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    • DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ofthe IStli of Jul y, will contain the commencement
    • THOXKLas COOPER. THE CHARTIST'S WORKS.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1846.
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      Douglas Jerrold's Weekly Newspaper Ofthe Istli Of Jul Y, Will Contain The Commencement

      DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ofthe IStli of Jul y , will contain the commencement

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      Thoxklas Cooper. The Chartist's Works.

      THOXKLas COOPER . THE CHARTIST'S WORKS .

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      The Northern Star. Saturday, June 27, 1846.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , JUNE 27 , 1846 .

      Old Humbug With A New " Cry." Tbe Tadpol...

      OLD HUMBUG WITH A NEW " CRY . " Tbe Tadpoles and Tapies of the political world , have in their profound wisdom laid it down as an axiom , that nothing can be done without a " cry . " The readers of Conmasby ' wUl remember how puzzled their two worthies were in the selection of a " good cry" on the eve of a general election , and we imagine flie Whigs must have been just now quite as hardly put to their wits , to discover something that would Buccessfully tickle the ears of John Bull . Their choice displays a sad poverty of invention , a smallness of mind , and a lack of honesty , quite in

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      keeping with the character of the party , who in 183 o made the proposed removal of two or three of the Bedchamber women of the Queen a " national " question ; who manufactured > grievance and a " cry" out of an ordinary and routine event , and made hireling scribes fill their maudlin columns with drivelling trash about" friends of youth , " " outrage upon the finest sensibilities , " "youthful and insulted Queen , from whom the Minister wished to separate attached dependants and companions , " and all the fulsomeanda bominabletrash , whichatthattimemade England ihe laughing stock of Europe , and caused the tears to trickle down the noses of all sentimental old women , whether wearing trowsers or petticoats .

      Taenew"cry" Jsacompoundof twooldones , " Free Trade and Justice to Ireland , - " is the motto inscribed on the Whig banner . The first is substantially achieved . The passing of Peel ' s measure with reference to Corn , virtually knocks down the entire protective system . It was the citadel of that system , and its destruction involves the capitulation of the whole . Its use in the present instance is merely to entrap as far as possible the Free Trade party into the support of a Whig ministry . The second portion , " Justice to Ireland , " is an old cry revived for the purpose of playing the old game with that country ? namely , —bribing its leaders with places , honours , and pensions , and deceiving its people with hollow mockeries of reform ' , similar to those last conferred by the Whigs on Ireland .

      Everybody remembers the great cry on which the Whigs came into power at the Reform Eill era , " Peace , Retrenchment , and Reform . " How stands the account ? Instead of " Peace" they involved the country in war with almost every quarter of the Globe , and had always half a dozen kettles of hot water on the hob in case any of those in use got cool . The reason why we knocked out brains , cutthroats , and battered down towns in Syria for instance , was never comprehended by 999 out of every thousand ; perhaps we mig ht go farther and say not even by the authors of the mischief themselves , and we rather imagine that Ibrahim Pacha and fhe originators of that war will ,

      when they happen to meet , be very considerably nuzzled to know what it was all about . They originated a senseless and . useless ( even if successful ) invasion of Afghanistan , in which British blood was poured out like water , and the bones of thousands of British subjects were hit to whiten the roeUy passes of a country which we were at last compelled to evacuate , with the disgrace of virtual defeat . In short , no more belligerent administration than this avowedly "peaceful" on ever held office in this country , even at the time when war was the trade of ministers , and the whole business of the country was to crush the •• French revolution , " put down the " Jacobins , " or repel the threatened invasion of "Boney . "

      War is an expensive as well as bloody game . It can't be played without money and plenty of it . The restless monkey-like love of mischief and quarrelling which characterised Lord Palmersto . n ' s career , produced general distrust , fear , and ill-will among other nations , which , in conjunction with the actual demands of our wars called for additions to our murdering power . The violation of the first item of the pledge was followed by the breaking of the second . " Addition , " not " Retrenchment , " became the order of the day . The only retienchment they effected was in the "income" of the

      country , not m ihe " expenditure . They found a flourishing and full exchequer , they left an empty one with an annual deficiency of millions . They added to the debt , and consequently to the permanent burdens , ofthe country . As to their " Reforms , " we do not recollect any of them at this moment ]; which would hardly be the case if they had been of any magnitude . We do remember they ' gave us the Coercion Bill , which originated the celebrated and never-to-be-forgotten description of them by their present associate in humbug—'' The base , bloody , and brutal Whigs . " Wc do remember that they prosecuted the poor man ' s Press with a relentless hatred , a steady ,

      unfiagging and unscrupulous cruelty , which has scarcely any parallel in cur history . We do remember that they answered the demands of the Trades Unionists for a just participation in the fruits of their labours , and the assertion of their right to withhold their industry when they thought proper , and to sell it upon their own terms , by the transportation of the Dorchester labourers under judge-made law . We do remember that they imprisoned , tortured , transported , and would have hanged , if they dared , those who honestly carried out and acted upon the principles promulgated by the Whigs themselves as to Parliamentary representation . In short , the prominent features of their whole career were the

      violation of every ^ pledge given on entering office—the enactment of laws so tyrannical and unconstitutional , that , if proposed by the Tories , they would have led to a revolution , and the commission of acts of injustice , oppression and cruelty , which ultimately disgusted the nation ; and when , alter meanly and selfishl y clinging to office for years , after all real power had departed from them , they endeavoured to de ' ude thenation once more into intrusting affairs into their hands , by the " cry" of " cheap Timbers , Corn , and Sngar , " , they were indignantly driven from office with a heartiness and a sensation of relief such as never before was experienced in the expulsion of any ministry whatever . They appealed to the country , and it answered them by a majority of 100 aaainst Whiegery .

