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    • BOOKS PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY JAMES WATSON, 8, Queen*. Head-passage, Pater-MSfer-row.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR , SATORDAY, DECEMBER 18. ' 1847
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      Books Published And Sold By James Watson, 8, Queen*. Head-Passage, Pater-Msfer-Row.

      BOOKS PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY JAMES WATSON , 8 , Queen * . Head-passage , Pater-MSfer-row .

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      SBOI'LE'SEDniOH OF THE PIR & ATORY OF SUICIDES : with corrections ami additions . By Thomas Cooper , the Chartist . To ba completed ia sir parts at sbspecce each ; or in eighteen numbers at twopence each . Parte 1 , 2 , and 3 , and numbers 1 to ? , axe as w ready , EJekara Carina ' s Manual of Freemasonry , the three parts complete ia 1 voL , cloth boards 6 s . Stm publishing ia weekly » utnber » at Two f ^ f % f ^ ia monthly parts at Ninepence each , THE REASGNEB , and UTILITARIAN RECORD , a Journal - of Theology , Morals , Politics , and Communism . Edite * by G . J . Hdyoake . Tels . 1 and 3 , price Fonrshillings and sixpence each aw now published . Eo ' joake ' s Mathematics no Mysteiy } » r , the beauties and Uses « f Euclid . . With plates , 1 vol ., price . Hiif-a-crown . , „ -. „ . , tt , Bajoake ' a Practical Grammar and Hand Book . I Tol . Price Tw « shUlingt and sixpence . s . d . ___—^ Practical Gramaar , bds . ... 1 6 Hand Book , cloth ... ... 10 w "rr" * ' ••• ° Text Bookbeing the substance of IS lec

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      , j i ' j i HEW LONDON DAILY PAPER-PRICE THREE " PENCE / THE LONDON TELEGRAPH , PRICE THREEPENCE , WILL BE PUBLISHED EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR , 1848 . In announcing a new Leaden Dally Newspaper , the Propristors triU endeavour to state the prospects and grounds on which they rely for sufficient Public support ; and they will particularly avoid statements and promises that cannot be supported by fasts . England , with her vast population , produces relatively fewer Daily Papers than any part ef the civilised world ; this paurity of a real necessity of Bfe was mainly caused by the lata enormous Stamp Duty , of fourpeace , which greatly reduced the number of Journals published m London . "Fifty years ago , without the duty , there were more Daily papers published in London than at the present . When the Stamp Duty was reduced to one penny enlv , the pnblio expected an increase of Daily Papers consequent on suchreduction . but with enly one exception in ten years , only one new Daily Paper was offered for its ^ The ' proprietorsoftheLONDON TELEGRAPH are convinced that the time has now arrived when the public ot this great country wiU receive , with satisfaction , ssew Daily Paper , which will be in accordance with the follow" tHE ^ MTOON TELEGRAPH will be published in London every day at Twelve o ' clock , with all the news received b y the Post of the same morning , and the amaxinsamck intelligence received by theElectaoTelegrapn j whichconqusrs time and space . —The dectnc Telegraph , with communications nearly completed tothe mostimportant districts , will revolutionise aU pur social relations and , with it , the Daily Press of London . Thepubhc will not rest satisfied to bs in ignorance for several hours of events occurring in distant important districts , but must be supplied with the valuable intelligence which the Electric Telegraph will •^""^•^ ftt , p . At Twelve o'dock each day THE LONDON TELEGRAPH wiU have Elecstic Expresses from—Birmingham Folkestone Newcastle Bristol Glasgow Norwich Barnsley Gloucester Peterborough Bradford Gosport Ramsgate Berwick HaUfax Rotherham Bridlington HuU . . Rochdale Canterbury Huntingdon Southampton Coventry Hertford Sheffield ' Chester Ipswich Stafford ' .-. Cheltenham : London Scarborough Chesterfield . Liverpool . ... Stamford . Cambridge ... . Leeds ' . , Stives .., ' Chelmsford Leicester ' Tunbridge Colchester Lincoln '"• : ( : ; Wolverhampton ' Deal ' Lowestoff' ; ' ^! Wakefield ' Dover : Margate ^ w » . Winchester .... > ¦ Dorchester Maidstone . , Wisbeaca-, Derby . Manchester . .. ; -il ,, r'Virare ... j ., -: ; .,: r , Darlington .. Northampton . ' Yarmouth , . " , ' . 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' how important to receive every day the Markets of England ; and , if possessed of' The London Tdegrapb / he wiU avoid , as is new frequently , the case , the sacrifice of selling his produce under the Market price , to persons who now get later intelligence than the seller , On the' publishing of * The London Telegraph , ' no person of any ' extent of business sLbuld be without this daily me ^ diumof news , as , instead of being an expense it would be a great saving—from the advantages to ba derived , compared with the trifle of One Shilling and Sixpence per Week . All the arrangements of Modern Soriety exactrapldity of supply as a chief element of success in a DaUy Journal . ' The London Tdegraph' will , in this respect , have an advantage over all other Journals—morning er evening . The Proprietors have secured the exclusive use of Litteb ' s-Pateht Double Action Pbistino Machine , by which many Thousand Copies may be Printed in each hour , and will enable ' The London Telegraph' topublish later news than any other Journal in the Afetropolis . The price of Threepence for « The London Telegraph , ' the Proprietors pledge themselves shall not be increased ; and , under no circumstances , be altered or departed from . At the price of Threepence , the Public will be secured a Feu sized , well-arranged Organ of Intelligence ; in every respect up to that standard of excellence which the wealth , the actively varied wants , of a great Commercial Country has established . To all possessing or speculating in Funded Property , Railway Shares . & c , & e , 'The London Telegraph ' wUl be indispensable ; on this head it will contain full and late exclusive inteUigence . ' The London Tdegraph' wiU be essentially a Family Kewsrami ; it will exclude all Advertisements and Paragraphs of an immoral nature , and , in this respect , WiU stand alone in the Daily Press . ' The London Telegraph' will be strictly independent in Politics—fearlessly asserting the Rights of the People at large , in Politics and Religion , and will be totally uninfluenced by the' Poweiathat be . ' 'The London Telegraph' will also contain amusing articles of interest to the Domestic Circle , with full Intelligence of the Dsama , Music , Fine Abts , & c , & c , Law ComtTS , Police , & c , & c ' The Londen Telegraph' First Edition , will be published at Twelve o'Clock—and be a Mid-day paper for the Metropolis-and forwarded the same day by the various Railways to reach mest parts of the Country the same evening . An Edition for Post , with News to Five o'clock every afternoon , will also be printed . * $ * ' The London Telegraph , ' Pbice Tubeepence , or Nineteen Shillings and Sixpence per Quarter , will be published and sent from the Office , and all desiring the paper should state to their Newsagent the EDITION REQUIRED . OFFICE 185 ,. FLEET STREET , LONDON , where all communications are requested to be addressed . Orders for a single Copy , or for a Quarter , or longer period , by Post office Order , or otherwise , to be remitted to Mr Samuel Collins , Publisher of the ' London Telegraph , ' of 1 S 5 . Fleet-street , aforesaid . -

