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      NOW PUBLISHING A FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT of FEARGUS O'CON-• tl SOR , Esq . Lithographed in the first Style of Art . from an Original Painting by T . Martin . The Print is arranged for framing any size , from 12 by 9 to 20 by H inches , and is filled up in tlie background with a VIEW ofO'CONAORVILLE . Prints , 2 s 6 d ; Proofs on India paper , is ; Coloured to Life , fis each . P . S . All communications to be addressed to the Aprttern Star Office .

      The Northern Star Saturday, June 19. 1817.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JUNE 19 . 1817 .

      Men , Not Measures. If Th E R E I S One ...

      MEN , NOT MEASURES . If th e r e i s one th i ng more injurious than another to the popular cause , it is the looking to MEN instead of MEASUUES . It causes every political impulse to he derived from private and party interest , and centres the al pha and omega of policy in individualism , instead of the general good . This old Whig

      principle has been forcibly illustrated inaieadiug article of the Morning Chronicle , on the late meeting at the Crown and Anchor . Our contemporary goes into ecstasies about the results of that meeting , admires the intelli gence which frustrated the temporising plans of Poor-Law philosophy—is very glad that the amendment was moved , hut very ind i gnant that it was not moved by some Whigling or Tory . It

      says"We cordially congratulate that large and important class of our fellow-subjects , of which the meeting alluded to seems to have been a fair representa t ion , on this exhibition of good sense and manliness . * * * It is pleasant to know that our working classes , with all their errors and extravagances , have objects nearer their hearis than the obtaining of out-door relief on easy terms , and that one of the highest aims of their political aspirations is to make themselves independent of all poorlaws whatever . After all , this is the root of the matter . While the working men of this country feel thus , ihev are sound at heart . "

      The amendment was right—its policy was sound - —tlie teaching was wise—hut ( and here comes the rub ) , w e o bject to THE TEACHER ! We o bj ect to the proper teaching , because it has come from one of whom we disapprove—that is , from one whom we cannot purchase . We are glad , thinks the Chronicle , to be able to come out now and then with a bit of sentimental liberalism—it increases our circulation , and upholds our character for independence—but it

      won ' t do to go too far , lest we should lose the favour of our patrons . W e a re g lad , it reasons , t o see liberty advocated by those who will betray it—for it sounds well , and is the best kind of cement to uphold the fabric of Oppression . But , w h en an HONEST man t a kes the peopl e ' s part , it is true we dare not openl y oppose the principle we . profess to espouse—but we can do the next best thing , we can snap and snarl at its advocates .

      Such is the reasoning of our contemporary—such is the liberalism of too many of that class . But the Chronicle makes the slight mistake of assimilating its Free-Labour princi ple to Mr O'Connor ' s Free-Labour KEMUNE RATION . The one means-Free Labour protected by the requital of self-industry ; the other—Free Trade in unprotected Labour . But , when the working classes struggle for the former , the Chronicle will tell us they are guilty of " err or s and extrav a gances . " They have indeed , but not in tbe szns e i n which the Chronicle means it—thev have been guilty of the " error ' '

      of trusting their rights in the hands of the faithless , anil following the mock-liberal leadership of teachers like the C h ronic l e , audits monop o li s t suppor t ers ; they have been guilty of the gross " extravagance " of squandering the capital God gave them in the strength of labour on worthless titled pro d i gals ; they have been guuty of gross neglect of their hereditary patrimony—the Land , by letting it lie with its wealth undeveloped to minister to the idle pleasures of the Great ! They have been guilty of the master foll y , of letting the producers of wealth starve amid the plenty they developed . Of THESE " errors

      aud extravagances" the Chronicle will tell us nothing ! But the Chronicle tells us , in th e same article , — " Our working classes sturdily avow their preference of work and wages _ to the very best of Poor Laws . " The Chtonicle cannot soar the flight beyond , and reach the height of INDEPENDENT LABOUR . " Work , workfor others I" is still the cry You ought to be a little better paid than you are , a n d i n th at c a se y o u must forego all claim to r e lief , but to think of toorfonj for yourselves— that ' s " obs tinate wrong headedness "—another of the gentle epithets by which our contemporary designates the

      ctforts of self-emancipating Industry . According to the Chronicle , slave and master must still he the comlrtfon of society ; but then the slave ought not to he quite as lean . The Chronicle does not recognise the Rights of the Man , it only recognises the Ri ghts of the Slave . Will the people look to such authorities for support ? "No , " s a ys the meeting of the men of London ; and " No , " will say the country from John O'Groats to the Land's End . No ! They must look to their own hearts for energy—to their own brains for counsel ; they have now but one danger seriously to dread—that

      of being misled . And there is one simp le way of avoiding this : by acting on principle—b y going the straightforward path of the Charter , and none of the crooked byways of temporising Factions . Do the people want to get rid of the New Poor Law as quickly as possible ? If so , the way is not to cut at it in one place while it grows thefiesherin another , but to obtain THE CHARTER ; that will enable them to cut it down altogether . Let them rest assured patching an old garment is a profitless task —and , as the Beggar said to Pope , " It is easier to

      make a new one than to mend the old . " This temporising policy gi ves Mon opo ly t i me to turn ab out and gather strength , while Democracy is exhausting its energies on miserable half-reforms . Not that we object to public feeling being directed against every grievance in detail , but we do object to asking for half-measures , in obtaining which , mutilated clause after cla u se , we should b e gai n ing a l oss ' The Reform Bill ought to have taught us this lesson . Had we asked for the Chatter , and insisted on that in its entirety , there could have been « o deception there ; aad thus , if now we ask for anything less

      Men , Not Measures. If Th E R E I S One ...

