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    • THE NORTHERN STAE. SATL'iRDAY, JULY 20, 1844.
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      FBAJfCE . - The Mauieur publishes the copy of the rer ^ yy of ( ho birth of the new-born Prince , Bon ^ Duke de Scmours , v ? ho l »< f ; beeo named r- , fe > der of . the Erg , " Ferdinand , Philippe , Ma ^ ia ^ Orleans , I eke of Alenson . " BELGIUM , ° A curioas fact , " ( says the ' Times ** haB reached us from Brussells . namely s i ^ at enlfehnente of discharged and unemployed military men { Belgians ) bad taken place throug } \ 01 M , BelgKOfc , for the service- ' of the Empercx of Morocco I" 1

      SPAIN . Kadbib . Jci-Y . 8 , —The -principal editor of the ' Kocoleso ftistoriador was taken ont of bis bed at hElf-pa = fc six o ' clock this ¦ warning , and s « vt to the Carcel del Corte , where lwremains incofflaunicahle . This is , no donbt , a mo respective modcef restraining the press than the stew operation nf a trial ay Jury prescribed by tlie l * w , and the -fetter has been constantly disregarded when it stands sit . the v ? aj of our military rulers . The French Govtrament receives the following telegraphic despatch on Sunday : — ** Bato 5 kb , Jt » 5 S . —The Cortes are dissolved by z decree of the ^ tbriastant , inserted in the Gazette of the 10 th ; the ? j }« j&sal colleges sre convoked for the 3 rd of Sepl « n \> et . " The general'ballotis to take place on the I 4 rh . TfeeiMw Cortes aw to meet or the 10 th of October .

      " Anoiher deerw of the 4 th re-establi ^ ies , in the Basqse pro-vroeevthe deputations and mHnicipalities according t » the Toeios . 5 ? he general -Juntas are shortly to issafiVle , and to -appoint Cemmisaioners to negotiate "With the Government the question of the Fueros "wnfehshall besabmitted tothe approachins Cortes .

      GREECE , The aeeorniis from Athens of the 3 £ ih nit . describe Greece as-otfthe eve of becoming again tho theatre of par y strife . A few-days previocsly some rioting took p ace ia thatcrpitaL Cries of * Down wits ihegMirjistrT I" and ^ tlva the Coasuftinon V were TOdferated-rnder theSing ' s windows , and Caltefgis , was obliged to order a body of camelry to disperse the mob . Several persons were woanded in the " affray , two of -whom Bubseqcentiy died , The elections * rere nearly over in the provinces , "and had paped off quietly ,-except in ^ lessenia , where five individuals lost their lives .

      TURKEY . An mundation '" has taken place at Adsnna , by which acre than 1 , 000 persons have perisbed , * nd the property destroyed is said to amount "to more than tijrht mflStns of piasters . Antiochhas also ecSernig by the- overflowing of ihe Orontes ,

      BQTTx . Airice 3 from Alexandria of ihe 26 : h nl > ,, received by th : s express-, annonnoe &at Sir . Htnry Hardinge , the E € w Govercor- General- of India , arrived there in the Geyser steamer on the 22 ad . The 'Pasha hastened to place at his disposal ius palace siinate outside the city , of which fee , however , did no : avail himself . On-the 24 ih he had a long andience of M « - Ireffiei Ali , a * d dined with Mm , and next day set ont for Cairo on " his way to Suei . where ae was to embark for India in thellEidosJan . WESt IKDIE 5 . Revolt is DoMisict . —( From the Si . Lnda Independent -Piess . J—Si . LrciA , Ju . m ; 6 . — The 3 ioy 3 l Mail Ck > mpaay ' s steamer Astaou arrived here on Tatsday morning last , with the return mails .

      We learn from the report of the mail agent the extraordinary fee : that the island of Dominica is in a state of open JBfiCTeetioc , and is under martial law , tie -csnsB being an -attempt to take the census . If this information had noibeen confirmed by pri-Tats letters received by the steamer , we should not have credited the existence of such afeeling amongst any Brhish colonial population . The 2123 I a ^ ent stated that on the arrival of the g teaicer at Dominica , at about eight o ' clock at night , signal guns were £ ring from the shore in all directions , and on the agent landing ha was informed of the fact of martial law having been proclaimed . Tne inhabitants of the town of Roseau were , in a etste of ihs n : irost coEsteraatioE and confusion .

      Through the kindness of a genileman in town , we are enabled to lay before our readera tie following extract from tLe private letter above referred to , from which it is plainly manifest that some sinister , infi-iencc mast fee at "work to delude the peasantry in this iccoECsivable manner , upon a " point so simple in itself scd ea * y of explanation as that of rakiDg a census of the population : — " Dominica , June 3 . u Tie island is in a slate of rebellion . The Privy Council is vow sitting to adopt measures . The poor ddndfd negroa fincy that the ohjeet of tha ** census'being tak ? u is to redace them again to a Stale c-f slavery . At ilorne Daniel the greaitst display of pbjiical force is made . The Africans are the most cetennised and ferocion ? oDpestrs . What

      do you thinfe of their stopping ilr . Cochrant ' s brother en the way to his estase , and nearly murde . r ing him- * He is now id town awfnBy braised , Jlra . BSl was stopped by 100 or so , and was almost frightened to . oeath . A body of men , armed with musseis . are along the coast—several murdtrs , they gay , ha-ve been committed . They express a great trish to have President Lsldiaw's head I At 2 s- » w Town the scene is described as dreadful . Casile Cnmfon , Wali-house , Everton , and ail the ¦ InwrHirilnT-TaHey aie up . Tae manager of the cantScld < a . me gaTlopplng into town to save his life . They took . all the pEp ? r 3 from Cocbrane'a pockets ; in fact , every ona they meet is riflsd of papers , vrbich are destroyed . The poor enumerator ; are obihred to conceal themselves .

