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      The Daily News. Although Thc Old Maxim T...

      _ja _jerUlring . We had , and we stated it , conaider-% _jje _misgi-nng as _tothceditarialcapabiUtie- oftiie _^ _. _fjfi al claai of authors , whilethepuns-ncy , racine _ s , _# i # 4 _piqaand ef Jerboio _' s writiHgs , we thought , _-jgjj . _gjified us in making an exception in his favour . } fle _fl . er » is as much difference between book and nevrs-J _« Jj _. r l iterature , as there is between the slow pace of _{^ _p lumbering waggoa-horee , that has his long and _isf- Asav ? journey to perform by night and hy day , at _jSa " _^ rate of two _mUes an hour , and the rattling speed ; 1 ; ije bigb-mettled race-horae , whose exercise finishes _^ t _^ t D his gallop . 1 Tliere is no ordeal more trying than that searching pa _gju-ismto wliich a new acquaintance is subjected , 1 1 * : * his firstpresentation to a strange circle ; and it **"~ _ - tw » _ i ¦» . _*__*•_! __«» . a ? i--M *

      c c , tuufreqnently happens that a first appearance is is _dju _* - ** _kj tJie _overweening commendations of 4 * $ friends , who have had _frequant opportunities ef - , : ing from solid worth and sterling qualities , more th t _* c _fr _*™ 1 a prepossessing exterior , or the more glit-U tcf ' _3 _* suow - * manners . In all those attributes , j ,. j , _ver , we find onr fondest hopes disappointed , and _s _jot unwelcome anticipations realised . Our new _H _fflcna was presented to us with an awkward , vulgar , _^ _jad forbidding appearance , while a seeond visit left c r _, but little hope that within there was yet an

      undis-0 _ccvtivd treasure . In such an undertaking as the j . _fftijuction ofa daily newspaper , and especially now-_ . -days , vrhen there is so much material for archii _teci * who have acquired fame , to erect a temple of i imuortality , wc had a right to expect , in the first i iniiiib-r at least , sneh a development of principle as _, _yi-nld lead to the conclusion that strict impartiality i veuM -onstttute its leading feature . \ Se were willing not only to be tolerant , but _a _cxioiis to be lenient , and , therefore , we withheld . _ctfie than a mere passing comment until the _< _rt *» d number had made its appearance ; and having always looked to the virtue , courage , and _indertcdeuce of the newspaper press aa the bulwark _jc _ iu ? t tyranny , the promulgator of knowledge , the _drf rnder of right , and the avenger of wrong , we feel _fliivlves reluctantly compelled to characterise our

      new coteroporary as impotent , and unequal to the _tfl-k . An activity in every department of life distinguishes the present age from olden time ; and , as _« e look to the press as the safest monitor of the preset bubbling mind , it was not too much to expect tbat a volunteer , cognizant of the service iuto which he eutered , had studied thc duties that would be required at his hand before he undertook to perform them . The transition of the old hack from

      methodised opinions to new conceptions may be progreswve __ d- _ low , andthe most trivial advance i 3 hailed as _presre-ssion in the right direction , while the same toleration cannot be extended to those who become volunteers , untranimelled by prejudice , unfettered by tarty , and unrestrained by inclination , and therefore subject to positive , rather than comparative , _critjeian ; while , even by the latter degree , the _Doily X _tu * would stand in sorry _contrast with many of its

      d _ uiywtemporar . es . We longed for the advent of this nopefnlally , we panted for its coming , and the people were led to join in our ani-cipatien 3 . All markets , save the one , were _gluttled , and that one wa 3 anxiously alive to tie promised advantages from the new supply- Tbe l _ ui _! or __ jwquired no more aid than wealth , representation , and a fair share ofthe daily press oonfere nf « n them ! The League required no more assistance than a fair share of representation—the power of capital and astounding wealth conferred upon them , while the people , deprived of representation , stripped of power , and deficient of means , required that aid which the writings of _Jesroii ) , the feelings

      of _Jsreold , the courage and well-known principles ef Jshkold , were pre-eminently calculated to extend From the first appearance of the Daily Sews , and cognizant of the fact that it was the property of two _speculating stationers , one of whom had contributed £ li « 0 to the Hudson Fund , and aware that the cele brated and Rer . -Jr . Fox , of free-trade notoriety bad been engaged as the political editor , we felt sorrow for the halo of speculation with which _Jeukou . allowed his justly and hard-earned fame to be encircled ; aud our only hope now is , that his genius may dispel the mist , or that the prodigy may come to an early but not untimely end , as a warning io future speculators in _newspaper subserviency _.

      After a close perusa M the two first numbers , we nnd not a line whereon to rest hope of reclamation . There have been three long , weary , undigested , illconcocted , unreasoning essays in each number , and all on the blessings of free and unrestricted trade , in articles on which merchants speculate ; while , to be sure , the exordium would tickle popular favour , while ii leaves little hope for popular redemption . Before we present the mysterious outline of political faith to our readers , we mast first notice tbat every subsequent line upon which the writer pins his faith forbids the realisation of the promised popular blessings . Tbe whole of the six long essays taken together strongly resemble a lengthy Queen's Speech , leaving much to conjecture , and little to approve . The _followins is the liberal outline to which we have

      referred ' : — The Principles advocated by the BaUy Sews will be i'linrfpleg of Progress and _Improvement ; of Education , Civil and Religions Liberty , and Equal Legislation ; Principles , such as its conductors believe the advancing spirit of the time requires : the condition ofthe countiy demands : and Justice , Reason , and experience legitimately sanction . Vary much is to be done , and must be done , ' . i . wiijj tbe bodily comfort , mental elevation , and general contentment of the English People . BUT , THEIR SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT IS SO INSEPARABLE _PltOM TIIE WELL-DOING OF ARTS AXD COMMERCE , THE GROWTH OF PUBLIC WORKS , TOE FREE INVESTMENT * OF CAPITAL IN ALL THOSE _NifMEROUS HELPS TO CIVILISATION AND IMPROVEMENT TO WHICH THE INGENUITY OF THE

      AGE GIVES BIRTH , THAT WE HOLD IT TO BE IMPOSSIBLE RATIONALLY TO CONSIDER TIIE TRUE INTERESTS OF TIIE PEOPLE AS A _CLASSQl'ESTION , OR TO SEPARATE THEM FROM THE INTERESTS OF THE MERCHANT AXD MANUFACTURER . THEREFORE , IT WILL BE NO PART OF OUR FUNCTION TO WIDEN ANY BREACH THAT MAT UNHAPPILY SUBSIST , OU MAY ARISE , BETWEEN EMPLOYER AXD EMPLOYED ; but it will rather be our _diTort to show their true relations , tlieir mutual dependence , and tlieir mutual power of adding to tbe sum of general happiness and prosperity .