      The next " cry " was " High wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do . " This , if not originated by them , they were , at all events , not unwilling to take advantage of . On that " modern antique , " , tbatentombed abortion , wc need say little . A t the commencement of the Free Trade agitation it resounded on all sides , but the cry has been growing "small by degrees and beautifully less , " as they approached the winning post ; aud now , neither Pbel , Russell , nor Cobde . n will venture to predict what price * mil he under the new regime . . They are one and all amiably ignorant Of the future , and forgetful of the past . But if they have lost their recollections we have not ; and now that the Corn Law is out of the way we shall watch carefully for the "high wages , cheap bread , and plenty io do , " which were to follow in its train .

      At present , we confess we see no particular signs ofthe fulfillment of the promise . By the confession of Lord Daluousie at least 1 , 900 , 000 quarters of corn are in band . A considerable quantity of this will be poured into the market at a time when the home-grower will be compelled to sell new wheat to pay old rents , The immediate effect will he . a depreciation of prices ; and , so far , cheapness , in one sense , may be obtained ; but it will be dearly purchased , by " little to do , " and small wages for doing it .

      Then the full effects of the steady and growing competition of the foreign growers the moment the great British market is opened to him , have yet to be ascertained . They may prove beneficial , but , at all events , the free traders , and the Whigs , and Cobden , arc not-very sure about it . They all avoid it as a tender point . There is much that is suspicious in that fact . We have no doubt on the subject . Increased competition will lead to increased labour and diminished remuneration to fhe labourers , as it has done before . Whatever advantage the capitalist , the annuitant , and persons with h ' xed incomes may derive from "cheap foreign bread" the labourer will not participate in them .

      This brief review does not inspire us with much hope for the future . Free Trade , if enacted in all its purity to-morrow , will not meet nnd remove the

      evils incident to the present position of labour . If "Justice to Ireland" means in the Whig vocabulary what it meant before , not substantial , political , social , and economical reforms for the great body of the people , but the propitiating of a host of mercenary and trading " patriots" whose only stock in trade is imprudence , and the power o f talking nonsense—if Ireland is again to be deluded merely that Daniel O'Co . nnell and his friends may have the pickings of government patronage , then

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      we say that the Whig policy , with regard to Ireland , shall have our most determined and unceasing opposition . Let " Young Ireland" look to it in time . Upon them will vest the deepest disgrace that ever fell to the lot of a party , if , after all their professions of / patriotism and their aspirations after independence , they suffer their country to be sold to the " base , brutal , and bloody " party , whose former official career was one long

      insult to the people of Ireland . Ireland must have , not the gilt gingerbread cake , or the showy toy of a holiday , in the person of noblemen who can smile and make bows and receive deputations amiably ; it must have solid substantial beef and bread every day . It must he made not merely equal to England , but its whole people as well as those of England and Scotland , must be politically enfranchised , and enabled to enjoy the fruits of their own labours .

      To this task wc anew consecrate ourselves . We have braved the dungeon—thedock—and the prison We have encountered all the rigors of Whig government , in order to compel them to do justice to the labouring millions of this empire . We drove them from power in 1840 , and we are ready to do so again . The torch light meetings , they so much dreaded shall again , if .. need be , glare upon their affrighted souls . Oppression shall not press down

      the people to the dust . The labourer shall not pine for want of food while the harvests he has sown and reaped mock his misery with their abundance . The artisan shall not wander famine stricken and ragged through streets crowded with every description of wealth , the result of his patient and skilful labours . No , this unjust and monstrous system shall fallcome weal , come woe . The ' -silent monitor' which bespeaks in terrible but significant language , the deep and burning discontent of an oppressed and outraged

      people , may again show its light on the midnight sky , the long processions of unemployed and starving men may again darken our streets under Whig misrule . We bid them beware , and we bid them defiance . Our position is taken , and to the last diteh we shall fight to secure to the people the Ghauter akd THE LAND . NO SURRENDER ! !

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The week has been spent in Cabinet making . As yet , the "job is not finished" and , according to rumour , will last some time longer , involving a further adjournment of Parliament and a continued stoppage of public business . This pvotracture of a final decision on the part ofthe Whig leader shows internal divisions in the camp . The antipathies which prevented his forming a ministry * ™ November last may be conciliated but are not removed , and the task of conciliation requires time , even among those who are so anxious to dip their snouts in the public mess-trough as ihe Whig place-hunters .

      On Monday night the late Premier delivered his valedictory address to a deeply interested and crowded house ; we have given it in full , that the readers of the Star may judge for themselves of its merits , and of the merits of the Administration , of whose policy aud effects upon national interests , it is a brief historical retrospect and summary . Whatever may be thought of Peel in other respects by any of our readers , we are certain that not one will refuse to concede that , simply as a speech , we have few parallels to that address in the annals of the British legislature .