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      Just published , price One Penny . R'DUCTION OF WAGES .-No . 1 of a Series of Tracts on the CAUSE and EFFECTS of REDUCTIONS iu WAGES . By Bobebt Bubbell . To be had of Mr J . Watson , Queer's Head-passage , Pa ternoster-row , London ; Wm . Love , Nelson-street , Glasgow ; of the Author , Sugar House-lane , Greenock , and all liberal Booksellers .

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      WEST RIDING OP YORKSHIRE . CHRISTMAS SESSIONS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the CHRISTMAS GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace for the West Riding of the county of York , will be opened at Knaresborough , on Tuesdat , the 4 th day of January next , at ten of the clock in the forenoon ; and by adjournment from thence will be holden at Wakefield , on Wednesday , the 5 th day of the same month of January , at ten of the clock in the forenoon ; and also , by further adjournment from thence , wiU be holden at Sheffield , on Monday , the 10 th day ofthe same month of January , at ten of the clock in the forenoon , when all jurors , suitors , persons bound by recognizance , and others having business at the said several sessions , are required to attend the court en the several days , and at the several hours above-mentioned . Solicitors are required to take notice , that aU appeals must be entered before the sitting of the court on the first day of the sessions at each of the above-mentioned places ; and that the list of such appeals will be called over by the Clerk of the Peace at the expiration ef half an hour from the opening ef the court ; and that all appeals in which counsel are not then' instructed , so as to be ready to proceed immediately ( ifcaUedupon so to do ) , wUlbe struck out . ¦ ¦ Solicitors are also required to take notice ,, that the order of removal , copies ofthe notice of appeal , and examination of the pauper , are required to be filed with the Clerk of the Peace on the entry of the appeal : —And that no appeals , against removal orders can be heard unless the chairman is also furnished by the appellants with a copy of the order of removal , of the notice of changeability , ofthe examination ofthe , pauper , and pf the notice and erounds of appeal . . , ' ..., And notice is also hereby given , that at the said General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden at JSTnarwborough aforesaid , an assessment for the-necessary expeases of the said riding for the half-year commencing the first day of April next , . will be „ laid . at the hour of twelve o ' clock at noon . .-. .. .. ... ,,.,. - •' ¦ ~ i- ¦ < AndTiotice is also hereby further given , that at the sessions to be holden at Wakefield aforesaid , on Wednesday , the 5 th day of January next , at the hour of twel « r / clock at-noon , a COMMITTEB OP JUSTICES of -the said riding , will beelected , for ^ the ^ urposes of .. the . West Riding Pauper Lunatio , Asylum for . the year . . theu next ensuing , pursuant . to . the 8 th and . 9 th . Tic .,, chap ., 12 C , sec . 12 . Cl H . ELSLET , ~ ' ' ¦ ¦¦¦ : - ¦ -.. : ;; ¦ * . ¦¦ : ¦ , ( jlerkofthePeace . ' ' Clerk of the Peace ' s Office , ; Wakefield , ' -. > - * • . •'• ' • - ¦ :- December , lOtalMT . ., ;; ,. : ¦ ¦ .,-, ' , -

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      PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS . O'CONNOR , Esq . ; M . P . IT ! MARTIN informs his friends and the Chartistbody I . ¦ generally , that he has reduced the-price of his litho-rapbic full-length portrait of their IUustrious Chief to the following price : —Prints , la ; . coloured ditto , 2 s . 6 d .

