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    • PORTRAIT OF W. P. ROBERTS, ESQ.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1843.
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      i £ i . O'Cossob . has received eomx&nnica'tisns from many districts in all of which a vtry great desire is expressed to have a pobtkaii of Mr . Roberta , the people ' s Attorney-GtBtraL We cannot vrondec that a strong iriab should be entertained to possess a Likeness of so trnly amiable , talented , and true a Eian ; and althougb "we knotr thai Mr . O'Connor had determined to giv « . no more Portraits , yet ve have the pleasure to announce that all Subscribers for Three Months , trill receive A POBTBAIT OP W . P . BOBEBT 3 , THE PEOPLBS ATTOKNEYQENEKAL . We request the tevtral Agents to open lists for the enrolling of nimej , as none but Subscribe * will receive a plate . The price ef Paper and Plata irhen presented will be Sixpence ; and none will be sold w ithont tie paper .

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      MB . ATTWOOD'S M 1 W MOVE . C-usiderable interest his been manifested in Bir-2 ru » i . hsai , by atl classes of Refanntrs , from the first innu .-a ^ ori of Mr . Aitwood ' a intention to return ^ paDLc ide ; and this feeling hasbetn greatly nvighteK ? d by ihe . nnsteiiona character which cart-iined his JEeasores and design ? , even when Ais intentions lisa !¦ = en publicly revealed , that ho was about , once more , io enter on xte vast theatre of British polities . The irdrnt anticipate a new Bxfobh epoch , ss the * «¦' . »' •> . B ^' " had b ^ ifl a failure ; and tbe 800 , 000 ! 1 proved more corrapi than the 200 Jich boroujjbnionsers , in the exerrise of their most sacred -rights . Buiu ^ -rpaaoii is ^ iiiltisurparioii . Wnai matter to oT

      iho " ; cjrJcies , whciber 20 D oRgarca ^ 8 DO , t ) 00 mercEeis iroat-mGnuiira , make statute uw& , a ; id roh thea - > at of ineir ipftiiimat ^ earnings 1 Suikrins : huitasuy < loin nst calculate on the progress of &Til : ?~ ~ -cn , in iiis bea-airfnl espaiiSJon oi" po iiico / povr « -r—iLIs nicely oi politic arhLmtt'C Human tear-vilifljir—Luiiian hearts stiii oleed—tbe millions - ; -iI ^ r oan ana ninxHiui , and toil and sw « -ar , ¦ wiii-jn " , hope orhzppness—though zhc It-form Stu has icen carried . Political Economy bas not yet taken account of labtmr , . bongh the bij . l has been in optr :-yen these twelve years . Though MaccnJlorh anu 1 ' rierhavewrmen relumes on this iojkoht ,

      the ^ -rkiog dsn TFill not believe in A / arpaitfTi . £ tv--c ^> m -oo has la b-Mired to establish an en- uju - entc -. 'p inion on the scientific advionases of rxi-ca mcru nrvdaetioE c-F wealth . and mininiuin produei-on of lie perauve species ; bat ail in vajs : ihe tcoriin £ m Uioas will not subscr . be to tlie science of Jdiiiha-ianiiTn as drfined hy the idle PLC ^ DLauts of iocbij . Free Trads is nest . Ou it marriici . Desoliioa , imn , revolutiot , follows . It inscribes ihe tp- aph of "expiring empire . " It is the alterna-Mtc of national despair , under the present order of ibiaii . Still it fails ; matters grew worse . How « rald it be otherwise—it was only BtFuitJi . Whs ; a fTOryt-ei for oar mighty tawdry ! Our tyrants have f-K qisttd me world ; they hsve conquered us

      too . W uai an appetite hsih vieiorj 1 Y « our hopes ¦ w ere ^ igh . The dark and gloomy clouds which ioTex ^ d o ' er them must soon dissolve , and resolution rbe ^* iih public expectation , hope and confidence . Attw ^ cvd will re : urn— ( he has said s-o)—^ lo tbt psop ' e and their cau ^ e . He onre rpoke fiercely for the ib lions . He will neTer abandoa them in the taper : 5 sld , come when he may . Confiding slares 1 Whe ^ i vnllycu rel y on your own omnipotent power ? Att'Tc ~ 'd mil net redeem yon : yon most redeem your ^ lves . Jf ow , to the bnaaess of the deputation , and : ei Mr . Attwood answer for himself . . At the iim = i v publio address was adopted by the inhabitant v : " Sjrzningham , ii was sot inown that Mr . && . ?;> o& was Absent from townj and therefore ail fnntsr steps were suspended till his return . His fries-vS haTa cot , however , been idle during tnis jisrioi , as they hare , whether real or nc : itious ,

      Tai" -t-d sicnatares to the requisition , to the amount oi 20 , ( h- " 0- ^ hia reo ^ aisition was presented to hiinjby a Ot ? -laiion ef forty , elected at the public tfica aboiii j . week ago . Mr . Salt figured & : this ineetmg , ( v . Mch , hy the way , was a Tory meagre one ) , in ibrciarncter of a philosopher . He dilated with a horrifying graThy on the national dt basemen i of tile Fiij ; h " th people ; that GoTernments were Jreqnfci . t ^ beaer than those they gorerned ; and that arfcer sa , he believed , we had as £ ood a GoTerament as Tse bid public patriotism , aad inteJiijjence to sostdiiu 3 Tis a very consoling doctrine itilhal to ihe hoides of plunderers , who rob the poor of the last crest of their hard-earned bread , and who do it with such magnanimity as to command the philosophic a-dxzur&iiun of fcuch politicians & 3 Salt and Co . On Naming of Mr . Attwood ' s retorn , Mr . ^ Follows forwarded the following note : —

