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    • THE NOETHEEN STARy SATURDAY.,DECEMBERS. 1847 .
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      PB 0 PLE » 3 BDITI 0 X OP THB PTOSATOET OP SUICIDES : with e « rreotioiu u 4 aJditlsas . Bj Thomas Cooper , the Chartist . To ba completed ia lir putt at nxpe&ce each ; or in eighteen anmton at twopence each . '" Parts 1 , 2 , and S , and munier * 1 to 7 , are saw ready . Siclitd Oarlile ' s Manual of Freamasonry , the tbreo parts complete ial toI ., doth boards 61 . Saw paUuhiag in weekly sambers at Twopence , and la aonthly parts at Binepenca each , THE REA-

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      . last published , price One Penny . REDUCTION OF WAGES .-No / l of a Series of Triicts on the CAUSE and EFFECTS of REDUCTIONS in WAGES . By Robert Bdrieh ,. To be had of Mr J . Watson , Queau ' s Head-passage , Pa ternostcr-row , Loudoa ; Wm . Love , Nelson . street , Glasgow ; of the Author , Sugar House-lane , Greenock , and Illiberal Booksellers . '

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      > WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE .. . CHRISTMAS SESSIONS . . ' ¦ , ' . . TiTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the CHRISTMAS Y GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Teace for the West Riding of the county of York , will be opened tAKsiart&orongh , on Tuesday , the 4 th day of January next , at ten of the dock in the forenoon ; andby adjourn-. mentfrorathence will be holdeaat ^ Vakefidd ,, on W £ dxe 3-datJ the Sth day of the same month' of Jaauary , at ten of tbe dock in the forenoon ; and also , 'by further adjournment from thence ' , will beholden at SAsjJieM / on Monday , the 10 th day of the same month of January , at ten of the clock in the forenoon ,-when ., all jurors , suitors , persons bound by recognizance , and others . haying business at the said several sessions , ' are required to attend the court on tie several dajs . " and at the ' several hours above-mentioned . ' - ' ; ' ' ¦' ¦¦ ' - " -w - '" : " '• ' ' iw . i : *¦¦¦ > - ' Solicitors are required'to take Notice ] that all appeals must be entered before the sitting of the court on tha first day of the sessions at each of the above - mentioned places ; and that the . list of such appeals . . will be . called over by tbe , Clerk of the Peace at the . expiration ef half an hour from ; the opening « f thebburt ; and th' at'all apje ' als in ' which counsel are not then "instructed , so as to be ready to proceed immediately- ( if called upon so to do ) , will be 'Struck out ' : ' :. ¦¦ <• ¦'¦' : ¦ l -vr . , 1 , 7 . ;• " .: ¦ - - . * ,- . ; , ¦• .-. .-, (!¦ : ' ,. Solicitors -are alxoTeqoired-to take notice , that the order of removal , copies of . tljenoticeL ^ of . appeal , and examination of the pauper , ' are required to be filed with the Clerk' of the Peace on " the ' entry of flfe appeal : —And that ' no appeals , against rerrioVal orders can be heard unless the chairman is also furnished bythe appellants with a copy of the order ofremovHl , of . the notice , of cbargeabU lity , of the examination of the , pauper , _ , and , pr the notice and grounds of aspcal .,,.. ' . ' .,-,... , . \ , r ¦ * . , ¦¦ And notice is afco hereby giyen | ' that at the said aene . ral Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holdenat Kriaresborough aforesaid , ¦ aii'asSessm ' ent : 'for the'necessary ex . j enses of the said riding 'for the' haltyear--commencing -tbe first day of-r April-nextj will J > e . laid at the hour of twelve o'clock at noon . , ^ ., , „ ,. ]/ ,. ' . ]„ ¦ . ; , < , ¦¦ ' ¦ . . , And notice i& also hereby farther given , thatat thespBsions tobsbolden at Wakraetd afdresai'd ^ oln Wednesday , the Sth day of January nextj ^ t'the houf of ' twelve o ' clock at noon ; ' a COMMITTEBOF'JUSTICES of ^ thcisald riding ,- will bedected , ifor the purposes . of . the West Biding Pauper Lunatic Asylom Joc . the year .. then nart . ensuin ? ,. pureuant , tp the . 8 tu a ^ a , 9 th ,, yio .,: chap . , 12 G , . sec . 12 . . { , f , . . . _ . , ; c . H . EtatET , ' : ''¦ - ' ' * ¦ ¦ - ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ' : ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦• - ; : ¦ ' J 'Clerk of the Peace . Clerk « f the Peace ' s Office , " Wakefieid ,- ¦ .. ¦ = -.- " .. - -- December . 10 th 1847 . i . - .:: r-.-: . -:

