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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY. AUGUST 21,1817.
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? EHE TAILORS' ^ TRADING COMPANY . _ SOMBER OF JOURNEYMEN TAILORS ( Members J \ -bf -the National Association of United Trade *) tawing formed a Company *© release themselves from the tjanefel influence ef unprjacipled ompefitors respectfnllj Warm the operatire classes , generally , that they hare < men # d a * establishment at ¦^^ No . 7 , VICTOItlA-STBEET , MANCHESTER , f ^ t here they can be supplied with every article of clothing ; ss cheap an < i better made than at any of the ( so-called ; Mh&W establishments . - " WORKING MEN , SUPPORT YOUR OWN ORDER fRtkisattempt to demonstrate the benefits of ASSOCIA-2 JYE LABOUR . Journeymen Tailors irho are desirous of avoiding the . ^ egradiHg contingencies of tramping in search of employsent , during the next winter , will meet with employment « t Manchester wages , by becoming Shareholders . The nice of shares is ten ' sWlHngs , payable by instalments of threepence per week , in r-ddi ion ! # -one shilling and sixpence for KegistratioD and expenses . Stiles and Prospectuses mil be forwarded to an ; pan of the Kingdom en implication to theSecretary , 5 , st John-street , Manchester , % j enclosing fourjpostage stamps . John R-csstix , Manager ,
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A COLOURED DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT in best morocco case for 10 s ., -which is 15 s . less than any other London establishment , and warranted to he equally good , bjr MR EGERTGX , H 8 , Fleet-street , eopoa&te Bouvarie-street , and 1 , Temple-street , Whiteinars . Open daiiy from nine "fill four . Foreign Ap-¦ aratus Agent to Voigtlander and Liribours , a complete ¦ Loot of Instruction , price Is . e-l , by post 10 s l'ri e Ssts Eentportfree ,
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MONEY CIVEN AWAY ! —The following sums of Money , TJz : —500 S ., 2081 ., 1001 ., 50 L , twe of 251 ., and ten of Id . will be presented by the Proprietors of the JERSEY TELEGRAPH to the first 5000 Subscribers ¦ to that . Paper for one year , from this date , and a like cum to every ^ additional £ 000 . The Sabscription , 8 s . can be forsa ^ ed through " any Bookseller or News Agent , orin postage stampg , or-by post-office order , payable to Mr « 0 H 4 M * g Cikec-Sb , WUgraph office , Ho . 15 , Sine-treet , Jersey . Parties forwarding XI . Is . will be yeotlStd to three numbers , and may obtain 8001 . Advertises wishing to avail themselves of the rery ¦ extensive-ciieulation ( In England , Ireland , Scotland , Vales , and the Channel'Islands ) , secured by the above arrangement will , to ensure insertion , forward their ^ advertisements with as little delay as possible , charge - © HlyO-iE PrwHxper H . ne <{ Mduty ) . By tbeCenrasof 3811 , the-popnlatiou of Jersey was absnt Fifty Thousand , inee which time it has enormously increased . Agencies of all kitdi undertaken for Jersey . The 3 < neg TtUyraph eaa be sent free , by post , to any jpart of the United Kingdom and the Coloaies .
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ROIAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND . Vj T ^ OTJUT ^ Y M . EETING AT YORK , IS F \ J THE YEAR 18 i 8 . PRIZES -FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS . JCabjeet to such Conditions as may hereafter be decided ufronbytheCouucU . -m . Th . f Prizes are open to general competition . . ' 3 lemtes . baTuig . fte privilege of a free entry ; and IteasuDscnbers allowed to compete on the paytaento a fee of 5 s . on eachtertificate . * * THEM WILL BE NO SAtEBI ABCT 10 S IN 3 BE
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AUXILIARY TO ' jm ; NATIONAL LA « U THE SAT 10 NA Ofl , O ? j ; fiATlTE BIHiBMT . socw : i \ y . Patron- - * - WaJ % , M . P . directors- ^ Messrs t . U * 6 cath , I . Clark , and C . Boyle . Bank—The National' Laad . and Labour BanJc £ « creta . r < j —\* x E . ^ S ^ Uwood . C « otral Offices , « U , fHaa-tWee ^ H' ^ o , and 2 , Little Vale , place , Hamme / SHnth-joad . THIS Society presents gr . eater Vantages to the in dastriout . JiiUion 6 thana « jraiic 51 af Institution eter « s £ ahlishcd . Bnle « and every infoiiaation reioired ^ an be Obtained at the following places s—Mr La \ waace , Whittinirton and Cat , Cawch-row , Sethn . U Green ; Mr J [« 2 rey , TaHners ' Arms , Bennoiidsey . road ; Mr 3 . SimpsQa , flarrkon ' s Assembly fiooms , East-. ' ace , Walworth ; Herbert ' s Temperance Coffee hcase , Eieter-stree ^ filoan e-street ¦ % "'* f $ > " ' ™ *™ - **"> && 2 > S ^ tminsterl ! It FBrowsSace&stteetKensington
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JUST POBLI 8 HBD NO . VIII . OF " THE LABOURER , " MICE ( IXrEKQI . COKTESIB . 1 . A Sketch , by Ernest Jones . 2 . InsuiTeetions of the Working Classet . 3 . The Poor Man ' s Legal Manual . ( Game Laws , No . 2 . ) 4 . The Confessions of a King . ( Coacludea . ) 5 . Th « Romance of a People . 6 . The Glorious Privilege , a T « te of our Daj . 7 . Poem , by Spamcus . S . Monthly Review . 9 . Literary Review . Letters ( pre-pald ) to be addressed to the Editors , lfc Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders rectived by all agents for the " NorHura Star " and&H booktellen ia town and country .
