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    • THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2S, 1848.
    • Co fceaUera $c Correspondents
    • METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL I.TFR ASSimAXrE. Annuity. loaB, and Invest-
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      TO THE DEPOSITORS IN THE REDEMPTION DEPARTMENT . Having received many applications relative to the rig ht of depositors in the Redemption Department of the Bank transferring their monies from thence to the Bonus Fund , as the object of that department , under the original constitution , was the establishment of a savings bank to enable the Land members to reduce their amount of rent , by applying such deposits to its liquidation , I have come to the conclusion , that it would be unjust to deny them the right of transferring their stock to the Bonus Fund , which , in point of fact , is the most complete realisation of the ori ginal intention ; therefore , all depositors in the Redemption Department of the Bank , are authorised and empowered to direct the transfer of their stock ta the Bonus Fund . Feargtjs O'Connor .

      The Northern Star, Saturday. December 2s, 1848.

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY . DECEMBER 2 S , 1848 .

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      JUDGE PERRIN AND THE PRESS . ¦ -mi The Irish Liberal Ju 4 £ Hfedetermined not to be distanced by their Liberal English brethren in the race of persecution . Judge Perrin was raised to the bench in censequence of a most violent speech , delivered in the House of Commons in 1833 , upon the Tithe agitation , and the mode resorted to for the recovery of small arrears in the superior and inferior courts . The Whigs , in that day , and especially the Irish Whig landlords , had a luscious eye upon Church property , a longing which was subsequently gratified by the

      plunder of the church for the benefit of the landlord , to the amount of twenty-five per cent . In those days the Whig Government urged antagonism and excited opposition to the Irish Church to that extent which would insure unanimity amongst the Irish landlords . If there is a feather to be plucked from our mother , which does not fly in the direction of the landlords' grasp , a religious war is at once waged , and a whole brood WILL STAND BY THE OLD HEN , but the same supporters will coasent te see her plucked to the very pen feathers , provided they receive the spoil .

      When it is a question of religion only , the indignation of the saints is easily roused , but not easily subdued ; but when it is a question of pounds , shillings , and pence , and when charity begins at home , sanctity and spirituality are merged in necessity , and the rule of three over-rules all scripture precedent . Now , this Judge Perrin was one of the foremost amongst leading Liberals ; he was one of the loudest in his denunciation of legal injustice ; but now a change has come over the spirit of his dream , and as a judge upon the bench , sworn te act impartially , as the administrator

      of the law between the Crown and the prisoner , he robs the prisoner , not of a mere technical but of an indispensable tight , by forbidding the publication of his trial . The Press is excessively indignant at the exercise ofthis judicial prerogative , but it but touches the journalists sore , leaving that which is most likely to affect the prisoner wholly out of sight . The Press urges no substantial reason for its wrath , while it "js left to us to show wherein this ungenerous and , we may add ,

      unconstitutional exercise of an almost obsolete power is injurious to the prisoner , consideration for whom should be the primary object , not with the Judge or the Press only , but with the public at large . And as our contemporaries are so fond ef precedent , we will furnish them with a recent case , from which they will learn that the suppression of the publication of evidence may militate against the prisoner , even upon trial for High Treason , where a list of the witnesses must be furnished to the accused .

      We find that at the trials at Clonmel , a man of the name ef Dobbin is produced as an eyideace for the Crown , His evidence is read b y a scholar of Trinity College—the young gentleman whose crime , in the eye of the " Times , ' ! consisted in the meanness of his apparel , and the necessity for « WATER , "" MORE WATER , " and « WATERAGAIN » -and from its perusal i he discovers fallacies and inaccuracies if not wilful perjury , that he is capable of r ebutting and but for which publication he would havp

      remained in perfect ignorance of the facts * but upon reading it he proceeds to the court ! and tenders himself as a witness . Here , then ' , is , a strong case , but not so strong in injustice as that to which Mr Duffy is subjected by the liberal Judge Perrin , inasmuch as in Duffy ' s case the prisoner is not furnisbed with a list of the names of the witnesses ; while , should the Catholic Attorney-General break down in one portion of the evidence , he has nothing to do but to select a more sturdy Detective to make good the breach .

