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    • CHARTER OR NO CHARTER.
    • O'CONNORVILLE PLATE.
    • IHE NORTHERN STAR SATCHEATFEERUAKY C!Si7.
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      4 The Northern Star, ======= Z = ^^ Febr...

      4 THE NORTHERN STAR , ======= _z _^^ _February 6 . i 8 .

      Charter Or No Charter.

      CHARTER OR NO CHARTER .

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      The _Erecutive of the Nat ' _iei _** * . Charter Association having .- . _cces-tcd tha challenge- « C AltCHEll _GUUSEY _, ' E _* _-Q _, B : irri _« _- « T-et-Law _, j > ub ** * h _» i In last week ' _s Sfcr , a puoUc- _dUe-iK _^ _s-oii will ta _* ke _^> * «; e on Friday evening next , the _I- * tk e . f Febranrr , -nt ths LITERARY and SCIEXTIFIC _lSSTlTUTH-iv-3011 * _- * STREET , _TOTTEXlIAM-COi'KT-IlOAll , ietween that gentleman and Mr . THOMAS CLAKK ot _tSic _-Ssrcntire . The _s''l _* j ct for _diecufsk-ii , as proposed by Jlr . _Gurnty , is as ful-Ijws : — '• That the so t : ; lKd _roe-ile _" :. Ch . * . rtcr , if cirricd into tffrct . w « _- « M _mi'litr he tht means of _see-urins _, nor cf ae _- _vaticin- ? , thc liberties or _prof _. _-erity of Great _llrit-i-n . " Ths chair will 1 > - ta ' . eit at _hal ;" _- ; . _^' . seven o ' clock _i'r ,.-cise _' y . „„ ....

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      CI 1 A n TIST -POEMS , Bt ERXEST JOKES . Price Three Pone . VIP MI EDITIOS , _WiVI-iEU ANIi CeiuaECTfn . Rcii * e : e with t'ie fire of j _* eiiius ,. £ n < l pnetii- nowcrs of th *? veiv liicht ~ _-t ore ! e-r , f > _-r _eleiijiieiu-a ami de * _-. tn' . clivep _.. vver , they : _ipp-.-. ir . v , _u- - . al : iie <» t unrivalled . We say ' . _le-sti-KCtive , _" 'f « r thfir _teiiileiu-y is " w . u .= c than Democratic _"Ncir V " "' '' - ' . ' ' _"e r _. ' _.-r _.-f T _< W . ) TUesepeu-. _iisbi . ve tainee : for their author the admiration of thousand * . Tliiv _I'l . i . v he -e " * "sssed _toge-tiier-is stirring and truly _pwe-tse-ii : i « ih" . iU , _\ . 'Viivh innst command the response of tlie _niighu- _nuiltitue'e . — Northern _Stiir . These poems may very . _^ _ijiiopriatei '' he styled the _out pouring of a sou : inspired by a devout leive for labour ' s cause , and iute :: t on the achievement e . f the cmaueipri tion of industry . The poetry wil ! < _-oine home with power t « many a _e-artworn heart , pro _. ' ueo an _i-. _illueuce on the mind of millions , aud doits part towards keeping alive the flame of hope in the-souls of ihe toiling . _—Xoltiniliam _Rerica .

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      TO THE lNDUSTlllOUS MILLIONS . On Saturday Xcxt , January 3 Uh , will Is Published , Xo . 1 , Price Oae Peanv , to iie e . _mtiiiiie . d weekly , of

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      TO TAIL OK 5 . LOXnOX ind _rARIS KASIIIOXS FOR TIIE WIXTER , _UiC-11 . y READ aud Co ., 12 , _Ifart- 'trcct _, Eioomsbury _sqawe , London ; And G . _Bcig-r _, _fiolywtll . street , Strand ; _Miy be bal of all booksellers , wl » -rcsoerer residing . sow r . E » tr , By _approU-ition of her Majesty Que .. !* Victoria , and his Royal Highness Print * . * _Allu-rt , a spi . nelid print richly _coloured aad exquisitely _esi-ruted View of liyd _Farii Ga . _-elcns , as seen from Hyde ; Park , Loudon . With this beautiful Print wiil be sent Dress , Frock , and Riding Coat Patterrs , ihe 11 west style Chesterfield , and the Xtw Fashionable Double-breasted _Waistcr-af _, with Skir ts . The _methiid e > f reducing :. nd _iiu-reasing then : for all s ; _z :-s , _cspiaine-d ia the most simple manner , with r jur ettra Plates , and ean be easily _p-.-riorni _.-d by anj person . Manner _efmaldcg up , 'ind a full _dvscrijiliou of the _t * : ii : "< _iri-i _« , as noiv to be _irem * in tin- Koyal Navy , and Other informal ' :.. !! . —IViee 10 s ., or p-. _st-f : et * lis .

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      _IMPORTAM TO PHOTOGHAPmSTS . A X applie-utiou was made on the _Si :. < 5 _&« j _> t .-. Tiber , to Ihe _Yi-. _- _c-Cliaucellyr of England , ly Ar . Heard who , acting uaiKr a _liioHotraovdiuy deiu _* i * . \ , _coiisidtrs liimseit the fM- _' _cjttKutee of tiu I'll "tognipliic , i . _* o . _-c . _* i = ' . * to restrain ii ! t . _EtfURTOX _, e-f I , _TcaTpIe-striet , aad H 8 , Fleet _^ _tree-t , rom t iking Phutogrjphie l ' orti . i . ts , which he _doe-s by a jirocess entirely _< lili ' erei ; t _fioi ? _eind very _supeii-.-r to . Mr . Heard's , and at one-half the el . " _rge-. His Honour refused the _aj-plicatlon in toto . So license required t-i practice this process , which is aught by Mr . Egerton in a f-w lessons at a mode-rate charge-AU th Apprratus , Chemicals , & c , to be had as usual 11 his Dt : or . I , _TeuiiUv-ttrttt , ' . V ' litiiVi : is .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , THE MITERS' ADVOCATE , AND MANX INTELLIGENCER . _Prk-e _?

