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      _HETHE CENTRAL _RECEPTION COMMITTEE TO THE _CHAICriST BODY _, -p . -cw _™ _. TTavin" been appointed , in _conformity J w _& rWo & of the late Convention a _com-S _™ 1 tt _^ fe _^ 1 he pnrpose of registering electors and _S-oSfrS _* _- _***•** fi , the & ouseof _9 _T ? ? _SKSt- _" _- _** - _^ _PFrt _*** -3 caa _* of social andpoh . - _Kclljust & the many , we feel _^ Uedupon to ad-Ires dress yon npon the vitally important _^ labours of which _lut ' dutv imperatively _wq-aires the performance on your -arinarts and ours . Ere the lapse of many months a ren general election must take place . The felon factions rah" will then , as is their wonted custom , be on the alert , _itn struggling for that ascendancy which will give to the _riei victor the power of dividing the spoil which unjust lavs laws make of the people ' s industry .

      1 We shall then have the two great Parliamentary lea leaders , Russell and Peel , and the small fry of nosta trum mongers under a variety of aspects , bidding for _poj popular support . We shall doubtless see Russell and th 'tis supporters ravenous as wolves for thc luxuries of off office , soliciting popular support as men of altered vh views and principles ? promulgating a new political fai faith , _discardin-rthc j . _lulosopby of "finality , " relinqu quishing their favourite Ss . fixed duty on the importa tation of com , advocating a tai hour factory bill , ai and willing to concede to Ireland political privileges _« _, equal to those possessed by England . So far , indeed , h _; has the •• Sim been removed from the eyes of Lord Ji John , thathe now perceives what thc nation , has Ic Ion- ; seen , felt , and understood , namely , that thc

      tl working J _2 an does not receive « fair share of t . lC p pro * lu . _* e ofhis _industry ! 0 wonderful pei _* --pie . "ic-ity . ' p _penctntting perception ! A noble and learned lord ; a a _legisliit . a * of more than & quarter ofa century ' s exj perience ; a t _. ? c « t _ttaleman discovers in the year 1815 i ihat the _bandlt-oni weaver , earning five shillings a a-wcek , and the powerloom weaver , getting eightor i nine , the agricultural labourer receiving seven or < eight , are not eonitably rcmunci * atcd for their toil' ! 3 How was it that Russell did not make this discovery i during thc ten years that he occupied the watch-- tower of Britain's destinies ? How happened it that ' . he did not perceive tliis , when from his elevated position his view of the political horizon should have been far more distinct and extensive than at present 1 Russell did see it : but hc lacked thc honesty to acknowledge it . He and his supporters were cogni

      sant ofthe working man's political and social _degra dation ; but , instead of meting out to hini political justice , elevating hun from social thraldom , and securing to him by wise and equitable legislation , a fair reward for his industry , they spent ten years in giving us Poor Law Bills , Coercion Bills . . Rural Police Bills ; and had plenty of prosecution and persecution—the dungeon and the treadmill for those who , impelled by a love of justice , sought the rcstoralto the people of those immunities of which they have been stepped by the ruthless hand of usurpation . RusseU has seen that thcccmparativelystatesmanlike measures of Peel have thrown his dwarfish policy into the shade ; hc sees that his only chance of ever again occupying the treasury benches , is to outbid Peel in the liberal mart . In our opinion he will attempt this at the forthcoming general election .

      Friends , under these cirenmstances , it behoves us to be on the alert . It is our duty , as ardent supporters ofthe cause of human emancipation , to seize npon every incident to promote its weal . We cherish hopes , that at the next election , by an energetic and concentrated system of action , we shall be able to secure the return to Parliament of some ten or twelve advocates of the People ' s Charter . The exertions of such a Uttle band of patriots agitating for the Charter in the house , battling with the hacks of faction , proclaiming fearlessly the rights of man , filling the press with lucid expositions of his wrongs , refuting the pitiful sophisms by which fraud attempts to prop injustice , would not only give excitement to hope , energy to action , courage to despondency , but would fix the attention ofthe civilised world npon the grandeur and holiness of the object to the accomplishment of which their labours were directed .

      Friends , without saying another word upon the importance of the thing to be done , we will at once come to what we deem tiie means of its realisation The Reform Bill , it appears , has more extensively enfranchised the people than was generally supposed Wc find that the provisions of that bill are couched in language so ambiguous , that it is not yet understood by its authorised exponents ! A rare commentary upon the wisdom and capability of our legislators ! It has , however , been ruled in the Court of Common Pleas , that the occupants of tenements , paying an annual rental of £ 10 , although the taxes should be compounded for , and paid by the landlord , are entitled to vote for a member of Parliament , provided such occupants be duly registered . Now , our

      object in issuing this address , is to place _cveiy man in the country , qualified by the decision aforesaid , in a position to exercise his franchise at the next election . In order to effect tliis desirable object . , let every city and borough in Great Britain have lis Election and Registration Committee . The work must be commenced immediately , as all claims to be rated must he made previously to the 31 st of July next Let the Chartist bodies in the various localities promptly bestir themselves in this business . The course of proceeding which wcreconnnend in each instance is , first , that a requisitioa be got up , as numerously signed as possible , and that it be presented to thc chief magistrate , soliciting him to convene a public

      meeting fbr the purpose of forming an Election and Registration Committee ; and furthermore , tbat hc grant for the use of sneh meeting some suitable public hail , over which he may have jurisdiction . Should thc magistrate refuse to convene tiie meeting , let the requisionists call it on their own authority . Secondly , let the conveners be provided with forms of claims to be furnished to such of the meeting as are qualified by rental to be rated as electors . Thirdly , let the local committees immediately communicate with the central committee , whose duty it is to furnish any information required . Fourthly , let the local committees exert themselves to collect funds to further de object , and let especial care be taken to appoint a competent person to attend the Barristeis' Court to defend such claims as may be objected to .

      Friends , we have now bnefly stated our object . We have endeavoured to impress you with tiie importance of that object . We have , as concisely as possible , pointed out the procedure to be adopted Wc feci that it is unnecessary to appeal to you for exertion . We are resolved to do onr duty ; we hope that you will do yours . We now leave your part of the work in your own hands , ardently hoping that your performance of it will be marked with _prompts tude and energy . Signed on behalf of the committee , Pmxrp M'Grath , Secretary .

      Bbcgveby. Of Hoiax Remains.—Bnanxanui, T...

