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    • BOOK S PUBL&HED AJS r D SOW. ;by J.WATSON, 3; Queen's . Head-passage.
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    • THE NORTHERN STAB SATUKDAY, JANUARY 19, IfiSir.
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      Book S Publ&Hed Ajs R D Sow. ;By J.Watson, 3; Queen's . Head-Passage.

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      On Saturday , January 19 th , will be Published , in WeeKiy Numbers , price Id ., and Monthly Parts , price fid , No . rpHE COMIC FAMILY HERALD , JL An Illustrated , original , facetious publication , with first-rate engravings by first-rate artists , and the ; funniest contributions by tlie funniest fellows—intended as a . -witty companion , and humourous assistant , to the four in _« st popular weekly periodicals—The Family Herald , the Iondon Journal , and Reynolds ' s and Lloyd's Miscellanies , j Among other features of comic attraction , in No . I . will appear the first of a series of extracts from Mrs . Pipp ' _s Diary . ' ¦"• • -.- •¦ : ..,:.. Office , 1 , Pickett-place , Strand : G . _Bei-gcr , G . Vickers , W . and It . Whin , Holywell-street , Clark , _Warwick-lane , and Strange , Patcrnoster-row . - ¦ : ¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦ _' ' . _. .- _' . : . - :

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      PRISON DISCIPLINE !! - WILLI AM J , _YE'RN ON will _DEtivrai '' - ; . TWO LECTURES * .. ¦ _- _•"';/( On Hie above subject , at the Literary and Scientific ¦ Institution , John-street , _Tottenham-court-road , On M _^ onilay Evenings , January 21 st , ' and 28 th , 1830 . , ; In the course of which he will detail ins own ecfebiencb of Eighteen Months' Imprisonment , and depict the horrors of tlie vile and debasing silent system I ! ,, . The proceeds will be given to the Victim Fund . To _cominaiice each Evening at Eight o ' clock precisely . Admission—Hall , Twopence , Gallery , Threepence ..

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      The Policy and Proceedings of tite Chartist Leaders in relation to Free Trade , Protection to Native Industry , and Social Reform . AL E C T U B E on the above _subjeefc will be delivered by . ' ' . - Mr . WALTER COOPER , ; : : Next _Sundai Evening , January the 20 ih , ' . _AT-THE ' . ' _-... ., : ' _-. _- PARRINGDON . _HA'LL , ' King ' s Read-yard , at tlie bottom of Snow-hill .. To which the Leaders ofthe different sections of Political Reformers are invited , and to' Publicly Discuss the subject . ' . ' Lecture to Commence at Seven , Discussion to Begin at Eight , and to Conclude at Ton . Free admission for tins occasion ouly . .

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      Au*. Ktbd's Bejoinder To If A. Ctabk's I...

      AU * . _Ktbd _' s bejoinder to If a . CtABK ' s iErriB has heen received this ( Saturday ) morning . _AYe regret we cannot give it publicity until next week . Suxsuinb and Shadow . —The readers of the Northern Star , Newtown , Montgomeryshire , thank Mr ; T .. M . Wheeler for his contributions to this paper , under the above head , and hope to see more _« fhU productions . Mr . Clauk _, _lh-istol , —Forthcoming meetings are ' _subject to the Advertisement Duty . ' .. . Mrs . M . Douau . —The money acknowledged by Mrs , M'Douall , in our last , as being received trom Mr . John Arnott , . was a subscription sent by the shoemakers , of Stockport . _NoTOisciiAM . —J . Swceet acknowledges , the receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith , ) viz ;—For Ma ' _onahaba ' s Action . —Jlr . - S . Hudson ; _-3 d ; Mr . G . Cuimnings , 2 d ; Mr It . West , 2 d ; from Cliilwoll , Is . Cd . Mr . _ Willis . —The address of this gentleman , which was given in an advertisement last week , as ' Shrewsbury Horn , ' was wrong-, it ought to have been the Shrubbery Great Barn , near Dirniingliam .

      Feakgus O'Connor, Esq.. M.P., G. W. M, R...

