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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1843.
    • TO THE PEOPLE.
    • £o 35ea&ir$ attir @orr?0p otftint£
    • NORTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.
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      were posted with a placard , statingXS . oTwed fp £ SbSf ' i LeD * ° 2 * to the hoase of Mr . John ¦ % > ^ J ? ylse > near Bacu ? - A "ward of £ 200 ^ offeredbj thegOTemnenttoanyonewwSu givfJaeh onfomatioB MTOfl £ ad to the conricti ™ nle «? pnt , and her Majesty ' s gracion 3 pardon to an « Spiice ( except the man that fiied the pistol Whowni bring to justioe the « al offender . S ^ TJe ^ . stance of the placard , - which does not-even state th « time of the night when the pistol was fired or whether Mr . . Howarth received any injury from the contents of the pistoL Report says , that the eirenm .

      Btaaoe toot place at seven o'clock in the evening , and a music book , ¦ which that gentleman { who ia a teacher of muse ) had with him si 3 marked with shot .

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      Labge Supply op Cotton Coming . —The easterly winds which have preTailcd nearly the whole of the present month hare prevented the arrival of a large number of vessels from foreign ports . Amongst the vessels now due are upwards of 80 from the ootton ports of the United States . At New Orleans , up to the 21 st of Jaraary , 33 vessels had cleared for this port , not one of which has yet arrived . Of these , one has a cargo of 4 . 102 bales , one of 2 983 , two of upwards of 2 , 600 , one of upwards of 2 , 500 , and nine others of above 2 , 000 each . The grand total of cotton now on its way from New Orleans is more than 70 , 000 bales . At Mobile , up to the 22 nd of January , 17 vessels bad cleared for this port , none of which have arrived . The largest cargo is 2 , 306 bales ; the total afloat , about 25 , 000 . One vessel had cleared

      onfc at Apalaehicola , " another at Port Leon , a new port on the Mississippi . Up to the 24 th January , 14 vessels had cleared at Savannah for this port . The largest cargo is 2 , 410 bales ; the total of all the ships above 20 , 000 . At Charleston , np to January 25 th , 15 vessels had cleared for this port , none of which have arrived . The total quantity afloat , abont 20 , 000 bales ; the largest cargo , 2 , 300 . At New York three -vessels had cleared for this port , laden with cotton . Two had also cleared at Texas , with cotton for this port , and which may be added to 'the gross amount , as cotton from that country formerly came through New Orleans . Thus 85 vessels are known to be on their way with cotton for Liverpool . Their united cargoes cannot be much less than 140 , 000 bales . —Liverpool Albion .

      The Chabtists of Little Horton met in their room , Park-iane , on Sunday morning , when two of the members volunteered to collect in the neighbourhood for the Defence Fund ; the proceeds of their labour amounted to 6 s . 2 ^ d ., with several promises of more support . They adjourned to Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock .

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      THE LAND ! AND ONE OF TBE MEANS TO GET IT . Often-tiues have we told the people that they ministered to their own destruction ; that they forged their own chains ; that they made weapons of offence , and then placed them in the hands of their enemies , to be by them used against the " hands" who were so nnwiae as to place them there .

      In scarcely any one instance has this fact been so clearly developed , as in the manner that the several societies of working men have disposed of their accumulated funds . Instead of using them for their own advantage , they have almost invariably given them into the custody of a " Banker , " who has allowtd them some three-and-a-half per cent , interest for the use of them ; and taken care that that use of them has been one calculated to tell upon the parties who have entrusted him with their means .

      The immense sums which have been placed by the working-people in flie Savings' Banks show how little they reflect upon the consequences of their falling so easily into the schemes of the Government . The institution of those places of " deposit , " was the result of a crafty and deep design to bind the working classes up with the existence of the System : and in too many instances have they suoceeded . Millions upon millions of money have the Government been enabled to get hold of , and use to the Fiistainment and perpatuation of misrule , which they coold rot have fingered but by the means the saving institutions afforded . And thus have the people been made to become their own scourgers .

      The matter has not been mended , when they have entrusted their funds into the hands of a " Private Banker ? Be , too , uses it to tbe disadvantage of the labourer . He does not keep it in his coffers ! It is lent out to the men of no capital , who are thus enabled to build factories , bring into the labour market more machinery , to compete with the very men who have subscribed the very means he is trading with , and , in the end , reduce them to the pariBb .

      book . The race of competition becomes so keen that the men with no capital fail ; these failures cause the Banker to " suspend payment ; " and when the working people are thus turned ont of employment , and forced upon the funds they have beeD creating for times of want , they find thbib fu . nds all coke ; and gone , too , be OAnSd t&ej ver 9 MO hhwim ma io * xitra ** thom into the hands of those who used them to the end here

      indicated . Of the horrible reality of this , many in Sheffield at this moment know but too well . Tbe recent Bank failure in that town has broken up many societies and clubs of working men , whose " all" were placed in the hands of the ** Bankers" for safe keeping The Odd-Fellows had more than j £ 2 , GO 0 so circumstanced . They may think themselves fortunate if they realize £ 500 , or 5 s . in tbe pound . How different would have been the result , had the working-people generally followed the plan adopted by the sick-club at Lambley , in Nottinghamshire , as detailed in the following communication ! What a much better " bank" would a " Land Bank" have be&nforthe £ 2 , 000 of tbe Shtfiield Odd Fellows , than the Bank of Pabker , Shoke , and Co . is likely % o prove !

