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      Tub Daily Kwvs. Ai.Tuov.Cu Ums Ow Tjaaaq...

      ^ dertakin g . had , and we stated it , considerable misgiving as to the editorial capabilities of the general class of authors , whilethepungency . raciness , and phma 1 " * I" Jebsoib ' s writing ? , we thought , jDjtiSed us in making an exception in his favour , ¦ j-jierc is as much difference between book and news pgper literatore , as there is between the slow pace of ljje lumbering waggon-horse , that has bis long and &* vary journey to perform by night and by day , at t rate of two miles an hour , and the rattling speed of die high-mettled race-horse , whose exercise finishes « ita his gallop .

      There is no ordeal more trying than that searching fljuVi sm to which a new acquaintance is subjected fi his firstpresentation to a strange circle ; and it fl oi uafrequcntly happens that a first appearance is jyuaged by the overweening commendations of 0 \ i friends , who have had frequent opportunities ef ijjjjring from solid worth and sterling qualities , more liar , from a prepossessing exterior , or the more

      glittering and showy manners . In all those attributes , fcowever , we find out fondest hopes disappointed , and car unwelcome anticipations realised . Our new £ } end was presented to us with an awkward , vulgar acd torbidding appearance , while a second visit left ib bat little hope that within there was yet an undisco vered treasure . In such an undertaking as the poductioa ofa daily newspaper , and especially nowa-dsyji when there is so much material for

      arehi-{ eetswho have acquired fame , to erect a temple of iBaaortaEty , we had a right to expect , in the first EUEikr at least , such a development of principle as fi-oald lead to ihe conclusion that strict impartiality jrtudd constitute its leading feature . we were willing not only to hi tolerant , but atxious to be lenient , and , therefore , we withheld core than a mere passing comment until the « cifad number had made its appearance ; and having always looked to the virtue , courage , and indetftdeuce of the newspaper press as the bulwark ' xgn-jt tyranny , the promulgator of knowledge , the

      Asi-ader of right , and the avenger of wrong , we feel ou rselves reluctantly compelled to characterise our io * cotemporarv as impotent , and unequal to the l ^ k . An activity in every department of life dis-Ju £ iiishcs the present age from olden time ; and , as we look to the press as the safest monitor of the prefect bubbling mind , it was not too much to expect ilatawlunteec , cognizant of the service into which fce entered , had studied the duties that would be required at his hand before he undertook to perform

      item . The transition of ihe old hack from methodic opinions to new conceptions may be progressive snd slow , and the most trivial advance is hailed a * pr < aw » ion in the right direction , while the same joliwti' " cannot be extended to those who become voanieers , untrammelled by prejudice , unfettered by ;* r ; v . and unrestrained by inclination , and fherelife subject to positive , rather than comparative , criii « sa ; * while , even by the latter degree , the Daily W „; would stand in sorry contrast with many of ita

      . iai ! . - Mteniporanea . belonged for the advent of this hopeful ally , we canted for its coming , and the people were led to join lc oar anticipations . All markets , save the one , wi-re gluttled , and that one was anxiously alive to the promised advantages from the new supply . The latdlords required no more aid than wealth , representation , and a . fair share of the daily press , confers up « tbem ! The League required no more assistance than a fair share of representation—the power of tapital and astounding wealth conferred npon them , while the people , deprived of representation ,

      stnjpod of power , and deficient of means , required that aid which the writings of Jekbold , the feelings of Jhsbold , the courage and well-known principles ef jEuncin , were pre-eminently calculated to extend . Froa the first appearance of the Daily News , and tegrizant of the fact that it was the property of two * vee'i ! ating stationers , one of whom had contributed £ l ' . » ' U > the Hrasos Fund , and aware that the celebrated and Rer . Mr . Fox , of free-trade notoriety , had teen engaged as the political editor , we fait sorrow tiff the halo of speculation wiih which Jaanou ) aliswed his instlv and hard-earned fame to be

      encircled ; and our only hope now is , that his genius may dispel the mist , or that the prodigy may come to aa early but not untimely end , as a warning to future speculators in newspaper subserviency . After a close perusal of < he two first numbers , we fiad not a line whereon to rest hope of reclamation . Tfcera have been three long , weary , undigested , illcoococted , unreasoning essays in each number , and all f-c the blessings of free mi unrestricted trade , ia ratriaon which merchants speculate ; while , to be

      sire , the exordima would tickle popular favour , while it iesves little hope for popular redemption . Before we present the mysterious outline of political faith to our readers , we mast fint notice that every snfewiceri . line upon which the writer pins his faith forbids the realisation of the promised popular blessings . The whole of the six long essays taken together strongly resemble a lengthy Queen ' s Speech , leaving math to conjecture , and little to approve . The folowfcz is the liberal outline to which we have

      reerred : — TLe Principle ! advocated by the DaSgXuBe trill be Vrisciples of Progress and Improvement ; of Education , Ciri ! and Religious Liberty , and Equal Legislation ; Principles , such as its conductors believe the advancing spirit oi a : * ijiae requires : the condition of the country deaacds : and Justice . Reason , and experience legitimately suction . Very much is to be done , and mult be done , tovsrds the bodily comfort , dental elevation , andganeral sootcctmtiit of the En ? l £ » h People . BUT , THEIR "SOCIAL iSritOYEHENT IS SO INSEPARABLE WOI THE WELL-DOIXG SP ARTS A > 'D COMXEkCE , THE GROWTH OF PUBLIC WORKS , THE

      FHEE INVESTMENT OF CAPITAL 1-N" AIL THOSE sraERors helps to civilisation axd im . I'iiOVEHEXT TO "WHICH the isgescity of the 40 E GIVES birth , that we hold it to be impossible rationally to consider the trite interests of the people as a class , ty ' estiox , or to separate them from the in terests of the mettchast and manufac-TlilEB . THEREFORE . IT WILL BE NO PART OF Ml ! FUNCTION TO WIDEN ANY BREACH THAT HAT rNHAPPILY SUBSIST , OP . MAY ARISE BETWE EN EMPLOYER ASH EUPLOYED ; hut it will « U . cr Ik our effort to show their true relations . thei * - "satual dependence , aad their TttutuaA power of adding to & = s » i ! n of general happin-M and prosperity .

