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THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . . A Prison Rhvrae .. In Tea Books . . ( One Vol ., 7 s . _6 d . ) _« The most _wonderful effort of intellectual power produced withhi the last century . "—The Britannia . " Here we haye a . genuine poem _springing out 6 f the spirit of the times , and indeed out of the heart , and « - erience of one who has wrestled with and suffered iu it . It is no other than a poem in ten books , by a Chartist , and who boldly sets his name and his profession of Chartism on the title-page . It is plain that he glories in his political faith more than in his poetry ; nay , his verse is but the vehicle of that faith . Yet , nevertheless , it is
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Also , just published , THE BARONS YULE FEAST . A Christmas Rhyme . In Four Cantos . . ( One Vol ., 5 s . ) "There is a rough earnestness , Doth in its _thoughti aud verse , which is strictly in accordance with the genius « f our ballad minstrelsy . If it does not show , in point of ability , an advance on the author ' s previous productions , it yet shows that he caa change his baud without loss of power . "— The Britannia . . " Mr . Cooper appears to much greater advantage in this seasonable poem than he did in his more ambitions attempt of " The Purgatory of Suicides . " "The Baron ' s Yule Feast *' has a genial spirit , various subjects , ami a popular animated style . The poem is the best of Mr . Cooper ' s productions . " —SjHatalor .
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POl OSSE 13 M . _-SOTICE . -PR _10 E OF ADMISG _SION DURING TUE nOLlDAYS !! Day Exhibition 2 s Eveniag- Do . _....,...... —•——• -s . faa _. Children under Twelve Is . Stalactite Cawrns Is . extra . _I _^ TIE B AT _EXHIBITION consists of thc Museum of Sculpture , Grand Picture of London , Alhambra Conservatories , Gorgeous Gothic Aviary , Classie Ruins , Swiss Cottage and Mont Blanc , wiih Mountain Torrent , _Jjc ic Open from Ten till Four o'Clock . EVESIXG . —The new and extraordinary Vanorama of ins-DOS' ur _StGUT , Museum of Sculpture ,. Conservatories , and Gorgeous Gothic Aviary , < _* cc , brilliantly illuminated ; Swiss Cottage , Mont Wane , and Mountain Torrent represented by Moonlight . Open from Seven till a Quarterjast Ten o'Clock . which the most ad
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DAGUERREOTYPE . AND CALOTYPE , ¦ T IIE APPARATUS , LENS , CIIEMICALS _. _r PIiATE ' s _, CASES , and every other article used in making and mounting the above can bs had _» f J- Egerton , So . 1 , Temple-street , Whitefriars , London . Dessnptive Catalogues _sratis . LEREBODRS celebrated ACHROMATIC _TRIPfiET LESSES for the MICROSCOPE sent to any part of the country at the following price : —Deep Power , _HOs ., Low Power , 25 s . Every article warranted .
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TO TAILORS . By _apurobation of Her M _» st Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness Prince Albert . THE _LONDON and PARIS FASHIONS for Winter , 1845 and 1 _? 4 C , by READ and Co ., _12 , Hart-street , _Bloomsb'iry-square , London ; Bcrger , Holywell-street , Strand , London , and may be had of all Rook _, sellers wheresoever residing ; a very superb Print , representing the most splendid exhibition iu Europe , au Interior View of the Colosseum , Regenfs-park , London . This exquisitely executed and beautifully coloured Print will be accompanied with _fullsireDress , Frock and Ridim * CoatPatterns ; also , Patterns ofthe New Fashionable Polka Frock , and Locomotive
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TllE REV . T . _WILSON'S CATECHISMS . Just Published , Price Sd . _JTIHE CATECHISM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR Also , New Editions of thefoUoiving Catechisms , l > y the Rco . T . Wilson , Price Od . _eaelt . First Lessons in Natural Philosophy Second Lessons iu Natural Philosophy Third Lessons in Natural Philosophy Fit st Catechism of Common Things Second Catechism of Common Things Third Catechism of Comnioii Things Catechism of Bible History Catechism ' of English History ' - The FirstCatechism of Geography The Catechism of Music . ¦¦ _¦¦ _' ¦ ¦ _iOXPON : 1 _MKTOX ASD CLARK , HOLBORN HILL
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FUNERAL ECONOMY ! THE CEMETERY and _GENERAL FUKERAL COMPAXY , united with SHILIiTliEER'S PATENT FUNERAL CARRIAGES , respectfully invite public alter . tion to thc economic and convenient arrangements for performing every description of Funerals complete , atcliarges so _moderate as to defy competition , and no extras , by which the comfort of bereaved families will be materially promoted , and expenses limited . " City-road , Finsbury , next B _« nhill . nelds Burial-ground ; 21 , Percy-street , Tottenbara-court-ro . id ; and 130 ,. Union-street , Southwark . Shttlibetr ' s Patent Funeral Carriage , with two horses , £ 1 lis . Gd . ; Single Horse , £ 1 ls . A respectable Carriage Funeral , combining every charge , £ i 4 s . Hearses and Mourning Coaches . Catholic Fittings . Four Horse Funerals . £ 1212 s .
