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      A FELL-LENGTH PORTRAIT of FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq . Lithographed in tbe first Style of Att , ft \ , m « a Cripual Painting : by T . Mabtih . s . deVmta . M „ . 2 d On Inelia paper ... ... ... 4 0 Coloured to Life 6 0 Trames and Glasses from 5 s . to ... ' 0 0 " Wt have seen specimens , both pUinandcoloured , and must pronounce Mr Martin ' s work an unmiftakeable likeness o 1 the breathing original , the worth of which the tens of thousands who fcnowMr O'Co-mor can decide wnen they see the Eugravim ; . We have not met any one wno tashedtetedtosay . « Thatisthoman . * ' -A ? r t « ro « ar . A eats aad Land Secretaries may be supp hedon wnoiegalfi terms ; 20 per cent , discount . , Thnm ., Enclose PostXfice Orders or Stomps tot ^™ m » Marti * , 6 t , » ean ^ treet , S « liof London . " or . Steroffice .

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      TO TAILORS . It toad ' s New Patent Indicator for finding proportion ^'« Se sweats aa I ™ *' . & fo ^ e . tOld Square , Lincoln's Inn . De-Jfavore / f London . T * 5 i £ LOSDOS AKD PARIS SPRISG ASD SUMMER FASHIONS for 1 SI 7 , are now ready , by IJENJAiffV BEAD and Co ., 12 , Hart-street . Bloomsbury laW , London ; and by G . Berger , Holywell-stree * , gtr ., aet May be had of all bookseUers wheresoever rendiiic . By approbation of her Majesty Queen Victoria ^ nd H . B-H-Efince Albert a Splendid Print , beautifully eokuretUandexquisitely executed , thewhole very superior to anything of the land ever before published . This beautiful piint will be accompanied with the most fashionable , -full sii « % Frock , Dress , and Riding Coat Patterns — a

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      THE TAILORS' TRADING COMPANY . JCLMBER OF JOURNEYMEN TAILORS ( Members J \ . ! influence of unprincipled -ompctitors respectfully . in £ > i-m ? he operative classes , generally , that they hare oj > e ; :- ; i" --: * establishment at . ' - '; - 1 . VICTOBIA-STKEEr , MANCHESTER , whfci * i . j can be supplied with every article of clothing as oi :-. - a and better mide than at any of the ( so-called ) tAecj : e .- 'sblishments . WCJiKIS'G MEN , SUPPORT YOUB OWS ORDER intt . k -jtempt to demonstrate thz benefits of ASSOCIATIYV LABOUR . jL-iij- ^ ymen Tailors who are desirous of avoiding the deg-:. ! --.-. ? contingencies of tramping in search of employmet-., -. " jring the nezt winter , rail meet with employment & t M-nChester wages , by becoming Shareholders . The fice- . - -: " -hares is ten shillings , payable by instalenentserf reel ,: oce per week , in add ! i < m to one shilling and sixpence tor Registration and expenses . Rules and Prospectuses will be forwarded to any part of the Kingdom on app' ^ -. iiion to the Secretary , 5 , St John-street , Manchester , by ciiii-.-sing four postage stamps . Jons Russell , Manager .

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      A -XfLOURED DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT in b . ^ l morocco case for 105 ., which is 15 s . less than any . tn . 'r London establishment , and warranted to be eqa » . ! iv good , by MR EGERTOJI . 148 , Fleet-street , opp »* it ? Bonverie-street , and I , Temple-street , White-& b . Open daily from nine till four . Foreign Appar * vets Agent to Yoigtfander and Liribours , a complete Koou of Instruction , price 7 s . 6 H-, by post Ids Pri e Bstsjist post free .

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      MO'SY GIVEN AWAY ! — The following suras of Jftary , viz : — 500 ? , 20 GJ ., 1001 .. 50 * ., two of 2-H _ and tro vf 101 . will be presented t-y the Proprietors vi the JERSEY TELEGRAPH to the first 5000 Subscribers to tin : Paper for one year , and a like sum to ectreadditional 5009 . The Subscription , 8 s .. can be for warded in postage stamps , or by post-office order , payable to Mr Chablxs Cuffobd , So . IS , Sing-street , Jersey Parties forwarding 11 . Is will be entitled to three Hum . ben , aa J may obtain 8001 . A .-Jvi » i risers wishing to avail tbrmseires of the very extensile ciieolation ( In England , Ireland , Scotland , Wal . ; , nnd the Channel Islands ) , secured by tbe above arxr . Q ^ rnient will , to ensure insertion , forward tbeir adver- lie « ents with as little delay as possible , charge ouly One Pewnt per line ( no duty ) . Ai ^ ncies of all kinds undertaken for J ers ey .

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      Sow Ready , a Sew Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS T-r be had at the NcrOiern Star Office , 16 , Great Wind mill street ; and of Abel Heywood , Manchester .

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      AUXILIARY TO THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Tfc'B NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT StiClETY . Patron—T . Watfey , M . P . Directors—Messrs V . M'Grath , 2 . Clark , and C Doyle . Bank—The National L » nd and Labour Bank . Secretary—Mr E . Staliwood . Central Offices , 83 , Dean-street , Ssh » , and 2 , Little Yale-- place , Hammersmith rose ! THIS Se » ciety presents greater advantages to the Industrious Millions than any similar Institution ever established . Role * awuevexy information required can be obtained at tie following places : —Mr Lawrance , Whittingtoa and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal Green ; Mr Jeffrey , Tanners ' Arms , Bermondsey-road ; Mr- J . Simpson , Harrison ' s Assembly Rooms , East-lane , Walworth ; Herbert ' s Temperance Coffee house , Exeter-street , Sfoaue-street ; Mr ' - • alford , Temperance-ball , Broadway , Westminster ;

      To Fbargus C'Conncr , Esu.

