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days , Wednesdays , and Thursdays , Sir . O'Connor is obliged to work nine hours erery week , and thirteen hours a day some weeks ; nor do we think tbat men who have learned to do tlieir own work , should impose _socli a tax upon one who has never flinched from more than his share . Thomas _MoncAS , _Lusdiloes . —He can recover in money all that has been paid in goods by his master , pud the magistrate is hound to grant a summons . J . H ., Brixgton . —We wiU answer his queries when we hive time about the Field-garden Bill , lie is not _entilh'il to the Tote . C . C , _liAxn . —No , lie is not . James _Caisk . —A morning nnd evening mail leaves London each day for the north . William _Spesser , Swptos . —We really cannot interfere between liim and persons who advertise in our columns . "We hare no other notion than that his letters to Mr . Wilson must have failed . _ilars . _Wednpsdars anil _Thm-nta _** Mr . ( _Yl ' Vmnfw _1 «
" West uioisg or \ _orxshise . —Resolved . "That it is of vital importance that the Chartists of the West Riding of Yorkshire should be prepared to put in nomination a Chartist candidate- at the forthcoming election , to advocate the principles contained in the People ' s Chat-XT ; and we suggest the propriety ofthe secretary of tlie West Hiding to call a delegate meeting as soon as convenient , to take iuto consideration the above object . ' * i . Owrs . —We fear tlie charge for a spinning jenny does not come under the provisions of the Truck Act . " SniLHorr-E . —Correspondents who request answers should always sign their names ; however , we \ ri \\ answer liis question this time . He is liable to be balloted , as all men are , but having _tuo children is a ground of exemption suSeieut to exonerate him from serring .
Thomas - _su-testee must have seen that the arguments in his letter would go to enforcing the necessity of _purclasiog land in all cases in tilt southern districts , which would at once nullify the advantages to be derived fr tmi having divided the country into districts . Nor do we think the Birmingham people , to whom his letter is addressed , would be induced by his arguments to prefer Falmouth to Warwickshire or Worcestershire . If the south Las its advantages , it also has its drawbacks . The country is to be divided into five districts , and in the equalisation and selection of those , the trustees and directors , with a _propsr solicitude for the interest of the shareholders , must be the best _judges . Teteeas Patriots' _* sd Exii . es' Widows' and _Children ' s Fcsd . —At the committee-meeting , last Mondaynight , £ 515 s . was disbursed among the suffering objects of these funds . I beg to acknowled ge theteccipt ( per
Mr . Roger O'Connor ) of 7 s . Gd ., collected by Mr . Robertson , of Plymouth ; of 33 . 6 d ., collected by Mr . Tearce , ; and of Is ., collected by Mr . Bradley , of Xeicester . Ia answer to two inquiries , I can only reply that I hare not received , from Mr . Thomas Martin ¦ Wheeler , auy sum purporting to be from Brighton . I am also requested , by the committee , to desire aU subscribers , in future , to state explicitly , to which of the two funds tliey wish their contributions to be applied . I trust that , in conclusion . I may be allowed most urgently to entreat all real Chartists to make an effort for the relief of the sufferers , who , at this season , especiaUy , need their help . —Thomas Coofeb , secretary . 131 . Bhickfriars ' -road . Militia . —To the Editor of the Northern Star—Sir—Think yon , if all the unenfranchised were _to-fill up their schedules in tlie following manner , there would be any occasion for militia clubs amongst that class i
" Were their subjects wise , War is a game Kings would not play at . " "Edmund Stallwood—age—children—aU en the _antiwar establishment—all equally determined never to Abed , the blood of their fellow-men—all determined merer to take up arms in defence of a nation , in tbe making of « lose laws they hare no voice . _—Emjoxd STALtwoon , 2 , Little Vale-place , Hammersmith-road . *' —N . B . —Would it not be judicious for the Chartists , at their meetings , to declare themselves anti-war men ! _SottischamFeasiewobk-Ksittebs . —Unavoidably witkbeld till next week . Robeet Deskett axd Jons Mathias . —No room this week .
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RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . SHAKES . FES KB . O ' _COSSOS . £ s . d . Huddersfield , per J . Stead .. .. ~ 3 5 6 Bolt » ii , perE . flodgkinsoii 614 6 Pershore , per William Coun .. .. •• 11 4 8 "Wallace Jhusell , Bitterne .. .. .. 540 J . Kendall , Bradford . Wilts 2 12 o Cullomptoii _, per C . _Paiinell .. .. .. 300 Leicester , per G . Xoon .. .. .. .. 200 Sunderland , per W . DoWrin .. .. •• 915 . 7 TV- Kaddiffe . Liverpool 0 2 6 Iff . Wales , ditto . 026 Worcester , per M . Griffith 5 0 0 _JExtter , per F . Clarke .. .. .. .. 10 12 0 Samuel Bradford and a Friend , from Melbourne ,
Derbyshire , two shares , per J . Sweet .. .. 5 4 . 0 _Nottingham , per ditto .. .. .. .. 4 3 ; i Sowerby Longrojd , per J . Wilson .. .. 115 0 Leeds , per W . Brook _„ 5 0 a Re dale , per J . Midgely . 5 0 . 0 Bradford , par J . Alderson .. .. .. 13 16 6 Idle , per J . AMer » m .. .. .. .. 336 J . Ponde , Monmouth .. .. .. .. 200 . 2 . Griffith , Sewton Town .. .. .. .. 1 0 0 Arbroath , per J . Stephen 2 0 0 _Swleybridge , per J . Lawson .. .. .. 500 A _^ _htoii-uuder-Ljne , per E . Hobson .. .. 2 7-6 Keighloy . per J . Vicars „ .. .. .. 5 0 0 _^ Manchester , per J . Murray „ .. .. 2 s 0 0 SHAMS . / U 7 O _* PEE GENUAL 3 ECEETAXT . ' /
' £ s . d . £ s . d . Xew 3 Elns .. .. 088 Mr . Clarke , Maty-Bacup . 5 0 0 _lebont .. .. 014 "Mr George . Clewer Mr . Hutchins , do .. 0 14 Green , Windsor 16 4 Somers Town .. 600 Salford .. .. 1 17 1 Osford .. .. 1 13 o _Newark .. .. 050 Todmorden .. 020 Bacup 6 0 0 M . >* . 0 2 4 Pershore .. .. 2 0 0 Rachel Rowall .. 0 116 Carlisle „ .. 414 0 Westminster .. 1 » 2 Loughborongh , _lfr . Eiderslie .. .. 014 Cooper ., .. 0 0 4 Charles Fos .. .. 2 12 4 Leicester .. .. 2 0 0 City of London , _Dudlev .. .. 3 10 6 Mr . G . Fos .. 220 Hull . " Dec 15 , per Sudbury .. .. 500 Mr . Eastwood „ 1 17 6 LamberheadGreen 4 8 8
Flat Head , Kip- _HuK , per 1 * . _T . .. 210 Oi pouden .. .. 400 Stratford , _Essex .. 0 8 0 ' HanleT .. .. 5 0 0 Mr . _Elliot , Clapham 2 12 0 j Westminster .. 300 Mr . Whitmore .. 04 8 Lambeth .. .. 1 G 0 0 Macclesfield .. .. 6 10 0 ¦ Merthyr Tydvil .. 200 _Bhrningham .. . 515 ii CABDS _ASO SUIES . A _» . / 5 . / i _JJotdagham .. 104 Dudley .. .. 908 Bacup 0 3 S Hull - .. ~ 0 2 6 Buddersfield .. 044 Ipswich .. .. 004 LETT FOB THE LtSD COSFEBESCE , I H ! ° HuU , peTEast « ood 0 2 6 Card , G . Fox ; . 0 0 6 Bipponden , Flat LamberheadGreen 0 0 6 Uead .. .. 009 Hull , per P . T . „ 0 1 0 Itochdale .. .. 003 Sunderland .. ~ 0 2 6 Wheeler ' s list .. 053 f _\ v
_KATIOXAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . FEB XX . O ' COSSOS . From a Friend tdb approves of the Chartist policy .. .. „ .. .. .. W 0 0 W . Haralson , Xevrton Ayr - .. .. 0 0 i _» J . Gregory , _Irouville .. .. .. .. 0 5 fi _Charfctmeetins . Ship Inn , Birmingham .. 0 15 8 ¦ G . O ., ditto , per D . Pott _„ 0 4 4 Sowerby Longmvd , per J . Wilson .. .. 0 5 5 Hebden Bridge , per J . Smith 10 0 J . lV / ivel _) , . Monmouth .. .. .. .. 0 1 0 J . Cloud , Monmouth 0 1 0 -Collected at Manchester ' after Mr . O'Connor ' s
lecture .. .. „ .. „ .. A . Lonsdale y .. _„ .. .. .. Shareholders of tlie Leicester Land Society .. 0 2 In Kei _: hley , perJ . Garratt 0 12 0 Southampton , per G . Gouk „ .. .. 040 J . Murray , Manchester .. .. _„ .. A ' _otice . —We hare to request that the treasurer at Rochdale will remit tlie £ 1 collected after Mr . O'Connor ' s lecture for the Executive .
