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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1838.
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      TO THE PUBLIC . Every Yorkshire Purchaser of the Northern Sj » T , of the 24 th of February , 1838 , will be Presented with a Splendid ' STEEL EEaEAVINa " . - . - ¦ . - - - OF - . - . - _ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - . ARTHUR O'CONNOR , THE EXILE OF ERIN . Every Xiancashire Purchaser will receive a like Present on the 3 rd of March .

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      fiULL POOB LAW MEETING - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ » - ' —¦ ' " ¦ " - ' ¦ - , - ¦ ¦ ' .- ¦ A pubnemeeting called by the g ^ Jfjjgg-Ska ' s Assodato , was . held on Mond jV % g , ^ ebrnary 5 tb , at seven o ' clock , in ; the HaU- of the TreemKons' Lodge , Mytangate , ftr * te $ wpq « of t « titioning Parliament for a total repeal oftbe l ^ Sx > r Law Amendment Act . The large Hall -was crowded to suffocation . - _ ... - 3 £ r Stubbs was called to &e chao , who opened tie business of tie meeting V a short apeech , ^ in -which he quoted from the Scriptures to show that -&e New Poor Law was quite opposed to them . He : &en called upon Mr . C&wbn to more the following resolutionswhich he did in n , very able speech . I rtmx T ^ rv-r , t a ttt tl / TF . TT . TTV } .

      , ^ BKOiTED 1 . THift die parishioners of Holy Trinity , and St . Hary * , hare long had the managejnent of the poor , aid have exercised the powe-s -which the law gate them in that behalf , to the . satisfaction of &e * aSe-payers and the poor . . 2 . That this seeing most decidedly disapproves of the Poor Isaw Amendment Act , both as regards it * principle -ani Its details . Of its principle , ^ because by \« stisg the funds raised for the relief of the poor ia the hands of three Commissioners , at Somerset Hbme , the rate-payers are deprived of all iwwer « f npprring the money which-they pay for Sat Tmrpase , and because to meeting coders to be hldangerous to

      « uch-powers , so Tested , higy thepubhVfiberty , and subversive of * the principles ^ jusgoe aad of tie English Constitution ^ 3 . Tbat it is the opinion of this -meeting , that these sowers given to the Commissioners by the act , iave * eea by them exercised in a most creel manner towards die poor , who have had the misfortune to eome < nnder their control ; . that they have , without Tefefenee to the character or the arcumstances of ¦ the parties , refused relief to the unemployed , able bodied labourers , unless they submit to be incareelatedinprisons , called Union "Workhouses , there to ~ be separated , the man from his wife , and the chil-< lren . from their parenvts .

      4 . That this meeting most decidedly disapproves of -that part © f , the act which relates to bastardy , ¦ inasmuch as it provides that the father-of an illegit isaste child shall be exonerated from the liability to 3 Baintain his own progeny , and throws 1 be -inHin-¦ tenanceexclusively on the mother , thus changing -&e responsibility from the stronger to the weaker j < arty finm the seducer to the seduced . Mr . Lukdy then addressed the meeting in a short . speech . . Mr . "WxLDE followed him in -a speech of considerable length , in which he took a short review of the « riginof the Poor Laws in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , and a surrey of the different eneroachments which have been made down to the . present Act He proceeded to show how the poor had

      "been libelled , and stated that the amount of . 3 > oor rates was about £ 8 , 000 , 000 per annum , which -flie poor were charged with consuming . He showed , ± t > m a printed document , that there was nearly £ 3 , 000 which the new corporation had to pay , -which used to come out of the Poor rates , and that other towns used to hare to pay in the same proportkra ^ and that the poor would not cost much above one half -what -was charged to them . He" was loudly applauded during his speech . Mr . "PTrLSox then addressed the meeting in a most excellent speech , ia which he stated that nothing , short of a real Democracy would mate the working any- better ; and if we should not be iappier if " we were like Democratic America "Dur ing his speech be was frequently applauded ;

      Mr . Cox . i . ey Beds obd , a guardian of Holy Trinity Parish , then came forward , and in a speech of considerable length , went into , the-jrinc-iples of the 5 ? ew Poor-I-aw , and referred to Lord-Brougham ' s speech , when he introduced his Bill to the House of Lords ; and referred in particular to that jart of it in which he says that the hard -working man should lay by out of his wages enough to keep "Mm in old age .. He then proceeded to- compare his actions with his professions and stated that Lord Brougham , had received for the four years he was

      in office the sam of £ 40 , 000 and asked if he ought mot to have saved sufficient to keep him without receiving a pension of £ 5 , 000 per annum . He ¦ ca lculated labouring men ' s wages at 15 s . per week jfcr 25 years , -which does not amount to £ 1 , 000 . and asked how it was likely a poor man could save any-Ihing when Lord Brougham could not out ' of , £ 40 , 000 for four years . - Mr . Pawsos then briefly addressed the meeting . Mr . "Wilde moved and Mr . Pawsos seconded that this meeting io adjourn till next Monday night at seven o'clock precisely , carried unanimously .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . TUESDAY , Feb . 5 . The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the "Woolsack at the usual hour .-The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented" a petition from Birmingham against the Abolition of Imprisonment &r Debt BilL The Earl of DEVON presented a petition from Ottery St . Mary for the establishment of Local Courts . Also a petition from Devonport against certain provisions of the Abolition of Imprisonment : for Debt BilL Lord " WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition irom the G-uardians of the Poor of the parish of Luton , Bedfordshire , praying that the" rates on houses below £ 10 might be levied on the-owners .

      Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from Tiverton and " Wigton far the Ballot j also from JPerth ^ rii \ its vicinity ,: and from the Dumbarton jEtefbrm Association , for the Ballot , Extension of "the Suffrage , and of the Shortening of the Duration « cf Parliament . Lord BROUGHAM also presented petit ions from Dent , in Yorkshire , Sonth Shields , Moreland , 5 n " Westmoreland , Andover , 7 Bromley , Cawood , - and several other places , praying that the Abolition of ^ Negro Slavery might be thoroughly ; carried into ^ effect without further delay .

      Lord BKOUGHAM then presented eleven peti -lions from various 4 istriets of Westminster , ten from Lambeth , six from ilnsbury , and also petitions from Chelsea , Poplar , "Whitechapel , Bethnal Green , St . John's , CierkenwaE , St . ClementDanes , St Luke ' s , Chelsea , from Walwerih , Paddington , -and from the City of London , all strongly deprecating the Tjonduct of Ministers towards the Canadians , nnd praying that the grievances of these colonists might be redressed without further delay , One of live

      petitions from Chelsea eaUed upon their Lordships to ia-3 > each the Ministers for their conduct towards Canada . One of the petitions fronj Lambeth was subsequently withdrawn , in consequence of the emission therein of lie nsnal words "humbly pray . " The Noble asd Learned Lord also presented petitions from several bodies of Dissenters , against any iurther grants to fee Chnreh of Scotland ! ^ and from JJedford , in -favour of Mr . Rowland Hilrs plan of Post-officeHeibrnL . - ' - The Hon » e then adjourned till Thursday .

      HOUSE OF ' COMMONS . Mr SCHGLEFIELD presented a petition from ^ Birmingham against the existing system of Negro . Apprenticeship in the Colonies . - - Major MACNAMARA presented petitions from several places in the county of Clare , for the Abo * , lition of Tithes , Corporate Reform , Vote by Ballot , and Shortening the Duration of Parliament . Mr . PARROTT presented several petitions against the Highway-rates' Bill . Mr . R . PALMES presented a petition from the owners of certain tenements in Berkshire against the biH for rating the owners instead of the occupiers « f small tenements . Mr . S . BERKELEY presented a petition from six hundred householders of Bristol against the same lill . ^^

      The Clerk of the Committee appeared at the bar with the red need list of the committee appointed to try the merits of the Eoxburgh election petition . - " The Clerk of the Committee appearedat the bar with the reduced list of the committee appointed to ¦ try the merits of the Ipswich election petition . Immediately afterwards theClerk'bf the Committee -appeared at tie bar with the rednced list of the committee appointed to try the merits of tie Salford election petition . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER - rose , in pursuance of his notice , to nove for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Law with . respect to Clerical Members of Joint Stock Companies . The

      Right Hon . Gentleman observed , tfiat he felt it ne cessary to make his motion in consequence ofa recent decision by the Conxt of Exrhe < juer r to the eSect that it -was unlawful for a xdergyjnan in orders to be a member of any joint stock company . It appeared , thatin the year 1817 , a hilTwas introduced into the other House , bM afterwards passed into a law , prohibiting all spiritual persons from engaging in any trade for gain or profit , and imposing a penalty upon any transgressor of flie law . Not only was that penalty imposed , but it was enacted that the acts of any company imto which such -spiritoal persons had been introduced were null and void . This was ike present state of the law jand the result vss , that if any clergyman became a

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      prpj ^ rietor stock any companies , not be > fig charter companies , but being joint-stock » fti tnerships , that the companies in question would be incapacitated from recovering any " ^ nst or lawful debt ; and it might be pleaded , in bar to any attempt made to recover a debt from persons who had been engaged in business with them , that there was - ^ clergyman a member of the company , that he . \ ra § engaged in trading , contrary to the intent ^ nS meaning of the 57 th Geo . Til ., and , conpequtntlv they were not competent to recover a just debt . After a few words from Mr . HINDLET j - ^ a others , leave was given to bring , the bill . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHj 2 QCER moved for leave to bring in a bill for the foundation and endowment of additional schools a tbe Highlands of Scotland . P rof « etor stock any companies ,

      After a short discussion leave > raa gwen to bring in the bill . Captain B 0 LDER . 0 n > se tb mov « for a return of the nnmber of deserters from her Majesty ' s troops stationed in the Cafeadas , between the years 1830 and 1837 . Great liesertioDS had taken place from the army in the Canadas , and how could any man wonder at it ? "Let the house look at the treatment which the soldiers received . Let them compare the press of labour imposed with the pay which the soldiers received . Look at the discipline followed up ! It was sustained too much hy coercioc . Show a little mere kindness and consideration towards the soldiera—let them be rewarded better , and he was convinced that the service would be very much improved . - . n ' -. ' . "'

      Lord Viscount H 0 "WICK ' did not think it right to comply with the motion of the Honourable and Gallant Member , and for this simple reason— -that he did not see in what manner it would contribute to enable the Honourable and Gallant Member jto devise any plan for permanently checking desertion from the army in Canada . After a smart debate in which Captain "Wood , Mr . Leader , and Mr . Hume , supported * the motion ; while Mr . Shaw , and Mr . Peter Borthwick , supported the minister in his refu ° al . The motion was withdrawn . -

      Mr . FRENCH moved for leave to bring in a hill for the better regulation of hospitals , dispensar ies , and other medical charities in Ireland , which had received the sanction of the president , of the College of Surgeons in Ireland , and of the highest medical authorities there . It differed in some respects from the bill of last session , but had the same object in view . , Leave was given to"bring in this bill .

