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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1844.
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      JIORE OE THE MOORISH WAR . BOMBARDMENT OP MOGADOR . Pabis . Acgtjst 26 —The Mcsseger-oT ihi 3 evening publishes tne followinR importair . teieprapbio despaichj which has been received by the French Goemuseni : — *• JSatoxsb , Apg . 25 . 1844 , Hau past Tvfo , " Mogador , the 17 th . u Prince of Joinvilie io the Minister of the iiarice . * ' Oa ihe 15-h wa attacked Mogador . ^ 11 After liaviBg reduced to ruiae ( e ^ rcsc J the town atd its batteries , we took possession of the island and

      of the port . ** S ? veniy men , of whom seven are offic ? rs , were killed and wounded . I am employed in establishing the garrijon of the island . I haTe placed the port in a state of . blockade . 11 Conformably to copy . " The Tice-Admiral Peer of France , the ilinisier of Marine and Colonie ? , *• Baron de SJackau . " At Tortosi ' s , immediately after the publication of the above telegraphic despatch , the price of the French Three per Gents , fell to 80 . ' . 353 ., the price at the close of the Bourse having been 80 f . 70 c .

      The French Government received a telegraphic despatch on Monday , dated Tonlon , Angust ~ 2 § , which brings accounts from Marshal Bugeaud ' s camp of the 2-kh . Marshal Bngeaud informs the Government that the battle of Isly has had so important and / a-TOcraWeaD eject upon the state ©/ affairs , both on tho frontiers of Morocco and in the interior of Algiers , that as it is not intended to march into the interior of Morocco during the present season , the additional troops which he previously demanded need not be Bent , as they would not be required .

      Marshal Souit appears to have determined to retire from the Ministry . For the last few days he has refused to take any part in the pnblic bnsiness of bis department . The reason for bis present deter jninstion is said to be in connection with the breaking up the Polytechnio School , regarding which he was not consulted . One of the King ' s aide-de-samps , M . Dumas , has been despatched to Marshal S-jult , who is still at Sonltberg , bis country seat , near Toulouse , in the hope of being able to pacify him , and to indnce him to remain at the bead of the Mijaistrv . Loins Phillippe i = not to leave Paris for the Chalean o'Eu till the 27 'h of September . His Majesty is said to be deeply hurt with the publication of the letters in the Times , respecting the Prince de Join-Tiile ' s conduct before Tangier .

      BTTS 31 A . St . Petebsbusg , Arc . 13 . —The Emperor ha 3 smoanced the death of bis dan&hter , the Grand Dnche . ^ Alexandra Nieolajewne . contort of Prince rredrick of Hesse CasseL After a long , and severe illness , she was prematurely delivered on the 10 th August of a Prince , who died soon afterwards . JLfier the delivery , the Princess felt nerself relieved , and conversed for a considerable time with her parents , brother and sister , and other relatives . AS four in the afternoon , she took leave of them all , and fell into a tranquil sleep , from which she never awoke . She expired at a quarter before five . The body of the Grand Dnchess , as well as that of the Prince , were embalmed , and conveyed without pomp , from Zwskojiselo to the cathedral of St . Peter and St . P . mL

      PORTUGAL . IosboSj Arc 21 . —Affairs here axe in a very critical state , snfficiently bo to attract tb « attention of persons who take the elighest interest in the fate of constitutional government in the Peninsula . Here its downfall is to be feared . It is admitted by those about the court that a " coup d ' etat has taken place , which was essential to the establishment of s strong government . One thing is very evident , that Senior Cabral in his recent illegal act has been encouraged by influences whick eannot very long remain occnlt , and whenever exhibited , will be found to have been directed to the attainment of an object that France and Austria , in 1822 , were leagued to promote . The official organ of the go-Ternment , of the 15 : h instant , plainly" and undisguisedly avows the establishment cf despotism .

      SPAIN . Accounts from Madrid continue to give details of srres ! 3 , imprisonments , and anticipated insurrections . Apprehensions are entertained for the fidelity of the military stationed both in the capital and at Ceuta , and the Government have taken precautions to pre-Tent an outbreak . It seems doubtful , however , if ihp wholeof ihosejumoars are not got npby the authorities themselves , for the purpose of ridding themselves of political opponents . Among those wbo have been recently arrested are M . Boussengauh , the former chief of the staff to the Captain-General of the Basqne provinces , and M . Serano , the principal editor of the Expeciador . Ho gronnd is stated for these arrests .

      letters from Barcelona state taat the military authorities in that city have taken a very effective way of securing a majority in favour of the government at the approaching election . Every pardon known to entertain " Progressists" principles , and fvho is supposed bold enough to assert them , is pni in possession of a passport which will carry i'm to foreign parts , with a hint that it may be an act of prudence on his part not to lose the opportunity which the clemency of the Government provides tor him of escaping dangpr . Several of these forced emigrations have taken place within the last fewdays . Among t ' nose sent away is SL SanU-Maria , a rich landed proprietor . The Phare de Pyrenees admits that these arbitrary measures h- > v-j bsen adopted bj the Captain-General with a vi :-w to the elections .

      THE LEY ANT HAIL . letters have been Teceived by express from Syria , Egypt , Turkey , and Malta . Fkom Betboct advices are from the 3 .-

      PurVATE COBHESPGNDEXCE TBOa AlEXaXDEIA of Ibe 7 ih iusi . announces that Mehrinet Ali , after taving receded a . visit from bis sou , Said Pasha , who followed him from Alexandria to Cairo , had consented to resume the administration of affairs and to return to Alexandria , whence a steam-boat had been despatched oa the 17 in inst ., which was to meet his Highness at Atfe . Much apprehension was felt at Alexandria that the inundation of the 2 vile during thi 3 jear would not be sufficient to produce good crops . 2 io case of plague "had been reported for some days . The Geyser was waiting at Alexandria to convey Lord E ienboroDgb to Marseilles . His Lordship was expected to arriTe at Alexandria in a few diva .

