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    • THE NOKTHETyq STAR,: SATUKDAr, " fOJF jmER29,1845.
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      • _HOT 3 SE TO EMIGRANTS .

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      THE-COLOSSEUM . . _ptRAND ORCHESTRAL ORGAN . —This nngnificent * _*\_ Jr _establishment , patronised and visited by her . MAJESTY- and his Koyal Highness Prince ALBERT , lias iioir , in additior . to its former alterations , a nen-Orchestral Organ , erected in the Glyptotheca , on which _-Jhemostadmired-piecesofmusic will be played daily , - . from Two till Four o'Clock . Qpea from Ten till _Halfjjast-Foor . _ Adai 5 tt * nce , Ss . Children , half-price . The Stalactite Caverns , the most -magnificent of all the Temples which nature has built for herself in the regions ¦ of night , Js . each . _ Tbe wbole _. _piwjeeted and designed by _ 4 LW . JJradweU .. - : . ,

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      _EXTRAOEDINARY ECONOMY TO TEA DRINKERS . _-TjnUE DESIRE 01 ' ENGLAND . —The PIQUA PLAN JL -now sold -at 5 s . lid . per lb _ , is three times the str erlg th of tea , . and is also equal in flavour , more delicate in taste , ' nfinitely more healthy , as is _prox-ed by physicians and chemists of high standing , also by persons ivi great num . hers with the most delicate lungs and stomachs . It is _lUOSt pleasant 4 Uid invigorating , and is recomm ended to ihe debilitated for its invahiable qualities , to advanced age for its strengthening properties , and to the public -generally for its moderate price _and intrinsic excellence . . Tbe _Tjest . _—TJie proof of tlte efficacy and healthful __ fleet of the . plant in preference to tea or cofi % e : —Let a nervous or dyspeptic patient use _txx-o or three cups ol strong tea upon retiring to rest , and the effect will be night-mare , disturbed sleep , and other violent symptoms of indigestions , & c .

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      WEST-RIDING OF TORKSniRE . ISTEKMEDIATE SESSIONS . NOTICE is hereby given , that in consequence of a Winter Assize being about to be held for the County of York , the Intermediate Sessions for the West-Riding of the said County will no'ebe holden at Bradford on the 8 fh of December next , or at Sheffield on the lltli of December next , as previously appointed : And that the business of such _Intermediate Sessions xvill be disposed of at the Christmas _General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the said Riding , to be holdcn at Knaresborough on the Cth of Jiinuavy , at Wakefield on the-7 th of January , and at Sheffield on the J 2 th of January , 1816 , respectively . And Notice is h ereby further given , that all persons bound hy _Recogu jzance , Prosecutors aud Witnesses , are required to attend at the General Quarter Sessions so to beholden at " _iCnaresborough , Wakefield , and Sheffield , respectively , in place of attending at such Intermediate Sessions , * C . H . ELSLBY , Clerk of the Peace .

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      COALS . PROVIDE FOR WINTER . PROVIDENT FAMILIES , subscribing Is . per week'is the Metropolitan Coal Company ' s Shilling < Club _,-BEn obtain four half tons annually , without _further _chaste , fines , < tc .. Tfce Company ' s price current is , Best _Screened-Wellsend , 23 s . per full ton ; Seconds , 21 s ., 22 s ., _andaSs . _j'C-oke , 17 s . Cd . Office , 279 , High Ilolborn .

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      M . CAEETS WORK ON COMMUNISM . Kot Publishing in Weekly _Mumfcers , price _^ d . THB ADVENTURES OF iLORB WILLIAM _< _CAK . ISDALE in Icaria ; descriptive of a Mobei , _Eepouwc , and _illustrtting the Social -and Political Regeneration of Society . Tke _xwrfi will not exceed- twenty numbers . No . XII . xvill be _published on Saturday _mext , and a . number xvill appeaa . ' _-eu-e _ _tcii sueoeeding Saturday till it be completed . Also , just out , prico _Ont Penny , Nos . 1 ,-2 , and 3 , of THE KEK . ALD OF PROGRESS ; devoted to theEmanopationof Humanity-from Tgnorsnce , _Poverty , and Crime . _iiendon-: H . He & eriagton , 40 , _Holyxvell-strect , Strand ; coil ito be had of aU booksellers .

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      MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR _T-HE A 1 ILL 10 N . NO . L , Vol . II . of the FAMILY DOCTOiR , Illustrated , pr ice l _^ d ., - will appear on Saturday , the Gth ot Deoember , 1 _S 15 . The causes , symptoms , and treatment of diseases are simplified . Everything -objectionable is omitted . -Gratuitous advice is given to all subscribers . Part VI ., -completing Vol . I ., price Oil , nowready . Office , 17 , Warwick-lane , Pateraoster-row , London , and all booksellers .

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      MANY THOUSANDS OF POUNDS STERLING TO BE GIVEN TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE PICTORIAL TIMES . For particulars of this extraordinary undertaking apply immediately to any Bookseller , or Nexvsvender , in England , Ireland , or Scotland , or to the Publisher , Mr . C . Evans , 351 , Strand , London , vfbo v . til ne nappy to forward a Prospectus .

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      MELODIES FOR THE MILLION FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , In one volume , foolscap 8 vo ., neat cloth , price 7 s . 6 d ., THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES A Prison Rhyme : in Ten Books : BY THOMAS COOPER , THE CHARTIST . ' J . How , Publisher , 132 , Fleet-street . _ J 5 r Orders from the Country to be sent through the Booksellers .