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      The Poeteait or- Ernest Jones , —Agents and . sub ' , scribers who do not receive thtir papers ' airect ' frbm this office , will obtain their plates'f rom " the ,, party ' by whom they arei supplied withtheSTAB , ] To . those who inqulra thecharee , we beg . to say , that . i ' HE PRICE OF THE PLATE ( INCLUDING THE 'STAR ) WILL BE SETENPENCE .

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      THE CHARTIST CAMPAIGN . When a system is rotten at the core , the taint gradually advances to the surface , . and becomes apparent to the most casual observer , however much 4 hat surface may be varnished over by the arts of policy , and the sophistries of statesmen . Thus our elective system is receiving a blow from ' quarters least expected—or being exposed from the excess of its own corruption The debate on the West . Gloucestershire Election was an instance of this—and , we must say .

      that we consider the efforts made to stifle inquiry , as but little creditable to the House . We have a petition presented , against \ nobleman , holding , the * ' fhigh office of Lord-Lieutenantofhis county ^—a petition signed by a large body of ' electors—accusing the said nobleman of gross bribery ; and intimidation , of debaucihihg the electors by . strong drinks , and of , using . other illegal and unconstitutional means to influence the votes of the constituency ; whereupon the Attorney-General poblly tells the House that it has no right to interfere , ' and , cites numerous instances of

      gross bribery and intimidation on the part of noblemen , of which the House declined talcing cognisance . Parliamentary . Reform was supposed to have obviated this difficulty , and to have enabled the House to interfere—but no ! the Attorney GeneraL tells us that under the Reformed Parliament , the same , as before , bribery and corruption may " stalk abroad untouched in the light of day ! So ' much for Reform ! When it was objected that Lord Fitzhardinge was amenable . to the House in his capacity of , Lord Lieutenant , the

      Attorney-General draws . the nice distinction , that although Lord Lieatenant , he did not act in his capacity of Lord Lieutenant , butinthat of Landlord ; ^ 'Tl \ &AltbrTiey-Gene : TAl must be well acquainted with the actions and intentions , of the npblelord , ta be able . to assert so positively that . it , was , LordFitzhardingethe Landlord , notiLordiFitzhardinge the Lord Lieutenant , who made his tenants ( as alleged ) withdraw from a ! yeomanry troop : ¦ And surely the Attorney-General does riot mean to legalise bribery and corruption ilia Landlord , any more than in any other man !

      - ¦ Now , we care but little whether the guilt in this particular instance be proved or not , for we are well aware that the interference complained of is not the ' exception , but the rule—as Sir Robert Peel intimated , strongly enough , when requesting the House to pause before coming to a decision , " as there would be such a tendency to present "petitions , of a similar nature' / ' but We ' allude to Mr Wakley ' s motion , and the debate thereon , to show the mean , quibbling , and prevaricating spirit in which the Government meets every attempt to investigate the

      rotten system P'hich . has raised ; them , and as proving how they cling to the class privileges of aristocratic misrule . Captain Berkeley had even the assurance to" intimate to the ¦ House , that , 1 if the House thought fit . to institute an inquiry , THE EARL would not object to il ;" shortly after which the gallant captain indignantly retired . . "A noble lord thought fthis case established the . necessity for the Ballot . "We agree with the noble lord—it doea ; and something more ! It establishes the necessity for THE CHAR .

      TER AND NOTHING LESS . When one of the first law officers of the Crown tells us that a landlord may interfere in elections with impunity , or that those complaining may have recourse , to the shadowy ^ ndistinctn esa of'f the law , " supposing that the petitioning parties were able and disposed to incur the trouble and expense attendant on such a course ; when one of the objections ' raised against acceding to Mr Wakley ' s motion is , that there would be such a number of similar petitions ; when we learn from the'Attorney-General that the house has almost invariably scouted such investigations ; when ' we recollect that it is a

      wellnigh general custom to put a clause in leases of lands or houses .-fchat the tenant shall yote as the landlord pieces ; when werecal the case of an M . P . for a certain manufacturing ; town in Lancashire , who built hovels for his factory slaves , ' which he compelled them to rent at four shillings . per week , deducting those four shillings out of their wages , while those who had families let the scarce tenantable sheds to others , at a loss of from one shilling to one shilling and ninepence per week , not brooking to put their families in such unhealthy habitations , while they , were obliged to . sign a requisition for the future M . P ., am

