™* & _iv-pori _^^ r _^ _^ _AXD'AMILIES OF THE CHARTIST VICTOR . On W-VStsD- _r Evening , Febkuary 2 Mh , Bv l'HILir M-GKATir ; nd on " \ _VnwESiM-f _E-texin _* - _* .. JUccn 7 th , By THOMAS _CLAKKOn thefjiUoicing _subjects : — Feb . - _* . _•*** » . The Impolitic , Uniust . and Anti-Christian Character of DEATH l-CXKHMEXTS . _Maech 7 * nt .
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VIVE LA KEPCBLIQUE _DE-MOCRATIQUE ET _SOCL-tLE * . A DEMOCRATIC FESTIVAL , to consist of Tea . Conceit , and Bail , in commemoration of
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FOR SALE . A FOUR-ACRE SHARE , _T AI D-UP , ( .- £ 5 4 s . ' , as also the Expense Fund , up to December _ISiS . to l » e disposed of for £ 4 10 s . Apply to Mr . Porter , Xews-agent , Arcade , Ashton-underlyne . * i * ' ¦ - — ¦ ¦ —¦
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A _FOUR-AtfBE SHAKE in ihe _XATIOXAL LAND _COMI'AXY for sale , in consequence cf the _jtarty going abniad . Price , £ 3 . Address , " J . llolden , 34 , Lte-street , Iungsland-road _, X . 0111 I .. 11-
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ALLOTMENT FOR SALE . RIGHT OF LOCATION on a FOURACKE FAHM , at . * nig ' s End with immediate entry . Terms lil-cnx * . Tlie advertiser holding other engagements cannot occupy it { any claims made in behalf of the Company _jiaid hv the _disposer . ) Offers and applications for tlie same , direct to Mr . J . "Wilcox . Rranch Secretary to the Xationai Land Company , Scaford , Lincolnshire .
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TO RE SOLD , TWO ALLOTMENTS on the CHARTERVILLE ESTATE . MIXSTSR LOVEL : OXE THREE-ACHE , antl OXE TWO-ACRE ; weU and beautifully f-itn-ited l « y the Irish road to Cheltenham . The Land is of first-Kit . ' quality , and the best and most pleasantly situated on the estate . Inquire ( with postage stamp ) of F . _Caitlk , Minster Lovel . 2 _J . B . The reason of the _tlifjwsd of the allotments is , that tlie parties to whom they belong are otherwise engaged .
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yO MORE TILLS , nor any other Medicine for Indigestion , Irregularity of tlie Intestines , flatulency , Palpitation oi the Heart , Torpidity of the Liver , peivistiug Headaches , _Xernmsness , HiIiousu _«* s , General Debility , Des _*> ondency , Spleen , « fcc . Price I'd ., or _& L _\ M . st-free , royal gilt , 2 s ; or free by post , 2 s . Cd . ( in stamp- *) , Fifth Edition of DU BARRY'S POI-ULAR TREATISE OX _rXDIGESTIOX mid COXSTIPATIOX ; the main causes of X' ervoasnefs , Riliousi-ess , _Scrofula , Liver _Com--rilainls . Spleen , A _* c and their Radical Removal , entitled the "Xatural Regenerator of the Digestive Organs , " without pills , _j ! ur * _-ativci _* , or medicines of any kind , by a simple , pleasant , economical , and infallible means ; adapted to tlie _ireneral reader . _Dn Barry and Co ., "" _-, Xew Bond-street , London ; also , of ¦ _WlHttakeri-Co .: and all other booksellers . Sent post-free at tlie "ame price to Prussia .
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_TERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGH , In Ten Miuuies after nse , and a rapid Cure of Asthma and Consumption , and all Disorders of tlie Breath and Lungs , is insured by DR . LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS . The truly wonderful -- © were of this remedy have caRed forth testimonials from all ranks of society , in aU quarters of the world . Tlie following have been ' just received : — Important Testimonial from the Rev . Owen Thomas , Holyhead . Deae Sin , —Dr . Locock ' s Wafers do a great deal of good to my voice . I got a bad cold from a damp bed about thirty-five years ago , and my voice liad been very bad ever since , giving great lain to me when preaching or singingand I am very fond « f _singui _^ . I used inanv different medicine-, aud some of them did good for a _' little time , hut kis tlie best of
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T UMPS OF C 40 LD ! A DREAM OF J-J CALIFORNIA , dedicated to tlie Contented and the Discontented of even- class , in Xo . 3 , of the _Fam _?!> Friend . Trice Twof _^ ce . mi * - . -ASSES , the celebrated Artist in Fancy Seedlc _* vorl _* . has undertaken the supenntendance of the Work-table Department , and . _*<™ _" _<™^ _forthl-c "The _-W ork-Table Friend" ot the _*™* _ _*? __ _thisMasaane . Tlie circ _.-hia _* on ot the . _*«** _£ » _£ f * _£ ilieadvreached Tnentv-five Thousand , _'^ _» _nd _. _* _¦ _nva- _Ti _,, _' _^ _?™ _vheadj _rcacnen i _^ ent containing , _*&** , _nineK' _^ l _Sg-i of close original matter , » neat . _Magazme _tatawr be had of all Booksellers _, _lorai , maj Houlston and Stoneman .
