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    • JUST PU»LlaIlEl) t
    • TO FBABG0S O'COXXCR . Es«.
    • JUST PUBLISHED.
    • THE NORTHEEN STAR 8ATORDAT, JULY 24,1847.
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      H And * July 24, I847 4 The No/Tthern St...

      July 24 , I 847 4 THE NO / tTHERN STAR * _^ ¦

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      A FULL-lESGTII PORTRAIT of FEA & WJS _O'CONSOU , Esq . Lithographed in the first * 5 _»^ le _*« f Art from j an Oryiual Fainting by T . _Maktim . . - ] 9 . a . j Prints ... ... ... ... 2 6 a On India paper ... ... . „ _ 0 ; Coloured to Life ... ... ... 6 0 j frames and Glasses from 5 s . to ... SO 0 a ** We hare seen specimens , both plain and coloured , and ; must pronounce Mr Martin ' s work an uninir _. t ; ik «? nb'e like .: ness oi the brtathingoriginal , the worth of whicb the tens ; of thousands wlio know Mr O'Co nor can da cide wlie _" . they see the Engraving . We have not met any one wao hash _ ita _ d _ say . * Thatisthemau . _** -A _' o * _W * _i _»« f ; l Agents _asd Land Secretaries maj be supplied on wnou-, _» 1 « terms ; 20 per _jjent discount , ti ,.--. . Enclose I ' _ostoffice Orders or S _ _- _^ _^ _' _*™»** Z "Mar tin . 61 , Dea _ s . reet . Soho . London , " or _Staromc _* . ,

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      TO TAILORS . and _•^ r oportio' * » _f'Stj _Messrs _Poolaad granted . Apal _«** 4 _Jf'fc . l _^ u .- _^ Lincoln ' s Inn . Sr-• fjapmeal , Vatent Office , _* , f _^ _cTcarroM , XnL , Lard _elairabon of same , signed ¦ _ _«¦¦* . ¦— » » Mavor of London . _rr-illF TOVDOK * -KD PARIS SPRING AND SUMMER T _IaSH OSS for 1817 , ai * c _nowrreiidy by K _ N * - fiUIV REM ) and Co ., 12 , ffartstreet , Blcwmsawy _Mwrl _S _ _T aml by G . Berger . Holywell- __«** _, ___ a _ May be bad of all *_ _o *_ _eUa-rewhi __ eri _ ___ a r _B- * _ai-probation ofher Majesty Queen Tictorii _ n __ ' _ . H- Prince Albert _ Splendid Print , _tt-iutif-llj execaedtbe whole

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      THE TAILORS' TRADING COM PAST . _ "SUMBEIt OF _J 0 TJR 7 SBYMEN TAILORS ( Members __ . of the Nat'enal Association of United Trade * - . _having formed a Company to release _themselves from the _rjaneftUinflat-nce of _unprincipled ompaititor * j _ * pec _ fi _» llj inform the operative classes , generally , that they hare _«*_ -euedaa establishment at No . 1 , _TICTOKIA-STREET , MANCHESTER . where the ; can be _sullied vrith every article of clothing as cheap an * 'better made than at any of the ( so-called ) cheap establishments . _WORJOXG HEX , SUPPORT YOUR _OWJf ORDER in „ ts attempt t > demenstratt * tfte _benejits of _ASSOCIAzrrjs lahous . _Journejmtn Tailors who are desirous _« f avoiding tbe degrading contingencies of tramping > n search of employ . _Xient , during tiie neit winter , will meet with employment * a \ t _ Manchester wages , by becoming Shareholders . The pice of shares is ten shillings , payable by instalments of tireepence per week , in addi ion to one shilling and six . J _penceibr Registration and expenses . Rules and Prospec-1 tasis mil be forwarded to any part ot the Kingdom on application tothe Secretary . 5 , St John-street , Uanc * 3 _a _ ter _, hy enclosing four postage stamps . Jons Russell , Manager .

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      A COLOURED DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT in best morocco _* ase for 10 * -, wbich is 15 s . less thau an * other London establishment , and warranted to be equally good , by MR EGERTOS , 148 , Fleet-street , _opptrfdte _Bonveria _^ _street , and 1 . Temple-street . Whitefriars . Open daily irom nine t _ l four . Foreign Apjparatus Agent to V « igt * ander and . _Iiribours , a complete _ ookof Instraa-tiajn , price 76 . _frl , hy post 10 b Pri e Bits _sentpost free .

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      MOSEY G 1 TBH AWAY 1—The following sums of Money , v _ : _—SOOl . 2001 ., 1001 ., 50 * ., tiro of 251 ., and ten of 10 * . will be presented by the Proprietors of the JERSEY TELEGRAPH to the first 5030 Subscribers to tbat Paper for one year , and a like sum to every additional £ 000 . The Subscription , 8 s .. can be _fort-rardedin postage stamps , or by post-office order , pay . able to Mr _ChablesCliffobd . No . 15 . King-street , Jersey _PartiesfaTYiarding It- Is . will be entitled to three k _ b . tiers , and may obtain-SOD * . Ad * ej _* t \&« _s'TO * _a'i'Q 5 - to _a-raSl themselves of the very extensive ciieolation ( In England , Ireland , Scotland , "Wales , and the Channel Island-. ) , secured by _ _ae a * nove arrangement will , to ensure insertion , forward their * _£ _* _ - ___<__ wan as little delay as possible , charge only Oar Vzssy per line ( no duty ) ' . Agencies of all kinds undertaken for Jersey .

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      Kow Ready , a New Edition of MR . _O'COSXOtt'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at the ___ _ern Star Office , 16 , Great Winai . Bill Street- , and of A *_ l Hey wood , Manchester .