      Letjess tsom Jercsaleji of the 18 "h ult . state , ihat a very considerable sensation still existed : here amongst the French and other Christian population , on account of the murder of tha French Consul's servant ( mentioned in former letter ) , li was even said that the Ccnsul was so alarmed at the appearance of iff jr ? , that be wonld write to his Government to supply him with means of protection for the French now in his aeijrbbonrhood . Letters yaos . CoxsTjCsrcicpj-E of the Tib instant state , that the intelCg-nce from Alexandria had prodneed a lively ECDsation in the TurMsh capital . ? The Ministers immediately met in council , at the country seat of the Grand V : z \ er , and the result of their deliberation was , that Masloum Bey , the

      Minister of Justice and Charge d'Affaires of Menemet Ali , should repair forthwith to Alexandria to inquire into the real sivnaiion of affairs . Maslcum Bey accordingly emoarked on the 7 , h in the French steamer to fulSl that important misaon . The last packet from Saloniea conveyed to Constantinople ' ££ 1 other Albanian prisoners , among whom were several ckieis , who were thrown into prisen to await toeir trial before the Superior Cooncil of Justice . ^ SK ° M i f r 3 ter of Pinan ce having been received by the lm Levant packet , and profusely circnlated in Constantinople , Baron de Bouiqueney tad given permission to the Ottoman police to examine all the bncbures arriving by the French mail , and H > seize sneh as it might disapprove of , of a political character . '

      Sir Strarford Canning has obtained satifraciion for the insult offirgd by a Rusaan pilot to the British flag . Tie pilot is to be punished ia an exemplary manner . Syria is in a state of great disorder owing principally , it 13 said , to the intrigues of French and Austrian agents . Lexxebs fsoh Athens are to the 10 th of August . -Greece was perfectly tranquil . An amnesty hsd been granted to all those who were engaged in thein ? urlections during the months of May and Jane last , with the exception of General Grivas and eight others . The elections were still going on , and the Accounts from the provinces were satisfactory . . Navjll Ixtelijgescs TBOM Malta is to the loih

      inst . Her Maj jsry ' ssteamer Aeheron returned to port f * 13 th ins : an ^ from Toulon , where she had » een obliged to pnt in , in consequence of the violent » 7 - Y ^ Bhe encountered . She was ten hours nnder full Eteam from taig port to Touion . The sea Drake over her ma fearful manner ; at one time she SSfoiriprt ? tlie 1 isiaBd 5 of Hyeresfor shelter from toe fury of the gale , The Acheron was the bearer JS ^ , J ; 0 cwnmrnication whatever was allowed mtn the shore . Tae qaaranhne flag was loisted < Hiher arrival , and the Captain , with Mr and Mrs . Garter Snntn , Lmded with the despatches After waitoig an hour at Tonlon , the Acheron returned io 31 alta . Oa leaving she took no mail , and several letters sent by her in the hope of being landed

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      were brought back to the senders on the return of the steamer to this port . The news of the bombarding of Tangier reached Malta on the morning of the loth . The following is the disposition of the fleet on the Mediterranean station : — Malta Harbour—Ceylon , 6 , bearing the flag of tbe Rear-Admiral Sir L . Curtis , Lieutenant R . Curtis ; steamer Locust , Lieutenant Commander J . Lunn ; Alecto , Lieutenant W . Hosea ^ on . On Surveying Duty—Beacon , Commander Graves . Gibraltar—Caledonia , 120 , Captain A . D . Milne ; Albion , 90 , Captain Lockyer , C . B . ; Formidable , 84 , Captain G . F . Rich ; War 5 pito ( 50 , CaptainR . W . P . Wallis ; Scout 18 . Hon . J . TL Drnmmond ; Heela , Commander John Duffil ; Vesuvius , Commander Ommanney ; Sydenham , Lieutenant-Commander Mapleton .

      Phzns—Savage , Lieutenant Bowker ; Virago , Commander , G . G . Otway . Coast of Syria— Tyne , 26 , Captain W . N . Glascock ; Belvidera , Captain Hon . G . Gray . Chalsis—Snake , 16 , Hon . H . B . Devereux . Alexandria—Geyser , Commander Carpenter . Corfu—Orestes , Commander Cannon ; Medes , Com mander Warden . Constantinople—Devastation , Com . Kitohen .

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY Doctor "Wolff ' s Imprisonment at Bokhara . — Captain Grovpr has communicated the following aocount of D . Wolffs imprisonment at Bokhara ^~ "The last letter written by Dr . Wolff while at libeTty , was written at Bokhara on the 16 ch of April , before he entered the city . He had no writing paper , and this letter is written on scraps torn from bis memorandum book . A Turcoman had just arrived from Mero , bringing him a lamb as a present , and he took advantage of his return to send a few hurried lines . The man sent by the Assef-ood-Dowlah to command ihe escort which was to protect him against the Turcomans turned out a great scoundrel , and tbe doctor was obliged to appeal to

      the Turcomans for protection against his escort . Between them , however , the poor doctor was plundered of every thing , and on entering the city he was deserted by all , except one man named Hussein , and he wa 3 looked upon as a man whese doom was sealed . When , however , the king ordered Nayeb to receive him into his house the scene changed , and all predicted that danger was over . He was introduced to the king , kindly received , and he plainly told the object of bis visit . The following day the king ' s chamberlain , accompanied by the commandant of the arsenal , ordered him to write in their presenco the letter in which the king declared that he put Stoddart and Con oily to death in the month of June , 1843 ; and of this letter he had to make a translation in Persian . Ha was then told that he waa free to depart . The letter having been despatched to

      Captain Grower , tbe docter received an intimation that he would be detained . Having a alight fever he wished to be bled ; th ! 3 being communicated to tbe king , the permission was refu ? ed , the king saying that bleeding was not good for him . Dr . Wolff had recovered Colonel Stoddart's ' official seal . ' The doctor writes : ' Pray for me , and thank God with me that he hath hitherto helped me . ' At first he wore his clergyman ' s robes , and rode about the town unattended ^ which , he says , the Russian ambassador wbo had just left , was not allowed te do . In another letter , he says he has adopted the Bokhara dress , but does not Eay whether this was done from choice . On the 8 ' . h of June , he writes two letters to Colonel Sheil , in which he says that , in spite of all the promises of the Kins , he is now a prisoner at Bokhara , and that he has not the least hope of being soon released . "

      Fbom Hattt . —By the brig Onceola , Capt . Sylvester , horn Si . Domingo , July 16 , we learn that General Santana , with 700 men , came before that ciiy on the 13 th July , and on the 15 th the gates were opened to him , and he took possession without bloodshed . He was proclaimed President of the S p anish part of St . Domingo tUessme day . Most of his troops had been home . The negroes had sued to him for peace , with had been eranted . General Santana remained in tbe city when Captain Silvester left . A French man-of-war steamer had been off that place for seme time , and sailed sax days previous for Aux Cayes . The British frigate , Inconstant , had also sailed for the same port . —New York paper .