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TO BE DISPOSED OF , i FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARE in A the NATIONAL LASD _COMPAXT . Value . £ 3 . _iddress to Y . B ., So . , Constitution-street , Aberdeen .
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CHARTIST SILK GOODS . THE _AlANUFACTURER of the CHARTIST SILK FABRICS hej * s most respectfull y to tender his grateful thanks to those friends of tlie Chartist public who have encouraged him in liis efforts to supply them mill a good and durable article , and solicits a continuance of that support so long as he offers to their notice an article -which cannot be surpassed by any house in the trade , and insures them against thc possibility of deception and trickery too often practised in tlie manufacture of Silk Goods . Mr . Thomas Clark , at tlie Lind Office , and Mr . Jons Wakres . 157 , Drury-lauc , London , are appointed sole agents . Any articles procured through any other source will not be warranted .
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WEST RIDING MEETING . _rTHE LEEDS COUNCIL are wishful to JL meet the Friends of Chartism in the West Hiding , Ox SUNDAY , 4 tii of MARCH , to devise measures for its beiug more efficiently advocated , hy establishing a Local Lecturers' Movement , 4 * e ., so that meetings may be held iu each place weekly . The Meeting will hike place at _DEWSBCRY , at _ELEVEN O'CLOCK . Inquire at Mr . Robsiiaw's , Good Samaritan Inn .
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pHARTIST TRACTS \ J FOR TIIE TLMES . OX THE FIRST SATURDAY IX MARCH , 1819 , Will be published Xumber One of the above Tracts .
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FREE DISCOSSIOX . A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the _LlTEHAKT AXD SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION , JoiIN-STKEET , Fitzboy-sqcabe , on Tuesday Evening next , February 27 th , when many talented Advocates of the People ' s Rights will attend aud discuss the several questions now occupying tlie " wisdom" of the Legislature . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . DEMOCRATS ! 1 ) 0 YOVil _DtTCX : Crowd the Hall and sjow your rulers tliat you are in earnest .
To The Minster Lovell Allottees.
TO THE MINSTER LOVELL ALLOTTEES .
My Friends,—I Cannot Tell You Precisely ...
My Friends , —I cannot tell you precisely what the cost per perch for sowing French furze will be , but I know it is very cheap , and Mr . Wheeler , Seedsman , of Northgate Street , Gloucester , who sowed them for mc at Lowbands , will do it at the same rate and very wcll . If any one wishes to become the purchaser of a good four acre allottment , consisting of old grass land fresh broken up , by applying to me , I will give full particulars , Feargus O'Coxxor .
TO THE CHARTISTS OF BRADFORD . My Friexds , Again I thank you for having , according to yonr means , evinced your love of justice . There is nothing more common than to call all solicitors rogues , wliich , I suppose , leads to the _bcliaf that you despise one when you find him honest . If , however , the millions professing Chartist principles were as honest in the defence of those principles as I was in the defence of their advocate , Mr . Versos , the national disgrace of allowing one to suffer great pecuniary loss in the cause of millions would not be attached to the millions of
Chartists , while such dishonest treatment scares thousands from the ranks , justl y enoug h , not believing in tlieir integrity . Believe me to be your faithful servant , J . E . _Nisoif .
"Wicked "Waste of "Wises . —For some days past a number of officers in thc Custom llouse have been engaged hi spilling into the river very large quantities of unredeemed champagne , claret , hock , port , and sherry wines , with brandy and gin , for which prices have not been offered sufficient to pay duty and storage rent . In many cases the rent exceeded fourfold tne first cost ofthe article . The bottles , casks , and cases are returned . —Cork Constitution .
St . Luke s Hospital for Lu . yatics . —On Wednesday the annual general meeting of this institution was held in the George and Vulture Tavern , Cornhill . Henry F . Shaw Lefevrc , Esq ., in the chair . The secretary read the report , from which it appears that 325 persons have boen under the medical care of the hospital during the year . Of these IOC were comp letely cured , and twenty-two relieved . The number of deaths which took place during the year was nine .
Charge op Perjert aoaisst the Minimis op CnAXDOS . —A pending indictment against the Marquis of Chandos , for perjury , excited much interest in the Queen ' s Bench Xisi Prius Court , durin <* Monday , Tuesday , and "Wednesday , in last week , the days on which it was expected to be brought forward : the charge arose out of proceedings in Chancery connected with the pecuniary embarrassments ofthe Marquis ' s father , which latel y ended in the sales at Stowe . " Interesting revelations" were anticipated , and the eourt was crowded by the curious . But , at the calling ofthe witnesses on "Wednesday , the prosecutor ' s solicitor was not at his post— "he was gone for papers "—and , in his
absence , the prosecuting barrister did not " feel justified" in opening the case . On Lord Denman ' s direction , thejury immediately returned a verdict of " Not guilty . " On this triumphant acquittal , the Marquis rose from his seat , shook hands with his three eminent counsel , and left the court . Goon If bits fob _tde Jut-exiles . —Very large arrivals are taking place of sugar candy from the Dut c h p ort s , the manufacture of Holland , and in consequence ofthe reduction of the duty on the article a very considerable quantity ofit is cleared for
home use . The steamer Camilla , just arrived from Neiu Diep , has brought the large quantity of 918 cases of the article , in addition to 222 barrels of crushed refined sugar , as a port i on o f h er c a rgo , the produce of Holland . A Silexcer . — On Sunday , a lady called to her little boy , who was shooting marbles on the pavement , to come into the house . "Don't you know you should ' nt be out there , my son ? Go into the back yard , if you want to play marbles — it is Sunday . " Well , yes , but ain't it Sunday in the Pack yard , mother ,
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J. Sweet •Scl-Nowledges The Receipt Ofth...