      ** SIoamoaEt-atreet Birmingham , Oet l , 1813 . "Sis , —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Sitmirfh ^ xn vas fceld on the 8 th of August , fox the mdopocn of an address to yon , expitasiTO of their tanttiregts , and to « mTty their desire that yon mi ^ ht sskla stand forward u tbe aTowed and eminent

      advocate of tbe tmirersal «^» fa * T >^>^ i «^ T » pn t of all sf Uiii powexfnl , yet suffering &n& degraded nat 3 ou . The rilling was pas * &d by as almost Txnsnimoaj vote of year fsllow-towrtiKin , and a depot&tioa of four appointed to present it to you , at your earliest con-Ter . ifr . ee . *• On teialf of toe dtputation and the pahlie , I shsJl , thcrtfore , feel greatly obliged by an istimstion fr&ai you wLen it irill be caarenidnt to receiTe the deputation , and cciirre me , •» Yonrf , most respectfulJy , " J . POLLOWS . " " T . AttTroodjEsq . "

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      man in England who has the slightest power to serve tbe public cause ; that I was in no "wast of advice ; itut , if I interfered * at a ! 3 , in any jjnblic movement , it ¦ would be my duty to teaeb and to guide , and not to be taught and guided ; and that , althongh I should by no means alight or neglect the -working claeaes , for whose relUf my humble labours have been principally directed , yet I should mainly rely upon the support of tbe electors and richer classes of society , who alone possess the political power to isfiaextcd the House of Cuuimona , and the wealth absolutely necessary to defray the expenses of any great and useful movement of the people . " I think it desirable that these circumstances should be icade public . " I am , air , yenr obedient servant , "Thomas Attwood . "

      Portrait Of W. P. Roberts, Esq.

      PORTRAIT OF W . P . ROBERTS , ESQ .

      The Northern Star Saturday, October 14, 1843.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , OCTOBER 14 , 1843 .

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      IRXLAlsD AND REPEAL . WHAT WH / L CCONKELL DO ! AND WHAT MUST THE PEOPLE DO 1 Ws doubt not that many Ba / fe politicians were astounded by the electric promptitude with which the Government have struck tbe first blow at the Repeal a « ita . tion .. Their oonduet , however , upon that occasion was in strict conformity w ^ tb , and bears a strong resemblance to , that which they pursued during the last session of Parliament . Through-I out the whole period they sat and spoke , and sat and I spoke again , for fully Eix-sevenths of the time i and S closed their career by a succession of rapid actions

      i unparalleled in the history of legislation . The ques-I tion of Ireland ivas one brongbt frequently under ' tLeir notice . The state of popular feeling in that conatry was significantly conveyed to them , and I they professed to have a thorough knowledge of all that was going forward , as well as a perfect reliance i upon the ordinary law to suppress commotion or ! disturbance . To the ordinary law , and to such alone , j without any auxiliary support from a Btraining of the law to meet any emergency that might arise , ' . Sir R . Pbm . said he would have recourse . Every j project devised by Mr . O'Coxnell for effecting his ] ot-jeot wa 3 well known to the Minister , and was

      debated in his presence ; but still" he would rely upon » he ordinary law . " The " monster demonstrations " had been held ; language more violent than any ased since the prorogation had become matter of every day comment ; the aid of America ; tho sympathy of Prance ; the " spontinoity" meeting of the three hundred . Dative Jegislators elect ; the defiance to interfere with public meetings of the people j the declaration of the inability of tbe Saxon Parliament to do justice to Ireland , even if bo inclined : all these circumstances were known to the Minister , who said that ** to the ordinary law alone he would ha . ve recourse for the preservation of the peace . "

      If the Agitation had presented any new and more alarming phase siuce the prorogation of Parliament , litre might have been &ome palliation for the abandonment of the Minister ' sconstitutional pledge ; while in the absence of any snch change , he ia chargeable with a gross violation of the constitution , by having had recourse to thoBe means for arresting the progress of Repeal , which , although justifiable upon sudden emergency , cannot be defended nnder tBe circumstances of the case . A proclamation , and snch a proclamation , and issued so shortly before it commanded obedience , was not in accordance lmn " the ordinary law . "

      Before we point out the disastrous results to which this tardy pn ^ daniation , —tardy in hs appearance , if not tardv in us execution , —might have led , we axe called paiticnlarly io notice one signature , —and , officially sptakicg , not an unimportant one , —attached to this d-jeument . We there find the name of Sir E- ScGDts , the Chancellor of Ireland ; and vre aie at a iusa to reconcile its appearanoe in that place with his former declaration , that"tfA «/ ruA mectitigs tcere pcrfecly legal , and could not be legally suppressed . " Custom is the foundation of

      common la . w ; and an niichecsed coarse of the people of a vhoie nation , continuing for months without ths hiiu-forenee of law to arrest or interfere with it ; and lacieo by ihe opinion of the Lord Chancellor ; in our * pitk . n , establishes a precedent for a continuo . uct ) in that course as strong as any that custom can i-tDciion . Independently , however , of the individual opinion even of the Lord Chancellob , tbe right of every British subject to meet to petition for the TtuTess of grievances , is guaranteed" by the

      Co 2 ^ . iiution . Mortorer in the case of Ireland , the rieLt oi the people to meet and petition rests upon tha b ronuest grounds : because every MinisJer , who bugoTOitod that unhappy land for the lasthaJfceEiury , has unequivocally admitted ths existence , not ot ordinary grievances , but of grievances to the redre > s of -which every successive Administration , had pk-d Sed itself , but failed in ihe performance . It would appear in tho rtoent case , that our rnlers Jud actuaiiy determined upon decoying the Irish people into that position in which they could sub-

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      stitute coercion for the promised relief . We may infer this fact from the following short passage from the Standard : — " Much must be connived at in the beginning , which it may be necessary to repress in the end . " Wholesome Tory doctrine . ' We shall now proceed to consider the question in all its bearings . A mere passing commentary upon bo large and important a subject , would be unjustifiable .

