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    • TaOBtAS COOPER. THB CH__KT IST'S WOBKS.
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    • THE* .NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, FEBRUAUY 31, 1846.
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      4 The Northern Star, %. February 21, 184...

      4 THE NORTHERN STAR , % . February 21 , 1846 .

      Taobtas Cooper. Thb Ch__Kt Ist's Wobks.

      TaOBtAS COOPER . THB CH __ KT IST'S WOBKS .

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      THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Prison Rhyme . In Tea _Boob . ( OneVoL . 7 s . 6 d . ) ' The most _wonderful effort _« f intellectual power produced within tbe last century . ' * —lhe Britannia . " Here we bave a genuine poem springing out of tbe ipirit of the times , and indeed ont of the heart , and exeriencc of one who bas wrestled with and suffered in it It is no other than a poem in ten books , by a Chartist , and wbo boldly sets his name and his profession of Chartism on tbe title-page . It is plain that he glories in his political faith more than in his poetry ; nay , his verse is but the vehicle of that faith . Yet , nevertheless , it is a vigorous and most efficient vehicle . * ft _' e must cordially

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      eOLOSSEU . M . -NOTlCE .-PR _. CE OF ADMISSION DURING THE HOLIDAYS !! Day Exhibition * -s . Ev - nlng-Do ; 2 s- Co * _« Children under Twelve Is . Stalactite Cavtrus Is- extra . _1 1 HE BAY EXHIBITION consists of the Museum of Sculpt-Te , Grand Picture of Loudon . Alhambra Conservatories , Gorgeous Gothic Aviary , Classic _Ituins _, Swiss C- t !_ g- an- -M- iit _I' . lanc , wiih Mountam Torrent , & C- ic _O _^ " ' rmw _Ttutiil ioUT _o'C _* 1 _- _* _*** - JJVEXIX _. —The new and extraordinary Panorama of Iosdos b . - iicuT , Museum of Sculpture , Conservatories , and Gorgeous Gothic Aviary , < S __ c ., brilliantly illuminated ; Swiss Cottage , Mont Wane , and Mountain Torrent represented by Moonlight . Open from Seven till a _Quarterpatt Ten o'Clock . which the most ad

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      DAGUERREOTYPE AND _CALOIYPE . THE APPARATUS , LENS , CHEMICALS , PLATECASES , and every other article usedin making and mounting the above can be had of J- Egerton , m . l , Temple-street , Whitcftiars , London . _Dessnpnve Cata-10 _SmURS celebrated ACHROMATIC _TUIPUET LENSES for the MICROSCOPE , sent to auy part of the country at tlic following p rice : —Deep Power , 60 s ., Low Power , 25 s . Every article warranted .

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      TO TAILORS . Bj aparohation of Her M _« st Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria and His Koyal Highness Prince Albert . THE LONDON and PARIS FASHIONS for Winter , 1845 and 1 . . 6 , by HEAD and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , IHoom 5-ury-s _ uare London ; Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , Loudon , and niay be had of all Booksellers wheresoever residing ; a very superb Print , represeutuig the most splendid exhibition iu Europe , an Interior View of the Colosseum , Regent--park , LomUm . This exquisitely executed and beautifully coloured Print will be accompanied with fullsite Dress , Jrock , and Ridinjr CoatPattems ; also , Patterns ofthe K _ w _Fashionauie Polka Frock , and Locomotive

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      TllL REV . T . WILSON'S CATECHISMS . Just Published , Brice 9 d . _iTlIIE CATECHISM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR Also , New Editions of the following Catechisms , by the Bee . T . Wilson , Brice 'Jd . eacli . First Lessons in Natural Philosophy Second Lessons in Natural Philosophy Third lessons iu N _.-itural Philosophy First Catechism of Common Things Second Catechism of Common Things Third Catechism of Common Things Catechism of Bible History Catechism of English History The First Catechism of Geography The Catechism of Music . LONDON : BARTON AND CLARK , HOLBORN HILL

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      FUNERAL ECONOMY ! THE CEMETERY and GENERAL FUNERAL COMPANY , united with SHILLlBEElt'S PATENT FUNERAL CARRIAGES , respectfully invitepublic attenlion to the economic and convenient arrangements for performing every description of Funerals complete , atcharges so _moderate as to defy competition _, andno extras , by which the comfort of bereaved families will be materially promoted , aud expenses limited . City-road , Finsbury , next tf-uhill . n ' elds _Burial-ground ; 21 , Percy-street , Tottcnbam-court-road ; and 1 S 6 , Union-street , Southwark . 5 hillibecr ' s Patent Funeral Carriage , win . two horses , i'l lis . Cd . ; _Single Horse , £ 1 ls . A respectable Carriage Funeral , combining every charge , £ 4 4 s . Hearses iind ilournin fj Coaches . Catholic Fittings . Four Horse Funerals . £ V » 12 s .

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      COALS . PROVIDE FOR WINTER . PROVIDEN T FAMILIES , subscribing ls . per week to the Metropolitan Coal _. _ouvpanj' s Shilling Club , ean obtain four half tons annually , witiiout further charge , fines , & c . The Company ' s price current is , Best Screened Wallsend , 'Ios . per full ton ; Seconds , 21 s ., 22 s ., and-. 'Ss ; Coke , ITs . Gd . Olfice ,- 279 , High Holborn .