      ilad so much constituted the sam and substance of even -. single article , unalloyed and unmixed with ten columns of free trade poison , something might be left to hope ; but , as it is , it bnt inspiressorrow . In good truth , our share of the promised advantage frem the establishmentof _tasDoilyXaes , very forcibly _reminds ns of the poor woodman ' s share ofhis own repast Once upon a time there was an ancient woodman , who married a buxom young wife ; shortly after marriage

      she discovered that the fatigues of housekeeping renoered it necessary to employ an assistant , and _profeeing jealousy of " her dear old man , " she induced him to prefer a male to a female assistant and . consequently , a hearty young peasant was engaged for the job . In the outset much of his time was spent in ihe forest with his master , but at length bis _clcser attention to domestic affairs was thought necessary bv the mistress , and instead of coming home from bis work with thc -woodman as usual , and doing tlie

      household work after , his mistress insisted upon his returning an hour before the woodman , to make things comfortable or his return . After a short time tbe mode of living was improved , and great attention was paid to the young peasant ' s appetite . Meat was a thing in scanty use in the woodman ' s hut , and one evening , upon his return rom work to hk great surprise he saw a roaring fire heard a [ Kit witli an unusual bubble , and sinciled the -trail << sme of broth . He asked his young wife ecstacy , "What bave you for supper , my dear Whereupon the dame replied : — There is a rani ' s head in the po For you old man _/ _orjou old roan There's the meat for he . and tlie broth for ine And the horns for thee : old man , old man .

      - _N * ow ; we very shrewdly suspec Ith lour on shine o tbis pot o Jfree trade broth is—The horns for yoa old men old men Had tbe spirit ofthe articles been such leave the most mstant hope o reformation - » _'e should have abstained iroma canvass ofthe minor requisites ,

      The Daily News. Although Thc Old Maxim T...

      bat being deScient in spirit , we cannot pardon the total absence ef sense , grammar , spelling , and even punctuation ! Orthography , Etymology , Syntax , and Prosody , we had a right to expect from the gems of literature . To conclude our observations , we need only say that upon throwing down the Daily A _ews with disgust , and taking np the OLD BLOODY , we were strongly reminded of the old adage , _"better keep the roguo you know , than the rogue you don't know . " Had thc Daily News realised our fond anticipations , we _tutf _* . n _ 0 _ino * * fafi _ r * i _? nt tn _finirit w _» _nonnnf nn ») _AH _ tL .

      should hare devoted our space under this head to a general recommendation to the working classes to insist upon its heing taken in at their several houses of resort ; but duty to our party , duty to our principles , duty to the press itself , and duty to ourselves , constrains us to stamp the Daily News as a mere stationer ' s speculation ; and money getting , its principle . True , tbe cripple may live , because its parents are wealthy ; but its lingering life will he one of slow torture , its death unregrettcd , and its memory nnhonoured .

      Hadnd Stated It Aiderbat Beidescient In ...

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      Ireland!!! The Base, Bloody, And Brutal ...

      IRELAND !!! THE BASE , BLOODY , AND BRUTAL SPHSECH . Whbx , in the whole history of Ireland ' s unhappy _conno-ion with England , has shebeen distinguished by other notice than the sanguinary threats of her imperious conqueror ; or when has any change been proposed in the polioy or commercial relations of England , that attention and n otoriety has not been directed to a state of barbarism in that country consequent upon _Pritish misrule ! For many a week have we been _directins attention to the blood-note of

      the Times . We drew attention to the appeal of some fifty magistrates from Tipperary tothe Englishpeople , embodying their own condemnation , and we felt convinced that those who traffic on Irish credulity would allow the catalogue of complaint to swell until it was of sufficient amount to demand Royal notice . The noble lord who moved the address in the Commons , and who received his political education , and _consequently his prejudices , as _Sesretary for Ireland , found it necessary to devote columns to a justification ° f h _« own inconsistency , while the Royal threat against Ireland was despatched with a passing comment .

      What , we wonld ask , will the Liberator say to the proposed Coercion Bill ? Will he now come to England with his slavish followers to aid the Minister in his commercial policy , and reserve his _pi-my opposition to destroy the strength he shall have created ; or will he , by withholding the power at his command , shatter the Government that threatens another invasion of his country ? No , he will profess to regret the justification that has led to the necessity , and will attempt to saddle the consequence npon Patrick . O'Higoiss ! ne will tell his dupes thai he required tranquillity as the price of Repeal ,

      and that all the responsibility of failure rests upon the heads of those who have broken it . But will the nation permit him to sever him < elf from the wild cry of revenge , which at- own treachery has created through disappointment ; or will it not rather demand some poor service for the countless thousands he has extracted from the pauper ' s scanty means ? Strong in tbe confluence of inconsistency , upon which the British Minister relies to aid him in his commercial policy , we yet trust tbat there is a strength in Ireland strong enough , and willing to resist the further tyranny of England .

      The __ 7 r a _* asserts that the condition , habits , _manners , and customs of tbe Irish people disentitle them to the blessings of English law , and speculates npon what the difference between the early and more recent conquest of the country might have been . This is a problem which cannot be solved , for , had not Ireland been conquered some centuries ago hy the division of her people , and the treachery of Britain , English tyranny , that ha 3 become a by-word to the world , would have served as a rallying point to preclude the possibility of conquering her now . If Ireland had not been juggled by Britain , and deceived bv her representatives , all the powers of England

      could not have subdued her , even in her then defenceless state ; while now , but for the possession of despotic power , fhe could not hold her sway . However tho Queen may truckle to her brother of France , and hope still for an amicable solution of American difficulties , yet we incline to think that the French people , one in religion , and the American people , ene in blood , with the Irish , will not look tamely upon another extermination bill ; while the English people , already sufficiently reprobating the unconstitutional embodiment of the militia , will now hold it in increased detestation , as it may be naturally presumed that its destination is unhappy Ireland .

      Oh ! what an opportunity now presents itself te the Liberator of forming a combination more holy and protective than a Protestant alliance , whose share in the partnership should be the largest half of the plunder , if he wohH speak such language as this to the Irish members : — " Gentlemen , we have common interests and a common country . We are divided upon the question of Repeal , but let us meet half way ; let us each sink comparatively minor interests . Bo _veu join me in defending Ireland against

      I the threatened scourge of military law , and I will join y « u in defending your estates against thc exterminating commercial policy of the English Minister , and , united , we must be successful . " But , after all , is this new threat against tho starving Irish peasantry a consequence of murders tbat have been committed , or a precaution against those wbich would otherwise follow a repeal of the Corn Laws , and the consequent annihilation of her only trade—agriculture ?