      COURT OF SESSTOX ( SCOTLAND . ) The report on the salaries of officers under this bill was brought up by the LORD ADVOCATE , and after a few observations from . Mr . HUME , in which he recommended a limit to the granting of allowances to retired sheriff ' s substitutes , the report was agreed to . The Parochial Schools ( Scotland ) Bill , the Medical Charities ( Ireland ) Bill , and the Joint Stock Companies Bill , for the introduction of which leave had been given in the course of the evening , were then severally introduced and read aiirst time . The House adjourned at a quarter to eight o'clock .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . "WEDNESDAY , Pebrxjakt 7 . SALFORD ELECTION COMMITTEE . The Committee met at two o ' clock , the Earl of EUSTON in the Chair . Mt . Thessiger , Mr . Bellair , and Mr . "Wrangham , appeared in support of the petition ; Mr . Hill , Mr . Austin , and Mr . Rushtpn , for the sitting Member , Mr . BTotherton . John Oldham having been ' objected to on the part of the petitioners . Mr . AUSTIN submitted that the objection was not properly specified , inasmuch as the number attached to the voter ' s name did not correspond with the number on the register , or on the poll .

      [ It appeared that in the printed lists the numbers did not correspond with those on the original register , which had been divided into several parts , each alphabetically arranged for the convenience of taking the -rotes . ] - Mr . THESSIGER contended that the printed lists were those by which the Committee ought to be guided , Jand that this had been the uniform practice . 31 r . AUSTIN having replied , the Committee decided that the objection of the Learned Counsel must be allowed . The Petitioner ' s Counsel then requested the Committee to adjourn in order that they ' might consider what course to take as the objection taken would probably apply to all the cases . Adjourned until eleven o ' clock to-morrow

      morning . The House of Lords stands adjourned till to-mor row . :

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . The Speaker took the Chair at Four o'Clock . Mr . MARK PHILIPS presented petitions from Ashton-under-Lyne and its neighbourhood , against the Bill for making the owners of Small Tenements liable to the rates thereon . Mr . BURROUGHESpresented a similar petition , but the description of the petitioners was not heard in the gallery . Mr . T . ATTW 00 D presented a petition from the Chairman and Secretary of the Birmingham Political Union against tht Bill . The petitioners stated that if it were allowed to pass , it would have the effect of disfranchising one-third of the borough constituency . Mr . HINDE presented apefition from the Borough of Preston in favonr of the Bill .

      KEGRO SLAVERY . Mr . SANDFORD presented a petition from the town of "Wellington , praying for the totai Emancipation of the Negroes . Sergeant TALFOURD presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Birmingham to the same effect Lord J . STUABT presented a petition against the Sheriffs' Courts BilL Sir W . SOMERVILLE presented a petition from Droghedafor a Reduction of the Rates of Postage . Mr . M'KTNNON presented a petition from Messrs . Howell and James , and other tradesmen at the "West end , in favour of the Law of Patents Bill .

      Mr . HODGES ^ presented a petition from 1 , 100 inhabitants of a parish in . Kent , in favour of the Ballot . Sergeant JACKSON presented petitions from the clergy of the Dioceses of Armagh and other places , praying for protection to the Established Church . Mr . "W . PATTEN presented a petition from the woollen cloth manufacturers of Lancaster , praying for the repeal of the duty on sheeps' wool and olive oil . Colonel CONOLLY presented a petition from Donegal in favour x > f the introduction of Poor Lasra into Ireland . Mr . DUFF presented a petition against the SherifiV Courts Scotland Bill .

      Mr . O'CONNELL presented petitions from the Protestant Dissenters of East-street , South Shields , against Negro Apprenticeship ; from Dublin , against the mode of Local Taxation ; from St . Catherine ' SjDublin , against Tithes ; also a petition from the same parish , against the Ministerial Poor Law Measure ; also a petition from St Ann's , Dublin , praying for Corporate Reform in Ireland ; from St James ' * , Dublin , for the Total Abolition of Tithes and Ministers' Monej , and for the payment of the Clergy out of the Consolidated Fund ; also , petitions from the same parish , in favour of the Vote b y Ballot , against the Mhrsterial Poor Law Measure for Irelaad , and in favour of Municipal Reform for that country . Lord EBRTNGTON brought up the Report of the Committeee on the Standing Orders .

      Mr . PENDAR . VES presented ji petition from the Licensed Victuallers of Cornwall , praying for a Repeal of the Duty on Servants , on Licenses and on"Wind « ws . * ' + ' Mr . YTAKLEY presented petitionsfromWorking Men ' s Associations in Hull , Edinburgh , Bristol and Westminster , praying the House to interfere in order to obtain a mitigation of the punishment which had been inflicted * n the Glasgow Cotton Spinnera , -and graying for a full inquiry into all the practices of Trades ' -Associations , which had been much maligned . : Mr . HUME presented a . petitioni from South Shields , praying for an Extension of the Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , and the ehortenmg the duration of Parnamenta .

      UPPER CAKADXMr . HUME presented a petition agreed to at a meeting in York , in Upper Canada , stating that certain jneasBres adopted by Sir Francis Head was in violation-of the Constitution of that province ; that by ihe ^ st of Geo . IIL , chap . 31 , it was required ihai "" aii . Aets of , the Legislature « f thatjprovince interfering . with the established institutions should sot receive the sanction of the Crown or pass a law until a copy of the Act had been laid nn the table of that House . The petition further . stated , tnat a Court -of Chancery had been established there , and that Sir FjrancJsjBead . . instead of laying the

