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      THE "NORTHERN STAR . " Early in the approaching year our broad sheet shall bear comparison with any in the Empire . It shall appear with its old princip les under the old flag , but with new type , to make those princi p les , if possible , more prominent j and we have made arrange * ments for the approaching Session ot Parliament , to give a report of important debates down to the latest moment , as we are determined not to lag behind our cotemporaries , except in the " horribles , " in which we shall not compete with them .

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      THE CHAOS . " Out of chaos comes order , " aad " Coining events cast their shadows . before ; " and if ever there was a period of the world ' s history when the future could be guessed at from the present , it is now—when all society is one great chaos , and its several branches are endeavouring to shadow the general future , each through its own peculiar kaleidescope . The mind , if not attached to , becomes by degrees , familiarised with , the most extraordinary events , and occurrences—change * repugnant to the human feelings , and antagonistic to Nature ' s lawsmay come upon society with a hop , step , and jump , when man will either tolerate them from iitter ignorance of their probable consequences ; or will be compelled to , accept them through fear . ¦ ¦¦ . ' " ' ¦ '

      The constitution of society , tinder such altered circumstances , cannot even be guessed at until the change , if evil and injurious to society , becomes part and parcel of its laws and discipline , and then' constituting the basis , we are told by those who have gathered power under its influence , that too rapid progress , or too violent changes / are sure to be destructive , and precedent is flashed in our face to explain the dangers consequent upon our hasty legislation .

      Thus England was , by degrees , redeeming herself from the -barbarism of feudal , ages , when machinery came upon us with a hop , step , and jump . Its results , in infancy together with our great naval power , which enabled us to force its produce in times of war upon those countries whose people were employed in the battle-field , were so fascinating to the labourer , and so congenial to the feelings of the , Government , whose Exchequer it

      replenished , that none looked beyond the ' passing hour—all were satisfied—all were contented , hoping thai the things would last for . ever ; and those several Governments which have been endeavouring to establish the -principle of centralisation , had not the brains to see that this sectionalism ^ of society under different heads—each employer constituting ail autocrat—would place them in the double-difficulty of seducing the rich , and compelling the poor , to bear the burdens of the State . : :

      It is much easier to extract a large amount of taxation from a whole people , than to extract a more moderate amount from a party which possesses exclusive power . ¦ ; ¦ '• ' ; Our * debt was contracted—our lands were taken from the poor , and given to the pious sons of the rich—our ^ navy was augmentedour army was increased—our pensions were provided—our Governmental expenditure was

      multiplied—all under ^ the feudal system ; but , then , the feudal lord paid for all . Taxation was direct , and the working classes of this country have yet to understand the meaning of the Whig maxim , " Taxation without repre . sentation , is tyranny , and should be resisted . " The great change in our system of taxation gave birth to this maxim , Formerly , all taxes were direot , an then they fell exclu-

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      sivel y upon ., those who made the laws ; but when the system ef . indirect taxation was substituted for direct taxation , all who smoked a pipe—all who saw light through a windowall who breathed and lived , were taxed , and those who died were buried in taxed ground , until ; at length the country is distracted by the devices of our new aristocracy as to how they shall relieve themselves of the old feudal burdens ; while , under their discipline and rule , they have enormously increased the local burdens , which are the individual burdens of the poor ; and yet the poor have not the brains to see through that crooked policy by

      which they would now use them as the means of accomplishing their own ends . The « ew system under which we live , has come upon us with a hop , step , and jump ; influential parties , incited by their fears and apprehensions of what is passing abroad , are dull enough , ignorant enough , and foolish enough to prefer existing chaos to order , which might now be moulded out of existing confusion , followed by those timely and prudent changes for . which the progressive mind of man is prepared , and which the requirements and resolu < tion of man will enforce .

      The fascinating theories of the peace preservation gentlemen , the promising figureB of the Financial Reformers , the cleanliness of the wasbers and scourers of the poor , the sympathisers with the indigent , the philosophical champions of sectarian education , the bold advocates of THEIR OWN RIGHTS / and the monopolists of all other men ' s rights , may hope to tickle their hearers , their readers , their disciples , and their pupils , with their fascinating theories ; but we tell them , that byjone process only can the promised benefits be realised , and that is by the selection by the people

      themselves of those representatives who | are | to effect the promised changes by law , and render them nationally and not sectienally beneficial . The practical result ot class legislation has been the feeding that class of which the Go-Ternment is the shadow and representative , upon those classes who are opposed to their shadow ; and , therefore , > nder the altered system and the present constitution of society , we are not for the acceptance of direct taxation as a substitute for indirect taxation , inasmuch as that although Government is centralised as far as the National Debt , the Church , the Army ,