      Lord Frascis _Egertojc hi movin the address , said— " I consider the earth as a machine ; and I look upon the _lanjtst landowners in the country as nothing else than manufacturers . " He should have said that he looked upon the earth as a raw material , npon the instruments that cultivated it as machines , the slaves who used them as operatives , and the tyrants that owned it as manufacturers . However , be the land a machine , or bc it a raw material , the noble English lord requires no nice distinction when the consideration is merely Ireland ' s undoing ; but yet we venture to suggest the imprudence of destroying at one swoop the only interest upon which ! Irish loyalty hangs . When one of themany classes of ! En _. _lish speculators i 3 to be sacrificed to a more noisy

      and powerful interest , a modicum o compensation is offered to thc victims . But not so with Ireland ; she has been racked , torn to pieces , to furnish a gorge for the oppressor . There is only one remaining in terest ; and there is no weak , but wealthy foe , on whom the dissatisfied can be quartered . To besure , when the landlords howled against the Tithes' Commutation Bill to pay salvation-money for their Protestant souls , which was previous _heked _ottt of Catholic sweit , tho noisy squires were ftdupon their own church , made unpopular for their own services . But that , we believe bas gone its utmost limit . Ireland's taxes and Irish ditties are measured by Irish poverty , and not by English clemency ; tbe Chancellor Ol her Exchequer well knowing that the smallc _? tax would lead to a prohibition ofthe taxed article .

      W hat iuterest . then , can be sacrificed to compensate for the loss o 'Ireland ' s onl trade ? English blood , and English treasure England ' s militia , and England's sweat , to be sure . The how _lof Jacobinism was the rallying ciy before , and why should wc not have the howl of FreeTradeand No Popery now ? The Minister has , in truth , sent a message of peace to Ireland now—Free Trade and the bullet' . They have asked for bread , and he has given them a stone ; he commiserates the Irish paupers upon the _Iofs of their

      only food and the true spirit of political economy , as he canno 1 create food to meet population , he proposes to reduce population to thc limit of subsistence . Pee has yet to learn that there .-party in Ireland , who , under the sanction coercion , throw oif the trammels of ordinar law , and set themselves above the law and the constitution . Each village has its tyrant , each district has its despot , and every county has its legalised staff of freebooters . It is this organised faction that has driven a mild , a kum & _pc , and amiable Minister ( for

      Ireland!!! The Base, Bloody, And Brutal ...

      Paw , is not a cruel man ) , to the sad necessity of courting Irish free trade co-operation aa a condition of Orange ascendancy . So much for emancipation ; so much for Reform ; so much for the gigantic scheme of godless education ; so much for the paltry pittance , ostentatiously offered as a _briba to Maynooth ; so much for justice to Ireland ; so much for England ' s paternal care and protection ! After _SflTCn centuries of oppression , Ireland , as a consequence of Hie increased civilisation of the age , has degenerated t % - a __ __»— .. _»! _** . . i _*__ . il _ * .. __

      into barbarism under England ' s civilised rule ; and while peace is the world ' s boast , Ireland , unhappy Ireland , once more becomes the battle-ground of _faation . Oh ! ye tyrant rulers , ye worse than tyrant _deluders , and still worse subservient prostitutes of the press , when will the brave Irish people see your " mockery / ' "delusion , " and " snare , " and do for themselves what in vain they have looked to you to accomplish ? ' Alas ! poor country ! Almost afraid to know itself .

      Frost, Williams, And Jones. We Have Grea...

      FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . We have great pleasure in publishing the following communications from the members for Bolton , which we take from the Bolton Free Dress , and of thanking those gentlemen for their promised co-operation , while perhaps it may he gratifying to the people to know that a powerful piece of machinery is ready to undertake the glorious work of bringing the question in a forcible manner to the notice ofthe Prime Minister—in such a manner as leaves but little doubt upon our mind of its success ; meantime every hand should be at work to furnish oil for the good working of our machinery . We are not at liberty to divulge its nature , nor would our readers require it if doing so was calculated to put a single pivot out of order . Perhaps , next week , we may have something to say upon the subject .

      [ From the Bolton Free Press . ] In our last number we stated that a meeting had bean held in this town for tb * purpose of petitioning the House of Commons for the release of Messr * . Frost , Williams , and Jones . Up to last evening there had been , we understand , about 7 , 000 signatures obtained . Mr . Ainsworth , Jf . P ., having been requested to present , and Dr . Bowring , M . P ., to support the petition , the following communications from them have been received by tho chairman ofthe meeting : — _Sraithills Hall , Jan . 15 th , 1818 . Sir , —I shall be happy to comply with your wish to present tne petition to Parliament for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones . I will thank you to forward it on ths 22 nd , totaa , addressed 14 , Somerset-street , London .

      I beg to remain , Sir , most respeetfully yours , F . _Awswobth . Mr . Vf . Pickvance , chairman , 18 , Duncan-street , Bolton . London , Jan . 13 th , 184 .. Dear Sir , —I have to-day received your letterof the 10 th Jamuary , requesting I will support a petition iu favour of extending the Que _< _iu ' s forgiveness to Frost , Williams , and Jones . You do not say to whom you have confided the petition , andare perhaps uot aware that no member can speak on a petition except tbe person who presents it . 1 should be very happy , however , to co-operate in any measure for commuting the sentences of those who havu suffered so much , and who probably erred more in ignorance than tvil design . Yours v _» ry truly , John _Bswbiso . ifr . Wm . Pickvance , Bolton .

      Money! Money!! Money!!! If The People Ha...

      MONEY ! MONEY !! MONEY !!! If the people have that confidence in us , with which our every act should havo inspired them , wo HOW call upon them to furnish us with means to protect the poor against tho calamity of being balloted for the militia . We refused ltichmond _' s money , and will not make a bad use of theirs . With money tyrants oppress ; with money we will beat their oppression .

      Wc will make such a use ofit as will convince all that it has not heen unprofitahly applied . We must remind our readers of two thingsfirstly , that our expenditure of their funds has always heen satisfactory ; and , secondly , that without money it is utterly impossible to protect their interests , or to make their voice heard . Therefore , we say , if they have confidence , let them forthwith subscribe to the National Anti-Militia Fund .

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      - Jotice. Js* The Groat Length At Which ...

      - _JOTICE . _jS * The groat length at which we have reported the Soiree ia honour of Mr . _Duiieomb ? , the unavoidable lvngth of our " Summary , " the many important and pressing matters demanding editorial comment , and the debate in Parliament , have combined to overthrow our usual arrangements , leaving us on Friday morni » g with a mass of " copy" it is impossible to give insertion to . We are , therefore , compelled to omit many notices ef " meetings , "'' forthcoming meetings , " " communications to and from correspondents , " and several articles of "news . " All that will keep for a week shall appear in our next number .

      National Axti-Militia Association.—The T...