      THE rOSlTIOH OF MB . 0 C 0 NNEIJ-, we shall first treat of . We cannot too highly commend the use that he made of the short time that was allowed him between the notice and the projected revolution . Of course , all the necessary " information" ; all the required " affidavits , " of "fear , " " alarm , " and " anticipated danger , " were legally luruished to the authorities , and did not rest upon the oaths of policemen or persons procured for the occasion . No doabt but Government had all these necessary materials , before they determined on their step ; and no duubt the " advertisements "

      respecting the " Repeal Cavalry , " aud " troops , " and " musteringa , " will form no unimportant portion of them . Having these , then , as the groundwork , they struck the blow . That blow might have turned out a bloody one . This Mr . O'Connell prevented . He made the best use of the little time he bad , to avert that evil . But , notwithstanding his sucoess in that particular , the Government step was a blow i And it was one which Mr . O'Connell ought to have been prepared for . It was one he has been asking for , or

      rather provek ? ng , foT a long period . In Yorshire , if a father chastises a child , after a long perseverance in misconduct , he folio ws the eastigation with *• you have been asking for that for a long time , and now you ' ve got it . " When we come to comment upon tho nature of the step taken by the Government , we shall speak of it as it deserves ; but hero we cannot refrain from reminding Mr . O'Connell that ** he has been , asking for it a long time , and now he has got it . "

      We have approved of his prudence in having suppressed the projected meeting ; while after his many darings of the Government to interfere with their meetings ; after his repeated defiance , hurled at the Government "to go to war" with him , or w to go to law" with him , we had a right to expect , and the country had a right to expect , from him a pbompt , immediate , and

      unequivocal developlmenx of those means BT WHICH HE FRPOSK 0 TO MEET AN ATTACK , WHICH , HAVING 1 SVUED , HS MUST HATB EXPECTED ! When WO found that he had summoned the Repeal Association for " an extraordinary meeting , " on Montay , we looked forward with no Hitle curiosity for the announcement of his future operations : but alas ! we were doomed to disappointment 1 So far from the assurance that he was prepared to protect the people against the threatened danger , we find him transferring all thought of passing events to aconsideration of himsplf ! and imploring of the Irish people to smother all sympathy for him iu the event of a prosecution , and to testify their loyalty by a oontinuance of their confidence ! 1

      ** Falix quern faciemt aleina pericula caulum . " M That man is happy who profits by other men ' s misfortunes . " So we say to Mr . CConkell ; while we are sorry to find that the misfortunes of others , instead of furnishing an example to him , have served but as matter for je 3 t and angry invective . He now stands upon the brink of a precipice ; while those , over whose misfortunes he has rejoiced , are tremblingly alive to his danger .

      It would appear from the weak effusion of which he delivered himaelf last Mondsy , that he has bean floating from the commencement upon the troubled waters , without rudder or compass ; that all the " Monatcr Meetings" were only intended to be subservient to the " finance department "; and he has formed no plan whereon to found the promised resistance to oppression . If ever there was an instance of full opportunity being afforded to a Statesman or a General , for the organization and completion of Mb planB , that opportunity hvs been afforded to Mr . O'Connell , He was aware of his own strength . He has told U 3 to surfeiting , that be was aware of the enemy's

      weakness . He told us so , till we believed it . He waa aware oF the people's devotion , patriotism , and heroism : and yet , upon the first feeble attempt at reaistauoe , the ** legal position , " the " secure possession , the vantage ground , " is abaudened ! and ihe scene of action is to be changed to the floor of the Saxon Parliament JI there to contend for "justice to Ireland " 111 How soon the language of defiance has been softened into mild criticism upos ihe grammar , and the phraseology of a Proclamation , which , though imperfect in one , and inelegant in the other , appears , nevertheless , in its rudeness to have taken him by surprise ! I !

      How often have we told Mr . O'Connell , while revelling in Whig patrbnage , that he was creating for their Tory successors , the most perfeot means for suppressing Irish liberty . We not only warned him of the coming storm , but we announced the hour at which it would burit . We told him that Peel would pass all his measures with railroad speed ; would prorogue the Parliament , and then throw upon the Irish Executive , and the Irish Orange faction , the responsibility of tranquilising Ireland , after their own approved fashion , backed by the assurance thai the Commons would grunt indemnity for the enforcement of measures justified by necessity !

      Mr . O'Cohnell musi have been aware that some such course would have been adopted ; and 'there , we ask , is His plan op dif ^ ce ? Not defence for himself ; but defence of thb millions of bratk ENTHUSIASTIC , D 1 SABM £ » , UJiPBOIECTED IBISHHEN who have , as it were , placed their lives in Mr . O'CowfEix ' s hands I ! This is not the first time that we have had a " Proclamation war . " We have not yet forgotten the year 1839 , when Whig spyism and foul treachery concocted and effected the Newport , Bradford , bheifield , and Dewsbury riots . Nor can Mr . O'Counell

      have forgotten those times . He has reason for remembering them ! and the recollection of his own oonduet then , will not be calculated to add much to his comfort now . He knows that the doings of the English Chartists were made into a stalking-horse for Irish loyalty . Their meetings were held to petition for a redress of grievances , at the only hour that their taskmasters would allow them to assemble . Those meetings were snppressed by proclamation ; and their enemies were armed against them . Then the tranquillity" of Ireland not only enabled Mr . O'Connell to tender the services of the Irish

      military force to do "justice" to the Chartists , but he fur ther offered the services of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND IriBh Volunteers to fi ht the battle oi Whig despotism and proclamation law in England ! ! Sergeant Daily was an Irish boy , and the soldiers , who so bravely slaughtered the unarmed people at Newport had ail the honour of being mere " Irish recruits . " We mention these circumstances now aa warning to Mr . O'Conwell : to teach him for the future that the man who plays the tyrant will assuredly himself come one day or other under the tyrant ' s lash . Had he fortified Ireland when the

      existence of the Whigs depended upon his breath , instead of preparing all the machinery for her subjugation , Bhe would have now had fewer truck Baronets and Carbolic placemen , but more power to resist her present oppressors , Mr . O'Connell may have derived some consolation , in the midst of all bis troubles ? froio tie Bpewy trash vomited by his Sa * cho Pasza : but we would assure the redoubtable " pacificator" that he , too , will be called to account , and a close one , by the Irish people , for some better value for their money than he appears as yet to have given them . Having disposed of Mr . O'Conwell for the present , we shall now consider the POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT . If a Cabinet Council had been assembled for ^ he purpose of ensuiing a retreat for Mr . O'Con-

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      nell , and had Mr . O'Connell himself being consulted as to the means , he would hare * , "" *• d : ~ " The meetings having been generally held ; the dispute ae to the propriety of holding a second one in thb' county of Waterfordj convinces me that a repetition Oi " Demonstrations would but evince weakness . I J » . now about to bold the last ; but in the quarter where the Gathering is to take place , we have already experimentalised to the utmost upon their generosity .

