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      January- 29, 1848- The Northern Sta;;R*-...

      January- 29 , 1848- THE NORTHERN STA ;; R * - ' / " - ' ¦ ' 7

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      India. Intelligence Has Been Received Fr...

      INDIA . Intelligence has been received from Calcutta to tbe £ th , Madras to the 13 th , and Bembay to the 15 th Dseembai ? . The Governor-Goneral quitted Lucknow on the 32 nd of November , ? after five days spent in the capital of Oude . At Calcutta several commercial firms have suspended paymeat . The political ae » s is unimportant . CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . ^ Erora the Geihah ' s Tows Joubsai ., Not . SO i—

      BoearsLK beith op five Bamsa oftickbs—dsfbat 0 ? THE KArTIBS . Wedkesdat . 'Not . 17 . —Information has reached town from Kafnrland of the death by the Kaffirs of five British officers , -namely—Capt . W . L . T , Baker . Lieut . Faunt , and Ensign Bornop , of the 78 rd Regiment , DrN- S . Camphsll , surgeon of the corps , and Assistant-Surgeon Loch , of the 7 th Ura . goon Guards . - ¦ The unfortunate officers had ventured by themselves , and unarmed , on a p leasure jaunt , some distance from the British , camp . ^ he aPpesr to have been surprised , overwhelmed , and savagely murdered . Their bodies , when found , presented s frightful spectacle . Mr Bumop had three Mis in his head ; Capt . Baker was s tabbed and mntilattd in several places : poor Dr Campbell must have suffered greatly , the flesh being actually pared from his body ; the naked body of Lieafc . Faunt had been apparently flogeed with chains—their eyes had

      been scooped oat—their teeth extracted ,-and the head » of assiBtaBt-snrgeon Lech had been severed from the body and carried away . The latter , ic is supposed , was dragged to some little distance from bis companions , to a smo » th flat stone , and there beheaded . - All were stripped ,. and their reaaina left ( Hi th ^ spots where they fell ^ The dead bodies ot two Kaffirs lay at no great distance , killed , as it is ¦ asmmed , by these--officers , at the first moment of attack A day or two subsequently a considerable force s e nared the country , and discovered a large bodvof Kaffirs , who . thoug h they fought with great determination , were driven before their assailants . The resnlte . of the engagement were , twenty-three Kaffirs killed , and at least double that number -wooded , while the onl y casualties on the English aide , was one of the Provisionals killed , and one troop horse . Upwards of SOO head of cattle , and ¦ severalguns . were captured from the Kaffirs , also 4 wo of the horses belonrine to tbe deceased officers .

      FRANCE . The Sixiostx . and some provincial democratic papers allude to the preparations in pr ogress for p lacing the detached ferts round Paris in a state to control tie discontented of the metropolis . Cannon , howitzers , and mortars only are required to complete them , and of these there is a redundance in Vincennes , so that the whole chain of forts could be armed on the first appearance of danger . A new republican paper , entitled L'Avante Gabbe , edited * by 'thestudents , ' has appeared in the district of * the schools '—the Pars Latin , Paris .

      On Friday the Chamber of Deputies was the scene efavery stormy andagitatingdebkte , eaused by theex . po sure of one of those sets Of corruption in the French Government which have ! acquired European note Hety , under the name of icandales , but which within the last eighteen months , have become so common in France that they have ceased to be considered novelties . This last exposure was the celebrated c A § aire Petit ? which has been already explainedin these columns . by onr Paris correspondent . A rich geene was witnessed in the Chamber . M . Gulzoi sdmitted the facts while he condemned , them , and

      offered Bojastineation for being party to a transaction which he himself declared to be reprehensible in the highest degree , but that his predecessors did the -sme sort of thing , A whole host of ex-Ministers then rose amidst much confusion , to deny their participation in any eu <& practises as M . Goizot had acknowledged , during ibeir tenure- of office . M . Dupin , M . Thiers , M . Dafaure , M . Bilhralt , each in bis turn expressed bis abhorrence of such practice ? . Several motions were submitted ; ultimately 11 . Peryamoht ' s amendment was carried ; ' That the Chamber , relying on the wish expressed by the Go-Ternment , and on theefneacy of the measures to be taken to put an end to a long-standing and objectionable abuse , passes to the order of the day . ' Thus tbe 'satisfied majority' have again declared their determination to back np M . Guizot ander all circumstances .

      The opposition to M . Guizot was hourly becoming more yioleat . The ' reform dinner in Paris , prohibited by the police , will , at all risks , take place sest Sunday .

      SPAIN . We learn fram Madrid , that in the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on the 16 th instant , the application of the ministry , for authority to collect the taxes for the six months ending in June , waa carried f > y a majority of 143 to 37 . The Queen is seriously iO . The iftfluenza is rapine in the capital . DEATH OF THE KING OF DENMARK . Christian VIII , Kin ? of Denmark , and Duke of Schleswig , Holstein , and Lauenburg , died on the 19 th instant , at Copenhagen . King Christian VIII . was born on the 18 th Sept 1786 . and succeeded to -the throne on Dec . 3 , 1839 . He was married in 1806 , fo the Princess Charlotte . Frederika of Mecklenburg Schwerin , from whom he was divorced in 1812 ; and afterwards to the Princess Caroline of Sebleswig-Holstein-Senderburff- Ansnstenbnrp :.

      SWITZERLAND . Letters from Berne have brought copies of two important documents . The first is the new note addressed by M . Bois le Comte to the presidest of the Diet , dated Neufebatel , the 18 th January , and the sscoad is the reportof the Federal commissioners sent to the canton of the Valais , addressed to the Yorori , and dated the 12 th Jannary . The contents Of the former present nothing new to those who have heard or read the late debate on the Swiss question ic trie Chamber of Peers . The latter is a document of * a very importantnature . The facta and docuxaents which it discloses establish , beyond

      thepossibihty of doubt , the efforts made by the French government to protract the civil war in Switzerland by the most lavish' promises of aid and intervention made to the insurgent cantons . It is proved that , -about the end of November , M . Guizot sent an agent to the president of the council of war of the Sonderbund to urge on that body the importance of maintaining the struggle , on the part of the separate league , as long as possible , and promising in that case tbe support of the great powers . M . Guizot neglected nothing -which was likely to ferment the ievolt of the Catholic cantons against the Federal government .

      The governments of Austria , Prussia , and France , have agreed upon a new note menacing the Swiss with intervention . The Jesuits are pursued unrelentingly everywhere . Orders hare been ismed by the government of Bavaria to forbid those driven out of Switzerland to remain more than two or three days in that kingdom .

      GERMANY . Vissxa . January 17 ih . —The ominous situation of Italy exclusively eccupies the public mind attlrs moment . The upper aristocracy , the eminent offi cersoi ' the array , as well as the persons attached to the Chancery of State , have their attention fixed on that dangerous ceuntry , which in all probability will inflict the first blow on this old monarchy , menaced already on every side by the increasing discontent of its provinces at its perseverance in a system of

      immobility and hatred for modern reforms . The Supreme Council of State met sktimes during the last week , a fact which is held to indicate serious apprehensions on the part of our rulers . I learned from an unquestionable source that the debates in tbe last sittings were more animated than ever , and that Pricce Mettarmch , whose calm countenance seldom betrays an emotion , re-entered his apartments in a state of gi cat agitation . For the first time he experienced tome opposition in the Council of State . His accursed despotism is tottering to its fall .

