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      » tt _-un « i Excellent Majesty Queen By approbation _otWt _ _gj _«^ _&*** Albert . Victoria and _H _^ _SflsHlOXS for Autumn T _^ _¥ K £ S 2 _J _»^ S early in October , _•* - ¦ " _£ ™ _Fn » 1 * Sarl _^ teeet _. _Bloomshury-square , V f Be _^ r _^ _ofceKet , Strand , Lohdon . and _^" hfd _rf _aU _SLZlers wheresoever residing ; a _msyjbe _»»« oijr „ nresentins the most splendid _cxhibi-SESSftHri _^ _Tanr of t he Colo _. eun _, _BSenfeparkfLondsn . This exquisitely executed and _Kfully coloured Print wiU be accompanied _wrthfuU-^^ Froek . _andKidingCoa tPatterns ; also , Patten , s _oTtbeSew Fashionable Polka Frock , and Locomotive _Pasbionable Waistcoat

      To All Who Can't Pat! Immediate Protecti...

      TO ALL WHO CAN'T PAT ! IMMEDIATE Protection , and a prompt and safe final discharge , without the intervention of a Prison or an Attorney . A discharge to Debtors is now imperative , because Imprisonment for Debt is now penal , not remedial . —Debtors of all grades wul bebenefitted by applying forthwith to John S . Benstead , 22 , Basinghall-street , near the Court of Bankruptcy , London .

      TO THE _EMBARRASSED . —IMPORTANT . THERE are thousands of persons who hare struggled long against the force of misfortune , but few are aware that by a very recent Act all small traders owing debts not exceeding £ 300 , fanners , and all others owing to any amount , can be entirely raised from then : difficult ies at a small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All such Mr . "Weston begs will apply to him at Moira-chambers , 17 , Ironmonger-lane , Cheapside , by letter or personally . Persons summoned for small debts should apply immediately , as they may thereby save themselves from frequent and lengthened commitments to prison . NOTICE TO EMIGRANTS .

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      THE Undersigned continue to engage Passengers far _Pbvt-Ciflss Fast-Sailing AMERICAN PACKET SHIPS , which average from 1000 to 1500 Tons , for the following _Tcrts _, viz . : — NE W TOKK , I BOSTON , PHILADELPHIA , SEW ORLEANS , BALTIMORE , | BRITISH AMERICA , & c . Emigranis in the country car engage passage by letter addressed as underneath ; in _wh-ch case they need not be ia Liverpool until the day before the Ship is to sail ; and they will thereby avoid detention and other expenses , besides securutg a cheaper passage , and having the best berths allotted * to them previous to their arrival . For further particulars applv . _jwst-poid , to JAMES BECKETT & SON , Korth End Prince ' s Dock . Liverpool

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      THE COLOSSEUM . GRAND ORCHESTRAL ORGAN . —This mignificent ' establishment , patronised and visited by her MAJESTY and his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT , Las now , addition to its former alterations , a new Orchestral Organ , erected in the Glyptotheca , on which the most admired pieees of music wiU be played daily , from Two tiUFour o'Clock . Open from Ten till Halfpast Four . Admittanee , 3 s . Children , half-price . The Stalactite Caverns , the most magnificent of all tbe Temples which nature has built for lierself in the regions of night , Is . each . Tbe whole projected and designed by 31 . W . Bradwell .

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      EXTRAORDINARY ECONOMY TO TEA DRINKERS . THE DESIRE OF ENGLAND . —The riQ . UA PLAN now sold at Ss . 6 d . pcrlb ., is three times the streng tb of tea , and is also equal in flavour , more delicate in taste , ufinitely more healthy , as is prored by physicians and chemists of high standing , also by persons in great numbers with the most delicate lungs and stomachs . It is most pleasant and invigorating , and is recommended to the debilitated for its invaluable qualities , to advanced age for its strengthening properties , and to the public _jreueraUy for its moderate price and intrinsic esceUence . Tiie Test . —The proof of the efficacy and healthful effect of the plant iu preference to tea or coffee : —Let a nervous or dyspeptic patient use two or three cups of strong tea npon retiring to rest , and the effect wiU be night-mare , disturbed sleep , and other violent symptoms of indigestions , df C