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      TO TAILORS .. Now Ready , by approbation of her ' Majesty , Queen Yictoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert , THE LONDON and PARIS AUTUMN and WINTER FASHIONS for 1847 and 1 MB , by Benjamin Read and Co ., 12 . Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London , and by G . Berger , HolyweU-street , Strand , London ; a most magnificent and superbly-coloured Print , surpassing everything of the kind previously published , accompanied with the most fashionable full size Dress , Riding-, Frock , Hunting , and Wrapper Coat-patterns , with every particular part for each complete . Also , the most fash , tenable and newest style Waistcoat Pattern , including the manner of . Cutting and making up the whole , with information respecting the new scientific system of Cutting , which will be published Jan . 1 , 1818 , and will supersede everything of the kind before conceived . Price 10 s ; or , post free , to all parts ofthe kingdom , lis . Patent Measures , with full explanation , 8 s the set ( the greatest improvement ever known In the trade ) . Patterns to measure sent post free to aU parts of the kingdom , Is each . NEW PATENT INDICATOR , tor ascertaining proportion and disproportion in all systems of cutting , the method of using it , and manner of variation clearly illustrated—Caveat granted to B . Read fer the same , April 22 , 1817 , signed by Messrs Poole and Capmael . Patent Office , 4 , Oid-square , Liacoln ' s-ian , London . —Declaration signed by the Right Honourable Sir 6 . CarroU , Lord Major of London , May 1 st , 18 * 7 . Price , with diagrams clearly explained , 7 s ; or , post free , 7 s 6 d . Sold by Messrs ReadandCo ., W , Hart . street , Bloomsbury-square , London- G . Berger , HolyweU-street , Strand , London ; and aU bookseUersin tha kingdom . Postomce orders and post stamps taken as cash . Habits H . H . L . performed for Se trade . Bustfor fitting Coats on Boys' figures .-Foremen provided . -Instructions in Cutting complete , for all kinds of Style and Fashion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short time , but the pupil may eonUnue until he is fully satisfied .

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      THE LAND . ' " " TO BE DISPOSED OF A T WO ^ ACEE ALLOTMENT ; situate at Lowbands , ! near , Ledbury . The successfid Allottee having engagements that , at present . - pre . elude his being able to avail himself of taking pes-Application to be made ( post-paid ) to A . Z ., at Mr Walker ' s , Grocer , Clarke ' s-place , Blshopsgate-street Within , City . London .

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      TO SUCCESSFUL ALLOTTEES . A MEMBER of the Land Company wishes to PURCHASE a TWO , THREE , or FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT , on Matbon , Snig ' sEnd , or Minster Lovel Estates . Minster Lovel would be preferred . Address , Thomas Hemming , 2 , Crescent-street , Eustonsouare , London .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition « f MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . Te be had at the Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Wiodnill Street ; and ef Abel Hey wood , Manchester .

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      JUST PUBLISHER ( Uniform with the " Labooreb" Magazine , ) Price 6 d . A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON SPADE HUSBANDRY , beidg the results of four years' experience . ; By J . SlLLBTT , M'Gowan and Co .. 16 , Great Windmill-street , London and may be had of all booksellers .

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      JfSTPUBLISHED . FKICE SIXPENOI , NO . XII . OF " THE LABOURER , " Witti a Portrait of P . O'Connor , Esq ., M , P . CONTENTS , 1 . The Age of Peace , a Poem , by Ernest Jones . 2 . The Insurrection of the Working Classes . 3 . The Morality of Commerce . i . The Romance of a People .-i 5 . The Poor Man's Legal Manual . : ¦¦' ¦ ¦/ 6 . NationalLiterature—Poland ; Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , 16 Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . : Orders received by all agents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in to . wn . and country .

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      .. { v , Just Published , price One Penny , A LETTER by PxAao ' osO'CoHHo ' a , Esq ., M . P ., 'TO ¦ THE RICH AND THE POOR ; To those who Live in Idleness Without Labour , and to those who era Willing to Labour but Compelled to Starve . ' . ' . . ¦ ' - mm »« m-- * K : i ... I .- : Price 2 » . perlOO , or . 18 ? . per . 1000 . . •¦ , . C TUUki MAY BE DONE ; WITH THREE'ACRES . :-Vf ;~ OF LAND / Explainedin a Letter / by Fbabqus O'Cosnoa , EBa . jU ; F . " n ' -r . To be had at the Office of the National Land Company 14 t , HighHolhorn . ' '' ' : '' ¦ ' , '• '

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      The Pobtbait of Ebnest Jones . —Agents'and subscribers who do not receive thtir papers direct from this office , will obtain their plates from the" party by whom they are supplied with the Sta » , To those who ihqutrn the charge , ' we beg to say , that THE'PRICE OF THE PLATE ( INCLUDING THE ' STAR ) WILL BE SEYENPENCE . ' ! - : ' •'

      The Northern Star , Satorday, December 18. ' 1847

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATORDAY , DECEMBER 18 . ' 1847

      The Chartist Campaign. When A System Is ...

      THE CHARTIST CAMPAIGN . When a system is rotten at the core , the taint gradually advances to the surface , and becomes apparent to the most casual observer , however much that surface may be varnished over by the arts of policy , and the sophistries of statesmen . Thus our elective system is receiving a blow from quarters least expected—or being exposed from the excess of its own corruption . The debate on the West Gloucestershire Election was an instance of this—and , we must say , that we consider the efforts made to stifle inquiry , as but little creditable to the House .