      to vote for him!—we say , when we reflect on these things , and that the law cannot touch them , we say it is high time there should be a « ew law , not a patchwork of the old systemwhich , like a rotten garment when mended with a new material , but grows more ragged and useless—but a new system altogether that should abrogate the danger ot such enormities . We are well aware that the same classes would always make the same attempts , and that the Ballot alone , with our limited constituencies , would fail in the object of defeating bribery and intimidation . No ! you must render this crime against Taj peoples freedom

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      impossibie ^ to * prevrenT is' bettlrthatf" to punish—and impossible it would become under the Charter , that great political lever , by which all social reforms are to be carried . Ji the constituencies embraced the entire male adult population , divided into equal Electoral pi 8 trict ? , and . shielded by the Ballot , where is the piirse that could bribe them—where is the " noble Lord " who could intimidate ? If the Electors of West Gloucestershire really wish to petition against illegal influence , they should petition , for ; the Charter , since nothing short of that can redress their grievances , and hot only theirs , but those of the country at large . •¦

      To the work then , be our cry . The material is there . Millions of , men—of thoughtful , of well-informed men—are pining in misery , and panting for redemption ; a : fine enthusiasm pervades the toiling classes ; they are read y for the work ; even former enemies are joining them , stricken to the dust by the same monopolising hand that has crushed the labouring poor ; they all see that their own energies alone can save them from further , from unalterable ruin ; they all are anxiously awaiting to take the field in the peaceful

      cam-> aign against oppression , under the banners of law , order , and constitutional reform ; it needs but an impulse to put the magnificent machinery in motion—a finger to point to the plan of action , and the people would embrace it . They are looking for that plan to guide their agitation , to organise their ranks ;; they expect it ; and never was . a better opportunity for carrying a well-digested plan of political agitation to a successful issue . The People ' s Leader is in the House , paralysing faction ;—general misery without is preaching general union ; the agricultural

      counties are ; waking at last , and their fresh impulse should be fostered ; the metropolis , a nation in itself , is beginning to show symptoms of renewed energy , and emulating the glorious Chartism of the north ; confusion is in the camp of the enemy , —ay ! even those old allies , CHURCH and STATE , have fallen out , and are fighting about the straws , while the great realities of want and tyranny are pressing mountain-like upon the nation ' s heart ; eyerything favours the popular cause ; give us ,, we jsry , in the name of the people ,, a programme of abtion for the peaceful . campaign . of constitutional ,, reform—and , we doubt not , but the

      peopleAvillact . . The necessity , therefore , of a Convention becomes daily more apparent , — and > . indeed , of its assembling with thereasaembling Parliament . Spirited addresses ^ enthusiastic , meetings , though they are the springs that feed the river of Democratic thought , are not enough—specific objects , a fixed courst , and defined plan , are now demanded , and with these , rallying the great energies of our party , we doubt not of a speedy triumph . ' . To those who say the Charter is difficult to obtain—that long years must elapse first—we reply , in the words of the Attorney-General , that we shall have the Charter—WHENEVER THE PEOPLF . WILL .

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      The proposal to appoint the Committee of Inquiryinto the causes of the recent commercial distress , gave rise on Monday night to an animated debateV which , but for the hour at which the business ' was brought ' on ( twelre o ' clock ) , would'have ; doubtless , been of greater length . As it was , the opposition had two divisions—one on the proposition to adjourn the appointment of the Committee until after the recess ^ thus leaving the question , open for

      further cbrisideratiori in the . . House ; and the other to enlarge the numii ' er of the ^ cpmmittee , for the purpose of | adding members to representimportant classes , whoare now wholly unrepresented in it . ' . ¦ 'Vh ^ j ^^ mmi ' wece victorious in both cases . but ; tl ^ e . / , feeling ; was so strong that they , didnqt , press"the appointment of the Com mittee : that t night .. i ^ The . : Chancellor of the . Exchequer moved ; the , appointment of the . members of the Committee : on Wednesday / when the .-contest washrenewed'j . betwee ' nthe