rER GEHEB 4 L SECRETARY . Bradford .. .. 060 Brighton .. .. 030 Dewsbury .. „ 0 5 0 Mr . T . Salmon .. 006 Littletown .. .. 030 Mr . W . Salmon .. 0 0 6 Ditto , J . Whitehead 0 0 7 Marylebone . .. 0 3 0 . Halifax .. .. o 2 loi _Whittingtott & Cat Lower Warley .. 0 1 lo * icards ) .. _„ 0 3 0 Di to , donation .. 0 5 0 * Westminster .. « 3 0 ¦ Carpenters' HaU , Do ., cards & rules 0 2 6 Manchester .. 110 0 R . Wells , London .. 0 1 0 Ditto , ditto .. .. 114 4 _FOa THE _CBAfcTlST COSVESTION . Oxford _ ~ 0 2 0 _HoU , P . T 0 10 Mr . Liresay , City-0 1 0 Ipswich , Mr . _GarrodO 1 0 _XMr . Allnutt , West- Someis Town .. 070 minster .. .. 0 1 0 _Ashton , per Mr . Jtfr . Roberts , do . .. 010 lfWng _« . .. 100 Mr . Bucklev , do . _ 0 1 0 Henrood .. _~ 0 9 0 Mr . Whitfield _„ 0 0 6 Norwich .. .. 0 10 0 Mr . Ford .. .. 006 _Sudburr .. .. 026 Mr . Wheeler .. 0 0 6 Reading .. .. 026 Smaller sums , do .. 0 1 CI
AGED _PJTBIOTS . Lower Warley .. © 50 Mr . George . Clewer Brighton „ ~ 0 3 6 Green , Windsor 0 0 8 J R . Welle , London .. 0 16 VETERAN PATRIOTS' AND EXILES' FUND . lower Warier -. 050 Green , Windsor 0 3 6 Brighton .. * .. 036 R . Wells , Loudon .. 016 Mr . _George , Ctewer DIXON JTJND . Its . MR . O ' COXKOK . Manchester , proceeds of meeting .. .. 1 10 0 Ditto , by Mr . O'Connor ' s lecture .. .. 114 0 PER GENERAL SECRETARY . Xower "Warley 0 5 0 AU parties _havmg money to remit on account of the _Ixecutire or tbe Convention , are requested to forward it as soon as possible , as a balance-sheet of both funds is in the course of preparation .
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAXD SOCIETY . _Feissds , —In accordance with resolutions passed atthe late Conference , it is now my duty to vail upon you to carry into effect the decisions of that body in reference , firstly tothe monthly levy for the payment of salaries , until the whole of the members in the section shall be . located ; and , secondly , for the liquidation of the balance _^ ue on account ofthe Conferen « e . The amount to be levied for tlie payment of rsalaries is one hauiiennT per month on one share , three farthings on a . share and a half , and one penny on two shares . The sah-secretanes are particularl y _requested to see tbat this money shall be duly raised , and punctually forwarded on the first Monday in each month . All sums for this purpose to he sent to me hy Post-office order , _jxioaWe to Mr . O Connor . On Monday , Feb . 2 nd , two months'levy will he due . The expense of the Conference , including ' wages and
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travelling expenses of the delegates aud Board of Diroc _£ _"' i «« _^ " _?' u V Tom ' & c _> amounted to £ 3 _lfes . 4 d ., and the total sum feeeired on accoa . it of the _^{• enny , ' _- ' _- ' IS _*¦** -l- _" " leavi ,, S _»*< " «* due " . £ _-io lbs ., whicli must l . o discharged by its immediate uav ment on the part .. f such inembeis a , „ not alrea . lv _doueso . All persons who may _hereafu-r be « , me IZl bers will also be , v ., mred to pay _tliiw-pww each so tint he hurt be ., , - _fM _^ ll y _upouaii , _f _. rwSb S the _Conference was held . Persons uho mav from _tliis _c-trl _^ it _^ _rf ,, alf _, ° r ° ? ba , tS ' _& _Wte _" ™ t . _irds a * it mil save much confusion in the accounts especially m the transfer of slwres . _mourns , &> rJ _? J _?!!? _T * iuaS _} k ow ho , v we _*™ proceeding iu reference to the enrolment , I beg to state that the rules are no , v betore Tidd Pratt , re-Hug barrister . IVuiwl having given an _,., muoii that no obstacle can be offered t » the enrolment the new rules will be issued as soon as this is accomplished . I am in daily receipt of _comniunication * from all parts of the country , with names of new memuprs . and also of great numbers who are paying their shares . The work goes bravely on . Thomas _Martis Wheeles , Secretary . truv _.-llln _,. _n _» .. _„_! _- „„ _ _r . _t . _ _., _ i . — .
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Since the announcement of the loss of the St . David steamer , while on a passage from Havre to Plymouth and Liverpool , during the i \ ecnt tearful gale , considerable sensation has prevailed at those porta relative w the number of persons who perished with her . Thore is Tery little prohahility of an accurate list of the unfortunate sufferers ever being ok taiued . Ah * . William Davidson , merchant of Havre , the consignee , states that he regrets being unable to furnish such lacts as the relatives of those on board the St . David steamer , when she left that place , might desire . He was quite ignorant of the number and names of the persons on board , but to his
knowledge there were not any passengers . She had a valuable car _^ o , to the extent of £ 20 , 000 , probably more , _consisting of silks , wines , _dse . The St . David left the port on the 13 th ult ., about , ten o'clock in the evening . The weather at the time was rather moderate , with an _appearance of a continuance ot easterly wind . Later in the day , however , it came on to blow , and on the following day the wind veered round to the westward—the afternoon of that day blowing a perfect storm . Up to the date of the letter , nothing positive had been heard of the steamer , at least at that port Several hogsheads of wine , forming part of her cargo , which were stowed upon deck , had been picked up , which confirms the probability of her total loss . Relative to the
supposition of there being no passengers on board , it is sadly feared it is incorrect . Some of those who saw the ill-fated steamer leave Havre , report that they saw on her deck about twenty persons , while there appeared . to be others below . A portmanteau , containing women ' s wearing apparel , has been picked up off Fecamp , where the hogsheads of wine were found , and it is generally believed that it formed the property of a passenger of the unfortunate vessel . _Ascordingto tlie latest accounts , with the exception ofthe body of tbe stoker , none others of the _unfortunate sufferers have been picked up or washed ashore . As regards the loss of the Tom Bowling steamer , nothing further has been heard of her . That she perished with all hands off the Dutch coast , there cannot be a doubt .