      Bbcgveby . of Hoiax Remains . —Bnanxanui _, Tuesday . —A discovery which has created considerable interest and excitement took place in tMs town yesterday afternoon . A number of workmen in thc _emjiloy of _ilr . P . Smith , the town surveyor , were engaged in -sinking what is termed a dome well , at the Public-office , in Moor-street , when about 1 feet from ihesnrJace ofthe ground they met with thc remains of a large dog . This created no surprise , but immediately beneath , the excavators found their work impeded by apparently alarge box , but which , npon examination , proved to be an oak coffin . On its top -was a porcelain pipe of curious and evidently antique construction , and an engraved heart , with the initials "W . S . " The coffin , . considering the number of years

      it is supposed tohave been in the ground , was in a state of excellent preservation . Curiosity , as a matter of course , was excited to ascertain * its contents , and upon being opened and examined , it was found to contain the skeleton of a human being , through which , as in past times in thc case oi executed Malefactors , a stake had been driven . The remains were submitted to the examination of onc of the medical gentlemen connected with the Queen ' s College and Hospital , and he pronounced them to be the skeleton of a male , about the age of 25 or " 26 . Thc only point presented worthy of observation was an indentation of the forehead , from which it would be inferred that the deceased came to his death by violence . There are , however ,

      very plausible reasons for coming to a different conclusion . It is not at all improbable that thefrhcture of thc forehead was the result of the violence of the ¦ work-people employed In the excavation ; and if the man whose remains are found was murdered , it docs not appear likely thai his _Minrdcreis would have honoured his corpse with aa oak coffin , decorated with expensive insignia . Moor-street , in which the remains were found , is now situate in the veiy centre of Birmingham ; bat two hundred years "ago , at which time , at the latest , it is supposed the body must have been interred , it formed part of an extensive park , belonging , as some say , to the Jennings family , and , subsequently , to the ancestors of tho present J £ a « Howe . His Lordship holds extensive nronertv in

      the neighbourhood at the present time . . Mcrideustreet , Park-street , Jennings-row , Ac ., constituted a part ofthe original domain . Tho probability is that the body found is the remains of some member of ihe family to whom the estate , formerly belonged , and -who , as is frequently the case , even in modern times , was buried within the precincts ofthe family _urouiids . This view is confirmed bythe fact , tbat in Oxfordstreet , now standing npon a portion of the same domain , afew weeks " ago the workmen employed by thetown-snrvcyormet with the skeleton of a man who had evidently been buried for a great number of years , and between whose thighs was placed a large

      _niacii bottle containing a black fluid . Unfortunately however , the cupidity of an Irish excavator employed npon the work , who expected to find something to drink , led him to break the bottle , aud its contents were never correctly ascertained , it is needless to say that the discovery of tbe remains of a human win ** m the immediate neighbourhood of thepublic _prwin _^ _iedtomanyviilgaraadunfounded surmises Hvwl ? - uoUons _¦** ¦* _•" - _"O' _-rcctcd it is diffiult to S So _& £ _? _" _&* . thatthe worthy borough _corofor _sSinginjufeenSn _&^ _a _^^

      LONDON . Somers Tows . —On Sunday evening lastameeting ¦ w asheld in the HaU of Science , _Kinafs-cross . Mr . W . Farris was called to the chair , who in a few . pertinent remarks alluded to , and called on Mr . Arnott to read , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter from the last number of tha Norihern . ' Star , _which-was listened to with , great attention . Mr . J . S . Sherrard then delivered an eloquent and instructive lecture on "The Wealth of Nations ; " and ably demonstrated , from the ancient history of Egypt , Rome , Macedon , Persia , and ether nations , ana also from the -writings of Dr . Adam Smith , M'CuIIoch _, and other eminent writers , that

      the trce wealth of nations consisted in the land in a _proner state of cultivation : that land justly and equitably divided , the working classes enjoying the fruits thereof , with the franchise for their protection . In a lucid and elaborate style , the lecturer took a rapid view of thc commercial , monetary , and speculative ramifications of society ; and gave it as his opinion that all nations not founded on the above basis must inevitably come to decay and fall to rain . Several questions were put , and satisfactorily answered . Mr . Sherrard received a unanimous vote of thanks ; and , after a vote of thanks to the chairman , themeeting separated .

      LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE . Cami * Meetixc—On Sunday the fourth annual camp meeting took [ dace on _Blackstonc-edge ; it was intended to be held on Kobin Hood ' s Bed , but thc lOl'd of the manor sent his _heepei-s to _inioi-ni us w _* should disturb his young birds if we did . so , so the brave men and women of York and Lancaster _congregated together on a pleasant snot of rising ground at tlic back of the White House . * At two o ' clock a waggon was drawn up , when Mcssr . ? . Christopher Dovle , William Dell , Ambrose Hurst , and "Mooncy ,

      of Colne , took their stations . On the motion of Mr . William Bell , Mr . Edward Mitchell , of Rochdale , was appointed to preside . The chairman commenced by singing a Chartist hymn , and in a brief speech hc introduced Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , who delivered a soul-stirring speech , exciting much applause . Mr . Wm . Bell next gave a very powerful speech . Mr . Doyle , of the Executive , next , at great length , entered into the Land question , and gave great satisfaction . A vote of thanks to thc chairman concluded a glorious day for the cause of liberty .

      HUDDERSFIELD . The LisD . —The second meeting of the district committee of the Co-operative Land Society was held on Monday evening last , at Tamer ' s Temperance Hotel , when seven new members entered their names , and paid their first instalments . The committee will , in future , sit on Tuesday evening , at " half-past eight o ' clock , instead of Monday , when all persons desirous of talcing shares are requested to attend .

      Ihe Northern Star. Saturday. June 28, 184-5.

      IHE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY . JUNE 28 , 184-5 .

      A Slight Touch Of "Adversity" To Sweeten...

      A SLIGHT TOUCH OF "ADVERSITY" TO SWEETEN PRESENT " PROSPERITY . " Os the 2 ( 5 th of April last , wc sounded the _warnnio note of " approaching PA _2-HC . " We showed the combination of causes that had led to the present flush of " Prosperity ; " showed that those causes were evanescent in their nature : and that PANIC and depression must as assuredly follow , as that night follows day . We know that there are in this world those whose constitution of mind and uniformity of conduct fully „ entitle them to the designation of croakers : men who can see no good—no stability in anything ;

      men who were born grumblingly—and whose special " niission" seems to he to grumble everlastingly at everything . There are such men * , men who can never afford a good word , not even for the most perfect embodiment of goodness , or the best devised system ever propounded . These men are " true to nature" in little things , as well as great . You never meet them , but you find them croaking . Their whole life is spent in murmuring . We know also , that some very good , easy , cozy souls , set «< down as belonging to this class . Unable themselves to trace effect to cause : blind as hats to the moves on the