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      AUXILIARY TO TUE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . THE SATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BESEFIT SOCIETY . Patron—T . Wak * ey , M . P . Utrectors—Messrs P . M'Grath , T . Clark , and C . Boyle , Bank—The National Land and Labour Bank . Secretary—MrE- Stallwood . Central Offices , S 3 , Dean-street , - .. ho , and 2 , Little "Vale place , Hammersmith road . THIS Society presents greater advantages to the Indast _ _wus * *_ lhons _ tan any similar Institution erer aestablishe—Rules and every information required can be obtained St the following places ;—Ifr . Lawrance , _. VJntCingtou and Cat , Chnrch-row , Bethnal Green ; Mr Jenrey , Tanners ' Arms , Bermondsey . road ; _ r J . Simpson , Damson ' s Assembly Rooms , East-lane , Walworth ; Herbert ' s Temperance Coffee house , Exeter-street , Sloane-street ; Mr Walford , Temperance-ball , Broadway , Westminster ;

      To Fbabg0s O'Coxxcr . Es«.

      TO FBABG 0 S O'COXXCR . Es « .

      Sib,—J Am Induced To Address You, And I ...

      Sib , —J am induced to address you , and I feel proud of tbe opportunity offered me hy those who endeavour to crush our cause through their wil y insinuations . I glory ia tbe cause ; and while tbey are doing tbeir dirty work -we are prospering more aad more . Every day and every -week proves to us that oar noble institution is rapidly progressing , and this makes our enemi _ writhe and foam , bark and grant , like so man ; wild beauts in a den ; _Tont , seeing- tbat tbeir object is unattainable , tbat they acannot deceive tbe people by all tbeir cunning and craft , they then tmploy men who—re at all times ready to do any kind of dirty work to attack you _personally , or by any means to endeavour to swamp oar cause , which you hive so nobly undertaken foe tbe well-being of your fellow-man , and especially the working classes of tbis country .

      I feel glad , sir , tbat ynu hsse a mind that _«« n soar above those crawling wretches , who are at all times lurking bebtad their hiding-placet * . « f deceit and treachery , yeady to sting yon , and thns they imagine they _aeey upset and destroy tbe foad hopes-of thousands who have full confidence in yonr integrity _ nd bumaaity . Again , all ot us ought to be thankful that we havo one to guide us , and to watch over oar interests , while . we may truly say we are aarroatided -by enemies on entry « ide ; some under tbe mask and _• — -n of friendship , pretending to give UE advice for good , -chile their aim is csr

      total destruction ; others under tke garb of religion pretend to pity us , and will say , how tasty they axe _becanres we are <_ iartis _ _, and behind onr baots stab us with tbe ; weapons of hypocrisy and false assertion . I migbt enumerate these enemies of the working _amasses , bnt I need not , —yon know tbem far better than _» -do , and can more ably trace tbem ont and show tbem fort-to us iu all their different shades and colours ; and thanbeto you and to yonr coadjutors , we have the Star to gside us through this ocean of selfishness until we are all . safely placed nnder onr own vine _aed fig tret * , none _dasing to make us afraid .

      Again I wonld fain hope tbat my fellow-corking men would pluce every _confidecce in you . Would to Gad that men in general would onl y « e to their own interest , and try by every lawful means _> _emancipate _themsglres from tbe joke of tyranny aud oppression . Hy desire being to forward the cause of democracy and tha well-being of my f _<* l _ w-men , I bave instilled those principles iato my chiidroa _, and two <_•_ _ ¦ _•_ ¦ _ along with _mjrsel * . are member * of the Co-opera _tiare $ _ _ud Company . One , my eldest , has paU ap in the foart _ . section , and I wish that myself and thc other were also _paH op . I want all my fellow-working men to be alive to their owa interest , and strive to fras themselves from the shackles of slavery . I shall wiiUsgJy do all I can to forward our noble institution . lam . Sir , Your obedient Servant . A Wehbek or me _CtvrWT . Darlington . July nth , 18 * 7-

      . Tonhohdes.—Shocking Ac«Ok«R Axd Toss O...

      . _TonHOHDEs . —Shocking Ac « OK « r axd toss of lire . —On . Tuesday afternoon , just when tha works of Fielden , Brothers , Waterside , were commencing after dinner , one of the three boilers burst with a horrible crash , and blew a man , named Robert Law , to the distance of twenty yards . lie was shockingly mutilated and died immediately , lie haafelt a wife and two children to lament his loss . - _^ - _^* _^ _MO _T _* a _ . —Thegen __ ld _ e _ _'ateffleot-Mg of Lancashire miners will be held on Monday f _lert , Jnly 26 . h , atthe sign of the Black Bull Staadph , near Wigan ; chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock _tttheforenMn . There wiU also be a public meefc-Mg , which will be addressed by Wt 1 * . "Roberts , aW _ _, aad several other _gentlemes _.

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      m . VN . OF 'HE LABOURER , " COSTESTS . * _1 . Onward-by Ernest Jones . 2 . Education and the Russell Cabinet . 3 . The Romance of-a People . 4 . Visit to O'Connorville . _5 . Tbe Insurrections ofthe _Tforkiug ClaSSCS . 6 . The League . 7 . The Couiosions of a King . 8 . Tlie Game Laws .

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      f _^ scHB tub -iBST , neatly bound in cloth and lettered , Price 3 s . 6 d , Just reprinted , and may be had on application . . SO . HI . of "THE LABOURE « , " Containing , amongst other matters , a Reprint of Mr F . O'Connor ' s Letter , in the _"Northern Star" of January 3 otb , demonstrating tho certainty with which an allottee may support himself and family , and accumulate money , on a "Two Acre " allotment . The very general demand that was made for the paper containing the above letter induced the Editors tc reprint it , after careful revision , in the March Number of wio" Labourer . " NO . IV . of 'THE LABOURER , " Containing an elaborate Treatise on the HATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK , IV ITS RELATION WITH THE NATIONAL _LAWl COMPANY-

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      Letters ( pre-paid ) to be aaWressed to the Editors , IS Great Wiudmill Street , _Uaajmarket , London . Orders received by aU agents for the " _Northem Staar , " and ell booksellers ia town and country .

      The Northeen Star 8atordat, July 24,1847.