      Suppose a witness te appear against Duffy , to charge him with an act or with words , the performance , the intention , or the accuracy of which might be contradicted , not by one or ten , but a hundred credible witnesses , at a distance from the place of trial ; is it not more than cruelty—is it not barbarism , injustice , and tyranny—to deny to the prisoner the possibility of refuting evidence , the inaccuracy of which may be known to parties , while their knowledge of the facto may not be knowu to the prisoner , his counsel , or solicitor . Talk about packing juries , and rejecting Catholics and Liberals , while we have a Liberal Judge and a Catholic Attorney-General as the principal mummers in this Irish Christmas pantomime . The Irish are replete with imagination , and lacking any great theatricalnovelty in this thea-

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      trical season , our Liberal Judge was determined upon catering for the public , and produced his pantomime . We have often said , and now repeat it , that the native Irish having been long subjected to the conquering Saxon , have made many attempts to repossess themselves even of the mere shadow of justice ; but so strong and powerful is the terror of the law . that when equality is fantastically proclaimed , injustice rallies in the jury-box , and now upon the bench , there determined to uphold its authority a 9 long as a foot of resting ground remains .

      Judge Perrin , if we mistake not , was a denouncer of Baron Smith , when arraigned by Daniel O'ConnelHn the House of Commons ; and Mr Napier , member for the Protestant University of Dublin—a high Tory , and . a much more gifted and talented man than Judge Perrin , and counsel for Mr Duffy—may retort by being his accuser in the Senate House . The " Times" assures its readers that the injustice will be much qualified by its ability to transmit the evidence nearly a 3 quick as if published in the Irish Press ; but we beg to tell the " Times , " that in the rural districts of Ireland , not one in fifty thousand ever see its broadsheet , while the evidence published in the " Freeman " to day , is read throughout the country upon such an occasion on the morrow .

      Tradition is , to a certain extent , oral in Ireland ; one , two , or three politicians read the paper of their choice , and the intelligence is orally communicated in the school-house , the blacksmith ' s shop , or the market place . Bnt those who thus communicate intelligence never read the "Tim e * , " and if they did , the sentence may be passed upon false evidence before its announcement in the" T «* s rs' could reach the ear of those who would be able to rebut it .

      However , it is but a link in the long chain of oppression . Ireland will , no doubt , be again the battle-field of faction in the approaching session ; and as the Irish Landlords . have forgotten their spiritual differences when the appropriation of the Church Property to their own kindly use was the question at issue , we have as little doubt that they will sink their political differences when the question of their own salvation is argued in the Senate House .

      It was bad enough for Baron Alderson to refuse Mantle the means of defence , when charg ed with a minor offence ; but how much mere tyrannical and oppressive to refuse a man upon trial for an act called felony , for which he may be transported for life , the means of defence . Are eur rulers so affrighted by continental revolutions and convulsions , that they are compelled to rely upon domestic tyranny as the means of preserving domestic peace ? or do they hope that the Minister ' s quotation of the unrefuted evidence adduced against Mr Duffy will serve as another Kennington Common , to protect them against the opposition of their opponents ? If so , they sadly miscalculate ; as , although the craving OUTS

      were satisfied to allow them to remain IN , while Continental revolutions affrighted and alarmed them , they will discover that Quarter Day has too many charms to be postponed upon so flimsy a pretext as the necessity of convicting a dangerous man . The Tories will say , "We were satisfied to suspend the Constitution , and to arm the Executive with unconstitutional power , when danger and revolution threatened , and when the mildness of the Constitution was not calculated to curb the excitement created by artful and designing demagogues , but we were not prepared to rob the Constitution of its brightest gem , by denying to the greatest malefactor the best means for his defence . '

      What chance has a Chartist in England or a felon in Ireland , from middle class and Protestant Juries ? It is but the resuscitation of the olden Irish tyranny , illustrated in the case of an Irish Orange yeoman , who , when tried and convicted of a diabolical murder before Judge Fletcher , and upon the clearest evidence , the Jury recommended him to mercy . When the Judge asked the foreman upon

      what grounds , or upon what portion of the evidence the recommendation of mercy was based , the foreman replied , " Because he is a good Protestant , a good Orangeman , and a good yeoman , my Lord . " "Then , " rejoined the Judge , "becausehe is a good Orangeman , a good Protestant , and a good yeoman , he should have known better , and he shall be hanged . "