      TO FBARGUs C'CONNCR , Esu .

      Sis,— I Am Induced To Address You, And I...

      Sis , — I am induced to address you , and I feel prou £ » f the opportunity offered tne : by those who endeavour t > i cruiti our cause through their wily insinuations . I glory ia tbe cause ; and while they ate doing their dirt ; work we are prospering more » n < i more . Every day and every week proves to us that our noble * institution is rapidlj progressing , and this makes our enemies writhe and ( bain , bark and grunt , like so man ; wild beasts in a den ; bat , « eeing that their object is unattainable , that they eannot deceive the p-. opla by all their cunning and craft they then employ men who are at alt tenets ready to co ant- kind of dirty nork to attack joa personally , or by any means to tndcavour to swamp our cause , whi ^ h you hive so nobly undertaken for the well-being of your . ' ellaw-man , and especially the working classes of this country .

      I feel glad , sir , that you bare a mind that can soar above those crawling wretches , who are at all times lurk iag behind their hiding-places of deceit and treachery , ready to sting yon , and thus they imagine tbey may upset and destroy tbe fond hopes of thousands who ba . ru full confidence inyour integrity aud humanity . Again , all of us ought to be thankful that we have one fci guide us , and to watch over our interests , while wc may truly say we are surrounded by enemies on every side ; some under the ma * k and garb of friendship , pre . tending to give us advice for » ood , while their aim is our

      total destruction ; others under the garb of religion pretend to pity us , and will say , how sorry they are because we are Chartists , and behind our backs stab us with the weapons of hypocrisy ? and false assertion . I might eaamerate these enemies of the working classes , hut I need not , —yon knon- them far better than I do , and can more ably trace them out aud show tham forth to us in all their different shades and colours ; and thanks to you and to your coadjutors , we hare the Star to guide us through tieis ocean of selfishness until we are all safely placed under our own vine and fig tre .- , none daring to make us afraid .

      Again I would fain hope that my fellow-working men would place every confidence in you . Would to God that men in general would on ' y see to their own interest , and try by every lawful means to . emancipate themselves from the yoke of tyranny and oppression . My desire being to forward the cause of democracy aud the well-being of my fellow-men , I have instilled those principles into my chUdten , and two of my sons , along with myself , are mrm <« r » of the Co-operative Laud Company . One , my eldest , has paid up in the fourth section , and I wish tnat myself and the other were also paid up . I want all my fellow-working men to be alive to their owa interest , and t-trhe to free themselves from the shacklei of slavery . I shall willindy do all I can to forward oar noble institution . I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , A Mekbeb or the C # hpani . Darlington , July 12 th , 1 S 4 T .

      Tomfosdeir.—Shociu. .U Accidkmt Asd Uis ...

      TOMfOSDEir . —SHOCIU . . U ACCIDKMT ASD UiS OF hat —On Tuesday afternoon , just when the works ot Ftelden , Brothers . Waterside , were commencing after dinner , one of the three boilers burst with a fconiblc crash , and blew a man , named Robert Law , to thedistatsce of twenty yards . Be was shockingly Biut'dakdand died immediately . He haslett a wife and two children to lament his loss . LutcisaisB Mujbbs . —The general delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will be held on Monday nest ; Julyf » h , attliesigu of the Black Bull Standish ; near Wigan ; chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the foreseen . There will also be a public meet-L-g , woie & . « iU te addressed by W , F . Roberts , Kkq v and . ssTcral other gentlemen .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , HO . VN . Of " THE LABOURER , " CONTESTS " , 1 . Onward—by Ernest Jones . 2 . Education and the Russell Cabinet . 3 . The Romance of a People . 4 . Visit to O'Connorrille . 5 . The Insurrections of the Working Classes . 6 . The League , 7 . The Countfsions of a King . 8 . The Game Laws . Vjldmb the Fibst , neatly bound in cloth and lettered , Price 3 s . Gd .

      The Northern Star Saturday, July 24, 13*7.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JULY 24 , 13 * 7 .

      Tub Struggle. " Now's The Day And Now's ...

      TUB STRUGGLE . " Now ' s the day and now ' s the hour . " At the moment we pen these hastily written remarks ( Thursday evening ) , the moral certainty exists that Parliament will be dissolved the day previous to the date of this journal ' s publication . At length the Chartist spirit is fairly roused . We present this week to our readers a list of the names of men well known to the people , whose present professions are supported by past services—services in many a well-fought field against both open foe and

      treacherous friend . If the people will but do their duty , and enforce the election of the true friends whose names we this week publish , they will elect if not a sufficient number to carry the Charter , at least sufficient to employ all the forms of the house in such a way as to compel concession to the popular demand for justice ; and sufficient to act as the guiding power of the " pressure from without , ' ' which has only to be fully put forth , and efficiently directed , to achieve a revolution the most glorious on record , because bloodless and just ; a revolution which would right all and wrong no on 3 .

