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      The Northern Star Saturday, August 21,1817.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , AUGUST 21 , 1817 .

      Health Of T. S. Duncombe, Esq. M.P. The ...

      HEALTH OF T . S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ . M . P . The announcement in our last of the state of Mr _Doncombe's health has , as we anticipated , excited general regret and sympathy , and in answer to numerous inquiries we are happy to state , that the hon . gentleman is this day ( Thursday ) so far recovered as to be able to take a carriage airing , though still very much debilitated , and suffering severely from his cough . It is believed , however , that as yet no organic disease has shown itself , and that removal to a more genial climate for tlie winter ma y restore Mr _Dvscoube to such a state of

      health as to enable him to take his place at the head of the Movement Party at the commence _, ment of the next session . We sincerely hope that this may be the case , and that those who have been speculating on a vacancy in the Representation of Finsbury may long be disappointed . But it is right to add , that nothing but . the greatest care and attention , and the entire abstinence from business of every kind , conjoined with the restorative and renovating influences of a mild and genial climate , will

      realise this hope . Those who feel gratitude to Mr Duncombe for his past services , and who desire to have the benefit of them in future , ought , therefore , to abstain from troubling him with business at present ; for such is the unconquerable spirit of the hon . member , that if any business makes its appearance he will attend to it , whatever may he the consequence . A word to tbe wise is enough—and , in conclusion , let us hope that future reports of the state of his health may be more cheering than the present .

      •*•— _' _*• " _* - _" _*~ _**• ¦ _+ * _- _* _+ _** m ___\__&___ W _ _wm-+ _m- __** _f _^« r _^ V _///^ . VA THE IRISH ELECTIONS .-REPEAL OF THE UNION . In our speculations last week as to the probable character and career of the new Parliament , we omitted to notice one important element in its composition . The Irish elections have proved , in a manner not to he mistaken , that all classes in that country are now heartily united in the conviction that the union must be repealed . The perplexing

      nomenclature which has arisen out of the decomposition and recomposition of parties , and the desire to give an idea of the nature of the new combinations , was already sufficiently _puzzling and curious , but to the list we have now to add that of Tory repealers . Several of the old Tory and large landed proprietors having heen returned on the distinct ground of their conversion to the Repeal ranks ; and the returns , as a whele , show a decided increase of members pledged to ne support of Repeal .

      This is a fact sugg stive of grave reflectio * on the part of the English people and English members of the legislature . If British rule is so defective , so injurious to Ireland , as to force the old aristocracy into the conviction that the only chance of their country being saved lies in the _disseverment of its legislative nnion with England , the final issue cannot

      be far distant . That this is the creed of the great bulk of the people , nearly as passionately and sincerely held as the creed of the national faith , every one who kuows anything of Ireland must he aware . The union of the aristocracy and the masses must give an immediate impetus to a movement , wbich might , perchance , ere this have been successful , had those who led it been honest and in earnest .

      But O ' Connell has passed away , and however his successors in Conciliation Hall may wish to follow in his footsteps , and copy that temporising policy , which , if not dictated by the basest motives , had at least the effect of benefitting individuals at the cost of arresting a ' great national movement , we believe that they will not be permitted to do so . It required all the magic of O'Connell ' s oratorv , the recollection

      of his long and active public career , and the immense clerical and political machinery by which he swayed the masses * A his countrymen , to keep them patient under his do-nothing or retrogade policy The " family" * are not likely to succeed in doing that which its founder broke down under . ' " Young Ireland , " with Us measured and cautious deference , in words at least , to the character and claims of tbe man who had been the .

      leader of the Irish people for so many years , as to establish a claim on their gratitude sufficiently strong to prevent them from saying anything personally offensive , was yet a sharp thorn in O'Consei / s side—and , we have no doubt , helped to drive him into that exile in which he died . But . _whatever may havebeen the causes which induced them to act in that manner towards "The liberator , ' * they are bonnd by no sueh ties to " the family . '* ( Popular leadership is not , like the peerage , _hereditary . The man who aspires to that position , must

      win it by his own powers , and his own exertions . . John O ' Connell , however ambitious of the post , has not . _aeyet shown thst he possesses the qualifications to _ifill that position . On the other hand , the leaders ofthe " Young Ireland" party , who openly oppose hinvand scoff at the idea of his being allowed to head _tbe _^ truggle for nationality , _whatever may be their other defects , are ma of ability , earnestness , 2 nd purpose . They measwhat they say ; and one -of the profs they do so , is to be found in the determination with which they unlet that uo Repealer , in

      -or-ontof Pai & ament , shall accept offiee from an _Auti-Eepeal Government . The _O'Conueilites will not swallow that pledge . They hanker afterthe "flesh-pots of Egypt , " having ahead ? had some tolerable slices stored among tbem , and probably looking upon a discreetly-managed Repeal agitation as a means of getting more . Though , for the present , tbeir hereditary claims may appear to have given them the predominance in the elections over t ' ae more _uncomprising and determined Young