      ITALY . Letters from Milan of January 9 th have at length brought some definite information respecting the atrocious proceedings of the Austrian police and soldiery on the 3 rd and 4 th . The atrocities committed by the Aastrians were frightful . The use of tobacco has been totally abandoned throughout Lombardy and the Venetian territories . The revenue produced by the sale of tobacco produced in 1843 in Lombardy alone 6 . 725 , 832 Austrian livres , equivalent to about a quarter of a million / sterling . The lotteries , which have also been abandoned by the people , produced in the same year 8 , 200 , 056 livres . or about £ 270 , 000 .

      A letter from Rome of the loth instant , announces mat the massacre committed at Milan by the Auseians had created a deep sensation in Rome . Another letter from the same capital says : — 'The cigar revolution at Milan has created the deepest sensation here . At the various guardhouses it was resolved at once torexercise the « right to petition parliament , and accordingly to-day tbat deliberative assembly has been bombarded with constitutional addresses demandigg a further supply of arms , stores of ammunition , and 'that officers of old standing from tha service of Piedmont should be forthwith invited down here to nrge forward the drill and manoeuvre . ' A . 80 , that an additional park of artillery should be ordered from the foundry of Turin , They have all awsrn that the Austrian * shall not reach Naples by this route , whether government allow them or other-TOse . Accounts from Florence represent the excitement there as quite equal to our own .

      It was an ill-advised step for the expelled Swiss Jesuits tehare fled straight to Vienna and placed themselves under the mantle ef old Metternich . * waug win CTer get it out of the head of the Re mans ana Italians generally that they are became the mere took ef that soul-and-body-rotticg despotism , ifleriare got themselves too deeply entangled with we exploded system of misrule to hope for extricatisn , and the Tablet correspondent ( Lord Clifford ) is only wasting pajer here by seeking to disparage tha onward movement of this peninsula and of Rome . His letter published on New tear ' s LV , in Which he stands up fur the Obscurantist party , ' waa read hero w & b ? a <} sxrrimznt ; an old wig can never plug

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      up the arches of Ponte MoMfl , orstay the dora-rush ing Tiber . „„„ ,. ' „ „ „„„ ,,. „

      INSURRECTION IN SIOILI . The catastrophe which has been so long foreboded in Sicily , by numerous prognostics , has at leagtb taken place . The island has risen , ss one man . in revolt against the grinding despotism of King Ferdinand . . ;¦; ... - The NouvziitSTE ot Marseilles , of the 20 th inst ., publishes ins supplement the following letter from Naples / datedthel 5 thinst ,: — .. ' ! As early as the Stb inst ., the Sicilian ! had .. acquired the conviction th & t nothing woiild . be ddn & to relieve thorn of their burdens , bat the period fixed upon thera for a demonstration , vis ,, the 12 th lust ,, was not anticipated ^ As the movement was to he spontaneous , every man held . himself ready for action , -waiting for the signal from Palermo . Without knowing precisely the nature

      and extent of the manifestations , the police foresaw the events by the calm and decided attitude of tbe population , and irritated it the more if possible by effecting on tbe night of the 9 th inst the arrest of some of the first perssasin Palermo . Amongst the parsons arrested the following srementioned : —Prince Fiorenia , the Chancellor Amari and his brothers , Francis Ferrari , and twenty others , all equally resectable . . Count Acetohsd been denounced , but when the police went to . hit house t « arrest him they foundthe doors barricaded , and they began to besiege the beuse , ths ttnt floor of which Is occupied by the English Consul . In the couna of their proceedin * , the armsof England got detached , and , falling npon the ground , were broken to piecej . The polio * " ^ inff the intervention of the representative of England , Aceto

      withdrew , amidst the hootings of thepopu lace ; M . was thus saved , and the Consul sent off a communication ef the insult which his flag had received to the . British Ambassador at Naples , who has demanded prompt reparation . Manifestoes were secretly sent off from Palermo in all directions of the island . Ever * thing had been provided for , and the part which each was to take had been arranged . In the morning of the 12 th , en hearing the salvos of artillery aunoancln r tbe anniversary of the King ' s birthday , tbe population spread in masses through the cit y , and barricades were formed at several points , ander the protection of armed men . The police totally gave way befere tbi * imposing movement ; a part of tha troops marched out ot the town , and teak up a position at the foot of the Honte Pellagrins , the rest remaining in the forts . All remained in this state until eleven o ' clock ,

      hat a few -ruinates after that hoar a strong detachment of cavalry debouched by the gate of St Antonio , to dieperse an aisemblsge collected in front olthe palace of the Intendant . The cavalry were hailed with cries of friendship and fraternity , but they fired , and killed oho man , - wounding many others , whose cries of pain were re-echoed by loud cries of vengeance from the infuriated people , who rushed upon the detachment , brought many to the ground , and compelled the rest to sound a retreat The attitude of ths populace became so menacing that the few troops leftin the city retired leaving the insurgents ia » stew « £ ii , who occupied themselves in strength ? ening their pesitions . ¦ One remarkable fact attended this insurrection , and proves the accord which reigns between all the classes of tbe people . The clergy

      mingled themselves among the armed parties incestiLuQy preaching to thorn sentimtntB- of patriotism At night the city was entirely illuminated , and fires werfl lighted , on the tops ef all the surrounding eminences Some hoars' later , between 7 , 000 and 8 , 000 mountaineers , well armed , entered Palermo in good order . TheYesuvp returned to Naples at five in the afternoon of the 18 th , with despatches from the King ' s Lieutenant . On the following day troops ^ arrived by the railroad from Capua and Hbcera to the amount ef . 8 , 000 men , and were embarked innine . steam-frigates , which immediately steered , for Sicily . Placards posted during the night , at every corner / called upon tbe Neapolitans , in energetic terms ,

      to imitate the Sicilians . The rising of the people of Trapini has not beea lets decisive that taat of Palermo ; they have repelled the Royal Troops , and gained possession of the Castle . The packet Giglio del'Onde , which was in the port , has been seized by the insurgents , and detuned for theit own purposes . At Hesiina the people appear to have bad the same advantages . The forts which surround the town are in their hands . The troops occupy the citadel . Catania , Syracuse , and Ke ' . azzs have not been less fortunate . Everywhere 6 , uc . cess has crowned the efforts of the insurgents . It is reported , also , that there is an insurrection in the Abruiii and-Pogllabut this requires confirmation .

      , The Semaphore ef Marseilles has the following from Naples dated the 14 th : — The Tesuve steam packet , which left Palermo yesterday , brings accounts of a general insurrection , on the I 2 tb , in all the principal towns of Sicily . At Palermo the exasperation was so great that ladies threw from their windows boiling water and furniture upon the dragoons who were charging upon the people . 30 , 000 citi . zens of Palermo , all armed , drove the troops out of the town , after having caused them great losses . The

      troops succeeded in reaching Monte-Reale . We are assured that the infantry of the line would not take part in the combat . The King of Naples , on receiving this news , was so much agitated that immediate bleeding was neorssa ' ry ; but in the evening he sent off 5 , 000 soldier ' s of tbe line in nine steamers for Sicily . On the 12 th , the King ' s / its-day , his Msjesty went to the theatre of San Carlos , where some applause having been commenced by the friends ot the Court it was responded io by hisses from the boxes and pit . Another letter states that at Messina the tri-coioured ~ nag was heiated ,

      and the peeple , afttr their victory organised a civic guard .

