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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1847.
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1^ IJ y 1 iVH » VIA 1<T*P /I itli Hi. 1 . H<. ~. THE LAND AND ITS CAPAUIlUIES
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No . 3 of TIIE LABOURER , 3 us » published , coutfrins a Reprint of Mr . F . O'Connor ' letter , in the "Northern Star " of January 3 ' th , dem . n ¦( rating the certainty « HU ¦ wWeft an allottee may sup port himself and family , and accumulate money , on a "Two Acre" allotment . The very general demand that was made for the paper containing the above letter lias induced the Editors to reprint it , after careful revision , in the March Number of the Labourer .
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JU 5 T PUBLISHED , No . 3 , ( price 6 a \) of THE LABOURER , Monthly Uagaiineof Politics , Literature , Poetry , < tc
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CHARTIST POEMS , BY ERNEST JOSES . Priet Three Pence . FIFTH EDITION , KEV 1 SED AND COHBECTED ; Rrtlete with the fire of genius , and poetic powers of the Ten highest order , for eloquence and destructive power , they appear , to us almost unrivalled . We say " destructive" for their tendency is ' wors « than Democratic . "A « c Quarterly Bevkw .- ( Tory . ) Orders received b ? the author and Mr . Wheeler , at the office of the National Charter Association , 83 , Dean Strait , Soho , London , or by M'Gowan & Co ., Printers , 16 , threat Windmill Street , Haymarket , London , where copies may be procured .
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WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . . # . SPRISG SESSIONS , 1817 . ¦\ JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Spring 1 \ General Quarter Sessions uf the Peace , for the "West Riding of the County of York , will be holdeu at PON'TEFRACT , en Mosdat the Fifth Dat of Apbil UExr ; on which day the Court will be opened at eleven o'clock of the forenoon , and on every succeeding day at nine o'Clock . Prosecutors and Witnesses iu Prosecutions must be in attendance , in the following order , viz . : — Those in Felony , from the divisions of Strafforth and Tickhill , Lower Agbrigg , Iiarkstoiiash , Staineross , and OsgoWcross , at the opening oftbe Court on lion , day morning . Those from the divisions of Upper Agbrigg , Morley , asd Skyrack , at Oxe o'Clock at Noon on Monday . Th- 'Se from the divisions of Staincliffe and Ewcross , Claro , and the Ainsty , ( being the remainder of the West Riding , ) and those in all cases of misdemeanur , vn Tuesday morning The Grand Jury will be required to attend at the opening uf the Court on Monday , when they will be immediately sworn and charged , and afterwards motions by counsel will be heard .
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TO TAILORS . Now rtady , T 1 ^ , ^" PARIS AGTTJMN AND WINTER FASHIONS for 1816 and 17 , by BENJAMIN BEaD » nd Co .. 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London : and by G . Berger , Holywell-slreet , Strand , London . Mav 1 > e had at 12 , Hart-street , and of all booksellers wheresoever residing , a Splendid Print , richly coloured , and exquisittly executed View , Hyde-park garden ? , as seen from Hyde-park , London- With this beautiful print will be sent Dress , Frock , and Itidiug Coat i ' attcrus , the Newest Sty ' e Chesterfield , and the Xew Fashionable Double Breasted Waistcoat , with Skirts , the method of reducing and increating them for all sizes explained in the most simple manner , with four extra plates , and can be easily performed by any person ; inauuer of making up , aud a full description of the Uniforms as now to be worn in the Soyal Navy , and other information , price 10 s , or post free , lls .
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. . . K !_ . j 1 . t . . L . ' 1 ^ A 1 f If L . ' Im , \ . i . 'l . ' . I . .. VmI-jiNai , OO-urKnAilVE BhiNEtfii SJCIETY , AND PROVIDENT INSTITUTION . EXTENDING OVER THE UNITED KINGDOM . Enrolled pursuant to tbe Friendl y Societies Act Patron . —Thomas Waklet . M . P . Dirceton . —Messrs . 1 ' . M'Gnvru , T . Ouek . C Dotlp Secretaries . —Edhdkd Staixwood , Thohas Wilcox London OJicci .-m , Dean-strcet , Soho . and 2 , Little Vale place , Hammersmith-road Bank . —The National Land and Labour Bank . wW ^ 'iErjstea .-a- txsr
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IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS . A frMF F H A ! TS and otUer 8 ™ i Pwchaso i 5 f > fi * r ^ l £ ™ TlS ^ i ^ sfc- MFdMss&sft&f : ?* PAYMENTST ' theremai"dcr in NVB ANNUAL For further information apnlv to CHARLES WILLMER , . American Land Office , STANLEY BBH / DIN'GS . Of « i , « . u BATH STREET , LIVERPOOL . « i , vi T ? be had a r «« ni » talet on Emigration in « h , ch these Lands are fully described , and the terms of thes a ; ni ained lbySendinsthvee » 0 Sta 8 e stamps ™ free
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Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had at the N irlhern Star Office . 16 , Great Wind mill Street ; and of Abel Hey wood , Manchester .