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Vow Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS T » ba bad at the Ntrihtm Star Ofice , 16 , ftreat Windmill Street ; and of Abd Hey wood , Manchester .
The Northern Star Saturday. August 21,1817.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY . AUGUST 21 , 1817 .
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HEALTH OF T . S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ . M . P . The announcement in our last of the state of Mr Duncombk ' s health has , as we anticipated , excited general regret and sympathy , and in answer to numerous inquiries we are happy to state , that the hon . gentleman is this day ( Thursday ) so far recovered as to be able to take a carnage airing , though still very much debilitated , and suffering severely from his cough . It is believed , however , that as yet no organic disease has shown itself , and that removal to a more genial climate for the winter may restore Mr Dcncombe to such a state of
health as to enable him to take his place at the head of the Movement Party at the commencement of the next session . We sincerely hope that this may be the case , and that those who have been speculaliug oh a vacancy in the Representation of Finsbury may long be disappointed . But it is right to add , that nothing but the greatest care and attention , and the entire abstinence from business of every kind , conjoined with the restorative and renovating influences of a mild and genial climate , will
Tealisethis hopa . Those who feel gratitude to Mr Duncombe for bis past services , and who desire to have the benefit of them in future , ought , therefore , to abstain from troubling him with business at present ; for such is the unconquerable spirit of the hon . member , that if any business makes its appearance he will attend to it , wbatevennay be the consequence . A word to the wise is enough—And , in conclusion , let us hope that future reports of the state of his health may be more cheering than the present .
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1 IIICILL 1 NEOUI , CTottin-ghak Emotion Fuhd . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , with thanks . —From Bromsgrove , 2 s 8 d ; from Reading , 6 d ; Mr G . Fish , Within , 5 b ; from the Seven Stars , 3 s ; per Mr Clark , Land office , London , . £ 8 10 r 5 d ; Mr Houghton , Is ; from Wolvevhumjttott , £ 16 s ; Mr ^ epingstall , lIuH . Gd . The Nottingham Election . — Please to acknowledge through the medium of the Star the following circumstance : — Being in company with some 'Pot companions , ' it was agreed that we should make a subscription towards defraying the expenses of the Not . tinK'ham Election ; which was done and two shillings and twopence collected , which I herewith forward . J . Tatlob . Jolun IIarnet has received the folio-wing monies for the General Election Fund : —W . Eramerson , Man-Chester , 2 s . A Boy op Sixteen . —The lines are too imperfect forpublleiitinn . r
Amicus . —No room . Littlktowk . — Sir ,... The money sont for the Election Fund in last week ' s Star from Littletown , should hare been per Thomas Crossley : —Hightown , £ 2 s « 3 d-Ebenezer Clegg , ditto , 7 s 3 d ; James ChRi'leswortb , ' Littletown , £ l 5 s 4 d ; William Chapman , Heckmondwicke , 13 s 2 d ; William Lacy , Cleckheaton , Is 6 d . August 17 th , 1847 . J . CiiARLESWOBTn . To Tim Editor of the Nobtiieb . v STAB . —Sir , —I have written to Mr O'Connor , though I think you could have spared mo the trouble , by giving Mr O'Connor intimation of the nature of my question in your brief notice . The question , emanates from more than 200 shareholders . I am requested to ask ( if the information can be given ) what expense has been incurred for the election of Mr O'Connor , as well as M'Grath and Clark . However insignificant my letters may appear , ( and worthy of careful suppression ) it would he well for you to understand that . 1 am now endeavouring to
collect money for the liquidation of the late election contests . The political Chartists here beyond their own pale are destitute of social influence . Since I have been in the ranks , I have collectod more money as an individual for meetings , than any ; of the others could , through my acquaintance with the middle classes , and I never found them ( i . c . the political Chartisto thankful for what I have done ; but , per contra , meanly envious that they could not do the same . I have received at their hands nothing but gross ingratitude , and if I were not indebted to the sound education I received in early life , I might , like others , mistake the man for the principle . But , however , Feargus O'Connor , and not these men , taught me the moral value of Chartism , so that I shall keep my mind steadily bent upon supporting Chartism whencvcr | opportunity will permit . nnd am , sir , Your obedient servant , E . Robertson . Plymouth , August 17 tb , 1847 .