      ( a remodelled Poor L a w , for instance ) what is given on the one hand will be stolen on the other . No ! We tell the Chronicle , and all of its class , we are not to be deceived again ! The people were eaught once , they will not be caught again . Let those who want a New Poor Law get the just share of power to make it themselves , and they will then be sure that it will be made properly : Let us have no more cringing and begging-. " Give a little better

      Poor Law ! " " Give me a little Parish Relief !" " Give me a little better Wages 1 " « Pray do keep a little of the rain and wind out of my hovel !" Down with such slavishness ! " GIVE ME THE CHARTER — Give me the fair share of what I produce ! — Give me my di gni t y as a man and my rig hts as a citizen ! ' These are cries we should hear —and the only sounds that can alarm the traitor , or can cheer the honest .

      Yihig Defence Of The Invasion Of Lclhca....

      YiHIG DEFENCE OF THE INVASION OF lClHCA . Ministers have been p laced upon their defence for their aggression upon Portugal , and although they have dealt l a rgel y in big words anfl flourishing apologies , they have been but too glad to escape from a discussion in which they found their position anything but tenable . In the Lower House , Mr Hume , Mr B . Osborne , Lord John Manners , and Lord George Bentinck , made out a most

      unanswerable case against Ministers , rendered still more crushing by the thun de rin g " charge " of Lord Stanley , in the Upper House . . In the Lords the Ministry obtained an unlooked-for triumph—not by the most reputable tactics . Notwithstanding the support of the Duke of Wellington , who , of course , heart i l y sympathises with everything in the shape of a forcible suppression of Radical princi p les , and notwithstanding the great influence ot the Duke , it is very questionable that the Ministry would have obtained a majority but for the trick of cutting short the

      discussion , and forcing on a division , in the temporary absence of Stanley and a number of the Protectionist Peers . In the Commons the dirty trick of " counting out" was had recourse to on Tuesd a y evening , to save Lord Palmerston the troublesome task of attempting the defence of his indefensible policy . No doubt the Protectionists , who aff e ct s o much " virtuous in d ignation " iu behalf of Portugal , are worthy of censure for not " making a house ;" but how much more censurable is the Ministry , which dare not trust its Foreign Secretary with the defence Of its own conduct ! If Ministers had had a

      good cause , they would not have shortened the discussion . Everybody knows that had Ministers desired the continuance of the discussion , a mere hint would have induced the attendance of more than forty of their hangers-on . They have sneaked from the bar of public op inion , but that opinion will not the less record their sentence , and read their doom . Lord J . Bussell pretends to base the Whig intervention in Portugal on certain treaties binding this country to protect Portugal against foreign

      aggression . This is a curious defence , seeing that Eng land has placed herself at the head of an organised foreign conspiracy against Portugal ; the wrong and insult being grievousl y augmented by a S panish army bei n g permitted to take part in the intervention . It is bad enough for the Portuguese to be compelled to bow to th e superior force of a sta t e like England , without suffering the humiliation of being h a nded over to the tender mercies of the hereditary enemies o f their country ' s independence . Lord J o hn Russell , in speaking of treaties , seemed to

      regard the monarch as the state , as though Portugal and Donna Maria were one and the same ! If Donna Maria had ceased to reign , even if the entire house of Brag a nz a had c eased t o b reathe , the treaties would still hold good , because made with Portugal—i . e ., the Portuguese nation . But those treaties give no authority to England to interfere in the domestic affairs of Portugal ; those treaties were intended for the protection of the Portuguese people from forei gn aggressor s , and net to give to foreigners the right of dictating forms of government to the Portuguese nation .

      But Lord John Russell is a large-hearted philanthropist , and , therefore , argues that the intervention was necessary for the welfare of Portugal , for the interests of this country , and the preservation of the peace of Europe . Lord John Russell should know that " proffered service stinks ; " he may depend upon it that the service he has volunteered for the " welfare" of Portugal stinks in the nostrils of that nation . We are quite sure that the Portuguese better know their own wants than Lord John Russell knows them , and are able , if let alone , to secure

      their own welfare better without than with " his L o rd s hi p ' s" help . If the British squadron had allowed the expedition to Peniclie to pass on its way , the Portuguese would have effectuall y provided f or their own " welfare" without taxing his " Lordship ' s" philanthropy . But of any such icsuli the Prime Minister entertained a most holy horror . He did not fear the Junta , but he feared the triumph of " the mob . " Ask him to concede the Eng lish " Charter , " and thi s a r i s t ocr a tic scion of the c h ur c h

      and poor-plundering House of Bedford will use precisely the same arguments against the working class of hi s own co untry t hat he em ploys against " the Portuguese people . The " mob" he holds in special horror , and in his love of fair play charges on the said ' mo b " the intention to commit the crimes which his protected female friend Donna Maria has been iu the constant habit of committing . We commend "his lordship" to the special attention of " King Mob" at the next election .