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      n _ s « y t . ' ' _ .. ^ ih , . ^— . « . •_— . ^_ of the sentence passed upon Radcliffe . Notwithstanding the strong , recommendation of the Jury , we are not confident that the Government will spare the life of the condemned man , unless a rigorous effort is made to save him . A merciful disposition is not a characteristic of the Whigs ; on the contrary , the reverse is notoriously the case . The people of Ashton may , however , snatch Radcliffe from the hands of the hangman , if they will . Let a Petition or Petition ? , signed by all classes of inhabitants , and addressed to the Queen , praying for a commutation of the sentence pnssed upon Radcliffe , be immediately got up . Mr ' . Hindley , the member for the borough , will , we doubt not , place himself at the head ofthis movement for the triumph of Mercy united with Justice .

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      the amelioration of the condition of the peo pie at large , seems to him the height , of ab . surdity . He was quite merry at Sheffield when so ridiculous an idea was started as that of providing permanent remunerative employment for the masses . The Sheffield people said to him , " , You have admitted that thousands in this country cannot get a subsistence . What means do you propose for the permanent remunerative employment of the people . ' " Mr Denison : "My friend has given me a poser now . ( Loud laughter from his friends , ) I am

      sure if I could come within a thousand miles of his object I should be the cleverest man in the kingdom . He asks me to provide for millions of men who cannot get work . My answer is , most respectfully , I do not know . ' ' ( More laughter from his friends . ) Now we do not see anything to laugh at in this affair , except , indeed , it be the admitted ignorance of a man aspiring to fill an important position ; but even that is no laughing matter , because incompetent legislators and unwise legislators are the sure forerunners of violent revolutieas .

      A man who thus bluntly confessed his ignorance , and who at the same time showed a disposition to ridicule the mere statement of one of the gravest and most pressing questions of the age , should have at once been told " You are not fit for tbe situation you seekj go back to the retirement from which you say your friends have dragged you , with so much reluctance upon your part . " The comfortable , short-sighted , stand-still , class , of which Mr Denison is the type , may rely upon it , that however favourable for them the aspect of things may be for the moment ,

      their day has gone by . The very fact of any considerable proportion of the Legislature being composed of such materials , must hasten the complete destruction of the existing system . Unless we have—and that right speedily —men who are prepared to look our political and social difficulties / airly in the face , and introduce gradually , but steadily , appropriate improvements —the schemes they now turn from as being either Utopian or objectionable will be succeeded by proposals of a less moderate , less pleasing—we fear we may add , less useful—character .

      The selfish and surface-mongering plans by which our so-called commercial reformers have of late years occupied public attention and the time of Parliament , have rather accelerated than postponed the necessity for taking this question into immediate and earnest consideration . The great measure on which so much reliance was placed , has as yet done nothing either to increase employment , or raise wages . So far from it , though the fields for the extension of commerce may have thereb y been multiplied , and new opportunities created for the profitable investment of capital , the mass of the people have been worse off than at almost any previous period of our history . Poor rates have mounted to an

      enormous height—pauperism and vagrancy have increased , and crime has augmented . Now , these things , in a rich country like this—in a country made rich by the toil of the masses , whom we thus doom to idleness , destitution , and crime—cannot be tolerated for ever . There must come a count and reckoning , and a wind , up , some day or other . Exasperation will take the place of endurance ; and then those who pride themselves upon being ignorant as to what should be done to enable the people to earn an honest subsistence for themselves , in a land overflowing with wealth , will wish they had gone to school in time to have prevented very disagreeable consequence ? .

      We use no menace in stating this , neither do | we assume to be prophets . It is one of the most common-place deductions from the history of nations , both in ancient and in modern times . Whenever the privileged classes in any country have entirely monopolised the land , and raw materials and means of existence , and made these subservient to their own interests , without reference to the welfare of the community at large , retribution has never failed to overtake them . Their own conduct bore with it an inevitable and candign punishment , and the system they clung to was shipwrecked and destroyed , in consequence of its own rottenness and incapacity to hold together .