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      & REAT BRITAIN 3 IUTUAL LIFE ASSUItANCI SOCIETY , 14 , _Watekloo-piace , Losdos . D _1 _EEC 10 HS .. The Chisholm , Cliairman . William Morley , Esq ., X > _ei « if _^ Chairman . Henry S . Barber , Esq . James John Kinloch , Esq . John _BrJRhtmnn , Esq . Henry Laxvson , Esq . Francis Brodigan , Esq . Henry Penny , Esq . James Wm . Beacon , hsq . llobert Poxver , Esq ., 3 I . D . _Alexiinder It . Irvine , Esq . The Ilex-. F . AV . Johnson John Inglis Jerdein , Esq . Vicltery , A . M . AUDITORS . C . B . Bule , Esq . T . C . Simmons , Esq . G . Thomas , Esq . THTSICUN . John Clendinning , M . D ., F . R . S ., IG , _Wimpole-slreet . SOLICITOR . Walter Prideaux , Esq ., Goldsmiths' Hall . ban-sees . Union Bank of London . ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION . The xvholc of tlie Profits divided ansoally among the Members , after payment of fire Annual Premiums . An ample _Guaranteed Capital , in addition to the Fund continually accumulating from Premiuras / _ulljfsii _^ _eiwf to afford complete securitv to the Policy-holders . HALF CfiEDIT BATES OF PBE _ VfIlLtt . The attention of Ass _uhebs is particularly directed to the Half Credit Rates of Premium , hy which means Assurances may be effected , and loans fer short periods secured xvith the least possible present _outlaj ' , and at a less premium than for short terms only , and with the option of paying up the arrears and interest , and the difference _betxx _* een the txvo rates , thus becoming entitled to participate in the irhole of the profit of the institution .

      The Nokthetyq Star,: Satukdar, " Fojf Jmer29,1845.

      THE _NOKTHETyq STAR ,: _SATUKDAr , " fOJF jmER 29 , 1845 .

      The "League; Ii Is Very Natural ^Hat The...

      THE " league ; Ii is very natural _^ hat the high-sounding inducements of "high _tompa _, c mp _fread , andplenty to W should have _secured the co-operation of those upon whose assistance the realisation of such fascinating prospects was said to depend , and for whose sole benefit the _ta : slc was undertaken . Strange , however , and _paradoxical as it niay appear , xve find those for the _improvement of whoso condition-tha measure of free _t-ade was intendednot only sceptical and

      _du-, , _biou-iaa to the promised results , but _opposed to these by _*? hose exertions they were to be realised . Wm _Prosperity had lulled tlie philantliropist _te-deeji , we v : ere silent upon a , subject upon which a groat mi _ 3 _« - ¦ rity of the working classes hid made up tlieir winds ; but now that famine and declining trade liavc awaked the '' great f act , " and brought its agitators once more into the field of action , we venture , with all the odds against us that cheap bread to the starving cau present , to take the fiekl against eur old |

      opponent . The great principle , of free trade has new resolved itself into a , momentary expedient , and that expedient * we find-backed by memorials , resoluiions , remonstrances ,, and even threats , trom tke normal schools of free , . trade agitation ., It is of this expediency , then , that we now write , lest our readers may suppose that the ports of this country could be opened and shut upon the mere caprice of our rulers . Sir William MoLESwonTii ,. in his ; speech recently delivered at Southwark , very sagaciously observed , * 'If the ports are once opened who will shut them again ?" Hence we find that that expedient , intended to . mitigate the threatened famine , is relied upon for the accomplishment of the principle of free trade , and hence the success of the expedient is equivalent to

      the success of the principle ; and hence our opposition to the expedient should be as vigorous as our opposition to the principle . The Times newspaper has recently used the same arguments against the League , that the League , the Sturgeites , and professing Radicals have exhausted against Chartism . The Times says , that the prejudice against the principle of free trade is fast fading away , and that its accomplishment is only retarded by tlic prejudice entertained against its supporters . Let us carry your measure while you give us your support , but abstain from taking the lead lest the apprehensions of the weak-minded landlords , for whose destruction it is intended , should , be aroused . In

      other words you are , — , The avowed , the erect , the manly foe , Bold , they can meet , perhaps may turn your blow ; While , if on us the lordly fools depend , - - We'll cut their throats , for we have heen their friend . Now such was precisely the argument vetted upon by would-be-Chartisls for tbe destruction of the principle through the destruction of the leaders . As it was well expressed by the late Dr . 'Wade , at Birmingham , when he said , "My _friesds , it is not

      YOUR NAME , BUT YOUR PRINCIPLES THAT THEY DREAD ; and precisely the same result which would have followed the abandonment of ovr jva . me , would follow the abandonment of free trade agitation by the League . We , however , are placed in a different position to the Times , We are not more opposed to the principle of free trade under existing circumstances , than we are to the parties whose uncontrolled power must be established by tbe accomplishment of the measure .

      In every instance where _legislation interferes with a monoply of free traders , their ' 'existing interests ave obstructively paraded ; for example—when Sir _RonERiPEEL proposed cheap travelling by railway for the working classes , Mr . Bright , and the free traders , were loud in denunciation of any interference with tiieir existing interests . ; When Sir _Roeert Peel proposed his cattle tariff , some of the raw and undisciplined troops defended the existing interests of the landlords j and it is . because we have a more

      lively and anxious care and solicitude for the existing interests of the working classes than for all other classes , ' that we ever have and _eyer shall defend them against the usurped authority of those who would have the greatest interest in destroying every vestige of their rights . It matters not whether Sir Robert Peel concedes the principle or acknowledges the expediency—in cither case . the accomplishment of the measure is the confession and the acknowledgment ofthe triumphof ' capital over labour .