      Working people are often heard to Bay " how are we to get the land ! " The good folks of Lambley have shewn them the way how ! It is an easy and a practicable one . It is worthy of all imitation . Let it be imitated 3 Let all the money belonging to societies of working men , now in the hanoB of Bankers , either goveraental or private , and which is daily being used against the working man , be ¦ withdrawn and invested in the manner the Lambley "lads" have invested theirs ; and a considerable portion of laxd will be in the possession of working men I Try it . It is the best Bank that money can be lodged in . It never jaih 1 Here is the plan as adopted by the villagers of Lambley : —

      '' TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHKBJI STAB . " On reading over your recent leading article on THE laxD , I thought it would be well to lay before you a plan that we adopted at Lambley some four yeara C 30 . There were a few disciples of the immortal William Cobbett in tbe rick clnb at tbe above place ; and as we had money in the Savings' Bank , we considered oar money would be more secure If it wis laid eut on land , and conduce much more to the advantage of the members . We had a great deal of prejudice to contend witb in relation to this proposal ; but by perseverance we induced the members to agree to lay their money ont on land . We bought six and a half seres , and

      divided it into half-rood lots , so that each member should have a portion who thought welL The consequence is , we can produea by spade culture from seventeen to twenty sacks of potatoes , ten pecks to tbe sack , upon half a rood . One half rood produced between seven and eight bushels of barley . One individual Bet six hundred early cabbages , which were very fine , some weighing fifteen pounds ; and one portion of his lsnd with early potatoes . These were tbe first crop ; be afterwards transplanted sweed turnips on the Cobbett plan , as late as the l ?* t week in July ; and be realized a Becend crop , the turnips weighing from five to seven pounds each .

      " The members of the sick clubs of Arnold and Woodfeorougb , two adjoiniDg Tillages , have drawn their money from the Savings' Bank , and bought Land witb it , and receive similar benefit ?' When tbe inhabitants saw such a large produce from poor land , there was a general anxiety manifested to become occupiers of land ; and a public meeting called in tbe village , and a , deputation of working men appointed to wait on the Eail Manvera , he having laud contiguous to the Tillage . The Noble Earl referred tbe deputation to his steward ; and be declined to comply with the wishes of the inhabitants of the yill 9 £ e . However , tbe Rev . Mr . flamsted , Rector of tbe

      TillEfe , offered some twenty-five acres , at from thirty to thirty-six shillings per acre , free from the tithes , rates , and taxes , to be apportioned in small allotments . His offer was accepted ; but the land was in a rubbiahly state through the neglect of tbe preceding occupier , who was a farmer , and could no longer bold it to advantage . When it was laid ont in small allotments , and put into the hands of working men , wbo cultivated it by the spade , it produced such a crop the first year that astonish ** all the farmers in tbejvillage . Tbe working men of Lambley have now in their possession one hundred and eighty-eight lots , consisting of from half a rood to half an acre each , amongst a population of eight hundred .

      " It -would be well if members of sick dnbs and members of friendly societies , who have money in Savings' Banks or any other bank , would withdraw it , and lay it ont in land , instead of putting it in the hands of the tyrau a who oppress us ; and instead of receiving thrca and a half per cent , for the use of their money , they would receive , if it was laid out in land , snd in their own ' occupation , at least , one hundred per cent" HSB

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      "THE HOUSE" VOTING THAT IT WILL NOT MAKE THE NEW POOR LAW CONFORMABLE TO CHRISTIANITY ! Mb . Walter has moved his series of ^ solutions , founded on the SECRET document and " the House" has rejected them ! He bv 3 proved that the object of the concocters and p ; omoters of the New Poor Law was to starve this poor ; and he called upon " the Honse" to rescue the Poor from the hands of the starvers ; and " the House " REFUSED !

      A oopious Report of the Deb ate on the occasion will be fonnd in our present sheet . We have given more particularly the speeches of Mr . Walter and Mr . Ferrand , the mover and seoonder of the resolutions . They will be read with deep interest , containing , as they do , evidence most irrefragable , that the operation of tha New Poor Law , is just what its authors intended it to be . The revealments made to the House" by Mr . Fehrand , respecting the conduct of the " Guardians " in the Skipton Union , in consigning the poor inmates of the Skiptoa Workhouse

      idiots and all , to the " tender mercies" of Seed' and Co ., at Addinghsm , for the purpose of reducing the wages of the regular "hands" are eminently instructive ; and the indignant exposure of the practices of this same Seed and Co ., by the Factory Inspector , speaks volumes as to the humane and forbearing character of the *• masters" to whom the Skipton" Guardians" consigned the helpless poor ! But it mattered not that these revealments were made ! It mattered not that evidence was given that the operation of the law was to deal out death on every hand . It mattered not that it was proved that the intentions of its authors were to starve the

      poor ; it mattered not that these things-were shewn : w the House" rejected the Resolutions , which , if passed , would have bound it to have reconstructed the Poor Law , and made it " conformable with Christianity and sacred policy" ! u The House " voted that it would not again open the question , and legislate in this spirit ! Never mind . ' The law is doomed ! The blow has been struck ! The discovery and exposure of the Secret Recommendation to starve the poor have done

      their work out of doors . The feelings of indignation and disgust they have excited will spirit-up the opposition within doors . They will bind themselves together in a firmer bond than ever . Should the Government determine on introducing and carrying the measure again in ifs present stage , they will obstruct their progress I Last year by such means were the Government defeated ; this year , they will be more likely to have it warm and hot J Agaia we say , the law of death is doomed !