      National Axti-Militia Association . —The Trades and Chartists of tho several districts of London are requested to send delegates to tha Parthenium , S ' -, St . Martin ' s-lane , at halt-past eight o ' clock _precisely on Wednesday evening next , to form a National Anti-Militia Association , the objects of which will be to protect the working classes from being coerced hy poverty to serve iu this unconstitutional force , and to spare them the horrid infliction of being sent to Ireland to fight against a nation struggling for hor liberties . — _F-A-cus O'Consob , secretary . Ma . _O'Costio- asd the Gbieswich Chabtistb . — Wc are particularly requested to notice that , in order to insure ilr . O'Connor ' s attendance at the Greenwich supper on Monday night , the entertainment will

      commence at seven o clock precisely , and not at eight , as originally announced . Mr , O'Connor will attend . "Statu of Pabties . "—Sir , —Th- article on "the star * of parties in England , " which you recently transferred to the columns of the Northern Star , is calculated to give rise to serious thoughts . N _* ne except the wilfully blind can look through the public prints , or _observe for themselves the condition of their country , without arriving at the conclusion that the Charter must ultimately triumph . The Tories endeavour , as _lonj at they can , to conserve everything obnoxious that onr ancestors have left us , or that they _liavt forced on us by _mtans of aristocratic tyranny nnd corruption ; but truth , sacred truth , will unmask their Sorts , and will scatter them , as the Whigs are scattered , totliu four winds of Heaven , Yes I the Whigs , as a party , are dead—your journal has _recorded thu

      fact , and that fact will go down to posterity . Some numbers of that once powerful party may prate theii nonsense—may endeavour to look big iu their _littlenens , like the frog iu the fable ; but no elfort of theirs can frustrate the progress of ChartUm . I look upou such men at Duncombe aud Feargus . O'Connor aa thu future ( and that future is not far distant ) regenerator- of the age ; they are regenerators wiio will alike humble the proud aristocrat and the selfish cotton lord , and teach them the great principle , that they must accord to their now _gutfering _fdllow men " a fair day ' s wages for a fnir dnj's work . " It ia the Charter that can -low . eatabli-ti th * happiness of the nation . No efforts of man can pruTont the triumph of Chartist principles , and the mighty of the land , the aristocrat , and the moneyjobber ( in the words of llyron ) — . "hear a little bird that singi

      Tha _ptopU , by and by , will ba the stronger . This conviction , this honest conviction , has been forced n ma by reading your intelligent journal . It is the mirror of the times , and will be looked at as such by tha future historian . It is the organ of th * people , the true expounder of the principle . ; of democracy . Pardon me , it the importance ot the subject has ma ilr me trespass upon your attention . I fed that my voice is w « ak , but wtik as it is , I would raise it in the holy cause of popular freedom . With every wish for your success , I remain , yourobvdient servant , An Ous-KVEor the Times .

      The last Bard of _Breffki . —The song shall appear in si week or two ' s lime . J . M „ _NfiBwisn . —Thanks for Die Norwich paper but the matter referred to is too stale for insertion : the paper might have reached us on Monday week last . We have frequently Ivcoinplaui o ithis delay . Jon . _s Lowai . —Tub Militia . —When thc Bill for embodying the militia is before Parliament we will publish it at full length , and this for the present must be taken as the general answer to our numerous correspondence on the same subject ; in fact , a week would be too short to reply to _tiuestions on this subject alone . Notice . —Norri . voiiAM . —J . Sweet begs to acknowledge tha receipt of the following sums for thc Chartist Convention - . —I : * rom the Seven Stars . . 7 s . ; _Cordwainers '

      Society , _» s . ; by Mr . 15 _irgin , 2 s . Cd . ; from the Pheasant . Js . OJd . ; Lambley , Is . ; Arnold , 2 s . ; Sneiiiton Elements , ls .-d . ; Hucknall , Is . ; OM _ISasford , ls . ; Mr . Lcaviss , Gd . ; Mr . Mcllors , Cd . ; Mr . Crofts , ( id . ; Mr . Sheldon , Gd . j All persons having any money in their hands for ihe above purpose , aro respectfull y requested to forward the same to . 1 . Sweet , without delay . E . Payne , Cirencester , cau procure a copy of the rules on application to Mr . T . M . Wheeler , 7 , Crown-couA Dean-street , Oxford-street . J . IS ., Ko _ -. —Mr . Older should have written to Mr . O'Connor , and not to Mr . M'Gowan or Mr . _Il . ' , rncy . He never saw thc letters . [ Mr . Harney knows nothing of letters beaviu- the name of " Older . " ] J 4 p ., _SaddL-WORTH . —The guardians had Ae . right to take the lunatic ' s share .

      National Axti-Militia Association.—The T...

      Enwnt _Monkhovsi , Ashton Wo _regrat that we hava not a paper in which the letter ho _rsfers to appeared , and further keg to add , that he is welcome to tho use of our columns ; and also to state that the letter in question speaks favourably , and not disparagingly of him . It appeared in tlw paper of tha 10 th of January . J . L „ Carlisle —The ballot for location for No . 1 , will be confined solely to ths members of that section , and upon each draft or location all who have not _baen proriously located will he _ballottd from for _thanoxt ; as we have many applications upon this subject , _wa _dwira to be very explicit . We will presume that thera are 6 , 000 members , a ballot for 100 amongst all takes place , the 100 successful are located ; a second ballot for another 100 takes place amongst tho _5 , ' JOi ) , without roference to those who came nearest tho last successful candidate in the first ballot .

      J . Rawunson . —There would be no danger in having 2 , 000 of Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , "No Vote ! no Musket !" printed and ciruulat « d ; while thc expense would be useless , as Mr . O'Connor will take care to supply fresh matter weekl y upon the subject . J . G » odv , _StiMtiar , and S . Moob , Flathead . —An answer to their queries will be found in that to John Lowry . _Abbam Dm . CAN _ . _ -We never war with the dead ; this miserable jobber has tried all trades to live , and wc are too philanthropic to deprive him of sustenance , if his hearty abuse of us can procure him a mouthful . We request our friends will sparo themselves tho trouble of noticing the ereaturo . A . Cbiohton . —Thanks for th * -promised copies of thc Montrose _Standard , which , however , has not coma to

      band this week . Wo cannot promise to send a paper regularly , but will do so occasionally . West _Bidino or Yorkshire . — Thb _Forthcominc Election . —And so the sleek-skinned and oily-tongued lordling of tlie north is not to slip into the seat so nicely warmed for him by the League without an effort . We are glad of that . Tho working men of the West Biding will now hare an opportunity of thanking his lordship in person for th * many favours he has conferred on them . They will not forget the _bludgeoas and brick-bats so lavishly applied to thoir he :. _dj by the hirelings of Morpeth in 1887 , when they went to _VTake . field , solely to hold up their hands against the accursed New Poor Law ; nor how his lordship simpered and smiled when the blows hit so heavily , that the unarmed working men lay in the street before him . The

      Anti-New Poor Law men will not , we are sure , fail to attend the next levee of the lordling at Wakefield . Then tliere are the Ten Hours' Factory Bill men . They bare a long account to settle with their sympathising friend . They will , no doubt , require from his . lordship an arowal of the increased quantity of evidenee necessary to satisfy the mind of a noble protege of the Leaguo , that the Loaguers have no right to murder infants and females , by working them against time , steel , and steam . They will , no doubt , demand an explanation of the very sudden aud extremely curious conversion of a noble to the principles of the League , although he had been so long absent from Parliament , and of the obliquity of his mind on the question of the tyranny of the Leaguers , because he had not been iu Parliament lately . We shall be surprised if the Ten