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      WHAT ARE WE TO GO TO WAR FOR 1 I * the good old days of Hibernian chivalry , that is , " good for the English Church" in Ireland , the pending dispute between tbe Protestant and Catholic missionaries of Tahiti would have been an immense casus belli ; and every fair green in Ireland , and

      every market square , and every " pattern" ground , would nave rung with shouts of " wno dabe sat Pbitchard ! " u Here's for a Phitchard ! " " To the divil with Pomare . " And to work the Houra Hctis and the ZPCarthys would have gone Smashed skulls , and broken bones , and many deaths would have followed ; and the victors would have laughed at themselves for their folly , when they had grown sober .

      Well , really , all the fus 3 and bother made about a drunken little Queen , a scheming , pettifogging , proselytizing , mischief-making , commercial , political Missionary and a swarm of clerical leeches , is not one bit less ludicrous , or less contemptible , than those slight provocations on which in former times Irishmen were ronsed to mortal conflict . Nor do we see any thing either more classic , more dignified , or more respectable in the modus operandi of the Pbitchabditps of Exeter Hall , or the A . vti-Phitch AKD 1 TE 5 of Printing House-square . The clerical champions breathe fire and sword , while they sigh

      for peace . They and their establishment have succeeded in thinning the population of all the Society Islands wherever they have Bet their unhallowed feet Wherever they have preached , blood and desolation ; sorrowing and weeping , and wailing , and gnashing of teeth , have been the fruits produced by their labour ? . Their faith , although they are all " free traders , " became too " dear" for those who wished to buy salvation at the " cheapest man . " Catholicism « euld be had at a much less expense . w Where

      there 3 a demand , there generally comes a supply " and propounders of Catholicism , though not armed ambassadors , presenU-d tbemselve-, aud caused competition . One consequence arising from the superiorly of their article and its " cheapness , " was a dread oi them a 3 rivals ; and as snch they were treated in tbe most cruel and brutal manner : Missionary Pbitchard being the instrument selected under the Missionary Society , the Government , God , and Q-ieen Pohahe to avengo the iusult offered to his orcer .

      Thus tae matter went on , until Catholicism found itself strong enough to take satisfaction of this Pritchaud ; and in turn he got his kick . Then here he came , like a whipped child with his thumbs in his mouth , to tell hi 3 indignant parents , the Missionary Society , that he had been very badly treated .

      Straightway—The Pulpit , drum Ecclesiastic , Waa beat with fist instead of stick ; and ail the pious elves from Baptist Nofl to Burket , met , and described the " blessitiffs" conferred on Tahiti thrcngh the sufferings and resignation and devotion of lv our" sanctified Missionaries . They forgot to tell us , however , that they Jcund an Island ef iimoceiit unchrislianizcd honest creatures ; and THAT THEY LEFT THEM IK STBIF 2 ! I . N COA'FUSION ! 1 H DISSIPATION ! AND IS WAB !

      Now this is what the English people are invited to go to war for . It appears to be conceded on all hands , that a young French Admiral h&& just as good a right to amuse himself on the territories of the Emperor of Morocco , as our " iLore practised bands" bad to amuse themselves on those of the Emperor of China . We have , therefore , done with the slight aggreEiion of stealing a kingdom , as compared with the heinous sin of retiring the divine will of the Missionaries . At the commencement of the Bible conflict , the Times newspaper and the missionaries were at issue . The Times was angry with the warlike tone assumed by the peace proclaiming missionaries : that is , if war wus to be

      prociaimedj the announcement ought io have issued from Printing-house Square and not from Exeter Hall . This was the only difference between the two great arbitrators of a nation ' s fate . » - Fire and sword , " exclaimed the Mi-sionariea ; " our brother , —^ . weu youth , amiafolo gambler , self-deLjiE sonl ; devoted , suffering CkrisiiaB ; look at hiin , genileiEcn ! only behold his placid , serene , lovely couatcnaDc ^ ! But he dare not speak . No , he ' s too jiut . Here he is , however , to give the authority of a Consul and the weight of the Bible to everything we eay . " " He must bo sent back , " exclaim ali . " We must have peace ; but we must have talk / action ^ even at the expense of war . "

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      Well , this language was very properly denounced by tie Time * , who must always do things Secundem artem . " The Times said : This was not the language to use . This was not the way to do the thing , nor were the Ministers of Christ the parties to do it . " " We don't stop , " said the Times , " to palter about Pbitchard . We don't care to ask whether he has been right or wrong . But we DO SAY" and this lis a powerfal porfentious saying , either at the bar , in tha senate , or at the desk ; "but we do say that Pritc 3 abv must be sent back , and tha . *; England must demand satisfaction ; and in this we speak ^

      the universal feeling of the English people . " Such was the languago of the Times , aud very foolish lanenage it was ; becans 9 the English people have universally declared that they don't care three straws if Parson Ambassador Pbitchahd and Q : ieeh Pomabe were to eat each other , like Kilkenny cats , to the tails ; while they also declare , and , what is better , they jcel , that they don't care three straws whether Queen Pomake and the Tahitians choose to be Catholics or Protestants . But they would much rather see them Catholics under the Government of Louis Piiilippe at his expence , than Protestants under the Government of England at their own expence .

