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    • THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARYS, 1848
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      fXL 1 JOB EACH , AND EACH SOB AH . ' TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . -Vt , s _ The projfricfy of establishing a Xational Benefit Society baa been frequently urged upon our atten-. ' - " ' tronr desire esprestcJ that we should originate one , in order to afford au opportunity to thoBO of our Uon , anua > - s ies y e of joining an institution under tbo suapices ef tho movement party , and established for friends w .. o n ^ 03 ward march of Democracy . With the desire of our friends we cordially syinpatMsfl , the purpos tfa ! lt b 0 Br tirae u fu lly and completely occupied in attending to our pment engagements , we should ana were ^^^ Jn eompiyiD 5 with their vrigheR . We hare long been of opinion that the cause of the people lTb * miu-h served liy the establishment of such an Association : At preieat there are thousands who join ^ h " societies who would prefer bocarainij membrrs of one composed of persons whose opinions hurmonise with th ow and whoss fund * instead of being placed at the disposal of thtir enemie 6 , would be applied to benefit themselves , and the cause which they have at hesrt . We must , howerer , deoliae entering upon the organisation { such a body but , at the same tirae , would recommend all who fesl interested in tfce matter , to join the ' NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY , Which has been some time In existence , and which ' was established for the parposes above enumerated . The actual Minajeoient of it devolres upon its indefatigable founder , Mr SrAtLwooo , a man in whose honour and probitv we have ' the greatest reliance—so much coafidence do we repose in him , that we have consented to become the dixecton of th » soeietj—Hr Stallwood undertaking to do the work of secretary , our part of the business being to siake a periodical examination of the accounts , and other monetary transactions , which all parties may rely upon bsine done by us The ehief recommendations of this society are—that the subscriptions are liberal ; its gorernment democratic ' and its funds wilt be deposited ia fte National Laud and Labou * Bank . We sincerely recom . mend this society to the con « ideration « f our friends . All communications on the subject to J « e addressed to the secretary Mr Edmund Stallwood , 2 , Little Tale- ; . lace , Hammersmith , London , secreiary , CHSISTOfHIR DolLE , TH 0 UA 8 CWBK , PHII-lP M'GRATH .

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      N 0 f 7 PUBLISHING . T JIE POLITICAL W 0 KK 3 OF THOMAS PAINE . Completa in one thick volume , price 5 j ., in which vrll ha found seveiAl pieces never before published in England ; and en appendix , containing the Trial of Thomas Paine , with a portrait of the author . TOLTAIRE'S ROMANCE AND TALES , in one vol ., price 3 s . Cd . THE DEVIL'S PULF 1 T , By theR v . Robert Tat-LOB , two toU . ptict 5 ? ,, published at S » . THE DIAGESIS . By the game authsr , price 5 a ., published at One Gainea . THE SIASUAL OF FRESMA 30 XRY . By Carlile , published at 15 s . aa < 3 now rtJaeed to 6 s . This Js the osly edition that contains the celebrated Introductions , being a complete K-y to tha science and mystery of Masonry . Three parts in one volume , handsomely bnnnd .

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      On Satarday . the 12 th day of February , wJl be published , the First Number of a DUBLIN WEEKLY JOURNAL , ESTITLED TEE UNITED IRISHMAN . ' EDITED BY JOHN MITCHEL , Aided by Thomas Devik Rsh . lt , John Mabtis , of Loughorn , aai other competent Contributors . 'Our independence nmstbehwd at all hnzards . If the men of property will not support us , they must fall : we can su port ourselvea by the aid of that numerous and resp = ctal > Ie cla ? s of the commuuity , the Men of no Property . '—Theobald Wolfe Tone . The Projectors of * Thn United Irishman' believe that the worhl is weary of OLD IRELAND , aad also of YOTIXG IRELAND—that the day for Doth these noisy factionsi ? pi . * -t rnd gone—that Old and Yonng alike have grown superannuated and obsolete together . They belies that the Public ear is thirsting to hear some Toice , b" ! dcr , more intelligible , more independent of parties , polities , and cliques , than any it has heard for a long while .

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      PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . I' ., *| 1 MARTir informs his friends and the Chartist body A * S *»> rally , that he has reduced the price of his ntoographje full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief TO the follo wing r rice :-Prints . Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . 6 d Tnh v ^ PEOPLE'S EDITION . ttilUtreet h "'* H «™"" - S ^ k office , W , Great Windhtm- Hevw i " - et : Sw « et . > se Gate , Hottine-United Sfngatm : Slil MllBlt 8 r . «""! aU bootofeUiM in t £ «

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      THE O'CONJIOR TARTAN . MB JOHN GREGORY , Draper , Ecclen , near Manc'jester , begs respectfully to inform his Democratic IricnwS in Manchester , Stockpurt , Asbton , Hyde , Oldham , Bury , neywood , Boltan , and Leigh , that he has become Agent for the sale of THE O'CONNOR TARTAN , and intends to wait upon his friends , in the above-named places , in the course of a fsw days , with a 6 elect stoi-k of Ladies' Shawls , Scarfs , Handkerchiefs , Silk and Woollen Dresses , Gentlemen ' s Vestiugs . itc . ic , when he trusts he shall receive the patronage and support of his numerous friends .