      I have got all that ' Monster Meetings can yield : you must change my position : suppress our Demonstrations by proclamation ; and let its appearance be so late that I can justify my course upon the grounds that I was compelled from the shortness of notice to act upon my own responsibility . " Had they consulted him , and had he wished to Becure for himself a retreat , this would have been O'Connell ' s language to the Ministry .

      The Ministers must have been aware that had the Proclamation appeared sooner , they would have had all Ireland to contend with ; whilb , as matters now stand , th ^ y have only to contend with an individual . Whether they will be satisfied with sharing the triumph over Ireland with Mr . O'Connell , we know not . Their share will be disgrace ; hiswill be increased contributions , and perfeot indemnity tor inaction . In the consideration of this question we must not , however , forget the most important characters in the drama—the ibush people . For months their enthusiastic minds have been led to an almost

      fanatical belief in the success of a project which waa ensured to them upon the performance of certain conditions ; every one of which they fulfilled beyond even Mr . O'Connell ' s most sanguine expectations . Will they , then ; will the 1564 brav Irishmen , who went from Manchester to Dublin to manifest their devotion to their unhappy country ; will these be satisfied with the postponement of their case , so ripe for hearing , to the next meeting of the Saxon Parliament i Even so , their disappointment may arrive sooner than they anticipate : as it is by no means impossible that the saxon

      parliament MAY MEET IN LESS THAN TWENTY DAYS FROM THE PRESENT TIME ! If Sir ROBERT PfiEL foels bis hands strengthened by the boasted "improvement ef trade , " and the further improvement anticipated from the treaty of peace wUh China , he will be emboldened , in connection with foreign allies , to make a deeoisivo stand against the principles of democraoy generally , and against the Irish agitation in particular . Should such be his course , there can exist but very little doubt , that a Coercion Bill for Ireland will be the first measure proposed ! and Whig precodent wlil stand as a barrier to Whig opposition III i In midst of all , it appears that a gleam of reason has beamed upon Mr . O'Connell .

      " Misfortune , " we are told , " makes strange bedfellows : " and , in his distress , Mr ; O'Connell now proposes to court the very party who in his presumed 6 trength he kicked out of bed . " Ireland i able to do all , for herself . " "France is with us ; America is with us ; " " but the English to a man are against us , " " We refuse the cooperation of the Saxon . " Such was the boastful language of Mr . O'Connell , when his unopposed sway allowed him to choose his bed-fellows" ; but now that misfor " tune has come upon him , we find him at the Repeal Banquet , which took place on Monday last , silent upon American and French sympathy , and imploring the assistance of the

      ENGTISH PEOPLE to arrest the despotism of the present Administration . Ha , ha , Mr . O'Connell . Have you forgotten our words ! Did . we not tell you as early as May last , that in the hour of danger , and upon the day of trouble , you would at last find more sympathy and protection in English working men ' s patriotism and love of liberty than in foreign sympathy ! Did we not tell you that at laU you should come to that 1 We did , and there at last wo find you ; and , in them rests your security . Yes , " Liberator ; " although

      a very small extinguisher has extinguished your Jarge Irish fire , yet you may rest assured , that the EugHsh people , for they are nearly all Chartists will distinguish between you and the Irish people . What they do will bo for u Ireland and the Irish , * " and thus will they have rescued themselves from tha foul aspersions you have cast upon them for the !*»* ooven you . ro , eince you so f * r degraded the Irish nation as to identify the Irish name with trick and jobbery of every description .

      Your pals have attacked tbe English Chartists and their " Cowardly Lender ; " but we inusfc remind you that when the Magistrates of the West Riding of York issued their . proclamation for suppressing " Monster" Chartist meetings in 1839 , just upon the eve of the great meeting to be hold at Peep Green , the " cowardly Feargus" issued a counter proclamation to hold the meeting , and said that he would attend . The meeting took place . The "Cowardly Fkargus" and the "Cowardly Feargusites" did attend ! Again , when the WbigB issued a ^ QuEEN ' s proclamation to suppress torch-light meetings , the " cowardly Fbabgus" attended the Bury torchlight meeting , and there , upon the spot , took the sense of the people as to the propriety of obeying the proclamation .

      Mr . O'Connmll will bow learn from ths tone of the English and French press , that , as we told him , Government will not rest satisfied with extinguishing tho match ; they will , if they , can , scatter the Pile . In this he will find us correct : and to meet it he has bu t one oourse , that ia , to throw himself upon men ' s minds instead of upon their pockets . Paid patriots sooner or later discover the fact : * ' that to win men ' s uearisv you must win

      their minds . " We doubt not that he will reap a golden harvest from tbe seeds that Government have sown : but we much doubt that the Irish people will be partakers in ihe yield . Flattering the vanity of the Qaeen , who Mr . O'Connell himself says can do nothing , will serve no good purpose . His boast of having voted £ 20 , 000 a-year to Prince Albebt more than the TorieB would give him , will with the English people tend to approval of Toryism , . and to his own degradation .

      We have given copious extracts from the several English and Irish newspapers upon the question , together with the reports of Mr . O'Connell ' s sover&l speeches ; and from all we learn that the Government have been working while Mr . O'Conaell has been talking , boasting , and collecting : aud between both tbe Irish people have been taknn by surprise . We foretolu this hasty step . We told Mr . O'Connell more than a mouth ago , that " with Wellington it

      would be a word and a blow : that execution would follow upon the . very heeis of design" It has been bo ; whila , with Mr . O'Connell , it has been mot by extra lovalty , and an appeal to ihenjeoted Saxons !! with an auxiliary slap at the Chartists by his " man ef peace , " who assured us that 1 O'iO , OOO pikes could be manufactured in Ireland in au hour . Henceforth this bantering of publio opinion mu .-t cease in Ireland ! The " rag flay" must be struck , and the standard of principle must be raised in its place .