      We think it is now very clearly ascertained that the state of England , the state of Ireland , the state of France , the state of Spain , the state of Italy , and the state of the whole continent of Europe has taught Lord Aberdeen and M . Guizot a version of the law of nations , heretofore not read with the key entitled " Popdlab Philosophy . " In the days of Pitt or Castlebeagh , Pbitchard and Joikville would bave been goduends : but some how or other

      Popular Philosohht has taught those who are lc pay the etpenceso / war to look narrowly into Us causes . If a European war broke out to morrow , the cry o / REPUBLIC would resound / ro * n Ihe fortifications o / Paris , across the Pyrenees , and strike terror into the eoul of Louis Phillipe and the tyrant Narvfz ; while the contagion would not be slow in making its way to tbe shores of Britain 1

      Now it is these circumstances that have , made Ministers wise . Princes have learned that thoy are men , because men have learned that they are brethren . Hero we dismiss the question of Tahiti , just to bave one finger in the African pie , that the Times has served up to the French press , in its very best style of modern cookery . Bo it observed that the Times in its own way , the Chionicle in its way , and the Herald after its way , were all , ono and all , sighing for peace , but provoking war . Now for the pie . On the day that the account from " oub own

      cobbkspondeni , " of the bombardment of Tangiers appeared in the Times , there also appeared " a letter , " aud " anether , " and " another , " from "Naval Officers , " minutely criticising , and elaborately condemning , the conduct of the Pbince de Joi . nville , and all who fought under him . Every man , not only of common sense , but who had half an eye , might have discovered that the varied contents of the Naval Officer , and the" other , " aad the " other , " went either to establish the charge of falsehood or incompetenoy against " our own cdbrespohdent ;" or that in point of fact , the "letter , " and the

      " other , " and tbe u other , " were one and all , written by the very same hand , and in the very same cockloft in Printfng House Square . The Times didn't suppose that it could be believed that they came from the scene of action . But then the Herald , the Chronicle , and all the other London papers thought it a good opportunity to set the French press aad the Times % t loggerheads ; and the consequence has been a most terrific newspaper war , in which tha Times tells its adversaries that they are all mad and foaming , while the Times is qaite cool . Thus , then , we sum up . Popular

      Philosophy has taught Lord Aberdeen and Gcizot how to settle the affair of Tahiti without going to war . Our own piracy committed on the Chinese has furnished a " precedent" for the destruction of Tangiers , and for the occupation of any portion of the coast of Africa that the French may i desire . And so the Morrocco question may also be said to bo settled . We are no . to go to war about a drunken Queen , or a swindling missionary . We are not to go to war about Morocco ; but , to cap the climax , it is not at all unlikely that we may be forced into a war by a newspaper lie ! And who , after that , will reaturo to say , that tho word of an Editor is not gospel !

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      meat of the same , two calendar months imprisonment : " an observation which M The Mocking Bird , " with evident self-satisfaotion , pronounced aB the sontenoe of the court in this very gross case of " RIOT , ASSAULT and INTIMIDATION . " Bad as the Durham Magistracy are admUtedxto be , can a parallel to tbe above case be selected from the whole catalogue of their misdoings ? Fellow-labourers meet each other on the road ; the one party invite tho other to accompany them to a - :. '" -r ^ rr-

      public open air meeuag . The latter decline ; when instead of tho least coercion being used , it was proved by the Prosecutor ' s own witness , that " they would not , and did not , injure an hair of prosecutor ' s bead . " We cannot trust ourselves to comment on this proceeding . Instead of doing bo , wo advise the public to weigh the matter well over , and seriously consider whether it is not high time they demanded from the Legislature the power to appoint their own Magistrates , and thereby prevent in fature the perversion of justice—the triumph of RAMPANT DEFP 0 T 1 SM .

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      not folly ripe ; if public opinion be not fully matured ; if the change should only give us a man as obnoxious as Peel himself , y et the change will do good Every " ctiop" and every "change" briags the people nearer the point they aim at . A new . Minister is more ; squeezable than an old one . Even Peel has been compelled to establish principles , and pass measures vyhioh can only work in aid of the people ' s cause ; and whoever comes next will have to do much more in that way , whatever his inclinations may be . Events themselves force , compel , concession on the part of an administration . The " chopping and changing" lof Ministers is one of the most prolific of events . The people must gain from such change , aad it is clearly thoir interest to promote it on all fitting occasions . ; Every thing indicates the progressing importance of Labjur ' s question . It is the one-absorbui p topic of the times . Look in whatever direction vt may , evidejices o ! f its progress aro manifest . We have now our Societies to " hotter tbe condition of the Labourer , " in every county , and almost in every town . We have Prince Albert the vpatron of one , which is about to take land , and erect dwellings , that the scheme of allotments may be fairly tried . We have another , with Lords Ashley and Nobmanby among 3 t its leading members , to provide comfortable and commodious dwellings for the poor . We have efforts on every hand to promote sanatory regulations ; in large towns . We have the wealthy subscribing their hundreds and their thousands of

      pounds to provide public walks and public baths for the working people . And lastly we have Lord John RusSell openly declaring that the condition of the workers is far from what it ought to be , because they do not get their fair share of the wealth they produce . All these things are branches of the great Labour question , and indicate that it has forced jits attention on all parties ' and classes throughout ! the land . Then why is Peel to bo retained as the great repressor 1 Why is he to be maintained , that he may prevent Labour ' s success ? His mission ia fulfilled . He has done all the good he was capable of . Oat of him has been squeezed all that can be got . He is now a dry , hard , unflinching enemy of Labour . He is now tbe barrier that stops the progress of the people . Out OP THE WAY WITH HIM !