      We have spoken of the people enforcing the election of their friends . Let it be clearly understood that , by this we mean no " brickbat and bludgeon law ; no popular imitation of the unfair and villanous conduct of the Mayor and Whigs of Derby ; no assault upon the rights of others , but simply the stern resolve , expressed in plain language , and backed by insianeous act on the part of each and all , to support no man with pound , shilling , or penny , who having a vote , refuses to give that vote on the side of equal justice

      If is unnecssary for us to reiterate the advice of Mr O'Connor , given in our last . Earnest men will require , at the most , not mure than one adraonitiim ; and as regards slaves—though an angel preached to them they would ne leet to follow the advice from heaven . By EXCLUSIVE DEALING the people may righteously compel the abolition of Exclusiveism . Serious disorders usually require sharp remedies—remedies too , in some measure , partaking of the disease they are employed to counteract . Hitherto our institutions have been founded ,

      and our laws enacted in the spirit of EXCLUSIVE DEALING . The privileged classes have cared only for themselves , and those who have votes have generally hitherto bartered them tor the gold , the promises and the smiles of the rich , or where corruption has not been the moving power , prejudice has . The petty shopkeeper has been as exclusive and insolent in his way , as the haughtiest of aristocrats . But the disease mav be made to cure itself .

      The principle of EXCLUSIVE DEALING which has heretofore been employed against the people , must be now turned against the enemies of the people , by the people themselves . The end to be gained hallows the employment of the means . That " end" is not the elevation of any one class at the expenseof others , but simply the triumph of JUSTICE , in the blessings of which the vanquished as well as the victors will share .

      " The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gained !" If the reader will glance at the first page of this day ' s Star , he cannot but be highly gratified at the array of talented and patriotic naaes associated with , and pledged to the principles of sterling democracy , as defined in the People ' s Charter . It would be a needless expenditure of words to address an exhortation to the men of Finsbury to do their duty , by securing the return of their present representatives . That they will do without any help or

      advice from others . The talked-of Tory opponent of Duncombe and vVakley , has no more chance of being elected for Fuisbury , than he has of being elected for Tirabuctoo , which , however , considering his benighted notions , he might much more fitly aspire to represent . Though , instead of having written , Mr Warren had expended " Ten Thousand a Tear" for teu years in preparat ion for his assault on the Democratic fortress of Finsbury , he would have had no more chance o f victory than he has now . The result of the Finsburv election will

      attest the fallacy of the alledged fickleness of the people . The English democracy—and democracy influences public opinion , and decides public action in Finsbury—are not tired of hearing Duncombe and Wakley called " the just . " The ostracavi will be directed , not against the friends , but against the foes of the people . Defeat and shame will certainly and properly punish the presumption of that foolwhoever he may be—who may be stimulated by knaves and slaves to disturb the trustworthy and honored members for Finsbury ,

      Such men as Crawford of Rochdale , and Williams of Coventry , will also obtain the overwhelming support of their constituents . On some subjects we may differ from these men ; but in the hour of battle we remember that on the great question of questions they have been on the right side . To such , therefore , we wish God speed ! But a glorious band of patriots are now knocking at the door of St Stephen ' s , who , with one exception , have not hitherto known the inside of that questionable domicile—or rather unquestionable den of

      M ( idnght ) P ( Umderer ) ' s . The one exception we allude to is , of course , Mr Feargus O'Connor . We shall not think of using Mr O'Connor's paper to bespatter its proprietor with our praise , praise which the people of Nottingham do not at all need to make them sufficiently appreciate their chosen candidate . Hobhouse and Gisborne already shake in their shoes , for well they know that recreancy and treachery are not the sort of sins their Chartist

      oppouent is likely to overlook . Happy will lalbUng Macaulay be that Feargus O'Connor cannot be " two gentlemen at once . " But only let the constituency of Nottingham send him to the House of Commons , and more than one babbling fool will find the man of the people—backed by the people ~ foliy a match for the utmost ignorance aud insolence that House can produce . Ireland , too , needs at least one veritable champion , who will expose her wrongs and . demand .

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      her rights . It is in the power of the men of Not . tingham to supply their unfortunate Irish brethren with such a champion , in the person of Feargus O'Connor . Tbe extraordinary progress of events at Halifax , the flight of PROTBEROE , who , like a certain unpopular animal , finding himself compelled to retreat , has fired a thundering stink at the moment of turning tail ; the triumphant march ot Chartist principles , and tbe exceedingly favourable prospectalmost certainty—of the return of JONES and MIALL , combine to justify the more than ordinary

      notice we have taken of this election in another column . At Derby , Philip M'Grath is once more before tbe public , to beard the vengeance of the the people ' s enemies , and test the virtue of the people themselves . Withering slavery be the lot of the coward who shall this time obey the mandate of any mulish mayor , or jackal thief-catcher . Up with your hands , Men of Derby ! Lift up your voices in thunder-tones against the degradation to which your Whiggish tyrants would condemn you . See that all who have votes record them on the right side , or

      ! Men of Sheffield , against two Treasury hacks we pit one honest man . We know the sublime impudence of GEORGE HEKRY WARD , but it strikes us that , although he may try his best at faivning and bullying , he will have a tough opponent in THOMAS CLARK , a man who is neither to be cajoled nor frightened by anything , and especially trnj-ihing in the shape of a Whig . Men of Sheffield ; " men whose undegenerate spirit" has been often tested , rise and vindicate your rights against those who have always sided with your enemies , and who are now fattening on the wages of corruption !