      the Navy , and Governmental expenditure is concerned , legislation and taxation are sectionaliaed , inasmuch as the power of inflicting local burdens and taxes is assumed by the local authorities , and cannot' be resisted . . Nay , we go further , and , assert that that legislation which imposes local burdens , is not only sec- tionalised , but individualised , as the amount of indirect taxation paid by the poor consumer is but a small per centage when eompared with the amount extracted from him in the shape of rent , ' batings , ' fines , reduction of wages , and the * innumerable whimsicatyyrannies practised upon the unprotected operative by the

      protected master . ... , . - ' ¦ .-., The workman in most Instances , in Lanca shire , is as much the serf of the employer , a the old English serf was of his feudal lord ; nay , more so ; if the old serf held land and a house upon the condition of rendering certain services to the feudal lord , he could till that land , and the house was the castle of his famil y fur the ' vrhole seven days in the week ; whereas the manufacturing serf , is compelled to take his house at the price put upon it by his feudal lord , while he is but toe happy if he can secure

      tour days work in the week , although he has to pay seven days * rent . . These are the anomalies—the galling anomalies—which we havebeen endeavouring for years to destroy , while political tinkers have been trying ' to patcV the old pot , to ensure its boiling during their time : We have looked to a sound principle—the principle of Universal Suffrage —as the means of effecting safely for all , those several changes which crotchet-mongerswhether political or religious—would secure for the ' r sect or their class .

      We have told our readers , twelve years since , that the day would come when the fact of a man , dressed like a monkey , . with a sword by his side , a muff upon bis head , and a musket in his hand , would be told by nursemaids as a fairy tale to little children—but we tell those , who so enthusiastically contend for the abolition of this beastiality , that , it is only to be beneficially effected by Universal Suffrage , when , not only every man of twenty-one years of age , but every woman aid child , would be soldiers in the National Army , to defend the rights of all , " , ' . ' * .

      How long have we laboured to convince the English people , that if the army was abolished to-morrow , a large localpolice force , to keep Labour in trammels , and paid , by Labour , would be established in its stead—and that no change—however fascinating in anticipation ^ is worth to LABOUR a singlestraw , except emanating from the united mind ' of Labour itself . This is what the- Continent : of Europe is now struggling for . Here we find countries basing their systems upon our : persecuted principles . It will not do : to tell us that it is upon the principles of Fox , Richmond , and the

      Whigs , accepted and promised in 1780 , that these nations are now about to base their political system . We say " Noi ? : Th at it is upon the Chartist trials , uponChartist speeches , upon Chartist writings , and persecution of the Chartist people , for the last twelve years—Chartist speeches in the JHouse of Commons—Chartist-triumph upon Kennington Common ¦—and the dread of Chartism , " entertained by faction , that the political mind of Europe is now formed . And , strange to say ; the mater rial elements of Chartism . have been adopted by the most powerful despot , in Europe—the successor of the martial Frederic , . the

      Prussian warrior , whose troops in , the dead of night , at the sound of the trumpet , were obliged to muster , fully accoutred , at * a few minutes ' notice . This Monarch who came to England , six , years ago , with ' his kingdom / in his hand ,, and his Constitution in his hat , to-stand ' sponsor for our Princess Royal . . " :, . ' . This Monarch is now a prisoner : in the Chartist prison . , Its principles are his 'gaoler , with the option of holding his crown , by the grace of the people , or surrendering it . by the grace of God j and , tenaciously as he has adhered to the . title of Divine right , no doubt he will cheerfully accept the tenancy under the new lessor * .

      Here was Prussia , with its regiment of noWes , after , the manner of the young Roman Legion , holding the balance of power in Europe , obuged to concede Universal Suffrage , No Property Qualification far a Member ef the Lower House , . and ; only 75 Z . a-year—what a well-employed ^ mechanic would earn—as a qualification for the Upper House ; thus ^ substituting the most humble means of frugal life for gilded imbecility and hereditary fo lly , and the total abolition of titles . , ¦ « , V Is not this a greater hrtp , step , and mmo for

      Prussia , than the whole Charter would . be for reformed Itogland ? and , although . twentyfour years is the standard of age for a voter--and although the Constitution says that the voter must be independent--that is not le pendent upon alms er charityfor , ' Bulwisience —we hail the promised Constitution ' with lurpassing joy , as under it few wiil . be dependent upon charity or alms , and the vi gour of youth will speedily diminish the standard of years to twenty-one , as . the necessity of our paternal Government has compelled it to reduce the standard hei ght of soldiers . '