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NOTICE . ™ ' { Bfsr ™* Patron . —T . S . Dumcokbe , Esq .., M . p . TN answer to the numerous inquiries of Agents , Mem-J "« o «' . ^ t ? ^ respondents . Notice i 8 herebv ? i ^ 2 l ? J £ rrosl ' ect U 3 of the LAND and . BUILD 1 > & BENEFIT SOCIETY requested , by them , to be brought into Co-operation with the above Institutions , is now in thehandscf the printer , and will be ready for circulation at the end of the week . Wthin a few days the Rules will be submitted to the Certifying Barrister for Enrolment . Further information , prospectuses . 4 c , cm k obtained by letter prepaid , enclosing a Postage Stamp , directed to the Office of the Institutions , 13 , Totteuhain : cour t , New-road , St . Pancras , London . By Order , Daniei , William Rum-, Secretary . Agents wanted in every part of Great Britain . W . B . —In answer to Agents and Members , Mr Roebt o ^ W ^ , that he sont " ° P » es ° f the " Northern Star ( of the 6 th or 13 th inst ., ) to them or any one
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A GOOD FIT WARRANTED . X S ? B , ? , Bt wf s * 1 * 11 emporium , 1 , and , Oxford-street u u ° J " and Co > practical tailors , are now making a beantiful suit of superfine black for £ 3 los anv size s jdendid waterproof over coats made to order for 29 s each and youths superfine suits for 24 s . The above house is the aheapest and best in London , for black cloths of everydcscnption , asmaybeseen b y several L . ndou daily papess of last July , September , and Novembe 3 d Omnibuses to and from the City , stop at the establish , ment every minute of the day .
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ADDRESS OF THE SOCIAL FRIENDS ' SOCIETY . Anxious to unite , in the bonds of brotherhood , the friends of tha Rational System , and of human emancipation generally , we have formed a society , entitled " The Social Friends' Society , " for the purpose of applying the principles established by Robert Owentosocia \ and personal improvement ; and of co-operating for the purpose of ultimately establishing a community of united interests , based on just and rational principles .
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_ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ OBSERVE . All correspondence , reports of public meetings , Chartist and Trades' Intelligence , and general questions , must bo addressed to Mr . G . J . Habnei , " Northern Star Offico , "lG , Great Windmill Street , London . All legal questions , and matters of local nows , not noticed in provincial papers , aud requiring comme t . to be addressed to Mr . EbnesI Jones as above . AH questions respecting Bills introduced into the Lcgishtuiv , Acts of Parliament , their meaning and intent , &c , anu questions respecting the Ministry , and the members of the two Houses of Parliament , to be addressed to Mr . George Fleming , " Northern Star" Office All questions , connected with the management of land , nnd touching the operations of building , cultivation , io ., to be addressed to Mr . O'Connor . Lowbands , Red Marie , Ledbury , Worcestershire .
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THE TEN HOURS' BILL . Despite of open and concealed hostility , talking against time , and even a more than usual amount of trickery , the Ten Hours' Bill has been carried in committee ; we may fairly infer that fear has had more to do with this concession than humanity or principle , since the speakers frequently impressed upon the House the dangers of delay , and of tainpering with the excited feelings of the working classes ; one of them even went so far as to state his anticipations of a revolt , should the Bill be mutilated or thrown out . Now , this measure , although thus far victorious , may still be ultimately defeated ,
and will doubtlessly have a fiery ordeal lo pass through in the House of Lords . We therefore trust that the people will not lose sight of the fact , that they mainly owe to out-doors agitation the- support they have met with in the Hou e , and that they will not let the pressure from without grow weaker in the beliet of security , since the expression of public feeling is daily proving itself more capable of squeezing something useful out of the spongy materials of party-government . It is worthy of remark how the arguments advanced against this measure but add strength to the hand » of Democracy , since
they demonstrate sttll further how incapable a Class * government is to legislate for a progressing people - they urge the necessity of refusing reform * since one- reform must lead to another ;—every fresfr concession will uncover an ad > - ditional deficiency in the- fabric of corruption i loosen one stone , and the others must come tumbling : after , —and thus an honourable member insinuatesthe transition' would be easy from the manufacturing operative to the agricultural labourer jfrom tbe profits of the cotton : lord tothoseofthe landlord ; and that , in trenching en a part of the system'of monopoly ,
there is danger for the whole . So there is ; and the whole must gas the words- were prophecy ; Government know their danger , and yet ,, in face of the awaking Democracy of England , they dare not refuse the admission of that , principle * , which unsets the cornerstone of their stronghold- It is to the principle involved in this- measure that we mostly look—since ifc asserts the right of man to defend himself againifcthe power of money ; , and , as a battle of labour against capital , we regard it ; as another herald announcing the aavout of the-greater and more glorious * reform embodied in the-CHAUTER .