      Uad *> much constituted the earn and substance of £ Vrc a single article , unalloyed and unmixed with ten ro ' msns of free trade poison , something might lie left iotope ; but , as it is , it but inspiressorrow . In good truth , oar share of the promised advantage from the e &! nislnnent of the Daily Newt , very forcibly reminds us if the peer woodman ' s share of his own repast . 0 « e upon a time there was an ancient woodman , who married a buxom young wife ; shortly after marriage -is discovered that the fatigues of aonsekecDing

      renewed it necessary to employ an assistant , aud proife-iag jealousy of * ' her dear old man , " she induced & q Iu prefer a male to a female assistant and , consequently , a hearty young peasant was engaged for ^ " - ¦ job . In the outeet much of hs time was spent ui tiie f « rest with his master , but at length hU closer action to domestic affairs was thought necessary '" } ' Hie mistress , and instead of coming home from his K-otk with the woodman as usual , and doing tht * hoifceb old work alto , his mistress insisted upon his burning an hour before the woodman , to make " "ites toinfortablef or hisreturn . After a short time

      ! " * ' taode of Jiving was improved , aad greaiatttfliion ? was jiaij jQ t jjg young peasant ' s appetite . Meat was ; tLn « g i n scanty use in the woodman ' s hut , and one c * "f « u 2 , ujion his return : rom work , to Lis great surprise he saw a roaring fire , heard a pot with an unusual bubble , and studied the strange smell of Iiroti ; . lie asked his yoanfr wifci n testacy , " What ave von for supper , my dear ? " Whereupon the ; arii-replied : — There is a ram ' s headin the pot , Fur you « Jd man , f or you old man " Here's the meat tor he , and tJ . e brothi ' or m And ie norns for tb « man

      Kow we v-ajj shrewdly Hispec ner ftdspoto free trade broth Theliomsforyou olanion leave tufet distant hope reformation *«¦« should abstajuvd lKuiacanvassofthemjaor reuuisi ^

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      but being deficient in spirit , we cannot pardon the total absence ef sense , grammar , spelling , and even punctuation ! Orthography , Etymology , Syntax , and Prosod y . we had a right to expect from the gems of literature . To conclude our observations , we need only say that upon throwing down the Daily News with disgust , and taking up the OLD BLOODY , we were strongly reminded of the old adage , "better keep the rogue you know , than the rogue you don't know . " Had

      the Daily Xews realised our fond anticipations , we should have devoted our space under this head to a general recommendation to the working classes to insist upon its being taken is at their several houses of resort ; but duty to our party , duly to our principles , duty to the press itself , and duty to ourselves , ooiutrains us to stamp the Daily Newt as a mere stationer ' s speculation ; and money getting , ita principle . True , the cripple may live , because its parents are wealthy ; but its lingering life will be one of slow torture , its death unregretted , and its memory unhonoured .

      Ireland!!! The Base, Bloody, Axd Brutal ...

      IRELAND !!! THE BASE , BLOODY , AXD BRUTAL SPHKECH . When , in the whole history of Ireland's unhappy connexion with England , has she been distinguished by other notice than the sanguinary threats of her imperious conqueror ; or when has any change been proposed in the policy or commercial relations of England , that attention and notoriety has not been directed to a state of barbarism in that country consequent upon Pritish misrule ? For many a week have we been directing attention to the blood-note of

      the Times . We drew attention to the appeal of some fifty magistrates from Tipperary tothe English people , embodying their own condemnation , and we felt convinced that those who traffic on Irish credulity would allow the catalogue of complaint to swell until it was of sufficient amount to demand Royal notice . The noble lord who moved the address in the Commons , and who received his political education , and consequentlj his prejudices , as Seeretary for Ireland , found it necessary to devote columns to a justification ° * * his own inconsistency , while the Royal threat against Ireland was despatched with a passing comment .

      What , we would ask , will the Liberator say to the proposed Coercion Bill ? Will he now come to England with his slavish followers to aid the Minister ia his commercial policy , and reserve his pumy opposition to destroy the strength he shall have created ; or will he , by withholding the power at his command , shatter the Government that threatens another invasion of bis country ? So , he will profess to regret the justification that has led to tho necessity , and will attempt to saddle the consequence upon Patrick O'Higgiss ' He will tell his dupes that he required tranquillity as the price of Repeal ,

      and that all the responsibility of failure rests upon the heads of those who have broken it . But will the nation permit him to sever himself from the wild cry of revenge , which his own treaohery has created through disappointment ; or will it not rather demand some poor service for the countless thousands he has extracted from the pauper ' s scanty means ? Strong in the confluence of inconsistency , upon which the British Minister relies to aid him iu his commercial policy , we yet trust that there is a strength in Ireland strong enough , and willing to resist the further tyranny of England .

      The Times asserts that the condition , habits , manners , and cuttoms of the Irish people disentitle them to the blessings of English law , and speculates upon what the difference between the early and more recent conquest of the country might have been . This its a problem which cannot be solved , for , had not Ireland been conquered some centuries ago by the division of her people , and the treachery of Britain , English tyranny , that has become a by-word to the world , would have served as a rallying point to preclude the possibility of conquering her now . If Ireland had not been juggled by Britain , and deceived by her representatives , all tha powers of England

      could not have subdued her , even in her then defenceless state ; while now , but for the possession of despotic power , she could not hold her sway . However the Queen may truckle to her brother of France , and hope still for an amicable solution of American difficulties , yet we incline to think that the French people , one in religion , and the American people , one in blood , with the Irish , will not look tamely upon another extermination bill ; while the English people , already sufficiently reprobating the unconstitutional embodiment of the militia , will now hold it in increased detestation , as it may be naturally presumed that its destination is unhappy Ireland .

      Oh ! what an opportunity now presents itself to the Liberator of forming a combination more holy and protective than a Protestant alliance , whose share in the partnership should be the largest half of the plunder , if he would speak such language as this to the Irish members : — " Gentlemen , we have common interests anda common country . We are divided upon the question of Repeal , but let us meet half way ; let us each sink comparatively minor interests . Do you join me in defending Ireland against

      tlie threatened scourge of military law , and I will join you in defending your estates against the exterminating commercial policy of the English Minister , and , -united , we must be successful . " But , after all , is this new threat against the starring Irish peasantry a con . -sequenre of murders that have been eommittcd , or a precaution against thoie which would otherwise follow a repeal of the Corn Laws , and the consequent annihilation of her only trade—agriculture ?

      Low rmxcis Egesiox in movin the address , said— " consider the earth aa a machine ; and I look upon the largest landowners in the country as nothing else than manufacturers . " He should have said that he looked upon the earth as a raw material , upon the instruments that cultivated it as machines , the slaves who used them as operatives , and the tyrants that owned it as manufacturers . However , be the land a machine , or be it a raw material , the noble English lord requires no nice distinction when the consideration is merely Ireland ' s undoing ; but yet we venture to suggest the imprudence of destroying at one swoop the only interest upon which Irish loyalty hangs- When one of the many classesof English speculators is to be sacrificed to a more noisy

      and powerful interest , a modicum o compensation is offered to the victims . But not so with Ireland ; . s he has been racked , torn to pieces , to furnish a gorge for the oppressor . There is only one remaining iu tercst ; and there is no weak , but wealthy foe , on whom the dissatisfied can be quartered . To besure , when the landlords howled a ? ainst the Tithes' Commutation Bill , to pay salvation-money for their Protestant souls , which was previously eked out of Catholic sweit , tha noisy squires were fed upon their own church , made unpopular for their own services . But that , wc believe , has gone ita utmost limit . Ireland's taxes and Irish duties are measured by Irish poverty , and not by English clemency ; thi Chancellor of her Exchequer well knowing that tlie smallest tax would lead to a prohibition of the tased artickr .