      ^^ M !" ^ ^ , ^ justice than thatNrf hating or despising a King .. because Kings have . been tyrants ; but / upon the con . trary , when we see a wise King at the head of a military nation , preferring the acceptance , not of manacles , but of proper restrictions to the shedding of human blood , we accept him as a proud example to cruel Monarchs , and say , . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ "GO AND DO THOU LIKEWISE . " This example will go further with the league of Kings , notwithstanding the vituperation oi

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      KING CONSTABLE . It now appears that the Special Constable of the 10 th of April is to be President of the French Republic . It no longer remains doubtful , although it is possible that he may not have polled the required majority . It will not be doubtful in that case , because then the very difficulty—nay , the . danger—which we have seen in this mode of election , would come upon the Judges in the Court of Appeal . If the Constable has not the required majority , the BAG OF MOONSHINE

      decJares that the National Assembly may reverse the national verdict , and give judgment for the appellant . But suppose the case—supp ise the final judgment to rest with the National Assembly , and suppose that Assembl y to reject the accepted of the actual , though not the required , majority of the people , in such case the struggle would not be confined within the narrow limits of Paris , which , heretofore has been the national battle ground ; it would riot resolve Uself into . a battle between civil indignation and military force ; it would not resolve

      itself into a struggle of indjgence against wealth , or of labour against capital , but into a struggle of class against class—of soldier against soldier—sailor against sailor—banker against banker—merchant against merchantpartisan against partisan—favourite against favourite—expectant against expectant—civil , ian against civilian—and fool against fool . We may be told that the apath y of the majority of the electoral bod y would justly constitute the National Assembly as a Court of Appeal ; but our answer to our learned brethren is , that although such maxim may hold good in Westminster Hall , where the judgment of the Judge or the verdict of the

      Jury is final , conclusive , and irresistible ; that in the case of President , an actual majority being the plaintiffs , and the rejected and an actual minority being the defendants , with an appeal from the Court to the nation , that the judgment would hot only be reversed , but the Court would be deposed for . endeavouring to substitute party whim for national decision . Whereas , if the decision had been left to the Assembly , the Assembly would net have been operated upon by the ; name , the pretensions , or the ambition of . the English Special Constable , but by . the promise , the business habits , and the fitness of the candidate .

      Can anything be more ridiculous than the fact of electing a ^ National Absembly by-Universal Suffrage , of allowing that " Assembly to declare a Constitution , and frame laws under it , and yet strip that Assembly of the responsibility of electing him who is responsible for observance of that constitution , and those under him , for the just administration of those laws ? But when we know that King Constable is a tool in the hands of the professed Monarchists of France , and that , with them , the question is not WHO but WHAT—not who shall be the tiist magistrate but what shall be the form of government— ¦ . we lose all faith in the realisation of

      Republican principles . ; ¦ Is there a working man in England so foolish , so silly , or so insane as to imagine that King Constable will ' realise the anticipation of the working classes ? or is there an imbeciiejwho cannot see the future ambition of Caviagnac shadowed in his past ingenious and ¦ treacherous diplomacy ? and can it be doubted that a struggle is at hand , . the Result of . which no foresight can / guess at— -the result of ivhich no mind can contemplate without a shudder ? While 4 his struggle was going on Labour was holding its out-door meetings and its in-door feasts , but , throughout , not a speaker has ventured even a guess at the policy of either candidate .

      We , however , venture to predict , that should King Constable be returned by the required majority , that the friends of Cavaignac will enunciate some new theory , unpalatable to the Buohapartists but suiting to the appetite of the gapers , and then the most deadly national feud will commence . > . ::. The " Times of Wednesday , always ready to accept a misfortune which it cannot avert ; maps out the line of policy which ought to be adopted by King Constable : and that policy is

      to fraternise with the English government , which is still strong enough , and united enough , and , no doubt , willing enough , ' to assist in the preservation of peace in France , arid in the maintenance of sound principles and peaceful policy . These sound principle ^ if . translated into common sense , would read , the Ascendancy of Capital ; the Dependence of Labour , ancL according tQ . the old Irish proverb ,

      "SCRATCH MB AND I'LL SCRATCH :. - . ; , ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' . - ' ' TO ^ ; ,,.:,: ; . ; ; However , notwithstanding all this nourish of trumpets , Froggy and JOHN BULL will have quite enough to do to scratch themselves , without , stretching their horns across their channel . Italy was the first battle-ground of King Constable ' s uncle . This child of the