The question , is now removed from the ground of monied and o £ landed interest , to the- broader one of democracy and monopoly , and when > an opponent of the formec contends- , that the " country" will lose two millions sterling per annum by the reduction proposed in the hours of labour , we are naturally led to . ask what will the " working classes " gain ? Can their wage&be diminished ? If the Government fean to withstand the demand for limited hours of labour * can the manufacturers dare still further to limit the amount of wag . es ? This rests in the hands , of the operatives themselves ; and we
may safely take up the line of argument advanced in the House , that there would be "danger" to monopoly in trying the endurance of the people too much . We contend the country can never lose , while the working classes gain , since the prosadrity of the greater number must involve its increased prosperity . It has been asserted in Parliament that , as the income-tax did not restrict those who paid it from additional exertions to increase their incomes , so it would be unfair to restrict the working man from working more than ten hours . Is he restricted from working more ?
In the factory , certainly ; for the benefit of his taskmaster , certainly ; but he has so much the more time for himself . It is disgusting to observe how Dennistoun , the mouthpiece of the Glasgow millowners , endeavoured , at the " eleventh hour , ' to infuse a fresh and perplexing element into the discussion , and , at the same time , to make Parliament take the initiative in the reduction of wages they desiderate , by proposin g a system of relays in the rotation of toil , the result of which would be , that 120 men might be employed where 100 are now , but the 120 to receive no more money
collectively than the 100 received before ! Even die House could not stand this , and he was obliged to withdraw his motion , after having , free trader us he is , pronounced a funeral oration on the free trade fallacies , by asserting that the competition oi foreign manufacturers could only be resisted by the additional hours of factory-labour at home . How poor must be the strength of the manufacturers , if a few hours' difference in weekly labour can annihilate their chance against foreign competition ! How sad would be the prospects of the operatives , if left to the tender mercies of the mill-owners , when the
advocate of the latter openly asserts , that only by straining labour to an unlimited extent can they succeed in driving foreign manufacturers OUt of the market , and absorbing , in their own persons , the wealth of a uuivctsal commerce . Such , then , is the future shadowed forth to the toiling millions , unless the Factory Bill obstruct their hellish career while the member for South Lancashire , Mr . Brown , contended that the tendency of the bill would be to drive the population back on the rural districts , and thus increase the Poor Rates ! How one of our principles after another is unconsciously
advocated b y our opponents ! The effect of a surplus in the ^ factory labour-market must ultimately drive that surplus back upon the land , but , we trust , not to the Bastile 1 We have opened another channel for that surplus , through means of the Land Company—another home , in the Chartist cottage . NOT AS PAUPERS , but as OWNERS OF THE SOIL , the factory-slaves must return to their counties ; and class-legislation here again proves itself incapable of devising sound measures of
reform , since , in pulling down an old ruin , it never attempts to prepare a new and better habitation for the objects of its legislative interference . We are glad to perceive the Premier has , this time , been forced to abandon the haughty position he assumed when opposing the repeal of the ratepaying clauses , and has , in this one instance , accommodated his words somewhat to the wishes of the people . There is one passage in his clever and forcible speech with which we fully concur , where , in retorting on