J . Sweet scl-nowledges the receipt ofthe following ; sums ( sent herewith ) viz . - —For Defence Fund—From lhilwcll , 2 s . Ci ; -Mr . Chipindate _, Cd . —For Victim _Fusd—From _Bulwell , 2 s . fid . The Manchester Victims . —Thomas Ormesher acknowledges die receipt of tlie following sums : —Coventry , per George Freeman , 5 s . ; Botherham , per John Turner , il ; Surnesheail , Clough , near Todmorden , per Richard Barker , £ 1 . Mr . J . BccHANiN _, Selkirk . —Yes . Send eightpence , and cost of carriage . Mr . J . Rldge , Croydon . —Twopence each to agents . Mr . Obmeshaw , Manchester ; Mr . W . Kirkbv , Leeds ; ana Mi ' . Hose , Banbury . —Your notices would he charged as advertisements . Mr . Tnos . Ormesh _* " * i has received the following sums for the Kirkdale prisoners : —Coventry , per 6 . Freeman , 5 s . ; Kotherham , J . Turner , £ 1 ; Todmorden , Kiclid . Barker ,
£ 1 : Hull , G . Baraott , 4 s . 4 i Thomas Goode . —Members may reduce tlie number of their shares , but they must first transmit to the office of the Company the general expenses due for last year , upon Oil the shares held by them . —Tnos . Clark . I / AND Memueb , Tower Hamlets . —There is more than £ 40 due to the Company on account of the two-acre farm held by Mitchell , at O'Connorville , and wliich sum must be paid before the right of location can be made over to any other party . E _* _u-AT- * M .-In tlie paragraph ofa letter signed ' A . "Walton , " which appeared in tliis journal on the 10 th inst ., commencing with " That as Great Britain , & c _., " for " comparatively" read " comfortably . " Joh . n * Awiorr , Somers Town , acknowledges the receipt of the following presents , for the benefit ofthe wives and families of tlie Chartist victims : —Per Mr . Green , Leicester : —one pair of velvet suppers presented by Mr . Bradsworth ; one pair of gloves , Mr . Bingley ; two
lacecovered cushions , Mr . Culley ; two stands of shifted birds , ditto ; three piucushions , Mesdames Trickey and Moody ; six pair of hose , Chartist Co-operative Society ; one worsted coat , Mr . Thos . Lucas ; two spencers , one shirt and shawl , Mi-. Jos . Lucas ; six pair of socks and two pair of hose , Mr . Thos . Armitage ; four pair of ladies' shoes , Mr . John Parker ; and a Model ofthe School-house at O'ConnorvUle , in glass case . Mr . Stadd . The committee hereby return their sincere thanks to the numerous friends who have presented them with gifts , aud as the above were received subsequent to the disposal on Monday last , the committee are in contemplation of getting up a more extensive sale . Full particulars will be duly announced . Presents for the same in books , fancy articles , & c , will be thankfully received and gratefully acknowledged , if forwarded to * the secretary , John Arnott , 11 , Middlesexplace , : ? omers Town , carriage free . The friends in the countrv who have sent lists will please to state ( by letter , pre-paid , addressed to the secretary ) , how the gifts that have been awarded shall be forwarded .
To Agents. Many News Agents In The Count...
TO AGENTS . Many News Agents in the country having complained of the want of Bills of Contents , we beg to inform those that are not supplied direct from this office , that they may have such hills forwarded , free of expense , by sending a l ine to o u r publisher .
The Horthern Star Saturday. February 4 14, 1849.
THE HORTHERN STAR SATURDAY . FEBRUARY 14 , 1849 .
Parliament And The People. Lord Bolixgbr...
PARLIAMENT AND THE PEOPLE . Lord Bolixgbroke has truly asserted , that " England would never he ruined except hy her Parliament ; " and the acts of that Assembl y during the p as t we e k , go far to convince us that the realisation of the prediction is fast approaching . The Government of England relies not more upon its brute force than upon the antagonism of class interests , to uphold and preserve that dangerous oligarchical ascendancy , against which the industrious classes have so long contended . But passing events prove that this undefined and injurious policy must end in so comp lete a centralisation of power in the hands of the fortunate and privileged few , as to excite the wrath and indignation of the unfortunate and outlawed many .
The policy of every Government , since the substitution of an artificial for a more natural state of society , has been to make the thing last their time , by feeding class upon class , thc weakest aud powerless being selected as the repast of the strong- and powerful ; until at length the evil has gone to such an extent as to render the national store inadequate to satisfy the appetites of expectants . There is sometimes greater danger in silence than in the most violent language , and thc total absence of appeals aud petitions from the
people to the Commons House of Parliament is an ominous proof of the fact—that the people no longer rely upon those means for the redress of grievances . They have at length discovered , that while the discussion upon some private bill , introduced by speculating j o bbers , will ensure alargemuster of membersthe Assembly being constituted of that classa proposition to violate the Constitution of England can command but a sorry muster , and requires but the appeal ofthe Minister to insure the acquiescence of Parliament .