      Ii is remarkable as the last official speech of a Prime Minister , whose entire policy at home and abroad has , up to the moment of its delivery , been one of continued and uninterrupted success . Whatever may be the ultimate effects of some of his measures , there has , up to the present moment , not a single cloud risen to cast a shadow upon them . The political seer who has the gift of descrying in the dim horizon of the future the shadows of . coming

      events , may be able to perceive the fallaciousness and the evanescent nature of some of the very measures upon which , at present , the highest opinion is entertained ; but the country as a whole docs , undoubtedly . concur in thinking , that , taking the whole period of five years during which Peel has been lastin office , there has beenmorc of steady prosperity and constant progress at home , more of dignified , peaceful , and conciliatory policy abroad , than ever distinguished the career of any previous Minister . ^"

      How far this was owing to Peel , and how far to causes over which he had no control , but to which he merely possessed the skill of adapting his policy , will be matter of taste with various individuals , but the fact itself is unquestionable . It was also remarkable as a speech in which the heretofore recognised leader of one , and that the most [ powerful , section of the aristocracy , frankly confessed that the monopoly of power has for ever departed from t . When he told Parliament , and through Parliament the world , that the new commercial policy had neither been carried by himself nor Lord John Russell , but by Richard Cobdes , he declared the fact of a great revolution in our political and social system . The twin rival sections who used to play at the game Ol

      " outs" and "ins , " and toss the nation between them like a shuttlecock sire henceforth political nullities . As elements in the state , they will have thar proper place and weight—as ruiars they are defunct . The people henceforward will rule themselves . Other Richard Cobdens will arise , giving utterance to the wants of the people ; thinking their thoughts , speaking their own words , demanding and enforcing those progressive changes in outlaws and institutions which the necessities and intelligence of the age may require . To all such the aristocracy can in future oppose no serious , scarcely even a temporary , obstruction . Power has been transferred from their hands to thi se of a lar ^ e portion of the people . We have gut the beginning of a great revolution .

      Lord Palm & rstos stated one truth in what was otherwise a paltry and pitiful attempt to damage and impair the effect of a speech which contained some truths especially bitter for his palate , when he said the repeal of the Corn Laws was one ofthe fruits ol the Reform Bill . So it is . But mark the inference . If the manufacturing and shop-keeping class of society have by means of the possession ef the

      franchise forced lrom the reluctant grasp of a wealthy , a proud , and a dominant aristocracy , one of the most dearly cherished and prized of their privileges ; if they have coerced the rival leaders of the two great parties to submission to their behests ; if what was a few years since declared to be " ihe height of madness" by Lord Melbourne , is now discovered by both Peel and Russell to be the acme of political wisdom , why should the progress stop there ?

      Is not tue inference irresistible , will it not be universally apparent , that if the possession of the vote has procured the shopkecoevs and manufacturers freedom of interchange for commodities , tbe extension of the vote to the working classes will put them in a position to achieve the freedom of Labour ? That is the grand preliminary , to the grander changes in the condition of the industrious class , which is the next great object to be kept iu view . If the Reform Bill was tbe parcntof Corn Law Repcal , andthesijjnal for the emancipation of trade and commerce from the remaining fetters of territorial feudalism ; Universal Suffrage must , in like manner , precede the emancipation of labour from the bondage of capital .

      We rejoice that the road is clear at last , of one great obstacle' to the clear perception of this fact among all classes of tho industrial community . However any portion of them may have been deluded into a belief that their sufferings were caused by the landlord ' s monopoly now destroyed . they will speedily discover—and that too in the most practical way ~ -bv the continuance of these vwy sufferings , that the corn laws had no more to do with their production than they had with the erection of tho E gyptian Pyramids ; orTenterdcn Steeple with the forming of Goodwin Sands .

      It will be a , great point gained when this lesson is clearly learned . There will then arise such a demand for the extension of political rights , as the precursor

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      and guarantee of physical , social , and educational improvements in their condition , as will compel the then ruling parties to obey , as readily as the present have now done the commands of the League . The working classes will not , and do not , seek to restore an effete and exploded system of protection . They must , in future seek for a superior , a more lasting and expansive system of protection ; first , by the achievement of political enfranchisement ; and second , by means of mutual co-operation , and the union of their own labour and capital , to become at

      once employer and employed . Birmingham Conferences , of so called working classes for the restoration of the antiquated , now dead and buried , system of protection , are only dull farces if nothing worse . For if there is no resurrection , and the leading actors in these farces must presume greatly on the ignorance , and consequent gullibility of the landed aristocracy , when they presume to practice so unblushiiigly upon it . The restoration of Landlordism , in its old shape , is beyond the power of Bentinck even though aided by the patriotism , the talent , the integrity , and sobriety of Peteu Bnorire !