      political chess-board ; unable to calculate the "game" of governing ; ignorant of all but that which just is at the moment , these parties , in all single-mindedness and simplicity , set dOVfn as a croaker the man who ventures , in the hey-day of " _pROSPEBiir , " to hint at the possibility of " PANIC " and " adversity" breaking np the charm . Poor simple fools ' . They do not perceive that they , the blind and ignorant , are in the same category with thc croakers they affect to despise ; that both are but different species of thc same genus . The croaker grumbles not on system , unless , indeed , it be a system to be always murmuring . But he

      murmurs not because he has cause for murmuring —because he knows ivhy he murmurs . He merely obeys a blind instinct of his imperfect nature . Reason has nothing to do with his fault-findings . If it had , he could discriminate , and would be able to surprise himself at times , hy speaking approvingly of some body , or some project . So with the good easy and simple . They just take things as they find them , and are utterly unable to look back on what has been , or to judge of what may he . Reason with them is as blank as with the croakers ; and any opinion they may give , on intricate political or social subjects , is just as much worth as the grunt of a most _mveterateum-e _^^ ning grumbler , and not one

      whit more . But there are other men in the world—men who have something like heads on their shoulders . Society is not entirely composed of the simple and the croaking . There are some who can " put this and that together ; " who " can guess eggs when they see shells ; " who can penetrate some little below thc surface of things—use their reasoning powers in divining the causes in operation—and speak somewhat confidently of the -effects that are likely to follow . There is indeed another class—those of "raoi-ouxn

      GExrcs ; " those whose tpse dixit is gospel ; those whose opinions are infallibly correct—to doubt which is death everlasting ( politically , we mean ); those who modestly set themselves up as the world ' s " schoolmasters , " averring that it has been left for THEM to _teacft what most folk know—that they are possessed of a great deal more arrogance and selfconceit than integrity or honour . To thc first of the last two classes named , we are impudent enough to make pretension to belong : with the last wc

      forswear all lot or portion . Wc candidly confess that we fully believe it is not in our nature to be able to " set the Thames on fire . " Those who wish for the accomphshment of ihat feat , must seek for that heap of " 2 > _rqftindity , " thecorruscationsofwhose GENIUS have been sufficient to destroy everything he engaged in : and if he can only be prevailed on to meddle with flic Thames —( and hc will if you will only pay him for it)—" old Father Tame" will receive a sweating !

      Reasoning then on the causes that had brought about our present state of " glorious prosperity" ; on the effects of the last two harvests , in giving -os abundance of food , without our having to send money or money ' s-worth abroad to procure it ; onthe effects of the recovery from the "Paxic" and consternation produced in America by ihe glorious efforts of thc democrats tliere to rid themselves of the " INEXORABLE TYRANNY" of the jyapermoney mongers , whose scheming to " absorb the wealth out of the hands of the producers into their own , " had almost upset the _ltErcnuc , and erected

      on its ruins a fell moxet-oligarchy , whose "tender mercies" would have surpassed the worst cruelties that ever the twin-scourges of Kingcraft and Priest _, craft inflicted on mankind ; on the effects of the _JatC treaty with China ; onthe effects ofthe "disturbances" in Spain , which had enabled our honest merchants to smuggle into that country immense quantities of manufactured goods , almost prohibited by Spanish law ; on the effects of the " accommodation " afforded by thc " Old Lady of Threadneedlc Street , " and the consequent " case" of the money-market

      reasoning on these things , and particularly on the reckless spirit of won specoxation they had given rise to , and which had ramified itself over the whole island : reasoning on these things , with the history of former times and the operation of former similar causes before our eyes , we warned the public that a reverse was at hand ; that" PANIC " was at the door ; that sad gloomy depression was sure to follow , and that speedily , on the present hectic flush of * ' r-RosrERiTT . " We are now going to see how far subsequent events justified us in so speaking .

      A Slight Touch Of "Adversity" To Sweeten...

      It will perhaps be remembered that on the occasion named , we adduced the opinion of two " noble lords " in confirmation of our own—Lords Brougham and Ashbbrtos . To the opinion of the last named nobleman we _{" jttached . much weight . He has the character of being a clear-headed , far-seeing , but cautious man . Indeed , the manner in which he executed his arduous mission to America , respecting the Boundary and Slave questions , shows him to be one far from being devoid of judgment , or a business-mind . The opinions of this man , therefore , we held to be entitled to respect ; and when we found him uttering such a solemn warning as follows , wc could not but think that there was occasion . The words of Lord AsnBURTox werc : —

      "Nothing more important eould occupy the attention of Parliament than the present feverish state of tbe gambling connected with railways . In this case , however , as in many others , it was easier to point out the difficulty than to _snjrgest thc remedy . Still , it was desirable , whilst tlicy were putting down the gambling houses in St . James ' s-street and Jcrmyn-street , and in the purlieus of Westminster , that tliey should , at ?«< - *'> consider thc gambling ivhieh was pervading every eountry town , every country club , _axxd _cwnj / ami /** , from one end of the country to the other . They could not prevent the people from dealing in shaves * . but , at tho same time , it did become important to consider tlic extent to which this _jamming _« as carried on , aud , if they covM _xxot repress the gafahlhxy , _TUET Ot'GUT AT IX A ST TO COSSIDER ITS _or-EHATiOX ON THE OUniNARV _PUOCEEDISCS OK TIIE COO'TnT ,

      os oi'K _monttakt TiiANSACTioss . axid on the industry or the eountry . With regard to its influence on the ordinary business of trade , hc wight give one instance of its effect upon the iron manufactures of the country and , t ' ne derangement it caused to the iron trade . There had been 300 per cent , advance in the -price of iron during thc last eighteen months , and thc consequence was , that all the ordinary commerce connected with that trade was disturbed . They found a competition arising in Belgium and other countries , who were unable to carry on their ordinary processes , since tliey found the raw materials in this eountry too dear for them . This raised a competition id other countries against us , and opened channels of trade from which they could not afterwards be driven out ; so that when iron in this country came back to its ordinary price , we should find that we had lost the markets that had hitherto depended upon us .

      Let the reader note well thc instance the Noble Lord gives -of the _ixifluexicc ot the " GAMBLING MANIA" on the ordinary business of trade . Let him _nolc well that the price of iron had been advanced by it : that is , iron selling eighteen months ago at £ 5 per ton , was then selling for £ 15 . Let him mark well also the _coxuerfuences spoken of , as likely to follow from the unnatural advance caused by the " gaxnblcrs . " Let him note these tilings well ; and then let him con over attentively the following , wliich we extract from thc Times of Mondav * . —

      " _WEnsESBUEV , SATunnAT . —The crisis which for several months has been predicted seems fast approaching The extravagantly high prices to which iron had reached could not , as was stated in the Times two or three months back , be maintained ; and now , instead of being at 141 per ton , such has beer , the depreciation , that no man presumes to say what is its marketable value . It has been mentioned that in Scotch pig iron there was a rise of 20 s . per ton on Friday week , at Liverpool ; but on Tuesday last , only four days after , a corresponding reduction tooh place .

