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    • THE NOKTHERlf STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1841.
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      FRAWCE , —The Paris papers of Sunday havearrived . Gen . Sehneider ' B amendment on the project of alaw ta fortifying Paris , and . proposing to limit the works to detached forts , placed at 5 , 000 yards distance fro-a the present wail , was rejected late on Satralay , by 236 votes against 175 . . Tflis 18 decisive of the law , which will do doubt £ ass , and M . Thiers and the King of the French will both hate car ied thebr point , of encircling PariB within a « rele of about twenty fortresses , connected by an entrenched walL— Chroniclet Saturday .

      New York .. —The favourable winds have passed aod gone without bringing any Colonial papers . It is the first time within our remembrance that a week has elapsed without a single paper being re ~ « eived . At second-hand we hare a scrap of intelligence from Newfoundland ; and one of the picketsnipe ^» brought some news from New'York . The latter , though scanty , is not unimportant . A panic had been caused in the monev-market , by the publication ef a return which exhibited the affairs of the United States' Bank in a worse light than ever ; but the accounts which haTe reached this- country are from a quarter hostile to the Bank . —Colonial Gazette .

      Ths New Tori Herald of the " 8 th of January contains an account of the wreck of the fine packet-ship Garrick . She sailed from Liverpool for New York in December , with a valuable cargo of manufactured / roods . On the night of the 6 ; h , or the moraine of the 7 th January , she got aground about twenty-five miles south of Sandy Hook , on they&ew Jersey ihore ; but how she got into that unfortunate situation had not been ascertained- When first seen , she lay about & quarter of a mile from the shore ; the sea was making a breach OTer her midships ; and the

      erew and passengers were collected on toe quarterdeck . The master of the vessel which saw them was of opinion that all might land . That all did land , was deemed extremely probable , from the fact that two or three hoar 3 after the first vessel had passed the wreck , a Becond also passed , when , though near enough to read her name , not a sosl was seen on board . And a passenger by the Cambridge has stated positively that the greater number of the passengers had been sared . Four steamers left New York on the 8 cb , to offer assistance in re ~ eovering the cargo .

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      " * The Eaal of Cabdigas . —Tbe committee appointed to make arrangements for the trial of the Earl of Cardigan met again Tuesday , in the Conference Chamber . The noble Earl has retained Sir William Foilett , Mr . Serjeant Wrangham , and Mr . Adolphus to conduct hi 3 defence . The Attorney and Solicitor-General will appear as counsel for the &own . O'Coskell is Belfast . —A member of the Mechanics' Union in Belfast writes us as follows : — " The mechanics of Belfast , having seen in the Be / fast Vindicator an account of a deputation of various trades waiting upon Daniel O'Connell , at the Rojal Hotel in Belfast , to tender to him the thanks of their respective trades , beg leave to state , that the individual who performtd this ceremony on behalf of ihe Mechanics' Society , had no authority to do so . The mechanics and engineers of Belfast owe Daniel CPConnell no thanks ; for , if he could prevent it , there would no ; now be a trade society in

      existence . "

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      Cahada . —Tbe detention of Mr . M'Leod , a Canadian , on the charge of having aided in the destruction of the Caroline , had given rise to various reports ; it was said that the British Government had demanded his release , and had been " positively " refused by the American Government . No weight , however , can be attached to these reports , until they are confirmed on more explicit authority , 2 * rwFouTOLASD . —The Governor ' s speech , on opening the Legislature of Newfoundland , represents

      that island as torn by electioneering dissensions . It is to be regretted that accounts from Newfoundland jure frequently so imperfect , or so strongly tinged with party feeling , that the real merits of the case are difficult to be distinguished . ' The Governor intimates , that if the colonists persist in their violences , they will prove themselves to be still unprepared for the self-government which has been prematurely snbmitted to them . But we have as yet only the accusation , without the defence which tbe colonists may have made to the Governor ' s aspersions .

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      TcBS-orr . —The colliers of Alkrington and Tongue have turned out for more wages , their , masters having reduced them to the point of starvation . It is faid that the colliers of Oldham , Ashton , Staleybridge , and Hyde have also lefi off work , and are for standing tree on « to another , until their wa ^ es are raised . The mechanics of Manchester have promised them their assistance , and other trades are expected to come forward and support them . Impartial Bekevolexce . —Much distress prevailing among trie poor in the neighbourhood of

      Bur < dem , a public subscription v » as recently sec on foot in a village near that town , for the relief of the distressed , and the apportionment entrusted to the priest , a curate , " who rejoices in the name of ElJis . A correspondent writes us thsf , on the application of one poor man for his due portion of this miserable substitute for more just arrangements of society , a book was referred to , in which tbe word " Wesleyan" was found writtea opposite to the applicant ' s name ; whereupon the man of God exclaimed , " I cannot do anything for jou , I must consider my own flock , I cannot be a father to two flocks ; open the door , and let him out !"

      EXTE 5 S 1 VE ROBSEXY OP BANK OP E 5 CLA * B NOTES . ~ On Tuesday , information was received by ine police of the commission of a most daring robberj c ( notes and securities , to the value of between . £ 1 , 500 and £ L 6 G # . The robbery , it appears , occurred on the eveaing of Saturday last , about even o ' clock , when , as * gentlemari , whose name has not transpired , was proceeding along Gil-street , in the town of Liverpool , he was accosted fey two men , of whoa he i 3 unable to give a description , who knocked him down , And , while on the ground , robbed him of an old red pocket-book , containing Bank of England notes < rf the value of i 75 # , " with Beeuriues to the value -of about £ 800 more , with which they got dear offfcefore he could raise an outery or procure assistance , A . reward of £ } & has been offered for the apprehension and conviction of ihe thieves , and recovery of * be property .

