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      MICE STX SHIIXISGS .-SEKI HI r « " „ V I E W . fPHE DUBLI * BJSVI * V ' X Jfo . 62 , Jan , BU *' m « " 7 Tt . I C WORKS N CA bv ? iii » S A SD . OS . ««* f- ££ " rf our Holy Faith ; Meditations on the » y ** "f Pwyer . By theTen . FMHEJ tocether with . » ^^^ teted from the Spanish hy Heigham . Locude Posts , S . J- 1 Jrr p . c . Boko ' s Meditations on the To which are added tMs w ¦ the Italian . Dedicated to Sacred Heart . TrandM ™ The Work comnlete in six Sacred Heart . 1 ^ Sri mice 3 s . The Work complete insuc bj 6 d

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      IMPORTANT SOCIALIST PUBLICATIONS ! SOBER ? OWEN'S JOUSHAZ ,. THIS JOUB . XAL { Published weeUv , price Ose Pesxr , aud in monthly parts , price FocarescE ) , Explains the mean * by whicli the population ol the world may be placed nithin new and very superior circumstances , and provided With constant beneficial employment , and thereby enabled to enjoy comfort and abundance , aud great social advantages ; and the direct means by which this change may be effected with benefit to s Bclaises . Government

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      WASHINGTON AND MILTON . ROBERT BLUM , The German Patriot and Martyr . Xo . TV ., to be Published on Monday nett , of The ' FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE * wiU contain a Portrait and Memoir of Robert Blum ; also articles ou Co-operation , European Democracy , British Institutions , the Militia Ufll , Continental Afiairs , Memoir of Margaret Fuller , tbe Buonaparte Plot , Jfce ., & c raiser ? al coxtests of nos . 1 , 2 , asd 3 : — BiOGEArHi . —Xapoleon Buonaparte , Louis Napoleon Buonaparte , "Washington , with a Portrait , ( No . 2 . ) : MUton , with a Portrait t Xo . 3 . ) Pouncs . —Letters of L'Ami du Peuple on the State of Europe , Opening of Parliament , the Sew Ucform BUI , ic , Kossuth in America , Mazzini and Italy , the Enemy Within British Institutions , the Engineers , Operative and Co-operative .

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      THB CHICORY QT / ESTIOW . THE PUBLIC is not called upon to decide whether Chicory is better than Coffee , nor whether a mixtare with it improves Coffee , but simply whetiwr it is to be sold at Cofte and at the price of Cofftc What h beio" sold to the public as ground Coffee , at prices vary ing from Is . to Is . Sd . per pound , is . as the " Lancet" has proved , a compound consistins , in most cases , of more than half Chicory . Pair dealing dictates that every article should be sold for what it is , k atits own proper price . But in the case of Chicory the consumer is made to pay six times the value of the article because it is sold under a false name . The CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE AGE > "CT has been establMied to counteract this and similar frauds , and every article is sold under its own proper ccnomiuation at a fair price . It guarantees to supply pure Chicory at 3 d . per pound , good Coffee Is ., fine Coffee 2 & 4 < i , and the best Mocha Is . 8 d . per pound ; they can be had either in the berry or ground , and if ground thejr are guaranteed to be free from any mixture whatever . Persons who hava been buyi > groandCt . fieearerecommeaaed to try half a pound of Chicory forlii , and halfaiwmid of either of the ahove Coffees ; by thus inyitur the two articles separately and mixing for themselves they WU effect a saving of ili . per pound on the Is ., old . ou the Is . 4 d , ana 51 d . on the Is . SI , and obtain a superior article . Centril

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      JLTCPOKTANT TO TRADES' UXIOKS . WOLVERHAMPTON CONSPIRACY CASE . -LIBERATIOX OF THE DEFENDANTS . A PUBLIC MEETING of the Trades of London will be held at THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE , SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS . HOLBORN , Os Tcesdat , Febboaby 24 th , 185 ? . Chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock . "When the London Central Defence Committee will present their report of the prooeedinjs in connexion with the above Conspiracy Case , and submittheir Balance Sheet of the Costs of the DefQnct , Messrs . I ' eel Greea . DnnieJii , Gaunt , and Woodnorth , now « uffering incarceration , will attend and addrefS the meeting ; when it is earnestly hoped that all who feel an interest in Trades' Unions frill attend . By order of the Central Defence Committee , „ „ Geosce Gkeesslaob , Secretary . Bell Inn , Old Bailey , January 22 nd , 1 S 52 .

