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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MAT 10, 1815.
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      Courtship.—A Man, To Be Successful In Lo...

      TOmCOAI . MINEBS LATBlN THBBMPI ^ MBNT OF THE DUKUfflEU ) ^ . f ° ^ ' y « i , » onDortanity afforded me oy Friends ,-! «« J ^ STSE , " *** * the the conductors ° ^ o gaom that will do justice to you nl ynewspaper »™ a j ^ y «„ ,-^ ^ SStajSLk made upon me by the Dukmfield £ f 1 C £ uSS 2 * theTedinm of * e Jft ^ r ^ XXcolumnl of which were closed against me ; Should not insert my reply «*»*«* "W WW for such reply as an advertisement . ltistru £ the columns of the 'Sto * were open ^ ormeto defend myself from their vile imputations- and for this I amthankfuL Bnt at the same time , itisbutjust , if a manis attacked mapublicjournal , thatthatsamejonmal should allow hhn the privilege of speaking for himself- but , alas ! suchis , the tenaViy of the main portion of the ' Bngmrn press , that nothingbntgoW can get you admitted into its pages .

      However , justice has been done me ; and that without me saying one word to you on the subject . "You saw I was villified and belied by the Dukinfield Coal Company in the Guardian , and you determined that I shenld be defended through the same channel . You found , like me , that this could not be done without a vast sum of money ; and notwithstanding you had been on strike for tenweeks , you subscribed the money out of the scanty support which you have received during your struggle . This act of generosity on your part demands my warmest thanks and gratitude . Friends , all I can do is to thank you for your noble conduct , which I do with all my heart : and may the justice you have dealt out to me he speedily conferred upon yourselves , hy the honourable conclusion of your struggle Of right against might .

      Friends , before I conclude this , allow me to give you a little advice . 1 am sorry to hear of the repeated cases of petty assault which take place betwixt you and the knobsticks . These uot only give a handle to the opposition press , but they are calculate ! to injure you with the public . Let me , therefore , implore of you to keep the peace for our own sakes , and the sake of the glorious cause you are engaged in . I am fully aware of the annoyance and provocation which yon receive at the hands of these knobsticks ; but remember that you have characters to maintain . You ore fcnoicn in your various neighbourhoods : not so with

      the creatures you come in contact with , who it is well known are the " very scum of society . " They go prowling about the country in search of places where the men are on strike , in order that they may hare " good money" for ikwnjrnothiiigforafew weeks , and then they are off again . The veryjellows now working at Duldnfield went into the north at the time of the strike there ; when that terminated , and ia they must live , they left and came to Yorkshire , and from thence to Scotland Knowsley / s , near Bolton , then to St Helen ' s , and to other places . Heed them not . Let them say what they will , take no notice of them : for , believe me , it is their game , and that of those who employ them , to drag you into rows , and then make

      ywpay . Friends , in conclusion , I again request you to keep the peace ; and would suggest the propriety of your sending seme of yonr body to have an interview with the magistrates . Let the authorities know how you are annoyed ; and that yonr wives cannot walk the streets without being insulted with debauched language . You hare alfeadowcroft , a Parkinson , and others , intelligent men , who , if they went and laid your case before the magistrates , would surely procure redress . Use every legal means of obtaining justice , out do not break the peace , is the advice of yonr friend and well-wisher , William Dixon . —Manchester , Jlay 6 th , 1845 .

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      ^Tore The " Ferment." The Folfew^S Addre...

      ^ tORE THE " FERMENT . " The folfew ^ S address was adopted unanimously bv otio nf A . mL « * € st and most influential public meet-Kft , V een held in the country for the 2 SabS £ - ^ fc Maynoo th Grant . It was pro-JSSfRfcvJSS ^ -wmaed ly lfc CoiiiicDlor ffi ^ VKlf i % ""P ^ of containing Baldwin . The Town Hall , w / itosHffocation . ten thousand persons , was crowdeu . , < smMed fa fte The Address of the People of Birmingham «* - 'd eration of Town Hall , on Tuesday , May 6 ft , for the eons * . the State Endowment of Maynooth College .

      Fellow subjects , —Having been assembled by authority of the chief magistrate of the borough of Birmingham , in compliance with a most influential requisition , comprising members of the corporation , burgesses , and householders , to consider the political tendency of the -contemplated Endowment of Maynooth College , we deem it our duty , in respect to the national rights and claims of Ireland , that the principle upon which we feel it neces sary to appose this grant should be distinctly understood , to prevent that misconstruction which has hitherto been made of the motives of the British people on all matters concerning the interests and welfare of Ireland . And in the expression of this opinion we here solemnly declare that the people of this country have no wish to perpetuate the degradation and sufferings of the Irish nation ,-whether inflicted through rengious prejudice or by ¦ political authority .

      It is , therefore , with the patriotic and just purpose of objecting to such legislative measures as we consider tend more to perpetuate the degradation of Ireland and the miseries of her people , than promote either the religious purity or moral power which ought to characterise a nation in the sacred pursuit of establishing just institutions , that we oppose the present ministerial proposition . We object to the endowment of Maynooth College on the principle that all religious institutions should receive their support directly from the people who wish for them ; and because all history proves that State Endowments

      have tended to alienate the instructors of the people from their interests end welfare , and rendered them the instruments of Governmental oppression . They have also defeated the great purpose of the founder of Christianity The injustice becomes still more evident when we reflect that but for the impoverishment of the people , through the instrumentality of unjust legislation , the people would have abundant means to support their religious instructors without requiring aid at the hands of a Government which possesses no revenue but what is derived from the industry of the people .

      We , therefore , in thus distinctly and unequivocally pronouncing our opinion , free from all national and rengious prejudice , take this opportunity of reminding you that the British Parliament does no more represent the British people than the interests and welfare of Ireland —not more thato one-tenth of the adult male population being represented in that assembly : and conceiving that the interests and destinies of a nation must ever be sacrificed at the shrine of class , we , in conclusion , solemnly assure you , that , provided you will accept our co-operation in the great struggle for a just and full representation of the entire adult male population of the three kingdoms , without distinction of class or condition , in the united Parliament , we will ardently aid yon in securing for Ireland such institutions as Trill guarantee the right and power of self-government . T . Phillips , Esq ., Mayor , Chairman .