      The unsettled state of the iron trade in South Staffordshire is attended with the most inconvenient , if not ruinous , _consequences . The manufacturers , especially the makers of heavy goods , are _sufficing under the depression caused by the recent extraordinary advance on the raw material , although there is an abundance of orders from Canada and the United States in Wolverhampton , Birmingham , and Walsall , the completion of which cannot be longer delayed . The home-market suffers in tho same degree from the same cause . Travellers for factors now on their journeys in all parts of the kingdom are in many instances unable to take , and their emp ' oycrs al home unable to execute , orders for manufactured iron goods , on account of the uncertainty _intlie price of ixoxx . The late rash advance and MB PBESENT SAPID ASD CONTISUOUS REDUCTION have indeed completely deranged the principal trade of the neighbourhood .

      But , bad as this state of tilings is , the mischief does not end here . At the time of the advance the ironmasters considerably raised the wages ofthe workmen ; and now . as a matter of course , some of them are procecdixig with tlte reduced price ofthe article to attempt a _comspoiidinp reduction ofthe price of labour . It has already , too , been attempted in this neighbourhood to reduce wages at the rate Of 3 d . per day , and tllC consequence has been a partial rum out around Bilston and this town . Some hundreds of workpeople are to be seen loitering about the roads , and , as might be expected , when such a class of men arc

      unemployed , several acts of violence have been committed _. On Monday night a serious riot occurred at Bilston , when alarge body of workmen attempted to rescue a _fellowworkman from the custody of the police . It did not transpire whether the mau ' soffencearoseoutof thestrike , hut it is nevertheless true , thatthe colliers and ironmen , when not at work , are always ready for mischief , and for the most part entertain a deadly hatred towards the police . An additional body of police , under the pnmmnna of Colonel Hogg :, has arrived in the neighbourhood , and tho military quartered at Wolverhampton are in constant readiness to act when called upon .

      Should a general strike take place , it is thought that the men are tetter orgaxxised than they were at the last turnout . Chartism is , however , defunct , and the leaders of that party , who so materially aggravated the differences between the masters and men on that occasion , will have little influence , should another turnout take place . Combinations and protective societies appear to "havo "been -formed , not only amongst the colliers and the ironmen , but to have extended amongst the nailors , the _gUU-lOCk makers , and all other descriptions of workmen employed in the make of manufactured goods . If the price of iroxx is reduced lo what it was in 1813 , all these trades , and the wages of Oiose employed in them , must be affected , AND THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE SERIOUS INDEED . Let us hope tliat the late over-speculation may not lead to such a result .

      Lord _Ashbcutos spoke , as above , in the month of April last . It is now only the end of June : and so soon has tiie result in thc particular instance he quoted been realised ! It will be well to mark the terms that abound iu the above description of the present state of the iron districts . It is almost made up of the phrases" depreciation " " no man caH say what is the market value ; " " unsettled state ; " " ruinous consequences ; " " uncertainty in price ; " " rash advance , " and "rapid and continuous reduction . " These arc queer terms to use , when describing a whole and important branch of our native trade and commerce during a state of "GLORIOUS PROSPERITY ! " But what are used just now in relation to the iron trade , will before very long be needed to describe the condition of even' other " interest . "

      The _" tide of luck" has turned ! The " gamblers " have been pretty successful so far , while Dame Fortune ( aided bythe she-devil of Threadneedle-street ) smiled on them . But her fickleness lias passed into a proverb . She only hires to destroy . The " tide of luck" has turned ! Woeful will be the squalling , and rueful thc visages , of the jackdaws , when stripped of their borrowed plumes . " Old times" are coming again . " Reductions of wages ; " "turn-outs ; " "hundreds of people loitering about the roads ; " " acts of violence ; " " serious riots ; " " additional bodies of police ; " and " the military quartered , in constant readiness to act when called © n !"—why , here are all thc symptoms of " bad times ! " We have been fancying ourselves securely wrapped in the arms of Dame Prosperity : ; and here we are , at once plunged into all the difficulties and turmoils of " Pamc" and adversity !

      Let one thing be noted . As soon as the 300 per cent , price of hon is affected , wages are attacked ! The ironmasters do not wait for the price of iron to recede to the amount it was in 1843 , before the " considerate advance" of wages teok place . We dare lay a trifling bet , —only that would be very like gambling , which wc hate , —that thc wages have not been advanced 300 per cexxt ., commensurate with thc advanced price of iron ! If not , was it F AIR of the ironmasters to begin reductions of wages so soon f

      Could they not have been content with the ENORMOUS profits they have realised , in the difference between the 300 per cent , increased price of iron , and the slightly advanced wages of the workmen , for some time at least , 'till it came to the workman ' s turn to bear a share of the loss consequent on depreciated price ? But , no . The workman is the first to feel depreciation , though the last to benefit from advance . " Reductions of wages Mow as a matter of course . " Thus it has ever been , and thus it ever will be , so long as the _xnaster-classani the slaw-class exist .

      One " comfort , " however , there is , in the opinion of the corresponding scribe of the Times : for though the men are better organised than they were at the last turn-out , Chartism , is defunct ! What silly fantasies some men will amuse themselves with ! Why organisation , to secure the wages of industry , is Chartism—the essence of Chartism ! It is a practical application of thc theory of Chartism ; that

      A Slight Touch Of "Adversity" To Sweeten...

      what a man earns he ought to enjoy . National Chartism would do , nationally , by means of national institutions , what local Chartism seeks to do locally . The scribe of the Tixnes need not " lay the flattering _UUOtion to his Soul" that Chartism is defunct , while " a better organisation for the protection of industry exists . " The one is the soul of the other . Let ns ask now , was not our _warning justified ? Was tliere not reason to say that " breakers were a-head ? " We seemed to be sailing along on thc sea

      of " prosperity , " wafted by thc breezes of good luck , and aided by the tide of fortune . All seemed to be " As merry as a marriage bell , " few dreaming of the possibility of reverse . And yet uncertainty and ruinous co . vseque . yces have reached a most important vessel of the service . She has struck on the hidden rock of "PANIC , " and the shock is tremendous . The whole fleet is environed by dangers most formidable . The storm is gathering , which will , before long , spend its fury , and drive us on thc shoals , or sink us in the abyss .

      Well will it be for those who' 'look out" in time , and prepare for the worst . All former storms of adversity that have been encountered will be light indeed , compared with the nest we must _experience . El : YK Reaijy !

      Tiie " Gkaiiam Settlements" Settled! Aba...

      TIIE " GKAIIAM SETTLEMENTS " SETTLED ! _ABASHO . NMKXT OF THE BILL .