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      To Tailor * , JliUiaers , aud Dressmakers . ( GENTLEMAN'S HERALD OF FASHION aZj ^ A *?^ ^ ^ Contains all the Spring Fashions , a li ^?? i i Co , oured Giant Plate two feet long . Four other Plates . ilayModelsand Diagrams . Full sized Patterns cut out ready for ttseoftie 'Prince * Frockcoai , anew system of Cutting , and important practical information . Post free f « . ur stamps extra . Also the I ndies Gaiette of Fashion for March , Price Is ., con . tamgall the Spring Fasmona , a Giant Plate , and olher large Plates , eighty figures and patters , full sized patterns colouredready for nse ! a new Jacket and Watsteoat from Paris , with full descriptioni ! Fostfreenx stamps extra . G . Berger , Hol 5 weU-stteet , Strand , and all Booksellers . '

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      Im & KD and cottages fob the "" wobki 1 tg classes ! COBER AND INTELLIGENT MEN * - > beiturdeapous of bringingnp th eir families in the pure and ' atfe-pre ^ rnogatr ofthe country . at . d away from the contaminadoas -01 large towns , nsay always have iheir wishes gratified far apolviiur » the Advertiser , particularl y if inclined to fom tbemselrM into ASSOCIATIONS , t & e chief object of which shall be to prepare their children at least trf £ e Parents Oxau & ta are unfit fa-such a superior mode of life ) for a j j >

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      ^ theborS ^^ K by Sir G . . Grey to dufran . Itisa Terv abort mm * . Mbm pnntedon Tuerfar . the boroSh tf sftE ? th « «*»*&> £ P ** «**« , <« That e & all from uxi , t & e , ^"" f m tba «< " »» ty of Hertford , M 7 member , or , StarK * ° ' *!?¦ •* ««• * « 8 ro HMSBMr to * erw j n Parliament . "

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      Our Correspondent* Wiuohlige Us Greatly ...

      Our Correspondent * wiuohlige us greatly by attending to the following geaeral instructions : — The earhtrtrecan receive their communications in the week , toe more certain they are of being inserted . This is th » case especially with letter * upon general subjects intended for the columns « t apart & r * FrteCcrr < . 8 pondence . ' Reports of proceedings of Chartist Bodies , Trades , and Co operative Societies , & c , should be forwarded immediately after their occurrence . By this means a glut of matter is avoided nt the latter end of Ihe week , and consequent curtailment or non-iniertion . Itpottsihouldconsistof a plain statemeutof facts . AU communication ! intended for publication should bi written oa one aide ot the paper only , aud addressed to the Editor .

      Hoke « t Fran , fob Chaiixb Mpsbat . —This would have been acfenowledged some weeks previous , but it was mislaid . —Edward Schmidtls—George Murray It—John Murray la—James Murray Is—Charles Murray le—William Rogers Is—William Reynolds li —Jo = enh Middleton Is—William Anthanej l « -0 . Bfldham edit . Badbam 6 d-Mr . Lewia 6 d—fly . Oracie Is—Win . Bums 6 d-Jobn Leauon 6 d—Wm . Peters fid . —Total 13 s . J . B . L—Thanks for your kind note . We regret that the " lines ' are not sufficiently correct for publication . W . B « rcc * , LongSutton . —Tour verses are respectfully declined . Tbe Halifax Discusbiox . —Mr . Christopher Shackleton , who presided at the recent discussion , has written a reply to Mr . Jones ' s letter , which appeared in our last issue , relative to the vote on that occasion . After the discussion , Mr . Shackleton says : — " One of the three , of Mr . L . Jones ' s committee , told me that a resolution had been come to , that no vote should be taken . Unformed the

      meeting of this , aud stated that I should abide by the rules of the committee . When Mr . Baldwin , another of L . Jones ' s committee , stated that no such resolution bad been passed , but that it had been left an open question . On this announcement from Mr . Baldwin , I put the motion , and did not retire , as stated by your corespondent . Some dispute originated , after the discussion , concerning the distribution of the funds , when Mr . L . Jones ' s committee requested me to act as arbitrator , or referee , in the case . They polled the minutes out of the book and banded them into my keeping . I have locked them over , and there is no resolution , concerning a vote , eitherfor ' oragainst . " J . Brown , Preston . —Your communication shall appear in our next . David Keed , Prestonholme . —All Money Orders for this Office must he made payable to Messrs . M'Gowan aud Co ., Printers , 16 , Great Windmill Street . G . Bbows , Wakefield . —Your letter is respectfully declined .

      The Northern Star Saturday. February 21. Issii.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY . FEBRUARY 21 . ISSii .

      Washing A Blackamoor White. The House Of...

      WASHING A BLACKAMOOR WHITE . The House of Commons has not even the negative virtue of the people , who , Compound for sins they ara inclined to , By damning those they have no mind to . They cherish the tin , but try to look virtuous by sacrificing the sinners who are caught in the act . The whole of their political morality is comprised in the axiom , * don't bo found out . ' Bribe , corrupt ,

      demoralise tbe people as much as yon please , but do it so cleverly that nobody can bring it home to you , and all is right ; though the fact itself is patent to all the world , and you in your inmost soul know that it is so , bo long as it cannot legally be proved that is enough , and when a fellow sinuer , who has been detected , is hauled up for judgment , wipe your mouths , assume a virtue , though you have it not , and send him , as Mr . Roebuck phrases it , like a scapegoat , with the sins of the ' hon . house' on his back .