      Mb. Shabmas Chawfohd's Monos.—The Patrio...

      Mb . Shabmas Chawfohd ' s Monos . —The Patriot of Tuesday , in reference to Mr . Crawford ' s motion on Monday night , in opposition to all grants for religious purposes , says : — "Mr . Hindlcy seconded the motion , which found no other supporter ; and it was rejected by a majority of 141 to 2 . " This is incorrect The two that voied were Messrs . Duncombe and " rvakley , the representatives of Finsbury Messrs . Crawford and Hindley were the tellers : so the motion was supported bj four . Liverpool , Thursday Evexkg . —The new packet ship Waterloo , Captain Allen , has just arrived here from New York , whence she sailed on the 11 th ult . ; and by her we have been put in possession of papers from that city three days later than these previously received . The New York Sun publishes the particulars of the loss of the steam-boat Swallow , having on board 350 passengers—the particulars of which wc subjoin .

      Loss op the Steam-Boat Swallow . —The steamboat Swallow , Living on board about 350 passengers , left Aloany last Monday evening at six o ' clock , for this city . When opposite Hudson , near Athens , she struck a rock and broke in two . What rendered the scene more appalling was the total darkness of the night—the water comingop to the hurricane deck , and the ladies being drawn up through the skylights drenched in water . The heeling of the boat brought the fire of the furnaces ineontactwifhthewood , and a Same burst forth , lighting up at once , and adding to the horrors of the scene ; surrounded by fire and water , every effort was made by each person to provide for their own safety . The terror seemed to lie at its highest when the boat broke in two , the water

      cue , c auun , j . v ujia ; -. u moment the steam-boats Express and Rochester came up , and immediacy got out all their boats , to pick up those who were in the water , and save the residue who were clinging to the wreck—of these the Rochester took on board 150 , and the Express fifty . Many were known , however , to have reached Hudson and Athens , as boats were promptly dispatched from both laces . The rock is well known , and had the pilot kept in the channel the accident would not have occurred . We have received the following particulars from C . Pratt , Esq ., of Covert , Seneca county , Hew York , who was a passenger in the ; Swallow at the time of the disaster : —On going into the ladies' cabin , after the vessel had struck , he found it full of ladies , and , seizing his two daughters , he rushed forward , in company with his grandson , leaving in the ladies' cabin two ladies named Coffin , who were in company with an aged lady from Troy , these being the only ladies whose names were known ita his daughters . Passing to the forward deck , he was Diet by some one who told him to keep off the bowa , as the boat was going down ; and as he turned to get . to die hurricane deck , with his daughters and grandson , he was met by a rush of water sweeping over the lower deck from the stern , and turning round caught a glimpse of the two Misses Coffin behind him ; but , on gaining the upper deck with his charge , they were missing ; search was made for their bodies on the lower . deck , and one of them recovered , but quite dead . The other could not be found . As the fcoat sunk , about twenty-five or thirty , or more , took v « uge in the state room , believing that they would »« safe , but they were soon overwhelmed , some es caping on settees , chairs and tables , and floating aw r ay * . b ^ c » ftw gained tlie hurricane deck , but it ttwued . Of those wi , 0 ftoated ttff , about f ,

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      twenty ) two gentlemen and a lady were found clinging to a settee about a mile and a half below the wreck , dtt three alive , but greatly exhausted . They were men to Athens . Of the others who tried to save themselves by similar means , nothing was known up to yesterday afternoon , and it is feared they have perished . Passengers saved : — The Express took on board 40 The Rochester 04 Carried to Athens and Hudson 70 Total !< M Passekoers Lost or Misbiso . —The following are the lost and missing , as far as ascertained : — Missing . —Mrs . Conklin , Miss Coffin , of Troy ; Mrs . Gilson and two young ladies , from Albany whose brother was at the wreck anxiously searching for their bodies ; Mrs . Walker , of New York ; Mrs French , and Mrs . Lambert .

      Bodies Focxd . —Six bodies were found on the main deck , between the captain ' s office and the ladies ' cabin—viz ., two Misses Wood and Miss Coffin , of Troy ; one gentleman , and a lady , names unknown ; a middle aged woman , apparently a native of Ireland ; two more bodies were picked up near Hudson ; Mrs . Colfcon and Miss Briggs , milliner , both of Troy , and one lady with a thimble in her pocket having the initials W . M . C , were found at the wreck . A gentleman of Detroit , named Huest , having a bag containing 1500 dollars in gold , jumped overboard with the bag upon his arm , but was soon obliged to let it go . He was only saved by having fortunately grasped a narrow strip of board as he jumped .

      The Northern Star. Saturday, Mat 10, 1815.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MAT 10 , 1815 .

      The Chartist Movement. Fbom Whatsoever C...

      THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT . Fbom whatsoever cause the chance may spring , —and all , even the very existence of the nation , now depends on ctonce , —there does appear a chance of CHANGE -, and whether that change may arise from "the disarrangement of our system of currency ;" from "over-stocked markets ; " from an " explosion of the railway bubble ; " from "the limitation of artificial credit ; " from " a European or American war ;" from the death of the "King of the Barricades , " or the exit of the "Iron Duke ; " from " a kick-up in Ireland , or from what is more likely , more

      proximate , and more natural , from a bad harvest : from whatever chance CHANGE may spring , it is the duty , the bounden duty , of the Chartist body to remain firm , united , and determined , so that when the time comes their fold may be the one secure spot in which all affrighted stragglers may take refuge . To simple individuals or half-instructed communities the achievement of so extensive a change as that proposed by the People's Charter appeared easy of accomplishment ; while to the more reflective mind it naturally presented the necessity of a union of those elements by which alone it could be secured .