      Hours' Dill does not place Morpeth in a fix on that point . Then there are all those who think that native industry needs protection from League gold and League tyranny . They will need no persuasion to meet Morpeth , and tell him they will not have tbe League to reign over them . We publish an address from Mr . Ferraiid , M . P . for Knaresborough . Of course , we don ' t pin our faith to his sleeve . We are , however , about as much in love with the Leaguers and their tyranny as is the honourable member for Knaresborough , and we shall rejoice to see his efforts against the League aad the New Poor Law , and in favour of the Ten Hoars' Bill and tbe protection of native in . diwtry , crowned with success . In a word , _ferrand shall have our thanks if he should prove successful in wresting the representation of the West Hiding Rroa

      tbe hands ofthe League , by giving the slippery lordling the go-bye . Yorkshire operatives ! remember the broken heads of 1847 , and who broke them . AVorking men of the West Riding ! remember that you have tried Morpeth , and have _alwuj-s found him wanting . Remember thi < , and repair to Wakefield , there to hold up your hands ugaiii 9 t Morpeth , who is the friend of the New Poor Law , the enemy of the Ten Hours ' Factory Bill , and the destroyer of nitive industry _. To the _Chihtists of Sooth Lancashire . —A delegate meeting will be held in the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday , February 1 , ISIS , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , when the following questions will be considered by the meeting : —1 st . The policy to be pursued by thu Chartist body in the forthcoming eloction . 2 nd . The restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . 3 rd . The Ten _Hours'Jiill . _Jth . To consider the propriety of giving _permanent energy to the Chartist body in South Lancashire . 5 th . The election of a fresh district secretary .

      Brother Democrats , —We lay before you a number of propositions , to the consideration of which we invite your most serious attention . The aspect of the political horizon is , at this time , most significant of the approach of great events . An mportant crisis is rapidly advancing , preguant with erents , whicli , i « their operation , willinvolve deep and _importantconsequences in connexion with our eonstitutioiialliberties , Itis , therefore , indispensably necessary that the sentinels of democracy be at their posts upon the watch-towers of Chartism . To render our great labours effectual , the abore meeting is called , to which it is earnestly roqTO _& teu tt » t a \\ towns in Soutti Lancashire will _stmd delegates . —Daniel Donovan , John Noitls , Samujsi Yardlet , James Williams . 8 . T ., Carrington . —We are not awaro of Mr . Cobbett ' s having written a history of England . The best history of England is Hume ' s continued by Smollett .

      Receipts Of Tiie Chahtist Co-Opebatiye L...

      RECEIPTS OF TIIE CHAHTIST _CO-OPEBATIYE LAND SOCIE 1 T . _SH--. S . PES MB . O ' _CONXOB . £ 3 . d . Aberdeen , per — Fraser .. .. .. .. 354 Derby , per Wm . Crabtree ,. .. .. 200 Plymouth , per E . Robertson .. .. .. 300 _Dewsbur .-gate , per J . House .. .. .. 6 1 * if South Shields , per J . P . Urick ' -0 0 _( forwich , per J . Ifuny .. .. _.. .. 260 Oldham , per W . Ilamer .. .. .. .. 200 Jacob Wilson , Calais 5 0 0 Kolton , lier E . _llodgkinson 1 » 8 10 Artichoke Inn locality , Brighton , per William

      Flower .. .. .. .. .. .. 286 _Jamet Serton , Bromhain „ „ .. 100 Stockport , pur T . Woodhouse .. .. .. 200 Bilston , iii"' . 1 . Linney .. .. . « ,. 480 Dodworth , per T . Croft 2 0 0 _Exott-r , per F . Clark 2 10 9 lladclitt ' e , per l _* . I'arr 5 0 0 Leeds , per TV . Brouk .. 10 0 0 Douiiburn , per J . Clark .. ., .. .. 0 13 ij Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 3117 0 Kudford , per J . Alderson .. .. .. 10 0 0 Perahore , per W . Conn 2 0 0 Ashton-under-Lyne , per E . Ilobson .. .. 11 0 0

      _-HAaSB . Pas _OBSSSAL 8 ECBBTABT . £ _s . d . £ s . d . Marylebone .. .. 100 Hull 12 C Mr . Carpenter , Mi- Lambeth .. .. -0 nories .. . 4 J . _Warnes , New Monmouth .. „ 14 0 Town .. .. 199 T . A . _Coleford .. 040 Oxford .. .. 0 17 9 Mr . Charles Fox .. 1 6 2 Mr . _Husjell , Bittern 0 3 0 Leicester .. .. 1 13 3 Roadinj ; .. .. 020

      LEW FOB THE LAXD _COMFERENCB . _rstt Ma . o ' eo _ fN 0 a . Dcwsburv-ftate , per J . Rouse .. .. ,. 009 Exeter , per F . Clark 0 0 9 Note . —The sum ncknowledgedfrom Salford in the Ht & r of the * lrtlof Jaiiuar ; should hare been 4 s . Gd ., not 4 s . Five friends of Wakefield for election suuabbles .. 0 * . _» 0 LEVY FOtt Till * LAND _COSFEUKKCE . PEK GEN-HAL _SECBKTART . Leicester .. .. Lambeth .. .. 0 Sowerby Helm „ Oxford Hull .. ..

      NATIONAL CHARTER _ASSO-UTIO-T . EXECUTIVE . PEK MR . o'COS . VOB . The Female Chartists of Rochdale per E . Mitchell 1 10 » A friend , per J . Lawsou .. .. .. .. 050 East Ward , Leads 0 5 0 llolton . par E . _Iloilijkinson .. .. .. 050 Leicester .. .. 0 2 2 Lambeth ( one of Carlisle .. .. 0 10 0 Matthias stamp ) 0 10 Hull 0 17 0 Whittington it Cat 0 3 0

      VICTIM FBM > . ri'B MS . O ' CONNOR . East Ward , T _ eodj .. ,. o J . Lawsou , I > uriiley .. .. .. .. 850 Thomas Mabtin Wubbler . _Secretary .