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      THE FRUIT OF THE SYSTEM . MisBULE is a prolific source of evil . Its ramifications extend far and wide . Eevery corner of the land exhibits the baleful effects of its influence , and every grade of society presents its supporters and its victims * It is a poisoned fount whose serpentine stream has conveyed unutterable mischief in every direction . From the Senate the evil has descended to the B * r , from whence equity and justice have been swept away . By it tbe pulpit is polluted , and the temple of the Most High converted into a den of thieves . Our merchants , our manufacturers , and

      our tradesmen are corrupted thereby ; hence arises -commercial competition and its ruinous train of evils —the substitution of shadow for substance , and the kc aping back of the hire of the labourer by fraud . The operatives also are vitiated by the concomitant corruptions of the system ; as witness the arrogance and pride assumed by those who are in the receipt of high wages for performing the least useful portion of labour . The ** overlooker" is generally found to be the greatest tyrant in aa establishment , and he is frequently found to -exercise tenfold jcose austeritu towards the slaves o-vex whom

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      he has controal , than " the . master" himself would have the effrontery to practice . Look also at the various societies , clubs , or trades ' unions which have been established for the protection of the interests of the working tran . These have uniformly failed of producing the results intended by the projectors and honest supporters of euch societies . And why have they failed in the accomplishment of the desired end ? Not because the object was impracticable , the scheme Utopian , or

      from any defect m the rules by which the societies were governed ; but their utility were marredtheir primary design thwarted—discord engendered —and the palm of victory given into the hands of the antagonistic party by the very men for whose benefit the struggle was commenced and prosecuted . The traitors , as the working men well know , have been amongst the foremost in theiriown ' ranks ; they have been the loudest in their professions of sincerity and disinterestedness .

      These things have caused distrust and division * and darkened the prospects of the productive classes ; so much so , that many , very many sterling , uncompromising , and firm Adherents of the cause of universal right have either cast aside their armour , in despair of achieving a triumph in the present generation , or have slackened their wonted zeal . This ought not to be ; as divisions will arise , disappointments may be anticipated ; and wolves may be expected entering the fold in the garb of sheep . Against such , the good and honest ought to prepare themselves , and resolve to battle the foe whether naked or disguised--whether within or without our camp .

      We do not say that well-intentioned men cannot be } found in the Senate House , yet we are half inclined to subscribe to the truth of the oft-repeated saying that" it is impossible for an honest man to sit in the House of Commons . " A man may be actuated by the best of motives when first entering as a member of that assembly ; but such is the system that he must be more than human if he remains long therein uncorrupted and proof against the wiles and ensnarements of faction .

      We do not affirm that the brutal" spirit of an Abinger actuates all who labour at the bar ; nevertheless , we are well convinced that the man will be despised by the msjor part of the long-robed fraternity , who prizes justice more than filthy lucre , and who would rather plead the cause of the widow , the fatherless , and the oppressed , than subserve the purposes of the oppressor . Against such the door of preferment will be closed bo long as the present system continues .

      Men may be found ia the priesthood who corrupt not the Word of God , who hesitate not to declare Mis whole counsel ; yet they are few in number . Obscure will be the location of such ; poverty wil be their lot , and poor * will be the flock they superintend . We may have a few honest men among our merchants , who would scorn to impose upon the ignorance of a purchaser ; but if such there be , ruin will inevitably overtake them—unprincipled rivals will drive them out of the market by one means or other , and thus verify the adage— " an honest man cannot live . "

      Our manufacturers too well know that unless they resort to the prevailing mode of deception , they have not the shadow of a chanoe to succeed in business . They must be adepts in fraud—they must know the utility of glue , lime and paste , in giving substance to the cob-webs ; and they mnst know the intrinsic value of old rags , bags , and devil ' s * dust , or they will soon figure in the Gazette . Tradesmen in all the varied branches are necessitated to conform to every species of imposition in order to succeed : or they must at once abandon their profession .

      The shopkeeper , or distributor of the various productions of labour , must likewise follow the fashion , or " This Stock" will be " selling off at reduced prices , " and the ** Shop to Let , ' * in consequence of "the present occupier declining business ; " which in plain English , means , the cart can ' t be kept on the wheels . Now all these things are produced by one great parent evil—misgovernment ; all the ramifications centre in one focus . They emanate from the

      Legislature , and the onerous burden thereof falls , at last , upon the Bhouldtrs of the working classes . Each class according to its power aad influence ia the State casts its burden off its back upon that of the less powerful and influential , until the whole devolves upon the sons of toil , who having no power to abrogate the iniquitous laws and customs resulting from class legislation , and which are sanctioned and fostered by the " masters of misrule , " are bowed down to the very dust , deprived of every oomfort of life , and harried into a premature grave .

      We again repeat , what we have often told the people , that is , the labouring class , that they are the soul , the very life and staff of the nation ; in them a power , though latent , exists equal to the removal of all the complained-of corruptions . They can remove the cause , and with it the effects . Aad to do this they must unite every energy against the common foe , direct every effort against the enemies ' citadel , contend for the whole measure of their rights , repudiate every thing which may smack of

      " bit by bit reform , or compromise , aud mind to keep a watohful eye upon the movements of itinerating , noisy , " breast-baring" and " cannon-mouth facing" would-be leaders . Prudence , caution and perseverance are the indispensible requisites in our warfare , without the possession of which we shall indubitably fail in the accomplishment of our political redemption ; it , therefore , behoves as , one and all , to see that our every action quadrates with those essentials .

      Before concluding these remarks we would direct the attention of our readers to a case of recent occurrence which , we opine , furnishes a most cogent and apposite illustration of the pernicious effects produced by the system upon the ordinary occupations of life—the , declension it engenders in the human mind—the anti-social and anti-christian bias it gives to the actions of man in the performance of his duties to his fellows , and the odium which the operations of the infernal machine brings upon the character of those whom circumstances compel to follow its workings .