      Whether he carries the measure from his presumed convictions in its favour , or whether he carries it as the tool of its avowed advocates , it will not alter its character , nor will it less mark the power of its supporters ; and it is against that power in its ulterior working , even more than against the principle itself , that we have ever contended . Cabinets are ever fashioned , and local power is ever modelled , according to the political dress and bias of that majority of which , they are the administration , and that administration is the reflex of the power that creates it . The power makes the law—the

      administration sees to its due exercise—and to this end strengthens Use ] . ' through every , channel that may conduce to its support . Hence , as we have stated aforetime , if we have a free trade cabinet , we must haye a free trade Ilouse of Commons . If we have a free trade House of Commons , wc must have free trade patronage extended to all who will support free trade principles ; aud if we have free trade principles its professors must have their triumph , and that triumph will be marked by the entire prostration of labour to capital , and the legal humiliation , degradation , coercion , and punishment of those " who shall then dare to violate laws enacted far the especiai _.

      protection © j ? the laboubixg classes . Perhaps one of the most curious anomalies of the present fruitful and inventive age is the great int erest attached to a sufficiency of corn produced in foreign countries , and the slight interest taken in its production ' from tke landat home . The labourer , however , xvho toils for a precarious e _* dstence , will find but little difficulty when the conundrum is properly solved for him . If the whole of that corn which is now produced at home ivas produced abroad , all those

      who aro now engaged in its domestic cultivation would either be thrown as supplicants into tlie avtiieial market , -or if a reduction in the price of produce was the result , their present poor pittance would be reduced by that sliding scale by which employers ever regulate the rate of wages , and , as cheap and dear are relative terms , the pauperised iABOUKEB . THEN * EMPLOYED PROJI CHARl'IV Would iilld _tltat it was more _difitsult to buy the cheap loaf without money than to buy the dearer loaf with money wages regulated by thc value of its price .

      The landlords arc tbe most helpless , hopeless , ignorant , and unconnected class of society , and they being , under the -Giiandos _Cmbse , the depositories of mueh power , are now being fascinatingly tickled by the fashioned words of their " candid friend" ofthe Times . Their friend not only knocks down al j European hobgoblins thai affright them , but , like Jack , would slay the American Giant so threateningly prolific in that commodity wliich might be brought into competition with their home-grown produce-Danger from European supply is argued upon present

      temporary inability to spare , aud thus expediency i _ phoited , while the danger of the principle is met b y an assumption whicli none but an unaccountable arithmetician would dare to raise . From an elaborate table , showing us the results of American produce for many years , the Times adduces the great fact , that for many future years America would not be able to export more than 1 , 500 , 000 quarters of wheat per annum to this country , and thus disposes of the American Giant , without taking at all into calculation thc boundless resources and increased inducements to cultivation _.

      _Nations , like individuals , have some scale to regulate demand and supply ,- and while a total prohibition against the importation of foreign corn may so regulate its growth abroad as to leave scarcely any surplus above calculated requirements , so the invitation of free trade may be met bv increased production beyond the requirements of the _neeassitdu _!* . But how mad ,

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      how _cMdiffe , how absurdj' to dedv ice prospects of an altered _feWre \ frnm _^ the ' past * Vlf the " ; invitation is given W ' < _&« richest cflunfey in the ' world in money to the naost . productive countryin the world to furni _**^ a » exchange _&** . that money , the altered circunis * tahces will gov « a the future operations ; and so far & am America only producing 1 , 500 , 000 quarters of wheat for the English market for each of the next six years , America , under thc altered circumstances , would in less than three years ; send 15 , 000 , 000 _quarters annually of her untaxed , tithe free , army free , jwvy free , police free , monarch free , patronage free ,

      -and _iiller-iree Wheat into this , country—not only to compete against English rents , but to compete againBt English labour . For instance , although there may not now be a surplus of white horses in England , yet , iftkerewasa bonus of £ 20 given , for every white horse as fast as they could be bred , all other colours would vanish . Oh ! but then freight and insurance ! A flea bite . Oh ! but the quantity of our manufactured goods that Americans would then take ! A delusion . Americans are learning the secret that it is cheaper to manufacture their own cotton than to send it to England with heavy expense and risk ,

      and to get it back witli double expense and risk , Therefore , if the thing to be fought for is bread , and if the land alone produces bread , and if those countries , under proper regulations of that land , are independent of us in times of peace and times of war , while we must periodically rely upon their generositt or rOLNY for its produce , let ns have the land—that land which is ours by right divine , by legal right , by moral right , and by natural right . When the stomach is full , man will know how to keep his back warm ; but when the back is cold the nerves are weak . For all these reasons we are opposed to the expedient , because we are opposed to the principle ;

      and we are opposed to the principle because its realisation would make bad men the arbiters of good men ' s fate . Our principle ever has been , that when the Corn Laws are repealed they must be repealed by the whole people , and for the benefit of all , and not to mark the triumph of the few—the griping and the interested—oyer the lives , the liberties , and the properties of the many . And our triumph can be only manifest in the possession of that amount ot land whicli will make every man his own producerteach him the value o f his own labour , and constitute him a recognised unit of that society of which he would then be an honoured member .

      Lord John Russell. The Public Has Been F...