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COALS . PROVIDE FOR WINTER . PROVIDENT FAMILIES , subscribing ls . per week to the Metropolitan Coal Company ' s Shilling Club , can obtain four half tons anuually , without further charge , fines , Ac . The _Company ' s price current is , Best Screened Wallsend , 25 s . per full ton ; Seconds , 21 s ., 22 s ., and 23 s ; Coke , ITs . Od . Office , 279 , High Holborn .
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ROTAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . LESSEE , MR . JOHN _DOUOLASS . \ I /' ONDERFUL SUCCESS of PROFESSOR HEMv MING and his two Sons . The sensation caused hy viewing the feats of Professor Hemming and Sons , in that of exquisite delight , which calls forth the loudest acclamations . The immense applause bestowed on tbe " Minute Gun" induces the Manager to continue it 1111111 further notice . - Wonderful mechanical effect of the Sinking Vessel . Tom Tough , Mr . John Douglass . On Mon-
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A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the London Mechanics' Institution , Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane , Holborn , on Mokdav , February 23 , 1 S _16 , to take into consideration . the case of the Journeymen Boot and Shoe-makers of Belfast , and the Strong Shoemakers of London , now on Strike ; the uieit of Belfast _ieiug charged by their employers , under thc common law , with coNsriKAcr , and are now out on bail . Chair to be taken at Eight o'Clock precisely . Working Men ! this qui _^ tion must be settled . Let us meet and settle it .
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THE C 1 IA 11 TIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith , are held every week on the following days and places ;—
SCSDAT EVESIXG . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-vond : at half-past six o ' clock!— ' City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagaiii-lanc : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddregc ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-pastI seven . —Tourer Hamlets : atthe Whittington aud Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-gvove , at eight o clock precisely . —Marylebone : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halfpast seven . MOSn . tr . EVEXI . VG . CamUnvdl : atthe Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely .
TUESBAT _EVENISC . Greenwich : at thc George and Dragon , Blackheathhill , at eight o clock . Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Laud Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o ' clock .
Westmissiek.—Mr. Edmund Stallwood Will D...
Westmissiek . —Mr . Edmund Stallwood will deliver an address on " The natal day of Thomas Paine—his works , political and theological , considered , " on Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) , at thu Parthenium , 12 , St ! Martin ' s-lane ; to commence at half-past seven . Mr . Bell , of Ueywood , will also lecture at the Parthenium ou Sunday _eveniugnext ( to-morrow ) . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . Mr . Jon * . * _Sx-wjsll will lecture on Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) , at tho Bricklayers' Anus , Tonbridge-street , . _Netv-roatl . Chair to be token at eight o ' clock .
To TUB CtfAISTISTS OF _WKSTMIXSI _3 K , PlMUCO , Chelsea , Ac—A meeting will be held at tho Bee Hive , Castle-lane , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) eveniug , to take immediate steps for holding a public meeting iu Chelsea , for Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . The Exiles' _IIksiokatiox Committee will meet on Suuday afternoon , at three o ' clock , at the Hall , Turnagain-lane , when delegates are requested to be punctual in tbeir attendance . _Ct _iuiE'tWEUi axi » Walworth . —A meeting wiU . be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , February 23 rd , at eight o clock precisely . IIammeusmiih . —A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook Green-lane , on Tuesday evening
next , February the 21 th , at eight o'clock precisely . Sodtu _Losnos Cuautist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars _' - road . —A gentleman of provincial celebrity will deliver a public lecture on Sunday eyening next , at seven o ' clock precisely . Subject , — "The Life , character , and literary labours of Robert Burns . "Mr . Fairchild , jun ., will also lecture at the above hall , on Mouday , Feb . 23 rd . City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , Pairing _, don-street . —The public discussion will he resumed at half-past ten o ' clock ou Suuday morning next ( tomorrow ) . In the afternoon , at five precisely , the National Victim Committee will meet , pursuant to adjournment . Iu the evening a gentleman from the provinces will lecture . Subject , "The claims ol Democrac y on society . "
_Mahvleboke . — Mr . Philip M'Grath will lecture at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , February 22 nd , to commence at halfpast _st-ven o ' clock precisely . Subject _^ - " Thc America Hevolution . " . . „ ,,,, Bkightox . —A democratic supper will be held at _-e Artichoke Inn , William-street , on Wednesday , March 11 , to commemorate the birthday of Mr . "William Cobbett , at eight o ' clock precisely . Tickets Is . Od . each , to be had of Mr . Davey , Grosvenor-Oloham — On Sunday ( to-morrow ) a lecture will be delivered in the school-room of the _AVorking Man s Hall . Chair to be taken at six o ' clock .
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T&E Northern Star. Saturday, February 31, 181c.
T & E _NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 31 , _181 C .
Commerce. The New Staplttof The Country....
COMMERCE . THE NEW _STAPLtToF THE COUNTRY . RESTRICTION OF MACHINERY , AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION—THE MEANS 01 ' SUBDUliiG IT TO MAN'S WANTS . Fboai the period that the uncontrolled . use of machinery began to put society out of joint , down tothe present time , when all arc compelled to admit the fact , but lack courage to acknowledge the cause , ' statesmen and economists _. _politiciansanddcmagogues , hankers and merchants , manufacturers and landlords , have been endeavouring to devise some scheme , to agree upon some plan , by which the several wealthy interests may be satisfied and harihonised , without
any violent organic change . The measure of Sir Robert Peel , sweeping and extensive as it is , is but another step in the same direction . He has hoped , vainly hoped , to frame such a piece of machinery as would lead to the necessary social change , without trenching upon the prescriptive rights or political power of any party . Until very recently there has been a shyness even upon the part of the Aiiti-Corn Law League to . scrutinise the position of the landlords , their burdens , and privileges very minutely ; Recently , however , this coyness has been thrown off , and . the public mind has been diverted from the monopoly of machiuery to the consideration of , the mor nopoly of land .