      POLAND . "WAIVSAW , Jan , lS . —The principal eveate of the day consist in the raising of the recruit ? , which took place at the end ef last month , in the midst of frightful scenes . The recruitment took place during the ni ° ht , and to possess themselves of tha persona destined for the Russian service , the houses were surrounded : tbe bridegroom , the husband , were dragged from their beds , without any regard , to become soldiers for twenty years . Any one that wished to escape from the recruitment could only have recsnrse to emigration , for if ho remained in his own country he was exposed to tha greatest dangers .

      French Views Of Chartism. [From The Atbi...

      FRENCH VIEWS OF CHARTISM . [ From the Atbiibr . a Paris journal conducted by Working Hen . ) The English Democratic agitation again occupies public thought , and assumes more than its original importance on the other side of the Channel . The Chartists ( unlike the Free-traders ) do not concern themselves with the export of a few additional pieces of cotton , or tons of iron ; their aim is to ascertain whether the English people , oppressed for centuries by an insatiable aristocracy , will be able to free themselves from the state of misery and degradation to which their masters have condemned them .

      It is to obtain this result that the ; Chartists have formed that vast association , whichaims at obtaining all those ameliorations , all these rights ,, all that freedom , proclaimed sixty years ago by the French nation . Petitions , signed by many millions of persons , have already been presented to Parliament ; but hitherto the government would not entertain them . The aristocracy of rank and wealth have oppesed all improvement in the social condition of the people . But far from being discouraged , the Chartist party have increased al . ke in numbersand In weight , and anxious to try all conciliatory means before appealing to force , continue to demand a constitution , a chabtsb , which giving to all the adult population the right of suffrage , shall be the first grand step in the march of social reform .

      Thanks to tha power of Onion , they have constant meetings in all important places . They have an executive committee , an official journal ( the Northers Stab ) , lecturers who traverse the length and breadth of the land , popular orators whose eloquence convinces all minds of the eternal justice of their principles , and even representatives in tbe Commons ' House of Parliament . T * ameliorate the present condition of the people , and to pave the way for their admission to social and political rights , the Land Company has been established . None can donbt that the Chartists , thus

      made proprietors of a part of the soil , will be in a position to carry out all the reforms they may desire . This conviction animates the Chartists themselves , who have just addressed to the Commons two petitions , praying for the exemption of tha transactions of the Company from tho oppression of the stapp duties , and the materials from tha heavy taxes imposed on such articles—the other , praying that the waste lands , the property of the public , and hitherto disposed of in bulk to large landholders , should hi sold in small fields , with facility of payment , to the poor .

      Thus the Chartists neglect nothing that can forward their grand a' : n—tho Emancipation . of the People , and they have l > ecome a body whoso power mubt be respected by the old parties of the state . That which gives so much strength and power to their association is , not only tbat their demands are founded on truth and justice , but that they have learnt practically to apply the old maxim , ' Help yourself , and heaven will help you / ( The notice of the Chartists winds up with a long extract from a . speech of Julian Harney on the Church , the House of Commons , < fec , the Queen ' s speech , & c . ) — . _

      French Views Of Chartism. [From The Atbi...

      'Toehferinto the spirit of the Chartist orators , we must understand that the higher classes feefe ¦ ¦ to draw tho attention of thepeople from the state of the internal affairs , by oropagating the idea of foreign invasion . They do not yet propose . to fortify London , but a great increase in the standing army -is spoken of . In short , the English government w ould treat itSiSuhjaets ; 3 * tho Parisians . have been treated by their chief . The speeches show how the English people receive these insinuations . ' '

      The Refouue Of The 19th Of January, Give...

      The Refouue of the 19 th of January , gives long extracts from tbe speeches of Julian Harney and Ernest Jones at a recent meeting , prefacing their quotations by these remarks : — ' We havo already drawn the attention of our readers to the Chartist agitation . Up to the present time , the Refobme is the only French journal vshich has noticed this vast organisation , whose moral as well as numerical force increases daily ? and which must , in a certain period , overturn the monstrous edifice of the English oligarchy . ' Tc-day we publish the speeches of two of the leading Chartist orators ; in reading them , we learn to what a point of excitement and irritation the masses have arrived . We shall understand , too , the feeling of discouragement which isdueed Sir Robert Peel to resign the premiership , notwithstanding he had attempted more rneasnresi for the relief of the labouring classes than anj otk « Siazt or fc & aiuialtatton would have dared .

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      Fforth Lancashlrb . •Cheap Bread'high Wa...

      ffORTH LANCASHlRB . CHEAP BREAD ' HIGH WAGES ! AND PLENTY TO DO I ' Sib . — A camp meeting was held on Sunday week , near Blackburn , the object of which was to show the Btrong . feeiiBg ' which existed on the presmt threatened reduction in the wages of ' the mill operatives . The spinners aniweavors are to be reduced ten per cent ,, and the . card-room bands seven and a half per sent . A month ' s notice has been given to the hands in Blackburn , but to those of Lower and Over Darwen only a fortnijbt . The notice for the two latter places expired on Friday , January 21 st , and at Blackburn n fortnight

      after that date . The notices of reduction were nil . given at one time ; thus proving that the miUowaers acted In concert . The numbers attending the meeting were variously estimated at from five ta ten thousand , and when a show of hands was called for , on ^ he question as to how many would prefer to strike wttfh rather than accept the manufacturers'terms , nearly every bond in tbe vast assembly appeared . to rise , two gentlemen , from Manchester , had been named on the bills convening the meeting , as speakers , but cwisg ' to some cause or othsr failed to attend , and that duty , in consequence , devolved u » 0 n Mr Wm . Beesley , and myself ; Daniel Duckworth presiding as chairman . .

      The weavers will not be able , when this' reduction comes into operation , along with the tin hours , enactment , to earn more- than e ' ghtshilings per week ; with the card-room hands the case will ba similar , and witb the spinners it will also make a most grievous alteration . Tbe latter branch of operatives have struggled bard for years to maintain tbeir wages , so far as tha weekly amount . was . concerned . Amidst all the reductions effected in tho mills they have preserved , to a wonderful degree , that amount ; and yet there is not a class of workmen , neither in the mills nor out , nhose case presents , at this moment , a more gloomy aspect . The increased breadth of the wheels , and .. the self-acting " machines , have rendered their employment , precar ( oui . and uncertain . If a spinner is forty . years of age , and should happen from any cause to be discharged , it is a hundred to one if he ever gets work again . What manufacturer will employ a man whom he knows is Incapable owing to his see , from being able to manifest the necessary

      activity ; atleast ,. ifbis appearance begpeahs that age the millowner will invariably prefer employing a younger person , It is to this class ef operatives' that wo . pre principally indebted for tbe success of the ten hours bill , The manufacturers are silently seeking to effect e , repeal of the measure , and you will be apt to tmnh that . with the dark prespect before the workmen , of having to work for less wages , they will be likely to acquiesce . You are , however , mistaken ; the feeling In its favour ia stronger than ever , and thefollowimj resolution was carried with acclamation at ' the above " meeting : —* That bavjag . seen the termination , of a struggle of more than twenty years' duration , attended with the expenditure of many thousands of pounds , to procure the enactment of a ten hours bill , tbja meeting pledges itself never to allow that act to be quietly repealed , or any of its pro * visions evaded , whilst one penny can be raised in Its support , or one man be found who has the courage or humanity publicly to defend it . ' . . Ricbabd Mabbdsn . '