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      ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . LESSEE , MB . . _OIIS DOUOLASS . WONDERFUL SUCCESS of PROFESSOR HEMMING aud his two Sous .- The sansatiou caused by viewing the feats of Professor _Iltanming and Sons , ii that of exquisite delight , which calls forth the loudest acclamations . The immense applause bestowed on the "Minute Gun" induces the Manager to continue it until further notice . Wonderful mechanical effect of the Sinking Vessel . Tom Tough ; -Mr . John Douglass . Ou Monday to commence with the " Minute Gun . " Characters by Messrs . John _Dougkss , Neville , Rayner , Harrington , Lickfold , T . Lee , _ilarchant , and D . Lewis ; Mesdame _. Cainpbcll , Net-Hie , aud Robberds . After which , Professor Hemmiii ; and bis Sons will perform . To conclude , on Monday , with the " Thirteenth Chime ; " and on Friday and Saturday , " . Linda ; the Pearl of Savoy . " On Tuesday , a variety of performances , for the beneiit of Mr . Neville , Stage Manager . On Wednesday , no performance . Ou Thursdiy , for the benefit of Professor Hemming and Sous . Stage Manager , Mr . Neville . Boxes , 2 s . ; Pit , ls . ; Gallery , Cd .

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      A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the London Mechanics' Institution , Southampton-building ? , Chancery-lane , ilolboni , on MoxnAT , February 23 , 184 v , to take iuto consideration the case of thc Journeymen Boot and _Slioe-niakers of Belfast , and the Strong Shoemakers of Loudon , now on Strike ; the men of Belfast ' _aeins chaiged by tlieir employers , under the common law , with _. o _ --i __ cr , ami are now out on bail . Chair to be taken at Eight o'Clock precisely . Working Men ! this ouestion ' must be settled . Let us meet and settle it .

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      The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. ...

      THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for t _ _. purpose of enrolling member ., and transacting otlier business connected therewith , arc held every week on the following days ami place __ : — SUNDAT EVESIXG . South London Chartist lLdl , 115 , Blackfriavs-rond : at half-past six o ' clock . —City _Cliartht flail , 1 , Turnagain-lauc : at six o ' clock . H ' _estmiit-tcr : at tbe Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Jlr . Ouddregc ' s _, Bricklayers * Anns , Tonbridge-street , _JN ' ew-roail , at h . _iJf-jKist seven . —Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Betlnuvl-grccti _, at six o clock _precisely . —Er _. _vm-M ' s Brigade : at thc Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o clock precisely . —Marylebone at the Coach _I'aiutt _.. ' Arms , Circus-street , at halfpast seven .

      MOSDAT ETEXISG . Camlenvell : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely .

      _TUESnAT EVEMXO . Greenwich : atthe George and Dragon _. Blackhcath-Iiill , at eight o'clock . Awccutle-upon-Tgiie : This branch of tlie Chartist Co-operative Lund Society meet in the house ot Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , lvom seven until nine o'clocl ; , fox * the purpose ol receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Leicester : The members aud committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o'clock .

      Westminster . —Mr . Edmund Stallwood will deliver an address on ** Tlie natal day of Thomas l ' aine—liis _worlrs , political and theological , considered , " on Sunday cveuins ucxt ( _to-inoKow ) , at thc Parthenium , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane ; to comnienee at half-past seven . Mr . llell , of Ileywood , will also lecture at the Parthenium en Sunday eveniugnext ( to-morrow ) . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . Mr . Johx Sewell will lecture on Sunday evening . next ( to-morrow } , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridsc-stvect , New-road . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock .

      To THE CuAttTlSTS OF VeS-MINST-II , Pl . MLICO , Chelsea , Ac . —A meeting will be held at the Leo Hive , Castlc-knc , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , to take immediate steps for holding a public meeting in Chelsea , for Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . The Exiles' Restoration Committee will meet on Sunday aiternoon , at tliree o ' clock , at the Ilall , Turnagain-iane , when delegates are requested to be punctual in their attendancei . A . \ iw _ i __ w __ L am- W _ u . woh . ii . —A meeting will be held at the Alontl _' -lier Tavern . Walworth , on Monday evening next , _February " -3 rd , at eight o ' clock precisely . Ham . __ hsmi . _ i . —A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook Grccn-lanc , on Tuesday evening nextFebruary ths 24 th , at eight o'clock precisely .

      , South Loxdos Chartist 11 all , 115 , lilackfriars ' - road . —A gentleman of proviuml celebrity will deliver a public lecture on Sunday evening next , at seven o'clock precisely . Subject , — " Thc Life , character , and literary labours of Robert Burns . "Mr . Fairehild , jun ., will also lecture at the above hall , on Monday , Feb . 23 rd . Citv Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , Farringdon-street . —The public discussion will be resumed at half-past ten o ' clock on Sunday morning next ( tomorrow ) . In the afternoon , at five precisely , the National Victim Committee will meet , pursuant to adjournment . In tlie evening a gentleman from the provinces will le _. tiire . Subject , " The claims of

      Dcmocracv on _uociety . Maryi . _ * ihjne- —Mr . Philip M'Grath will lecture at tho Couch Painters' Arms , Circus-street , ou Sunday _evoning next , February 22 nd , to commence at haltya st seven o clock precisely . Subject— " The American Revolution . " . - „ ,,,,, l-muiiTox- —A democratic supper will be held at -e Artichoke Inn , William-street , on Wednesday , March 11 , to commemorate the birthday ot Mr . William Cobbett , at eight o clock precisely . Tickets is . Od . each , to be had of Mr . Davey , Grosvenor-Oloham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) a lecture will be delivered in the school-room of the \\' orkuig Man ' s Hail . Chan * to be taken at six o ' clock .

