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      GREAT MEETING AT EDINBURGH . SIG 5 AL TICTORT ACHIEVED BT THE CHABIISTS OVER THE COHBISED FORCES OP THE COBN LAW KEPEALERS AKD FIXAUTT WHIGS , AND BASK COSDCCT OP THE LATTKB . The Edinburgh Clique , as is "well known , is the polar star of the party throughout Scotland . No sooner do the gentry in Downing-street hoist a flag of distress , than their faithful followers in Edinburgh endeavour to beat np the steam ; and , if they succeed , the minor cliques follow the example . Hitherto the party have been in part divided—the great body of the Repealers standing aloof from the tribe of lawyers and jobbers , whose only end notoriously was—place . But , on this occasion , a bond of onion was formed between them , and a project was concocted to get up a meeting which would at once act as a repeal meeting , and a " keep-in- the- Whiga" one . How the worthies Eped we shall now narrate .

      The first notice of their more was had on Sunday morning , ( the S ; h , ) when placards appeared , announcing * a public meeting of the inhabitants , " to pass a rote of confidence in the Government , and approval of measures for " a total abolition of the Corn Laws . " This meeting was fixed for Monday , tae 10 th , ( the next day !) and at one o ' clock in the forenoon 1 ! These facts speak for themselves . By keeping their bills concealed till the Sabbath , and calling the meeting for the very next day , they expected to steal a march upon the workies , and the

      ruse of the hour is too stale to need comment . In addition to this , a meeting of the Guildry was called at eleven , that the worthies might thence walk to the scene of action . The meeting was called for one , but the infamous scamps sent some 400 or 500 circulars , privately , to their friends , urging them to come at twelve ! So much for the Whig tactics . The Chartists , on the other hand , did their best to bring np their hands , and published a bill on the Monday morning , detailing the nefarious projects of the Whigs , and urging the fustian jackets

      for-The eveniful morning camo ; the cUqae looked unutterable things . They had not the shadow of a donbt bat all was to " go off" as they wished it . A posse of " blae coats" were stationed at the Asembly Rooms , where the meeting" was to be held , to awe the " mob . " It so happens that there is a private entrance to the place of meeting ; the Whigs availed themselves of this to admit the Guildry and the " circular" friends , who came at twelve , while the " workies" who came at that hour ( for the secret of the circular oozed out ) were kept at bay by the " bluebottles ! " Meanwhile , the Whigs Were parking the meeting by the private entrance ! At cne the doors wtre opened , the " jackets" rushed in , aud now commenced the tag of war .

      Mr . Adam Black ( late aspirant to municipal honours , and a notorious Whig jobbtr ) took the chair with the greatest complacency , and was proceeding to do the duties thereof amidst the greatest uproar , when Mi . Boylen rose , and moved ( after"detailing the rascally conduct of the callers of the meeting ) that Mr . John Watson , a working man , and Secretary to the Chartist Association , do take the chair . The cheering and waving of hais that followed this abs&Hiiely astounded the WhigB , who -saw at a glance that all their vile tricks had failed . After endeavouring to get the Chartist 3 to agree to their

      " man , " they became bo exceedingly gracious as to throw poor Adam overboard , and to let them pick and choose from a trio of brother Whigs . The Cnartists were not to be done in that way ; they insisted for Mr . Watson . The show of hands wa 3 taken , Jaaes Ayton , Esq ., advocate , taking it for the Whigs , and Mr . Boylen for the Chartists . The latter had so decided a majority that Adam and hi * satellites npon the hustings , with a few exceptions , bolted , after a vain attempt to keep Mr . Watson from the chair by physical lorce . A number of the hustings ' Whigs remained , as did ail those in the body of the HalL There would not be less than two thousand

      persons present . The confusion that prevailed was great . Upon Mr . Watson taking the chair , amidst cheering from his party , they calmed down , and for some time noihing was to be heard but the bowlings , growlings , and execrations of the disappointed Whigs . At this stage of the proceedings , Mr . Robert Lowery ( who had been sent for by the Chartist Association on purpose ) Btade his way to the hustings , to propose ihe first resolution . The Whigs were determined to put him down by clamour of all sorts—from the aristocratic whistle of the buck , to " d—n him , put him down !'' of the less * ' respectable" cliqueur . But Lowery was loo old for these raw gentry . He stood very patiently smiling in their faces for sometime most

      complacently , and then commenced addressing the reporters . Seeing this , the ** respectables" thought it beet to hold their peace , and Mr . Lowery proceeded to deliver one of the most- eloquent and certainly the most effective addresses we have ever beard at a meeting of that tort . He took them up upon two grounds . He shewed the absurdity of believing the Whigs sincere m their professions for a repeal of the Corn Liw , and the futility on the other hand of repealing the Corn Laws , without o : ber concomitant alterations , ihaA nothing but the C-jarKJ would secure . He showed the folly of working men allowing themselves to be mada the mere tools of the other factions , and the necessity of concentrating their exertions upoa the single object of their owo