      Revolution of ' 93 , the spawn of the Republic , as ; his first work destroyed every Republic in -Italy ; and having made France a martial nation , he placed his brothers and relatives upon the several thrones of Europe , tickled the national mind by filling the national treasury with foreign plunder , and tickled the national taste by making Paris the ' depositary of foreign works of art . He looked upon' men as ninepins , and relied upon the 'desolation of war as a substitute for the cholera and pestilence . He gave the nation a character , and its people

      pride ; he cost England some hundreds of millions of pounds , which John Bull cheerfully paid upon the assurance that he should receive thirty shillings in the pound , and which John ' s successors not now being able to pay , will pause before he again becomes the arbiter between King Constableuind FrenchfactionB . , The Labour Question is the question—the veritable question—the only question—which should occupy the minds ' : of : wise statesmen ; and yet it is the one question to which the representatives of . capital turn a ^ deaf ear .

      " Better ktep th « ills we hm Than fly to thosi we know not of "is now the maxim of the leading men of all classes in England ; while , without a change in the Labour Systero , ' we tell them that , much as they approve the ilk they have—namely , their National Debt , their Army and Navy Estabh ' Bhment 8 , their Pension List , and Governmental Expenditure , that they cannot keep those ills so dear to them , without " flying to others that they know not of . " The war-cry of England is gone—she can no longer convoy her manufactures to allf the ports of th . e world , for other n « , \ 'one are ma-

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      nufacturing for .. them 8 elves ; . whiie , as we find by the statistical returns of bread stuffs in America , the English farmer , can no longer hO e to receive his fifteen and his twenty- shilling a bushel for wheat . * John did | not care what 4 * uty he paid upon leather , wine , and malt—wh \? t tax he paid for horses , servants , light and iirt I he cared not what the military or governmental expense was so long as he was able to liv 0 » Don the profits . But experience has made JoJin wise . John reads the following list as the rt $ ult of the second year of Free Trade : he scratches his head , 'looks

      gloomy , puts his cavalry bi >' rse to the plough , gets his old boots soled and heeled , his coat patched , diminishes his household , reduces the wages of his labourers , discharges his governess , takes his children from school declines the accepted offer for his daughter- ~ the required portion not being compatible with bis present means—and thus he is a very different contributor to the Exchequer , as compared with the good old days of the veritable Boney . Here follows John ' s death

      warrant s—Axiiioam P » oviiioNs .-Thefol ! owli |? supplies ef pro . visions have recently been received from the United States of America : — Tie Hue of packet ship VJeteris , from New Tork , ha » brought 8855 boxes and I 8 t cask * of oheese , 2288 barrel * of flour , and 29 of lard , 2195 casks « f beef , 430 barrels of apples , g of bread , and 106 hogsheads a « d 779 barrels of oil-cake ; the Isaac Allerton , from New Orleans , 86 b » gs and 5347 saolfs of Indian corn ; the wortrude , from New Orleans , 9896 sacks of Indian corn , and 4321 bags ef wheat ; the Medallion , from Philadel . pWa , ISfio barrels of flour , 1201 barrels of Indian corn meal , 10610 bushels and 1899 sacks of Indian corn , and 1872 sacks of wheat ; the Lydia , from Baltimore , 72 M barrels of flour ; the Switzerland , from Baltimore , 5306

      barrels of floir , 6 1 barrals of lard , aid 2 l 22 bags and 6 J 87 bushels of wheat ; the A . Z ., from New York , 5051 barrels f flour , 10000 bushels of corn , 5354 bushels of wheat , and 26 o barrels of meal ; the Wi A . C » oper , from New Tork , 3200 barrels of flour , 99 ^ 9 bushels and 5593 bags of Indian corn , 915 s icks of wheat , and a quantity of bread , beam , rice , oatmeal , and pork ; the Victoria , from New Tork , 1672 , barrels of flour , and 7581 bushels of wheat ; the WaVefield from New York ; 2107 bushels of flour , and 198 barrels of app ' es ; the Virginia from N » w Tork , 5860 bar . rela of flour , 88 S 0 bushels of wheat , 10322 bushels of corn , 42 barrels of bread , and some of beans and baeon : th » OUlborne from New Orleans , 102 tierces and 2 , 67 barrel * of lard ; the Minnesota from New York , 4 t 87 barrels of flour , 137 boxes of bacoB , 2751 bags of Indian corn , lOo

      barrals of bread , l 2 ofTlnegar , 749 packages of lard , 924 barrels of corn meal , and 60 tltrceiofrice ; the Granada from New Orleans , 8092 sacks of Indian oornjths Den . markfrom New Orleans , 1901 barrels of fleur , 148 barrels of bread , and SiObags of corn ; t » e SaTaonahfroiaPhil * . delphia , 12-10 > tusheU of wheat , 1 & 7 burels of apples . ) 253 o bushals and 898 bags of India * corn , 2900 barrels of flour , 17 of pork , and 216 kegs of lard ; the Ontario from Charleatovrn , 598 bags of corn , ttat Parthenon from New Orleans , 1939 sacks of corn ; the Judah Touro from New Orleans , 4936 bags of Indian corn and lot casks of oil cake ; the T . J . Reger , from Philadelphia , 11427 bushels and 2367 sacks of wheat , 749 barrels , and 69 other casks of oil cake , 29 B 9 sacks ot Indian corn , looo barrels of flour , and 100 of corn meal ; the Washington , from N « w