      ** S ? TPn o'clock p . m . —The couucil are srll sitting . Rrnnou hss it that the miatia will be called ou \ and nmrrial law piotlaimed . Sume of the timid foife cread an att&ck upon the town—they have thresteced to Sre iL Several persons are already taken prisoners . If laidlaw was to venture ont , 1 fear hs would never return alivd . The people are in a most excited state . It was nrv ^ r contemplated list rb- ? EKarure would haveereak-d such suspicions in the minds of the people . Tso donbt when ths accctiirs coas in from the country some horrid murcer- ^ iU be announced .

      " Q . arter-pasi Seven o'Clock . —Forty men of the 45 . h i < - ^ iaent , wi * h Cap ' . ain Bremner , loaded musket ? ic-i ., have gone ont to Pont 3 iichel . The soldiers nave ^ one away at a ' jog troi , ' in baste . The same Lumbtrs are despatched to Morne Daaiel , under Maj it Uill and LJeaitnant Menzies . "We ehall have hot work- How curious , this same 46 : h Hwdnient wasin Dominica during the war , and defenoea :: ; and are now on ihe same duty after bo j nauy years of peace . ** Q iso-ter to Eight o'Ciock . —The drnms sre beating—i fancy proclaiming * martial law '—I cannot set io hear . ' . The militia is called out . Just fimcj , eh 1 bo -CriSing a measure to causs such an on-or * & £ .

      " a : ipendiary magistrate O ' i > allivan was nearly kiilc-d ; hk horse "was cut up dreadfully , and he bad to run for it . J mass close this for the steamir . Capias- £ S sre in demand . The Catholic priest was ¦ ob . Lctd tonm from Point ilich ' -l—he tried to quit then } . b > n they tbongat him a second Jndas , betraying Lheia again into slavery . '

      HATH . The folk rair £ letter also , on the snbjici of Hayti , is takes / r < ^ a the New York Heralds" Port x 7-Barscs , Jcxe 12 . —The island is perfectly crasq ufl ^ once more , unless some few disorders which were NHsmiited at Aux Cayes may be consider . ; d aa exc 2 prk > n . There the soldiers , who were exasperated i t mot receiring their pay , as they had been led to ho pe they wonld on a certain Sunday , bat m TThich "&& ? were disappointed , owing to the noa-sTri-ral of isnds from the capital , had pillaged sojn ? sbeps , bn ^ stai to any . great extent . It is confidently expsctt 4 « iowever , that all would be amicably arranged L va = very short time . CUBA .

      A ecTjaspoBden ^ -s ? aPiiiiadelphia jonnial at the Savannah , r ? &k = " terms of just indignation at the atrocirie 3 of O 'Bcnnell agamst the pso ? blacks Eospeciid of rebelli » c He says that hundreds of negreos have perisht ^ d « nder the lash during exami-Datioa , sll protesting iisir innoceace to the la-t- And many , if not all of thi vsl , as innocept of part : cipa * 4 Dn in lie plot of an insui taccon as the angels in Heaven . The plaea wher 3 the negroes are whipp&d has bscoms very offensive T-Qtiie neigbbonrhood , from the quantity of putrid i \ eat £ orn by the wMp from

      their bacss . A short tntiamace , a Jiorida lndian , - avery wonhy man , who- h * d _ long xeaded in the Island , was arrested , on suspicion of being one of the insurgents . He was takea to Cardsnas , where , iefn 5 ing to eriminate hitiseUi he was whipped to dea-. n . " On a snKar estate ia soar utigabourhood forty-six negroes were most eraelly tortured , seven of whom died nnder the operation . Oa another estate , after actempiiug in vaia to exiort confessions of guilt by whipping , those fiends , called in Spanish fiscales { solioiK > rs ) i applied red hoi irons io ihe bleeding b&ciB of tha negroes V

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      Mklaxcholt AqciDKirc . —Dovzb , Jclt 15 tii . — About one o ' clock this afternoon , a most melancholy loss of life oecnrred at Dovisr bay , by ihe upsettiag of a small pleasure btat or pnnt . The party in the boat consisted of Mrs . Bentley , two of her daughters —one aboai ten , and the ether eight years of agea young gentleman , said ta be the nephew of Mrs . Beatley , bat whose name sre could not learn , and the two men -who were in charge of the boat , nsmed we believe , Fox and Lewisbanu The boat was nnder

      sail and tscking abont a jrdle off the land , when . she waa observed to npset , ihere being rather a brisk breeze of wind blowing at the time . On observing iheaccidenEjSeTeral boats were Immediately launched ¦ foa tle beach ; bat before theyconJd get to ihe snfferers , a fishing smack that was abont half a mile to windward bore down , and-seat her boat to the spot . The fishermen fortunately picked np Mrs . Benfley and the two men , Jox and -Lewisham j but ihe gentleman and the two young ladies had diaippewed .

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      ! J-fc ^^ FSi Accidehi . —On Wednesday moinlng , ¦ Jp - * nine o ' clock , aa an unfortunate man , named r « ter Lynch , a bricklayer ' s labourer , was in the fctt W ascending a ladder raised against one of the lwge honjesnowaboDt being erected in Wiiliaffi » street , London , one of the bars of tae ladder broke , and having a heavy load upon his shoulder , he was unable to retain his grasp , which he first made at the Bide of the scaffolding . After clinging for some time to a cross oole , he was obliged to relinguish his hold , when he fell with fearful violence to the ground . He was immediately removed to the London Hospital , where it was ascertained that his BkrJl had been fractured , and other severe injuries suBtainen . But slight hopes were entertained of j nia recovery .

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      * O& THI EXECUTIVE . £ , s . d . Collection at Carpenter ' s Hall , Manchester ... 0 25 1 Ditto ... >„ 0 7 0 John Leigh ... ... 0 1 6 Mr . Gray 0 10 Mt . freorge Marsden ... 0 10 Collection at Liverpool 0 16 4 PiDdngten ... ... 0 6 0 Hand Books to Murray 0 17 S Ditto , ' Goodfellow ( Liverpoel ) ... ... 0 1 9 Frem 8 alford * 17 3 We believe this sum was acknowledged before , bat Mr . O'Cennox requests ub to acknowledge it again .