      Stkasse Scesk . Ofl Sunday fe ' nnighfc , fere women converts to tbe ridiruUwLs doctrines « f the new sect , called Latter-daj Saotts , suffered them ' selves to be baptised , in a p # ol e £ water , near Werueth Hall , Oldnam ; their persooe were entirely uasersed , in the presence of a preacher of the &eci and a few individaiJs . Mobjioxisk . —We understand tbe latter-day Saint speculation is likely to answer well ia this town , as far as the making of proselytes goes . A number of weak-minded females were w dipped" in the tide .

      According to the dictum of the officiating Saint , on Thursday last , near tbe Poor-house Slip , about the time of high-water ; and in the evening of the same day , we believe , aoae of the rougher sex were jouaed all over bead and ears in the same element . The imyOBgptftf bands is to follow ; and each dupe , after Mjpg . tha fee , can then lay claim to inspiration . wtBOi prophets are becoming as numerous in DooglM ai-tbe prophets of B * al were in the days of £ i $ ae ; tad tse former are as great impostures as Ibr latter were—besides , the Mormon seers are grwiu kmwt . We should sot be surprised to hear « fwn » of th * fanatics paying the forfeit of their & ?«* , ft * being guilty of such presumptuous folly u ftsagfog into eold water at ihe preseat inclement tmtm . —Tka Manx Liberal .

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      THE QUESTION OF DISSENT . As often as we find ourselves called upon to open out a great question to the public view , so often do we feel the inadequacy of our space , and the unfrequency of our visits . If the question of the Suffrage , the Repeal of the Union between Great

      Britain and Ireland , and the Corn LawB , which are but units of the great whole , have been so complicated as to make us devote much space to their derelopement , how much more at a loss must we be , in thus undertaking , in a weekly paper , a dissection of that question , which may ( under the denomination " Church ") be Baid to combine the whole material of political warfare ?

      We head our article dissent , because that is the name of the new hobby-horse ; but our object is to consider the question of " the Church" at large , not a Protestant Church , but any Church which is the landlord of the State . The Protestant Church is an accidental Church ; for , had the Romish Church allowed Henry the Eighth , King , Defender of the Faith , and so forth , to commit lewdness , incest , and adultery , without censure , the Reformation might have waited upon a less lucky accident .

      The Protestant Church , as by law established , may be fairly dated from 1688 , when the church became the feadal lord , and the state the vassal . They had , of coarse , their respective rights , but then the exercise « f staterigfete depended mach more upon clerical pleasore , thaa did the exercise of Church rights npoe States' will , or any secular rale . The Church was tie active , the State the pa « ive , organ of the whole .

      " The Chunk ?—thai in , let H always be n * iergtood , a Church ae bg iate established , and by fmmaintained— menu nothing more nor less tham a strong political fetter , by which the party of < tW Cfcnreh bind all ; mot * b 1 j of their ? wu creed , tat f the nation . "The Church" is ignora&ily supposed to mean the « ongregation of those professing He tenets ; bat it M , in fact , no saeh simple or isolated thing . The Church moat hare its army , its nary , its landed influence , its ascendant secular power , in all cases , or it ceases to be the Church . " It is satisfied to derive 1 U influence from the state , provided that influence extends to a legalised monopoly of all patronage , whether lay or clerical .

      From the " Reformation" to the " glorious revolution" of 1688 , the Church was struggling for an entirety of dominion , as well secular as ecclesiastical ; and from 15 S 8 till im ifo * held a complete master-

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      dom over the destinies of ^ ujope .,- The Piasenters , as they were called—that w , thoBeNrho found it impossible to hold political power without a splice of religious fanaticism , —the dissentients—made many onslaughts upon the monopolising Church ; but never did any party venture upon a purely political contest . Thus matters went on ; the scenes now and then Taried by the shedding of much human blood , and by cruelties and barbarisms the most revolting ; until at length , the enormities of the Church , and especially of the Irish Church , so shook the whole framework of society , as to call for the reform of 1832 .

      Russell , it appears , had enough of the Churchman about him to strengthen different portlowi ©/ the outworks , yet he convinced the people that the abuses of the Church would be corrected along with all other abuses , but not those Church abuses which appertain to lay , or secular sections , and henoe tbe trap into which the Noble Lord has fallen . He falsely imagined that he could let the Dissent Church loose , and Bet its forces in full cry upon State Church abuses , while he acted the part of whipper-in , and drove tbe hounds from the scent of his own family possessions , as whippers drive them from other game than that in chase . He thought

      that "ware Woburn , " and " go hark to Church rates , " would intimidate the pack . But he began to learn , as early as the first session of the Reformed Parliament , that there was no meanB of considering the pence without lugging in some thought of the pounds ; and then Russell turns his back upon the Dissenters and says , the Reform Bill was intended as a Landlord's Bill ; and every one knowing that the Landlord's Church is the Protestant Church , the new-light expectants took fire , and , for several years , dissenters' wrath has been bottled , till now it is up , and must get vent , or burst .