      Notice. In Next Week's Star We Shall Giv...

      NOTICE . In next week ' s Star we shall give a full report of the debate on Mr , Duncombe ' s motion for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , with a list of the names who voted for and against it ; and a Supplement , if necessary . We do this in order that the unrepresented classes may be prepared at the hustings , at the next general election , with questions touching tlic release of Frost , Williams , and Jones , whicli no doubt will be put to the several opposing candidates ;

      The* .Northern Star Saturday, Februauy 31, 1846.

      THE * . NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , FEBRUAUY 31 , 1846 .

      Commence. The New Stapleof The Country. ...

      _COMMENCE . THE NEW STAPLEOF THE COUNTRY . RESTHICT 10 N OF MACHINERY , AND EQUITABLE _DIS-JIII _. - _'flON—THE MEANS OF SUBDb'IVG IT TO MAN'S WANTS . Fitoxi the period that the uncontrolled use of machinery began to put society out of joint , down tothe present time , when all are compelled to admit the fact , but lack courage to acknowledge the cause , statesmen and cconomists , politicians and demagogues , bankers and merchants , manufacturers and landlords , have been endeavouring to devise some scheme , to agree upon some plan , by which the several wealthy interests may be satisfied and harmonised , without

      any violent organic change . The measure of Sir Robert Peel , . weeping and extensive as it is . is but another step in thc samo direction . De has hoped , vainly hoped , to frame such a piece of machinery as would lead to the necessary social change , without trenching upon the prescriptive rights or political power of any party . Until very recently there has been a shyness even upon the part of the Anti-Corn Law League to scrutinise thc position of the landlords , their burdens , and privileges , very minutely . Recently , however , this coyness lias been thrown oft " , aud the public mind has been diverted from the monopoly of machinery to thc consideration of thc monopoly of land .

      As early as 1838 , before the Corn Law League wain existence , wc shewed , in a series cf articles , that society was wrongfully governed—that machinery had pounced upon us with such an unexpected hop , step , and jump , that society was compelled-to submit to such laws and regulations as its owners thought proper to impose . That the laws of the country were enacted for an agricultural state of society , and although exhibiting strong symptoms of lordly influence , that , nevertheless , there was , tip to the

      enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Bill , a strong recognition ofthe rights of the poor . In a well regulated state of society no _necessity whatever would exist for a pauper fund . If labour had its rights , and protection in the exercise of those rights , every individual would be a recognised member of society , and the weak and unhealthy , tho destitute and forlorn , of each family would either be supported by their own members , or , if prudence saw lit , a national compact would be entered into to provide nationally for _thofee who could not proridefor themselves .

      The land being the natural inheritance of man , it very naturally followed that its usurpation to the iises of a few , would lead to thc enactment of such laws as the constantly changing state of society rendered indispensable . Every one of those burdens now complained of by the landed , interest are part and parcel of this general necessity . Land was the staple of the country ; and land , in one shape or other , was rendered amenable to the wants of so-icty , and the exigencies of the State . Hence , wo find , that

      although the landlord class have been enabled to hold their relative position in society , as well as to partake of the increasing luxury of the times , that , nevertheless , they have not to any wonderful extent augmented their fortunes ; and for the plain and simple reason , because the peace of society demanded certain _sacrifices at their hands—sacrifices which they would not have made if they could have safely with - held them , and sacrifices which they hoped to have arrested by their suicidal measure of 1 & _.-1 .

      It appears , then , that land , so long as it was thc staple of the country , was dealt with , in one shape or other , as though it was the property of the country ; and if the game of thc squiro starved the pauper , the pauper had a claim upon the squire for remuneration Thv-staple of the . country now is commerce ; machinery is the agent by which that staple is manufactured , and the controversy iu the end must be , how new laws cau bc enacted fur controlling this new staple , and subduing it , as the land was subduct to

      the wants aud necessities of man . All the laws and all the dogmas of political economy , and all thc apothegms of its disciples , will not satisfy a starving people . There is one rule of political eeonomy , the enforcement of which they will demand and command—it is , that when one channel of industry is _i-iosed , another is opcucd to thc industrious . The great channel has for many years been narrowing , and now , for a limited period , threatens a further contraction .

      Since 1 S 34 , since the enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Act , the agricultural _chatuicl has been almost exclusively limited to the use of theoretical landlords and experimental fanner-.. It was no longer open lor the poor , There was a wide « a . te Ui each parish for ali others but for thc natural inheritor ; there was a narrow stile , and even that he could not _pa-. s without having complied with whimsical conditions . According tothe rules of political economy , then , wc demand the unconditional , the unrestricted opening of that only channel into which political economists would now divert the _indu-try of the country . We do hod stop to split hairs , or

      reason over nicely , while a Prime Minister threatens us with famine in less than two months , while we witness a cotemporaneous increase in the voluptuousness of the luxurious idle . We may regret the present scarcity , but our duty is of a higher nature , and would carry us further than the mere desire to meet the threatened calamity . We seek to prevent the posibility of its recurrence , at least such « recurrence as shall mark thc poor alone with its vengeance . We have looked for that political chaos out of which order may come , and we now see distinctly before us the model of that new frame of society which thc times demand and man ' -, _necessities call

      for . Thc first step in this great change was the routing , thc overthrow , and disbanding of that party , who , by their possession of the land , had for centuries preserved thc ascendancy of political power . It was in . pi * - sible to deal with positive evils so long as this coin * rat-vc injustice stood in the way . Thero was noptssible mode of keeping free trade agitators to tn . mple discussion of capital and labour , produce and istributiou , so long as they were enabled to ride

      oft" upon land monopoly , or fly away upon the Game Laws . It is the clearance of rubbish out of t | JC war ot' the a-chitcct , the digging of the foundation to prepare for the new edifice , an indispensable clearance , before we could move in the new direction . Much : _is wc have written upon this subject before it became fashionable , wc , nevertheless , deem its full consideration of such paramount importance as to call for its continuous development and unceasing agitation .