The Eng lish peop le have been systematicall y arrayed in dangerous and desperate hostility against their Irish brethren , f or the mere purpose of weakening that democratic poAver , all resistance to which would have been otherwise ineffectual , until at length the people of both countries havo discovered , that though different in blood , religion , and language , their interests are identical and inseparable .
It is an undeniable fact that the tourist will make himself better acquainted and more familial' with the institutions , the manners , and customs of those foreign countries which he may visit , than with the institutions , manners and customs of his own country ; and this truism equally app lies to Parliament : as a question put to the Minister for Foreign Afiairs , or to the Colonial Secretary , will excite more interest in the House of Commons , than any domestic question—nay , than even the destruction of the British Constitution , Upon such occasions , gentlemen on both sides of the House appear to be familiar with , and interested in , all foreign and colonial questions ;
while an appeal to a Minister as to the cause ofthe deaths of one hundred and fifty pauperchildren , of national suffering , and general want , is evasivel y met b y a flippant official , and , however inconclusive the answer , it is sure to g ive general satisfaction . As Mr . O'Connor well observed in his speech upon the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Actthe discussion upon the Southampton Small Tenement Eating Bill insured a large attendance of Members , while that upon the destruction of the British Constitution was looked upon as a waste of time , as it interfered with the debate upon the Jewish Disabilities Bill .
If a measure to remedy an Eng lish or an Irish grievance is submitted to Parliament , the Minister sees the impossibility of adopting it , lest it may interfere with the vested rights of some honourable gentleman upon whose support he depends . It then requires the nicest consideration of that House , the review of a Select Committee , and the _re-consideratlon of its recommendation . The antici pation of dangerous results , which may be in the distant horizon , but which cannot be immediatel y lated
contemp , are urged as good and sufficient grounds for its rejection or postponement , while there is no such difficult y—no such necessity for revision or re-consideration—no such remote contingency , or even possible dan < _* -er , when the libert y of the subject is to he destroyed . This system forcibl y reminds us of the manner in whicli Martial Law was administered in Ireland in the year 1798 , when tho commanding officer of a district decided that a culprit should be shot to-ni g ht , and tried by Court Martial to-morrow
Can anydevelopement of tyrannical pra c ti c es be more revolting to the feelings ofa _frcc-born Constitution-loving Eng lishman than the revelations made by Mr . _O'Connor , and not denied by the Home Secretary , as to the treatment to which the six gentlemen now confined as criminals in Kilmainham Gaol , under the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , have been subjected by the High Shebifp of Dublin , and , as admitted b y Sir George Grey with the entire concurrence of the Jailor-General of _L'eland .
Patrick O'Higgins— than whom a more upri g ht gentleman and sterling patriot does not br _* 3 athe- —iB one of the remaining six vic-
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tims under this tyrannical Act . No man went further to resist the evil teaching of the Irish mind and the prostration of Irish liberty , and in a perfectly constitutional way , than Patrick _O'Higgixs ; and the reader will naturally conclude that these circumstances constitute his guilt . The effect of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act will be to make every Protestant in Ireland a special constable , with license to oppress his Catholic brethren without the laint would fur
power of comp laint , as comp - - nish the strongest proof of guilt . It will constitute every tyrant middleman one of the Executive Government , and prevent the possibility of the victim complaining of any , the most unconstitutional or tyrannical assault , upon his rig hts or liberties ; and the result will be , that all fabricated representations made by interested desperadoes will supp l y irrefutable proof of ministerial sagacity andthe Irish gaoler ' s divination .
But can we blame the Whig Government , or its supporters , for this liberty-slaying and tyrannical Act , when we find the _liborty-professino * Hume—one of the six who signed the PEOPLE'S CHARTER—and the ircedomloving high-priest of Free Trade ( Colonel Thompson ) , not only voting for , but speaking in favour of the incisure ? Save us from our friends , and we will defend ourselves against our enemies . But when the professed friends of thc people—enemies to Whiggery-
—supporters of Free Trade—Financial Reformers —Liberals to the back-bone—quadrupeds , sexipedes , Chartists—and all but Republicans , owing their seats to the most liberal professions , based upon the assurance that they would resist every assault upon popular rights —how , we ask , can Ave censure tho Whig Government , or their Toiy supporters , when we find two such professors of Liberalism increasing the ranks of the Liberty-slay ing faction ? We live in excited times . All around us is
unsettled—all before us is in chaos * and the most sagacious and far-seeing man cannot tell how soon those two liberty-professing gentlemen may stand before those popular and critical juries who will be calle d up o n t o dec i de as to their guilt or innocence—as to their faithful or faithless discharge of duty—as to their fitness for being again entrusted with the defence of their country ' s liberty . We cannot auswer for the men of Montrose , but avc Avill vouch for our brethren of Bradford . This vote will not bear justification , and Ave rejoice to find , that , while Cobdex refrained from supporting the Whigs , Bright voted against the measure .