      K . B . —The annexed handbill has been extensively Circulated in Blackburn , and its vicinity : — Cbdel Attempt To Rebdcs the Paice op Labouh . — Cabd-Room Hands Sly eh and a Haii- ; Bpihmrs ahd Weavers ten peb Cent . —Miiwwnbbs . You have agreed to take £ 300 per week from the weavers in Blackburn alone ! when will you show tbe same unanimity to ndvanco an i goal sum 1 This is not the first reduction : do you imend it to be the last J Wby not meet to fix a limit to reduction , and let us know tbe worst ? What is the cause , or wherein will be the advantage to yourselves , any more than to your workmen ? Cotton has latterly reduced greatly in price ; thedepreasion 1 b trade appears at its lowest ebb ; and . shows srmptoras of again rising . Does tbe merchant rtfuse

      to give more than a certain sum , thus rendering the present reduction necessary ? Show but the same unanimity which you now evince to effect this reduction in refusing to sell , and tbe merchant will soon be compelled to give way . Do yon tsll ua that he will then supply himself with goods from other towns where the manufacturers are already paving more than you are ? Have you any security that when you have reduced those other towns will not make a still further reduction Ashton and its vicinity reduced , pleading the low wages of North Lancashire in justification of their reduction . When we iu North Lancashire have also reduced , must Ashton again follow f To what result will this accursed ' round robin ' system , tend ? To what frightful region will this villanoui competition tend ? -

      Do not , gentlemen , insult our understandings , by telling us that foreign competition requires this sacrifice of our wages . You knsw of this for . dgn rivalry before the . Corn Laws were repealed , did you therefore calculate beforehand of making this reduction ? If so , first see that ' we have the cheap bread you promised us ; let the tax on tea and ceffee ba reduced , and let the rents of our cottages be lowered in proportion to the decrease incur wagts . We call on tho Rev . Trancia Skinner to verify this promise of cheap bread . He assured a deputation of ours that we should have high wages too if we could but obtain this ' repeal . Therepeal has been obtained ; as yet we hare got no cheap bread , surely then we may at least hope to retain our present wages .

      Gentlemen , do not flatter yourselves with the belief that tbe fandholder , the salaried official , those in the receipt of fixed incomes , or even yoa yourselves can continue to receive the same yearly amount in money value whilst our wages are ever on the decline . Cottages and all other buildings can be erected at twenty percent . less than they could have been twenty-6 ve years ago . Silks , ealins , and all other articles of wearing apparel , can be had at a little more than half the price , and yet , though onr wages have been reduced in equal proportion , and our employment , owing to your multiplied inventions , far more irregular and uncertain ; taxes on all the first necessaries of life remain nearly the same , and the rental of our cottages hath increased rather than diminished , whilst laud in the vicinity of our towns is greatly em

      hauced ia value , and you , the manufacturers , cannot bear the thought of having to receive a less per centaxc upon your capital , This , gentlemen , will not do . You must show to the world tbat it you can expect us to make sacrifices , you can willingly share those ' sacrifices with us . Let Sir Wm . Fielden , whohasalseproposed alike reduc tion to his . hands , amounting to mora than one shilling per week , from the earnings of his long unemployed and famishing weaven , reduce the rental of his cottages at least sixpence per week . By so doing , he will lake off nearly half the burden which the reduction entails from the backs of the weakest , and place himself thereby so much the more nearly on a level with those manufacturers who have BO cottages to let In like manner to their hands . . He will still possess a fearful ad > antage over these otherc , but we have this consolation to offer that

      we believe Sir . Wm . Fielden . would prefer devoting his surplus wealth to the acquisition of a nobler title , rather than use it for the mean ' purpose of underselling bis brother manufacturers . Tne only sacrifice which we require from these latter manufacturers is , that they will content themselves with a less per centags . We appeal to the public , and ask if there is anything unreasonable in our request ? If , like the swine , . we raost . feed upon husks—the mere refuse , tho . garbage , denied even the plain necessaries of life—surely we may r . quire that those in whose behalf we labour should give up their superfluities . ' Let them descend from tbeir mansions to a plain humble dwelling : and tbeir wives attend ( as is a mother ' s duty ) , their own households , no Iooger requiring the daughters of the poor to become their slaves , nUb the fair prospect before them of being made prostitutes of by their profligate sons .

      Manufacturers , we are loth . to believe that you are serious in this reduction . It must be a hoax , or a mere trial of our worth as men ; for we should deem oureelves the veriest slaves , unworthy w rank la Intelligence with the weakest of the Negro tribes , were we to even dream of submitting to jour proposed reduction for n moment . Do not imagine that jou have sufficiently tamed us for it , by tbe last tix months' discipline which you have given ns . You have only taught us , we assure you , the bilttr to resist , by learning through the kindness of the over , seer to live on water gruel and air . A little more patient endurance is all the force we think requisite to conquer . Believe us , if you like , to ba stupid as asses , but provided we have to endure no additional cudgelling we shall never think of kicking . Do not , however , siekas has beeen done heretofore , to trepan us into crime with the view of punishing , for remember wo make no

      promises . We are Gentlemen , yours most reepectf « Hy » The amalgamated bodies ( thanks to your present insane attempts to reduce us ) of Cabdbbs , Spinners , and Weavebs ,

      The New Land Company. To The Editoe Of T...

      THE NEW LAND COMPANY . TO THE EDITOE OF THE NOBTnEEN STAB . Dea & Sib , —I have seen with much pleasure in the Stab of last Saturday , that the directors have determined to open a new Land Company , thereby giving tho newly converted difciples to a landed democracy an opportunity of joining the glorious movement . I was mjealf , together with many of my friends , grieved at the spirit of excluslveness vi ; bich manifested itself at the late Conference . It forcibly reminded mo of a certain gentleman , who having climbed up the precipice of power , drew . up the ladder to prevent any other person from attaining the same height . Tbcy having found themselves in the straight path leading to an indepsn ^ dtnt competency , carefully closed the gate , thereby preventing others , who sought the tame goal , fromatiflining it by the same road , —Now , suppose Mr 0 'Qounoi and

      The New Land Company. To The Editoe Of T...

      his bretaer directafs bal found themselves bound by-tfee resolution of the late Conference , to complete the location-of tho whole of the present company , before taking any other step in the Land Movement , ( for I . foel sure the resolution originated in that spirit , ) what would have bsen the result ! The success of the present Com . puny would have iuduceu other * to have commenced Laud Companies ; some for self iujurandisement—others for political purposes opposed tojtbe present Companysome through spleen , as the < lucky boy and bis pal' fer instance , with whom the new disciples would be compelled to connect themselves , and iustead of exhibiting

      one strong phalanx of democracy , we should b ? divided into sections , each sectional leader moving Heaven and earth to obtain support . for his own particular scheme , Then , in all probability , woul ' dfolloir thecoraplete failure of one or moro of the sections . Even supposing each leader to be strictly honest , and possessing sufficient talent and energy to carry the » cheme into fall and complete operation , still . I contend that it would be an ivil . for the leaders of each Company , must obtain Land for the shareholders , which would bring them into competition with each other in the Land market , and thus the price of Land weuld bo enhanced to the manifest injury of the whole body of shareholders . Respectfully yours , Nottingham . Samuel Etcues .