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      Act egtabli ^ jg jt on tfcfe table o * that Honse" to order thp ^ ft ^^ y receive her Majesty ' s sanct ion to ** , flis flWn ^ ftbord sanctioned tie Act ^ and ' there-* . fc&i ) «» the petitioners contended , infringed on \ jk Constitution . The petition vras signed by the Chairman oh behalf of the meeting , but he believed the Chairman and those who attended the meeting tad , since they Bigned the petition , bectme reb ^ s . ^—^( So -we understbbd fiie Honourable Mfetal&r to Bay . ) He should , to-morrow , call the attention 6 f the House to this petition , and move for . reforns connected with it , in order to shew the Qtfieat of the abuse and the cause of discontent . : ertabli ^ twMil on titis table o ^ Hbriafeiitf

      Sir ED . KNATCHBULiLWbmitted the petition coud not be received , as the petition came from individuals whom ' the Hon . Member for Kilkenny himself designated as rebels * Mr . HUME—Oh ! what nonsense . I ne ^ er heard of such an absurd proposition in my life . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) The petition was agreed to at a meeting in August last , and repre sented the sentiments and opinions of the country at that time . Was it therefore fit or proper that the petition should be rejected because the person whosignedhad since become a rebel . If thepetitionhad been agreed to since those individuals joined in the revolt , the case would have been altogether different . ( Hear , hear . ) After some further discussion , the petition was received and ordered to be printed .

      Mr . HUME gave notice that to-morrow ( Thursday ) he would move for a return of the titles of Actspassed by the Legislature of Upper Canada 1 since Governor Sir F . Head had arrived in that province , and which , by the Act of 31 Gee . III ., oughtto have been laid before Parliament previous to their receiving the Royal Assent ^ specifying the dates of their receiving such assent without having been so laid before Parliament Captain POLHILL preseated a petition from Bedford , praying for a reform in the Post > 6 ffice department , according to Mr . Rowland Hill's plan . Mr . WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD brought up the London and Greenwich Railway Amendment Bill , whiehwasread afirsttime .

      Mr . AGLIONBY presented two petitions " from places in the Western Division of the C ounty of Cumberland , on the subject of negro slavery . The Honourable Member then presented a petition from Coekermouth , signed by 300 persons in favour of the Ballot Sir H . VERNEY postponed the second reading of the Rating of Small Tenements Bill till after Easter . ( Hear . ) The Common Fields Improvement Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on this day week . SiT MATTHEW WOOD moved the sec ® nd reading of the Hackney Carriages ( Metropolis ) Bill . Read a second time , and ordered to be cemmitted on Monday .

      Banking Copartnership Bill read a second time , and committed for to-morrow . Mr . O'CONNELL moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Law of Libel . —Leave given . * No other business of importance was transacted . The House adjourned-at six o'clock .

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      ARTHUR O'CONNOR . We are compelled to delay the splendid Portrait of ARTHur O' CONNOR for one ¦ week longer than the time specified , for reasons which the following letter from the Artist will sufficiently explain . London , 5 th Feb ., 1838 . Dear Sir , —I was concerned to find you called at my house yesterday , without seeing me ; and the more so , because I wanted to show you the impossibility of my being able to finish the Portrait in the time you gave me . I assure you I have made the utmost exertions , and continue to do so , to get

      the Engraving finished , but what with the increased size , the elaborate work in the dress , I am compelled at last to see it is quite impossible to finish the Portrait for the press before Saturday next , unless I give you a Plate I shall be ashamed of , and one you would not think worthy to go with your Paper . If you can put off the publication , or the giving the Plate , for one week , you will have a Portrait that will do me credit , and give you satisfaction . I shall send to you on Friday I hope , or , at the latest Saturday , Specimens . I am , Dear Sir , Your obliged Servant , WILLIAM READ . To Feargus O'Connor , Esq .

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      Mr . Oastler's letter to Lord John Russell is unavoidably omitted for want of room . The same reason must be accepted for the non-appearance of several other articles of correspondence . Several Books have been received for review , which shall be twticed as soon as possible . The " Lines on the New Poor Law , "'from Brad , ford , do credit to the Author ' s feelings , but will scarce bear publication .

      Observer very properly enquires , why the Leeds people are so apathetic on the Cotton Spinners ' case . His letter shall appear next week . Poetical friends must excuse us for the present * ; ~ . Thomas Lingard is informed that we do purpose to give a Portrait of the late Mr . Hunt . We are much obliged to our kind hearted friend at Rochdale for the honest effusion of his good opinion , but our modesty will scarcely allow us to publish it . We know that our object is ¦ ¦ " to dp good both in public and private , " and we are Tiappy to hear tliat it is attained . James Ashton , Middletori , his direction shall be attendedto .

      John Knight , Oldham * We received his draft , and beg to inform him , that the price of the Portraits is the same as that oj ' thepaper . Erratum , last week . In the letter of James Turnerpublishedin our last , it is slated , by misprint , that a pauper , named Palmer , went 13 miles , instead of 3 miles . ¦ ¦> ¦ ¦ - ¦'' . The Report of the Ashton Meeting came too late ; it shall appear next week . Silk Weaver ' s Statement next week .

      We have received an imptrtatit letter relative to the Flogging of Soldiers in the Leeds Barracks . Its insertion is delayed until next week , when we shall illustrate the Christian and humane practice , by an appropriate Wood Engraving .