      The great claims of Mr Roberts have been so ably set forth by Mr O'Connor that we " are unwilling to more feebly express what all iNUst feel . As the legal adviser and champion of the industrious classes , Mr Roberts has the hearts of tens of thousands . The men of Blackburn will not merely honour themselves , they . will confer the greatest benefit on those thousands by sending him to the . House of Commons to correct bad , and aid the enactment of good , laws .

      There is no man whsse appearance in the field has caused us more sincere pleasure than that of John West . Glory to the men of Stockport ! They were the first to set an example of generous patriotism in contributing largely to the funds of the Central Re g ' mteation Committee , and now they have added to the debt of gratitude the country will owe to them by bringing forward against the League ' s chief , the League ' s most able foe . Of all the men in the

      Chartist ranks West is the man to " tackle that prince of shams , that king of humbugs , that wholesale dealer in delusion , Cobden . Honest John West ! Shame , shame that a man of his nobility of mind has been so long condemned to the obscurity and misery ever associated with thejhand-lootn weaver ' s wretched toil . But " Though slavery ' s gloom o ' er Ms morning hath hung Tbe foil neon of glory shall ibiue on him y « t !"

      A word to the men of Stockport . We know the bloodthirsty spirit of the " Leaguers , " and sure we w « tnattatnMtuanCubden should be beaten by a poor hand-loom weaver , that party will try every means of coercion and intimidation—not scrupling even at employing mercenary brute force . Be you prepared ! Be you prepared to enforce the keeping of the peace . We know your candidate will be a man in any emergency , be you then prepared to support him like men .

      " Lord Palmerston and Mr Heathcote will be returned without opposition , " says the " Western Times . " There you are out in your reckoning , most worthy " public instructor . " Julian Harney means to give " his lordship" some little trouble . It is nut necessary to say more then that Julian Harney will d <> his duty , or , at least , as Nelson would hare said , he will " try . " Let the men of Tiverton do their duty and redeem their town from the stigma of aristooratic misrepresentation .

      Kydd is " up" for Greenwich ; Dixon for Wigan ; Dicken < -oii for South Shields , and several more aie either already named or are about to be so . Want of time and space will not alio * us to do justice to the merits of these men who so well deseve the support of the people . There are others in the field , such as Sturge ^ Vincent , Epos , dec ., with whom we have no community if personal feeling , but whom , nevertheless , on the ground of public principle ,-wc would support . Their success is to be wished and worked for .

      . But a number of good men are as yet unnoticed who ought , lieforejthis tirae ^ to have been at the head of popular constituencies . Why is not Doyle a candidate ? A re there no places i equiring the services ot our able and true-hearted friends Beesley , Marsden and Donovin ? What is Glasgow about ? MOIR is not dead , and we hope not sleeping . Why is not tlie eloquent and enthusiastic John M'Crae up and doing at Dundee , or somewhere ? Auld Reekie lias clever men , so has Aberdeen , Grcenack , and other i laces , will none of them come forward ? "Stand ' s Scotland where it did ? "' Sec to it men of ihe north , and see that you return an answer worthy of your ancient renown .

      Is there no place in Ireland honest enough for an honest man , Patrick O'Hipgins to wit ? However tbat may be , surely there arc many places in England that would be proud of the services of such a man . Chartists who demand the rights of men and citizens ; Landsmen who pant for "happy homes and altars free , " now is the time of trial , now is the time to prove the sincerity of your professions . Some two or three days are before you yet for preparation , and then comes the struggle ! Let Saturday night ,

      Sunday—the better day the better deed in a good cause—and Monday , he devoted to an energetic attempt to procure full and am »' a t ' tn to enbie the Central Committee to complete the good work so well begun . In many places the elections will , in all probability , take place next week . A few days more and you will be in tho thick of the flight—and thenyou will have either to lament your own supineness or rejoice in the fruits of your victorious energy . " How's the day and now ' s the hour , " ' * Our green flag glitters o ' er us , —

      f he friends we re tried Are by our side—And the foe we bate before us !"

      The Halifax Election. We Have Much Pleas...

      THE HALIFAX ELECTION . We have much pleasure in pointing the attention of our readers to a fact recorded in another part of our columns , and illustrative of the weak position of faction , v » Wte it CTittences tbe growing power ot the population . Of the two Whig Members for Halifax , Sir Charles Wood and Mr Prothcroe , who have represented (?) the borough , the first for fifteen and the other for ten years , the latter has already been beaten from the field , and issued his retiring address , and advised his colleague to coalesce with the Tory , as the only means of resisting the strength of liberty . He lias made a confession of the weakness of either party—he has written the epitaph ready for the grave of dying faction . What-have

      the haughty crest of the Tory , the rampant attitude of the Whig , been lowered to this—that the old enemies have been forced to coalesce , in order to maintain a footing ? What —» re they further reduced to the alternative , the one of saying he has no particular opinions , the other of being afraid to say anything at all ? What-hasone month wrought this wonderful change iu a constituency ? No ! It has been the growing conviction of years that is fast reaching the moment of maturity . Rut the position already achieved-teaches us the power the people possess of resisting corruption . It shows us , in the support from men of all classes , thatprinciples , hitherto calumniated and vilified , are revWing-how truth will conquer prejudice , andperseveranee baffle opposition .