      TVe have a petition presented against a nobleman , holding-the nigh office of Lord-Lieutenant of his county—a petition signed by a large tody of electors—accusing the said nobleman of gross bribery and intimidation , of debauching the electors by strong drinks , and of using other illegal and unconstitutional means to influence the votes of the constituency ; whereupon the Attorney-General coolly tells the House that it has no right to interfere , and cites numerous instances of gross bribery and intimidation on the part of noblemen , of which the House declined taking cognisance . Parliamentary Reform was supposed to have obviated this difficulty , and to have enabled the House to interfere—but no !

      the Attorney-General tells us that under the Reformed Parliament , the same as before , bribery and corruption may stalk abroad untouched in the light of day 1 So ' much for Reform ! When it was objected that Lord Fitzhardinge was amenable to the House in his capacity of Lord Lieutenant , the Attorney General draws the nice distinction , that although Lord Lieutenant , he did not act in his capacity of Lord Lieutenant , butinthat of

      Landlord . The Attorney-General must be well acquainted with the actions and intentions of the noble lord , to be able to assert so positively that it was Lord Fitzbardinge the Landlord , not Lord Fitzbardinge the Lord Lieutenant , who made his tenants ( as alleged ) withdraw from a yeomanry troop . And surely the Attorney-General does not mean to legalise bribery and corruption in a Landlord , any more than in any other man . !

      Now , we care but little whether the guilt in this particular instance he proved or not , for we are well aware that the interference complained of is not the . exception , but the rule—as Sir Robert Peel intimated strongly enough , when requesting the House to pause ^ before coming to a decision , " as there would be such a tendency to present petitions of a similar nature ; " but we allude to Mr Wakley's motion , and the debate thereon , to show the mean , quibbling , and prevaricating spirit in which ihe Government- meets every attempt to investigate the

      rotten system which has raised them , and as proving howthey cling to the class privileges of aristocratic misrule . Captain Berkeley had even the assurance to intimate to the House , that" if the House thought fit to institute an inquiry , THE EARL would not object to it ; ' shortly , after which the gallant captain indignantl y retired . : A noble lord thought { this case established the necessity for the Ballot . "We agree with the noble lord—it does ; and something more , It establishes the necessity for THE CHAR .

      TER AND NOTHING LESS . When one of the first law officers of the Crown tells us that a landlord may interfere in elections with impunity , or that those complaining may , have recourse to the shadowyjindistinctness of " the law , " supposing that the petitioning' parties were able and disposed to incur the trouble and expense attendant on such a course ; when one of the objections ; raised against acceding

      to Mr , Wakley ' s motion is , that there would be such a number of similar petitions ; when we learn from the ; Attorney-General that the house has almost invariably scouted such investigations ; when we recollect that it is a wellmgh general custom to put a clause in leases of lands or houses , that the tenant shall vote as the landlord pleases ; when we recal the case of an M . P . for . a certain

      manufacturing town in Lancashire , who built hovels for his factory slaves , which he compelled them to rent at four ' shillings per week , deducting those four shillings out of their wages , while those who had families let the scarce tenantable sheds to others , at a loss of from one shilling to one shilling and ninepence per week , not brooking to put their -families in such unhealthy habitations , while they were obliged to sign a requisition for the future M . P ., and to vote for him 1—we say , when we reflect on these things , and that the law cannot touch

      them , we say it is high time there should be a new law , not a patchwork of the old systemwhich , like a rotten garment when mended with a new material , but grows more ragged and useless—but a new system altogether , that should abrogate the danger ot such enormities . We are well aware that the sameclasses would always make the same attempts , and that the Ballot alone , with our limited constituencies , would fail in the object of defeating bribery and intimidation . No ! you must render this crime against a people's freedom

      The Chartist Campaign. When A System Is ...

      impossible- ^ tp ; . prevent ,,, is ^ better .. than .., to , punish—and impossible it would become under the " Charter , that great political leyfer , by which all social reforms are to be carried . If the constituencies embraced the entire . male adult population , divided into equal Electoral Districts , and shielded by the Ballot , where is the purse that could bribe them—where is the " noble Lord " who could intimidate ?

      If the Electors of West Gloucestershire really wish to petition against illegal influence , they should petition for the Charter , since nothing short of that can redress their grievances , and not only theirs , but those of the country at large . To the work then , be our cry . The material is there . Millions of men—of thoughtful , of well-informed men—are pining in misery , and panting for redemption ; a fine enthusiasm pervades the toiling classes ; they are ready for the work ; even former enemies are joining them , stricken to the dust by the same monopolising hand that has crushed the

      labouring poor ; they all see that their own energies alone can save them from further , from unalterable . ruin ; they all are anxiously awaiting to take the field in the peaceful cam-> aign against oppression , under the banners of aw , order , and constitutional reform ; it needs nit an impulse to put the magnificent machinery in motion—a finger to point to the plan of action , and the people would embrace it . They are looking for that plan to guide their agitation to organise their ranks ; they expect it ; and never was a better

      opportunity for carrying a well-digested p lan of political agitation to a successful issue . The People ' s Leader is in the House , paralysing faction;—general misery without is preaching general union ; the agricultural counties are waking at last , and their fresh impulse should be fostered ; the metropolis , a nation in itself , is beginning to show symptoms of renewed energy , and emulating the glorious Chartism of the north ; confusion is in the camp of the enemy , —ay ! even those old allies , CHURCH and STATE , have fallen but ; and are fighting about the strawswhile the great

      , realities of want and tyranny are pressing mpuntain-like upon the nation ' s heart ; everything , favours , the . popular cause ; give us ,, we cry , in the name of the people , a programme of action for the peaceful campaign of constitutional reform—and , we doubt not , but the people will act . The necessity , therefore , of a Convention becomes daily more apparent , — and ,. indeed , of its assembling with thereassembling Parliament . Spirited addresses , —

      enthusiastic meetings , though they are the springs that feed the river of Democratic thought , are not enough—specific objects , a fixed course , and defined plan , are now demanded , and with these , rallying the great energies of oiirparty , we doubt not of a speedy triumph . To those who say the Charter is difficult to obtain—that long years must elapse first—we reply , in the words of the Attorney-General , that we shall have the

      Charter—WHENEVER THE PEOPLE WILL .