      Not wishing to underrate even the value of the cloud which portended the first storm of universal indignation that burst upon the present system , we shall not underrate the value of those who rode upon the whirlwind ; but we do accord greater honour to those who have not abandoned the pursuit after the storm had passed away . A nation may be roused into enthusiasm : but can be only led to thought by philosophy : and to a proper direction of the sound mind alone must we look for the advantages of enthusiasm and thought . The interested leaders , who ingratiated

      themselves into popular favour during the first moments of excitement , placed no more practical ad-Taj-tages before the public mind than those which were nu m sea' from the transfer of power to their own hands . Timt day , however , has passed awayas proved by the recent representation of the improved mind of the cS ^ fc ** h * Convention : a body which did not confine its efforts to suiL 5 " row point , but who patiently mapped out the one valued social object ; and expounded the mode of achieving political power for its accomplish ment .

      When a people , bowed ^ neath the weight of national suffering imposed by class legislation , delegate to others the onerous duty of thinking for them , npon the assurance that their recommendations shall be carried into effect by universal compliance with all suggestions that are practical , feasible , and safe , the propounders of such plans are nottobe blamed for their failure , ifthatfailure depends upon the apathy of those for whose benefit they have been devised . To the proposition of the Conventionfor the extension of the franchise to all who under the

      Reform Bill , may acquire a vote , as well as to the project for testing the value of the land as a means of establishing the standard of wages , we need not say that we give our hearty concurrence : and , although in the present corrupt state of the House of Commons little importance may be attached to the acquisition of ten or twenty Chartist members , yet the people may rest assured that the several measures of taxation , economy , finance , free trade , agriculture , and State religion , forced upon the country through the corruption of its present representatives , will before long preclude , and forever , the recurrence of such

      an anomaly as we now daily witness—the surrender of a constitution to the caprice of a single Minister . Never again will the people of this country witness such a slavish toleration as has marked and degraded the present Parliament . And , apart from any of those changes to which we have referred , none would be more astounding in its effects upon the nation than a contested election . Those warring strifes and antagonist fears , now subdued and moulded to one man's dictates , would be let loose , and submitted to the . control of the popular will . It is for this time—for such an- event—that we seek to

      prepare our readers : for , however distant all other chances of change maybe , the "days" of our present representatives " are numbered ! " and "the day of reckoning is at hand ! " We were not prepared for the last contest , further than to enter into an alliance for the destruction of our Whig gaolers , who held five hundred of the advocates ' of true principle within the walls of their dungeons . Our triumph then , though ' , of a negative quaHy , taught us our strength : and shall we not upon heneatoccasionturn that strength to positive advantag It was cheering , no doubt , to see the workingman standing besides the

      lordlingand the squire , propounding the principles of his order ; and it was creditable to see those hands for whose emancipation he contended held up in approval of those principles . But how much more advantageous to the national cause if the experiment had resulted in the return of some twenty representatives whose labours would not have ceased when the enthusiasm of the nomination had subsided ! Then , as a registration committee has been appointed , presided over by Mr . Duncombe , we trust that ere long we shall be enabled to present the fruits of their labour as an inducement to general action .

      As to the Land project , the important Trades Conference and the Chartist Convention having both decided upon the necessity of such an experiment , we must naturally come to the conclusion that the principle has made no little way in the public mind ; and that all that is now requisite is a vigorous effort on the part of those entrusted with its management to give it effect . "Upon the whole , passing events impose upon us the duty of warning the Chartist body . There are symptoms , strong symptoms of approaching dissolution—not only ol the Parliament , but of the rotten svstem of which it is the faithful

      representative ; and the question with the people must be , whether or no they will be prepared for the contingency—whether they will submit to another seven years of misrule—whether they will allow the last remaining portion of their common lands to be enclosed for the benefit of others—whether they will submit to worse than Egyptian slavery , in order that Ministerial influence may be purchased by a second State Church—whether they will submit to the insulting declaration that " one in every

      ten of their ord er is a pauper , " while their taskmasters are seeking safe investments for the produce of their labour ; whether they will admit to twelve noun' toil of their vrxtt and children , that a Tory Minister may remain in the ascendant—or whether they will have a small band of patriotic representatives in the House of Commons who will make their wants , their grievances , their wishes , and their principles ring throughout Europe and the world ; whether they will establish a standard round

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      which the popular will outside may rall y ; whether they will insist upon the restoration of martyrs who have been the victims of traitors banished from our ranks ; whether they will have their own land , and cultivate it for their own purposes ; whether , in short , they will have a Ministry of their own choicelaws of their own enacting—comforts of their own creation—and a country they may call their own . Such is the choice that we place before the Chartist body . Apathy , indolence , and neglect will lead to the perpetuation of the system that we have so long laboured to destroy ; union , activity , and energy will lead to the blessings we have described .

      Maynooth. The Two State Chubches. The Po...

      MAYNOOTH . THE TWO STATE CHUBCHES . The policy by which Sir Robert Peel has been enabled so far to ensure the success of his measure for the Endowment of the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland , while it reflects great credit on his head and heart , as far as it is a manifestation of contrite repentance for past sins , and an exhibition of consummate skill in the manner in which he has managed the refractory of his own party , and chimed in with

      the necessities of his opponents , still confers but little credit upon the House of Commons . The one may plead " the tyrant ' s plea , "—necessity , —for his act : but the alacrity with which the mass of " the representatives of the people" have not only eaten their own oft-paraded professions , but set themselves in direct hostility to their own " constituents " at the bidding of the Minister , proves them to be thoroughly abject and servile to power , and wholly oblivious or disregardful of the relationship that ought to subsist between a " representative" and the " represented . "