As early as 183 S , before tlie Corn fiaw League was in existence , wc shewed , in a series cf articles , that society was wrongfully governed—that machinery had pounced upon us with such an unexpected hop , step , and jump , that society was compelled to submit to such laws and regulations as its owners thought proper to impose . That the laws of the country were enacted for an agricultural state of society , and although exhibiting strong symptoms of lordly influence , that , nevertheless , thorc was , up to the
enactmeat of the Poor Law Amendment Bill , a strong recognition of the rights of the poor . In a well regulated state of society no necessity whatever would exist for a pauper fund . If labour had its rights , and protection in thc exercise of those rights , every individual would be a recognised liieutlicv of society , and the weak ' and unhealthy , tho destitute and forlorn , of each family wouid either be suppoi ted by their own members , or , if prudence saw fit , a national compact would be entered into to provide nationally for those who could not provide for themselves .
. The land being thc natural inheritance of man , it very naturally followed that its usurpation to the uses of a few , would lead to the enactment of such laws as the constantly changing state of society rendered indispensable . Every one of those burdens now complained of by the landed interest are part and parcel of this general necessity . Land was the staple of thc country ; and land , in one shape or other , was rendered ameaable to the wants of _sojiety , and the exigencies of the State . Hence , we find , that al ?
though the landlord class have been enabled to hold their relative position in society , as well as to partake of the increasing luxury of thc . times , that , nevertheless , they have not to any wonderful extent augmented their fortunes ; and for the plain and simple reason , because the peace ol * society demanded certain sacrifices at their hands—sacriliccs which they would not have made if they could have safely with - held them , and sacrifices which they hoped to have arrested by tlieir suicidal measure of 1884 .
It appears , then , that land , so long as it was the staplo ofthe country , was dealt with , in one shape or other , as though it was thc property ofthe country ; and if the game of the squire starved thc pauper , the pauper had a claim upon thu squire for remuneration . Thu staple of the . country now is commerce ; machinery is the agent by which that staple is manufac tured , and the controversy iu tho end must be , how new laws can be enacted for controlling this new staple , and subduing . it , as the land was subdued to
the wants and necessities of man . All the laws and all the dogmas of political economy , and all the apothegms of its disciples , will not satisfy a starving people . There is one rule of political economy , the enforcement of whicli they will demand and command—it is , that when one channel of industry is closed , another is opeued to thc industrious . Thc great channel has for many years been narrowing , and now , for a limited period , threatens a further contraction .
Since ISill , since the enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Act , the agricultural channel has been almost exclusively limited to the use of theoretical landlords and experimental farmers . It was no longer open for the poor . There was a wide gate to each parish for nil others but for the natural inheritor ; there was a narrow stile , and even that he could not pa _^ s without having complied with whimsical conditions . According to the rules oi' political economy , then , we demand the unconditional , the unrestricted opening of that only channel into which political economists would now divert the industry of thecountry . We do not stop to split hail's , or
reason over nicely , while a Prime Minister threatens us with famine iu less than two months , while wc witness a cotemporaneousiucreasc in tho voluptuousness of the luxurious idle . Wc may regret the present scarcity , but our duty is of a higher nature , and would carry us further than thc mere desire to meet the threatened calamity . We seek to prevent the posibility of its recurrence , at least such a recurrence as shall mark the poor alone witli its vengeance . We have looked for that political chaos out of which order may come , and wo now see distinctly before us thc model of that new frame of societv which the times demand nnd man ' s necessities call
tor . Thc first step in this great change was the routing , thc overthrow , and disbanding of that party , who , by their possession of the land , had for centuries preserved the ascendancy of political power . It was hi . _jo _sibleto deal with positive evils so long as this com * rativc injustice stood in thc way . There was no _ptRsiblo mode of keeping free trade agitators to tne mple discussion of capital and labour , produce and istribution , so long as they were enabled to ride
off upon land monopoly , or fly away upon the Game Laws . It is the clearance of rubbish out of the way of the aJchitect , tho digging of the foundation to prepare for the new edifice , an indispensable clearance , before we could move in the new direction . Much as wc have written upon this subject before it became fashionable , we , nevertheless , deem ita Ml consideration of such paramount importance as to call for Its continuous development and unceasing agitation .
Land , we shew , has been the staple ofthe country , and its possessors have relieved themselves from their obligations to society , and , in return , society is about to relieve them ol" the onerous duties of selfrcpresenlatien . Commerce has taken thc phice of land , and has become the staple ofthe country ; and society very naturally will demand such a code of laws as will subdue this newly created national property to the fresh requirements of man . As the
threat of famine would render a very critical examination into its causes superfluous , so do the pressing demands of societylequallyjustify us in taking , in the first instance , a wholesale , rather than detailed view of this new question ; while we , nevertheless , promise to analyse it and lay it bare in all its parts . As wc do not stop in the midst of famine to inquire into the rights of landlords to the extreme luxuries they enjoy , neither shall we enter into a very critical eom _>
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parison between manufacturers and operatives . We shall merely observe , that whilst manufacturers complain of commercial distress ,, they are . daily possessing themselves of the estates of the abused landlords , while they boast of their ability to pay off the national debt , and mock tho extreme of voluptuousness itself by their sensuality and increasing luxury . ! "When they want trade , they complain of poverty ; when they want power , they boast of their riches , and demand a proper deference to wealth .