      Of course the political circles are full of rumours as to the course events are likely to take , but we see little use in retailing such mere gossip . The great probability is , that in the course of next week the new Cabinet will be declared , and that after a short prorogation to allow its members to get re-elected , the routine of public business will be finished , together with the private bill business , as far as thought desirable to proceed this session . The difficult and knotty point ofthe Sugar Duties will be staved off for a session , by a temporary bill continuing the present

      scale for one year , and in the recess the new Premier will have time to consider which of two alternatives he will adopt—either to dissolve in imtumn and meet a new house next year , or present himself to the old one , and on the first defeat experienced from it , to appeal to the country . . Probably the love of the half year ' s salary , and its necessity to some ofthe more needy of the party , who have for the last five years sat on the shady side of the Speaker ' s chair , will induce the adoption ofthe first course . If ao , we can hardly help thinking it will be a case of obtaining money under false pretences .

      Having in another article spoken at length on the probable policy ofthe new Minister , it is unnecessary to touch upon it in these cursory remarks . It is sufficient to eHronicle the fact , as the only tiling worth notice in the Parliamentary proceedings of the week , that Joun Russell , who was driven from office in 1840 by a disgusted people , who felt his incapacity had almost reduced the nation to bankruptcy ; whose annual financial deficiencies were counted not by hundreds of thousands , but by millions , and who like other people in difficulties was obliged to fly " paper kites" to sustain a doubtful and a sinking credit , has replaced Robert Peel , who , in the five years since elapsed , has restored financial prosperity and creditremitted taxation to a large amount—promoted educational and social reforms—closed victorious

      wars , in which our enemies were the aggressors , and prevented others by the exhibition of a calm and peaceable , but firm and dignified spirit . Why all this should take place ?—why the Minister , whom all parties admit retires with the confidence , admiration , and esteem of his fellow countrymen , should retire — and why the other , who possesses neither the confidence , admiration , nor esteem of any body , save a small clique of personal and hereditary partisans and expectants of office , should come in—is more than we can tell . But so the matter is , and there it must remain until events show the hollowness and transitory nature of the present arrangements and position of parties . ;

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      John Richards.—Since The Few Remarks On ...

      John Richards . —Since the few remarks on the " Veteran Patriots , " which wo felt called upon to make in our " Feast of the Poets , " ( see page 3 , ) we have received the following painful communication from Mr . Shaw , to which we request the earnest attention of our readers : — Brother Chartists , —Poor old John Richards , of the Sttiffordshire Potteries , is hourly haunted by the dreadful anticipation of being compelled to resort to a Poor Law Union Uastilc , and be subjected to that infernal and abominable system which hitherto he has invariably opposed , and sought every opportunity to denounce . Brethren , he is now in his 74 th year , past all labour , and quite destitute of support—shall it be said then that ( after leading an industrious and most exemplary life , and having suffered persecution ,

      prosecution , and incarceration m the filthy dungeons to which your tyrant rulers consigned his poor old body for the heinous crime of pleading the cause of his fellow-man ) that the working classes will allow him to become an inmate of that detestable , and by him dreaded , place , or will suffer his grey hairs to descend into the grave for the want of a morsel of bread . Humanity shudders at the very thought . Remember the old man ' s days are but few ; let us see and hear the working men ' s response to the poor old patriot ' s feeble cry ' , for help . Only think what even the price of one pint ef porter from each of those for whom he has suffered imprisonment and privation would do for poor old Daddy Richards ; it would cheer his old heart , and very considerably ease his'descent to that grave to which he is fast approaching . Let every man , and

      woman too , do what they can , and at once , for our aid may come too late , and we may have to reproach ourselves with allowing the veteran to depart this life through starvation . Brethren , we are without cash in the " Veter .-in Patriots Funds . " Send your subscriptions forthwith to the Star , Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Harney , Mv . Cooper , or to myself . Will any of my brother committee-men confer with mo , as it is essentially necessary that we should have a meeting as speedily as possible . J . Shaw , 14 , Gloucester street , Commercial Road , East . "Soliloquy of Joun Frost . "— The poem with this title , is fur too lengthy for our columns . * . A .., Thornton . —The lines " To Liberty " are not sufficiently good for publication . J . A . must try again .

      J . A . Preston . —The " Song of the Shoe " is nothing like the' Song of the Shirt ; " we must , therefore , refuse it insertion . Your complaints are too well founded but your rhymes are not poetry , and what , therefore , might be admirable in prose , must be rejected in its present "questionable shape . " W . C , or Derby is thanked for his several favour * , but as " regards his " poetry" we must reiterate the advice we gave him gome time ago to " stick to prose . " Wc would gladly have given insertion to his prose communication hut for its extreme and most injudicious length ; added to which our correspondent had committed the ( almost ) unpardonable sin of writing on botli sides of the paper . If VV . C . will comply with the regulations for correspondence so often published in tho Star we will endeavour to attend to his

      communications . The Chartists of Salfobd sympathising with Mr . O'Connor and denouncing the slanders of his enemies , suggest that the money the Chartists are indebted to Mr . O'Connor , expended by him in the furtherance of the cause should be refunded . . The Salford Chartists will do their share of this work immediately by subscribing theirquota ofthe Chartist debt;—they suggest that their brother Chartists should do the same . The Salford Chartists also suggest the establishment of a fund to be calh-d " the Gratitude Fund" to be raised by each person located on the land paying one shilling per acre yearly ; the said fund to be placed at the disposal of Mr . O'Connor to be expended by him as his own property without accounting in any way for its expenditure . These novel suggestions are signed on