      The sympathy of other nations , strong in the belief that Mr . O'Connell was prepared for any emergency , will speedily fade before the present gloomy aspect of affairs . He must now shake himself , throw off the rust of Whig brass , and stand before the world as the champion ef liberty , or the dupe of faction . In tho shock of surprise , he mny for a time purchase indemnity for inaction ; but when the thunder shall have passed away , those who have paid the purehase- ; money of Irish liberty will expect to eee his genius shiuiug through , the breaking clouds as the sun of national'glory .

      If Ministers attempt to coerce Ireland , 5 , 000 , 000 of English Chartists will remonstrate against this attempt : / but they will not again place themselves in the position of being marked as " whetches deserving NOTICE OF THE ATTOBNliT-GENEBAL . " No ; they have profiled by experience , and will parish . to a man before they will allow 500 000 of thoir fighting men to enlist ia the despoL' rank .

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      We told Mr . O'Connell two months ago , that under the legal construction off conspiracy , he would be implicated in every act committed by his more enthusiastic followers ; and , in fact , both the Attorney and Solicitoe-Geneeal went as far as they could to establish a precedent for the conviction of Mr . O'Connell , when the point of law , arising out o f the Lancashire verdict , was argued in the Queen ' s Bei ^ ch . j Fr ( l m us Mr . Connell has but little to expect ; and sho uld rejoice at receiving " good for evil : '» while the i'ish people ever have had and ever shall command , ot * sympathy and support .

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      against " foreign competition . " Ther *? is in fact , in contemplation against us , and some measures takeu for procuring , " ANOTHEB HOSTILE TABIFF . The Times of Wednesday gives the following : — " The Frankfort Journal , announces , that a meeting of manufacturers was held at Stutgard on the 27 th ult ., with the sanction of the Government when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — _

      l . That the honour and independence no less than the prosperity of Germany , require a eys « tern of Protection against foreign manufactures . 2 . "That such a system is not only justified but rendered necessary by ( the heavy duties to which German manufactures are subject in foreign countries , and that England is now supplied from her colonies with produce which she formerly imported from Germany . 3 . " That this protection should be moderate , and not calculated to encourage indolence amongst the German manufacturers . 4 . "That this protection should extend to tha raw materials as well as to the manufactured goods .

      5 . " That the duty should be levied ad valorem , and not by weight , to prevent articles such as fine muslins entering into Germany , on paying only the duty to . which coarse fustian is subject . 6 . " That it is absolutely necessary that a bounty should be paid by Government to the exporters of German manufactured goods . "That all the manufacturers throughout Germany should be invited to join in the above resolutions . "

      Here , then , as old Dicky Burkett used to say ; " here is a weight i'th 'tother pocket . " In our joy at the Chinese Tariff and prospect of * extended " Trade , let not this threatened Tariff be overlooked I What a queer thing it iB , that no aation © n earth can be made to believe in , or apply , the doctrineB of free-trade , exoepting England ! But Englishmen were always known to be " the host thinkiho people on tbe face of the earth" !

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      GREAT PUBLIC MEETING In the Mechanics' Institute ! o receive the report of the Deputation to Mr . Atlwood . On Wednesday evening , an immense meeting was held in the above place to hear the report of the deputation elected for ihe purpose of presenting the pnhhc address adopted on the 8 th of August . The greatest anxiety was manifested to ascertain what had been the result of the interview . Mr . Fnssell was called to tbe chair , and aftera few remarks introduced Mr . Mason , to detail the principal matter cf the conversation . Mr . Masos then rose and addressed the meeting at great length , and was loudly applauded throughout . ¦ Mr . Follows next spoke , and expressed his opinion that Mr . Attwood had not stood by his old declarations .

      2 dr . Mason then moved the following resolation , seconded by Mr . Welsford : — " That this meeting , after hearing the report of the deputation , are of opinion that , aa lit Attwood contemplates only an orguaizition of those classes who possess © lectoial powei and the pecuniary means of effect-Ing tba measures he proposes , they fe « l fcound from eveiy principle of justice and necessity to abide by the paramount struggle for the People ' s Charter ; and though ¦ we may not donfct the honesty of Mr . Attwood's motiveB , y-t as hit movement does not aim at the establishment of public liberty , we resolve to organize our power mote firmly than heretofore , to secure the legislative « nactnitnt of the universal right of electoral power as the only meant oi attaining permanent national prosperity . " Mr . Hihb came forward from the body of the meeting , and addressed the meeting in opposition to a part of the Tesolution .

      Mr . Hill also came forward , and warmly supported the motion , and entered into a history of tne Birmingham Political Union . He was loudly ch&ered . The rBBolntion was pnt and carried nnanimously . Vt >» es of thanks were given to the Deputation and the Chairman , and the meeting dispersed . Mr . Mason observed , in acknowledging the thanks of the meeting , that every means which prudence could suggest to prevent ill feeling , in the event of

      ilr . Attwood coming before the public with his pians , iad been taken ; and every measure proposed by the Council had been submitted for the approval and confirmation of a public vote . They were , therefore , now fully authorised in taking any future steps necessary to preserve the struggle for the Charter paramonnt . Mr . Attwood might organize an electoral confederation , and they had neither the right nor the power to interfere . The dnty of the Chartists was to take care they did not interfere with them .