      CARDS . ISverpool ~ ... ... 15 0 Pilkington « 5 0

      RECEIPTS BY GENERAL SECRETARY . srascBiraoNS . - Carlisle „ , 0 5 0 2 tf ewcasfle-npon-Tyne ... ... 0 2 S Mile End Road 0 2 0 Wigan ,.. 040 Cummersdale 0 5 0 Dewsbury 0 5 0 Coventry ... ... ... o 5 0 Mission JOtT yvvv . Honley ~ ... 0 4 0 Huddersfl « ld ... 0 7 10 Cummersdale ... 0 2 6 Mr . Mills , Lonion 0 2 9 Mr . J . Ttuna . „ ... 0 10

      CARDS N « -weastle-upon-Tvne ... 0 S S South Shields 0 0 9 Almondbnry # 40 Hoaderefieia 0 7 S Bradford Central Locality 0 10 0 Golden lion , London ... ... 0 C 0 FOR M 1 NEBS . Per Mr . Chippendale , Chelsea 0 5 1 Pel Mi . Dixon . ChelBea 0 2 11

      VICTIM FUKD . Carlisle ... , 0 fi 0 Errata . —In laEt week's Star for Failswnth 5 i , it EEouia Lave been is . 63 . -T . M . Wheeler , Secretary .

      The Northern Stae. Satl'irday, July 20, 1844.

      THE NORTHERN STAE . SATL'iRDAY , JULY 20 , 1844 .

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      GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM AT BIRMINGHAM .

      " O dont divide the Liberal interest . " That the existence of three political parties in the state is incompatible with the preservation of n Peace , Law , and Order , " is a maxim of which we have oftentimes reminded our readers ; and W 6 may further add that the greater the number of political sects the greater the security of the ruliDg faction of the day . In politics , as in religion , the less distinguishable the shades of difference , the greater the hostility that exists among the professors . Since the passing of the Reform Bill down to the present hour ,

      the respective merits of tho two contending factions have been placed before the people , without any reference whatever to those principles to which public opision is attached . To Birmingham is due all tte triumph that belongs to " { he BilP' ; and the people of that town , conseiou 3 that they owe to England and to the world some atonement for the ii-fli ? tion caused by its failure , have at length boldly , manfully , and nobJy been the first to effectually snap the rotten liuk by which the democratic party has been so long bound to the chariot-wheels of the Whig faction .

      It has been the custom of the Whigs to make the Reform Oub the head quarters of their party , with Mr . Ccppcck as their " cad . " Upon the eve of an election , no matter what preparations had been made by electors and non-electors , tho nominee of the Reform Club was posted down to the scene of actien without better character than that of Whigto ©\ and without better pretensions than the impolicy of dividing the " Liberal interest . " Upon the late election the Coppogkites were of opinion that the old stratagem wonld be strengthened by the bit of sympathy likely to be extended to Mr Scholefield in consequence of the death of his father .

      De morluis , nil nisi honum . " " Of tee dead , nothing buuwhat ' s good , " may in ordinary cases be a good as -well as a humane maxim : but when the pretensions of the living are based upon the achievements of the departed public justice demands that we should canvass as to how far they confer a claim upon the living . We ask , then , what single benefit the late Mr . Scholefield conferred upon the world , the empire , the king dom , or the town of Birmingham , which should warrant an hereditary claim of his Eon to represent

      that borough m Parliament ? For ourselves we know not one : while if we canvass that son's own individual merits , we see mnch that diHentitles him to popular confidence . It was he who invited the London bloodhounds , to cut down his townsmen in the Bull Ring , while during his mayorality all the power of ofEce was used for the subjugation and overthrow of Chartism . A 3 a juEt reward , he must now bear tha taunt and opprobuim of having "Jet the Tory in . " Aye , to ScHOLEriEi . D , andnottoMr . STUBOE is attributable that imperishable sin .

      The valae , the only value which : we attach to the election is this , and it is not small in amount : Mr Sttrge and the 345 uncompromising and honest electors who voted for him , have tested the metal of the " Brummagem" Whigs . To Stobgb and them is due all the honour of having destroyed that old bugaboo , " O 1 don't divide the Liberal interest : " and doubtkss their example will be followed through out the country at the next general election . We have done much to destroy the existence of Whiggery ; but Mr . SirEGE has done mnch more : ae aa . 6 insured 113 against tee resurrection even of its ghost . The " O-don ' trdivide-us" party must lay claim to all the honour of Mr . Spooler ' s triumph : for

      although that gentleman ) polled ) twenty-n ? e over the numbers of both other candidates , yet , had the sham-Liberals anited in Mr . Sturge ' s return in compliance with the requirements of public opinion and ihe significant manifestation of pnblic feeling at the nomination , Mr . Stubge would have beaten his single opponent by a majority of more than 600 . We have from authority upon which we ean rely , a fact whieh is borne out by the manner in which Mr . ScHox-EFiELD'sfriendsreducedBlr . SPOONBB ' smajority during the last hours of the contest , that zaore than that number abstained from taking any part in consequence of what they called " the division in ifca Liberal camp . "

      If Mr . Spookeb had been returned by a majority of only one , and if Mr . Stceob had polled two votes , and thereby defeated tho nominee of the Reform dub , he would have equally deserved the thanks of * very honest politician in the country . The work that he haS performed was work that was ne-« e 3 arj tofce accomplished , Wore the Whigs could b * ironght to their senses . It appeared as an adamantine rock in the way of Chartism . His policy was just what we have recommended for the last seven years , and whieh we Bhall be better prepared to carry into practice at . the next general election—the policy of testiDg the eleotoral Btrength and prinoiple , and of allo ^ iageach party to stand upon ita own merits .

      The position that Mr . Siraas has assumed has given fls a hundred , nay , a thousand-fold , interest in augn 2 « ntiflg tho number of Chartist voters j and

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      the proper use of th » m will insure as not twenty , not thirty , nor yet forty Chartist Members upon the next general contest , but will guarantee us a balanr ^ of power , against whieh , backed by popular feeYing , no party , not even a coalition of Whir ^ an < i Tories , can for a moment stand . No tss * | OanLUOW lay better olaim to the support of the Birmingham constituency and the Birmingham , people , at any future oontesfc , than Mr . Sturgb ^ ^ mj M Our ran ^ g will be fitrengh tlenedby an an ^ ent&tion of more than 1 , 000 Chartist electors , let the Liberals look out for our turn ; for assuredly on the next general contest , —Stbr « , instead of Coppock—the people , instead of the Reform Club— will have the selection of Mr . Sturoe ' s colleague for Birmingham .