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      The Christmas holidays are past and g on e ; and with them , the hocus-pocus of the Ballot High and mighty were the expectations of the drowning Whigs , from this political straw which was set floating-upon the surface of agitation . Great was the expectation from Lancashire and Yorkshire ; but thanks to the indomitable spirit of an oftinsulted people , they saw through the delusion , and successfully opposed the raWrap , in which the

      vermin constituency of this Reformed kingdom were to have concealed their acts and deeds from the vulgar gaze , and searching scrutiny , of those for whom they hold the trust The archives of political trickery weie searched for shadowy arguments whereon to base the bright to use in secret , that which was intended for . public purposes , and designed to be submitted to general scrutiny . The "ignorant agriralturaJistiequires protection from hia tyrant , masters , " says one Demosthenes "Don't refuse a right to another , which Ton claim for yourselves , " ; says another Political Tyro . "Takeit , as it is Doe of ' the Radteal principles , '' says . a . thiriwgeLycnrpii V ^ all iieal summWarily

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      ^ tn se't ^ i ^ la en ^ jfa ^ with to tne pr ote ^ flon ^^ iirts . Due * not ey < Bry mau inhis sensesknow , andknow fiiU Vffell , tiat AurhUe h ^ gh rents ar >; iTeieCTed % higb prices j deperidii % upon aia ' unjust law , the tenant , % ader any : circumstinees ; whe ^ er of ballot , or opwi voting , will he ruled- ^ -if notby the secret manoeuvres of hia ^^ landlord , —^ by what he considershis Interest ? ( Will he not ^^ reflect upon thebestmeansof preserving that fictitious price , which the torn laws , enacted by , and for the benent bfj iw landloird , has put iipon -witn thQ 8 e th ^;»«? i ^> i ;^ -p ;^'; ^ uti ^^ i ^^

      the produce of his land \ thus indentifying hisjihterest with that of'the landlord ? ^ V ^ hat then ^ would be the greaj ; boon ofthe ballot to the Farmer ? Simply , the . opportunity of ^^ doing thatin private , Which the ; artful portidn of that commumty ^ now pfpfesss to do reluctantly ; namely , the opportunity of voting for the candidate , who would pledge himself to uphold the value of the existing contract between landlord and tenant , Many farmers are now compelled by political influence to ypte for what are called '' Liberal men ; " whereas we assert , without

      fear , pf contradiction , if self preservation be indeed the ^ first law of natur ^ , — -that the Ballot would divide the enfranchised communityinto two distinct classes . Upon one ^ hand would be the supporters of high prices ; arid upon the othery the supporters of cheap labour . The Landlords arid the Manufacturers would then be arrayed in deadly hpstil % , fighting their own battles ; with their respective allies , from

      the middle classes ; while the poor producery thus deprived even of the pleasure of knowing his friends from his enemies , would bear the blbVys of the political pugilists . The Ball « t would convert every agricultural : voter into an opponent of ¦ ¦ "liberal " hieasures , lest a repeal of the Corn Laws should follow in the train of " Irinovation . " " Why deny the fight to others , which you claim fbr yourselves ¦?";¦ : To this argument we shall ; devote but a line , Begause the concession of the right

      TO THEM WOULD , FOR EVER y WITHHOLD THE RIGHT FROJSi US , by withholding the necessity for exercising it . '•• ' It ia brie of your Radical principles , " says a third . ; So is it a principle that a parson should be preserited to a , vacant ^; ' ¦ bbiirch , but not without the tithes . vThe Radical principle is Universal Suffrage , and Vote by Baliot . But . if the friends of the Ballot were really sincere in their professions , when they ; ask for secrecy , merely to hasten an extension of the Suffrage , why riot at once accede to the proposal of the Radicals , and

      fight the battle together ? Then , indeed , we would be irresistible . The Ballot party arid the Universa l Suffrage party would force both measures from either Whigs or Tories in less than one month . Have we not , then , a right to look with suspicion upon men , who prevent the accomplishment of their " own desires , " rather than assist us in the good work for which alone they profess to vilue the Ballot ; namdy , the securing of the Suffrs ^ ge ? Away with such blarney and sophistry ! They

      want the Ballot to limit the Suffrage To ' prevent the " Ignorant" people ironl interfering at electiohs . To represent their wealth and capital in the \ House of Cbmirioiis ; to make merchandize of the labouring millions ; and , finally , to trade upon unrepresented indigence , until they shallhave reduced the men , . women , and children , of this once glorious Eriipire , either to a state of absolute bondage , or to the dreadful necessity of regaining their lost position by an appeal to arms ; ,

      . The 1 Ballot , with the Suffrage , would be a general jprotection against individual interference with a constitutional privilege . The Ballot , in the hands of the present constituency , would be an individual ' s / protection against the universal right of investigating the mode of discharging a sacred trust . NoBalldt—no Ballot—no Ballot -without the vote which it is intended to protect .

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      BEER HOUSES . We are constantly hearing of the tyranny and imposition to which Beer House keepers are subjected , by the authorities and their spies . Indeed we exhibited a fair specimeri of the lengths to which the law can be stretched , in some former riumbers of the Star , hat , nevertheless , though persecution ceased for a time , it was but to break out with increased rigc « . r . Iri the House of Commons we advocated the cause of those meriy and see no reason now , why their time ¦• for entertainment should be limited any

      more than that of publicans . Perhaps the Aristocracy nevtir drink beer after ten o ' clock ; it is their time for something more exhilarating ; but we are at a loss to know why the law , which should protect all who speculate under its provisions , should be unjustly stretched against a particular class it shall not longer be so , for in our next , we shall point out such means as the nature of the case suggests for the defence of those who have just cause of complaint . The Beer Houses are looked upon by our jGroyernment , as places for half-cocking the toil-worn slayesy who wilt be sure to put themselves on full-cock , in

      some gin palace , when the hour comes for denying them the wholesome beverage . In pur next we shall put the Beer House keepers on the defensive , while at present we deem it necessary to informthem ' that Captain Pechell , ; M . P ; for Brlghtony intends to move for leave to bring' in a ; Bill for preventing beer frombevng drunkin Beer Houses ;; the publicans are backing the Captain iri this ^ assaulty while , at the same time , they are praying to be relieved from an act , which imposes on them responsibility for goods left in their custody ; also to be allowed the

      power of sueing creditors who may be indebted to them in any ambunt : now : we have no objection to assist 1 publicans , in relieving themselves from two unjust ; and oppressive enactments ,: butthey cannot hope for our suppprt or sympathyy while , possessing certain privileges . themselves ) they ^ deny them to others . Preparatibns are now being made by the

      owners of gin palaces , for the : purpbse of stjeri gthei * ing the ease ; of the Member for Brighton . L ^ t the Beer House keepers , : therefore , prepare ; petitions ; without delay , showing the systematic persecution to : which they are subjected . ; ' We should like to see adeputation-froin ; the body , in order to cbrifer with them upon the best means of self defence . They shaU have pvu very bes ^ -assistance . We are for " fair play , " ail the world over .