      Land , we shew , has been the staple of the country _, and its possessors have relieved themselves from their obligations to society , and , in return , society is about to relieve them of the onerous duties of selfrepresenlatien . Commerce has taken the place of laud , and has become the staple ofthe country ; and society \ ery naturally will demand such a cotlc of laws as will subdue this newly created national property to the fresh requirements ol man . As the

      threat of famine would render a very critical examination iuto its causes superfluous , so do thc pressing demands of socictyjcquallyjustify usiu taking , in ' the first instance , a wholesale , rather than detailed view ofthis new question ; while we , nevertheless , promise to analyse it and lay it bare iu all his parts . As avc do not stop in the midst of famine to inquire into the rights of landlords to the extreme luxuries , they enjoy , neither shall we enter into a very critical com-

      Commence. The New Stapleof The Country. ...

      parison between manufacturers and operatives . We Shall merely ebservc , that whilst manufacturers complain of commercial distress , they are daily possessing themselves of the estates of the ahused landlords , while they boast ot tlieir ability to pay off the national debt , and mock tho extreme of voluptuousness itself b y their sensuality and increasing luxury . When they want trade , they complain of poverty ; when they want power , they boast of their riches , and demand a proper deference to wealth .

      In the midst of such luxury , those who alone create it are , if not in a state of absolute want , in constant danger of absolute starvation . Their very existence depends not merely upon the calculation , but upon the mere whim , caprice , and even spite of tlieir employers . Now , if the newly-created staple is to be subdued to man ' s wants , wc shall hero state thc only possible means by which this advantage can bc conferred . We demand restriction of machinery to the extent ofthe labour market , not to the extent of the foreigner ' s demand for produce , but to the extent of the Englishman ' s chum for compensation . Wc demand the total abrogation ofall poor laws and paupor funds , and we _d-mawi such Jaws as will lead to the EQUITABLE distribution of the produce of labour and capital .

      We devote our every moment ' s thought to this question of labour and capital , and we can devise no plan , even with thc Charter itself , which will liarmonisc these two descriptions of national wealth , save the adaptation of the working of machinery to the amount of hands requiring labour , and such a distribution as will save England from the stigma ol recording tlio millions left by the first race of manufactum's , while she records at the same _tiino thc fact , that ono in every ten ofthe producing classes is a parish pauper .

      To effect ourobject—that is , to insure the free opening ol the new channel of industry- —wc shall continue weekly to advocate , not only the necessity , but the impossibility of much longer deferring tho enactment of a Ten Hours' Bill ; and if that is found too long a period , to admit all to their fair and legitimate share of thc NEW STAPLE OF THIS COUNTRY ; and if a labour reserve shaU ' still continue to press upon their brother labourers as competitors , and

      upon society as paupers , we shall contend for an Eight Hours' Bill ; and so go on , adapting machinery to man ' s wants , and distributing EQUITABLY , not equally , its produce , until it becomes man ' s holiday instead of man ' s curse . There is more than enough created annually for all engaged in the working of machinery to Jive upon in comparative luxury * , and we sec no reason why a purse-proud , noisy , upstart race of men should absorb all tlie national resources to their own kindly use _.

      Parliamentary Review. The Question Of Th...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The question of tho condition of Ireland , introduced on Tuesday night by Mr . O'Coxxell , and the motion of Lord Beacmoxt in the Lords , for a committee to inquire into the peculiar burdens upon land , so far from being interruptions to the great Corn Law debate , may be considered as subsidiary topics , growing naturally ont of the main question . By directing attention to these separate branches of the subject , more light has been thrown upon the whole . The pressing necessity for the immediate settling of the question has been forcibly brought home bj * tlie appalling revelations , in detail of the

      famine and disease which has already begun to stalk through unhappy Ireland , and the more fearful prospective ravages they arc likely to commit . At the same time , the appointment of a committee to inquire into the peculiar burdens and exemptions of the agricultural interest ought to be accepted as a guarantee , that in making ihe changes imperatively demanded by the pressure of a great national calamity , and a new public opinion , no injustice will be done to that interest . Whatever grievances exist , or whatever injury may bo done by the proposed alteration , will be fairly inquired into and tested .