      The discomfited Whig has aimed a last shot at what lie calls « revolutionary principles . ** He for . gets it . i ? revelutionary ^^ ^ ^ *

      The Halifax Election. We Have Much Pleas...

      great revolution , one continuous change , as allac . es tinue freeing themselves from chain after ch »• That which we long predicted , the coalition oi i tion , is thus taking place ; and we are , in onesen , glad to see it . It will strengthen our position . There can be no deception now-all parties kno what they have to expect-the cloven foot has been put forward by the enemy , and the conspiracy of faction roust promote the only thing now wanting for the people ' s triumph-union among their ranks .

      No one can now any longer say , " Well , the Whigs are bad , but the Tories may do better ; or viceversa . " All must now see that it is the rich oppressor against the poor oppressed ; and in anxious expectation every honest heart looks forward to the result of the general struggle now about to be maintained throughout the country . And there is one ennobling feature about the present contest for the People ' s Charter—it is no longer a war against MEN , but against MEASURES it is no longer an attempt to take

      property away —but to increase its amount , by enabling the people to en oy the fruits of their own great property—their labour . It is no longer a crusade against a class , but for a nation . It is not , and NEVER WAS , an onset against religion—but an attempt to raise it in the estimation of man , by raising it above the gra £ p of policy . Thence it is that men of all parties arc beginning to espouse our cause—thence it is , that wealthy , influential men , Dissenting ministers , and even State Churchmen , are embracing and avowing our principles , the conviction of truth has dawned upon their

      minds , and the doubt , as to whether the people are in a fit state to permit of their realisation , is fast fading before the great lesson the national conduct is giving to the votaries of class legislation . The peaceable demeanour , the . far-spread organisation , the sound arguments , the just conclusions , the moderate demands , and the well-laid plans of the people , while they paralyze opposition , challenge

      respect , and the most exclusive politician is beginning to exclaim : " I never thought ! it ! The people are NEARLY fit for Universal Suffrage . " Nearly ! Well , that is an advance . At one time it was : " Oh ! the thing is impossible I It can NEVER be done !" The never has changed into nearly , and when the people are strong enough to enforce , they will be considered wise enough to receive , and the NEARLY will be changed into NOW .

      But , to effect this , a momentary impulse is not enough , there must be a steady determination . To effect this , a local movement is not sufficient , there must be a genei al union . The people must remember the non-electors have it in their power to influence the electors , the votes of the electors return the members , and the members make the laws-The non-electors have neglected their power , the only one they possessed ! the electors hare been left at the mercy of intimidation and exclusive dealing , as practised by the rich , " and the "

      representatives of the people" have been only the nominees of faction . The non-electors have now perceived their error , awl we know of many places in which they are already acting on the admirable plan laid down by Mr O'Connor in our last number . It may here be said , — " Why extend the franchise , when we thus admit that the people have the power of influencing the electors ? " We might here reply , » WHY NOT ; if they possess a power VIRTUALLY , you may as well concede it formally . But we take higher ground , and have more forcible objections .

      We take the ground of RIGHT , and men of all parties concede the People '; Right to the Franchise , and merely assail it on the ground of expediency Here we meet ihem with their own weapons—it is conceded that the people can control the constituencies if they choose , aud they will if they can ; it follows that the electors must be directed in their choice of national representatives by self-interest or fear , since the present system challenges their votes for the support of faction , surely a bad basis for a representative system . It farther follows that hatreds , bickerings , and jealousies , must he engendered between two portions of the community—and lies

      deception , and perjury march in their train . It endangers the peace of the country , and corrupts the morals of a portion of the people by bribery or threats , whichever way the tide of power sets . For , suppose the privileged classes to keep the people out of their rights , it can only be done by violence and corruption ; suppose tlie people to force the men of their choice on the constituencies , it can only he done by indirect means , and means derogatory alike to the rights of man and the dignity of legislation . Thus , from whatever point of view the exclusive system be regarded , it is full of faults , dangers , and evils . The more it is attacked , the more its rottenness becomes apparent ; and ihe more encouragement is given to

      its assailants . But more than ever energy and organisation are wanting to subvert it . That organisation must procure fruits—it must strengthen the sinews of war . Expenses will be multiplied at the election by both Whigs and Tories , to BREAK THE BACKS of the Chartists . Where two polling-booths would do , they will contrive to have four , and thus with all other things . WE MUST BE PREPARED FOR THIS . The pence of the many can heat the pounds of the few ; some places have subscribed nobly to the Election Fund—ALL places must subscribe . If there is not money enough to meet all legal expenses

      at the elections contended by . Chartist candidates , that which has gallantly been given by a lew places , will he thrown away ; and , be it remembered , it could not be subscribed to greater advantage either for the CHARTER or the LAND . The people require the small proprietory system to be extendedthen let it be legislated for by breaking up the monopoly of land—in giving the waste lands and the stolen church-lands to the poor . The members of the Land Company are vitally interested in being represented in Parliament—let them do their dutyand ere long we shall have a CHARTIST BENCH in the House of Commons .

      • Parliamentary Review. The Debates On T...

      • PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The debates on the bill f & r creating new bishops , have imparted a distinct character and tone to the closing weeks of the session , which they would , otherwise have lacked , and served to veil from popular view the hurried manner in which the remainder measures of the session have been poked away , hurried forward , abandoned , " deferred till next session , " and so on . The country is deeply indebted to the small , hut gallant , minority , who so steadfastly resisted the crowning enormity of the session , and at last compelled Lord John to abandon that part of the Bill which had reference to the future creation

      of three additional Bishops . Unfortunately , they were not powerful enou h to avert the fate of Manchester , which is to be " Bishopped , " of course , greatly to the edification and pleasure of the spinners , power-loom weavers , dyers , calico printers , and piecers dwelling therein ! Manchester will henceforth , we presume , he elevated in the scale of towns , and he known hy the style and designation of a City , though how the cotton lords will relish their ecclesiastical lord without a seat in the House

      of Peers ; or , when n : gets there , his holding the seat on sufferance , not by right , remains to be seen John ' s readiness to lie the tool of the Church on this occasion , and the obstinacy with which he battled for a measure which is totally uncalled for > the circumstances of the case , as well as opposed by the great majority of the people , conrasts curiousl y with the facility with which he re . imquished measures of the hi ghest public importance on the slight ^ annewanw of a •> « , »« % , " At

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      the very closing hours of the Semon , and of larliament , he was found defending with a itabbornen and pertinacity worthy of a bettercause , a measure which his own conscience must tell him is a bad one ; while , outhe pretence that there was not time , only a few days ago he gave up the Health of Towns Bill , a Measure which was imperatively demanded by the wretched state of our large towns , and the havoc committed by the pestilence engendered in their closely packed lanes , alleys , and courts ; exhaled from reeking cesspools , and untrapped drains . His good measures are shadowy and unsubstantial as ghosts ; they melt like phantoms on exposure to - and oi p .

      the lig ht } tlie evil ow » only have , a pevtweiova prmciple of vitality about them , which enables them to survive repeated and determined onslaughts . There was one remaining vestige of public character left to the Premier , which his conduct on this bill has completely destroyed . His claims to the possession of political wisdom , profound judgment , moral courage and practical statesmanship must be ignored by all who have watched his career this session as First minister of the Crown , but there was one little point left on which the ge . nuine Russellites might still have appealed to the prejudices of honest John Bull , and raised a cheer for the almost prostrate idol of their traditionary

      worship . Tbey might , in the last desperate moments of political failure , have claimed for him the credit of being " consistent . " We are by no means blindly in love with what is called by certaiu parties , consistency in political affairs . It is quite as often a vice as a virtue , and generally ^ cans that the man of forty or fifty should be bound by the crude , immature and inexperienced views of twenty or twenty-five ; that , however , other men may live to learn , for the public politician there must be no progress ; like the feet of the Chinese women his intellect must be cramped by the iron shoe put upon it in infancy , * 6 uch consistency as this we repeat is quite as often a vice as a virtue . But there are instances

      in which . jby a fortunate combination of influences . tbe hereditary public man is born , to an inheritance of sound principles and enlightened views , and persistence in maintaining such views is not only creditable to the individual , but beneficial to the community , both practically and reflectively . It is desirable that as few violent changes as possible should be witnessed in the opinions and policy of these , upon whom the management of State affairs devolves . When such changes do take place they ought always to be of a progressive character , in order to reconcile the

      public to the inconsistency . But in Lord Johns case , in this question of an addition to the number of bishops , he has not gone forward , but , crab-like , backwards . It is altogether a new character for him , that of church extender and bishop maker . He belongs to the party who cut down the Irish Bishops . H < s belongs to the section of politicians who have all along been looked upon with fear and regarded with hostility by the hi g hly paid dignitaries of * the Church as their direst enemies , and who have justified that fear of hostility by

      proclaiming , in the plainest terms , that they regarded Bishops as an over-grown , greedy , and idle set of cormorants , who preyed upon the public funds without giving any substantial return . Yet now we find this would-be consistent politician coming forward , when the Session and the Parliament is in extremis , and nightly forcing through the House , backed by a motley majority , composed of renegade Churchmen , Tories , and Placemen , a Bill of the most obnoxious description in itself , and which , in addition to its other drawbacks , is iu the teeth of all his

      previous conduct on such questions . It is , indeed , one of the many strange things we have witnessed in modern times , that a Bill for creating more Bishops should have come from a Whig Cabinet . There is scarcely a man on the Treasury Bench who has not , at some period of his life , spoken and voted against measures of the very kind they now support ; and Mr B . Escott deserved credit for reminding these miserable deserters from principle , of their degraded and tongue-tied position , on Monday night . The debates on the subject have given rise

      to some scenes more animated and exciting than dignified or rational—twenty members speaking at once—half a dozen personal altercations , simultaneously prosecuted—and a babel of confusion prevailing over all—are not things calculated to elevate the legislature in the estimation of onlookers . The blame , however , does not rest with those who resist bad measures , but with those who force them

      on ; and the exposure of the inconsistency of tufthunting Mr Hawes , which Mr Duncombe so ably made , is one ot those public benefits which cause one to overlook the somewhat uproarious scene in which it took place . Tlie people of Lambeth , we should think , will need a great deal of " soft soap " to induce them to tolerate any longer the pert , smug , and self-satisfied gentleman whom they have helped to office and power .