I request publicity for the following notice : — ' The land members of Newton Abbott district . J . B . Crews , district secretary , having appealed to the mem . bcrs for a farthing each to liquidate his expenses , this is to inform them , that the directors are responsible for his expenses and not the members , which must be paid out of the Expense Fund , sec rule 29 . ' E Kobehtson , Plymouth . [ Our friend Robertson ' s egotism misleads him . 'We assure him that \\ a liavo no desire to' suppress' his letters . If occasional communications of Jiis are withheld it is no detriment to his credit . As , however , Mr 11 . hns an itching for publicity , we have given the above , we question , notwithstanding , whether men publicity is evtn fur himself desirable . ] Nottingham Election . —J . Skerrit begs to acknowledge » he receipts of the following sums on behalf of the Aottlngham Election Committee ; from National Land Office , per Mr T . Clarke , £ 8 10 s Od ; from the Centra ! Registration and Election Committee , per Mr Grasby ,
James M'Aixsn , Crieff . ~ No room . Joseph Wood , ' S ccretaryto the four o'clock committee , ' sends us along letter , claiming most of the honour of the recent victory gained in the building trade , for the masons ; setting forth that they have superior claims to that distinction , as compared with the claims of the carpenters and joiners . This is a matter for the lengthy discussion of which we cannot afford space . Sauuet . Hudson-, Nottingham . ... We cannot insert everything , and we had no room for your communication . T . Bell , Wigton . —We cannot answer your question . We have sent your letter to Mr O'Connor .
To the CiiABTim and LAND 5 MKN . —I spent the whole of hut Sunday at the O'Connorville Estate , and during my intercourse with the allottees , I was introduced to MrLambourne , a tailor , who had received an order from a person named Putman , to make him a suit of clothes . To do this , Mr Lambourno spent the little money he had , but when the clothes were finished he found that this man Putman d d not intend to pay for the tilings , nnd thus the money he had expended had been a total loss . Our friend would wish to dispose of the clothes by public ballot , if the members of the Land and Chartist Associations will do him the favour to start the affair . By so doing they would certainly aid a worthy ninu . Tours , faithfully , W . Baknks , Lambeth . Habd to Teach . —To the Editor , &c—Dear Sir —I can ' t tell what you mean by your saying that I mistake my vocation , m the Star of the 14 th inst ., with records to my play , which you should b . ive published . I shall be glad if you will send me a letter solving the riddle , for which I have enclosed you a postage stamp . Hoping that y 6 u will write as quick as possible : , . I remain .
Yours , very truly , —_» •„ . . , James Bdtterwouth . $ 5 * We simplymeantthat Mr Buttenvortti could no move SJm ? vm ' i « nhe co , 4 ni 0 Tetll ° I eak of Tcneriffe with his little finger . It is astonishing the pains some people will take to mako themselves look ridiculou- - £ d . N . S . Thb Press GAKO .-Tothe Editor of the Northern Star - Sir ,-A writer in the'Sunday Times' in hislcommentarv on the elections , says :-. ' There have been some , but I need not mention their names elected , who have been great battlers out of doors , and who mav be obstvuetovs in the Commons'House of Parliament / but the way to silence them , is for the press to take , no notice of their proceedings , except by a contemptuous paragraph . ' Now , Mr Editor , and men of England , Scotland , Ireland , and \\ ules , what say jou to the above villainous writer ? A few liberal and patriots constituencies having elected gentlemen , who will fearlessly do their duty to the people , this is to bo ternii-d « lis * . iiM ! nn
and their acts and speeches are to be burked ! Shall we not take immediate steps to secure the benefit the liberal electors have conferred upon the nation atlavco and devise some mcaus by which their representatives ' may be faithfully reported , whether hi or out of the XIouso of Commons ? Let some liberal friends in the metropolis immediately form themselves into { a committee , and confer with the members of Parliament whose speeches aro likely to be burked by the prese ' and consult with them as to what steps should ha taken to strengthen thciv hands in . tho coming session Hoping you will consider these remarks worthy a nluue m your widely circulated journal , v „ I remain , your obedient servant , -Newcastlcupon-Tync . A Subscribe ! . Auzust ISth , 1847 . # T To those Abie bnd Wrung to Assist Wobi . iko Men in mE Pdbsoit of Knowledge — Mr Julian Uarney ' a triumphant nomination at the recent election at Tiverton has alreadv m-oihierd in .
