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      Ssff" Now That Parliament Has Assembled We Must,

      SSff" Now that Parliament has assembled we must ,

      . .As A General Rule, Exclude Lengthy Co...

      . . as a general rule , exclude lengthy communications , unless reports ' ( Wl written ) of very , important Eieetlngs . Reporters , writers of letters , and Chartist and Land sub-secretaries wi'IVtberefore , oblige bf making their communications as brief as pos * _sible . We shall be glad it some of eur corrcepon-• _dents will try to improve their writing ; and shall thank others , who might do so , to let us have that reports , < fec ., before Thursday . :

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      ¦ i POLAND AND IRELAND . THE FRATERNITY OF NATIONS . Another " 29 th of November ' ' has come and gone . The seventeenth anniversary of the Insurrection of 1830 sees Poland still groaning beneath the wei g ht of her chains , ' and bedewing the earth with " tears , of blood , ' _, ' forced from her by the scourge of her oppressors . Twelve months ago we had to lament the failure of the Cracow Insurrection , and mourn over the victims immolated at Siedlic . and massacred in Gallicia . The past year has also had its martyrs . _| The patriots who escaped tiie assassin Szela ' s knife have been doomed to

      the duiigeon and the gibbet . "Wisniewski and Kapuscinski have added their names to the list of _their country ' s sainted heroes . Condemned to die on the gallows .-they bravely encountered their horrible doom , and turned what was intended to be a death of shame to a triumphant departure from a life of slavery and torture . Their last words were , " Long Live Poland ! " f Poland for Ever I "—a cry re-echoed b y the thousands who , attending at their execution , worshipped at their _leet , and uttering curses both loud and deep upon "the murderers ofthe martyrs , they at the same time swore that , Poland should ' "live , " and live "for ever . * ' * So true it is that

      " _Body-MIling tyrants cannot kill Tlie public soul , the hereditary will , Which downward as from sire to son it goes , By 8 hifting " . bosoms more intensely plows . Its heir-loom is the heart , and _slaughter'd men Fight fiercer in their orphans o'er again !" The King of Prussia , too cowardl y to play the brigand-part of a Nicholas , or tlie assassin - part of a Metternich , is , like our coercion-loving Whigs * , a ¦ *• mild-measure " man . Accordingly the 260 suspected patriots , captured in Posen , in February , 1846 , have , after eighteen months incarceration , been brought to trial , and some of them condemned to death . We

      print , im another column , a translation of the defence of Louis Mieroslawski , who appears to have heen the chief appointed b y the Democratic Emigration to conduct the insurrection , but who was , unfortunately , arrested at Posen on the eve ofthe intended outbreak . Although the speech , which appears in-our third page , is but a fragment of Mieroslawski ' s intended defence , he having beeii interrupted by his judges , and prevented from completing his discourse , still though a fragment , it is such a fragment as Plutarch would have treasured for the wonder

      and admiration of mankind . Asyet the doom of Mieroslawski is uncertain—he may perish beneath the axe of the executioner , or be reserved for a worse fate—the suffering of years of agony in the dungeons of the merciful Prussian King . In _either case he will be another added to tie long list of the " noble army of martyrs , " who have suffered and died for the regeneration of Poland . Whether condemned to the painless grave , or the torturing dungeon , his name shall not be forgotten : it shall be a spell to rouse the Polish youth to deeds . of vengeance and ot glory . Oh I come , quickly

      come that dayef retribution and victory , when the Polish Eagle shall again wing her triumphant way over the now desolated plains of hapless Sarmatia . Again the warriors of the Emigration have met , and sworn on their swords , and bythe memories of their martyred brethren , to regenerate Poland , or die ! Again the Democrats of France , Belgium , Germany , England , and every land where the banner of progress is unfurled , have assembled , and sworn by their cherished hopes of liberty- to give aid to their Polish brethren , now and for evermore , until Sarmatia ' s stricken , but still determined warriors are triumphant over all their foes . "Each for all , and all for each , "is the motto of

      all true democrats , and , acting in accordance therewith , they must , and will , prevail . The report of the public meeting , holden on Monday last , in this metropolis , to commemorate the Polish Revolution , will be read with satisfaction by all true Democrats . . Men of England , Ireland , Scotland , France , Germany , Belgium , and other countries , fraternised on that occasion to swear eternal hatred to Poland ' s oppressors . A most remarkable feature ofthe evening ' s proceedings , was the" appearance of a delegation from _Brussels--nmbassadorsy charged with the hol y mission of organising the alliance of nations . The delegation represented no second -rate men . Here are the names ofthe Council of the Brussels society of Fraternal Democrats : ¦ —