      The circumstance to which we allude is , as before observed , of recent date , and has been communicated to us by parties concerned therein ; and we hesitate not ia gWing publicity to the facts , in the hope that a recurrence of such shameful conduct will be avoided by the system-corrupted party . A female , of the name of Sarah Butler , residing in the village of Burley , about two miles westward of this office , being far advanced in pregnancy and her case demanding immediate attention ,

      application was made to Mr . Miles Atkinson , surgeon , of this town , who , it appears , thought his profession led him to other considerations than an attention to the pressing requirements of the afflicted , or the application of remedies adapted to their situation . The most weighty matter was , " Who pats the Doctor" ? Yes , the PAY was the object of paramount importance . That was the only key which could open his pill-box ; the" only channel through which medioine could flow to the relief of the afflicted .

      Well , the Doctor goes in quest of the desired information , and soon ascertains that the woman is poor , aB well as sick ; consequently he resolved there should be no physic if there was not a clear and palpable indication of pocketing the pat ; and , forthwith , he sent her the following laconic epistle instead of a bottle of his restorative : — " Mrs . Sarab Butler , I have made an enquiry about your circumstances , and find you are so poor that you are unab ' . e to pay a Surgeon , and therefore you must get tbe Town ' s burgeon , as I shall not attend you . E . Miles Atkinson , Surgeon . " We copy the above from the original , it being now before us ; and we think such another specimen of

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      depravity produced on ( the mind of man by the prevailing system , could not be found in the annals of the faculty . We hope , for the credit of the profession , that it could not . We have known cases approximating to it , but not one ] so perfect in its kind . Knowing that this land swarms with characters of the same kidney as the Levite spoken of ia the proverb , and knowing also that the visits of good Samaritans to the cottage of the indigent and the bed of sickness , are like thoselof angels , —

      " Few and far between , " we did not expect Miles Atkinson to distribute medicine gratis , ot to visit the afflicted for nothing ; this would have formed a new era in the history of the profession ; yet , we do think that if the polluted stream had not flowed across his path , he would have been ; rather more discreet ia his conduct towards the suffering patient . Though he might see his own pecuniary interest involved in the " enquiry , '>

      and his pocket might have dictated to him the necessity of retaining his commodity on the shelf without having the pay in hand or ia fair prospect ; yet , had he not been infected with the epidemic of which we have spoken , he would himself have interceded for the sufferer , and procured a substitute in the person of the " Town ' s Surgeon ; " and thus have spared the pang which must have torn the feelings of the poor woman on perusal of his abrupt and insulting allusion to her destitution .

      We wish Miles Atkinson was a man of thought , then we might ask him to place himself , only in imagination , in the position in which he found this poor woman—a . fellow creature—oue equal with himself in the sight of God , though sunk in poverty and writhing in agony of pain , —what would he have felt , when soliciting aid , at being told of his exigences ia terms tantamount to a declaration that want of worldly store constituted a forfeiture of sympathy , if not an | actual crime ? We leave the reply to himself—if he be capable of reflection ; trusting that the coarse and insulting terms— " I SHALL NOT ATTEND YOU" will never more escape his pen or lips .

      We should conclude by reiterating the words , " Physician heal thyself , " did we not know the influence [ of the system we labour to destroy by the peaceful and firm establishment of the principles of justice , the fruit of which will be the antidote to that which now intoxicates all ranks and professions , and which will induce them to aim at a conformity to the golden rule— " Do ye onto othebs AS VE WOULD THAT OTHEBS SHOULD DO UNTO YOU . "

      We are right glad to have to conclude these observations by stating that sympathy , though not found in the bosom of Mr . Miles , Atkinso . v , is not extinct in Burley and its vicinity . A few generoushearted individuals being aware of the situation of Mrs . Botleb , both with respect to" her [ pecuniary difficulties and her physical wants , and being also informed of the treatment she had received from the person on whose conduct we have animadverted , immediately endeavoured to heal the wound his

      insult had inflicted—they not only , drove that unwelcome visitant , want , from her cupboard and supplied [ her with necessaries for the hour of nature ' s trial , but took espeecial care that a medical gentleman should be engaged who would crimson at the idea of giving utterance to tha words "I shall not attend tou . " We rejoice that such kindhearted people are in the land , and we trust that their example will prove to be a benefit to the pelfloving Debtor .

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      My Friends , —The "ides of March are come , " "but they are npt gone . " The " tug of war" has begun among the lawyers . Their "jawing tackle" was set in motion this morning a little after nine o ' clock . Our " Piers" have beea sworn , the Attorney-General has made his onslaught , and his " ragged regiment" of witnesses ; is now under review . Four witnesses have been ; examined , who all prove that a strike took place among the cotton districts last August , aad that meotiags were held at Hjrde aud other

      placesat some of which meetings the Charter was mentioned , and at all of which meetings the people were strictly enjoined and counselled to keep the peace and to respect property . As I happened to know all this before , and as I am given to understand that many other witnesses of exactly like character are yet to follow , I have left the case in the excellent keeping of O'Connor , Roberts , and the other counsel , together with such of my brother " conspirators " as may feel more personally interested than I do in the detail of these things , while I sit , down . and "report progress" to you .

      I must ; do the Attorney-General the justice to say that he stated the case fairly and even mildly . Ia his detail of facts and matter relative to the " strike" movement , there was no effort to overcharge the pioture ; nor any attempt to excite and work upon the prejudices of the Jury * With one exception only , bo far as I know , he stated the facts just as they were . That exception , however , was a most material and important one . I am unwilling to believe that it was wilful , but must wait the result of the further proceedings aad the evidence of the remaining witnesses before I say more about it . The doctrine of the Attorney-General , that all the parties

      who by resolutions , placards , and other means encouraged the people to uphold the strike , are liable for every overt act of all the parties concerned in the strike , I is a moat sweeping and comprehensive one ; and he finds the necessity of applying it with very wide latitude for the sustaining of tne " conspiracy" charged in the indictment . I shall have much to say to you on this speech of the Attorney General ' s , and on the matters and things referred to in it , when ; the trial is once over ; but untif then I say nothing , that I may not furnish any hint of instruction to the enemy . Had every man been as careful in this respeot as I have been it might have been better for the cause . But let that pass : my time will come .