      The opinion we expressed last week , that in all probability the " Graham Settlement" Bill , for uprooting the existing landmarks of parishes , and to substitute in tlieir stead great big thundering Uwoss , would not be persevered in , at least this session , has received speedy confirmation : for on Monday : — In answer to a question from Mr . S . Crawford , Sir J . GiuiUM said , that not only in that house , but in the country , there existed so great a contrariety of opinion

      _respectin-r the law of settlement , that it was not his intention to presshisproposedalterationsduringthepresentsession . But , as he believed there was no great objection to the remaining and larger part of the bill , which related to the law of removal and the mode of trying appeals , he hoped the house would agree to the second reading of the bill , in order tliat a legislative remedy might he immediately applied to the existing stale of the law upon these two points .

      thus the revolution is put off—thanks to the " contrariety of opinion" ! We are not to have all existing social arrangements disturbed , that the rule ofthe Three Kings of Somerset House may be rendered perpetual—thanks to the efforts of the administrators of the existing law , and the representations of the independent members of the House ol Commons . These parties have told Sir James Graham that his proposal would produce interminable confusion and every evil attendant onthe disruption of social ties , without conferring onc particle of good on any party other than the Somerset House conclave ; and Sir James has been forced to halt—to cry "back . "

      It is well it is so . There is now a chance of public attention being directed to the real evils of the present law : and the devising of such an alteration in the mode of obtaining a settlement , without entailing the tremendously evil consequences the withdrawn-Bill would have inflicted , now becomes the duty ofthe statesman . This can only be done by adopting thc first principle set out with by the Home Secretary—that of making industrial residence confer a settlement . WhoAer that residence shall be one , two , three , foiu _^ or fhaiycars , is matter for deep consideration : b « fc _M-re _-tatsciPLE is the ono that must be

      applied , if we would at all reach the evil complained of . For our own part , we incline to the period of five years . We are not friendly to continual change . We think that a shifting population is far from being desirable . There is much truth in the old adage— " a rolling stone gathers no moss . " This is true , when applied to thc people ofa country , both as it respects wealth , and those other characteristics and qualities which are far better than a mine of mere wealth . Patxiotism has been well defined to be a love or home . The " -wanderer '' has no home ; no peculiar spot , to him more dear than all the earth beside ; no place to wliich he is attached , by ties Of

      love and deep heart-rooted regard . All places are alike to him ; and he never can experience the ennobling feeling—never can be animated by the exalted sentiment , which would prompt him to " do and dare " everything , rather than permit his ftomc to become thc prey of the spoiler ! Country even , to such a man , has but few charms—and fewer claims . Not so with the man to whom the word home speaks to the heartraises emotions which dignify his nature—fills the soul with kind endearment and undying love . With him , coimtry is everything—life itself . His stalwart arm is ever ready in defence of _fathex-land ; and every danger is braved , rather than the sanctity of home shall be violated . This is true patriotism : and the

      statesman , if he knew his mission , would guard as the apple of his eye all those arrangements and circumstances which tend to inspire the love of home . Tliis characteristic has hitherto been more _predicable of Englishmen than of any people of which past history treats , or present knowledge knows : and it was because Sir _Jameb Gbaham ruthlessly attempted to break up the admirable parochial system , wliich has mainly contributed to implant and foster this holy feeling , that his attempt has been deservedly met by such an overwhelming torrent of indignation as to cause the withdrawal of his rash and imbecile

      measure . It is thc dread 01 interfering with this mainspring of patriotism , that inclines us to the period of five years' industrial residence , as the best to fix on for conferring a settlement . A shorter period would tend , we fear , to induce and encourage a mere migratory habit . This would be an evil to the whole of society , of far greater effect than thc evil i n the present law of settlement , which it is desirable to remedy . It is no doubt a case of great hardship and gross injustice to " remove " a labourer , when his working days are over , or when he otherwise becomes " chargeable , " from the spot wliich his labour

      has enriched to a distant place where he is a " stranger" to all he meets , and with whose habits and modes of work he is unacquainted : but here the hardship and injustice are comparatively confined . It is only the " removed" man liimself and his dependencies , together with the parish he is " removed" to , that suffer thc direct evil effects of the present system : but introduce sucli a change in thc law of settlement as shall lead to universal migratory habits ; give lo the people a love of change instead of a love of home ; tear from thc heart the endearing ties of kindred ; supplant the deep-seated

      affection for the parent and the " family ; " uproot that strong and restraining attachment , which leads THE MAN even to love the spot where liis childhood was passed—which stamps every trivial object with an interest unsurpassable , and endears the localit y " while memory holds its seat ; " do this , and you produce a state of society wliich must constantl y deteriorate in character ; become loose—disorganiseddebase d-degraded—predatory . Tiie " cure , " in such case would be " far worse than the disease . " It behoves us to be careful what new causes , we bring into o peration , when dealing with social maladies .

      We can much sooner pull down than build up . That of good which it has taken centuries to develope and establish , may be uprooted in a generation ; and it , therefore , is a duty of paramount importance on all to beware how far they permit the SOCIAL TlNKEtt to _opevate in the way of " mending . " The evil of " removal" is bad enough , God knows , in far too many cases : but the destruction of thc most eminent characteristic of Englishmen , toe love of home , would be a far greater . Wc must havo a care , therefore , what are the sort of pranks we permit " the _Bohdeber" to play with our social constitution .

      For the present we arc free from imminent danger . Indignant remonstrance at Graham ' s proposed ruthless attempt has crushed the crude shallow conception , and made the rash blunderer gladly avail himself of the " great contrariety of opinion , " to back out of his present measure . But the meddler has the recess before him . Like a dog , he may return to his " vomit . " Your _-SociaJ Quack is the hardest of all to beat off . Defeat his efforts —( all for your good)—at one point , and he will speedily present himself at another . His pertinacity is only to be equalled by his lack of comprehension : for he never can hamthat

      his services are not required . Thus , we fear , it will be with the descendant of " John _wite-the-Buioht-Sword . " Having taken it into his head that he can cure the social e- ? il of " removal" in particular cases , he may , notwithstanding the present rejection of his potion , employ the vacation to compound another . Should he do so , we trust the parties who have declined his present " services" will be alive to the next attempt to foist his specific into the social system ; and wc trust , too , that the people at large will be ready to resist the disorganisixxg efforts of a mere Quack .

      Good News For The Ten Hours' Bill Folks....

      GOOD NEWS FOR THE TEN HOURS' BILL FOLKS . Is the Morning Herald of Wednesday we find tlic following announcement : — Wc hear , with thc greatest satisfaction , that the prospects ofthe " Ten Hours' Bill" never were so bright as at the present moment . The truth of the cause has carried it forward ; many manufacturers have become satisfied of the real expediency ot * justice , and humanity . The Factory Inspectors observe this , and _uoxESTtr report it ; and «» " _liijircssioa is rapidly grow ' mg in Tin * _hest-informed quarters , that before long the whole question for which MICHAEL TllOSIAS Sadler und ! , ovil _Asm-sT sacrificed everything but honour , will be openly and franklt concedbd , as the dictate of truth and righteousness .