      THE NORTHEEN STAR 8 ATORDAT , JULY 24 , 1847 .

      The Struggle. *' Now's Tbe Day And Now's...

      THE STRUGGLE . * ' Now _' s tbe day and now ' _s the hour . PAf- __ t _ . r was _TustEUDAt Dissolved ! At length tbe Chartist spirit is fairly roused . We present this week to our readers a list of the names of men well known to the people , whose present _prtv fessions are supported by past services—services in many a well-fought field against both open foe and treacherous friend , If the people will but do their duty , and enforce the election of tbe true friends

      whose names we this week publish , they will elect if not a sufficient number to carry tbe Charter , at least sufficient to employ all the forms of the house in such a way as to compel concession tO the popular demand for justice ; and sufficient to act as the guiding power of the " pressure from without , ' ' which bas only to be fully put forth , and efficiently directed , to achieve a revolution the most glorious on record , because bloodless and just ; a revolution which would light all and wrong no on :.

      We have spoken of the people enforcing the election of their friends . Let it be clearly understood that , by this we mean no "brickbat and bludgeon law ; " no popular imitation ofthe unfair and villanous conduct of the Mayor and Wbigs of Derby ; no assault upon tbe ri ghts of others , but simply tbe stern resolve , expressedin plain language , and backed by instantaneous act on thepa ' rtof each and all , to support no man with pound , shilling , or penny , who having a vote , refuses to give that vote on the side of equal justice . It is _unnecssary for us to reiterate the advice of Mr O'Connor , given in our last . Earnest men will

      require , at the most , not more than one admonition ; and as regards slaves—though an angel _preathed to them they would neglect to follow the advice from heaven . By EXCLUSIVE DEALING tbe people may righteousl y compel the abolition of Exclusiveismi Serious disorders usually require sharp remedies—remedies too , in some measure , partaking of the disease ihey are employed to counteract . Hitherto our institutions have been founded , and our laws enacted in the spirit of EXCLUSIVE DEALING . The privileged classes have cared onl y for themselves , and those who have votes have generally hitherto bartered them for the gold , the

      promises and the smiles of the rich , or where corruption has not been the moving power , prejudice bas . The petty shopkeeper has been as " exclusive and insolent in his way , as the haughtiest of aristocrats . But the disease may be made to cure itself . The principle of EXCLUSIVE DEALING which has heretofore been employed against , the people , must be now turned against the enemies of the people , by the people themselves . The end to he gained hallows the employment of the means . That " end " is not the elevation of any one class atthe expense of others , but simply the triumph of JUSTICE , in the blessings of which the vanquished as well as the victors will share .

      " The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gained !" If the re _? der will glance at the first page of this day ' s Star , he cannot but be highly gratified at the array of talented and patriotic nasaes associated fiith , and pledged to the princi ples of sterling democracy , as defined in the People ' s Charter . It would be a needless expenditure of words to address an exhortation to the men of Finsbury to do their j duty , by securing the return of their present representatives . Tha t tbey will do without any help or

      advice from others . The _talked-of Tory opponent of Duneombe and Wakley , has no more chance of being elected for Finsbury , tban he has of being elected for Timbuctoo , whicb , however , considering bis benighted notions , he mi ght . much more fitly aspire to represent . Though , instead or having written , Mr Warren had expended "Ten . Thousand a Tear" for ten years in preparation for his assault on the Democratic fortress of Finsbury , he would have had no more chance of victory than be has new . The result of the Finsbury election will

      attest the fallacy of the alled ged fickleness of the people . The English democracy—and democracy influences public opinion , and decides public action in Finsbury—are not tired of hearing Duneombe and Wakley called " the just . " The ostracism will be directed , ' not against the friends , but against the foes of the people . Defeat and shame will certainly and properly punish the presumption of that foolwhoever he may be—who may be stimulated fry knaves and slaves to disturb the trustworthy and . honored members for Finsbury .

      Such men as Crawford of Rochdale , and Williams of Coventry , will also obtain the overwhelming _enp-*» _ort of tbeir constituents . On some subjects we ¦ say differ from these men ; but in the hour of battle we . remember tbat on the _greatatjuestion of questions the . ahave been on tbe right side . To such , therefore , _ e wish Ged speed 1 Bc ± _ glorious band of patriots _ re now knocking at the . dear of St Stephen ' s , who , with one exception , have not -hitherto known the inside of that questionable _ Q * aicile—or rather unauestionable den of

      M ( _idoig bti ) _ ( lunderer ) ' s . The one exception -we allude to is , _& £ courts , Mr Feargus _O'Conoor . We shall not thixtk of using Mr O'Connor ' s paper to bespatter its proprietor with our praise , praise which tbe people af Nottingham do not 2 t all need to i _ ake them sufficiently appreciate ' tbeir . chosen caa - _adidate . _Hobhouse and Gisborne already shake in their shoes , for well they know that recreancy and tce & _ftery are not the sort of sins their Chartist _opponeota likely to overlook . Happy will babbling

      Ma _ _a _ s _ r be that Feargus O'Connor cannot be " two gentle / sea it once . " Bnt only let the constituency of Nottingham , send him to the House of Commons , and more than one babbling fool will find the man of the people—backed by the people-fully a match for the utmost ignorance and insolence that House can produce . Ireland , tbo , needs at least one veritable champion , who will expose her wrongs and demand her rights . It is in the power of the men of Notb ' Dgham to supply their _ncftrtiinite . Irish brethren

      The Struggle. *' Now's Tbe Day And Now's...