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      To which Mr . Attwood replied : — j " Sarbome , 2 ^ J Oc :. lSi 3 . j * f Sis , —I lose j > o time in aayinjr , in xepiy to your i Istttr , th&t the moremext which i have in view has eo j reference "whatever to any reform of the Parliament , i Dor to tbe Carrency , or the Corn iaws ; nor to any , otitr subject which baa yet l > etn l » roughl before the , p&felic mind . It is confined solely zo an attempt to form a Kstiorni "Onion , or general confederation of all cla » es , for tbe purpose of holding the iliniit&n of the Grown legally Tespottabiefor the welfare , prosperity , » -nrt cudentxnent of the people . Ct-xtainlv 1 an not disposed to alter Qua determination . " Mitet this explactien , 5 f yon should be desirou * of derrvfcring me an address , from any portion of my fellDW-to-wnBrnen , I - shall be ready to receive ths depnla . tion t-f fcrar , here , to-jnamnr ffntadiy ) , st my bonae eonTEuieni to -ywaxserve * , between two aad » ix o ' clock , or oa * We&n 8 » dxT , between two sod toxu o ' clock . - ** I mm , Si * j your obedient servant , - " . "¦• THOMAS ATTWOOD- "

      " ili . 3 . Yonotn , Hocmoalh ifcreet , ~ R rnp jTig >» nro . ** In accordance with this arrangement , tha deputation waited on Mr . Attwood on the Wednesday evening , and had aa interview of nearly two hours . In the conversation , Mr . Attwood declared thai every Parliament elected by the Reform Bill conuitueney were even worse in vheir eoarousirion than the old rotten-borough PaiBainenia . Yet he said there was , in his opinion , a possibility of creating a strong power out of the preaent electoral body , buffieientiv disinterested and parrioco to hurl any Ministry from office who either Tffraldn&t , or ccnld not , devise n > - a-^ ur es of legislation to secare ceskral pbospbiutt . It was on the electoral classes aio ^ e he rested " his hopes of success , as immense fuid ^ would be required , ¦ which could only be coniributed by the richer

      Classes . On them be would rely . With regard to the suffrage , the real object of the interview , he said tLat he could see no means , under present circumstances , of doing any j : ood by coming tut on that qoestion . If he ealied together a Convention , which he wonld have to o _© in 'undertaking a new suffrage movement , lie expected two-thirds « f such a bocy would be wiJd enitnriistics and spie « , who , instead of consulting npon measures v > advance ihe movement , -wonld , by their fcilv and extravaijanee , destroy eTery chance of success . He vs-as determined on the course he had prt-jected . He wonld neither approve nor repudiate in hi > mtssires the principles of any party . Kor would he suggest a remedy . Tne Ministers , no matter of what party , should find their own remedies , and if they were incompetent then out zdththem .

      Mr . Masqs , one of the deputation , requested Mr . Attwood to read a paragraph of his manuscript document which specified ihe objects of his projected movement . Mr . Attwood ihemread several parts of the document , the import of which was that so far as human industry and en ^ rprize could contribute to ihe irealih of society , that the labouring classes had created , superabundantly , fcod , clothing , and habhation ; yet they were without food , cloihing , or homes in tens of ihoiisands of instances ; and even those who yrete not so situated had not an hour ' s security . That therefore themiseries and suffering of the -p ? o--pie were chargeable on tile Minsters of the Ciown , who were responsible to the people Tot the proper dispen 3 atioB of the comforts of life , through jus : measures &f Government ; and if they were incapable of denying such , then were they at once disqualified tohoidtheAiffAirurf ef administrative power . By flus aosans Mr . Attwood contemplates keeping their -Ministerial noses to the popular grindstone . He expressed a hope that tbe deputation would esteem his motives , whatever might be tceir opinion ? , and however they might diferfrom him on other matters © f policy . Mr . Attwood seems not , after all , to digest the atares without a little reaching . Ha Terr courttous dexreanour , respect ai » d familiarity Wuh the Deputation , is strangely contrasted by his lerer to the Journal of S&tnrday on the subject of the interview . He has arrayed against him niije-tenths or his working « lass admiiers , vsho now view ibe once litusiricui \ leader of the poor , the illustrious associate of the rich .

      We may wish , but cannot hope , that he will con-Tertthe rich to justice . It iB a Hercuean undertaking—morally oi course we mean . Here is Mr . Att-Wi > oa a lttter to the Journal .- — To ih * Editor of the Birmingham Journal . Harbcroe , 5 th Oetobti , 1843 . Sir , —I leanest ihe favour of yon to insert in your Journal the endoBedcommnnicaUon between a body ef ChsrtisUandmyBfciL The aeiatstion called upon me jes ^ ardayi-when I repeated to them the determination OSpzesaed in my letter to Mi . Follow * . The ^ nnucm ! S ^^ r ^ addr f ^ ^^ »» B g ood fltBl of a Ja « ^ 3 *» ' *** » P the can * of * tat is esJkd the

      People -g Charter . I told them in reply that I badaeTer approved the People ' s Chattel , bat that I had alwya ; oprwea tbe strongest disapprobation of tbaipart of itirhlch proposes to change the frsmewoik of the oonatitnMon , by -working the elective franchise fiajpsgb a new process ot eleetorJai district * , instead of the ancient co&stitntional ayirem of counties , cities and barougbi i a part of -which I had always considexed as calcdatcd , acd probably intended , to render the success of any large measure of rtfomi net only more difficult and dangerous , but literally impossible . 1 further explained to them that 1 had never approved the conductor Chartisiz , -whoseproceedinga , I tlought , tod been such as to repulse from their ranks every

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      ANOTHER OP ENING ? OR " PROSPERITY . " Our merchants * nd manufacturers have high cause for gratulation v U the news of the confirmation of tha Chinese Treaty , jiUt brought to England , direct , by the Akbar ateXjaer . In it they will see another field for " foreign tr . ide , " inasmuch as there is embodied in that Treaty ] a New Tariff , said to be highly advantageous to iheispeculatora . The Manchester Guardian of Wednesday contains the following short review ] of the principal changes effected by the New Tariffj in the duties previously charged upon European shipping , and upon the principal articles of merchandise oxportedifrom this country to China : — j

      " In the first place , the reduction in the shipping charges are very large and j important . Prior to the operation of the New Tariff , there were several duties levied under different names , upon European vessels entering the port of Canton . Amongst these the largest and must bunhensome , usually called 'the present , ' was the same ( upwards of 2 , 300 dollars ) upon every vessel , large or Ismail ; and the entire charges upon a vessel of five or Bix hundred tons was 4 , 000 dollars , or ! nearly £ 1 , 000 sterling . All these separate charges ' are abolished by the new regulations , aad one uniform tonnage duty , amounting to about 3 s . 4 d . per ton ; is substituted for them ; the result of which is , that ! a vessel of 600 tons , instead of being taxed £ 1 , 000 in port charges , will be required to pay only about one-tenth of that amoUut . !