      Tlic Ikrald is thc Ministerial organ . The time n' _» r tbe general election grows nearer every day . Lord John _Rcssku . has joined thc ranks of thc Ten Hour advocates . He voted for the measure throughout the recent struggle witli thc "last two hour" Ministry . He resisted the effort of Peel to cause the rescinding of the vote by which the measure was resolved on . He lias since that time , in open public meeting , reiterated his opinions in favour of" short time . " Can it be possible that Peel is about to cut the Ten Hour ground from under the feet of Russell , by giving way mi the measure before thc general election takes

      place ? The announcement in the Herald looks very like it . Thc "best-informed quarters , " and tlio . " before long the whole question will be frankly and honestly conceded , " would almost say as much . We trust that it is so . Let us have the Ten Hours' Bill from any quarter , and right thankful shall wc be . In tliis feeling we shall be joined b y thousands , who are now suffering from protracted and almost never-ending labour—one ofthe blessings entailed on them by our " high state of civilisation . " Let these have the Ten Hours' Bill , and they will duly appreciate the boon . Gratitude is far from being an absent

      incredient in the composition of Englishmen ; and when tho factory workers experience the additional comforts that short-time will confer on them ; when they see thc wife attending somewhat more to the concerns of her household ; when tliey see a chance for the daughter learning some little of domestic duty ; when they have an opportunity , even though it be but for "two hours , " to send thc "lads" to school ; when they enjoy a cleaner and more comfortable home , with father , and mother , and children , on the hearth-stone all together , teaching and learning that which family affection alone can impart and receive ; when sickness is comparatively driven from

      the door , and everything puts on a comparatively healthy appearance ; when these tilings manifest themselves generally in the factory districts , as a consequence of the ten hours' limitation of labour , — and they have followed in those places where short time has been allowed , as witness the case . of Mr . _Gardner ' s "hands , " at Preston ; when the good effects that have followed in that case become general , through the " concession" of the Ten Hours ' Bill , the factory hands generally will not be insensible to the boon , but will properly appreciate the act and intention of the Minister who so " concedes" the "dictate of truth and righteousness , " whoever hc may happen to be .

      It is to be hoped , therefore , that in this case , Old Grandmother " speaks by . the card . " Every one who has paid attention to the question , must join with her in tho assertion , that "the truth of the cause has earned it forward . " It ia well known that numbers of the " manufacturers luxve become satisfied of the real expediency of justice and humanity . " The success that has attended the praiseworthy attempts ofthe Messrs , _Starkev of Huddersfield , and Mr . Gardner of Preston , has had its due effect . It

      has , by those gentlemen , m both instances , been shown that no loss ( pecuniarily ) to the manufacturers has followed from acting on the " expedient of justice andhumanity , " but , onthe contrary , againto both the employer and the employed . The conviction that short hours of work will be of advantage , has also made great progress since the last Parliamentary battle , in thc minds of the trading and shopkeeping classes . Witness the strenuous efforts made in almost every large town , from the great wen downwards , to close their shops at a reasonable hour _, _' in the evening , tO give thc young attendants an opportunity for recrea

      tion and for improving the mind . The laudable desire in their own case has led these parties to look with a favourable eye on the efforts of factory workers for a limitation of toil : and petitions , numerously signed by merchants and traders , praying for the enactment ofthe Ten Hours' Bill , have been obtained Peel , therefore , if he be now disposed to " concede ' " the "dictate of truth and righteousness , " will do so with the feeling of the middle classes in his favour . He is emphatically , the Minister op the Mibdle Cusses ; and the knowledge that these are in favour ofthe 00111 * 80 , will have no slight influence in determining him to take it .

      Whether Jtc does thus determine or not , will not make much difference . " The truth of the cause has carried it forward" beyond the power of any Minister to long withhold the " concession . " The Nation has " become satisfied of the real expediency of justice and humanity . " and no man , and no consideration , will be allowed to long stand in the way . The advocates of the Ten Hour Bill have but to do as they have done , since the last open fight : to silently progress with thc question in the public mind . Let them not relax in their efforts . There need be no agitation—no noise—no stir . The time for all that

      has gone by . A deep-rooted conviction has followed thc great and strenuous efforts made to rivet public attention to a crying and shameful wrong : and tlicy have but to use _tbat conviction in a quiet and unostentatious manner , to cause it to produce an inevitable result . Whoever is Minister , this _measui-c must be " conceded . " If Peel is wise , he will be the man to take advantage of the new facts and the new feeling that have arisen , since his last refusal : if not , tliere will be a good " CRY" against him on thc hustings This wc fancy hc sees , in all its force ; and hence the demi-Ministerial announcement in the Herald .

      To Iratrer* # Coit-Eg^Mwmt^

      to _Iratrer _* _# _CoiT-eg _^ mwmt _^

      Tue Land Car Resfonded Ro From Abroad.—V...

      Tue Land Car resfonded ro from Abroad . —Vie crave attention to the following letter , for it is well deserving of it . It shews the working people of England that their efforts for tlieir own Emancipation arc appreciated , even abroad , by their own order , in spite of the interested misrepresentations of hireling scribes and poor bankrupt speculators , who hope to live out of them through the exhibition of an immense " stock" of "assurance . " It was but thc other day that we inserted a letter from a workman in Antwerp , who had there witnessed the beneficial effects of small holdings of land in the hands of the workman ; and who inclosed a goodly sum from a number of English residents there , to show the

      _illtel'est they look In the measure proposed for England s benefit ; and to-day wepresent one of a similar nature , and to a similar end , from Rouen , in France . And let itbu borne in mind , that these are bona fide letters ; not letters manufactured for the purpose , like those of your " William "I-wish-I-may-get-it" fellows , It bespeaks a bad cause when / U & _i'icotion has to be resorted to , to sustain or aid it : and if the bankrupt projector of the " Great Assurance Company" cannot obtain the support ofthe public without using sueh meaxxs to decry , not a rival plan , —for it has never been placed in competition with his own , but by hianself , —but an effort made in

      good faith by working men for their own benefit , lie is undeserving of success . Let him content himself with going fairly before tlic public . The public will judge both him and his plan too : and when lie can get letters such as the following , from all parts of the continent in support of his scheme , he will not need to " vamp up" any of his " "William _I-Wisli-lmay get-it" ' s . Till then , let him act as modestly as his "stock" of " assurance" will allow : — " Rouen , France , June 19 , 1843 . My dear Sir , —r am happy to perceive by the Northern Star , that the all-important question of the Land is at length beginning tu arouse the too long dormant spirits of my brother

      Tue Land Car Resfonded Ro From Abroad.—V...