      St . Albans is the Jonah to . be thrown to the whale , in the hope of saving the other corrupt and venal constituencies which form the bulk of the cargo . How , we really think that Sir . Bell made a very excellent , cogent , and unanswerable speech against such a mode of lightening the ship . He is as much an * Hon . Member' as most of those who are called upon to vote his expulsion . The only difference between him and many of them is , that he has spent less in bribery , and that he has teen found out , while they have not . Mr . Bell , graphically , and with a fine sense of appositeness in his metaphor , illustrated the nature of the proceeding by reference to a recent visit to the House of Correction . The « hon .

      gentleman , " in going over that house , saw one hundred and fifty thieves there , while he knew there were probably forty thousand outside as bad or worse than they were . Suppose the forty thousand thieves not caught and imprisoned , were to vote for hanging the one hundred and fifty who are , would that make them any more honest ? Not at all . While Mr Coppock avers that he can put his hands on boroughs , from A to Z , and prove that they are all as corrupt as St . Albans has been shown to be , will the excision of that rotten member give health or soundness to the representative body ? If not , why he at the superfluous trouble ? Tantararara ! rogues all I St . Albans will be really very scurvily treated , if it is turned out of such suitable company .

      We hope before it is sacrificed , the member for Sheffield will redeem his pledge , and , if possible , get Mr . COPPOCK at the bar of the house to throw some of that lightjupon thewhoh question which , he is so well qualified to do . As the dispenser of Government patronage , and the confidential friend of that important personage , the Treasury secretary , who does the ' whipping , ' and sees that things are made pleasant , there is no doubt but that he can make piquant and important revelations as to the way in which these thngs are managed . It wtfuld be useful to know who really works the puppets in the Marionette

      theatre of St . Stephens , and make them say , ' aye ' and ' nay' as they are bidden . The manner in which the boroughs—from the first letter of the alphabet to the last—are coddled and trafficked by unscrupulous agents , and unprincipled attornies , would form a fine practical commentary on our representative system . The effect of a vast and ever active machinery for corrupting voters , would be found not to stop in its demoralizing effects with them , but to spread from tiie minister who bribes the member down to the humblest and most degraded instrument of the vicious and vitiating system .

      We fear , however , that even if Mr . Roebuck ' s courage does not by that time ooze out at his fingers end ? , like that of Sir Andrew Aguecheek , tho ' Hon . House' will be in no hurry to sanction such a proceeding . It would be equivalent to putting too many in the same position as Messrs . Bell and Kipion , and necessitating a more general clearance of the venerable nests in which electoral and parliamentary corruptiontis hatched and reared . A fellow feeling will make the majority of small borough members wondrous kind ; while virtuous Mr . Hatter , who is quite surprised at the insinuation that he ever spoke to Mr . Coppock , or any such person , about the distribution of Treasury patronage , will no doubt take care to make a good 'whip' when the question

      comes on . So we suppose the undetected and unconvicted thieves will sit in ^ judgment on the thief that has been found out , and sentence it accordingly . St . Albans will be made the scape-goat , and , having sacrificed it , « H en . Members' will go about their legislatorial duties afterwards , * Wearing upon their face that kind of satisfaction Which men feel when they ' re done a virtuous action . '

      How To Vnreform Parliament. If Any Decid...

      HOW TO VNREFORM PARLIAMENT . If any decided feeling has been excited by the hotch potch called ' a Bill to extend the right of voting for Members of Parliament , and to amend the laws relating to the representation of the people in Parliament , ' it is that of mingled disgust and contempt . The more its provisions are analysed , and their true intent and practical operation discussed , the more clearly the fact comes out , that it is a carefully concocted political swindle , intended to rob all other parties of some portion of their existing strength , for the benefit of the Whigs . In the pursuit of this object the most astounding and

      unparalleled combinations are proposed . A perverted ingenuity has been put to its utmost stretch for the purpose of giving to the people the minimum , to the Whigs the maximum of political power . The addition of new * towns to existing boroughs , in order to increase the constituencies which Bounded so well , is discovered to be a fraudulent pretence . The geographical and political relationships of the towns to be thai incorporated into electoral districts , which an honest Stateman would have kept in view , had he intended to act np to the spirit of his professions , h » ve been disgracefully disregarded . Instead of enfranchising the faw towns in the rural districts , which

      are growing in population and trade , and thereby likely to infuse new blood into the old , torpid , and corrupt constituencies with which . they might ha linked , Lord John carefully excludes them in order to resuscitate a nnmber of the decrepid , rotten , sinkholes of political feculence , which he himself extinguished twenty years ago , in his celebrated schedule A , as being then too rank and abominable to be endured . Then these miserable decaying villages aro dragged from the obscurity into which , since 1832 , they hare fallen , either for the purpose of adding to the influence of some great Whig boronghmonger , or extinguishing that of a political opponent who dealt ia tbe wne kind ot mexchmiite , The