      If the land does bear an unequal share of the national burdens , it will be seen where and to what extent this unfair pressure exists . A specific _cyU will admit of a specific remedy , and we have no doubt but that in the case of any demonstrated injustice being inflicted by the nation on the national food growers , a speedy adjustment will follow . We very much suspect , however , that j' the cat will jump tho other way . " If the amount paid as land tax in other countries , relatively to thc amount of the whole taxation of these countries , be contrasted with tlie amount

      derived from that source in this country , and the proportion which it bears tothe gross annual income , it will be _iiuiid , we believe , tlmt the balance is eminently in favour of that class , who now most lustily exclaim that they aro unduly burdened . The debate on the main question has , upon the whole , been most intolerably dull . On the Free Trade side little novelty eouhl be expected , the orators of the ) League having worn threadbare everything having the semblance of an argument that could b pressed into the service . The Protectionist speakers presented as little variety , or rather as groat

      monotony , as a street organ in the hands of an itinerant music grinder . They seemed to labour under a species of monomania , of which the " ouo idea" was " I'eel bas done it all . " Tlie gamut of scolding , in all its range , was run through against "Peel ' s desertion of his party , " " Peel ' s treachery , " " Peel ' s inconsistency , " "Peel'sapostacy , " till one became , sick of the reiteration . When not abusive they were prophetic , and sufficiently gloomy were tlio predictions in which they indulged ; ruia to the tenant

      farmers , and tlie workhoiiso for their families , werc the very least ofthe consequences to be apprehended . Aw , in this , we think , the landlords are by no means acting a judicious part , even for themselves : if their predictions are not realised , they forfeit all claim to political sagacity ; if they are , their tenantry will be able , out of their own mouths , to furnish . those arguments i ' or that alteration in the present system of holding and cultivating land , which the contemplated change will undoubtedly compel .

      From the common herd of Protectionist orators we must , however , except Lord Joii fv M . iiv . ve' . s , whose speecli was equally creditable in matter and manner . Occupying a decidedly independent position , and attached to no particular party—for '' Young England , " if it ever was entitled to the epithet of a party , is now apparently defunct-r '' its name is never heard "—he was able-to act more treely thau many who sat on the same side of the House . Ho agreed with the Protectionist party , however , in thinking that a general election should have taken place upon the question * , and even now recommended , as a course shorter , simpler , and less productive of hostility , the immediate opening of the ports ; the suspension of tlic Corn Laws for six months ; and the occupancy of

      the interval to consider deliberately what is to be done at the end of that term . In opposition to the ultra free trade doctrine , which would leave the supply of food to be regulated by the ordinary commercial principles applicable to all other commodities , lie adduced the authority of a distinguished foreign political economist , the Count of Milan , who says : — " That statesmen ought to separate the subject of f ood for the people from all questions of a purely commercial character . Men could do witiiout wine or oil , but the lirst necessary of life—that which is essential to human existence—ought not to be subjected to the ordinary rules of commercial intercourse . " On this text Lord Jons preached a very fair Protectionist sermon .

      Mr . Miles , the leader ol the high Protectionist party , in supporting the amendment of his relative , the niomber for Bristol , made a speech which , in many parts , induces us to think that ho has been a diligent reader of the Northern Star . Ho showed , with considerable force , that the great enemy of the % rking classes was unregulated machinery and open competition , under the direction of large capitalists ; and though the unpopularity of the sida of the question he espoused caused less attention to bc given to his statements on this point than they merited , the time is coming when they will be as popular , aye , and as powerful in the legislature , as the doctrines of I the League now are .

      Parliamentary Review. The Question Of Th...

      The fact of the matter is , that the Protectionists have never had the really strong points of their case put before the public . They did not dare to ally themselves with thoso who alone could bave done so , who alone have given the subject that deliberate and comprehensive consideration which it demands , and who alone possessed the moral courage and intellectual powers necessary to havo followed the League orators in their peregrinations , confronted them upon every platform , and prevented the public mind from being filled by tho one-sided arguments of the large manufacturers , and thc class who live by buying and

      selling . Conscious , at heart , that thoy were as little friendly to the rights of labour as the Leaguersthat the producer of corn was as ill-paid , or worse paid , as the producer of cotton ; and fearing an honest and unshrinking dissection of the whole subject , they allowed their active and unscrupulous opponents to fill the public ear and eye , * to deluge the country with free trade notions , to . which they only opposed the ridiculous braying of such animals as Sir Jons Tyrell—the cookery-book ofhis Grace

      of _Nokfolk , or the bluster of liis brother Duke of -UciiMOKD , whose declaration on Monday night , that the artisans in the manufacturing districts might bc instructed that cotton would burn as well as straw , was a proof at once of tke height ofhis indignation , and the impunity with which his order can set the law at defiance . Had a working man made such a speech , the whole press of the country would have been up in arms to denounce him : But the Buke escapes almost without rebuke . "

      The speech of Mr . Bright , on Tuesday night , might be considered , in tho continued absence of Mr . Cobden , as the official declaration ofthe League upon the question under debate . The Ministerial measure is to have its support , the only blemish in it , according to Mr . Brioi ., b-ing deferred , instead of immediate repeal . In this opinion many of the " farmers' friends" in the house coincide . Mr . Miles _espccially _^ dcclared , with great emphasis , and in . the most distinct manner , that if they were to have the

      repeal at all , he for one , and he believed thc feeling was a general one , would rather have it immediately than in 18-1 ) . Tlicy wished to know the worst at once . Sir R . Peel blandly replied , that as thc League intended in committee to move an amendment to that effect , they had only to vote with the opposition in order to carry their point . For himself he preferred his own plan , but , ifbeatcn , he would not throiv up tlie measure . He would try to oblige tliem . We should not , therefore , wonder if we have immediate repeal after all .

      The most sensible and practical speecli delivered on the opposition side of the house was that of Sir Charles Napier . His description of his farming , humorously as it was delivered , was replete with facts and instruction of the most important character . Let the landlords of England follow his advice . Let them give their tenants long leases instead of long speeches . Let landlord and tenant unite in draining the land , and putting it under a superior system of tillage , and they will not only supply all the wants of our home market , but have a surplus for others .