      What interest , then , can be sacrificed to compensate for the loss of Ireland ' s only trade ? English blood , and Xnglish treasure ; England ' s militia , and En £ land ' s sweat , to be sure . The howl of Jacobinism was the rallying cry before , and why should we not have the howl of Free Trade and No Popery now ? The Minister has , in truth , sent a message ot peace to Ireland now—Free Trade and the bullet" They have asked for bread , and he has given them a stone ; lie commiserates the Irish paupers upon the Voes of their

      only food and inthe true spirit of political economy , aahecannolcreatefoodto meet population , lie propose toreduce papulation to the limit of subsistence . Pee -to learn that there U a party in Irelan who , under the sanctio n of coercion , throw ^ he trammels of ordinary few , and se thei- flSoiTC 3 above the law and the constitution } Each " village has its tyrant , each district has its despot , and every county has its legalised staff of . freebooter * . It is this organised faction that has * driven a mild , a humane , and amiable . ^ $ & er tt br

      Ireland!!! The Base, Bloody, Axd Brutal ...

      Pebl is not a cruel man ) , to the sad necessity of courting Irish free trade co-oparatioB aa a condition of Orange ascendancy . So much for emancipation ; so much for Reform ; so much for the gigantic scheme of godless education ; so much fur the paltry pittance , ostentatiously offered as a bribe to Maynooth ; so much for justice to Ireland ; so much for England ' s paternal care and protection ! After seven centuries of oppression , Ireland , as a consequence of

      the increased civilisation of tltc age , nas degenerated into barbarism under England ' s civilised rule ; and while peace is the world ' s boast , Ireland , unhappy Ireland , once more becomes the battle-ground of faetion . Oh ! ye tyrant rulers , ye worse than tyrant deluders , and still worse subservient prostitutes of the press , when will the brave Irish people see your " mockery , " "delusion , " and " snare , " and do for themselves what in vain they have looked to you to accomplish ?

      Alas ! poor country ! Almost afraid to knorr itself .

      Frost, Williams, And Jones. We Have Grea...

      FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . We have great pleasure in publishing the following communications from the members for Bolton , which we take from the Bolton Fret Press , and of thanking those gentlemen tot their promised co-operation ; while perhaps it may be gratifying to the people to know that a powerful piece of machinery is ready to undertake the glorious work of bringing the question in a fortiWe manner to the notice of the Prime Minister—in such a manner as leaves but little doubt upon our mind of its success ; meantime every hand should be at work to furnish oil for the good working of our machinery . We are not at liberty to divulge its nature , nor would our readers require it if doing so was calculated to put a single pivot out of order . Perhaps , next week , we may have something to say unan the subject .

      [ From the Bolton Free Press . ] Iu our last number we stated that a meeting had been held in this town for tha purpose of petitioning the House of Commons for the release of Messrs . Frost , Williami , and Jones . Up to last evening there had been , we understand , about 7 , 000 signatures obtained . Mr . Ainsworth , M . P ., having been requested to present , and Dr . Bowring , M . P ., to support the petition , the following com . inunications from them hare been received by the chairman of the meeting : — Smithills Hall , Jan . 15 th , 1846 ; Sir , —I shall be happy to comply with your wish to present the petition to Parliament for the liberation ot Frost , Williams , aud Jones . I will thank you to forward it on the 22 nd , to me , addressed li , Somerset-strict , London .

      I beg to remain , Sir , most respectfully yours , V . AlSiSWOBTB . Mr . VT . Pickvance , chairman , IS , Duncan-street , Ilolton . London , Jau , 13 ih , 1340 ' . D <« r Sir , —I have to-day received your letter of the 10 th January , reiiuesting I will support a petition iu £ n jur of extending the Qu « en ' i forgiveness to Frost , Williams , and Jones . You do not say to whom you have confided the petition , andare perhaps not aware that no member can speak on a petition except the person who presents it . I should be very happy , however , to co-operate in any mea-« ure for commuting the sentences of those who have suffered so much , and who probably erred more in ignorance than » yil design . Yours very truly , John Bowbino . Mr . tVm . Pickvance , Bolton .

      Money! Money!! Money.'!!

      MONEY ! MONEY !! MONEY . ' !!

      If tho people hare that confidence iu us , with which our every act should have inspired them , we now call upon them to furnish us with means to protect the poor against the calamity of being balloted for the militia . "We refused Richmond ' s money , and will not make ti bad use of theirs . With money tyrants oppress ; with money we will beat then - oppression .

      "Wc will make such a use of it as will convince Jill that it has not been unprofit-ibl y applied . We must remind our readers of two thingsfirstly , that our expenditure of their funds has always been satisfactory ; and , secondly , that without money it is utterly impossible to protect their interests , or to make their voice heard . Therefore , we say , if they have confidence , let them forthwith subscribe to the National Auti-Militia Fund .

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      NOTICE . & r The great length at which we have reported the Soiree iu honour of Mr . Buncombe , tha unavoidable ltingth of our " Summary , " the many important and pressing matter * demanding editorial comment , and the debate in Parliament , have combined to overthrow our usual arrangements , leaving us on Friday morning with a mass of " copy" it is impossible to give insertion to . We are , therefore , compelled to omit many notices ef " meetings , "" forthcoming meetings , " " communications to and from correspondents , " and several artieleg of " netM . " * All that will keep for a week ihaU appear in our next number .

      West Bioiso Or. Tubkshire. — The Forthco...

      West Bioiso or Tubkshire . — The Forthcoming Electiox . —And so the sleek-skinned and oily-tongued lordling of the north is not to sUp ir . *? the seat so nicely warmed for him by the League without an effort , We are glad of that . The working men of the West Riding will now have an opportunity of thanking his lordship iu person for the many favours he has conferred ou them . Th < j will not forget the bludgeons and brick-bats so lavishly applied to their he ds by the hirelings of Morpeth in 13 $ T , whtn they went to Wakefield , solely to hold up their hands against the accursed JJew Poor Law ; nor how his lordship simpered and smiled when the blows hit se heavily , that the unarmed working m « n lay iu the street before him . The Anti-> < iir Poor Law men tiill not , we are surs , fail to attend

      the nsit le-ie * of the lordling at Wakefield . Then there are the Ten Hours' Factory Bill men . They have a long account to settle with their tijmputnis ' iig friend . They will , no doubt , require from his lordship an avowal of th * increased quantity of evidence necefsary to latisfy tha mind of a noble prolc ^ of the League , that the Leaguers have no right to murder infants and females , by working them against time , stevl , aud steam . Th » y will , no doubt , demand nn explanation of the very sudden and extremely curious conversion of a noble to the principles of the League , although he had been bo long absent from Parliament , and of tho obliquity of his mind ou the question of the tyranny of the Leaguers , because he had not hcen in Parliament lately . We shall be surprised if the Ten

