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    • METROPOLITAN-COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE. Annuity, *¦«•. ™?*S
    • TO THE DEPOSITORS IN THE REDEMPTION DEPARTMENT.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR, SATDBDAY, DECEHBER23, 1818.
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      Metropolitan-Counties And General Life Assurance. Annuity, *¦«•. ™?*S

      METROPOLITAN-COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE . Annuity , *¦«• . ™?* S

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      ment -SOCIETY . < ta ^ « W «™ £ , « " &* »* 8 th Vir ., cap . 110 . ) Temporary Offices , *> , »»& Street , Waterloo-place . London . TRUSTEES . Elchard Spooncr , * , * , | s ^ H-t" * ° > V & L Vanaittart N « le , j Henry PeterFuUer , Esq , E 8 < 1 ' DIRECTOBS . Robert Chataera , Esq .. Edward Lomax , Esq ; , St ^ So ^ uare , Bromp- " £$£ j ^ ¦ ^ . M ™ r . afl , tfhIta . g - ^^^^ y R , ^ w « frv Peter Fuller , Esq ., Richmond . wSadiuv Edward Vansittart Ueale Palk Grifith , Esq ., Esq ., South Audley . street . j-a— ** Tsr ^ wsr AUDITOBS . HenrjTewhBacHer , B > q ., I Henry Grant , Esq ., Shenley BasintfiaH-strMt . 1 House . Brighton . MEDICAL ADVISEES . WflTiam Henry Smith , Esq ., I ItoDertKeate , Eia :., Serjeant FE . C . S ., 2 . PontaUl- Surge-n to the Queen , , JaccCUphaJn-rise . | Hertford - street , May BTW . Poller , H . D . 45 , | Fair . Half-moon-street , Picca- j BAKKERS . —The Union Bank of London , i , Pall Mall , East . SOLICITORS . V . W . Fisher , Esq ., 3 , King-1 W . Chapn . a « , Esq ., Rich . aUett . ChtapsU . 1 mond , Swrey . SURVEYORS . Vincent John Collier , Esq ., I ^^ tJt ^ i ^" ' ilorgau-street I Parliament streat . AC TUARYi-AIexander Jamieson , Esq ., LL . D . MASAGBB E . Eeargu » oa CaJaroox , Es ^ . The objects ofthis Society are : — _!« , ««»«« - To R « nt Assurances upon Liven , with or _ withont partiripatUin pronto : also Immediate and Deferred An . nuities and Endowments . »„„ -.., „„ -in . By combining the advantages of lag . A " nra «» the business of well-regulated Building Societies , to render a Life Policy an available and economical means of acquiring freehold , leasehold , or other property , by adraaces reoavable bvperiodical instalments , thus : TiSTdeSroui oTpurchasing h ^ lease , or otherwise acquirieg property , will not only obtain a loan nearly eqlaltoitivalue . but on his death wilt leave fte property discharged froa such loan , In addition to the sum assured to be paid at his death . ..... c , hree-foBrthsefthe profits will be divided every hve years amoacst the assured infilled to participate , and the renaming one-fourth will be added to the profits of the * ftSpec £ uTes with tables , and erery infonaatjon , may be lobtained at the Societj ' a Temporary Offices , SO , Begencstrtet , ffaterioo-piace , or of any of its Agents in , the country .

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      A BARGAIN . TO BE DISPOSED OF A PAID-UP FOUR ACRE Share in tha Natienal Laad Company ^ nqiS eftfoy letter ( post-paid ) , of J . G .. 29 i Walton place , Oxford .

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      ' ' TO BE SOLD . T WO FOUR-ACRE FARMS , adjoining eacb other , at the Moat , Snig ' s End . They were both drawn together , in a family ticket , bat there ara two bouses * . & c . , , All applications to ba made to the Directors , at their office , , High Holborn , London .

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      ' . « ' A PAID-UP TWO-ACRE SHARE , in the Land Company , to be disposed of , in consequence of the idver & er being about to leave the country . Price , £ 2 . Apply to Thomas . Meehan , Sydney-lodfie , near Southampton .

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      A FULL PAID-UP FOUR-ACRE SHARE to be disposed of . Price , £ 4 . Befer to W . Dixon , Director of the National Land Cempanv ; or to B . T ., at John Horsfields , opposite Travellers' Call , Ashton New-road , near Projlsden , Man . Chester .

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      A FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARE in tbe National Land Company to be disposed of for £ 410 s . Application to be made to T . Burge , So . 1 , Castle Coffee House , Old-street Road , London .

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      TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen 'Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . NOW READY , rpHE LOXDOX AND PARIS WINTER -L FASHIONS for 1848-49 , by Hessrs Beajamln READ turn Co ., S 2 , Eart-atreet , Bloomsbnry-sqnare , London ; and by G . Bebsis , Holywell-street , Strand ; a very splendid PRIST , Funarbly crloured , accompanied with the most fashionable ^ novel , and extra-fitting Riding Dress , Houtinland Frock-Coat Patterns ; tbe Albert Paletot , Dress and Morning Waistcoats , both single and double-breasted . Also , the theory of Cutting Cloaks ol every description fully explained , with diagrams , and every thing respetting style and fashion iUastrated . The method of increasing and diminishing all the patterns , er any others f Bxficnlaily etplain & d . Price 19 s . READ and Co . beg to inform those who consider it not right to pay the full price for the new system of Cutting , having recently purchased The old one , that any persons having done so within the last year , will be charged only half price for the nhole ; or any parts of the new system , published 1816 , which wiU supersede everything of the kind before coaceived . Particulars and terms sent , post free . Patent Measures , with full explanation , St . the set . Patent Indicator , 7 s post-free . Begiitered patterns to measure , Is , each post-free . Sold by Read and Co ., 12 . Hart-street , Bloomshury-square , London ; and all Booksellers , Post-office orders , and Post Stamps , taken as Cash . Habits performed for tie Trade . Busts for fitting Ceats on-, Boys ' figures . Foremen provided . — Instructions in cutting complete , for all kinds of Style and Fashion , which cas be accomplished in aa incredibly short time . K . B .-Ladies'Paletot Patterns , Is . each , Post Free .