      To us it signifies but little whether that colleague be Spooxbb or Schoi . e * ield ; but we beg to remind both that they fcxve not the same unexplored mine from whence to recruit their forces that , we have . No , all that party spirit could do in the way of registration , nnder the Reform Bill , has been done ; while hitherto ttve people ' s share , and what oorruptionists could not safely rely on , has been left undone . Upon the next contest for Birmingham , Mr . Stchgs cannot be left out . He has redeemed his pledge to the people . He has polled , like a man , to the last : and . therefore , deserves confidence for

      the future . No doubt the defeated rump of Whiggery will revile Stubge for having " let the Tory in . " Let him heed them not . We rejoice at it . The people will rejoice at it ; and the revilers mast ooa&ne their scoffs and scorns to their back parlours or their hiding-places , as they dare not complain in public . Where were the ArrwooDrrES ! Where were the Mvotxes ! Ah , hairy-face ! you march out of Birmingham the next time ! Whereas , by supporting the man whose principles you profess , you might have been his colleague without opposition .

      Mr . Stubge has enhanced the value of the popular triumph by the comparatively few voters who polled for him : and for this reason ; it is evident he was testing a principle rather than seeking the honour of a Beat in the House of Commons . We have now pointed out the value of the triumph achieved by Mr . Stuk « e , and next we shall say a word upon his weakness and the impolicy of his party . Mr . Storge is for shooting the rabbits with an air-gun lest the report should frighten them . Instead of deciding against holding public meetings previous to the election , Mr . Sturge ' s friends should have kept the popular mind alive , and directed to the

      important object in which he was embarked , by night and by day . Mr . Stbbce had a practical proof of the value of agitation at Nottingham , and Mr . Stdroe would have found a similar result produced by a . like course at Birmingham . The neglect of that necessary part of the machinery was his weakness : and now we Bhall venture to give him a caution . He appears to have sufficient resolution to fit him for trying occasions and great undertakings ; but we tell him to beware

      how he allows those great requisites to be placed in abeyance by a desire to pander to the weakness and prejudice of those who would rather witness his overthrow than allow him to owe his success to others . Mr . Stubge must not in future build his hope of success upon what he would term the " intelligence" of his party ; he must rely upon the co-operation of those who are Chartists in principle and in NAME , and who have now convinced him that they are fully capable of judging of the time to dispute and the time to unite .

      We trust that ihe 345 honest electors who supported Mr . Sturge will convene a public meeting , — surely the Mayor cannot refuse them the Town-hall , —and that they and he will boldly meet the people &nd commemorate the triumph of Chartism and the utter annihilation of Whiggery ; while we think it unlikely that the beaten Whig , or his friends who " let the Tory in" will face popular censorship . Wo cannot conclude without congratulating our Birmingham friendu on the narrow escape they have

      had from the dictation of the Reform Club , and upon the fact that a good Tory is better than a bad Whig Magistrate . One word more , by way of caution , in Mr . Stchoe ' s ear . We advise him to abandon his foolish and worn-out charge of " physical force'' against the Chartists : a charge , which we are sorry to learn he repeated on the day of nomination . He has fought the battle so nobly that we abstain from severe comment on this error , for the present .

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      bis pwtenaloni . Will the exhibition of the weakness Of his political sect tend to advance the objeat of hia vanity , or promote the particular opinions of his few partiBins F Such a contest , however , is net without its advantages The Reformers of Birmingham will d jW know their own strength , and that of their xoiy epponent We'do not exculpate the Cona ^ tuenoy . Then are the persons wholly to blame . A considerable number meanly Bhrunk from the exevolse of their franohi « e . Upwards of three hundred threw tbeir votes away , without any ehance of oawying their marplot ) candidate ; and many ele ' o-tors supported Mr .

      Spoonet from sinister motives , and seduced by his advocacy of a single question—the currency dogma of Birmingham . We repeat , therefore , that the coantry will accegt no apology . Mr . Storge and his trained band of . " Complete Suffrage men , " hurraed on by their bitter , enemies , the Ch&rtUte , are , doubtless , partly responsible for playing the game ef the Tories ; but the electors generally are tbe culpable parties . Their opponents were prepared for action , and united in support of one candidate . By the local reports , they appear to have been industriously preparing for this contest , while the Liberals have b « en

      squabbling among themselves , and neglecting the registration and the means of organization . A defeat , therefore , was the only cure of sacb folly . Birmingham has temporarily lost its political repntation . It may be regained , and webelisve only by the humiliating consequences of the defeat of the Libjrals . They must lose no time , but take a leaf out of the book of their opponents . Many large constituencies have bad their election reverses . This " reaction" in Birmingham will teach the electors of the borough that over-confidence is weakness , and that the Liberals , however strong , can only maintain their supremacy by attention to the regittr * - tien and by union .

      We have no doubt that Mr . Sturge will be made an honorary member of the Birmingham Conservative Association . He should not be allowed to go wholly unrewarded . —Chronicle . The Biruinohah Election . —It will be seen that that incurable mischief-maker , Mr . Joseph Sturge , has succeeded : in dividing and breaking np the Liberal party at Birmingham to such an extent , as to secure the return of Mr . Spooner , the Conservative candidate . It is evident from the result , that Mr . Sturge never had a chance , and that his standing was therefore the result , either of egregious vanity , or of a mere desire to cause the defeat of Mr . Scaolefleld . —Liverpool Titnet .