      with such a champion , in the _persea of Feargus O'Connor . ¦ "' - '¦ ' The extraordinary progress of events at "Halifax , tbe flight of Protheroe , who , like a c * . rt . am _unpepular animal , finding himself compelled to retreat , has fired a thundering stink at tbe momr / ot of taming tail ; the triumphant march ot Chartist principles , and tbe exceedingly favourable ; prospectalmost eertainty — of the return ot Jones and Miall , combine to justify tba more , than , ordinary notice we have taken of this election in another column . At Derby , Philip "M'Grath ia once more

      before the public , to 'beard the vengeance of the thepcople ' s enemies , _anfl'test the virtue of the people themselves . _"WitheringSlavery be the lot of the coward who -shall _thistttae obey the mandate of any mulish mayor , -or jackal "thief-catcher . Up with your lands , Men of Derby : ! Lift up your voices in thunder-tones _igainst the degradation to which your Whiggish tyrants woald condemn you . See tbat all wbo have votes record them on the right side , or ! Men of Sheffield , against two Treasury hacks

      we pit one honest-man . We know the sublime impudence of George Henry Ward , but it strikes us that , although he may try his best at fanning and bullying , lie will have a tough opponent in Thomas Clark , a man who is neither to be cajoled nor frightened by anything , and especially say . thing in the shape of a Whig . Men bf Sheffield ; 4 men whose andegenerate spirit" has been often tested , rise and vindicate your rigbts against those who have always sided with your enemieB _, and who are now fattening on the wages of corruption I

      The great claims of Mr Roberts have been so ably set forth by Mr O'Connor that we are unwilling to more feebly express what all must feel . As the legal adviser and champion ofthe industrious classes . Mr Roberts has the hearts of tens , of thousands . The men of Blackburn will not merely honour themselves , they will confer the greatest benefit on those thousands by sending him to the . 'House of Commons to correct bad , and aid the enactment of good , laws .

      There is no man whose appearance in the field has caused us more sincere pleasure tban that of John West . Glory to the men of Stock port ! They were tbe first to set an example of generous patriotism in contributing largely to tbe funds ofthe Central Registration Committee , and now they have added to the debt of gratitude the country will owe to them by bringing forward against tbe League ' s chief , the League ' s most able foe . Of all tbo men in tbe Chartist rankB West is the man to " tackle" that prince of shams , that king of humbugs , that wholesale dealer in delusion , Cobden . Honest John West ! Shame , shame that a man of bis . nobility of mind has been so long , condemned to the obscurity and misery ever associated with the _) _hand-loom weaver ' s wretched toil . But

      " Though slavery ' s gloom o ' er his morning hath hung Tbe full neon of glory shall shine on Aim yet !" A word to tbe men of Stockport . We know the bloodthirsty spirit ofthe "Leaguers , " and sure we are tbat rather than Cobden should be beaten by a poor baud-loom weaver , that party will try every means of coercion and intimidation—not scrupling even at employing mercenary brute force . Be you prepared ! Be you prepared to enforce tbe keeping ofthe peace . We know your candidate will be a man in any emergency , be you then prepared to support him like men .

      * ' Lord Palmerston and Mr Heathcote will be returned without opposition , " 8 ayg the ''Western Times . " There you are out in your reckoning , most worthy " public instructor . " Julian Harney means to give " his lordship" some little trouble , lt is not necessary to say more then th it Julian Harney will do his duty , or , at least , as Nelson would have said , he will "try . " Let tbe men of Tiverton do their duty and redeem their town from the Stigma of ariatooratic _^^ -representation .

      Kydd is ** up" for Greenwich ; Dixon for Wigan ; Dickenson for South Shields , and several more are either already named or are about to be so . Want of time and space will not allow us to do justice to the merits of these men who so well deseve the sup-Por t of the people . Tbere are others in the field , such as Sturge , Vincent , Epos , -c ., with whom we * bave no community of personal feeling , but whom , nevertheless , on the ground of public principle , we would support . Their success is to be wished and worked for .

      Bat a number of good men are as yet unnoticed who ougbt , before'this time , ' to bave been at tbe bead of popular constituencies . Why is not Doyle a candidate ? a re there no places requiring tbe services of our able and true-hearted friends _Beesley , Marsden Dr M'Douall and Donovan ? What is Glasgow abont ? MOIR is not dead , and we hope not sleeping . Why is not the eloquent and enthusiastic John M'Crae up and doing at Dundee , or somewhere ? Auld Reekie has clever men , so has Aberdeen , Greeneck , and other places , will none of them come forward ' i Stand ' s Scotland where it did ? '' See to it men ofthe north , and see thai you return an answer worthy of your ancient renown .

      Is there so place in Ireland honest enough for an honest man , Patrick _O'Higgins to wit ? However tbat may be , surely there are many places in England that would be proud of the services of such a man . Chartists who demand the rights of men and citizens ; Landsmen wbo pant for ' ' happy homes and altars free , " now is the time of trial , now is the time to prove the sincerity of yonr professions . Some two or three days are before you yet for preparation , and then comes the struggle . ' Let ( Saturday night ,

      Sunday—the better day the better deed in a good cause—and Monday , he devoted to an energetic attempt to procure full and ample funds to enable the Central Committee to complete the good work so well begun . In many places tbo elections will , in all probability , take place next week . A few days more and you will be in the thick ofthe fight—and thenyon will have either to lament your own supineness or rejoice in tbe fruits of your victorious energy . 'Now ' s the day and now ' s the hour . " , _-..-, .

      " Our green flag glitters o ' er us , The friends we ' ve tried Are by our side—And the foe we hate before us ' . "

      Tfae Tory, As The Only Means Of Resistin...

      _tfae Tory , as the only means of resisting the strength of liberty . He has made a confession of the weaknese of either party—he has written the epitaph ready for the grave of dying faction . "What-have tbe haughty crest of the _Toiy _, the rampant attitude of the Whig , been lowered to this—that the old enemies have been forced to coalesce , in order to maintain it footing ? What-we they further reduced to the alternative , the one of sayin g he has no particular opinions , the other of being afraid to

      THE HALIFAX ELECTION . We have much pleasure in pointing the attention of onr readers to a fact recorded in another part of our column-:, and illustrative of _* he weak position of faction , while it evidences the growing power of the population . Of the two "Whig Members for Halifax , Sir Charles Wood and Mr Protheroe , who have represented (?) the borough , the first for fifteen and the _othcT for ten years , the latter has already been beaten from the field , and issued hia retiring address , and advised his colleague to coalesce with

      _ ty anything at all ? _What-hanone month wrought thin wonderful change in a constituency ? No ! It has been the growing conviction of years that is fast reaching the moment of maturity . But the position already achieved—teaches us the power the people pones * o f resisting corruption . It shows us , in the support from men of all classes , fliatprin . _ciplea , hitherto calumniated ana vilified , are revi _** - ing-how truth will conquer prejudice , _andpnseve-_ _tnce baffle opposition .