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had at the N . iihem Star O / _iiee . 1 C , Great Wind mill Street ; and of Abel Heywood , Manchester .

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      JUST PUBLISHED . Price One Penny , THE DOMESTIC MONITOR , Or Literary , _ScitutiS _* .- , Ltgs . 1 , aud Medical Adviser . Edited by _H-tmes . *• 1 . LunisPhillippe's Vagaries . Speech of the K ' _mj . — 2 Don _Rodrigo , or the _Forbideiis * Wedding , Chapter XI . 3 . Tlie A ' o segay : Poetry , Anecdotes , Maxims , and Miscellaneous . —4 . The People ' s Corner : Military Flogging . —5 . Correspondence ; Literary , _lu-icniific , Legal , and Medical . —1 > . Medical Adviser : Cauniuiptions eontinned . — *" . Literary . Scientific , and _Dramatic Reviews . —8 . Doraestic Herbal , —9 . The Lawyer : _W- !! s . —10 Ad , Tertisements . Pablishedhy E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet Stieet , aud to e had of all Booksellers and _Newsveoders .

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      A GOOD FIT WARRANTED . AT tlie great western emporium , 1 , _aud-J , _Oif-rd-st' _-eet . _Cbsdell and Co ., practical _taiios-s , arc now making a beautiful suit of superfine black for £ 3 18 s any su <*; splendid waterproof over coats made to order for Us each ; and youths superfine suits for * Ms . The above house is the cheapest aud best in Loudon , for black cloths of . _everydeseriptioD _, as may _beseen fey several _Ly'idiM _da'lypapess mi last July , September , and Kovembe _^ 3 d Omnibuses to aud from the C'itv , stop at the establish-JBeBr STerj minute ofthe day .

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      JUST l _» U 1 $ U I S II E 1 ) , No . 2 , ( price Sd . ) of THE LABOURER , A . MoatUy Slauazlne of _Tol ' _ities , Literature , Poetry , & c

      O'Connorville Plate.

      O'CONNORVILLE PLATE .

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      Plain specimen Plates of _O'Connorviiie arc now in the hands of the Agents ; and coloured snecimens will iie forwarded at the _cttd of ( his week . Some alarm having heen felt at the probable expense of framing so large a print , it is intended to have a quantity mounted in a superior manner _ttjuin rollers . The print will he stretched upon , stout canvass ; it will be neatly bordered with silk ; it will he varnished in 'hi best manner , aud fitted io au ornamented _rsJeVr ; so that , ' . - - ¦ hen rolled up , it niif occupy but a small space . It will be found tbat tbis mode will obviate anv

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      NOTICE TO AGENTS . SPECIMENS OF THE O'CONNORVILLE PLATE . We arc _iaundat- ' _-d with tellers pressing us to send coloured and mounted specimens to our Agents . Wc beg to say that the enormous expense attending the getting up of those specimens , precludes us from supplying them gratis . Those Agents who require them must , therefore , heat * in mind that they will he charged for in the accounts .

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      OBSERVE . . Ml correspondence , _i'ip . _ > : _'is" of public meltings , Chartist and Trades . ' IntelVi ' . 'eiice , -Ind _Rcm-rrsl questions , must be addressed to Mr . G . J . _Hasm-v , " Xoit ! : e : ; i Star Office , " lei , ( _- ' rcat _VVindiiiill Street , London . . VI _le-irr . i questions , and matters cf local new *** , i * ot noticed in provincial papers , and requiring _eouiuieiit . to be addressed to Mr . Eexest Jo . nes as above . All miestions rcspcetir . _* r _T-iVis introduced into _thcLpjrislatuii ' , Acts of Parliament , their meanintr and intent , _ite ., aad _r-ucstiiu :. _*; respecting the "Ministry , and the members of th : two _llous-. s of l _' _ai-Hsmtnt . to be addressed to Mr . George Fleming , " _**" on ] icni Star" Office . All _questions , connected with _thcnianaircinentofland , and _touchi-. _ig the operations of building , cultivation , & C ., t j be addressed to Mr . O'Co . v . voR . Lowbands , Red M . _- . rle . Ledbury , Worcestershire . All communications of Agents , and all matters of account _, to le addressed t « Jlr . W . llider , "Nortliern _. Stur Ofiice , " ]* ., Great Windmill . Streef , Li . _nd-m

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      NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMPANY . _NOTICE . Our attention having been called to the question as to _vhether the next purchase is to be made for the members of the First or Second Section , we beg to state that the next purchase , to the amount required for the location of thirty members , will be for the location of that number of the Second Section , as it will be purchased WITH THEIR MONIES , and therefore all who have paid up their shares , and all EXPENSES ON SHARES in Second Section , previous to February luth , will be bailottcd for on the 22 nd instant , and will be entitled to location on next purchase . Philip _M'Graih , * i Joint Thomas Martin- Wheeler , / Seers .

      Ihe Northern Star Satcheatfeeruaky C!Si7.

      IHE NORTHERN STAR _SATCHEATFEERUAKY C ! Si 7 .