      Religionists never yet were satisfied , nor ever will be with equality . The most oppressed commence with begging for toleration , go on struggling for equality , and , at length , when they get strong enough , are ready to fight for ascendancy . From the declaration of Russell , we may date the decline and fall of Whig power . The large newly-enfranchised towns , presented yearly , aye , daily , the increasing signs of dissent , by the stupendous places of worship built for the accommodation of increasing proselytes ; while stoves , to supply the places of the absent , were in demand , to keep old Mother Church warm ,

      in the latter end of her days . The old sentinels slept on their posts , and were seldom visited by the officer of the guard , while the new army of martyrs were ever on the alert , among their flocks , always at hand , and ever ready for attack or defence , and withal well sustained by that all-powerful auxiliary called novelty . They opened new roads to spiritual comfort , and said to the travellers , " Behold what we have done ! is it not sinful that you should be journeying on this new , luxuriant , cheap and peasant thoroughfare , and yet compelled to pay toll upon , and keep in repair , those old , desolate , and unhealthy byeways , which you use not ?"

      But when the new Reform , which was to represent . theAe large towns in Parliament , had sufficiently taken political root , then would the dissent tree throw its fruits and foliage over all that great and mighty space which has been rendered sterile by the blighting influence of Mother Church . Then would she look for her army , her navy , her land , her patronage , and , in fact , for the fruits of her political ascendancy . Having blocked up the old road , and driven the opposition coach off , she would then say , " O , but we can ' t keep this road in repair u without tolls , " and tolls as heavy as the old company ever charged would be put on .

      Does any working man in England suppose that those who now so valiantly fight for the religious freedom of dissenters , would as valiantly ( had they once the power ) confer that freedom ! No ; the facility with which men reconcile these things is wonderful . Those who have been longest slaves are ever the greatest tyrants , when they achieve their freedom ; and abuses , which they kicked against when subject to them , are easily reconciled when they come to administer them to others .

      Let us first test the valueof the present feint made by the old praise-God-bare-bones faction in favour of dissenters . Does any man Buppose , for a moment , that Messr 8 . HuHE , O'Co ?! NELL , EASTHOPE , W . Ellis , and others , care two-pence if BAiNEsandTHOBOGooD were made into a Christmas pie , if such cooking of them would serve the political purposes of Whiggery better than dressing in a newer and more approved style for th palate of faction t Is theirs a love of justice ! If so , why not devote their overboiling patriotism to a redress of the more extensive abuses complained of by the Chartists , who are in truth suffering for conscience sake ! Is there not a more noble spirit manifested by the

      poor working man , who , in defiance of all opposition to tyranny , refuses , without a struggle , to pay unjust taxes upon every mouthful he eats , and who even after all , cannot get justice , than can be discovered in the refusal of a person to pay 5 s . 6 d , church-rates , well knowing that he will be well backed in his obstinacy , and that his martyrdom will be converted into subsequent ease and affluence 1 In the war of the Chartists there is all hono « r and consistency , while in the case of John Thoeogood we discover this striking inconsistency : he denied the authority and jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Court , while he appealed to the jurisdiction of that very Court .

      Again , if -the object just now was not to give a freshness to fadiDg Whig power , why were so many poor Irish Catholics allowed to pine in gaol for sums varying from 4 d . to two or three shillings , and increased to scores of pounds by costs ! These poor fellows were , in truth , martyrs to the political and religious aggrandisement of others , and yet we heard but little about their sufferings , lest overheated agitatioD , upon so tender a point , should not be as easily checked as roused , without producing some fruit ? , ( which is not the intention of the jugglers , ) for the use of the Dissenter ? .

      We must never lose sight of the startling fact , that , at the period of the Reformation , out of nearly ten thousand ecclesiastics , not more than fourteen bishops , twelve archdeacons , fifty canons , and about eighty of the inferior clergy , held to the faith , and refused to barter the spirit for the flesh . And , in those days , the consciences of the churchmen were neither so fashionable nor so politicallypliant as they are now . There is a great difference between men struggling for power , and men using that power . Whea the Whigs were in the former situation they were looked upon as guardian angels , while in the latter , they have been the blackest devils .

      It is , then , because we are not for another transfer from the gorged leech ( who should get his sop of compensation to quit his grasp more gently ) to the hungry slugs , who , though angels to follow , would be devils to meet—that we say to the Chartists—to those who look for the universality of civil liberty , in order to ensure the universality of religious freedom , stir not in the new crusade . It is humbug . The eighth humbug within a very Bhort period . Better keep the Ills we have , ... Than fly to those we know not of . " ' ¦ ,

      We have met and conquered the H-o-u-s-e-hoId Suffrage mongers , tbe legality-mongers , the education-mongers , the emigration-mongers , the Corn Law-mongers , the white alare-mongero , and all the ¦ ongers ; and now we meet the monster wider his aew and more seductive mask of a church-abuse m * oger , con . > e to try the kst prank upon the political stage . If tbe old ]\ acka of Wfciggery could have . succeeded with any' of their foraer professions , this oew effort would h . we been wanting : and , if ihey could have suffick "ntly relied upon passive obedience and non-resistance , none of these shows of liberality would have been i « ade . Let &e Chartists , thea , bear in aiad that ihe G «« eobBtant , and the

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      Government haok 8 , ! awjntiil agreed upon any one question , but that the one party is base enough to hold ofiJce upon the support of -those who absolutely denounce them upon the pnblio stage , as the best , and indeed the only way to court popular favour and preserve patronage for themselves . There never was auoh a union of LAMBS and tigera as that which our rulers and their bottle-holders present . If they professed agreement upon any one question , it would inevitably prove their ruin ; they could not stand a moment ! Our Ministers are a set of jaded old beasts , whom the hustings ' old hacks , a 9 drivers , promise ( to the passengers ) that they will make step out , if we only help them to find out the raw .