      Parliament must turn its attention to this subject . There is room enough in Great Britain and Ireland for one hundred viillions of human beings to live in comfort and prosperity , if our territorial , industrial , and political institutions w ere based upon justice . At present we have little more than a fourth of that population in these islands , and at least onesixth of that population may be described as paupers , vagrants , or criminals . Another large proportion struggle for life , upon a miserable half-subsistence—and all classes are more er less uneasy—because all have to prey upon one another , " and mutually cembine to prevent Labour from being applied , as it ought to be , in the production of raw material and the staple necessaries of life .

      We repeat , the system which produces such results as these cannot stand . The men who attempt to support it—no matter what their positions or their professions may be—are the real anarchists and revolutionists . Their bigoted adherence to . arrangements which murder , body and soul , tens of thousands of their fellow creatures annually , because these arrangements secure themselves ease , and opulence and distinction , is a crime against society of the most flagitious description . They are sowing , deep in the heart of society , seeds which must ripen into a fearful crop , and preparing the way for that "wild justice of revenge , " of which history affords so many memorable examples .

      The only way by which such a conclusion can be averted , is for our legislatora to set to work with a manful resolution to do justice They will soon discover that the industrious classes ofthis country ask for nothing mow Theyask simp y that the land and the raw material of wealth may be freely open to their Jtef . ' u \ * - may have libertr t 0 mak « hesoilantlthe mines-the manufactory and " ^ P ^ -snop- the sea and th « rivar-lnmrp

      nnttul m all kinds of wealth-and that , having done so , this wealth shall be shared in by all classes in such a manner as shall conduce to Srii ? ff "W content ™ nt , « nd prosperity of the whole population . By these means the mighty resources of thVempire w ' f " 6 , \ Proper use of - E ™ v man , willing to work honestl y for h is living will be assured of a comfortable subsistence , a ' nduiti no < f t at ° bjeCt ? accom PKshed , there caabe no safety for any « interest" or any class" in ZS ' m r ^^ tion ' of tgland Uuesnon must , once more become fashion-

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      MERCY . On the 14 th of August last , a policeofficer , of the town of Ashton-under-Lyne , was killed by some person or persons unknown , who were reported as having been enga ged in a night rising of some kind or other , and which was christened by the veracious Press — "A Chartist Outbreak . " Several persons were arrested , and at the Liverpool Assizes , which have just terminated , two of the prisoners were placed on their trial for the " murder . " Jaseph Radcliffe was charged with the crime of " wilful murder , " and Joseph Constantino with " aiding and assisting , &c . "

      In the course of the trial , the charge against Constantine was withdrawn . Subsequentl y , he was tried , with five other e , on a charge of '' conspirac y to levy rebellion , &c , " and sentenced to transportation for life . The Jury found Radcliffe guilty , adding , " We strongly recommend him to mercy , as Brighti the policeman , did not fall by Ms hand . '' Notwithstanding this merciful recommendation , Radcliffe has been sentenced ' to Death .

      The Jurys verdict amounts to this—that Radcliffe is guilty because he was in the company of those who killed Bright , No doubt in " the eye of the law "—as defined bv Mr Baron Alderson—Radcliffe is guilty ; but the public Jwill draw a distinction between the guilt of a man who slays another , and that of a man who was merely in the company of the slayer , at the time the deed of death was committed .

      If Radcliffe is executed , it will be believed by the public that he has been made the scapegoat for another maa ' s offence . It is true that the Judge , when passing sentence , declared it as his belief that Radcliffe was the man who attacked Bright with a pike previous to the latter being shot ; but , after a careful perusal of the evidence , we are compelled to entertain strong doubts of his Lordship ' s conclusion * Certainly some of the witnesses for the Crown seem

      to bear out Mr Baron Alderson ' s view of the case but their evidence is contradicted by that of others . If the evidence given on the sid e of Radcliffe can be believed , he was altogether innocent of having assaulted Bright either with pike , gun , or pistol . ' Any way , it is certain that Bright ' * deathwound was not the work of Radcliffe . Even the Judge , when passing sentence , observed—< Yam was not the hand that tired the shot ; of that lam perfectl y satisfied . " Under these circumstances , whatever the law may say , it will be mosi

      a unjust ana savage act of vemreanro to consign Radcliffe to tfe scaffold C ngeance fi S ? ThP g ° f v rigbt wa 8 ? very w » y unjustifiable . The working men of Paris hgu but they do not assassinate . For half a dozen men to set upon and kill one man , and that " 5 J without any adequate provocation , i . ak ac that must call down the condemnation of al right . thinking men . But , however much we mav demure this affair ; it is our business to JtfitlSS injustice is performed without doing what lies in our power to prevent it . We hold that i would be unjust to take away the life of