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      WESTJMDING _*) F YORKSHIRE . _INTERMEDIATESESSIONS . NOTICE is hereby given ; that in .. conseijuence of a Winter Assize being about to ' be held , for the County of York , the intermediate Sessions for the _TVesU Riding of the said County wiU not be holden at Bradford on tbe 8 th of December next , or at Sheffield on the 11 th of Decembernext , as previously appointed : And that the business of such Intermediate Sessions will be disposed of at the Christmas General Quarter Sessions of the ' Peace for the said Biding , to be holden at Knaresborough on the 6 th of January , at Wakefield on the 7 tb of January , and at Sheffield on the 12 th of January , 1846 , respect ively . And Notice is hereby further given , that all persons bound by Recognizance , Prosecutors and Witnesses , are required to attend at the General Quarter Sessions so to be holden" at Knaresborough , 'Wakefield , and Sheffield , respectively , in place of attending at such Intermediate Sessions . C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of the Peace ' s Office , Wakefield , 2 l 5 t of November , 1815 . I

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      GOALS . PROVIDE FOR _"WINTER . PROVIDENT FAMILIES , subscribing Is . per week t « the Metropolitan Coal Company ' s Shilling Club , can obtain four hah ; ton 3 annually , without further charge , fines , & c . The Company ' s price current is , Best Screened Wallsend , 25 s . per full ton ; Seconds , 21 s ., 22 s ., and 23 s . ; Coke , 17 s . Gd . Office , 279 , High Holborn .

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      M . CABET _^ S WORK ON COMMUNISM . Now Publishing in Weekly NumberB , price 2 d . THE ADVENTURES OF LORD WILLIAM CAR . ISDALE in Icaria ; descript ive of a Model Republic , and illustrating the Social and Political Regeneration of Society . The work will not exceed twenty numbers . No . XII . will be published on Saturday next , and a number will appear on each succeeding Saturday till it be completed . Also , just out , price One Penny , Nos . 1 , 2 , and 3 , of THE HERALD OF PROGRESS ; devoted to the Emancipation of Humanity from Ignorance , Poverty , and Crime . London : H . Hetherington , 40 , Holywell-street , Strand ; and to be had of all booksellers .

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      MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE MILLION NO . 1 ., Vol . II . of the FAMILY DOCTOR , Illustrated , price l _§ d ., will appear on Saturday , the 6 th of December , 1 S 4-5 . The causes , symptoms , and treatment of diseases are simplified . Everything objectionable is omitted . Gratuitous advice is given to all subscribers . Part YI ., completing Yol . I ., price 6 d . now ready . Office , 17 , Warivick-lane , Paternoster-row , London , and all booksellers .

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      MANY THOUSANDS OF POUxNDS STERLING TO BE GIVEN TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE PICTORIAL TIMES . For particulars of this extraordinary undertaking apply immediately to any _Bookseller , or Newsvender _, England , Ireland , or Scotland , or to the Publisher , Mr . C . Evans , 351 , Strand , London , wbo wiU be happy to forward a Prospectus .

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      MELODIES FOR THE MILLION FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS . § miIE MUSICAL BEE . —No . 40 con . JL tains the five celebrated Elfen Waltzes , and other beautiful and popular Melodies , for 2 d . No . 41 ( ready on Tuesday next ) Musard's Puratani Quadrilles , "Love Not , " " Dance Boatman . Dance , " with words complete . 6 beautiful New Muzurkas , & c , price only 2 d . Nos . 1 to 41 may be had at 2 d . per No ., instead of 4 d ., as heretofore , until the 24 th instant . The MUSICAL BEE is now published twice in the month , on the 1 st and loth . "My Duett Book" and "Piano Bijou , " in eighteen Nos ., 2 d . each . TheFLUTONICON , every No . from 1 to 143 , at Gd . each , instead of Sd . _ThePIANlSTA , froml _toSC—every Is . No . reduced to 6 d . —every 2 s . No . reduced to Is ., until the 24 th .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , In one volume , foolscap 8 vo ., neat cloth , price 7 s . 6 d ., THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES A Prison _EJvvme : in Ten Boohs : BY THOMAS COOPER , THE CHARTIST . J . How , Publisher , 132 , Fleet-street . _t _^ Orders from the Country to be sent through the Booksellers . Also lately published , in 2 vols ., 12 nio ., Price Fourteen Shillings ,

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      & REAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY , 14 , _Wateeioo-place , Losdon . d 1 _eectoks . The Ghisholm , Chairman . William Morley , Esq ., Deputy Cliairman . Henry S . Barber , Esq . James John _Kinloeh _, Esq . John Brightman , Esq . Henry Lawson , Esq . Francis Brodigan , Esq . Henry Penny , Esq . James Win . Deacon , Esq . Robert Power , Esq ., M . D . Alexander It . Irvine , Esq . The Eev . P . W . Johnson John Iuglis Jerdein , Esq . Yickery , A . M . ACDITOBS . C . B . Rule , Esq . T . C . Simmons , Esq . G . Thomas , Esq . PHYSICIAN . John _Clendinning , M . D ., F . R . S ., 1 G , Wimpole-street , SOLICITOR . Walter Prideaux , Esq ., Goldsmiths' Hall . BANKEES , Union Bank of London . ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION .

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      The League. It Is Very Natural That. The...

      THE LEAGUE . It is very natural thAt . the high-sounding inducements of "high wages , cheap _h-ead , and plenty io do , " should have secured the co-operation of those upon whose assistance the realisation of such fascinating prospects was said to depend , and for whose sole benefit the task was undertaken . - Strange , however , and _paradoxical as it may appear , we find those , for the improvement of whose condition the measure of free trade was intended , not only sceptical and

      dubious as to the promised results , but opposed io these by whose exertions they were to be realised . When prosperity had lulled the philanthropist to sleep , we were silent upon a subject upon which a great majority of the working classes had made up their minds ; but now that famine and declining trade have awaked the " great fact , " and brought its agitators once more into the field of action , we venture , with all the odds against us that cheap bread to the starving can present , to take the field against our old

      opponent . The great principle of free trade has now resolved itself into a momentary expedient , and that expedient we find backed by memorials , resolutions , remonstrances , and even threats , from the normal schools of free trade agitation . It is of this expediency , then , that we now write , lest our readers may suppose that the ports of this country could be opened and shut upon the mere caprice of our rulers . Sir

      William _Molebwobiu , in hia speech recently _delivered-at Southwark , very sagaciously observed , ' 'If tho ports are once opened who will shut them again 1 " Hence we . find that that expedient , intended to mitigate the threatened famine , is relied upon for the accomplishment of the principle of free trade ; and hence the success of the expedient is equivalent to the success of the principle ; and hence our opposi tion to the expedient should be as vigorous as our opposition to the principle .

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

      The avowed , theerect , the manly foe , Bold , they cau meet , perhaps may turn your blow ; While , if on us the lordly fools depend , We'll cut their throats , for we have been their friend . Now such was precisely the argument relied upon by would-be-Chartists for the destruction of the principle through the destruction of the leaders . As it was well expressed by the late Dr . Wabe , at Birmingham , ' when he said , " My friends , it is not

      YOUR NAME , BUI YOUR PRINCIPLES IHAT THEY DREAD ' ; and precisely the same result which would have followed the abandonment of our same , would follow the abandonment of free trade agitation by the League . We , however , are placed in a different position to the Times . We are not more opposed to the principle of free trade under existing circumstances , . than we are to the parties whose uncon « trolled power must be established by the accomplishment of the measure .

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

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

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

      administration sees to its due exercise—and to this end strengthens itself through every channel that may conduce to its support . Hence , as we have stated aforetime , if we have a free trade cabinet , we must have a free trade House of Commons . If we have a free trade House . of Commons , we must have free trade patronage extended to all who will support free trade principles ; and if we have free trade principles its professors must have their triumph , and that triumph will be marked by the entire prostration oi labour to capital , and the legal humiliation , degradation , coercion , and punishment of those 'who shall THEN DARE TO VIOLATE LAWS enacted for the _ESr-ECIAL

      PROTECTION OF TUB LABOURING CLASSES . Perhaps one of the most curious anomalies of the present fruitful and inventive age is the great interest attached to a sufficiency of com produced in foreign countries , and the slight interest taken in its production from the land at home . The labourer , however , who toils for a precarious existence , will find but little difficulty when the conundrum is properly solved for him . If the whole of that corn which is

      now produced at home was produced abroad , all those who are now engaged in its domestic cultivation would either be thrown lis supplicants into the artificial market , or if a reduction in the price of produce was the result , their present poor pittance would be reduced by that sliding scale by which employers ever regulate the rate of wages , and , as cheap and dear are relative terms , the pauperised LABOURER THEN EMPLOYED FROM CHARITY Would find