portant results . The shareholders of the Land Com puny have been considerably increased , a strong Char tist Society has been formed , the Northern Star has obtained a considerable accession of readers , and altogether , the democratic cause has , within the past few weoks taker , a-gigantic- stride . Impressed with the conviction that Knowledge is Power , ' Mr Julian Ilanicv when at'hvcrton , strongly urged the leading spirits to establish a Working Man ' s Library , which advice he followed up by contributing several books from his own collection . The Library , therefore , lias been com inencedanda little assistance will malte the project successful . Anypersons disposed to contribute books or money to purchase books , for the above Library are requested to forward the same to G . Julian HinS i « Great Windmill-street , Hayumrket , Lmidon J ' ' Mr Joshua Hobson writes as follows :- 'In the ' St-. r ' «<¦ this day I perceive thatMr O'Connor and his nen lit correspondent , 'JamesGraham , nttilbutedJmcfa » S $ & 53 eS 3 £ s
SSSfSi ¦ mreronaKSm . &tU ' ely' « Borant « ht ' ™ 6 1 Huddersfield , Aug . U ' ' J ° * HoBS 0 N ' A ' ° '' su ? r "> - , t tlie Editor of the No rth *™ i § i i ovunaon , Wife which is about twenty miles from here present until after the vote was recorded am' « ih « . ; 5 ^ 5 JL £ S ^^ " ^^« ta « Sta 1 am » S " . jour obedient Servant , ro » «¦***•» C 0 Dled byus from ^ jgSSi ,
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Lancashire—Case between Masters and Men . —On Friday last , Messrs Smith and Willey , ironfoundurs , of Liverpool , appeared at the County Court to defend three actions brought against them by men lately in their employ , for balance of waget alleged to be due . A legal practitioner , who appeared for Smith and Willey , stated that they refused to pay the demand owing to the men having wilfully spoiled the work entrusted to them ; and explained that , in consequence of the conduct « t the moulders belonging to the moulders' club , they ( Smith and Willey ) had been forced to put labourers and boys to perform work previously done lij moulders , and that strong ill-feeling had been
displayed by the club men in consequence . One of their plans was to send men to take employment as moulders , and after these had worked a day or two , the work entrusted to tfeem they -wilfull y spoiled . The parties who were then in court , they had reason to believe , had acted in this manner , ' aud therefore they felt justified in resisting payment of wages for the time spent upon the bad work .-Mr D . Gngg , foreman moulder to Smith and Willey , was then called , and said that the articles given to the plaintiffs to make were such as any boy who had bean a few weeks at the business could have made without difficulty , and that he had no doubt tha work had been spoiled designedly . —A young boy
\ va 3 then called , who stated that he had only been working three months as a moulder , and that he had made several articles from the same pattern as the articles spoiled , and that all his work was good . Similar evidence was also given by a man who had been labouring in Smith and Willey ' s foundry for two years and a half . He stated that he had never previousl y worked in a foundry . —infact , was an old soldier : since the plaintiffs had been discharged , he had made several articles similar to those mentioned . All his work had turned out correct , and the job was particularl y easy . On behalf of the plaintiffs' it was attempted t » be shown that the work was not spoiled by design , but from accident - , and several witnesses were called , who stated tint
they , as moulders , had frequently lost work , and that their wages had never been stopped in consequence . In reply to a question , they admitted that their employers were justified in refusing to pay , provided they were clearly satisfied the work had been lost designedly , stating that this was a case they had never known , and did not believe a moulder would act so wrongfully . —His Honour , who paid great attention to the case , was of opinion that tbt work had been wilfully damaged , and refused all the claims , observing , that , although it was possible » single article might have been accidentall y lost , th « fact of three wen losing their work at the same time wos sufficient to convince him that the defendants had taken a correct view of ths case , and wert justified in resisting the demand . mu
e ^ Zl- ^ Jps ^ cH .-A . plan is on foot for the erection of a public hall , at Ipiwicb , sufficiently capacious to provide 4 , 000 sittings , it ? s in-? n ° ^ &t ^ . entrequired '' hichi 8 t 0 be fiWtl fnS ^ . Save » by the Fjrb EscAPB .-On Sa * turday night last a fire occurred in a house . No . 2 ,
urcat uarlow-street , Iliglwjtreet , Marylebbne . All means ot escape excepting by the windows , were cot off , aa the staircase and lower part of the premises were m flames , and tke inmates were obliged to crowd the windows to avoid suffocation . Cries were heard from the second floor , when the conductor of the Royal Society ' s fire escape , Robert IluU-bins , arrived with it in front of the house , and succeeded in amending and resouing a mother and fobr enildren ( oue of them paralytic ) from their perilous
i situation . An attempt baB been made to murder General Serrano , the Queen of Spain ' s favourite , by forward iog to him a parcel containing a fulminating compO ' sition , which was so placed that it would have exploded if the packet had been opened in the usual manner ; but some appearances awakened tusp ici OTi , nnd the pan *) was accordingly cut open . •» ratine murdc ^ us design was fi'iistr *^ ' . A meadow : n «» ymiaa of Ryarsh , Kent , was set oa fire , on Wednesday last , by some lighted tobacoo friijtth ml from a man ' s pipe , and the flames spread to quickly , that Berious apprehensions were felt for k n . jft " g fields of corns ; but some labourers , UK * - • "L ^ S turnips , ultinwteljsucceeeedin
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THE IRISH ELECTIONS .-REPEAL OF THE UNIONIn onr speculations last week as to the probable character and career of the new Parliament , we omitted to notice one i mportant element in its composition . The Irish elections have proved , iD a manner not to be mistaken , that all classes in that country are now heartily united in the conviction that the union must be repealed . The perplexing
nomenclature which has arisen out of the decomposition and recomposition of parties , and the desire to give an idea of the nature of the new combinations , was already sufficiently puzzling anil curioas , but to the list vre nave now to add that of Tory repealers . Several of the old Tory and large landed proprietors having been retumsd on the distinct groand of their conversion to the Repeal ranks ; and tbe returns , n « a whr . le . show a decided increase of members pledged toi ne support of Repeal .