      General Mellket , a soldier of the French Republic , now a grey-haired veteran of eighty years of age . General Mellinet . is adored b y the Bel gian Democrats , who justly regard him as the bravest of the brave , " Jottrand is a _Belg ian barrister . Chief editor ofa Democratic journal published in Brussels before the Revolution of 1830 , he suffered considerable persecution for his manl y defence of his country ' s liberties . He was a member or the Constituent Congress , previous to the calling of Leopold to the throne . Subsequently he edited the Counter Beige , a Radical journal , and is at the present time editor of the Debuts _boctal , a journal devoted to the people . Imbert , formerl y editor of the Peuple Souveraw of Marseilles ; fought in the rerolution of

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      1830 . He shared the perils of th'e Republicans inthe celebrated trial « f 1834 . and p layed a conspicuous and . heroic part on that occasion . _Picai-d is a Belgian barrister ,. ; and a well known Radical Reformer * .. ,. ¦• . Weerth is a name well known to . our readers , who will remember the gallant services of this gentleman-at ; thelate Free Trade Congressat Brussels . He has been nominated . by the Eng lish Chartists as tlieir representative . What more heed we say of Weerth . ' unless we add that he is ai poet of no' mean pretensions , whose songs tell -ofthe sufferings of Labour's

      sans , and their aspirations for a better future . Lelmefi . ' Here is a name beside the glory * f which the names of haughtiest monarchs pale their fires . Lelewell is the greatest of Polish historians ,, and for literary eminence stands . second , to but . . ' fcw-r 4 f _any-rron the roll of time . Originally a professor at the University of Vilna , he was for his patriotism expelled from 'his chair * by the Russian Despotism . Retiring to Warsaw , he ;'' was nominated a member of the ; Diet . On . the breaking out of the Revolution ,.... and the expulsion of Constantine , Lelewell was appointed a

      member of the National Government . In that capacity he advised measures which , had they been adopted , ' would liare secured the triumph of the Revolution . He strenuously urged the justice and necessity of emancipating the masses , arming them , and making them possessor s of the soil . He , urged , that the war should be carried into ° Podolia , Volhynia , Lithuania , and the other ancient _provinces of Poland ; , thatthe Polish nation should everywhere be roused to arms , and the Slavonic race-appealed to in the names of fraternity and equality . Unhappil y " , the majority of the of

      "rh _^ mbers the government arid diet were temporisers and _heart-ahd-soul aristocrats , who hated the very thought of emancip ' _atingi-the people much , more than they , hated the Russian domination . Lelewell ' s counsel was rejected , and'the revolution succumbed- Since then , this great man has been livih g in exile . Deniedahome' _^ in France ; by that . hater of all honest : men , Louis-Philippe , the Polish historian and patriot has taken up his residence in Brussels . He is the ' recognised chief of the' _' . _* ' United Emigration _^ ' which embodies

      the ,. majonry : Ot , the ; _Polish exiles ; tie is the very model of ah incon'uptible . Republicantte _Aristides of his country . -. _= - ; - ' _.,. fL _^ tly _; the delegate sent by-the Brussels s < _-c _|| ty , brMarx , is a celebrated writer ' on political economy . and _"^ _^ social phtlpsophy V' Baflished ' from ¦' , _Germany , his native : Iand , his works , . nevertheless , ; circulate beyond the Rhine , andj in defiance of the censorship , find their way' to the -hands of the people *—that people whose'destiny is to work out ' a mighty social ; as well as political change in the heart Of Europe . ' . '" . . ' , •> ' ¦¦;¦ '¦ .: . ,: ' , ' .:

      Such are the men who tender to us Englishmen the olive-branch of Fraternity : The Democrats of Great IJritkinWill respond with heart and voice to their appeal . All the continental , speakers at Monday ' s meeting , _French , German , and Bel g ians , united in declaring that the ' real Reformers of the continent looked up to the English Chartists , as the pioneers of progress , and looked forward to the carrying of , the Charter , as the great means of commencing the emancipation riot only of Englishmen , but the entire famil y of European nations . This " great fact ' , ' should he a great incentive to the Working Classes of these Islands , to struggle determinedly for the obtainment of their political rig hts , and winning tliem , make England

      " The anchor and hope of the world'" ' '' Monday : last , — -the anniversary of Poland ' s unsuccessful struggle for freedom , was selected , by Sir George Grey ; for- bringing forward the Whig Coercion Bill directed against Ireland , —the Poland ofthe West . But , if Irishmen will onl y unite with the people of England , the Whigs shall never succeed in their Russianlike designs against the sister , country . The people- of England and the people of Ireland

      have until recentl y warred against each other , instead of warring against their common oppressors ; and hence , both have been enslaved . Let fraternity take the . place of hatred , and union , take the place of strife , and both nations will speedily gain their liberties . Whoever opposes that union , or holds back from that fraternisation now , is an enemy to Ireand , and a traitor to the cause of Freedom . United we conquer—divided we fall !

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      the only one _thatf should ever be proposed to a lii'itish _Parliament . On these grounds—bv these } . retence 8 ~ and by tlie ait ? of 3 factious aiiiance _, _u-ith the Pi _ot'fit-onist ** , _who burned

      _« r _nws _awaon a similar measure . Thev had then discovered that mere topical appUci tou wmof no use , in the condition of such a patient as Ireland ; Ihey professed to have hem * . convinced of the fact that , i „ all past iegislafioiLupon Uie . fiubject . they had put the cart before tlie horse , and in future , thev declared , t ? iat the common-sense practice of putting the horse before the cart-of introducing remedial ; inst « ad of coercive _nuvvmriH-vu _,

      AMi the _Unstitution in Ireland . Of Course Sir G . Grey in . proposing it , repeated what had been said by all his predecessors in moving similar bills , that he did not expect itwould _' touch the causes o crime arid outrage in Ireland ; but then came also the hacknied _, foolish , and false corollary—it was riecessary before and above all things to give security for life and property before anything like a remedial policy ! could be effectual . Why , in . June , 1846 , this very shal * low and totally unfounded assertion was scouted and exposed , by the very men who have appropriated apd adopted it , when thev _weretryingtoclimb _. into office , by _defeating

      for arms-in the day-time are also taken , and the authorities ave to ' be _^ empowered to call upon all persons between the ages of sixteen and sixty , to assist in _securin- _*' . persons sus pected of crime ; and every person refusing to join in pursuit of such suspected persons is tobe deemed guilty of mifi _' _iemeanouv , _ai-. d to be liable to imprisonmient , ' with or without hard labour , for any time not exceeding twj years . Such are the leading provisions of a Bill which , in principle , if not in detail , fs as much entitled to the apellation of an " Algerine Act , " as any previous infringement of

      be disarmed , and prohibited from carrying or having fire-arms in their houses . The constabulary are empowered to apprehend every one carrying arms contrary to its provisions , and such arms will be forfeited to the Crown , On the proclamation of the Lord-Lieutenant all the inhabitants of the proclaimed district , not within the enumerated exceptions , when called upon to deliver up theirarms at the nearest police-office , must do so on pain of being adjudged guilty of misdemeanour , and punished by imprisonment . We do not find in the Bill any provision for compensation to the parties thus deprived of their arms . Powers to search

      part of his task—namely , the description of the kind of coercion which the Whigs are willing to be content with at the present time . A brief summary of its . provisions will show the spirit in which it is framed . The Lord-Lieutenant is . to be empowered , at his discretion , to proclaim disturbed districts . _^ He is , without limit as to number , except in so far as the reserve force at his disposal restricts him , empowered to increase ,. tlie Constabulary force in ariy _^ proclaimed -districtj the whole expense of this extraordinary force to be borne by the district on which it "is quartered . All persons , except those specially licensed , are to

      . PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Coercion for Ireland , Currency for England , constitute the two great topics of the week . The first had the precedence given _to'it by . the Government . On Monday , Sir G . Grey , following iu the wake of _! English Home-Secretaries ever since the Unioi * , brought forward the long catalogue of crimes and outrages which , in all cases , herald in the proposal to suspend the Constitution in Ireland , and then , haying discharged this routine piece of duty , proceeded with the other equally-established

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      to be revenged upon the E _** Premier , for his desertioa of the principle of Protection , did the , _pjr _^ n ' t ; . Ministry succeed in obtaining poss _^ ibn ot _' power _^ . and lo ! their very first measure , the year after , at the- commencement o f * new session is , to repeat the- policy they had so emphatically condemned in another ! We say that such an exhibition is one of the most disgraceful to the Whig party , that even they have ever before . presented to . the public , and of i tself , should stamp them for . ever as a selfish , insincere , intriguing knot of placeseekers , who are totally unworthy ofthe

      sympathy or support of a single honest politician of any party . If there was a single principle or pledge of any description given by Lord J . Russell on his last accession to office , It was that the old , exploded , cruel , md ; futile policy of force , was for ever to be abandoned in Ireland , and that the evils of that unhappy country wereto be attacked at , the root , by withdrawing the causes of that embittered feeling between the different classes of society , and removing , by reproductive measures ; that destitution , which form together the . perennial fountain of Irish crime .. * and we say that , in failing

      to do thi ** , his lordship , and his Cabinet have broken faith with the people of this country , and ought immediatel y to be driven from the p laces they have obtained upon false pretences . The reception of this monstrous repetition , of a frequentl y inflicted injustice , was characteristic of the different parties in the House . The trimming leader of temporising Repealers ,- { videlicet p lace-hunters , ) - Mr John O'Connell , could-scarcely find words to express his , thankfulness to the Whigs for , 'their kindness , their magnanimity ,, iii not . proposing a

      more stringent measure :.. His feelings of pleasurable disappointment almost took away his breath ! " Faugh ! such lick-spittle spaniels are only fit to be : kicked ; arid nft _j doubt the Whigs estimate him sih'd his Yump ' - _* - ? for we can scarcely think , he -has f _' _. a tail _'—at their real value . The man who came , over'to , die- en the _fkiorof the House , rather than permit coercion agaih . to insult and wrong his country , " with bated breath and whispering humbleness" asked the Ministry to . give time to send to Ireland to " ' learn how it would be received there , and begged for an assurance that , ifthe

      Irish members did not oppose this measure , the Government would favour them / with some remedial measures . _^ They were deaft _» his adjurations , _iand . made no ' , sign ., But . though they might ; have hugged themselves in the belief that they . could play the old game with impunity towards Ireland , tliey were speedil y undeceived ; Mr . O'Connor taught them at once , the lesson that , however a temporising policy may ; suit other parties , he will none of it . That he , at least ,: will redeem his promises , and act _upon p rinci ple . He had declared that he : ¦ : would give any such measure

      his most determined opposition , and he would do so if he' stood alone . : He did divide the Houseqn the vier . y first stage , ' and' nineteen members _^ onl y , followed . him into ithe lobby . Not an O'Connell is : to be found in the list bf that nineteen ! Ireland has a chance , at last offered it of discovering who are 6 hamsand who are honest in her defence . One of the ablest arid most satisfactory expositions of the grounds of . theopposition to this measure , was that of Mr Horsman , who , with great force , clearness , and eloquence , demonstrated the gross inconsistency of the Government in

      proposing it ,. the position of the House with reference , to it , and the utter failure of all such attempts previously . Our readers will be ampl y repaid for the time required to peruse his short but conclusive speech . While , however , the U'Connellites were in raptures with this mild dose , of brimstone and gunpowder , the Irish . landlord . party , represented b y Viscount _Jocelyn and Lord Bernard , in the extremity oftheir fears , loudly condemned it as being altogether unequal to the exigencies of the crisis * and demanded more stringent , ( qy . bloody , ) provisions . Even Sir Robert