      Hitherto the opposition offered to the measure has failed ; it having become the fashion just now for the members of Parliament to demonstrate their " INDEPENDENCE" by voting directly in , the teeth of those who sent them ! The Minister has set the example ; and , like well-bred Ministerial adherents , the bulk of "the House" must follow it . He has openly confessed that it is his duty to set at defiance the expression of public opinion that has greeted his " necessary" perfidy , because it is all the result of a mere " ferment " in the public mind ; and he avers that when the feelings of indignation

      which his conduct in seeking to establish another State Church shall have cooled down some little , judgment will resume her seat , and his measure be not only understood , hut even supported , by those who are now carried away by the opposition " FERMENT . " We can understand this language , when addressed to one portion of the opposing party—that which maintains the righteousness of the principle of State establishments , and whose opposition is grounded on the fear that the endowment of a second Church will interfere with the ascendjuicv of the first . We can understand this as a gentle hint to

      the raving bigots of Exeter Hall , that tho " signs of the times" are such as to denote the speedy overthrow of all State Church Establishments ; and that the one , the only mode of ai all retarding the evil day , is for the present holders of the property stoUn from the poor to admit of others participating in the spoil . Such is , in fact , the meaning of Peel ' s measure . It is to strengthen the hold that Mother Church has on the State—a hold becoming weaker and weaker every day . It is to detach from the people those who have hitherto headed them in the assertion of the voluntary principle , because they were

      " out of the pale" and cut off from the enjoyment of the immense riches which excited their < aivy . It is to sop these gehiry , that P * bel has taken his course 2 Sd thus make it their interest to maintain and support the existing establishment ; and the manner in which his proposal has been received in Ireland by the priestly repudiators of aU State connection , shows that the Minister did not much miscalculate , when he baited his heok with the golden bait ! To that portion of the opposition whose desire is to keep in their own hands the Tithes , the Glebes , the Church Lands , and the magnificent Churches and Cathedrals of our land , and maintain the presumptuous

      ascendancy of a mere sect } the words of Peel are not devoid of meaning , and probably will not'be thrown away : and even to those who have taken their stand on the broad and intelligible ground of resistance to all State endowments for religious purposes ; who enunciate the true principle , that to favour one sect is an act of injustice to all the rest ; who contend that the people should be allowed to choose their own parsons , and pay them in accordance to notion of service rendered : to tftese the words of Peel are also far from devoid of meaning , and will surely incite to redoubled exertion to prevent the double evil which those words so plainly indicate .

      At the outset we stated one objection to the measure to be , the deadly influence that the promised " boon" would have upon all questions of political agitation : and our misgivings upon that sub' ect have not been lessened by the several admissions that the new grant is to be considered as the mere " restitution of a portion of that property which had been plundered from the Catholic Church of Ireland . " We could very well understand the propriety and justice of RESTITUTION , if the plunderers were the partiee to restore , and if the parties plundered were to be the recipients : but we cannot understand that

      justice which says , the people of Ireland have been plundered ; the plunder has been conferred by law upon the professors of an opposing faith ; the holders of the plundered property are too strong to contend with ; the Irish priests , who look for restitution , are too powerful to resist ; and , therefore , our will is , that the plunderers shall continue to hold what we dare not take away , while the English p eople shall be PLUNDERED to Turkish compensation , not to the Irish people who were robbed , kit to the Irish priesthood , ivho aforetime were the mere distributors of the plundered property . "

      This is putting the question upon its true basis We deny that there can be ' * RESTITUTION" unless tac thing stolen is restored ; and we deny that the compensation goes in the right direction , unless it is made to the parties for whose benefit the original property was applied . If ever there was a measure to which , notwithstanding all the fascinating prospects held forth by a strong Minister , public hostility has been unequivocally expressed , it is to the permanent endowment of the College of Maynooth . And this circumstance alone leads to the conviction that the present House of Commons , " whose days

      are numoered , " does not represent even a decent minority of the people of this country . And thus we arrive at the conclusion that the motion of Mr . Duncombe , to confine the operation of the pant to three years , supposing the opposition otherwise to fail , is the only tenable ground that the opponents to the measure have now left to them . Of course every effort will be made to obstruct and defeat the measure in committee . Those members who respect public opinion , and who are anxious that it should be brought to bear on an iniquitous measure like the present , arc bound to take that course . It is no ordinary battle that they have to light , nor is it to be

      fought under ordinary circumstances . Peel has avowedly set himself up against the people . He tells them that he holds their petitions to be of no value —that their opinions are worthless , being the result of a " FERMENT "—that the more they petition , the more he is bound to oppose himself to them . He has done this nakedly—undisguisedly . Hehasan unscrupulous time-serving servile crew of supporters . All the principlesof action for a Representative Assemble are trodden under foot . Tho contest has resolved itself into a struggle between the minister ' and the people . The former seeks to carry his point by wrecking the " independence" ° f tne Members of the House of

      Commons ; the latter can only succeed now , by the few who have regard for character and honour resist ing the unholy attempt . The nature of the struggle they are engaged in ; the momentous consequences to themselves and to the whole system involved in the contest , demand that they use every effort ; that they avail themselves of all circumstances ; that they take advantage of all the powers the forms of

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      the House place in their hands , to make that resistance successful . But , if after all , Peel should succeed ; if the horde of time-servers by whom he is surrounded enable him to vote public opinion a fool ; if he should manage , by the arts and speciousness of which he is so great a master , to defeat the efforts of the opposition—divided and disjointed as it is , because springing from such different and opposing principles of action—yet there is one ground oh which ar can cordially unite , and that is the motion of Mr . Buncombe ' s , alluded to above . It strikes us that even Peel himself , specious and plausible as he is , will find some difficulty in furbishing up a set of reasons for the rejection of that motion . He now

      says , that the opposition to his proposal springs from a "FERMENT" in the public mind-a" / eraient which time will allay . " He deems it is his "duty " to oppose , directly and unflinchingly , public opinion , because he knows better than the public what the nature , scope , and intent of his measure is , and what will be its effect in operation . He avers , that when the . ferment has subsided , the people will view the question in quite another light than they now do . Here is a test for the sincerity of those declarations . ' If he is convinced that those opinions are correct , he will not object to try them . Mr . Buncombe' s motion provides for that trial . He proposes , that if we are to have the infliction of another endowment for

      religious purposes , it shall be but , in the first instance , as an experiment ; that the time shall be limited , at the end of which Parliament can again deal with the question . He therefore proposes the limitation of three years . During that time the "ferment " surely will have subsided ! the people will have come to their senses : and if they are convinced with Peel that the measure is really a blessing and a boon , they will , having the benefit of experience to guide them , as stoutly support it as they now oppose Stand be better satisfied into the bargain . Therefore Peel , if he has any regard for what he says , and any confidence in his own predictions , will be glad to avail himself of the opportunity offered him to establish his character as a statesman who " saw before the people he ruled . "