      Tiie Warrington Shallows Again. We Comme...

      TIIE WARRINGTON SHALLOWS AGAIN . We commend the perusal of Mr . Roberts ' s very able , lucid , and comprehensive digest of the most recent magisterial monstrosity to our readers , to whatever class they may belong , —whether to the higher order of society , whose position depends upon the performance of SOME duties ; to the middle classes , whose standing is being daily weakened and undermined by a brutal exercise of irresponsible power ; and to the working classes , whose liberty , liv their own supinencss and want of combination

      and co-cperation , will very speedily be made to depend upon masters' convenience , sanctioned by custom . For our own part we will endeavour to keep the poor man ' s claim to justice alive hy complaint of tyranny , so that the indifference of the present generation shall not oj > erate as a statute of limitation against the claims of the yet unborn poor . Talk of ONE LAW FOR THE RICH AND _ANOTHER FOR TIIE POOR indeed ! We repeat oiiroft-told tale , that there is no law for the poor

      BUT THE TYRANT UNCURBED WILL OF THE RICH . Custom shall not sanction , nor shall the silence of a corrupt , a venal , prostitute , and hired press , sanctify the oppression of the rich , as long as wc have thc power of exposing injustice . One of our most bitter complaints is , that , under the present system , those in power have the appointment of the magistrate , the most important officer in the state , while the people—NEVER IN POWER

      —are either subject to justices ignorance or whim , or to the farce of complaining of Iheir injustice to those from whem they derive authority , and to whom , in return , they give support . Neither character or fitness are now-a-days considered requisites in magistrates ; partizanship , and hatred of the poor , are the necessary qualifications , and hence we are daily disgusted with such recitals as those to which we are about to draw the reader's attention * Firstly , —we learn that four working men were

      Tiie Warrington Shallows Again. We Comme...

      arrested in their beds , by OUR peace preservers , with DRAWN CUTLASSES ; that they are HAND ** CUFFED , an act perfectly UNCONSTITUTIONAL . -God forgive us for applying thc term to POLICEMEN and FILE-MAKE RS—that they are dragged from Derbyshire to Sheffield , thence to Manchester , where they were lodged for the night in the New Bailey , and on SUNDAY NIGHT too , and thence to Warrington , 20 miles , on Monday morning , where , from eleven to within twenty minutes of twelve , two of the four culprits had been tried

      and convicted , and sentenced ; and another HALF TRIED , but wholly convicted , and all but sentenced . Mr . Roberts then makes his appearance , ami asks for time to get up his client ' s case—ten minutes is allowed ; then , that the information should he read distinctly ; hut no , say the Shallows , our USUAL CUSTOM is to gallop , aud so MUMBLE gallops over the information , and , of course , with his usual distinctness , and at master ' s speed . We shall , firstly , comment briefly upon this portion of the statement .

      For what purpose do Magistrates sit upon tne bench if not to protect the liberties of those who may he charged before them , and how can this duty he so well performed as hy hearing the whole case , and what measures so efficient to this end as the ability of the accused to make his defence by self or counsel ; and , if by counsel , is not conference and consultation indispensable ? while , in the Warrington case , the accused are told that they shall see no one until after the trial ; that is , till it is useless . Why this legal larce of allowing thc accused to make his defence by counsel , in all cases where magistrates

      can exercise a SUMMARY JURISDICTION , if magistrates themselves have the power of nullifying the law , by postponing consultation TILL AFTER TRIAL , or inconveniently limiting it to a period so short as to render it worse than useless ? From our knowledge of Mr . Roberts he is not the person to exaggerate any case , much less one for which lie invites the most searching enquiry ; and , therefore , with all custom and precedent in such cases to guide us , and a firm reliance in his unadorned tale , we cannot come to other conclusion than that the accused were condemned before they were tried , else what possible pretext , what excuse , for refusing Mr . Roberts' application to discharge Wyke and

      Get raid , who had not , and have not , BEEN TRIED AT ALL , as they could not he legally tried in tho absence of the information , which was thc Court ' s authority for proceeding . Again , if the Shallows had not _nisrle tip their mind to _evjtimt , why commii the indecency of allowing a fresh information to be prepared against Dobson ? And , with these strong points in his favour , much as we rely upon Mr . Roberts ' s judgment and zeal , we shonld have preferred the inevitable exposure of a Certiorari , to the mock sentimentality of thc Home Secretary ; or the farce of a Parliamentary debate . But we err , confound it , we were unmindful of the Melbourne definition ofthe rich man's law

      RUIN THEM WITH EXPENSES , and the hopelessness of four file-makers being able to screw tardy justice out of their hard-hearted comrades . Well for the Shallows that the file makers were not CHARTISTS , else their case should not have ended in poor sympathy . We now come to tue case of Do- ; son , anil who it win be seen is now on the tread-wheel , not as a misdemeanant , but as a DEBTOR tothe amount of £ _i . ls . 8 ld , If the render has temper , and if he is a poor man and must work for his bread , let hira stomach tho fact if he can—for ourselves , we can scarcel y

      believe it—Dobson ' s master is willing to let him off on payment of costs . From Sunday at six o'clock , to Monday at half-past eleven , he has , in conjunction with three others , incurred a debt of nearly 2 s . AN HOUR , not regulated by his master ' s standard of wages , of course ; he must be presumed to be the least guilty , even in thc estimation of his accuser , and yet , from his inability to pay , he is now lo spend three months at HARD LABOUR , and lose TWELVE POUNDS , besides suffering in health . This case is too gross for comment , AT

      LEAST FOR US , but we must hope that one day the shopkeepers , who will probably have to support the families of masters' victims while suffering unjustly , will rebel against such iniquity , unless , as is not unlikely , they are willing to be beggared to uphold tlieir class distinction . Wu really cannot trust ourselves with a more critical review of this piece of master tyranny , which we fear the indifference of OUR Home Secretary and apathy of thc people will allow tobe established as a further piecedent of—tyiaut might to trample upon labour right .