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      most extraordinary geographical and topographical combinations are brought together pi etormis . Contiguity and political fitness are equally ignored . Like an old highland ' reiver , ' Lord John does not hesitate to make a aid into neighbouring counties , and carry off two or three towns from their natural , social , and political relations , while he carefully protects those who pay ' black mail' to the Treasury bench , in the shape of . votes . It is no wonder , therefore , that the Tories have resolved to oppose the second reading of the bill . At first sight , it appeared so harmless to them—so little calculated to extend

      political power among the masses , that it almost seemed to justify Earl Grey ' s assurance to Earl Derby , on the first night of the session , that the measure was framed on princip les that would eatisfy even him . In as far as both parties are the sworn enemy of the genuine representation of the people in Parliament , that statement was perfectly correct . Instead of being a measure for a lager infusion of the popular element into the the House of Commons , it

      is actually one for reducing that portion we now possess . Lord John ' s political progress is crab-like , backwards . But in robbing the people he has not fairly divided the spoil ; hence , on the second reading , Peachum and Lockitt are to hare a quarrel . Whichever wins , the industrious and intelligent millions will not be in the slightest degree benefitted , unless they remember and act on the old adage , * when rogues fall out honest men have a chance of coming by their own . '

      The unblushing impudence with which Lord John attempts the juggle is not the least notable part of the matter . If there was one point that had been more thoroughly discussed in reference to representative reform than another , it was the necessity for a redistribution of the Electoral Franchise . That was felt to be scarcely second in importance to its extension , for so long as a few small towns with populations of two , three , or four thousand inhabitants sent as many representatives to Parliament as towns with one , two , orthree hundred thousand inhabitants , it was palpable that the one must neutralise the other , and that political power and influence was most unfairly , That would have

      andrmost preposterously distributed . been the case even had the number of the large and the small boroughs been equal . The injustice , however , became still more apparent and intolerable when it was considered that the small boroughs were by far the most numerous . The minority in numbers , property , and intelligence , therefore return a decided majority of members , and can upon all occasions outvote the majority even of the existing constituency . Take one practical illustration of the operation of this system : The West Biding of Yorkshire has a population of one million three hundred and forty thousand , it has two hundred and sixty-seven

      thousand , five hundred houses , thirty-seven thousand county electors , and its property is assessed at the annual value of three millions and a half /'• ¦ Wiltshire has only two hundred and forty-one th & nsand population , eight thousand county electors , and property of the annual value of one million and a quarter . Yet Wiltshire sends eighteen members , while the West Biding returns but seventeen . ' Were the representatation based upon any rational , just , or intelligible principle , whether that of numbers , property , or intelligence , the West Hiding would have five times the number of members allotted to Wiltshire , whereas when they go into the lobby Wiltshire has a majority of one .

      The public mind was made up as to the iniquity and the gross abuses of such a system as this , and demanded its abolition , Mark what the political juggler in power does : He pretends to concur in the general opinion , while he really proposes a redistribution of the Suffrage , which positivel y carries us back to even worse than the rotten borough system which was partially destroyed by the act of 1832 . The Premier deals in the same dishonest way with the extension of the suffrage . Apparently , the extension from £ 10 to £ 5 householders should very materially increase the number of voters in our large

      towns , but practically it will be found to be as great an illusion and fraud as the proposed new electoral groupes . In the first place , it is not to the householder , or , in other words , the rent , that the vote is given , but to the rates paid by the tenants . There is as every knows , a very great difference between the two things . Five pounds rated rental means in most instances an actual rent of £ ft , or £ 8 at least , while the cumbrous , complicated , vexations , and obstructive machinery of the Eegistration Courts is such as to prevent tens of thousands who are entitled from pressing their claim . The ; repeal of the rate paying clauses , and the enrolment of the voter on the

      twofold test of rent and residence , has long been established even among moderate Reformers , as one of the most urgent and reasonable alterations that could be made . Lord John proposes to continue the system by which the attainment of the Franchise is hedged round with traps , and pitfalls , and fences , and by which thousands of those now entitled to it are defrauded of their right , and he proposes farther , to repeat the delusion of giving a nominal instead of a real qualification . As the payment of ten pound rent does not enfranchise the tenant now so the payment of five pounds will not , should his sham measure succeed , give the vote in future .

      The whole thing ' is a mockery , a delusion , and a snare , ' which no honest Reformer—no honest man of any party—can for oue moment tolerate . We are glad to hear that the Tories" have resolved to vote against it on the second reading as a party . We hope that the so-called Liberal and Independent party who sit below the gangway or behind the Treasury Bench , will do the same , and thus treat this miserabl y dishonest attempt to palter with the demands of an enlightened people , with that indignant contempt and summary defeat which it so richl y merits .