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      FEAIiauS O'CONNOIl AND BANIEL O'GONNEIiL , M . K CHALLENGE TO 13 AN . 0 'CONI ^ LL , M . P . Sir , —In your Me proceedings ^ agairist . ' : the Tradesof Dubliri , you had it all your own way ; the Trades , ; generally , had no advbeate ^ and . Ihose of -Publla ^ when your slaves , did ; me the honour to say that thejr scarcely knew of my existence . — Nevertheless , as the questipn of Labouras ahitional question , I hereby challenge you to ; a ^ discussion upon the following questions / and upon the followconditions : — :. ; , :

      Firstly , to argii ? s whether or no Trades' Associations ar e beneficial to the Trades . 1 . Secondly , > to consider / whether or no any of those crimes ; attributed'b y ; you to Combination , have been committed , with the khowled ge or consent of any portion of the Trades' Associations . ' ' ; Arid--- .: . . ¦ . - ' . ^ . ¦ ¦ ¦ •' . ' . - ' / O . wV ; ; . ' ^ V . - ' ;" > - ' "' ^ ¦' Thirdly , whether or no the House of Cbmmoris is such a , tribunal as the Trades * can safely appeal to for a decision . upon those Question Conditions , Free admission , I pledge myself thai no iotits shall W taken

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      in the ; disiugfilpn , of the ; differencea exfeyrig between xiti The meeting sjiall be heW ' ¦ when J ^ d where you ; select , you ; givirig ine ten days' nbtjee . Yoft are riot to be at any expense , ; Two persons UJon your part , arid two upon my part , are to atterid at the place of meeting , to see that / the doors ' are opened to all at the same houn ; . You are to speak first , I am to answer ; you reply , and I rejoin * , after which the meeting shall decide between ns . You must name either London , Dublin , Edinburgh , or Glasgow . I have now given-you an opporturiity of testing the smcerity of your motives ! . ; ; / ; PEARGUSO'CONNOR ; :- ... - ' : , . -.: -:.- . ^ , .-. ^^^^^

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      TO t ^ E "TRADES' UNIONISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND ; ¦ Y / -. : \ -- -- ^ ; L \ m dmy / Jah ^ Tth ' ^ iS 3 S . - ¦ .. Men of the Trades , - —1 am induced toaddress you a few words in consequence of certain proceedings which have recently taken place iri Dublin , and in which I find that arch enemy of yours , . Mr . Daniel O' Cpnnell , ' busily at work to sa ^ crifice your interests on the altar of Mammon , as he formerly sacrificed those pi" the poor Irish . 40 s . freeholdersy and as he has invariably sacrificed the

      righteTof industry whenjBver he has ; had-the opportririity . It is now severi years since I first unmasfced O'Connell in the Midland Representative—^ a . newspaper theri edited by me in Birmingham . I subsequently denounced him in the Poor Man's Guardian , arid Destructive ^ as a man utterly destitute of principle , and unworthy to take , a lead in any great national questipn , or indeed in any question , other than yfle Sectarian ones , in which fraud rides ori the back of folly , to aggrandize a few Schemers , at the expense of the duped multitude ; I described him as a

      species of political blackleg , whose game was to inake allpartiesy in turn , , his ; partners , ; that he might discover their mode-of play , and then victimize them , when he got them for adversaries ; at the same time taking care to make his partners contribute bis share of the stakes as well > s their owri , aiid , always mariaging so to shuffle and cut the pack " togive his adversaries the bad hands and turn over all the trumps to himself . Many is the fraiidulent cut and shufile he has made in his time , and many is the honor has fallen to him in consequence ,

      which fairly belonged to the opposite side . This I haye often shown in the Guardian , and Destructive ] but I regret to say , with little effect at the time . O'Connell was then in the hey-day of his popularity ; —the whole of the sm-disant liberal press was fin his side : , and as I had not a single Journal in the kingdom to support ray views , my exposures of him were ascribed to personal pique or prejudice , instead of a desire to serve the good cause | and my writings had , in consequence , no other effecij ^ han that of inJuririg myself and the interests of the papers I

      edited . I well remember the Guardian ' s losing 1500 subscribers in a fortni ght in consequence of my attacks on O'Connell ; and it not unfrequendy nappeijed that the Catholic Vendors refused to sell it from : an honest , but deplorable , belief ,, that to attack O'Connell was to attack the Catholic religion ! But did that or like circumstances ^ deter me- ' from , warning my fellovv-countrymea against cherishing a vi per in their bosom , that I knew , would one day or other , sticg them to death , if his power should be only equal to his will ? On the contrary , my friends , it only stimulated my zeal to increased

      evertiori . Feeling that I bad a sacred duty to perform I continued from time to time , to rub the glare from off the counterfeit , ( in the Twope / tny Dispatch , London Dispatch ; and latterly in the London Mcrcury , ) till the progress of popular intelligence on the one hand , and the progress of O'C ' oiinell ' s own turpitude on the other , had brought a . " phalanx " -of talent to my side , —( need I name Bell , Oastlerj and your friend , Feargus O'Connor ?)—which sopU ; brought down the Goliah , and relieved me from ^ 14 future trouble on his account , O'Connell is now a fallen man . His corrupt practices are known to