      Feakgus O'Connor , Esq .. M . P ., G . W . M , Reynolds , Esq ., and Mr . T . Clark , will be in Leeds on Monday night next ; . and on the following day , ( Tuesday ) Mr . Reynolds and Mr , Clark will he at Manchester , to address a meeting there also . It is hoped that at both of these meetings the ranks of the . Association will he swelled . . ,,....

      The Northern Stab Satukday, January 19, Ifisir.

      THE NORTHERN STAB SATUKDAY , JANUARY 19 , _IfiSir .

      ¦ ¦ '; The Franchise. The "Demonstration...

      ¦ ¦ '; THE FRANCHISE . The " demonstration'' at the London Tavern on Monday , was a seasonable , and , we doubt not , will be an influential one . It \ yill add to Lord John ' s nervousness on the ( Subj ect , and convince the Middle Class Reformers , that their only safe course is , to adhere firmly to the claims they put forward , as the minimum Reform -with which they will , be satisfied . Without some such manifestation of the

      factthat Chartism exists in an organised and vital form , willing to waive for the moment its own demands , in order not to neutralise a parallel but less decided movement—both the Ministry and the National Reform Association might mistake . their real position in relation to the Chartists . The Premier might be induced to hope that an adroit use of the thousand influences always at the command of a man in power , would

      detach the most powerful leaders _ofcthe Middle Class movement , and cause them to acquiesce in some sham measure of Reform ,-ingeniously devised , for the twofold purpose of making them appear consistent , and of imposing upon the public . On the other : hand , _r Sir Joshua Walmsley and his friends , not being aware of the real amount of popular strength by whicli they are aided , might have' entered into calculations how far it would bo advisable in them

      to accept a measure ' _? modified" to suit Ministerial stomachs . ¦ : _.-. > ' The meeting of Monday must have dispelled such illusions , if they existed on either side . If any doubts had crossed the mind of either party , as to the existence of Chartism , as a living and powerful element in the State , they must have been set at rest for ever , The heart of the people of London beats in unison with that of the people in the ' pro ' yinces . . The Charter is the political creed of tlie unenfranchised masses . '; . Its attainment is only delayed , because , in the moral and political-. world ; all large , powerful , and permanent '" _- groVrths are gradual . _.- ' .. "• ;' .. _"' . ' . '' .. '' .. ., : . . ! 1 ; ;

      Inspired by the knowled ge that the aid and co-operation of the Chartists is not ! a-mere hollow pretence , but the support , of a party which can he retained only in proportion as it is honestly dealt by—the leaders of the Middle Class movement will have solid " reasons for pursuing a hold , straightforward , and uncompromising course . We , on bin * part ; will faithfully co-operate with them , while they do this , and no , longcr . Should there he the slightest hesitation , defection , or co mpromise , from _, that moment the bond of union . will be severed , and the party , which is now a powerful ally , will become a more formidable opponent .

      , But , ' indeed _; the National Reform Association has everything _tojcheeiut _oh'iu the honest and unwaveringpursuit of its objects . ' _^ Not only has it secured the co-operation of the extreme Suffragists , it is also promised—if not the direct aid , at least the neutrality , of the " country , party . " ' . There is an old proverb which advises that " gift horses should not be lookedinthemouth _# and it would , perhaps , be scarcely proper to inquire too curiously into the reason of this policy on their part . Tliey may , perhaps _^ calculate on thereby embarrassing the Ministry , and of bringing about a dissolution ot Jf

      _Parliament—an object they are at present working : hard to attain . '' Whatever "S _'*^ . object may be , _howeveiy the ostensible grounds on which such a _policyis _advo . SfSft / _* teU UB ' thatfor the 6 lS ! tern tbey had respect _* on account of its _antil

      ¦ ¦ '; The Franchise. The "Demonstration...