      The great event of the week , ' . however , was the speech of Sir _Rocekt Peel on Monday night , it was one of his most brilliant efforts , whether looked at with reference to its matter or the animated style in which it was delivered . Dividing the debate into two parts—the merely personal attacks on himself and colleagues , and the great question whether the measure proposed was such as the country required at the present crisis—he handled each in a peculiarly bold and masterly manner . To the personal attacks , he simply replied—l ) o with me what you like—but don ' t visit my sins on the measure before

      the house—take that on its own merits , if it has any . The people out of doors did not care one straw about their party differences , or the way in which they were settled ; but thc settlement of the question was to the country a matter of deep importance _, lie then proceeded to compliment the agricultural patty in the aggregate , aud thence entered into further explanations as to the ministerial crisis of December—Ireland , as before , constituting his stronghold as to the necessity for the measure ; but he took a wider range than three years' to show the benefits of a relaxation of the protective system , lie went

      back to the time of Huskissox , and , really , in the case of the silk and flax trades , made out a most showylooking case . All this , however , was but preliminary to a slashing onset upon the little dogs who , for tlie past week , had been barking at him . He tomahawked them in the most scientific style , and in a leisurely way , that showed he took a great pleasure in the job . Having despatched them , he concluded by an eloquent peroration a speech which amply vindicated his right to stand as the leader of that house , not merely for his administrative talents , but for his peerless abilities as a debater and an orator .

      An event of scarcely less interest and moment was the support given to the Ministerial measure by ilr . Thomas 1 ) uscombk , the recognised and accredited representative of the working classes of this country . We have given a very full report of the admirable , manly , and straightforward speech delivered by Mr . Duncombe on this occasion . It will speak for itself , without any comment from us ; and is such as does honour at once to tbe people and their chosen champion .

      Sir Robert has thus the formally proclaimed adhesion of the Whigs , the League , and the working classes to his measures . Against such odds , the small band oi Protectionists—who * continue to fire their pop-guns with a pertinacity wliich can only be accouated for by the supposition that they are making speeches with a view to thc hustings at tho next election—can have no chance . The system is doomed ; and if they wero at all wise men , they would submit with a good grace to an inevitable necessity .

      Co Fttah-Ersi & Corospontonts

      Co _fttaH-ersi & _Corospontonts

      T. W Alpol-, Commerci*Iu'oad East.—We Ha...

      T . W _alpoL-, Commerci * iU'oad East . —We have not been ahlo to find room for the letter ; perhaps we may do so shortly . I ' . Bates , Girvan . —Although the lines aro not first-rate , we may iind room for them hereafter . 11 . Lamb , Limehouse . —The idea is good , but the poetry not sufficiently good to warrant its insertion . 1 ? . Tovev , Cheltenham . —The lines arc too imperfect for publication . Mil . Jou . v Willey , Newhegln , Malton , wishes to know the address of Mr . J . It . II . Bairstow . _Sohwicu . —Mr . Harney acknowledges Mr . Hurry ' s r « . meuibrancc . _Ve-IOAN PATRIOT ! ' AND _E-XILES * _WlDOWS' AND _CillLDUtN ' s 1 . unds — I hog to acknowledge the receipt of 7 s . 3 d . Irom Mr . Flower , Brighton ; of 5 s . from T . S . K ,, Birmingham ; and © fills . id . from Air . Gray , Burnley , Thomas Coomb , Socretary , 134 , _Blactft-iur ' _a-road .

      _Edi-iii ' _-Oh . — Thanks for the Weekly Express , but it should have heen at thU office b y Monday . "When _received on Wednesday , our columns were already so far occupied as to make it impossible for us to give a full report of tlte m . eting _. To Veaii-US O'Connor , Esq . —Sir , —I am an operative , but still 1 venture to take the liberty to address you on the subject of reform . We are having a great strug . _gle for the Ten Hours' system . Wc havo petitioned the legislature ot * Massachusetts the last three sessions , and wc appear before them again at the present session ' with four thousand namos , nnd if every means had not been put in operation by the manufacturers to prevent it , we sliould havehad twice that number . It is a notorious fact , that the overlookers in our mills durst not sign a petition , or use their influence to carryforward any movement that is not sanctioned by their em . ployers . Surely it may be called a "free country 1 " where the masses are the servants of the few . If

      names do not change things , then the aristocracy of the old country exists here also ; if not in degree , in kind . You will pardon this trespass on your time and jialittiico * , and if you _icceivu this , please address a n _ m-er of your paper to me containing the notice . If you will take the trouble t » direct the enclosed to Lord Ashley , you will greatly oblig « your friend Sarah ft . Bayley Lowell , State of Massachusetts , county of Middlesex , North America , _February 1 , 18-15 . —[ The above letter , which cost us 'is . Id ., by tho bye , will fully bear out our view u'wii the subject of short time- from it the English operative will learn , that even in ' America capital and machinery have the power of _neutralising political { quality . It is asad picture given by S . G . Bayley , and one wliich we trust English agitation will give it brighter colour to . The Americans havo taken the hve trom us upon the l » i _ , \ question , and we trust we shall be able to enlighten aud aid them upon the question ot short _tiuie . l

      T. W Alpol-, Commerci*Iu'oad East.—We Ha...

      Jo- _ _'r « Buck , _SbE-Fieid . —We prefer answering his let . ter publicly , that it may be publicly unde rstood . He asks , why Jfark Lancaster did not get the premium for his cas _\ v , which we praised for this simple reason , because the managers of the Conference failed to perform their duty in reading and reporting upon the comparative merits of the two essays—for there were only two sent . The _person who wrote the other essay had just as good a right to the prize as Lancaster , and we trust that Mr . Buck will understand that no more blame attaches to us than to Mr . Buck himself . A Tradesman , Wo . tc _ sr __ . —We return our best thanks for his letter , while he will see by the rules that it is not in our power to comply with the change he suggests . A . _M'Kenzu ., Ply-hoc *™ . —It would be impossible to comply with the request he makes : it would throw the whole business of the society into irretrievable con . fusion .