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Bright , who accused him of advocating from party purposes principles to which he was opposed he says : — " When it is produced before me that the leading men of the Anti-Corn Law League repeatedly said that ten hours would be enough , provided the Corn Laws were repealed , I say that if I were disposed to retort imputations , I , in my turn , might say they used that argument merely to get the working classes to support the repeal of the Corn Laws , and not with the intention that they should be relieved thereby . ( Loud cheers . )" ^ m^—— ^ ^—^ ^^ ¦ i
He continues , however , to say— " that is not my belief ! " But it is ours , and these pretty altercations remind us of King Charles ' s remark , when he saw some dogs fi g hting beneath his prison-window . For , aa the king said— " Be it among ye ! " so may the people say to the squabbling factions who govern them , reserving to themselves the ri ght of believing all the evil that the hostile parties mutuall y say of each other . We must , however , do the Premier the justice to say , he spoke in favour of the good cause ; but he only spoke ; his little arms were not long ' . enough to hug the full measure of a thorough reform , and therefore , though he spoke in favour of the principle , he voted
against the measure ! We congratulate ourselves that our enemies are obliged to lay the mask aside , though , much against their inclination , at a time so near upon a general election , and trust that on that occasion the people will not forget the deserts of those who refused to rescue Labour from the clutch of Capital . Thanks to the energy of the people in agitating this question throughout the country , the Bill has been thus far carried with a majority of 78 ; and yet some of the most professing liberals will be found among the minority . Bowring ,
Miluer Gibson , B . Hawes , Lord Morpeth , Villiers , Bright , Macaulay , Dundas , again enjoy the unenviable notoriety of being arrayed against the people ; and , among others , Mr Brownrigg voted against the measure , probably influenced by considerations for his name , since we remember that Mother Browniigg wa » tried and executed wme years ago , for having flogged her apprentices to death ; while her present namesake imitates her example , in endeavouring to work and starve to death the factory slaves of his dav . In order that the names of the supporters and
opponent of the Ten Hours- Bill may be-handed down to the day of election , we subjoin the following division-li ? t , and remind the friends of Democracy at the same time , that we have n » t only to shuns those men who voted against us , but those , as welly who do not VOTE AT ALL ; sinca- he WHO IS NOT
FOR US , I 9 > AGAINST US ! MAJORITY—AT 5 IS . Acton , Col . Howard , Hn E G G Addtrley , C B Howaud , P H Aglionby , H A > Humphery , Aid . Ainsworth ^ IngliSjSirR II AlHx , J V Johnson , Gen . Arundel ani Surrey . Earl Jolllffe ,. Sir WG H of Kemble , H Baillio , H 3 Lasselles , Hon . W S Baillie , W Law , Eton . C E : Barnard , £ Q Layard , Major llaskerville , T B ^ IE Lefroy , k ' . Itonnet , F Liddell . Hon . H T
Bentinck , Lord GH Lowther ,. Sir J H Beutinck , Lord H . Lowther , Hon . Col . Berosferd , Major Manner * , Lord J Bernal , R March , Earl of Blaskstone , W S Masterman , J Blake , M J Maunsell , T P Brisco , M Milea , W Broadley , H Morgan , O Bruen , Col . Morris , D Buck , L W Mostyn , Hn E M L Bulkeley , Sir R B W Muntz , Q F Bunbury , W if . Newdegate . CN Butler , P 3 Newport , Visct . Oabbell , B B Kewry , Visct
Qayley , ES O'Bri . n . A . S . Chapman , A O'Brien , W S Olielsea Viscount O'Coauell , D , jaa Ohichester , Lord J D . O'Connell , John Ohristaplier , R A Owen , Sir John Codrington , Sir W Packe , C W Cole , Hon H A Paget , Colonel Cbllett , J Pakington , Sir J Cfbnyngham , Lord Ai Palmer , R Courtenay , Lord Palmer , Q Gbwper . Hon W F Plumridge , Captain Cuawford , W S Polhill , F Curteis , II B Kashleiffh , W D'Evneourt , Hon G : D Rnwdon , Col .