      Co-Opebation. To Thb Ed1tob Of The Nobtb...

      CO-OPEBATION . TO THB ED 1 TOB OF THE NOBTBEBN STAB . HSiB , —Tha anniversary of the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers , was held at the Store , on Tuesday , Junusry llth , to celebrate the third year of the society ' s existenco , when about ISO members , their wives and famUUh partook of thejeup which exl . iliiates , but inebriates not . In December , 1844 , tbe society under the sanction of Tidd Pratt commenced co-operative shop-keeping with a Beauty stock costing £ 24 ., which was no doubt a ' laughing stock , ' to thoao who whikud , nodded their heads and said « wait a while , a f ^ w months will inflate the bubble , and there—Puff . * Well , a few years have gone their reund , the bubble has swelled into a balloon of £ 28 G . Ss . Sji ., being the society stock in December last ; and Who'd ha' thought it , ' ne explosion yet ,

      How we have managed to keep our bubble from bursting , contrary to the predictions of those who said ' leave those things to us , mind your work , aud allow us to manage your business , ' I will , with your permission , state , for the benefit of partiss who may be disposed to follow the advice of the late Sir Robert Peel , that is to take the management of their own affairs into their own hands . Our first department is the dispensing- of provisions and clothing . All business is done on the ready-money system , neither give nor take trust . Our purchasers , therefore , can go where they are best served , take or reject as they please , and draw discount for the bentfit of the society .

      We have no storekeeper doing nil the business during the week , and ( as has been too often the ca & e , ) doing tbe society is tbe meantime ; the store being open on each evening during the week . The treasurer takes the contents of the till , afterwards a trustee locking up the keys of the store each night . Our division of profits is conducted on the principles of assisting these who njost need it . Tire per cent interest is raid on money Invested , the remaining profit being divided amongst puichasers in proportion to the money expended during the quarter ; thus capital has its fair requital , whilst the maker of profits , he who expends his weekly Income in tbe purchase of necessaries , receives interest on his purchase money—tho dividend or profit returned to purchasers last quarter was 7 ^ d , per pound sterling , being at tbe rate of 12 $ per cent .

      Members ar « ta have £ i , each in the society ; their profits and subscriptions from 3 d . per week and up . wards , or any sum they can afford , gt . ing to form them ; but to answer the purpose of a savings bank , a member , incase of distress , & c , can by applying . to the board , receive a portion' of his money , although his shares may not bj paid up . Ja ^ ks Daly , Sec , Rochdale , P . S . From amove now making tho society will most likely hold the tea party of ISiS in their store . J . J >

      Mutual Instruction . To The Editoe Of Th...

      MUTUAL INSTRUCTION . TO THE EDITOE OF THE NOB-THEES STAR . Sib . —I am instructed by the committee ofthe'Detrosier Mutual Instruction and Debating Society , ' to solicit a spare corner of your invaluable journal , in giving publicity to the following notice , illustrative of the objects and Intention of this society . Tbe Detrosier Debating Club has been called into existence , for the exprees purpose of enabling the work - ing classes to acquire a sound knowledge of all that ap . pertains to their welfare in political or social science , and will not flinch from the discussion of all and every of tlioso great poll'ica ) nnd social questions as they arise before thi-nV ; being fully persuaded tbat to dispel that slavish fear , which deters the great body of the workiogineu from taking any part in politics , and the social relation of society , they will have achieved something worthy of all the toil which it may cast them in their effsr'is to realise such objects . The members who have been instrumental in brineine

      into being this society in Newcastle-upon-Tyne , beg to state that from reading an article in the Nobtheun Stab on the meeting ot tbe recent short session of Parliament , ' and observing the general apathy , even at tbe lateeloction for members of Parliament for this borough , among the working men , fondly hope that this societywill meet with such support , as to place this town second tonone in public spirit , at any future election for rcpresen tatives to tbe Commons House of Parliament . Already there have been discussions on the Irish Coercion Bill , and the State of the Currency , as regards the welfare » f the working classes , and other questions of a similar character will follow in succession , The committee beg to state that any parties desiring more information on the above subject , will have all their inquires answered by application to M . Jude , sign of the Cock , Newcastle , where the society meet every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . A grammar class is' being formed , and will meet iu the same place .

      Yours , etc ., for T . Stoker , the secretary , M . Jons ,

      The Hew L.\Nd Company . • Mb Editoe,—The...

      THE HEW L . \ ND COMPANY . Mb Editoe , —The Warwick resolution having achievedita object in awake'iing the attention of our intellectual friends , to the importance of our Land Company maintaining ' the glorious privilege of being independent' and free from tho trammels of an irresponsible government , I deem it unnecessary to combat Mr ltobcrtaon ' s mistaken views at present , but I must , by permission , offer a few brief rumarks on another subjset ef paramount importance . I deeply regret that our good friends in Birmingham and Manchester hare arrived at tho hasty conclusion , to oppose the formation of a New land Company , under the ' auspices of the Chartists of England , because the sneeess of the first undertaking demonstrates tho fact , that tho working classes , from tbelrnumerical strength , possess within themselves

      a mine of wealth , which only requires a confidential , skilful engineer , like Mr O'Connor , for its developement , and to accomplish the most stupendous beneficial re-BUltP . The opening of one vein' of this unexplored mine , has shed nbrlllknl ){ leam of li gU and hope ovir tbe gloomy prospects of millions of the toiling slaves of capital , and if through any selfish motives the Chartist proprietors close this vein and refuse to open another , they will not only lose the benefit of the valuable mnchinery now in operation , but they will open th « door , and hold a light to some 'hostile speculators , ' who will gladly seize onr standard if tvo desert our post , and before whom the Chartist party , in a short time will shrink into comparative insignificance , insttad of maintaining

      their present glorious position , aa' the national pioneers of social progression . ' But , Sir , Ihuve better hopes of our respected brother Chartists ; I trust that on mature reflection they will rescind their hasty resolutionstheir present views apptar aelfiih and untenable ; There is ample talent jet in our ranks to supply a New Executive ComrnUtee for i » New Company , With Mr O'Connor as generalissimo of our allied army , we can easil . T provide for all contingencies , and secure to tho Chartists of England , the honour and glory of emancipating the working classes , 1 remaiu , yours faithfully , IT . A . DoKALDseK . Warwick , Jan , 21 st . 1818 .

      Mr Fields And The Land Company. [In Givi...