      W . 1 _' aine , STRATFor . D . oN . AvoN . — -Thauks for his letter , The plot of land is too small , as well as too dear ; of course it will sell as well as town parks . r . ... Leeds . —The society purchasing shares in the Chartiat Land Association would be subject to the same rules , directors , and trustees as all other members . _Rob-ut Shilling , E-V . —The price of a share is £ 212 s , 4 d . for two aeres . W . Paine , _Stratfoiid-on-Avon . —It would be quite out of our power to procure the information he desires relative to . tbti ship Exal _, or the Captain ' s name . As to the remainder of hie letter , it is an advertisement , and if he wishi _.-s its insertion as such he will write to that effect , to Mr . William Rider , Northern Star Ofliee , IG , Great Windmill-street , Londeh . RoitEiiT W _ . ___ Y , Ue . _yiood . —Yes , it was a rule that all districts sliould pay their own _uxpenses . A person with a share in No . 1 , may also have a share in So . 2 section . .. Nottinsham Framework Knitters . —So lengthy a document as the memorial should hav _. been at this

      ofliee before Thursday . We must postpone its insertion till Thursday next , Thomas Morgan , De . _rroiiD .- —Next week . "Duncombe Soiree . "—We are compelled to withhold thc balance-sheet till next week . Veritas . —Yes . The wife had a perfect right to marry again . We did not receive his question last week , or it would have been answered . The new regulations made at Conference for tlie payment of local expenses bave only reference to the time since the Conference met . John Smith and Benjamin _Asmfield . —Thanks for their communication ; we received the same advertisement through both , and a * the land is to be sold by private contract , we have written to the solicitors upon the subject . John Hancock , Pemberton .- —Thanks for his information . We shall be much obliged by further particulars ,

      but he will see the impossibility of our answering every latter upon the subject . Tbe situation would be a very suitable one . Died , on Wednesday Evening , _Feur _. abt 11 th , at II __ ---im $ t Seven o'Clock , M . Q . R . a ___ _, aged thirtyeight years , formerly editor of thdMovement , The deceased was well known and highly respected as a consistent opponent of all tyranny , wrong , and fraud , political , social , and theological . His remains will be interred at the cemetew , St . John ' s Wood , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) . The funeral procession will start trom No . 27 , Barratt .-court , Wigmorc-street , Oxfordstreet , at half-past two o ' clock precisely , and will proceed along Baker-steet , Park-road , & c . The attendauc- of all friends of the _deceased is requested . Subscriptions towards defraying the funeral and other expenses are solicited , and will be gratefully received b . v Mr . HctheringtoD _, _Holywell-stroet , and Mr . Watson , Paternoster-row .

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIYE . LASD SOCIETT . SHARES . PER MB , O ' CONNOR . £ s . d . Bristol , per C . Rebbeck 1 19 9 Newmil _\ _IuwwKUn _ wnock , _ OT A . Brown .. o 'J _. 6 . Wood , Black Hall , near Edinburgh .. .. 2 12 i Finniceston _, per J . Wilson .. .. .. 0 13 8 Halifax , per C . W . Smith 5 7 i Dewsbury . gate , per J . House ., ,. .. 5 17 S Kidderminster , ' per G . Holloway .. .. .. 200 Derby , per W . _Crubtvee .. ., ,. .. 517 Thomas Kirk , Hull 2 12 6 Salford , per J . Millington 2 0 0

      _ljiirnsley , per J . Ward .. .. „ ,. 500 Two old Farmers , Birkenhead 3 IS C Rochdale , per E . Mitchell 2 0 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. ., .. ISO Leeds , per IV , Brook .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Greenock , per It . Burrell .. .. .. 200 Wigan , per T . I ' ve _^ 899 Stockport , per T . Woodhouse .. .. .. 000 Manchester , per J . Murray , -10 18 9 Brnmham , per J . Smart .. .. .. „ 4 H t Arbroath , per . 1 . Stephen .. ... . .. . 10 0 Hebden Bridge , per J . Smith „ .. .. 3 18 6 South Shields , per J . Patrick 2 0 0 Alva , per J . Robertson .. 390 Artichoke Inn locality , Brighton , per G . Giles .. 3 7 9 Hamilton , per W . Weir .. .. " .. .. 1 17 91

      LEW FOR THE LAND CONFERENCE . PER MR ' CONNOR . Sewmilm _, near Kilmarnock , per A . Brown .. 010 Dewsbury-gate , per J . Rouse .. .. „ 0 0 6 Derby , per W . Crabtree 0 3 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. „ ,. 019 Braniliam , per _.. Smart .. „ ,. .. 0 0 3 Hebdcn Bridge , per J . Smith .. „ .. 003 Hamilton , per \ V . Weir 0 0 9 HYS -OX BISECTORS . PER MR . O ' CONNOR . Bristol , per C . Rebbeck . 01 2 . Sewnulm , near Kilmarnock , per A . Brown .. 0 0 _. G . Wood , Black Hall , near Edinburgh .. .. 0 0 S Dcwsbury-gate , per J . Rouse 0 2 . Derby , ger W . Crabtree 0 3 1 _Nottingham , per J . Sweet ,. „ .. 016 Wigan , per T . I've .. ., , 0 11 Itvainb-in , per . 1 . Smart .. .. .. ,. 001 Hamilton , per W . Weir .. ,. ,. .. 0 1 5 \