A sloop , laden with coal , from * Newport ,- Monmouthshire , in a passage to Caldico Point , was totally wrecked on the Corni . _-di toast , and all hands lust . Four bodies have been washed ashore , and amongst them were those of Mr . Williams , of Redrig , part owner , and the master , Mr . Opton , who were found clasped in _i-ach other ' s anus . The other bodies seemed to lie those of seamen , and being naked , it is presumed tliat they intended to save themselves by swimming . _Near Bude , on a shoal about two miles distant , on Saturday , waslost a schooner , named the Anne , of St . Ives , laden with copper ore , while proceeding from Beverau to Swansea . The gale at the time was blowing very hard from the W . N . \ V .. and one ofthe crew , in attempting to take in a reef of
the mainsail , was blown from the jard-arm , and falling en the deck , was instantly killed . The crew , hy taking to tlie boats before she struck , Micceeded in saving themselves . Another of tlie crew , however , was shockingly injured by . being jammed between the boat and the ship ' s side , and is not expected to survive . The vessel became a wrick . A brig called the Dorothea ( of nearly 300 tons * burden ) , Belonging to Sunderland , was wrecked about the same time off _Hayle , on the Devonshire coast , but forunately for the crew , nine in number , tliey wcie rescued hy the pilot-boats that put off from that place . Two fatal collisions are reported to have occurred in consequenee of the violence of the gales ; one happened on the ni « Iit of the 2 $ th ult , about
four mdes S . W . of Beachy-head . to an Oldenburgh schooner , named the Aurora , of Riga , and bound for Bordeaux , which was run down by the Tliorwaldscn bark , on a voyage from Copenhagen to St . Thomas ' s . The collision was of so fearful a character , that the _schooner sank within a few minutes after she had been struck , one ot the crew going down with her . The remainder , consisting ofthe master , his wife , a chi'd , and _sev . ral seamen , managed to get on board the Tuorwaldsen . The other collision was attened with more fatal results . It occurred off Brighton , on the 27 th ult . when the ship Donor , from London , bound-to Trieste , came in
contact with a French lugger , and sunk her , the crew perishing with her . The Unicorn , of Seaton-Sluice , Lnmsden _, master , foundered on the morning of the 22 nd ult ., when within 120 miles of _Flamboroush-head . Her crew took to the boat , and were picked np by a vessel belonging to Yarmouth , which landed them at Sunderland . One of the vessels previously reported te have gone down in the west bay of _Dungeness , has been ascertained to be the Elizabeth , of Newcastle , with a cargo of coals . Three of the bodies of the ill-fated crew were in the course of Sunday washed ashore , and have been since interr ed at L \ dd Church .
It will be remembered , that in the early part of the gale , one of the Royal Yacht Club vessels , called the Fanny , was totally lost , with all hands , off Bideford harbour . Among the unfortuuate sufferers were Mr . John Charles Montgomery , the owner , and Mr . Charles Rcilly . The body of the former gentleman was found on Friday near the lighthouse on the Branton Sands , and was identified by his brother , M-yor _Montgomery , ofthe 45 th . Thafcof Mr . _Keilly has not as yet been washed ashore . Wreckers have made their appearance along the Devonshire coast , and we regret to say in considerable numbers . On the West Indiaman going ashore , as
already reported in this journal , near Padstow , the coast-guard , seeing the disposition ofthe crowds that Socked to the beach _toplumler the wreck , promptly gave notice to the Custon-house , and the military were forthwith called out to protect to propir y . Unfortunately the gale continued , the ship during the two succeediug nights broke up , and became a total loss , when , notwithstanding the vigilance ol the men on duty , the pillage wa 3 carried on by the miscreants to a large extent . A man and two women were found dead oh the heaeli _, having drunk the rum washed ashore from the wreck to such an excess as to cause their death .
For several days past the coast guard have been searching the cottages for miles round , and in many instances have found portions of the property _secreted in the dwellings . All the occupiers of such places are lodged in prison .
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SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . Fatal Accidext os tub Ashford and Margate B / uxcu Railway * . —An accident , which has resulted fatally , occurred on Thursday morning on the Works ofthe South _Eastern Branch Railway to Canterbury , Ramsgate , and Margate , near the village of Minster . It appears that early on the morning in question , a train of _Joided ballast _waggons started from Canter * bury down the line to Minster , being propelled at the rear by a locomotive . In the foremost waggon were twelve or fourteen excavators , who were
_<* oing to relieve those who had been working during the night . The morning was exceedingly foggy , and the engine-driver being unable to see much in advance , the train unfortunately ran beyond the spot where it ought to have stopped , and the first waggon , containing the excavators , went over the end of the line , and was precipitated down an embankment . The poor fellows were thrown out , and two or three of the waggons , filled with ballast , fell upon them . One of the men was lulled on thespot , aud two others grievously hurt .
Fatal Accidext at the Newcastle axd _Darlixgtox Railway Tekmisds . —South Shields , Friday Moii . vixg . —Yesterday afternoon , about one o ' clock , a melancholy accident , which has resulted in the loss of two lives , and the serious injury of another individual , took p lace at the Newcastle and Darfington Railway- Terminus , in this town . For some time past extensive improvements have been making in that portion of the railway which is" between South Shields and Brockley Whins , and which was recently purchased of the Brandling Junction Company ; and during tbe past week a number of men have been employed in lowering the s _' . des of an embankment , near the Shields Station . Whilst doing so yesterday afternoon , one of tho men observed a portion of the bank _f _ira way , and he instantly gave an alarm to his companions . They rushed , as they supposed out of danger , but whilst doing so , three of them unfortunately got
jammed between the waggons , and before tliey could be extricated , an immense body ° f earth fell , and buried them beneath its weight . On removing the earth it was found that two of them were dead , and the third was so severely injured that only faint hopes can be entertained of bis recovery . The names of the persons killed are Thomas Bum and John Bradford . The man injured is Robert _Coxtorphaii , a publican , who appears to have been standing near at the time . Fatal Accident on ran Midland Railway . —On Friday a fatal accident occurred at the Matchley station ofthe Midland Railway , near Leeds . _, Oneef the workmen , a bricklayer , was crossing tbe line with a . plank on his shoulder , when , unpereeived by him , one of the fast trains from Manchester came np , and the buffer of the engine struck the poor fcllow , ' and threw him to a distance of about twenty yards . The engine was immediately stopped _^ _nd t ' ue unfortunate man picked up , but life was quite exf ' mct .
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MONDAY . _Coktkssvm oy Chartist _SimssoTn _.-In another column will be jouudan article from the Auosburq Gazette , entitled , "State of Parties in England , '' and which will be read with ne small exultation by the Chartist body , and with no small dismay by those who flattered themselves that Chartism was dead Repeal or the Cobx _LAws .-The protectionists , as wc predicted , are coining out like good W and as we assured our readers , are determined not to allow their properties to be divided amongst the _Lua-uers without a shy for it . " State or TitADE .-The promised buoyancy anticipated from a repeal ol the Corn Laws has made the Manchester papers frightened At the immensity of speculation , and actually recommend " short time "
as the only means of checking the overproduction whieh is likely to constitute a " _dru" . " Wc are boldly told that the markets of India anil China are already overstocked . The wool trade of Bradford and elsewhere is in a drooping condition , and the holders are speculating upon the " great fact" as the meins of existence . The Leeds people are taking stock at Christmas , which , together with the boisterous state ot the weather , is assigned as a reason for long faces at the Cloth-Hall . The Corn Trade . —From all parts of the country we have fearful intimation of the effect produced by the shadow of the repeal of the Corn Laws , in the decline of prices , and the poor farmers are beginning
in the eleventh hour to make up for lost time . Moxey Maiiket . —The jobbers are again looking blue ; every tiling having a tendency downward , and ronndence cannot be restored in the share market until the fate of the several lines to be submitted to Parliament is decided . _Bobbeut . —On Saturday last her Majesty received deputations from the Corporations of the Cities of Loudon and Dublin , praying for food for the poor . The deputations wcre received in grand style , and after the bobbery was completed , the following mummery commenced , and we give it precisely as we find it in the Court Circular _. as we could not by possibility present it in more ridiculous or laughable terms : —
The Queen afterwards held an investiture of the Host Hon . Military Order of the Bath . The Knights Grand Crosses having been robed by Mr . Hunter and Mr . Ede in their _mantles , and wearing their collars , passed into the Cliapter-room . There were present , his Royal Highness Prince Albert , Acting Great Master of the Order , Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington , Admiral Sir George Coclsburn , Admiral Sir Edward Cadrington , Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Jfartin , and General Lord Aylnier . Her Majesty wore the mantle and collar of the Order . Theofficers of the Order wore then mantles and carried tlieir respective badges . There were present . Algernon Greville . Esq ., Bath Kins ; of Arms , and Albert William Woods , Esq . ( Lancaster Herald ) , Gentleman Usher .