      emancipation . The nritbings of the Wh : gs , who wmcad dreadfully under his exposure of their misdeeds , was equalled only by the cheering of the Chartists , who were delighted to hear their own sentiments done justice to in such a masterly manner , Mr . Lowery concluded by proposing the following resolution : — ** That from the past conduct of the Whig ministry —conduct which has been uniformly characterised by nothingbut falsehood , imbecility , audtyranny—we are convinced that any professions they may now find it for their interest to make , are simply ~ to raise public sympathy in their behalf , for tiie purposs of aiding th = m in a weakness to which their own conduct has reduced them ; and that we hereby declare our utter want of confidence in them as legislators . "

      The resolution was seconded by William Glover . Esq ., M . D . and F . R . C . S ., who rhewed the present move of the Wbig 3 to be simply a base electioneering trick . The D >> cter having concluded , James Craufard , Esq ., Advocate Depute ( i . e ., Barrister-at-Law and 0 ,-C . ) rose to move an amendment to the following effect : — " That this meeting approve of a repeal of the Corn Laws , and have full confidence in her Majesty ' s Government , " or words to that effect . In support of this he dwelt at great length upon the usual topics with men cf bis kidney —namely , the horror 3 of Toryism , and tbe beauties out the

      of Whigj ^ ery ! " Keep Tories" and keep in the Whigs , vras the first , last , and great commandment—the Alpha and Omega of his creed . He was succeeded by another brother big wig , James Monerieff , Esq ., Advocate Depute , who went on in a similar strain , adding some touches as to the advantage of " cheap bread . " He was satisfied " cheap bread" was a good thing , and so he might , for the fees are not to be reduced , and there is not to be " cheap" law . He lauded her Majesty ' s Government in no msasured terms ; and conduced by seconding Mr . Craufurd ' s amendment .

      The live which these two Learned Gentlemen bear to her Majesty ' s Government—a love which led them to demean themselves so far as to address a plain Working man as " Mr . Chairman , " is easily accounted for , when we inform the English reader that the offices they at present hold are the first of a series of regular gradations passed through by favoured individuals , who ultimately land on the bench . They are in the pay of the Government already , and hope , ere lou £ « to be still funher therein . No wonder they should see the matter of "Keep in the Whigs" in a more favourable li ^ ht than did the majority of their hearers . Mr . Lowery replied briefly . His reply was truly a clincher . The Tote was taken , and a large

      majority declared for the resolution . The poor big wigs dunk away wonderfully crest-fallen , while the Chart ists proceeded to give thcusaal cheers for the Charter , and peaceably dispersed . This victory is the more important than it may at first Hghfc seem . Hitherto , as we have already remarked , there was a misunderstanding among the Whig party themselves . We defeated the repealers , and we defeated the " finality" or " keep in the Whi ^ s" men , separately ; but to-day we have-beaten them both united . We have crushed the " finalityrepeal" agitation in the bud ; and that most tffectnally . Never did we labour under such , -disadvantages—never were we taken at so much unawares , and so unfairly treated ; and yet we conquered .

      Not ouly so , but her Majesty's paid servants ,, those who hitherto scorned tc recognise ns further than as BO many wild animals , who uniformly left the room when our chairman took his seat ; these lordly fellows now condescend to acknowledge our chairman , to address him as such , and to abide by his decision Let our example be followed by other places , aud ere long these Whigs shall see , in reality , what it is to want the people . Their defeat must be all the more mortifying that they cannot talk of " obstruction , ' See . They vrere heard fairly and fully ; they themselves acknowledged as much ? they had their ftblest speakers too , and yet they lost . ' This was their "last kick , " and , in attempting it , they have , to all appearance , broken the limb .

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      TO MR . HETHERINGTON . DXAi Sib ., —My attention has been directed , by as acquaintance of mine , to a letter of yours that appeared in a London newtpaper , tbe Stu , evening edition . Much angry fM'T'g is directed towards the ten seceders , the Bev . W . Hill , and FeargUB O'Connor . With respect to the latter two gentlemen I leave them to aettle their own account ; bat at I am one of the seeeders , I shall take the liberty of asking you , presently , for yoar proof of our imbecility and cowardice . Before I proceed further , allow me to say 1 never attended an oat-door Chartist meeting but once , and that was the only time 1 had an opportunity of being acquainted * il& , sod then , iriih bat one , popular Ch . art . ist agitator —in fact , I know but very few CbartiBU at &U , being