      behalf of the Salford Chartists by Robert Ramsden , sub-secretary . Mr . Frost ' s Case . —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of 2 s . Gd , from Thomas Frazer . a generous young Scotchman , who called on me , in town , —and of 2 s . from T . John Parrish of Kettering . Thomas Coover , the Chartist , Rawdon , near Bradford , June 30 . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for our martyr and brother Frost , viz . ;—Mr . Richards , Is . ; Mr . Robinson , 6 d , ; Mr , Brown , 2 s , 6 d , SuTTONiK-AsiiFiELD . —Mr . Harney acknowledges the following , and begs to express his sincere sorrow at hearing the condition of his Sutton friends , than whom nubler democrats are not to be fouud on tho face ofthe earth .

      " We herewith send you a post-office order for £ t Is . 6 d , collected in Sutton for Mr . Frost . Had our means been in accordance with our will , it would have been a very different sum , but we poor fellows at Sutton are in a very deplorable situation . Mr . Harney , the Chartists of Sutton send their best respects to you , hoping you are well ; we shall never forget " auld lang syae . " Bairstow is here , he came on Thursday the 25 th , and I understand is here yet , but we do not know his business . " George Kendall , [ Most likely the editor of the Tery Jfonmip Post , or the Central Committee ofthe New Great Grand Protection Society , would be able to enlighten our Ashton friends as to the mission of the worthy Mr , Bairstow . —ED . N . S ] John Be ale , late of Birmingham , is requested to communicate hisjaddrcss to Mr , Walter Thorn , No , 111 , Reice Street , Birmingham .

      John Richards.—Since The Few Remarks On ...

      George Cavill , Sheffield , complains that Sheffield •* . ' ** been ill-treated , because -we have not published till several items making up the £ 2 " sent for Mr . Frost ( acknowledged in our last number ) . Mr . Cavill considers that as Manchester was accommodated , Sheffield oughtto have been . We have already stated sufficient reasons why we could not " accommodate" Sheffield and other places . As regards Manchester , perhaps we did wrong to make any exception , but our reason for so doing was that the Manchester sum was large , and a considerable numW of persons had been engaged in its collection . Once for all , we must state that we can only give the total sent by each local treasurer or secretary . If the subscribers are not satisfied / it is for them to see that the sum acknowledged in the Star , tallies with the amount set down in the local treasurer or

      secretary's book . Portrait of P . O'Higoins , Esq . —Those of our Agents who had enclosures in their parcels , will greatly oblige us by forwarding them to their destination , as early as possible . During the last few days we have received many complaints—the neglect is not ours ; as all were sent from this office on the 8 th ult . Mr . Astii / l , Leicester , ( and a few others ) . —Will oblige us by forwarding remittances for the Star distinct from subscriptions to the Land Fund . The business ofthe Star office is altogether unconnected with the affairs of the Land Association , and we beg our friends not to amalgamate the monies . We think our agents might casUy save us the inconvenience of running to the Land office for our portion of remittances , or of giving the officers of the Land Association the trouble of waiting upon us . We have previously directed attention to this point , and we trustit will be attended to . Pleasure Trip from Yorkshire to the Chartist Estate . — The members of the Chartist Co-operative

      Land Society , at Wakefield , would strongly urge upon the various localities throughout the West Riding , the necessity of getting up a Che a ? Trip to London , on the day of the demonstration at Herringsgate Farm , on the 17 th of August . We hope our Leeds friends , ( as the trip will start from there ) will see to this , We think that such a plan is practicable , and might by judicious management , be attended with advantage to the society . It would afford the working-man a fine opportunity of seeing the " great metropolis , " as well as tbe members ofthe Land Society of attending and viewing tbe object of theirdesire , the Chartist Estate . The committee of management might be formed at Leeds , and no doubt every assistance possible would be given by the principal towns in Yorkshire , to make the trip worthy of , its object , _ ** % FEBRAKD """' S lib-Secretary ; John Addison , Shap . — -Your next quarter will commence on the 11 th inst ., for which your remittance is re-• ' ceived , The People ' s Estate . —Collection fob Mb . frost , —

      Dear Sir . —I herewith transmit thesum of £ 110 s . collected at the People ' s Farm , towards the relief of our exiled Brother Frost , and hope that we may soon have the pleasure of seeing him restored to his country and his sorrowing friends , and that the gratitude of those for whom he was sacrificed , will be a solace in after life , which , whilst it cannot erase , may at least soften , the recollection o f his sufferings . I am , Sir , On behalf of the workmen at Herringsgate , Your very obedient servant , June 30 th , ' 18 i 6 , Henri Ross . Caption J—I am directed by the council of the Manchester Chartists , to caution you against an individual who has absconded from this locality , after committing repeated acts of robbery . I am informed that he has made his way up to . London ; if so , you will please to look to him . He is a man about 5 feet 7 inche *; , very