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      third diass carriages , and also a reduction in the far < : B . And now marki the prinoiple of Free Trade a 3 practically carried oat by the League . The Government Bill , as we have stated , will be a protection to those lines upon which justice is done to the publio in general , and to the working olasses ia'partioular . Bat where this prinoiple is departed from , then tbe measure wisely introduces competition as the means of correcting the monopoly of established line ? . And will any man believe that the League , who are large railway shareholders , hav « , as brawlers of Free Trade , been the loudest in opposing this very principle of

      competition , when sanctioned by the Government , as a means of correcting ! their own monopoly . Now , just let the wise men of the League , if there be any of that fraternity , and ] the shrewd working olasses reflect upon the following facts . Tbe prinoiple of the League is , let us buy in the cheapest , and sell in the dearest market : let us have competition unrestricted . But the moment that competition tells in . favour of the poor and against the monopoly of the Free Traders , the philanthropists then exclaim , ' * O , this competition will ruin us , by interfering with vested rights , and by reducing our mortgage upon national faith from twelve to five per cent . "

      There are personB \ who can only see straight before them , and who will never turn an eye to the right hand or to the left . But those who can judge collaterally , will understand that one of the great and crying grievances of the day is the manner in which the working classes are compelled to herd together , like pigs in a stye , in the unwholesome underground cellarsin the large manufacturing towns ,

      where they are made to pay an exorbitant rent of eight ten , and twelve pounds per annum for a miserable cottage ; the rent to ; be paid whether the tenant works or plays , and in many instances accompanied with the obligation of paying the rent for the mere possession of the ! key , the slave beiBg bound to Borne other holding : ] but , as part of the condition , of being allowed to work , compelled to pay rent for a cottage whether he occupies it or not .

      One of the effects of the Railway Bill will be to enable the working classes to live three , four , five , six , or even ten miles distant from the slave market ; at a less expenoo than Ihe can now live within sight of the " rattle-box "—that is , when the measure is brought into full effect a working man can pay rent and railway fire at a considerable distance from the town , where he works , for a good house , both

      amounting to less than his present rent for a miserable hovel . Thus he will have a mouthful of fresh air , morning and evening . He will be away from the vicious temptation of the gin-palace and tbe beershop . He will have the Sunday to himself . He will once more become an honourable member of a little rural society , where character will bo of value , instead of one of the palsied units of an overgrown , unhealthy , brutal ised , disinherited population .

      He 11 see the land too ; and when he Bees a cow he'll long for milk . He'll see the fresh cut cabbage and the fresh drawn onion , and he'll compare them with the rotten garbage which he is compelled to purchase in the market late on Saturday night , after it has been pawed and thumbed all day by his " betters . " Is it wonderful then that such a change , such a prospect , such an anticipation of a working man arriving at a knowledge of his own value , through tha merits of Free Trade travelling , Bhould be hailed as " a DAMNABLE DOCTRINE" by Cobden and the League , and by the redoubtable Lawrence

      Heyworth , one of the ; largest railway shareholders in the kingdom , and the man " what wanted" the Birmingham Conference to get rid of those leaders who were likely to teach the people where Free Trade was valuable , and when it would bejinjurious J Upon the whole , then , the people cannot too much exult at the brave stand they have made against those hypocrites and at the humiliating position to which the ignorance ofjCoBDEN has reduced himself and his servile followers notwithstending tho omnipotence of" tracts '' and the potency of the £ 100 , 000 "PLUM . " I _

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      the fallacies of the opponents of Repeal ; and from that hour to the present it has been the unflinching and undeviating supporter of the prinoiple . Mr . Shiel , in his speech upon the state trials said — " Tbe press may be looked upon as many admirers paying their addresses to the samq mistress ; and therefore not likely to agree upon tb . o Same form of courtship . " Are our Irish oretnren fearful , then , that our advances and addresses wonld

      be more likely to captivate the Common object of adoration , then their more ** clumsy lumps of love" I Are they apprehensive that in bo general a courtship tho virtues of . the Chartist body and tbe constancy of the Chartist organ would win the heart , and secure the affection of the common object of our love ? It must be bo : for they dare not pay their addresses honestly , as we do ; they dare not appear ingtheir real character as we have done .

      We abstain from entering more at length into this subject than the pressing necessity of the case demands ; while we would conjure the Irish press to avoid the sickening , the cowardly , the pusilanimous policy of courting a rabid blood-thirsty faction , and rejecting , or even looking lightly upon the co-operation of honest millions . This policy may last for a season ; but , if perserved in , must terminate in the discomfiture and exposure of its

      propounders and supporters . In spite of earth and hell ; in spite of fabrication , delusionjand misrepresentation , the truth will break through the cloud of ( ignorance . Irishmen will learn to distinguish between their friends and their enemies ' . They will become united with their English brethren , and then the curse of vengeance will fall heavily npon those who perpetuated disunion , and fostered the growth of national strife .

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      The Poets . — " A Stone Mason "—Too lengthy for our paper . " J . B ., Birmingham , " " J . Blower , " and "John Arnott , " inadmissable . Mb . Etzler . —Next week . To Correspondents . —Press of matter has compelled us to withhold several commu&ieatioHs , including the report of the meeting holden in London to commemorate the storming of the Bastile ; Miners subscription , sheets , &o . &o . These shall be given next week . George Skinner , Peterboro , and John Heldin , Ouseburn ; no room . John Ma » ine , Cumberland . —We cannot insert the balance-sheet . We gladly , though at great inconvenience , give insertion to reports , some of

      them very lengthy , of subscriptions collected for the Miners on strike , but it is impossible for us to give also the balance-sheets of income and expenditure of the Miners' Association . That is ¦ a matter with which tbe publio have nothing -to do . To the Miners . —We have again to complain of the manner in which the reports of monies collected for the Colliers on strike are sent to us . This week we have received from Bury and other plaees , sheet after sheet of closely written manuscript , consisting mainly of innumerable sums ,, such as 6 d ., 2 d ., and Id ., with the names of the donors announced in full . This is " too bad . " We have to omit much interesting intelligence which , as a newspaper , the Northern Star ought to contain , to make way for those reports of ¦ meetings , subscriptions , &c , which justice to the