      Chartists of England . It was always my opinion , pre vious to leaving England , tha . if the working classes would unite for the purpose of obtaining the land , the hydra-headed monsters of oppression and misrule Would _SOOnbebl'WIg'lltlo-lc ' _knowledgei ' _hejusticcoftUeirclaiing and concede anything- r _. _-ttlier thau they should make themselves possessors of a share of that " . and wliich an all-wise Creator had given for iht- i-u-intunan . ee and support of his people . I have said that i was favourable to the Land scheme before I Itf . England : but if I had not , the three years I have lived iu France , most of wliich time I have spent iu the cu _' . iutry among the independent and happy peasants of _"Xonnand _* _" has been sufficient to convince even the most sceptical , ' tluit the land is the only tiling wanted to make En _g land what she

      ought to be . . My friends in England will scarcely believe , perhaps , when 1 infunn them that almost every resident in _thu coaii ' . ry has his lot of land . There is scarcely one _f'liiiily bit- lvlmc has suf . ficient clothing to change every week Ik- six months * without Hashing-. Tliey have a px- M _- . in liwe when a ' young woman gets married , io _pvta-::- . ; ti , ims _* > an ( 1 dresses and linen of every _desei- ' _plii-- :. j last them ' for years . This is something worth hxv _' _msr tUtt v _. unl for . Where is the father who can _pn-seii - hu daughter with linen for her use for years in E : i " _t ; _-. _- . _^ . ? " i _* ure t } le son is presented with a purtio : _* . . / ...: ul _, according to the means of the parem _* : :: i'A ;' . _daughter with clothing for her use . _J'ln- ') , : _'; . _::, ,: _-. hntM toiling sons of thi- land ofthe l » y _...-, « ul ... .. .-,- _ynn-a-ivcs from your present statu of im ! _-- .: •• • : _¦' . : _^ _- _* A , ji > - ti t .

      lorded lo get possession of i ! : <; v , i-.-:. _- - ¦ , '* ¦ i 1 * jir * iv _" _., g _th- _> _«}•* • . _oni which has sent * . _* - • . _-.-. >; , v .-. ' . r . . _-. ¦ . wni ' y V- ' ove _lln-ii- time . Myself and ; i - X : v _iK . _••¦* , ¦ ¦ ,., _h-,: ni ; a !; i ; _ig shares ; and as soon as _couvtnii' _-. _' . t : ; !••• ' . v „ im on the land , Send me , as soon ; .:: yu ' .: :-.. :.. . _* . _' . ¦ _i-m- _;; ofthe soeic-iy . I should send yo . _v ; _! ¦ ' viiv ; . of my share now , aud also my fatherV , La a ' ¦ . _ic-. u is ¦ . vim ! - ' - to England in a few days , ami I hop . - by 1 U 1 time to be enabled to send you more . I _tiu-::, . _*•'•'•' , ihat betove long , the society may be _enabled iu _innltv hs ' st pur . chase . If every member that couid , would at once pay up the whole of his _shar ; -, it would soon be done . What lies in iny power to du here , shall be done with pleasure . Let every member do the same , and the work of redemption will _souit be accomplished . That that day may soon arrive , when every m : ; n can sit un . der his own vine and his own n _, ; tree , is the ardent de . sire of yours , in the cause of _detjocracy , John Sid xsa v .

      Fascv Sketch or William _Cabi'ester hi * ms _"FaiEsn' _-ANn " _Co-pabtnj _- k , " J . li . _O'lhii **** . — Tho following precious morsel , irom the l ;< st number of the National Reformer , will iifluru uo small share of amusement to the readers ol the . _swiiiem <««>• . Tliey will tiud that the most " straiij-y * character of all in tliis " very strange" world of < _iui _* . _- , Mr . _•'* * _Uaacrsally-eonspircil- < _uj ({ iiis l" 0 'livien , has , with most " strange" taste and niiinner , appeared as liiu l ) _EFKMDERof _" r « _irgus O'Connor ! Xow , not to ie : the _re-ulers of tiie , ? t « r know of this feet would be a grievous sin . To acquit ourselves therefore of all bianie in this particular , we give the entire article , so iav as it volutes to the subject we have named . _Iti- ? true that other matters are contained iu the said aiWu . —anion * . ** -. -, the rest a

      "fancy sketch" of Mr . "William Carpenter , late "friend " and associate with Mr . O'Brien , in the " property" of the Southern Stax : That s . et . ' h will also amuse—coming as it does from one whn formed a " co-partnership ''* with the "CORRUPT" and " Simmons" Editor , after he had " actually recommended insurrection . " Before giving the article itself , w » must premise that the occasion of its appeavinc ; is Mr . O'Brien ' s re . tailing , at second-hand , thc _i-u-riJe nonsense of a writer in Lloyd ' s Newspaper _iigamst the Chartist Cooperative Land Scheme . In the course of his article Mr . O'Brien quotes the following extract from Lloyd ' s Newspaper , and then comroov _. ts on it , as immediately follows : — " The name of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ,, stands at the head of the society , and it is held by his

      followers that Mr . O'Connor says , ' enrolment or registry is not necessary to constitute legality ; ' and thSt Mv . O'Connor , being a me-uuer of the law , ' ought » know . ' Being a member of Die law , he certainly ' ought to "know ; ' but , unfortunately , liis knowledge of the law was not sufficient io protect his disciples from falling under the lashes oi mc law 5 a 183 S and 1 JM 0 , nor even to protect himsc ' . _i from imprisonment in York Castle , at the same pevi' -j . _"—Lloyd ' s Newtpaper . — " Tliese remarks are as _uiirai ' i * aud unjust as they were unnecessary to thc writer ' ' ; purpose , whieh was amply effected without them . Htu- O'Connor and his disciples possessed all the legal knowledge in England , it would not have saved them from imprisonment in 1839-40 , and that simply because the Government had made up

      its mind to prosecute , aud middle-class juries were as determined to convict . In fact , there was not a shadow of legal protection for Clui i ' . zU at that period , nor protection of any kind savi . in the insignificance or CORRUPTIBILITY of tlte pai-. i-. -s themselves . Uoyd ' s editor will understand ( his , No man Ifiwws better than he that legality or illegaUtj' had nothing to do with the Chartist conviction- * of' 18 _'jWO . Indeed ho has liimself recorded tha fact , at least sccves oi times , in sundry newspapers . He knows that in _1839--10 , the question wi : ! _i the Government and the middle-class juries was nut whether the accused parties had violated any law , but uh-thor tiieiv _talculs , or their virtues , or their influence , i : _~ . i made fiiciii formidable to " the powers that "be . " He knows that some of the best men in the kingdom v , cru imprisoned atthat epoch , without having violated any la ***; while others , who had committed serious legal offenses , were let quietly od without being prosecuted ai . _ull , If Lloyd ' s editor will