      Let us instance the terms , and Bhow the features of this unnatural union . The Ministers refuse even to repeal the rate-paying clauses in the Reform Bill ; while the hacks declare for H-o-u-8-e-hold Suffrage , the Universality of the Suffrage , or any Suffrage . The Ministers consider a seven years' tenure of a fertile and productive Parliament too short ; while the hacks are for triennial , biennial , or any other duration that will do to fish with . The Ministers won't hear of even doubtful qualification for members ; the hacks are for abolishing of qualifications . The Ministers won ' t hear of the Ballot ; the hacks are , above all , for * ' the honest Ballot "

      The Minister won't disfranchise three corrupt and rotten colleges , and gne their representation to large districts ; while the hacks are for equalising electoral districts . So much for coincidence of opinion upon the five points , and now for minor differences . The Ministers wont hear of even a fixed duty upon * corn , while the hacks are for a total repeal of the corn duty . The Ministers wont relieve the Dissenters from payment of Church rates , while the hacks are for a total abolition of Tithes , separation of Church and State , add God only knows what else .

      The Ministers are determined to oppose a Repeal of the Union , to the death ; while the great rough-rider of the hacks makes it a hustings tine qua non . The Ministers declare war , whila the hacks bellow " peace . " The Ministers cry , " give , oh , give ; " while the hacks bawl out for retrenchment . The ministers augment the army , while the backs complain of a standing army .

      The Ministers imprison Chartists for conscience sake ; while the hacks cry " shame \ give to all liberty of speech . " In fact , upon no other question except "scratch me and I'll scratch you , " are the hacks and their Ministry agreed ; and yet these libertyselling , juggling , humbugging rascals go about , denouncing the Ministers in the morning , and drinking their health and lauding them to the tkies in the evening , as the only administratiuu ever inclined to do justice .

      Wo sinoerely believe that some of the Ministers had an inclination to do justice , but that their good intentions have been frustrated by the vampires who live upon abuse and fatten on the State ' s misfortunes . Don ' t our Ministers and their backs , then , agree like Darby and Joan 1 like fire and water ? like cat and dog ? Perfect civil equality alone can insure perfect religious freedom . Let the Chartists , 'then , Btick to the means , while the hacks and their Ministers ride on to the end .

      It is because we are for the abolition of Churchabuses , and all other abuses , that we look for the Charter as the only meanB of their correction . No more humbug .

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      WHO CAN TOUCH PITCH WITHOUT BEING DEFILED ? We find that Collins complains of being misreported in Mother Goose , and writes the following letter in explanation of what he did say : — To the Editor of the Leeds Times . Sm , —I have ol served with some regret that an error has been made by your reporter , or some other person connected with your paper , and inserted in your supplement of Saturday last , in which I am reported to bave said , " Let the middle classes propose any measure of popular bene&t , and it should receive the support of tbe Chartista "

      I entertain no such idea , nor did I utter such a sentence . Had I done so , the Chartists would have immediately disclaimed such a sentiment . You will recollect' that I concluded my remarks by observing , that " no union would be effected without such a defininition of the term Household Suffrage , as should include every man of mature age , and sound mind , etc ., who bad a residence in a house , or any part of a house ;" and further , that unless upon such terms , a union ought net , and if I could prevent it , should not take place . By correcting this error , as soon as possible , you would oblige , Sir , yours , dec , John Collins . Birmingham , January 25 , 1841 .

      As to this letter , we can only assure our good friend Collins that no definition which he or the most ingenious architect in Europe can give of the term H-o-u-s-e-hold Suffrage , will ever take ten supporters from the ranks of the " mental qualification " Chartists . We have as great an objection to hut , shed , or tent qualification , as we have to castle qualification ; and , upon the whole , as regards the Bocial comfort and very shelter of the poor , apart from its political signification , a greater objection .

      Again , we ask those who have been all their lives straggling for mere toleration , if they imagine that the old enemy , —the long-possessed faction , who so well know tho value of the Suffrage , —will put a Parliamentary hut upon an equality with a lordly mansion \ No , no . Again , we say , so long as one man ' s property constitutes another man ' s title to vote , so long will the owner of that property have rent and vote , or it will remain untenanted ; being , even in that condition , more profitable than if occupied by a man who used it to protect the one thing of which the capitalist makes his all—labour .

      Does the disfranchisement of the forty shilling freeholders not furnish precedent sufficiently strong ! or must we turn to the present debate , now pending upon Stanley ' s Bill , which has for its object a further disfranchisemeut of even those who hold a " beneficial interest 1 " And yet , a few hacks would persuade the people that a House of Commons which can carry such a sweeping measure of disfranchisement , can , with their assistance , be forced to put a hut upon a political equality with the most splendid mansion !

      We beg leave to assure all our mason and carpenter friends , that if such a measure were to pass , leaving the landlords the " right to do what they please with their own , * ' there would be an end to their trades for many years to come ; as the poor would be all huddled into stables , in which , like travellers' horses , they could only claim a baiting residence . Collins , we are sure , will , upon consideration , retract hia hasty concurrence in a definition of Household . Suffrage , which is precisely , totidemverbu , the very definition of Mt . Stansfhld , with this single exception , that Mr . Stansfeld requires no proot of residence ; and this is the very principle which Mr . Collins was deputed , by the Chartista of Birmingham , to resist .

      Birmingham is not going to relapse . Birmingham has already struok the chimney-pot / and substituted the untainted adult , Again , then , we say , that , henceforth , man ' s person must be man's title-deed to the representation ( by himself , or with his consent by his representative ) of his life , his liberty and his property . To go back , for a moment , " to the working men who generally concur in Hume ' s definition , " we have this one powerful . guarantee , that not one of those who were instrumental in drawing np tbe Charter can be meant , as such a backward move would inevitably consign them to their political tomb ; and , we are not a little struck with the fact , that O'Comtell , Hums , and Wiujaks , with Crawfohd , Roebuck , jead others supporting , jee appended U > the original

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      document , entitled " The People ' s Charter . " Is it not ? passing strange" that the very marcb-oMnte ] - ieet progression gentlemen should be the very staff selected to strangle their own bantling , when it began to develope a mind of its own ! Is it not marvellousthat these very heroes , who complain of the stand-still policy of the head of their party , should attempt * uch a retrogade movement themselves in the age of quick-step policy !