      Let no man fear the consequences of its rejection . Once the sham is kicked out of the way , we shall have a clear stage for a real Reform . The Sybil will come back again with one leaf more torn out of her book . Larger , bolder demands on the part of the unenfranchised millions : smaller power and less cou rage to resist them on the part of the oligarchy While we are about the work let ub do it well and substantially .

      The Co-Operative League. A New Body Unde...

      THE CO-OPERATIVE LEAGUE . A new body under this title has just been formed in London , which is likely to exercise considerable influence over public opinion . It has long beon felt that influence was not at all commensurate with the numbers and the intelligence of those who , in one shape or another , are friendly to associative views , and who entertain the general opinion , that the only remed y for the existing evils of society must be found in the substitution of some higher principle of social action , for the individual selfishness and unregulated competition of our present system . Believing that the organisation of the friends of Co-operative Association , upon some common ground of opinion and action , would tend to accelerate the advent of such a change , and to convert that which is a latent into

      an active element of popular opinion , a number of gentlemen held a preliminary meeting , some weeks ago to discuss the basis of an Association , which should , in the first instance , be simply tentative , and afterwards propagandist , to the extent its members found they could agree among themselves . The basis and general objects of the Association having been fully discussed and unanimously concurred in , the preparation of a draft Constitution was referred to a Provisional Committee , and when so prepared , was

      submitted to , and received the approval of , another special general meeting of tbe promoters of the League . The Constitution is now in course of circulation among those known to be friendly to the general objects contemplated ; and it is intended , on Monday , the 1 st of the ensuing month , to hold a meeting of all those who , in the meantime , signify their adhesion , for the purpose of electing the management of the League , and commencing actual operations .

      We have great pleasure in giving a digest of its Constitution , and in calling the attention of our readers to the subject . In the first place , the objects of the League are declared to be the following : ¦—1 st . To place those who entertain , or even incline towards the principles of Co operative Association , in direct , frequent , and permanent inter . communication , so that they maj acquire a positive Knowledge , and a clear comprehension of each other ' s views and opinions , and thus be enabled to unite aud form an active centre o 5 m" ™ si 0 n and propagation of Co-operative principles . ^ nd . To collect books , papers , documents , and facts and to commumcate all kinds of general information , which may either bemteresti ng « r useful to the advocates of Co-operative Association . ? i , ™ L « eww into communication with the Co-operative Societies Snf ^ *•«*•* - *

      The Co-Operative League. A New Body Unde...

      The League is to consist of all persons without distinction of nation or creed , political or otherwise , who ngnify their desire of belonging to the same . After the 20 th of the present month each candidate must be proposed and seconded by members previously admitted . The subscription is not less than six shillings yearly , payable at the option of the member , quarterly or half yearly . Members have the right to use all books , papers , and documents belonging to it under due regulations—of free access to the offices of the League , 58 , Pall Mall , and free admission to all general meetings , and the rig ht of voting on all business transacted at such meetings . The general

      management is vested in a council of twenty-five members ( which may be increased , ) who have the power of appointing a managing committee of nine members , upon whom the actual duty of conducting the business of the League will devolve . In case of the dissolution of the League , its property , after defraying all just charges upon it , is to be appropriated to such charitable or public purposes as the majority of the council may determine . Since the formation of the new League it has received the adhesion of noblemen , and of gentleraenlengaged in various walks of life , and

      entertaining varied political opinions , who feel that the catholic and practical foundation on which it is based , will enable them to Co-operate , without compromising themselves upon points on which they wish to exercise an independent judgment . Among these gentlemen are many who , in former movements for the promotion of social reform have spent their time , talent , and money freely and liberally , and whose names will be a guarantee to thousands , for the good faith with which the new movement is commenced . At present , as we have said , its duty will be confined to the collection of information , and

      the diffusion of that information to those bodies or persons that may require it , and to whom it . will be of practical value . In that respect it may immediately become extremely useful and valuable . The rapid multiplication of Co-operative Stores , and Working Mens' Associations for productive purposes , renders it very desirable that the moat economical , and most satisfactory modes of conducting business should be known to all who are interested in these associations . By the action of the League the experience of the whole of these associations will be placed at the disposal of each ; and they will thus be prevented from falling into many errors which might

      otherwise cause great loss , if not ultimate failure . A greater benefit will be the creation of an esprit de corps among them , which mast prove a powerful source of moral encouragement , and mutual strength . The League will , however , find other objects to which it may worthily and beneficially devote its energies outside of the " existing Co-operative movement . There are great public questions upon which the public require trustworthy and practical information ; there are others to which there is a species of instinctive tendency , or upon which past discussion has so far ripened opinion , that it needs but the welldirected aid of such an association to translate it into