      quite / and- _£ b _& _ause , with all its . faults , ; : it - ¦ worked well _;^' _'iJht' ; the existing system , _^ a * left by ' the Reform "Bjll _< _;^ , is ' aaeitherone thiiag noi _* - another ~ that' _&^ could -be easily / fabricate _^~ _# nd ' _^ to _"UniversarSufii-age itsel _f it _ia _^ pJpft , _savei-y frightful a thing as certain old lady _^ larmiBts have painted it . " Forthe Reform Act }; they ; _yhaye , neither respect nor _regard—for the _eiiBfr-: _irig-- system ; .. they have not the slightest affee- ' tion . Whatever Lord John may _. think or feel , they disclaim _ehripliaJticalJy- the : doctrine of Finality / , Nay , they even ' point to the " next kingdom to oiir , own , " 't o / _Pfpv _^ 't ' _jthit _^ . a Parliament , elected by , Universal ; Sufirage , may bo a very Conservative assembly . "

      For these , and sundry cognate reasons , the ' country party " are _^ recommended to meet " the proposal of a new Reform Bill with , reserve , but no vehement disapprobation . " If the " thing is to be done at all , " they are to " : demandthat it shall be done thoroughly . " No more patching or cobbling of the present system , because it will not bear'it . " It must either remain as it is , or be , cast away for a far bettor plan . " Such is the / ultimatum ofthe Morning Herald ; and of the two alternatives , as far as we can see , it would rather prefer the latter .

      But -who . _Js to , decide which is the better plan ? By what test is it to be tried ? We are content to take the criterion of the Herald itself . We demand that it shall be " done thoroughly , " in order to destroy " the facilities wliich the present system g ives to trickery aud jobbing . " The-only thorough preventive of " . trickery and jobbing" we know of , is to give the franchise to every male adult of sound mind and good character . By making the basis of the suffrage _corextensive witlr

      manhood ; and dividing the country into equal electoral districts , it would be beyond the power of any individual , or any ' class , to tamper with it . Give us Universal or Manhood Suffrage , the _Ballot Equal Electoral Districts , the ; Payment of Members , ? and Annual Parliaments , aiid Ave promise the Herald , and the " country parfcy _^ " : tliat ; the facilities for " _trickerynM jobbing , " and the - bribery , " which it is alleged fills . the City , of London ,,. shall be destroyed for ever .

      Whether a Parliament elected by such means , would turn out a -very conservative or a very communistic assembly : whether—to use the language of bur contemporary— " a House of Commons ; : elected by Universal Suffrage , would cast Free Trade overboard in less-than a montli after its meeting , " or notj we neither know nor care ., ' As advocates of the People ' s Charter , we demand for the , whole people , of every class , sect , and party , the full enjoyment of the rights of citizenship . We demand , that all who pay , the taxes shall have a voice in their composition—that , all . who are called

      upon to obey the laws , shall , through then * representative , have a share in making them ; and that the institutions of the country shall he basedViipbn the popular will , and popular affection , instead of the assumed wants and interests of selfish . and . privileged classes . Let the whole people he : enfranchised ,-and wo shall not'dispute their decision on any of the great questions of the age . If wrong we shall _. endeavour to instruct public opinion betteiy but we should not deny the

      validity ! of tho decision . At present , the representation of the country is a ; swindle . It pretends to rule in the name of a people who are excluded from all share in political power . It enables privileged and powerful classes to rob the weak and defenceless , by means of laws made avowedly for . their protection . It violates tho first principles of political justice , and with such a system , we can hold no terms . Our warfare against , it can only be terminated by death or victory !

      One thing is certain , Lord John , whether he wishes" it or . not , will be obliged to do something this Session . " The straw does begin to move . " . Not the least significant _sign , is Chartism ; atthe London Tavern , with reporters from all the Morning newspapers . Tho Premier had better think of it . Chartism has made its debut , in the City aiid in high places . His" constituents have heard , ' for themselves .

      A. Glance At The National :.•/:/; / Furs...

      A . GLANCE AT THE NATIONAL :. •/ : /; / furse , " "Wonders " willnever cease . " The Whigs have a surplus in the Exchequer ! Nay , tliey have actually applied some three hundred thousand pounds to the reduction of the NationalDebfc ! As the said Debt is , in round numbers , eight hundred millions , three hundred thousand pounds will not very perceptibly affect its pressure . But that does not matter . The wonder is that the Whigs should have had