      L o rd John Russell not on ly mistakes Donna Maria for Portugal , he mistakes also a few merchants and fundholders for England when he talks of the interests of " this country" demanding the intervention . We beg to assure Lord John Russell that " this country" has not the least interest in common with the " Eng lish creditors " of Portugal ; and for ourselves we must say that we should not have felt particularly shocked had the Portuguese " mob '' got the upper hand and carried out the design imputed to them , of applying a " sponge" to

      the " National Debt . " We conceive that the inte- j rests of the people of this country could be better served than by spending the taxes wrung fraai starving multitudes at home in protecting perfidious and oath-breaking monarchs . As regards the pear jc of Europe , it strikes ns that the prostration of the popular p ower in Por t ugal , effected by the j „ t er ference of our Government , will do much , " toward s rekindling aucieut animosities , and exalt- against

      us the hatred of the people of all laai ^ g , what matter if false , tyrannical and uegr / jded Governments are with us , if the hearts of ' the Nations are e str a ng ed fr o m us ? Besi d es , the intervention in Portugal will be made to sanctify , j ie threatened interveiition of France and Au ?' j a j „ Switzerland , which may and we trust will' ue resisted . Truly the Whigs adopt strange meaw . tosecurc the J ) eace of Euro p e

      We are sorry tlw ' . t for once we must disagree with Mr " Duncombe . His good intentions are im \ ,, ifest enough ; but while his " amendment , " if adopted would have been of no service to the Portuguese , it would , to use his own words , havetf ndedlo " strengthen the hands" of the Mhu & try . This was seen by Ministers , and the

      amendment was , ther e f o re , clutched at b y Lor d John Russell and Mr Macaulay , as , in fact , a vote of confide rjce on this question of intervention . We maintain that history presents no worse exhibition of baseness than the course pursued by the Whigs towards Portugal . So long as there was a prospect that the Queen would triumph , the Whigs preached non-intervention , but when the scale had turned

      Yihig Defence Of The Invasion Of Lclhca....

      and t he triumph 0 / the insurgents was certain , the the Whi gs interfered , They allowed the country to suffer all the miseries of civil war for eig ht months , and when those miseries were about to be put an end to by the overthrow of the provokers of the war , then the Whigs stept in and bade the peop le lay down their arras , and submit to their traitorous Queen , on the faith of certain terms dictated by a foreign power . The insolence and injustice of this conduct must be evident to all who will take the trouble to think , The Whig foreign policy is " non-intervention " so long as there is a prospect of the peop le being crushed ; but " intervention " the moment the peop le ' s oppressors are found to be in danger .

      This policy might form a very dangerous precedent for ourselves . Suppose a popular struggle in this country , and the " sujwior classes , " unable to coerce the people , were to call in French and Prussian aid to effect that object , a "Duncombe amendment , " passed by the French Chamber of Deputies or the Prussian Diet , would be but cold comfort to the insulted , wronged and outraged peop le whom it was intended to serve .

      The value of Whi g as s urances that the " constitutional ri ghts of the Portuguese people" shall be preserved , may be estimated by the proofs contained in the news received this week from Portugal , that the Queen and her partisans are determined to rule with a hi gh and heavy hand now that the popular power is prostrated . Up to the 9 th of June , ten days after the capture of the Junta ' s forces , not one of the conditions imposed upon the Queen b y the British Government had been complied with b y her . No change of Ministry had yet taken place , none of the prisoners swarming the gaols of Lisbon had been set at liberty , and no amnesty was yet published or known to be prepared . On the contrary ,

      on the / th of June—eight days after the cap tu r e of the Oporto force—a decree was issued , prolonging the suspension of personal freedom and the liberty of the press . In the North Saldanha and Mendez Vigo , the S panish general , were preparing to attack Oporto , and , from the tone assumed by Saldanha , there is no doubt he meant to avenge himself for his long inaction , if the British would allow him . One spirit of burning hatred against the Queen and the British " pirates , " as our s ailors are called , animates the entire people . The " pirates , " however , have this consolation : —AU the officers who took part in that valorous exploit , the capture o f the Oporto squadron , are to be decorated by the Queen ' s Government with—THE ORDER

      OF INFAMY !

      The Derby Election. The Mayor Of Derby H...

      THE DERBY ELECTION . The Mayor of Derby has given us plain proof of what we have to expect at the hands of the Whigs at the f o rth c om in g Election . It has also g iven us encouragement to proceed—for weak indeed must be the position of a party reduced to ILLEGAL VIOLENCE , in o r der t o maintain its stand ! The tables are indeed turrcd . Who are the violent destructives now . '—the . Whi gs , and not the Chartists . The former disturb public meetings with their hireling satellites—they hold down the arms of the voters—they threaten with illegal seizure and imprisonment—they back brutality with falsehood , aud

      add mockery to injustice . We regret it not—we thank them ; it proves their hour has struck ; it arms us for the struggle . The country must not let this matter rest here . They have kindled the sparkthe train of popular indignation will be fired . Who that reads the account of the proceedings af Derby , and the treatment experienced by Mr M'Grath , but w il l b oil with i n di gnation ? Let him carry h is fe eli ngs i nto action , and swell the great cry for redress—let him assist his brethren in the approaching struggle , and then , if every man does his duty , it cannot hive otherwise than a glorious ending , " To your tents , O Israel ! " The Whigs have declared war—they have decreed it to be a war of

      extermination—let us be up to the mark , and they must go down ! They are aware that tbe hour for promise-breaking and lying is passed— they think to prolong their rei gn b y brute force . A nobler sp irit now perva d es the ranks of Chartium . There is a quiet but determined and enthusiastic energy prophetic of success . In those places , hitherto tbe most inaccessible to Democracy , it is spreading forth , giant-like , its hundred arms . Iu the agricultural West , as well as

      manufacturing Nortn , it is active and prepared . Even in that paradise of aldermen , the turtle-andvenison-loving City of London , the Democrats are on the stir , as witness the following letter , that , has been sent to this . office . We give it , since it sums up in tew words the character of the enemy ,, and the duty of the Chartist electors throughout the king dom . Vote for neither WHIG nor TORYVOTE FOR A CHARTIST . Wc subjoin tbe communication referred to : —