Douglas , Sir H Rendlesham , Lord Douglas , JDS Rich , Henry Duncombe , T Richards , R Dundas , Sir D Rolleston , Col . Du Pre , C 6 Rushout , Capt Entwistle , W Russell , J D Watts Etwall , R Ityder , Hon G D : Evans , Sir de L Sandon , Visct Ferrand , W B Sheil , Rt Uon R L Finch , G Sibthorp , Col , Fitzroy , Lord Smith , Abel : Fleettvood , Sir P-B Smith , Rt lion R V ; Flower , Sir J Spooner , R ¦ Fox , C R Stanley , Hon W O jFrewen , CH Staunton , Sir G Fu . ler , AE Stuart , John Gaskell , J M Strickland , Sir G
Granbj , Mnrqu « J 3 0 f Tollemache , John Granger , T C Tower , Ciiri » topher Grimsditch , T Trevor , Hon G Rice firogan , E Trowbridge , Sir E T Grosvenor Lord R Turner , Edmund Groarentir , Eewl Verner , Sir Yf Hall , Sir B Vyse , Howard Halsey , T P Vyryan , Sir R Hamilton , G A Wadiogtoa , H S Harris Hon . Capt . Wakley , Thomas Hatton , Capt . V Walker , R Henley , J W Wawn , J T Hervey , Lord A . Williams , William HUdyard . THT Hindley , C tellies . Hodgson , R Flelden , John Hollond , R Brotherton , J Hornby , J
MINORITY—NOES . Aldum , W Lambton , H Antrobus , E Laagston , J C Baine , W Lawson , A Bavkly , H Legh , G C Bell . M Lemuu . SirC Uerkely , Hon . C Lindsey , Colonel Bouverie , Hon . E P Macauly , T B Bowes J Mitcalfe , II Bowriag , Dr Monahan , J H Drown , W Morpetb , Viscount Brownrigg , J S Ogle , S C H Wuiler , C Patten , J W BusneldW Philips , 1 £
« yng , G s Ttotheroe , E D Catew , W H P Pusey , P Duuyson , J E Rice , E R Dennistoun , J Ross , D R Dickinson , P H Ruisell , Lord J Duncannon , Viscount Stansfield , WRC Dundas , Hon . J O Stuart , Lord J Egerton , W T Stuart , W V Egerton , Sir P Strutt , E Evans , W Thornl » y , T Fitzwilliam , Hon . G W Towueley , J
Forster , M Tuffnell , H GiWsoa , T M Van « , Lord H Grey , Sir G Villiers , Hon . C Haniner , Sir J -Wall , C B Harcourt , G G Ward , H G llawei , B Wood , Sir C Hope , Sir J Wortley , Hon . J S Houldsworth , T Howard , Hon , C W G tjimbs . Hume , J Bright , 3 Jones , Captain Duncan , G
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¦ HMMMaaaHMMMMMaaiwnBMBan mMMkfeWa that Parliament does not equally estimate your importance . But perhaps the Guardian means that that " proceeding" by which you have rendered youwlves infamous—the refusing to allow poor working men the common justice of being tried according to law—is to be made the subject of further investigation . Be advised—let well alone . Your doings have been of that nature that the more they are stirred the more they stink . We observe that some of your " friends" have been hanking a ^ fc ^^^ M ^ jji i ^ ——
document to and fro for signatures , which document testifies to your " valuable services" and requests you to return to your magisterial duties . To this memorial three hundred signatures have been appended ; but you must know that nothing could be easier than the collection of three times three thousand signatures in Warrington requesting you to remain in that" retirement" you are doubtless so well qualified to adorn-Experience is said to teach even fools . May you profit by its lessons !
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and win in future havefo pay still more heavil y " ^ he account , frora that country point to the most appal hog conclusions . The full extent of the cal mity has not been meted-despair , mortality , pestl < ' Iencc , clouds of destitution and disease , will yet hi " wafted across St . George ' s Channel . Even a J ! harvest will not repair the consequences of the fail ure of the potato crop , and that can hardl y be looked for , when it is remembered that all accounts concur in stating that a much less breadth of land has been brought under cultivation than usual . There must ¦ ^¦¦ mm ^ . — —— ¦ ¦ -
of course be a diminished production to meet these probable future calamities . Ministers have as yet proposed nothing worthy of a moment ' s consideration . The Waste Lands Bill i 3 a mon paltry jejune affair . They will not support a s ,.. tematic scheme of Colonization ; they oppose the introduction of railways on a large scale , which might be done without being open to the objections
urged against Lord George Bentinck ' s plan . In short , the plans by which the perennial destitu tion of Ireland might be removed , and a permanent im provement effected in its condition , are obstinately withheld or opposed ; and England will have to pay a heavy addition to its present contributions for the relief of Irish distress , without the satisfaction of seeing that these large sacrifices have been effectual for the object in view .
The only other question of importance mooted this week has been , the Suppression of Cracow ; the debate on which terminated on Tuesday night , by the withdrawal of Mr Hume ' s motion for stopping the payment of the Russo-Dutch Loan . The onl y two defenders oftbe Three Powers to be found in the House of Commons were , Lord George Bentinck and Mr Disraeli . They both contended that the annexation of Cracow constituted no violation of the treaty of Vienna . Lord George absolutely " thanked the mild , the clement , Emperor of
Austria ; the jttst King of Prussia ; and he also thanked the Emperor of Russia !! " Well mi ght such an insane declamation , in a free country , be met by " shouts of laughter ! " In fact , the whole speech had a running accompaniment o ( that kind of music , and the exhibition has done more to damn his Lordship , as a politician , than the most strenuous efforts of his worst enemies could have done . Mr Disraeli , with his practised literary powers and fine genius , avoided tbe ironical cheers and loud laughter which greeted his noble friend . He
threw around a bad cause the brilliant halo of oratory ; defended it by research ; anddelivered a speech remarkable at once for the un soundness of the principle contended for , and the great mental ability by which it was distinguished . But Mr Disraeli must not play these tricks too often . He has established for himself a high reputation as an orator and debater . We believe that , upon the whole , his sympathies and aspirations arc of a wholesome and healthy description .