      "The reductions in the duties upon j thej different articles which compose the ] balk of our export trade to China , whioh are also important , || are exhibited in the following statement :: — M Cotton yarn . —The duty ^ on cotton yarn , formerly about two dollars per peoul of 133 jib ., is now reduced to one dollar forty cents , or about rive-eighths of a penny per pouud . ' Cotton Goods . — The duty on ; lbleachedi [ Bhirting 9 , formerly about ninety-two £ ? cents , ia now reduced . to twenty-one cents , or a shilling per piece . Tbe duty on unbleached shirtings ( which were formerly

      arranged in two classes , chargeable with a duty of forty-two cents and ten cents respectively , and subject to the caprice or i corruption of the Mandarines or Custom House officers , as to the class in which they should bo placed ) is now fixed for all qualities at fourteen cents , or about eightpence per piece of twenty-eight to j forty inches wide , and thirty to forty yards ia length . The duty on printed goods , formerly about two to two-and-a-quauer dollars per piece , is now fixed at twenty-eight cents per piece of twenty-four to thirty yards long , and twenty-six to thirty-onje inches wide .

      " Woollens . —The duty ion woollens , such as Spani&n stripes , habit cloth , and middle and superfine cloths , formerly twenty-five cents per yard is now reduced to six cents , ! or threepence per yard . The duty on long ells , formerly abous two dollars ten cents , is now reduced to seventy cents per piece . The duty on camlets and bombazetts , formerly about twelve to thirteen dollars , per piece , is now reduced to seventy cents . 1 Raw Cotton . —The duty on raw cotton , which was about 9 mace per pecul , is now 4 mace , about | d . per 1 ° « ]_ .

      .... . " Unenumerated Articles . —The duty on , unenumerated articles of import is fixed at 5 per cent , ad valorem . At the present low value of cotton goods , the duty may be called about 74 per cent , on the value in this couutry . } On grey shirtings about ? £ per cent . On white shirtings , about 10 per cent . On woollens ( . Spanish stripes , &c . )* 6 to 8 pet cent . 1 On long ells , about 10 percent . On camlets , about 4 per jcent .

      On printed cottons , about 10 per cent , ( on the class of goods suited to the markets of China ) . " Export Duties . —Tne duty on the export of tea , though nominally fixed by the new tariff at two taels and five mace per peoul , will , it is supposed , amount ( with the various charges formerly included in the duty ) to about four taels and eight mace , or nearly 3 d . per lb . This is about ! Jd . per lb . more than the amount of duty levied during the last six or eight months . The duty on the exportation of raw silk is fixed at 13 dollars 89 cents per peoul , or about 3 £ per cent , on the average value . " Here then is another opening for " Prosperity " Having al < u > d « n « ourooirco put of everj other market in the world ; having ruined our character every where by devil ' s-dust woollens , paste-daubed

      cottons , and cast-metal knives ; having arrayed against us " one unbroken line of hostile tariffs , from the Guadalquiver to the Neva ?; having had ominous warning of the precarious position in which stands our traffic in the South "; having seen that " on the Baltic opposition is rendered formidable by extensive and increasing combination "; and that" Persia ) Westphalia , and Saxony , have each erected their ibrges , and had tbe protective care of their

      respective Governments paternally extended to their newborn interests "; having " the Russians now completely independent of us , though England at one time furnished Russia with her cottons , and with the greater part of . her woollens "; having seen too , that " our hold upon America is fast melting away "; knowing of all these things , our merchants and manufacturers will , no doubt , see salvation in this new Chinese Tariff , and endeavour to draw dreams of" Prosperity" out of it . \

      They will act wisely however , if they look at the matter soberly . Undue expectations may be excited ; and cruel disappointment ' may be found ! We would commend to their attention tho following observations of the cautious dog of the Manchester Guardian : — i " These important reductions , coupled with the extension of the trade to the ports situated in the most fertile and productive provinces , instead of being confined to a single { corner of the empire , will , no doubt , greatly increase the commercial intercourse with Cnina , and lead eventually to a large export to thas country | of the principal fabrics of English manufacture . It : is necessary , however ,

      to keep in mind , that this increase must necessarily be very gradual ; tor , however great may de the desire of the people of China to purchase British manufactures , the extent of the trade must necessarily be limited to ihe valua of the returns whioh th * t country can furnish , which cannot be immediately increased to any very large extent ; and , therefore , any sudden and extensive shipments which might be made hence , under the idea ttu . t a greatiy increased demand will closely follow the promulgation of the tariff , would most likely entail skkious LOSSES UPON THS PARTIES MAKING THEM . Sowe increase will no doubt take place immediately ; but , when it is recollected that tbe shipments ot

      shirtings to China during the present year amount to about a million of pieces direct from thus country , and about 150 , 000 pieces forwarded from Singapore and Manilla , against about | 400 , 000 pieces at the corresponding period of last year ; whilst tbe shipments of yarn amount to 5 , 600 , 000 lbs ., being also a very large increase upon tne previous year ' s business ; it muot be obvious that ? the probable increase has been fully anticipated , and that geeat caution WILL BE KtCESSAltT TO PREVENT THB MAitlltT FBoM BEIKG GREATLT OViiRLOADhD . To ttlOSe Ot our

      rcaacr 3 who remember ttio disastrous consequences reuniting from the overstocking of newly -opened foreign markets , some thirtjj yeais ago , little nettf be baid on this subject ; but anew race ot merchants and manufacturers have spruug up , to whom the calamities of those day * are comparatively unknown ; and we hape been sorry to see sdyht indications of a feeling of excitement , arising out of ihe recent mteiligence , calculated to aspire some fear uf a REPETITION OF IHE tKBOBS 1 « WHICH THOSK CALAMITIES HAD TUilR OBJG . N . " i