      Sir , —I take the liberty of suggesting to you tho expediency , if not the absolute necessity , of inserting a leading article iu the Star , recommending , those electors of the City of London professing or antertaining Chartist principles , not to vote / or Lord Joha Russell at tho ensuing election ! As one of such electors myself , he ceatainly shall sot have my vote , This letter would bo attended inio , a pamphlet were I to detnil all my reasons for oftwing the above suggestion ; but they will readily ( with a jraat many more than I can adduce ) occur ^ yourself aadiyour readers—still I cannot refrain from jiving expression to ono or two .

      In [ ho first place , it is my own jrivata conviction that there is not in the House of Cosajaons a mono genuine aristocrat , or one who more fwvus , hates , nnd despises the masses o his own sr . iecivs i & sn . Lord Joba Russell , or that there is n single Tnemberof even tho present Whig Administration who , concedw a liberal measuro more rductautly ., In the next pkc 8 , he is tho very head of iho

      government , which is , a '„ this moment , by mere brutal force , assisting the tyran nical monarch ot Portugal in crushing the constitutir , nai rights and liberties of the Portuguese people t ! 1 avail in ' ysjjf of this opportunity of enclosing raj mite of hair a s' overeign towards the electioneering expenses ( in woia ' . ics ) of Mr O'Connor and Mr M'Grath , and am , ' ,, » Your obedient servant , William Edwabd Stanley .

      J^Arl Beauchamp.-A Noble Of Nature An Ol...

      J ^ ARL BEAUCHAMP .-A NOBLE OF NATURE AN OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN : A TOR" *

      PEER . It alw a ys gives us p leasure to publish the kindly acts of m e n , and never had we a better opportunity than that afforded us by the dignified conduct of Earl Beauchamp . When Mr O'Connor commenced operations at Lowuauds , Lord Beauchamp received several communications , informing him that if he would not allow Mr O'Connor to draw sand from his estate , the CHARTIST COLONY could not be built . But Lord Beauchamp turned a deaf ear to the remonstrance , and every house at Lowbands lias been built with sand from Earl Beaucliamp's

      esttte . A gain , when Mr O Connor was in treaty for the Yerzons' estate , Lord Beauchamp was aga i n assailed , and as it was in the neighbourhood of his property , the very parties who invited Mr O'Connor to he the purchaser solicited Lord Beauchamp to purchase the property iu order to prevent such an infliction as another Chartist colony ; "but no , " s a ys the old English gentleman , "I differ from Mr

      O'Connor ' s views ; if they are wrong they will wear themselves out , if they are sound let them be developed ; why should I join in hunting any man down ? If Mr O'Connor wishes for . the estate , and wishes to purchase it , why shouldn ' t he have it as well as another ?" Thers ' s an old Tory peer ; and when tl \ c next contest comes , if it ' s between Free Trade Whi g princi ples and such Tory principles , we guess that the latter will not suffer in the conflict .

      ...... . Parliamentary Review. The Armed...

      ...... . PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The armed intervention of Great Britain in the affairs of Portugal has been the one sole question of public interest debated in both Houses of Parliament up to the time at which we write . The amp le report which wc have given of the leading speeches on the subject will enable the readers of the Star to form a judgment for themselves as to the merits of the question at issue . But the subject has been so fully discussed in previous leading articles in these columns that it is unnecessary for us to do more ) .

      than merel y advert to it in this place . The appearance of the House of Lords on tlie evening that tiie question was debated there was of a most brilliant descri ption ; the House was filled with Peers , among whom were a great number of bishops , large number of members of the House of Commons were below the bar and in the galleries set apart for them . Many strangers , including several illustrious foreigners , stoo d about the throne at the upper end of the magnificent Hall ; nnd the galleries t ' t , ' i

      above were g ra g ed wi t h the presence of a great number of ladies . The House thus filled has a better resonance , and the difficulty of hearing , of which so much comp laint has been made , all but disappears . Lord Stanley made a most eloquent speech against the policy of the Government ; bu ' he seems not to have been very earnest in the matter , for he did not vote for his own motion . Still , with all this , the policy is a d amaging one , and the Whi gs may fear , and exclaim that another such victory will ruin them . i 1 [ t , J {

      No other top ic offers itself for comment this week , save that which has for several weeks past been noticed , namel y , the hurry with which bills are pased through their various stages in large batches almost without a word of comment , and the visible preparation of members for a speedy wind . up of th e pre s ent p arliament , the last rumour is that it will be dissolved about the middle of next month , and that the new election will not take place until after harvest , the end of September , or the beginning of October . In the present dearth of questions in which the factions can make a rally , it should be the policy of the Chartist party to be pro- t . i

      vided everywhere with candidates , in ord e r that t he great princi ples embodied in that document should be enforced on the attention of the public , and , wherever practicable , arrangements should also be made for going to the poll . Such a course would g i v e the " people ' s party " that prominency which their own intrinsic importance on the atate and the truth of the principles they advocate , imperatively calls for . It wculd also , no doubt , send into the House of Commons men able and willing to assist t he peop le ' s parliamentary leader , Mr Duncombe , in his strugg le for the welfare of the unenfranchised and labouring classes , and thus hasten their emancipation from political and social bondage . ¦

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      Miscellaneous. A. Mackenzie, Alva.—Thank...