      Parliamentary Review. The Extra Session ...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The extra Session is about to close its labours . On Monday , if the Coercion Bill is sufficiently advanced , Lord John Russell is to move that Parliament shall adjourn to the 3 rd of February . In this , the last week of its sitting , the subjects have been of a more varied and miscellaneous character than any former week , but the work has been strictly limited to the matters contained in the Ministerial programme , as requiring immediate attention ;

      Coercion for Ireland , Inquiry into the Currency laws , and a Bill to regulate Railway Expenditure—which seems framed on the principle of shutting the stable door when the steed is stolen . The other questions , raised by individual members , have , in most cases , like the long passages in old houses , wittily described by a popular ., author , " led to nothing ; " except , it may be , " showing off the paces" ofthe originator , and giving the topics themselves a preliminary airing , previous to their full discussion when Parliament fairly sits down to

      work . : The Irish Coercion Bill was the medium on Monday night , of showing , in a very marked way , the working of the boasted British constitution , especially with reference to Parliamentary forms . In ordinary times , the deliberation with which these forms are gone through has u somewhat imposing effect , and impresses the spectator with a belief that they really achieve the object for which they ( were nominally intended- —namely , to prevent hasty , inconsiderate , or unjust legislation . In this

      instance , however , these forms were stripped of their ordinary trappings , and their naked working fully exposed . The third reading of the bill in the Commons " stood for Monday evening ; and as it was necessary to have it read a first time in the Lords that night , in order that it might be printed for the nominal information of the Peers , the Lords were compelled to wait until the Commons sent | it up , Having no business before them , the curious spectacle of some half dozen or more " noble Lords / ' was exhibited " cooling their heels , "

      in waiting upon the " other . House 'for nearly three hours . Scout after jscout was sent out to see how the Commons were getting onand the Lords nominally constituting "the House , " gradually dropped . off as the magic hour of dinner arrived , leaving , at last only four—namely , ; the Earl of Shaftesbury , to take the woolsack—Lord Campbell , on behalf ofthe Ministry , to move the firs ^ reading of the bill ; the Duke of Richmond , to represent " Her Majesty ' s opposition ;" and the Duke , of , Grafton to represent " the House . "' ,.

      .-. I he only relief to this dreary -and monotonous scene was , the first public visit to the House of Sir R . Peel , at an early period of the evening , and of Lord John at a later hour . It was somewhat interesting , to observe the reception given to the ex-Premier , by the Peers present . All the Ministers who happened to be in the House went to the bar , and after giving him a most cordial shake of the hand , entered intd familiar : 'iand ' friendly conversation ^ with him ,. The Duke , of .. Rich , mond , like ; . a stern , Protectionist ,, held . aloof from the A traitor ' . ' he had sooften denounced

      in his own peculiar- style ot 'eloquence ; His welcome to Lord John , afterwards , was perhaps meant ' as'a contrast , ' It was , excessively friendly-arid in ord ' erHft let thei . WhigMinister see the new frescoes of sHorsley ^ and i Maclise , which are at the back of the : Strangers ' Gallery , the Duke , fearless ' of the ^ terrors of "BlackRod /' actuaUy . ledhirn into the body of the House while the ft ' ouse . was still sittinff ! Sir Augustus Clifford , was wnvenienUy blind to this awful infraction of the dignity of their Lordships . At last the long-waited-for Bill was brought iip' by Mr Beriiali from the Commons . Lord Shaftesbury , took his seatthe Clerk

      at the table , read its title-Lord Campbell moved its first reading-the Duke of Richmonri seconded it-the question was put niefe H ~ the D ^ ^ ved the adjouL ment of the House-arid all was over-iii one mnutej Ths second reading was disposed of almost aMuickly on Wednesday ,. ? n ^ Which occasion their Lordshi ps broke [ through tS "variable ™ ty * not sitting on ' that day , for he purpose of forwarding * the Bill another age } and indeed from tf e absence of opS tion , the unanimity , in fact , ofthe Lords of infi & T P a 8 sin & of » measure which is intended to protect their class fromthe natural though deplorable results of their own past misgovernment and misconduct , it would have been as well if all these emntv \ J ^ Z

      S ' r 66 " % disregarded , and the ? onA , d bee ? read ? nrst and second time gone through committee , and after betas read a third time , finally passed on MondKt ^* 4 A % y « iSMis have "' 2 f * * fr which * 2 EZ nave narrated so vividl y convey . in the House of Commons the

      BiUencoun-„ tered , in its last stage , Jhe ,. same detgrmined and honourable resistance from a small , but high-princi p led and consistent minority , which it aad received during its former progress through the House ; . Whatever may be thought of that opposition at the present moment , and however it may have galled the obsequious majority at the back of the Minister , we are satisfied not ' only that the minority did their doty , but that no distant time will amply justify them in taking the course they did . The centuries of government by force

      and strong hand , combined with the denial of justice in Ireland , have at least irreparably established one fact—it is impossible to smother discontent , to prevent outrage , or put down murder , by mere repressive measures . Depraved , idle , and apathetic , as the people of Ireland may be in the eyes © f some ofthe people of this country , who pin their faith to the ruffianl y articles ofthe Times , and its echoes in the newspaper press ; and deeply as the English Legislature may have injured the naturally fine qualities of that people , it has not blinded them to the great principles of natural

      justice , nor rendered them insensible to oppression and wrong . The resistance they makemisguided , lamentable , and erroneous , as the direction it takes may be—is but the natural re-action of down-trodden and oppressed humanity ; and there remains for this , or any other Government , only two alternativeseither the adoption of a policy based on justice , and leading to practical remedial measures , or a war of extermination against the country we have always treated as a conquered one . Mr Bright took advantage of the debate on the third reading to explain why he , as the representative of Manchester , would vote for the