      action , either legislative or practical . We recently instanced the enactment of an improved law of partnership as one of the objects that could be greatly advanced by a League , which already numbers in its ranks noblemen and gentlemen , whose position and professional knowledge give them peculiar opportunities for bringing the subject under the favourable consideration of the legislatorial class . The question of industrial education might also claim their attention as one of the most potent means of preventing the formation of that mass of juvenile criminality which every year overflows our houses of correction , in consequence of the neglect of all proper means for training the unfortunate victims to a life of industry , orderly habits , and duly disciplined passions . The reclamation of the uncultivated but cultivable

      waste lands , by the organized labour of the ablebodied poor , under arrangements mutually advantageous to the State , and to those so employed , is one of the most urgent practical measures of the age to which the League might give a powerful impetus in connexion with a thorough and searching reform of the laws affecting settlement , and the treatment of the aged and infirm poor . Tho establishment of Boards of Trade , composed of employers and workmen , to arbitrate respecting prices and hours of labour , similar to the Conseils d' Prudkommes in France , but with such modifications as the circumstances of this country might require , would also be

      an object which might legitimately come within the scope of such an association . We might easily proceed with the enumeration of other measures , but it is unnecessary . Sufficient has been indicated to show that the League , if vigorously conducted and supported , may exercise a powerful and beneficial influence , and hasten the realization of many reforms which , but for the concentration of mental and moral power , and the exertion of organized strength , will not otherwise be attained for years . We need not say , that feeling strongly on the subject , we shall give our utmost aid to the new League , to which we cordially wish all the success its most sanguine promoters can desire .

      Collision Ahd Lobs Of Life.—Accounts Wer...

      Collision ahd Lobs of Life . —Accounts were received in the City in the course of Saturday of a most alarming collision having occurred in the English Channel during the heavy south-westerly gale of Thursday night , which resulted , as is supposed , in the loss of two fine ships , and the sacrifice of several lives . According to the information forwarded , it appears that a large vessel called the Waterloo , Mr . James Ellison , belonging to Hull , was making her way dovsn Channel on a voyage from the Tvno to New York . Tho weather is described to havo been

      exceedingly tempestuous ; the wind was blowing heavily , aud U . o sea was rolling formidaly high . Between seven and eight o ' clock the Waterloo had reached about fourteen or fifteen miles from the Start Point , when a large foreign barque apparently came in contact with her . As soon as the ships had cleared each other , it was quickly discovered that the Waterloo was rapidly filling . Mr . Ellison mustered his crew , and getting into the small boat , they succeeded in leaving the ship . As it was , however , they had a marvellous escape , for they had barely time to leave the vessel ere she went down in deep water . By this period

      the weather , if possible , became more violent , and the fearful sea that was running threatened every now and then the destruction of the craft and its occupants . After much suffering , and being tossed about some five or six hours , they were observed by the Eleanor , Mr . Bidder , bound to Marseilles from Shields . She bore down upon them , and picked them up , and , making for Torbay , landed them on Friday morning . The fate of the barque is not accurately known , but there is too much reason to fear that she also foundered , with every soul on board . Mr . Ellison entertains a belief that she must have sunk .

      Infanticide and Attempted Suicide . —On Thursday morning Mr . Wakloy , M . P opened an inquiry touching the death of Thomas Goodwin , aged seventeen months , who had been murdered by his mother , Barbara Goodwin , a young woman , the wife of a carpenter in the employ of Mr . Greenend , builder , Caledoniaii'road . After destroy , ing her infant the wretched parent attempted self-destruction . The parents resided at 18 , George-street , where thoy have been highly respected . Mrs . Goodwin discharged her . domestic duties there with every affection and propriety , never betraying the slightest aberration of intellect until the death of her father , who died eight months ago ; since which period she has become melancholy . At half-past twelve o ' clock on Sunday morning she got out of bed , and , taking her infant with her , made some excuse forgoing into the adjoining room . After half an

      hour s absence , she returned to bed with her infant . She had been in bed an hour , when her husband was awoke by her groans , and found her almost insensible , with blood gushing from a gash in her throat . He immediately gave the alarm , and the neighbours , who rushed into the room sent for Doctor Wicker , when it was ascertained that the mother ' s throat was dangerously cut , and' that the infant was quite insensible . The latter died soon aftewards . The coroner haying been informed that the motherwas in a hopeless slate m 2 lT « SvV ^ y ' SI ' ascertained whether the str ^ ssforthTiJa : ttntonunate creaiure u undet