      Government and the opponents of the present banking system , in the shape ' of > several motions , to substitute other name 3 for some of those nominated ! by the > Government . After an obstinate undprotracted'fighty which lasted the whole of the time prescribedfb ' r the sitting of the' House on 'W / e'dne . s'daysythe'G ' overnmerit were ' : ultimately ' ¦ ¦ ' victorio ' ui ; and earned the Committee as" originally proposed ! " ' Colonel Sibthorpe , whatever" his eccentricities of manners , has an excellent knack of hitting the bull ' s eye—going - straight ' to the mark—and always calling t ^ ings liy ; , $ eir ' jrighif nameswilled , the appointment ; " of a committee " a

      piece of downright humbug . '' ¦ He . wasperfectly , right-and the . speeches of Mr . Herries , agreat authority , on banking questions ; of Mr T . Baring , ' also a ; . great authority , and other members , showed that they regarded it in that light . _ It , is , in fact , what we stated it to beat the time , the motion-was agreed toan " artful dodge V to take the question out of the hands of the Parliament ; to place it in the keeping ( of a Committee- of a most lop-sided

      description , and to prevent all legislation upon the subject , until it is convenient for the bullionists and the supporters of-the Bank Charter , of 1844 . They dare hot fairly facethe question while the'disastrousebnse ^ u ' ehces of that Bill ^ . - ^ stiir'frlesK ' in'tlie ' mymo ' r ^' of ' . thV ' cpmmer-<*}?} # s&s , and' they are < ie . sirous' of' postponing legislation' uhtila year ' br . twoof compara-^ J e : t ^ mercialprdsp ; enty ; ' shan iaye somewhat . effaced , from recollection'tfae wlae-snrpart ruinind ; ba ^ krubtc * : or ^ SS . ^ i a « $ fc

      th rower t ^ rea ^ tha $ ^ SS ^ V ^ ¥ ly s'W&W * . the principle J £ whtch it lS based . . Themore ' this question of money and . currency , is considered ; the mori ^^ wiUts . bearings ! upon £ cS i * W it > W > H ! ng class ( 5 s be ¦ ¦ fc « nd , to be . It S I ? f ^ P'esent monetary arrangements , , ^ theinefarious machinery by which they are . cawied out , that a few individuals are armed with the power of abstracting from thej'labours of the event masses of snoW ,,

      millions upon millions of treasure , and to becfeme the virtual masters of both Government and people . They hold in their hands the measure of all value , the power of setting industry toworklor forcihg ^ it into compulsory idle $ *• ¦ ^ Ppwers ^ f society to ( produce the means of supplyingits b ^ wantAa ^ ou ? --its machmery-its land ^ aBdit 8 ca ] S of Sil i lRm i > r created despotism of the money loroV By means of absurd , we had almost said msane , legislation-we are con * stantly Bub jectedto tortures , like those of the i old Greek Myth . of Tantalus . Westand in the

      midst of an overflowing stream of wealth ; but our own irrational money laws prevent us from enjoying it . The power of producing and consuming is limited , not . by the natural capabilities and wants of the soil and the population , but by the number of pieces of metal which may happen ; on a particular day , to be in the hands ot the money merchants . Instead of making the shadow subservient to the sub . stance—the representative of wealth to the thing represented—we act precisely the con-! trary , and by so doing , inflict artificial steri-I lity on the soil—artificial idleness on our workshops and factories—artificial stagnation in our

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      commercial markt > J * -i'ob the shopkeeper of customers—the ^ custoijiers of work and wages —empty the workshops ofindustryand fill the union Bastiles—stop the healthy anil free drW culation of trade—diminish the power of bear * ing public burdens , and increase their wei ght at die same time , and all this to support a crotchet , which , ridiculous in itself as the worship of Juggernaut , is as fatal and deadly to its worshippers as the great Eastern idol itself .

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      MIICKUANE 0 D 3 . Wno fearb to sfeae or Nineii-Eiobi V— John Lennon writes as follows : —Now , sir , is the time to unite the Irish and English working slaves . I have been tea weeks in Dublin , and returned last week . I was designed for America , but failed . I was invited tberr by Robert Emmett , Esq , to publish a book of poems , at least 800 pages . I was three weeks in Kildare , with my old friend bold Quigley , of Rathcoffey , who was five years a State priioner— " 984803 . In O'Kelly's history of the Irish Rebellion , page 290 to 299 , 1 am called' the faithful Lennon , unsubdued by adversity , and unsullied in character . ' Qaigley and I hare sent him a Nosthebk Stab this morning . —John Lennon , 16 , Paradise-street , Preston .-Mr Lennon sends a few lines , from which we give the following : — ' , . We'll be put to the test when , too late in the field , We mast then ficht or die . or . disgracefully yield .