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      COLLIVER'S commercial cofpbb aud chop HOUSE ASD READING ROOMS , 26 e | , STRAND , LOHMnr . J OOLLIVER returns his sincere thanks to his . Friends and the Public at large , for the support he has received at their hands during the last ten years , and hopes , by strict attention and civility , to merit a continuance of their patronage . 3 . C also begs to state , that having lately made extensive alterations and improvements in his premises , he is now enabled to afford additional convenience without extra charge . A Commercial Coff » e-room upstairs , with every facility for Travellers and Visitors from the country . The House is situated in the very heart of the Metropolis , in the centre of the Theatres , near the National Land Office , and Public Buildings . Omnibuses pass to and from all the Railway Stations , to meet the Trains , every five miuutes Beds , Is . to is . Gd . per nfeht . AU other charges equally moderate . NO FEES TO SERTAXrs ,

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      D O YOU SUFFER TOOTHACHE ? -If so , use Bxakde's EsajIel for filling the decayed spots , rendering defective teeth sound and painless . Price One Shilling only , similar to that sold atTws Shillings and Sixpence . Sold by chemists everywhere . Testimonials . — ' It has given me the use of one side of xay meath , which luxury I had not enjoyed for about two 5 ear 8 . * —E . J . Macdosalb , Belford . Northumberland . 'It is the most effective and painless cure for toothache I have ever found . I have no hesitation in recommending it to all sufferers . '—Ciptain Thohas Wbight , 13 , Xewington-cresceat , Londen . * I have filled two teeth , and find I can use them as well as ever 1 did in my life . I have not had the toothache since . ' — Abbaijasi Coluss , North-brook-place , Bradferd , Yorkshire . See numerous other testimonials in ¦ various news , papers , every one of which is Strictly authentic . If any difficulty in obtaining it occurs send One Shilling and a Stamp to J . Willis , 4 , BeU'f-buildiags , Salisbury-. ; quare , London , and you will ensure it by return of past . —Agents wanted .

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      THE NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUJSD . A GRAND NEW YEAR'S TEA PARTY , CONCERT AXD BALL , vdll be held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John Street , Fitrroy Square , on Tuesday evening , January 2 nd , 1819 , in aid of the above fusd . Mr TflcjfiS Coopm will preside . Tea on table at five o ' clock , and ths baU to commence at half-past eight . Tickets for tea , concert and bill , single , 18 6 d , double , 2 s 6 d ; ditto for ball and concert only , single , IS , double , ls 6 d ; to be had at the following places : — Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-street , Cam . - iKrwell ; Mr Jamts Grassby , 8 , Noah ' s Ark Court , Stan-Kate , Lambeth ; Mr G . Antil , 2 , Thrawl * street , Spitalfields ; KrStaUvrood , Hammersmith ; MrG . Greenslade , 21 , Allerton-street , Hoxton New T « wn ; Mr A . Dyson , 221 , Shoreditch ; ilx Bidweil . , Iv-lane , Hoiton ; ilr TV . smith , 32 , Hupert-street , Hajmarket ; Mr T . Holmes . l , Kiaing House-lane , Portland-place ; Mr T . Grey , 13 , Heard ' s-court , Wardour-street , Sehojiir Know . es , 89 , Eew Gravel-lane , Shadwell ; Ifr Scotter , 12 , Castle , street , Kent-street , Borough ; Mr R . H . Sice , 5 , Pepperstreet , Union-street , Socthwark ; Mr Sims , II , Little Ghapel-street , Gray ' s inn-lane ; Hr E . Parkes , 32 , Little WindmiU-streit , Haymarktt * , Mr C . Duddridge , Bricklayer ' s Arms , Tonbridge-stieet , New-road ; Land Office , Hi , High Holbora ; Colliver's Coffee House , 2 CCJ , Strand ; at the Institution ; and of the Secretary , John Arnett , U , Middlesex-place , Semen Town .

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      0 NOTICE . 'CONNORVILLE AGRICULTURAL AND MODEL FARM SCHOOL . Youths are respectably boarded and carefully instructed in the various branches 4 b » TC mentioned , in connexion with general education , fcyMr D . 6 * ates , M . C . P . N . B . —Terms , Sixteen Qn ' nsaj per Annual—* Quarter in advance , No extras { only for stationary . ) Grocers * Cheesemongers ' , & c . te ., children , he will receive on mutual accommodation .