The Earl of Liverpool was introduced between Sir Thomas H . Martin and Lord Ayhner , the two Junior Knights Grand Crosses present , preceded by Bath King of Anns and the Gentleman Usher , the former carrying the ensigns of the Bath on a crimson velvet cushion . Ilis Lordship was conducted to the Sovereign , The Earl of Liverpool knelt near the Queen , and the Sword of State , borne by Sir William Martins , Gentleman Usher , being handed to her Majesty by the Vice-Cham _, berlain , the Queen was most graciously pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon the noble earl therewith . Bath King- of Arms , on his knee , presented to the Queen the riband and badge of the order , and her Majesty , assisted by Prince Albert , Auting Great Master of the Order , were graciously pleased to place the same over the right shoulder of his lordship . The Queen also presented the noble earl with the Star ofa ( Civil ) Knight Grand Cross ofthe Bath .
The tarl of Liverpool , rising , had the honour to kiss ber _Majesty ' s hand . The Knights Grand Crosses anil Officers of the Order tlien retired from the presence of the Sovereign . Previous to the Court , the Hon . Mr . Forbes was presented to the Queen by the Vice-Chamberlain , on his appointment as one of her Majesty ' s Pages of Honour . The Court was attended by Lord Givers , Lord iu Waiting - , Colonel Berkeley Drummond , Groom in Waiting ; _Major-Gcneral Wemyss , Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel _Bouverie , Equerry to Prince Albert ; the Groom of the Robes , and Mr . James Bunce Curling , Adjutant of the Corps of Gentlemen-at-Anns . The Yeoman ofthe Guard in ( he Coronation costume lined the grand staircase and ante-room . Sir Samuel Hancock , the Eson in Waiting , aud Mr . Ellerthorp , the Adjutant , attended .
A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Guards , with the hand ofthe regiment , was on duty in the Grand Quadrangle ofthe Castle . After the Court the Duke of Wellington left the Castle in his travelling carriage . Sir Robert Peel , the Duke of Buccleugh , Sir James Graham , the Bight Hon . W . E . Gladstone , Lord Granville Somerset , the Earl of Lincoln , the lUjbt Hon . Sidney Herbert , and the Eurl of _Dalhousieleft the Castle at twenty minutes before four o ' clock for the Slough station of the Great Western Railway , and ( returned to town by a _special train . Musdkr . —This day two unfortunate creatures , a man and woman , were sacrificed to that system which makes thieves and murderers . An account of their melancholy exit will be read in our columns , and we hope that the ti . ne is not far distant when the chronicling of such barbarous exhibitions will cease to be matter of speculation to the newspaper press .
_IBELAXD . The only news from Ireland of importance is the fact that the Liberator has succeeded in having Patrick O'Higgins held to bail to stand his trial for sedition , and the Freeman's Journal , aud the other liberal tapers refusing to publish the document upon which the charge is grounded , for no earthly reason but its simplicity . If it was published , the whole sting would be taken out of the charge , and nothing but the gall of the Conciliation patriots would remain .
Oh , Dan , Dan , Dan . you began your career as a spy and end it as an informer . Don't you think the honest Irish people , who hate an informer as they hate the devil himself , will learn to hate you , aud don't you think that the honest Irishmen , when you come to England , will holloa Paddy O'Higgins instead of Paddy _M'Cue in your ear . Ah , in sober sadness , Dan , and all bantering apart , it wasamean , rascally , paltry trick to accuse the detective force of the authorship of a placard , knowing in your heart that your object was to saddle it upon O'Higgins , first having stamped it with an atrocious character . Dan , why don't you indict the proprietor of the Northern Star , asit was published twice in that paper . Our friend , O'Higgins , need fear nothing from the burking of the Irish Liberal press , as , if necc & s _& _vy we will give a supplement or a double supplement with the Star , containing every tittle of the trial .
TUESDAY . The Corn Laws . —The Times and the bull-frogs are nobly vieing forthe fool ' s cap , the protectionists talking rabid nonsense , and the Times writing unmitigated rubbish ; in fact , since our friend ' s engagement with his new master he reminds us of all servants in the same situation , making up for want of knowledge by _offictousness , over activity and splash . We cou . 'd really wish to make a hash for our contemporary out of his own cold meat , but the stock in the larder is so immense that we know not where to begin . Suffice it to say that the Times , for the twentieth time , has been sold for a job , and is doing its work With all the fervency ofa renegade .
The manner in which Homer , Virgil , tho gods > goddesses , angels , monsters , hell and vultures , are introduced into free trade " stuff , " is very amusing , while the wholesale dealing with the Quarterly , the Richmonds , the Worsleys , and the whole stock of farmers , is chaste , classical , and refined ; in short , just such a grunt as we should expect from such a pig—and the adage says , " what can you expect from a pig but a grunt . " The Revenue . — The prosperous state of the revenue has bad the effect of creating confidence oh 'Change , securities are looking up a bit , and money is expected to be more easy . WE HOPE to find it so , for we have [ found it tarnation hard'to catch it at all of late . We do not , however , see quite so much to congratulate the country upon , aa the mere money scribblers do . Ia every department where such an increase appears as smothers the horror of the general decrease , we see fiction , at the bottom of wliich is the
big fiction , railway gambling . We see an increase of nearly two hundred thousand pounds in the stamp department alone , within the last quarter , and forty thousand in the Post-office department ; and if we could take stock of legal expenses , plundcrof servants , and other railway pickings and dividings for the next quarter , we might estimate it lowly at five millions of money ; but Government only takes notice of its own share , leaving the POOR lawyers , directors , eng _i neers , surveyors , and others to state their own grievances . The principal rise then for the quarter is in the Excise , Stamps , Taxes , and Post-office , everyone , and all , fictions based upon the great fiction , railways . But the misfortune is , that if we had a windfall of ten millions in this or any other quarter , we should have the young birds from the aristocratic nest gaping and squalling for twelve millions , and insisting upon some means being devised for making it permanent instead of casual .
The "Times'" Commissioner asdthe Liberator . —The mission of Mr . Foster to Ireland , from which we anticipated so much good , has resulted in what we now believe to have been the real object—a personal squabble between the Times newspaper and Mr . O'Connell . It is the misfortune of Ireland that every profession on her behalf ends in plunder one way or the other . Mr . Foster , an English special pleader , cares just as much about Ireland as the devil cares about holy water . However , with all that indifference he might have made his visit beneficial , had not the cloven foot of party , and the finger of personal animosity _. p eeped through the guise of affection for Ireland . No doubt can now remain _tlttt the whole of Mr . Foster ' s tour till he arrived at Cahirciveen was a mere preparatory reconnoitre for the grand attack , and as just arbitrators and disinterested umpires between the belligerents , and having read the
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long and paltry stuff printed and spoken on both sides , we unhesitatingly give it as our judgment that roster has eternally damned himself as a commissionci _' , and has healed where he intended to wound . _x _» hen he generalized we backed him from our own k , |( , w 'edge , but as a special picador , having failed in j _, t * proofs , he has really shaken the authority upon wh 'tu we based our opinions . It is a very mclaneliOi y thing that the press cannot be virtuous—that it ana ° _* cve attempt a public service without descending U ' P ersona ! controversy . Foster has done more for th , * _liberator in a month , than the Liberator could h . •• ve done for himself in the whole of his life We thin . , c the sooner " _oun owx commissioner" cuts his lock ) ' * returns to his fatherland the better _, lie hits ia , '' ''' ' shed the laurels he gained . He went out a great man » an A ° mes back a great fool .