He is ambitious . Let him not shut the door against himself and debar himself in future time from bringing his cultivated powers and refined intellect to the service of the people . As the organ and advocate of the industrial classes he would occupy a higher and prouder position than as the mere mouthpiece of a faction , who , if they were in power to-morrow , would , in less than three months , be kicked out of office amidst the unanimous execration of the country .
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W . Cartletcb , Newcastle , —No shares can be transferred until after the company is completel y registered . R . II ., Glasgow . —Committees on public bills are composed of the whole house . C . F . Wabwick , —If inquiry is . made , Mr H . will do as requested . A Constant Reader , StalybrWge . —Yes . Halstead . —We cannot answer your questions . Loncon Plastebees—Th » " Address" shall appear ia our next . The tociety of Operative Plastorers meets e ? erj Mondaj evening at 8 o'clock , » t theRock Tavern , Lisson-grove . "A Scotchman" and J . Jepdson Your letter * haw been forwarded to Mr . O'Connor .
The Finsbdbi Shareholders of the Land Company sug . geit increased exertions to collect the monies due to Mr . O'Connor on account of the Defence Fuud , and that the amount subscribed be handed to Mr . O'C . on the occasion of the allottees taking possession of their allotments on the Htrringsgate Estate ; aud if the amount subscribed should exceed the sum required , the overplus to be appropriated to the Victims ' , Widows ' , and Orphans' Fund . John B . ; own , Kinross , and David Lithoow , Biggav , — Both papers were posted at the proper time . Mr Johsi GasKell , Hyde—Tho charge announced in Hie Northern Star tor the plates , entitle every subscriber to the paper and plate . Mr E . Ibvin , Bisliopwearmouth . —The agents pay the
espanieofcurriage . We can either send by railway , or enclose them in a bookseller ' s parcel . Say if you receive one from London , and if so , from whom . J . S . ( Hauipstsad-road .. )—Judging from the laws of attraction , we incline to the opinion that it must be a hot body ; it is assuredly the centre of heat , and consequently gives for th—produces warmth . We think our correspondent is disposed to be facetious with us . However , it is a controverted point . J . B . ( Hanley ) . —Appears to have been treated very un . justly ; but we should tbinlj six years' character would weigh well with his employers ; and that , humiliated as his feelings must have been by the rough and
insolent conduct of certain officials , he ' will , yei find cob . « olation in the reflection that his reputation remains unstained . The police might have been mistaken ai to identity : it ii a common error . R . Cooqeb ( Coxheatb ) expresseshis approval of the petltion adopted by the unemployed workmen of Manchestcr . Their proceedings are applauded by the people throughout the land . Ma Skitinqton , Loughborowgh . —Yes ; at the price charged to agents . P . M'N . ( SJateford . )—We regret we have not space fex your observations on the potato disease . MEBTHYB . TxDVIL . —We handed your letter to tht
Directors . BicnABD Oastwb , Es < j , —We are reluctantl y compelled by press of matter to postpone Mr . Oastler ' a lettor ou John Brigbt ' s speech . P . Giux , Dumfries . —Wo have handed your command * to Mr Jones and tho publisher , « 5 * Leoai Qoestiohs not answered this week , will be replied to iu our next . Georoe BaATtKt , 01 dBftSford . _ You had best pay the former what is due , and the lawyer his 3 s 6 d A Pooa CaAMiST , Truro —You must pay the halfquarter ' s rent , notwithstanding your premises were injured .
William Ashwokth , Halifax . —If there were twelve shillings due for rent , the judgment of the Court seems to be correct , and you must pay the money . All other matters appear to be irrelevant . A Chautist Electob , Halifax .-She cannot make a wiU , even with her husband ' * consent , unless under a power contained in a settlement made previous to the making of the will ; and to such eettlement the husband muit be a party , G . Bebwick , St Andrew ' s —You will procure a copy on communicating with Mr T . M . Wheeler , 63 , Dean , street , Soho , Ilondon . ' ' CHABTisrPoEH .. " -Mr Ernest Jones begs to request those friends who tent for copies of tho abov . poems , to remit the- amount , per post-office order , made payable at the branch Office , Old OarMdUhSwrt , or per postage stamps ,
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TheS « } nUmbe ^ the Beason ^ vances . » Uh wt ? ? UayS here are literally swarming of Mo !? w f e migra L nts chietl ' «* the c ° ™ tie 3 ? L S , K e , , ea ' h wd Roscommon , mostly of the comfortable class of farmers , flying from their native country as though it were smitten with a piague . bo gvoat are the numbers leaving one county alone ( Westmeath ) , that an additional boat lor their accommodation has been put on by the di . rectors of the Royal Canal , as the packet and fly boats were unable to meet the demands of the people seeking a passage .