      Orleans , 307 f barrels of flour ; th « Nestorian , from New York , 0186 barrels of flour , 2245 bags of Indian corn , ii 3 bags of wheat , and 494 boxes of oheeie ; The GoTernor Davis , from New Orleans , 1 01 barrels of flour , 4361 bags of corn , 229 barrels and 175 other packages of lard , and 1692 saefcs of Indian com ; the William King , from Boi . ton , 114 packages of lard and 1209 sacks of corn ; the Kentucky , from New Orleans , 4197 bags of corn , 368 barrels of flour , and 30 of bread ; the -Aanranth , from Boi . ton , 16837 sacks of Indian com , and 100 barrels of corn meal ; the England , from New York , 6870 barrels of flour , I 771 bait » ot wheat , 590 barrels of 2 ard , and 3 JO tierces of rice ; the Stephen Baldwin , from Philadelphia , 3730 bar . rels oi flonr , 1450 barrels of Indian ctrnmeal , 1375 sacks aod 7359 bushels of Indian corn , and 7891 barrels of

      wheat ; the New World , from New York , 237 bushels of apples , H 31 barrels of flour , 1624 boxes and 182 casks of cheese , 244 barrels and 84 tieraes of lard , and seraral packages of bacon , and other articles -the Newton , from New York , 4 S 98 barrels of flour ; the Tyrone , from New Orleans , 1234 sacks of corn , and 100 casks of oil-cake ; th » Sunbeam , from Boston , 219 barrels of applss , 8135 sacks and 2528 bag » of corn , 185 barrels of corn meal , 2303 bUBhels of flour , 82 « f bread , 300 « f pork , It 0 life pigs ( a remarkable itemj , 700 tubs of lard , 96 boxes of bacon , andayariety of other artkleit ; tho China , from New Orleans , 7890 bagsoi Indian corn '; the Gordon , from New Yerk , 2456 barrels of flour , 879 bags of Indian corn , 24 00 bags and 6782 bushels of wheat , 2715 bags of corn , and 239 boxes apd 14 . casks of cheese . ; the Cheshire , from Baltimore , 2825 barrels of flour , 12 * 55 bushels of Indian corn and 3495 bags of wheat ; the Fauchon , from New York , 3223 barrels of flour , 3852 bags of Indian corn , 215 barrels of apples , 817 barrels and 200 kegs of lard , 726

      catksand 795 boxes of cheese , 741 sacks « f wheat , and 25 , ti « rces and 30 barrels of fctef ; the Allan Brown , from Boston , 38 boxes of cheeBe , same of buscuits and of lard , and 594 barrels , 41 boxes , and 175 tons weight of oil . caka ; the Monterey , from New York , 4110 barrels of flour , 833 boxes of cheese , 135 barrels of lard , and 2678 bags of Indian corn ; the Richard Cobden , from New York , 870 ) barrels of flour , 184 4 bushels of com , and 46 casks and 23 tubs ot cheese ; the Sarah from New Orleans , 3454 bags of corn , and 1645 barrels of flour ; the Worohako , from Baltimore . 1284 bags and 4006 bushels of Indian corn ; the Arcola , from New York , 344 ? barnlt ef flour , 14198 bushels of corn , 50 tierces of beef , 4229 bushels of wheat , ' and ISO barrels of apples ; the John Marshall , from Alexandria , United States , 5739 tags , and 4040 baaheli of Indian corn , 600 barrels of floor , and tli bags of wheat ; the Stephen Zuman , from Baltimore , 5720 barrels of flour ; and the tfascono , from Baltimore , 1400 barrels of flour , 10370 bags of Indian corn , and 2772 kags of wheat .