      Peel , whom we would have thought , from his speech on leaving office * had at length perceived the radical error of such measures , spoke as if he considered tbe bill a very 'milk and water one . ; He magnanimousl y refrained from twitting the Whigs with their , conduct towards himself , and threw his powerful aid into the scale in their favour . So deeply have the original errors of his education as an Irish statesman embued his mind , that it is evident he is yet disposed to cling . far ihore to a detective police—in the other words , to a system of spies , and espionage , and the armed

      terrors of such ' bills—than upon the simple straightforward and radical method of doing justice , and trusting to that for the healing of the diseases ofthe bod y politic . Mr Disraeli , on behalf , of the Protectionists , gave a somewhat Jesuitical explanation of the reasons why , though his party voted against an Arms-Bill in 1846 , they were going to vote for one in 1847 , which mig ht he very satisfactory and conclusive to his own mind , but we suspect it will b y no means prove so to any impartial observer of the game of politics . In fact , Mr Disraeli , with all his great talents , is a mere partisan , and considers that " everything .. is fair in war . ** His standard is not- _^ -What is

      just ? but— -What will suit my party ? The sooner our legislature is purged from such impure tendency the better .

      * On Tuesday Night, Sir £ Wood Made His ...

      * On Tuesday night , Sir £ Wood made his promised financial explanation . The Whigs are peculiarly infelicitous in tlieir Chancellors . of the Exchequer , It almost appears , as if in _allcases , they selected- the greatest , noodle of the party to fill that important office , arid hence , tlieir invariable financial failure . One can only account for Sir C . Wood being pitchforked into the situation , b y supposing that that powerful member of the party , Earl Grey , made his ¦ brother-in-law ' s appointment as Chancellor , the condition ofhis own influence being added to the Cabinet .. However , . be the secret of his occupying that position what it may , there he is , and certainl y , it is almost impossible to conceive of any man more unfitted

      tor it . in the oration of two hours and a half , which he inflicted upon the House on T uesday it was difficult to catch a glimpse of a single first princi ple relative to monetary science - and composed as the speech was on the everything and something else" model it was impossible to comprehend the unfinished and contradictory topics and views ofwhieh it was made up . A more unsatisfactory dispiay _^ was , perhaps , never made in that House , and he evidentl y did not carry it with him . Ihe deaci silence , with which he was listened to almost , w ithout exception , throughout the whole ofhis laboured and lumbering harangue , reminded one ofthe words of Byron , and induced an in volutary travesty of them . -

      'The thing ire knew was neitherrich nor rare But wondered how the dtTil it got there , " His speech may be briefly dismissed . a be ' _insi a repetition of the articles of the Times , with whichhe had crammed _hiniself-anattack upon those who opposed the Times , and its echo , Sir vi ° J ~ ~? i n a ttem P to justif y the course pursued by the Government on the extraordinary ground that they did not interfere untl the m . schief had reached its height ,- before they meddled m he matter . The Exchange had , by _hrst ruining hundreds of houses and paraly singtrade , beenturnedinourf _ayour-theninSference wasnoof use . arid _^ n _^ _nnnn _. _? , _^' . _;! _.. v wainit

      _Anf « f _toi _, ¦« ' . : —"" - , r _*»"" v > .-Act of 1844 , haying been by these singular means prevented from being broken , no indemnity _^ could be . asked for , and if , the Whigs could help it , no change made . But us a sop to the exasperated mercantile world , and an ingenious n _^ ode of stopping the mouths of inconvenient currency orators , he . proposed a C _° r Ut ? r T y > which 4 ? report perhaps at the end of next year , like the last Currency Committee , that they-have taken a

      great ( teal ot evidence , ' which- is _so > contradictory that the Committee neither understood it , or each other , or anybody else , and another blue Book be added to the ponderous tomes wherewith the Whigs have enriched our Par * 1 amentary literature . Mr James -Wilson , of the Economist newspaper , a new member , _fol-.