The Mv . ' , DEns - — The morning papers have a lengthy aeso ' lnt m * tllB two murders committed bv Mr . Calcraft yesterday . We regret that the base fashion of the newspaper press compels us to chronicle them as ft Jitter interesting to the reader , ami , therefore , tliey * ' "' _" _, oun ( * full length in another part of our pasta . * Court _Ciuccm _. _' - nis Ro > _- _* U Highness Prince Albert had capita *} - _? Pol * fc yesterday on the Flemish farm , which owes * A . 23 ° . landlord in fee—the poor of Windsor . i 5 j ' a mistake , in one of the morning papers lie is _re-jpo . "tcu as having shot so many peasants , we presunWh was a Mistake for pheasants , but perhaps _notastave old adage says , "You may
, as well kill a man as _fi-M ten nis life out > " at _* d there is no better way _offrighfltfR _inS his lifeoufc than starving him to death . The- } i _, , tle DKARS to ° k tueil' accustomed airings yesterday ,. an 1 we are credibly informed that her Majestv lia * i \ , von directions for the erection of a small cotton _itoi _'» under the ' superintendence of the Poor Law Com ** "ssmnera , where the royal infants will , at the propes _* _* te e * ten , be allowed to work six and a half hours _a-dlsj '• We understand that the roval waiting-maids , _gm > and scullions had all their traps packed up for a start , and were thrown into ecstacics of delight witow _V' _? , , t her Majesty had declared that 1 Mb * . oI"J . > who had ottered himself as steward to the h . wi _& lloId » ma S 0 T
strong enough for the place . Punch . —At the commencement _oftfib . _^ ew _Yea 1 ' we have again to recommend our _inestiitiBiJh c ° _temporarj * and unrivalled artist to public farDuV , , _^ vc } 7 print in Punch is an essay which a word _Woudfc S P ° , _* 1 . a sentence damn . Every man , woman , anwJ c ' ' should see Punch . It is reading made eas / ,. a _* ii ) a the only alteration that we could possibly suggest * to . the conductors of this unrivalled journal is , the n * rjss ** i . ty of assuming a higher position in the _menagem-ilfoai" ! toady to the Times , echo of the Thunderer . _jJft is really a pity that such a giant print should _marfto greatness by fiddling to the Times . It has quite cln _* - racter and talent enough to stand alone .
IRELAND . Coiidex asd tiie Belfast Fuse _Thadebs . —It appears that Cobden is to be invited to a grand free-trade entertainment at Belfast . _Quere—the Northern Whig , that announces the intelligence , has omitted all mention of the fiddle . Won't Cobden take friend Bright with him ? Mob Fun . —Thursday last-the inauguration ofthe new Mayor of Limerick took place , and the old official , Dr . William Geary , went out , and the boys gave him a taste of their quality as described in the following p ithy paragraph , wliich wc transcribe at full length for the amusement of our readers _• —
" On entering the counuil-cliamber , " says the Limerick Chronicle , " the outgoing mayor was saluted with groans and hisses , while Alderman ltyan , his successor , was loudly cheered . The excited crowd" kept yelling and shouting without cessation , applying the _moatopprolirious epithets to the outgoing mayor , designating him a traitor , an Orange Catholic , a sleevecn , a pill-box , a betrayer . We would not _insult our readers by pnvticalarising some of the scandalous language indulged in by the rabble assembly that packed the room . There wcre lend cries of ' Turn out Geary ; take the chain off him and give it to the new mayor ; ' beside threatening expressions , whicli wcre drowned in the uproar and confusion that prevailed . In this state of disgraceful disorder Mr . Balcrgli , townclcrk , aimounced that the floor was giving way wnler thr
rioters , the rafters having nearly separated from the main wall . He requested that they would clear out , else the lives of all present were in danger ; hut , regardless ol the consequences , they remained , and positively refused to leave the apartment . The Kev . Mr . Quin _, hariMg inspected the ceiling underneath , also represented the danger to which they were exposed , but in vain iJid he exhort them to withdraw . In this state of consternation , the _outgoing mayor proclaimed an adjournment to the Court-house , upon which the rush down stairs was frightful , several persons having been hurled from top to bottom . The outer gate of the . court was forced open by the crowd , who took possession of every available position within . With great difficulty the old and new mayors , Mr . _^ _Y _. ltoche , justiee of the _pe-ice , the town-clerk , treasurer ,
and a few memberg of the council obtained a place on the bench . Here the scene baffled description—both galleries being crowded to excess , there was a cry ot ' They are _giving way , ' which warning was not unfounded , as they were really projecting Irom the walls . Some clung to the window frames , while others leaped over tin ' gallery , and injured those in the body of the coutt beneath . Thus circumstanced , the town-clerk produced the official declaration , which was signed by Alderman Ryan , and the oath of office was administered by Mr . ltoche , when the old Mayor took the gold chain from his neck , placed it around that of his successor , handed him the wand , and shook liim warmly by the hand amidst deafening applause . Mr . William ltoclie rose to make n
few observations , but it was impossible to catch what he said . Tho new Mayor also addressed the assemblage _, acknowledging the high honour conferred upon liim , and promising to leave nothing undone to promote the happiness and comfort of his fellow-citizens . The ceremony having concluded , the court was soon cleared , but the mob , not content with their gross affronts to the old Mayor , again assailed him with shouts of disapprobation on passing on to the Exchange , whither he was followed , and tliey even attempted personal violence to him . Shortly after Alderman Geary , surrounded by a few friends , proceeded home , a mob yelling at him all the wnj in the streets . The new Mayor was escorted to his residence by the Temperance bands and a crowd of Repealers . "
The Corporation of Dublin . —In our yesterday's summary we announced the fact of . the Dublin Corporation having presented an address to the Queen on Saturday , but we were not then aware of the best of the joke . It appears that a grand entertainment was provided in the Waterloo Banqueting Room , for the two corporations , but the _Ijondoners being rather late were summoned to the Throne Room just as they got a glimpseof the " goodies . " The Paddies were a little late in _consequence ol' the restiveness ot one of the omnibus horses , on the box of which was seated the Lord Mayor of Dublin and his swordbearer Tom Arkins . The consequence was that the Dublin " coves" remained tucking in while the Londoners , after performing their loyalty , were ushered
out at another entrance . We have received various reports of this banquet , some informing us that Tom Arkins and Reynolds asked the servants in waiting what those round things ( potatoes ) were ? and upon being told , replied that it was a damned shame to take theirjackets off this cold weather—the mayor said they were Jerusalem artichokes . After the gorge our correspondent says that he heard the Lord Mayor ' s chaplain asking one ofthe servants slyly , if he had ' nt such a thing as some "puttcen" and hot water . Reynolds , to be more English , asked boldly for some POTTEEN , when , to the great amusement of the Paddies , the servant , mistaking the order and not knowing what potteen meant , actually brought in a
certain U'lENSIL , asking , " Is this what you called for , sir ? " Our correspondent proceeds to say that the whole corporation walked any thing but straightforward to the throne , her Majesty observing to Prince Albert , "What frisky fellows these Irish are !" The word potatoe appearing in several parts of the address , there was a long discussion in the Banquet Room , as to whether it should be pronounced " Potatoe , " " Tato , " Tatie , " or "Tratie "—some expressing a wish that the word should be omitted altogether , and the words "THAT ROOT UPON WHICH TllE IRISH PRINCIPALLY LIVE " substituted . Report says that the Mayor of Dublin bit the Queen ' s hand when presented to him to kiss .
Foreign . —There is little of interest from abroad beyond what we publish in the proper place , except the demand of the French Minister of Marine for a grant of four millions sterling to be applied to the increase of the steam navy of France , and the great delight of the Ministerialists , in the hope of being able to preserve their places through the session . The Oregon , however , or , rather , the non-intervention declaration of President Polk , has acted like a bombshell in tho camp of European crowned heads , and , after all , we expect that American affairs will constitute a more important item in the royal speech than the state of " Ki . vo _Piiatih " himself . Wc are curious to learn the terms in whicli her Majesty will announce the kindly assurances of that greatest of all _monakchs . If " wc were inclined for a spec , we would back ms rotten _majesti * at long odds against all their majesties . . WEDNESDAY .