This is a fact suggestive of grave -reflection on the part of the English people and English members of the legislature . If British rule is so defective , so injurious to Ireland , « s to force the old aristocracy into the'Conviction that the only -chance of their country'fesing saved lies in thedisseverment" of its legislative union with England , the ffinal issue cannot
be far distent . That this is the creed of the great bulkof'the people ,-nearly as passionately and-sincerely'held as the creed of the national faith , every one who'knows anything of Ireland must be aware . The union of the aristocracy and the masses must give an immediate impetus > to a aovsment , which mi ght , perchance , ere itliis have been successful , fcad those who-led it been honest and an earnest .
But O ^ CcnnelMias .-passed away ,-and however his successors-h Conciliation Hall may wish to follow in his footsteps , and copy that temporising policy , which , if not dictated b y the basest motives , had at least the effect of benefiting individuals at the-cost of arresting ^ gre at national movement , webelieve 4 hat they will not be permitted to-do so . It required all the magic -of- O'Connelfs oratorvyihe recollection
¦ of his long and active < poblic . career , and the 'immense clerical and political machinery by which he rfwayed the messes of his countrymen , to keep them patient under Jiis do-nothing or-retrogade policy . ¦ The "family" . are not ilikely to succeed in doing that which its launder . broke down under . " Young Ireland , " -with dts measured « cd cautious deference , in wosds at'ltast , to the character and claims of the man who . had beemthe .
leader of the Irish people for jo . many . years , as > to . establish a claim . on their gratitude . sufficientl y strong to preventtthem from saying . anythiug personally offensive , « as yet a sharp thorn ; in O'Cou . nei ^ s side—and , we &ave no doubt , helped to driv e him into that exile iia which he died . But what evercinay have been the causes which induced them toactinthat manner . towards ' ' The libecator , ' theyaie bound by no such ties to- the . faEiIy Popular leadership is « ot , like the peerage ., hereditary . The man who asjiires to that petition , muss
win it by Jiis own powers , and his own exertions oho O'eoanell , however ambitious of the post , has not as yet .-aiamn that he possesses the quaUfifiatioat to fill that , pesition . On the other hand , thekaders of the " young Ireland ' party , who openly oppose him , and scoff at the idea of his being allowed to head the struggJe for nationality , svhatever maybe their own defeete , are men of ab&ty , earnestness , and purpose . Tjiey mean what they say 5 and one of the proofs they do so , is to be found in the determination with Bhieb . they insist that ao Repealer , ia
. « out of Parliaaueni , shall accept office from an Asti-Repeal Government . The O'Coanellites will ¦ not swallow that pledge . They hanker after the "Hesh-pots of Egypt /' having aheady had some tolerable slices shared among them , and probably iook % apon a discreetly , tnanaged Repeal agitation « a means of getting more . Though , for the present , their hereditary claims may appear to have gisea them the predominance in the elections over t ' ae more ^ comprising and determined Young
Ireladders , it is not , we repeat , likely that this feeling will long continue to carry public support with it . The general impulse which , without any effi-Bcient central organisztion or guidance , bai returned so many Repeal members—which has caused the peasant , the stopkeeper , and the iandlord , to pa . tronise and unite their effortu , is not likely to ebb and flair at the will or convenience of a small clique of persons , who presume upon the traditi » nary influence of * great name . Ireland is determined :
to have "Repeal . -In the face of the millions spent by this country this year in alleviating ita miseries , the months of the Session which were occupied by its affairs , and the really honest and warm-hearted sympathy evinced by all classes in its sufferings , the deep , deliberate , conviction is that , before Ireland can be legislated for properly , it must be by an Irish Parliament . There is little to wonder , at in the fact . It would , perhaps , be impossible to point out in history any instance in which immense sums were squandered in so deplorably ignorant and useless , if not mischievous , a manner as were the funds granted by Parliament for the relief of Ireland . Good
intentions were not wanting ; but the practical know * ledge how to carry them into effect evidently did not exist , aud one of the first consequences of these very measures has been , as vre see at this Election , to unite all classes of Irishmen in the conviction that the regeneratipnof Ireland can onl y be achieved through the medium of a Native Legislature . That such a Parliament might , at Us commencement , commit mistakes , and fail in attaining the objects it had in view , may be granted to the opponents of Repeal ; but this would be part of the