      Bill , after having presented a numerously signed petition from his constituents against it . Certainl y we heard nothing in his speech to justify his vote . From beginning to end it was an answer to the stale and oft-repeated , sophism , if not direct falsehood , that before , any remedial measures can be introduced , the'Gbvernment must be armed with powers to repress outrage and crime by forcible means . Mr Bright gave a graphic and powerful description of thei causes' which' have , madeIreland what it is , and which nqw keep it so . , He expressed , in strong terms , ' . his sense ofthe criminality of

      pur past legislation , and he outlined , with singular force arid boldness , several radical measures which , are imperatively required , and 0 which must be passed before any real improvement can be . effected in that country . Why , with so clear and distinct a conception of the causes of Irish poverty and crime , he should have stultified himself by voting for a measure which will not , in the slightest degree , touch these causes , but rather add to the hatred which has been already engendered by cruel , sanguinary , and tyrannical legislation for

      Ireland , we cannot imagine . A man capable of seeing and speaking out'the strong truths he did , was surely too strong minded to be misled by the miserable cant which sufficed to quiet the consciences of the common , herd of members , who follow their leader as a flock of sheep does the bell-wether . However , so it was . The Irish people had the benefit of MrBright ' s speech , and Lord John the support of his vote . In passing , we may remark that one avowal will bear returning to on some future occasion . We refer to the statement that the present Government is the Government of the " Middle

      Classes , " and that in future every Government must depend more and more upon the support ofthe middle classes . There are some important deductions to be drawn from this altered position of our political and Governmental relations , and especially with reference to the probable future effects upon the condition of the working classes , that may be worth consideration .

      The Proposal To Appoint The. Committee O...

      The proposal to appoint the . Committee of Inquiry into the causes of the recent commercial distress , gave rise on Monday night to an animated debate , which , but for the hour at which the business was brought , on ( twelve o ' clock ) , would have , doubtless , been of greater length . As it was , the opposition had two divisions—one on the proposition to adjourn the appointment of the Committee until after the recess , thus leaving the question open for further consideration in the House ; and the other to enlarge the number of the Committee , for the purpose of adding members

      torepresentimportant classes , who are now wholly unrepresented in it . The Government were victorious in both cases , but the feeling was so strong that they did not press the appointment of the Committee that night ., The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the , appointment of the members of the Committee on Wednesday , when the contest , was , renewed between the Government and the opponents of the present banking system , in the shape of several motions , to substitute other names for some of those nominated by the Government . After an obstinate and protracted fight , which lasted

      the whole of the time prescribed for the sitting of the House on Wednesdays , the . Government were ultimately victorious , and carried the Committee as originally proposed . Colonel Sibthorpe , whatever his eccentricities of manners , has an excellent knack of hitting the bull ' s eye—going straight to the mark—and always calling things by their right namescalled the appointment of a committee " a piece of downright humbug . " He was perfectly right—and the speeches of Mr Herries , a great authority on banking questions ; of Mr T . Baring , also a great authority , and other members , showed that they regarded it

      in that light . It is , in fact , what we stated it to beat the time the motion was agreed toan " artful dodge * ' to take the question out of the hands of the Parliament , to place it in the keeping jof a Committee of a most lop-sided description , and to prevent all legislation iipon the subject , until it is convenient for the bullionists and the supporters of , the Bank Charter of 1844 . They dare not fairly face the question while the disastrous consequences of that Bill are still fresh in the memory of the commercial classes , and they aire desirous ¦ of postponing legislation until a year or two of comparative commercial

      prosperity shall have somewhat effaced from recollection the wide-spread S— * W ™ J *? y of-the fatal autumn of vtiP ^ Hr ft *** # ¥ GoVernnient ^ t ^ t ^ rW l the' ' principle on ^ fc ^ ased , The ^ moire this ^ iefe of money and currency , is considered , the more important will . ita-bearings ; up ( m ; y condi . tion of the . working classes ^ efound to be . It is by means of the present monetary arrangements , and . the nefarious machinery , by which they : are .-. carried , out ,, that a few individuals

      are armed with / the power of abstracting from the labours of the great masses of society , millions upon millions of treasure , and to become the virtual masters of both Government and people . They hold-in their hands the m easure of all value , the power of setting industry to work , or forcing it into compulsory idle ness . ' The powers ; of society to ( produce the means of supplying its own wants—its labou r —its machinery—its land—andits capital of variousdescriptions-. are as nothing before the terrible artificially created despotism of the money lords . By means of absurd , we had almost said insane , legislation-we are constantly subjected to' tortures , lika thr ™ nf t . i >

      , old Greek Myth of Tantalus . Westand in the vam ot an overflowing stream of wealth ; but our own irrational money laws prevent us from enjoying it . The power of producing and consuming is limited , not by the natural capabilities and wants of the soil and the population , but by the number of pieces of metal which may happen , on a particular day , to be in the hands of the money merchants . Instead of making the shadow subservient to the substance—the representative of wealth to the thing represented—we act precisely the contrary , and by so doing , inflict artificial sterility on the soil—artificial idleness on our workshops and factories—artificial stagnationlin our

      The Proposal To Appoint The. Committee O...

      commercial . marketSrrr . ob Ithe shopkeeper of customers-rthe customer * of work and wages —empty the workshops of inu . ustryand fill the union Bastiles—stop the healthy and free cir « culation of trade—diminish the power of bear , ing public burdens , and increase their wei ght at the same time , and all this to support a crotchet , which , ridiculous in itself as the worship of Juggernaut , is as fatal and deadly to its worshippers as the great Eastern idol itself .