      _Inlanders , it is not , we repeat , likely that this policy will long continue to carry public support with it The general impulse which , without any efficient central organisation or guidance , hat returned so many Repeal members—which has caused the peasant , the shopkeeper , and tbe landlord , to fraternise and unite their efforts , is not likely to ebb and now at the will or _convenience of a small _ftyue of persons , who _presBoe upon the traditional ? _iafltieOCe of a great name , Irelpd is deteraii » d

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      to have Repeal . In the iace of the millions spent by this conntry this year in alleviating ita miseries , the months ofthe Session which were occupied by ; Us affairs , and the really bonest and _warm-hoanttedj sympathy evinced by all classes in its sufferings , thej deep , deliberate , oonvietion is that , before _Ireland can be . legislated for properly , it must be by an Irish Parliament There is littie to wonder at in the fact It would , perhaps , be impossible to point out in history nny

      instance in which immense sums were squandered in so -deplorably ignorant and useless , if not mischievous , a manner , as were the funds granted by _Parliament for the relief of Ireland . Good < intentions were not wanting ; but the practical knowledge how to carry them into effect evidently did not exist , and one of the first consequences of these very measures has been , as we see at this Election , to unite all classes of Irishmen in the conviction that the regeneration of Ireland can only he achieved through the medium of a Native Legislature ,

      That such a Parliament might , at its commencement , commit mistakes , and fail in attaining the objects it had in view , may be granted to the opponents of Repeal ; but this would be part of the process of that political self-education which is the only true source of political improvement—the only safe guarantee for permanent and substantial reforms . Ireland possesses all the requisites for becoming a great , powerful , arid prosperous nation . What is it that prevents her from being so ? There may be many other answers to _Qie question , and we may

      admit that no one reason will satisfactorily and fully answer it ; but this we say without fear of contradiction , that the want of that culture of the faculties , that spirit of independence and self-helpfulness , which are generated by the possession of the power of self-government , lies ; at the root . The first step , therefore , towards lifting Ireland up from the depths of pauperism into which she has sunk , is to give her that power . If we can help her to exercise it wisely , moderately , beneficially—and at the same time to aid substantially in carrying her over

      the transition period which must intervene between the acquisition of power , the knowledge how to use it properly , and the realisation ofthe plans suggested by that knowledge , let us do so , Ireland will be a brighter jewel in the British Crown , a better customer to our markets , and a more powerful ally in case of war , when she is the independent , equal , and prosperous portion of a great empire , than she ever can be while permitted to remain in her present state . The Repeal of the Union is a question which the next Parliament will have to take up in earnest .

      Magistrates And The Law. < T One Of Ihe ...

      MAGISTRATES AND THE LAW . < _t One of Ihe follies of our legal administration , is intrusting it to the hands of the incompetent . The result is often tyrannical decisions , and exhibitions of folly ; but never did magistra _t es pass a self-con demnatory verdict of incompetency on themselves more fully , than fte sapient quidnuncs of Sleaford , in Lincolnshire have done , in the case of a common assault . We have given this otherwise trivial case a full report in another part of our paper , to show how

      idiculous it is to intrust the decision of grave matters ito the hands of those who profess themselves nable to decide on a case of common assault . Ir Mills accuses Mr Owen Cross of assaulting im—tliey fight . Mr Mills produces two witnesses , _, ho do not depose to anything positive . Mr Cross roduces five witnesses , who swear that he ( Mr ! ross ) was the first assailed . The evidence appears impia enough , yet the magistrates decline to decide , nd send it by indictment before the Sessions . Why ! o thev not cive Mr Cross the nrotectinn nf the law

      if innocent ? Is it because Mr Cross is known to incline to Chartist principles ? Why do they not punish him if culpable ? Because popular feeling had been roused , and tbe once quiet agricultural slaves of Sleaford have awakened to a consciousness of their _dignity as men . Yet these imbecile magistrates feel competent to decide on a case of manslaughter or of murder—at least , cs far aa committal or non-committal Is concerned . Well might a number of men join the Land Company and the Charter , on the evening of the above-mentioned exhibition .

      The killing of Dodson , the Sleaford secretary to the Land Company , has roused the feelings of every friend of humanity ; and certainly , a more ruffianly display of POLICE LAW never came under our knowledge . Of this circumstance , and the lengthy investigations that have ensued , as also of the extraordinary and conflicting decision ofthe Bench , we shall next week give a detailed report—suffice it for the present to point the attention of our readers to the anomalies of our magisterial law ,

      A body of men are elevated to an important legal function , confessedly without any knowledge « f the law . Their only qualification is a round paunch with good fat capon lined , "—so many acres , so many horses , and so much assurance . They seek the office to enjoy the exercise of a little petty authority ; to make themselves a little more terrible and a little more ridiculous in the eyes of the poor serfs and villagers orer whom tbey domineer . The country attornies , with a few honourable except ons , are their ready tools ; they play into their hands , till ,

      perchance , they can get hold of their estates by mortgage and foreclosure , when they play the tyrants in their turn—with not much more knowledge of law than the other , save how to take a mora technical advantage of tbe unwary . These sapient authorities "knock off the law "before dinner , in an offhand style , quite surprising ; and if , perchance , such a thing should happen as counsel being employed hy the poor man , the magistrates come to their task fidgetty and uncomfortable ,

      indignant at being kept a few hours at their duty , crying out that " they want their dinners I" and " are anxious to gel home , " and afraid of exposing their ignorance to the world . Were no one there to look after the poor man's interests the case would be soon disposed oif—as on Monday last , when they fined a man five pounds for an assault , and the same day , after an investigation of six hours and a half , referred another assault case , less important , to the sessions , as -we have already stated .