      ¦ lender ; he had on when he left a shabby suit of black cloth , and upon his chin there is a large pointed lump . I trust whoever may see him , will have an eye upon him , as we have discovered him to be a character of the blackest die ; his name is Thomas Gray . This is the course all public bodies should pursue , and expose the delinquencies of their members , as by so doing , they may prevent , them from committing similar acts elsewhere . By order of the Council , John Hargraves , Sub-Secretary . The Secretary of the Manchester Chartists wishes to correspond with the following gentlemen : —Mr . Shaw , of Leeds : Mr . Marsden , of Preston ' ; Mr , Atkin , of Ashton ; Mr . Leach , of Hyde ; Mr . Jackson , of Bradford , By sending their address to No . 6 , St . Andrew ' s Street , Travies Street , Manchester , they will oblige , JohnHabqraves ,

      If you will give the following a place in your notice to correspondents , you will greatly oblige a poor ^ and afflicted Chartist of Batly , who has long been a " subscriber to the Star : — "A . boy named Joe Sconey Bromley , son of Benjamin Bromley , of Batly , near Dewsbury , Yorkshire , left his father ' s house on the 8 th of January last , he is about 5 feet high , light complexion , had on when he left home , a blue cloth cap , canvas short smock , black velveteen trousers , light coloured worsted stockings , cotton shirt , and clogs . Any person who can give any information of the boy to his father , Benjamin Bromley , are requested to do so , and it will be thankfully received and gratefully acknowledged . "

      - ~ ——————_—^^^__ Protection Or No Prote...

      - ~ ——————_—^^^__ PROTECTION OR NO PROTECTION . TO THE EDITOR OF TBE MORNING POST , Sir , —I do not remember a period when wisdom was more needed among the leaders of the people when the entire absence of party recrimination was more to be desired than at present . If there ever were a time when circumspection , deliberation , ealmness , and sound judgment were necessary it is now . We have been conducted to onr present Intricacies by party spirit , and by an absence of candour . How that parties are dissolving , let their angry feelings vanish . Now that deception has done its work , let honesty prevail .

      Cease those bickerings , consequent on party feelings ; let each one ask—how can I assist in promoting the public weal ? It is evident that two opposing principles can now alone obtain the attention of statesmen and ofthe public . It is all-important that the true principle should be adopted . If , on close examination , it can be proved that the principle of unrestrained action and universal competition be the sure way of securing the happiness of the people , then let every bar be removed , all protection be abandoned , and let the nature of all our social and national arrangements be changed . If , on the contrary iiahould be demonstrated that the princi ple of regulation of order , and judicious restraint , be the only plan of promoting the well-being of the nation , then let the attention of our leaders be directed to reconstructing our institutions on the principle of Protection .

      If it have been , discovered that foreign trade is , indeed , more conductive to the creation of wealth than the domestic interchange of the products of labour ; if it can be proved that the workmen and labourers of Britain will be elevated in the scale of society by subjecting them to the " fierce competition * " of foreigners , let every means be adopted to increase our forei gn trade and to give effect to that universal competition . Strange as it may appear , this great question has not yet been decided It is the duty of those who aspire to lead the public mind now to settle this important question . M'Culioch is supposed to have settled it in favour of foreign trade , although he says , " It is quite obvious that it ( the question whether home or ibrei « n trade be most advantageous ) admits of no satisfactory solution . " Thus , admitting , in one short line , that the science of political economy taught bv him is in a mist . In that mist , unhappil y for himself and the people , Sir Robert Peel has devised his " great and comprehensive measure . "

      I would suggest to the leaders ofthe Protectionists , that a full and frank statement of their principles , supported by argument , be without delay printed and circulated . If they are really for Protection , they will have no difficulty in proving the truth of their principles—none in commending those principles to "the hearts , " aye , and to "the heads f of the people . I am , Sir , Yours respectfully , Richard Oastler . * Mr . Bright , M . P ., for Durham , in the debate on the second reading of ihe Ten Hours'Bill . f Mr . Cobden , M . P ., for Stockport , in tho debates on the second reading of the Factories' Bill ,

      Peel's Declaration. To The Editor Of The...

      PEEL'S DECLARATION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST . Sir , —There can now be no mistake . - Justice has , at length , been done by Sir Robert Peel to Mr . Cobden . On the highest authority it is now avowed that for the last five years , Mr . Cobden—not Sir Robert Peel—has been the leader of the Conservative party . Let every member of that party , from the proudest Peer to the poorest pauper , note that " great fact . " Her Majesty may have " counselled" with tbe person of Sir Robert Peel—her real counsellor was Mr Cobden . The Queen may have sat at the council table , surrounded by Her Majesty ' s Cabinet Ministers —virtually she was consulting with the League . Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace may have been ' the t where altnsultewith

      spo Royy co d her Ministers ; but the Free-trade Hall at Manchester was the locale from whence the thought was borne to guide the Royal mind—to cheat the confiding Conservatives I have often heard that the " Manchester men" will never be satisfied " till the Government is established in Manchester . ' And why not ? The Premier tells us thesoulot the Government is there . Why not the outward sign-the body ? It might there be done cheaper—it could not be ' done meaner . Why not I was persecuted . by the Conservatives , in 1841 forplacing these persons respectively , precisely as they are « o «/ placed by Sir Robert Peel . How sure ttat people are slow to believe unwelcome truths ' I remember , also , when I told tho Duke of Wellington ( during the discussion on the new Poor Law in the

      Peel's Declaration. To The Editor Of The...