Friortfui , Gio Accidkht . —On Weduesd&T afteh neon , an aeeoident of a most frightful accident oc « curred to a gentleman named Saunders , who wai driving with a friend along Fleet-street ; just as they got past Shoe-lane tho animal shyed , fell , and both gentlemen were thrown out with great forco Mi Sftundcra sustained very serious injuries . He was picked up senseless , and removed into Mr Ilutcbin-Bon ' a surgery , in Farringdoa-street , where an exten . sively lacerated wound was discovered in the forehead , besides other injuries , Mr Saunders wai ultimately removed from the surgeon ' s to his residence .
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The Northern Star Saturday, March 20, 1847.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MARCH 20 , 1847 .
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THE WMCRINGTON JUST-ASSES . " Man , vain man ! Dressed in a little brief authority , Like an angry ape * Mays such fantastic tricks before high heaven , As make the angels weep . " " Tell it not in Gath ! " the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday brings the doleful tidings that" the rumour of the intended retirement from the bench of Thomas Lyon , Esq ., and William Stubs , Esq . ( the magistrates who adjudicated on the case of Mr . J
13 . Edelstone ' s file-cutters ) , in consequence of the setting aside of their decision by the Secretary of State , lias turned out to be well-founded , the gentlemen in question not having since that time taken their seats on the Warrington bench . " Here is a calamity for Warrington ! " It is confidentl y stated , " says the Guardian , " that the proceeding will be made the subject of further parliamentary investigation . " What proceeding ? The retirement of Lyon and Stubs ? No , gentlemen , don't deceive yourselves ; though your self-conceit ia not small , be assured
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THE SLAUGHTER AT BARNSLEY . We are glad to see that the men of Barnsley have taken up the case of the poor victims slaughtered at the Ardsley Main colliery . On Monday evening an overflowing meeting was held in the National School room of . that town , when the following resolution was adopted : —
" That this meeting deeply deplores the sacrifice of human life by coal-pit explosions throughout the country , but more particularly in this neighbourhood , and consider it our duty to investigate the causes of those dreadful catastrophes , and use our best endearours to prevent their recurrence . " The meeting was conducted by Mr Peter Hoey , Mr Frank Mirfield , Mr Groeott , Mr Swallow . Mr
Roberts ( the Miners' Attomey . General ) , and others well known for their ability and energy in battling © r the rights of Labour . A petition to the House of Commons was adopted ; and from what we know of tbe men of Bamsley , we are- convinced that no effi > rts will be neglected by them , to secure a thorough investigation of this- awful tragedy , and guarantees against the repetition of such a holocaust of the victims of capital .
The brutal apathy with whicb our legislators havs continued to regard the periodical slaughter of the unhappy rainers , caa only be accounted for by the fact that many of the member * of the legislature are proprietors of these slaughter-dens , and those who are not are , with few exceptions , the represeatatives of tbe capitalists . Had Labour been represented ia the Commons' House of Parliament , the capitalists would have been forced to devise means for the protection of the workmen .
The remedy is a simply one , perfectly just and perfectly practicable . Make the lord of the coal-pit responsible for the support of the family of any man killed in his employment , and compensation or pensions secured to those who , without losing their lives , mtght be badly wounded . Was this provision enforced by Jaw , coal-pit proprietors would speedily adopt those precautions , which it is notorious might be employed with such good effect as to render coal-pit explosions almost impossible .
If the frightful deaths of the miners ; the sufferings of those who escape death only to linger a life of pain "The broken tools that tyrants cast away ;" the grief and misery of despairing wives and destitute children ; if . all these si ghts of woe and scenes of wretchedness fail to move the flinty hearts of the rapacious Coal-Kings—if their sympathies are not to be wakened , perhaps their fears may be acted on . It may be that the working men will begin to ask why they should encounter the gloom and toil , the terrors and dangers of the mine for a miserable
pittance , in dread of momentary death , while their masters , who never handled the pick , nor performed one hour ' s toil in the dark bowels of the earth , reap untold wealth from their slavery ! The riches created by the miners are of ri ght theiia The coal-pits should be the property of the State * Robbery has been long tolerated , and murder has hitherto escaped with impunity . What if the miners—what if the people generally—refuse to tolerate either longer ? What if they demand , " by what right do you rob society of these national treasures ; by what right do you compel us to toil , sutfer , and die for you ? " How will tbe Coal-Kings answer ?