      The period fixed by Mr . Duncombe for the first duration of the new Institution ( if we are to have it ) is just the exact one to enable the people to express their opinions , after the " FERMENT" shall have been allayed . He proposes three years . Before that period expires , we must have another General Election , unless , indeed , the present Parliament should be so enamoured of Sir Robert Peel , and he with the servile crew by whom he is supported , as to induce "the House" to follow a former famous precedent , and vote itself , when elected only to sit seven years , qualified to sit fourteen ! In two years , or so , the present Parliament—God be thanked !—will die " a natural death , " save and except the contingency

      we have named , which is hardly likely to occur in the present , temper of the times . There will then be a legitimate opportunity for the people making manifest their new conviction respecting the Maynooth measure , and of the electors returning members to the new House to give effect to the altered opinion of the country . But if it should turn out on that occasion , that public opinion has not undergone the great change predicted ; if the election should result pi the rejection of Sir Robert Peel and his obsequious supporters , why , it will only prove that our " great statesman" committed a mistake , and miscalculated : no great faults in statesmen nowadays !

      The Kmiftttion of the measure is just upon every $ i ?! e . as well as upon " expediency "—the real principle of action now set up by all pities . Let us suppose that the measure is carried through the House , according to the Minister ' s present intentions ; and that so carried , it becomes permanentthat is , as permanent as this Parliament can make it ; and suppose that a subsequent Parliament—a Parliament that will not be bound to the support of the measure either by hope of place , distinction , or notoriety upon the one hand , nor intimidation upon the other ; a House that will pay at tention to

      petitions—if not of the unrepresented , at least to those of the electoral body ; suppose such a House to repeal the Maynooth endowment , we ask if that fact , together with the unblushing disregard of public opinion now manifested by Sir Robert Peel , would not furnish good and ample grounds for his impeachment ? But suppose the probability of this measure being acceptable to a majority of the people , and that it should turn out that the present opposition has been marshalled by the fanatics of all religious parties ;—in such case a subsequent Parliament , representing

      that sound opinion , would doubtless fat the measure , and throw the shield of its protection over its present supporters . Shouldthesupportersofthemeasuretherefore object to the proposed limitation to three years , it is evident that they are sceptical as to public approval of it—that they dread the " cry to which it would give rise , notwithstanding that Peel is sufficient of a tactition to know that there would be less interest attached to a " cry" for a repeal of a measure that has been carried , than to the " cry" of resistance to the proposal for the endownent of a rival Church .

      Our first impression as to the ultimate intention of Sir . R . Peel , has been strengthened by the admissions of the most influential of both parties in the House of Commons : admissions to the effect that the proposed grant is the mere preliminary step in the march of Catholic Church Endowment : a march to be measured in its strides according to the ability of Irish agitation to advance it . And hence Mr . O'Connell ' s fresh enthusiasm pending the discussion . This is his policy . He says , " I must pull the strings of my show-box . I must parade my puppets in rapid succession . I must keep the gaping

      eye and strained ear upon the stretch . I must divert thought from the real object—the purchase of the Catholic priesthood . I must lull suspicion by a series of popular exhibitions , where Repeal out-tops all other considerations , until Ireland , all Ireland , makes itself party to the ministerial measure : and , that done , the people will have harnessed themselves in the new State Church-cart ! Repeal shall then sink , through local apathy : and I will seek for some less disturbed waters whereon my shattered bark may float for tlie remainder of my days . "

      It is quite evident that the resuscitated Repeal agitation is not a real agitation . It is but a " delusion , a mockery , and a snare , " intended to lure the popular mind , while Ireland is being sold to the English minister . Sir Robert Peel will truly understand , and justly appreciate the necessary ribaldry of Mr . O'Connell . He is playing precisely the same game for the Tory Minister that he played for his Whig friends , whom he abused and ridiculed in public that he might be the better able to furnish an excuse for protecting them against the assaults of their enemies . Peel knows that he could not carry the Maynooth Endowment if the people of Ireland

      were allowed to think upon it . He knows that the counter agitation is to prevent thought ; and thus he and Mr . O'Connell are playing into each other ' s hands . O'Connell will have the bluster ; but Ireland will have the blister . He will soften down the odium that would otherwise attach to himself—while the thing once dene , fastens the Union between the two countries with a newly-forged chain , while the slender one that bound them might have been snapped if the Irish leaders had but the common courage of men . It is a melancholy thing to see a nation sold , while her heroes bluster like bullies ; to see a people conquered by conspiracy , while their frothing advocates speak in warlike thunder .

      The " moral iorce" repudiators of the " physical force" Chartiste do not condescend to limit their ruminations to the "torch and the dagger . " They speak of whole " fleets sweeping the channel ; " whole " nations rising" as if by magic , and countries changing hands like railway shares . " Should fifty thousand Frenchmen land on English ground , " says Mr . Smith O'Brien : "should an American fleet sweep the channel ; " " should a million of Irishmen in England and Scotland , and should seven millions of Irishmen rise enmassc , " and shmdd nothing stand m the way of

      Maynooth. The Two State Chubches. The Po...

      success , Mr . S . O'Brien SHOULD have said , " what could prevent the completion of our object V Mr . O'Connell ' s very logical answer to Mr , Macauley ' s veryma gniloquent bluster , was " Bah ! " " Bin ! is our answer to Mi " . Smith O'Brien . Should the "fifty thousand Frenchmen" laud upon English ground , there would not be one Frenchman for every forty of the two millions of English Chartists that would show them the way to their boats or their graves . No no , Mr . Blusterer : the English Chartists are

      not to be caught with honey , whether " civil" or " religious : " The English Chartists have a principle to contend for , and they will admit of no Foreign aid , used upon their own territory , to insure its success ; while they will cheerfully take advantage o all foreign ekcumstances to aid them in its accomplishment . It is not during the moment of excitement on such a question that its effects upon the actors can be felt . The treason of the " Conciliators" and of the '" 82 Warriors in Buckram" will not be discovered untP

      their hall is empty , their regimentals faded , and their country sold ; and then , if not till then , those who subscribed their pence for the purchase of their country ' s freedom will ask for that " balance sheet" in which " Ireland for the Irish" was to appear on the credit side .