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      a poor , blistered-handed , country bumpkin . All men I view as beings equal in the sight of God ; equal at birth ; and , however vain mortals may claim distinctions through life , death—in defiance of hereditary bubbles and funeral pomp—reduce * all , rich and poor , to one common level ; therefore , I worship not man , though I admire some men ' s principles ; adore not riches , though I admit their utility ; nor do I fear any imputation which may be hurled at me , either through pitiable ignorance or malignant design . Though conscions of my liability to err in judgment , I have this consolation in reflection : my motives are to search after truth , and endeavour to establish universal j as tie * for tbe benefit of the whole of tbe human race . You , Sir , I have been led to believe , from a few who were personally acquainted with you , are a good , sound politician .

      When I saw your name attached to the Lovett , Collins , &c address , I concluded you , in connection with the rest , desired to effect , through your social kindness and Bound reasoning , an anicable adjustment of all differences with all parties who strive to obtain the People ' s Charter , for the general benefit of our countrymen , and to demonstrate the absurdity of indulging in passionate invective , bitter sarcasm , and every angry feeling . You should have had my feeble assistance in your co-operation if such had been your intentions . Answer me : Is it so ? You commit yourself in your letter to the Sun in the follewing extract . I think very little of the social or charitable feeling you display : —

      " Mr . O'Connor ia welcome to the few imbecile creatures who signed the address , and then withdrew their names , —do they not require instruction ? When a time of persecution arrives , who would trust the ten poltroons who withdrew their names from the admirable address of Lovett , Collins , and others , at the dictation of Feargus O'Connor ? Who could expect victory in any cause with an army of ten thousand such men ? nay , if Mr . O'Connor ' s association outnumbered the army of Xerxes , four or five hundred firm and honest men would defeat the mighty host , if it were composed of such mm as the ten seeeders . "

      I ask , where is the imbecility in suspecting any plan having the marked sanction of the apostate O'ConneU ? Are all his movements characterised by strict honesty ? Are not enticing baits laid to entrap the unwary ? Is it an act of imbecility to suspect men ' s honesty—men ¦ whom you know not ? Are all men professing honesty sincere ? If your motives were g » od , why not submit y * ur plan for public inspection—the merits and demerits of which to stand the test of friend and foe , instead of making it a breach of honour to give it to the public and to return the address by return of post ,

      lest you drink too deep of its virtues , and become too good and too wise , notwithstanding your consummate wisdom in arranging your plan , and your infallibilty as a social regenerator in condemning persons , some of whom you know not , as poltroons , imbeciles , &c , for thinking for themselves , not " bowing to a despot , " as you would have it You , in your letter , let out some honest or true expressions for the public gaze , for what intention I know not Your wild cant , I think , is to sscor » those who have not seceded , and your passionate invective seemes to breathe revenge .

      I feel sorry you and I cannot harmonise in our vie ^ vs You are in prison ; I trust your mind has not been poisoned by false statements , and that ere long all honest men "will find out one common road to obtain their rights . If you suffer bodily for the purpose of raising the sympathies of the people for personal gain , I hate the principle , and pity the man ; but if you suffer for principle , or good intentions , and are in any movement actuated from right or mis-directed zeal , I admire your good intentions , and should feel much more acntely for yeur sufferings . In the same light I view all other men—even O'Connor himself ; therefore , I hope you will see your error in suspecting tint I , &s one of the ten , bow to a despot , or act npon the dictation of any man , without judging for myself . Yonr well-wisher , A well-wisher to all mankind , And a primitive Chartist in the cause of human redemption , W . J . Os borne . Abbey-street , Jsuneaton .

      The Northern Star Saturday, May 15, 1841.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MAY 15 , 1841 .

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      MR . JUSTICE PATTESON AND THE

      PUBLIC . " Nulli vendemus , nulli negabimus , aut differemus , utixliam vei rectum . We have headed this article " Mr . Justice Patteso > " and the public , " because now , that sentence has been pissed upon the offenders , we consider the case as regards them ended , the legal maxim being " execution is the end of the law : '' but not so with the judge . He is a public servant , paid by the public , and for the purpose of doing public justice .

      We use the motto of the Constitution as though we had one : or although every fragment of our Constitution may have boen tattered , and though judges , for the present , may commit high offences with impunity , yet it is right | aud proper that Englishmen should understand what the Constitution professes to guarantee , and in how far the udges are bound to obey it , and how far they do obey it . Leaving tbe noble offender and his distinguished associate then wholly out of the question , we speak of Mr . Justice PAirEsox . a man paraded as a second Justinian , and revered as a saintly judge .