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      HO MORE PILLS , nor any other Medicine , for Indiges-1 tion , Irregularity of the Intestines , Flatulency , Palpi , taboaofthe Heart , Torpidity of the Liver , persisting Headaches , Nervoasnesa , Biliotuntts , General Debility , j Despondency , Spleen , & c . ? ru » M , or 8 d post-free ; £ ?* , '» sTK ' 3 , i or free by pest , 2 s 6 d ( fa stamps ) , Fifth Edition of T \ U BARRY'S POPULAR TREATISE OH IN-- ¦^ BI 5 ESTI 0 A' and C ( WsriPATIOjr ; the main causes of Nervousness , Biliousness , Scrofula , Liver Compi « nts , ipieen , & c ., and their Radical Removal , entitled the Natural Regenerater of the Digtstlve Organs , ' Trttaout pills , purgatives , or medicines of any kind , by a ample , pleasant , economical , and infallible meansadaptedtothogeaeralreader . . ' Ba Barry and Co .. 75 . Sew Bond Street , London ; also , sfG ^ berti ^ aad all other bookseller * , lent postfre * at he sameprice to Prussia , * m *» mn

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      WELCOME THE FAMILY FRIEND !—Now ready , price 2 d . ( beautifully printed , and stitched in a , neat wrapper ) , No . 1 of THB FAMILY FRIEND , to be continued monthly . No . 1 contains . —New Year * * Eve—a Tale ; the Electric Light ; the Emigrant ' s Daughter-a Tale ; the Polytechnic Institution ; Our Friend ' s Library ; the Lover ' s Stratagem ; the Golden Garland ; the Pearl of Days ; Remarks oa Hear Sight & c ; Poetry ; tho Banquet of Blood ; the New Year ; True Freedom ; the Day of Life ; the Philosophy of a Sneczi ; the Cardinal , the Minister , and the King ' s Phy . sician ; Grandfather Whitehead's Lecture to Little Folk ; a Man ef Useful Receipts ; Trifles ; Treasures ; the Gardiner ' s Friend , the Housewife ' s Friend , the Naturalist's Friend , & c . ; FamUy Cautions ; Interesting Statistics , Family Pastime ; Questions answered by the Editor , Sec . A specimen number alone can convey an adequate idea of the cheapness and elegance of this work . London : Houlstoaand Stoneman , and all Boooksellers .

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      Bow Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS , T 3 E CHEAPEST EDITION EVER ? USliISSED . PrloetB . Sd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of he Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . JUST PUBLISHED , No . 24 , THE ' LABOUBEr MAGAZINE . C 0 HTEBT 8 : — 1 . FemsJa Slavery in England ; 2 . Position and Prospects of ibe National Lwd Company . 3 . Tbe Foreign Event * of tbe Month , « . National Literature , This number completes Vol . IV ., which is now ready , neatly bound , price 3 s . 6 d . NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS . Any imperfect copies of the ' Labourer ' Magazine most be completed this Month ; all the back nura ' sers are now on sale : but it will not be practicable to perfect copies after this Month . Just Published , price Is . 6 d ., forming a neat volume , EVIDENCE TAKEN BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE Appointed to inquire into Thb National Laud CoMttKr ; irifli a revieir of tha » ame , and an Outline of tbe Fropositiona fer amending the Canstitution of the Company , bo as to comply with the Provisions of the Law . Watson , Queen's Head-passage , Paternoster-revr , London : A- Hey wood , Manchester : and all Booksellers in Town and Country .

      To The Depositors In The Redemption Department.

      TO THE DEPOSITORS IN THE REDEMPTION DEPARTMENT .

      'I —"~~ [ J Having Received Many Applica...

      'i — " ~~ [ j Having received many applications relative to the { right of depositors in the Redemption Department ' j of the Bank transferring their monies from thence to the Bonus Fund , as the object of that department , ' under the original constitution , was the establish-! ment of a savings bank to enable the Land mem' \ hers to reduce their amount of rent , by applying ! such deposits to its liquidation , I have come to the i conclusion , that it would be unjust to deny them the ¦ ! right of transferring their stock to the Bonus Fund , . which , in point of fact , is the most complete realisa-1 tion of the original intention ; therefore , all deposit & rs in the Redemption Department of the Bank , ' are authorised and empowered to direct the transfer ' of their stock to the Bonus Fund . j Fbargtjs O'Connor , .

      The Northern Star, Satdbday, Decehber23, 1818.

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATDBDAY , DECEHBER 23 , 1818 .

      Judge Perrin And The Press. The Irish Li...

      JUDGE PERRIN AND THE PRESS . The Irish Liberal Judges are determined not to be distanced by their Liberal English brethren in the race of persecution . Judge Pen-in was raised to the bench in consequence of a most violent speech , delivered in the House of Commons in 1833 , upon the Tithe agitation , and the mode resorted to for the recovery of small arrears in the superior and inferior courts . The Whigs , in that day , and especially the Irish Whig landlords , had a luscious eye upon Church property , a longing which was subsequently gratified by the plunder of the church for the benefit of the

      landlord , to the amount of twenty-five per cent . In those days the "Whig Government urged antagonism , and excited opposition to the Irish Church to that extent which would insure unanimity amongst the Irish landlords . If there is a feather to be plucked from our mother , which does not fly in the direction of the landlords * grasp , a religious war is at once waged , and a whole brood WILL STAND BY THE OLD HEN , but the same supporters will coasent te see her plucked to the very pen feathers , provided they receive the spoil . When it is a question of religion only , the indignation of the saints is easily roused , but

      not easily subdued ; but when it is a question of pounds , shillings , and pence , and when charity begins at home , sanctity and spirituality are merged in necessity , and the rule of three over-rules all scripture precedent . Now , this Judge Perrin was one of the foremost amongst leading Liberals ; he was one of the loudest in his denunciation of legal injustice ; but now a change has come over the spirit of his dream , and as a judge upon the bench , sworu to act impartially , as the administrator of the law between the Crown and the prisoner , he robs the prisoner , not of a mere technical but of an indispensable right , by forbidding the publication of his trial .