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      Anticipated Death Of Genebal Jackson, — ...

      Anticipated Death of Genebal Jackson , — Wc are sorry to announce that , by the late New York arrival , we hear that the death of GencralJackson was momentarily expected . Hokbible . —Can it be True ?—The following letter appeared in the Tims of Wednesday : —Sir , —I reside very close to a certain churchyard at the west-end , and therefore have an opportunity of watching the proceedings of the gravediggers . On the 28 th of April last , to my astonishment , I saw a gravedigger emptying a pit full of human bones - , he placed them in a basket , which he covered with a cloth . He was watched out of the churchyard , with the basket , by a person in my

      house , and was followed to a rag and bone-shop in Upper Rupert-street , where I have no doubt he got a good price for the hones . When a grave is made and any bones are found , they are always put into a pit in the church-yard , and when the pit is full , it is emptied in the manner above described . I intended to have informed you of tlie above on the day it occurred , but was prevented . However , I will leave you and the public to reflect upon , and draw your own conclusions from these disgraceful facts , so abhorrent to a Christian nation . I enclose you my card in confidence , and remain , sir , your obedient servant , Vioisans . A Manufacturing Operative . —Put two or three seeds in each hole , and , in thinning out , leave the most healthy plant . Dibble the seeds two inches deep .

      Our correspondent does not say how old the seed is . It will vegetate when five years old , in all ordinarycases of preserving it ; but new seed is always the best . The plants are stronger and sooner push into rough leaf , giving a sure and a much heavier crop , in tlie same time , from the sowing . W . Seagbove , Babhsiei . —We will reserve his letter for future use should occasion call for it . Elizabeth Smith , Dockhbad . —No . She cannot vAU the property . She has only a life interest in it . 11 is left to " her and her heirs for ever . " Of course her eldest son is the heir , and succeeds to the property at his mother's death , and holds it for his life , when it again descends to his "heirs and assigns for ever , " A Constant Subscriber , who posted his letter in Great

      Portland-street , should have given his name , when asking such questions as he has put relative to Mr . Farrer , secretary to the harmonic meetings at the Feathers Inn , Warren-street , Tottenham-eourt-road . If that gentleman pleases to call at the printing-office , he shall have the letter , as it concerns him . W . Hameb , Oldham , wishes to know the present address of Mrs . Duncan and Mrs . Ellis . Perhaps the parties wiU communicate with him . A note addressed to him , at Heslop ' s Temperance Coffee House , will reach his hands , J . H „ Camden Town . —His communication is declined , lie grasps at far too much in the present state of information ; and to publish such an extensive project would be hnt throwing n cap against the wind .

      C . Reynolds , Penzance . —His letter , dated March 2 t ) th , announcing the election of a Chartist Board of Highway Surveyors , has but just come to hand ( Thursday ) It was addressed to " 180 , Strand , " The office is situate at " 130 , Strand . " No . " 180 " is a post-office , at which we desire our remittances to be made payable , but certainly have no desire that they should he favoured with our communications . Let our friends be careful to observe the exact address . T . Winters , Leicesteb . —A letter addressed to the secretary of the Barnsley Weavers' Association , care of' Mr . F . MirfieJd , Barnsley , will best answer his purpose . Elms Latdbuby , Folkstone . —The agreement will stand . He cannot be ousted . It would , however , he well for him to get tho document stamped . This can be easily

      d « ne , he paying the fine . Wh . S . Jones , Lancabteb . stbeet , Birmingham . —We believe that the law allows an offer of marriage to bar the claim a mother has on a " putative" father for the support of his bastard , and we regret that it does so ; for certainly the support or non-support of the child ought not to rest on such an issue . Marriage is an engagement to which both sides ought to be willing parlies , and any law or custom that seeks to drive cither side into a matrimonial connection , when the mind revolts from it , is an intolerable tyranny . In the case in question , if our correspondent , knowing as he does that the woman whom he has seduced has " strong objections" to a matrimonial connection with him , should make the offer of marriage when before the magistrate *

      for affiliation , he will prove himself to be a very rascal . He has seduced her who confided in him ; he has caused her to become a scoff and a bye-word to those who knew her ; he has burdened her with his own offspring ; she has both a moral and a legal claim on him for pecuniary aid in support of his own child ; and if he should shuffle off that claim by a mere subterfuge , he adds injury to injury , and shows himself to he destitute o ( all honour and all shame . Mb . O'Connor ' s Engagements . —Mr . O'Connor has been long engaged to dine with the Carpenters at Highbury Barn on Whit Monday ; and his other engagements for the week will preclude the possibility of accepting any of the other invitations he has received ; but he hopes shortly to be able to make an effective tour for the

      revival of Chartism . To Pebsons fob whom Monies have been sent to Mb . O'Connob . —Small sums of money have been sent to Mr . O'Connor for individuals . AU persons from whom such sums have been sent , will have the goodness to say , hy letter , to whom they shall be paid in London , or sent by Post-office ^ order . Mr . O'Conner begs to say , that he will not in future receive sums sent for private purposes . He has quite enough to do with the national funds entrusted to him : not that these are large in amount , but they become complicated , some sending to the General Secretary , and some sending to the Treasurer . Now , this is to give notice , that all monies

      subscribed to the national fund must be sent by Postoffice order , addressed to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Northern Star office , 310 , Strand , London ; and payable to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., at the Post-office , ISO , Strand -. otherwise Mr , O'Connor cannot keep his accounts correct : . and every incorrectness must he his own loss . Let this to plainly understood : that all monies for the Executive must in future be sent to the Treasurer ; and , further , that Mr . O'Connor requests that all persons having money for individuals will send it direct to those for whom it is subscribed , Patrick O'Higgins . —We are reluctantly obliged to withhold tlie address till next week .