In the midst of such luxury , those who alone create it are , if not in a state of absolute want , in constant ' danger of absolute starvation . Their very existence depends not merely upon the calculation , but upon the mere whim , caprice , and even spite of their employers . Now , if the newly-created staple is to be subdued to man ' s wants , we shall here state the only possible means by which this advantage . can be conferred . We demand restriction of machinery to the extent of the labour market , not . to the extent of thc foreigner ' s demand for produce , but to the extent of the Englishman ' s claim for compensation . We demand the total abrogation of all poor laws and pauper funds , and we demand such Jaws ' as will lead to the EQUITABLE distribution of the produce of labour and capital ,
We devote our every moment ' s thought to this question of labour and capital , and we can devise no plan , cvon . with thc Charter itself , which will harmonise these two descriptions of national wealth , save the adaptation of the working of machinery to thc amount of hands requiring labour , and such a distribution as will save England from the stigma of recording the millions left by the . first race of manufacturers , while she records at the same time the fact , that ono in every ten ofthe producing classes is a parish pauper .
To effect our object—that is , to insure the free opening ot the new channel of industry—we shall continue weekly to advocate , not only the necessity , ' but the impossibility of much longer deterring the enactment of a , Ten , Hours' Bill ; and if that is found too long a period , to ' admit _all-to their fair and legitimate share of the NEW STAPLE OF THIS COUNTRY ; and if a labour reserve shall still continue to press upon their brother labourers as competitors , and
upon society as paupers , we shall coutend for an Eight Hours' Bill ; and so go on , adapting machinery to man ' s wants , and distributing EQUITABLY , not equally , its produce , until it becomes man ' s holiday instead of man ' s curse . There is more than enough created annually for all engaged in the working of machinery to live upon in comparative luxury ; , and we see no reason why a purse-proud , noisy , upstart race of men should absorb all the national resources to their own kindly use .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The question of the condition of Ireland , introduced an . Tuesday _uiglit by Mi * . _O'Cc-ss-eia , and the motion of Lord" Bkacmo . nt in the Lords , for a comraitteo to inquire into tho peculiar burdens npon hind , so far from being interruptions to the great Corn Law debate , may he considered as subsidiary topics , growing naturally out of the main question . By directing attention to tiiese separate branches of the subject , more light has been thrown upon the whole . The pressing necessity for the immediate setilihg of the question lias been forcibly brought home by the appalling revelations , in detail of the
famine and disease wliich has already begun to stalk through unhappy Ireland , and thc more fearful prospective ravages they arc . likely to commit . At the same time , the appointment of a committee to inquire r into the peculiar burdens and exemptions of tlie agricultural interest ought to be accepted as a guarantee , that in ., making tlie changes imperatively demanded by the pressure of a great national calamity , and a new public opinion , no injustice will be done to that interest . Whatever grievances exist , ' or whatever injury may be done by the proposed alteration , will be fairly inquired into and tested . ' . . * _~ . *
If the land does bear an unequal share of the national burdens , it will be seen where aud to what extent this unfair pressure exists . A specific evil will admit of a specific remedy , and we have no doubt but that in the case of any demonstrated injustice being inflicted «*/ _rtc na ' _toii on the national food growers , a speedy adjustment will follow . We very much suspect , however , that "the cat will jump the other way . " If the amount paid as land tax in other countries , relatively to the amount of the whole taxation of these countries , be contrasted with the amount derived from that source in this country , and the proportion which it bears to the gross annual income , it will . bo _ftund , we believe , that the balance is eminently in _favenr of that class , who now most lustily exclaiui that they aro umlulv burdened .
The debate on the main question has , upon thc whole , been most intolerably dull . On the Free Trade side little novelty could be expected , the orators of th «; League having worn threadbare everything having the semblance of an argument that could b pressed into thc service . The Protectionist speakers presented as little variety , or rather as great mono tony , a * a street organ in tho hands of an itinerant music grinder . They seemed to labour under a species , of monomania , of which the " ono idea" was " Pkel has done it all . " The gamut of scolding , in all its range , was run through against " Peel ' s desertion of his party , " " Peel ' s treachery , " " Peel ' s
inconsistency , " " Peel ' s apostacy , " till one became , sick of the reiteration . When not abusive they were prophetic , and sufficiently gloomy were tho predictions in wliich they . , indulged ; ruin to the tenant fanners , and the workhouse for their families , were the very least ofthe consequences to be apprehended . Now , in this , we think , thc landlords are by no means acting a judicious part , even for themselves ,: if their preuictions are not realised , they forfeit all claim to political sagacity ; if tliey are , their tenantry will be able , out of their own mouths , to furnish . those arguments for that alteration in the present system ofholding and cultivating land , which thc contemplated change will undoubtedly compel .