process of that political self-education which is the only true source of political improvement—the only safe guarantee for permanent and substantial reforms . Ireland possesses all the requisites for becoming a great , powerful , and prosperous nation . What is it that prevents her from beiug so ? There may bo many other answers to the question , and we may admit that no one reason will satisfactorily and fuWy answer it ; but ttris we say without fear of contradiction , that the want of that culture ot the faculties , that spirit of independence and
self-helpfulness , which are generated by the possession- of the power of self-government , lies at the root . The first step , therefore , towards lifting Ireland up from the depths of pauperism into which she has sunk , is to give her that power . If we can help her to exercise it wisely , moderately , beneficially—and at the same time to aid substantially in carrying her over the transition period which must intervene between the acquisition of power , the knowledge how to use
it properly , and the realisation of the plans suggested by that knowledge , let us do so ; Ireland will be a brighter jewel in the British Crown , a better customer to our markets , and a more , powerful ally in case of war , when she is the independent , equal , and prosperous portion of a great empire , than she ever can be while permitted to remain in her present state . The Repeal of the Union is a question which the next Parliament will have to take up in earnest .
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MAGISTRATES AKD THE LAW . One of the follies of our legal administration , is intrusting it to the hands of the incompetent . The result is often tyrannical decisions , and exhibitions of folly ; but never did magistra t es pass a self-condemnatory verdict of ineompetency on themselves more fully , than the sapient quidnuncs of Sleaford , in Lincolnshire have done , in the case of a commoi assault . We have given this otherwise trivial case a
full report in another part of our paper , to show how ridiculous it is to intrust the decision of grave matters into the hands of those who profess themselves unable to decide on a case of common assault . A Mr Mills accuses a Mr Owen Cross of assaulting him—they fight . Mr Mills produces two witnesses , who do not depose to anything positive . Mr Cross produces five witnesses , who swear that he ( Mr Cross ) was the first assailed . The evidence appears simple enough , yet the magistrates decline to decide , and send it by indictment before the Sessions . Why do they not give Mr Cross the protection of the lawi
if innocent ? Is it because Mr Cross is known to incline to Chartist principles ? Wh y do they not punish him if culpable ? Because popular feeling had been roused , and the once quiet agricultural slaves of Sleaford have awakened to a consciousness of their dignity as men . Yet these imbecile magistrates feel competent to decide on a case of manslaughter or of murder—at least , as far a * committal or non-committal is concerned . Well might a number of men join the Land Company and the Charter , on the evening of the above-mentioned exhibition .
The killing of Dodson , the Sleaford secretary to the Land Company , has roused the feelings of every friend of humanity j and certainly , a more ruffianly display of POLICE LAW never came under our knowledge . Of this circumstance , and the lengthy investigations that have ensued , as also of the extraortfinary and conflicting decision of the Bench , w « shall next week give a detailed report—suffice it for the present to point the attention of our readers to the anomalies of our magisterial law .
A body of men are elevated to an important legal function , confessedly without any knowledge « f the law . Their only qualification is a " round paunch with . good fat capon lined , " —so many acres , so many horses , end so much assurance . They seek the office to'enjoy the exercise of a little petty authority ; to make themselves a little more terrible and
a little more ridiculous in the eyes of the poor serfs and villagers over whom they domineer . The country attornies , with a few honourable exeept ' ons , are their ready tools ; they play into their hands , till , perchance , they can get hold of their estates by mortgage . and foreclosure , when they play the tyrants in 43 ieir turn—with not much more knowledge of law than the other , save how to take 1
more technical advantage of the unwary . These sapient authorities " knock off the law " before dinner , in an . offhand style , quite surprising ; and if , perchance , such a thing should happen as counsel ieing employed by the poor man , the magistrates cone to their task fidgetty aad uncomfortable , indignant at beiig kept a few hours at . their duty , cnying out that " they want their dinners J" and
11 are amiout to get home , " and afraid of exposing their ignorance to ihe world- Were ao one there to laok after the poor man ' s interests the < ase would be soon disposed off— as on Monday last , when they fined a man five pounds for an assault , and . the tame 4 ap , after an investigation of six hours &nd a half , referred another assault * case , less important , to the sessions , as we have already stated .