      Hours' Dill does not place Morpeth in a tix on that point . Then there are all those who think that native industry needs protection from League gold aud League tyranny . They will need no persuasion to meet Morpeth , ond tall him they will not have the League to reign orer them . We publish an address from Mr . Ferrand , M . P . for KnaresborougU . Of course , we don ' t pin our faith to hia sleeve . We ave , however , about as much in love with the Leaguers and their tyranny as is the honourable mwnber for Knaresborough , and we shall rejoice to set his efforts against the League aad the > " evv Poor Law , and in favour of the Teu Hours' Bill aud the protection of native industry , crowned with success . In a word , Ferrand Eh-. tU hare our thanks if lie should prove successful in

      wresting tlie representation of the Vt est Hiding from tiie hands 6 f tlie League , by giving the slippery lordling the go-bye . Yorkshire operatives ! remember the broken heads of 1 SS 7 , and who broke them . Working men of the West Riding ! remember that you have tried Morpeth , and have always fouud him wanting . Remember thi-, aud repair to Wakefield , there to hold up your hands against Morpeth , who is the frfcnd of th * Sew Poor Law , the enemy of the Ten Hours ' Factory Bill , and the destroyer ot native industry . Tmk last Dibd or Bbevi'Si . —The song shall appear in a week or two's lime . J . II ., Xoewich . —Thanks for the Norwich paper , but the matter referred to is too stale for insertion : the paper might have reached us on Mondav week last . We have

      frequently to complain of this delay . To tub Cuaetists or Sooth Lascvsitibe . —A delegate meeting will be-held in the Carpenters * Hall , on Simday , February 1 , 1318 , at ten o'clock in the"forenoon , when the following questions wttlbt eo » sidereu hy the meating : —l « t . The policy tohepursuedby the Chartist body in the forthcoming election . -2 nd . The restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . 3 rd . The Ten H 0 UT 1 S" Bill . 4 th . To considtv the propriety of giving permanent energy to the Chartist "body in South Lancashire . 5 th . The electi ** of a fresh district secretary . Brother Democrat * , —We lay before you a number of proposition * , to the cansuleis , tioii of which we invite yew most serious attention , , The aspect of the political horizon l * . at tjns tur- . e , most significant of the approach ofgre « tev » ats . An uiportantciisis is rapidlv

      advancing , prigsant WIth events , which , in their operation , will u > w ! r <; tieep amj julpo , t ; lut ^ sequences in connexion witk our constitutional liberties . Iti . « . tlivrefore , ihiShperiabl y necessary that the sentinels ot , democracy be at Oisir posts upon the watch-towers of Chartism . _ To render our great labours ellV-ctual , the above xr , eetiti . g is called , to which it is earnestly " requested that , all to # ns in SouthJ ^ frca > ' hire will send delegates . —Dasim . Dotiova * , Jims Sottu , Samuel Yakclet , « Uhes Williams . - JOas Lowbt . —The Militia — When the Bill for embodying tjic militia is before Parliament wc will publish it at full length , and this for the present must be taken as the , * jeneral answer to our numerous correspondence on thi . same subject - , in fact , a week would be too shov ' , t < j reply to a , utst " ou 8 on tbi , s subject alone , \ 4 l ^„ '

      West Bioiso Or. Tubkshire. — The Forthco...

      Edwhc MoNEHom , Ashtok Wa regret that w » hav « not a paper in which tke letter ha refers to appeared , and further beg to add , th ** . i » » welcome to tho use of our columns ; and also to state that the letter in quoition speaks favourabl y , and not disparagingly of him . It appeared in the paper of the 10 th of January . J . L ., Bobt , Scfi-olk . —With respect to youths becoming members of Militia Protection Societies , we beg to caution the working classes against any premature association with local clubs , as it is our intention when the Act is passed to establish a National Protection Society that will give satisfaction to the working

      classes generally . This shall be d * ne upon a safe , legal , and comprehensive scale . Liverpool . —It will bo quite impossible for Mr , O'Connor to leave London just now . B . Pavke , Cieescesteb , can procure a ' copy of tho rules on application to Mr . T . M . Wheeler ' 7 , Crown-eourt , Dean-itmt , Oxford-street . J . B ., Hull . —Mr . Older should have written to Mr . O'Connor , and not to Mr . M'Gowan or Mr . Harney . He never saw th * letters , [ Mr . Hurney knows nothing of letters bearing th * name of " Older . " ] J . P ., Saddlewostii . —The guardians had no right to take the lunatic's share .

      J . Rawmnso . n . —There would be no danger in having 3 , 000 of Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , "No Vote ! no Musket !" printed and circulated ; while the expense would be useless , as Mr . O'Connor will take care to supply fresh matter weekly upon the subject . J . Goodv , Sodbc » t , and S . Mooa , Flathead An answer to their queries will be found in that to John Lowry . Abbam Dn . vcAK—We never war with tha dead ; this miserable jobber has tried all trades to live , and we are too philanthropic to deprive him of sustenance , if his hearty abuse of us can procure him a mouthful . We request our friends will spare themselves the trouble of noticing the creature . A . CaioHTos . —Thanks for the promised copies of the Jfontrose Standard , which , however , has not come to

      hand this week . We cannot promise to send a paper regularly , but will do so occasionally , Notice . —Nottimoham—J . Sweet begs to acknowledge tho receipt of the following sums for the Chartist Convention :- —from the Seven Stars , 7 s . ; Cordwauwis ' Society , 3 s . ; by Mr . Birgin , 2 s . fid . ; from the Pheasant , 2 s . 0 ? id . ; Lambley ; 2 s . ; Arnold , 2 s . ; Siieinton . Elements , Is . ' Id . ; Hucknall , Is . ; Old Basford , Is . ; Mr . Leaviss , 6 d . ; Mr . Mellors , fid . ; Mr . Crofts , 6 d . ; Mr . Sheldon , 6 'd . All persons having aiiy money in their hands for the above purpose , are respectfully requested to forward the same to J . Sweet , without dthvy . Veteeak pATutors' akd Exiles' Wioows" and Chil . dbb s ' s Ponds . — I btg to acknowledge the receipt of Is . from " a Chartist seaman , Stockton , * " also of 2 s . collected by John Hornby , of Stockton ; also of £ 110 s .