      We commence by asserting that if we had a constitution , and if judges were amenable to it , or even to the maxims of law , or rules of common decency , Mr . Justice Patieson should be impeached for the highest offence that man can commit . Let us , in addition to the able article in the Weekly Dispatch , upon the subject , begin where our contemporary left off . The Earl and the Captain , mark , the Captain—the commissioned officer whom we pay to fight for U 3 , but not against us , commit a most violent , wanton , and outrageous assault upon a policeman in the execution of his duty . The policeman ' s life was long in danger , and his health , it is said , he will never regain . The culprits plead guilty . Lord Desman coquets . The press and the

      public take him to task . The Examiner leaves him not a foot of ground to stand upon , and literally proves him guilty of gros 3 prevarication before his brother Peers . Public opinion so far triumphs , that law io not to bs sold for money , but Lord Dbsmax is not to be sold by his Peers . The parties are called up for judgment . Lord Denman , who knew most about the case is absent , or is silent Mr . Justice Patteso . n thinks that too severe a sentence would be a reflection upon the Chief Justice , who , no doubt , sanctioned a compromise , and therefore Mr . Justice Patteso ^ is satisfied to allow ^ the matter to remain in as much obscurity as possible , in order to screen Lord Desman , and throw dust in the eye 3 of the public .

      Now , what does he do 1 The prisoners ( we beg their pardon , the Noble Earl and hi 3 friend , ) put in affidavits in extenuation , and in which they state that they were drunk . Noble defence J Mr . Justice Patteso . v says this is an aggravation of the offence in a poor man . and of course must be looked upon as such in a rich man . Will the learned Judge , then , say what the sentence would have been , if- not aggravated by this additional offence against law and morality ! But he naakeB a sad blunder . He says one of your companions , who wa 3 sober , ( a remarkable fact ) aud who could have corroborated your testimony , has not made an affidavit .

      Now , we ask Mr . Justice Patteson , if the maxim is not that the best evidence capable of being adduced skould be brought forward , and we ask if such evidence as that of a sober accomplice would not hLve been the best which the nature of the case would admit of , and we ask if the suppression or non-production , of such evidence was not a further aggravation of the offence , and an implied acquiescence of the sober man in the truth of the several allegations with which his drunken friends stood charged t

      . In addition te the cases cited by the Weekly Dispatch of heavy sentences passed upon poor men , for very mitigated offences of the same class , ( assault upon the police , ) let us add one from our own locality . At the last assizes , at York , three man , Nicholren , Addiman , and Handley , were indicted for an assault upon Child , a Leeds policeman , a man that takes more oaths at each assize and session than all

      the rest of the fraternity put together , a man universally despised and hated , but , howeveT , perhaps , undeservedly so ; vre but state fact 3 . Now , what was the case ! Child entered a public-house where Nicholson , Addihas and HA 5 DLEYWeredrinking ; heco } lared Nicholson , without saying a word , and a scuffle ensued- Child being a very powerful man , and too many for bis antagonist , Nicholson cried out to his companio — " Will you stand by and see me

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      murdered , whereupon a general scuffle took place , and Child got a blow on the arm , which he said was broke ; bat from which be has suffered no bad effect whatever . The three were tried for the assault , ( which is literallystated above , ) were found guilty , and sentenced to fifteen years transportation . Now , does this require , comment , and is there , or is there sot , the mild spirit ot the law for the rich , and the black vengeance for the poor ! But , suppose those prisoners had pleaded guilty , would Mr . Baron Rolfe hare allowed himself to be blinded by a faulty or defective indictment , provided it was in every way legal , and sufficiently comprehensive to justify the prisoners being put

      upon trial ? or would the law offisers , in the case of the poor men , have left the Judge in doubt by a defective indiotment ) No . But if the indictment had been meagre and scanty , and if the poor men pleaded guilty , what would have been hiB Lordship ' s course 1 M Let me see the imformatiow , and I ivish to examine the policeman as to the amount of injury he received , and the circumstances under which it teas inflicted , at nothing it more necetsary than that Hhe police shall be protected in the execution of their duty ; " and then his Lordship would have thought it his duty to make an example of the poor men , to deter others from doing likewise .

      Now , did Mr . Justice Patteson call for the information ? Did he ass ; for one word of information , or did counsel for the Crown , as in ordinary cases , assure the court that he thought it his duty , under all the circumstances of the case , and after reading the information , topre 8 sfor the very heaviest . Bentenoe that the law warranted , as examples must be made , if the people are expected to obey the laws 1 No , not a bit of it . Poob , pooh , pooh ; its all a thimble-rig from beginning to end . It is not a mere local affection , but a tainted vein running through the whole system . The people have found it out and will soon put an end to it .