The Corn Laws . — The Tints is still doing the work of the new broom for its masters , although it is this morning obliged to descend from even the semblance of argument , to a bit of high-flown sympathy . Meetings of a handful of p & or agricultural labourers are magnified into the gatherings of thousands . They are furnished with poetry , eloquence , aud enthusiasm , but argument beinfia tiling not at the command ofthe Thunderer , there _b-a great lack of that commodity . A meeting which took place in AViltshire , ofa « ricnlturanabourei _* s ,. by moon and torchlight , L
honoured with a three-column _aotiee , a portion of it is actually chroniclsd in leader type , and letters are _fascinatingly _fabrieflbadiin provincial dialect and sent to the chairman hy tho _ILeague or _tli * T »'» iw . One is signed "your _a _& _jetad . and humbelseryent , " another * ' A Laborer . " IJpon the wh » W it is disgusting to reflect upon tlie mom and _sovdikli use to which the Times _newspaper * would no « tmitu the agricultural _labonrera .. h would make them , racro machinery to « avii _its . own has *! - biro ftonn tb _* League ; hut tl > e a _^ iiCHltj . m \ l _UxluuwctSj , _&;& _tli / t- friends , oi the ' ¦; eu
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Hours' Bill , will soon lose the countenance of the Thunderer , when the Times shall have discovered their intention to have a littlk thunder on their own account . The Times would make » _U its agricultural protegees politicians and philosophers , while the sayings of six hundred shrewd philosophers , mei , at Manchester to advocate t . ie Ten I loin's' Bill IN _TIIEHi OWN WAY , was not tvmtliy of passing comment . When will the people cense being used as tools by vagabonds ? Lord _Morpeth and tue Ten Hours' Bill . —On its being known that Lord Morpeth was once more likely to constitute the ( _J 58 th part of the British Empire , the members of the Short Time Committees of the West Riding of Yorkshire waited upon his lordship to canvass his support in Parliament , in favour of then-objects , and we give his _lordship's reply in full , as a political gem : —
LOUD MORPETH ' S _REPLV . Castle _flon-ard , Jan . 3 , 1848 . Gentlemen—I have been favoured with the memorial of the delegates of the Short Time Committees of the West-Kiding of Yorkshire . I willingly promise to them the sympath y \ they request with so much propriety and forbearance of language , for the whole body which they represent , nnd for their condition in life . If I now re-enter Parliament , after the long in . tevval , ' of absence from its deliberations , and without
_Jiai-ing had the many important questions connected with factory labour specially brought under my notice , I must reserve to myself entire freedom to deal with the propositions which may be submitted for adoption ; but I shall bring to tlieir consideration a _keon feeling for the wants and wishes of the working classes , and a resolute determination to do my whole duty towards them . I have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Your most faithful servant , Morpeth . The Delegates ofthe Short Time Committees
of the West-Uidini . Tins gracious tender of his lordship ' s sympathy , coupled with his cautious heseiiviv with _hkspuct to his vote , reminds us of two Irish anecdotes which we will . now relate . A poor Irish _laboutcr who had been ejected by a tyrant landlord , resolved upon trying his fortune in America , and having scraped together within one pound of the passage money , he made application to the priest of the parish to make up the deficiency , " Ynr rev ' rence , I ' m going to cross the water , I ' m for Americy . " " Well , good
luck _to-ysu , Paddy / ' ' * Well , but yur rev ' rence , I ' m thirty ye _* w » in your parish now , and I hope yur i _evidence will give me a cracter . " " Oh , then indeed i'Jl do- that ,. Paddy , for you were always an honest man . ' * ' "Then 1 thank yur rev ' rence , but I always expected ! that from you , wit sure I'm a pound short , and I h » pe yur l'jv _' _reiit-e will' Jind it to me ? " " Indeed theaj . Paddy " , I haven't * pound . " " _Wish-v then ,. Sod bless w , the times is hard to be sure , _buf what % I do at ait at ail ? But may be yur rev ' rence-will have tin shillings to spare ?"
" Indeed theft- L haven ' t , nor five , nor three , r > w two . " " ¦ Wisha , Go & _'lie'prafbcd , but that ' s a _hajtl thing , but I must try the- neighbours , but may be yur rev ' - rence' would give mc _* a * shilling to drink yourhealth on the * road ?" " Paddy , I _don't-lilie dnrmkimjf , its ?/ bad _thinjf . " ' " Oh J wisha , God' help * _« . s ; it ' s a bad-world for the poor . May be your * rev ' reueo woeAtl- give roe a * penny for a smoke ?" "Indeed , then , I haven't a * fenny . " ' - Wisha , but that ' s a qneomhing entirely .- Weft , I'll be going , anyhow , and may be you ? rev ' rencewould give _nw ) your blessing . ? " ' " Oti , I'll do that for you tfaddy . "
" No , nor the devil a bit el' it I'll have , new ; : _jf it was worth apsnny you wouldn't give it me ; so-you may keep that with the rest . "' That ' s one staiy ; now for the-next . The L ' _Ssmomable C ' arew O ' GVady , brother of She late Lord _Sillivmore , was very anxious to represent the Cousty of Cork in Parliament , and just before the election of 1834 , he called _upsn Mr . O'Connor , at the Imperial Hotel , and said : " O'Connor , I ' ve , been thinking \ lutt * the County of Cork is represented by a nightingale and a cuckoo ; and I think this gr « it county should have two _uightingivlcs . You can take me in with you as you did little Barry . " Mir . O'Connor replied ; "My dear fellow , nothing would give me greater pleasure than to hear your swset notes in the hi * cage ; but really 1 never asked for a vote for myself , and you must excuse me exercising any influeuee iov others ; _liut there's my t ' _vien-i , Mv . O'lleavdon , the man of the people , the most popular orator
in tlie couniy , sitting ac the fire—I'll introduce you to him , and canvas him for yourself . " Upon being introduced , Mr . _O'Grady said : ' Well , Mr . O'Ueardon , I'm delighted to make your acquaintance . I ' ve been just telling our friend O'Connor , that the Comity of Cork ought to have _twonightingales _. andif lean have your vote and interest at the next election , I'll stand for the County . " " I declare to God , Mr . O'Grady , " said the man of the people , " my heart and soul is with you , but I promised my vote to Mr . Barry . " " Oh ! D—n your heart and soul ; give them to Mr . Barry , and give me your vote . " Now we _uould recommend the Short Time Committee , when they next see his lordship , to say , " Oh ! D—n your sympathy , keen that FOB . THE POOR , and give us YOUR VOTE . " Mosey Mauket . —Notwithstanding the flatteriug prospect presented by the revenue the funds ate looking down , and the share market is even flatter than it was , so that in point of fact the _tiiixg looks biue on unhands .
Pkince Albert axd the Paui * eus of Windsor . — Hy a report which will be found elsewhere of a communication that has taken place between Prince Albert ' s secretary and the authorities of Windsor , it will be seen that Sir Frederick Thcsiger , Prince Albert ' s Attorney-General , and Sir Thomas Wilde , _Prince Albort ' s lirst cousin by mariiiaoe , have given it as their opiniou , that the paupers of Windsor have no claim upon Flemish Farm , held by his Royal Highness , because his Royal Highness holds it under tub Chouw , and has not a beneficial interest in it . Now we will back our opinion against Prince Albert ' s cousin and his Attorney-General , ami we ussert that the Crown holds the land under the panpers who are landlords in chief , and that Prince
Albert holds it under the Crown as lessee of the paupers , and we warn his Royal Highness how he raises the question of title , because we tell him that no statute _ov limitation that the law can affix will operate against the right of the people . As to tho beneficial interest , if his Royal Highness thinks proper to devote the farm to the feeding of game for his amusement , he has a beneficial interest in it , and if not , he had better surrender it to the paupers , who will soon find a benelicial interest and a better tenant . The worst of the case is , that not only will the paupers lose their £ 230 , but the cormorants pi tlie law will swallow up the remainder of the rates in looking for it . Prince Albert had better go back to
Germany if he is not satislied with the fat of the land , and about £ 50 , 000 a year in salaries and pickings . He really was a well-conditioned , uniiiteferiiig voting gentleman , a kind of chip in porridge , and we regret that he should have lost this valuable negative distinction by relying upon dear law as a means of despoiling the poor of tl'eir rights . Court Circular . — Noble Candlestick . — 1 he Queen and Prince Albert inspected this morning , at ihe Castle , an elaborately executed candelabrum and plateau for Mr . Matthew Uzielli , of the Orleans and Vierzon Railway , which were submitted by Messrs . Mortimer and Hunt . Her Majesty and the Prince were pleased to express their approbation .