      The Press is excessively indignant at the exercise of this judicial prerogative , but it but touches the journalists sore , leaving that which is most likely to affect the prisoner wholly out of sight . The Press urges no substantial reason for its wrath , while it is left to us to show wherein this ungenerous and , we may add , unconstitutional exercise of an almost obsolete power is injurious to the prisoner ,

      consideration for whom should be the primary object , not with the Judge or the Press only , but with the public at large . And as our contemporaries are so fond of precedent , we will furnish them with a recent case , from which they will learn that the suppression of the publication of evidence may militate against the prisoner , even upon trial for High Treason , where a list of the witnesses must be furnished to the

      accused . We find that at the trials at Clonmel , a man of the name ef Dobbin is produced as an evidence for the Crown , His evidence is read by a scholar of Trinity College—the young gentleman whose crime , in the eye of the " Ttwes , " consisted in the meanness of his apparel , and the necessity for " WATER , " "MORE WATER , " and « WATERAGAlN " -and from its perusal he discovers fallacies and inaccuracies , if not wilful perjury , that he is capable of rebutting ; and but for which publication he would have remained in perfect ignorance of the facts

      but upon reading it he proceeds to the court , and tenders himself as a witness . Here , then , is a strong case , but not so strong in injustice as that to which Mr Duffy is subjected by the liberal Judge Perrin , inasmuch as in Duffy's case the prisoner is not furnished with a list of the names of the witnesses ; while , should the Catholic Attorney-General break down in one portion of the evidence , he has nothing to do but to select a more sturdy Detective to make good the breach . Suppose a witness to appear against Duffy , to charge hira with aa act or with words , the performance , the intention , or the accuracy of i which might be contradicted , not by one or

      ten , but a hundred credible witnesses , at a distance from the place ef trial ; is it not more than cruelty—is it not barbarism , injustice , and tyranny—to deny to the prisoner the possibility of refuting evidence , the inaccuracy of which maybe known to parties , while their knowledge of the facts may not be known to the prisoner , his counsel , or solicitor . Talk about packing juries , and rejecting Catholics and Liberals , while we have a Liberal Judge and a Catholic Attorney-General as the principal mummers in this Irish Christinas pantomime . The Irish are replete with imagination , and lacking any greattheatricalaovelty intbisthea-

      Judge Perrin And The Press. The Irish Li...

      trical seasen , oar Liberal Judge was determined upon catering for the public , and produced his pantomime . We have often said ; and now repeat it , that the native Irish having been long subjected to the conquering Saxon , have made many attempts to repossess themselves even of the mere shadow of justice '; but so strong and powerful is the terror of the law . that when equality is fantastically proclaimed , injustice rallies in the jury-box , and now upon the bench , there determined to uphold its authority as long as a foot of resting ground remains .

      Judge Pen-in , if we mistake not , was a denouncer of Baron Smith , when arraigned by Daniel O'Connellin the House of Commons ; and Mr Napier , member for the Protestant University of Dublin—a high Tory , and a much more gifted and talented man than Judge Perrin , and counsel for Mr Duffy—may retort by being his accuser in the Senate House . The " Times" assures its readers that the injustice will he much qualified by its ability to transmit the evidence nearly as quick as if published in the Irish Press ; but we beg to tell the "Times , " that . in the rural districts of Ireland , not one in fifty thousand ever see its broadsheet , while the evidence published in the " Freeman " today , is read throughout the country upon such an occasion on the morrow .

      Tradition is , to a certain extent , oral in Ireland ; one , two , or three politicians read the paper of their choice , and the intelligence is orally communicated in the school-house , the blacksmith ' s shop , or the . market place . But those who thus communicate intelligence never read the "Times , " and if they did , the sentence may be passed upon false evidence before its announcement in the" Times'' could reach the ear of those who would be able to rebut it .

      However , it is but a link in the long chain of oppression . Ireland will , no doubt , be . again the battle-field of faction in the approaching session ; and as the Irish Landlords have forgotten their spiritual ¦ , differences when the appropriation of the Church Property to their own kindly use was the question at issue , we have as little doubt that they will sink their political differences when the question of their own salvation is argued in the Senate House .

      It was bad enough for Baron Aldersoh to refuse Mantle the means of defence , when charged with a minor offence ; but how . much more tyrannical and oppressive to refuse a man upon trial for an act called felony , for which he maybe transported for life , the meant ? of defence . Are eur rulers so affrighted by continental revolutions and convulsions , that they are compelled to rely upon domestic tyranny as the means of preserving domestic peace ? or do they hope that the Minister ' s quotation of the unrefuted evidence adduced against Mr Duffy will serve as another Kennington Common , to protect them against the opposition of their opponents ? If so , they sadly miscalculate ; as , although the craving OUTS

      were satisfied to allow them to remain IN , while Continental revolutions affrighted and alarmed them , they will discover that Quarter Day has too many charms to be postponed upon so flimsy a pretext as the necessity-of convicting a dangerous man . The Tories will say , "We were satisfied to suspend the Constitution , and to arm the Executive with unconstitutional power , when danger and revolution threatened , ani when the mildness of the Constitution was not calculated to curb the excitement created by artful and designing demagogues , but we were not prepared to rob the Constitution of its brightest gem , by denying to the greatest malefactor the . best means for his defence . ' '

      What chance has a Chartist in England or a felon in Ireland , from middle class and Protestant Juries ? It is but the resuscitation of the olden Irish tyranny , illustrated in the case of an Irish Oranga yeoman , who , when tried and convicted of a diabolical murder before Judge Fletcher , and upon the clearest evidence , the Jury recommended him to mercy . When the Judge asked the foreman upon

      what grounds , or upon what portion of the evidence the recommendation of . mercy was based , the foreman replied , " Because he is a good Protestant , a good Orangeman , and a good yeoman , my Lord . " "Then , " rejoined the Judge , "becausehe is a good Orangeman , a good Protestant , and a good yeoman , he should have known better , and he shall be hanged . "

      Mercy. On The 14tk Of August Last, A Pol...