Are these the authorities the people ave to look « p to—men who can crack their jokes when the manslaughter of one of their nei ghbours is being investigated ? Are these th « men who are to be tlic dispensers of justice ? Out upon them ! or rather out upon the foll y of the people who suffer such a system to exist . In the north these men Have been read a might ? lesson . The names o (
Lyon and Stubbs will hang in terror before them , as you hang dead rats to scare the living ones—the land rats of Lincolnshire . The fame of the people ' law , and Roberts , the people ' s lawyer , is extending here , and it is hi gh time , —high time some on * should reduce magisterial law in the agricultural counties iniu something likt the bounds of -.. union sense and common justice .
It will be gratifying when they can join hands with the manufacturing districts on the field of mutual emancipation . But at present the poor agriculturist is bound hand and foot in the power ot the Magistrate-Landlord . He is obliged to take sach l aw at the latter chooses to mete out to him __ he cannot afford to pay for counsel—the surrounding attornies are on the hostile side-it is all onp way-and all the " freeborn Briton , " ?»>• -Kriraltural slave , can hope for is , that b- ; masters trill not h 9 i 00 sever * andhewii'" * be « er boy next time . " . T h . * £
—he will not dare to entertain liberal ' opinions-he will not dare to worship God according to his own conscience-1 le will not dare to speak his own mind —he will no t dare to suppose the "Squire" or tne « Parson- " cr in be wrong ; in short , he will not dare to be a man ,, but will sink into a passive , slavish , machine . We say to the , men of Lincolnshire , will they
submit to this ? Submit , while they see their brethren through England breaking the rotten fabrics of corrup tion p iecemeal , around them ? No , they will be _ th (? . y ARE—np and stirring 1 The lig ht of truth is penetrating into the Fens , and the bloated toads of antiquated misrule that lurk in its wet hollows , are beg inning to blink and retreat before the advancing day .
' We have watched the late occurrencesin Lincolnshire , since we have seen an omen of a manly spirit in the attitude assumed [ by the people , We will watch them still—and we will have our eyes upon their Magistrates . We feel , however , bound to make mention of two gentlemen who are an honour to their station—the one is Mr Allin , a Magistrate whose manly and * impartial conduot deserves the
hig hest praise ; the other is Mr Foster , a Solicitor , who has proved himself a true friend to the cause of justice and humanity . We hail such men with delig ht- We war against no class—we honour equally the good in all classes—we oppose measures , and not men ; and are willing to concede to every one the enjoyment of his own , claiming that he does not infringe on oub ' s and our bights , in return .
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rir | j j JJ >> jij ^ ryyw <^^^~ ' ^*^"' rf" «^^ r * y » PUBLIC HEALTH . On Monday last an inquest was held on the bod y of a man who was suffocated by inhaling foul air in a privy in Langley-court , Long-acre . Other parties who sought to rescue the unfortunate man , nearly perished from the noxious exhalation . The evidence adduced at the inquest , threw some light on the nature of the sewerage of the district , and its usual consequences , to which it is important to point public attention , as affording an illustration of the impera
tive necessity for instant and sweeping sanitary reform . The immediate cause of death in the instance which has drawn public notice to Langley-court , and the adjacent district , was not the general impurity of the air arising from deficient sewerage , stagnant cesspools , and open privies , but a particular emanation caused by vitriol thrown down a drain , and coming in contact with lirae previously thrown down to disinfect the soil contained in it , and thus render houses habitable which , without such an expedient , would not have been fit to live in . But , ' if the
drains had . been properly constructed , there would have been no occasion to use lime for the purpose of neutralising the noxious exhalations arising from putrifying matter . When caustic lime is thrown into a cesspool , the sulphuretted hydrogen from the foul matter combines with it , and forms sulphuret of lime . The poison is still there , it only takes a solid , instead of a liquid and gaseous form—the vitriol , being an acid , when it came in contact with this body , immediately disengaged the poison , and gave out a quantity of mephitic gas , which produced almost instantaneous death in one case , threatened to be fatal in others , and must have been more or
less prejudicial to the whole neighbourhood . But what is the ordinary state of the district ? The houses where the accident occurred had drains running down the court , and communicating with a sewer built about 24 years ago . The accumulation of soil in that sewer was three feet deep , and the mouth of the drain nearly choked up . The sewer was intended to empty itself into another in Hartstreet , in which there was an accumulation of filth to the depth of one foot eight inches . This , then , blocked up the Langley-court sewer , which was deeper than the one intended to carry away from it the filth of which it was meant to be the conductor .