      have prool of this , we nc _> : 0 not go beyond tho case of himself and Feargus _O'Cow . cr . O'Connor , absurd and mischievous as his _condu' : _" _- . w . _is at that period , did sot bueak . tue law in _woud rcr _ueeb , nor recommend others to bbeak it . Notso , Lloyd ' scditor . _IJE iti conjunction with Doctor Taylor awl Bussey , drew up thc most thoroughly illegal and d . > Kj , _"t . _j- . _is _dosiiiiwut that isswl jrom ani / portion of ihe Ch _/ . _ttiilvJly during _ihexcholc period ofthe _excitemexxt—ADOCUi ; E . \ 'T WHICH ACTUALLY _llECOMMENDET ) IXSVJI \? vI . CTIO _>* — ami which , if O'Connor or _O'Briexx Had A . _--. im up , - would have _eost them time years' _imprisom-. icul , if not transportation , "We speak of the Address a * _vjcd to tit _xh « Arundel , in September , 1833 . To thul _aiulress O'Brien offered his most strenuous _opposition , v . _liiktHr . laylorand Lloyd's editor were the two men selected to revise and prepare it for publication ! Witli facts like tliese before his eyes ( et quorum pars magna . _...- ' - s Lloyd ' s editor ought to have been ashamed to taunt O'Connor with his

      impiisonment m 1839—the more especially as that personage had so many other real sins ofa graver character to account for . We could po ¦ ' . ml , in thc Southern Star , or in the Polilieul Alphabet , or in sundry other publications , « hundred timer _"i-. ' _-f seditious and indietalle language from the pen of Lloyd's editor , than ever fell from ( he lips or pen of Feargus CCorw . The fact is , O'Connor ' s delinquency lay noi in lus violating the law , nor in exhorting others to violate it ( fbr As did neither the one xwr Ihe other ) , but iu his publicly caressing and patronising the men thai _unl both , and in his basely aiding them to destroy tlia _it-tluci-ceof the men of mind and principle , who would _iiii-i _; saved the movement by putting down the _conspiraiois . It was not by the violent language of O'Connor , O'Brien , or any one else ,

      that the movement of 18 _' . v . ' i- _* , 0 , m nv . iis . -u , but by the overt acts and illegal proceid . ngs of such men as Taylor , and Bussey , and _Ilavii . _j , _,. _nu Keesoin , and _Lloyd ' s editor , who gave the Government an opportunity of stepping in and laying h » _i 3 > 'f ' . ho principal men . And O'Connor ' s guilt lay not in _iVmij ; as tliese men did ( for thathe did not do ) , but in hi-. **!'' _roiiniving at their folly and villany , and even pu : _licly eulogising them , in order to make ilium his tools and adherents , and in his . suffering thein to destroy tiio good _tiK'ii of the movement , and even the morenietii , iisj ' . t , in order to get rid of O'Brien , Frost , and _otiieis , whose popularity gave liim umbrage , but of whon . no always took care in public to appear the bosom friend . Lloyd ' s editor is well aware of aU these feels \ x . _. . ntui more so ) , and ,

      theretore , Lloyds editor oug ! : l ¦ - ' ) L _^ the very lust man in England to refer sneeriug ' y to the victims ofJ 839-40 , "A « tioti « t llcfo ' rmer , _—Jiow , _sv «;>& may wonder at ibis " strange * ' proceeding or . the part of " THE Reformer . " If . they know anything nf the man , am ! know that in _JMxytl ' s Newspaper some _wnu-r or oilier 1 ms been allowed to call in question "TUK _Refox-mer ' s" infallibility , the wonder will cease . Y >' e _iti . r _., _^ above that " THE Reformer" formed a connection with tho man he now "falls so foul on , " after he had _uoue all that he now charges _Jlim with . The result of mat connection n . ts , mortal < fw . ee on one side at _lctot _, . . Inch will never be cither forgotten or forgiven . Wc stated on a former occasion that it was the refusal of O :. conductors of tlle Northern Star to allow its colmm ; * ¦ '<¦' .. prostituted to the base

      purposes of Mr . O'Brien ' s deadly hatred against Mr , IV . Carpenter , that first _embi'o- ' . _id us with the former " gentleman : " and even -a . 'ins day , so long-after the "quarrel of the till" beiwreii them , the rancour of Mr . ' J . B . O'B . " _manifests _itsilfon very sli ght occasion , However , between thc wonluts hi it . We shall see how Mr . Carpenter meets his former " friend' ' and " partner . - " - ' Perhaps out .- . _f . ' . ho contest will eoifie a full and complete vindication <*/ j } ,., O'Connor from the falsities of both , as there lias ( in the above ) come a refutation of many of the insinuations , inuendoes , and direct charges of "THE _Jieforce _:-- on former occasions . rWTRAIT DP JOIIS Watkins , By TUB SAME " IlA . VJ _* . — The Carpenter of Lbyil ' s _i-- not the only one whose

      features our bilious artist ¦ " _••' _e-voitrs to pourtray . As . other good " friend" of ours lias , by hhn , been taken in hand ; and the following ii . ;¦ . _^ _alt of the first sitting : — " Wc see by Lloyd ' s Paper ,,: last week ' , that the Editor , not content with _iwmolisliiiig O'Connor ' s 'castie in the air . 'has _EiiPLoVBjithc erudite and fascinating pen of our friend Watkiu to w ; He down our doctrines on Land , Currency , and _Eiehj-iges , and that Mr . Wat . kins has accepted the _VMVL-JYMENT . Verily , we live in strange times . Uoji's Editor lias , on scores of occasions , both publicly _-uk _** privately , professed the identical loctriiics _weJiarpju-ea- _'fledon Land , Currency , and Exchanges ; and never , tu . ' the week before last , did the profound genius oi Mr . John Watkins discover

      them to be all humbug , _demaiiioguisin , ar . d quackery Verily , wc live in _strange iin . es !! " Pretty well so for ; but as the " painter in gall" never does things by halves , lie adds thc following , as a ' _- 'finisl . _' i . r touch •""Friend Watkins has takeii _ua all by _surprise . We really cannot account for the sudden change that has ' come o ' er the spirit of b . _s ' . . ; , iii . ' 'Tis a pity . Yorg though his _knowledge is c ? ru united , andhis _reasonin , powers very defective , be po ijo .-j . f 3 •¦ _bilit''v * enough to Id useful , if he would only write on what he understand ? ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 28, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28061845/page/4/