      Samuel Spooner , Sheffieed . —We thank him for his letter . The conduct of Mr . Steel , as detailed in that letter , is truly disgraceful . ItisalsojilJy . Imagine a man complaining that his speeches were not reported , because the reporter could not write short-hand , and thn complaining that they were not inserted . because a partyabout the officehadonce had cause to complain of the speaker . Why , the silly man contradicts himself . If his speeches were not reported , and could not be because the reporter could not " take" them , how the deuee could they be refused insertion ? The fact is , the man wanted a " grievance , " and told a falsehood to make one . He was treated just as every other member of the body was treated , and every word furnished was duly published . But some people cannot appreciate an effort to serve them . Was there another jjournal in the kingdom that took the slightest not ce of the meeting ? Steel ought to be ashamed of himself .

      Monies Received By Mr, O'Connor. Fob The...

      MONIES RECEIVED BY MR , O'CONNOR . FOB THE EXECUTIVE , £ S . d . From Dundee 0 3 0 From three persons at Newcastle .. .. " 0 16 C 0 . NTB 1 BUTI 0 . VS . From Newcastle .. ., 0 6 0 victim fund . From Dundee 0 4 0 convention . From Dundee 0 10 O

      duncombe testimonial . From a few friends at Ilkeston , per J . Sweet ,. 0 i i MB , COOPER . * From the Chartists of Deptford and Greenwich ., 0 7 6 * This gentleman having declined to receive the sums subscribed for hiin , it is requested that those parties who have forwarded subscriptions to Mr . O'Connor will send to the office , No . 340 , Strand , whore the respective sums will be repaid to them . RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY , DESCRIPTIONS . S . d . Sl a , Clock-house , West- T . Salmon , ditto .. 0 6 minster .. .. 3 0 Northampton ( oldloc . ) 2 6 Preston ( old locality ) 8 0 Butterl y to City of London .. .. 4 1 J Mr . G . Hinton { 6 months ) 2 2 W . Salmon ( 1 month ) 0 6 .

      CARDS . Lambeth 10 0 Rufty Ridley ., .. o 3 Marylubotie ,. ., 6 9 Hammersmith ., , 2 0 Somcrs Town .. .. 5 0 Camberwell „ . 10 Brighton 7 6

      Monies Received By Mr, O'Connor. Fob The...

      DONATIONS . Mr . Drewett , Oxford T . Salmon .. " " " 6 lew . " •¦ 0 5 City of London n DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . " ' William Salmon .. .. .. . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER ' . ^ creiaty

      Balance Sheet Of Receipts And Expindmm T...

      BALANCE SHEET OF RECEIPTS AND EXPiNDmm THE LATE CONVENTION . W Receipts of Delegates from fifteen districts f , - d . ValeofLeven " ' JO q Dundee " I J" 0 Norwich " " « 0 Greenwich " "" 0 •¦ » 5 | a . Expenditure . * Rent of Room f s - < 1 . Doorkeeper .. .. " j ° 0 Paper , pens , ink , penholders , & e . ., .. " J ? ° Printing bills " "' * 7 J Marylebone meeting " " " 0 South London Hall " " « 9 V 12 o Donation from Directors of the South London 1 ° 3 ^ Hall , and Collection tit j

      Total Expenditure .. .. Trr—Total Receipts .. .. 9 5 o " 1 Total Expenditure .. 4 13 u Balanceinhand .. .. 4 11 loi

      Honour To The Champions Of Free Tnooom A...

      Honour to the Champions of Free Tnooom A soiree of the friends of Mr . G . J . Holyoalce to take leave of him previous to his departure for q ' w gow , will be held at the Hall of Science , City-road on Sunday May 11 th . Mr . Julian Harney will tab the chair , and Mr . Thomas Pateraon will be present Tickets may be had of Mr . Watson , Pau lVallev Paternoster-row ; Mr . Hctherington , HolyweU-sfaJ' . Mr . Powell , 266 , Strand ; Mr . Stewart , 23 , John street , Tottenham-court-road ; Social Institution 5 Charlotte-street , Blackfriar ' s-road ; Ditto , II ^ , l , . street , Whitechapel ; Ditto , Frederick-place , Goj . well-road ; Hall of Science , City-road ; and at the Partheniun ) , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane .

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      Daring Robbery . —On Saturday afternoon ( Mav 3 rd ) , between four and five o ' clock , Mr . E . Turner of the Rising Sun , Brooksby-street , Barnsb v-road Islington , was robbed of a small cash-box contain / nil notes andjold to upwards of £ 110 . Therobbcrv waa effected by three men who were hanging about the house for some time , and of whom he had received a quantity of silver , for which he returned gold ind having occasion to go to the cellar a short time ' ifW wards the robbery was effected . Ik unfortunatelv exhibited his cash-box at the time of giving chanTo which the thieves took note of , and having left it in the bar parlour in his absence , they secured it and

      Death of Mb . Thojlas Hoon . —We regret to have to announce the death of this distinguished writer lhe event , which had been anticipated bv hiniseF and his friends for some time past , took nlaoc on Saturday evening . —Globe . KXTIUORMNAKT OasE OF ATTEMPTED SuiRIOE _ 0 ll Saturday last Mr . Sly , landlord of the William the Fourth , Flagon-row , Deptford , discovered that he had been robbed of certain monies , & c , and men . tioned the facts to his family and servants . Amongst the latter is a young woman , named Mary Aim Wiggins , who , on hearing the circumstances , became greatly excited and went away . Shortly afterwards a customer to the house went to the water-closet and found the door fastened within . After waiting a

      short time the door was forced open , and a noise was distinctly heard of some person struggling in the night soil . On examining the spot the poor creature was discovered immersed over head , scarcely a vestige of her person or dress being discernible . Less than half a minute ' s delay and suffocation would have been complete . Assistance was immediately afforded , and with much difficulty she was drawn out of her awful predicament by means of an iron rake which waa placed under her arm-pits . This , however , was not effected without bruising and lacerating her person , Mr . Downie , who saved the woman ' s life , says her head was completely under the soil , and it appeared that when he had drawn her partly out she struggled hard to effect her purpose , Mr . Downing , police