      Sweet angel of fredom ! forbid it be so— ' That one coward be found that would cringe to the fo » . O'Neil and O'Donnell , your spirit imparts A Celtic emotion to pure Irish hearts . On the records of battles we need not enlarge ; The pike never lost when it came to the charge . At Tara ' d great meeting we lost our own choice , So then make a stand was the national voice . But 'tis never too late to recal what is past , My country's in motion from Cork to Belfast ; The spirit tbatglow'd in our martjr'd M'Craken , In the sons of Uitonia revive and awaken . The Heavens proclaim—men of Erin combine I Be free , should ye perish at Liberty ' s shrine ! The heroes of Erin will rush to a man , When the Cross and the Shamrock advance in the Tan , Then freedom an d faith hand in hand wi ll restore

      The lost rights of Srin to last evermore . J . Elliot , Devonport . —It is impostible to open our columns to the publication of every private grievance ; nor can we risk our actions for libel on such a case . You should consult somo legal adviser . W . B . Robinson . —We have no room for your letter . The pamphlet shall have our atte ntion , W . Y ., Leicester . —No room . Money clubs already exist in many places to enable the working men to send money to the Land and Labour Bank . Propose your plan ta the Leicester Land members . Stockpomv— -In consequence of a great demand for the Northebn Stab , I hereby announce that all persons wishing to become subscribers may do so by applying at No . 4 , Angel-street , before Tuesday , every week , ai Mr Woodhouse , eecretary to the National Land

      Company , has taken out an agency for the same . Bacup . —Leigh Gleave , secretary to the Factory operatives of Rochdale , in Union with the National Association of United Trades , will feel much obliged to the secretary of the Baeup Factory Association , in connex . ion with the same , if he will send his name and address to me , Wrigley-square , Eochdale . Htpe . —Sir , —Seeing in . the Stab , in the notice to correspondents , ' a correspondent at Merthyr Tydrill wishei toknowifMi'Candelet ' s tract can b « procured from any agent in London . ' I have to informyour correspondent , through the Stab , that the tracts may he had by - sending postage stamps for the number wanted , to John Gaskett , 2 G , Korbury . street , Hyde , Cheshire . Wakefieid , —We have no room for the « Address . ' Mr A . Mitchell , Hawick . —It was sent . We have forwarded another .

      The Norwich Meeting .-Ernest Jones will have much pleasure in attending the meeting in St Andrew ' s Hall on Monday next . John Benson , Manchester . —The members balloted in December and March will ba located at Minster LoTel . —T . Chek . R . R ., Preston . —Tes , the Directors highly approve of the noble sentiments contained in the Poems of'Henry 1 Gracchus . ' The Poems arb published in one volume , which i » sold at the price of two pott of beer , and may he had either by individuals , or localities , on application at this office . I would recommend every individual who can , to purchase a copy , and think that no locality of the National Charter Association , or branch of the Land Company , out to be without it . —T . Clark . MrPoTTEB , Coxhoe . —They are not yet readj , as wasannounced last week . Yes , we have . The plain ones are Cd , coloured 2 s 6 d , coloured and mounted Ss Cd . Mr Johnstone , Durham . —Address W . P . Roberts , Esq ., 2 , Robert . 8 treet / "Adelphi , Strand . London .

      Portsmouth—The friends of the cause in Portsmouth consider it but justi « e to express their surprise at the manner in which the name of Mr Malcolm was mixed up with a report of a lecture by Mr Sidaway , at 60 s . port , conttinedirilast week ' s Stab ; . a » instead of the meeting being i public one . it was merely a fewfrieads enjoy ing a pipe and glass , and instead of Mr Malcolm opposing the Land Plan , he is the only man in this quarter both able and willing to defend it , and the character of Mr O'Connor as connected with it , on a public platform . His remarks on that evening wero made for the purpose of arousing the Gosport branch to exert themselvis more strenuously f # r the obtain , ment of the Charter . So well wero the company present satisfied with his views , that an unanimous vote of thanks was accorded him , on themotion of tho lecturer , MrSidiway . E . Nobbs , Sec . Jaxbs Gibson , Kilbarchan . —The Plaid was received as already explained by letter . Up to this time we have not been able to get the ' Address' from Mr O'Connor , but it shall appear . Thanks for the s watches