      Now Oh Never! To Tiie Trades. Men Of-I E...

      NOW OH NEVER ! TO TIIE TRADES . Men _of-i e Trades , we invite your serious attention to the following paragraph : — TIIE "CONSPIRACY" AT NEWTON . BAIL COURT . —Monday , Feb . 1 . { Sitting in Banco , before Mr . Justice Erie . ) The Queen v . Selsbv asd 25 others . — Mr . llaincs moved for a _ecrtiorei-i to remove into this court an in tlictmCDt which had been found at the last assizes for tlie county palatine of _Lancaster . The grouud upon which lie inured was , that ihe indictment was 011 a of un ex .

      tremtly _peculiar character , and the trial was likely to raise questions tt a very novel description i" _poiiu of law . It was the greatest monster of an indictment he had eur heard of ; it contained 1 , 000 folios , and was twenty-five yai ds in length . That , of course , was cot sufficient of itself for Iiis lordship ' s interference . A variety of offences had been charged . The indictment contained counts for conspiracy and combination . There would bt questions involving the greatest interests of t ' working classes ; the evidence would be extremely voluminous , and it was desirable to havo the assistance of a special jury ;

      Mr . Justice Erie thought there would be suflWient difficulty in tbe case to justify tbe application being granted . From the above you will see that your " Attonicy _General" is not idle ; bu * " that on thc contrary , he bas taken the first step to secure for your persecuted brethren something like thc chance of a fair trial . That this step shall be / ollowcd by others , which will eventuate in victory , you must determine . We direct your attcation to an article on this

      subject from thc Labourer magazine , in our / th page ; if you act on the advice contained in that admirable article , your brethren will be saved , aud you will secure a triumph , which will enable you to dictate terms to your oppressors . If on the contrary you neglect that advice , and , consequently , yonr brethren are sacrificed , tlie oppression to which you wiil then be subjected , is but faintly typified in the monstrous stretch of power exposed in Mr . Roberts ' s letter to Air . Duncombe .

      Without funds it is impossible that this battle can he fought with advantage to you . If you neglect to give your pennies now , you will suffer to the extent of pounds hereafter . But that cannot , must not , will not be . The cause of " Selsby and twentyfive others" is the cause of the working men of England . Pour in , then , your subscriptions . Tiiere is time , but not too much time , to furnish the _' sinews of war . At once , then , to the good work . Now or never ! " England expects that every man will do his duty !"

      The "Bill ," The Whole '-Bill," And Noth...

      THE " BILL , " THE WHOLE ' -BILL , " AND NOTHING LESS THAN THE " BILL . " The " Ten Hours Bill" introduced by Mr . Fielden is to be read a second time on Wednesday next . There is no question but that a most determined struggle will be made by the political economists and millocrats , ta defeat once more a measure demanded by the immense majority of the people ;

      The "Bill ," The Whole '-Bill," And Noth...

      and acknowledged to be necessary by the most eminent statesmen of the time , including the members of the present administration . We believe the Premier is anxious that this question should be brought to a settlement , but if the opposition , supported hy plausible Peel within the Howse , is stronger than the suppor t of the measure , as evidenced by petitions , out of doors , Russell may give way , and the " Bill" be shelved for this year . That the Minister may have no excuse , that he may be made to comprehend the difference between the selfish opposition of the millocracy , who represent none but

      themselves and their own class , and the support given to the measure by those who , on this question , speak the views and proclaim the wants of the British _-icople ; that this may be made plain and unmistakeable , let the thunder-voice of public opinion speak out , and in its roar drown the howlinj-s of renegades and oppressors , petition ! petition ! Pour in your petitions at once . Monday , Tuesday * and Wednesday next , let the table of the House groan under the weight of your embodied demands for justice . Let your demand be , " the Ten Hours ' Bill and no compromise ! " " Thc Bill , the whole Bill , and nothing less than the Bill . "

      Tiie Charter And No Surrender! The Gaunt...

      TIIE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER ! The gauntlet flung down by Mr . Archer Gurney has been promptly takeu up by the Chartist Executive , and , as will he seen by an advertisement in another column , Mr . Thomas Clark , a wortingman , has been appointed to meet the challenger on the terms proposed by the la ter . ' * 0 f course , next Friday

      every London Chartist who can squeeze into thc John Street Hall will be there , not for the pur ose of clamouring down an . opponent , or gaining a victory of numbers , hut to hear calmly and dispassionately , Mr . Gurney ' s arguments , and to convince him that Chartism is a principle not taken on trust , but adopted from a well grounded conviction of its truth and justice .

      We entertain hopes that this discussion will be the commencement of a strong Chartist agitation in the Metropolis * , ii so , we shall owe Mr . Gurney many thanks . From an address from the Executive , vhich appears elsewhere , it will be seen that active ia : asures are being taken to agitate the country districts in support of the National Petition ; and the Memorial to the Queen in behalf of the Exiles . We trust that the appeal of the Executive will be promptly and liberally answered ; the people proving their" faith" by tlieir " works , " in their demand for " The Charter and No Surrender ! "

      Glorious Victories Of .The Circassians. ...