      Are these the authorities the people are to look up to—men who can crack their jokes when the manslaughter of one of their neighbours is being investigated ? Are these the men who are to be the dispensers of justice ? Out upon them ! or rather out upon the folly of tbe people who suffer such a system to exist . Ia the north these men ba . ve been read a mighty lesson . The names of

      Lyon and _Stublis will hang in terror before them , as you hang dead rats to scare the liring ones—the land rats of Lincolnshire . The fame of the people ' s law , and Roberts , the people ' s lawyer , U extending here , and it is high time , —high time some one should reduce _magkterial law in the agricultural counties into something like the bounds of common sense and common justice .

      It will be gratifying when they can join hands with the manufacturing districts on the field of mutual emancipation . But at present the poor agriculturist is bound and and foot in the power oi the _Magistrate-Landlord . He is obliged to take such law as the latter chooses to mete out to him—he cannot afford to pay for counsel-the surrounding attornies are ou the hostile side—it ib all one way—and all tbe" freaborn Briton , '' the agricultural slave , can hope for ii , that bis roasters ttill not be too severe , and he will be a " better boy next time . " , That is be Vffl ] agt dare to say big will ' s 1 _» 8 own- j

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      —he will not dare to entertain liberal opinions-he wiH not dare to worship God according to his own ¦ conscience-he will not dare to speak his own Moid — he will not dare to suppose the « Squire " or the ** Parson " can be wwng | in short , he will not dare to be a man , but wM sink into a passive , slavish , machine . We say to the men of Lincolnshire , will they

      submit to this ? Submit , while they see their brethren through England breaking the rotten fabrics of corruption piecemeal , around them ? No , they will be—tbey are—up and stirring ! The lig ht of truth is penetrating into the Fens , and the bloated toads of antiquated misrule that lurk in its wet hollows , are beginning to blink and retreat before the advancing day .

      . We have watched the late occurrences in Lincolnshire , since we have seen an omen of a manly spirit in the attitude assumed ( by the people . We will watch fkem still—and we will have our eyes upon their Magistrates . \ Ve feel , however , bound to make mention of two gentlemen who are an honour to their station—the one is Mr Allix , a Magistrate whose manly and impartial conduct deserves the

      highest praise ; the other is Mr Foster , a Solicitor , who has proved himself a true friend to the cause of justice and humanity . We bail Buch men with delight . We . war against- no class—we honour _equally the good in all classes- —we oppose measures , and not men « , and ate willing to ; concede to every one the enjoyment of his own , claiming that he does not infringe on oim ' s arid oun bights , in

      Public Health..On Monday Last An Inquest...

      PUBLIC HEALTH . . On Monday last an inquest was held on the body of a roan who was suffocated by inhaling foul air in a privy in _Langley-courtJ Long _^ acre . Other parties who sought to rescue . the unfortunate man , nearly perished from the noxious exhalation . The evidence adduced atthe inquest , threw some light on the nature of the sewerage of the district , and its usual consequences , to which it is important to point public attention , as affording an illustration of the impera

      tive necessity for instant and sweeping sanitary reform . The immediate cause of death iu the instance which has drawn public notice to Langley . court , and the adjacent district , v ? as not the general impurity of the air arising from deficient sewerage , stagnant cesspools , and open privies , but a particular emanation caused by vitriol thrown down a drain , and coming in contact with lime previously thrown down to disinfect the soil contained in it , and thus render houses habitable which , without such an expedient , would not have been fit to live in . But , ifthe drains had been properly constructed , there would have been no occasion to use lime , for the purpose of

      neutralising the noxious exhalations arising from putrifying matter . When caustic lime is thrown into a cesspool , the sulphuretted hydrogen from the foul matter combines with it , and forms sulphuret of lime . The poison is still there , it only takes a solid , instead of a liquid and gaseous form—the vitriol , being an acid , when it came in contact with this body , immediately disengaged the poison , and gave out a quantity of mephitic gas , which produced almost instantaneous death in one case , threatened to be fatal iu others , and must have been more or less prejudicial to the whole neighbourhood . But what is the ordinary state of the district ? . The houses where the accident occurred had drains

      running down the court , and communicating with a sewer built about 24 years ago . The accumulation of soil in tbat sewer was three feet deep , and the mouth of the drain nearly choked up . The sewer was intended to empty itself into another in Hartstreet , in which there was an accumulation of filth to the depth of one foot eight inches . This , then _, blocked up the Langley-court sewer , which was dieper than the one intended to carry away from it the filth of which it was meant to be the conductor .