      LORD JOHN RUSSELL . The public has been favoured with a manifesto of Lord John Russell ' s _present opinion upon tbe ques - tion of free trade in corn , through a letter addressed by his lordship to his constituents , TIll ' s production is not only a gem in its way , but is a record of truculency , wavering , _inconsistency and folly worthy of being preserved through all time . We have here a perfect illustration of that sliding scale to wliich the noble lord pompously submits the measure

      ofhis consistency , and not less remarkable than the writer ' s admission of inconsistency isthecommento _* the Horning Chronicle upon his great consistency The noble lord informs us that for many years he has been _cequeting with the question of free trade , and that he is at length about to steer bis vessel to the free trade port , " while the corn barometer points to fair , " meaning thereby that a favourable opportunity of famine presents itself to the Whig- party once move to secure tbe Government of the country .

      The noble lord , in order to divide the responsibility of Inconsistency , whereby his own may be lessened in degree , informs his constituents that the League , who , in 1841 , had nailed " no compromise" to their mast , would , in the language of the writer , at that very period have consented to a fixed duty of 8 s . a quarter . liis words are : — "In 1841 the free trade party ivould have agreed to a duty ofSs . a quarter on wheat . " Now we may fairly ask if this admission is not a condemnation of the free trade party ; ' and we

      may as fairly conclude that the League . of that day were creating an extreme public opinion which they proposed lo receive and barter for the accomplishment of a less extreme measure than was promised as the fruit of a fiery , continuous , and extensive agitation . Is it likely , then , that opinions forced upon the noble lord by a casual calamity will , remain unchanged when the noble lpi _*^* : shall have achieved that' power which his seasonable entertainment o them may confer upon him .

      Has there ever been a question at issue between thc public and the party in power , when that which appeared the most popular view has not been adopted by the other party contending for power ? Thus Lord John Rossell makes the present issue to depend upon the will and the requirements of her Majmj ' s subjects upon the one hand , and the disinclination of her Ministers to obey that will , or meet that necessity , upon the other hand . In this view of the case we fear that the noble lord has fa lien into the old Whig error as to who the people are ! We presume that

      under the head subjects he includes the whole people ; and as he has thus deferentiall y appealed to the whole people , we straightway tell him that the whole people will never again consent to that change whicli carries with it the mere transfer of power from the hands of one party to those of its opponents—that the whole people are resolved to have their share in the next change—and that tbat shave shall be the _poxver to convert any benefitthat may result from any alteration made in the Corn Laws to national and not to party purposes .

      While the free trade rages we dread thc crisis which may end in finality . While the bowels of compassion are open , wc stand aghast at his lordship ' s dietary table for the poor . While freedom of thought and action are paraded as the rights ofthe subject , we shudder at tbe recollection of our cold and chilly dungeon . In the epistle of the noble lord wc find some passages which may serve i ' or what ought to be the _ruJe of his political conduct . He tells us tliat " the

      _BESOTX OF _RESISTAXCE TO < U __ ALI _ . lED CONCESSIONS MUSI BE THE SAME IN THE PI 1 ESEXT I . _VSTA . VCE AS _I . \* THOSE i hav __ . ntio . \ ed . " It ; then , the noble lord calculates upon the whole people . as lier Majesty ' s subjects , may we not apply this rule of increased demand as the result " of resistance to qualified concessionsi " Docs tlie noble lord forget our letter to him , published in tlie _Norilicm Star of June 1 S 30 , wherein we attributed the demand for the Charter to the nonconcession of those qualified measnres with which the people would have been satisfied as the result of the Reform Bill ? And may we not now use Lord John

      Russell ' s admission of this propelling and resistiii " poxver , as a justification of our policy , nay , as an invitation to increase our demands . In that letter xve told the noble lord , that , il the people had received the adjustment of national requirements , instead of starvation and coercion , the sax * ageness of despondency would have never been created , and that the people would havo been satisfied with even fewer concessions than he and the leading Reformers had promised them . And , therefore , as the refusal of timely concession to the free trade party warrants tlic adhesion of the noble lord to the extreme principle of free trade , has not liis total disregard of petition , appeal , and

      rcinonstrancc , justified our demand for so much political power as will secure those concessions that have been refused ? There is scarcely a line in this memorable document that does not furnish us with a justification for the past and hope in the future . Not hope from the present mariner , who sees the barometer pointing to famine , and would use its hungry howl to pilot urn into port ; but in ourselves , and in that concession which our position lias _relustantlv wrung from the Whig ' . _Mumfer . Russell would rather hold with a landed _aristoenwy , if his friendly connection would achieve his _triuniph and his arty _' share o national plunder ; but , that _oeiugimpossiWe , like Catalme , he is ve 3 olved to bc vict *¦ _w

      Per fas ant nef « s . By hook or by crook . The writer says- « Z _« the Ministry propose such _adlalot _T'" **** _»™ WI * let them ff a , _"Jffr Provisions which caution «„ j even s re _pulous _forbears may miCH > , m * will tke

      Lord John Russell. The Public Has Been F...