      That we are not begging the question , let us just show , by contrasting the conduct of Mr . Justice Patteson upon the noble case , .. with that of Mr . Baron Rolfe upon the poor man ' s case . Upon tbe same day that the Leeds men were sentenced , Foden , the Chartist , was also sentenced . He pleaded gnilty , in the hope of a mitigation of punishment . What did Mr . Baron Rolfe feel himself " compelled by duty to do ! " Why , to call for the informations and to give him twenty-one months at hard labour .

      Let the Chartists take the case of Hoet , Ciudtree and Ashton , two years at Wakefield House of Correction , without the slightest riot , outrage , or injury done , and having received the very bast of characters , and contrast it with the sentence upon the noble physical force gentlemen , ( no , Nobleman and Captain , we beg pardon , ) six months retirement from the bustle of town . Let our readers understand that the Queen ' s Bench Prison is a miniature town , where there are shops , hotels , public-houses and * all sorts of amusement . No restraint whatever . A prisoner can get splendid apartments for one shilling per week ; he may have his family and friends to live with him ; he may live as he pleases , according to his means ; he has a post-offico in the town , and the only

      restriction is , that visitors are ordered out , or obliged to remain in if they do not go out , at nine out of term time and ten in term . Prisoners may remain out in town , or in a tavern , all night and every night—may do just as they please in e ? ery respect . Now , compare six months in such a place for a Peer , with fifteen years' transportation for a poor man , who is obliged to leave his family and his homo , and , surely , if there is any justification , it is in such cases as we have cited , of resistance to a wellknown ruffian seizing one of three companions , while all must have been excited and * ignorant of the provocation ; and , even if death had ensued , provided the valuable life of a bludgeon-man had not been the sacrifice , a verdict of manslaughter and six months' imprisonment would have been the most

      severe sentence . Let us just look to the affidavits jmt in by the much-injured ^ nobleman and his Gallant Friend , in mitigation of punishment . The Noble Lord says ( swears ) as follows : — " That he is informed , and verily believes , that said defendant , William Duff , about this time , and before any violence was done to said Charles John Wheatley , ¦ went away with one other person of said party , and left the place , and proceeded back to Strawberry Hill ; and depunent positively saith , that he did not see him , said William Duff , again , until he overtook him afterwards on the road between Hampton Wick and Strawberry Hill . " Captain Duff 3 wears as follows : —

      " That thereupon he heard the said police Serjeant Churchill call out to the said Charles John Wheatley , ' Take them into custody , or Words to that effect , and thereupon the said Charles John Wheatley seized the said defendant , Earl Walde ^ rave , by the collar , and , after a short scuffle , threw him , the said Earl Waldegrave , down upon the ground . Saith that immediately thereupon , he , deponent , assisted in getting the skid defendant , Earl Waldegrave t out of the hands of the said Charles John Whealley , and then immediately went away towards Strawberry Hill , on foot , together with another person of the party , and left the place entirely ; and that he , deponent , saw no more of the said Earl Waldegrave , or of the said other persons who were with him , until they overtook him , deponent , on the road soou afterwards , about a mile on the read between Hampton Wick and Strawberry Hill . "

      Now , we ask if yea and no , ( not a lady ' s yo 3 and no , ) can differ more widely than the oaths of the Noble Peer and his gallant friend ? But where was the sober man ? Ah ! " there ' s the rub . " Well , butletus just ask a question . DidMr . Justice Patteson ask for the informations of the policeman and did he read them \ If he did , he should be sent for two yeara to the treadmill , and if he did not , he should be sent off the Bench . However , as he has failed in the performance of his duty , let us supply the deficiency . Here then , we give the depositions of the

      policeman : — " Sergeant Churchill ordered this deponent to look at the fly and see if there was any name or number on it . And this deponent went towards the fly with his light for that purpose , when tbe four persons vrho had been standing by Sergeant Churchill left him and came towards this deponent , and one of them gave this deponent a violent shove which almost pushed him to the ground ; that the sergeant then directed this deponent to take that person into custody , and f he deponent did so , and laid hold of him by the collar of the coat , whereupon the other three tried to rescue the prisoner

      from this deponent ; and this deponent saith that , in the scuffle , he , ( this deponent . l and the prisoner fell to the ground ; aud this deponent sailed out to the sergeant for help , but he was not there Upon this one of the pirty commenced beating this deponent with a stick over the back part of the head ; that the stick was a sort of walking-stick—a thickish stick , that when they so beset him this deponent was lying on the ground , still holding the prisoner ; aud this deponent , whilst in that condition , was kicked on the bead , and struck repeatedly on the head , and at last the prisoner got away from this deponent , leaving one of his boots in this deponent ' s hands . "

      Now , we ask but one more question . How WOULD A ChABTIST HAVE GOT OVER SDCH A DEPOSITION ? Answer—By going over seas for his natural life , if he had interest to escape the gallows . This is a shocking affair , and must not be allowed to drop here . No , no , we have suffered already too much from the flagrant partisanship of the Bench , to lose an opportunity of exposing their impartiality and equal administration of the laws . Let it be remembered also , that Mr . Justice PATttsoxis perhaps the most upright Judge upon the Bench ; what , then , must the rest be ! Ye gods ! how iB there a poor man alive , beyond the asses , whom the masters require to work their " mules" !