      * On Tuesday Night, Sir £ Wood Made His ...

      lowed the Chancellor of the _EiThcr _^** - * speech which showed great _reading !' i study of the subject , and which evident ! S a very favourable impression on the h , _***& far as ability was , concerned , ft was T _" ' * in princi ple , most unsatisfactory to ' iu ° * f * evident that Mr Wilson is hope ' lesslv i * curabl y affected by , that most urei ) nL an ( l •* all nqtions ,. that the Government and pV ment can and ought , to do nothine inii l 3 f of regulating the great affairs of _societv _^ its functions are onl y those of a tax ' » , and policeman-hangman when needed a everybody shonld he left to take _care _X ' ' selves , and "devil take the hindmost * _^

      We by no nieans agree in the prinrir . i _» this thepyy of Government . It is the 235 0 f most beggarly , and .. most beggar crea in 3 tern ever adopted for the gover nmen { 0 _& and as long as it rules in _. commercial , _moneir _? and _manufiicturing affidrs , we need no- _» , ! [ any material alteration for the _iietter in the ™ y dition ofthe great masses of societ y . Aft * smart and spirited condemnation of tho _Jv * of the Government from Mr T . Barini I MrCayley , and a carefull y prepared essnv its favour b y Sir W . Moleswortb , the dli and the House adjourned till Thursday whn the subject was resumed . The " great _2

      eu however , reserved themselves for Frid ' night , when Lord John Russell and Si Robert Peel each spoke at some _len » ft and very strongly , in defence of the _Current policy of 1819 , and the Act of . I 8 t 4 _, an Mr Wilson having withdrawn his _amendm the appointment of the Select _. Committ was . agreed _) in spite . of an . amendment for tL

      adjournment of the debate . Mr Spooner and the Birmingham school—Lord G . Bentincl _* the leader . of the Protectionists—and Mr Cob den , the head of the Free Traders—were thus pre vented- from _givinjsr their opinions on thii important subject , which , we presume Minis . ters consider shelved for one . year , at least On the general question , we shall endeavour t < speak mote full y in our next .

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      One or the _Sias-dme-is . —a re * pecttiWe working man at Sutton-in-Ashfield , whom tve know personally , , »« knowin _/* can confide in , writes to us ? as , follows :- __ 'u , Pitliethley , from Huddersfield ; was here fur afew dav . the otlwr week , when he was iibuMng ' Mr O'Connor _anfl the Land Plan . He said Air O'Connor was a tyrant aid ereryninn _-ss-ciiitud with himwashis ' tool , ' and tha ! thetand _Piau wonldbe a failure , But I can assure you that _Piiketlilej's _^ buBc cannoi injure Mr O'Connor on the contrary , l'itkcthley will find' that hr will not meet with that support in Sutton he has hitherto met with In his business transactions . That is the way m teach such men to keep their evil tongues quiet . ' iy , hare heard of some more of Mr . _Pitkethlej's pri » ai 4 vituperation ofthe Land Plan , excited , no doubt , bythe people preferring that plan to his m ' oonsbineEniigrati 0 tt scheme . - . ¦ _¦;> . A Youn * CiuiinsT , Brighton , —2 ? o room . ' _Tunow . — No room .

      Thomas Jones —No room for _theparagrapb , & c . respect ing the horses . ' ¦¦ - ¦ _* - Mr Loud , Halif-x . —No blame attaches to you . It lies with pattiesat tho office . s-everaii Comkunic-. ti-. iis are unavoidably postponed Mr H . WHALiiT _, Berwick . —Yes . Mr John _MuRJHi , 'Manchester . —Ihe subscription for twelve months will be £ 1 . 2 s . _fd . If we pay the _poitate ( 2 d . on each _paporlthe - . mount will bo £ 1 . 10 s . 8 d . We send regularly . tothe United States . Mr O'Hiooins . —Wo are compelled to postpone the _eorres . pondence of Mr O'H . - till our next . _Nbiv York . —A correspondent wishes to know the amount of the fore-cabin _pasago money in a Kew York packet f or a man and his wife . ' Mr C * N ' _t-Ei . iT ' 8 Tract . —A correspondent nt Merthjr Tydvil wishes ti know if this tract can be procured from any _a- ; ent [ in London .