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      COLONEL THOMPSON AND OURSELVES . We give the following extract from a letter of Colonel Thompson ' s , purporting to be a comment upon a portion of one of our leaders , in which we questioned the prudence of some of his observations in a former epistle . The Colonel says : — " There is no doubt of there being everywhere the danger of being cheated . But everybody Is not always cheated ; careful and intelligent men sometimes avoid it And even if cheated , the Chartists would be no worse than before . What they are determined to do

      without the middle classes now , and in some sort in defiance of them , they would only have to do without them afterwards , and with all the gain which would arise from the compunction of the honester portions of them . Supposing the cheat to be ever so boldly attempted , there can be no doubt that a portion of some kind or other would be inclined to stick to the compact ; and by all these the Chartists would be the better . It seems impossible to defend the policy of refusing to try , when all that can be said is , if the worst comes to the worst , we shall only be where we are at present "

      In this paragraph the Gallant Colonel , so fond of old sayings , apothegms , and maxims , sets all , even " Poor Richard , " to one side . He appears to forget , when he Bpeaks of only the " danger of being cheated , " that past experience leads to a fair presumption of the certainty ; and " a burnt child dreads the fire . " But this is not the portion of the paragraph with which we quarrel . What we object to is the provision against the "worst coming to the worst . " Now , as the Colonel is a military man , and fond of military phrase , let us suppose the position of two armies , and the Colonel to be the historian . We give the following extract from his account of the middle class and Chartist campaign : —

      " Although the force of the middle class was far inferior to that of tbe Chartists in point of humbug , this disadvantage was more than counterbalanced by recent succets ; while the Cbartists , broken down by defeat , and weakened by dissension , become panic stricken and fell an easy prey to their less numerous , but better disciplined and more united assailants . " Tbe effect of the victory is prodigious , and has so scattered and distributed the chartist army as to render it next to impossible to inspire them with any confidence in their own officers , to whose want of prudence they ascribe their defeat "

      Now , we shall say not another word upon' the subject , further than to observe , that if the most wily politician was paid for recommending the most effectual means of completely annihilating Chartism and disbanding the Chartist army , he could not , have hit upon any means more certain that that of recommending a union , the fruits of which were to be the " worst coming to the worst , " by tbe Chartists being again—as they have always been before— " cheated . " Let us ask the Colonel who , after that , would again undertake to restore them to the confident and commanding position they now occupy 1 We are happy to perceive that we speak not our own sentiments alone on this matter . The letter of

      the people ' s friend , O'Connor , given elsewhere , and numerous resolutions of the people , recorded amongst our Chartist Intelligence of the week , cheer and invigorate us with the knowledge that the people are awake , and that their eyes need no rubbing .

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      THE TRIUMPH . The enemy is vastly mistaken if he magines thai we intended such a dish—" a dish fit for tbe Gods " —to serve but for one repast . No , no ; it was too sweet : and , as " the nearer the bone the sweeter the meat , " we mean to pick it to the very bone . Last week , in a summary of facts , till then unknown to the public , we exposed the trick and chicane practised by Fox Stansfeld and his party ; but since then we have arrived at the knowledge of more facts , which we now proceed to lay before our readers , from the columns of Mother Goose herself .

      The following confab took place upon the Saturday after the battle , as it appears , at a " senatus consultum" of such fragments of the routed forces as could be got together . We give the thing as we find it . It is headed , " The Rotunda Meetings " and runs on thus : — "A meeting of leading reformers , friends , and members of the Leeds Reform Association , took place yesterday week , at two o ' clock , in the Rotunda of the Cloth Hall , for the purpose of devising the best meana of carrying' on the movement for further r * foim .

      " Mr . Hume was called upon by the Chairman to state his opinions on what he considered to be the best means of producing a union of the middle and working classes , and carrying on the movement Mr . Hume remarked that one of the first things the Association ought to do , was , to put out their definition of Household Suffrage , as few were at present agreed upon what that ought to be . Mr . Hume submitted a definition of what he considered Household Suffrage ought to be , which was to be takeu into consideration by the Association . He stated that the leading men of the working classes generally concurred in the definition , and bad promised to give their assistance , were an agitation for such a Household Suffrage to be set on foot

      " Mr . O'Connell cordially concurred in the suggestions of Mr . Hume . He considered it as of the first importance , that the reasonable portion of the Chartists should be got over to the aid of the rational reformers . He urged the necessity of some central body being established in London , for the diffusion of knowledge upon political subjects . The public mind should be saturated with facts bearing on the present gross defects in the representation of the people . Mr . Roebuck said that such a body was at present in contemplation ia London , and he trusted that it would vary speedi y be set in operation , so as to act in concert With the Leeds Association . "

      From this bit we learn much . We learn the disgrace , the weakness , the duplicity and knavery of the Fox and Goose Club , who , it now appears , were ready to abandon " the fixed , the immutable" principles upon which they were associated , for any claptrap which Mr . Hume or any other person might recommend "to carry on the movement" and •' tff . ; ct a union of the middle and working classes ;" and Mr . Hume tells them that the first and most necessary thing , was to agree among themselves as

      to the meaning and definition of Household Suffrage ; as , at present , few were agreed upon the question and he submitted a plan of his Parliamentary H-o-u-s-e . ( Joe had a plan of Parliamentary bread for the Spitalfield weavers—it was brown bread . We hope his electoral qualification is of as low a standard . ) The Association promised to take Joe ' s plan into consideration . What an escape we had from these blind leaders ! They would have upset us in the very first ditoh , and a wet one too we fear !