      Colliers demands we should give , and which are accordingly given . But we must protest against being inundated with endless accounts of the names of individuals subscribing pennies . Henceforth we shall be compelled to reject all such communications . Let our friends , the coWiers , look to it ; reform in this particular is indispensable . J ; M'Kowen , Lambeg . —If our talented contributor would let us hear from him a little oftener than hitherto , we should feel obliged . Newcastle . —A correspondent who has favoured u » with a report of the discussion held in tbe Charter Association Room , Newcastle , ib informed that his . report had been anticipated by an account from another correspondent , which wasin type before the arrival of his favour . We have to thank our

      correspondent for the following : — Welsh Colliers . —At ten o'clock ou Tuesday night 300 men , women , and children arrived by railway train from Wales , and were guarded by the Newcastle police , who conveyed them by a special train on the Shields Railway to Seghill and Cramlington . The mea are all strangers from Wales , and seemed in a most miserable condition . " What are the friends of freedom and justice in Wales doing , to allow of these " importations of foreigners" I Why do they not enlighten the Welsh Miners on the merits of the present struggle , and prevent this abominable system of one body of working men cutting tbo throats of another body ? Do not the Welsh Miners see that if the men of the North arevanqui 8 hed , theirfatewill be immediately shared by the Miners throughout the country 1

      Newcastle . —In a communication received from Mt . Danieli's last week , but which we forgot tonotice , that gentleman says : — "There was a person at the great meeting of the pitmen yesterday , ( July 8 th ) , taking notes , and on being challenged as the reporter of tbe infamous Durham Chronicle , he denied it , and said he was reporter for tho Northern Star . His name is Thomas Carr , a printer by trade . I know be was lately employed as pressman on the Durham Chronicle ^ -1 suspeot * therefore , that he has told a falsehood . I have been requested by the men to write to you , in order that you may show him up if he has done bo . " The scoundrel has told a falsehood . He is no reporter for us , nor never sent a line to the . Starthat

      we know of . Bat what better than spying and lying can be expected from any one connected with a paper so infamous as the Durham Chronicle ? G . Roberton , Barnslev , writes us to say , that on the occasion of Mr . Harper ' s visit to Barnsley , be ( Mr . R . ) did not justify the manufacturers afc the expence of the landlords ; he only reminded Mr . Harper that he had only told one half of the truth : for both orders were , by their position , made to be enemies to the well-being of the labourers of all classes . We readily believe Mr . Roberton : for we have long known him as a most worthy man , and a firm and undeviating friend of his order , and an asserter of their rights .

      Mr . Piticbthly , Huddersfield , would feel much obliged if any friend , or friends , could furnish him with any of the following numbers of the Star . — Nos . 31 , 32 , 39 , 93 , 222 , 223 , 228 , 243 , 245 , 248 , 266 , 267 , 280 , 286 , 287 , and 327 . They are required to make a complete set . B . N . Newgate , desires to know the law of hentrespassing . We think he is in a better place to learn it than what we are , judging from the name he gives as his locale . Hens sometimes trespass into *• the pot : " and then the " pot-wallopec goes to Newgate . T . 'Grsbone , Norwich . —The master must keep the lad . A master is not allowed to put away an apprentice on the ground of ill-health . He takes him to keep and provide for , for so long a time : and the law will compel him to keep hi ? bargain . "

      Edward Mitchell , Rochdale , writes us that a number of the residents of thai town having resolved to erect a public -hall , the rules of the Oldham Hall shareholders were copied and forwarded , with the fee of one guinea , to Tidd Pratt , E « q ., for enrolment under the recent Act for tha exemption of Scientific and Literary Buildings from local rates , under which Act the Oldham boay had already been enrolled . Mr . Pratt returned the rules and money , with a note , stating his determination not to certify any more rules of the sort , Mr . Justice Wightman having deoided that such institutions do not come within the

      meaning of the said Act . —In reply to our Corres pondent , we must eay , that we think that the complaint againt Mr . Pratt is hardly fair . He as now no option but to refuse to certify the rules . Mr . Justice Wightman has settled that . Had ho taken the money and certified the rules , at the same time knowing that his certificate would be valueless , he would then have been undoubtedly worthy of all condemnation . Ab it is , we do not ses that Mr . Mitchell can hope to reap any good by complaining . Tbo f ' aalt is iu the law ; not the

      man . Friehdlt Manufacturing Societt , Boltoh . —Wd cannot find room for the address . Perhaps onr correspondent will send us the rules of the society , if in print .. A Wesleyan Methodist and Colueb . —We cannot find room . West Riding Meeting . —The next meeting will mt be holden at Dewsbury as stated in the Star of last week ; but at Halifax . H . S . Sheffield asks : can my landlord send ma . to prison for selling any of my goods ! I owe him £ 3 for rent . I have sold them to bay something to eat . —Yes . Property is protected : labour is not . The landlord ' s rent roust ba secured : the man must get food as he can , or starve .

      On : MoNDAr last , the 14 th inst ., Mr . O'Connor enclosed half a ten-pound note to Edward Clarke , Treasurer of the Victim Fund , to the care of Mr John Murray , 43 , Brook-street , Carpenters ' ^ Hall , Manchester , and requested immediate aoKnowledgment of its receipt , but has not , up to luesday night , had any reply . The number of ¦ : the note iB 7 S& 8 . Mr . Clarke ia requested to notice the above .

      Moniks Beceiyed By Mr. O'Connor.

      MONIKS BECEIYED BY MR . O'CONNOR .