      GLORIOUS VICTORIES OF . THE CIRCASSIANS . While the Russian tyrant is gradually extending his accursed rule towards Central Europe , and England—or rather the English government—crouches in base submission . to the despot , it is some consolation to sec him foiled elsewhere , and his chosen armies meeting death and destruction instead of re-aping victory and conquest . Letters from Constantinople , of the 13 th ult ., bring intelligence of brilliant victories gained by the Circassians over the Russians ,

      from whom they have taken the two forts of Owaychis and Marguki ; and , by the latest accounts , they were preparing to attack by storm Abouhoun . The fall of Marguki took place on the 19 th of December—seven thousand Circassians , at the break of day , leaving their fire-arms in thc woods , assembled under the walls of the fori , and shouting "Allah ! Allah ! _'' they forced tbe place , and put the Russians to flight ; three hundred and seven Circassians fell

      in this bold enterprise , but ihe loss of the Russians must have been very great . Let mawkish sentimentalists preach their dogma of universal peace if they will , such , while tyranny continues , shall not be our preaching . Against tyrants , as against wiid beasts , all means of defence and offence we hold to be righteous . They rule by the sword ; that they may suffer and perish by the sword is our fervent praver .

      Parliamentary Review. After A Two Nights...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . After a two nights' debate the first batch of ths Government measures for Ireland were read a second time . The urgency of Irish necessity has frightened parliamentary orators into silence , or brevity . Last year , such a tempting occasion for display would have led lo a fortnight ' s discussion . This year , two nights suffice . We wish that we could add the manner the business was done was as satisfactory as the quickness with whieh it was

      dispatched . It is clear that nobody has the slightest faith in the Government plans , as being calculated to lay the foundation of a better system in Ireland , or to prevent the recurrence cf the _st-mc misery among its population , and the same drain upon the finances of this country . They are accepted simply as make-shifts —stop-gaps . All kinds of faults are found with them by speakers who end in supporting them . The reason is , that whiic famine and pestilence are devastating Ireland , there is neither room nor time for deliberation . The Ministry were the parties whose business it was to prepare

      remedies . They have done so in their fashion—brought forward a bit-by-bit policy—a scries of Bills based upon no intelligible principle—incoherent , inconsecutive , apparently framed with no leading idea whatever , but adopted Imp-hazard from the _mediy of projects suggested for the relief of Irelaud , in the hope of pleasing everybody . Nobody else is prepared with a general and efficient plan , to run against this piece of patch-work ; aud so tbey arc compelled , perforce , to accept that which every one , cither openly or tacitly believes to be a mere temporary set of expedient ., which will leave the root of the evils whollv untouched .

      The only parties who arc really pleased arc , thc Irish landlords . They , of course , have no reason to criticise plans too minutely , which will so evidently promote their benefit . ' It is an old adage , that " You must not look a gift horse in ihe mouth . " The Irish landlords understand how to act upon it . Not that even lhcy are satisfied with all thc measures . One of them approaches too near in form and principle to that horrid monster a real Poor Law ,

      to please them . Another measure threatens if fairly carried out , to destroy the exclusive monopoly of the soil , and of political power , which is so dear lo the landlord-class ; and , therefore , it has also been generally disapproved of . The reclamation of waste lands , and the creation of a large body of small proprietors , and independent occupiers of the soil , has been denounced in every variety of tone , by men of every shade of political opinion , as Utopian , impracticable , wasteful , extravagant , and so forth .

      So far as they go , these are the only two measures of ihe entire lot which are sound in principle , or really grapple with Ibe causes of Irish difficulties . They fall below the requirements of the emergency precisely ia the proportion they fail to carry out thc principles involved in each . We object to ihem on tbat ground . They acknowledge thc justice of a real Poor Law , they admit thc duty of the Government to provide employment for and to promote the social independence of the people , but in neither case is tlte principle legitimately and fully applied . The landlords and political economists seem , however , to be terribly alarmed at the length which

      Parliamentary Review. After A Two Nights...

      Lord John Russell proposes to go in this direction * With reference to the Poor Law there is a growing disposition to concede the necessity fer an extension of its principle , which may , in time , reach a full admission of its abstract justice and practical utility , but the improvement of the soil , for and by the people , Beems to have called forth the opposition of all parties . Sir Robert Peel , who opened his lips on Tuesday nig ht for the first tints on the ministerial plans , was profuse in his compliments to Ministers , Sir

      Randolph Routh , Mr . Trevelyan , the Board of Works , their Officers , the Irish Landlords , Irish Ladies and females . Everybody had been everything that could be desired , but he could not abide the reclamation , of waste lands . At the Carlton Club , the next day , we understand , the utterance of the late oracle of the Conservative Party was the I heme of general comment , and measures were taken to get up an organized opposition to this part of the plan . Sir Robert , though formally deposed from the leadership , still virtually rules .

      But it is no question of ours , how Parly tactics arc managed . The matter which the people bave to look to , is thc sum they arc called on to pay for the help of their famishing neighbours , and thc way in which it is to be disbursed . The only plans which were calculated , however slightly , to have applied the public funds to really public purposes , and to have promoted public benefits , arc those which arc

      most in danger from our legislators . Who arc these legislators ? Capitalists and landlords . What is their object ? to benefit themselves at thc cost of the industrious people . is , in fact , the wolves legislating for the sheep , and this fact at once explains all the antipathy evinced by Parliament , to any measure tending to the real elevation ami independence of Labour .