      But let us have the marrow of Joe ' s bone ; he said , " that the leading men of the working classes generally concurred in the definition , and had promised to give their assistance , were an agitation for such a H-o-u-s-e-hold Suffrage to be set on foot . " Here Job uses a sweeping term , " generally concurred . " What , then , have the river pirates and the " cocktailed gingers " of the old rump been at work ] Have there been hole and corner meetings upon this subject ! and who are the " working classes generally " 1 Aye , aye : we were aware that the scouts

      were on the look-out for fragments from the wreck of the good ship , Charter , out of which they had in their fanciful imaginations built a tight little bark for Whiggery to float a little longer on the stream ; but they have been mistaken . We were not asleep ; we knew what was to have been the sequal of a Whig triumph at Leeds . We told the people that it was to have been followed by a similar Bide blow at Chartism , at Leicester , Manchester , and Birmingham ; and by a whip in London . Hence , we saw tbe full value of our triumph at Leeds .

      The Beggarman follows ; and he who has made so Much of Irish ignorance , recommends , of all things , a knowledge "depot" in London : as , no

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      _ . — ^ -. ^ doubt , some stray pence would be flying , Anoljw "dear Ray , " might be slipped in as secretary .. K national bank , or Dajt , " pro" the national , jinUi be treasurer , and a few of the cocktailed gingen * might be thus knowingly provided for , by a . Humane Humbug Tract Society for the diffusion rf blarney and Whig clap-trap . Well , " leetle" Roebuck comes next , and as W speech is very ** leetle" we give it twice over . fl . says , in speaking of an association in London u co-operate with the ghost of tbe defunct Fox ^ Goose Club , " That such a body was at present in contempUju In London , and he trusted it would very spee % ? set in operation , so as to act in concert with the lJ ? Association . " ^^ _ _

      We will trust Roebuck , and give him long g ^ for the fulfilment of his promise , provided he trw U 3 , that the very moment such an auxiliary bi ^ a menagerie shows its nose into London our MetrosA . litan Chartist Brigade will serve it just as we W served the parent stock at Leeds ; and upon a gecovj attempt perhaps not altogether so unceremoniously We threw down the gauntlet at Leeds , and m » we throw it down for London . We dare any p ^ to get np a single meeting for the adoption of m definition of H-o-u-s-e-hold Suffrage—nay , we * jn

      them every Leader , and Lord Brougham , Q'q ^ kell , Hums , Waklet , Leader , Warburtox , iqj the rest to select a chairman from , and we will plu our 4 th-of-Jannary carpenter , who took the clai m White Conduit House , or Neesom , SpuBR . oram other working man , in the chair , in spite of than d carry every one of our resolutions in spite of tW teeth ; and , upon the following week , we win ah ** to those who are sceptical about the existence of t "fly horse , " a correct representation o f afljjj , H-o-u-s-e , as we faithfully represented the rouw

      menagerie . Now , this is bold . We challenge them—we < J «» them—we defy them , and we give them every ja . they can crimp—every bit of" ginger" they can jnj . chase , and our provincial delegates shall outum&U the H-o-u-s-ehold ambassadors . No , no ; we were not caught napping ; nor ^ we be so now ! London is garrisoned ; and nopm service , even though it were half banging , cu reconcile the troops to one single move of a pin ' , point from the thing—the" Charter . "

      We have long since said that agitation is nowl * cheap and unfashionable , in its new form , to mat the attention and command the services of gentlenn ( , oo idle to work and too poor to do without & So much for the Rotunda meeting , projected alliaaet and new definition of H-d-n-s-ehold Suffrage .

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      TOO FAR NORTH . Diplomatists say that Napoleon ' s greatest Hasder was in going over far north . His faithful niiisto Cabnot , endeavoured to dissuade him from hj Russian trip , but he was positive . We , also , tnl Dan ' s friends in Ireland , endeavoured to dissui him from his Belfast and Leeds trip , as being ots far north : but , like Napoleon , he permitted vaaitj to triumph over prudence , and he has fallenavietji to his folly . The prostitute press of Ireland wonH endeavour to hold his head above water in the hop *

      of bringing him safe to shore ; and would foolithlj persuade their dupes that he was well received it Leeds : while his friends here BWear that he bid his best to be in time .. Let us just contest this tola point . He had finished , and been finished , at Belfast on Tuesday night ; and as we have a map before n let us see the insurmountable obstacles whid presented themselves to prevent his punctual vrinl in Leeds . We shall chalk out his journey , ui shew that he might , without losing an hotfi rest , have performed it in a much shorter Urn than was at his disposal .

      Suppose he started from Belfast at six o ' clock Wednesday morning to Dublin , eighty miles ; bi would , without killing a poor horse , arrive there it two—that is , in eight hours . Three hours wotU then be allowed for rest and refreshment . He eooU step on board the Liverpool packet at five , anin in the usual course at Liverpool at seven on Than day morning ; one hour to Manchester , and font thence to Leeds , would have brought him to til scratch at twelve o ' clock on Thursday , without th slightest fatigue ; allowing him seven hours' sleep on Tuesday night , and twelve hours on Wed&esdij night .

      But Dan would not have shewn his face in L « edi on Thursday for a year ' s ' rint ; " and the IriBh pita know it . They'll hug him to death at last , pw wretch !