      A Daring and Gallant Aci .-We have been favoured with an account of the gallant conduct and generousdevo of 7 h 7 oiwunfBtBi ? R , eBnt , 8 h "f * Prom » fo"wP 0 rt boar ^ lirSR l \ o Cain * < £$ ? h iu 8 t - ' . <>« vflrv fist thrnnoh « , « Jfv ^ P ? " Greville , when going rnLS cadet ofS ? ' , w , th a hea * y sea running . Iterator , Mr LIT ° S ^ epshanks fell from the be ii , theS-room at Sv 8 e 0 OI l ? 8 ter ' who haPPened to J o twfth a ft ' ShS ? T dfr 0 m the go ™™ the direction of w . I and ' » " « immediately swam in was at the sal L «™ T * ? raate- Hia in * e n" ° n ^ J ^^ SJS ^ S ^^^ - Lambe ' poop , a height of some f 2 ; C f ? ^ f , rm the out in the meantime £ L oS ' a ! lif ° Was lowe l ed ' reached their mewnmK S g an * 7 ° ung metl bad rttttill a more XL % * % &*& % &* $ * Skead was taken on £ Sn , had reaobed them ' Mrno Hveswerelost . Mr SkeaHr tt y n , ^ U 8 ted . 8 tate ' and 1 ms on more o ^ aaSna th « J ?„ i T m ^ 8- ^ r , smart . ' readv aad « nu ? nf ! Man one shown himse f to be a to be deserving of ffij ? »»" . « d Iu- proved himself of thoAdm & y , u ™ 2 * mi * tbe hands of the Lords ought not to toss witw * W . ? , ra eo » B conduct v { . u , HVk w pass without some substantial notice .

      Stoma*' 'Wmugmce

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      National Association Of Tjnlten Trades. ...

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TJNlTEn TRADES . ^ T . S . DuzfcoMBB , Esq ., M . P ., President . " fiat justitia . " " If It were possible for the working classes , by Comv . among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general r , (? & wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not , , ° f puuwhed , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . "—Stoam Miii The term of three months' imprisonment to Wu } .. the five Vi olverhampton conspirators were sentence , ! will be completed on Monday next , the 23 rd jflst but , as we have already stated , the necessary w I steps have been taken by the prosecutors to fUrt | imprison the defendants until the taxed cos . er £ 537 , are duly paid , and the prosecutor in chief ' reported to have avowed his determination to kl

      them imprisoned for life , unless he obtains his iy ment to the uttermost letter . Inexorable Jew \ j £ " defendants , could they consult their own feeling ° apart from other and weightier considerations , v 0 ! u accept the gentle avenge of the prosecutors , ' rath than they should obtain a rap of these exorbitant costs . But there are the wives and children ^ n appeal to the public spirit and sense of justice ' of th ° Trades of England to restore to them their husband and fathers , whose highest crime has been a not alto gether unsuccessful effort to defend the priceless riehf of combination from the rude assault of a clique 0 c moneymongers , backed by the joint-stock pnrse of wealthy manufacturers , and the free and eusv morality of a special jury , selected from amonJt themselves . s

      This expensive prosecution was defended from prin . ciple , apart from all feelings of personal consideration ' all offers of compromise were rejected with contempt ' And the parties implicated , backed by the noble spirit evinced by the Trades , and their able represen . tatives of the Defence Committee , and by their own ' conscientiousness of rectitude , of intent , and action conceived they were fighting the battle of their order and might safely depend upon the continued support and protection of those whose ri ghts they were the instruments of defending .

      It was under these impressions that the Trades were appealed to for their assistance , and the result proved that no false estimate had been formed of their disposition to defend their industrial rights and to support those through whom they were assailed . The working men of London , Manchester , Liverpool , Sheffield , Glasgow , and indeed most of th e largo and populous hives of industry , responded to the call made upon them with spirit and promptitude , We think it must be admitted that the defence was conducted -with consummate ability by counsel

      and solicitors , and that notwithstanding the partially adverse verdict and judgment , a virtual triumph for labour was achieved by the ample and unequivocal recognition , by the Court of Queen ' s Bench , of the right of combination , whereby the Stafford ruling of Justice Erie was at once and for ever superseded . A trial of this description , under our admired system of jurisprudence , implies utter individual ruin to those engaged in it , except backed by great personal wealth , or , as in the case of the prosecutors in the present instance , supported by the joint stock contributions of those who feel themselves interested in the issue .

      Assured of being amply supported by their class , in their praiseworthy determination to crush every ves . tige of freedom amongst their workmen , the most expensive form of proceedings was adopted , and every unfair and vexatious expedient resorted to to ensure success . The result to the defendants is a serious mi liquidated balance due to the solicitors , in addition to the prosecutors' costs above referred to . The honour of the defendants , and reflectively that of the working classes of England , is guaranteed for tho discharge of the former , and their personal libwty for the latter . We trust that nothing beyond tins brief statement of facts need be stated to induce the Trades to make a prompt and additional effort to complete the work thoy have so well and generously begun .

      The balance-sheet of the receipts and expenditure of the Defence Committee , up to the termination of the proceedings in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , is printed , and will be submitted to a public meeting at the Mechanics' Institution , on Tuesday evening , the 24 th inst ., and copies will then be . forwarded to every trade and individual subscriber . Several additional subscriptions have been received since the termination of the trials , which will be duly acknowledged by Mr . George G-reenslade , Secretary to the Defence Committee , to whom all communications are to be addressed , and Post-office orders made payable at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , London . Wt . li . iam Peel , Secretary . Quen ' s Bench Prison , Feb . 19 th , 1852 .