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      THE LAND . TO any allottee whoDOKSNOT WANT TO GOON HIS LAND AT PRESENT , a gardener will give five per cent , abore the Company ' s rent , for » term of seven yeara . Apply , J . B ., 31 , Drummoud-crescent , Euston-square , London .

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      THE LAND . TTTANTED , a Two Acre Allotment , at Mathon , Snig ' s YV End , Moat , or Filkin ' s Hall ; for which &Q will be paid .- Apsly , by letter , post paid , to Mr Love , News Agent , 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow .

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      LAND . TO BE DISPOSED OF , A FOUR ACRE ALLOTMENT ( obtained in tho November Usillot ); the successful allottee having engagement preventing him taking possession . J ^ -br particulars , apply ( pest paid > , to Henry Whitworth , 35 , Scott's-row , Wiuding-road , Northgate , Halifax , Yorkshire .

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      IM 3 TRUCTI 0 K , COMMUNICATION , AND DEFENCE FOR THE MILLION . Union is [ Strength ; Knowledge U Power . —Bacon . The Minebs , Tsades , and the Industrious Classes gene , rally , will find it tu be their interest aud adTautage to read and support TUB MINERS' ADVOCATE , MANX INTELLI . GENCER , and TRADES' FREE PRESS ; which is Edited and Published by Mr Wm . Daniellb , in anew and improved form , in Douglas , Isle of Man , and is an organ of instruction , communication aud defence for the Miners and Tradas of Great Britain ; at the same time it will also advocate the rights , and expose the wrongs of Labour ; and will likewise insert the different grievances under which the Miners and Trades suffer , if sent and properly authenticated . One of the principal objects o £ the Hikers' Advocate ajjb TeaDhs' Fjsee Pufess will be to endeavour to break down and expose the injurious tendency of the prejudices andill feelingwhich , unhappily , too much prevail among working men , and which prejudice and ill-feeling the seliislt ami unprincipled among the muster-class have invariably used as means to still further depress and enslave tho Wealth Producers . Seeing that it m . ost certainly is the interest of the Industrious Classes to hold a good understanding with each other , and to cultivate a spirit of unity atidfriendship with each other , for mutual assistance and defence , we shall labour incessantly to overthrow the pernicious ' A ristocracy of Trades ; ' and we shall als > endeavour to instruct as wellasamuse , being convinced that the ' one thing needful' among the working classes is in . formation and a . knowledge of their rights , aud worth , and usefulness ; that knowledge once obtained , u rapid improvement in the moral and physical condition of tlie ill-u . ced and oppressed toiling millions weuld speedily follow . The Advocate will belong to no particular political party or religious sect , but will give a fair and impartial epitome ef the proceedings in the Political aud Religious World ; and besides giving Papers on the Ventilation of iind Explosions and Accidents in Mines , and on Mines and Mining operations , it will likewise give a condensed yet faithful report of the News of the Day ; in iiue , it is the intention of the Proprietor , should he meet with due encouragement and support , to make the Advocate , : iot only aa organ of communication for the Miners aud Trades , and an exponent and defander of the Rights of Labour , but a USEFUL FAMILY NEWSPAPER . Beingpsblishedinthe Isle of Man , it is allowed tho privilege to go Postage Free , and ca » be posted in any part of the United Kingdom , —thus giving it all the advantages of a regular Stamped Newspaper .

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      ADVERTISERS Who wish to give extensive publicity to their business , will find it advantageous to advertise iu the pages of the JIiNSiis' Advocate aud Thades' Fbee Peess , the aver age circulation of which , during the last twelve months , has been upwards of 0 , 9 ( 10 , in England , Scotland , and Wales ; besides , there being nu stamp duty in the Isle of ilan , wa ara enabled to insert Advertisements much cheaper than the newspapers which are published in England , Scotland , and Wales , and which pay a duty of Is tid . tor each advertisement to Government . ' / 'he Advocate is now printed in the Quarto farm ; it onntains twenty-four columns of clossly printed matter , price Two Pence , and as the Third Volume has just commenced , it forms a favourable opportunity for the comnu'ncementof New Readers .

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      OFFICE ,-No , i , Post Office Plwt , Povglas , IsUofMan , Where Orders , Advertisements , and Communications should be sent addressed to the Editor ; Orders and Advertisments-will be also received by all respectable Booksellers and News-agents in Town and Country . Douglas , Isle of Man , January , 1818 .