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      ROTAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . -H-SK-. MH . JOHX _DOVeiASS , CONTINUED SUCCESSofthe Pantomime . Crowded to the ceiling . Re-engagement of Mr . White , the celebrated Lion Tamer ; who respectfully informs the public in consequence of an advertisement appearing in the daily journals , that Mr . Carter , with his Lions , Tigers , & c ., would not appear at the Marylebone Theatre , Mr . White is compelled to state tliat Mr . Carter was never announced to appear ; nor did he ever hear of Mr . Carter being possessed of any performing animals , Mr , Carter having been in the employ of Mr . White . whose Lions , Tigers , Panthers , Ac , will positively appear at the above Theatre every evening , under thc direction of Mr . White the Lion and Tiger tinner of Van Amhurgh ' s collection , and proprietor of the _aniiiiala exhihitedby Mr , Carter . To commence wi th the " Lion o ithe Desert , "in which the collection of wild animals that were exhibited by Mr . Carter , when in the employ of Mr . White , will appear . Characters by Messrs . White , Rayner , Harrington , Pennet , ic . To be " followed by the Pantomime of " Harlequin Old Nick . " fo conclude with the " Death Plank ; or , the Dumb Sailor l ! oy . " Stage Manager , Mr . Neville . BV . es , 2 i . ; Pit , h . ; Gallery , Gd .

      Tlie Frankfort Journal Contains A Letter...

      Tlie Frankfort Journal contains a letter from St . Potyrsbuvgb _, of the 4 th , which states that twentyiivo prisoners of war , recently returned from the Caucasus to Tiflis , announce that the mountaineers arc receiving . succours from men of all countries , Mussulmans . Pules , Italians , English , and French , who furnish tliem with ammunition , or render them the services of architects , surgeons , and engineers , although they take no part in the contest , which the nation alone sustains . Three | niemb _§ ys of "Young Italy" arc among the number .

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      _, Monday. Bun Tradb. *—It Would Appear ...

      _ _, MONDAY . bun Tradb . _*—It would appear from the _Thunderorot tbis morning , that , after all , the thunder of tree trade is to dwindle into a League P-ai , and that w _# are only to have one little rumble . Tlte mice merely mean a nibble at the cheese for themselves , and the keystone of the arch of protection is not to be struck . Some time since , we commented upon the altered state of compositors , printers , bookbinders , and _thoseconneeted with tliat trade , as well as upon the prospects of shoemakers , glovemakers , andall those whose labour is ns yet protected , and whosepaven 9 lme paid large fees upon their NA-1 IP-HL bAllH , in the event of all protection being taken away ; andthe lima , and other journals who gather knowledge from us upon this , to them new subject , now find it necessary to hoist the flair of distinction , and merely look for free trade in corn _«¦_ % - % . rl An n . 1 % . _« An . _«« k _ _4 _ _v a _& _,. _ .,. __!« _ .- ... Ml "t _ - _ . - W and such materials will

      . raw as produce activity in the labour market . We tell them , however , as we hare told them scores of times before , that UNADJUSTED free trade in corn , must eventually lead to _des . ructire free trade in unprotected labour , and tiie Minister is perfectly right in framing all liis measures for the regulation of trade , in the short period allowed him between thc present time and that of the maturity of liis tariff of 1842 ; as again we repeat , not our prediction , but our conviction , that witli 1846 will be developed tlie full length and breadth ot that statesmanlike measure . We anticipate that the ihunderer bas had a friendly hint of the little to be proposed in the way of free trade during the approaching session of Parliament , and is , consequently , gotting alarmed as tbe day arrives for opening the oracle from Delphos . _^ . nd oh , if the great pvophet should turn out to be no prophet at all , wliat a blot in the escutcheon !

      Tiik Cors Iram .. —From every market town in the kingdom , we learn that the shadow of free trade is causing prices to recede , as children make thoir escape from a _hobgoblin . Iu some instances prices have receded a shilling a quarter—in some 2 s . ; while the millers are still refusing to keep up stocks beyond a mere temporary supply . Now , should Sir Robert Peel not be able to keep up tlie dignity of the ghost , and should the fear ofthe farmers and millers vanish at one and the same time , the ghost of free trade will be metamorphosed into the hobgoblin of famine , as confidence will be restored , and prices rise like

      magic ; and thus a new phantom of scarcity will once more stalk through the land . Perhaps the greatest horror of unnatural protection and impolitic legislation is the facility which they afford statesmen and scribblers of operating upon the fears and properties of others . We wish , from our souls , that tliis monster was crushed one way or other , whatever may be the embodiment in wbich we sliould have to fight the change . One thing is quite certain , that what will now satisfy millers and farmers will not satisfy those who are too dependent upon both for the very means of existence .

      f nu Money Market . —Notwithstanding the ball monthly settlement bas gone off quietly , ami that all the robbers have fully maintained their characters , yet , somehow or other , things go down . The funds are worse , the shares are worse , confidence is _worse , and everything looks worse , and all this mainly , it not entirely , attributable to the power that other countries have to mould our destinies to tlieir will . The Texaus prefer the protection of * Republican America to the tender mercies of monarchical salvation . We have not enougli of land at home , and look

      for the wildernesses of other nations , and straightway the people , who can't get enough of food from anywhere , are to become soldiers to fight for the minority of Texas , and for a wilderness , that tyrants may bave free navigation to reap spoil and free scope to impose taxes . When will the policy be admitted that to be great abroad we must be great at home ? When English blood and English comforts eease to be matter of speculation witb a set of Jew jobbing rascals , who would rather make £ 5 per cent _, upon the swallowing up of a nation than 4 _£ per cent _, upon a gold mine or most advantageous railroad .

      TnK Protegtiosists _asd the _Piuue Mi > ust _ . r . — By St . Paul , the work of j _» buse goes bravely on ! The free-tongued agriculturists , unlettered by thelaws of sedition , and not prescribed by thc rules of decency , call the ( Juecn ' s Prime Minister by very hard names , that of traitor beini ? the one in most common use . At the East Suffolk meeting one Lord Rendlcsham , after having _mapped the outlines of the future polioy ofthe agriculturists , and after having enforced the impossibility of paying a national debt of £ 800 , 000 , 000 without protection , announces the future operations ofhis party in the following terms : — " Let us cordially unite , and by a memorial to her Majesty , and by petitions to both Houses of Parliament , express onr determination to resist , by every

      CONSTITUTIONAL MKANS in our power , any further concession to the DEMOCRATIC FEELING which is fearfully increasing in this country . Let us not look to others , but taking caro that we bc not again deceived , DEPEND UPON OURSELVES . " Now , every child in England understands the meaning of constitutional means coming from such lips ; in its mildest application it means coercion of the Qu « en ' s Mini-ter—in it . most extensive _sippiieation it _luimns WAR TO TIIE KNIFE ; but the poor lord will join to resist democratic principles . God help his r . oble folly ; but then hc has taken a loaf from our l / ook , for he tells his party to DEPEND UPON THEMSELVES . Again , Sir Charles Burrell , member for Horsham , commenting upon the effects of free trade , very truly says— " He had expended upwards of - £ 2 , 000 in drainage within a very few years ; but if protection wore taken away , and corn reduced to one half its present value , how could the farmer be

      expected to persevere in improvements which would then cease to yield an adequate return ? " And again — "Then , if all protection was removed , taxes could not be raised , tlic national debt could not be paid , and the country would no longer have that character for integrity wbicb had led many of tbe French Generals , during the late war , to place their money in the British fund * , a practice which there was reason to believe had been adopted by the bead of the empire himself , in order to nave a refuge for the destitute . " Well , te be sure , how the cat does come out of tlie bag when her claws begin to tickle the 'Squires in thvir owh bit of NATION /* L FAITH . After all , we are tho real prophets , for tlie readers of the Star have that papor to refer to , in which we told thom , in April , 1842 , that the Corn Laws being once repealed , the landlords would begin to ask all about the NATIONAL DEBT , all about the TITHES , all about TAXATION , and what all them there things were about , and that they would then sty , why , THOSE