      The Wrongs Of Ireland. We Have Great Ple...

      THE WRONGS OF IRELAND . We have great pleasure in announcing that ^ a great meeting of the English working classes , residing in the metropolis , will be holden in the course of next week , for the purpose of protesting against the Coercion Bill , and expressing sympathy with the peo pie of Ireland . Mr O'Connor , M . P ., and all the Chartist leaders , will take part in the proceedings , Further particulars will be given in our town edition . ^

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      Miscellaneous. Who Fhabs To Spbak Or Nin...

      MISCELLANEOUS . Who fhabs to spbak or Ninety-Eight ?'—John Lennon writes as follows : —Now , sir , is the time to unite the Irish and English working slaves . I have been tea weeks in Dublin , and returned last week . I was de . signed for America , but faUed . I was invited there by Robert Emm . ett , Esq ., to publish a book of poems , at least 800 pages . I was three weeks in Kildare , with my old friend bold Quigley , of Ratbcofiey , who was fire years a State prisoner— ' 93-1808 . In O'Kelly ' s history of the Irish Rebellion , page 290 to 299 , 1 am called' the faithful Lennon , unsubdued by adversity , and unsullied in character . ' Quigley and I have sent him a Northern Stab this morning . —John Lennon , IS , Paradise-street , Preston . —Mr Lennon sends a few lines , from which we give the following : — We'll be put to the test when , too late in the field , We must then fight or die , or disgracefully yield .

      Sweet angel of fredom ! forbid it be so—That one coward be found that would cringe to the foe . O'Neil and O'Doimell , your spirit imparts A Celtic emotion to pure Irish hearts . On the records of battles we need not enlarge ; The pike never lost when it came to the charge . At Tara ' s great meeting we lost our own ehoice , So then make ; a stand was the national voice .. But , 'tis never too late to recal what is past . My country ' s in motion from Cork to Belfast ; -The spirit that glowed in our martyr'd M'Craken , i In the sons of Uitonia revive and awaken . The Heavens proclaim—men of Erin combine I Be free , should ye perish at Liberty's shrine ! The heroes of Erin will rush to a man , When the Cross and the Shamrock advance in the van , . Then freedom and faith hand in hand will restore The lost ' rights of Erin to last evermore .

      J . Elliot , Devonport . —It is impossible to open our columns to the publication of every private grimace j nor can we risk our actions for libel on such a case . You should consult some legal adviser . W . B . Robinson . —Wo have no room for your letter . The pamphlet shall have our attention , W . Y ., Leicester . —No room . Money clubs already exist in many places to enable the working men to send . money . to the Land and Labour Bank . Propose your plan to the Leicester Land members . Stockport . —In consequence of a great demand for the Nobthebn Stab , 1 hereby announce thai all persons wishing to become subscribers may do so by applying at No . 4 , Angel-street , before Tuesday , every week , as Mr Woodhouse , secretary to the National Land Company , has taken out an agency for the same . Bacup . —Leigh Gleave , secretary to the Factory operatives of Rochdale , in Union with the National

      Association of United Trades , will feel much obliged to th » secretary of the Bacup Factory Association , in connexion with the same , if he will send bis name and address . to me , Wrigley-square , Rochdale . Hidb . —Sir , —Seeing in the Stab , in the notice to correspondents , a correspondent at Merthyr Tydvill wishes toknowifMrCandelet ' s tract can be procured from any agent in London . ' I have to inform your correspondent , through the Stab , that the tracts may be had by sending postage stamps for the number wanted , to John Gaskett , 26 , Norbuiy-street , Hyde , Cheshire . Wakefield , —We have no room for the « Address . ' Mr A . Mitchell , Hawick . —It was sent . We have forwarded another . The Notwich Mkbtikq . —Ernest Jones will have much pleasure in attending the meeting in St Andrew's HaU on Monday next . John Benson , Manchester . —The members balloted in

      December and March will be located at Minster Lovel . —T . Clark . B . R ., Preston . —Yes , the Directors highly approve of tho noble sentiments contained in the Poems of * Henry Gracchus . ' The Poems are published in one volume , which i « sold at the price of two pots of beer , and may be had either by individuals , or localities , on application at this office . I would recommend every individual who can , to purchase a copy , and think that no locality of the National Charter Association , or branch of the Land Company , outto be without it . —T . Clabk . Mr Potteb , Coxhoe . —They are not yet readj , as wasannounced last week . Yes , we have . The plain ones are cd , coloured 2 s 6 d , coloured and mounted 3 s 6 d . Mr Johnstone , Durham . —Address W . P . Roberts , Esq ., 2 , Robert-street , Adelphi , Strand , London . Portsmouth . —The friends of the cause in Portsmouth consider it but justiee to express their surprise at the manner in which the name of Mr Malcolm was mixed up with a report of a lecture by Mr Sidaway , at Gosport , contained in last week ' s Stab ; as instead of the meeting being a public one , it was merely a fewfriends enjoying a pipe and glass , and instead of Mr Malcolm