      Chartist , reader think-of tliis timely admission ? Willhenot-supposethat it is our language ? The very argument we used * —the very course that we suggested in our speech in the House of Commons in 183 4—the preliminary step that we -have from that hour to tlie present advocated as indispensable to the fair settlement of the question ! h it not the very principle for which we were consigned to a dungeon , while in six years after our gaoler and persecutor is

      distinguished as a great statesman for the discovery . Yes , we hold fast by every word ofthe above passage , and we tell the noble lord , that , besides this adjustment between the power to buy food and the obligation to support a ' bauble and its bells , we tell liim . that the only other provision that " caution and scrupulous forbearance ** ' can suggest , is the provision against xvant , the provision against oppression , the provision against over-taxation , embodied and declared in that document entitled the PEOPLE'S

      CHARTER . Under another head we have discussed the general question of free trade , and have shown the probable result of its achievements under existixg _cincujistaxces . ( What a full meaning term !) Under that head we depicted the horrors wliich must inevitably result from a free trade ' . cabinet , and those horrors xvill be a thousand fold increased and multiplied if the measure was achieved by a union of the Whigs and free traders . Hence , so far from the noble lord having evinced policy by attacking Sir Robert Peel in what he considered tbe tender point , and at tbe fitting time , we tell biro , that , if public opinion was

      rotten enough to be relied upon , as his accomplice , we-and a large majority of her Majesty ' s subjects would much prefer the adjustment and application of details by Sir Robert Peel to those which the whimsicality , caprice , and consistency of the noble lord would suggest .- Yes , ten thousand times give us the Tory , who has humbled the church , who has undeceived the landlords , xvho has endeavoured to give us cheap _foreign food that requires but little labour to produce it , to the Whig that has aimed heavy , blows , but fears to strike , at the church , that has pandered to the landlords , and would now depress the national labour market by admitting as its competitor the produce of slave labour ! We have

      sworn inour _wratli ' that never again with our consent sliall . there be any transfer of power—and least of all to the old scotched snake Whiggery—in which the people have not their full shave . We have vowed vengeance against Coercion because we are Irish . We _havevoxved vengeance against Starvation because , as an exile , we have been hospitably received bj the English . We have vowed vengeance against the unjust and tyrannical incarceration of honest working men of all countries , because we are cosmopolite , and therefore do we vow vengeance against tlic triumph of a party xvho would once more make their vietory onr desolation , our home a dungeon , our Charter a _by-xvord of scorn .

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      PROGRESS OF TnE NEW DODGE . Since the above article was in type we find from the report of a free trade meeting , holden at Leeds , that Lord Morpeih , the great " rejected" of tlic West Riding , has taken the first step in the game of " folloxv my leader , " by giving in his adhesion to the cause of the cottonocracy . Of course these simultaneous doings of Lords Russell and _MonPExn have been decided on " without previous arrangement or concert ! " An attempt at a revival ofthe Whig juggle of lS _31-32 : is evidently close at hand . Will it be successful ? Will the people alloxv themselves to be humbugged again ? We shall see . The foiloxving letter xvas read ' at the Leeds meeting ;— - . - _.,..-.-.-, . . .. ¦ _: ¦ ¦¦ " - ¦; > Castle _Hoxvard , Nov . 24 , 1 S _15 .

      My dear Mr . Baines—I perceive that you are about to liavc a meeting tit teeds to promote tlie qualification of ( . -lectors , xvith a x * iexv to further the objects of the Anti-Com-Laxv League . ' ' You xvill protably remember being present upon an occasion xx'hen , ' amidst very strong surrounding inducement , I forbore from _pledging myself to the entire extent of those objects . All that lias since intervened , all especially that is now occurring , a _felloxx- fueling xvith my old friends in the riding ( although I less than ever anticipate any ' pi obable renewal of-a political connection

      between us ) , and a sen _. e of _xvliat lias been effected by the Anti-Corn-laxv League to advance their great end , alike combine to put an end to all further doubt or reserve on my _oxx _* n part , and I _xvrite this without concert or consultation xvith any one else . The contribution 1 enclose for your immediate purposes is of very trifling amount ; it xvould not be easy to foresee xvhat calls may not be made upon any of ns in the course of the ensuing year ; but I xvish to record in the most emphatic xvay t can ray convicti in that the time is come for a final repeal of the Corn Laxvs , and my protest against the continued inaction of the State in the present emergency . Believe me , dear Mr , Daises , yours very faithfully , EnxvAim Baines , jun ., Esq . _AIobpeth .

      €O Aftea&Os & Contflfjiontreittsi

      € o _aftea & _os & _Contflfjiontreittsi

      Important Notice. Henceforth All Communi...

      IMPORTANT NOTICE . Henceforth all communications for the Northern Sttt ; must be addressed simply thus : — To the Editor , Northern Star Oflicc , 1 G ; Great XViudmill-street , Loudon . I request particular attention to the above notice . 1 ' EAKGUS O'Co . NNOn .

      Serious Illness Of Mr. O'Connor. Ilr. O'...

      SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MR . O'CONNOR . ilr . _O'Cousoit having been taken suddenly and severely in , lias been prevented writing his usual "Letter . " The cominunleations of several correspondents must remain _unansivercd until Air . O'Connor ' s recovery .

      White Slavery In England.—Traffic Is Hum...