      " a surplus "• at all . All tlieir previous financial experience in office has been to convert surpluses into deficits . The Debt originated with the'Whigs , as a party ; and , although it certainly attained its present enormous amount under Pitt , yet , whenever for a long or short period the Whiga have subsequently had anything to do with the Government , it has been augmented , not reduced , by : them . Their incapacity as financiers had passed into a proverb . Even tlieir friends felt this was a tender

      place in their political reputation , and took the ground of apologists rather than advocates . But under Sir Charles Wood ' s administration , the marvel has actually taken place' of a Whig Government receiving more money in a year than it has contrived to spend . The Times , of course—as in-duty boundhad a flourish of trumpets on the occasion . We are told , that a vigorous process of economyis at work in every _depai'tmerit of the public service ; . and , that comparing nine months of last year with a corresponding period of the previous year , a savingof three' millions three liuudrisd ! and forty thousand pounds has been effected . In point of ready money we are told , that the Treasury is only two millions and a half better off now than nine months

      ago ; and that altogether the balance now in the'Treasury is about ten millions . It is not likely , therefore , that Sir Charles Wood" will be obliged to have recourse to the Bank for assistance for some time to come , or to raise the rate of interest on Exchequer Bills ; while at the same time , money is what is called plentiful _,, at easy rates , in the City . ;; It would not be very difficult to show . that , for this state . of things , Sir Charles Wood can claim ' but a very slight amount of credit ,

      and thathe is merely inheriting the natural consequences of the policy ofthe late Ministry , and- of . that returning tide of trade which invariably succeeds a protracted period of stagnation . But our object is not of a personal or party , butofahational character ; andweprefer to ask wliat ' ought to be done with any available surplus , either , now in hand , or that may be hereafter realised by farther saving in the national expenditure , or accruing from the increased productiveness of the revenue ?

      -There" are two ways of answering this question . _; One'mode—and that which will most readily ' suggest itself to the generality of _pcrsons—is to apply , tho surplus to the reduction ofthe niost burdenBome taxes , Already ,, there are in the field parties calling for the abolition of the window tax , tho duties on paper ; advertisements , newspapers , tea , malt , hops , and other articles—and each of them making put a good ' prima facie _easel We are not inclihed ta'dispute the grievance imposed by many of these taxes the

      . . . On contrary , we have fre _qnently denounced them—exposed their unmst _beanng upon the different classes of the com _' - mmnty _. _^ and the . manner in which sohie of mm militate against , both the physical and the _iriiellectualhealth of the community . But there is another method of looking at the difficulties by which we are surrounded . Instead _. of _merjeiYcbhsidering-what is calculated to give _imnnediate , thbiigh , _perhaps only temporary relieij wo might aim ftta great

      A. Glance At The National :.•/:/; / Furs...

      ; _ana- perm _^ dens . _'>; The most e _^ erienced _$ nan c u _# _R , _& nd practical meff see greatdangfer in allowingour mpnstrbur'De _* bt' "to . remain- untouchedi and ; all agree : th _^ . tmtii _^ it ' ls _^ in ' _sohw way-or _pother effe _^ ctually / gi _^ ppied wi _^ _- | lierecan ; be ; no ter _^ large reduction of ' the annual taxation ofthe country . Mr , _tS > MUEL < jUi . NEY has solemnly waride'd _' our ' statesihehi ' ' that theDebt will ; if nofyi _^; prously grappled with ; drag the nation into" * the _igiilf- of rain , in tho case of any extraordinary oi ? protracted effort being required _fromitH % ¦ _^ if _^ _'C ; ..: _^ - _:: _^ : Hitherto , fidweyer , this ' _question has been ' L _^& Vi . ; . i _£ . < : n « rA ;/ f * ifl ' 1 lw AVfiW '' rt ' M * tv _in _Tlmv _¦ _elv _-,....-. ,. nr _„ . ¦ V _^^ r nn m _illM'iiniiin