      The discomfited "Whig has aimed a last shot at what he calls « revolutionary p rinciples . " He forgets it is _rerolutionary principles k »& ica he owed

      Tfae Tory, As The Only Means Of Resistin...

      .. is seat-he forgets the progress of history _« o » great revolution , _^ one-continuous change , as firiM keep giving way Mn _*^ «* ** _* _f / _£ _tinue freeing themselves from cham after chan . That which we _iongtpreiicted , the coalition o action , is thus taking . place . and we are , in one sense , g lad to see i t . ft will strengthen our position . There can be no . deception now-all parties know what they have to expect-the cloven foot has been put forward by -tike enemy , and the con spiracy of faction must promote the only thing now wanting for tbe people ' s triumph—union among tbeir ranks . No one can _iww any longer say , " "Well , the Wbigs

      are bad , but the Tories may do better ; or viceversa . " AU must now see tbat it is the rich oppressor against the poor oppressed ; and in anxious expectation every honest heart loo «' s forward to tbe result of tbe general struggle now about to be maintained throughout the country . And there is

      one ennobling feature about the present contest for the People ' s Charter—it is no longer a war against MEN , but against MEASURES it is no longer an attempt to take property away—but to increase its amount , by enabling the people to en oy the fruits of their own great property—their labour . It is no longer a crusade against a class , but for a nation . It is not , and NEVER WAS , an onset against religion—but an attempt to raise it in tbe estimation of man , by raising it above tbe graep of policy . Thence

      it is that men of all parties are beginning to espouse our cause—thence it is , that wealthy , influential men , Dissenting ministers , and even State Churchmen , are embracing and avowing our principles , the conviction of truth hag dawned upon their minds , and the doubt , as to whether the people are in a fit state to permit of their realisation , is fast fading before tbe great lesson tbe national conduct is giving to the votaries of class legislatio " . The peaceable demeanour , the far-spread organisation , the sound arguments , the just conclusions , the

      moderate demands , and the well-laid plans of the people , while they paralyze opposition , challenge respect , and tbe most _exclusive politician is beginning to exclaim : " I never thought ! it ! The people are NEARLY fit for Universal Suffrage . " Nearly ! Well , that is an advance . At one time it was : " Oh ' . the thing is impossible ! It can NEVER be done !" The never lias changed , into nearly , and when the people are strong enough to enforce , tbey will be considered wise enough to receive , and the NEARLY will be changed into NOW .

      But , to effect this , a momentary impulse is not enough , there ni ' ust be a steady determination . To effect this , a local movement is not sufficient , there must be a _geneial union . ' ¦ The people must remember tbe non-electors have it in their power to influence the electors , the votes of the electors return the members , and the members make the laws * The non-electors have neglected their power , the only one they possessed ! tbe electors have been left at the mercy of intimidation and exclusive _dealiwr , as " practised by the rich , " and the "

      representatives of the people" have been only tbe nominees of faction . The non-electors have now perceived tbeir error , and we know of many places in which they are already acting on tbe admirable plan laid down by Mr O'Connor in our last number . It may here be said , — " Why extend the franchise , when we thus admit that the people have the power of influencing the electors ? " We might here reply , « WHY NOT ; if they possess a power VIRTUALLY , you may as well concede it formally . But we take higher ground , and bave more forcible objections .

      We take the ground of RIGHT , and men nf all parties concede the People ' s- itight to the Franchise ! and merely assail it on the ground of expediency * Here we meet them with their own weapons—it is conceded that the people can control the constituenciesif they choose , and they will if they a - ****; it follows tbat the electors must be directed in their choice of national representatives by self-interest or fear , since the present system challenges their votes for the support of faction , surely a bad basis for a representative system . It farther follows that hatreds , bickerings , and jealousies , must be engendered between two portions of the community—and lies deception , and perjury march in their train . It

      endangers the peace of the country , aud corrupts the morals of a portion of the people by bribery or threats , whichever way the tide ofpower sets . For , suppose the _privileged classes to keep tbe people out of tbeir rights , it can only be done by violence and corruption ; suppose the people to force the men of tbeir choice oh the constituencies , it can only be done by indirect means , and means derogatory alike to the rightsof man and thedignity of legislation . Thus , from whatever point of vie . v the exclusive system be regarded , it is full of faults , dangers , and evils . The more it is attacked , the more its rottenness becomes apparent * and the morn encouragement is given to its assailants .

      But more than ever energy and organisation are wanting to subvert it . That organisation must procure fruits—it must strengthen the . sinews of war . Expenses will be multiplied at the election hy hoth Whigs and Tories , to BREAK THE BACKS of the Chartists . Where two polling-booths would do , tliey will contrive to have four , and thus with all other things . WE MUST BE PREPARED FOR THIS . The pence of the niany can beat the pounds of tbe few ; some places have subscribed nobly to the Election Fund—ALL places must subscribe . If tbere is not money enough to meet all legal expenses

      at the elections contended by Chartist candidates _, that which has gallantly been given by a few places , will be thrown away ; and , be it remembered , it could not be subscribed to greater advantage either for the CHARTER or the LAND . The people requite the small proprietory system to be extendedthen let it be legislated for by breaking up the monopoly : of land—in giving , the waste lands and the stolen _church-Iands to the poor . The members of the Land Company are vitally interested in being represented in _Parliament—let them do their dutyand ere long we shall have a CHARTIST BENCH in the House of Commons , ¦ . .