      - imal . . . . NOTICE . — As . I haro a considerable number of cases on hand , rtquirtng ulterior proceedings , I must , ia order to enable me to do justice to my clients , decline receiving until farther notice any mora legal corns , ppadence ( except such as relate * to cam in Hand ) , whether for the Stab or otherwise . ALL LETTERS CONTAINING NEW CASES WILL REMAIN UNNOTICED . & Lettebs to be addbssbed in fdttoe to me at . . „ 16 , ; Great Windmill -stmet , Hatmarkst Eren should fresh cases be accompanied by fees . ' th « y will not be attended to . Lonbon . . Ebnest Jones . Jonathan Ormerod , Halifax—That depends where the propertyn-as situate . . f UD John Heffehmah . —The marriage ia good SamumBmadbsnt Manchester—The legatees must file a bill against tho executor . If they will authorise me to take p roceedings he shall soon be made to do what he ought to do , or be punUhed for his illegal

      con-C . B ., Hull — You are entitled to a share of . the debts due to the late partnership , and you had better give notica to all who owe money to it , not to pay what they owe , exceptupoiv the jointrecei pts of you « elf and your late partner . The notice should be in writing , and served " , some respectable person who could prove its service . If it is generally knewn that you and jour late partner HklHhlf-2 lv yo ? . tnershi P ' there can b <> but little likelihood of bis involving you in liabilities . A notice of dissolut ion in the public papers is usual in such dispensSS ° UrS' l 8 houldtbink . fc n > igW safely be \^ , ? fl ni > Stockton .-If you will send me a copy of the will , and inform me which of the legatees it is that is dead , and whether there i » any dispute as to the validity of her will on the ground of injanity , I w . 11 advise yon as to the course you should take . You appear to be a man ot" some property , and yet , regard , less ofrepeated notices in the Stab , that I profef s to give gratuitous advice onlv to nnor n «> v < mnn ™« « nni « tJ

      to mefor advice and send no fee . ' * " John Ashwobth , Bury—Without knowing in or about w * ZZ ! $ 2 ^ " wa 8 filed 3 d thenames of * SSS . & ® & ^ £% fr £ s& . ta 3 ^ j a « dsr « TS copy , as it : may afford a clue to the information you ' s ^^ afflwassaa Saltt ? . ft ! saKfiSi « Sa sa ' rWta'a'Braapsra

      ra i '""*! make jonMU filtTm Sat ¦ tt . liinsdale died intestate . , rMnfi ? EINS 0 > ' ' Manchester—Without seeing tha will ° * P P « " ; ou spoakof , orcopies of them , lean 5 SSmKZ ? ? ¦ " % """• Tate will , no . doubt , let fw « rhi \ n lflierefU 8 e 8 ' Siren 3 Ohis addreS 9 ' * \ ZT ^ $% 2 ? T -- Ih ™ receivcd no A ?^ w . sHE » Habd , near Glasgow—I suppose the farm in West Canada belonged to your deceased brother for ever , and not merel y for a term of years .. If , forever , it now belongs to James . T . W . Gissivo-If hehad Hvedin the parish five years at the time he became chargeable , he belongs to it ? Wm . IIutcwns , Bath .-I answered your'friendPalmer'A caso in the Stab two or three weeks back : There does

      ft ^^? ^^^ *» *^ " » " «» 'Sf « John Bboadbent ,-I mote Borne time back both to * il Halsall and Mr Wa lmesby , and from noither have I received one word in reply . Their conduct , to say the least of it , is uneourteous . I know nothing of their characters as professional men . As to' searching' in the Court of Chancery , you had better not put yourself to any expense , for I fenr th e search would end in nothing ; and as to compelling Mr H » lsall to give information , I do not see how that can bo done . If he can give information that is of importance to you . he . wilLjf hei * an upright man , give it without compulsion . , ¦ ' Wm Constantine . —Your Utter with a Post-office order for 5 s . has been received . I will take an early opportu . nity to ascertain whether there is any undistributed fund in the case of Constantino v . Constantine .