      & at it was more difficult to buy the cheap loaf without money than to buy the dearer loaf with money wages regulated by the value of its price . The landlords are the most helpless , hopeless , ignorant , and unconnected class of society , and they being , under the Chakdos Clause , the depositories of much power , are now being fascinatingly tickled by the fashioned words of their " candid friend" of the Times . Their friend not only knocks down _alj European hobgoblins tbat affright them , but , like Jack , would slay the American Giant so threateningly prolific in that commodity which might be brought into competition with their home-grown

      produce-Danger from European supply is argued upon present temporary inability to spare , and thus expediency is propped , while the danger of the principle is met by an assumption which none but an unaccountable arithmetician would dare to raise . From an elaborate table , showing us the results of American produce for many years , the Times adduces the great fact , that for many future years America would not be able to export more than 1 , 500 , 000 quarters ofwhe . it per annum to this country , and thus disposes of tho American Giant , without taking at all into calculation the boundless resources and increased inducements to cultivation .

      Nations , like individuals , have some scale to regulate demand and supply ; and while a total prohibition against the importation of foreign com may so regulate Us growth abroad as to leave scarcely any surplus above calculated requirements , so the invitation of free trade may be ' met bv increased production beyond the requirements of the _noossitous . But how mad ,

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      how childish , how absurd _; to deduce prospects of an altered future from the past ; If the invitation is given by the richest country in the world in money to the most productive country in the world-to furnish an exchange for that money , the altered circumstances will govern the future bperaiiens ; and so far from America only producing 1 , 500 , 000 quarters of wheat for the English market for each of the i . ext six years , America , under the altered circumstances , would in less than three years send 15 , 000 , 000 quarters annually of her untaxed , tithe free , army free , navy free , police free , monarch free , patronage free ,

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

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

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

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

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

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

      The noble lord , in order to divide the responsibility of inconsistency , whereby his own may be lessened in degree , informs his constituents that the League , who , in 1841 , had nailed " no compromise" to their mast , would , in the language of the writer , at that very period have consented to a fixed duty of 8 s . a quarter . His words are : — "in 1811 the free trade party would have agreed to a duty of Ss . a quarter on wheat . " Now we maydairly ask if this admission is not a condemnation of the free trade party : and we

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

      Has there ever been a question at issue between the public and the party in power , when that which appeared the most popular view has not been adopted by the other party contending for power ? Thus Lord John Russell makes the present issue to depend upon the will and the requirements of her Majesty ' s subject * upon the one hand , and the disinclination of her Ministers to obey that will , or meet that necessity , upon the other hand . In this view of the case we fear that the noble lord has fallen into the old Whig

      error us to who the people are ! We presume that under the head subjects heineludes the whole people ; and as he has thus deferentially appealed to the ivhole people , we straightway tell him that the ivhole people will never again consent to that change which carries with it the mere transfer of power from the hands oi one party to those of its opponents—that the ivhole people are resolved to have their . share in the next change—and that that share shall be the power to convert any benefit that may result from any alteration made in the Corn Laws to national and not to party

      purposes . While the free trade rages we dread the crisis which may end in finality . While the bowels ol compassion are open , we stand aghast at his lordship ' s dietary table for the poor . While freedom of thought and action are paraded as the rights of the subject , wc shudder at the recollection of our cold and chilly dungeon . In the epistle of the noble lord we find some passages which may serve for what ought to be the rule of his political conduct . He tells U 3 that * ' _tiif

      result of resistance TO QUALIFIED CONCESSIONS MUSI BE THE SAME IN THE PRESENT INSTANCE AS IN THOSE I HAVE MENTIONED . " If , then , thenoblelord calculates upon the whole people as her Majesty ' s subjects , may we not apply this rule of increased demand as the result " of resistance to qualified concessions V Does the noble lord forget our letter to him , published in the Northern Star of June 1830 , wherein wc attributed the demand for the Charter to tho nonconcession of those qualified measures with which the people would have been satisfied as the result of the Reform Bill ? And may we not now use Lord John

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

      remonstrance , justified our demand for so much political power as will secure those concessions that have been refused ? There is scarcely a line in this memorable document that does not furnish us with a justification for the past and hope hi the future . Not hope from the present mariner , who sees the barometer pointing to famine , and would use its hungry howl to pilot nut into port ; but in ourselves , and in that concession which our position has reluetantlv wrung from the Whig _IMinister . Russell would rather hold with a landed aristocracy , if his friendly connection would achieve his triumph and his party ' s share of national plunder ; but , that being impossible like Catahne , he is resolved to be victor