IRELAND . Mr . Duffy , proprietor of the Nation newspaper , is himself about to have a taste of the Attorney-General ' s quality for what is called a seditious libel published in the Nation newspaper . We h < tte political prosecutions of all sorts , and yet we are not sorry thatthe press of Ireland , that has lent itself to the hunting down of O'Higgins , should have its share of the fun . We are curious to see whether the _Liberatar will denounce Dully as he denounced U'llisgins , and we are curious to learn whether the that the Attorn
goose will cackle for himself now ey-General has him by the tail . The silenee of the Nation upon O'Higgins' wise was more criminal than the prosecution of it by the Attorney-Ge . icral . Of course we shall have a grand flare-up among the worthies of the Liberal press when one of their own bundle of sticks is cracked , but when our Chartist cudgel was to be broken all cordially lent an 'ee . Go it , Smith , prosecute away , and at last you may _convpel the Irish press to do from necessity what it has refused to justice
Conciliation Hall . —Dan spun a tarnation long yarn at the last gathering of the patriots , and he concluded by warning the English _govern-ment that the connexion between the countries wmild never be severed till his death . We believe you , Dau , as long as there is more profit in the basest connexion _fcton in an honourable severance so long will you w lue connecting link . Dun ' s speech was _cowously i * teir . larded with " Hurrahs lor th * repeal I ai . il w . this , this , is positively to be the repeal year , ttui regrets that that excellent gwtlenia * , Sur Wham Somerville , must be kicked eat ot _tuftwpwwrtfttwii ofDrogheda , and thM «« r * owagove » 4 epa _^ tai ! wl 6 is looked upon by fools as . _patnoMsBH wtarcas ihe fact lies here : —Dan sold ths forty-three repeal weinders that were returned b 1 * 832 , aad w >» he wants a new stock or bkasts for the _Enslish market . Sow this is Dan ' s whole dod _^** _- ;— A pliant member ol Parliament is the best eiflsaaiodity a merchant can traffic in , and Dan is deter _*» iacd to have as large a stock as possible .
THURSDAY . Fiike Trade . —The Times of this morning adds another laurel to the wreath in process of _mnnulacture for the !' . gricultural labourers . How stupid w « have been _a ' _, 1 our lives to have supposed that Clodpoles were ' _is-nui-ant—why , they arc all phiWplwy j in their r ffn little way , and instead of requiring a * nj tuition . t would appear that they are hilly able ti _insU'U'jt Mr . Cobden and all the free trade _nrote-asors they are , indeed , made to speak , airi write , am cheer , and sigh , and groan , and laugh , syro _pathise philosophise , aud economise in chorus . Vycjcvcr ruei [ so well drilled a band , and in conuncntip * upon tin I gathering at G . _* aatiwrc , the Times has _ai-t-ually _cupnei
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the climax by designating free trade as patriotisp , All that we snail say is , " From such patriotism G .. d Lord deliver us . " Lord St . Germans was inaugurated as chief _sny to Sir James Graham , under the title of Postmaster-General , on Saturday last , and upon being ushered through the several offices , crannies , and privacies , the noble lord , on seeing a tremendous bundle of papersm a certain niche , started , exclaiming , "' Good God , what arc all those ! " and upon being fold that _tlieywcnNorthernSt _^ newspapers , he observed , ' 'Dw _** bir James Graham know of this ? and docs he allow the post office to be made the medium ol conveyin _*? such a paper ? He had scarcely spoken the word , when , as wc learn from tho morning papers , a shower ot Stars canid flying through the window and nearly buried the official . This fact may be relied unor as we have it from the Times .
Most Hoiibhilk !—Two infants , one fifteen and tlie other eighty-cars of age , that is _ninety-si . v months old—sixty months younger than even the slave drivers think his blood fit for use , were Yesterday sentenced to SEVEN YEARS _TRANSPORTa-TI ON for stealing money and other things . The law that sanctions this should be burned by the common hangman , and the ruin of the system that tolerates it would be cheaply purchased by a national earthquake that would swallow up altogether and leave nc trace of sueh damnability behind . There is a qualification forthe workhouse—it is utter
destitution , and the sale or loss of every bit ofthe paupers ' property ; and there is also a qualification for Lord John Russell ' s Isle of Wight Seminary fm * the reclamation of youth , _unles-i a child is sentenced to transportation he is not qualified for the Whig refuge . It will scarcely be believed that those two infants have been before twice convicted of similar offeneesand no means resorted to for their reclamation . We wonder what one of our law makers would say it one ot their children of ninety-six months of age was sentenced to transportation for any _offi-uce that could 0 c committed .
Ihe Militia . —By an analysis Hint we give elsewhere , ot the several militia regiments , it will be seen that England has sixty-one regiments , end Ire'and . thirty-eight . Wc think , like the poor sailor , that if Ireland has hershare of the bullets , she should have her share of _repressntation also . She _farnMiea more than half Hhe militia , but has not a sixth of the representation i » the Iloiwe of Commons . When _kelson s chip , the * Victory , was upon one _occasion brought into actios , » sailor ls » elt ! at oneof the guns , and began to pray most fervent Iv . Tlie first lieutenant gave him a kjck , with a " D—n your eve- — what are you praying About ? " _wiien Jack-answered , An please yer honwr , I ' m praying that the shots may be divided like the prize moncv _to-dav , and that the officers may hj » e their sh _.-r _? e of it . " " ¥ mes _Aj-bert Aoai »!—We lear _^ _thiirmonihw , that in addition to the opinion of his- Attorney-General , _aiwJ his _cosen , hJ . i- Royal Highness has « » $ ©»
. _received the epiniwi of _IJ 3 S- _SoJicitor---E _* w ' ei * il , Mr . F ' dxroy Kelly , stating that the poor haw mo claimupon his Roy »& Higliness ' s _livvm , but thsre is this curious feet connected with i ' _ie case which we _for-rofc to state yesterday . His Royal _Uighness's- _adviser * have _: rehired to'shew the case _uabmitted for rounscl _' a . opinion to the _awShorities of _VJind . -or . This looks suspicious- ; as- we would wager a trifle to ;* et any _iopinion we wished- from counsel Uained in tie law , , _-if we were _tivdmw up an exparirme . WIicji kord . Mansfield ' s-s _« n _wau studying tha-law , he met his father one _nuwrnng »» he came _a » t of his _»* udy „ "Weil , John ,. my boy , " says the _lewaedlord , " what have you _been-d-wing Mm morning *?" " " Wh v , lather , I have been Jearaing . _fwiwakc _riaht right , . and _wrsag wrong . " "Pooh , pouhy" * was the reply-of his Wd-•» hip , "go back * andleara to make riant wrong , ami _vtiotig right ,, aadi THEN _YOtfliL ISE A _J-jA' f * 'I . _* ii * i ' .