      the whole country . His turpicude is known ( to use his own rhodbmontade ) from the bill of Howth to . the wilds of Cunnemara , and from the Giant's Causeway to Cape Clear . Every factory slave in England and Scotland is ready to bear testimony to his perfidy- ^ every pauper in Ireland curses the bi

      and learned the ^ lutary truth that spiri t of Orangeism doestnot reside in a man ' s creed or religion , but ; in his character , station , and interests . The ; day that witnessed Daniel O'Connell sitting cheek by jowl with Davy M'Cleary , in the rump of the Orange Corporation of Dublin , and leridirig his sweet voice to those worthies in their unholy warfare against the rights of labour—that day exorcised the fell Juggernaut-spirit whose worship had so long bewitched and be-deviled the Irish poor , and severed them for ever from the chariot wheels of their idol . O'Connell is now , I repeat , a Men Bpirit ; and he is fallen , I trust , ' like Lucifer , never to rise again . May such be the end of all ¦ spirits , ; that love darknessbetter than light !

      But wh y , my friends , do I draw your attention to these facts ? My reason is twofold . 1 st . —To remindypu how absurd and dangerous it is to pin your faith to - great . names rather than to greait principles- ^ -to judge of men by their reputation instead of by their conduct . JHad the Irish people judged O'Connell byhisoum ^ actsinstead of by the factitious reputatipn , fabricated for him by the public press , they wouldhave discarded him long ago , and taken their affairs into their own hands ; in which case the

      public opinion of Irelandwould have been altogether different from what it is now . \ VTiat is ^ true of O'Connell applies equally to man ^ English leaders I rcould name . The reputation got up for these gentry has hitherto bedizened you from your own solid interests , and lured you away in pursuit of every will-o-the-wiHp scheme that artful demagogues have conjured up to amuse you with the shadow while they grasped the substance to themselves . Of what consequence to you , ( in your present condition , ) are thethbusand

      arid one " reforms'' whichpplitical tricksters are every oay putting forth to decoy your attentipri from the only two objects which really concern you namely , your wages , and your political rights ? Of what consequence to you , are Church Reform ^ Corppfatibn Reform , the Corn Laws , Free Trade Church Rates , Negro Slavery , the Pension List * Reform of the House of Lords , expulsion of the Bishopsj the Bailoty Repeal of the Malt Tax br

      even the Repeal of all the Exciseable Taxes ;—bf what consequence , I -say , are ' . any , or all , of these questions to you in your present degraded , tf otlawed condition ? Of none whatever , Were you indeed in possessibri' of your-, . political rights they V ^ ould be of consequence to you , for in that caie you would have a controlling voice over the masses of property of which an adjustment of those questions would determine the appropriation . But in

      your present state , that is to say , shut out , as you are , from tte Councils ; and Institutions of the country , it signifies not how these ; questions are decided for however the ; masse 3 of property affected by them may be made to change hands , no portion of it will fall to your share , or pass put of the hands of some one division protherpf the present cpristituent body . The various interests

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      which compose that wwti ^ enci in ^ divide , aad sulHiivide , and ; shift , and scramble for , and ^ abont , % property in question-bat , tTepeat again and ^ again ^ that though it be vti . public property ; no share of it will ever get into , your hands , or be appropriated ; to your use so long asypu ; hamiav « no voice in the legislation of the cottjtry . The bnl questionthwhieh Aff

      , en ; ^ < ^ e ^^ 0 ^ d ^ . ^ you , are your wages and your political refits . Fro m these your attention has tfeen hitherto ^ de ^ y ^ a ^ by demagogues and the press ;; I have lo , g ^ nessed the ^ fact ; with paia , andthatisone ^ ffig two reasons why I commence this letter vm reminding you of my former exposures ^ of O'Coi ^ nell . "¦ - ¦ -.: -.: < v . - :-: ^ - ¦ : ' ¦'¦ _ : YY- ¦ . ' ¦ : ; ¦ : --. --: ' .

      \ My other reason is , that I may satisfy you bf my own truat worthiness in Tespect of the advice , or rather suggestiorig , I am about to offer jbu . If during a period of seven years , ; i ^ fc is jt o say , since the beginning of niy political existence , I have never deceived you in a sirigleinstance , either with respecttbmen or things—if , during that time , I have never shrunk from ^ unmasking all yoW deceivers , no matter to what class they belonged , ; no matbet ^ with what pomp or popularity surrounded , no matter though they were a thousand to one against me ^ and though I had been niyself the nn conscious

      instrument of then : elevatipn ,--if I say ^ I have always thus acted , ( and the proofs are in my writings , ) never for onemomerit turning to the [ right or jto the left , but uniformly presenting men and things in their true light , and moving straight forward to the one single ; undivided object , ; the prosperity and happiness of the labouring population -y—if ^ I say ^ this has beea my conduct heretofore , I trust I da not now ehdnt too much ^ when I eall you to credit ; my sincerity ; in offering you the ^ following reftectipns > however you iriay ¦ doubt the wisdom of the reflection * themselves . ¦ ¦'¦'¦ ••; ; ; --.- ; : - ' . - ¦ - ' : ¦¦'¦ . ¦ .. . ¦ ::- . ' '¦ ¦ "'' ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦'