      _Pcrfas autncfas , By hook or by crook . The writer Baya - « z < _, tU ifi _, _^ mh _arevtsionof the taxes , as in their _opmionj y render thepubhe burdens more jm and morc _, / add any other pr 0 visions _«**» caution L even SZ rdm _forowme _mtH ,, _^

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      Chartist reader think of this timely admission ? Will he not suppose that it is our language ? -The very , argument' _^ _e-used _^ the very course that We suggested in our speech in the House of Commons in 1834—the preliminary step that we have from that hour to the present advocated as indispensable to the fair settlement of the question ! Is it not the very principle for which we were consigned to a dungeon , while in six years after our gaoler and persecutor is

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

      CHARTER . Under another head we have" discussed the general question of free trade , and have shown the probable result of its achievements , under existing circumstances . ( What a full meaning term !) Under that head we depicted the horrors which must inevitably result from a free trade cabinet , and those horrore will be a thousand fold increased . and multi p lied if the measure was achieved by a union of the Whigs and free traders . Hence , so far from the noble lord having evinced policy by attacking Sir Robert Peel in what lie considered the tender point , and at the fitting time , we tell him , that , if public opinion was

      ROTTEN ENOUGH TO BE RELIED UPON AS HIS ACCOMPLICE , we and a large majority of her Majesty ' s subjects would much prefer the adjustment and application of details by Sir Robert Peel to those which the whimsicality , caprice , and consistency of the noble lord would suggest . Yes , ten thousand times give us the Tory , who has humbled the church , who has undeceived the landlords , who has endeavoured to give us cheap foreign food that requires but little labour to produce it , to the Whig that has aimed heavy Wows , but fears to strike , at the church , that has pandered to the landlords , and would now depress the national labour market by admitting as its competitor the produce of slave labour . We have

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

      Progress Of The New Dodge. Since The Abo...

      PROGRESS OF THE NEW DODGE . Since the above article was in type we find from the report of a free trade meeting , holden at Leeds , that Lord Morpeth , the great " rejected" of the West Riding , has taken the first step in the game of "follow my leader , " by giving in his adhesion to the cause of the cottonocracy . Of course these simultaneous doings of Lords Russell and Morpeth have been decided on " without previous arrangement or concert ! " An attempt at a revival of the Whi g juggle of 1831-32 is evidently close at hand . Will it be successful ? Will the people allow themselves to be humbugged again ? We shall see . The following letter was read at the Leeds meeting : — Castle Howard , Nov . 24 , 1845 .

      My dear Mr . Baines—I perceive that you are about to have a meeting at Leeds to promote the qualification of electors , with a view to further the objects of tbe _Anti-Corn-Law League . You will probably remember being present upon an occasion when , amidst very strong surrounding inducement , I forbore from pledging myself to the entire extent of those objects . All that has since intervened , all especially that is now occurring ; a fellow feeling with my old friend 3 in the riding ( although I less than ever anticipate any probable renewal of a political connection between us ) , and a senje of what" has been effected by

      the Anti-Corn-law League to advance tlieir great end , alike combine to put an end to all further doubt or reserve on my own part , and I write this without concert or consultation with any one else . The contribution 1 enclose for your immediate purposes is of very trilling amount ; it would not be easy to foresee what calls may not be made upon any of us in the course of the ensuing year ; but I wish to record in the most emphatic way t can my _conviction that the time is come for a final repeal of the Corn Laws , and my protest against the continued inaction of the State ia tbe present emergency . Believe me , dear Mr . Baines , yours very faithfully , Edward Baines , jun _., Esq . Mobpeth ,

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      Important Notice. Henceforth All Communi...

      IMPORTANT NOTICE . Henceforth all communications for the Northern Star must be addressed simply thus : — To the Editor , Northern Star Office , 1 G , Great Windmill-street , London . I request particular attention to the above notice . Feargus O'Connoe .

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

      SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MR . O'CONNOR . Mr . O'Connor having been taken suddenly and severely ill , has been prevented writing his usual "Letter . " The _commumcatisns of several correspondents must remain unanswered until Mr . O'Connor ' s recovery .

      White Slavery, In England.—Tea Fhc In Hu...