      The only other event of the week , calling for special notice is , Lord Brougham ' s Review of the Session . In former years that duty used to be discharged by Lord Lyndhurst , but that veteran having retired from the field , the fallen mantle lias been caught up by the erratic Whig Ex-Chancellor , Truth to say , he does not shine in comparison with his predecessor . There was a masculine force of intellect a clear logic , and a manly and energetic eloquence displayed in Lord Lyndhurst ' s annual criticisms ,

      with which the oratory of Brougham will not bear to be contrasted . The target was however so palpable , that it was impossible any one could fail to hit it . His Lordship , therefore , after briefly disposing of the few measures which reached maturity as Acts of Parliament , descended into the shades below , to fish up the ghosts of the numerous bills Of which " some were never born , others departed without

      a moment ' s warning ; " of those which strug . gled into life , all that need be said was , that a thousand frea ? and follies died with them . There were puny infantile measures which instantly dropped into oblivion ; there was a whole crowd of ghosts-they were of various sizes , ot various degrees of importance , but all had suffered from o » e piti } m procesj of abandonment or massacre ; " and the conclusion to which he came on a

      review of these hapless ghosts was , " these failures , this systematic or wholesale impotency , made one think , that a strong Government , which one did not like , might be better than a weak Government which one did . " One one point we must dissent from Lord Brougham ' s verdict . He spoke of the Teu Hours ' Bill as one of the measures of which , he said , " worse measures had never been passed in one session , " and paid a compliment to his own sagacity in foreseeing that " when work was reduce d from 12 to 10 or \\ hours , wages would be reduced from 12 d . to lOd . o 1 Id : " That was , he said , " precisely what had hap-There had

      pened . been a strike of workmen , in one of the greatest manufactories of Yorkshire , which belonged to some old constituents of his , men of a most humane disposition . But it was not a question of humanity , it was a question of pounds ^ shillings and pence . Had they yielded , they would havebeen ruined , they would have been gazetted . " This ap . pears to us a very summary mode of disponing of the whole question , and of pronouncing a verdict as to th « consequences of the Ten Hours' Act . It is one which we are certain , even Brougham himself would not tolerate if applied to any . other measure which he had not opposed , or was hot disposed unjustly toilis *

      Parage and vilify . Uis-own answer , and that of the Free Traders generally , to the well-grounded com . plaints that their boasted panacea , which was , as by the magic touch of aomc enchanted , wand to give

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      " Cheap Bread , High Wares , and Plenty to fio ^ all the productive classes , has hitherto only bee ,, companied by " Dear Bread , Low Wages , andtjm toDo , "hasbeen , thatitwasunfairtojudge oftl ) eeff e of the measure until it was fully in operation , ^ is the reply in the case of the Ten flo urs' Act a | . and with much more justice . It is not yet in ge ' operation , and in the meantime it may suit the pur # poses of individual manuafcturers to take me a 5 Brej for the purpose of throwing discredit upon the Aet , of creating d ? ssatisfaction with it , and making ft ' '" „ . Cheap ej read i . j „ Wajeg , and Plenty to ])„ ,,

      popular among the operatives . They have the power to do this if they are so minded in the interval ^ has to elapse be tween the present period an d the full operation of the Act . But as soon as ifo ^ place , these tricks will be seen through and fc ^ harmless . The strong arm of the law will co mpel uniformity in working the mills ; and if there he ^ truth whatever in the hoasted doctrines of moi > CT ( l

      political economy ; if supply mi demand really * , guiate prices and wages , the inevitable effect of ^ alteration must be to benefit the operative cl ^ both pecuniarily and morally . The Ten Houtf Act was , we have repeatedly said , the only act for « hi ch the ' o erative classes havffto thank the session o ( 1847 : the only act which redeems it from thestigmj of u'tcr uselessness , or worse , of having been

      thoroughly and absolutely injurious in all j | aspects . Mr Duncombe brought a case of oppression , con , nected with the Post-office management , before th ? house on Tuesday night , which very forcibly Wr * trates the treatment awarded to horrrat men , who expose the malpractices of their superiors . That gross abuses and malversations existed m the Post , office ; that the officers , paid by the public monev , were constantly and extensively employed Jn service ,

      for the private benefit of cer t ain superior officeri of that establishment , was clearly proved by t ? le com . mission appointed to examine into the truth oftheaj . legations made by Mr Duncombe on the subyjjt . R , Grapes , to whose sudden dismissal on a faUt an ( l . frivolous pretext , Mr Duncombe drew the attextioa of the house , was one of the main witnesses \ i , in $ e evidence proved the existence of these nefarhsj practices . No doubt , the first opportunity of tri ppinj him up was eagerly watched for by the official

      whose evil doings he had exposed , and according so it turned out . Mr Duncombe applied to the Government and the house to protect the man from persecution and oppression , on the broad ground that Parliament having ordered the inquiry were bound to protect the witnesses . But a pretext * a } set up by the Government , and justice eluded forthe present , on the ground , that , as the papers could w > t be immediately prepared , it was better to defer the settlement of the matter " until the next session , "

      that awful limbo to which so many other mutters have been already relegated ! If the Government would pay Grapes his salary , in the meantime , to keep himself and family alive , there would be sou . e excuse for this proceeding . But as that is not the case , the injustice and hardship of the affair become obvious . It affords miserably poor encouragement to others in the same posi'ion , to come forward to protect the interests of the public , and expose official malversation .

      On the " ruck" of measures which have come up at the tail ' of the session , and been disposed of somehow or anyhow , it would be idle to offer any con > men * , and as to ihp general character of the Sessioi , and of the Parliamt-nt of which it constitutes the close , that must be reserved for future commenl .