      Instead of this , by the wretched and ignorant construction of these _sewersjitiscvidentthat they became retorts for the generation of poison , instead of pipes for its removal . To counteract the constant exhalation of morbific gases arising from this defective construction , lime was constantly used to render the atmosphere endurable to the senses . It did that to the vitiated perceptions of the regular inhabitants

      of the court ; but what the landlord called a " common smell , " and thought nothing of , was aptly brought out by a question from Mr Berry , tt surgeon ; lie stated that "he went on the day after the accident to the yard , in company with Mr Berry , and that lie then found no perceptible mell there . " Mr Berry said— " He asked the question , because he bimself found the stench to le excessive at the time . "

      In this vitiated and pestilential atmosphere , there are sometimes forty individuals residing in one house . The surgeon stated " that he had recently been in one house in which a man lay dead ; there were forty other inmates in the house , and all these had but one cesspool—for it was not a water-closet —among them . ' - ' ' There , is aheays fever in the neighbourhood , and , not only fever but serious

      _depression of spirit was also caused by the constant prevalence of offensive odours . " Here , then , there is no escaping from the direct inference to be drawn from the facts which stand so evidently in the relation of cause and effect to each other _, and this is the history of nearly all the districts into which tbe poor _sre crowded , not only in the metropolis , but in all the other large towns in this country .

      The general results , as exhibited by the Kegistrar General , are appalling . In the year ending June , 1847 , the excess of mortality over the natural and ordinary deaths , amounted 67 , 712 , and that in only one-fourth of the population—for , of course , in making up such tables , all the upper , middle , and _healthily-lncated classes , are excluded . Nearly seventy-seven thousand of the working and poorer classes are swept away by these pestilential anil death-dealing exhalations in one year ! When the

      cannon , the musket , and sabre , mowed down their thousands at Waterloo , a wail of sorrow went through the land . But such battles occur only rarely . Upwards of thirty years have elapsed since " the crowning carnage , Waterloo , " and every year since a more subtle , deadly , and sure destroyer of human life , has been permitted to revel among the dwellings of the poor , and to wage a war with the children of Industry , in whicb it annually mows down a greater number of victims , than fell on that bloody field .

      If we could realise to our minds this immense number of persons—annually carried to the grave by _preventive causes—if we could adequately conceive of the suffering which precedes death , the destitution and pauperism which follows it—if the loss of health , strength , and skilled industry which it costs us , were summed up—together with the amount levied in rates , to maintain the _widows and families of tbe victims who fall on the fever-fieldthere wouid , surely , be a more earnest endeavour , on the part of all classes , to put an end to this deplorable state of things ,

      As it is , though there is a general recognition of the evil , and of tbe necessity of doing something relative to it , no one seems to have a vital perception of its magnitude , or of the imperative _necessity for immediate and vigorous exertions , put an end to it . In the case which has elicited these remarks , one ofthe Commissionei _s of Sewers told the Jm 7

      that everybody was aware of the _misclfief—every one anxiouBto remedy—but unluckily , no one who cared about the matter , had the power . The Com _raissioners bad no authority to make a ewer—the Parish was in the same predicament . The owners of the property would not move , and so fever continues to slay its victim * in the _densely-crowded and _plague-stricken locality . Tbe same complaint

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      we have heard from _Common-Councilraen of _^ the City . " We have no power to apply a remedy , say thev , « give us the power and you will see what we 11 do . " But , somehow or other , whenever the Government interferes with the subject , " strike high or strike low , " there is no pleasing these gentry . Parish Boards , District Commissioners , Select Vestries , and Corporations ,. all unite in one yell of opposition . Public health , and general ... , ,,. . , ,,

      arrangements for its preservation , based upon enlig htened principles , and constructed upon scientific principles , are very good in their way ; but not half so important as the perpetuation of the race of local great men , and parish busy-bodies , who , in the exercise of concurrent powers manage to neutralise the little good which each might effect , in consequence of their mutual antagonism , and the absence of a central controlling power to compel them to perform effectivel y the duties entrusted to them .

      As this subject is not only of paramount importance in itself , but one which is likely , at an early period of the session , to come before Parliament in a practical shape , we shall return to it , with the view of inquiring , how the _require central control can be combined with that freedom of local action which is an essential and cherished principle of our old Saxon institutions .

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      Xiiczllane0c8. Nottingham Ejection Fono....