There are not a few other liberty-professing gentlemen who will be called to account npon thc day of reckoning ; but avc havo selected the most prominent Liberal agitators for comment , and Avith the people Ave leave the question of guilt or innocence . And again we say totheEng lish people—** FoIIoav the examp le of the peop lo of St . Pancras : make Eng land , now that thc \* oice of Ireland is suppressed , the arena for discussing Irish and Eng lish grievances ; " as they may rely upon it , thatthe blow struck at Irish libert y will be followed b y another at tho little that still remains of English freedom .
Suspension Of The Habeas Corpus Act. Our...
SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT . Our paper will be read by , and to , over six millions ofthe working classes of this country within a few hours after its publication ; und now that the strugg le has commenced between the Democracy and the "Whi g Government and its supporters , wc invito the close attention of the working classes to tlie speech of Mr . O'Coxxor , which will be found in our first page ; and as it is the custom of the peop le to have the most prominent part of the ' - S tar '' read at their severalmectings , they will be able
to jud ge of newspaper justico when they contrast the report of that speech as delivered , with the report in the " Times" newspaper . Up to the time that the honourable Member for Notting h a m was reminded b y Sir George Grey that he had exceeded his hour , the " Times" devotes thirty-five lines to thc speech , or little more than a line to every two minutes , while the reply of the official ( Sir G . Grey ) , whicli did not exceed two minutes , occup ies fifty-four lines , or twenty-seven lines to thc minute .
In order that the peop le may judge for themselves , as to the ac cur a cy o f n e wspaper reporting , we extract the " 7 ? Mies' " report , which will be found at the foot of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech . We have laboured zealousl y and cont i nuous ly to prove that the prostitution of the English Press is the greatest difficulty against which the Eng lish peop le have to contend ; and never was it more aptl y illustrated
than in this instance . A member of the Government , or a partisan of the Government , delivers a rambling ri gmarole of unconnected rubbish , it is received—or at all events reported —with " hears , " and " cheers ; " is pertinent , anal ytical , and to the point ; while that of an independent Member—which never strays from the subject under discussion , and is pertinent in every point—is discursive , rambling , and cannot be a nal ysed .
"When the working classes -read the speech of their Representative , they , as shrewd aud discriminating men , will bo able to distinguish as to whether a sing le passage in that speech was foreign to tho subject , and their Eng lish spirit will rise when they understand that the greatest bulwark ofthe English Constitution was destroyed upon no better grounds—or , rather , pretext—than tho most flimsy , lame , weak , incoherent , discursive , inconclusive , and rambling speech—if speech it could be calledo fthe E n g lish Home Secretary . And when they read the debates , they w ill fi n d th a t no t
one sing le speech , with the exception of Mr . O'Connor ' s , was at all pertinent to the subject . One party launched into Protectionanother into Free Trade—another into Foreign Policy—another into an attack upon the _Trime Minister , upon the Appropriation Clause and the Arms Bill—another dilated upon ag itation and its consequences—another indul ged in an incongruous attack upon the policy of Ministers—another indulged iu a modicum of remedial measures , to ensure the suecessful working of which the suppression of public opinion was necessary—and thoy were , one
and all , connected , pertinent , coherent , anal ytical , and to the point . We ask , then , if the working classes of this country can require more positive and conclusive evidence ofthe position of an independent Member of Parliament , and the venality , prostitution , and corruption of . the English Press ? But , thoug h forei gn to our subject , let us establish a proof upon a fact . We select the following passage from the "Dispatch" of last week , extracted from the " Cheltenham Journal . " Here it is : —
We hear that the effect of the O'Connor land Scheme is beginning to be felt at Bromsgrove , Worcestershire , three ofthe located families being inthe greatest distress , and already applying for parochial aid , —Cheltenham Journal , Now , what is our answer ? That not one single individual has yet been located upon this Estate ; and what will our readers say to the veracity of the Press ? .