      It is of course impossible to form any judgmen t yet how the verdict may go , but I am told by the Lawyers that in any case sentence will not be given dow , but that we must be brought up < for judgment next term , which is sometime in May ; so that I shall—other circumstances permitting—have some further opportunity of working with and for yon before the U rest day . " As you will find elsewhere a full report of the speech and of the other proceedings up to tomorrow iiight—perhaps later still—I need not occupy space with a recital of them here . I bid you only , by the love you bear yourselves , 5 our children , and your country—whatever be the

      issue , to take care that our glorious cause receive from it an accelerated movement . This conviction will well reconcile the minds of all the true , friends to the cup which , in the cause of liberty , may reach their lips , | whatever it may be . I have great confidence that this will be so . Your energy and zeal will rise with the occasion . I was delighted with the spirit ( manifested by the Hull " lads " at my leaving them on Sunday . Our little " Bethel" was crammed full ; there were more than could sit down to tea , and never did I see a better spirit manifes ed —a spirit that should actuate Christians , Chartists , and Patriots—full of kindly feeling , but of virtuous resolve and of cautious discrimination . O that we had but a few millions of such

      Chartists as those of Hull and North Lancashire Where prudence tempers boldness , and where boldness sustains prudence , men seldom fail . Thank God the tide of intelligence and judgment rolls on , and , as it progresses , covers the extended surface with a steady flax of the clear water of truth , unmingled wtth the mud of folly . The cleansing progresses . The filth is being rapidly thrown out , and the dregs are draining off to the

      cess-pools { opened for them by the factions . This is good . The people will soon be free , when they become intelligent and uuited . They are becoming intelligent !; this induces them to cast out knavery and folly ; this will produce union ; and anion will give power to overthrow corruption , aad to seat firmly the fair form of freedom upon the throne of righteousness , while they receive the blessings of abundance and enjoyment under her peaceful sway .

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      Go on and slack not . Speedy and triumphant shall be the success of your cool , peaceful , and wise determinatioD . WM . Hill , Lancaster , Wednesday .

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      James Jaggkr . —The note will stand for she years if it be made payable on demand ; and if at ^ end of six years ^ the interest be paid and a re ceipt taken for it at the back of the note , it wilt stand for six years longer : and so on forsif years after every payment of interest . Communications to the Coal Miner ' s Executive must be addressed , until further notice * te David Townsend , Gawlhorp , Wakefitld , as D . Swallow the secretary , is now on a visit to the counties of Durham and Northumberland . Communications for Mr . Swallow must be sent to Jumes Sinclair , A o . 25 , High-bridge-btreet , Neie . castle-upon-Tyne . All letters must beprevairl ' or they will not be taken . ' Aberdeen . —// " Mr . Thomas Dailies would write tn John Smart , 154 , Gallow-gate , giving address it would oblige . '

      Wm . Emmkkson , Arnold . —We slated the fact at ifo time of its occurrence : we know nothing further of the fellow . Leicester . —The Committee of Cooper ' s Defence Fund appeal to the public for increased subscriptions on his behalf . They are £ 24 tra debt , exclusive of the expences of the coming trial . J . H . Parry , London , writes to say that the « n . nouncement of his lecture in the Chartist Hall Turn again-lane . in our last paper , was made without his sanction , and even without consultino him . * Wh . Davidson , Dundee , should send his letter to ft . Paper in which the false report teas inserted that is , if the affair is worth his notice at all

      We should treat it as it deserves—silently , A . S . W ., Cupau Angus . — We shall reserve his letter on Emigration . Scotch News . — We receive generally every week three or four letters from Scotland after the Papers for the North are printed and in the Post-office . Our Correspondents should send their letters to be here by Wednesday or Thws ' day morning . Some of them do not appear the week following on account of their age .

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      If the Chartists of Burton-on-Trent and Church Greasley will look oat for a more suitable agent they will oblige . 5

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      The spring assizes for the northern division of the county of Lancaster , commenced at Lancaster on Saturday last . On the evening of that day Sir Robert Monsey Rolfe , Knight , one of the barons of her majesty ' s Court of Exchequer , arrived in Lancaster by railway train from London , which reached Lancaster about eight o ' clock . William Garnett Esq ., of Lark Hill , Salford , the high sheriff , armed with his cortege and retinue , by special'train from Manchester , about four o ' clock ; and he proceeded to the railway station to receive the lord baron on his arrival . His { lordship proceeded at once to the castle , and opened her majesty ' s commission in tha

      ! Ctowd Court , adjourning the court to Monday morn-( ing at tea o ' clock . On Sunday morning , thelearned , judge , accompanied and attended by the high sheriff i the mayor , and several of the aldermen of Lancaster and other gentlemen , attended divine service at St . i Mary ' s , the parish church . The sermon was preached by the Rev . Richard Parkinson , BJ ) . canon of Christ ' s Church , Manchester , the high sheriff ' s chaplain . The Rev . Gentleman took for his i text , Matthew via . 8 , " But be ye not called Rabbi ; \ for one is your master , even Christ , and all ye are brethren . " Tbe preacher adverted to the inequalii ties in the outward condition and circumstances of men , as one of the consequences and results of the primeval curse , and the command , that man should

      earn bis bread by the sweat of his brow ; and remarked , that while many of the productions of the earth , fit for the food of man , grew spoutane * ' eusly , corn , the chief article of man ' s food , demanded 1 a large amount of human labour before it could b * ' raised . He then dwelt on the present condition of I the people , physical , moral , and spiritual ; andattri > : buted the present state of things in part to the lack I of spiritual education , and condemned sectilar educa-1 tion as of itself unproductive of any good , but rather | of mischief . He dwelt on the late riots , in connection ( with those views , and expressed his opinion that ( he ; remedy for the evil was to be found in church exlension , and with it the means of spiritual or religious instruction for the people .