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      As a sample of the rage of the Coppockites , at the firmness and decision of Mr . Sturge , take the two following extracts : the first from the Chronicle of Monday ; and the other from the Liverpool Times : — The Birmingham election contest between the three candidates—ConBervativfc , Liberal , and Chartist Complete Suffrage men—of course terminated in the return of the conforming Tory , Mr . Richard Spooner . "A house divided against itself cannot stand . " We can , however , discarn no Ministerial triumph in this local accident . Disunion of tbe Reformers not only favoured the Conservative candidate , but the artful selection of

      Mr . Spooner by the provincial Tories in no slight degree tended to their success . Tbe new representative of Birmingham is notoriously a pie-balled politician . Mr . Spooner has been alternatively a Liberal and a Tory —never , we believe , a party man in the common acceptation of the tens . We understand that he was a public advocate of tbe Reform Bill ; and , certainly , since 1 S 30 he has consistently denounced the policy of Sir Robert PeeL We observed , in the Birmingham Advertiser of last week , the Tory organ , that Mr . Spooner , in his first speech to his friends at Dee ' s Hotel , declared as follows : — ? He was a true Conservative , but Ae confessed he was no Peelile . During the

      preEent session he had seen many deviations from what he considered to be a constitutional course of Government ; and under such circumstances , be could not undertake to give a constant and undeviating support to the present Government . " The Honourable Member is , therefore , another addition to the general malcontent party of fcer Majesty ' s opposition . We also observe , by the report of the nomination in the Birmingham Journal , that Mr . Spooner opposes the Poor Law Bill , and Sir Robert Peel ' s currency measures , including the pending Banking Bill . Further , the new Birmingham representative said , " allusion had been made to tbe Factory Bill , ay , and to the Sugar Bill .

      He had no vote on those subjects ; but he would tell them , if he had had , he should , together with upwards of 200 members who are usually supporters of Ministers , have voted against Ministers ; and he Bhould , together with M ^ . Newdtgate , their connty Member ( then on the hustings ) , bave Btnck to his vote , and no threat of turning out should ever have made him vote black was white on Friday , and reversa his vote on tne following Monday . " Mr . Spoouer , though pro-Cora Law tandidate , also hinted that the currency principles of the Premier must lead to a total repeal of the bread tax ! We cannot , therefore , congratulate Sir Robert Peel on

      the election of a gentleman who pledges himself against every important ministerial policy of the session , and who hostilely announces : himself to be " no Peelile ! " Such a politician aa Mr . Spooner was certainly most adroitly selected by the Birmingham Tories to asBist Mr . Stnrge in dividing the Reformers of that town . We understand , moreover , that the successful candidate is personally popular and respected , an active and humane local magistrate , an influential local banker ; and that from the period of the movement against the Orders in Council to tho present time , he has been frequently locally useful to his fellow-townsmen . The " Currency Question" always

      appears to have had peculiar charms for a Birmingham constituency ; and altbtffch the general political sentiments of Mr . Muni * anaMr . Spooner are wide as tbe poles asundar . v ?» take tor granted that the majority of tbe electora are aatiflfiea * with the " Gemini , " although the election virtually neutralises the political representation of the borough . Mr . Storge has tbe philanthropic satisfaction of having temporarily broken up the liberal union of his fellow-townsmen , and of having secured the election of a high Tory and high Churchman . According to the returns of Mr . Scholefield ' s committee the grow number of electors who voted fer the two Xibewl andidates exceeded the Conservative votes by four . . Bnt these numbers were no criterion of the real strength of . the Birmingham Reformers .

      Disunion breaki the force as veil aa the spirit of a party and often inances & ; considerable number of electors to remain neutral . The leaders are divided , and their influence orrespondinglv diminished . We consider that the friends of Mr . Scholefield , under all circamafcancea , fought a gallant fight . Two hundred electors , in fact , by their votes for Mr . Spooner , turned the tables ; and Mr . Sturge ' B poll , added to that of Mt Scnolefleld , wonld have defeated the Tory . Mr . Stnrge scarcely polled five per cent , of tha constituency ! The candidate , or his extreme opines , therefore , must have been very-unpalatable t « the-liberal electors . What has be gained , personally or politically , by this senseless and ungenerous contest 1 Tbe poll demonstrates that the local Liberal leaders were justified in rejecting

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      THE TORY COBDEN . At the commencement of the career of this very weak , vain , and ambitious man , we characterised him as a mere bubble upon the surface of the troubled waters : one who by degrees would seek to merge the interest of his party ia persenal consideration . We have more than once directed attention to h \ a flimsy sophistry , and his total sacrifice of party to personal vanity . The improved mind of the country being disgusted with the very name of Whiggory , the incensed party , shuddering under the lash of popular censorship , hoped to fiebt

      its battle under new colours and accordingly promoted Cobdbs to the rank of Ensign , to charm the glaring eye of equalid misery with the prospect of a large loaf , " high wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do . " AH the triumphs of tbe League were naturally , and by consent , to be placed to the acoount of Liberalism ; and while Cobden aud his brigade fought under the principle of total abolition , the eight-shilling Russell was , nevertheless , looked upon and recognized as tbe Commander-in-chief of

      the grand army of Whiggery . Unable to measure his own strength and power , Cobden hoped to depose Russell , and to establish himself as his successor . For a time , the declaration of " neutrality " , and " the League ia of no politics , " seduced a few thoughtless men with more money than brains , to join its ranks . But oven the most silly of its silly adherents were impressed with a strong and insurmountable conviction , that although free-trado was the profession , Whiggery was the principle of the League .

      Many thoughtless persons , uninitiated in newspaper literature , were puzzled to reconcile the sup . port which the Morning Chronicle , the Sun , the lobe , the Morning Advertiser , the Weekly Chronicle , tho Sunday Times , and the whole tribe of advertising speculators and popularity hunters , vouchsafed simultaneously to bestow upon Russell , the 89 . duty man , and Cobdbm , the total abolitionist . In vain did we direct attention to the fact , that the support of those journals was given to the League

      as a section of Whiggery , rather than as supporters of'Free Trade . Cobden was their god , bocauso his thunder waa likely to shake the very citadel of Toryism , and to raze tho Tory camp . All these things Cobden lacked brains to understand ; and when he recontly threw his arms round the neck of the Tory Prime Minister , ha iboliebly antioipatod a continuance of Press favours , as well as a large amount of national tribute paid to his love of principle . J

      The moment , however , that Mr . Cobden attempted to carry tho del usion to the anti- Whig aad " neutrality " point , every one of the newspapers above enumerated , together with the whole tribe of Malthusian scribblers , gave Mr . Cobden and his parfy to understand that with : them Whiggery was the substance , and Free Trade merely the shadow . Not only has the conduct of Cobden ensured for him the reproach and ridicule of the majority of those who joined the League from an interest in Free Trade principles , but he has so far outraged and insulted the " camp followers , " who merely joined for the purpose of opposing Chartism , as to leave him with but tho skeleton of his large loaf brigade .