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      rTRACTS FOR FUSTIAN JACKETS , AND X SMOCK FROCKS . By the Rev . B . Parsons . Price One Penny each . No . 1 , 'Masters and Men . ' New edition iu the press . No . 2 and 3 , ' The Bible and Th = Charter . ' No . 4 , ' Good * , Goody . ' No . 5 , ' Radicalism , an essential Doctrine of Christianity . ' No . G , Tfce Chief of the Sluughter-raen and Our National Defences . Snow , London .

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      The commission appointed to revise the Prussian penal code , has approved a proposal that capital executions shall henceforth be performed by guillotine instead of the axe . The Norwich Mercuhy mentions that Womb well's elephant , which was supposed to be mores than uHe hundred years old , died of extreme age on Thurs day week .

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      JUST PU . BLISE ^ to , ( Uniform with the " Lauodheb" Magaeino , ) Price ea . A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON SPADE A HUSBANDRY , be ' mg tho rosults of f « ur years' experience . Br J . Sillbtt . M'Rowun and Co ., 16 , Grot WindmilUtrcet , London and may be had of all booksellers .

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      Just Published , price One Penny , A LETTER by FrARQoa O'Connob , Esq . M . F ., 'TO THE RICH AND THE POOR ; To those « ho live iu Idleness Without Labour , and to those who oro Willing to Labour but Compelled to Starvo , ' Price 2 s . por 109 . or 18 * . per 1000 . i "I ^ THAT MAT BE DONE WITH THREE ACRES V ¥ OP LAND , ' Explained in a Letter , by Fjeabocb O'Connob , Esq ., M . P . To be had at tbe Office of the National Land OempaDy HI , High Holborn .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of c MR . O'CONNOR'S-WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at the Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill Street ; and of Abol Hoyweod . Manchester .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , PBICE SIXPENCE . NO . XIV . OF " THE LABOURER , " CONTAINING A . TREATISE ON TIIE SMALL FARM SYSTEM AND THE BANKING SYSTEM Br WHICH IT IS INTENDED XO BE DEVELOPED , DI FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P , ' Letters ( pre-paid ) to ba addreised to the Editors , 16 Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London / ' ; '' Orders received by all agents for the " Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country .

      The Northern Star, Saturday, Februarys, 1848

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , FEBRUARYS , 1848

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      THE RALLY . In anticipation of the present Session of Parliament , in which the banded parties of the privileged willj endeavour to divert the public mind from the real questions at issue , by the bugbear of French invasion ; the Chartist body have been gathering under that banner , which has , indeed , survived the battle of factions , and braved the { hurricanes of persecution , which have assailed the cause of the Charter . The fact is , Parliament seeing that the questions of the Charter and the Land will be brought before them with accumulated force and terrible urgency , see the necessity of having some

      stalking-horse whereon to ride through the session—some excuse for putting off the consideration of their necessity for " matters of greater urgency . " They think , no doubt , that the " National Defences" will be a good shield interposed between them and national misery , —betweenfthem and the national demand for justice . We are much mistaken , if they be not met on their own pet question in a matter they little anticipate ; and such if means " National Defence ' ' be not brought under their cognisance , as they little expect , and as they are wholly unprepared to own : the People themselves , the Spartan rampart , the best

      means of defence , " , with the CHARTER for their sword , and the LAND for their shield . They may try to burk <* the consideration of these great requirements of the age as much as they please , but they will still obtrude themselves , —they will still force themselves on the attention of the House . The poor excuse for arming monopoly against popular right , can avail them no longer , and foreseeing this , they are trying to administer the dose in such gradual quantities as ; shall not .. alarm ( as they think , ) the common sense of the people , we are not to have the 150 , 000 militia men raised at once , but by doses of ten thousand per

      annum . We tell them , that ' . the subterfuge will not avail them—that the people will not fight for the rights of others—for the wealth of others —for the waste , rapine , and idleness of others —but that the people are determined to obtain their own . No more willing slaves led to the slaughter-house of monopoly—no more taxpayers dragged at the Jchariot-wheels of Moloch—but the great iiat has gone forth : "Taxpayers shall be Lawmakers . " A second blessing is to be extended to Ireland , they have had the English Poor-law , and now it is . intended

      that this class « cursed country shall have a property-tax as well , and ( for the first year , ) of five per cent . Unfortunately this tax will not be paid by the property-class , but as all such taxes hitherto have been , by the povertj -class —by the workers who have created the " property" of the rich , Meanwhile , middle-class despotism is playing its game in England : while the dungeon of the industrious—the prison in which those willing to toil , but denied even the privilege of labour , while the bastile is being multiplied here , the palaces of royalty and aristocracy are rising as well . The

      new palace in Pimlico is still growing in splendour ; the new marine palace in the Isle of Wight is about having its foundation-stone laid by the German prince ; the aristocracy are aping the example of their Royal mistress , and a mansion destined to be the most magnificent in London , is now being raised by that very nobleman who is trying to multiply the taxes of the poor , by echoing , like a jackall , the war-cry of an " iron ' duke . But every palace brings a bastile in its wake-rand thus , in the same metropolis , in which the palace of the noble rises , the bastile for the poor is being erected simultaneously .