      Radcime xor an onence oi which-even according to the admission of Jud ge and Jury-he wa ? not guilty . * We will not , on this Occasion , " raise the question of the justice and utility of capta ' this is the time Hot to argue , but to act . bUan ? Pof Ai ° US ^ the ** * A ^ bitants of Ashton js to prevent the execution

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      •~** - " f ********* *^^^//// y ///// ^ WB THE ASHTON AND MANCHESTER VICTIMS . Joseph Constantine , Thomas Kenworthy , Jonathan Walker , James Stott , and Thomas Tassiker , of Ashton , convicted of having ' ? feloniously assembled , with others , to levy war against the Queen , &c , &c , " were on Monday last sentenced to be TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE . John Sefton , ineluded in the same indictment , was sentenced to the term of ten years transportation .

      . In this instance , the defendants—after the trial had proceeded to some length—with * drew their plea of " Not Guilty , " and pleaded " Guilty . " Punishment was to be anticipated , but not the merciless sentence we have above stated ; a sentence which exhibits the blind ferocity of our rulers . What can be done for these unfortunate men ? At present , we fear , nothing . We say " at present , ' ' because we hope to see , ere long , a national effort made in their behalf . Their doom , together with that of Cuffey and his fellow-sufferers , must be at least mitigated . The ensuing Session of Parliament must not pass over without a vigorous effort being made to obtain , at least , an amelioration of their terrible punishment .

      But , if nothing can be done immediately for the men themselves , something should be done forthwith for their families—for we presume that all , or most of them , have families . It is the people ' s sacred duty to see the widows and orphans saved from the horrors of the Poorlaw Bastile . Several other Ashton men have beeu sen * tenced to various terms of imprisonment , ranging from three months to one year . The families of these me nalso demand the protection of the people .

      We have not space at command , this week , to fully review the trial of the Manchester Chartists . Ten of our best men have been convicted of " Sedition / ' " Conspiracy , " &c , and sentenced to imprisonment . This was to be expected ; a middle-class Jury being sure to convict such men as West , White , and Leach ; nevertheless , we have good grounds for saying that , in this instance , the Attorney-General completely broke

      down , and altogether failed to make out his case against the defendants . According to Sir John ' s opening address , the Gunpowder Plot was a trifle compared with the Chartist Conspiracy he promised to lay bare . But , behold the onl y witness , on whose evidence he attempted to ground his cock-andbull-story , was actually turned out of Courthis outrageous lying having disgusted even the Judge 1

      A minute examination of the evidence of that respectable gentleman , Mr Abraham Ball , we must reserve for another occasion . But we must here call attention to the fact , that although he professed to have been in constant communication with the defendants , and in their company at the alleged secret committee meetings ; and , although he gave a most circumstantial account of what he swore was said and done at those meetings , yet

      on being required to identify the men he swore against , he could not do so ; he pleaded weakness of eyesight , but even when placed within a yard of the defendants , he was asnear-sighted as he had been when a considerable distance off . He was ready and willing to swear anything against the defendants , but when called upon to identify them he could not distinguish Leach frem White , nor West from Donovan , but stood a self-convicted , despised , and execrated perjurer .

      The Attorney-General having had his main prop knocked from under him , commenced singing remarkably small ; feeling , no doubt , that a verdict of any kind against the defendants was more than he had any right to hope for ; class prejudice , however , came to his aid , and he did get a verdict . The defendants were Chartists , and , of course , they were guilty . West , White , Leach , Donovan , Nixon , and

      Cropper , defended themselves , and bravely and ably they vindicated their principles , and honoured themselves and their cause . West , White , Donovan , Rankin , Grocott , and Cropper , were sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment , and to enter into sureties to keep the peace for two years ; Leach , nine months imprisonment ; M'Donough and Chadwick , six months ; and Nixon , four months ; all to find securities for their good behaviour for one

      year . The defendants , with the exception of West and White , were found guilty of unlawful assembly and conspiracy , but the two exceptions we have named , were found guilty of attending an unlawful assembly only , yet , strange to say , both these defendants were included in the sentence of the twelve months' imprisonment , and two vears' sureties . How is this ? Is it because John West and George White are " first-class" popular leaders , and are punished because of their popularity and influence over the people ? This is the only construction we can put upon the sentence passed upon them .