      Parliamentary Review. The Debates On The...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The debates on the bill for creating new bishops , have imparted a distinct character and tone to the closing weeks of the session , which they would otherwise have lacked , and served to veil from popular view the hurried manner in which the remainder measures ofthe session have been poked away , hurried forward , abandoned , "deferred till next session , " and so on . The country is deeply indebted to the small , but gallant , minority , who so . steadfastl y resisted the crowning enormity of the session , and at last compelled Lord John to abandon that part of the Bill which had reference to the future creation of three additional Bishops . Unfortunatel y , they were not powerful cnou h to avert tbe fate of

      Man-Chester , which is to be " Bishopped , " of course greatly to the edification and pleasure of the spinners , power-loom weavers , dyers , calico printers , and piecers dwelling therein ! Manchester will henceforth , we presume , he elevated in the scale of towns , and be known by the style and designation of a City , though how the cotton lords will relish their ecclesiastical lord without a seat in the House of Peers , * or , when hs gets there , his holding Ihe seat

      on sufferance , not by right , remains to be seen . Lord John ' s readiness to be the tool of the Church on this occasion , and the oh & Unacy with which he battled / or a " measure which is totally uncalled for ; by the circumstances of the case , _k's well as opposed by the great majority of the people , contrasts curiousl y with the facility with which . he relinquished measures of tbe highest public _importance on the sli _ghtest appearance of a " difficulty . " M

      Parliamentary Review. The Debates On The...

      tne very closing hours of tba Session , and | of Parliament , be was found defending with a stubborness and p _ lmcity worthyof a better " canse , a measure which -bis own conscience must tell him is a bad one ; while , un the pretence that there was not lime , only a few days ago he gave up the Health of Towns Dili , a Measure which was imperatively demanded by the wretched state of our large towns , and tbe havoc committed by the pestilence engendered in

      their closely packed lanes , " 'alleys , and courts ; exhaled from reeking cesspools , and _unmapped drains . His good measures are shadowy and unsubstantial as g hosts * , they melt like phantoms on exposure to the light ; the evil ones only have a pernicious principle of vitali ty about thera , whicb enables them to survive repeated and determined onslaughts . There was one remaining vestige of public character left to the Premier , which his conduct on this bill bas completely destroyed . His claims to the possession

      of political wisdom , profound judgment , moral couvage and practical statesmanship must be ignored by all who have watched his career tis session as First minister of tbe Crown , but there was one little point left on which the genuine Russellites mig ht still have appealed to the prejudices of honest John Bull , and raised a cheer for the almost prostrate idol of their traditionary worship . They mi ght , in the last desperate moments of political failure , bave claimed for bim the credit of being " consistent . " We are by no

      means blindly in love with what is called by _certaiu parties , consistency in political affairs . It is quite as often a vice as a virtue- and generally ] means tbat the nmn of forty or fifty should be bound hy the crude , immature and inexperienced views of twenty or _twenty-five ; that , however , other men may live to learn , for tbe public politician there must be no progress ; like the feet of the Chinese women his intellect must be cramped by the iron shoe put upon it in infancy . Such consistency as this we repeat is quite as often a vice as a virtue . But there are instances

      in wbicb / by a fortunate combination of influences , tbe hereditary public man is bom , to an inheritance of sound principles and enlightened views , and persistence in maintaining such views is not only creditable to the individual , but beneficial to the community , both practically and reflectively . It is desirable that as few violent changes as possible should be witnessed in the opinions and policy of these , upon whom the management of State affairs devolves . When such changes do take place tbey ought always to be of a progressive character , in order to reconcile the

      public to the inconsistency . But in Lord John s case , in this question of an addition to the number of bishops , he has not gone forward , but , crab-like , backwards . It is altogether a new character for bim , tbat of church extender and bishop maker . He belongs to the party who cut down the Irish Bishops . He belongs to the section of politicians who bave all along been looked upon with fear and regarded with host'lity by the highly paid dignitaries of the Church as their direst- enemies , and who bave justified that fear of hostility by pro .

      claiming , in the plainest terms , that tbey regarded Bishops as an _over-grown , greedy , and idle set of cormorants , who preyed upon'the public funds with _, out giiing any substantial ' return . . "Y et how we find this would-he consistent politician coming forward , when the Session and the Parliament is in extremis , and nightly forcing ' through the House , backed by a motley majority , composed of . renegade Churchmen , Tories , and Placemen , a Bill of tbe most obnoxious description in itself , and wbicb , in addition

      to its other drawbacks , is in . the teeth of all his previous conduct on such questions . It is , indeed , one of the many strange things we bave witnessed in modern times , that a Bill for creating more Bishops should have come from a Whig Cabinet . There is scarcely a man on the Treasury Bench who has not , at some period of his life , spoken and voted against measures of the very kind they now support ; and Mr B . Escott deserved credit for

      reminding these miserable deserters from principle , of their degraded and tongue-tied position , on Monday night . The debates on the subject have _giveji me to some scenes more animated and exciting than dignified or rational—twenty members Bpeaking at once—half a dozen personal altercations , simultaneously prosecuted—and a babel of confusion prevailing over all—are not things calculated to elevate the legislature in the . estimation of onlookers . The blame , however , does not rest with those who

      resist bad measures , but with those who force them on ; and the exposure of the inconsistency of tuft _, hunting Mr Hawes , which Air Duneombe so ably made , is one ot those public benefits whicii cause one to overlook the somewhat uproarious scene in which it took place . The people of Lambetb , we should think , ' will need a great deal of" soft soap " to induce them to tolerate any longer the pert , smug , and self-satisfied gentleman whom they have helped to office and power .

      The Only Other Event Of The Week Calling...