      _ _ThVopiong _^ f b | has : b _^^ ated ' _* _M j $ the most sacred _arid 4 M _^ stitutions . Now we have no ., de | u _^ alarai those who live upon national credit ,. ; or . w _* hp would bo . injured by its breach of : faith . On the contrary , ' _„ we would ; rather ; deal with this great evil in time to . averta violent and disastrous catastrophe for . all parties . Sooner or later ; it will have to be dealt within some way or other , and it will be infinitely more wise for SHYLOCK tO _accept of a fair compromise now , than to insist on' the letter of his bond ; and find at last that ' though he has bargained for his pound of flesh—he is not therefore to be allowed tb drain away the very life-blood of the'riation . . """ . '"' . '¦ ¦ . ' ' \ !;" '"

      As a matter of justice to posterity—as the most rational and effective manner of easing our own burdens , therefore , we are of opinion that a large _poi-tion ' ' of the present and every future available surplus ; should be applied to a reduction of the , National Debt ; that a favourable state of the Money market should upon all occasions be turned to account , by way of reducing the interest payable upon it ; and . that , as speedily - as practicable , the whole should ' . . be ' converted into Terminable Annuities . . '"¦' . '• ¦¦ . "¦ '' . 7 . " 7 . ' '

      By the second of . these modes Sir Robert Feel , When he was last in office ,, secured an immediate saying of 650 , OOOi' and a prospective one ; of 650 , 000 / . more , which will shortly take effect ; thus making a total annual saving of 1 , 300 , 000 / . Ifttiepresent Premier understood financial matters equally well , we have no doubt but at the present moment he could effect ; an annual saving : of 'two or three

      millions more . Why should the national creditor he paid a higher per centage than his money would bring in the open market ? B ut the question need not be argued hi the abstract . The measure has been adopted ; from time to time , by various Administrations . It is therefore a recognised piece of financial policy . What has' been done may be done again ; Verb . sdp . ' { ' 7 _|

      Respectable Revolutions And Philosophica...

      RESPECTABLE REVOLUTIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONFISCATIONS . One thing has been very clearly decided b y the contest now waging between the Protectionists and Free Traders . The latter aim at the rents ; and , therefore , in * many instances , the very existene of the landlords , as a class : "You take hiylife , when you do take the means _byjWhich I live . " The effect of our recent legislation will be . as complete a confiscation of the incomes of the landed proprietors , as if it had been decreed by a Government of Red Repablicans . All disguise on the . subject is now thrown away , and the landlords now know that they are fighting for bare life .

      In Blackwood's Magazine there have appeared a series of elaborate tables , drawn up by ; farmers of high standing and large capital in . Scotland '; that laud of model farming on the large farm system . These tables were not speculative , but actual abstracts of the facts in each case ; and the inference deducible from every one of them was , that with prices onethird lower , it was impossible to cultivate the land in this country .

      Tho gauntlet thus thrown down has beon taken up by Mr . James Aytoun , of Edinburgh , on the part of the Free Traders . After giving a synopsis of the contents of each table , and allowing the farmer all his charges for labour , manure , implements , interest , & c , he sets the estimated loss in the price of produce against the rent how charged on the farms , and coolly tells them it must he taken out' of that . In some cases the loss will swallow up two-thirds of the rent , in others a half . Mi" . Aytoun , in a most philosophical and edifying manner , with a gravity aiid self-possession of countenance which would be invaluable on the stage , demonstrates to the landlords who are thus to

      be mulcted , that- it is . all according to the canons of Political Economy . That they may have an objection to be thus flayed alive , never seerhs _. to have entered _^ uto the imagination of this thorough-going disciple of Ricakdo . 41 You know , geutlemen , " says Mr . Aytoun , to the insects he . is experimentalising upon , in the _. course of his lecture , " that rent is merely the difference between the produce actually raised , and that wliich is required to piay the farmers all the . expenses of cultivation . Recent legislation has reduced your share , that ' s all . ' ; . Take ; itj or go without altogether ; as the case mav be . Political Economy requires the sacrifice . . Q . E . D . " .