      There is one favourable circumstance in connexion with the sentence passed upon our Manchester friends—they are to be treated as first-class misdemeanants ; they will be permitted to wear their own clothing , and will be expected to provide their own provisions , and other necessaries . The readers of this journal are well aware that West , White , Leach , and their

      fellowsufferers are working men , and , consequently ] are unable to find themselves in food , clothing , &c ., unless the means are supplied to them by the people . For the sake of the men themselves , and for the honour of the Chartist cause , it is imperatively necessary that funds be immediately and permanently supplied , to provide for the wants of our persecuted brethren .

      A trustworthy committee of known , active men , in the ranks of the Chartists of Liverpool and Manchester , must be immediately appointed by the people , for the purpose of collecting monies , &c , and forwarding the same to the imprisoned patriots . In the meantime , we are instructed to state , that subscriptions may be forwarded to Mr James Farrell , 62 , Richmond Row , Liverpool .

      One word more . The families of the Imprisoned Democrats will be reduced to a state of want unless assistance is promptly supplied . Of course they will be attended to by the General Victim Committee , but we are sorry to say that the funds at the disposal of that body are at present miserably inadequate to meet the demands occasioned by the Whig crusade against Chartism .

      At the York Assizes , David Lightowler and four others have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment , for ¦ ' training and drilling . Most probably these men have families left destitute by the incarceratio n of their natural protectors . If the people have any sense of justice , any regard for their own honour , they will forthwith provide a veritable Victim Fund for the wSry Pr ° teCtiOn ° ^^ ViC " °

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      * T 71 E WEST RIDTNG ELECTION . Mr Bens on ' s return for the West Riding is a severe blow and heavy discouragement to the Leaguers , who but a short time ago , flushed with victory , prockimed in Parliament their determination to rule England , arid dictate its policy for the future . At the General Election in 1846 , it was not required of Mr Cobden to imitate Cfflsar , and write " yeni , vidit vici . ' He conquered Mr Denison without even taking the trouble to " Come or see . " The mere

      announcement of his name sufficed to drive the Protectionist from the field ; and , while wandering as an apostle of Free Trade in foreign hnds , the most important constituency in the kingdom selected * him as its representative . No wonder that the heads of the Leaguers were somewhat turned by such astounding success , and that visions of the future government of the country being entirely placed in their hands should have flitted through their brains . But time tries all . The foundation of their popularity and predominance was

      built on sand . Two years has sufficed to re * volutionise public opinion on the question of Free Trade . The verdict has gone against them , and the Protectionist journals not unnaturally point with exulta tion to the very jury who were cited by the Leaguers as an unimpeachable and triumphant authorit y on their behalf . We are aware that coalition and private political arrangements maybe adduced as forming a powerful portion of the influence by which Mr Deniaon has been re-elected ; but making all allowance for the share of these influences , it is quite clear that the Free Traders

      are at a discount in Yorkshire . We all remember the creation of freehold votes by the thousand , for the avowed purpose of swamping the usual constituency . They stated that by these means they had secured a majority of at least four thousand votes in any future election . Well , less than two short years have served to convert that majority into a minority of nearly 3 , 000 . If Free trade had , even in ; the remotest degree , fulfilled the anticipations of its advocates , such an astounding change as this could never have taken place .