      CROWN COURT , MONDAY . Mr . Baron Rolfe entered the Crown Court , this morning , about five minutes after ten o ' clock ; and , as soon as he bad taken his seat upon the bench , the following gentlemen were then sworn of the Grind Jury , being what is termed a full jury , every one of the twenty-three summoned answering to theii

      names : — John Wilson Patten , Esq ., Bank Hall , Warrington , Foreman . Thomas Batty Addison , Esq ., Preston . Lieut .-Col ., John Austen , Fishwick . John Bentley , Esq ., Birch House . Cornelius Bourne , Esq Stalmine Hall . Charles Brandt , Esq ., Golden Hall . Joseph Bushell , Esq , Myerscongh Cottage . Wiliiam Clayton , Laq , Lostock Half . Thomas Bright Crosse , Esq ., Shaw Hill . William Ashton Crosse , Esq ., Red Scar . John Cunclifftf , Esq ., Myerscoflgh House . Pudsey DawiOn . Esq ., Hornby Castle . James Nowell Farington , Esq ., Worden Hall . Henry Master Fielden , Esq ., Witton . Abraham Rawlinson Ford , Esq ., Ellel Hall . Thomas Roben Wilsou France , Esq ., Rawcbffe

      Hall . John Fowden H indie , Esq ., Woodfold Park . Edmund George Hornby , Esq ., Lancaster Park . Samuel Horrocks , Esq ., Lark Hill , Preston . Charles R > ger Jackson , Barton Lodge . Wiliiam Marshall , E .-q ., Penwortham Lodge . Thomas Yates Parker Michaelson , Esq ., Barrow Isle . Robert Townley Parker , Esq ., Cuerden Hall . The Clerk of the Crown having read her Majesty ' s proclamation against vice , profanenesB , and immorality , the Learned Judge proceeded to deliver jus charge to the Grand Jury iu the following

      terms : — Geutlemen of the Grand Jury , I have perosed the depositions , 1 believe iu all the cases which mil come before you , at Iea 6 t in all that I am aware of ; and I am happy to say , that it does not appear to me at present that there are any Q 0 ^ 0118 ,. them which may be likely to occasion any duneuuy Prom the unfortunate state of this part of the worw . as least of the southern part of this county , aw Borne portions of the adjoining ones ,-1 was somewnat apprehensive that some cases of that nature nuglK have occurred , which would have led to observations from me ; but I am very happy to say , that , on Iookmg through « ne depositions , it does not appear ma * there is au ? case , arising out of the disturbances oi last sanrfjier ; and though there are a good many cases . . * et I believe there are not more than at former

      assizes . " His Lordship said he had looked througtt we depositions in one case ; but he found , on in quiry « the officer , what he had supposed would be tnecasei that the bill in that case had been already wuna , being a case of murder committed some years ago ; ana therefore it would not come before the Grand Jury » r inquiry . His Lordship then adverted to the "J » ctn ?^ against a woman for concealingithe birth of neruiegmmate child . There was no oharge of murder , uw child being s-. ill-born ; but the indictment was iw a misdemeanour in concealing the birth , " / . ^ SK burying tha body or otherwise deposing of «• »* . doubt , he had was , from finding that a namberw persons were privy to the burial ; viz . the sister w the party , the supposed father of the child himself neighbour , and the sextoa ; but , if there was any " -

      presentation of the body as being different froni ^ it really was , so as to make it a secret disposal ^ w » " » the view of concealing the birth , then tbe case wooia come within the purview of the statute . In aa 0 "T case , in an indictment for burglary , there mjgBt w doubt whether the facts would warrant the jury j » finding the bill ; for it appeared doubtful , whether w place was a dwelling-house at all or not . It was hv . necessary to constitute the offence , that tbe m »» w himsolf should dwell there ; if any portion ot MJ family or servants did , that was sufficient , nor v »*> it necessary that they should be actually sleepm *!™ the house at the time , if they did u sually ^ ve ana sleep there . If it should pr » ve that « " > PgJJ entered was detached from the d welling-house , tbeB . i ,.. i , aii < M nf hnwlarir flould not be sustained , no

      ; houghtTt was likely . however . that it would turn ou , to be a part of the dwelling-house , andUhat tms had been accidentally omitted m the depos ion * His lordship also adverted to a case of aUegea manslaughter , in which tbe deceased and anoinra man had bee * fighting , iu a state « f % ff £ A and shortly afterwards to * dece *?! : ™ cS killed , a cart having run over him . It this w « i caubc by accident , it could not be called manslaugWer . but the question would be , whether the cart ^ running overborn and killing him was V ^ SLcS quence of his antagonist striking him , and ^ no" ^* him down . If the immediate cause of deathi was oug ^ i ^ KK& ^ Sr t i ^ tt ^ w ^ t ft depositions , he found the other cases were ol so v

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      THE NO RTHE R * N STAR . ____ ^ _