      from the female Chartists of Rochdale : the said sums to bo eqally divided between the two fands . I beg also to acknowledge the receipt of £ \ Is . 5 d . from Mr . Dean , per Mr . Thomas Martin Wheeler , whose note states tho items of the said sum to be 10 s . from Lower Warley , 7 s . from Brighton , 3 s . from Mr . Wells , and Is . 5 d . from Mr . George : each of the said items to be equally divided between the two funds . I have no doubt that Mr . Wheeler is right , when he says " he was absent from London when the money arrived ; " but he must be wrone , when Boya , "that immediately upon its receipt he informed Mr . Cooper , through the medium of Mr . Sullwood , that ho could have the money any time he was passing Mr . Wheeler's residence on his road to the uublisUev ' s . " Tlw fact is , that Mr . Stallwood , while acting as chairman , some weeks ago , at tho Whi techapel

      meetmgfor the exiles , merely observed to me , "Oh ! there is some money for your two funds , fnm Brighton , at Wheeler ' s . He is from home , and knows nothingabout it ; but I saw the note on the table . " My reply was" Of course hp will send it when he returns : lecmnot call for it . " Mr . Stallwood ' s communication was not , therefore , a message from Mr Wheeler ; and I must complain that Mr . W . should retain monies in his hands for weeks , aud neither inform me , nor any other member of the committees ' . He knows that I have been unwell , and he must be talking without consideration when he intimates that I might have called at his house on my way to my publisher ' s . I must plainly say that I have an objeetion to call at his house at all ; and if not , I must have been very senseless to start from Black . friars-road , and go to Oxford-street , " on ay way" to

      ny publisher's , whose shop was then in Fleet-street , and but a little way from Blackfriar's-bridge . But Mr . W . also talks about being " put to expense" in sanding to me ! I have received some half dozen letters from Mr . W . since I left gaol . Mr . W . 's " expensts , " therefore , hare amounted to about sixpence , in " sending to that gentleman ! " Let me frankly assure Mr . W ., I would willingly have repaid him ten times the gum , rather than that the sufferers , for whom these funds were designed , should hare been kept out of their monies by his delay . Mr . W . knows enough ef business to be fuHj aware that worWng men ' s labour renders it difficult to get them together on committees , at anytime ; but how can . we expect tlieni to come together to devise how funds are to be distribu'ed , if they do not know that they have anything to distribute 1 In

      conelusion , I cannot avoid expressing a feeling of what I conceive to be just indignation at Mr . W . ' s talk about having been " put to considerable trouble" in sending to me on these matters . "He therefore hopes that parties having money t » send to any funds for which that gentleman is treasurer will send it direct to his residence ' . " And so Mr . Wheeler , the general secretary t * the Kational Charter Association , is dainty , very dainty , about his " trouble" in aiding the cause of th * veterans who have born * the burthen and heat of the day , and some of whom have now t * struggle with want ; nnd equally dainty about his " trouble" in serving the interests of the exiles' widows and orphans , and sixpenny'orth of postages becomes an intolerable burthen of expense to Mm . Well , well ; I have some pleasure in reflecting that a few manifest r . eal in this cause , and

      consider it a duty to attend to it , and they are not , nor everhare been , paid servants of the assoeiation either . —Thos . Coopeb , Secretary , 134 , Blackfriar ' s-road , J . L ., Cablisle . — Tho ballot for location for No . 1 , will be confined solely td ths members of that section , and upon each draft or location all who have not been previously located will be balloted from for the next ; as we have many applications upon this subject , we desire to be very explicit . We will presume that there are ti OOO members , a ballot for 100 amongst all takes place , the 100 successful are located ; a second ballot for another 100 takes place amongst tho 5 , 900 , withoat reference to those who came nearest the last successful candidate in the first ballot . S . T ., Carbixctox . — We are not aware of Mr . Cobbett ' s having written a history of England . The best history of England is Hume ' s continued by Smollett .

      RECEIPTS 07 THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATITE LAND SOCIETT .

      SHAKES . ? £ JL , KE . o ' cONtfon . £ s . d . Aberdeen , per—Fraser ,, <¦ » ,, 354 Derby , per Wm . Crabtree .. .. .. 200 Plymouth , per E . Robertson .. .. .. 500 Dewsbury-gate , pcrJ . House 6 18 2 South Shield , ! , per J . Patrick .. .. .. ' - ' 0 0 Norwich , per J . Hurry .. .. .. .. 206 Oldham , per W . Hamer 2 0 0 Jacob Wilson , Calais .. .. . .. 500 Bolton , per E . Hoilgkineon .. ¦• » W 3 10 Artichoke Inn localityBrighton , per William

      , Flower 2 8 ( J Jam « Sertoli , Bromham .. .. ,. 100 Stoi-kport per T . Wowlhouse ' 2 0 0 Bilston , per , 1 . Lirutey .. .. .. .. 400 Dodworth , per T . Croft 2 0 0 Exeter , per F . Clark 2 10 9 ltadcliffe , per P . Parr 9 0 0 Leeds , per W . Brook . ' . 10 0 0 Dounburn , per J . Clark .. .. .. .. 0 13 8 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 21 17 0 Radford , per J . Aldersou ,. .. .. 10 0 0 Pershore , per W . Conn 2 0 0 Ashton-imder-Lvne , per E . Hobson .. .. 11 0 0

      SHARKS . PBS GENERAL SECRETABV . £ » . d . £ s . d . Marylebone .. .. 100 Hull 1 12 fi Mr . Carpenter , Mi- Lambeth .. .. 4 0 1 * nories .. . ; 0 hi J . Wanios , New . Monmouth .. .. 0 14 0 Town .. .. fl 9 » T . A . Coleford . . . 0 4 0 Oxford .. .. 0 17 !> Mr . Charles Fox .. 16 2 Mr . Russell , Bittern 0 3 . 0 Leicester .. .. 1 13 " 5 Reading .. .. 0 2 : 6 LBVJ FOB TBS LAND CONJEBENCB , FEB SIB . o ' CDNNOa . Dewsburv-Oate , per J . Rousc .. .. ., H ! Exeter , per F . Clark € ¦ £ > 9 Note . —The sum ncknowledgcdfrom Salford in ttle Star of the : Jrd of January sfinutdlmve been 4 s . 6 d „ nofe 4 s . Five friends of Wakefield for election squabble * . * ! i 2 0 LEVI FOB THW LAND COM'EBENCE . PEB GENERAL SECRETARV .

      Leicester .. .. 0 1 ' . ) Lambeth .. -. 100 Sowerby Helm .. 0 0 <\ Oxford ., ^ 0 0 a 1 Hull 0 2 6

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATICS . EXECUTIVE . TEB MR . O ' CONNOR . The Female Chartists of Rochdale , * per E . Mitchell ,. .. HO 0 A "friend , yvx 3 . l . AWSon .. .. ' .. ... 5 0 East Ward , Leeds .. .. .. .. Ilolton , per E . Uudgkinson .. .. l . ecester .. .. 0 2 2 Lamb '^ h ( one of Carlisle .. .. 0 10 0 3 ! a ttliias stamp ) 0 1 0 Hull 0 17 0 Whi xtiugton & Cat 0 3 0 V 1 CTIH FUN p . PEB SIB . o ' C'O , NNOB . East Ward , Leeds ' , ° 5 ° J . Lawson , Burnlev » .. .. „•• ° '' ° Tuomas Ma AT 1 S Wukkleb , Secretary .