      White Slavery in _England . —Traffic is Human I _' _jcesu . —( from the _Nottingham Journal)—Wc lately found the foiloxving cool announcement in a Derby _, shire paper . It it related amongst the ordinary proceedings of the Chesterfield Hoard of Guardiaus , on Saturday the 25 th of October last;— " The Clerk stated to tlie Board that a person from the silk manufactory of Messrs . Brulgutt and Co ., Derby , had been to viexv the girls iu the Union Toor-house , and on tlieir being _ill'l'flUged before lum , he expressed his satisfaction _, at their healthy appearance , and selected fourteen of the age of ten years and upwards , which _xvcre to be delivered at the manufactory in Derby j free of charge in the course of the ensuing week . Some older girls of thirteen or fourteen xverc rejected as not being so suitable far his purpose . " We xvhould have our readers to mark the precision of the terms upon ivhieh this little bit of _siave-dcaling is transacted i "Poubteen

      G 11 U . S OF THE AGE OV TK . V VEAKS ANn _orxvARDS TO BE delivered . Messrs . Bkidgett ' s manufactory in 1 > £ iiby , fi . ee qe _ciiauge "—that is to say , carriage p aid ! ! ! Now , we dare say , that many people will be incredulous , and have grave doubts whether anything so monstrous as that xve have cited ever took place , and yet it is doubtless quite true . What an intercstl ing sight it must have been to see these young animals fed up , no doubt , for the purpose , all ranged in pvoper order , so as to be shown to the best advant : i"e to Messrs . Bridgett ' s slave-driver ! Then how carefullv the said slave-driver selects his stock . "Some older girls of thirteen or fourteen being rejected as not being suitable for his purpose . " How unfortunate these older ones must consider _themselves in not bain- suitable to the slave-dealer ' s purpose ! But what is his

      purpose ? We wait for an answer . Alas ! for the orphan poor of England . To bc fed in ah Union Poorhouse till ten years of age-then to be delivered carnage free at a manufactory , and afterwards—at the parish expense probabl y-consigned to the grave » Perhaps it will be said , that at Messrs . _Bridget ' s factoiv the operatives are treated with kmdness and humanity -that their moral , religious , and intellectual , as well 5 I _?? IXh _° . """ J iS CaVed _^ _-tiiat in _sC U is . 1 sort of boarding-school for the tBacMiw of nil 52 » Tf SlmUmtS " _" in , I ) r ° » _° t"e cdu _^ _S of pauper children .--We anticipate that some such defence Will be _Bliua . ' _Manyrfthe - _vr _^ _motapiaiSg Ss _W "ri , mificates of ki ,, d _^ _tment of Uunr _Slaves-and yet slavery was abolished in the West

      A ( WW ( Prom the Times ) "Look on * this _Pictcuf •• _^^" _-axs-saiS _gainful dutv to fo _r _^ ° f tUe - isIim deemed h *' _Jhaue shin _ald _^ _™> fa t ™ Ou _« e between the S to _xvei _^ h ii , 0 rG ' 1 Ie Stevul y _wmmanded tneni to , _xxeigli their _mohov and depart . The scanty _emv-ofthesteamer _, already Insufficient to _« _S « S the ant , of the vessel , wredaU becwn . _L _™ _™ hS ' 1 _- _! _/^ * * ° , fe _> er _« The equinox xC Uud , _Itf tins _puiabln plight , without medical aid , they were on' the point of being compelled to _putto sea _andcross the _^ ay of Biscay . There chanced , however , to be at Madeira Sidney Bernard , an English surgeon _, lus man andse . _' en Seamen , volunteers from English merchantmen , cam _« forward aud offered their services

      White Slavery In England.—Traffic Is Hum...

      in taking the Eclair home , it u . _- _„ _.,,,. _~^*> s words in praising their noble _-condnet *» h act of cool disinterested devotion c " ~~! " e _<; - The _Eclair reached tbe Muthertai _^ ""J * raged between lier decks . Ma _ . v _h' _, ! V passage from Madeira ; the pilot , vh _? 7 dlt * ta _^ the Channel died , and tiu htrT _^ _b having accomplished the humane task ! _' r 'W 31 himself , died also . Kow Look « _„!| _^ _Kh-o ' chant at York speculated boldly aiid Z * " _^ _M railroads . He bought in as Was _l _^^ _i- ' out as high as heeonld , and whe _, _„?* }• _WVi nianent investment , lie took the best _( ., » . . " * _•*•¦ tlie concern in which he had placed _l . ' i . eCu _« _iJ-V ' be well managed . lie was a _cleaii _?' _^ man . His gains were enunnous . He is '' V a large landed proprietor , and as for hi . _IT _^ i railway shares , he aud the Income-Tax c Ssi ' * _" can alone guess at their amount . HiB J' " ! ' % s Hudson . Many people have closel y tva _tcbn G e ' _-- ;' tions in the share-market , _atul have _imh ' ,, _** Many people have sought his advice and . _-, V and many people by so doiug have made mu _. _**' and hope to make , more by the same me- _^ order to evince their gratitude for past *?* ' _H ; favours , the British public have got un \ _*' fc : _tto offer a testimonial to the most _succKrf ,, ! ' f ' K i of the day . ' In the listare to be seen 12 , _***•*• -UI-a * .. _ .... _ . .. _ .. . . UM - _H'Uli . _* ,.. . * noDiestt _xvisest

      .. __ , _ _, ne , too taircst in the _l-. ndI unblushing worshippers of Mammon _»••>( , _w 11 ' _^ already been collected for the Hudson _tcstiinl , k ;! ' _- money still pours in . Alas , for Sidney Ita _" _*' 1 _' * : the gallant volunteers of the Eclair ; * ulas f _^ *' xvidoxvs and orphans ! No testimonial ' is _« _, _' _„ . , l : ' _. record tlieir daring humanity ; no subscription _s : to provide for the families of the dead , _.,. „ it _^ the unscmsli courage of thc survivors . Om " _^ , * . * and gentry crowd forward in hundreds to do II ! in purse and person to the railway kin- iJ _^ single individual has appeared desirous of _' reiv r ' or even noticing , the high 'lescrts and mclanch _^ of Sidney Bernard and his companions in _AM ,. ' death . Verily , we are a nation of shoiiketL '* M . I . II . * m - The Dixon Fi \ nd Committee wish to nckiioivl , _* ., following-sums , viz .: —Manchester , per Mr . _t-uttonti * ' los . ; Bolton , per Mr . Thomas Loinax , £ 1 . '