      CHARTISTS WERE RIGHT AFTER ALL ! _IREIiAND . Traxquiluty or Ireland . —At foit we give the course resorted to by Mrs . _Maguire and her children for thc _encouragement of Irish agriculture , and from the report it will be seen that the Irish people no longer rely upon the specifics of O'Connell , or the wag of his " tail" for the liberation of Ireland , while the Irish people will now discover the value of the miticutkd Coercion Biu , supported by the Liberator . If ever there was a deliberate act of treason , it was that of strengthening thc hands of the Irish

      Executive with sueh a base , bloody , and brutal measure ; and every Irishman who is bung , shot , or transported under its ; provisions will be a victim to O'Connelljustiee to Ireland . The White Boys , ol 1828 , forced the Tithe Commutation Bill from the Tories , and perhaps the Maguires , of 1840 , may force a Laxd Comvjtition BiUifrom the same parties . Mr . Duffy ha itotd ns tliat no liberty is to be achieved for Ireland except by seditious libels : we tell him there is more to be achieved by the outpourings of that turbulence croated by the subserviency and denounced by the fears of tho Irish press .

      PROCLAMATIONS _USD-B THE COERCION ACT . It in announced this morning that , at the urgent and unanimous request of tho local magistracy of the county of Limeriek , a large body of military has been ordered forthwith to that district , and that tho Coercion Act is to be proclaimed in several of the _distarbed baronies . The latter part of this statement sounds imposing enough , nn _4 might lead to the belief that tho suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , the enactment of martini law , or some such stringent measure , was contemplated . A proclamation under thc Coercion Act , however , is a very simple and

      withal inoffensive procedure , it being nothing more than the enforcement of the Act 6 William IV ., by wliich it is competent "for tho Lord Lieutenant , or otlier chief governor or governors of Ireland , hy the advice of the Privy Council in Ireland , to declaro b . v proclamation , Unit any county , county of a city , or eounty of a town in Ireland , or any barony or baronies , half barony or half baronies in any county at large , or any district ! i less extent than any barony or half barony to be therein specified , is or are in a state of disturbance , and requires or require an ndditional establishment of olicc . "

      This was the course takenl ast Jnly when the state of Leitrim rendered the stop necessary towards restoring tranquillity in that county Whether that object was attained by the experiment will be easily learned by a perusa lo Ithe last intelligence from that quarter , as reported in the _jT'tmesbiTltursday _, from which it will be seen that , in a conflict between the " Molly ilaguires " and tbe police , the latter were compelled " to retire , " leaving one of their body with a broken jaw and eight of his teeth knocked out . This circumstance coupled with the fact of another regiment of infantr j being required for service in Leitrim , does not speak much for the " Coercion Act of 0 William IV . The first division ( two companies ) of tho 67 th ltegiment left the lloyal bavracks this morning for Limerick , instead of Mohill , tlieir previous destination . The remainder of the regiment folloivs on Monday and Tuesday .

      The "World" axd the "Northkhn Star . "Our UNIVERSAL FRIEND has voncbsaled a passing comment upon our strictures upon thc Irish press , and characteristically enough would monopolize its share of the compliment ; we shall only reply in the words of the old adage When cups amongst a crowd are thrown—Our friend can supply the other lino : but , for plaini . cf . ! . s .. Ive ¦ wc bo to statQ that wo made no exception

      _, Monday. Bun Tradb. *—It Would Appear ...

      whatever . The" World" dignifies the _GREAT TOE of our monster thus : — _ExraniH _-r _FLATrtBiNO . _—Mr . Feargus O'Connor , in a fit of virtuous iudignation at the Irish Press for not backing Mr . O'Higgins , thus _apastrophises our contemporaries , and very likely ourselves : — " Are you not hirelings ? Poor priceless slaves , with measured conscience , bated breath , and fettered hand ? Xou profess to loose the chiiiv that hinds your country , while you tighten every , rivet and forge—sueh bondage as freemen blush at . You have hoped , by your silence , to procure the downfall of tho man whoso bravery you sliould have honoured , in whose _intellect you should have taken pride , in whose veins ran the pure stream of liberty , and whose triumph will but mark your impotence . "

      What a pity it is that the Liberator did n . t accept the " One Pound Note" ofthe ex-Member tor Cork , when tlio latter would have been certain to visit Bur _^ _luQuiy ; and , as the Northern Star would have followed in his train , then , indeed , might _Ireland hare boasted of possessing one journal with extraordinary pretensions to _hon-. sty and independence . Why didn't it give our article at full length and alkw readers to judge whother , under the circumstances of the case , we were severe or mild . As to Mr . O'Connor ' s probable exhibition at Conciliation Hall had his one pound been snaffledwc can only say

      , that the Liberator would give all the Kepeal rent in his coffers rather than hear one blast from his trumpet within the walls of Conciliation Hall . The buiMing would tremble like the walls of Jericho , and smother jugglery under its ruins . Quere . Why hasn ' t Mr . O'Connor got back his gninea that he paid for liis musket as an Irish volunteer ? ' We shall bo most happy , whenever circumstances warrant , to make an exemption in tbe case of the World . A man with one eye is king amongst the blind , and if there is a distinction without a difference our contemporary is welcome to the shade .

      Tub Irish Pi . _usa and the Nation * . —The Liberal press of Ireland is in hydrostatics , as Mrs . M _/ A ' aprop would say , at the bare notion of the Saxon Government prosecuting Mr . Duffy , and more than _amjry at the notion of Sir Robert Peel allowing the Herald and the Standard to insult the Irish p _. ople . 11 those gentlemen had felt as indignant when the press of England and the Liberator hounded the Government on to prosecute , and persecute , and hunt down the English Chartists , perhaps we , too , might have had a fellow feeling . For a season they conquered , but we _surrived _' our motto—was "Subdued , but not conquered . '' They thought that they had conquered , and , in the words of their chief , we say , "V » victis !"—Woe to tho conqueror . Why _diil ' nt tliey defend O'Higgins by publishing his sedition , especially when Mr . Duffy tells us , that no liberty is ever achieved except by the publication of

      SEDITIOUS LIBEL . _ItswiKSf . vrAno . v of Dunus . —Notwithstanding the groat efforts of the Repeal party , it would appear that Mr . Hamilton , one of the members for the Protestant College , has a strong impression of being able to scat two Conservative' : at the next election ; ami , in good truth , if the next does not give us better Irishmen than Repealers have hitherto proved themselves to be , put two Conservatives and two Repealers In a sack and shake 'em , And which conies first you may take ' em .