      Decreased revenue and ^ increased taxation , eight millions added to the national debt in one year , point the moral of the tale—while Enclosure Bills show the spirit of the Government and by locking up the resources of the country more and more , close the only channel of extrication from our difficnlties . In the face of this Chartism has seen the necessity of rallying—and it has rallied . Our columns of this ' week bear evidence of this , as witness the glorious meetings we have the gratification of recording . Town and country seem stirred by the same glorious impulse . The spirit is rising oppression has raised , but that tyranny can never quell . The metropolis eminentl

      has pre- y exerted itself— -even those places long dormant are having their resurrection , and these meetings bear a multiplied importance , when we connect them with the maturity of the public mind . It is no longer the mere shout and cheer , but the deep conviction and the concentrated energy . The feelin ° " raised dies no longer with the close of the meeting , but is carried beyond the doorsit spreads—it multiplies , and the great tide is rising throughout the country that must ultimately whelm class-legislation in its exultant waves . The Chartists are preparing for the Convention , the Petition , and , more than all , for the enforcement of that Petition by till letial means .

      And well may the people help themselves , since the first night of Session proves their rulers will not help them . Notwithstanding the misery of the country , what occupies our Legislators on the first night of their Session ? Xot to feed the famishing—not to propound

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      ' remedial measures—not even the bare consideration of the people ' s demands—but the interests of the West India proprietors ! And why ? Because these gentlemen are represented in the House—and the people are not . The people must , therefore , represent themselves—they must apeak unmistakable language , and show unmistakable power . It has long been the boast of English Democracy to be in the van of European civilisation—and we believe that in this new advance of Chartism , such true elements of reform are incorporatedas will ensure the permanency of

      , those advantages which popular power shall have been enabled to gain . While , however , we are sounding the tocsin of liberty at home , from abroad , too , harmonious notes are swellin " the choral strain . The agrarians of America and the patriots of Cracow , the victims of the Old World , and the oppressed of the New , are alike making the Land the chief goal to which their assumption of the popular sovereignty , long withheld , is tending ; and this goal they are reaching through the channels ol political ascendancy . One universal demand

      for restitution of Istolen rights , is pervading the world—one more of those great revolutionary epochs , which > like the several footfalls of the giant / Freedom , mark the march of time with the triumphs of humanity . Pre-eminent in the list stands Sicily . Sicily , that has scorned compromise , spurned concession , repelled force , defeated fraud , and relied on its own strength . Sicily proves to us what the people can do . We trust the same policy , the same success , will mark the course of the Sicilian throughout , and that the bright example will encourage the Democracy of Europe .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The real work of the Session has at length commenced in earnest . The November sitting was , in all respects , an extra appendage , and but for its Coercion Bill , and its stop-gapCommittee on the Currency , would be speedily consigned to limbo . " There will , it is evident , be no lack of work in that which has begun this ' week . Numerous matters of general and pressing interest demand attention , and the aspect of the House on Thnrsday night , as well as the way in which business was set about , seems to promise that Members intend to set about " talking'' of these matters : t settle them is another question—their capao bility to do that must be tested by time .

      The expiry of the Income Tax on the 5 th of April next , has applied the whip and spur to the Exchequer , and Lord John gave notice on the first night of the Session , that it is his intention , on aMonday the 14 th , or Friday the 18 th inst ., to make his Financial Statement , and will also at the same time state what has been | done by former , and by the present Government , with respect to our National Defences . Two questions of paramount importance will thus be raised at an unusually early period—Taxation , and our capability of repelling Foreign Aggression .

      With reference to the former it is quite evident that , with a falling Revenue , and a gloomy prospect before us , the Ministry will not spontaneously propose " any reduction of Taxes , and will also stoutly resist any remission of duties which may emanate from other quarters . Important and influential movements are on foot , with the object of procuring the reduction ef the duties on Tea , and the repeal of the Window Tax . It is scarcely possible to imagine any two taxes less defensible than those singled out for attack . The one has become an article of universal

      consumption , and the redaction of its price would not only add to the domestic enjoyment of the masses , but we verily believe materially promote sober and rational habits among the great body of the people . The Window Tax is so monstrous in itself , and is levied so unjustly and unequally , that it is astonishing if has been so long tolerated . In connexion with the fashionable movement for Sanatory Reform , of which the Government profess to be such ardent friends , it i « difficult to imagine npon what ground they can maintain an impost which notoriously excludes light and air

      from the dwellings of the working classes , and is , to a great extent , the source-of that disease which perennially haunts those portions of our towns in which they reside . Necessity , however , they say , has no law , and , in all proba bility , Lord John will offer to all arguments on the subject a conclusive and pithy " cao't afford it . " It is understood that the ' Income Tax is to be made permanent , and to be levied at the rate of five per cent , for a limited period , in order to make up for the deficiency in the Revenue . If so , we trust that its

      present unequal and most unjust operation will be remedied , and that Income dependent upon the health and professional ability of individuals , will not be taxed at the same rate as that arising from real property , which is neither affected by the sickness nor the death of the proprietor . With respect to our National Defences—which now keep many people talking and writing-, who know very little of the matter—it will be time enough to express an opinion when we have the facts before us in an official shape .