      Tup Land . —To the Editor of the northern Star . _^ Having been on board thc / in .. iiciM « for the last _^ _T of a century , I trust that , as captain of the sanieV will alloxv an old voyager to throw out a little Jf ' : jaw-tackle to his brother shipmates—not to ct _« - mutiny , nor yet to induce them to tack about i merely to caution them to steer clear of the iuui' _^ _dinous rocks and quicksands that beset our _W least we should go to Davy's locker at the verr tini « i all descry the _longlool-ed-for hind . Well , _inyhcar' _^ I presume we ave all _lnwvkcvixxg after a l > u 0 f « ' . tight little island , " and anxious to cast ntichor • linn and sound bottom , and shelter ourselves from blasts of poverty under our own blackberry bus ) , , realise the sw-oets of home , instead of singiij .. __ _.

      " Ilome , homo , sweet home' ' mid diseased potatoes and short commons , awl & these not secure from thc lubberly pirates ivho f ; i ;; .. on that for whicli neither tlicy nor their rotten fa . fathers ever tolled or spun . Since wc iwvc _£ making for the land , our ship has rotW _majesti _^ ' i before a fair and steady gale , not a single Irak ha . ... _J discovered—not one of her timbers damaged , nnd i _. have made more xvay than any of lhe b , _ te , i ; ¦ ,, sailors ever known to traverse tlie political ow-i But , notwithstanding all this , let us not lie donn imy hammock of imaginary security . There aic rui nigh the surface , and the nearer wc approach !! _Iiiircn , the greater xvill be the _cautionrajuiiwl . foil ,, the part of the officers and crew . A cluster of r «; .

      called the crotchets , which arc barely visible at _u xvater , lias been tlic destruction of thousands , at _i very moment they xvcre within reach of iltt oVwc their desire . To avoid these , every precaution i _< cessary , and all on board must bc onthe look . Tlie progress made , and the success atteml .- » it t . n . voyage has been the result of a judicious dismmi tion in the selection of officers—men conversant w tlie intricacies of the course , and possessed ol _suffic . knoxvledgc to guide the vessel in safety to itsdcstii port—men too honest to sacrifice . the ship _antlrai to subserve party purposes or private interest . Ti fact ought to induce the crexv to remain steadfast their attachment to the officers , and to deter _tlienifr ringing changes at the suggestion of tlte S yrens v

      sing ofthe s xveetness of variety . Bexviire of _tln-sliaii .. These xvill play around the ship in shoals in Iiupt .: pickings ; but let them tasie thc harpoon of yutinfc pleasure , ahd they xvill soon be left writhing in ;' :.: distance . As the ship nears the harbour y « u ui perceive many strange pilots rowing toxvards tlic /«• _.-- eihle , but give . the rascals a cut or two with ilie cu ;! :.- < of your _indignation , if tliey _attempt to iiiuuu . Hit fa '; and they will soon understand Unit yuu have in t ; _-.: nest taken the uninttntionaliy-spokcn advice of : ! : pilot , of the enemy ' s ship ' ( the State ) , by tiikin your own affairs into your own hands . 11 » stun . should threaten to arise iii the ' _north—xvhitlt s »! _i prognosticate , from the appearance of the little h ! : _uspot seeii by the captain just emerging from _thehoti

      zon—be not dismayed ; all is bright ami serene : every other quarter of tlie compass ; and the _gtsi ' i . under lvhose benign influence you have hitherto Jin ; - _p-. red , xvill chase the speck to its original nonciiti ;; As a consultation of the ablest hands is about to iii tenninc on the best mode oflanding . it xvill hee . _vji dirnt that they should be ' eoul , and thoughtful , . _* ::. fully impressed xvith the importance of tlieir _msssiuiito _bexvare of Babel-buildcrs . _-sehemers , and new-taw led _systetu-uumgers . Ltt tl \ tu \ be ii _. _& _ttuvK-dti ) «_ anil feather novel nostrum . venders , after _cnquirfe their come-from -, fov , depend upon it , the _tniciii-. ' .: Tories , the wily Whigs , and the l _ ght-tingevf ; d Lea ; - .. ivill all xvant a hand in tlic matter , for certain lease !; - lti the description given of lhe Land und its _caiiauih . _.

      not the least exaggeration has been indulged in bj-: ! propounders ofthe measure , yet some men ave _aj > : * . build castles in the air , anil when their _imagina :, felicity , or dreams , are not realised ill every _pnrticillK they arc xvont to indulge in outbursts of _iliiapiioi : ment , chagrin , and , not unfrcipiciitly _, hatred toivar ' . their best friends . A practicable measure has K- ; propounded , and received unexpected _snjiiiort- ; i benefits resulting from a judicious mode of oi'craiK in the carrying out of that measure are many ami if portant ; but bexvare , least you kick your _btiskc : - brittle _xvare , and destroy thu prospect of _Jtoud at « - OUtSet . _Dftll't imagine that on landing you arc at vs .-to be ushered into paradise—that you arc there to * --

      -while the earth spontaneously pours forth its fills at your feet . No ; labour , diligence , and economy ' be indispensable to the perfection ofthe object son ; Labour may then reap its reward—comfort may found in the cottage , and a basis laid for thc tempi ' universal freedom . The attainment of tlic C'Iim will be greatly facilitated , and the overthrow ofs potism accelerated . Alxvays remember the Luw . l i the Charyer must be bound together to iii-hit-re happiness of man—the work cannot he perfected «> out the attainment of both—tliey arc the hv .. lire ' from which alone the body politic ' must _dtvwssuv nance and support . Lot the shout and _stiui-t' ! _- for the Land _anb the Ciiakter . —Yours truly , v ,: wah RtDiu .. _—Lowlwi , November 2 _Gth , 1 SI 5 .