      We are not aware of any document—nor the sources from which such a one could be compiledwhich would show the _number of persons directly or indirectly _iiifcrcsfei ? in Irish estates , who are now members of the British Parliament . It would be an exceedingly instructive return if it could be got , and we have no doubt would make ven clear the

      cause of that wonderful unanimity' and amenity of manner which all parties , in both Houses , exhibit on those measures which vote away the public money to thc proprietors of the soil . It wonld show h - easily , by the _prr-jeul ¦• ' ¦ Mtical machine , the wealth _< _if the many is _t _Jracted from their pockets , and voted away for thc benefit of the oppressor , by the very parties who are to reap these benefits .

      It is gratifying to state , that the swindle—for it is nothing else , and ihat upon a gigantic scalewhich is now being attempted for the advantage of the "'Irish Banditti" meets with due exposure from the most influential journals . The Morning Chronicle , long the organ of the Whig party , powerfully denounces it . The 1 'imos has adopted completely the views previously advocated by the Northern star on the subject . In fact , on this particular point there is a thorough identity of opinion between the " Jupiter Tonans" of the Press and Mr . O'Connor ,

      whose thunder our formidable contemporary has , on this occasion , borrowed . "Whether this powerful expression of disapprobation will prevent the misapplication of the taxes wrung from English industry , or even secure proper guarantees for their being applied to the improvement of lands , instead of mi nistering to extravagant habits , and wasteful and vicious follies , remains to be seen . One thing is

      certain , that the landlords of Ireland have been its rulers , They have made it what it is . They have given no sign , as yet , that lhcy are capable of making it better , and yet to them it is now proposed to commit the task of regenerating the country they have ruined , by means which supply an irresistible temptation to them to pursue the same _reckles- _* , selfish , and extravagant career they have heretofore done . The force of political folly can no farther go ?

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      ofthe Governor of the Prison , who was _nT _^ complained of , and also by implication m _, _* t of the general management . But even tl * " _* docs not , we understand , go the full _lenBtli'Hi _!* - *' - ought to have done ; and another oftlVr ' ' _* sioners ( Mr . B . Escott ) has prepared a _senl _?^ second report , wliich amply sustains Mr n m charges . The similarity of Sir _George 7 ° _^ is carried out to a curiously winnte estcn _' _t T Home Secretary wants to deprive this last ' e an official character and _nuthm-w ,. „_ ..., J _- ' - of an official character and authority and °

      , the fuses to receive it except as a letter ! Stic ' _' * petty , disreputable means b y which men ' " * _^ bolster up abuses , resist inquiry , and Im , !? " * faithful , bold , and honest servants of th . . _^ Us reception by the , Iowe In _^^ _y , Eng , sh « i . emers , _wasofthe raost favo ( I _raJ ; Lord George has evidently made a hi' ¦ i ' round him the Irish party . ' ; Se _^ P . _" _^ _miUingtleWU tote _^^^^ v tr . an open opposition to the measure . _**

      Lord G. B< Ntinck, The Protectionist Lea...

      Lord G . B _< ntinck , the Protectionist leader , is the only one who ha- put forth a counter-scheme ; though , whether it is intended as a substitute for the whole ministerial plan , or some particular portions of it , is not clear . It is a measure for tlie encouragement of Railways in Ireland . He proposes to empower the government to lend money to Railway Companies , thc advances to extend over four years , and to be repaid at fixed and remote periods , not , however , to exceed thirty _veai's . Three-and-a-half per cent . interest

      to iie paid by the Companies for these loans , though Lord George anticipates they will realize ten per cent , themselves . The total amount which he proposes io expend in this way is twenty-four millions , of wliich two-thirds , or sixteen millions , is to be raised by the State , and the other one-third by thc shareholders . One part of the plan is to _biiild four tenements to every mile of railway , which , at an average of £ 30 a house for fifteen hundred miles would require .- € 90 , 000 , and provide comfortable

      t ' welli : i _{* . % for six thousand families , who will hi required for the work on the railway . At a meeting on Wednesday , in the rooms occupied by the " Irish party , " ir } Palace-yard , and where a great number of Irish peers and members of all politics were present , including Daniel O'Connell , Lord George explained his scheme , which seemed to give great satisfaction , though no resolution was come to ou the _suVjcct . So far as it goes , it is very much in advance of any of Lord Jehu ' s propositions , though it is also liable to manv _objections .

      Tl.E Lenj-,Vh. At Vshkh We Adverted To T...

      Tl . e _lenj-, vh . at _vshkh we adverted to the Government measures last week prevented us noticing some very serious charges against tbe officials who have the management ofthe convict hulks at Woolwich , made by Mr . Duncombe . The most shameful neglect and brutality were alleged agaiust Mr . _Hoscy , the medical attendant , who was stated to be in the habit of laughing at the sufferings of bis patients , resorting to brutal expedients for _tc- * ting the sincerity of their complaints , and _toituring them daring fits or convulsions , by spiteful acts of

      personal violence . Mr . Duncombe asked for a Select Committee of Enquiry , and volunteered to take upon himself the disgrace that would result from a failure in substantiating his statements . The present Home Secretary , however , seems in Mich cases to have caught the mantle of his predecessor , and refused an enquiry , which was equally due to thc parties _implicated aud to the hon . member who brought it forward . He gave this refusal too at the same time that he admitted there had been faults in the department wbich was thc

      subject of complaint . It may be very proper for a minister to he slow m believing reports to the prejudice of his subordinates , but when he makes thc confession that he himself is not satisfied with their conduct , and an independent member of Parliament , on the part of the public , demands investigation , there can be no valid reason whatever for denying it . Concealment is inferred to be equivalent to a plea of guilty , and the minister , instead of performing his duty to thc public , grossly obstructs those who watch over the general welfare and demand justice . In

      addition to tbis denial , which was sanctioned bv a l _..-rge and obsequious majority upon a divivion , Sir George Grey too closely imitated Sir James Graham in attempting to damage the character of Mr . Duncombe , by insinuating that he made charges upon insufficient grounds . lie instanced the Commission _appointed at the instance of Mr . Duncombe at tinclose of last session , to inquire into the mnnagcmcnl of Millbank Prison . He wWhed the House to under _, stand that the lion , member had failed in substantiating his allegations in that case ; while , 0 : 1 the contrary , the fact is , that two ofthe Commissioners have made a report , gravely inculpating tV _. c conduct