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      THE "MORNING CHRONICLE" AND THE " STAR . ' ' For the laet week , the face of our old friend has be « n covered , nay , nearly obscured , by beauty spots from the country , and even from Ireland . Every silly word written by " beardless boys" and ignorant brats , has been paraded as a sort of threat to the Tories and a balm to the Whigs .

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      Now , we would recommend oar friend to assemble the Cabinet and read the Northern Star , the Scottish Patriot , the Dundee Chrcifacle , and the Bath Chronicle to their high mightinesses ; for , in those journals they will see the popular will fairly and truly reflected ; and if they are in doubt about their position in Ireland , we beg their yery best attention to the subjoined article from the Dublin World ; and if we are asked why W 6 keep eterually quoting the World upon Irish affairs , our answer is , Because the language of the World soon will be the language of Ireland—of all Ireland , in a very short time ; while we merely value the juggling of the Pilot , the Evening Pott , the Freeman , and the provincial scribes as the rattles in the dying man ' s throat .

      Corruption in Ireland is in a consumption , and the World gpeaks the languagewhich , erelong , will be considered as far too mild , while the resuscitated old quacks will try to "kick the World before them . " But we trust , as our friend has got the lead , he will keep ib , for assuredly his day will soon come , when tho apostates will hide their heads for very shame , and when poor Bareatt will add another inch to his shirt cellar ( at the expence of his back ) to hide his blushes . The World says : —

      •• With anxious solicitude de we watch the growing tinpopularity of the Dowuing-street tricksters ; and much does it comfort us to perceive that here , where their fraud has been too long practised with success , their deception is now beginning to be detected , and greeted with well-merited disgust It was necessary that this opinion should become general before any change for the better could be hoped for , and we spared no pains to bring home conviction . For many a day were we viewed with an eye of suspicion , as not

      being the sort of hack journal required , which would play fast and loose—be boisterous or dumb just as it suited the convenience of a few Individuals—so we were accordingly set down in private as dangerous and impracticable . This never had any effect upon us , and we proceeded to expose error and chronicle truth , until day by day disciples were flocking to us acknowledging with penitent teaTs , their blindness and obstinacy . Rejoiced are we to-day to permit a stray sheep , the Tipperary Free Press , thus to renounce ita allegiance to Whiggery .

      _ , _ _ ... .... The Free Press says : — " But we must not forget that the avowal , and the principles so loosely thrown aside , had reference only to Ireland . That makes a serious difference ; and hence , we believe the calculation on impunity . The Government must have felt that having betrayed the Irish , and having commanded , notwithstanding , their support , the rest of the world would be indifferent about a matter which simply concerned a race so insensible to their own honour or shame . They

      were right—at least our more recent history but too slavishly justifies their daring hope . The feeling is by no means new . It is not a misshapen abortion—the offspring of the defeat , and disgrace of those later times . It was avowed and acted upon in the palmiest days of Whiggism . Who does not reinembur Mr . Macaulay ' s famous apology for the Coercion Bill ? And who does not shudder to remember also that it is to him , and such as he , the Irish people have been unreservedly trusting since ?

      " What think you of that , Master Pigot—and coining from my backer , too ? But ' worse remains behind , ' aud i » e must let you hove another ta » t « : — " At present there is among us a nondescript , ' neither fish , nor flesh , nor red herriag , ' whose love of place , or vain glory , has absorbed the national character . Ask them what is to be done now—they still answer , keep in the Ministers . To be sure keep in the Ministers , land keep out principle . " Betray yourself lest a Tory judge would pocket £ 5 , 000 a-year , and now and

      again bewray his own nest These people have innumerable wise saws' and very apposite apothegms . Take care , they say , lest you pluck a rod to scourge yourselves . Excellent philosophy ! and we must endure a self-inflicted fligellation every day in the year , for fear of some imaginary scourging from our enemies . Thus it is , like cowards who die daily to avoid what must come at last , and what the brave but once feel , we suffer tLe torture which we shrink from ; pooh ! the scourge they dread is the pang of baffled ambition .