Parliamentary Review. The Event Of The W...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The event of the week has been the virtual condemnation ofthe Colonial policy of the Government . On Tuesday night , Mr . Baillie , the Member for Inverness , broug ht forward a motion for the appointment of a Select Committee of Inquiry into the grievances of Cey lon and British Guiana , with a view to recommend measures for the better administration of Government in these Colonics . The speech by which that motion was prefaced , and the still more able one b y which Sir W . Molesworth supported it , embodied a mass of facts
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of the most painfully interesting character , and quite conclusive as to the case against the Colonial Office . Lord _TORKINOTON , a relation of the - 'governing family , " being a needy man , was " pitchforked" by his friend , Lord Grey , into the lucrative office of Governor of Cey lon , with a salary of _£ 7 , 000 a-year . Of course , he was as ignorant of Ceylon as he is now about the h inhabitantsand language of
geograpy , , Saturn , and in his case he did not carry with him the small counterbalancing condition of official aptitude—even to the extent of redtapeism— his hi ghest appointment , in this country , having been that of a Lord of the Bedchamber . This new-fledged Governor , by the grace of Lord G-key , on arriving at the seat of his power , found himself , in fact , elevated from a mere Kentish farmer , and
Director of the South-Eastern Railway Company , into an Oriental Despot . A largo aud fertile realm was subject to his rule—thero were no representatives of the peoplo to annoy himthe parties by whom he was surrounded were all ofthe same kidney as himself , quartered upon the revenues ofthe Colony—the only responsibility and subordination to which he was liable was his - ' relation , " Lord Grey , and , of course , under the circumstances , the burdens thus imposed were ofthe lightest kind . The despotic and taxing propensities of the ncAV Governor throve amazingly under such influences . He found that the Colony—ruined
to a great extent by the policy of the Free Traders—was suffering severel y , and that the income , consequently , was not equal to the expenditure . Thereupon , like a true Whig , he resolved to increase the taxation—not diminish the expenditure . He , hoAvever , Avas better off in one respect than his " relation s ]' at home . When they propose a new tax , it has to run the gauntlet of Parliament ; but iu Lord Torrington ' s case , all that was necessary avus to issue an ordinance , and right royall y he fulfilled that part of his duties . In thc beginning of 1848 , he i ssue d '' ordinances , '' annual
imposing a variety of new taxes . An tax of one shilling on every dog , and two shilli ngs a ud s ixpence on every gun , Avas ordered to be levied , and all guns and dogs—not registered— were ordered to be destroyed . Those in any degree acquainted with the state ofthe island will _knoAv that dogs and guns are necessary to defend the natives from wild beasts , and that thc average earnings in money of these persons is not more than thirty-three shillings a-year . A tax of three shillings and sixpence on those necessaries was , therefore , a very heavy one . Butthat Avas the least onerous , harassing , and disagreeable part of the matter . They had to go long distances to get
thoir arms registered ; and Avhen they got to the p lace , thc staff of officials Avas inadequate to the effective performance of thc duty . The natives had either to remain for days waiting tho convenience of the persons appointed to reg ister , or tramp home again , having to repeat the journey - another day . Another " ordinance" compelled every adult male , under sixt y ye a rs of a ge , to give six days ' labour on the roads , or to pay three shillings annually . Taxes were also imposed on boats ,- carts , palanquins , and other conveyances , and , at the same time , a census Avas taken of the population , Avhich gave rise to a general apprehension that it Avas to be made the basis of _ucav
exactions . While these unpopular " ordinances" Avere being attempted to be enforced , an "insurrection" — at least , an emeute dignified with that title—broke out in the district of Matcllo among the natives . It might have been put down b y half-a-dozen policemen , but the Colonial Government wanted an excuse for displaying it s te e th , and h e nce , thoug h warned in time , they refrained from meddling iu the matter until " something Avas done by the tumultuous assemblage of natives which would warrant them in interfering Avith the strong hand . Thus encouraged the natives declared their leader King , attacked and p lundered the Government offices in Matelle , and some four or five plantations , the owners of which
had deserted them ; but did not venture to attack those avIio remained to defend their property . The most exaggerated reports do not g ive more than four thousand persons engaged in these riots , some say- not more than one thousand . The only personal injuries they inflicted Avere , to tie a Government Agent to the railings of a verandah , and very slig htl y to _Avound one soldier . Tavo hundred soldiers suppressed the " insurrection , " in afeAvhours , almost _ivithout a scratch . A similar outbreak took place at Komcgalle , abont twenty-five miles distant from Motelle , Avhere also the rioters proclaimed a King , and Avere equally summarily put down . It is clear that there could have been no concert between these two
parties , and the documents show that none of the most influential and leading men of the island were implicated ; yet , upon such a paltry affair as this _LordToRRirfGrorv declared martial laA \ . A considerable number of persons Avere shot , and a great number of estates confiscated , and sold with breathless haste . One man Avas shot by mistake for onc of the socalled Kings ; the other Avas ordered to be shot , with many others , but the Chief-Justice revolted at thc bloody tragedy , and recommended mercy , to which Lord Torrington
most reluctantly submitted . By Avay , however , of compensating liimself for the enforced hum a nit y , he caused the King to bo publicly whi pped before transporting bim , Avhich wa _' s the commuted sentence ; and transported the others for life , and fourteen years . One priest , who was accused of being in communication Avitli the pretenders to royalty , was , in despite of every remonstrance , " shot in Ms priestly vestment—an indignity Avhich Avas deeply felt b y the natives , avIio are de \ otedly attached to then- faith—that of Buddh . Here is the