Instead of this , by the wretched and ignorant construction of these sewers , itisevidentthat they became retorts for the generation of poison , instead of pipes for its removal . To counteract the constant exhalation of morbific gases arising from this defective construction , lime was constantly used to render the atmosphere endurable to the senses . It did that to the vitiated perceptions of the regular inhabitants
of the court ; but what the landlord called a common smell , " and thought nothing of , was aptly brought out by a question from Mr Berry , a surgeon , he stated that "he went on the day after the accident to the yard , in company with Mr Berry , and that he then found no perceptible smell there . " Mr Berry said— " He asked the question , because he himself found the stench to ie excessive at the time . "
In this vitiated and pestilential atmosphere , there are sometimes forty individuals residing in one house . The surgeon stated that he had recently been in one house in which a man lay dead , there were forty other inmates in the house , and all these had hut one cesspool—for it was not a water-closet —among them . " There is always fever in ( In neighbourhood , and , not only fever but serious
depression of spirit was also caused by the constant prevalence of offensive odours . " Here , then , there is no escaping from the direct inference to be drawn from the facts which stand so evidently in the r » lation of cause and effect to each other ; and this is the history of nearly all the districts into which the poor are crowded , not only in the metropolis , but . in all the other large towns in this country .
The general results , as exhibited by the Registrar General , are appalling . In the year ending June , 1847 , the excess of mortality over the natural and ordinary deaths , amounted 67 , 712 , aud that in only one-fourth of the population—for , of course , in making up such tables , all the upper , middle , and healthily-located classes , are excluded . Nearly seventy-seven thousand of the working and poorer classes are swept away by these pestilential and death-dealing exhalations in one year ! When the
cannon , the musket , and sabre , mowed down their thousands at Waterloo , a wail of sorrow went through the land . But such battles occur only rarely . Upwards of thirty years have elapsed since " the crowning carnage , Waterloo , " and every year since a more subtle , deadly , and sure destroyer of human life , has been permitted to revel among the dwellings of the poor , and to wage a war with the children of Industry , in which it annuall y mows down a greater number of victims , than fell on that bloody field .
If we could realise to our minds this immense number of persona—annually carried to the grave by preventable causes—if we could adequatel y conceive of the suffering Wnich precedes death , the destitution and p auperism which follows it—if the loss of health , strei . 'gtMnd skilled industry which it costs us , were summed up-together with the amount levied in 1 *» te 8 i to maintain the widows and families of the victi ' whofa 11 on ll » e fever-fieldthere wouid , surely , I * a more earnest endeavour , on the part of all classes , 1 « P ut aB end to this deplorable state of things , As it i « - H" >» e * * ' » " a S eneral recognition of
the evil , and of the necest nty « doing something relative to it , no one seems * ° have a vital percep . tion of its magnitude , or of th , " imperative necessit y for immediate and vigorous exei "I ' " to put an end to it . In the case which has elic ted these remarks , one of the Commissioners of Sewer ^ told the Jury ' that everybody was aware of the . mischief—every one anxious to remedy-but unluckil y , uo one who cared about the matter , had the power . The Commissioners had no authority to make a S . wer-the Parish was in the same predicament . The owners of the property would »«* - — -. -- •» ou icvt » w « - uuues 10 slay \ ts victinw i » ?«• - . ;•««• " j - ¦ - --or" "" iwien locality . The ' same comp . '» fot
we have heard from Common-Cduhcilinen ' of tne City . "We have no power to apply a remedy , " say they , " give us the power and you will see what we'll do . " But , somehow or other , whenever the Government interferes with the subject , " strike high or strike low , " there is no pleasing these gentry . Parish Boards , District Commissioners , Select Vestries , and Corporations , all unite in one yell of opposition . P * ublic health , and genuine
arrangements for its preservation , based upon enlightened principles , and constructed upon scientific principles , are very good in their way ; but not half so important as the perpetuation of the race of local great men , and parish busy-bodies , who , in the exercise of concurrent powers manage to neutralise the little good which each might effect , in consequence of their mutual antagonism , and the absence of a central controlling power to compel , them to perform effectively the duties entrusted to them .
As this subject is not only of paramount importance in itself , but one which is likely , at an early period of the session , to come before Parliament in a practical shape , we shall return to it , with the view of inquiring , how the requisite central control can be combined with that freedom of local action which is an essential and cherished principle of our old Saxon institutions .
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RECEIPTS OP THE NAVXou ^ T *^ OPERATIVE LAND COinp % Cfi FOR THB WEEK ENDING AUOUst r >
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p 2 5 TOTAL LAND FUND . Mr O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 0 4 2 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 750 Mr O ' Connor Section No . 3 ... 22 15 3 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 4 ,,. 94 § 7 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 5 ... ] fl ] 8 10 Expense Fund ... ... 325 ftulea ... ... 0 7 n £ 145 0 . 4 CH »» TO ? niR Doue wema ^ Thos . Clasx , Pniup H'Gbath , Secretary .
The above are the whole of the monies received at the Office during the present week , and as no list Us beta forwarded b y tho directors from Lowbands ; the remit . tances to that place cannot be acknowledged ia thii day's Stau . On behalf of the Directors , Samuel Bookhah ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1432/page/4/
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