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      Mr . G . J . Habsey has received 12 s . 2 d . from the Chartists of Hands worth Woodhouse , per Thomas Dale , for Messrs . Harney and Parkers defence . Public Meeting . —On Sanday evening , a public meeting Tras held in the Fig-Tree-lane room , to hearihe farewell address of Mr . Samuel Parkes , previous to his departure for Lancaster . Ma , G . Julias Habsst delivered his farewell address on Monday evening . He cod eluded by moving the following resolution : — " That this meet-XBg returns its sincere thanks to Thomas Sliujjsby 3 > uncombe , Esq ., for his noble advocacy of the people a cause , more particularly for his recent

      exertooBB in endeavouring to obtain justice , instead ? 'J ^ V ?* 11 aonB &r * b . e political victims from the judicial bsnch ; and this meeting urges that gentleman to persevere in the canse of suffering humanity , ^ f ^ Tj'l ° ? J gzrtJ cooperation and support . " Seconded by Mi .-Edwin Gill , and unanimouslVcarned . Mr . Evmson moved the following resolution , mmfmsm @ ! 0 H him again and again . " aUj around

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      SHEFFIELD . MEETING OF THE TRADES' DELEGATES . Mr . G . J . Harney ' s letter , published in 4 he - Northern Star of the llth ultimo , calling the attention of tbe trades and rate payers t *> a circular issued by the Poor Law Guardians , and signed deo . GroFsland , has not been without beneficial results . The letter alluded to having been read at a trades ' meeting , it was forthwith resolved to hold a publio meeting of the trades delegates ; and the following handbill , announcing the meeting , was extensively circulated throngh the town . ¦ IXP 0 BIA 5 T CRISIS TO THB TOWS AXD TKlDB OF

      SHEFFIELD . a Fellow-Townsmen , —Tho Poor Law Guardians t > f this distr ' ct haTe issued their infamons mandate to starve and pauperise the remaining portion of the industrious classes of Sheffield . We urgently call ¦ upon all persons who have one ^ park of feeling left intheir bosoms to read the following circular , copies of which have been widely spread amongst our manufacturers in this town and neighbourhood . " < Here follows the circular issued by the Guardians . ) ** The above speaks londly for itself . Sever was a document better calculated to reduce the working classes of this town to the lowest ebb of misery and pauperism if carried into effect .

      ** Fellow-Townsmen , we beg of you ip pay attention io the wording of the circular , supposing that you are so abject and slavish as to suffer it to be carried into effect- It is in the language of a ratepayer who has declared his thoughts with no small share of ablEty , His language is in follows : —* The meaning of the present document i 3 this ; where a manufacturer is employing one man at the present time , to whom he is paying 20 s . per week , lie is recommended to divide that man's work with another , so as to give both half workand half wageg ; those'getting 10 s . to be reduced to ; 3 s . ; those getting 8 s . to be reduced to 43 . ; thus bringing the employed

      operatives to work for a less remuneration than parish pay . " Tbe forgoing language is so very strong and forcible , that any comment upon it would be superfluous . The miserable pretext that is set np ior all this is the saving of the parish funds ^ r in other words , the pockets of the ratepayers . ^ *• A meeting will take pla . ee at the house of Sir . Thomas Mostly , . the London Apprentice , "Westbar , on "Wednesday evening , the 22 nd instant , at seven o'clock precisely , * when it is hoped that all the trades ¦ will send delegates to attend ; and it is further desired that all who are opposed to the parish circular , will likewise attend the same .

      "By order of the Committee of the 14 Associated Trades . « Sheffield , Feb . 17 th , 1843 . " On the motion of Mr . Joseph Kirk , seconded by Mr . T . IRowan , Mr . Thomas Stones was unanimously called to the chair . The Chairman opsned the business of the meeting "by a reading a letter frem Mr . 3 ohn Jones , a Sheffield rrannfaccurer , who , after having drawn a painful picture of the prevailing distress amongst the Sheffield artizaus , directed their attention to Jht fact , that the amount of goods exported in that glorious year of prosperity , 1835 , from Sheffield to all

      ¦ parts ol the world were £ 2 , 0 S 6 , 970 , whilst in that awful year of distress 1840 , when every person was crying ont that there was no demand , the exports -from Sheffield were £ 3 , 177 , 658 , being m increase of about one million oTerthe year 1835 ; and that if the ame jnonev had been paid in 1840 as in 18 S 3 , the town wonla have been twice as prosperous at the present time . He alleged that the badness of the Sheffield trade wa 3 caused by the competition of the mannfactnrers , and concluded by advising the delegates to draw up a memorial to the Master Cutler , soliciting him to call a meeting of the manufacturers to devise the best means of saving the town from total ruin .

      A letter was also read from Mr . G . J . Harney , assigning as & reason for his absence his having to attend a meeting of the Chartist body that evening . Mr . John Drury , after a Epeech denunciatory of the Guardians * moved the following resolution : — B Tnat it is the opinion of this meeting that the parish circular is an insult to the town as well as a disgrace to humanity , ana that it ib fraught with the most serious injury to the respectable manufacturer , 2 > y encouraging the system of competitive cheapness and spnxiiras production , which has already done

      Jnneatorttin and beggar tbe wwd ; snd that it is equally injurious to the shopkeepers since it reduces ihe artizans , who are their main support , to so low a condition as to be only capable of purchasing the first jiecessaries of life ; snd that it involves all classes of ratepayers ,-snd particularly those that have propany in houses , shops , & <^ , if carried into effect , it must render thesame nearly valueless ; and that this meeting recommend the rate-payers to call a public meeting , to devise means whereby a check may be put to its insane and baneful tendency . "