      To _TIIB MKMBBBS OF THE Mechakics' Society . —In the Star of November 20 th there is a letter from H . Selsby , denyinj * that he ever _advised the Warrington branch to withdraw their money from tlie Savings Bank and place it in the Royal Bank of Liverpool , and Mam . ill )* a Manchester mechanic fur not publishing his name to the letter he wroteinthe previous week ' s Stak . Now , sir , I am notin n position to publish my name any more than' the Manchester Mechanic' was , but will give you a few fads that will place Henry Selsby in no very enviable position . A Manchester mechanic got his in . formation from the noble defence of the fourth branch flt _* ain « t the « ppeal of the Executive Council , whieh said appeal was burked by many of the secretaries that it was sent to . Mr II . Selsby did send a letter to the War .

      nngton branch advising them to withdraw their money from the Savings Bank & . nd placo it iu a Bank in Liver _, pool . . One of tha ' Manchester fourth Branch oflkerj was ih the Club-room , at Warrington , and heard the letter real . No matter how II . Selsby may wish lo evade the above , it is a fact . Now , mark H . Selsliy ' s denial . — ' That he never authorised them to withdraw their money from the Savings Bank and place it inthe Royal Bank of Liverpool . ' I know he did not , but he advised them to place it in a Liverpool Bank . Let liim try his hand again at evasion and I wiU disperse a little of the mist that surrounds liim and show liim up in his true colours ' . —Another _MAN-cnr . sTER Mechanic . W . CuFFArisiuformeil that Mr Rogers , ot ' Plymouth , was not drawn , and that the announcement of his n _^ rae with the successful candidates « f the Fifth Section was

      a mistake . J . _Absoit . —The resolutions are excellent and could not be improved . J . _SwEETtove begs to inform the members ef tbe National Land Company , and the readers and subscribers to the Nohthebn St \ r , residing in Greenwich , Deptford , Woolwich , and _Lewisham _. he has removed to Pro . vidence-row , near the Union , _Woolwich-road , that tliey will still be supplied with the above paper , and the 'Labourer . ' Orders will be received by , Mr Paris , District Land office , Coldbatlt , Greenwich ; Mr G . Floyd , baker , ' Churoli . _strcet , Deiitford ; and Mr J . Morgan , groeer , » 9 , Butcher-row , Deptford ; The Las » and Labour Bask . —Sir , —In the Star of Nov . 2 ? , a _four-acre shareholder _fuggests the idea of one million of individuals depositing one pound each in the Bank . Now , I think that that idea is very

      limited , - and yet extravagant , inasmuch as there ave many thousand zealous supporters of Chartist principles aud tho _Lart-l Plan who have not a shilling to spare . Now , I ' would say , let every shareholder who has L tpave piuind deposit it In the Laud Bank ; also , those who have their £ 5 ., _^ ' 10 ., or £ 30 . and upwards , do l'k « wise , and by that nuans the parties directly in . terested in the Land and Bank would lay a foundation for the Trades and other . Benefit _"" _oclcties to build an _ediSi-e ( with tlieir funds ) , which will not enly benefit themselves , but cause the capitalists to respect the producers of wealth . I , aa one , will do all that lies in my power to cause our trade mora generally to patronise the Bank . Ah ! but tho Manchester Examiner smjs , ' that tliose branches of our society that have deposited their funds in the Laud Bank must withdraw thtai before tho end of this month ; but I think the mem

      bers- _« f ' the Nos . 4 and 5 branches wiil prove liim tobe ' a false prophet . ' The ib-amtner . also _stat-s - 'that tho deposits in tho Savings' Banks throughout tb , united kingdom in 1815 amounted to £ _SQ , 7 _lS , ti 6 $ . Now , if one fourth of the above , sum were in the Land Bank I would ask , how long would it ' take Mr O'Connor to locate the shareholders on the land ? ' 'Yours , _&<' _-, A . Mechanic * P . S . Perhaps H . Selsby would like to know who I am ; the answer is—one that will not let him and his aristocratic . friends have it all their own way quietly . One or ins ' _Wms-ruEti's' Victims . —Six , —Seeing in ' the Star of th- 6 th imstnut _, in tbe extracts relatint * to tins ' Whistler , ' mention of a man named Scott , of Mitchellstreet , Belfast , as one of the ¦ Whistler's' victims , and as I was this day accidentally passing by Mitchell-street ' I thought I would test tho truth of the statement , bj