      The AttorneyGeneralobtained leave to bring in four bills , which are afterwards to be submitted to a Committee , which , as affecting the administration of the law in minor cases , and those more immediately in connexion with the working classes , are of considerable importance They are intended to consolidate the present laws with respect to Justices of the Peace ; to enlarge their powers of Summary Conviction ; and regulate in a better manner the holding of Special Sessions and Petty Sessions . The

      professed object in introducing these measures is , to promote the object of Prison and Criminal Reform , but it will be necessary for the press , and the friends of the labouring classes , to watch them narrowly , in order to prevent provisions from being smuggled in , which may seriously interfere with the liberty of the subject . The celebrated ' Masters' and Servants' Bill , " which was defeated b y the people ' s champion , Mr T . S . Duncombe , was ushered with a flourish of trumpets of the same kind , and this fact should make us cautious and

      wary . The West Indian Planters > ok the field early . The measure of the Whigs , passed immediately after taking office in 1846 , is said by them to have inflicted wide spread ruin on the Sugar Interested Lord'Gr . Bentinck proposed a committee upor | the subject . He confessed

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      ¦ u ih "'""""""^""^'"* - ""' « iii > i «< "ra » iii | iiilii ill in ,,,, ^ that he was hopeless , in the present state of jj House , of his carrying any measure of positiv Protection , if proposed in the House , but he di hope that the facts he would adduce in t } Committee , would be sufficient to cause tfi Government and the FreeTraders to re-tonsidf the subject . To Lord George ' s proposition th Government offered no objection ; but anoth ( proposition for suspendingthe ' . descending scali of duties upon foreign sugar in the act of is * met with a different and hostile receptioi There is not the slightest doubt that the Wei r- ^ rr-rv L , tHr """* hniiplpgg . in thP present . « t « fZ f >

      Indian interest and the Free Traders will have many a tussel upon this question in the course of the session , but we suspect with little chance of success for the Protectionist princi » pie . The star of Free Trade is still in the ascendant , and we suspect that nothing shot ); of actual and bitter experience of the utter fallacy of their dogmas will ever bring them to their senses , or produce such a re-action in the public mind , sufficiently powerful to compel the adoption of a more rational and equitable policy .

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      MISCELLANEOBS , % Sr Now that Parliament has assembled we must , as a general rule , excludelengthy communication ) , unless reports { well written ) of verj important meetings . Reporters , writers of letters , and Char , tist and Land BufcBecretarjea will , therefore , $ bljg 9 by making their communications as brief as pos . sible . We shall be glad it some of our correspon , dente will try to improve their writing ; and shal thank others , who might do so , to let us hayjl their reports , &o ; t before Thursday . PUBLIC MONIES .

      We request all Sub-secretaries , and other' per . ssns who may hare occasion to send public moaiea to the Metropolis , to pay attention to the following directions : —• - - ¦ Monies for the understated purposes most be addressed as follows : — Payment ! for the Northern Star . Mr William Rider , 1 « , Great Windmill-street , Hay . market , London , National land , and Labour Bank . * The lUnnfer of the National Land and Labour Bank , No . 498 , New Oxford Street , London . ' National Lani Company . < The Director * of the National Land Company , No , Hi , High Holborn , London . ' National Charter Association . ' Mr Thomas Clark , No . Hi , High Holborn , London

      Lacy ; I think I am capable , Jlr Editor , of transacting my own business , especially matters of communication , and if I should happen to be necessitated to have n recommendation from the West Riding secretary , I will write to that gentleman myself , and I liave not tin least doubt but that he would raadiiy accede to my wish . I therefore warn the secretaries in other localities , to take no notice of any letters without my own signature attached to them . I may also state that a good many readers of the Stae have got the impression that there pre two persons of the name of Tomlinson taking a prominent part in our movement in the West Riding , whereas , I am the only parson of that name that has attended meetings : in thia part of the country . Henceforth , all communications for me , must be addressed . Care of Joshua Nicoll , for Ambrose Tomlinson , Temperance Hotel , No . 16 , Broadstreet , Halifax , —I am , yours , Ambbosi Tomunson . $ 37 * Press of matter compels us to withdraw several communications till our next , Mb J , Hiddox , Gloucester , —Seed 5 s , 6 d . quarterly to this office . Jobs Hawabden . Bokon . —Nert week . Minsteb Lovkl . —We have received the list or BpHot for locn'isn on the Minster Level estate ; pregg of matter compel * its postponement . Mr BtBKEB , Wortley . —Received . Thanks . Me John Parkeb , Old Shildon . —Wo wilt send thu plates by post . The charge U 2 d . each . Mr J . Hets , Wiston , near Prescot —Wishes ma to gl ? a reasons why I have not published a letter from the Miners , n » r sent a receipt for the sum of £ 2 . 3 * . My first reason is , I never received it . My second is , I have no mora to do with the publication of letter * in the Star than has Mr Heys himself , On enquiry , I Iearo that Mr Harney received the letter , and forwarded it to the proper quarter—to Mr Barrett , Bt tha Trades ' office , Tottenham . court-road . Those who remit money will do well to read the direction * given ia the Stah . —Wh Rid « b .