      MR FIELDS AND THE LAND COMPANY . [ In giving publicity to the following letter , wo must hint to Mr Fields that had he been attacked in his favourite paper ,. ' the Weekly DisrATGU , he would not have been permitted to defend himself in tho columns of tbat impartial journal . The only liberty we have token with Mr Field's letter , ha * been ta txpunpe a gro « . B insult directed against Dr M'Douall , and some libellous marttr in reference to another person . Mr Fields , who is very sensitive as regards his own character , should be cautious how htta'sails other people ] TO XBE EDITOli ( T THE WOBTDEBN STAB . Sia , —As you allowed one of ' your anonymous corespondents in the Noktuekn Stab of the 8 th in « t to make a most base and falsa attack on my character , I , in justice , expect through the' same medium , to reply to the same .

      I do not forget attending two lectures delivered by Dr M'Douall en the Land Company at Crewe—tho first , I believe , on the 29 th of November last , when I ( after leave bad been given me ) asked the doctor two or three questions , stating at the same time , that I was a paid up four-acre shareholder ef tho Land Company , when 'the doctor stopped ine by asking me if I was dissatisfied . I said ' Yeh '—when he said ' Did I want my money back ?' Thinking this a . very / unfair question ( as he was like to know that he bad not the power to give me my monoy , and tbat I had not tho power to sell my scrip , as there

      had been very recent orders that there could bo no transfer of shares until the Company was completely , registered , aud that Mr O'Connor would be allowed to return any money to . any one ) , I said ' X did want my money . ' He ( the doctor ) then said , ' ' Had I my scrip V I said ' Yoa . ' When the doctor eaid for tho first lima , ' that he was obliged te go to Chester that night , but he would meet mo on the 21 st of December , and dlfcuss the psint with roe until twelve o'clock at night . I met the doctor on the 2 lst . when , instead of discussing , he mot mo with all hinds of abase , and allowed a person in the meeting to read a letter ha said ho htMl received from Manchester ,

      Mr Fields And The Land Company. [In Givi...

      charging me with having been a a rah . ' policeman in the soatb , and killing- two or tbr * e men with "V truncheon ; with engaging myself to employ knobsticks at ^ anchesti r , London , and Ayr ( in Scotland ) , * nd that a voteou censure was passed ou me by a meeting of 2 , 000 members ot . tho Land Company , for my conduct ns a member . As regards ever doing a day ' s ' duty as a rural policeman In any part of tho kingdom , 1 pbdtivoly deny it . As regards employing knobst ' eks at Manchester , I refery ) ur correspondent to the Sheemukers'Club there , and they will tell him that before I ever put on a man , I went to the president ef the club , and asked him to supply me with men from the club , telling him that I should give the club wages , and conform to all their ruiej . Anl ihey will tell him that I strictly kept my word .

      I did the same in London ; for the truth of which I refer your correspondent to Mr Oreenslade , who was the president of ths City Shoemakers' Club at the time , and who is as good a Chartist , and as good a flint as any man in the kingdom—and for whoso address I refer your correspundent to an address of a committee of tbe London shoemakers In the Noethebm Stab of the 2 nd Inst , As regards the town of Ayr , thf re was no club when I went , and the journeymen shoemakers were in as complete a state of slavery as it is possible to conceive , I gave twopence per pair more than any shop in the town , which so altered the position of the men , tbat in less than twelve months after 1 went , they formed a club—sent in a list of wages to every master in the town ( aicept

      myaelrj , giving the men four penes per pair advance . A strike took place . The masters for the first time acknowledged me as one of them ; invited me to their meeting ; proffered to enter Into a bend of £ 100 . each to stand out , and break np the new club , making the men sign a document to that effect . 1 refused to have anything to do with them , and took the men into my employ that lsft tbe other shops on strike , and in ten days the men beat the masters—indted , it was the completest victory in the annals of trades' strikes . I went to their meetings—gave them the advance wages for which they had struck « gain « t the other shops , to be twopence in advance of my shwp . For tbe truth of which I refer your correspondent to the shoemakers' club at Ayr .

      And now , sir , leaving all Billingsgate slang to your correspondent , I think that however much I may aspire to be a fool , all reasonable men will admit that be has made Mmeelt look very foolhh . I have rested nothing on my own assertion except being a policeman . I have given him uaraea , dates , and places , nnd they are all the most unlikely men in' the world to screen me if I had been the least guilty of the crimes he charges me with . I shall conclude my long letter by recommending the working men of Crewe , and all other men , to meet their opponents with arguments rather than abuse ; for , until tboy do , ihey remain in the gripe of the tyrant , for no man has a right to justice that will not grant justice to another . Nantwieh , Jannory 11 , 1848 . John Fields .

      To The Iditob Of The Weekly Dispatch. Si...

      TO THE IDITOB OF THE WEEKLY DISPATCH . Sib , —In looking over your journal of the 2 nd inst ., I perceive that you have published a portion of a communication from a pereon named John fields , who is at present residing at Nantwich in Cheshire , and who styles himself' One who has been victimised to the tune of £ 5 ., by being a member of the National Land Scheme ; ' and you , Mr Editor , afterwards made a few rtaarks in your own peculiar ( and Imaj ' say ) remarkably fine style . Now , fir , I think that before you passed any such remarks on Fields' statement , you should first have ascertained that his statement was correct , " and consistent with truth . And in this respect lam of opinion that , enemy as" -you are te tbe whole scheme ( or ratntr to F , O'Connor ) , jou would find that he has completely imposed on you in tbe present instance ; as a proof of which , I shall give you a fiw facts : —On the 29 tn of November , 1847 , a meeting was hold in Crewe to hear Dr M'Douall lecture on the object ? ef the Land Cumpany . This same Fields at

      tended this meeting , and after the dector had delivered his lecture , Vields addreased the meeting at considerable length , his object being to show that although he was a member , he had no confidence in the present Land Plan , os laid down by F . O'Connor , and on this occasion ho was very amicus to withdraw his nhsre * . Again , on tbe 21 st of DeoMnber , another public meeting was'held in the same place , and Fields also addressed the meeting , his object bting the same as on the previous occasion . But , sir , you may judge of our astonishment when he was pressed on tbe matter , he confessed that he would not part with his shares for a less sum than 10 . « . premium . This , ' sir , In my opinion , is a splendid Idea of a victim ( and want of confidence . ) But to mend the matter , be gave the meeting to understand that he would not . part with his shares on any account , or if he did , he would ug & in take out other shares . TMs statement was made in consequence of a person present offering bim five per cent , more for his shares than he had paid for them .

      So that you see , Mr Editor , wantof confidenca'hascoc . pelled him still to remain a member . With regard to his statement respectine the price of land ( not being a member of the Land Company ) I cannot take it upon me to answer , but no doubt other parties are well qualified to do ao . But , sir , taking it for granted ( for the sake of Hrgument ) that the Company has been ' robbed'by Mr F , O'Connor , to the amount of £ 5 , 000 , according to bis own showing when in Crewe , be could not be victimised £ 5 , as he states , seeing that there are 80 , 000 shareholders . Why , sir , in tbat case his share of the loss would be 3 a . in place of £ 5 . as he represents . In conclusion , sir , I can assure you that no respectable journeyman shoemaker in either Nantwich or Mancheater ( so far aa I can learn ) would pay the least attention to anythiag he might state . So mueh for the' want of confidence gentUman . ' Sincerely trusting that Joha Fields will in future victimise less over she poor Ion paid shoemakers , tbat lie has the migfortuna to be placed onr .