      XIICZLLANE 0 C 8 . Nottingham _Ejection Fono .-J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , with t ! mnks .-From Bromsgrore , 2 s 8 d ; from Reading , 6 d ; Mr C . _^ _Fish , WithinT 5 s ; from the Seven Stars , os ; per Mv ClarK , land o ffice , London , £ B 10 s 5 d ; Mr Houghton , ls ; from Wolverhampton , £ 1 Cs ; Mr _.-lepingstall , Hull , Od . The N ottingham Election . — Please to acknowledge through tbe _rowlium of the Star the following _circumstance : — Being in company with some ' Pot companionB , 'it was agreed that we should make a subscription ' towards defraying tlie expenses ofthe Nottinj , ' hamElection ; which was . done and two shillings and twopence collected , which I herewith forward . J . Tatlob . Juwan _Hakn-et has received the following monies for the General Election Fund : _—W . Emmerson _, Mnn

      nil AC _tpf * _yg A Boy or Sixteeh . — The lines are too imperfect for publication . Amicus . —No room . „ __ _ , t . _LiTTtfiTowif . — Sir , —The money sent for the Election Fund in last week ' s Star from Littletown , should have been per Thomas Crossley : —Hig htown , £ 2 3 s 3 d ; Ehenczer Clegg , ditto , 7 s 3 d ; James . Chariesworth _, Littletown , £ l _lisld ; William Chapman , Ueckmondwicfee . 13 s 2 d ; William Lacy , Clcckheaton , Is Od . August 170 ) , IMT . ' , ! ClAnMsWORTH . To inn Editor of the Northern Star . — sir , — l nave written to Mr O'Connor , though I think yon could have spared me the trouble , by giving Mr O'Connor intimation of the nature of my question m your brief notice . The question emanates from more than 300 shareholders . I am requested to _« 6 k ( if the information can be given ) what expense has been incurred for the election of Mr O'Connor , as well as M'Grath and

      Clark . However _insignificant my letters may appear , ( and worthy of careful suppression ) it would be well for you to understand that 1 am now endeavouring to colleet money for the liquidation ofthe late election contests . The political Chartists here beyond their own pale ave destitute of social influence . Since 1 have been in the ranks , I have collected more money as an individual foi ' . ' meetings _, than any ; of the others could , _through my acquaintance with the middle classes , and I never found'them _( I .. _e . the political Chartist- ) thankful for what I have done ; but , per contra , meanly envious that they could not do the same . I have received at their hands nothing hut gross ingratitude , and if I were not indebted to the sound education I received in early life , I might , like others , mistake the man for the

      principle . But , however , feargus O'Connor , and not these men , taught me the moral value of Chartism , so that I shall keep my mind steadily bent upon supporting Chartism _wbenevcrlopportunity will permit , and am , sir , Tour obedient servant , E . Robertson , Plymouth , August 17 th , 1847 . I request publicity for the following notice : — Theland member !! of Newton Abbott district . J . B . Crews , district secretary , having appealed to the mem . bers for a farthing each to liquidate his expenses , this is to inform them , that the directors lire responsible for his expenses and not the members , which must ue paid out of tbe Expense Fund , see rule 29 . ' E _lloBEKTSON , Plymouth .

      _[ OuririendRobertson ' s egotism misleads Win . >> e assure him that tte have no desire to ' suppress' his letters . If occasional communications of Ws are withheld itis no detriment to his credit . As , however , Mr 11 . has an itching for publicity , we have given the above , we question , notwithstanding , whether such pub icity is even for himself desirable . ] Nottingham Election . —J . Skerrit begs to acknowledge the receipts of thefollowing sums on behalf of the Nottingham Election Committee ; from National Land , Office , per Mr T . Clarke , £ S 10 s 5 d ; fromthe Central Registration and Election Cott . mittee , per Mr Grasby _, £ 30 . James _JTAin'sh , Crieff . — Hio room . Joseph _IVoon , ' Seeretarjto the four o'clock committee , ' sends us a long letter , claiming most of tiie honour of the recent victory gained in the building trade , for the masons ; setting forth that they have superior claims to that distinction , as compared with the claims ofthe carpenters and joiners . This is a matter for the lengthy discussion of which we cannot afford space .

      Samuet Hudson , J _» ottingham .... We cannot insert everything , and we had no room for your communication . T . Bell , _YTigton . —We cannot answer your question . We havo sent your letter to Mr O'Connor . To _Tns Chartists and Lawdsmkn . —I spent tbe whole ofhift Sunday at tho O'Commrville Estate , and during my intercourse with the allottees , I was introduced to Mrlambourne , a tailor , wbo had received an order from a person named Putman , to make him a suit of clothes . To do this , Mr Lambourne spent the little money he had , but when the clothes were finished he found that this man I _' utman did not intend to pay for the things , and thus the money he had expended had been a total loss . Our friend would wish to dispose of the clothes by public ballot , ifthe members of the Land and Chartist Associations will do him the favour to

      start the affair . By so doing they would certainly aid a worthy man . Yours , faithfully , W . _Uarses , Lambeth . If aro to Teach . — To the Editor , _< fcc—Deur Sir , —I can't tell what you mean by your sa } ing that I mistake my vocation , in the Star ofthe 14 th inst ., with regards to my play , which you should have published . I shall be glad if you will send me a letter solving tho riddle , for which I have enclosed you a postage stamp , Hoping that you will write as quick as possible : I remain , Yours , very truly , Jambs Buttekworth . $ 55 = We simply mean t that Mr Butterworth could no more write a play than he could move the Peak of Teneriffe with his little finger . It is astonishing tbe pains some people will take to make themselves look ridiculous . — fcn . N . _S .