      The Frantfort Jm<R» Ffl Contains A Lette...

      The Frantfort Jm < r » ffl contains a letter from St . Petersburg !! , of tlie ^ li . which states that twentyfive prisoners of wr < recently returned from the Caucasus to Tiflis-, aun ( , unCe that the mountaineers arc rcccivint ; sue ? ' ,, irs fro , „ mcn of all countries , Mussulmans . Voles , / talians , English , and French , who furnish them v ^ th ammunition , orrenderthem the services of ' architects , surgeons , and engineers , although tl' , ev take no part in tho contest , which ttie uatruv , iiowj sustains . Three members of " Young italy" are among the number . 'i-ir t Late TJcscomiih Soireb . —A meeting of tho Rcr eval committee will be held at the Parthenium , T ' St . Martin ' s-lane , on Tuesday waning next , Jan . 27 t 1 » , to receive a final return of tickets , settle ft accounts , & c ; to commence at eight o cloc k pre , jciscly . i

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      R M Monday. 1'Ube Tnadb.—It Would Appear...

      r m MONDAY . 1 'ube TnADB . —It would appear from the Thundereroi this morning , that , after all , the thunder of tree trade is to dwindle into a Uioum Pml , and that we are only - to have one little rumble . Tlie mice merely mean a nibble at the cheese for themselves , and the keystone of « ie arch of protection ia not to be struck . Some time since , we commented upon the altered state of compositors , printers , bookbinders , and those connected with that trade , as well as-upon the prospects of shoemakers , glovemakers , m > dall those whose labour is as yet protected , and ? terr L , rPn ep - n lar ° 0 fees "P * " their-NATIONAL * AlfII , in the event of all protection being taken away ; and the lima , and other j ournals who gather knowledge from us upon this , to them new subject , now find it necessary to hoist the flae of distinction , and merely look for free trade in corn and such aterials will

      raw m as produce activity in the labour market . We tell them , however , as we have told them scores of times before , that UNADJUSTED free trade in corn , roust eventually lead to destructive free trade in unprotected labour , and the Minister is perfectly right in framing all his measures for the regulation of trade , in the short peried allowed him between the present time and that of the maturity of his tariff of 1842 ; as again we repeat , not onr prediction , but our conviction , that with 1846 will be developed the full length and breadth ot that statesmanlike measure . "We anticipate that the rimnderer has had a friendly hint of the little to be proposed in the way of free trade during the approaching session of Parliament , and is , consequently , getting alarmed as the day arrives for opening the oracle from Delphos . And oh , if the great prop het should turn out to be no prophet at all , what a blot in the escutcheon !

      Tub Coax Trade . —From every market town in the kingdom , we learn that the shadow of free trade is causing prices to recede , as children make their escape from a hobgoblin . In some instances prices have receded a shilling a quarter—in some 2 s . ; while the millers are still refusing to keep up stocks beyond a mere temporary supply . Now , should Sir Robert Peel not be-ablc to keep up the dignity of the ghost , and should the fear of the farmers and millers vanish at one and the smne time , the ghost of free trade will be metamorphosed into the hobgoblin of famine , as confidence will be restored , and prices rise like

      magic ; and thus a new phantom of scarcity will once more stalk through the land . Perhaps the greatest horror of unnatural protection and impolitic legislation is the facility which they afford statesmen and scribblers of operating upon the fears and properties of others . Wc wish , from our souls , that this monster was crushed or . e way or other , whatever may be the embodiment in which we should have to fisrht the change . One thing is quite certain , that what will now satisfy millers and farmers will not satisfy those who are too dependent upon both for the very means of existence .

      Tub Mossy Mahket . —Notwithstanding the halt monthly settlement has gone off quietly , aud that all the robbers have fully maintained their characters , yet , somehow or other , things go down . The funds are wovse , the shares are worse , confidence is worse , and everything looks worse , and all this mainly , il not entirely , attributable to the power that other countries have to mould our destinies to their will . The Texans prefer tlie protection of Republican America to the tender mercies of monarchical salvation . We have not enough of land at home , and look

      for the wildernesses of other nations , and straightway the people , who can ' t got enough of food from anywhere , are to become soldiers to fight for the minority of Texas , and for a wilderness , that tyrants may have free navigation to reap spoil and free scope to impose taxes . When will the policy be admitted that to be great abroad we must be great at homo i When English blood and English comforts eease to be matter of speculation with a set of Jew jobbing rascals , who would rather make £ 5 per cent , upon the swallowing up of a nation than 4 j per cent , upon a gold mine or most advantageous railroad .

      Thb Protectionists asd the Prime Minister . — By St . Paul , the work of abuse goes bravely on ! The free-tongued agriculturists , unfettered by tlie laws of sedition , and not prescribed by the rules of decency , call the Queen ' s Prime Minister by very hard names , that of traitor beins ; the one in most common use . At the East Suffolk meeting one Lord Rendlesham , after having mapped the outlines of the future policy ofthe agriculturists , and after having enforced the impossibility of paying a national debt of £ 800 , 000 , 000 without protection , announces the future operations of his party in tlie following terms : — "Let us cor-UiaiVy unite , anil by a memorial to her Majesty , and by petitions to both Houses of Parliament , express our determination to resist , by every CONSTITUTIONAL MEANS in our power , any further concession to the DEMOCRATIC FEELING which is fearfully increasing in this country . Let us not look to others , but taking care that we be not again

      deceived , DEPEND UPON OURSELVES . " Now , every child in England understands the meaning of constitutional means coming from such lips ; in its mildest application it means coercion of the Qtwen ' s Minister—in its most extensive application it muans WAR TO THE KNIFE ; but the poor lord will join to resist democratic principles . God help his iioble folly ; but then he has taken a leaf from our took , for he tells his party to DEPEND UPON THEMSELVES . Again , Sir Charles Burrell , member for Horsham , commenting upon the effects of free trade , verv truly says— "lie had expended upwards of 4 * 2 , 000 in drainage within a very few years ; but if protection were taken away , and corn reduced to one half its present value , how could the farmer be expected to persevere in improvements which would then cease to vicld an adequate return ? " And again

      — "Then , if all protection was removed , taxes could not be raised , the national debt could not be paid , and the country would no longer have that character for integrity . which had led many of the French Generals , during tlie late war , to place their money in the British funds , a practice which there was reason to believe had been adopted by the head of the empirc himself , in order to have a refuge for the destitute . " Well , to be sure , how the cat docs come out of the boe when h er claws begin to tickle the'Squires in their own bit of NATION * L FAITH . After all , we are tho real prophets , for the readers of the Star have that paper to refer to , in which we told them , in April , 1843 , that the Corn Laws being once repealed , the landlords would begin to ask all about the NATIONAL DEBT , all about the TITHES , all about TAXATION , and what all them there thinsjs were about , and that they would then say , why , THOSE

      CHARTISTS WERE RIGHT AFTER ALL !