      Important Meeting Connected With The Gla...

      IMPORTANT MEETING CONNECTED WITH THE GLASS TRADE . A public meeting of this highly respectable and influential operative body was held on Friday last in the Lancasterian School Room , Dudley , for the purpose of extending and strengthening the position and influence of the Flint Glass Makers' Friendly Society of Great Britain and Ireland , throughout the entire district . The occasion wascelebrated by a most ample and excellent dinner , to which nearly 300 persons sat down , the great majority of whom were ' associated with the society , and all more or less connected with the working department of this elegant branch of the fine

      arts . Mr . John Cully , president of the District Committee ,, who was called to the chair , in introducing the business ¦ after dinner , stated that their object in assembling nvw to o endeavour to establish a better feeling between man a ^ & man , and between the employers and the employed . lieie was very sorry to find , that although cards of invitation n had been sent most respectfully to every Glass Master in in tho district , that only one of the number had that dayiy honoured that meeting with his presence . IIo considered this was a slight upon the whole body of men , and it waW

      but fair to infer that they did not care much about thchc interests of the employed . The Chairman then proccededed to read the several letters received from the gentlemen in-invited , declining attendance , or apologising for absence , andnd stated that the meeting would , after hearing tho letters ?! read , be able to form an opinion who were for and wBftho were against them , so far as tho position of tho society waw concerned . The first letter was from the proprietor of Mb « Piatts Glass Works , near Stourbridge , decidedly opposeflseo to Trades' Unions , but favourable to a Benefit Society , in in support of the sick and infirm . A letter from the Alessrssrs

      Grazebrook , of AudnamBank Works , was next read—verjerj short aud very unfavourable , from Mr . Stevens , o o Dartmouth-street , Birmingham , a communication * * read , favourable to the object of the meeting , and wiabmiiini them every success . Short notes were also read froOron Messrs . Q . and W . Bacchus , of Birmingham ; ilessftst * Summerfield , of London -, aud Messrs . Rice , Ilivvvis , a" an Son , and Messrs . Gammon , and others , of Birming ham-misimply declining to attend . The Chairman then said tWluj had it not been for tho society members ( to whom thetWtrad I generally were greatly indebted ) , the whole body oU kUli Glass Makers and their employers would have been 10 W worse off than they were . The amount of work exac'W in many of the factories in Manchester was very greatest and it not for the fac

      were t of some of the men being a ^ W worked , there would unquestionably be plenty of emplojplo ;; mont for every man in tho trade , and that , too , at a f » ir **"" equitable remuneration for his labour . This state < te << things , however , he feared would cpntinue until men » in *¦<¦ sumed that position in society , and that respect for tbenbem selves , which they were fully entitled to , and which * i «" only to be attained by banding themselves together % '" the purpose of restringing the ur . jast exactions \ (( some oppressive employers , whose conduct mst ie [ tf ultimately to the ruin of the trade . He hoped tq t men would be candid and state thoir grievances , pofM ing out any unjust practices that may prevail ia % ' district ; and he could assure them that the rocu of " ' if "

      mingbam would lend their good and valuable assistance ^ their efforts to place themselves upon as good »^ fh ? ( B J the neighbouring districts were . He must also state tjj IJ the object of the society was not to cripple any ^? -J ° -J . but simply to induce the whole district to become »»?» ' , man and thus to maintain that fair proportion ° f *«*« , ' , which Glass Makers in ¦ particular , from the very « f rVri , their occupation , were fully entitled to . The t »* " * " generally speaking , at this time prosperous , and , f w quently , employers could well afford to give good ^ oteWee the same time , he must remark , that in seasons ot < w ^ sionthe

      , workmen must , in the very nature of thlftft < i < content to give way for a period , and thus meet ^ Jf employers according to tho pressure of the timei . . J . .. Chairman concluded a lengthy speech by P » t R « " Success to the Flint and Glass Trade , " ^ w acknowledged by „<* t m Mr . Wm . Nixon . He said , the present was »»> V » r ! r ! progress , and the surest sign of the prosperity ot w *; was , when the workmen connected with it we ,, * . ( ^ housed , and well-fed , well-clpthed , and , above ¦"' at ' b ' at t instructed and well-informed ; and he was certaI " GL & $ advancement in these respects had not , so far as " . j ^ l ^ i Makers were concerned , been in that prop 011 " 00 \ fjL fjiji facilities , and the groat wealth produced by the trao ^ j ^ warranted them in calculating upon . How was t r . jS ,.. eas ) s of the Glass Trade to be secured ! Wwit b y ' ncre ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 21, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21021852/page/4/