      Now , by the above we must measure John Bull ' s ability to fraternise with King Constable , according to the « Times" ORGANISATION . Here we find that the " Richard Cobden" from New York ( what an ominous name for John Bull ) , alone brings 5 , 700 barrels of flour , 18 , 404 bushels of corn , leaving no margin for 46 casks and 23 tubs of cheese ; and if we estimate the corn lowly that produced the 5 , 700 barrels of flour at 12 , 000 bushels , and add it to the 18 , 404 bushels , we have coining in the " Bichard Cobden" alone , the produce of 1 , 250 acres of

      land , at 24 bushels to the acre , pitchiag the cheese overboard . But this is . only an insig . nificant item , 'compared with the awful list which we trust every reader will peruse ; and let the reader bear in mind , that this is produced from America alone , and then let the working classes say whether or no they can spare the English farmers , labourers , and shopkeepers , as consumers of their produce ; and let the " 'Ernes'' say whether or no John Bull , subject to such competition , is likely to be as loyal a subject as when he allowed Billy Pitt to put his hand in his pocket .

      But as our fraternity with King Constable will mainly depend upon the [ squeezability of English landlords and farmers—and lest the above sorrowful competitive catalogue should be looked upon as a mere temporary incidentwe beg the attention of our readers to the following table , furnished by an official , and one of , the ablest staticians in the United States ;—Tht same gentleman , from documents in the Patentoffice , has compiled the following , as the amount ef the different kinds of grain produced in thaifnited States , in 1847 , aocordlng . to Che estimate contained la the table preceding the agricultural report of the Patenl-offlcefor thepresentyear , n « mtl y , :-• ¦ Totals .

      Breadstuff ' s . bushels . BushVs . Indian corn or maize .. .. 539 , 350 , 0 ; 0 Wheat .. .. .. .. U 4 , 245 ; 800 Rye .. .. 29 , 222 , 709 .. Buckwheat .. 11 , 673 , 500 . .:.-.. « 9 » , 491 , 700 . Qraln not used for bmdstuffs . . Oats .. .. ; .. .. 167 , 867 , 600 Barley .. 5 , 649 , 930 178 , H 6 , 93 » Total .. .. ., ., 868 , 008 , 650 Other articles of food . '"" ' " . , ; . Potatoes .. .. .. .. 100 , 950 , 060 bushels . Beans and psas .. .. .. 50 , 000 , 000 „ Rice .. ' .. . - >• 103 , 640 , 598- pounds . W _ i 1 _ .. &a . 1 KAniilHllxn QA T 1 A iflA . . viizu

      rjsuiuuicu puyuiauuui « , « uv ¦ .. : In concluding his tables and estimates , lie remarks : — "The aggregate surplus of grain produced to the Uaited States is estimated at 58 , 600 , 009 quarters . The largest quantity of foreign grain taken bjGieat Britain and Ireland , which was last year , reached 14 , 61 » , OOO quarters , or about one-half only of our surplus ; as stated aboTO , excluding oats , barley , beans , peas , rice . ' and potatoes . In contrast with these overflowing granaries of our own country , it may be addsd that the whole quantity estimated to be available for export from Europe and Asia Is only equal to about nine million quarters , or one . fourth of tke surplus ; of the United States . This account should allay all doubt , if any exists ; of the ability of the United States , with open ports , to feed the world . " ¦ . ¦ .:- ¦ . .

      Now , then , if John was in any doubt before as to the future , let him peruse the above , and in it he will see his future grim visage ; while in the year 1845 , the ' 'Times" assured us that America never could export 500 , 000 quarters in one year . This 500 , 000 now becomes magnified into 28 , 000 , 000 , leaving no margin for beef , pork , butter , cheese , and , in short , everything that high rented land in England saddled with National Debt , tithe , malt tax , mortgage debts , marriage portions , younger

      children ' s provisions , bond debts , governmental expenses , and all the rest of it , has to produce at war rents measured by war prices . ' And the question of English fraternisation with King Constable must receive a FREE TRADE solution . And let John further bear in mind , that while America boasts ( and truly ) of being able to grow a sufficient quantity of food to feed the world , that Free Trade now is but in its infancy—agriculture in America is but in the cradle . John must depend upon . Jonathan for food and raw eotton , while Jonathan will not long depend wpou John for . anything .

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      , „ 1 PK A PPROACHINg ^ p— ^ JteS t ^ 'srt-jf-£ " 2 ? l - 8 een tJiat the Executive annf i I the Chartist party for a « New ? 2 »? gJ ? to supply the means of commencing ? ! & £ paign of 1849 , for the obtainmenSthe * cff ' te r- We trust that the Executive ' s J £ " will be read at all Chartist meetings , and 2 the necessary measures will be forthwith taken tun i 7 ? ? y P ° from ^ ery ChS tist locality in the country .