      MERCY . On the 14 tk of August last , a policeofficer , of the town of Ashton-under-Lyne , was killed by some person or persons unknown , who were reported as having been , engaged in a night rising of some kind or other , and which was christened by the veracious Press — "A Chartist Outbreak . " Several persons were arrested , and at the Liverpool Assizes , which have just terminated , two of the prisoners were placed on their trial for the " murder . " Jeseph Radcliffe was charged with the crime of " wilful murder , " and Joseph Constantine with " aiding and assisting , & c . "

      In the course of the trial , the charge against Constantine was withdrawn . Subsequently , He was tried , with five others , on a charge of ' * conspiracy to levy rebellion ,. & c „ " and sentenced to transportation for life . The Jury found Radcliffe guilty , adding , " We strongly recommend him to mercy , as Bright , the policeman , did not fall by his hand . '" Notwithstanding this merciful recommendation , Radcliffe has been sentenced to Death .

      The Jury ' s verdict amounts to this—that Radcliffe is guilty because he was in the company of those who killed Bright , No doubt , in ' * the eye of the law "—as defined by Mr Baron Alderson—Radcliffe is guilty ; but the public will draw a distinction between the guilt of a man who slays another , and that of a man who was merely in the company of the slayer , at the time the deed of death was committed . If Radcliffe * isexecuted , it will be believed by the public that he has been made the scapegoat for another man ' s offence . It is true that the Judge , w hen passing sentence , declared it as his belief that Radcliffe was

      the man who attacked Bright with a pike , previous to the latter being shot ; but , after a careful perusal of the evidence , we are compelled to entertain strong doubts of his Lordship ' s conclusion Certainly , some of the witnesses for the Crown seem to bear out Mr Baron Aldersbn ' s view of the case ; but their evidence is contradicted by that ef others . If the evidence given on the side of Radcliffe can be believed , he was altogether innocent of having assaulted Bright , either with pike , gun , or pistol .

      Any way , it is certain that Bright ' s deathwound was not the work of Radcliffe . Even the Judge , when passing sentence , observed " Yours was not the hand that fired the shot ,- of that lam perfectl y satisfied . " Under these circumstances , whatever the law may say , it will be a most unjust and savage act of vengeance to consign Radcliffe to the scaffold . The killing of Bright was every way unjustiliable . The working men of Paris fight , but they do not assassinate . For half a dozen men to set upon and kill one man , and that , too , without any adequate provocation , is ' an act that must call down the condemnation of all right-thinking men .

      But , however much we may deplore this affair ; it is our business to see that no act of injustice is performed without doing what lies in our power to prevent it . "We hold that it would be unjust to take away the life of Radcliffe for an offence of which—even according to the admission of Jud ge and Jury—he was not guilty . "We will not , on this occasion , raise the question of the justice and utility of capital punishments . A man ' s li $ is at stake , and this is the time not to argue , but to act It appears to us that the duty of theinhawtants of Ashton is to prevent the execution

      of the sentehes ' passed upon Radclihy ' ; Notwithstanding the strong ' r ecbmmendaiJOfli or the Jury , we are not confident that the uovernment will spare the life of the ^ condemne ^ man , unless a vigorous effort is made to save him . A merciful disposition is not a . characteristic of the Whigs ; on the contrary , the reverse is . notoriously the case . The people of Ashton may , however , snatch Radcliffe from the hands of the hangman , if they will . Let a Petition or Petitions , signed by all classes of inhabitants , and ' addressed to tbe Queen , praying for a commutation of the sentence passed upon Radcliffe , be immediately got up . Mr Hindley , the member for the borough , will , we doubt not , place himself at the headof this movement for the triumph of Mercy united with Justice ,

      The Ashton And Manchester Victims. Josep...

      THE ASHTON AND MANCHESTER VICTIMS . Joseph Constantino , Thomas Kenworthy , Jonathan Walker , James Stott , and Thomas Tassiker , of Ashton , convicted of having " feloniously assembled , with others , to levy war against the Queen , & c , & c , " were on Monday last sentenced to be TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE . John Sefton , ineluded in the same indictment , was sentenced to the term of ten years' transportation .

      In this instance , the defendants—after the trial had proceeded to some length—withdre w their plea of " Not Guilty , " and pleaded " Guilty . " Punishment was to be anticipated , but not the merciless sentence we have above stated ; a sentence which exhibits the blind ferocity of our rulers . What can be done for these unfortunate men ? At present , we fear , nothing . We say " at present , '' because we hope to see , ere long , a national effort made in their behalf . Their doom , together with that of Cuffey and his fellow-sufferers , must be at least mitigated . The ensuing Session of , Parliament must not pass over without , a vigorous effort being made to obtain , at least , an amelioration of their terrible punishment .

      But , if nothing can be done immediately for tbe men themselves , something should be done forthwith for their families—for we presume that all , or most of them , have families . It is the people ' s sacred duty to see the widows and orphans saved from the horrors of the Poorlaw Bastile . Several other Ashton men have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment , ranging from three months to one year . The families of these men also demand the protection of the people .