      Never fear about his successor . Somebody or other will turn up . We shall not go entirely to the dogs though Peel should be removed . The chance of obtaining a better is worth trying for . Opinion has taken a wide swing since 1840 . Lord John Russell did not then talk about the inequality of distribution , and proclaim that legislation ought to enable the workers to obtain a " fair day ' s wages for a fair day's work . " Lord John Russell did not then promise to introduce measures for the rectification of the one evil , and the accomplishment of the other good . He does both now . And the causes that have operated tiiis change in Lord John

      Russell have also been at work elsewhere , and produced similar resalta . Never fret at the loss of Pkel . The placing of him in the shade ; out of the direct operation of the corrupting and desolating influences of power ; giving him time ; for thought , leisure for reflection , and opportunity for witnessing the affairs of life as they really are , will even make him better than he is , and induce him to bid highly for popular favour on 7 e more , j Statesmen progress in sentiment , and offers too , { most rapidly , when out of office . They seo matters in quite another light . The realities of

      condition seem all at once opened up to view ; the desolating effects are traced up to producing causes with wonderful alacrity ; and the statesman out of place becomes quite a new man . He has far juster ideas of man and hia relations than he had ; and his determination to apply correct principles to practice becomes more and more fixed . Let Peel have the benefit of this schooling . It will mend him . Nay , if he sees " in the signs of the times , " that such an event is likely to occur , his manner will be altered . He will no longer attempt the Dictatob . ! He will be meek and submissive ; as pliant as circumstances will admit of .

      Commending tbe following manifesto of Mr . Oastleb to the serious attention of the people , we earnestly call on them to adopt his advice , and remove the great obstacle , Peel , out of the way .

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      thai excessive labour to be cruel , unjust , and destroy live of the health and morals of tbe victims . Tho Conservative House of Commons thus abandoned its thrice-adopted principle— -rescinded its thrice-repeated vote—bowed moat ignominiously to the command of the two Baronets—preferred them to truth—and , by one vole , sealed its own infamy and the slavery of tha factory workers . I waa not prepared for such an event . I thought there waa consistency and honour in the House of Commons , "" ' . -

      I anticipated that its members would have respected their own characters that thoy would ba ^ e listened to the decisions of those large and oameroas meetings in tbe manufacturing districts ( decisions in suppott of their own votes ) , which , with an unanimous voice , had sanctimed and applauded their own efforts in favour of theTen Hour principle . Bat , ae ! Their thricerecorded opinions , backed by the clergy and the people , were , in their estimation , worthless , when weighed in tha balance against tbe threats ( not the arguments ) of Sir R . Peel and Sir J Graham .

      That disgraceful aut has decided not only the fate of the factory slaves , but also of tho nation . Every constitutional security for the liberties of the people is thereby withdrawn—those liberties , so sacred to our forefathers—liberties for which so many of them bledliberties committed to the especial guardianship of the Heuse of Commons—those liberties are no longer held of right ; for tbe House of Commons has declared that they shall hereafter depend on the breath of a Minister , in whom nil power is now centered , not for the safety of the nation—not for the sscutity and happiness of the people—b ^ t solely for his continuance in office , that he may maintain what ia termed Conservative ' ism —iu other words bis own downward policy . It is , then , evident , thai so long as Conservatism is dominant—so long as Sir Robert Peel is Minister—tbe women and young persons in factories must work twelve hours a-day ¦ two hours longer than their husbands and fathers who are mechanics !

      A state of things like this was not anticipated by you or me . It is cow proved that public meetings are useless ; that petitions of the people are worthless ; that Conservatism despises even its own most solemn votes , when put lu competition with the will ef Sir R PtiBl . Sir Robert Peel and his House of Commons have thus proved that there is something badicallv wrong in

      OUB PRESENT POLITICAL ABBANGE 1 IENTS . Until that evil is discovered and removed , it is useless again to attempt the amelioration of the condition of ike Jaclory workers . You know that tbe late Nathaniel Gould , Sit Robert Peel , ( the father of the Dictator , ) Michael Thomas Sadler , Lord Asbley , and ourselves , have al . ways treated the Tea Hour question as one of hnmanity and justice , totally irrespective of party ; nay , it is one of those qu&stiona which sever can be amalgamated with party , for patty baB no feeling but for self . Hence we are , as you will well observe , " constituted of dif . ferent Classes and parties . " But Sir Robert having made opposition to this question the one party ques . tion of his Cabinet , it follows that so long as he remain ! in office the agitation of the Ten Hoar Bill can only be contiaued as a parly question . I can never

      recommend that a question so sacred should be thus degraded . Sir R . Peel has made himself tbe bar to an ; improvement in the condition of the factory workers ; —it seems , then , that thu duty of all tbe friends of the factory workers is to effect bis removal from tbe Queen ) Councils , as welt as a rectification of those political blunders which at present exist in our reformed institutions ; blunders which have enabled a cunni »^ Minister to centre all power in himself . This being absolutely necessary before anything can be effected for the benefit of the factory slaves , it ia needful that their friends should look lot a PolUttcd Leader of sound and unflinching principles , who will dare to grapple with Conservatism and its leader on constitutional principles , and resolve to restore that equilibrium to our institutions ef which they have been deprived by the Conservative ( Destructive ) application of the Reform principle .

      You , my friends , are well aware that I never aspired to be a political leader ; my object has been to secure the aid of all parties in the cause ef humanity . It is true tbat I have often been charged by my enemies with a wish to use the Ten Hour Bill question for the promotion of Conservatism . Strange , that tbe Conservative Minister , who was assisted to power by the aid of this and similar questions , should be the first to declare open war against his father's favourite measure , and make its rejection the one great question on which to risk bis official existence ! It ia indeed strange that a Conservative Minister should make opposition to this measure a Cabinet question , when it was well fcnown in the manufacturing districts tbat the agitation of the Ten Hour Bill wag often supposed to be a mere " Tor } trick to oust the Wbigs !"