      ItocHDALE—if the Council xvish the address to noticed , they must send it ; it may have been pos * . but xve did not receive it , We presume this is " ¦ _fititnt "reason" for Its nou-Hppcai _' nncUi R . c __ mansxxo _ . th . — "We thank our correspondent forre-port . Esglisu _Freedom . —Sir , —Being a stranger in 1 _« _- ' _- and _xvishin-f lo know tlie public of " the _I'diw Theatre gallery , I xvent last night , aud h ad tin *; " * fortune of seeing a very interesting spectacle—I _to 1 mtan that going on the stage , but that _ofyuiii ' ¦; efficient police in presence of n _fiee Eiwliih l « " This is the xvay in which xverc displayed ibe i * ' _" Ofthe one and the freedom of the other . >' _"" » ' lirst tlie gallery xvas rather full , all the _«*»'' k :

      occupied , and some people _standiiisj bclihid :, "; '• ' _[ xvas quiet orderly , uutil the halt-price _nisinal in '¦'¦ croxvds , forcing their xvay onwards bellied the _& oyer the opposite side , encouraged by the _I'oiiw _. - ' ;; I imagine , bad promised some friends of tln _.- » _- » w ['" room for them . _Koxv , the space between the . e : _ii = ' _^ the wall xvas filled xvith a thick mass , which i < _;'' quite impossible to pierce ; and the stout ' !| V : 1 '' ; ' Struggling onwards with all their _siren-A * _-- ' ' obliged to make all possible efforts to avoid iteint' * ' _^ ' turned over the ladies , screaming on their . _<«»! = ' _''•• ¦; Manning impending danger of being _t-ru .-hcu _t-y - . '

      fall ; but , unmoved by any pity , thc polii'i'i '" - _'" »• _) on till they _U-came at last convinced of tl" * - * « :, *' . _^ possibility of going through . Now , the iVee l ' ' _- ' ; _. " _^ xvho were put to such a trial , did not olt ' ci * any J 1- ' resistance than that of au inert m . iss—tiny « _' '•; . venture to make any complaint—tbey . 'd !" '' _!'"' , police to do with tliem what they plea 5 _i-iW ,, ' '' ;'' . | fcvj . erimcii _ . tui in onima _cili . Had it been p . issiUe _wlthrough ( not between ) their bodies , thoy « ' 0 » , I _'' I think , raised no objection . Ic alledoii a _i' _^ j who took tbe most prominent part in tlw aj _* - v , remember his number—to cease sii- h ** st ' : '" j , " i attention was paid to the voice of A Slave liu < -

      France . Mr . Wheeler ' s Address . —The members and ' _]"'^ _-- ' _t . t '« e C ' _navtist Co-operative Land Sox-ray , _aiw '" *'; _ta - xational Charter Association , _areinf-.-rined j _" _' _^ , ! . respondence intended for the general secret "' . _^ addressed , T . M . Wheeler . 7 , Crown-court , '" , '; * - Oxford-street , London .-N . ' _- ' .-The i . liicerso- _meiatUms are requested to copy the address . Veteran Patiuots' axd Exiles' _Widoxvs " A _> p . .,: _^ dren ' s 1 * USDS . —I beg to acknowledge the _l'"' _^ . '' , _^ _,: from Jfr . Stevens , offrowhridge ; '! r , s fl . ' j ' _liotb . of Harnslev : of ls . from "A Jon ot _t-ns | _' " ' _$ _phithe ; " Is , ' from " Two Teetotallers , > rad * - ''' . _] _,. - ! and fid . from Mr . T . Whitfield ( pa * Mr . . _***';„ _,,. _;>' beg also to remind nil holders of colleetmu' ; " _* . ' i _& their names xvill bc read over at the nil' " *; - ' V _^ , , ' meeting , in the City Chartist Hail , 1 'H'J' _/ f j , ' , 4 v _* O ..... I ... T .. a ... ...... t . i . . _„•<« , t xvill he- * " _fls i mi «¦¦>

      -_ .. _ouuuny aueruouu _, . ec . ; « ivi \ . i' _=. they have succeeded in doing for the poor sii _' _^^^ j . _^ last eouimittcciucotiui _, ' _, prior to tiie l"' _^ ; ' "' . _., „ _»¦ _- quitting office , xvill take place "t eight u i ; " - « - _jj _^ h day night next , Dee . 2 nd , at Mr . _Co"i _««' - ; ' '; , _] _, jp _*• friars _' -road : all monies received _oiii-m _™ _"'' . ; . _„ , •!» _!¦'• that time , or before . Kcccipts have been - ci . . „ ,. < and if xve tire in earnest about _desirMJC to U" _.., „ ,. _* whom it is our _liouiidcnduty to relieve | f is » ' _^ it _.-TuoMAS _CooPM _, _Sen-ctary , 131 , _biacW _"

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29111845/page/4/