      Mr . Ward seconded the resolution . Mr . HorsfaD said , a deal of truth had been spoken , but sot all the truth . It was machinery against manna ! , labour i&at was sending tho artizac to dost ^ sind assisting in the manufacture of those things which thosa wholijedlbj mam ^ l l » boa ? eonid ztot-aJFoxd io do zt the same price . He thonght that the best thing tbe poor man could do , would he to take the machinery into their own hands , aud make it work for them instead of against them , and not for any poor law guardians or aristocracy , or despots in the kingdom . Tbe speaker went on to advocate the plan of getting as much ground as possible for the poor man

      io cultivate , as hundreds of acres were still out of cultivation , and would be beneficial to the trades ' unions to have to cultivate on payment of so much per week . Mr , H . concluded by supporting tbe resolution . After several speakers had addressed the meeting , Mr . Kirk said he had heard a great deal about the goodness of some of the guardians , but he thought that many of them were utterly destitute of feeling , for they were n « t content with annoying those who "were in aworse condition than themselves , but wanted to bringa great portion of their fellow creatures into the same miserable state . Tne circular would place every working man in the position , that he would be bound to accept of work op ai . y conditions which fee manufacturers mighi think proper to dictate Io

      him . He ( Mr . Kirk ) could ttil the meeting that some iaen in ihe £ le trade had been applying to the parj q h for relie £ , aad had been seni to certain places which he would not name for work ; ^ nd if they did not ehoDse to work for a certain snm , ' the Guardians told them they could have no more relief . This system had thrown a great burden npon the funds of the Traces' Unions , and if followed up would inevitably be the ruin of the town . Mr . Kirk then instanced the case of a poor man who had come that day from Wonley , and had pocket-knives to sell for the sum of Is . 9 d . per dozen He could only get 8 d . a dozen for making them , and out of that small sam had to find files , oil , and wire . After some other remarks Mr . Kirk proposed a resolution to the efieci : —

      _ u That it was the opinion of the meeting that the circular issued by Mr . Grossland , was calculated to brinx to poverty and wretchedness many of onr skilful and indnstrions townsmen , by reducing them to a state of starvation , and thai that meeting protested against a system revolting to the best feelingB of Englishmen , and calculated to bring on disease snd premature death . " Mr . Eroadbent seconded the resolution . After some observations from Messrs . Whitham , Buxton , & . C ., thanks were Toted to the Chairman , and the meeting adjourned to Monday we * i , at seven o'clock in the evening , to be held in the same place .

      The Northern Star. Saturday, March 4, 1843.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 4 , 1843 .

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      OUR " PROSPERITY" ? . ' At the conclusion of the bloody and protracted war waged against the rising liberties of France , the red-hot loyalists , whose zeal for the overthrow of Napoleon was so furiously manifested , blazoned forth , in variegated lamps , the following boastful sentence- " ENGLAND HATH NOT YET SEEN

      THE SUMMIT OF HER GLORY . " Whether the " Life and Property men" were desironB of carrying the sword throughout the whole world ; whether they wished to see every land incarnardined with the blood of " the country ' s pride " , and rapine and plunder extend through all the earth , we know not . Being then , as now , opposed to the prosecution of unjust wait , we entered not into the counsels of the Loyalists .

      However , time and circumstances have shewn what we and a few others anticipated as the result of the war ; namely , NATIONAL RUIN . The Whigs compelled Billy Pitt to inscribe icuabod upon Britannia ' s shield . " The fine gold has become dim "—nay , it ha 3 become no gold at all . ll The harp ia hung upon the willows , " and the poor dejected Mistress of the Main' * sits weeping beneath the cypress shade .

      Poverty has laid siege against us . It goes on from conquering to coEQuer , and bids fair to overwhelm every grade of society , and sweep away «» Tery » ooti Ko of our once boasted greatness ; which , when accomplished , will give us a full view of the " summit" of our consummate wickedness in carrying destruction aud murder into the heart of nations who were minding their own business . The least powerful , with respeot to the management of publio affairs , have hitherto been the

      greatest , if not the only feufierers . Now the middle classes cry peccavi ! The shopkeepers of every description ( save " My Uncle ") experience a lack of custom ; aud the greatest possible difficulty , notwithstanding all their external display and incessant puffd , to make ends meet . Aye , snd there is another shop—one in which business is carried on in tbe wlwlesale line , —we mean the house of Peel and Co- There , General Want has commenced ah attack ; and tbe assault has been too vigorous for the " Invincibles" to repel , We are glad of it !

      Oa Friday the 24 th ult ., Earl Minto " moved for returns respecting the present state of the uaVy . He required explanations as to why there had been less ship building last year than had been contemplated , and why a reduced vote was to be taken for the present year ! He inquired also the reasons of other reductions . " These queries appear to have frightened even the ° Iron Duke . " " The Hero of a hundred fights" trembled lest the cat should jump out of the bag . He " doubted the propriety of

      furni hmg the information "; and well he might . He knew full well how the matter stood and could not brook the idea of such humiliating facts being published to the world . However , maugre the advice of the " Hero of the ] Age " , out came the ugly truth from the mouth of Haddington , in the following form : — " the reduced estimates for the present year had been adopted with great reluctance , but it was felt that , owing to tbe state of the finances , some reductions should be adopted . "

      This declaration of poverty is thought by Wellington to be pregnant with " mischievous" consequences to this country . True . It will be to tbe present managers of the establishment—just the same as a publio declaration of insolvency . It is a pretty specimen of our Greatness ; and foreign powers will , no doubt chuckle at the truthful , though reluctant acknowledgment of Haddington . Faction has long retained power by the

      employment of brute force , fraud , and intrigue , but these weapons have , and ever will prove harmless—those who wield them must in the end relinquish the contest and stand unveiled before the world . This declaration of a want of the " needful" at head quarters is one of the strongest possible proofs that can be given of the approaching downfall of despotism . The machine cannot long be kept in motion . The THING must fall , and the people be made free .

      To The People.

      TO THE PEOPLE .

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      North Lancashire Assizes.

      NORTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct792/page/4/