      U Fleata-Si & Corre^Onucr T«

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      1st We Arc Compelled To Defer Answers I„...

      1 ST We arc compelled to defer answers i „ < lU ( . _'Stioiin . _" _uewera to sever * , * W . K .-W _* e have no room for iermo < M J . Sweet begs to acknowled ge the recant of _* - * -. Waste or _thj- _Tsoru _' s Food ik rErD . sG mr . I ) , _,, Houses ov the _Amt . _TocHACvl-The _folloivn , " appeared In th , Times af Mo «< _lav :-Sir _ W _* _£ , r many _icheiues In the papers , of _domei _ticretrS _^ _mul economy , _i „ order to upplthe

      , y _W £ _? _fiWllsllimr _te-is i c _. io . _« _. „ i .: i . i ____ . . " * - l' 0 * t famishing Irish , t _„ ch aa chlMren R _- y _* _„ * ,, „ " « , P ° , a month . ami f , „ _i , _i „ , up _££ _ » J *' o , these , et smilia nppear to me to be onlv rh _^ . J '¦ nnd nibbling . W „ , ant to _^ _^ _S upon a mud . larger scale , a retrenchmen t tl , v „ reach to foxhound ? , _greyhounds , hunters , race horu itull . fed eoiv _- , *! ie e _.- > and 8 iYiiie , all of which _consum bushels of valuable grain anel meat , to a _decree incal cululile . A pack of foxhounds costs about £ 500 •»» annum in me . it and meal . A hunter , to be _Itcpt in good condition , must have at ieost three good f _«' . oats a day . Greyhounds that are kept for _runniJ

      • lavejreguiany new . _uiaegRB given to them to W them in wind , besides the host joints of meat , _su-j ,,, legs of mutton . & c . _kni the beasts th t are fed (» Smithfield , for mere slioiv , consume large quantities of meal . In the article of swine , tbe waste is still mor _. * * - -inns . 1 was _iniorraed that a pig which was liibitedinoiioofourp . _' _-. _vlncial towns last Cliri * _t- * , !" had had the milk of 6 or 8 cows for 6 months , 0 " _- ' bushels of meal for VI months ! Yours respectfully , A LOOKER . - )** To the Lo . vdo . v Chartists . —The Managers of the South London Hall , 115 , _lllackfriars-road , are from untoward circumstances involved in difficulty , they have com * _e-ue-ntly made an appeal to their brethren in tho Me ! _troFolis _. ind which we trust will _notbs made in vi ! n "

      They have resolved to take a benefit in _tlitir Hall 0 tt Monday evening , the 15 th instant , on wliich occa . sion they will give n grand Concert : for wliie ' i _pur-ost they have secured the great and varied talents e-f ' th , _« ' Whitehorn family , " Messrs . C . Dojle , Robinson , _Mrf . and Master Wilcox , Mr . Stallwood , and the celebrated Buffo Singer—Mr . John Robbing . Independent of the enjoyment the _comp-iny uill receirc from such an ai ray of talent , the lady or gentleman who may on that occasion attain the highest position on " the

      ' Poll , " will carry away a splendid Oil Painting , repre . _senting the carrying the National P _,-titi , a " to the Ilouse of Commons , measuring three feet three inches in diameter , nnd valued at Fire Pounds . We trust our London friends will give them a bumper , Mr . _UontiiE , Bishopwcarmouth . —We have- not got a com . _plt-te set of the trials . _Ye . u may get them cf Mr , Heywood , 58 , _Oldham-stivet , Manchester . Mr . Fox , Boston . —Yes , we can send it . Mr . Torus , Helper . —Must gire the order torome hack . seller .

      Mr . II . 1 _'RiTcnARD , Stroud water . —Mr . Cleave is th * po sou to apply to . We only send to those who have tmir papers direct from the office . Mr . Knowles , Pemberton . —You may or you way not te a subscriber . Wc cannot say— " _Leading _Den : oi . ra ! _j " are not obliged to cater to every grumb ' er to the tune of " Give , give . " Mr . OASTLth ' s Address to the Electors of Manchester ne are compelled to postpone till our next . Davextuy . —Received too late for this week . J . StMMir . s—We know nothing oftlie Emigration S _> citty at 141 , 1 . _eadcnliall . street , and than ! - God wehave had no practical experieneo of " the _eliRia'e of Texas ; but we have the worst possible opinion of tlut e-oan . try , and _stroii'tly advise our correspondent and Lis friends not to think of emigrating to such a hud oi 'illuminations .

      D . Govnt . —Your " Address" should have been _s « nt tar . lier iu the week . " West Testimonial . "—Mr . Julian Harney has reccv-. \ ei per ( 1 . Cavill , thc following sums : —Mr . Roy . _-. ' . 0 'i Is ; Mr . Greaves lid ; Mr . Holmes fid . A . B . L . —W <; _itaiww _*; - . it _wrcst-nt answer your _queries . Mr . Ilonso ** _, AsiiTo ** . —Due notiee will be given ia _tte . Star .