      House of Lords )— " If your Lordships pass that bill till among Other things , you must repeal the Corn Laws . ' 3 / Jtlis Grace laughed at me , and said "Humbug anrjndl moonshine . " Well , let these things pass . Whatiat ; next ? Are we , indeed , now , at the bidding of SirSir Robert' Peel , to take the League as the naiion grfai nurses ? Are we really to abandon the whole pn >? t > ducts of our industry to universal competition ? Toto count protection and regulation a curse ? Are weire absolutely to buy in the cheapest markets ? Are weve to have cheap Bishops ? cheap Ministers ? ch eap » p Judges ? cheap Ambassadors ? And ^ a cheap mon-aarch ? As well as cheap clothes—cheap cutlery-- - cheap houses—cheap farms and cheap food ? All 11 this is consistent with League principle ; or , are we e

      to be the dearest taxed people , and a ; the same tmw kj the cheapest labour people in the world ? These questions must soon be solved—solved by y the hierarchy and the aristocracy—as well as by the « hard-working artisans and labourers ! _ # A war , in which no quarter can be given , 18 at , fc hand '—a war of principle between truth and error ! ! In that war-may God defend the right ! We now r know with whom we have to contend . The battle of f the constitution must be fought on the threshold of f the cotton-mills ! If , Sir , the friends of the Con .. stitution and the Church intend to uphold our m- - stitutions , they must not . consent any longer to > walk in the light of the constitution" with Sir ¦ Robert Peel , led , as he avows he is , by Mr , Cobden ! ! They must find a leader who has not forsaken the s old paths , or removed the landmarks of the poor I !

      one who eschews the word expediency and will never swerve from principle . Then they must associate , and meet League with League . If the League controlled Sir R . Peel , there can be little doubt that the League will coerce Lord J . Russell . Who , then is powerful to overcome tbe League ? Who but those who , in the principles ol the League , read the downfall of iinr institutions , the destruction of our Church "and Constitution , Jthe penury and slavery of the pe ople ! By union they can and will conquer ; in units theymust fall . ¦¦' . -. " Sir Robert Peel ' s Parliamentary declaration respecting Mr . Cobden will surely open the eyes of the Bishops and the Lords . It is now clear that a cotton mill , o » the old system , without any legal restraint or regulation—a pest house—is the pattern on which the social system of England is to be constructed !

      May God , in his infinite mercy , avert from my countrymen that curse ! Sir , I do not exaggerate ; the League denounce all regulation or interference in mills and factories . They wish for a repeal of the present Factories Act , and strenuously oppose the Ten Hours' Bill . They know that , before the legislative interference —which they deprecate—human beings . English children , Christians , were systematically bought by the millowners in London and other southern towns ! They were banished to mills , and died by hundreds and thousands , of over-work , bad food , filthy bods , dirty clothes , and broken hearts ; A Leaguer views that condition of humanity as Paradise—because it makes him rich ; The slightest attempt at interfere ence or regulation has ever met with his most strenuous opposition t

      I do not libel the League ; they cannot deny the truth of this statement . They cannot deny that if their principles prevail , mills will again be subject to the old-fashioned system . Sir R . Peel has raised the League higher than the Parliament—he has enthroned Richard Cobden in the seat of higher power ! Peel is now eclipsed by Cobden . The people of England are now consigned to the tender mercies of the League—by him , who swore that " he would walk in the light ofthe Constitution . " Is there no objection ? None from Bishop , Peer , labourer , or pauper ? lam , Sir , Tour's respectfully , RiCHAnn Oastler .

      P . S . I do not know what other people feel—I felt a shudder when lread Sir Robert Peel ' s statement , I , who had so many years ago discovered the Premier ' s leaning to the League—I shuddered at the realisation of the vision ! The thought , that after all the sacrifices of blood and treasure , after all the exercises of wisdom and patriotism for ages and centuries , my country should at last be delivered , bound hand and foot , into the hands of the League , made my blood creep . I know that many Leaguers are kindly in their dispositions . But I know also that their principles lead to death , by competition . R . 0 . London , June 30 , 1 S 46 .

      Regeirts Of The Chartist Co-Operatiye Land Society.

      REGEirTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIYE LAND SOCIETY .

      SECTION So . 1 . PER MR . O'CONNOR . SHARES . £ i , d , Torquay , per R . H . Putt .. .. .. 6 19 4 Gcorgie Mills , per YT . Mechan .. ., 2 0 0 Ashton-under-iyne , per B . Hobson .. ., G 19 o Tavistock , per R . Hole .. .. ., 0 11 S Halifax , per C . W . Smith .. „ „ 2 10 0 Ilanley and Suelton , per H . Foster .. ,. 5 0 0 Stockport , per T . WoodhouSe .. .. 10 0 Bury , per M . Ireland ; ., ., 5 4 0 AVorcester , per M . CrifBths .. .. 2 10 6 Totness , per W . Tanner .. „ ., 2 . 8 0 City of London , per J , Dunn „ .. 2 10 0 Dodhurst Brow , per J . Bowdcn .. .. 0 17 6 Norwich , per J . Hurry .. „ „ 2 0 9