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      iss ^ ssH n n , rf ^^^^^ AA / 4 ^ ; A WHIG DEFEAT . air wSl ! lf *?¦ ! " * been thMwn int « t ^ S «« , -Sr elps t 0 8 how which way the wind Sof thT ? , ° 5 , la 9 t week the 7 disincS . Sts and S ! I I Cksses / ° P " move " fe ^ Vhlt Tt » 7 rf «^ * little ttesdav 2 Kf l ab 0 Ut this season . On ags ^ ana meeting for the consideration of a resolution which its mover , Mr Pouncev . lneaT ^ other

      El « 11 ^ e Middle Eeform So : cieties , as sort of fugle motion . " Middle cfi ! p p C ° rpOrate meetin « of ^ e nfi « rA V t 1 ? eformer 8 ^ nce the conspiracy of Lord John Russell and his fellow conspira Sn ^ Tr , i ° P inion had viS ly ^ roi ' ? f t underthe 8 ecircum 8 tancessome nterest attaches to the tactics adopted by these very m oderate Lihenh . It might have been supposed that they would have entente ! themselvesb yaffirmingtheirownlove of order

      peace , and legal and constitutional means , withl out ostentatiousl y echoing the calumnies of a hirehdg Press against the patriots on the Contment—or the persons at home , who , if a little more impatient , are at least as sincere friends of freedom as "the oldrwnp . " They might have taken very judiciousl y as a motto "Let every tub stand on its own bottom . " But they were not wise enough to do this Still labouring under the influence of the ter ronst Press , and believing that everybody was as panic-stricken as themselves , they prefaced their string of milk antwaterWfitrmEtyS emphatic condemnation of . « the wild coming

      or processing Liberals m this country" and the excesses which have been perpetrated under the name of liberty in oUweoSSS ? This sop to Cerberus wag hi ghly applauded bv the re of Coppock , andW' -bK-K safe- ' oldiwomenof "therump . " Itmade them " so . respectable , " put such a gulf between them and Chartists or other « wild" peopleand offered so excellent an invitation to all the tinud shopkeepers , who had half-a-crown or half-a-sovereign to spare , in order to get up a mock agitation for reform , that it was looked upon as quite a master-piece of diplomacy

      unfortunately , however , for the old women who have so long been accustomed to dictate to the electors of Westminster—while they have been standing still , all the rest of the world has been advancing , and it turns out that even the " Westminster Reform Society ' has been reformed . These confounded demo , cratic princi ples penetrate everywhere At every corner they start up to confront iouthey come whenever you " call spirits from the vasty deep . " Thus it happened in the snug room at the York Hotel A member nnitMhS

      strongly Rgainst condemning the conduct of Liberals either at home or abroad , and recommended the meeting to confine its attention solely to positive reforms ; they had enough to do in that way , without stepping aside to blame other people . Mr Wright-Ms namedeserves to be mentioned—also manfull y defended the conduct andjmotives of the Chartists ; though , he said , he did not belong to that bod y , he condemned the infamous and disgraceful plot of Lord John Russell , and his complicity with such wretches as Powell and others ; and , with reference to the excesses abroad , said he had no sympathy with the Tory policy which exDa .

      tiated on tfte few asokted victims of popular indignation , while it was altogether silent respecting the atrocities committed by the opponents of liberty . He , therefore , moved the expulsion of this obnoxious clause , and , we rejoice to say , succeeded in carrying it , in spite of several thorough Whig manoeuvres , greatly to . the discomfiture of the Whig " rump . " Mr Pouncey declared it was the last time he would ever _ enter the room . So much the better for the society , if he keeps his promise ; The Reform engine needs ha draff unon it from its

      professing friends . It has obstacles enough to encounter without them . We are gratified that this meeting has taken place , because it shows that even in the somewhat aristocratic and exclusive circles of so-called Liberals , there is spreading a healthy tone of public opinion , and that , despite all the machinations of the Whigs , the spirit of freedom , though quietly awaiting its time , is yet prepared for that time , when it comes .

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      NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . christmaTholidays . ' ¦ fSMSii « i ¦ NOTICE . This Bank will be closed to the Public from Friday , the 22 nd instant , Four p . m ., until Ten a . m . on Tuesday , the 26 th . All letters reaching the Bank on the Saturday and Christmas Day will be answered on the following Tuesday . T . Price , Manager . 493 , Oxford Street , London , - December 16 th , 1848 .