      surgeon , who attended her , states that it was with much time and difficulty that suspended animation could be restored , and that her person was much bruised in getting through the seat of the closet , The place where she was discovered is at least ten feet deep . On getting out she was stripped by two women in the back yard , and with a large tub of hot water and abundance of soft soap and brushes she was ultimately brought round . Her mouth , nose , and eyes were filled with the night soil , and but for the moans so promptly afforded by the surgeon and otto her life must have been sacrificed . After bathing her for a couple of hours by the kitchen fire she was removed to the infirmary of the Greenwich union until convalescent , when she will be taken before the sitting magistrate . Daring Burglary is Great WixnsuLL-STREEr , IllTMiTlTTTt'P C \ w ftnluwAnv ninvninir YinfiirstrtM + Via 4—via MUllUUOiT

      »*» * «« mwM *« - JUUtlUllg } UCKTTCVU W 1 C hours of two and six , a daring burglary and robbery was committed at Mrs . Caroline Ford ' s , a widow , keeping the Red Lion Tavern , No . 20 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket . Itappcars that the thieves effected an entrance at the back of the house , and succeeded in plundering the bar and bar-parlour of the whole of their contents , taking from the till and cash-box a considerable sum in gold and silver , several valuable articles of plate , a gold repeater , ic , They also regaled themselves with fowl and r oast beef from the larder , drinking several bottles of wine and rum , and apparently perused the newspaper , it being spread on the table where they had been feasting . It is supposed they must have been some time in the place , from the great quantity of liquor they consumed . Neither Mrs . Fordnor her sorviintsheard the slightest noise , and the robbery was only discovered when the house had to be opened in the

      morning . Capture of the Celebrated Slave Felucca , which Engaged the Growler ' s Pin . vack . —Extract of a letter , dated Sierra Leone , March : Ju , 1845 :- " The two celebrated fast-sailing armed Spanish Feluccas ( the Hurican and Pepita)— -which had so frequently escaped from the fleetest cruisers on tlio coast , carrying away annually more than 3000 slaves-have at length been captured by her Majesty ' s steam-vessel ; Hydra , in the Bight of Benin ; the ' former is the : vessel that engaged the Growler ' s pinnace in tlie i west bay , near the Shevbovovigh River , about the »«« - die of January ; this was an infamous act , for tlicy ' hove to for the boat , which could not otherwise have i overtaken them , and allowed her to approach within 1

      thirty yards , when a fierce fire was opened upon her r from some swivel pieces , carrying onc-pouml balls ,, and from more than 50 muskets . It was quite an miracle that one man in the pinnace escaped . Thee mizen of the Felucca shows the effect of the boatVs lire , for it is thoroughly perforated , ami the mainsail ia ia also much cut up , besides which five men who weves named in the Felucca ' s papers were not in her whensn she was captured ; they , no doubt , fell in the engage-cnient . Tim Felucca ' s crew consisted of upw ards otot sixty men , and these a desperate , determined set of of villains . There were 700 slaves ready for this vcsschcl at the Gallinas , but only 70 , which she had p icked upip in the l'i . ; 'hts , were found onboard . Theliy dra ' a ' a second prize , the Pepita , was taken eight days attcrci

      the first capture . This was a night chase , and a veryrj interesting one ; the Felucca persisting in her cn-wdoavours to getaway , after she had been several tiiiieaca struck by the steamer ' s 68-pounders , mostoi ' wlucncl went through her sails , as the firing was purposeljel ; high , but one tore up her bulwarks . She earned onon however , until the steamer came up with her , wheiiei she was boarded and taken possession of by tho fira ' rs lieutenant , who found a long 18-pounder gun , loadedc with round shot and grape , pointed over her quartcitci several swivel pieces for 1 lb . balls , loaded , and fouou large chests of arms , all loaded , most of them douoii Wy ; even the pistols were double shotted . ThTh deck was strewed with round and grape shot , anan there was a cask full of cartridges for the gun close act hand , besides 200 rounds in the magazine . The crew

      are ocspcratc rascals , and do not hesitate to oommimi acts of piracy whenever it suits their purpose to do so sc The Pepita had 312 slaves on board , and would haw completed her cargo to 550 in less than two hours , ; s , c four large canoes were on their way off to her frofron the shore when she made the Hydra out ( some liomomi after dark ) , and stood out to sea to run for it i » . i » most surprising manner . The African squadroilro " owingto Commodore Jones ' s admirablearrangerocntcnt . has been remarkably successful ; of late , and iiftetitai prizes have arrived here since the 1 st of J . iiiuaoar : nearly half of them arc very small and unimportantani and there has only been one vessel with slaves besiujsiul the Hydra ' s ; but much has evidently been don e teuton ing to check this iniquitous traffic , and there isc is : good prospect of the principal means of its co coi tinuance being destroyed . —Hampshire Telegrap h . 1 .

      Fatal Accident bv Machtkerv at Maxcitestsb . en . On Friday a most melancholy and fatal a ccident int i j etirred at Messrs . Yates ' s mill , commonly called t \ A til Hoe Hive Mill , Jersey-street , in this town . It app « j » pM that on the morning of Friday , a female , about nit years of age , named Elizabeth Elliot , went into Uo t . mill in search of employment , which she had been P » n p " mised . On entering the room in which she was to h » o I ;» i been employed , her clothes were caught by an uprigprig ! shaft going at the time at the rate of 100 rovolut'Outio ' a minute . She was instantly " lapped" toun « Wi « " shaft , and several minutes elapsed before the cmj'eng ' could be stopped to extricate her . The shaft issitwtotn « within a few inches of the wall , so that with cah cat revolution she was dashed against the wall . She % > w dreadfully mutilated and quite dead when taken < M dow In the evening , an inquest was held before Mr , -j , -ai man and a respectable jury , when a verdict o t ot cidental Death was returned .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10051845/page/4/