. The Late _liiiEtiiaow jar Wi . vsdor— -During the * Christina- - week , Col . l & id and Mr . Wal 6 er ° _weivieing as-to the best means of securing ihe purity off . election at the next contest ; both II 0 _R 9 _UIIA BLE > _GEiSTl . liAIEN- wore engaged in clothing , the naked and feeding , the hunguy ,. hut our corres _^ _nxlvnt _announces-tho _curioiiH-t ! w 6 ,. t ) li 4 _itKONE _Iilfi-T-ELECi'i'ORS were thought worthy of charifeyi . Who [ wouldn't he am electow a , t Christmas ? 'i'his-is thejnew . moile of ! getting over Site stringent laws- against ibribery . I Monky _M-Attiurc . _—Notwtolietnnding the fluttering ' state of the revenue , tlie _jjubbers find it impossible | to- keep the thing up , while there is woe in every 'house ; , the answer to- _tradswiieii ' s bills invariably being ,. " I have-really _bemi _um-h a _sull ' erer from the R . _w ' _iwas Paxig' that yon _nmot excuse me for tha present . "
liiADK —Again , we see thai ihe twitters asd spinners-and cotton , lords of all s »» ts are building 3 _jjeo . _» roai / iu » free trade , and iiiauuf »« turing upon speculation . As the poor , who are wut client ' , are sure to suffer most from tho disappointment , we give this early caution to tlie specula tor * . We tell them that Sir Robert Peel will itomore pvopose the repeal o £ the Corn Laws than he will prujwse to make " a man of the Queen ; and that he will pwipose a fixed duty that will astonish them , to be annually diminished until it comes to the most fascinating revenue point _* and there to remain just as long a * we piease to allowit , and not a minute longer . 15 y the time Parliament meets we hope to be in a situation _legend six of our very ablest lecturers into the agricultural distnieh > to recruit for the noble army of Chartists , and we will back our enlistment against Protectionists and ANTI-MONOPOLISTS . What a funny name for fellows that have monopolist d everything , and caa raise a quarter of a mill . on to establish a money c # _nstituencv ?
IRELAND . Molly Maguiuk . —It appears tlu . th . ev ladyship ha * prolonged her visit to the Irish metropolis beyond her original intention , and we make no doubt that the government informer and his Conciliation detective force will attempt to connect her ladyship with the placard to which we this day affix our name . B _* ufe nil won't do , for we have no more doubt upon our nunds " tlmn we have of our existence , that the supposed Molly Magiiire—that is the metropolitan lady —is one of the O'Connell gang , hired for the purpose of damning O'Higgins ; and let it be understood that we do not offer ihe insult to THE MOLLY MAGU 1 RE by connecting her in any way with the * metropolitan rascals .
FonKios . —Iver since M . Guizot and the Morning Herald concocted a counter conspiracy against Lieutenant _Waghoi'ii . the Times , and the Trieste route , the _JVincs is outrageous with France and every thing French , and we should not be at all astonished if the Thunderer should meditate a Httle _s-qnabWc between the two countries in revenge . The French budget , which appears highly satisfacto y to us , is very distasteful to our contemporary . In fact , until Lieutenant Wiiglioni and the " _TYihc * can beat M . Guizot and the Herald in the race for early news , we shall : have no peace in Europe .
Distressed State Of Tlle Operatives Is N...
DISTRESSED STATE OF TllE OPERATIVES IS NOTTINGHAM . Nottingham . _Tubsimv _Afternoos . —A meeting waaheld litis tore noon at the _Ctuiliiiiall in this towa ( allowed _, to be list- & "ii this occasion by the m _.-i ) » r > , to devise meanibto relieve the distress ot' the _uiieiiiyloyeil workmen ,, amounting to upwards ot' 1 , 000 , in the _twi-t and w » _nj > branches of trade , at _isiug from the \ l * i | iaessioii which novr generally exists to an .-ilai-iiiinge . xteu ! . At a quarter past eleven o ' clock , _thitiiall being crowded , Mr . Cheetham ( of the firm of _Clwv & _ham ami _Lijilntioot _^ lace manufacturers ) , was called to she chair , ami having stated the object lor which tho w * vting had _heeti . convened , he expressed _ii » a imiuutuetarer his deep _reyaet to * find the town in sueli a deplorable state , but he hoped , on the caseof tlio _unemployed _beiajnmde kn . iw _» thattlu > wealthy and intiueutia _> would aJleviute their _sulVurings . Ho was quite ready to hear _anj statements tliajt partiesmight bo willing to make , _awiUe invited a 1 _' nialiearin _**!** for every speaker .
Alter several persons had _sjolien _gL'nenU j-. unon thedistrcss extant , and also ammn ' . st upwaids _» £ _ljWW . workinen in the abovu braiielies o £ * aaile , Mr . Sanders , a workman , said , that _difloujjhottfctha whole of the town _olXottinj _^ kmi nearly alii the shoj || s and factories are shut up . He worked at _^ Hiv Auttwi _^ OU Mansfield-read , a large _faetary , and no _bnnuess _wasdohig ; there . Mr . Hill ' s , of Leiuou , Mr . hech 8 _,. _Mr . Thornton ' s . . and , in short , he should ha »«; to enuni'imte all _tfce names i if he went thvough the _licA where _tM- men \ wiws out ot f employ , _lleeitid two oirthree cas _* _i 6 . of _extrerse distress » as a sample of the state « 2 t _4 iis elass . af . _operatiws . It waa _iwell known that viv . _viii _worUmeiv Yia _& . \ e > . _* gu . vite _<^{ . _Q & _i
trust for lheir food , aniion the _shuftl _5 t . 'eii | er 1 lUftrinB . oS til * * factory being stopped ,. v » heii the v _. _uvfclUiMi's _^ il ' _tUlftliB' _" ' * _>* all his earnings « itliiu . one shilliag for tlienrevious week ' * - ' iv food , she was told sio- could haw mi more goods , as ther & : _& was no prosp _.-et of _i « r paying _Smthem . _'illie' . _vi' 5 alt mas , s , that she family ( _a-ruan , hi » _tvi £ tl , : imj . _fpu >]! children * ) 1 flil ! r * * litwally starviue ; Sitv food ; Hot knew fo * mctuhai uue day » y they had only a , & _wpotatoes . * w _** u |> _sist utiotl ,. aiiiiiUi " ! lier er day , aiieighbc-UJgavether * ii , _hoilinjofgr ) . _'ei _« _k aud tha he _pwor man carotid , _ahalfp' _^ _iii . v . liy . _eai'i-jinu _^ a _. hwiket fori ** _rik lady a short _Osnanee , witb . which ' ht bought a halfpenny ay worth _ofssusa , aud aftna bulling _ftjie _gveeiw _, they were ere fried in ' suetaud the _wivulu family _elfeiout wi _* whole day lay
upon tins _uaserable low ) . (; liear _) . Mr . Wright relate i _stfiyr inslau . ee *) , as did Mr . Bagjicly ,. cly ,.. and a put * man ot : _iH . * i name of Heurj _iowe -, the latter iter ¦ _dcclareil t that he _|| _iiuis _ehj bad been out of emp loy nine line weeks , sad that ' jt- hadbeen asiougas two da . _istogether ther ' _wiihotti tasting human food . IU- had applied to the the i parish , hut m , reliel was lobe g ' mu , exeept be would g » l go _k _intulhewor ' _ilwuse , ayl _' - ' _0 ho bad uu internum lo _eulorulorr alive . He had come , with hundreds around him , 'o tho- ) tho- > meetiug , li oping something would be done , however small , mill ,, lo assist them , and prevent Ihe poor being starved toed _to » _doeth . He could not pioced further for teais 'lowing wing jj from his eyes . Mr . _ltulT _, a ton a missionary , spoke of the very _geiieralueraU state of business in the town , Mr . _Samlcis moved that a suWri ption he entered llltd illtOO to alleviate the distress of the workpeople . The resolution was carried unnniniously .
A letter , _wic-1 . sing a subscription of £ 5 , from the Bern ReT _. c , IV . Iiiookc , vicar of St . Mary ' * , _»" a * "' _"i ' < - » ' _*¦ The Ciaini . au _prescimd a donation of £ 10 _; which dch 0 _W being announced , was warmly app lauded . After a vote of thank * to the Hoc J . W . Brooks , did , _thfil _iiuivor _, and ihe elminmm , the meetiug broke up .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 10, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_10011846/page/5/
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