      Newport , per T . Williams 118 6 Bacup „ 5 0 0 Barnsley , per J . Tv " ard .. „ „ 5 0 0 Preston , per J . Brown .. .. ., 12 10 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 1 17 6 Northampton , per VY . Munday „ „ 8 0 0 Oldham , per W . Hamer .. „ „ 5 0 0 Carrington , per J . Ross .. „ „ 19 4 £ Sheffield , per G . Cavill 7 8 0 Leigh , per J . Howarth .. .. ., 13 6 Leeds , per IV . Brook 5 0 0 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. „ H 2 0 Dodworth , per T . Croft .. .. „ 3 0 0 Bradford , per J . Alderson 5 0 0 Ashton-under-Lyne , per E . Hohson .. ., 3 4 9

      Colne , per R . Hey .. S 10 9 Dorking , per YV . Russell ,. „ ' ,. 5 16 3 Leicester , per Z . Astill 4 8 6 Wigan , per T . Pye .. .. .. ., 13 6 Hamilton , per W . Weir .. .. ., 2 0 8 £ 159 G g SECTION No . 2 . ¦¦¦ >•»¦¦ Lancaster , per J . Harrison 2 0 0 Noi-lhampton , per W . Munduy .. .. 5 0 0 Tavistock , per It . Hole 0 4 0 Lynn , per R . Scott 0 14 6 Halifax , per C . W . Smith .. .. .. 0 10 0 Loughborough , perJ . Skerington „ .. 2 12 4 Stockport , per T . TVoodhouse .. .. 10 0 Bury , per XL Ireland 2 18 1 Worcester , per M . Griffiths .. .. .. 3 12 4 Totness , per W . Tanner .. .. .. 0 4 9 City of London , per J . Dunn „ „ 2 13 6 Dodhurst Drow , per J . Bowdcn .. .. 0 13 4 Stockton-upon . Tees , per T . Potter .. ,. 3 10 Preston , per J . Brown .. ., ,, 16 6 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. „ G 80 jarrington , per J . Moss .. „ " 0 o O 5-Ialstead , per J . 0 . Abbott .. .. 7 o < i Jarliagton , per W . Carlton ,. " n 13 ' 8 Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. | " « S fl L ' ruro , per J . Hagley .. .. " 1 12 n Manchester , per J . Murray i % 7 ? Bradford , per 3 . Alderson .. , ' " 5 Vl Vshton . under-Lyne . perB . Hobsou .. 8 4 6 > utton-m . Ashfield , per C . Aleakin .. .. 0195 Jorking , per W . Russell .. n 1 c Leicester , per Z . Astill .. " " , , 7 ) j iv - igttn . perT . Pye .. .. £ ;; 5 * f £ 65 9 9

      PER GENERAL SECRETARY " . " SECTION No . 1 . BHAUEs . Juttcrley . . 4 5 0 Elderslie - . 0 19 % Chomas Dredge- 4 19 6 Derbv - . 050 rliuiley and Suelton 8 11 Sorae ' rs Town . 1 11 e lUuttingtonauuCutD 18 6 J . Barnett . 0 10 0 K « 'l - - - 1 7 6 Ely - - . 423 Limehouse- . 0 10 0 Hevwood - . 5 0 0 Wellingborough . 1 14 6 Birkenhead . 5 0 f > sudbuiy - . 1 14 11 Boulogne - . 2 8 0 £ 50 10 II SECTION No . 2 . W ~ " ! 0 ^ Mn « . ? . , r . L »« eEnd . . 0 13 i perSidaway - 544 Sudbury - - 0 4 4 3 . Dooley , Burton- Elderslie lif t on-Trent . 2 „ Sy . " . ' J J J ( oseph Pnttison- 0 2 0 HoriW t wiiii . » , »« a » ram | s vaffie , d- O 56 "S ^ V . I ' io ^™* 0 \ r . Wilkins , Hoarc 1 fi 0 Derbv , R . Calodiuo 5 4 4 totileyandSheitonl 1 0 Somen Town . ftj J \ hittingtonnndCat 4 0 2 Wells - . 210 ft »? : !! , ;•" -. * -. u aas .- sj . sasi . ~ r ass * * - . ssK ' : : » , $

      £ 43 2 1 ¦\/ i r \> r , ,. TOTAL LAND PUND . ' ••^""¦ B Mr . Wheeler „ „ ... 50 1011 £ 209 17 1 M r- wS , nw Section No - » . " 65 ~ 9 ~ 9 Mr . Wheeler , ,, 43 2 1 £ 108 _ ll i 0

      1 I : National Antmsimtu Association. „„...

      1 i : national antmsimtu association . „„ ., . . n * H * . O ' CONNOB . Nottingham , per J . Sweet 0 j 0 aECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . MR GtHESJkl , 8 BCRETABT . Tames Sivaffield 010 City of Loudon - 8 3 h . ^ , ^ t - - William Greenliow , of Manchester , navmg taken a second share , he declines taking posses , sum ot the lot falling to him , as announced last week the locatiou therefore falls to Richard Onierod , of Rouen . No . 21 m the ballot . ' » Tnosus Mabtih 'WaBBiEi * , Secretary ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 4, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04071846/page/4/