      We much doubt that the Irish people , even at the mandate of their leader , will again follow in Mr . Cobden ' s train . We have more than once had to combat against the credulity of some of our " intelligent" Chartists , wha professed a belief in Cobden ' s sincerity , when he and his party have asserted that Free Trade was bat the means , and Chartism the end . What will our intelligent " friends now say ! Will they not believe that

      Cobden ' s alliance with Peel , —notfbe it remembered for the purpose , or in the hope of advancing the principles of Free Trade , but wits tho vain intention of parading himself as the leader of some dozen blind followerB .- ^ -convinco them that this " neutral " " no politics" party ia fighting a mere sectional , commercial battle of speculation t the battle of inanimate machinery against Engh&h blood , English sweat , andr English life .

      If we required further proof of the real meaning , intentions , aud wishes of the Free Traders , all are fully developed in their conduct in the late Railway Bill discussion . With them the millions form no item in the account . When interference upon behalf of the working classes , and the public generally , is rendered indispensable , by the griping rapacity of Railroad speculators , Cobden and his party step in and call tho just interference and wise arbitration of Government a monopoly . We doubt not , however , that in reference to this charge

      the people will be able to distinguish between the proper interference of Government , and the prescriptive rights of the monopolist . There never was a greater auxiliary to knowledge , literature , democracy , peace , and prosperity , than the institution of Railroads , ; under a wise and responsible controul ; while there never was one more dangerous to the beet interests of society under that , system to which , under the uncontrolled government and management of the mosey speculators and monopolists , it has been brought .

      Tbe people , however , are now able to distinguish between the controul of an abase and the usurpation ' of a right . The Government Bill for the regulation of Railwayltravelling is gall and wormwood to the meroiless . fgrinding , spiteful crew , who writhe under the infliction of every relaxation of their own class despotism * The bowels of the beasts yearn because they are not longer to beallowed to pack the working classes in moving pigstyes , with holes pierced in the bottom , to compel them from very

      suffering to prefer a Beoond class to a third class carriage . Peel ' s Railway Bill is a measure of moxe value to the working olasses than anything that has been passed during the present session . The following will be the advantages which it will confer on the "lower orders . " It has no reference to the wealthy . It will protect lines , upon which covered well-arranged third class carriages are provided for the working olasses ; while it sanotions the principle of Free Trade where those comforts are neglected . Jt Trill compel the quicker travelling ef

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      1 v ENGLAND AND IRELAND . We belong to that elass of writers , who , regardless of sectional opinion , resolve to discharge their duties to the public faithfully , j There is no question then which has given riso to j greater personal regret and national discouragement than the long , the senseless , the heartless disunion between tho English and the Irish working classes . Upon our part and upon

      the part of the English : Chartist ? , we have gone the full length that honour would permit , and have , perhaps , sometimes o'erstepped the bounds which national pride might prescribe , for the purpose of uniting the people of both countries . And now we come to ask why it is that those Journalists who ' profess an equal desire with ourselves to accomplish so desirable an object , do not evince the same zeal for its accomplishment .

      Our Irish brethren have been taught to bold the English people in detestation as thei bitterest enemies . The hardest i work of the Repealers was declared to bo the reconcilement of tho English mind to the principle of Repeal . In vain did the English people protest sectionaily against this libel . In vain did 3 , 500 , 000 English and Scotch Chartists register their dental of the foul accusation through their petition to the House of Commons , wherein they demanded a Repeal of ; tho Legislative Union . In vain have they reasoned with the Irish Liberal organs and set forth the real feelings of the English

      people . Still , and notwtthstandiag all , the insensate howl of Saxon antipathy and prejudice was continuously bellowed in the ] open ear of Ireland . For many years this state off things was well known to the Irish press . Meeting ? , numerous meetings , triumphant and enthusiastic meetings , were held in Newcastle , Edinburgh , ? Glasgow , Sheffield , Manchester , London , and the other large towns of England , where resolutions condemnatory of English oligarchical persecution , and expressive of

      English working class sympathy were unanimously adopted ; and which resolutions , together with a short abstract of the proceedings were transmitted to the Repeal press * of { Ireland , for the purpose of giving confidence to the Irish people ; but , with sorrow be it said , not a line of those proceedings was ever published . All this was the rolling of the snowball , the gathering' up of the provincial sentiment and strength , and might perhaps have been considered an insufficient expression ! of national feeling . ;

      But let us ask why it is that the leading Repeal Journals have allowed the Westminster declaration in favour of Repeal to have passed unnoticed Why is it that English co-operation , the want of which has been so long complained of and regretted , has been so little regarded when achieved 1 How comes it to pass that hole-and-corner meetings of mere sympathy and condolence are extensively expatiated upon , while the adhesion of Westminster , which may be considered the city of the world , is passed by unnoticed ? How comes it to pass , that in

      the Conciliation Hall the want of English sympathy is still deplored , while ' not a tongue dares to lisp the fact that the English people are Repealers to a man ! Why propound the principle that a union of all is indispensable to the achievement of the great object ? and why , in furtherance of the vrise theory , court the sanctified bloodhounds—che rapacious Orangemen of the North , panting , as they all but deolare , with the desire ! to slake their thirst with Catholic blood ; why seek to " conciliate" th « se fiends , and yet look coldly upon the co-operation of honest millions ! i

      We have been asked by scores and by hundreds how it comes to pass that the address unanimously adopted in Westminster has not been noticed by , or inserted in , the Irish ! Repeal papers ! To this , the only answer ! we can give is » they must be afraid or ashamed to dispel a great delusion of their own oreation . When the Irish press was unable ! to gf&PP 16 with the opposition of the English newspapers in 1840 and 1841 , the Northern Star took up the gauntlet , and succeeded in convincing tfie English mind of

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      A ^ THE NORTHERN STAR . ; ' Jui * 20 , 1844 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 20, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1272/page/4/