      The only other event of the week calling for special notice is , Lord Brougham ' s Review of the Session . In former years that duly used to be dis . charged by Lord Lyndhurst _, but that veteran having retired from the field , the fallen manlie has been caught up by the erratic Whi g Ex-Chancellor . Truth to say , he does not shine in comparison with his predecessor . There was a masculine force of intellect a dear logic , and a manly and energetic eloquence displayed in Lord Lyndhurst ' _s annual criticisms

      with which the oratory of Brougham will not bear to be contrasted . The target was however so palpable , tbat it was impossible any one could fail to hit it . His _Lotdship _, therefore , after briefly disposing of the few measures which reached maturity as Acts of Parliament , descended into the shades below , to fish up the ghosts of the numerous bills of which " soraeswere never born , others departed

      without a moment ' s warning ; of those which struggled into life , all that need be said was , that a thousand freaks and follies died with them . There were puny infantile measures which instantly dropped into oblivion ; there was a whole crowd of ghosts—they were of various sizes , of various degrees of importance , but all had suffered from one pitiless process of abandonment or massacre j" and the conclusion to which he came on a

      review of these hapless ghosts was , " these failures , this systematic or wholesale impotency , made one think , that a strong Government , which one did UOt like , mig ht be better than a weak Government which one did . " One one point we must dissent from Lord Brougham ' s verdict . He spoke of the Teu Hours ' Bill as one ofthe measures of which , he said , " worse measures had never been passed in one session , " and paid a compliment to his own sagacity in foreseeing that ' * when work was reduced from 12 to 10 or 11 hours , wages would be reduced from 12 d . to 10 d . o lid : " That was , he said , " precisely what had happened . There had been a strike of workmen in one

      of the greatest manufactories of Yorkshire , which belonged to some old constituents of his , men of a most humane disposition . But it was not a question of humanity , it was a question of pounds , shillings , and pence . Had they yielded , they would have been ruined , tbey would have been gazetted . " This appears to us a very summary mode of disposing of the whole question , and of pronouncing a verdict as to

      the consequences of the Ten Hours' Act . lt is one which we are certain , even Brougham himself would not tolcva ' aC if applied to any other measure which he had not opposed , or was not disposed nnjnstly to disparage and vilify . His own answer , and that of the Free Traders generally , to the well-grounded complaints that iheir boasted panacea , which was , as by the wagic touch of some _cnclisnl _! _-raad to & re

      The Only Other Event Of The Week Calling...

      • ' Cheap Bread , High War . es , and Plenty to Bo _/ _T _* all the productive classes , has hitherto onl y been _ companied by " Deav Bread , Low Wages , and lhii ! toDo , "hasbeen , tliatitwasunfairtojudgeofthee { _f ec ' of the measure until it was fully in operation . **•* ,,, is the reply in the case of the Ten ( tours' Act a ] . and with much more justice . It is not yet in general ' operation , and in the meantime it may suit the pilr _ poses of individual _manuafcturers to take niea SUres for the purpose of throwing discredit upon the j _^ of creating d _' _asatisfaction with it , and making it _„„ . ' popular among the operatives . They bave tbe _po w . r to do this if they are so minded in the interval w ' _aU . _, __ _^

      bas to elapse between tbe present period and th . full operation of tbc Act . But as soon as \ M _^ place , these tricks will be seen through and necon .. harmless . The strong arm of the law will compel uniformity in working the mills ; and if there be _„ ,, truth whatever in the boasted doctrines of mo _* l . political economy ; if supply and demand reall y te . _guiale prices and wages , the inevitable effect of { lie alteration must be to benefit the operative classes , both pecuniarily and morally . The Ten Hours' Ac . was , we have repeatedly said , the only act for whi _ the . crative classes have to thank the session 0 f 1847 ; the only act which redeems it from the _st . gm , of u . ter _liselessness , or worse , of having been thoroughly and absolutely injurious in all its aspects .

      Mr Duneombe Broug Ht A Case Of Oppressio...

      Mr Duneombe broug ht a case of oppression , connected with thc Post-office management , before the house on Tuesday night , which very forcibly illuj . trates the treatment awarded to honest men , who expose the malpractices of their superiors . That gross abuses and malversations existed in the Pais * _, office ; that the officers , paid by the public money , were constantly nnd extensively employed in service . for the private benefit of cer _t ain superior officers of tbat establishment , was clearly proved by the commission appointed to examine into the truth of the a ) _, legations made hy Mr Duneombe on the subject , u . Grapes , to whose sudden dismissal on a false _ .

      frivolous pretext , Mr Duneombe drew the attention of the house , was one of thc main witnesses whose evidence proved the existence of these nefarious practices , No doubt , the first opportunity of tri pping him up was _eagerly watched for h y the _affiy- _j _.., whose evil doings he had exposed , and accordingly so it turned out . "Mr Duneombe applied to the Government and the House to pTotuctihe man from persecution and oppression , on ihe broad ground that Parliament having ordered the inquiry were bound to protect the witnesses . But a pretext _«•_ set up . by the Government , and justice eluded forthe present , on the ground , thai , as the papers could not be immediately prepared , it was better to defer the settlement of the matter " until tbe next session , "

      that awful limbo to which so many other matters bave been already relegated ! If the Government would pay Grapes his salary , in the meantime , to keep himself and family alive , there would be some excuse for this proceeding . But as that is not tbe case , the injustice and hardship of the affair become obvious . It affords miserably poor encouragement to others in the same _position , to come forward to protect the interests of the public , _awu expos * official malversation .

      On The " Ruck" Of Measures Which Have Co...