      Gen eral Registration and Election Committee . 1 Mr James Grassby , No . 8 , Noah ' s Ark-court , Stan . gate , Lambeth , London . ' National Victim , and Wid * V * and Orphan ) Fund . Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo . gtreet , Camborwell , London . ' For Mrs W . Jones . ' Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-street , Camberrrell , London . ' Metropolitan Chartist Ball , Mr — Tapp . No . 51 , Finabury Market , London . ' Defence of Mr . O'Connor ' s Seat in Parliament . < Mr Thomas Clark , No . 1 U , High Holbirn , London . ' Prosecution of the Manchester Eeamiter . ' Mr ThomaB Clark , No . 144 , High Holborn , Louaon ,

      The Sleaford Case . ' Mr Thomas Clark , 2 U . 144 , High Holborn , London , The Fraternal Democrat ! . ' G . Julian Hamey , No . 16 , Great Windmill-street Haymarket , London . ' United Trades' Association . Mr Barratt , No . 11 , Tottenham Conrt Road , London . ' ggr Monies sent contrary to the above directions will not be acknowledged . * * * Private letters istended for Mr O'Connor , and sent to this office , most be marked ( Prirate . ' Correspondents are requested not to trouble Mr O'Connor with letters , reports , &o .. Intended for the Star ; nor with any letters that should be addressed as set forth above .

      G . White . —The lines shall have a place some day . MrS . Ktdd . —The friends at Stourbridge will be glad of a visit from Mr Kydd . AScnoomor .-We know nothing concerning Mr Fox ' s ' qualification . ' No Room . —W . L ., Somers Town . A Nantwich Chartist . —We cannot publish your letter in its anonymous form . Mr J , P . O'Bbieh , Exeter , objects to Mr Robert 3 on ' 3 assertion , that a quarter of an acre of garden is suffi . cient for a teacher on the Chartist estates . Rochdale . —The report sent last week was in type before tha second report arrived . Inadmissible . —H . Lewis , Borslem .

      Mr H , MoTTi begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums , for the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat ia Parliament : —Mr Tivey , Old Lenton , ies ; Mr Stanford , 3 d ; Mr ; 0 aHen , is ; Hyson . green , 4 s 5 d ; Mr Smith , Old Lenton , 3 s ; Mr Goddard , Gd ; Mr Douse , Carrington , 10 s ; Mr Legs , Carrington , 6 s 6 d ; total , £ 1 15 s Sd . Nottingham , Feb 1 st . The Goveenment and ihe Laud Plan . — Sir . — Mr Donaldson , of Warwick , has stated my views to be mistaken ; I put him to the proof . His letter is but a tissue of assertions from beginning to end without one word of definition . I can assure him that the resolution of the Warwick branch produced no impression here , na tlipt-o am > men h «> p whncp faculties are not to ba

      seduced by vague declamation . As to the government being irresponsible , I deny it in toto . If the govern , ment had not to grapple with the public , where would belthe concessions recently extorted ? Plymouth , Jan . 31 st . E . Robsbtson . Kb Tomlinson . —Sir , —In the column of notices to correspondents in last Saturday ' s Stab , you inserted a letter of Mr Lacy ' s deprecating the useof his name in recommendation of my services as . t lecturer . I can assure Mr Xacy that I have been much surprised at the nnmber of letters I have received from different localities this last fortnight , from persons with whom I have not had the least acquaintnp . ee , nor one single line of com . munication , previous to the receipt of their letters . When I was at Stockport , on the I 6 th ultimo , I was announced in the Star for both Halifax and Stockport ,

      and on my return home , I found that a letter had been sent to the Maeclesfield secretary unknown to me from Halifax , stating I should also visit Macelesfield , and thus these three meetings , at three . 'diflerent places , wero all announced and expected me at the same hour of the same day . The two meetings , viz ., Halifax and Mac clesBeld , I knew nothing about until I saw tha na announced in the Stab for Halifax ; and . although I was at Stockport the very day I should have be » n at Macclesfiold , I knew nothing of it , or I would have been with the men of Macclesfield , and they may . thus account for their disappointment . Just the very same with Chorley ; I knew nothing about their letter , and had not the least knowledge of the first letter that wa » sent to the Preston secretary , and I shall feel extremely obliged to the person or . ' persons who have been communicating to men in other localities on my behalf , without my knowledge or conse-t , if they will refrain from usine . either . mv own name or the name of Mr