language—Ave might justly term it ferocious—in which Lord Torr _ingtox speaks of the trials , even after the first paroxysm of angry fear has passed away : ¦— " I regret lo have to state that before the Civil Court the convictions have been fewer than I could have wished , and certainly less numerous than the clearest evidence appears to warrant ; but I have taken every reasonable precaution to prepare a fair and _respectable
jury beforehand ; and , as the actual juries empanelled have shown a disposition towards extraordinary leniency , I can only conclude that either they did not entirel y comprehend the importance of the cases brought before them , or that they were scarcely satisfied as to thc credibility of the Avitnesses . On the other hand , the cases broug ht before the courts martial have always led to conviction . "
Lord _Torrington seems to have formed his ideas of constitutional Government on the model of Whi g government in L'eland . Packing juries is a common practice there , but his lordshi p frankl y avows a preference for the shrift , and Turkish celerity of a Court Martial . ' The case of British Guiana , like that of Ceylon , resolved itself into a question of taxation . The Colony is overrun with a swarm of p lacemen , who , like beasts , eat up the Avhole produce ofthe soil . A quarrel took place between the Government and the Combined Court with respect to the enormous amount annuall y wrung from the Colony for these scions of the English aristocracy , Avho are thus
quartered upon it , and the stoppage of the supp lies was threatened . This led to the retirement of the Governor , and the appointment of another , ( Mr . Barely ) who has gone out to try to settle matters ; he himself , having stated in the House last session , that these colonists were the victims of fraud and oppression at the hands of the Colonial Office . Mr . Baillie in concluding his speech , _madeaslashingattack uponLord Gre y , whom he said stood « convicted of adeliberate attempt to deceive and mislead the House of Lords , as to the condition and prospects of Jamaica . Who " perverted truth to serve f art J _Purposes , " and systematically prostituted his immense patronage to advance the
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private interests of his connexions , without reference to the public service . Mr . B . Hawes , the Under-Secretary 0 f Stato , defended himself and his chief— _vho by the way , was present in thc Peers ga n ' during thc debate . Of his defence little Ncoil be said . It avus weak and inconsistent in argument , barren in feet , and _buHyinn- ; tone . A mixture of the "red tape , " andth 0 "injured innocent" dod ge , seems to be this gentleman ' s forte . But the Whi gs were t oo well aware of the inherent weakness of their defence to trust to that . They therefore
induced Mr . Ricardo to become cat ' s paw—and drag a red herring across the scent , in the h op e of luring the House from the real game . TliLthought , hy endeavouring to make it appear that the Committee Avas asked for the purpose of restoring Protection , that they might rais _ed Free Trade debate , and cunning ly framed _" au amendment with that Yiew , wliich they intended to stultify the House ; and , if adopted the Committee afterwards . Mr . _Osrorx-- ' who has a knack of calling things b y their ri ght names , stigmatised this as a divt y manoeuvre to hoodwink the House . " It did not take , and—after a defence frc-m
Lord John Russell , the most notable feature of which-. was , that it contradicted that of Mr . Hawes in several important points—Peelites , Protectionists , and Free Traders united in a motion , which ' as we have said , is virtually a censure upon the Colonial policy of the Government . The Whi gs did not dare to risk a division . They would have been beaten by a large majority , and they had to withdraw their '' herring " amidst the contemptuous jeers of all parties . In this case , Sir It . Peel ' s cautiousl y-expressed censure Avas even more damaging * than the outspoken condemnation of Members less me a l y-mouthed .
The next question of general interest , introduced this Avcck , is thc Admission of JeAvs into Parliament . We have already so _frequentl y placed this upon the unmistakeable ground " , that no man should be deprived of any civil or political ri ght on account of relig ious op inions , that it is unnecessary for us to do more than allude to it . We have no particular affection for the Jews , and heartil y despise many ofthe arguments used by the gold-worshippers in support of their admission , but that shall not make us waver in our support ofa great and just princi ple . The mode in which Lord
J . Russell proposes to admit his colleague this year , differs from that of last Session . Ii > stead of bring ing in a Bill , he refers tho o a th to a Committee of the House , with the view of omitting the objectionable Avords " on the true faitli of a Christian , " but retaining the "So help me God . " Lord John is not afraid of _Jcaa-s , but his toleration does not include infidels . Well , we shall , by-and-by , find courage to carry the principles of civil and reli gious liberty even that far , and learn to avoid the commission of civil injustice , und er the pretence of relig ious scrup les .
The other business up to the time of writing , avc have already commented upon . After a last but ineffectual attempt to defeat the Coercive Act for Ireland , on the part of the gallant minority who have resisted that p iece of tyranny , it Avas finally carried on Monday night through the Commons . Mr . 0 ' C oxxor took the opportunity of making a powerful defence of his country , ancl an equ a lly able attack on the despotic and unconstitutional
course pursued by the present administration , which our readers will find in full in another page . Sir John Pakington's Bill for preventing Bribery at Elections , despite o f a Conservative Opposition , passed the second reading on Wednesday , but it is to be sent to a Committee upstairs . We shall Avait till we see in Avhat shape it comes back before giving an op inion as to its merit . The question of Marriage , raised in both Houses , will supp ly materials for future comment .
Receipts Of T He Nat I O N Al Land Compa...