      I have deeply pondered over out present most singular position . Sir R . Peel has indeed obstructed u& He has for the present blocked np our course . When we expected friends , we have found most powerfal foes : where we looked for opposition , we have net with some supporters . Gvfc&t wisdom is now necessary in the management of the Ten Hour Bill question . I know tbat I am expeoted to give an opinion . It is a painful duty ; I must not however , shrink from its performance . At the risk of

      grieving some of my best and kindest friends , I dare not bide from any the conviction to which , after the most serious reflection , I have arrived . Stern duty impels me to assure those , with whom I bave so long laboured , that every effort to relieve the factory slaves is useless , so long as Sir Robert Peel is Minister . I mast also add , that our institutions can never be safe under any system tbat allows a Minister to becomes Dictator . There is rottenness in such a system : that rottenness must be removed , or our dear-bought liber * ties are held at the will of that Dictator .

      My friends , this declartion ia forced from me by the course which events have taken since I was emancipated . It is called for by your allusion to my " re-engaging in the struggle for the full protection of helpless infantine industry . " You remember how I rejoiced when the Wbigi were driven from office . I did so because I believed they were , as a party , imbued with principles opposed to tbe well-being of the poor . I hoped better things of the Conservatives—1 have been deceived ! None will rejoice more at ( heir overthrow than myself ! They have proved themselves to be as destructive tbe r ighta of the clergy , the aristocracy , and the p , were the very worst of the Whigs .

      Forgive me , cay kind friends ; youi address treated on tbe Ten Hour Bill ; late events bave connected that Bill with the necessary overthrow of Conservatism . You know , and I know , if it bad not been for that Bill , in Yorkshire and Lancashire the Blue flag ( usurped by the Conservatives ) would never bave triumphed ova the Yellow . We all know that but for that Bill , mj own motto ( now adopted by the Conservatives everywhere ) , " The Altar , the Throne , and the Cottage , " would never have become tbe rallying toast of tbe people .

      Our efforts to telisve the factory workers , and to ameliorate their condition , has , thank God , met with some response from foreign powers . Let us hope that , though refuaicc ; to listen to the voics of truth and justice , Sir K . Peel ( should he continue in office ) mij , from a sense of shame , be impelled to adopt the lea Hour Bill , when the nations whoae rivalry he feafli j bave preferred justice to fraud and oppression , by j adopting the principles of that disinterested , amiably but pereecnted patriot , Michael Thomas Sadler . For the kind notice you take of my exertions to relieve the suflVing people of England , and yeur wish tbat " they may be crooned with success , by the establishment of tbe right and the destruction of tbe wrong , "— " when tha rights of all classes shall be duly defined and respected , and the duties of all cheerfully I performed , "—receive my sincere thanks . I

      And now , my kind , endeared , and valued friends , I it only remains for me to offer np my prayers that I that God who has crowned your efforts to liberate me , I may in every trouble and adversity be your sure refuge , in every difficulty your guide—and that my conduct through life maybe such as to enable you always to rejoice that you have been instrumental in making me a free man . May you never have # 0038100 to regret your kindness to , My dear and faithful friends , Your most obliged and devoted Servant , Richard Oastler ,

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      Wm . Shaw , Lavenham , Suffolk , writes to say tbrt I several particulars in the communication from tb « I village , inserted in the Star of week before last I respecting tbe alleged brutality of one Richardson , j are untrue . He Bays tha gleaners were not " fastened I to tbe rope tied out at full . length between I two horses to sweep tbe field of tbe gleaners : I but tbat they became " entangled' in it . He sajs il is not true that the bone was sticking through EliM * beth Y ickeia ' s stocking ; but he does not ceDy tnK her leg waa shockingly broken . He also design ^* as false the statement tbat the monster , R iehardson , ! 8 a member of the Independent congregation . We •? glad of it , for their sake . We call him ( KicbaWson ) a monster on the authority of tbe statement of his apologist , Mr . Shaw : for be admits that " » gleaners were in a portion of the field tbat bad * f

      cleared ; that the brute Richardson o rdeted l rope to be attached to two of his horse * . » J set them off galloping across the field ; tfcat the po « creatures become " entangled' in the rope ; that tlw Bustained severe iDJmits ; and tbat " tbe injured Daw come to terms with Richardson , every o ne bew quite satisfied . " We should like to know « n » the ' terms are . " We venture to aay tha ' - wDe 7 , known , they will appear very " FatJ » f »« t <> r £ The bare fact that the brute wonld da ** to use the poor in tbe way he did , g ives ena sonw idea of the "satis / action" they would think of exacting from him . It is a horrible system t ' jat pla ** the poor agriculturists at tbe mercy of ' snc wc « natiousof fiendishnessas this Richardson .: ana " they are subjected to such treatment v < i th-it wb « " » W . Shaw , his apologist , describes , is it any won « that tbe " wild justice" of SWING , . should sees *» bave ravenge ? ., James Williams , Royion . —We ' jave Rot baa w even to read hia coaunanicatiOT . It came to »*" late .

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      RAMPANT DESPOTISM . It has frequently been our duty to hold up to public oxecration the doing 3 of the Durham Magistracy . Justice in that , and the adjoining county of Northumberland , is become a byword of reproach i a natural consequence when men are insulted by the mockery daily practised in its name .

      But however condemnatory our remarks may justly have been , on various occasions , of tho Durham Magistracy , the following short sketch of tho despotic exercise of power in the Moot Hall of Newcastle , on Saturday last , will show that the Northumberland Magistracy are not one jot behind their Durham brethren in tho carter of iniquity ; and so we believe they will continue to be nntil the Pecple insist upon having the uncontrolled appointment of theib Judges—the

      Magistracy . * The case to which we have alluded is a simple one indeed ; and wa will not detract from its merits by any lengthened observations . John Mitchinson , Thomas Mills , and Ralph Caru , pitmen of Walker Colliery , were charged in the undefined terms , with biot , assault , and intimidation at Loug Banton . Let U 3 6 eo how these h impounding teims - were borne out by the evidence .

      Ia the first place , the ccmplainant and prosecutor , Thomas Hetherington slated that on the 14 h day of August , his furniture , himself and faiiily were being removed from Fulliug Colliery to Walker Colliery in a cart ; and that the prisoners came up and asked him if be would go with them to the meeting—meaning a meeting of tho Colliers which was intended to be holden in the vicinity on that day—but they did not hurt or further molest him .