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      Peterborough. -- At The Usual Weekly Nis...

      Peterborough . -- At the usual weekly _nisettn ; 'ct the Peterborough branch ol the Chartist _Co-nr . cr , " _- tive Land _Coiujuiiij _' , held nt the _hottseot'Mr . Scholcy , Uooncate , the following : _ofricet' 3 were r . _ppointc-il : — Mr . John Walker and Afr . Charles _Tm-obahl , _aatiitors for six months ; Mr . Tlimnas Meads , scrutineer for the month ; Mr . Francis Brooks , tre _.-isurer , and Mr . Edwin Scholey , secretary , with a commtiKe for the next six months . It waa also _asrcetitlitit m _shillitiR and threepence be charged per member ret share for local ' . expenses . Members c . _tn be enroled nt tho visual place oi' meeting , or at . Mr . H . _Sch-jley ' f , Midi-ate .

      HINDLEY . The members ot the Land Company of thi * . locality , celebrated their first _anniversary , bv a _tca-par ' . y _, on February 1 st 1 S 4 " . The Land Plan and the capability of the Land were commented on fr .- Messrs . llyton , Morris , Go » kc anel llotc ! il ; i-s . _Ti'e _fe- _'loTiiiR resolutions wore passed — Moved by Peter Iligson , seconded" by _ThoxM Mortis . " Tlut a vote of thanks , and _eonSdenee ir . Mr . O'Connor , and tho other directors . " " A vote of thanks to T . S . Duncomh ? , Esq . M . Plor his advocacy of the people ' s rie ; hts . " ** A vote of thanks were also civen to the ilest aril Hostess , nnd the females who attended atthe tabic . " Tlie sum paid durin ?' -he last quarter , bv sixteen members , amounti d to £ 31 . 7 s . Two uew _' _suerut'Cis entered at the end of thc quarter .

      NOTTINGHAM . To the members of the first anl second secti . s - of the Nottingham district . The Commit ice of Management of the S _** _'" « t t testimonial , had intended to have _pre-etiteil ! : io > ; ' testimonial" to Mr . Sweet , on the lst of r _cbrtMrr , , it the allottees had then entered upon tlio iicri _:- _;? - gate estate , but as other _.-irrangumc-uts have bi « a made , the Committee be <; to inform the membeis , -, that thc subscription will remain open unti : the _ilr-C : t Monday in March , when it will finally close . Jacob Bostock , CJiai .--n . ir ; .

      Ftoccixc I.V The Fke.Ncii Ahmv.—The Fret...

      Ftoccixc i . v the Fke . _ncii Ahmv . —The FreT . e _* ie _* i journals have from time to time convrved , and is coco measured terms , tlieir _disaust and astonishment at at the authorized practice of flo in < f that exists in tbe he British army . The " National" of Saturday _witM an expression of indignation that vt fleets VcBottiut upon that paper , publishes the following _hon-ib _' c ar . dr . il _polling _ertseot a native soldier flu _^ _ul to _deati : in in Algeria , without even the lonn of a _wurK ial ' - _' - Acoinongli , the sou of a Turkish , cS rW 3 ? _'IV , f lVatc , . _"VV *•¦ -ne of our SenU merits . I human _havinij neglected to attend "Mine evening roll-call oathe 20 of December , was ar- * - * Irom the garrison , on the denunciatlan . wil or ill il !

      wh , n \ w _i - i- 80 _* ier 'n _thewme _battalion . on who accused h , m ot robbery or _muvd-r . IlaV . nr . nl been committed to prison by-order of is _corainanJ J o _,-fte ! ir V-- _*" _- ' y _aft-ru-anls brought fo . th . tl A _? _S _fm ° ! 0 Utany triu _*> -137 Woffs « J a s _" * * ' 1 ' d _,, Ln _? in ? . _? . vva 3 t ,, en " -conveyed to hi ! hi dungeon ma sta o ot insensibility , and the _follo'vinjurr Hay again brought out ( i contused shapeless _mas-aa to receive 200 additional blows , but he expired _iuiiu tew minutes . Ami the remainder of the _sentcctvet was execttted on a lifeless corpse . The Sl , lue a _] em n i , . ? . j lel , » lortun ! \ « victim _wasclandestinelinei buued . fcvery human heart was _outrasc . l soften months since on reading the execution i . f \ vu ? . * h *! i

      SSEhment ? . ? H _J" " i Cth" oi a _^^ punisimieiit . In that case , however the fomsc ' _Ctt t _^ nmt . ? , vvea " T H * - - ' - * - _™ _« \ VI . ' to ¦ 1 " , 0 ! _' Ul" ° J < -B « _"'* _uiutainniu _iniii ' V . _* - ; - _* _" - _** - r « M" tho _-mik-m-i _' _il . vt . wi ' r w ,,, ch _" ! i ; ito j '"" - -- ' «•••»•<•• -- p _^ ' ; ' _"'! - " -I- !* - ••••¦ cot the justice of _thecouico t _. _i I the rights o ! humanity , and of the duties m _1-osoil on thos ,- invested with nutfaoritr that- _J-ai !•

      _jiKF t- _' - ° « Wo . incs . lny _morn _- _n-i Mi I _Iirok t _, _? th „ Ti '"" T V _wnvcyaneer cleric , of _thf I _<* ., _Wet-idm * _-, Coiaaewial _Rw i East ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06021847/page/4/