      What trouble had It not cost us to inculcate sucb sound political doctrines- Hare we not b «« n employed lashing these " nondescripts , " and exposing the folly of the selfish advice which recommended the keeping out the Tories , that place-hunting barristers might be converted into judges . We will now step from the south to the west , and hear what the Castlebar Telegraph has to say . Bitterly anti-Ministerial is our Liberal Conn&ught contemporary , as this sample will prove : — From the Casllebar Telegraph— " The ministers are

      highly culpable for the inconsistent , timid , and shuffling part which they played throughout this farce , and deserve no longer to receive at the . bands of the Irish people that cordial support which has been over rendered them . ¦ It baa been urged that their apparent truckling conduct is solely attributable to their over anxiety to effect a settlement of the franchise question . This is the sheerest nonsense , and we promise the ministerial prints that it will prove rather nauseous for tho people of the western province to swallow . We now use in vivid colours what chance we have of equal justice and equal rights . "

      We leave Conway , of the Evening Post , to try conclusions with the Castlebar Telegraph , and penetrate into Ulster . From the Newry Examiner . — " Hitherto we derived the weight of our arguments for Repeal of the Union from the strength of Tory hostility to Irish rights in the Imperial Parliament . But we regrt-t to say , we are now furnished with an additional argument in the bungling imbecility of a Whig Ministry , to tvhich Ireland lias hitherto looked for friendship and assistance . " Bo we need any additional evidence of Ministerial unpopularity ?—World .

      The World , in conclusion , asks : — " Do we need any additional evidence of Ministerial unpopularity V We answer , " No . " We do not , neither does the World ; but yet , must not the World , though self-satisfied , relax in its efforts to inculcate the wholesome truth . Let any person now take our paper of last week , and read from it our opinion as to the effect likely to be produced in Ireland by the " Now Move , " and compare it with the sentiments expressed in the most liberal Dublin paper , and the three provincial journals , heretofore most blind in Whig worship . The Free Press , Castlebar Telegraph , Newry Examiner , are the most out and out thorough-going Catholic papers ia Ireland . Pigot is Member for Clonmel in the county of Tipperary , a Catholic , and Attorney General to the Whigs , and was the pet of the Free Press . Is this not conversion then with a

      vengeance ? As Ireland must be our battle ground , should the Tories come in and dare to oppress the Irish , it is iudispensible that a good understanding should exist between tho two countries ; aud , in order to effect so desirable an object , it is all-important that the English people should court a close alliance with their Irish brethren . This can only be effected by the press . Let every association , then , at once make arrangements for pushing the World . It has the most extensive provincial news of any Irish paper—it is the only one upon which the English and the Irish in England can depend . Let it be made the medium of communication between us .

      We must have Ireland . We will have Ireland We half have Ireland already , and , when our Union is complete , then hurrah for the Charter , and no mistake !

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      "THE DEVIL TO PAY . " Since our last the game has been kept up in the national hell with great spirit ; since Little John set his heavy stakes on Friday down to the fatal declaration— " the caster is out . " The Chronicle calls Lord John's speech a most " statesman like speech . " If so , what do we deserve , who predicted every topic in the said states * manlike speech \ In our last , we explained to our John Bull readers the whys and the 'wherefores of the new Ministerial move . In doing so , we charged them especially , with sudden conversion , forced by self interest ; , and not by conviction . Let us see how the apologists of the Noble Premier npon his part , and Lord John upon his own part , meet and combat this grave charge .

      The Examiner , and others of Lord Melbourne ' s apologists , thinking but little of the business habits , attention to circumstances or knowledge of facts , would defend the Premier ' s right to be inconsistent at the expence of the Premier ' s judgment . In fact , the Examiner is quite content to write his Noble Client down for a fool , in order to justify his right to change according to emergency . The Examiner says that Lord Melbourne knew absolutely nothing of what was passing ; was wholly ignorant of the effect of his policy upon the general interest of the nation , until a sudden flash dissolved his ignorance , and . at once , and as if by magic , opened his eyes .

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      not only to the only resource , but even to the ; only one which he had denounced . Thus has the client been sacrificed to the malicious ingenuity of his counsel ; his folly made palpable in order to place his inconsistency in relief . But what says Simon Pure ( Babing ) upon the subject , which , as it formed the basis of his new commercial edifice , and which , as it was to be , not a mere sporting lodge , but a permanent residence

      thould have occupied bis every moment of time ? What says he about the maturity of tbe plan ? Mum —nothing ; only that it was problematical , and be takes £ 900 , 000 for £ 700 , 000 , . and £ 750 , 000 for £ 600 , 000 ; and the Corn Law , at a venture , he estimates at £ 400 , 000 . But all is problematical , and Exchequer Bills are to be the last resource—the Whig reserve . Basing doesn ' t Bay a word about his progressive conversion to this his own plan ; not a word .