hrom the common herd of Protectionist orators we must , however , except Lord John Manners , whose speech was equally creditable in matter and manner . Occupying a decidedly independent position , and attached to no particular party—ibr" Young England , " if it ever was entitled to the epithet ol * a party , is now apparently defunct— " its name is never heard "—he waa able to act more freel y than many who . sat on the same side of thc Ilouse . lie agreed with the Protectionist party , however , in thinking that a general election should havo taken place upon thc question ; and even now recommended , as a course shorter , simpler , and less productive of hostility , the
immediate opening ot the ports ; the suspension oi the Corn Laws for six months ; and the occupancy of the interval to consider deliberately what is to be done at the end of that term . In opposition to thc ultra freo trade doctrine , which would leave the supply of food to be regulated by the ordinary commercial principles applicable to all other commodities , he adduced the authority of a distinguished foreign politic al economist , the Count of Milan , who says : — " That statesmen ought to separate the subject ot f ood for tlie people from all questions of a purely commorciul character . Men could do without wine or oil , but the lirst necessary of life—that which is
essential to human existence—ought not to be subjected to the ordinary rules of commercial intercourse . " On this text Lord Johx preached a very fair Protectionist sermon . Mr . Miles , the leader of the high Protectionist party , in supporting the amendment , of liis relative , the member for Bristol , made a speech which in many parts , induces us to think that ho lias been a diligent reader of the 'Northern Star . n 0 showed
with considerable force , that the great enemy of the working classes was unregulated machinery and open competition , under the direction of large capitalists ; aud though the unpopularity of thc side of the question he espoused caused less attention tu be given to his statements on this point than they merited , the time is coming when they will be as popular , aye , and aspowertulin the legislature , as the doctrines oi the League now are ,
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The fact of the matter is , that the Protectionists have never had the really strong points of thejr case put before the public . They did not dare to ally themselves with those who alone could have done so , who alone have given the subject that deliberate and comprehensive consideration which it demands , and who alone possessed the moral courage and intellectual powers necessary to have followed the League orators in their peregrinations , confronted them upon every platform , and prevented the public mind from being filled by thc one-sided arguments of the large manufacturers , and the class who Jive by buying and
selling . Conscious , at heart , that they were as little friendly to the rights of labour as the _Lcagucrs-. that the producer of corn was as ill-paid , or worse paid , as the producer of cotton ; and fearing an honest and unshrinking dissection of tlie whole subject , they allowed tlieir active and unscrupulous opponents to fill the public ear and eye ; to deluge the country with free trade notions , to . wliich they only opposed the ridiculous braying of such animals as Sir John Tyrell—the cookery-book of his Grace
of Norfolk , or the bluster of his brother Duke of Richmond , whose declaration on Monday night , that the artisans in the manufacturing districts mi ght be instructed that cotton would burn as well as straw , was a proof at once of thc height of his indignation , and the impunity with which his order can set the law at defiance . Had a working man made such a speech , the whole press of tho country would have been up iu arms to denounce him . But the Duke escapes almost without rebuke . ¦ A \ ¦
I he speech of Mr . Bright , on Tuesday night , might be considered , in tho continue' absence of Mr . _CoBDKtf , as thcofficial declaration of the League upon the question under debate . The Ministerial measure is to have its support , the only blemish in it , according to Mr . Bright , being deferred , instead of immediate repeal . In this opinion . many of the " farmers' friends" in the house coincide . Mr . Miles espccially _^ declared , with great emphasis , and in the most distinct manner , . that if they wero to have thc
repeal at all , he for . one , and , he believed the feeling was a general one , would rather have it immediately than in 1810 . They wished to know the worst at once . Sir R . Peel blandly replied , that as the League intended in committee to move an amendment to that effect , tliey had only to vote with the opposition in order to carry their point . For himself he preferred his own plan , but , if beaten , he would not throw up the measure . He would try to oblige them . We should not , therefore , wonder if we have immediate repeal after all .
The most sensible and practical speech delivered on the opposition side of the house was that of Sir Charles Napier . His description of his farming , humorously as it was delivered , was replete with facts and instruction of the most important character . Let the landlords of England follow his advice . : Let them give their tenants long leases instead of long speeches . Let landlord and tenant unite in draining the laud , and putting it under a superior system of tillage , ' and they will not only supply all the wants of ourhonie market , but have a surplus for others .
. The great event of the week , ' . however , was the speech of Sir Robert J'eel on Monday night . It was one of his most brilliant efforts , whether looked at with reference to its matter or the animated style in which it was delivered . Dividing the debaU into two parts—the merely personal attacks on himself and colleagues , and the great question whether the measure proposed was such as the country , required at the present crisis—he handled each in a peculiarly bold and masterly manner . To the personal attacks , he simply replied—Do with me what you like—but don't visit my sins ' oh the measure before
the house—take tbat on its own merits , if it has any . The . people out of doors did not care one straw about their party differences , or the way iu which they were settled ; but thc settlement of the question was to the country a matter of deep importance _, lie then proceeded to compliment the agricultural patty in the aggregate , and thence entered into further explanations as to the ministerial crisis of December—Ireland , as before , constituting his stronghold ns to the necessity for the measure ; but he took a wider range than three years' to show the benefits of i a relaxation of the protective svstem . He went
back to thc time of Huskissds , and , really , in the case of the _silkand flax trades , made out a most showylooking case . All this , however , was but preliminary to a slashing onset upon the little dogs who , for the past week , had been barking at him . He tomahawked them in tht * most scientific style , and in a leisurely way , that showed lie took a groat pleasure in the job . Having despatched them , he concluded by an eloquent peroration a speech which amply vindicated his right to stand as the leader of that house , not merely for his administrative talents , but for his peerless abilities as a debater and an orator .