      The Press Gano .-To the Editor of tho Northern Star . — Sir , —A writer in the 'Sunday _Times'inhis commentsrv on the elections , says : — 'There have been some , but I need not mention their names elected , who have been great bawlers out of doors , and who maybe obstructors in the Commons' House of Parliament , but tbe way to silence them , is fov the press to take no notice of their proceedings , except by a contemptuous paragraph ¦' Now , Mr Editor , and men of England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , what say you to the above villainous writer ? A few liberal and patrioti c _constituencies having elected gentlemen , who will fearlessly do their duty to the people , this is to be termed obstruction , and their acts and speeches are to be burked . Shall

      we not take immediate steps to secure the benefit the _Uberal electors have conferred upon the nation _atlarge , and devise some means by which their representatives may be faithfully reported , whether in or out ofthe House of Commons S Let some liberal friends in the metropolis immediately form themselves into a committee , and confer with the members of Parliament , whose speeches are likely to be burked by thc press , and consult with them as to what steps shout i be taken to strengthen their hands in the coming session . Hoping you will consider these remarks worthy a place in your widely circulated journal , I remain , your obedient servant , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . A Subscrider . August _IStli . 1817 .

      _ffi 1 o those Abie bnd Willing to Assist Workiko Men in the _Tubsoii op Knowledge Mr Julian Harney ' s triumphant nomination at tbo recent election at Tiverton has already produced important results . The shareholders of the Land Company have been considerably increased , a strong Char tist Society has been formed , the Northern Star bas obtained a considerable accession of readers , and altogether , the democratic cause has , within thc past few weeks taken a gigantic stride . Impressed with tbe con . viction that' _Kuowiedge is Power , ' Mr Julian llitrnev when ut Tiverton , strongly urged the leading _st-irits to establish n Working Man ' s Library , which ndvice he followed up by contributing several books from his own collection . The Library , therefore , has been com . menccd and a little assistance will make the project _sueccssiul d to

      . Any persons dispoa _« contribute books or money to purchase books , for the above Library are requested to forward the same to 6 . Julian Harney 16 Great _Windmill-street , Haymarket , London . ' Mr JosiioA Hobson writes as follows : — ' In tho ' Star' of this day I perceive that Mr O'Connor and his peculiar correspondent , ' James Graham , ' attributed to me tlie _nuthoreliip , or connection with , a certain article or articles that has or have appeared in a publication is sued by Mr B . Lloyd , entitled the 'Gardener and ihe Fiurist . ' I write merely to disclaim the attributed fact With no one connected witlii Mr Lloyd ' s establishment _luve I had communication , direct ov _inditect : with no paper of any sort , size , or price bave I had corres . pondence on the subject named ; and of the article or articles m question I am entirel y ignorant , baring never even seen them . ' _"' 8

      ' Huddersfteia _. Aug . U . ' 'J ™ . _Hcmoh . A t ar '' _- Sir" _? n v _^" , _, , he _£ _ditor of tbe ' North ™ Star . -hir _. —In your last week ' s « Star * jou state that n _ra _^ L ed Wand ' Wll 0 lmd _taciT s _™ " for Tom lans _purposel y to vote for General CaulfieldTheir , _over-txrited at the time of giving Ws vote Sided it in mistake for Sir F . The . fger . MvCo _^ Und _vtswi ( and came to the Election f ? om his reXS ) _i New bwindon , wdu . which is about twenty nriles from here The Major did not decide to take thc vote , he _« Ss n ' t ssass aa— ¦ _- » _> bS 5 S 1 am , Sir , your obedient Servant , [ I'heatatemeutwas copied by us from _IdlVl " _joSrnai . 3 Jo / _oMh HAINE 1 has _» ecelv « d the _follow ing sums for tne General Election Fund , not previously acknow-1 « ., V _< 3 _J-John _Dookcr , In ««« borou _' _.-h , 3 s ; J . R . & Son , Chester , I 0 >; and John Pritohard , ditto , 10 a ; Georg » Holloway , _Kiddenntn « ter , Is ; W . Emmerson , _Hancho ' * _» 2 s ; J . Taylor , Rosendale , 2 . " 2 d . t _** _As it is . _VOwlWedHtt monies may _hsvje been tent _tol

      Xiiczllane0c8. Nottingham Ejection Fono....

      Mr Harney during hia lata absence from tow n „ T _^ may not have been acknowledged , Mt _Hw ' lc _« _questa that any person having cau _«« of _compli _^ _** enquiry , will Immediately address a _Uuft _^ . * the Northern Star office . m , it _- Polish _Cohwitteb —Mr Harney has rec eived u t , J . Bartlett , jun ., Littleton Panneli _, for _^ , ' 3 mittee . _'" ' _, u r Harnej dnrinit hi » lata absence from toivn _^!>

      Receipts Of Thb Na Tiowax, 0 Operative L...