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      MOTHER GOOSE'S LAST ADDLED EGG . . In her endeavour to account for the phenomena of Chartist triumph , in their first single-buded struggle , Mother Goose discovered a mare ' s nesti is the fact that O'Connor had done all . That fuli % she , last week , made the notable discovery that th » Tories supplied the sinews of war . This assertion . we regret being compelled to contradict . The poot Chartists never have the good luck to be able t » draw from any secret-service fund . We should have much more pleasure in avowing the fact this in being constrained to make an appeal to the country for supplies to meet the expences of the latt war . We should have felt no delicacy whatever a

      being able to meet every twenty shillings ofFoX Marshall ' s money by a Tory pound . Mayhap , to addle-headed ladyship would have us receive fltff contributions by the smell ! Well ; even in that case we should have no fear of our olfactory nerrei suffering any inconvenience from Whig munificenM for any but Whig purposes . The question withw is , not whence the funds come , but how they «* applied ; and if £ 5 , 000 had been contributed &I Tories , and applied in furthering the projects of * 1 » Fox and Goose Club , would the worshipful Secretary have cried w Shame ! shame ! " « * Bravo ! bravo ! " We shall feel much obliged ,

      and so will the Committee , if Whig , Tor / or " Radical" (!) will send anything toward * the expences of the battle of brains ag" ^ bricks . However , it Is only fair . A beaten . foe * , *^ especially a " captured garrison , " may be excused for trying every expedient , whereby to diminish t !* ignominy of diminishing defeat , disaster , and $ grace , by magnifying the power of tbe enemy .

      Tims does each new fact intended for detractioa but add to the importance of our triumph , of * & $ Mother G « ose , \ n a lucid interval , is compelled to epeak thus , and with which we close our observations . Sit says , in talking of the mill fight : — ¦ •* The believers in Household Suffrage were tonga * tied ; they lacked utterance ; and even those whoo they put forth to advocate their principles , eonceded tbe main point contended for by their OPP * henta ''

      Now , can language furnish stronger terms -a proof of the inefficiency of a body who were to ha " kicked the world before them , and who neverf * less , and upon the very first struggle , remain inti * passive and humiliating position of seeing theS * selves sold to the parties whom they had assembW to buy , and by the very brokers who came to tain the goods and strike the bargain ; and abore ^ While their party consisted of the whole populatM save and except » uf om » ibut * ei full . "

      . Apropo , talking of omnibnsses , how many *» o » now " comprehensibly" contain the scattered & * f ments of the defunct geese , and what sized pio ^ the giblets make t W Since the above was in type we learn fro »* "Chartist Committee of Management , " that ^ funds fall much short of tbe expence they *** obliged to incur . Their balance-sheet will d »« r #

      be published—with an appeal to those of < h « J brethren who have not yet sent their mite in aid « "Pah ' s Chartist Welcome , " to do so forthwith . *• will anticipate them a week or so . We make th * appeal for them now , and we call upon the Char *''' to respond . The Committee also purpose , ( after collects * much from their own friends as they can , and shwl ' there still be a deficit , ) to wait upon "theD **** with their bills , and request him to put them in «*•*

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      Release op Mb . H . Viscent . —On Sunday , at two o ' clock , Mr . Vincent wa 3 discharged from Oakham Gaol , by an order from the Home-office , and was informed at the same time , that the indictments by the Wiltshire magistrates were entirely set aside .

      Colonial An& Ibro&Mnal

      Colonial an& iBro&mnal

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      A SrBSCRiPTios has been commenced for the purpose of relieving the poor of Stafford , many of whom are in distressed circumstances , owing to a scarcity « f work . The subscription on Friday amounted to about £ 125 . Richabd Godsos , E ? q ., M . P ., has remitted the sum of 100 guineas to William Boycoit , Esq ., solicitor , of Kidderminster , for ihe relief of the poor of that borough during the present inclement season . The Q , ceen Dowager has forwarded , through Lord Howe , £ 20 towards tbe fund for rebuilding the parish church of Boylstoae , Derbyshire .

      The Thibd Atoteesabt of the Stourbridge Iiteiary and Scientific In 3 iitution was celebrated on Wednesday se ' nnight , by a public dinner at the Tine Inn ; J . H . H . Foley , Esq ., president of thelnstitution , in the chair . The report of tbe progress and state of the Institution , and the whole of the proceediDgs on the occasion , xrere most satisfactory . The President has given a donation of £ 20 to the funds , in addition to his nsnal annual subscription . Thb South Shrspshixe Yeoxanbt Cavalry are expected to meet in Shrewsbury on tbe 4 ih of May next , and will be trained and exercised on the new nee course .

      The Dckb of Sitherland and the Hoo . Colonel Ansou were , on Tuesday evening , elected FellowB of the Royal Botanical Society of Londoa .

      The Noktherlf Star. Saturday, February 6, 1841.

      THE NOKTHERlf STAR . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 6 , 1841 .

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      CITY OF LONDON NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . SOCIAL MEETING FOB . THE BEKEF 1 T OF MESSES CAB . BIEB AJ <» PEDD 1 E . On Mondiy evening , a social entertainment took place at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride Lane , Fleet Street ; the proceeds to be devoted to tbe benefit of the wives and families of the above-named victims . The room was neatly decorated with evergreens and banners , as a ' , so with portraits of Frost , O'Connor , Oastler ,

      Collins , &c . ic At eight o ' clock , about fifty persons sat down to a substantial meal ; and on the conclusion of the repast , tbe following grace was said by Mr . Parttr , the Chairman : — ' Grant , Q Lord , that tha sons and daughters of toil may be speedily put in possession of their righto , in erder that they may daily partake of as good fare as thou hast been pleased to bestow on us tMs evening . " On the removal of the cloth , and prior to the proposal of the first toast , Mr . C Keen Bang the Marseillaise Hymn with much taste , and was loudly applauded .