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The great event of the week is the triumphant passing of the Ten Hours' Bill in committee . There were grounds for apprehension that the Ten Hours ' clause would be thrown out , as many of the members who supported the second reading expressed their determination to stop at a limitation of eleven hours , and the Premier himself expressed his desire that the reduction should rest at that point . On a division , however , the Ten Hours' clause was carried by the large majority of 78 , in a house Of 200 members , and the result was greeted with loud and
hearty cheers . The opponents of the Bill tried every possible manoeuvre to impede the progress of the Bill , but after the decided beating they have received in every successive attempt to defeat it , we apprehend that they will not offer any further opposition on the bringing up of the report . It may , therefore , now be said to be virtually law , so far as the House of Commons is concerned , and we cordially congratulate the operatives and friends of the measure on the termination of this great struggle for justice and humanity . The subject being treated of at length in another column , precludes the necessity for further remark in this place .
The Irish Poor Law , after a two nights' preliminary debate , has at last got into committee , and there is little doubt but that it will be carried in its present shape . In moving the order of the day , Lord John Russell delivered a speech which had the merit of going a great deal further than his Bill . His Lordshi p gave the " Irish party" of Peers and Commoners some exceedin gly hard hits , and broadly declared that the poor had a right to support from the land and property of the country , This right , however , we do not find conceded in his Bill . The limitations to it are so numerous and
stringent , that virtually the dispensing of out-door relief is altogether discretionary , and is meant to be merely temporary , and ordered onl y on special occasions by the Executive Government . It may , however , prove the thin end of the wedge , and ultimatel lead to a real poor law for Ireland . One thing is quite certain , that the Irish banditti will no longer be allowed to escape from their fair share of both local and general taxation . The first step has been taken towards a Poor Law , by means of which property will be compelled to
support or employ the labouring classes . Another step has also been made towards causing the Irish landlords to contribute to the general expenses o * the State , in the same ratio as their class on this side of the Channel do . In the debate on Mr Roebuck ' s motion , the princi ple i , e contended for was clearly admitted bytotTi Lord J . Russdl and Sir Robert Peel , and the arguments used against its adoption referred only to form and time . The
extension of thetax to Ireland is only a matter of tirae . and it is now onl y withheld , rather on the score of semiuient than of strict reason , for the tax is to be on the property , not the poverty of Ireland . The fad of the matter is , that the disclosures which have been made in the House as to the heartlessness , rapacity , and selfishness of the Irish landlords as a class , have excited a fecliug of deep disgust , not only among the members of the House , but the entire country , and something like retribution awaits them . We are paying the penalty of long misgovewjment of Ireland ,
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— ' THE _ NOBTHBBN STAR , ' Maiich 20 , I 847 . . . K !_ . j 1 . t . . L . ' 1 ^ A 1 f If L . ' Im , \ . i . 'l . ' . I . ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ urKnAilVE BhiNEtfii
1^ Ij Y 1 Ivh » Via 1≪T*P /I Itli Hi. 1 . H≪. ~. The Land And Its Capauiluies
1 ^ IJ y 1 iVH » VIA 1 < T * P / I itli Hi . 1 . H < . ~ . THE LAND AND ITS CAPAUIlUIES
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An ?^ , 0 F T 1 IE PEERAGE LIVING ASD DbAD ! Just Published , containing upwards of 9 B 0 pages , price 5 s . bound in cloth , originally published A PEERAGE FOR THE PEOPLE ; comprising » x . Bl ° ff ra P mcal and Historical Sketches of each Member of the House of Peers , and un Account of the Places and Emoluments distributed amongst their Fanii . lies . By Wiiiujc Cabpenter . "A useful and well-timed work , written in the broadand popular mannsr of Mr Carpenter . "— Spectator . The book has great talent , is smartly written , and . tliereisaforcibleness iu the stylo of argument . "— Con . servalive Journal . ' The Peerage for the People' is a sign o £ tho times . "Literary Gazette . "Mr Carpenter ' s able aud impartial book re quiresno commendation from us . "— Westminster Ifeview . London : W . Strange , 21 , PaUruoster Row , and all
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1410/page/4/
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