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      J . Swmt acknowled ges the receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith ) for the Defence Fund : — £ s . d . rromBulwell ... ... ... 0 4 8 „ Retfora ... ... ... oio „ A Friend ... ... 0 0 9 ., The Seven Stars - ... ... 076 , i Mr Chipendale ... ... 0 8 6 i , Tho Marquis of Granby ... 0 2 3 „ Mr Mortimer ... ... ) 0 1 , The Newton ' s Head .,. .,. 0 2 * „ Mr O . Hall ... ... 0 0 2 MAHoni 9 TiB ViorIMS . —Thomas Ormisher has reeeiveJ the following sums for the defence of the Manchester Victims : — . -. . £ s . d . Central Committee , London .. « . t 0 O Mr Rider , ditto .. m . M | H 0 18 0 . Land Mcmbew , People ' s IaatUuta .. M 1 . 99

      Alexander . M'Crow , Gorton „ „ 0 10 5 Mr Dathie , Runcorn M M .. 050 The Chartists of Higher Eane . Pllkington * 0 7 0 Browne ' s Temperance Hotel „ „ 10 0 B . Langslow- .. „ . . HI Worsbery , Isaac Jackson „ V . „ 0 10 9 David Appeltpn .. ., „ m 0 S 0 Joseph ttghthouse . OYer Damn H H 1 0 < r Hetherington ' s Shop w M „ « 3 8 Mr Wm flott , NotUngham „ , m 5 0 O WmBoja , Preston „ .. H , 10 0 Mr Donovan rewived , from Blackburn— , £ er Annstead m M ¦ „ 0 9 8 Huddersfleld w M .. .. 01 « 8 EiWTi .-In last week ' * Sm , It should kara been 'Be . celvedoa the platform , us . 7 d ., » Instead of « 11 » . 3 d ;' RoodenLane should hare ton . ' 9 ft 8 d ., ' instead of

      Mr T . Lack , CoTentnr .-T « your first questios-yes . It is not a , general rule ; but we h « r « no objecUam In your c » se . Tho postage would eost you tlihtpence . To you * seeottd-vre cannot forward ihwn fn time , unl . » mmSn , totetofon , which learei her * in tht M l- * H " ""^ Ucommunio » U (»« *> ' Mr West and his family , must be addressed to the care of Mr Henrj Leach , No . l , Skell ' s Buildings . Maccleiifield . R . J 0 HKS 011 , Stratford , and M . Bromwieh , Newport Pag . Sfea < ' "f * ?•** ttat wo oanaot announce 'forthcoming meetings / unless pai « for as advertise . SUMS . . . . -. John' AsNoti acknowledges the receipt of tho following praients , on behalf of the Vlnttm ami ner * n * a *» < i —

      From Mr William Rider , 8 Ti »; offloe- « Ooapandium o £ the Oolo iieum , ' with splendid coloured plates : Mr Sto » combe , per Mr Antffl- 'Bura »' 8 Foemi / 'RoDlnion Crusoe , ' and History of Commerce ; ' Mr Willi » m Denf , Bomera Town- * Percy Anecdotes , ' 'Bloonifleld ' i WUd Flowers , ' « American Ww , » and « A Russian , ' ! Repb ; ' Mr Brown , Crlpplegate- 'Yolume of Plays ; Miss Drown , dltto-a Knitted Handkerchief ; Mies Shapton , Hammersmith—one Pair of Cuffs ; D . M . —Coloured Portrait of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., framed and glased ; and £ . T .-Nlneteon Copies of' The Student , ' a Play , and Thirteen Copies of the ' Social Hymn Hook . &t , i For Defense , D . C . « a w H 0 i 0 ? orY ^ ptim » , MrPurke « . Z « 0 I 9

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      4 THE NOR ^ E-Rl ^ g ^^ fro . ^ ,-j fiT ^ Decsmbe ^^ i ™*

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      the Piess-G , in # , than , all the armed fore *? that coulee opposed to them , . u : : ; - When Charlea Albert was fantasticall y efl . gaged in his Quixotic freaks , he was the C » sar of the age j . but when he failed , he was the nincompoop of the Press . When the Despot of Austria abandoned the Palace of the CsBsars , he was lauded for his humanity , and his anxiety < to spare the blood of his loved people ; but when he abdicated he was an IMBECILE . When the King of Prussia resisted the popular voice , and presented himself in peacock ' s p lumes , as chief mourner at the funeral of his slaughtered people , he was worthy of his great ancestor , who was every inch a King , and the most fitting Sponsor for our Princess Royal ; but when he wisel y discovered that the voice of knowledge was stronger than the cannon ' s roar , and when he conceded to justice what he could no longer withhold by force , he was a hesitating fool , a prisoner at Potsdam , a Monarch without power , and a weak-minded man , This is the stability ) of our independent Press ; and before twelve months elapse the same corps will loudly declaim against our tyrant rulers , for not sooner having conecded to justice what , within that period , they will be obliged to yield to fear .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1501/page/4/