      opposing the Land Flan , he is the only man in this quarter both able and willing to defend it , and the character of Mr O'Connor as connected with it , on a public platform . His remarks on that evening were made for the purpose of arousing the Gosport branch to exert themselves more strenuously for the obtainment of the Charter . So well were the company present satisfied with his views , that an unanimous vote of thanks was accorded him , on themotionof the lecturer , Mr Sid sway . E . Nobbs , Sec . James Gibson , KUbarchan . —The Plaid was received as already explained by letter . Up to this time we have not been able to get the 'Address' from Mr O'Connor , but it shall appear . Thanks for the' s watches . ' ' The Liverpool Mail . —Can any friend send us a copy of the Liverpool Mail of December 4 th ! Several Commonications are under consideration . | jj LE 6 AL , NOTICE . —As I have a considerable number of caseson hand , requirteg ulterior proceedings , I must , ia order to enable me to do justice to my client s , decline receiving until farther notice any mors legal correspondence ( except such as relates to eases in hand ) , whether for the Stab or otherwise .

      ALL LETTERS CONTAINING NEW CASES WILL REMAIN UNNOTICED . ij 3 F Letters to be adubessed in fotcbe to MS at 16 , Great Windmill - street , Hatmabket , Even should fresh cases be accompanied by fees , they will not be attended to . London , Ebnest Jones . Jonathan Ormerod , Halifax . —That depends where the property was situate . John Heffebman .- —The marriage is good . Samuel Br * adbent , Manchester . —The legatees . must file a bill against the executor . If they will authorise me to take proceedings ; he shall soon be made to do what he ought to do , or be punished for his illegal conduct .

      C . B ., Hull .-You are entitled to a share of the debts duo to the late partnership , and you had better give notice to all who owe money to it , not to pay what they owe . except upon the joint receipts of yourself and your late partner . The notice should be in writing , and served by some respectable person who could prove its service . If it is generally known that you and jour late partner nave dissolved your partnership , there can be but little hUeHhoodofhis involving you in liabilities . A notice or dissolution in the public papers is usual in such cases ; but , in yours , 1 should think it might safely be dispensed with . ° A Youhq Chabtist , Stockton .-If you will send me a copy of the will , and inform me which of the legatees it is that is deadand

      , whether there is any dispute as tothe validity of her will on the ground of insanity , I will advise yom as to the course you should take . You appear to be a man ot some property , and yet , regardless of repeated notices in the Stab , thatl profess to give gratuitous advice only to poor persons , you apply to me for advice and send no fee . John Ashwobth , Bury . —Without knowing in or about what year the bill was filed and the names of the plain- . tiff and defendant , my procuring you the information , , you wish for is quite out of the question . As a legatee i under Mrs Stotrs will , youmost likely have acopyofit , , or can get one If you have , send me a copy of such i copy , as it may afford a clue to the information you i

      want . John Lockham , null . —I can collect nothing from your r very confused statement , but that you claim a copyhold I property as heir to your ' cousin , Robert Linsdale . " You must get some skilful person to make out apedi- . gree , by which to ' shew that you are Robert Llnsdale ' a i customary heir ; and you must state the year of Richd .. iiiisdales death , and who has been in possession since i his death ; but before you give yourself any trouble a about any other thing make yourself quite sure that t R . Linsdale died intestate . Jans Parkinson , Manchester . —Without seeing the will 11 and other papers you speak of , or copies of them , lean a render

      you ao assistance . Mr Tate will , no doubt , let it you have copies ; ifhe refuses , give me his address , andd I will write to him . W . Whitehead , Upton-on-Severn . — I have received no a answtr yet from Mr Holland . Andrew Shephabd , near Glasgow . —I suppose the farmm in West Canada belonged to your deceased brother for * ever , and not merely for a term of years . If , for ever , r , itnow belongs to James . T . W . Gissnio . —If he had lived in the parish fivo years at it the time he became chargeable , he belongs to it . Wm . Hutchins , Bath , —I answered your * friendPalmer ' sVsl case in the Stab two or three weeks back : There doeses not appear to be the slightest chance of his recoveringlg the property .

      Deaths. At Sootoville, Les Rouen, France...

      DEATHS . At Sootoville , Les Rouen , France , on tho lsthof No-ovember , 1847 , Mr Ra \ pb Kerfoot , member of the Nattonalall Land Company , Rouen branch , First Section . Theliei deceased was one of the fortunate members drawn in thehei first ballot , and stands No . 17 on the O'Connorville plate ^ e ., He came to England at the demonstration in May last . st , *' to take possession ; but exchanged with Mr T . M . Wheelerlec for his location in Worcestershire , and returned again to to ! France , to await the completion of his holding . Hisdeaththi was brought on from aninflammation of the Iudm . whichcbi soon changed to brain fever , which proved fatal . The de ^ e ceased was astern Chartist and figured iu the movement of 18 . 9 . which compelled him to leave his native town , ™ ,, SZ &^ W ' to Yorkshire , from whicMct ! P ha , e" > ig ! / , ' ance - The deceased has lett ononei ? ftI AV ^ k depl ° ; £ 8 l 08 S ' His remains were fotfol , H , £ J S g e b his bro her land members andndi auopmates , by whom he was much respected . * J ?« r mSZte ™^ Catherine , the youngest daughgh Land Com * 0 n 8 of th 8 Dke , ; t 0 " ""> ***""'

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18121847/page/4/