      RECEIPTS OF THB _NA _TIOWAX _, OPERATIVE LAMB COMp _^ nP ' FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 19 . ' PER MR O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . ¦ _SABE _* . _^ CrkfF - . - _> Ashton - nnd _, r - _»¦ * _^ J " " » 0 2 i —? . J I SECTION No . 2 . _¦*•»« _* _ -. _tv i . _„« 0 10 John Mackay ., _, „ ? £° a ™ * " 2 4 0 Birmingham 8 » Aberdeen » * " „ ,,, . " aLU Edinburgh .. OH 8 U aro ) .. u Oldham .. I 9 * _CmS .. ,. 0 _,,, J Arbroath .. Bath " » » lo J

      -J J . * SECTION No . 3 . _"" _***• Long Buckby .. 0 17 0 Edinburgh „ _, w Parki : * ess * : i \\ 5011 a e A T W 7 , i 0 saar : _'»| _saar— * _ST & ri . :: Vl ' xpn _^ ' "• Alexandria .. 0 8 10 ( Pare ) .. 4 j , Aberdeen .. 1 » Win . H _» yle .. 0 5 * Windy Nook .. 0 6 0 Chas . Ho . vland .. 0 _jJ Middlesbro' .. 0 6 0 Henry Parker .. o 8 »

      SECTION No . 4 . Wm . Williams .. 0 1 0 Williamson .. 0 5 _„ Long buckby .. 1 0 0 A . Henderson .. 0 in 0 Hennor .. - 0 2 9 Thos . French .. < _,,, J Hdwd . Collins _„ 0 5 9 E . A . Lane .. _p 3 ( Aberdeen _~ 0 * 6 _Wrody *> _<«& .. * , „ % Jobn Lowe .. 0 50 _Bdinbuirii .. „ » A tt ltt FiU M . Saf : 0 ° _^ MS sha _;; ¦¦ * ¦ * I > . « to , ° 6 senr ° 2 ° r , _' . •• J » « M i _^ _f ! . sh _^ o 2 _ofey _^ iL ;; III Win . Wooton .. 0 S 16 C . O . _Jiateman .. 0 j „ Monmouth .. ' * * ? _« ' _•""" Arm . stro

      Lymi .. » J * I _n "S •• M _« Coxhoe .. - 17 8 Geo . Kinnard .. 0 it . a II . Despieht .. 0 2 0 Geo . Simmonds .. 0 2 a Stalybridge .. 10 0 Oldham . 3 10 0 . It . W . Miller .. 0 10 Middlesborough 1 7 . George ratter- Arbroath .. 4 „ „ so ,, . .. 056 Goo . Darling .. M ( Joh n Harrison .. 0 1 6 Wm . Palmer „ et ( Coulson Collin . __ W . T . Potter .. <> Q fl . wood .. .. 0 2 6 Wm . Broad .. 0 0 6 Edwd . Beake .. 0 4 0 Ann Broad .. 0 0 6 Geo . Nicholl .. 0 2 0 Isaac Barker ., 0 j „ J . Davey m 0 3 0 Stockport 30 0 a Sundridge .. M 0 _< Ashton - under - Alexandria .. _H 7 2 Lyne .. „ i 0 | _J g John Reed .. 0 3 6 _Cnelf .. .. On 0 Aberdeen .. 3 1 4 Bath .. _.. 2 0 „ Francis Long .. 0 5 0 Barhead .. 1 lo 0 Johu Eaton .. 0 2 6 Thomas Mens-Emma Price .. 0 5 0 i ' eld .. .. 019 fl

      SECTION No . 5 . _""¦ Wm . Parker .. 0 14 Alex . Shaw .. 0 5 & Menkinch .. O 12 0 Ann TucKer .. I ) 5 0 J . Bennett .. 6 _i 4 Hy . _Margarett .. 010 0 Ma _.-y Ann Crabb 0 I 6 Hy . Collett „ 014 Wiu . Callan .. 0 6 0 John Sturgeon . ! 0 1 4 James Green- James Lee „ 0 1 4 wood .. .. 0 18 0 Robt Fletcher .. fl 10 0 Sarah Shaw .. 0 5 8 Wm . Clarridge .. 0 i c Isaac Tucker .. 0 5 0 _Joiiu Manaell .. M | Jas . Ashton „ 0 16 John Fryer .. 2 12 { £ 16 13 10 EXPENSE PUND . ' " Long Buckby ... 0 10 Sundridge .. 0 4 0 _Uarvell .. .. 0 3 1 Alexandria .. 0 a 0 James Bennett .. 0 2 0 Edinburgh „ 0 2 0 Monmouth .. 0 10 Oldham „ fl 2 fl Do , ,, 0 1 0 Middlesborough 0 7 d Coxhoe .. .. 0 8 G Crieff .. .. 134 Staljbridge .. 0 2 6 John Mansell .. 0 2 Q . Johu Fryer „ 0 I 0 _g _TTl _TOTilr W » D TVSD . Mr O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 0 4 2 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 7 3 2 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 22 15 3 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 4 ... 24 8 7 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 5 ... 16 IS 10 Expense Fund ... ... 3 2 5 Rules ... ... 0 711 Bank ... ... II 0 0 £ 155 16 4 Chbistofhbb Doile , Tbos . Clabe , Philip _M'Gbath _, Secretary . The above are thc whole of the monies received at the Office during the _prcsant week , and as no list has been forwarded by the directors from Lowbauds ; the remittances to that place cannot be acknowledged in tbis day ' s Stab . On behalf ofthe Directors , Samuel Boon-ham ,

      Thb Lokdom Boiler Makers.—The Celebratio...