      One of the esteemed Rural Police force was next called , who britfly corroborated the complainant ' s statement . The cartman was next ew |> rn , wbo remembered the 14 b August , and his removal of the complainant and his goods . Remembered also the pr . 'soaers , with a number of other persons ^ coming to them on the road . His borscs slopped , and some of the party asked the complainant if he would accompany them to the meeting . Ho made no reply . Witness then asked if thoy intended to 11 harm" tbe man . To -which many of them instantly responded " wo , they -would not iDj ' uro an

      hair of his head . " It would appear that the honest , straightforward tiaiemenfc of the cartman was not u exactly the tiling . " The great unpaib were fishing . He wa 3 unexpectedly told to stand back , and the aforesaid rural policeman was recalled , and deposed that altogether there might bo thirty or forty parsons together . The Chairman , who bad said but little during the examination of the cartman—fetling , no doubt , that the case ought to be summarily dismissed —and feeling perhaps , that if he sent it to tbe Sessions , a Jury would not for a moment entertain

      it—now arose , in extacies—and exclaimed : " Thirty or forty were present were there ? O I O I 1 see it was a direct act of -violent intimidation—an ac wbich thia Court is determined to punish wuli tlio utmost severity of the law . I see clearly the 3 e men are Union men . They most bo put down—they must bo punished and severely , particularly iu times like these . The Court is empowered to punish ; and we will punish them to the utmost . " The wiseacre then turned to the clerk and inquired : " What is the severest punishment we are empowered to kflici" ? To -which the clerk replied— " A fine of five pounds including costs ; and in default of pay-

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      MR . OASTLER ON POLITICAL PARTIES . The readers of the Northern Star will remember , that in tbe account we gave of the proceedings attending Mr . Oastler ' s entry into Huddorsfield , on his liberation from the Q leeu ' s Prison through the benevolent exertions of bis friends , there were two addresses published that bad bceu presented to the Patriot on ti . e interesting occasion—one from tbe Central Committee for raising the funds to procure bis release , and the other from the public generally , before whom tbe " good Old King" bad once more appeared . It will also be remembered that Mr .

      Oastler deferred his answer to those addresses for some time , expressing himself unable , in the state of mind the kindness of his frieads bad superinduced , to do jtstice to bis thoughts and feelings , and to the parties addressing him . The answers have at length appeared . Mr . Oastler , after having taken time to make himself acquainted with the ., actual condition of the " outer world , " from which he was so long shut out ; after having judged of our political position ; after having weighed the merits of tho several political parties occupying tho political stage , and especially those wbo are new in power ;

      after having deliberately formed his opinion on these hcveral matters , ho has embodied his ideas in his answers to the two addresses above spoken of , aad made them tho medium of commuuicating his opinions on present politics to the people of England . Tho fir « t of these answers we insert here . It is due to tho people , with whom and for whom Mr . CUstler has toiled , that bis pluin-spvken son'imeuts resp cting hia " Tory" friends should bo made public . He does not let political or party associations deter him from " speaking out . " True io the cause ho espoused and has so gallaDtly fought , he treats jVa

      eueiuy as au enemy , wherever or axiiOng whomsoever ho may be found . There is no trimming about Richard OASTLtn . There is no paring down a principle to Expediency point , or sudden buista of ener # j aud action to buit tho political aspect of tho time . He is uot to be quiet when Tories aro " in , ' aud acquiesce in their retention of the " last two hours "; and importunate aud determined when Tories aro " out " . aud Whigs iu , demanding ouly then that a rea-onable limit shall be placed to the excessive labour of tho to . ling producers . Tiiis ia not , has uot been , Oastli It ' s tramo . Ho had been in earnest in what

      he haa done and said j and with those who have seemingly countenanced tho cause of tho helpless , that they might thereby obtain placs and power to be used in making the helpless more helplesss still be holds no terms . With all euch he proclaims inextinguishable w ? ir . Tho present Ministry hav jailed to satisfy tho reasonable expeoiations of the people , on Labouii yttsTioNs ; seeing that from the agitation and pro .-ecution of those questions alone was the change in public opinion effected which resulted in tho overthrow of W'higgery . Nay , they have , insultingly , unconstitutionally , dictatorilY '

      piaced themselves between the people and proffered justice , and dashed the uplifted cup [ from the people ' s lips . By so doing they have proved themselves enemies of labour , and no longer worthy of countenance or toleration . So e . ij 8 the the " old Tory , Richard Oastl . br : " and , wiin him we believe the people will cordially agree . Nay , he furthermore says that thejirst duty ot the people is toiremove Sin Robert I ' bel and his colleagues from office Iu that particular we opine there will be no difference of opinion . Sin Kojjekt Peel is the " great obstacle " in the way of . Labour ' s question . He it ia that has prevented the pacing of the greatest measures for the benefit of Labour that the House of

      Commons ever agreed to . He it is that interposed and placed his veto on the introduction of the principle of wholesome kegi'lation and restraint of inanimate produciog power , which would eventually have so regulated the distribution of wealth as to give to tho producer at least a comfortable livelihood in return for toil . Ha it is that is now tho GREAT OUjTRUCTIVe : and ho itis that must be removed out of the way , before the cause of Labour can be successful . That removal is tho first duty of the people : aad right glad are we to aid Mr . Oastler in calling for the performance of that duty .

      Let us not at present specula e as to who is to be Peel ' s successor . For Labour ' s cause ice cannot have a worse ! The " chop and change" may throw up to the surface '" the man for the time : " but if uot so ; if the time be not fully corns ; if the pear bo

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      THE NATIONAL "ASSOCIATION . " ITS UNPARALELLED "LIBERALITY" J The above body , —about as arrogant , and somewhere about as magnanimous and numerous as the great embodiment of National strength centred in tbe " THREE TAILORS OF TOOLE 1 T-STREET , " Who 00 mmenoed their national manifesto , decalartory of public opinion , in the comprehensive and magniloquent phraseology of " WE , the PEorLB of England : "—tho new Tooley-street representation of the national mind , has recently given the following evidence of its fitness to rule and reign .