      MISCELLANEOUS . A . Mackenzie , Alva . —Thanks for the offer , which , for reasons which will be hereafter explained , cannot be accepted . No good news . W . Daniells , Isle of Man . —The twelve postage stamps for the Fraternal Democrats have been received . The letter of tho " 1 Oth of May" did not come to hand . 1 his was accidentally omitted Inst week . Birmingham , Mr Mason . —To the Editor of the iVortJieni Shir . —Sir , —I take the liberty to correct an error which appeared in u late number of the Star relative to some remarks made by me at a town ' s meeting at which the mayor presided . Tlie passage inserted in your paper was not my reply , as stated by your Birmingham correspondent , but only a portion of it—the other partsnot having been reported . The extract forwarded to you

      appeared in tho Birmingham Advertiser ( a Tory paper ) , on Thursday , May - 'fich . I much regret that any resolution should emanate from a body of working men , whether limited or great in numbers , fou-ided upon a partial report of a speech , and especially when they could have commanded the entire ; for assuredly I would ( had tho request been made ) supplied it to those who have judged it necessary to pronounce their ills , approval of the opinions urged by me at the meeting referred to . Regarding the parties who compose the meetings held at the Ship Inn actuated with a sincere desire to advance the liberties of their ( the working ) class , but differing ) as I do , in opinion with them , on the means by which the freedom of the country is attainable , I hare felt it my duty to correct the error above noticed . I am , sir , yours respectfully , J . Maso * . —51 , Stcelhouse-lane , Birmingham , June loth , 1847 . Cf . IV ; Wheeler . —Received . Thanks and good wishes . John Malton , Neivbegin , Mai ton Yorkshire , is very

      anxious to know Mr Bairstow ' s address . Can any of , our readers help Mr Million 1 A . Camkron , Paisley . —There is no charge . Yourself and friends will be accepted members feje . Send their names . Shlsbt . —The humbugs are not worth notice . Bristol . —6 . J . Harney has received one shilling fsom Jesse Cuines for the Democratic Committee for l ' olaiul'S Regeneration . Continuation of Subscriptions for the- O'Conuorville Teatray up to Thursday , June & th . —Ttoos . Allen , Spilsby , 10 ; John Andrews , Minster , 4 ; Chailcs Hyett , Cheltenham , 24 ; S . Saunders , Bradford , 2 ; Edward Gushing , Chelmsford , 2 ; B . Ynughan , O'Couaorville , l ; T . Flood , tinrastnple , 6 ; IV . Flower , Brighton , 7 ; J . M'taiyre , Alexandria , 2 ; J . Boyd . Kilwinning , I ; J . S . Livwson , Burnley , 10 ; Thomas Dernie , Retford , 9 ; David Seed , ham , Chesterfield , 1 ; \ Y . S . Jcc , Horncastle , II ) . —Error in last list : —J . Southron , Pcntsn Fell , should , have been Peltun Fell .

      J . Croivthcr , Halifax . —All your subscnptions . havcbeen acknowledged , viz ., ten the week before Last ,. and two tho week before that . I' . S . No letters will be assweved unless a postage stamp is enclosed . JV Almond , Secretary . The ballot will take placs-oa'Jucsday , July , the Oth .. MaJi Smith . Cample . Mill , Thorahili , Dumfriesshire , — T he paper was duly posted . Mn . Johnstone , Galashiels .. — We have wuitton to . Cok Maberley on the subject ,, and enclosed your letter fosperusal . We may obseiv . e ^ tliat nil the paoers . for Scot , land , ura posted in time . iitttihe Friday morning ' s Mail .. Wc will endeavour to SlnLoat the cause of / delay . Bilston . —Mr Stallivoodhns received oiiftshilling tcoixi J , .

      Whito , of Bilston , titmrds the fund S » meeting , tdie expenses of the Dcrbj and . Nottingham elections . Dehivx Election . —J alian Harney hss . received fitom W . 1 \ B . twelve stajjjps . for llr JJ'Grath ' s aljction fund . The stamps , have been hauihid . to the London committee . Ms O'Connor will attend the Blackstone Edge meeting in July . He als < v undertakes to be-present at the Warrington tea parly ,, to bo held prior to the location of the occupants ouLowbixads . Laud Questions * — Mr O'Connosbas repeatedly stated that he will nok write private letters upon this subject , while his whole time would So too short to reply to questions which are every oiw-answered in the printed rules .