      "Now this appears to us a very , cavalier and off-hand way of treating a grave question . Sir R . Peel . and Mi * . Cobden made something like aii attempt to show farmers and landlords a way out of their difficulties , however imperfect and unsatisfactory ; but Mr . Aytoun " lets the cat out of the bag " at once . Free Trade , as far as the landlords are concerned , means confiscation , If the Chartists or the _Communists had made a similar sweeping attack on the " rights of property , " what an outcry , there would have been from one end of , the country to the other ! - The very journals that now

      preach up this crusade against rent , would have come out daily or weekly , with appeals to the-Attorney-General , showing : the necessity for prosecuting and punishing the parties who held such atrocious doctrines ; and on being arraigned before prejudiced Judges and panic-stricken Juries , verdicts as unreasoning , sentences as vindictive , as those passed upon Ernest Jones , Shaw , and Cui _* fay , would have been the result . But tho case is altered , it . seems , when one propertied class attacks another . Then all is fair ganie . Nobod y must interfere , hut let the parties _; fight it out .

      It is , perhaps , just as well that the Country Party should be told thus candidl y what is their doom . Capital and machinery _haye been for a long time preying on the working classes . Their turn has . come now . Wh y should they have rents ?; Why should any man have , anything that is not in accordance with the devilish modern Gospel of Mammon and selfishness , cunningly compiled into a philosophical system , by men' with brains but devoid _, of „ hearts ?; Is . not Gold the mightiest of all divinities ? What are the

      welfare or the interests of any class—nay , of whole nations _^ -where they _^ intcrferb with his supremacy V jWell ! the landlords / as a class , have never been ;" very great friends of burs . We have by . no means considered them in the light of " model men ; . " hut , after all , we cannot help feeling . some little pity at . seeing them about to be crushed under the ponderous car which has already trodden the silk-weaver the handloom-weayer , the tailor , the shoemaker , the sempstress , and dozens of other classes ! into tho dust . : -

      Someti _me or other , no doubt , thero will bb a re-actibh . , Men will not always he'fooled with Avords ; and spread-misery , ' and desolation , destitutioa , discontent , and' _dejspair _, around them , ; in obedience , to ' _vthe laws ; of ah ; imaginary , crude , and inconsistent creed . bfPblitical Ecbnoihy . Probably there will ' Iiave to ; be severe suffering undergone _^ before then , because almost every political party has been > more or _lesB besotted by the specious nonsense issued by the oracles of the faith . But if the landlords _*&> _nid learn _duringthbir hour of trial ; to iden-

      Respectable Revolutions And Philosophica...

      tify themselves with the pepph ) as a whole , and to support institutions based upon poli tical and social justice—the ' trial and the suffering will nbthave been'in / vain ,-it will lead all the sbbner to a time ; when . Labour , shall secure subsistence _^ and the original command be read as an injunction _alap—' _-By the sweat of thy brow shaltthbu eiatbread . " " _ffiff _thri—^ - """ — ' _*• _*¦ _** " - _^ . _eorg _"} as a whok

      Receipts Of The National Und C0wpanu Fob...

      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL UND C 0 WPANU Fob ihb-Wjbbk : ' _Enwso ; Thobswt , . --Januart 17 _^ 1850 . - : SHARES . . £ 8 _.- . d . ; .-. _» . . " ,. ' £ t . a , 'Whittington and _^ Cat 0 . 11 9 Abingdon .. 0 U o .. 15 y .

      ; ,, ' •• " _^^^¦ fp't _A'L's ; .: Land Fund ... ... _-- '"• .. _;• - - ... • 1 5 9 Expense ditto ... ... ... 018 0 New Company , _S ... ... ... 2 16 0 Kent ' Allotteed . _;; _.-.. ; .. ... ... 13 15 0 '¦' - ., ' /; " ;; ' /• ' ir . ' . .. £ 18 14 9 W . _Dixoy , C . _"DoYLEj T . Clark , Cor . Sec . i ' P . M'Grath , Fin ; Sec .

      Fob Costs Of Macnamara's Action 'Receive...

      FOB COSTS OF MACNAMARA ' S ACTION ' Received by W . Rideb . _ J . Cook . _Shiueliffe Colliery , Cd . G . Burton , Selkirk , Is . ; T . Willey , Clieltenliam , 2 s . 2 d . Nottingham , per J . Sweet ; 2 s . Id . ; Ashburton , a few Woolcombers , per T . Combes , 2 s . Gd . ; Wheatley , near Halifax , a few Friends , per C . Appleyard , 4 s . ; F . Lever , Sheffield , Cd . ; Young Chartists , _'WalsaU per J . ' _Jlills , 3 s . Cd . ; a num . ber of Young Men , Friends to liberty , Justice , and Coamon Cense , Hyde , Cheshire ,, per Ralph Ilodgkir . son , 15 s . Gd . ; _Finvood _, near Oldham , per R . _Fielding , 46 . Od ; Thos . Drake , Thornton , near Bradford , Yorkshire , 10 s .

      EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by W . Rider . —National Charter Association , Todmorden , per W . Bobinson , 3 s .. .. FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by W . Rideb . —Bristol , per C . Clark , Is . DEBTDUE TO THE PRINTER . Received by W . Rider . —J . Oldfield _Iluddersfield , 6 d . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM' OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . Rider . —0 . _Bui'ton _; Selkirk , 6 d . j _S . Green , Clayton West , ( balance of Star , account , ) 3 id E * Todd , West Auckland , Cd . ; ' Young Chartists , Walsall , ' _dep J . Mills , 3 s . ; J . Oldfield , Huddersfield , Is . * FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS _ _,,. ,.,-. AND SHARP . , Received by "flT . RiDEB .-J , Oldfield , Iluddersfield , Is . _Middleton , Lancashire , proceeds of Discussion , per R . ' Fielding , 3 s . Received by John Abnott . —Three Friends ' Briaut ' s Coffee-house , Finsbury , per John Warren , 2 s . *'

      MRS . M'DOUALL . Received by W . " Rideb .-E . Todd , West Auckland , Cd —Received by John _Absott . — Bermondsey , per John Warren . 2 s . 6 d . ; . . ¦ ¦ FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Hideo . — London , Messrs , Clark and Courtney . 3 s . ; T . Jennings , Sible Headingham , Is . Cd . T Willey , Cheltenham , 2 s . Cd . ; Stockport , Chartist _Sineer « ' per M . Scragg . l " . Is . C . ; J . Odldffeld , Huddersfield , Is . _^

      VICTIM FUND . Received by W . Rideb .-J . Oldfield , Huddersfield , Cd . Received at Land Office . —City of London Co-operative Cordwainers , 5 s . ; Globe and Friends , per Mr . W _. ] j . Burns , 8 s . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by Joint Abnott , Secretary . —A friend , per 6 . "tt . 5 s . ; Bermondsey , per John Warren , 2 s . Gd . ; City of London Co-operative Cordwainers , per John Ladd , 5 s Globe and Friends , per W . H . Bums , 8 s . 5 Uv . Rider , as per Star , 11 . 10 s .

      Contributions To The National Charter As...

      CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . ¦ _¦ -. ' . . £ . 8 . d . Westminster Locality ... 1 2 0 Bury , per Mr . Jones ... 0 11 0 Entrance Fees of Gentlemen employed ., at tbo Printing Establisbment of . G . W . M . _Iteynolda , Esq . ... 0 16 0 Bermondsey Locality ... ....... 0 2 6 G . W . M . Reynolds , Esq . ... ... 10 10 0 Mrs . Reynolds 110 Mr . Penny 0 10 Mr . M'Lean 0 10 Mr . Barnett ( Hull ) ... 0 10 T . Clark ... .... ... ... 0 10 0 P . M'Gratb ... ... 0 10 0 G . Julian Harney ... ... ... 1 0 0 Collected at the London Tavern ... 3 5 4 £ 19 10 10 By order of the Provisional Committee , Thomas Clark , Secretary ,

      The Allottees At Minster Lovel. Bail Cou...

      THE ALLOTTEES AT MINSTER LOVEL . BAIL COURT . DOB DEM , WEAIUXG . iiKD . _WOinBft V . O ' CONNOR A \ D

      OTHERS . Mr . Pigott moved for judgment against the casual ejector . - . ¦ This was an' action of ejectment against Mr . _Feargus O'Connor and sixty-six of his tenants . All the defendants had been duly served except one ; and the affidavits stated that with regard to that one , the declaration was served upon the son ofthe particular defendant , by whom the server was informed that his father had left the premises and the neighbourhood , and would hot return—the declaration was therefore left with the son . The only question was , whether that service could be deemed sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to a rule nisi . Mr . Justice Ekle thought this would come within the known form where the absence of the father could be presumed to . be ofa permanent nature , and that was a good ground for a rule to show cause . ; Application granted .