      _seeiaj * the man . I accordingly inquired , an- ' had no Ic trouble in finding him . He was sitting at dinner when m I _jieued the door , aad from his own lips I heard the If whole affair , repeated almost word for word as it i stands in the Star , with this addition , that So tueriille _, { e _besldi-s _beicg a great _scoundrel , was a great coward ; I R _" , on one occasion , white in Spain , he shamiu d the - < ' . belly-ache , ' and ran away to the back of a ditch , and u lay there until the danger was passed . I have also s _< conversed with a gentleman iu Belfast who knew So- o merville well in Glasgow , arid helped to kick him out u _of-it . And this is the despicable tool employed tot - damage tht character of such a man as Mr _O'Connar . r _^ Belfast . Nov . 17 , 1847 . w . S . 5 . _rATnicK O'HiGGHis _, Dublin , has received a very friendly II , communication , and a copy of the _Noithebn Stab , ii from Mi- Leigh Glcave _, of Bochdalefor which lie i" i

      , much obliged To _theIvhabitantsof _LiVERPooi . —Feeling _asl do very i Strongly tbe _injustice ot compell ' ng-you _. either by direct . or indirect means , to support the hordes of Irish pan-: pers , or a _« y of them , who are forced to visit your towni \ _ it js my intention to deliver a lecture in some public ! ' building in Liverpool , early next mouth , on' Thecausei " of _th- 'influx of Irish Paupers into Liverpool , nnd the means to prevent its recurrence . ' 'Patrick _O'IIigoins . i Dublin , 28 th November , 1847 . _Hesrt Greenwood , overlooker , late of Lodenden c ' oot , < is requested to send thc uumber of his certificate , andi his ad & _rcsx _, to the secretary of tho Hebden Bridge branch of the _National Land Company . —James MABS-i 1 ' akd , _> ub-sec . W . G ., Spilsby . —The shares will , when drawn , have toe

      be made over to the limbaud . _Pt'Biio Mo * us . — -I must again entreat my friends nol i to trouble m _« j with moni « s for tho' _RsRistratlon an ' 8 Election Committee , ' the 'National YiCtira Fund _, ui the ' _Skaford _Ca-e , * ' Trades on Strike , 'd * e ., & C - have quite enough to attend to _nitheut taking tinwork out ot men ' s hands who arc In office for tbe spfr s cial purpose of receiving monies for tht above _funds .-ds G . Julian Harket . Ths O'CohNOR Tartan . —To , several corre spondent'lei We understand that the Directors of tho Lund ConiC < _pajy _, in connexion with some friends , have _ordered r « qusntit . of the O'Connor Tartan , which ' will be flt _3 e Bale at the Land Office , Ul , Uigh Holborn . B . Moss . —No room . VsaiTAB—No room

      . . E , Wilkihson . —Thanks . No room . _liual . NO rICE As t have a considerable _nurabtr of # a » e _» o . « hand , _rtq . _'iiri * ig ulterior proceedings , I _•»«*•• _, -to order to enable rae to do justice to my clients , dtcli % receiving until further notico any *»© r » legalm" _*^ pondence ( eecept _moh at relates to ease * in ** " _* I * - whtthsr for the Star or otherwise . ALL LETTERS CONTAINING NEW CASBjA WIL & _IlEr-fAIN CSNOTICED . _tW- Letti * _- . _* jo be addrijsed in fc tore to a V At W _, Great _^« _-p » iUi . _btmet _, m _* . * _" _** - " IrOHDON , "" £ UNE _" _* " i 01 , SS _> , JH

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04121847/page/4/