      White Slavery , in England . —Tea fhc in Human _Flesu . —( From the Noltingliam Journal )—We lately found the following cool announcement in a Derby _, shiro paper . It it related amongst the ordinary proceedings of the Chesterfield Board of _GuardiunSj on Saturday tbe 25 th of October last : — " The Clerk stated to the Board that a person from the silk manufactory of Messrs . Bridgett and Co ., Derby , had been to Vl & W the girls in the Union Poor-house , and on tlieir being arranged before him , he expressed his satisfaction at their healthy appearance , and selected fourteen of the age of ten years and upwards , which were to be delivered at the manufactory in Derby , free of charge in the course of the ensuing week . Some older girls of thirteen or fourteen were rejected as not being so suitable for his purpose . " We whoukl have our readers to mark the precision of the terms upon which this little bit of slave-dealing is transacted : "FoinvrEEN

      _GIKI . 8 Or THE AGE OF TEN _lEAItS AND UPWARDS TO BE DELIVERED MESSRS . BKIDGETT ' S MANUFACTORY IN Derby , fbee of charge "—that is to say . cakiuage p aid ! ! ! Now , we dare say , that many people will be incredulous , and have grave doubts whether anything so monstrous as that we have cited ever took place and yet it is doubtless quite true . What an interest ! ing sight it must have been to see those young animals , fed up , no doubt , for the purpose , all ranged in proper order , so as to be shown to the best advantage to Messrs . _Bridget ' s slave-driver 1 Then how carefully the said slave-driver selects his stock . "Some older girls of thirteen or fourteen being rejected as not being suitable for his purpose . " How unfortunate these older ones must consider themselves in not being suitable to the _slave-dealer ' _s purpose ! But what is his

      puvposel We wait for an answer . Alas ! for the orphan poor of England . To be fed in an Union Poorhouse till ten years of age—then to be delivered carnage free at a manufactory , and afterwards—at the parish expense probabl y—consigned to the grave ' Perhaps it will bo said , that at Messrs . _Bridget ' s factoiy the operatives are treated with kmdness and humanity -that their moral , religious , aud intellectual , as well as their physical condition , is cared for—that , in short , _u is a sort of boarding-school for the teaching of all sorts of accomplishments , and improving the education ot pauper children . —We anticipate that some sueh defence wdl be sec up . Many of the West India planters could have produced certificates of kind treatment of tnevr slaves—and yet slavery was abolished in the West Indies .

      A _Contkast ( From the Times ) "Look on this Picture . " —Not many weeks since the Eclair steamer anchored _, in Punchal-roads . The dread yellow flag droopedfrom her mast-head . A strange aud deadly sickness had swept oft" two-thirds of her officers and men . Her captain and both her surgeons had perished . The wan , worn survivors , sought relief from the inhabitants of Madeira . The G overnor of the island deemed it his painful duty to forbid any intercourse between the plagucship and the shore . He sternl y commanded them to weigh their anchor and depart . The scanty crew of the steamer , already insufficient to carry on the duty of the vessel , were daily becoming scantier uuderthe _atfacks of the fever . The equinox was at hand . In this pitiable plight , without medical aid , they were on the point of being compelled to putto sea and cross the Bay of Biscay . There chanced , however , to be at Madeira Sidney Bernard , an English surgeon Tlusman and seven seamen , volunteers from English merchantmen , came forward and offered their services

      White Slavery, In England.—Tea Fhc In Hu...

      _intake the airborne . Itis needless to words in praising their noble conduct— " _^ H act of cool _, disinterested devotion is not on _^^ "" The Eclair reached the Motherbank ; the f _^^ raged between her decks . Many had died " '' " passage from Madeira ; tho pilot who boarded ° _h the Channel died , and the heroic Sidney B n having _accomplished the humane task he hada _^ _'H himself , died also . Now Look "on This " ___? 0 e d chant at York speculated boldl y and SUcce ' s _^ _ulK _^' railroads . He bought in as low as he could h * out as high as _heconhi , and when he mado ! S <) l _1 manent investment , he took : the best care he coma _^ er _" the concern in which he had placed his capital sh be well managed . He was a clear-headed , tum _*^ man . His gains were enormous . He is now an Mi ' a large landed proprietor , and as far his possession railwayshares , he aud the Income- _^ _ax Commission " can aloue guess at their amount . Hi * name is Geo *' Hudson . Many people have closely watched his op _^* tions in the share-market , and have imitat ed ths '" Many people have sought his advice ana follow J _^ t ' and many people by so doiug have made much m 0 l ) and hope to make more by the same means . So _"'