      Gioboe Wadswobth . —I can obtain nothing that it satisfactory from Mr Willans . I suppose you are certain that Mr Benn loft property more than sufficient to pay all his debts . If you are , you must file a bill against Mr Willans ; and if you are poor , you may proceed in fonm pawptris . . '

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      „ _ .. , .. . ., ... DEATHS . ' ¦ At . Spotoville , Les Rouen , France , on tho lsthof November , 1847 , Mr Ralph Kerfoot , member of the National Land Company , Bouen branch , First Section . The decea < ed ,, waB . one o £ the fortunate members dnwn in the first ballot ,, and stands No . 17 on the O'Connorrille plate . Hecwne to ( Englandat the demonstration in May last , o take possesswn ; but exchanged with Mr T . M . Wheeler or his location in 1 Worcestershire , and returned again to France , toawaitthe completion of his holdiag . His death was brought on from aninflammation of the lungs , which soon changed to brwn fever , which proved fatal . The de . ceased was ajtern Chartist , and figured in the movement rl » K ' vf compelled him to leave his native town , Chowbent . for Rotherham in Yorkihire , from which place h « emigrated to Franco . The deceased has left one S ? 1 ' deploro his lm - His remains wore foU . wL ? "'{ PV y W 8 brother Land members and shopmates , by whom he was much reipeotsd . , "" ^ rsday morning , Catharine , the yourges * daugnS t I £ homaB C 1 ark . ono of the Birectosaof tuts National Land Company ,

      The Noetheen Stary Saturday.,Decembers. 1847 .

      THE NOETHEEN STARy SATURDAY ., DECEMBERS . 1847 .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The extra Session is about to close its kr hours . On Monday , if the Coercion Bill is sufficiently advanced , Lord John Russell is to more that Parliament shall adjourn to the 3 rd of February . In this , the last week of its sitting , the subjects have been of a more varied and miscellaneous character than any former week ,. but the work has been strictly limited to the matters contained in the Ministerial programme , as requiring immediate attention ;

      Coercion for Ireland , Inquiry into the Currency laws , and a Bill to regulate Railway Expenditure—which seems . framed on the princir > le of shutting the stable door when the steed is stolen . . The other questions , raised by individual members , have , in most cases , like the long passages in old houses , wittily described by a popular author , "led to . nothing ; " except , it may be , " showing off the paces' ' of the originator , and giving thetopics tliemselves a preliminary airing , , previous to their full discussion , when Parliament fairly sits down to

      work . 1 . : The Irish Coercion ; Bill was the medium on Monday night , of showing , in a . very marked way , the working of the boasted British constitution , especially with reference to Parliamentary forms . In ordinary times , the deliberation with which these forms are gone through has a somewhat imposing effect , and impresses the spectator with a belief that they really achieve the object for which they Jwere nominally intended—namely , to ' preveht hasty , inconsiderate , ' or unjust legislation . ' In this

      instance , however , these forms were stripped of their ordinary trappings , and their naked working fully exposed . ., The third reading of the bill in the Commons ' stood for Monday evening ; and as it was necessary to have it read a first time in the Lords that night , in order that it might be printed ; for the ... nominal information of the Peers , the , Lords were compelled to wait until the Commons sent ; it up . Having no business before them , the curious spectacle of some half dozen or more noble Lords , " was exhibited " cooling their heels , ''

      in waiting upon the " other , House" for nearly three hours . ¦ Scout after ( scout was sent out to see how the Commons were getting onand the Lords nominally constituting " the House , " gradually dropped off as the magic hour of dinner . arrived , leaving at last only four—namely , " the Earl . ofShaftesbury to take the woolsack—Lord Campbell , on behalf of the Ministry , to move the fir ^ t reading of the bill ; the Duke - of Richmond , to represent "Her Majesty ' s opposition ; "and the Duke of Grafton to represent " the House . " : :: The only , relief to this 'dreary and monoto . nous scene was , tho first public- Visit to the

      House of Sir R , Peel , atan early period ; of the evening , and of ; Lord John at a later hour . It was somewhat interesting to observe the reception . given . to the ex-Premier , by the Peers presents All the Ministers who hap . pened to be in the House went to' the bar ' and after giving . him / a mbs ^ . cordial ^ sliake oi the : hand , enteried into familiar and friendly conversation with him . The , Duke ; of Rich , mond , like a stern Protectionist , "held aloof from the" traitor'' he had ' so : often denounced in his own peculiar style '; ' ot eloquehce . " His welcome to Lord Johh ,. ! afterwards , Jwasfperhaps meant as a contrast . It was i excessively