      Riotous Protection Meeting At Basingstok...

      RIOTOUS PROTECTION MEETING AT BASINGSTOKE . A public meeting was held at the Town Hall , Basingstono , on Wednesday afternoon , the notices convening it invited the "landowners and farmers , tradesmen and others favourable to thc principle of just protection to every British interest against foreign competition in the markets of this country , as resolutions would be proposed with a view to obtain relief froni the present ruinous depression produced by the operation of free-trade measures . " The meeting was fixed for three o ' clock , and by that hour the Hall was densely filled by those more or loss interested in the subject proposed for discussion . Among the gentlemen present were Melville Porta ) , Esq , M . P . for North Hants ; W . L . Sclater , Esq . ; - W . Clarke , Esq . ; Captain Portal . " VV . Portal . Eso . ;

      Mr . Harriott , Mr . _~ Stratten , Mr . Twynani , and a . large _numbox of tenant farmers . In the morning there was a very strong feeling against the attempc to obtain a re-imposition of protective duties on corn ; and placards headed " Free-trade and cheap bread , " were plentifully exhibited . In the marker , cries of "Down with the rents , " " Lower til ) tithes , " and " Fre-trado for ever ! " were frequently vociferated . This and numerous Other demonstrations gave riso to a fear among the Protectionist party of a general " row " at the meeting , and application ivas mado to tho chief magistrate of tho borough for the attendance of the police . Several men ofthe labouring class paraded the town with a loaf of considerable wei ght and

      dimensionsdeco-, rated with ribbons , and on it the inscription , _«' Throe loaves for . a shilling . " V"hcn thc meeting had assembled in the town hall , Mr . Stratten , a tenant-farmer , and secretary to the Basingstoke Protection Society took the chair . —Mr . Sclater , a large landed proprietor , moved the first resolution . After making use ofthe usual protection arguments , Mr ., Sclater concluded bv moving a . strong protectionist resolution . —Mr . _Buckingham _, seconded the motion , and it was carried bv a largo majority , four hands only being held up against it . — Mr . Stratten , nn extensive tenant-farmer , next roso to address the mooting , and proceeded tolerably quiet until he denounced in violent terras the freetrade policy , and called Sir Robert Peel a traitor

      and the agitation of Messrs . Cobden and Bright a species of Humbug for self-interest ; and then a knot of Free Traders in the lower part of the hall set up a groaning and hissing , which led to a general tumult of nearly _half-an-hour . —Mr . Portal , M . P . for North Hants , tried to restore silence , but it was ineffectual . —A tenant-farmer addressing tho Chairman : Is this a free trade or protection ' - meeting _.-iThe Chairman replied— "A protection meeting . "—A Farmer : Give the word of command , and we'll turn thom out . There being no probability of any gentleman _ol )« tainihg a hearing , the Protectionists then combined together to put down the' Free Traders , when tho confusion and noise became indescribable , the party setting up a cry of "FreeTrade for over ! ' * ' _* I ) owii with tho rents and tithes . " It was feared that

      something serious , would occur , the scene being til ZaStafferd , _excepting * that the mob did not have recourse to . pelting trio speakers . After a number of attempts , in which blows were exchanged , tho Free Traders were ejected , but it was not until tho assistance af the police had been resorted to . The mob then set . up yelling and hissing outside , anil several windows were afterwards broken , by soma niissile being ! sent through theni . The Protectionists , proceeded- with their business , and , _aftec speeches from Mr . Stratten ; : Mr . _^ Twynanv and Mr . Portal , M . P ., in which the . usaual arguments wero employed against Free trade , the meeting broke up at MX- . 0 clock . The ' meeting determined upon _™ _en \ onaU _' 8 ing her Majesty for a dissolution of parliament . .. The noise in the streets ' - did not subside until sometime afterwards ; _ij ; _.- _. _; ,: ; .: ; : :

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 19, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19011850/page/4/