      order to evmee their gratitude for past and fin !/ favours , the British public have got up a subscript- ' to offer a testimonial to the most successful speeslat ° of the day . Iu the list are to be seen the names of ti * noblest , the wisest , the fairest in the land—all «« unblushing worshippers of Mammon , £ i > o , ooi > i , _V already been collected for the Hudson testimonial , ana money still pours in . Alas , for Sidney Bernard ' aBtt the gallaut volunteers of the Eclair ; alas , for tlieir widows and orphans ! No testimonial is proposed to record their daring humanity ; no subscription is raised to provide for the families of the dead , and to reward the unselfish courage of the survivors . Our nobility and gentry crowd forward iu hundreds to do homage in purse and _person to the railway king , but not a single individual has appeared desirous of _rewarding or even noticing , the high deserts and melancholy fat « of Sidney Bernard and his companions in danger nnd death . Verily , we are a nation of shopkeepers . - _^

      M . I . H . The Dixon Ffnd Committee wish to acknowledge the _folloivhigsums _, viz .: —Manchester , per Mr . Sutton s book , Ids . ; Bolton , per Mr . Thomas Loma . x _, £ 1 . Thf Land . —To the Editor of the Northern Star . —Sir , — Having been on board the Invincible for the last quarter of a century ,-1 trust that , as captain of the same , you will allow an old voyager to throw out a little of his jaw-tackle to his brother shipmates—not to create a mutiny , nor yet to induce them to tack about , but merely to caution them to steer clear of the multitu . dinous rocks and quicksands that beset our course , least we should go to Davy ' s locker at the very time > vc all descry the longlooked-for land . 'Well , my hearties . I presume we are all hankering after a bit of " tho tight little Island , " and anxious to cast anchor on a firm and sound bottom , and shelter ourselves from the blasts of poverty under our own blackberry bush , and realise the sweets of home , instead of

      singing" Home , home , sweet home " ' mid diseased potatoes and short commons , and even these not secure from the lubberly pirates who fatten on that for which neither they nor their rotten fore _, fathers ever toiled or spun . Since we have been making for the land , our ship has rode majestically before a fair and steady gale , not a single leak has beea discovered—not one of her timbers damaged , and ne have made more way than any of the boasted fast sailors ever known to traverse the political ocean . But . notwithstanding all this , let us not lie down in the

      hammock of imaginary security . There are roclis nigh the surface , and the nearer we approach th « haven , the greater will be the caution required , both on the part of the officers and crew . A cluster of rocks called the crotchets , which are barely visible at M sk water , has been the destruction of thousands , at the very moment they were within reach of the object of their desire . To avoid these , every precaution is ne . cessary , and all on board must be on tho look out The progress made , and the success attendant on the voyage has been the result of a judicious

      discrimination in the selection of officers—men conversant with the intricacies of the course , and possessed of sufficient knowledge to guide the vessel in safety to its destined port—men too honest to sacrifice the ship and cargo to subserve party purposes or private interest . This fact ought to iuduce the crew to remain steadfast iu their attachment to the officers , and to deter them from ringing changes at the suggestion of the Syrens who sing of the sweetness of variety . Beware of the sharks . These will play around the ship iu shoals in hope oi pickings ; but let them taste the harpoon of yourdispleasnre _, and they will soon be left writhing in the distance . As the ship nears the harbour you will perceive many strange pilots rowing towards the Invincible , but give the rascals a cut or two with the cutlass

      of your indignation , if they attempt to mount the deck , aud they will soon understand that you have in earnest taken the unintentionally-spoken advice of the pilot of the enemy ' s ship ( the / State ) , by _taking your own affairs into your own hands . If a storm should threaten to arise in the north—which some prognosticate , from the appearance of the little black spot seen by the captain just emerging from the horizon—be not dismayed ; all is bright and serene in every other quarter of the compass ; and the genius under whose benign influence you have hitherto prospered , will chase the speck to its original nonentity . As a consultation of the ablest hands is about to determine on the best mode of Iauding , ~ it will be expedient that they should be cool , and thoughtful , and

      fully impressed with the importance of their missionto beware of Babel-builders , seViemcrs , and new-fangled system-mongers . Let them be instructed to tar and feather novel nostrum-venders , after enquiring their eome-from ; for , depend upon it , the truculent Tories , the wily Whigs , and the light-fingered League , will all want a hand in the matter , for certain reasons . In the description given of the Land and its capabilties not the least exaggeration has been indulged in by the propoundcrs of the measure , yet some men are apt to build castles in tbe air , and when their imaginary felicity , or dreams , arc not realised in every particular , they are wont to indulge in outbursts of disappoint _, ment , chagrin , and , not unfrequently , hatred towards their best friends . A practicable measure has been propounded , and received unexpected support—the benefits resulting from a judicious mode Of operation in the carrying out of that measure are many and