      LEdilu NOT ICE . —Owing to the » pace occupied by Parliamentary proceedings , no legal correspondence can rind place in tho Stab during the Suasion . Ebnsw Jones ,

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      Impkrul Leqislasion . —Mr O'Connor ha sreceived the following withtbe subjoined rtaolutien : — Town Clerk ' s Office , Cork , 83 , South Mall , Jan . 3 ^ 1848 —Sir , —The Council of this Borough lavm ? directed me to forward to the members of both Houses of Parliament , a copy of a resolution adopted at an assembly of the council , held on ihe 1 st ) H 9 t ., I beg to send jou at foot a copy of auch resolution . I have the honour to be , Sir , your very obedient servant , Alexander M'Cartht . Town Clerk . To Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., fur Nottiniham . 'Rksolvrd- ' That tha acts of the English Parliament , during the late short Session , are sufficient proofs of the utter hopelessness ot looking to it for either Justice , or Good Government ; undthattnere 13 no prospect of happiness or prosperity for this Country , until it is free of the baneful influence of foreign , hostile , and oppreBsire legislation . '

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      THE PORTRAIT OF MR E . JONES . If our agents , in the following places , will state how . we shall forward their parcels , they shall be sent during the ensuing week : —Gainsborough , Truro , Chesterfield , Dewsbury , Lynn , Nerwich , Retfordi Market Rasen , Kidderminster , Newport ( Isle of Wight ) , Coventry , Belfast , Stafford , Horncastle , Cheltenham , Swindon , New To in . Trowbridge , Plymouth . Ledbury , Newark , Blandford , Winchcpmb , Brighton , Sudbury , Tiverton , Reading , Newport ( Monmouthshire ) , and Northampton . Parcels to all other parts are on the way .

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      contradiction to tlie ; hacknied and unblushing lie , about the unwillingness or fear of Irish Juries , to convict . The tendency appears to be all the other way . Both Juries and Judges seem to have gone about their work con amore , the one determined to convict every prisoner brought before them , and the other to hang as many as possible , and transport the rest . How far this diposifcion , on the part of Juries , to convict , may be owing to the prejudices of the class from which they have been selected , we are not in a position to say . But this is certain , that they have been composed of persons whose names were on the lists as Grand

      JUSTICE IN IRELAND . Among other pretences for passing the : last Whig Coercion Act , it was stated , the sympathy with crime and outrage was so great and universal , that juries could not be found who would convict those guilty of them . Mr O'Connor proved , from Sir G . Grey ' s own speech , the falsehood of this statement , by showing that convictions and sentences had always been procured wherever the authorities had enforced the ordinary law . The proceedings of the Special Commission at Limerick , Ennis , and Clonmel , are' certainly a startling

      Jurors , and who , under any other circumstances , would—some of them at all ex'entshave called out any Sheriff whatever who presumed to place them on a Petit Jury The law requires that prisoners shall be tried by their peers , but the landlord-class have , by this monstrous composition of the Juries under this Special Commission , become Prosecutors and Jurors at the same time . In fact , since the memorable " Campaign " of "bloody" Judge Jeffries in the West of England , after the Rebellion headed by the Duke of Monmouth , we know of no historical parallel to the ' monstrous and disgusting

      infractions of the great principles of law and justice which have characterised the proceed ings of the Special Commission of 1848 . It is positively sickening to read of Juries , almost without a moment ' s hesitation , returning verdicts of guilty , upon evidence so palpably false—so plainly concocted—either from feelings of revenge , or the more gross , base , and despicable desire of getting the blood-money paid for their victim . It is equally sickening to hear of Judges , "learned in the law , "

      accustomed to sift evidence with analytical acumen ~ to distinguish between that which is coherent and truthful , and that which is inconsistent , inconclusive , or fabricated—who are also used to the judicial impartiality of the ordinary Courts of Law—we say it is sickening to hear of such men putting on their " black caps , " and proceeding to harangue prisoners in the name of religion and morality , whom they are about to sentence to an ignominous death , upon evidence that even in our own " Old Bailey'' would not suffice to l < hang

      a dog . ' It is quite possible that many of those who are thus condemned to death , may be the characters they are alleged to be , but we confess , in many cases , they appear to us to have been returned guilty on the principle once openly avowed by an Irish juror , who , when a man was tried before him for murder , of which he was clearly proved innocent , gave his verdict against the prisoner , because " though he did not kill the man , he stole my grey mare . '