      I remain , sir , jours respectfully , William Allan

      TO THE EDITOB OF THB NORTnEEM STAB .. Sib —I forwarded the copy of tha above letter to the Dispatch , but the editor has not thought proper to publish it . By publishing it in the Northeen Stae jou will oblige , v Yours respectfully , W . A . P . S . —Dr M'Douall can corroborate the above letter as being nothing hut tbe truth .

      Mr O'Connor And The Land Plan. To The Ed...

      MR O'CONNOR AND THE LAND PLAN . TO THE EDIT ) B . OV THE HOKTHIBH STAB . Sib , —1 was very much pleased by reading io your last week ' s Stab , the answer which one of the ' Chartist thiller hordes' gave to the ' Cheltbenham ass ; ' and I beg to say that I was no more pleased than what I waa astonished , to think that such a elothful , dull thing a . * , an ass , cculd have tbe assumption to effer any remarks on the destiny of so noble a creature as tha horse ; for I am given to understand by tbe writers anil philosophers of natural hUtorv , that there is a total difference in tbe sptties Of horses and usses : consequently tho a « B cun have no knowledge whatever of the nature and qualifications of the horse—therefore , S : r , I tbink it would be wisdom of the asses , to keep within tbe bounds of their

      own sphere , instead of hrayiRg about that of which the > arc total y ijuorant . These horses have beenpurchasid by their uoble master for tha purpose of dragging loai ! s of human beings from misery and slavery , to a state of prospority and Independence \ and therefore we slaves will not allow them to be frightened by the braying of stupid a ? fles , I could now wish to invite the attention of all partita t * Mr O'Connor ' * loiter to tho Land mtm . hers , which is in last week ' s Stab ; where they will see a specimen of the friendly and f . itherly feelings which that gentleman entertains for hia fellow men . The case that I allude to , la that of two brothers who applied for work from Mr O'Conm . r , and it appears that they belonged to a branch wbich Mr O ' Connor did not superintend ; ho accordingly reftrred them to tho manager of that deportment . But , however , it set-ins that

      they did not succeed , and on that account they went away vest , and with a view of avenging themstlves , « her sold their shares fjr lit-le or nothing . But mark , my deor friends , how Mr O'Connor has dealt with this rashness . He , knowing the frailties of nature , Jknew that these men had in their passion made u sacrifice that they would ere long repent of , accordingly be has with , out any solieiihtlau vede & med Ihairocrtifloatea , nnd will , if they think proper , guarantee them in a verv short time £ 100 , each for their allotments . Hew then , in the name of common sense , can any man , after reading or bearing of such nobleness , attempt to deride the characttr or actiras of him from whom such pur ty and honestyof purposeeprittgeth ? John IIowabth . Manchester , Jan . 21 th , 1813 .

      The Irish Confederates And Mr Mitchel. T...

      THE IRISH CONFEDERATES AND MR MITCHEL . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHIKN STAR . Deab Sir , —The last Stab contains a summary of the proceedings tbat took place in the lecture room of the DavIs Club , which—if I permitted it to remain untxplainert—would stamp mu » s a craven , and a faUifier of the truth nnd having no desiru to figure in the character of either , I will be much obliged by your inserting this letter . 1 btlievc » hat the person who furnished the report

      never Intended to misrepresent me ; but as those who know the facta thertin alluded te , are sure to a « e the report , le is necessary that I should briefly ' explain . What I said , as to my differing with Mr Mitchel , was this . Alter having asked Mr Mitchel if he intended putting- an araendimnt ia its entirety , nnd receiving an answer in the affirmative , I was constrained to vote agaluat him . But in negativing Mr MUchel ' a amendment , 1 did not adopt the ' ¦ report on ways and means , ' which was on Mr R . O ' Oorman's motion—and not oh mine—postpontd for a fortnight .

      I did not state that the * Council of the Confederation had come to tbe wise determination' of throwing over , board the Irish landlords . ' For I knew the contrary . And I did not say that ' I should like to see a declaration signed by the Irish Catholics repudiating asccnduEcy , ' But I said that the forthcoming report on ' ways and means' wisely contained a paragraph to that cffiCt . There are other inaccaracies , which I will not trespass upon your time by noticing ; but' rh order that no future'mistake may le made as to ray differing with Messrs Mitchel anfl Reilly , I m'l , with your permission ,-pluee my opinions before my brother confederates .

      Mr Mitchel has , in a prospectua-rwhich will bo adver tised in the next Stab—put his bplnioiuVfairlyWore the public , to all of which I fully and foarlessly subscribe , ye a even to the dottings of the i ' t and the croisiags of tha t's .

      The Irish Confederates And Mr Mitchel. T...

      Sir , the word ' United Irishman' has a charm far mm unknown to many others . The principles of the ' United Irisbmtn' hare been my , y principles from my Infancy ; they are my principle st . 11 , 1 ,, aud with God's help , shallabidi whh me to the lartiro . ) . ^ ent of ray existence . . . "" Fo » " many years , my fondest hope all 5 mosi ardsntit wish haSbeento play a hnmbla part In smashing that * power which crushes greedily , wilfully , and without * nurcy , the . heart ' s blood out of tbe people of Ireland , ! , and on i s rains to establish those principles , f < r assert- ~ tin ; which the men whose memories are cca'irlnediai my inmost heart , have been butchered or banished . Holding those opinions , nnd knowing as I do , that tboa blood-hounds of the government arc already upon hia I track , I wsuld hold myself the veriest coward that cr-rr lived , if I did not at once , with all my heart and all mj r soul , roar Amen' to the principles put forward by John i Mitchel in his pronpeelus of the « United Irishman . '

      Wishing , sinctroly , that there existed in this coantry now , oa tbe part of the Democracy , as honest a disposition to stand by Ireland's cause as existed in the days ' of Arthur O'Connor and the Rev . J Crlgley , I remain , faithfully yours , Thoius Daiy , Mechanics' Institution , Southampton , buildings , January 24 , 1818 .

      National Defences. To The Editor Of The ...

      NATIONAL DEFENCES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTUEEN STAB , 23 , Carburton-street , Fitzroy-squsre . 24 'h January , 18 S 8 . Sitt , —It is a general practice among pickpockets at fairs and other plaeas l £ public resort , to start « om » exciting affair to attract the attention of the people , while they c » rry out their object . Now lam very much disposed to view the bugbear about the French invasion as something of that sort , invented by our rulers to attract the attention of tho people that tbey may quietly inflict some further robbery opera them . Or as an excuse to augment the ph ytic * * ! fore * at their command , tbat they may feel more security in resisting the just demands , of industry , and maintain the rights of property with all its present privilegea , of robbing the workman while he is able to labour , and punishing him in a bastile , when old age aud iafirmity overtake him .