      IRELAND . TlUXQUIMlTY OF IRELAND . —At folt W 8 give the course resorted to by Mrs , Mag « ireand harchildren for the encouragement of Irish agriculture , and from the report it will be seen that the Irish people no longer rclv upon the specifies of O'Connell , or the wag of his " tail" for the liberation of Ireland , while the Irish people will now discover the value of the MiiioiTRD Coercion Bill supported by the Liberator It' ever there was a deliberate act of treason , it waa that of strengthening the hands of the Irish

      Executive with sn » h a base , bloody , and brutal measure- ; and cverv Irishman who is hum ; , shot , or transported under its ' ! provisions will be a victim to O Connelljustiee to Ireland . The White Boys , ot 1823 , foaced the Tithe Commutation Bill from the Tories and perhaps the Maguires , of 1846 , may , force a hm > t ' oMMUTiTies Bill from the same parties . Mr . Duffy has told us that no liberty is to be achieved for Ireland except by seditious libels : we tell him there is more to 'be achieved by the outpourings of that turbulence created by the subservieacy and dsneunced by the fears of the Irish press .

      PBOC 1 AMATIOSS TMDEB THUS- eoEBCIOtf & OTi It is announced tlii * morning that , a '; th » urgant aad unanimous request of the lowlimagistracy ci" th » counts * , of Iiimeiiek , a lai "~* body of military has fca « u ordared forthwith to that district ,, awl that the Coercion Act is . to be proclaimed in several o £ tha- disturhid fcaaonias . ? . he latter part of this-statemeut seunds imporiag enougb > . an ! l might " sad to tlw belief thut tho suspensioa . of the'IIaboas Covpi » Att , th & oiiactniMU of martialIa" * ,, or somosueh str ' tisent measure , was . contemplated . A . proclamation mid ** th » CewUrti Act , however , is a Jsry simpl * and

      withal inoffensive procete * , it being r . othing m » re than tb » enforcement of the Act 6 William V * ., hy which , it i * competent "for the Lord L ' eutenant ,, or other- chief &* senior or governor * of Ireland , by th * advice cl ' the IMry Council iu IrvUittd , to Aeekre by pr < : c \ am » tica ,. that . any county , county of a city , or county si' a tow * in Ireland , or » m barony or baro » * « s , half baony or iialfi basoniis in any county at large , or any district of lssi-exteEt than any barony or half barony to be-merein speoified , i & or are in a state of disturbance , n » l retiuir « s . or require aa additional establishment of polfre . "

      This was the course taken last July ,, when tie stat » of Leitrim rendered the step neeessurj towards , reitormg tranquillity in that county . Whethw that object was attained by the experimen t will be , easily learned by a perusal of the last totellujenca from that quartor , as veported in the Times of Thursflni ' , from which it will be seen that , in a conflict V * two « i tke " -Molly MagUTOs " and the police , the lattor wvtM compelled " to retire , " leaving cne of their body with a , broken jaw and eight of his teeth knocked cwt . Thi * civcumstancK , coup led with the fact of another regime ^ of infantry being required for service in Leitiim , does not speak much for the " Coercion Act of C William IV . " Tho first division ( mo companies ) of the 07 th Regiment left Ihe Royal barracks this morning for Limerick , instead of Mohill , their previous destination . The remainder of the regiment follows on Monday andTucsday ,

      Tub " VVor . -jj * ' and the " Northebx Star . - Our UNIVERSAL FRIEND has vouchsafed a pawing comment upon our strictures upon the Irish presBj xr-A characteristically enough would monopolize its share of the compliment ; we shall only reply >» . tho words of the old adage i When caps amongst a crowd are thrown—Our friend ean supply the other line : but , for plainj ncsa sake we beg to state that we made no exception

      R M Monday. 1'Ube Tnadb.—It Would Appear...

      whatever . The " World" dignifica tln ?« GREAT TOE of our monster thus : — ExiBBMiitr Platt £ Bi » c . — Mr . Feargas O 'Com ' or r in a fit of virtuous indignation at the Irish Pre * . ' for not hacking Mr . OTIi ggin * , thus apsstrophises our . contemporaries , aud very liltely ourselves : — s " Are you nor hireling . ! ? Poor priceless slaves ^ with measured conscience , bated breath , and fettered hand ? You profess to loose thechais that binds yourcountr > v while you tighten every rivet and forge—such bondage aa freemen blush at . Yua hare hoped , by your siUmce , t » procure the downfall of the man whoso bravery yo * r should have honoured , in whoseintellect you should hare ? taken pride , in whoso veins ran the pure stream of liberty , and whose triumph will but mark your impotence . *" What a pity it is that the liberator did n « t accent the " One Pound Note" of the ex-Slembor for Cork , whon the

      latter would have oeen certain to-visit Eur 'h . Quay ; and , a » tha Northern Star would have followed in his train , then , indeed , mig ht Ireland have hoasied of possessing one journal with extraordinary pretensions to honesty and independence . Why didn't it give our article at fdl length and allow readers to judge whether , under the circumstances of the case , we were severe or mild . As to Mr . O'Connor ' s probable exhibition at Conciliation Hall had his one pound been snaffled , we can only say that the Liberator would give all the Repeal rent in

      his coffers rather than hear one blast from his trumpet within the walls of Conciliation Hall . The building would tremble like the waifs of Jericho , ami smother jugglery under its ruins . Quere . Why hasn't Mr . O'Connor got back his guinea that he paid for his musket as an Irish volunteer ? " wc shall be most happy , whenever circumstances warrant , to make aa exemption in the case of the World . A man with ; one eye is king amongst tho blind , and if there is a distinction without a difference our contemporary ia welcome to the shade .

      "The Irish Press and the Nation ' . —The Liberal press of Ireland is in hydrostatics , as J /™ , ihaprop would say , at the bare notion of the Saxon Government prosecuting Mr . Duffy , and more than anerr at the notion of Sir Robert feel allowing the Ilerafl and the Sumdard to insult the Irish people . If those gentlemen had felt ai indignant when the press of England and the Liberator hounded the-Government on to prosecute , and persecute , andhunt down the English Chartists , perhaps we , too , might have had a fellow feeling . For a season they conquered , but we survived ' our siotio—was "Subdued , but not conquered . They thought that they had conquered , and , in the words of their chief , we say , " Voi victis . ' "—Woe to tho conqueror . Why did ' nt they defend O ' Higgins by publishing his sedition , especially when Mr . Puffy tells us , that noliberty is ever achieved except by the publication ot

      SEDITIOUS LIBEL . Representation of Dublin . —Notwithstanding the great efforts of the Repeal party , it would appear that Mr . Hamilton , one of the members for Uie Protestant College , has a strong impression o ' * being able to seat two Conservatives at the next election ; and , in good truth , if the next docs not give us better-Irishmen than Repealers have hitherto proved themselves to be , put two Conservatives and two Repealers In a sack and shake 'cm , And which comes first yeu may take ' em ,