An event of scarcely less interest and moment was the support given to the Ministerial measure by Mr . Thomas Duxcombe , the recognised and accredited representative ofthe working classes of this country . We have given a very full report of the admirable , manly , and straightforward speech delivered by Mr . _Duncomuk on this occasion . It will speak for itself , without any comment from us ; and is such as docs honour at once to tho people and their chosen champion .
Sir Robert has . thus the formally proclaimed adhesion of the Whigs , the League , and the working classes to his measures . Against such odds , the small band oi Protectionists—who ) continue to fire their pop-guns with a pertinacity which can only be accounted for by the supposition that they are making speeches with a view to the hustings at tho next election—can have no chance . The system is doomed ; and if they were at all wise men , they would submit with a geod grace to an inevitable necessity _.
Co Fteatar* & Coitcsuonhentsj
Co _fteatar _* & _CoiTcsuonHentsJ
T. Walpole , Commercial-Voad East.—Wo Ha...
T . Walpole , _Commercial-voad East . —Wo have not beeu abltf to hud room for the letter ; perhaps ho may do so shortly . r \ Dates , _Girvan . —• Although tho lines are not first-rate , wc may find room for them hereafter . K . Lamb , _Umehonse . —The idea is good , but the poetry ' not sufficiently good to warrant its insertion . P . Tovby , Cheltenham . —The lines arc too imperfect for publication . Mii . ' John IViilkt , Newbegin , Malton , wishes to know the address of Mr . J . 11 . II . Bairstow . _Noiiwicu . —Mr . Harney acknowledges Mr . Hurry ' s _rsmembrancc _. Veteran Patriot * ' and Exiles' Widows' asd _Chudbkn ' s 1 _'unds . —1 bog to _acknowledge the receipt of 7 s . 3 d . from Mr . flower , Brighton ; of os . fromT . S . K ., Birmingham ; and of 13 s . 2 d . from Mr . Gray , Burnley . Thomas Cooped , Secretary , 134 , Blackfriar ' _a-road .
_Edinhuuou . — Thanks for the Weekly Express , but it should have been at this office by Monday , When ve ceived on Wednesday , our columns were already so fat occupied as to make it impossible for us to lave a full * report of the meeting . To Feargus O'Connor , ESQ .-Sir , _ l am an operative , hut still I venture to take the liberty to address you on the subject of reform . We are having a great _strug . gle or the Ten Hours' system . We have petitioned the legislature ot _Massachusetts the hut three session ,, _md _^ -appear Before them again at thcpresent session _, with four _theuaaud names , and if every means had not been put in operation by thc manufacturers to prevent it , we should havo had twice that number . It is a notorious fact , that the overlookers iu our mills durst not sign a petition , or use their influence to carryforward any movement that is not sanctioned by their employers . Surely it may be called a " free country . ' " where thc masses aro the servants of the tew . If
names do not change things , then the aristocracy of . the old country Mists here also ; if not in degree , in j kind . You will pardon this trespass on your time and patlcnco ; and if you receive this , please address a number of your paper to mc containing the notice . If you will take the trouble t _» direct the enclosed to lord Ashley , you will fc-reatly _obliga your friend , Sarah G . Bajley _Lowall , State of Massachusetts , county ofMiddlosex , North America , February 1 , _ISAa . —[ The above letter , which cost us 2 s . Id ., b y the bye , will full y hear out our view upon the subject of short time- from it the English operative will learn , that even in ' America capital and machinery have the power of neutralisiHg _politiual _equality . It is a sad picture -iven by S . G . _Buyley , and one which wo trust _Emglish agitation will give a brighter colour to . The Americans have taken the firo fromi us upon the hut * question , and we trust wc shall be able to ewU gtvtEn and „ id them upon the question ot short time . ]
T. Walpole , Commercial-Voad East.—Wo Ha...
; Jonni _^« . SM » iWB _^ _e prefer _answMinghl . letterpubholy , that it may be publicl y understood . Ha asks why k * A . Lancaster did not get the premium for lus essay , which we praised for this simple reason be cause the managers of the Conference failed to perform * their duty in reading and reporting upon the compa rative merits ofthe two essays—for there were only two sent . The person who wrote thc other essay had _iUit as good a right to the prize as Lancaster , and we trust * 'hat Mr . Buck will understand that no more blame at . Laches to us than to Mr . Buck himself . A Tradesman , Worcester . —We return our best thanks for his letter , while he will see hy the rules that it U not in our power to comply with the change he sug . gests . \ A , _M'Kesziu , Plvhouth . —It would he impossible to comply with the request he makes : it would throw the whole business of the society into irretrievable confusion .