      Now there is not much doubt but that this cry about National Defence will have a considerable ehnra of support from interested men . and old women ia breeches ; and I think it highly necessary that any proposal from the government for increasing the army , or embodying the militia , should be met nith eomethteg more than opposition . Tho plan I consider best to adopt in opposing \ h » auamentutienof our standing army , ortho fimbot'imenl of tho militia , would be this—to be prepared with an efficient plan for the . defeuce of the nation under any emergency , such plan to be much morn economical , anil not such an . instrument of despotism m a Branding army , and avoiding the erils attendant upon a militia enrolment . In my opinion , t ! : e rough outline of such a plan is to be found in a letter on National Defence , Ss < the Mornino CnaomcLB of the 10 th instant , bv a correspondent , in reply to the ietttr i-t the Iron Duk * upon the aamo suVit-ct ,

      I think that a . national guard , established after tha plan laid do / in iu thntletter , would benefit the political , moral , intellectual , and physical condition of eur order . I think we should be prepared with a plan of action , ready to meet any Insidious movement of the government upon this subject , I remain , Sir , Yours truly , in tbe cause of freedom , J . R . Webb . '

      An Orderly And Respectable Meeting. It I...

      AN ORDERLY AND RESPECTABLE MEETING . It is not unusual for tho snobs of the press to ridicule tbe , meetings of the working classes and attempt to show them up as characterised by vulgarity—tha following , taken from the report of the Times of tha proceedings of a meeting of the governorf of tha German Hospital , Dalston , held at the London Tavern , and at which His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided , will show how the respectable classes conduct themsfiWea upon such occasion ? . The immediate cause of dispute was a motion for the confirmation of the minutes of the previous meeting , retaining Dr Freund in his position of house physician , to which the House Committee were opposed i k warm and desultory discussion followed . The Bier .

      t . J . Bebnays contended that Dr Freund bad received great provocation , aud that , by some strange fatality , olmost every one connected with the mansgsment of the hospital had , at rue time or other , lost his tamper . It was clear enough that the ill-feeling was such that either DrFrcnnd or the committee must resign , but the question was which party could best bear to do so , a foreigner who had his way to make , or a body of rich men \ On the other hand , Mr KcrtE remarked that twenty . one members of the committee , out of twentythree , screed upon Dr Freund ' s conduct ; if he had expressed his regret for using the word ' lie . 'or withdrawn it , they would have thought no more of it , but even since tbe report of the committee of inquiry , he had merely substituted for that word the ttrm ' false . »

      Mr Alderman Sidhet , M . P ., denied the right of that Special Court to rescind any part of tbe proceedings ol a previous Special Court , though it might be competed to the present meeting to correct any error mj . de in recording the proceedings of the former . Aa to this particular institution , the seventh of its laws ran : —« At Special Genernl Courts the particular business only for which they have been called Is to be entered into . ' ' Dr Frecjnd observed that In consequence of the terms of tb « advertisement he did not consider that he had any occasion t * come to the meeting at all , as' the resignation ef the House Committee' was not a matter concerning himself . If therc 6 nimitti > e wanted to rescind tbe former resolution they ought to have stated ? o in the advertisement , and then he should have prepared himself accordingly .

      His Royal Ilighneos tha CfiAiRJUH . —It is an unpleasant thing to have to decide between yon , but I understand the course at other meetings is to read the minutes , anfi therefore I must put the question of confirmation to tho vote . Mr Alderman Sidset , —But will your Rojal Highness revive an amenrfnvnt upon those minutes ? Mr Cadbeli . . —No ; MrCochrane's amendment is not adrnittefl . Jilr Aldermnn & i »!* eV , —Bui there is an & mendm « A to the question that the proceedings be © iifltiKti , Mr Sieveking ' s motion ta expunge part of the minutes is an amendment , and I sayitcannot be entertained ,

      Ilia Royal Highness the Chaibuak . —You may call it nn aulfvtdment , but it is not so as pat into oy hands , it is that the minutes just read be confirmed , with a certain exception . Mr Cabdeix . — It is the original motion , Mr Aldermnn SinsEV . — But it will ftnrble tho proceedings of the former meeting—( cries of' OV and ' chair ' , ) —If you allowttn amendment to be made—MrCABBELi . —There is no amendmentbeforethechair . Mr Alderman Sidnev . —The minutes of a former meeting require n-Ather proposer nor seconder . ( ' Chair , chair . ') His lUynl Highnefu tho CniiRM & N .- As chairman I fravodone what I believed to be my duty , and decided the point according to the best of my judRment , and therefore . it is now over ; you cannot say any mora nbout it . ( Hear , hear )

      Mr Alderman Sidney . —I eon be no party to this , and I protest ogainst your Royal Highness being made the tool of any party . ( Gnat confusion . ) His Roynl Highness the Chaibmau ( with much warmth ) . —I tell the alderman to bis faco that I should bo ashamed if I could r eally be supposed capable of being the tool of any party .. ( Cheers and uproir . ) I defy any roan to sny that I have net always tried , at all public meetings , to act with justice to all parties . ( Much cheering . ) I wos obliged , as the president , to decide , and I have done it according to my conviction . I defy any man to »» y that I have not over iried to act with fairness where I huve presided ( renewed cheering ) , enfi no man ou ^ ht to suspect that I could do such a shabby thing as to be the tool of a party . ( Great cheering . ) Via most now go to the vote .

      HisItotAl , IUQnNESd then directed that those who were egainst Mr Sievtklug ' g motion should go into ' tnu next room in order to be counted ns they went out . While this was being done , Mr Alderman Sidney , who declined to go out , ro » a aud said—I must aeain say that I i ? e not understate '—( Mesas , and cries of' Apologise to hii Royal Highness . *} Mr Cochrane I will be no party to an arbitrary pro . ceedins . ( His » es . ) You have not divided . His Royai . Highness . —Tbe division is taking place , and 1 cannot allow you to speak now . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr Cocheane , —I stand upon roy right as a British BuVjt'Ct , ( laughter . ) My amendment io—that thia meeting protests against the pres' nt propoeitieu ( renewed laughter ) , to mutilate the minutes , as an unprece dented set , opposed to the constitution , of all . English institutions , as well as to the ends of justice aud impartiality . ( Uproar , and cries of ' Turn him out , ' ) I caro not how yoa hiss ; you will see an account of your Arbitrary and despotic proceedings In the papers . ( Loud laujrhttr . ) His Roy it Highness — . You have no right to interrupt tho division . You only create confusion . This is «* the time for you to speak . ( ' Turn bim out , ' ; I *> m tuld you how the matter stands , and it is your duty to t » quiet when I call you to order . ( Cheers . ) 'The Prince' and the Committee ultimately carnea their point , and Dr Frtund has resigned .

      Opknino Of A Pbo*?W'B Institution At A V...

      Opknino of a Pbo *? w'b INSTITUTION at a villagB called Fault 'betwixt Rochdale and Bacup , on Satur SKW imt About 240 persons were Si servedwith Si . Messrs John Prtrie . of Koch . 2 , Stansfi 1 . 1 . of Todmorden , and scvera other gentlemen , addre ssed the meeting . About eight o ' clock Mr Jacob Bright , jurt . armed , »* d Mid to was glad to see such a stroll village as Facft begin ni ' n" to have institutions of this kind . H < 3 showed that it was of the greatest importance to have a new * room to get instruction , in politics , and to lake news , papers '' of various creeds , snii particularly tha n ' orthmin Stab , when we gave a tremendous checa . lie advised the working classes to net independentfji and not crouch to any one . After having spokea narly an hour , be concluded , warmly applauded .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29011848/page/7/