      Thb Lokdom Boiler Makers . —The _celebratiou of the seventh anniversary of the Rose and Albion lodge of the Friendly United Boiler Makers Society , held at the Scar and Garter , Arbour-square , took place at the New Globs Tavern , _MiieEnd Road , on Monday evening last . An excellent dinner was served in first-rate style by the worthy host , Mr Gardner , to about 150 hearty appetitics who did it ample justice . A numerous and efficient band , under the direction of Mr Gahell , discoursed sweet music to knife and fork accoir paniment . Mr Julian Ilarney presided ; afterthe cloth ' s removal , the toastmaster gave . ' The health of the employers , and may a good understanding always exist between the employer and the employed , to the end , that a fair daj ' s

      wage may be the reward for a fair day s work . ' The band played 'The Good Old English . Gentleman / The next toast was , ' Health and prosperity to the Foremen , and may they decide justly between waster and men . ' Responded to by a foreman , ( whose name we did not catch . ) The band ? layed _, ' lie ' s a ' _ollygiod It How ; ' with a hearty chorus of the assembled i runde . 'Prosperity to the United Order of Friendly Boiler Makers of Great Britain and Ireland , ' was next given . The baud played , ' The Brave Old Oak . ' Mr M'Nnniara , tbe branch secretary , ir responding , said , the toast _neoded not any voice to call forth a response from the assembled shopmate 9 , tor each pulsation re-echoed that sentiment ; neither did they lack acts to testifv it , for

      during the last winter , tliey all knew the dreadful state trade was in at that period ; no workhouse mastiff growled at a boiler makers petition I ' or relief ; nn . their lodge alone , had expended £ 500 during the winter . Some of the foremen had attempted to force upon them as legal men , mere lads , this had been nobly withstood and defeated . ( Cheers . ) Yet for all this , their _exchequer was not empty ; nor they bad a strong iusd , which waa increasing daiy . ( Cheers . ) _Bvsidea attending to _eurown wante , our hands and hearts , too , had been open to their brethren of other trades . The Warringten lads had received £ 130 to oppose the masters' tyrannical ' conspiracy . ' Many _tradeB ' _unions were on the debtor side of their ledger , but none on the creditor ' s . ( ' True ' and cheers . ) Atter

      some other observations , the speaker concluded bv proposing— 'Health and prosperity to Mr John Roberts , the worlhy corresponding secretary , and the executive council ot the Manchester umtv . * Three cheers and one cheer more , accompanied the drinking of the toast ; the band playing' A man ' s a wan for a * that . ' The Chairman then gave the next sentiment— ' T . S . Duneombe , M . P . ; and may he speedily recover . ' Responded to in a highly eulogistic speech , relating his triumphant history , by Mr A . Fletcher , the lodge president . The Chairman also spoke at length on the political life and _actions _ei Mr Duneombe . Ilis remarks were warmly applauded .

      An 'Address' to Mr Duneombe was then read and adopted . The band playing , ' See the Conquering Hero Comes . ' ' Tlie Liberty ofthe Press' was responded to by Mr Galium ] , highly praising the Star , and recapitulating the deeds " that paper had dared for the working classes . The Chairman next gavelhe Ladies , ' prefacing the toast with some complimentary remarks on the fair sex , which _wereloudJjr applauded . The last toast was— 'The Health of the Chairman . * Mr Julian Harney responded in a somewhat lengthy and telling address , showing the advantages ef union . lie was loudly cheered . Th _» spacious ha llwas then cleared for dancing , which _kspt UP _* ith great _spi if rmany hours .

      ADDRESS TO T . S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ ., M . P : Respected Sir , —We , the members of the Rose of Albion Lodge , of the United Order of Friendly Boiler Makers' Society , much regret the cause that has withheld from us the honour of your preseuce at our festive board this evening . We earnestly hope that _^ your present serious affliction may be of shortduratiou , to that you may again resume your active meritorious and triumphant exertions on behalf of the working classes of this county . And we hereby tender you our unfeigned thanks for your upright conduct in the House of Commons when the interests of our order have been jeopardised by the enemies of humanity . We have not forgotten how you so boldly stood in our defence and crushed the iniquitous Master and Servant * ' Bill . For this , and the very many favours and benefits you have conferred upon us , our gratitude , and that of oar posterity , will be as lasting as the English language . The name and acts , of Duneombe being ever characterised aa the precursor of liberty .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21081847/page/4/