      Thomas Ackiand , Bamslej . — The matter will bo finally decided upon and answercdjin next week ' s Star * Kelsall . —His paper shall be forwarded to Mr Jones , without any expense . A . ( J . —Yes , as a matter of couvso . Members from the fourth section will be included in the next ballot according totheamountpaid . The Bank . —It has been stated before , that all monies paid into the Bank upon the security of property belonging to the first section , will be applied to tho purchase of land for the location of that section only , and so with the seeond . thivd and fourth sections according to the amounts respectively raisedupon their propei ties . Fourth Section . —Yes . Mr O'Connor is determined to adhere to his resolution of confining his connection with the National Laud Company to four sections , and perhaps by the time the fourth is closed that Other

      parties may spring into existence to carry tho plan further . W . TAvion , W . S . Z ., and J . IUrkness . —Tho lines are inadmissible . Mil Walter Kebr , Alloa . — Jtr Graham must send 6 d more . The charge is 5 s fid per quarter . J . Sheering , Newport , Isle of Wight . —Wo intend to prepare another "Beckoning Day" for tho benefit of the Whigs . J . Swbet begs to acknowledge the receipt of ^ i from a few Nottingham working men towards the election expenses . Mr Sweet requests all friends to do their duty without delay . A Constant Header . — " Wilmer and Smith ' s European Times . " Liverpool , T . Livkskv . — The suggestion shall be attended to . pf The report of tho very important proceedings at Derby has shut out several communications .

      legal . NOTICE . —I am daily receiving communications from persons requiring gratuitous legal advice in the Star , whose very letters prove them to bo men of property . The spneo of this paper is not to be monopolised by the rich to the detriment of tho poor , whose cases shall always obtain the first consideration . Rich men requiring advice shall in future receive vmyate answers upon remitting a fee of from five shillings to half a sovereign according to tho length of their eases and their ability to pay Ersest Jones . \\ ant oi space forces us to postpone till next ivoek a creat number of legal answers . John Gaskell . —The men I presume , ton sotto ' work " on boards lying within the limits of tlie anion , and if so nothing illegal Sins beon done . ; 1 j

      Wii . Ouskb , i \ orHininpton ,-r have received a letter tyom Mr Hall ' s clork about your purchase at Little Brington . Ho sajs , , he believes the uuvctiivstt YiiUbo completed in the course of a week or ten days . Write ( to mo again , it ' necessary . " Co . operativh . " - -If you will send me a correct sketch or outline of your intended society I shall then bo enabled to answer year questions . I have been recently consulted on . tUree or four cases similar to yours . In each of thorn 9 , great deal of unnecessary expense was incurred inconsequence of tho parties and their solicitors misW . ving the nature of their societies . Some of them were- casts which cam * within the meaning and operatift ' n of tho acts relating to " Friendly Societies , " but were treated as cases within tho meaning and operation ol the nets relating to " Joint Stock Companies ; " and others were cases affected by the acts , relating to Joint ' ! * » ' , I , s n i- «

      Miscellaneous. A. Mackenzie, Alva.—Thank...

      Stock Companies , but were treated as cast'sTr * "" ^ tho acts relating to Friendl y Social . Th ctt ^» spe k of > gistering your deed un £ Vn ? 6 h Companies Act , " yet from what youSt ?& tS society , I am much inclined to think th » t u ? ut affected by the Friendl y Societies Acta and n l \ ac «*« Joint Stock Companies Acts . ' and no thl T . 0 . 1 » oBAM .-The oaseyou mention would s <* m « , ansenoutofa drunken affray . If you nrnw ° have might not obtain a ccwriction ami would iiiW Wu trouble and expense . ar tt sel « sg

      - , A ' ) Receipts Of The Watiok Ai. R* ...

      RECEIPTS OF THE WATIOK AI . r * i OPERATIVE LAND COMPA $ oF ° - 1 FOR TUB WEEK ENDING JUNE ? 9 ' I PER MR O'CONNOR . 1 SECTION No . 1 . 1 shares SB M . N ... .. rfO S 0 Newport , Mon . M Truro 0 7 6 mouth ., ^ ., §§ Glasgow »• Q 15 0 Merthyv , Mor . 5 I | Greenwich 0 3 0 gan .. „ 0 .. h Sp ilsby .. 16 0 Halifax ,. I " * §| St . B . .. 0 * 0 New Radford .. o 1 Geo . Walsh .. 0 ? 6 Thos . Moore .. g , « Iljdo .. .. 0 5 0 Jag . A Smith „ oil Wigan .. 5 0 2 Rochdale .. „ „ \ M Mottram .. 0 2 G Vacup „ , ' ' « g Kensington .. 1 10 0 Asliton - under- Ef Westminster .. 114 'J „ ty"e .. ( 6 . Eg Ja « . Dickson .. 0 5 0 Sunderland „ fl » J M Manchester .. 2 9 2 Colne . iSo . l . ) .. 0 u ' If Nottingham .. 0 7 6 Bradford .. 5 . ' > 1 § Norwich .. 2 0 0 Lambeth ,. 0 ; 1 Arbroath „ 0 14 18 "Wbittington and ' E g Ipswich „ I 10 0 CaJ .. .. 4 0 . RJ Hull .. .. 020 Cambonveil .. 0 ir , BJ iVrtnley .. 0 0 & Glasgow „ n a ¦ KJ i ^ Xj i ~ "''—¦