      On the " ruck" of measures which have come up at the tail ' of the session , and been disposed of somehow or anyhow , it would he idle to offer any cornmen , and as to the general character of the Sessioj , and of the Parliam ent of wbich it constitutes the close , that must be reserved for future comment . On Friday the Queen , in person , prorogued tho session with the usual speech formalities and _pattea * _.-try ; and tbe Ga : ette of the same _eveninc contained the formal announcement ofttie death ofthe Parliament of 1841 , one of _thelont > est anal most eventful of moden times , not only for what it did but what it has laid the foundation for doing in future . What that future shall eventually become now mainly depends on the manner in which the electoral body discharge tbe duties confided to them for the benefit of thc whole people . If tliey exercised their important _duties with a due cense of tlieir solemn importance and tlieir influence on the

      future destinies of this great empire , they will vir'tia ly now writ 8 for it a brilliant prospective history , if not , — if low paity viows , personal prejudices , or pe-sonal advantages seduce them from the PHtb of straightforward duty—of meie men of straw fools , roues , titled boys , ambitious lawyers , placehuntint ? adventurers , soldiers and _sailora _looking for promotion , and tbe self-feed advocates of sectional but wealthy interests are to constitute the bulk of the ensuing _Pairlianient then , though it may be impossible to arrest the onward march of democratic intelligence , or entirely neutralizs the influence of democratic virtue , we must be content at least to see thc progrc-8 of improvement retarded .

      Co I\Eauer. & Corresponoeiiteu

      Co i _\ _eaUer _. & _Corresponoeiiteu

      _Lbctaia*Se0**8. , Beeit-Snors Versus Th...

      _ _lBCTaiA * SE 0 ** 8 . , _BEEit-Snors versus the People ' s Charteb . —I here en-, close a I _' ost Office order tor fifteen shillings from thc working-men of Paddock Pout Mills , which was subscribed for " afootmK , " and intended for drink ; but we took the matter into _constderatiaiit , anal resolved that wc would support _beershops no _lon-ivr ; but instead would give the _mom-y to the Chartist BlMtioneeritig Committee for the purpose of sending men to Parliament who will represent our just and _ea . uitable _ri-rhts . —Henbt Haigh , Paddock Poot Mills . To Mr T . Clark . Thom * s _Suaw Wc cannot insert rules of money clubs . Manchester . —A correspondent at Manehester comrouniciites certain _aHaif-ed " facts" worthy of the attention ol the members of tho Land Com _. _i . iny . We content oarselves with n _.-iimiif-imo . In proof t ! t ; it the Land members criminallv neglect the Chartist cause , our

      corrcfipotidunt asserts that many of them are in tbe habit ol attending " the hall" on Sunday evenings , retuse to r fly the "penny admission , " giving as their excuse that they aro " only going to pay their land money . " I * - " when tliey have paid their * ' land money" and return tt > "the hall" " they have no objection to sit or stand and hear the remainder oV thclecture ! " OurcorreFpondtnt adds : — " I cannot for a moment conceive why _ en should be bo stupidly blind to their own interests as to join a certain clues of men in tbat part of their _jflorious cause , which would secure a competence to them , and yet withhold that support which irould enable that * e ) fsanie body to gain for them that freedom which would rendu- them proof against all tho wily shot ofthe land aristocracy . Are these wen , svv qualitled for that paradise , which the very body they wo -Id not su pport , have been tho menus of providing ; or them ? * * In conclusion , sir , I will throw out a suggestion , l > o * v-

      evcr _' weak it may appear , which is , that some of «»' talented mombers get up a short address , and presen * each member of the Lund Company with a copy , showing the necessity and utility of their becoming members and supporters of the Chartist Association . " A Young CiiAMisr . Hr John * Oswald , Monckwcarmoutli . —Our agents for Sunderland are , Mr Haines , Nombcrs Garth , and Mr lrviti , Newtown Bishopwearmoutli . Nottingham Election Pund . —J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums , viz . —Mr Cartwright , ss ; Byron ward locality , lis Sd j from Carrington , per Mr Douse , ITs . B . C . D . —Vou being in Uie bal _' otpreviously , would not prevent you _fa-om being on » i ' aiai ' j ticket , but it is indispensable that you aud friends hold each _etiuulshurcs , and belong to the same section . Mr J . Greenwood , Ilawovth , near Bradford , Yorkshire .-.

      t es , you cau have the O'Connorville plate either plain or coloured . When you send your order say _by-shat conveyance wo shall fov ward them . Daventey . —Julian Harney lias received the following sums for the General Election Fund -... Edward Basely , 6 d ; Thomas Marriott , fid ; Joseph Barnes , Od ; James Masters , 6 d _' _, 2 s , T , Bolwsi , _ ~ . T 1 io Bath paper lias not been received . C . - - * In consequence of the press of matter connected _wifli the forthcoming General Election , wo have had to ab idge several communications received on Thursday ) and _po'tyoue others till our next . Dn M'DoOAM ,.... " tVo regret that Uv M-Douall ' s account of hia tour in thc Potteries arrived too Iato for _insurtiot _* this week . It shall appear in oar next . "J * - * A number of "legal notices ' * are iu type , but the enormous length of tlio money list combined with the great press of electioneering matter , compel the _HitliUolJIng of tho said - notices till our next . Mv J , Smith , Bmton .-. The paper is not supplied direct

      trom this office . We don't know anything about it . Mr Haywood , Norwood . —Wo increase our number every week ; yet , it U impossible for us always to anticipate the extent of tho increase in our weekly circulation . Your agent is right . We have not had a single copy left on hand for the last six weeks , save our office files . We cannot remedy the disappoinuient . His not for us to draw any distinction between "Sewn years' subscrlbftrs *' and those nf more recent date . Hi - not oui * wish to disappoint cither agent or subscriber . I _' addi . notov _SuBSCumEBs . —Wc have made iuquiry as t « tlio cause of the disappointment , and And that our agent , Mr Alfred Packer , has closed his _premise at Si " , Harrow . road , and commenced business at ti , White Lion __ Vassage , _Edgewarcioad . The O'Coxnohviue Tra-tiut . —For the satisfaction ol * the Warrington subscribers , their respective names and numbers are inserted separately : —J . Bute-nun , li _* 73 ; T . . Lawless , 1274 ; 0 . Tavlor , 1 J 75 _; J . _lloniihsediie , ' • ' 76 ; -J . Chud'Tick , 1277 ; J . Clare , 1278 : D . Dromgoolt _* . 1279 * a / , glare , 1280 ; J , Clarke , Vm ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24071847/page/4/