      FOREIGN . America . —Notwithstanding the subserviency of the English press , and the great interest that muiiy of its conductors have in keeping up prices , and ' tlie advantage of confidence to a Prime Minister , THE SPEC IN TIIE WEST is still lowering over every _, thing and overshadowing men ' s mimls . Gigantic efforts ate being made to arouse English patriotism in favour of English institutions and _agninst republican principles . The spirit of France tbat was the first to acknowledge the independence of Texas , is urged as a reason for _Englisli sympathy , when Texas considers her true independence to consist in republican institutions : and that long cherished antipathy , and , till now , growing hostility _towirds Franx , is

      sought to be merged into national sympathy , Like the contests of political parties when their privileges are assailed , so with the English press and France . Now all minor differences are to be surrendered until the proud spirit of democracy is humbled , and THEN they'll fight their own party battles over again . Prussia will , doubtless , do all that in HER power lies to uphold the despotism of irre _> p _,-. nsible rulers , and we should not be at all astonished to find the sponsor of the Queen ' s first-born tondoring a loan ot his troops as substitutes for the French soldiers sent to America . Again we have to remind our readers that three years ago we prophecied the incorporation of this league ef kings to overthrow the league ot people ; but God grant that they may fail in their TREASONABLE attempt .

      TUESDAY . Fkee Trams . —As the time for thc conviction ot the Times newspaper arrives , the Thunderer is nob satisfied with one loaf of daily bread , but * , actually gives us two long articles directly treating of the question of free trade , as well as a nibble in everything into which the exhausted _sulyect can be lugged . The Duke of Richmond is a base man for not _correcting tlie acknowledged abuses of the Poor Law Amendment Act , which he has admitted tor tun . years , while he strangled the qui torn actions against his brother gamblers at railway speed . We have not time this week , but , with God ' s blessing , next week we'll furnish our cotemporary with a summary , not of the mere sayings , but of " the actual doings of his

      tender-hearted clients , the mill-lords . It would be much better for the belligerent parties to light the question of free trade upon its naked merits , because the Times may rest assured that all the money in the League's coffers , nor yet in the Treasury , would not , upon comparison with the landlords , save them from the majority of the dirt . The fact is this , tho laws of the landlords are bad and grievous , hit the accomplishment of free trade would not repeal any one act obnoxious to liberty , while the cruel deeds of capitalists in their hourly conflicts with labour evince a spirit of brutality beyond law . The oppression of

      the landlords is a heavy scoarge , intended to fall equally upon all—thc oppression ofthe League is tho sharp and active spur of cupidity , never for a moment out of the sides of labour . To correct any single law upon wliich landlord abuse is based , not a single free-trader will lend the oppressed a particle of cooperation , or even sympathy . What wo dread , and what we ever shall dread , will be the transference of punishment from the whip of the _slugglish farmer to the whip and spur of the active capitalist . Bright and Cobden have now declared that their object is to rescue power from the hands of thc landlords , while we doclare that we would rather see one revolution

      in England than the continuous reign ot slowtorture , that would inevitably How from the political ascendancy of the free traders . The silent , bub active , never ceasing enemy , _macihseby , is kept studiousl _y out of sight in this _iJl-argnod controversy ; but machinery is the enemy , after all , that industry wiil have to contend with . A Long Day , my Lokd . —The only boon that Irish _, victims sought from their murdering judges after sentence of death , was as long a period as possible to make up their last account , and thisappeal was always made thus , "A LONG DAY , MY LORD . " Now ,

      what would the limes give lor all the opportunities and chances that a dissolution would afford of A LONG DAY . A " drowning man will catch at a , straw , " and hence we find the Thunderer compelled . to rely upon the guess of the Liverpool Albion , wbicb i ventures an opinion based upon the information of an i omnibus cad , relative to Sir Robert Peel ' s FreeTrade > policy . This is Tuesday , and we have only two days * ' grace , and we venture to piophecy that Peel will as J much think of proposing the Peoplo ' s Charter as Free 3 Trade . He dare not do it . It would be as much as * bis head would be worth to propose it .

      Tiik _PHorscrio . _visrs . —Those worthy gentlemen 1 still continue their lip worship of the HONEST L INDEPENDENT ENGLISH LABOURER . The a farmers of Winchester have made their appearance __ on the stage under the management , and we may j add , direction of Lord Carnarvon , and they thunder r the same anathemas against the Prime Minister as , s thcir country cousins in other parts . In good truth , i , thero is much sedition spoken now-a-days by thosw 5 _« privileged classes , but the League and the Landlords Is will find perfect security in their respective juryry classes . It would be an anomaly , a curiosity ev « _iBi in these curious times , to find a jurv of _agricul-nlturalists that would convict a "FAllMERS ' . S ' FRIEND , " or a jury of leaguers that would conviefciefc " THEIR FRIEND , " while either , or a mixture of of : both , would require very little evidence to convic-ic-i " LABOUR ' S FRIEND : " but

      Labour ' s battle once begun , _J-euuoathed from bleeding sire to son , Though baffled oft , is ever wen _. Con * Tradb . —Despondency in this department o t o tvallic appeal - to increase as the . doubtful day o ¦ o settlement approaches , as we learn from the severa n _* a market notes of last week that prices are still _tunitim-.-bling lower and lower . Perhaps the Prime Ministetsteii may be able to suggest some remedy for this _appanpatrently incurable evil , but for ourselves wesee iiothhuliitM efficacious " except tbe possession ol * the land by tin tlw working classes , and such control as the free _lahoubotu market will bo suro to exercise over the _umnanag-agt ' 1 * able devil machinery .

      Money Mahkkt . —Tke despondency is quite ne inn sufferable in this department , aud the news froifrou India , being of a warlike character , has by no meanearc lessened the embarrassment . It appears that tit tin Russian Envoy at Washington is by far the _moimo » i popular of all the foreign diplomatists , and _wli wlili knows but old Bluebeard ( Nicholas ) , whose _desj ( tb i tb i is , we fear , secured for ages , may side with Yaniuuiiui rather than John Bull , an apprehension which v . h vv learn is giving a tinge to the American news ftvs u 'Change . India , America , China , Russia , Irclarchui and Chartism would bc very formidable opponents nts Franco , Prussia , Austria , and England , and there teres little doubt hut a wise policv on the i > art of Ameriflericc added to the connivance of Russia , may tend to dto dii turb " our friendly relations" with the Colestilestu Empire , anil this OUR Envoy _nppears to umtamlcc stand . Now all these things , togctlior with the dho dii [ _CmMtf itk ourEigMi rage . }

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 24, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24011846/page/5/