      SECTION No . 2 r Geo . Martin ., 8 2 0 Armley .. H | . 1 John Turner , Mcrthyr , ilor- ' BJ 11 eh ton .. 0-5 0 gan ,. .. t | , | Glasgow .. 0 13 0 Halifax « 0 p > , Al Blandford .. 0 16 Hollinwood .. 2 ft \ m T . A . Mejls .. i 10 0 New Radford 0 •> 8 M Greenwich .. 1 13 0 Jtochdale .. 013 \ Kg George Allinson 0 2 G Gosport ., 1 15 J B § Hyde .. .. 013 0 Banbury .. 0 7 J EJ Stourbridge .. 0 3 0 Edinburgh . Cum . If Wigan .. 0 5 0 roifig .. 019 j M Bul'y » » 0 18 0 L ynn , Scott .. 1 e I Mottram .. 0 5 0 Ledbury „ 6 1 3 B § Stafford ,. 0 3 0 Norwich .. 1 11 « M Kensington .. 0 10 0 Oldham „ 019 a M Geo . Bishop .. 0 0 6 Tei gnmoath .. 0 6 » If Manchester .. 013 0 Ashton .. 0 U s H Nottingham .. 3 9 0 I '& isley „ ; 3 > 1 ttarnstaple » 1 5 ( i Walsall „ 1 410 H Ciitheroe 4 10 0 Sunderland ! .. 1 « ( | Torquay .. 2 IT 6 Burnley , Qrsy „ 1 8 0 H Steveuson , Cul- Bradford ,. . 10 0 0 H len .. .. 010 Lancaster ,, Hij 1 Winchester » 13 0 Lambeth .. Of 15 g Arbroath .. 0 12 6 TVMttington and Smethiviek .. 0 1 6 Cat .. ., 205 Ipswich ., 2 18 0 Somers Town „ 0 5 0 Hull .. .. 073 Cambcrwell .. 9 2 « 1 Leicester , Astill 2 0 0 Glasgow „ 1 0 0 1 £ « D 8 ~ r

      SECTION No . 3 . ^^^* Witham » 011 5 Leicester , AstilJ 5 a » Westminster ¦• 0 16 Armley ,. 4 0 4 Truro ¦¦ 16 6 Poncaster „ II ft 5 Marple ., 0 7 6 Bury ,, „ 2 Jo j Sudbury ., 010 0 Middlesborough 0 41 4 I Desborough .. 012 C Newport , M « n . Glasgow ,. 16 0 mouth „ 2 U 3 Blandford .. 3 11 10 Stow , on-the-Long Buckhy .. 310 0 Wold „ 5 0 * Kensington ,. 0 14 S Merthyr , Mor- 5 Anna M . Moss .. 0 16 gan ,. „ 12 5 5 ] Greenwich .. 0 11 0 Halifax „ 71 « 0 i Romford .. 3 15 6 Hollinwood ,. Ill ; f Emley .. 10 0 0 New Radford .. 0 12 J | ilolninrth .. 0 3 0 Marylebone .. 2 7 » 1 lla ' . stead „ 168 Liraehouso .. 060 I Spilsby „ 312 6 Birmingham , 1 ChC'tdington ., 0 15 0 Fare .. 5 0 0 | Jas . West „ 0 10 0 Rochdale .. 0 ID 9 I Barnoldswick ., 0 4 0 Gosport .. 2 2 3 1 Robert Pattison 0 2 6 Stalybridge .. 13 0 0 I Blyth .. .. t 17 6 Northwich ,. loo f Jas . Paterson ., 10 0 Banbury .. 9 10 0 i Reading ., 3 0 0 Edinburgh « 0 11 0 | Jno . Lennon .. 10 0 Wolverhampton 2 0 0 | Jas Love .. 0 10 0 Stockport .. 12 0 j | Hy de .. , r 12 11 0 Lynn , Scott « 2 0 0 § Stourbridge .. 10 18 6 Ledbury .. 0 13 » | Wigan .. 0 8 0 Northampton .. 15 0 8 B Bury .. .. 2 13 0 Norwich ., 3 3 6 | Mottram .. 0 15 4 Bacup .. 6 0 0 BJ Mansfield .. 0 3 0 Oldham .. Oil 0 B Stafford .. 0 4 0 Aberdeen .. 29 S I J . H ... ., 0 5 0 J . D ., Hull .. 0 10 0 m Kensington .. 0 12 6 Teignmouth .. 2 t ft M Westminster .. 316 0 Ashton „ 11 9 2 Kg Ditto W . Murray 1 0 0 Holytown .. 1 11 0 Kg It . Smith .. IH 0 Newton Heath .. 5 2 2 Eg Wot , Wilson .. 0 2 0 Paisley .. 2 11 9 K J . WHshere „ 0 1 6 Walsall .. 2 13 6 M Jos . Bishop .. 0 2 S Sunderland .. I 17 9 m Manchester .. 30 0 9 ColnelNo . l . > .. 1 17 2 ff | Nottingham „ 12 18 6 Burnley , Gray .. 312 I Bj Birmingham , Snlford .. 1 0 0 BJ Goodwin .. 5 13 0 Swindon ., 5 0 0 EJ Barnstaple- .. 0 12 » Lambeth ,. 1 11 8 Rj CUtneroe .. 5 10 0 Hammersmith ,. 1 0 0 B Torquay ,. 5 15 4 Whittington and H Uolton .. 10 10 3 Cat .. .. 5 16 2 m Winchester „ . 0 1 10 Somers Town .. 0 15 3 BJ Arbroato .. 18 9 Stepney .. 0 16 0 B Smethiviek „ 33 17 2 Berinondsey ,. 6 1 G 8 Eg Ipswich „ 7 6 2 Camberwell .. 2 H 0 BJ North Shields .. 5 7 0 E . CM ., Durhani 8 0 0 ffg Mcxham ,. 1 5 10 Jno . Wilshere .. 0 2 6 Kg Hull .. » a 0 O Glasgow .. 112 0 Red Marley .. 1 17 0 Jos . Bajley „ 5 3 0 £ 398 I 10