W . Paine , _Stbateord-on-Avon . —Thanhs for his letter . The plot of land is toe small , as well as too dear ; of course it will sell as well as town parks , v R . T ,, Leeds . —The society purchasing shaves in the Chartist Laud Association would be _subjectto the same rules , directors , and trustees as all other members . Robert Smiling , L ' lv . —The price ofa share is £ 212 s . 4 d . for two acres . W . Paine , Stratford-on-Avon . —It _wouldbequiteontof our power to procure the information he desires relative to the ship Exal , or the Captain ' s name . As to the remainder of liis letter , it is an advertisement , an * if he wishes its . insertion as such lie will write to . that effect , to Mr . William Rider , A ' ortftern Star Office , 1 ( 5 , Great _Windmill-street , Londen . Robert _Wigiev , Uevwood . —Yes , itwai a rule that all districts should . pay their own expenses . A person with a share in No . 1 , may also have a share in No . 2
section . _Nottingham Framework Knitters . —So lengthy a document as the memorial should have been at this office before Thursday , We must postpone its insertion till Thursday next . _TnoMAt Moxgan , _Deptfobd . —Next week . "Duncombe Soiree , " —We are compelled to withhold the balance-sheet till next week . "Veritas . —Yts , The wife had a perfect right to marry again . We did not receive his question last week , or it would have been answered . The new regulations made at Conference for the payment of local expenses have only reference to the time since the Conference met . John Smith and Benjamin _Armfield . —Thanks for their communication ; we received the same advertisement through both , and as the land is to be sold by private contract , we have , written to the solicitors upou the subject . John Hancock , Pemberton , —Thanks for his
information . We shall be much obliged by further particulars , but he will see the impossibility of our answering every letter upon the subject . The situation would be a very suitable one _. Died , on _WEDNESDAr Evening , February 11 th , at Haw-vast Seven o'Clock , M . Q . Ryall _, aged thirtyeight years , formerly editor of the Movement . The _deceased was well known and highly respected as a consistent _opponwit of all tyranny , wrong , and fraud , political , social , and theological . His remains will be interred at the cemetery , St . John ' s Wood , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) . The funeral procession will Start from So . 27 , _Barratt's-court , Wigmore-street , Oxford _, street , at half-past two o'clock precisely , and will proceed along _Baker-steet _, Park-road , & c . The _atteHtlance of all friends of thc deceased is requested . Subscriptions towards defraying the funeral and other _exuensus are solicited , and will be gratefully received by Mr . Hetherington , Holywell-straet , and Mr . Watson , Paternoster-row .
Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...
RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAXD SOCIETY . SHAKES . , PES MB , O ' CONNOR . £ s . d . Bristol , per C . Kebbeck .. .. .. .. 1 19 i ] Xcwiniliu , near Kilmarnock , per A . Brown „ 0 . ' ) 8 G . Wood , Black llall , near Edinburgh .. .. 2 li _i Fiiiiiiceston , per J . Wilson .. ,. „ o lo 8 Halifax , per U . W . Smith .. .. .. 5 7 2 Dcwsbury . gate , per J . House .. .. „ g n jj Kidderminster , per G . Holloway ,. ,. „ 2 o o Derby , per W . Crubtrce .. " ., „ .. SIT
Thomas Kirk , Hull 2 12 G Salford , per J . Millington .. ., .. 200 _Jlarusle . v , perJ . Ward 5 0 0 Two old l _' aniiers , Itirkenliead .. .. _,. 3 _js _q Hochdiile , per E . -Mitchell ' .. ,. .. 200 Nottingham , per J , Sweet .. _,. .. IS 0 heeds , pii- W . Brook 5 0 0 Greenock , per II . Burrell „ „ ,. 200 Wigan , per T . I ' ve _^ 3 9 a Stuek ]> ort , per T . _Woouilouse .. „ ,. 600 Manchester , per J . . Hurray 40 18 9 _lii'iunhain , ] _pl-i- J . Smart .. .. .. „ 4 . u t Arbroath , per J . Stephen 3 10 0 Hc ' _idi'ii Britkjc , per J . Smith .. .. „ 3 is ij S _' putli Shields , per J . Patrick .. ., .. 200 Alva , per J , Robertson .. .. .. .. 390 Artichoke Inn locality , Brighton , per G . Giles .. 3 7 9 Hamilton , per W . Weir .. .. .. . 1 17 < u
LEVI JOB THE LAND CONFEBENCE , PER MR . O ' CONNOR . _Newmilm , near Kilmarnock , per A . Brown .. 010 ¦ J Jewsburjr-gate , per J . House 0 0 G Derby , per ff . Crabtree .. .. .. „ 0 % 0 Xotti'itrli . _-im , per J . Sweet .. ,. ,. 0 I ' J Bramham , per J . Smart .. .. ., .. 003 Hebden Bridge , per J . Smith 0 0 3 Hamilton , per W . Weir 0 0 9 LEVI FOR DIRECTORS . PER J 1 R . o _' CONNOB . Bristol , per C . Rebbeck .. .. „ ,. 0 1 2 Newmihii _, near Kilmarnock , per A . Brown .. ¦ 0 0 4 G . Wood , _Blackllall , near Edinburgh .. ,. 008 Dcwsbury-gate , per J . Rouse .. „ .. 024 Derby , ger W . Crabtree .. .. .. .. 031 _Xoctittirham , per J . Sweet „ „ ,. 016 Wigan , pert ' , l ' ye .. 0 1 1 'Bramham , per J . Smart .. .. ,. .. 001 Hamilton , per W . Weir .. „ „ .. 0 1 Oi
_NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PEB MR . O ' COSNOR . South Shields , p » _r W . Wilkinson .. „ 9 IS S George Cudlipp , Swansea .. ,. ,. 030 XATIO . VAL _ASTI-JIILITU rCVJJ . FEB MR . O ' CONNOR . James Sweet . Nottingham ., ,. .. 0 0 S William Brown , Bulwcll 0 0 3 Robert Cui'it , ditto .. .. .. .. 0 0 3 Joseph Glover , ditto .. ,. ,, „ 0 0 3 William Dunekley , ditto .. ., ,, ,, 003
RECEIPTS OP THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE
LAXD SOCIETY . SHARES . PEB GENERAL SECRETARY . £ * . d . £ s . d . Tollbridge Wells .. 1 2 S Mr . Evans .. ,. 0 2 6 Hyde 0 V 3 t _* > James Paris .. 100 Cheltenham .. 4 3 S Jolm Donald .. 010 0 Alva 0 14 Staley bri dge .. 5 0 0 Devizes „ .. 014 _Msttram .. .. 3 8 4 . Westminster .. 4 7 S _Iliiiillcy .. _., 0 2 S Hebden _Bridge .. ti 7 3 Leicester .. .. 200 Mountain .. " .. 1 IT 0 Hull 1 15 C ¦ Mr . Common .. 0 1 0 Lambeth .. .. 12 2 i Mr . _Ahlridge .. 1 W 0 LEW VOU THE LAND CONFERENCE . Alva 0 0 -5 _Norwich .. .. 006 Westminster .. t » 0 6 Hull 0 2 6 Muttraiu .. .. 013
LEW FOR DIRECTORS . Selb . v .. » .. 0 1 (! Mottram ., .. 031 Westminster .. 002 Somers Town .. 0 ¦ ' c Hebden Bridge .. 0 0 10 Rochdale .. .. 0 0 S > Mountain .. .. 0 0 9 Hull .. .. , Q s _Seeietiii-y .. .. 0 0 li The 3 d . last week for Conference levy , from Stratford . Essex , should have been Is . 3 d . 1 hereby iv <| tie $ t all sub-secretaries to immediately furnish me with the names of the whole of their ' members and the amount of money paid by each . This notice does not apply to those who have already complied with mv previous rei | iiests , but to a number of towns , ineludiii * * Leeds ami Jlanehester , from which I have not vet _receivuS ail )* return . If this is not complied with , the ' members in those towns will be excluded from tlie first section . Any shareholder wishing tw \ v . \ ve a copy of the balance-sheet , can have one sent him by _furnishing me with three postage stamps . T . M . Wheeler , Sec .
NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . PER GENEUAU SECRETARY , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .. .. .. .. 0 4 . 0 Sunderland , New Town Class . Bishopwearniouth 1 0 0 Leicester , profits on _-Vortlwrn _ftar .. .. 034 A friend , Kotherhithe . 00 6 City of London , per _M'Gratlfs lecture .. .. 0 T !) EXILES' WIDOWS . Sunderland , New Town Class 0 2 6 VETERAN PATRIOTS ,, Sunderland New Town Class .. _., ,. 026 EXILES' RESTORATION COMMITTEE . Landport , Purtsci 0 5 0 Tillecoultry .. .. 0 2 Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secretarv
Nationai United Association Of Trades Th...
_Nationai United Association of Trades The Central Committee met at the Trades ' -office , 80 , Hyde-street " Bloomsbury ; Mr . J . Bush , Vice-president , in the chair * * A number of letters were read ; among others , one froirl _!\ the -Miners of Holytown , announcing an accession Of if tlneo hundred _numbers , and an imiiaatton that tin-it- _inumber wonld be increased to two thousand before tho o next Conference ; from Mr . _Sabden _, _0 B behalf of ihe 1 painters ot Greenwich , announcing their _adhesionT « l id then- determination to take up fiftv _shar * , i » _l- _^ _TL - makers _C-SrT' f _*** ' 8 tatin _» that ft ° _Cab 5 _« et- _> t . _™? _£ i ' ., ' * " , V 8 re about to hold a meeting to to consider the propriety of joining the Association ° 0 t
_hoS _^ t ti l T ° L Umo » Tkades . _~ This lis Mr SamLl _P _^ _° ' ° * _^ _^ on Tucsda _^ _cniug . , g . Mr bamuel _Ching , tin phito worker , in the chair . This hi _SSIS _. _" ? ' _^&« A _1 = E £ _™ ? _SS' 0 pDJatea in B _« _M » t , _'vkichexcifed the the _i wannest sympath y . Oa the motion of Mr . T . Barratt . _ u . _coru-cutter , seconded by Ur . Williams , carver aud gilder , ler ,, it was resolved : — _' . That a committee be appointed for forthe purpose of appealing to the _metropolitan trades , tmdmdl the working vlasscs generally throughout the empire , 'ire ,, aud to take sueh other steps as shall best promote the the ;
cause ot tb . e c-pevativo shoemakers of Belfast . " 1 he com . om .. mittee we . re then appointed , and coiumeuccd _operatiousiouw immeabutely ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 21, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_21021846/page/4/
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