      We have not space at command , this week , to fully review the trial of t ' : ie Manchester Chartists . Ten of our best men have been convicted of <( Sedition , '' " " Conspiracy , " & c , and sentenced to imprisonment . This was to be expected : a middle-class Jury being sure to convict such men as West , White , and Leach ; nevertheless , we have good grounds for saying that , in this instance , the Attorney-General completel y broke

      down , and altogether failed to make out his case against the defendants . According to Sir John ' s opening address , the Gunpowder Plot was a trifle compared with the Chartist Conspiracy he promised to lay bare . But , behold the only witness , on whose evidence he attempted to ground his cock-andbull-story , was actually turned out of Courthis outrageous lying having disgusted even the Judge !

      A minute examination of tbe evidence of that respectable gentleman , Mr Abraham Ball , we must reserve for another occasion . But we must here call attention to the fact , that although he professed to have been in constant communication with the defendants , and in their company at the alleged secret committee meetings ; and , although he gave a most circumstantial account of what he swore was said and done at those meetings , yet on being required to identify the men he swore against , he could not do so ; he pleaded weakness of eyesight , but even when placed within a yard of the defendants , he was as near-sighted

      as he had been when a considerable distance off . He was ready and willing to swear anything against the defendants , but when called upon to identify them lie could not distinguish Leach from White , nor West from . Donovan , but stood a self-convicted , despised , and execrated perjurer . The Attorney-General having had his main prop knocked from under him , commenced singing remarkably small ; feeling , no doubt , that a verdict of any kind against the defendants was more than he had any right to hope for * , class prejudice , however , came to his aid , and he did get a verdict . The defendants were Chartists , aud , of course , they were guilty .

      West , White , Leach , Donovan , Nixon , and Cropper , defended themselves , and bravely and ably they vindicated their principles , and honoured themselves and their cause . West , White , Donovan , Rankin , Grocott , and Cropper , were sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment , and to enter into sureties to keep the peace for two years ; Leach , nine months ' imprisonment ; M'Donough and Chadwick , sixmonths ; and Nixon , four months ; all "to find securities for their good behaviour for one year .

      The defendants , with the exception of West and White , were found guilty of unlawful assembly and conspiracy , but the two exceptions we have named , were found guilty of attending an unlawful assembly only , yet , strange to say , both these defendants were included in the sentence of the twelve months' imprisonment , and two years' sureties . How is this ? Is it because John West and George White are "first-class" popular leaders , and are punished because of their popularity and influence over the people ? This is the only construction we can put upon the sentence passed upon them .

      There is one favourable circumstance io connexion with the sentence passed upon our Manchester friends—they are to be treated as first-class misdemeanants ; they will be permitted to wear their own clothing , and will be expected to provide their own provisions , and other necessaries . The readers of this journal are well aware that West , White , Leach , and their

      fellowsufferers are working men , and , consequently , are unable to find themselves infood , clothing & c , unless the means are supplied to them by the people . For the sake of the men themselves , and for the honour of the Chartist cause , it is imperatively necessary that funds be immediately and permanently supplied , to provide for the wants of our persecuted brethren .

      A trustworthy committee of known , active men , in the ranks of the Chartists of Liverpool and Manchester , must be immediately appointed by the people , for the purpose of collecting monies , & c , and forwarding the same to the imprisoned patriots . In the meantime , we are instructed to state , that subscriptions may be forwarded to Mr James Farreli , 62 , Richmond Row , Liverpool . One word more . The families of the iraprisoned Democrats will be reduced to a state of want unless assistance is promptl y supplied . Of course they will be attended to ^ by the General Victim Committee , but we are sorry to say that the funds at the dis posal of that body are at present miserably inadequate to meet the demands occasioned by the Whiff CNisarla against Chartism . " ™

      At the York Assizes , David Lightowler and our others have been sentenced to various If the people have any sense of justice , any Xrovm ; heir TJirUr ' the ^ i » foS sj « s ? « i i ^ vioum Fund f ° th « WhSry " U ° ° the Victim 80 f

      > The West Riding Election. Mr Denison's...

      > THE WEST RIDING ELECTION . Mr Denison ' s return for the West Biding is a severe blow and heavy discouragement to the Leaguers , who but a short time ago , flushed with victory , proclaimed in 'Parliament their determination to rule England , and dictate its policy for the future . At the General Election in 1846 , it was not required of Mr Cofrden to imitate Csesar , and write " vent , vidi , v ' \ cV He conquered Mr Denison without even talcing the trouble to ' Come or see . " The mere announcement of his name sufficed to drive tbe

      Protectionist from the field ; and , while wandering ' as an apostle of Free Trade in foreign lands , the most important constituency in the kingdom selected him as its representative . No wonder' that the heads of the Leaguers were somewhat turned by such astounding success , and that visions of the future government of the country being entirely placed in their hands should have flitted through their brains . But time tries all . The foundation of their popularity and predominance was built on sand . Two years has sufficed to revolutionise public opinion on the question of