      Our merchants and manufacturers will do well la pause , aud act on tbe caution here given . It comes from one who is their "friend" ; one who seems anxious that the delirium of joy , which the news ot the probability of an " extended" trade is likely to iaspire , should not lead to too " extended" operations . Whether the advice he gives will have tffeot or not , remains to be seen . I If it have , some good may come of this new market ; if it have not , if would have been better that w ; e had never found it . But tho news of the week is not all joy , not even as far as Tariffs are concerned . Thou « a the Chinese one may be deemed ( o favourable to us and promotive of " prosperity , ^ yet there are other nations contemplating measures of a « ontrary character , for the purpose of crippling our " foreign trade . " They are contemplating manufactures for themselves j and they are askia- for protschon

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      TIDD PRATT CAUGHT . —SQUEEZE HIM WELL . The Enrolment is not yet had . Tidd Pratt still refuses . But his refusal has , at last , assumed a more definite shape . He has h * d another , and a " fair trial "; and this last trial has caught him . He has put himself between the Knippebs . " The following communication , from the General Secretary , will put the Chartist body in possession of the new facts that have transpired since our

      last : — London , October 11 , 1843 . Brother Chartists—Since Tidd Pratt refused to certify the Plan of National Organization , aa adopted by the Conference , we received from Mr . Hobsonacopyofthe Plan , in jaxta position witli whioh was pasted , on Blips of paper , the Communitarian Plan which Tidd Pratt has already certified . On Monday last we called at the office of the legal fanotidnary , and left the altered Plan with his clerk for inspection . The clerk in answer to questions put by us , said , —

      M HE KNEW THAT MR . PeATT S MISD WAS MABB trp relative to thb plan ; THAT rlE WOULD NOT ENROL IT ; and that the very designation of our Association implied different objects from the Communists . " We called to-day , according to appointment , for . the opinion of the learned and liberal Tidd Pratt . We received it from his clerk , written on tha margin of the Plan . The following is a verbatim copy : — _

      w I am of opinion that the objects and means pf the National Charter Association are not within the provisions of the 10 Gee . IV ., c . 56 , and 4 and S . Wai . IV ., c . 40 . I consider the rules of the Community Society very different from those of the National Charter Association , although I had some doubt at the time J certified them , whether they came withm the provisions of the Friendly Societies Act . * Ly attention has likewise being called to the provisions of the 39 Geo . IlI ., c . 79 , aiLd 57 Geo . III .. 0 , 19 * which provides that every society . except of a religious or

      , charitable nature only , which shal l be composed of different divisions or branches . or of different parties acting in any manner separately or distinct from e . ach other , or of which any part shall have any separate or distinct president , seoretary , or any other officer elected or appointed by or for suon party , or to act as an officer for such party , shall be deemed and taken for an unlawful combination and confederacy . For the above reasons I refuse to certify these rules . " Oct . 11 , 1843 . " J . Tidd Pratt . "

      We have not yet been able to obtain the opinion of Oouusei as to the probable result of bringing ths matter before the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in consequence of Counsel being on circuit . J . M . Wheeler , Secretary . Now this opinion fixes him . It happens most unfortunately for his " judgment" and his " determination , " that | he has certified every portion of tha plan , from the beginning to the end , to be "according to law . " In the document laid before him this last time , * Ats was distinctly shewn to be the case * Every section of ovb . plan had , ia juxta-position with it , the section of another plan , embracing every particular embraced in ours : and that other plan he

      had himself certified to be m accordance with lava on the 7 th of August , 1839 I There was not a particular differing . The " Objects '' were tbe same , expressed in the very same language . The "Constitution" was similar ; the " Organization" was precisely similar ; Conventions ; Executive ; Distriots , with District Councils ; Branohes , with Branch-Boards ; Classes , with Class-Leaders : all , all , were contained in the plan he has already certified . The " Funds" were similar ; onejfor General purposes ; and the other for Land purposes . Indeed there is no d . fforence between the two codes of rules ,

      executing in the application of the Land , when it is purchased : the one code of rules providing that the Land shall be held for , and devoted to , Communitt purposes ; i . e . held as common , and not as individual property : the other code providing that ths Land shall be divided , when purchased , into equal portions , and held by each member , individually , for his individual benefit . That is the one , the sole , the only difference , in the application of tbe Land Benefit : and Tidd Pfatt has wisely , and as a lawyer , come to the conclusion that the former mode is in accordance with law I and that the latter mode is not !

      Here is a discovery in law ! Communism is lawful ! Individual property is not !! Well done , sage Tidd Pratt !!! To combine together , in Conventions , Executives , Districts , Branches , and Classes , for the purchase of Land to hold as common property , and to use in common , is " in accordance with law : " to combine together in a similar manner to purchase Land to divide equally among the members of such combination , to have and to hold for ever , for themselves and their heirs , is not in accordance with law ! ! Famous discovery ! Will not the Communitarians present the discoverer with a cap ? Tney assuredly ought : and we know another party toat will adora it fvith bells J

      But let us dissect the " opinion" of Mr . Tidd Peatt . "I am of opinion that the objects and means of the National Charter Association are not within the provisions of the lQ : h Geo . IV . c . 56 ; and 4 and 5 Wm . IV . c . 40 . ' Id happens that the " objeeta " and " means'' are precisely such as he has already pronounced to be within such provisions- They are set forth in the very language which he has before approved of , aud certified ! Therefore Tidd Prate is fairly tapped . Ke cannot get out of the mesa . If they wers not illeyal when he certified them to be ia " accordance with law , " they certainly arenofc illegal now : and this , we fancy , the ^ Court above will soon 2 et him know .

      He sheneays " I consider the rules of the Community ^ Society very different from those of the Na ti 6 nat (| alffej . AHs 6 ciat on . '' We have pointed out ihep ^ difforluct : a difference in the applicationo % ih % jLandv :-Whether Mr . Tidd Pkatt . ' sdiscovery , ' that Lai » d held in common is the only lawful P'wwipl * « f possession in England , will haro weight with the Judges remains ti > beseea . If it has , we would advisa Tidd Pratt to look out ! The estate he " calls his own" will be in no small danger !

      But he vouchsafes a piece of most important iu * formatiou . Wtua he enrolled the Rules of the Community Society , he " had a doubt , at the time , whether they came under the provisions of the law . " But we opine that that" doubt ' was set aside ; was reamed ,, by the act of Enrolling \ You earely do not

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      THE NORTHERN STAR I - ^

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct672/page/4/