      One of the most disgraceful cases in the whole number , is that of John Crowe , a respectable man of the middle class , who was tried at Ennis on the charge of inciting or conspiring to murder Mr Watson , the agent of his landlord , Mr Arthur . Two men had previously been convicted of the murder , and the charge against Crowe , of being accessory to it , rested , principally on the evidence of his -own nephews , one about fourteen , and the other about twelve years of age . The reporter for the Times , who sees in every prisoner the

      marks of ferocious and confirmed villany , describes , almost in extneies , the precocious sagacity of thsee two witnesses . Whereas , taking their evidence in -itself , and , as contradicted by all the servants of their uncle , it seems to us that a couple of more precocious young ruffians never appeared in a court of justice , and that such a tissue of deliberate and palpable falsehood was never before told t © a jury . The first boy deposed to various parties having slept in his uncle s house , and his uncle having incited them to murder Mr Watson . On

      cross-examination , he admitted that he was a habitual gambler , that he had frequently robbed his grandfather of money to play at cards , and that , in fact , he himself was , if not present at the murder , near the scene on the day it took place , armed with a pistol , which he had stolen the ni ^ ht before . The second boy , though criminating his uncle , varied considerably in his story , and , in some particulars , flatly contradicted the first . In both instances , their evidence differed from their first depositions . By way of backing up such a pair of exquisite witnesses , the Crown put into the

      witness-box a felon named Shaughnessy , who was confined in the same jail with the prisoner previous to his trial . This wretch , no doubt induced by the hope of sharing in the large reward , set himself to work as a spy upon the prisoner—cooked up a story of his having confessed to him , and was then deliberately set by the governor of the prison to watch the accused man , to lay hold of . any stray expression that might fall from him . He was put into the same cell , and clung to him day by day and

      night by night , and then , having thus prepared himself for the office , came into court to fiwear te a story , which the Solicitor-General did not even attempt to support by the production of other parties who were referred to in it , and who ought to have been called upon to give corroborative evidence . Another witness deposed to having lent Is . 6 d . to one } of the parties accused of the murder , and that shortly after that event the same person , having been in company with Crowe previou 3 ly , showeil him five pound notes .

      "It was darkish in the evening when he showed me the notes , " said tho witne » a , " and I read the word " one" on them . " To the Court "Ican ' t read . " What the word " one" had to do on a fiv > ound note , " could only be " explained by this

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      veracious witness , who the moment after stating he had read it , admitted to the Court that he could not read at all , ¦ , Such a clumsily concocted accusation in an ordinary court , would have needed no re '" ta " tion , because an impartial jury would have stopped the trial by discharging the prisoner long before the degrading and disgraceful scene was half gone through , and have requested thai the whole of the witnesses mig ht be committed for perjury . But Mr O'Hea did produce witnesses , against whosesharacter the prosecution did not whisper a single charge , and who proved in every particular the utter falsehood of the evidence which had been given against the prisoner . What was the conclusion ? " The Jury retired to the room for about a . minute , AND . , f nr

      FOUND THE PRISONER GUILTY . After this specimen of the difficulty of getting an Irish Jury to convict , we hope we shall hear no more on that head , nor will our readers be surprised at the fact , that in every case convictions have taken place . All have been fish that came in the net . It was sufficient for the Juries that the Prisoners were arraigned . It was enough for the Judges that the Juries convicted—the gallows or the penal colony followed as a matter of course .

      What effect is such an exhibition likely to produce on the great body of the Irish people ? Is it at all likely to reconcile them to the Government of this country ? Will it not more probably increase the hatred and the revengeful feelings which a course of tyrannous injustice for centuries has already produced ? So far from creating that sentiment of respect for the law and the authorities , which is the professed object of the Government and the propertied classes , such proceedings m ust inevitably add to the hostility they no feel towards our laws , as the instrument br which

      we carry out oar oppression of their country . The prisoners thus treated , hear their sentences unmoved , and meet their fate with a species of bravado mingled with fervent protestations of their innocence . By their own class they are looked upon as martyrs , not as felons ; their elevation to the gallows has a heroic , not an ignominious aspect , to those who look upon them almost as champions of the popular feeling ; their bodies will , wherever possible , be followed to . the grave with funeral honours , and the Government will find that instead ef producing order in the country , and respect for

      the law , they have , by sanctioning , procuring , or conniving at such atrocious proceedings , only sown the seeds of yet more crimes , and laid the foundation of a violent revolution , that may lead to , a struggle in which one party will fight with all the energy of revenge , and the recklessness of despair ; and the other , with the determination which ever characterises the efforts of a dominant and powerful party to maintain their supremacy . The long waged Irish war may at last become a war of extermination—not by means of clearances , but the more speedy and summary methods of open warfare .

      Will the Parliament , which has commenced its sittings for the session , do anything to avert this dreadful consummation to along career of injustice , oppression , and misery ?

      —Nay €O Jrea&Tt*^Corresjionuen Te*

      —nay € o jRea&tt *^ CorresjionUen te *

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      ¦ a THE NORTHERN STAR . ____ - J — - ¦ ^ ' ^ ^ l ' "" ' " "' "" — - — ""¦' ¦ "" ' ' >

      _ Gkkat Success.—Tit Ije Reciprocity.

      _ GKKAT SUCCESS . —Tit IJE RECIPROCITY .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1456/page/4/