      . First , with respects to ; the Trades' Meetings ' ia DubHn . What was : the object of ; those , meeting 8 ? - The object of O'Corineliand the capitalists was te pass certain resolutions condemnatory of' Trades-Combinations generally ,, but ^ particularly : of the combinations existing in . Dubliri . The object of the tradesmen •• 6 a- the other hand , was ; to prevent such : resolutions from being carriedj or in other wbrds , to maintain the justice and necessity of their ^ combinations . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ - ¦'•¦ ¦ . ¦ . .. . : ;¦ ¦ . - ' ¦ ¦' - ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦;¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ :-: -.-. ;;

      The first question which naturally occurs in the affair is this . What business had O'Connell to interfere in a matter which j apparently ^ qtxq ^ % only employers arid their men ? This question was repeatedly and vehemently put to O'ConrieU ; b y the tradesmen , but neither O'Connell , nor any body for him , answered the question . I will answer it for him ; ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' , '¦ ' _ ' ¦ '' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' . - ¦ ... - - ' ;;; ^ . ¦ ; ., ;¦¦;/ . - ¦ ¦; . ;; . ¦ ;' . / ,.. O'ConnelPs business was this . —O'Conneli is a sheer fellow , and , being a sheer , fellow , he knows right rascally well that trades' combinations concern

      the whole community , as well as masters andmen ; Had the masters been the only parties concerned ,. ( besides the men , ) he would never have dared to ^ risk his popularity in support of the formed But so far from being the exclusive advocate of masters on the occasion ^ the masters were the very partiesi he least thought of in the business { except ibe men ); for , truth to telly it was less their question than that bf consumers generally , more especially the owners of money-property , vrhose interest it is to make money dearand ' labour cheap . Dear money imd cheap

      labour are , in fact , convertible terms ; ibr you cannot make mpney dear , without making labour cheap , nor ; labour cheap without making money dear O'Conneli was , \ thereforej not the advocate of ; the toasters on the occasion , but the advocate bf all the mpnied drones of society , who , to make their money more valuable tortheui ; seek to ^ beat down the price of all commodities , and all manufactured articles , and with them , of course , the price of laboui- jwhich is the prime ; ingredient of cost in alU He was the advocateof the fund-holder , ' .-Who now getsbetween

      two or three bushels of wheat for ^ the one bushel which the same amount of stock gave him twerityfour years ago ; who gets three times the ampuqt of Biruiingham manufactures nbw , which he got 24 years ago ; who gets ten pieces of Lancashire cloths for the one piece he got thirty orforty years ago ?" Who , in short , hashad his income ; enlarged to the exact extent of the reductionsr which have taken place in all manufactured goods and wages . What is true of the fundholder , applies equally to all other annuitants , and persons living on fixed ihcomea .

      The Wealth Of . ill tliffoo narftoa in / musni L ^_ — I * e wealth of air these parties increases by every reduction in workrnen ^ s wages , because a reduction of . wages involves a reduction in the prices of commodities ; thus j giving th « mbnied drones' van increased command over bur markets and produce , at thelabourer V expense ; and this without any just or legal claim ; <> n their part , to the increase / If you will onl y consider these fects , my \ friends , you . willlearn two otherimpprtantfacts . You will 8 ee , first . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ 3

      . - A * . ' ¦ * . ' . ¦ . . ' - . ¦ . ¦ . - ... . _ . _ J of what descriptions , of people O'Connell was the advocate when , ; he opposed your brother ^ tradesmen in Dublin /; ariSi second , vyou will see that it is riotypur masters you have mbst to dread , but the ^ public arid private arinuitarits of the country , who-^ TOur masters / chief customers , arid-tb ; whose : secret influence yon ; are to ascribe ^ the part your masters und : d'CoNNEti . take against ^ ybu . Not that your masters have not also an interest in

      screwing and oppressing you , but their interest is remote and : insignificant ^ compared' with 'that ! of the ; other parties alluded to . ^ he case , as between you arid ; your masters , is exactly this : ^ -If your wages are low , your master charges ; lbw prices ^ ( though not always , by-the-way , ) if yOui wages be high , ; his prices will be- ; higlr also . In either case he takes care , of cpurse , to have a reniurierating profit ; but he gets most profit when wages and pricef are highest , because he lays on an adaitiohal profit , for any additional outiayhe ; makes in wages

      or ; otherwise . Thus , ; supposing consumption to renjain the same , or , ^ ^ in other ^^ wbrds , supppsing him to sell as many goods at high . prices , as he sells at low , ( which he bughttb do , and would do , if youj my friends , were in a condition to be purchasers and consumers of your Own produce , ) his interest would exaiJtiy correspond , with youra . In- other ^ ordaj his . interests as a master or employer , -are riot opposed to yours , but rather the reverse \ and , therefore , if he oppresses you , be assured that he either does fib from constraint , or with a view to the

      remote interests he will have as a consumer only , when ^ his turn comes ) to retire from business , ahi live oh his accumulated profits ^ In the present state of . - .-. things , then , he oppregses you for two reasons ; first , because he is constrained to do so hy the monied Vampires alread y described ) these being note his chief customere , ( because the principal consumers of your produced—and second , because he is always looking forward to the time

      when he is to pass into the mbriey-spending , or idle classes , in which capacity his interest will be what that of the monied ; drones is rioW ^ that is to say > to . get every thing dirt-cheap in exchange for hi ? money . . In plain English ^ it will be then , but not till ; then , his interest to grind yoU doyrn to the starvation point of wages , for ' every addition which may be then made to your poverty , wilt be po much clear gain to him , and to all who may ) inherit hi * accumulations . ; - ;^

      You see , then , my friends , that your masters ate not your greatest enemies , and that it was not for their especial sake O'ConneLL took the field against you at the ; Dubliri Exchange . What ^ inference do I wish you to draw from this ? Is !*

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 10, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct992/page/4/