      The Chairman then rose to propose the first toast — " The People—the only sourc « of all legitimate power . " They had met on this occasion as the advocates of universal right—the advocates of the fatherless , the poor , and the oppressed—and though giving up an hour or two to harmony , they would keep in view , that there were several hundreds of their brtthren now pining in dungeons , or eating the bread of bitterness in exile . ( Hear . ) Were the people In possession of tbeir political rights—were the Charter carried , there would be found sufficient intelligence among the Industrious classes of this conn try to operats on all the other classes , for the advancement of their social position , and the establishment of the true prosperity of the ceuntry . ( Loud cheers . ) He concluded by calling on them to respond to th < s least , which was received with ail tbe honours-Song , by Mr . Ralnsley , " A man ' s a man for a * that " Citizen George , in an animated address , proposed thg next toart : —

      " Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and the speedy return of all political exiles and prisoners to tbe bosoms of their homes and families . " ( Loud cheering . ) No cheering , my friends , said Mr . George ; we most bury oar feelings is our ows breasts for the present . This toast must be drunk in solemn silence , to testify our respect to tbe objects of it ; and we'll hare the cheers when they are amongst us . The tout was accordingly received with an audible silrnoe , the company upstanding . Song , by Mr . Tipper , " Tbe Exile of Erin . "

      The Chairman called for a bumper to the next toast , which was , " The Northern Star , and the rest of tbe Chartist press . " ( Long continued cheering . ) The applause showed that the Northern Star was near to their hearts ; and that though its noble eriginator , was as a caged lion at York , he was here spiritually present among them tonight ( Applause . ) In an apposite and perspicuous address , the Chairman dilated on tbe various topics comprehended in the scope of the toast he proposed , and the company simultaneously rose to respond to it , by three times three . The Correspondent of the Northern Star , briefly acknowledged the mark of respect to the proprietor and conductor of that paper , and expressed much pleasure in observing the lively and heart-stirring enthusiasm with which the name of Mr . O'Connor was hailed , by those for whom he had dared and endured the loss of

      liberty , fortune , and caste ; it was the knowledge of thus living in their memories that would cbeei him in the dungeons of York Castle , and invigorate him to a fresh deploy of his powers , when tbe period of his imprisonment shall have expired . Song by Mr . Hod ^ ins—• ' With Charter flags in all our hands , to meet him w « will go . " ( Thi *« ongwaa very much applauded , as being in anticipation of Mr . O'Connor ' s liberation in November next , and taken from Mr . Hick ' s book . ) Mr . Scott pro rosed , " The Charter , and may it soon become tbe law of the land . " Drunk with considerable cheerine .

      A liberal collection was made for ihe victims and their families ; the chairman formally resigned the chair , bat was unanimously re-instated , for the purpose of " harmony only , " and conviviality was maintained with strict good order , till " the iron tongue of midnight had tolled twelve . "

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      froh ocb london corbksposdekt . "Losdos , Wednesdat . —Great Catholic Mketisg , is favour of Total ABSTJ 5 BHCB . —On Monday evening , a great meeting was held in the spacious theatre of the Mechanics' Institution , Southamptonbuildings , Chancery-lane , ia favour of the above principle or pursuit ; at which , the-rariooa sectional societies attended , and the building was crammed to overflowing . Six or seven priests were present , and a considerable number of the influential members « f the Catholic body . The speakers were the Reverends , J . Hearse , Janeh , M'Auila , and Telford ; Mestieaw John Giles , M . P . Haynes , W . Waddick , J . Corkran ; W . Buckley , J . the of Norfolk

      Callinane , and J . F . O'Learjr , { Due ' s steward . ) Resolutions were passed approbatory of total abstinence , and from the known influence of the parties ha attendance , much good may be anticipated to result among the Irish part of the population of the metropolis . Fourth Class , National Chabtbb Association . —At the weekly meeting of this class , en Sunday last , at Mr . Hill ' s Coffee-rooms , Homer-street , Marylebone , a vote of confidence was passed unanimously , " in that invincible champion of Universal Suffrage , Feargus O'Connor , and tke meeting pledged themselves to use their best endeavours to carry on the glorious work of political redemption in his absence . "

      Co-opbratiok . —Oa Monday eveaing , Mr . Cameron delivered bis promised lecture , at the TOtms of the Finsbury Working Men ' s Association , No . 8 , Little White Lion-street , Long Acre , Mr . Davis in the chair . The lecturer showed , that , if labomr were properly represented in this country , we should have one of the best practical beuses of legislature in Europe ; and that , whatever evils ex ist in America , may be all traced to the competitive system ; as , notwithstanding the federal constitution , tbe rights of labour , as compared with those of capital , are not appreciated ; he then showed the benefit to be derived from a system of

      cooperation . In Clerkenwell they have been trying the plan on a small scale , which has answered beyond expectation ; they have dealt in beef , mutton , pork , bacon , butter , < tc , < fcc ; the system is being taken up in the provinces very generally , and it will doubtless have , as it has already had , tbe effect of bringing some of the shopocrocy to their senses . At tbe conclusion of the lecture , a caramittee was appointed for tbe purpose of furthering the plan laid down ; a vote of thanks was passed to Mr . Cameron for his address , which being duly acknowledged , the meeting adjourned till Monday next , at the same hour and place .

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      a THE NORTHERN STAR . .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct535/page/4/