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECOTIVE , PER MR . O ' CONNOR . South Shields , per W . Wilkinson .. .. 0 13 S George Cudlipp , Swansea .. „ .. 030 NATIONAL _ANTl-MtLlTlA FCND . PER MR ' CONNOR . James Sweet , Nottingham „ „ .. 0 0 -3 William Brown , ltulwell .. .. .. .. 003 Robert Cupit , ditto „ ,. ., .. 003 Joseph Glover , ditto .. ,. .. .. i ) o '' . William Dunekley , dilto .. ,. „ .. 00 a

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST _CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . SHARES , FEB GENERAL SECRETARY , £ -. d . £ S . d , Tollbridge Wells .. 12 8 Mr . Evans .. .. o 2 6 Hyde 0 13 0 James Paris ,. 1 o o Cheltenham .. 4 S S John Donald .. 0 10 o Alva 0 14 Staleybridge .. 500 Devizes ... .. 014 Mottram .. .. 384 Westminster .. 4 7 S Hindley „ ., 028 Hebden Bridge ., 075 Leicester .. .. 200 Mountain .. .. 1 I" 0 Hull 1 15 6 Mr . Common .. 010 Lambeth ,. .. 1 * 2 2 4 Mr . Aldridge .. 1 10 0 LEVY FOR THE LAND CONFERENCE . Alva . ; .. .. 0 0 3 Norwich „ .. 006 Westmiuster .. 000 Hull .. .. .. 026 Mottram .. .. 013

      LEV . FOR DIRECTORS . Selby .. .. .. 016 Mottram .. .. 031 _Aestnunster .. 002 Somers Town .. 026 Hebden Brid ge .. 0 0 10 Rochdale ,. . 0 0 9 Mcmntam .. .. 009 Hull .. .. 1 ) 2 _« Secretary .. .. 0 0 0 0 J t , ri _. ? * , ' ' s , _;* vec _*\ forConfereneo levy , from Stratford , Essex , should have been ls . 3 d . ' I hereby request all _sub-secretaric- to immediately furnish mew ith the names of the whole of their lumbers and the amount of money paid by each . This notice ton not apply to those who have already complied with mv previous requests , but to a number of towns , ineludimr Leeds and Manchester , from which 1 have not yet received any return . If this is not complied with , the members in those towns will be excluded from the first section . Any shareholder wishing to have a copy of the balance-sheet can have one scut him by furnishing nie with three postl age stamps . T . M . \ Y » SEUa . SeC .

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . VER GENERAL SECRETARY . Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0 . 0 StiiidiT ' niid _, New Town Class , Bishopwearmouth 10 0 Leicester , profits on Northern Star „ .. 034 A Friend , Kothci-hitlie ., ,. .. ,. 0 U 6 City i > f London , pet * M'Grath ' s lecture .. ,. 079 EXILES' WIDOWS . Sunderland , New Town Class .. ., ,. 0 2 C VETERAN PATRIOTS .. Sunderland New Town Class .. .. .. 0 2 e

      EXILES' RESTORATION COMMITTEE , _bilildport , _Portsiu 0 5 0 Tillccoultry ,, .. 0 2 Thomas Maiitin Wheeler , Secretary

      National Vsitsd Association Oe Traw_3 .-...

      National Vsitsd Association oe TRAw _ 3 .--. _ he Cen tral Committee met at the Trades ' _-office , 30 , _Hyde-strect " Bloomsbury ; Mr . J . Bush , Vice-president , in the chair A number ot letters were read ; among others , one from the Miners of Holytown , announcing an accession of three hundred members , and an in timation that their number would be increased to two thousand before the next Conference ; from Mr . Sabden , on behalf of the Calico-printers ; from Mr . Batten , on behalf ofthe Coach painters of Greenwich , announcing their adhesion , and _Tf ~ : ° t _» k » » P « fty _"barcta tho Assort * _, tion for the imployment of Labour ; from Mr . Lancaster on kehu f of the Potters of Burden ,, Staffordshire ; and ftom Mr . Major , of Bath , stating that the Cabinet _, makers , Carvers , A _* c ., wero about to hold a meeting to consider the propriety of joining the Association

      Central Association of London Trades , — This body mat at the Bell , Old bailey , on Tuesday evening . Mr . Samuel Ching _, tin plate worker , in the chair . This meeting was commenced for the special purpose of taking steps in support of the mueh oppressed operative boot and _slioomnkcrs of Belfast . Mr . Wilson , of the city division , attended and gave a detailed statement of tbe presentcondition ofhis shopmates in Belfast , wliich excited the warmest sympath y . Ou the motion of Mr . T . Barra " . _cork-eutter , seconded by Mr . Williams , carver nnd _gUder , it wus resolved : — " That a committee be appointed for the purpose of appealing to tlieiuertropnlitau trades , and the working classes generally throughout the empire , aud to take such other steps as shall , best promote the

      cause of the operative shoemakers of Belfast . " The com . mittce were then appointed , aud commenced operations immediately ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 21, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21021846/page/4/