      Free Trade . The verdict has gone against them , and the Protectionist journals not unnaturally point with exultation to the very jury who were cited , by the Leaguers as an unimpeachable and triumphant authority on their behalf . ; We are aware that coalition and private political arrangements maybe adduced as forming a powerful portion of the influence by which Mr Denison has been re-elected ; but making all allowance for the share of these influences , it is quite clear that the Free Traders are at a discount in Yorkshire . We all remember the creation of freehold votes by the thousand , for the avowed purpose of swamping the usual constituency . They

      stated that by these means they had secured a majority of at least four thousand votes in any future election . Well , less than two short years have served to convert that majority into a minority of nearly 3 , 000 . If Free Trade bad , even in ; the remotest degree , fulfilled the antici . pations of its advocates , such an astounding change as this could never have taken place . Politics have , then , fanatics , whose faith is not less strong , or more proof against conviction , than that of the votaries of religious creeds . Even in despite of the failure of the prophecies of plenty of work , high wages , & c , & c , which the Leaguers used to utter so glibly , it might have been supposed that the young enthusiasm and ardent desire to enfold the world in the

      anple embrace of the beneficent genius of Free Commerce , would have sustained the party over a longer period than two years . Mitigating causes might have been weighed and given credit for ; reasons / plenty as blackberries , might have been sought for to account for the awkward fact , that Free Trade has not yet made England a Paradise . Bat no ! stern realities have triumphed . Increasing pauperism , vagrancy , and crime ; diminishing wages , profits , and employment ; with undiminished burdens , have rudely dispelled the pleasing illusions conjured up by the magic wands of Messrs Cobden and Bright , and the people have begun to repent of their folly in being led astray by a piece of quackery which ,

      certainly , in its day , achieved even greater popularity than even the nostrums of Morison or Holloway . Do not accuse us of irreverence if we add , with not more than an equal claim to that popularity . It is some consolation to find , that the day of that imposture is drawing to a close , and though we certainly do not look upon Mr Denison in any other light than an exchange of King Log for King Stork , as times go we are thankful for even that small mercy . By and by , one huge fallacy having been scored off the board , the time may come for a trial of the only remedies which can substantially or permanently improve the condition of all classes .

      Employment For The People. Thomas Carlyl...

      EMPLOYMENT FOR THE PEOPLE . Thomas Carlyle coined a phrase two or three years ago , which so captivated the imagination of the scribes and spouters of the day , that it obtained universal circulation . It almost seemed as if " the Condition of England Question would put all minor questions out of sight , and assume its rightful predominant

      position , as the sole important question which required a settlement at the hands of Legislators , and Cabinets . The scribes and spouters were , however , not in earnest ; they were merely fascinated by the jingle of the words ; and even had they been sincere—being simply wordmongers , and nothing more—they knew not how to setabout solving the practical problems included in the phrase— " Condition of England Question . "

      The fashion has now changed . Of all the subjects that by possibility may be talked about—can be talked about—or ought to be talked about—that is to be specially and religiously avoided . The highest wisdom of politicians and statesmen is now discovered to consist in doing nothing . The men who aspire to themosthonourableand responsible position in society , ostentatiously proclaim their ignorance or their helplessness , as the best qualifications for these situations ; and the middle classes—in whom the predominant electoral power is at present vested—hasten to return incompetence or ignorance to the Legislature , as though they possessed a spell by which all difficulties can be made to vanish , " like the baseless fabric of a vision . "

      The causes of this re-action are not difficult to find . The revolution of February in France was the commencement of a real attempt to grapple with the evils which had grown into such magnitude , as to be no longer endurable by the mass of the people . However various the modes by which the objects were sought to be attained , these resolved themselves into two leading divisions ; first , to secure work to all who needed it , and were willing to labour ; second , to distribute the products of that labour upon equitable princi p les , and in such a way as to promote the general well-being of the community . To such plans , of course , political

      adventurers , jobbers , stock-jobbers , profit-mongers , place-hunters , and all the various classes who prefer to live in luxury upon the labour of others , have insuperable objections , They have so long been accustomed to look upon the industrious classes as merely created for their purposes , and the wealth they create as their legitimate prey , that any scheme b y which workers might participate fairly in' the products of their own labour , seemed in the highest degree preposterous , outrageous , and impious . Hence , after the first shock of sur prise was over , the leaders of the pampered idle classes , with professions of submission to the popular will on their lips , and with deadlv

      hatred m their hearts , set to work and orga-l nised a Press conspiracy against Labour and its ri ghts all over Europe . The objects and views of the masses were calumniated and misrepresented , with a deliberate ferocity , and fiendish , calculating malignity , which has no parallel in history . B y a singular refinement in villany they managed—while committing the most monstrous violations of every law human and divine-to throw the odium which ought to [ attend such conduct upon the maligned democratic and social Reformers , until at . last a panic spread far and near among all classes and the object of frightening sJcViv into submitting again to the old system nf plunder was fully established . Sy 8 tem of

      Ihe West Riding election incidentally disclosed the effect of this conduct upon pub c opinion Mr Denison was , throughout hfs canvass , the frank opponent of every species of reforni-the out-spoken defender of every abuse . The only classes of whom he takes cognisance , or whose interests appear to him to need looking after , are landlords , bishops , tax-esters , and profit-mongers—in short , all those classes who are already tolerably rich , and aspire to grow richer . The idea of any measure being either desirable or possible for

      the amelioration Of the condition of the peo pie at large , seems to him the height of absurdity . He tvfls quite merry at Sheffield when so ridiculous an idea was started as that of providing permanent remunerative employment for the masses , The Sheffield people said to him , " You have admitted that thousands in this country cannot get a subsistence . What means do you propose for the permanent remunerative employment of the people ?" Mr Denison : " My friend has given me a poser now . ( Loud laughter from his friends , ) lam sure if I could come within a thousand miles of