      Three very respectable , intelligent , and patriotic young Spaniards , who had continued tbe defence of Barcelona against the bloody tyrant Narvjez and his murderous crew as long as hope remained , were , together with other brave fellows , compelled to seek refuge in England , after a fruUlesss resistance to the power of the tyrant , Aftsr a Bhort sojourn in this " land of the freo "—the exiles were compelled to seek relief ; and in their research for the mo 3 t likely source , their attention was turned to the Chartist body ; and an appeal to Feargus O'Connor to lecture for them -was decided on . Mr . O'Co . vnos at once consented

      aud the Chartists exerted themselves to procure a suitable meeting place for the occasion . The Committee applied to the New Tooley Street Association , for the loan of " their shop" at High Holborn , pompously designated " The National Hall . " Tbe object being seemingly popular , and that building having been recently granted to the Poles for the free expression of their hatred against the tyrant Nicholas , the request was granted . But , on learning that Feahgus O'Connor was to make the appeal on behalf of the suffering Spaniards , the g rant was countermanded ^ " the three tailors" 1 and the poor Spaniards have been taught to feel the inconvenience of " National" Hall" Chartist" sympathy

      Now , we put it seriously to the " advocates of cheap knowledge j "—to the Sunday caterers of metaphysical bombast ; to the " disseminators of democratic principles ; " and we ask them , if they imagine for one moment that the working classes , who are the principal support of their spouting bsziar , which furnishes means of livelihood to some Cf its managers will tolerate such a mean , despicable , and contemptible act of paltry spite . 'Tis quite true that Feargos O'Connor haa driven this incubua on the public body into the narrow compass of its " National" shell ;' but it is not quite fair that their vengeance should fall on the unoffending exiles I

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      TO Mr . JO . VATIIAN SCHOPIELD , Chairman , Mr . LAWRENCE ; PlTKETULV , Secretary , and the Gentlemen composing the Cen . ral West Riding Committee to obtain my liberation from the Q-ieen ' s Prison . Most Dear and Valued Friends—Language cannot express my gratitude for your unprecedented kindness . Those only wbo have endured years of incarceration without any expectation of a release , can estimate the weight of obligation which your generosity has laid on me .

      When I received your affectionate address , presented to roe with such touching eloquence by my old and most valued friend , Mr . Tweed ale , sutrounded" for the first time after my liberation from prison , in my owji Yorksfeire , by many of my oldest and most faithful friends and neighbours , when all our hearts were overcome by tho finest aqd noblest feelings , I found it impossible to answer . Anticipating that that scene would subdue the power of utterance , you added to all your other favours by intimating— " an answer is not now required . "

      Since fAal'day , some months hava rolled over , ( they have been eventful months for England ); yet , even now , when I endeavour to compass in words the expression to my feelings— -when I would fain find language to describe tbe -gratitude that I feel—to tell the debt 1 owe to you—I prove how weak is every effort , how totally inafiequite my power of speech ! WLien I compare my . former abode in prison , with this love ! y spot—incarceration with liberty—deprivation of domestic-j' > js with the overflowing uf domestic bliss that is now niy portion—when , in the countenances of

      « iy wife ani child , I see the cbanga from sadness to delight , andj in her I most love , insteid of a regular decline and loss of heilth , a gradual roturn of strength ; —when thi 8 Jinvigorat « d body finds , in the place- of languor and disease , tbe return of health and almost juvenile elasticity—overpowered by tbus comparing what I am with what I was , in grateful adoration I worship God , and thank Him for the friends whom He has given me to effect this change . He can read the language of my heart—He knows how I would express myself were language given .

      My friends , there is most strength In simplicity / do thank you ! IMay my future life speak more eloquently than words !; May you never have ciuse to regret your exerlionB aud sacrifices to obtain liberty for me ! In every trial may you find such friends as ypu have been to me in mine ! You anticipated that my release from prison would lead to the renewal of " the struggle for the full protection of helpless infantine industry ' : such waa the case . ' 1 had not ; long enjoyed the sweets of rural retirement and domestic peace , ere I was called to a short bat most interesting tour in Yorkshire and Lancashire to make an tffort for the emancipation of the factory slaves .

      It bad been asserted in the House of Commons that the factory workers were opposed to the Ten Hour Factory Bill . | i wished to give them an opportunity of once more Bpe :-. king for themselves on that subject . Every argument against that just measure had been most satisfactorily answered ; the House of Commons had at last , by three successive decisions , recorded their votes in favour of jthe Ten Hour principle ; when the bold a-tsertioa was made in Parliament by the" Member for Halifax , " The factory workers are opposed to it "

      To answer this challenge , I visited the principal manufacturing towns . I had the pleasure to meet tbo assembled thousands of my countrymen—and , in their presence I had the honour , once more , to plead the cause of those who cannot plead their own . Never did I before witness such gatherings of tbe people ! They met the challenge of their Parliamentary traducer like Englishmen . ; Their verdict was unanimeus in fivour of the Ten Hour Bill ; but it was unheeded ! The effect of those meetings , though lost on the Mi-iister and the Legislature ( if , indeed , we can now be said to hava a Legislature out of the Cabinet ) , will be felt when the national nightmare shall have departed , and EDgland shall be herself again ; when , to use you * own werda , " those principles of our polity which made our country great and famed among the nations or the earth shall again bave full play . " Till then , we are passing under

      a cloud . , The Honse of Common ? had twice decided that out plea was just ! Tbe Ministers , ( the Conservative ! Prime Minister , and Home Secretary ) , still , however , rejected thatjplea , insisting that some ' State necessity " demanded thia continuance of a system of avowed iujuBtiee towards the women and young parsons working in factories , and resolved to risk their places on tbe Ten Hour question—threatening to resign , if the House of Commons j refused to rescind their thrice-told vote . Those Conservative Ministers absolutely demanded from the House of Commons the continued twelve bouts ' labour of womeu and young persons in ' factories , although that House bad , upon tbe most convincing tvidence , aud after many years * deliberation , declared

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1278/page/4/