      Politics have , then , fanatics , whose faith is not less strong , or more proof against conviction , than that of the votaries of religious creeds . Even in despite of the failure of the prophecies of plenty of work , high wages , &c , &c ., which the Leaguers used to utter so glibly , it might have been supposed that the young enthusiasm and ardent desire to enfold the world in the aoiple embrace of the beneficent genius of Free Commerce , would have sustained the party over a longer period than two years . Mitigating causes might have been weighed and given credit for j reasons , plenty as blackberries , might have been sought for to account

      for the awkward fact , that Free Trade has not yet made England -a Paradise . But no ! stern realities have triumphed . Increasing pauperism , vagrancy , and crime ; diminishing wages , profits , and employment ; with undi . minished burdens , have rudely dispelled the pleasing illusions conjured up by the magic wands of Messrs Cobden and Bright , and the people have begun to repent of their folly in being led astray by a piece of quackery which , certainly , in its day , achieved even greater popularity than even the nostrums of Morison or Holluway . Do not accuse us of irreverence if we add , with not more than an equal claim to that popularity .

      It is some consolation to find , that the day of that imposture is drawing to a close , and though we certainly do not look upon Mr Denison in any other light than an exchange of King Log for King Stork , as times go we are thankful for even that small mercy . By and by , one huge fallacy having been scored off the board , the time may come for a trial of the only remedies which can substantially or permanently improve the condition of all classes .

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      EMPLOYMENT FOR THE PEOPLE . Thomas Carlyle coined a phrase two or three years ago , which so captivated the imagination of the scribes and spouters of the day , that it obtained universal circulation . It almost seemed as if " the Condition of England Question " would put all minor questions out of sight , and assume its rightful predominant position , as the sole important question which

      required a settlement at the hands of Legislators , and Cabinets . The scribes and spouters were , however , not in earnest ; they were merely fascinated by the jingle of the words ; and even had they been sincere—being simply wordmongers , and nothing more—they knew not how to set about solving the practical problems included in the phrase— " Condition of England Question . "

      The fashion has now changed . Of all the subjects that by possibility may be talked about—can be talked about—or ought to be talked about—that is to be specially and religiously avoided . The highest wisdom of politicians and statesmen is now discovered to consist in doing nothing . The men who aspire to the most honourable and responsible position

      in society , ostentatiously proclaim their ignorance or their helplessness , as the best qualifications fur these situations ; and the middle classes—in whom the predominant electoral power is at present vested—hasten to return incompetence or ignorance to the Legislature , as thou gh they possessed a spell b y which all difficulties can be made to vanish , " like the baseless fabric of a vision . "

      The causes of this re-action are not difficult to find . The revolution of February in France was the commencement of a real attempt to grapple with the evils which had grown into such magnitude , as to be no longer endurable by the mass of the people . However various the modes by which the objects were sought to be attained , these resolved themselves into two leading divisions ; first , to secure work to all who needed it , and were willing to labour ; second , to distribute the products of that labour upon equitable principles , and in such

      a way as to promote tbe general well-being of the community . To such plans , of course , political adventurers , jobbers , stock-jobbers , profit-mongers , place-hunters , and \ ill | the various classes who prefer ta live in luxury upon the labour of others , have insuperable objections . They have so long been accustomed to look upon the industrious classes as merely created for their purposes , and the wealth they create as their legitimate prey , that any scheme by which workers might participate fairl y jn the products of their own labour , seemed in the highest degree preposterous , outra geous , and impious . Hence , after the first shock of

      surprise was over , the leaders of the pampered idle classes , with professions of submission to the popular will on their lips , and with deadly hatred in their hearts , set to work and orga . nised a Press conspiracy against Labour and its rights all over Europe . The objects and views of the masses were calumniated and misrepresented , with a deliberate ferocity and fiendish , calculating malignity , which has no p arallel in history . B y a singular refinement m villany they mana ^ d-while committing the most monstrous violations of everv law human and divine-to throw the odium which ought to ; attend such conduct uDon -LT ?

      fc ^ xrasr ^ plunder was fully established . 7 ™ ° ^ Vrs r ^^ s

      KeTdTnV 2 int 6 r 1 ^ arlo him o need looking after , are landlords , bishops , hose of ' and P ^^ ongers ^ -in short , all those classes who are already tolerably rich , and aspire to grow richer . The idea of any measure being either desirable or possible for

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      ¦ ¦ . a THE NORTHERN STAR , / ; . * , >¦ ¦ Decembbh 23 , 1848 ,

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      METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL I . TFR ASSimAXrE . Annuity . loaB , and Invest-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1502/page/4/