RECEIPTS OF T HE NAT I O _N AL LAND COMPANY For the Week Endisg Thursday , February 22 , 1 S 49 . SHARE ? . £ s . d . £ s . u \ Devizes .. S 7 0 Dewsbury .. COS Dundee .. 2 5 0 Kettering .. 1 12 fi Aberdeen .. 1 1 * 2 0 Lewes .. .. 3 U " Lambeth .. 0 2 0 Oa . vford .. 2 15 H Manchester .. 2 17 0 Bishopwearmouth 2 15 2 Malton .. 2 14 8 C . Maul .. 0 2 'J Winchester .. 1 5 0 T . Wilkins .. 0 10 ' J HebilenBridge .. 0 10 0 If . Swatsliall .. 0 1 'I Peterborough .. t 1 ( 1 J [ . A . AUeu .. 0 2 !) Nottingham , J . li . Merry .. l ) 2 0 Sweet .. 1 C 3 SL Pallet' .. 0 7 _l ! Hull .. .. 1 15 i T . Devonport .. 0 4 0 Headless Cross 1 10 0 It . Pattison .. 0 1 0 Brighton , Arti- AV . M'Lean .. 0 2 0 choice .. 8 5 S C . Vjgurs .. 0 1 fi Rochdale .. 1 10 10 J . _Villi's .. 0 1 G Bath .. .. 4 13 ( J J . Collison .. 0 10 0 Wolverhampton 2 0 0 Bristol 1 15 9 £ C 1 fi 9 EXPENSE FUND . Dundee .. 2 15 0 Lewes .. ' .. 0 19 & Aberdeen .. 0 8 4 Crayford .. 0 2 6 ' Hebden Bridge .. 0 10 _Rishop-Tearmonth 0 4 0 Peterborough .. 0 3 0 James Felsham 0 1 0 Nottingham .. 0 0 C T . Benuyard .. 0 1 ' Hull .. .. 0 1 G Dewsbury .. 0 11 G _ 5 14 10 TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... ... CI C 9 Expense ditto ... ... ... 5 1410 Bonus ditto ... ... ... ] 0 17 7 Loan ditto ... 1 1710 Transfers 0 1-3 0 £ 80 12 J > Erratum . —In the Star of Saturday last should hare appeared , Belper , per Gregory , 6 s . Gd . TV . Dixon , C . Doyle , T . Clark , Cor . See . P . M'Grath , Pin . Sec . EXECUTIVE FUND . Per Land Office . —Wellingborough , 7 s . ; Mr . M ' Lean , ti . ; Mrs . Heath , Is . ; Derby , Us . 2 d . ; J . Skevington , Is . 1 er b . Kydd . —George Norton , ls . ; John Coleman . Is . '¦ Bristol , per — . Clarke , « s . Od . ; Oxford , per H . Warren , 5 s . ; Todmorden , per J . Cunline , lis . 7 d . ; Derby , 10 s . VICTIM FUND . Per Land Office . — Nottingham , ls . Od . ; Wollii _*; _- borough , 7 s . ; Thos . Allan and Friends , os . 7 d . ; Mr . l ) av _*!* > Greenwich , as . ; Mr . Wild , ditto , ls . ; Mr . Moore , tli «"> ls . ; Mr . Howden , ditto , Is . ; Mr . Douglas , ditto , ls . ; - « _r-Mead , ditto , ls . ; Mr . Whitcoinbe , ditto , 3 s . ; Mr . Hear * ditto , Od .
Defence Fund. Per W. Rider.—Leicester, C...
DEFENCE FUND . Per W . Rider . —Leicester , collected after Lecture ? ' ! Messrs . Harney and Kydd , per H . Green , 12 s . ; _Bulwt-U . I * - ' J . Sweet , 2 s . tfd . ; Mr . Chippendale , per J , Street . )' " _^ Mr . Goodwill , per T . Ormeshaw , Manchester , 6 d . ; ShellM " collected at Democratic Heading lloom , per G . Cavill . '''*>' E . Lee , Sheffield , per G . Cavill , Is . ; Birmingham , Peop le ' Hall per II . UudhaU , 2 s . Gd . j A few Friends , Ki _»« -oros ? , near Halifax , per AV . Drake , ( towards Mr . Nixon ' s aecoun ' . ' 14 s . 4 d . ; P . Elliott , Clapham , 3 s Per Land OFficr ; .-Bristol , tid . ; Wellingborough , 7 s Per Jons AiiMirr . - _Middleton , per Mr . Bates , 3 s .
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Per W . lliDEB—Barrowford , per J . Gray , 2 s . lid . ; _^ well , per J . Sweet , 2 s . Gd . M _' DOUALL ' S CASE-FOR WRIT OF ERROR . ( OB OTHEKWISE . ) ¦ Per W . RiD £ S . _ Democratic Club , Edinbmg h , . _ifj ' Q vay , 5 s . 4 d . ; A few Democrats , Tutbury , per C . _VM * *" 3 s . bd . - Yer Lan _* OFHCE _.-Derb }*; 3 _^ 4 d . —* _-Jf John _Ansorr _.-Kentish Town Locality , per Mr . W * S < UU » NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND-# S . Kydd . —Leicester , per Mrs . CoUins , 2 s . < ; J- ' 'hL _tuighain , Mr . Hayes , a Pair of Stockings . — -Vet J ** ARNOTT .-CharterviUc , proceeds of Star , per John «?" _, ' 3 s . OAd . ; Wellingborough Shoemakers , per Mr . R _*» _' _*! £ 110 s . ; Padiliam , per Mr . Bradshaw , fit * . ; Middleto _" , _^ Mr . Bates , 7 s . ; Cripplc ** ate , 28 , Golden-lane , P . . ' _- , Bw >\ vtt , 2 s . ; City Ladies' shoemakers , per Mr . _GvcW ; _" 4 s . 6 d . ; Ernest Jones Locality , por Mr . _Han-ap , _*>• " ¦'
Monster Visit Of Englishmen To Paris. •*...
Monster Visit of Englishmen to Paris . •** association of gentlemen is now in the cow * formation , and will be speedily formed , for tne I ,, _poso of returning , on " the most extensive se . ' the visit of the French National Guards to W j _^ In less than a month , several thousand _. _M-e . j men will proceed to _Taris , aud remain tha *< week . In order to secure the n ecessary ac dation and regularity , whole hotels will be au l _' aris , special trains on the railways in BOtn _^ tries engaged , and steam-boats chartered J « l occasion .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 24, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24021849/page/4/
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