      ——SECTION No . 4 . Desborough .. 0 3 6 Middlesborough Oil 0 Glasgow .. 0 10 Newport , Mon-Biautlfflrd .. 0 8 0 mouth .. 010 0 W .. M . Molls .. 5 4 0 Mcrthyr , Mor . Wiiigaia Grange gan .. .. 6 16 Colliery „ 218 0 Halifax .. 0 15 8 Cheddington ., 5 7 8 Hollinwood ,. 013 0 Jas . Sonier ., 3 18 6 New Radford ,. 0 19 S Jas-Whitley ,. 0 14 J . Jones .. 6 14 Framis-Lewis .. 0 1 0 J . Cogger , Maid . Win . French .. 0 14 stone .. 5 4 4 B . K Leist .. 2 12 0 J . Coulter , ditto S 10 4 Hyde-.. .. 6 13 0 J . Steel .. 0 14 Stourbridge ... 1 10 0 Jno . Sells .. 5 4 4 Wigan » . 0 10 4 Rochdale .. 0 7 4 Cai-diff -. 0 11 0 Stalvbridge .. 2 0 0 Bury .. -. 190 Northwich .. 0 15 0 Msttram ^ 017 2 R . J ... .. 3 17 0 Mansfield „ 0 2 0 Banbury .. 411 2 Westminster « 0 12 6 Burnley , Grey ., 5 12 0 & oM . Angel « 0 10 Edinburgh .. 0 19 4 [ Wm . Dews .. 0 16 Stockport .. 5 0 0 i Manchester u 61 10 1 Ledbury .. 0 4 0 i Nottingham .. 6 8 6 Northampton .. 10 0 0 'Birmingham .. 6 0 0 Bacup .. 2 10 0 Barnstaple .. 0 14 Oldham ., 2 19 0 : Thomas Middle- Ashton .. 7 13 8 mass .. 5 4 0 Holytown .. 0 6 0 Torquay .. 15 0 Newton Heath .. 3 12 S Bolton „ 10 19 3 Paisley .. 0 16 Arbroath .. 2 8 4 Sunderland .. 12 2 Smethwisfc .. 0 19 0 SaUord ., 2 0 0 Ipswich ., 0 3 4 Lancaster .. 1 510 Tliomlsy Colliery O 14 O Lambeth .. 0 15 S Hull , ikFawsctt 5 4 0 Joseph God-North Shields « 2 13 11 dard .. 8 15 0 Kingsbridge „ 2 8 8 Whittington and Hull .. .. 4 16 0 Cat .. .. 0 7 10 RedMarley „ 13 4 Berinondsey ., 112 Leicester „ 210 0 Glasgow .. 1 t- a £ 233 II 3

      EXPENSE FUND . " * Sudbury „ 0 2 0 North Shields .. 0 4 Glasgow ., 0 2 6 Hull .. ., 0 S 4 Blandford .. 15 0 Middlesborough 0 3 9 W . M . .. 0 2 0 Newport , Mou- I LongBuckby .. 0 6 6 mouth « 0 3 0 Halstead .. 0 4 0 Halifax .. 0 12 6 Spilsby ., 0 I S Hollinwood .. 0 1 0 Cheddington .. 0 2 0 Marylebono .. 0 2 » Jas . Homer .. 0 10 Maidstone .. 0 2 0 Iiydo .. .. 0 6 0 Jno . Sells ,. 0 2 0 i Stourbrid ge „ 0 S 6 Birmingham Wigan „ 4 s 3 ( Fare ) .. 0 5 0 ) Cardiff „ 0 3 0 Rochdale .. 0 * « | Westminster „ 0 10 Banbury .. 0 3 6 6 . Rd . Smith ,. 0 2 0 Norwich .. 0 2 I I Nottingham .. 0 17 3 Oldham .. 1 0 0 0 Torquay ., 0 7 4 Newton Heath ,, 0 2 0 0 Smethiviek .. 0 2 0 Salford .. 0 U 0 0 Ipswich „ 0 2 0 J . Goddard ., 0 16 6 - I'horniey col- whittington and liery .. 0 10 Cat .. ., 0 I 0 0 Hull , J . Fawsett 0 2 0 Berinondsey ,. 0 2 9 9 Joseph Bailey ., 0 2 0 0 £ 13 13 J p

      TOTAL IAND VVJNB . Mr O'Connor , Sect i on No . 1 , „ 36 1 0 0 Mr O'C o nnor , Section No . 2 ... 60 S 7 1 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 398 110 10 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 4 ... 233 11 3 3 Expense Fund ... ... 13 1 8 9 9 JE 742 llj J FOB THE BANS . Sums previously acknowledged 2 , 737 13 4 4 For the Weekending the 19 th June ., .. -541 -t b' 6 £ 3 , 278 _ 17 J 0 _ T . M , Wheeler Financial Secretary rj * ?

      LAND PURCHASE DEPARTMENT . FOUB ACHES . . Charles Spencer , Northampton .. „ 40 0 » 0 I Two Acres , „ . „ Margaret Russell 10 0 » 0 REPAYMENTS TO MR , ~ LVCONNOR ON ACCOUSt QUS ' OF DEBT DUB BY DEFENCE FUND . Barnstaple .. „ „ „ 0 5 s ) 5 RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOClATlO ' jlO Marylebono „ 0 ^ 3 0 Whittington and . , . It . 11 . Bwke .. 9 li cat .. .. 0 * 0 * C . Thorn .. ^ JJ ^ i oJ 3 _ o _

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19061847/page/4/