      hfs object I should be the cleverest man in the kingtiom . He asks me to provide for millions of men who cannot get work . My answer is , most respectfully I do not know , ' * ( More laughter from his friends . ) Now we do not see anything to laugh at in this affair , except , indeed , it be the admitted ignorance of a man aspiring to fill an important position ; but even that is no laughing matter , because incompetent legislators and unwise legislators are the sure forerunners of violent revolutions . A man who thus bluntly confessed his ignorance , and who at the same time showed a

      disposition to ridicule the mere statement of one of the gravest and most pressing questions of the age , should have at once been told " You are not fit for the situation you seek ; go back to the retirement from which you say your friends have dragged you , with so much reluctance upon your part . " 'Ihe comfortable , short-sighted , stand-still , class , of which Mr Denison is the type , mayrely upon it , that however favourable for them the aspect of things may be for the moment , their day has gone by . The very fact of any

      considerable proportion of the Legislature being composed of such materials , must hasten the complete destruction of the existing system . Unless we have—and that right speedily —men who aw prepared to look our political and social difficulties fairly in the face , and introduce gradually , but steadily , appropriate improvements — the schemes they now turn from as being either Utopian or objectionable will be succeeded by proposals of a less moderate , less pleasing—we fear we may add , less useful—character .

      The selfish and surface-mongering plans by which our so-called commercial reformers have of late years occupied public attention and the time of Parliament , have rather accelerated than postponed the necessit y for taking this question into immediate and earnest consideration . The great measure on which so much reliance was placed , has as yet done nothing either to increase employment , or raise wages . So far from it , though the fields for the extension of commerce may have thereby

      been multiplied , and new opportunities created for the profitable investment of capital , the mass of the people have been worse off than at almost any previous period of our his . tory . Poor rates have mounted to' an enormous height—pauperism and vagrancy have increased , and crime has augmented . Now , these things , in a rich country like this—in a country made rich by the toil of the masses , whom we thus doom to idleness , destitution , and crime—cannot be tolerated for ever . There

      must come a count and reckoning , and a wind , up , some day or other . Exasperation will take the place of endurance ; and then those who pride themselves upon being ignorant as to what should be done to enable the people to earn an honest subsistence for themselves , in a land overflowing with wealth , will wish they had gone to school in time to have prevented very disagreeable consequences .

      We use no menace in stating this , neither do we assume to be prophets . It is one of the most common-place deductions from the history of nations , both in ancient and in modern times . Whenever the privileged classes in any country have entirely monopolised the land , and raw materials and means of existence , and made these subservient to their own interests , without reference to the welfare of the

      community at large , retribution has never failed to overtake them . Their own conduct bore with it aa inevitable and condign punishment , and the system they clung to was shipwrecked and destroyed , in consequence of its own rottenness and incapacity to hold together . Parliament must turn its attention to this subject . There is room enough in Great Britain and Ireland for one hundred millions of human beings to live in comfort and prosperity , if our territorial , industrial , and political

      institutions were based upon justice . At present we have little more than a fourth of that population in these islands , and at least onesixth of that population may be described as p aupers , vagrants , or criminals . Another large proportion struggle for life , upon a miserable half-subsistence—and all classes are more or less uneasy—because all have to prey upon one another , and mutually combine to prevent Labour from being applied , as it ought to be , in the production of raw material and the staple necessaries of life .

      We repeat , the system which produces such results as these cannot stand . The men who attempt to support it—no matter what their positions or their professions may be—are the real anarchists and revolutionists . Their bigoted adherence to arrangements which murder , body and soul , tens of thousands of their fellow creatures annually , because these arrangements secure themselves ease , and opulence , and distinction , is a crime against society of the most flagitious description . They are sowing , deep in the heart of society , seeds which must ripen into a fearful crop , and preparing the way for that " wild justice of revenge , " of which history affords so many memorable examples .

      The only way by which such a conclusion can be averted , is for our legislators to set to work with a manful resolution to do justice . They will soon discover that the industrious classes of this country ask for nothing mor * . They ask simp y that the land and the raw material of wealth may be freely open to their labour ; that they may have liberty to make the sou and the mines-the manufactory and theengine-shop-the seaand the river-more

      rruutui in all kinds of w ealth-and that , hav- . ing done so , this wealth shall be shared in by ' all classes in such a manner as shall conduce to » the mutual goodwill , contentment , and pros- . penty of the whole population . By these j ZTt ^ f ghty moutces of this empire 3 w be made a proper use of . Everyman , , willin g ¦ t « r work honestl y for his living / will be 3 assured of a comfortable subsistence , Sd until I rTJ / f r ob J ectl f s £ . acci ) n > pH 8 hed , there can be e no safety for any interest" or any « class" in n the country , « The Condition of England d Question" must , once more , become fasC t

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      " » u * "* o wea * urer use purpose . Thomas f ! f abk E . Thointow , Manchester . —Tha Directori are aware care oo your lorvices and abilitits , but it is impossible foe foo tnem to proride jon with employment , as they have niveau situation at their disposal . The clerks at the Com Conii pany s office hare been reduced from five in number tsar 11 one . It i » , therefore , quite imposaible to comply witf v > lt , t yourreque » i , vi i w . H ..-3 i 5 a , andlBCd . D . Qsavbb , O'Connorrille . -Send 4 s fid . H . Hab » i » , Bulkingtonjand E . Scboibt , Peterborough .-ugh .-.-We cannot advise youi Q . PiciFoBD . -The lines are Inadmissible . A SoBSCMBEa . -In March , 184 s , at Lancaster ; A Comstant ScBscaiBSi , Mertbyr .-Ws cannot talL ilL Joujj Stobbis , Qlas off ,-Ycs . v ^ ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23121848/page/4/