      tnendly ; and in order ^ to letthe WHigMinister . seethe new frescoes ' -of >» Horsleyiahii Maclise , which : areat ; theback ' of : thelStranffers ' Gallery , the Duke , f < % lt ! ss :-pf ithej terrors of " Black . Rod , ' ? actually led him ; into 1 - ^ the body of the Housewhile th ' e Housewas still 6 ittinel Sir Augustus Clifford was c 6 rivenientl yl * Dlin ( i to this awful infraction of the dignity of their Lordships . vAt ; last ; the ^ ng- ^ ajted ^ of ^ Bni was brought ; W g . M ^ Berna ^ ;; ft :: Ummons . . ., : Lord Shaftesbury . tpbk his seit ^ tt . fi . Clerk ; at ; the table read ; its title ^ tibrd Campbell moved its first reading-theDuS Richmond seconded it-thequeWSS

      ana agreed to-the , Diike m 6 yed the ad mir ,, merit of . the Hpuse ^ and all wm ov 5 ? v ' " mnu tej : ^ second reading ^ SS ^ almost as quickl y on Wednesday , onwhil occasion their Lordships broke rfroSh ffi ^^^ - ^' b&S Sf-asKBit w ^ sssaip proceedi ngs were a IIL ?* fhe ^ sequent degree took the edL off . / arCe > . and j " no on ourlegisla ivp f th cuttin & sarcasm In the Houseof ComC / t BQlencouu-

      To Mmtots Fccomspoitfreit T&*

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      We ^ ia its last stagef * ttie Samf deteifmine and honourable resistance * from a small , but high-princip led and consistent minority , which it nad received during its former progress through the House . jWhatever may be thought of that opposition at the t present moment , and however it may have galled the obsequious majority at the back of the Minister , we are satisfied not fonly that the minority did their duty , but that no distant time will amply justify them in taking the course they did . The centuries of government by force

      and strong hand , combined with the denial ot justice in Ireland , have at least irreparably established one fact—it is impossible to smother discontent , to prevent outrage , or put down murder , by mere repressive' measures . Depraved , idle , and apathetic , as the people of Ireland may be in the eyes of some of the people of this country , who pin their faith to the ruffianly articles of the Times , and its echoes in the newspaper press ; and deeply as the English Legislature may have injured the na > turally fine qualities of that people , it has not blinded them to the great principles of natural justice , nor rendered them insensible to

      oppression and wrong . The resistance they makemisguided , lamentable , and erroneous , as the direction it takes may be—is but the natural re-action of down-trodden and oppressed humanity ; and there remains for this , or any other Government , only two alternativeseither the adoption of a policy based on justice , and leading to practical remedial measures , or a war of extermination against the country we have always treated as a conquered one . Mr Bright took advantage of the debate on the third reading to explain why he , as the

      representative of Manchester , would vote for the Bill , after having presented a numerously signed petition from his . constituents against it . Certainly we heard nothing in his speech to justify his vote . From beginning to end it was an answer to the stale and oft-repeated sophism , if not direct falsehood , that before any remedial measures can be introduced , the Government must be armed with powers to repress outrage and crime by forcible means . Mr Bright gave a graphic and powerful description of the causes which'have made Ireland what it

      island . which , now keep it so . He expressed , in strong terms , his sense of the criminality of our past ' legislation , and he outlined , with singular force and boldness , several radical measures which are imperatively required , and which must he passed before any real improvement can be effected in that country . Why , with so clear- and distinct a conception of the causes of Irish poverty and crime , he should

      have stultified himself by voting for a measure which will not , ' in the slightest degree , touch these causes , , biit rajtheK add to ' . the hatred which has been already engendered by cruel , sanguinary ,, and tyrannical legislation for Ireland j we cannot imagine . A man capable of seeing and speaking ' out the > strong truths he did ; was surely ^ tbo strong minded to be misled by the miserable , cant which sufficed to quiet the consciences , of the common herd of

      members , ' who follow their leader as a flock of sheep does the bell-wether . "'^ However , so it was . The ^^ Irishpeople ^ hi'd ^ thebsneiit of MrBright ' s speecKj . andLoi'd'Jpnn the support of his vote . In passing , " we ,-may ( , remark ; that one avowal will bear returning to on some future occasion . Werefer to the statement that the present Government is the Governmeut of the "Middle Classes /' anH that ; in future every Government must depend more . and . more upon the support of . the ^ middle . classes . There are some

      important-deductions to be drawn from this altered posUion ' bf' our political-and Governmental relatiorisj and especially with reference to the ^ robible future ^ effects .. . upon , the condition of the working classes , that may be worth consideration . • , . ' ,. V .

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      * THE NORTHERN STAR . . -. P ^ ggP M : 1 W 1

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1449/page/4/