      important ; but beware , least you luck your basket of brittle ware , and destroy the prospect of good at the outset . Don ' t imagine that on landing you are at once to be ushered into paradise—that you are there to sit while the earth spontaneously pours forth its fuluess at your feet . No ; labour , diligence , and economy will be Indispensable to the perfection of the object sought _. Labour may then reap its reward—comfort may be fouiid in the cottage , and a basis laid for the temple of universal freedom . The attainment of the Charter will be greatly facilitated , and the overthrow of despotism accelerated . Always remember the Land and the Charter must be bound together to achieve the happiness of man—the work cannot be perfected without the attainment of both—they are the two breasts from which alone the body politic must derive sustenance and support . Let the shout and struggle be for the Land and the Chabteb . —Yours truly , Wit . 1 , 1 am liiDim . —Londen , November 26 th , 1815 .

      Rocijdaie . —If the Council wish the address to be noticed , they must send it ; it may have been posted , but we did not receive it . We presume this Is sufficient " reason" for its non-appearance . ' _RicKMANswoRTii . —We thank our correspondent for this report . Enclish Freedom . —Sir , —Being a stranger in London , and wishing lo know the public of . the Princess ' s Theatre gallery , I went last nig ht , and had the good fortune of seeing a very interesting spectacle—I do not mean that going on the stage , but that of your very efficient police in presence of a free English public . This is the way in which were displayed the efficiency Of the one and the freedom of the other , From the

      hrst the gallery was rather full , all the seats being occupied , and some people standing behind ; yet all was quiet orderly , until the half-price rushed in in crowds , forcing their way onwards behind the scats over the opposite side , encouraged by the police , who , I imagine , had promised some friends of theirs to find room for them . Now , the space between the seats and the wall was filled with a thick mass , which it was qulte _^ mpossible to pierce ; and the Stout invaders struggling onwards with all their strength , we were obliged to make all possible efforts to avoid being overturned over the ladies , screaming on their seats at the

      alarming impending danger of being crushed by our fall ; but , unmoved by any pity , the policemen urged on till they became at last convinced of the utter impossibility of going through . Now , the free public , who were put to such a trial , did not offer any other resistance than that of an inert mass—they did not venture to make any complaint—they allowed the police to do with them what they _pleased—/«««>»«* experimentxim in anima vili . Had it been possible to pas 3 through ( not between ) their bodies , they would have , I think , raised no objection . I called on a policeman Who took the most prominent part in the affray—1 remember his number—to cease such a scandal . _&<>

      attention was paid to the voice of A Slave Citizen of Fkance , Mr , _Vheewbiv's Address . —The members and officers °£ the Chartist Co-operative _La-ud Society , and also ot the National Charter Association , are informed that all correspondence intended for the general secretary must uc addressed , T , M . Wheeler , 7 , Crown-court , Dean-street , Oxford-street , London . —N . B . —The officers of the associations are requested to copy the address . Veteran Patriots' and Exiles' Widows' and _Children ' s Funds , —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of 5 s from Mr . Stevens , of Trowbridge ; of Ss . from My . Gray , of Bamslev : of Is . from "A son of Crispin , Bo »' *

      lathe : " Is , from " Two Teetotallers , Bradford , » u » > and Gd . from Jlr . T . Whitfield ( per Mr . Stalhvood ) . -t beg also to remind all holders of collecting books , mat their names will be read over at the quarterly puimc meeting , in the City Chartist Hall , _Turnagam-laivc o " Sunday afternoon , Dec . 7 th ; when it will be seeu wn- ' they have succeeded in doing for the poor _sullerors . i infest _eommittee-meeting , prior to the present cominu _^ quitting office , will take place at eight o ' _clock , on _ iu " _- day night next , Dec . 2 nd , at Mr . _Cooler ' s , 13 i ' . _f _,, _« friars ' -road : all monies received br _ight to be 11 : IUJ . " "' that time , or before . Receipts ha * ,-e been _scanty ot l _»[ ' aud if we arc in earnest about _aesivinii to relieve t _» u whom it is our _boundendutu t <\ relieve , it is time to si it . —Thomas Coora » , _Secretary , 134 , Blackfriars -ro _^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_29111845/page/4/