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      MISCE [ XANE < ir / 8 . Beek-Shops versus ihe People ' s Chartes . —t here « n . close a Vost Office order for fifteen shillings from tbe working men of Paddock Font Mills , which was subscribed for " a fouttnit , " and intended for drink ; but we took the matter into consideration , and re » o ! r < il that we would support beersliops no lonuei- ! hutic stead would give tlie rmwy to the Chartist EJectioiii ' tr . ing Committee for the purpose of sending men tu Par . liament who will represent our just and equitable riirhts . —Henki Uaioh , Paddock Foot Mills . To Mr T . Clark . Tuohas StiAw . —We cannot insert rules of money clnte . Manchesteu . —A correspondent at Manchester communicates certain aliened " facts" worthy of the attention vi tho members of the Lutid Compauy . We con ent ourselves with nimiiiigone . In proof that the Lattd members criminally neglect the Chartist cause , our ce > m . spondent asserts that many of them are in the hal . it ot attending " . the hall" on Sundny evenings , refuse to !« y

      the " penny admission , " giving as their excuse that they are " only going to paythedr land moncj . " Hut when they have paid their * land money" and return w " the hull" " they have no objection to sit or stand anil hear the remainder of thelecture ! " Our correspondent adds : — "I cannot fur a m « ment conceive why inert should be so stupidly blind to their own interests as w join a certain class of men in that part of their irloriouJ cause , which would secure a ceimpctence to them , and yet withhold that seepport which would enable that Mlf . same boely to gain ior them that freedom whic ' i would render them proof against all the wily shm of the land aristocracy . Are these tuen , sir , qualified for that paradise , which the very body they wo dd not support , hun been the means of providing - or them ? * * In conclusion , sir , I will throw out a suggestion , he >» - - erer ' weak it may appear , which is , that some of our talented members get up a short address , and present each member of the Land Company with a copy , showing the necessity and utility of their becoming nvembwi and supporters of the Chartist Association . "

      A Yoc . vo CniRiisr . Oppression of a Wobiino Ma . v . —We have received ihe following , dated Sunderland , July Men . Sir , —I wa * working about a month since with Messrs Hartley & Co ,, glass manufacturers in this town , and the tyrannical manager of the works stopped , or at least wanted ts stop , five shillings from twenty shillings of wages I ha J to receive ; but , as I rather ctose to rely on the law , I summoned him to appear before tho magistrates . II * sent for me after he had been served with the summon * and very reiuctiantly paid me my nagtminl ' uH to stay tlie proceedings , i had « neck's wages still laying in the office to receive the week following . H « promised to pay out of this the three shillings and sixpence I paid for the summons ; but this be lias not done . Si ) I must work no more there . I then got work at labouring in a brick-field , but as the ground belongs to Messr * Hartley aud Co ., they sent for the person who hasili " &

      management of the brickworks , and told him that ; - must n » t employ me . My wife was working there , alst > . consequently we have both lost our work , Sow , Sir , « I must be stopped from supporting my family in tin * country , I em see no other chance for me to live , but : lcave-my wife and three children , and an aged parent , as a legacy to the parish , and find mv way to the State' * America . But what will the parishioners think of such a legacy , for which they may thank the tyranny of John Cor uaughton , who . by the bv , attends divine service two or thi e « times in each Sunday ! Trusting that you will give publicity to the above , ' I remain , dear Sir , Yours , truly , James M'Puebso . h . Mr John Oswald , Monckwearmouth . — Our ageuts iV Sunderland : irc , Mr Unities , Nomhers fiarth , ant ) Jlr Irvin , Netvtoeni Dishonwcurmoutli . Nottingham EtKcnoM Fund . —J . Sweet begs to acktwtffedfre the receipt of the following sums , viz lfr ( Jarfwright , 5 s ; liyron ward locality , Us 6 d ; from Curriitj ; - ton , per Mr Douse , 17 s , The O'Co . vkobviiiLE Tea-trat . —For the satisfaction oi the Warrington subscribers , their respective names and numbers are inserted separately : —J . Bate-nan , V 1 W

      , T . Lawless , 1274 ; 6 . Taylor , U 75 ; J . Roughsedce , ^' ' * , ' 9 . . mdffM 5 k ' 1277 ; J . Clare , W 8 ; B . DrumgeK » le , I 2 i » ; J . Clare , U 8 o ; i , Clarke , 1281 . 15 . C . D .-You being in the ballot previously , would not prevent yem from being on a family ticket , but it is indispensable that you and friends teoid cacYi etnialsnare * , and belong to the same section . Mr J . GaBENWooD , Hawortb , near Bradford , Yorkshire .-xes , you can have the O'Conuorville plate either plain Decoloured . When you send your order say by what , conveyance we shall forward them . lMVE . VTtvr .-. J ulia \\ Harney has received tho following i ! v m or tll e General Election Fund :-Edward Basely , ed ; Ihomas Marriott , 6 d ; Joseph Barnes , lid : JianK * i Masters , tid ; as . T . Bolwkm ,. — Tho Bath paper has not been receired , W In consequence of tho press ol matter eonnecK-d with \ the forthcoming General Election , we have had 1 * ah idgc several communications received ou Thursday , i and postpone others till our next . IlAMKAX ...-lt has been Impossible to find room for tho I second address of the non . electors to the electors . Da M'Douali .. — We regret that Dr M'Douall ' a account of t his tour in the Potteries arrived too late for imnrtion ti

      this week . It shall appear in our nest # 8 " A number of " legal notices" ore in type , but theenor- j mous Jemrth of tho money list combined with the great e press of electioneering matter , compel the withholding I of tho sield'notlces till oeir uext , _ Mv J . Smith , Brixton . —Tho paper is not supplied direct u from this oflie-e . We don't know anything about it . Mr Uavwood , Norwood . —We increase our number every

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24071847/page/4/