      FOREIGN . America . — Notwithstanding the subserviency of the English press , and tho great interest that many o £ its conductors have in keeping up prices , and the advantage of confidence to a Prime Minister , THE " . SPEC IN THE WEST is still lowering over everything and overshadowing men's minds . Gigantic efforts are being made to arouse English 'patriotism iu favour of English institutions and against republican principles . The spirit of France that was the tint to acknowledge the independence of Texas , is urged as a reason for English sympathy , when Texas considers her true independence to consist in republican institutions : and that long cherished antipathy , and , till now , growing hostility towards France , is

      sought to be merged into national sympathy . Like tlie contests of political parties when their privileges are assailed , so with the English press and France . Now all minor differences are to be surrendered until the proud spirit of democracy is humbled , and THEK they'll fight their own party battles over again . Prussia will , doubtless , do all that in HER power lies to uphold the despotism of irresponsible rulers- * and we should not be at all astonished to find the ? sponsor of the Queen ' s first-born tendering a loan ot his troops as substitutes for the French soldiers senfc to America . Again we have to remind our readersthat three years ago we prophecied the incorporate a of this league ef kings to overthrow the leagut ot people ; but God grant that they may fail in their TREASONABLE attempt .

      TUESDAY , Free Tiudk . —As the time for the conviction or the Tims newspaper arrives , the Thunderer is not satisfied with one loaf of daily bread , but actually gives us two long . articles directly treating of the question of free trade , as well as a nibble in everything into which the exhausted subject can bo lugged . The Duke of Richmond is a base man for not correcting the acknowledged abuses of the Poor Lair Amendment Act , which he has admitted for tea years , while he strangled the qui tam actions against his brother gamblers at railway speed . Wc have not time this week , but , with God ' s blessing , next weefe we'll furnish ourcotemporary with a summary , not oi the mere sayiims , but of the actual doings of his

      tender-hearted clients , the mill-lords . It would be much better for the- belligerent parties to light the question of free trade upon its naked merits , because the Times may rest assured that all the money in the League's coffers , nor yet in the Treasury , would not * , upon comparison with the landlords , save them from the majority of the dirt . The fact is this , the laws of the landlords are bad and grievous , fcit the accomplishment of free trade would not repeal any one act obnoxious to liberty , while the cruel deeds of capitalists in their hourly conflicts with labour evince a spirit of brutality beyond law . The oppression ok " the landlords is a heavy scourge , intended to i ' s & l equally upon all—the oppression of the League is the sharp and active spur of cupidity , never for a moment out of the sides of labour . To correct any single

      law upon which landlord abuse is based , not a single free-trader will lend the oppressed a particle of cooperation , or even sympathy . What we dread , and what we ever shall dread , will be the transference of punishment from the whip of the slugglish farmer to the whip and spur of tlie active capitalist . Brighfc and Cobden have now declared that their object is ta rescue power from the hands of tho landlord * , while we declare that we would rather sec one revolution * in England than the continuous reign of slow torture , that would inevitaWy flow from the political ascendancy of the free trailers . The silent , but active , never ceasing enemy , siacbincrt , is kept studiously out of sight in this ill-argued controversy ; but machinery is the enemy , after all , that industry will have te > contend with .

      A Loss Dms , sh Lordv—She only boon that Irish , victims soug ht iVom theiir murdering judges after , sentence- oi j death * wa * as- leog a period as possible to make u ® . their last account , and this appeal wivs always . madethus ) "Ai . ON . Cr & A"S , MY LOliD . * ' Sow , svluit would tfc * Times- ^ give for all the opportunities , and chances thflt a dissolution would afford of A . LOJffi DAY .. A "drowning man will cratch at a . straw , '" anil hmce wo- iindi the Thundesrer compelled to rely ttpon > tthe guess-of tine-Liverpool All ion , whichi ven 4 ures > an : opinion , baaed ; ugon the infonr . ation of anv omnibus cad ,, relative to . Sir Robert Peel " ? * FrceTradct « polioy . 'Efcjs is Tuesday ., and we- have ft ; , ily two days * gtrace , and wo wntnee to . p » ophcoy fcloat Peel will as . much th jittk of proposing the People ' s . Oh arteras Free .-Tradet He dare-notdo . it . It wouJuUjcas much . as . his head would be worth ; to-propose it

      : Tim . PBOTitcwowsJSi—Jlhosc wotf-hy spntjemca . . ¦ Still continue their lip worship . e > i the HOSEST * lINOB ^ EiSD-IiWG BfKiSLI-SJU , LABOURER . The ' farnieis-of Winchester have mjute t ' neir appearance * on th * stage : lindei ; the manageH «) r . t , and wc may -add ,, direction of LordsGarnatvoa , and they thundeithe ' same-anathemas , against th * P ' rime Minister as I their country cousins ia other parLs . In good truth * tl ! £ -i * e is much sedition , spokea uc w-a-days- by those privileged classes ,. but the-Leagweandth'iLandlords . will fiiiu perfect secaaity ia their respective jury classes . It would bo aa anesnaly , a curiosity evm-[ m thsse cwious times , to . find a jurv-of agvicuTturalists tiat would coavict a "FARMERS *' FRiKND /' orajHxyofleasuers that would convict " THEIR FB 1 EN 1 V * while either , «> r a mixture otba ' th . would reouirc very little evideacc to convict

      " LABOURS ¥ MHU > rbut Labour ' s battle oueo begun , Bequeathed from bleeding size to stvs ,. Though baffled oft , is over wjoti . Const Traob . —Desp-ondcncy in this de-Mirtousab o ? traffic appears to increase as tie doubtful' day of settlement approaches , as wo leiu-n fro » i the maral market notes of last week that prices aim still tumbling lower and lower . Perhaps the Prime Miaister may be able to suggest some remeJy for this , apparently incurable evil , but for ourseligeB wesse nothing efficacious ' except the possc ' jsion ra tho land by tho working classes , and such control as the free labout market will bo sure to exercise « over the wimanage able devil machinery . Mosbt Market . —Tho deo oondencs is qnito

      insufferable in this department , and the news trout India , k-ing of a warlike ciinvacter , has by no means lessened the embarrasBtricnt . It appears that the Russian Envoy at Washington is by far the most popular of all the foreign diplomatists , and who knows but old Bluebeivrd ( Nicholas ) , whose despotism is , wc fear , secured for ages , may side with Yankee rather than John Bull , an apprehension which we learn is giving a tinge to tho American news on 'Change . India , America , China , Russia , Ireland and Chartism would be very formidable , opponents to France , Prussia , Austria , and England , and there is little doubt but a wise policv on the part of America , added to the connivance of Russia , may tend to disturb "our friendly relations" with tho Coles ml Empire , and this OUR Envoy . . ^ eargoum er . stand . Now all these things , together wuh the «> [ Cmhdtdm « ur eighth page ]

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 24, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24011846/page/5/