      But what says the real Simon Pure f . ( Lord John . ) Why , he says , " I deny that we have brought our measure forward either hastily or from sudden conversion . No , we informed the country of it- as early as March last , and if you don ' t believe me , you may write to his Excellency , the Governor General of Canada ; but , indeed , I have all his answers to my announcements , and highly approving of our project ; call you that secresyf Call you that withholding the facts from the public ! " ( Loud cheers . ) Now , let us see if there is one word of certainty in the letter referred to by the Noble Lord , and which he considers as ample notice to the English public , a copy of which Lord Sidenham , the Governor General , has kindly transmitted to our office , and which runs thus : —

      " Dear Siddy , —I merely add a word personal to the long public communication herewith sent . We are in a pretty considerable tarnation kind of a pucker on this side of the water . How goes on the 'honeymoney * between your two new wed provinces ? Do they begin to scratch yet ? " We have tried everything this Session , and will , I fear , ultimately be driven to the necessity of adopting a bit of commercial liberality . Din's tail is worn to the " We got up a very good round between Peel and Stanley , but the precarious state of Lord Derby ' s health deprived the plan of its chief merit—it caused no split

      " W e are very short ef cash , and should we appear to sacrifice your subjects in our new project , not yet matured , you must convince them of its beneficial effects , and that it is merely preparatory to a grand commercial stroke , consequent upon your recommendation , and to terminate in their complete freedom . ¦ " Pal has come off with flying colours , but the shot has to be paid , and Baring knows not where to get the needful . ' " Morpeth has baited the trap for Ireland , and we mean to bait it for England , so don't be astonished if the very air should resound with our liberality .

      " We shall not propose anything sudden , startling , or outrageous , if we can do without it ; but every effort , you may rely upen it , shall be resorted t » before we commit the best interests of the country to Tory hands —be ready , therefore . Our plan is to place thorns in their road at home ; and as you observe the clouds to thicken , prepare all your combustible elements for a 1 flare up' the moment we are out and you are gone . " I still sit between Sir John and Little Dick , who sometimes speak across me , and who smell , as usual , strong of the crater .

      " Mac has become heavy ; Pal too conceited to work ; Baring is going to be married ; and only thinks how he can make both ends meet So that I stand the whole brunt of battle . " Ever , Dear Siddy , " Yours , " J . RUSSELL . " Now , is there on « word of information even in the foregoing letter to Dear Siddy ! Well , since the new project has been propounded , we have heard of nothing but the liberality of the Ministers , who have incurred a debt which , the nation is not able to pay . The " liberal press" has put forth its full energy—the Chronicle in town , and our neighbour , the Mercury , in the country ; and let us see what it all comes to .

      The Chronicle mouths and mouths away all about nothing ; while the Mercury has actually a rhapsody on Bugar—a song to the tune of" O , tia time , 'tis time , 'tis time . " The Mercury enumerates scores of grievances , one and all of which were to have been removed by the Reform Bill , but each of which has been considerably increased since its enactment , aud then the Mercury asks , " Is it not time to do this , and that , and the other thing 1 " Yea , verily , in faith it is ! and Mr . Baines and his associates having failed to do those things which they so lustily promised , it is now high time that they cut their stick , and allow others to perform the work .

      But the Mercury , not satisfied with the dull colouring which his best prose could give to the picture , flies into poetic raptured upon the loveliness of sugar . " Tired nature ' s sweet restorer , balmy sweet /' " O sugar ! thou solace of the toil-worn slave . O sugar ! thou refiner of morals , sweetner of tea , and substitute for fermented liquor . O sugar ! thou moral instructor—thou sober man ' s charm—thou drunkard ' s reclaimer . O sugar ! what is life without thee ! What is life but sugar , and what is sugar but the fullest enjoyment of life 1 " Such are a few of our friends' encomiums upon the sweets of life ; while the blundering , prosy , old Grunticle tells us flat , at once , that " sugar is the sweetner of life . "

      Well , but are not these sudden discoveries so many grave charges against the men who allowed our lives to be so long soured and our morals destroyed for want of this " nature ' s sweet restorer ?" But let us see how the matter stands . Our government , our " retrenching , " " reforming" government , did , in the first place , create so many placemen , commissioners , and other idlers as to put us in debt . The salaries of almost the entire of the governing staff , legislative , judidicial , and administrative , have either been raised , or stand at war price ; while the said staff can purchase , for their 'fixed salaries , just

      five times as much of the poor man's labour as they could formerly ; aud what is the new scheme , if successful , to do for them in addition \ Why , to reduce the prioe of their necessaries of life , thereby increasing their incomes still further , while , to pay them , labour must be correspondingly depressed . Yes , timber and sugar are necessaries to the rich , but mere luxuries to the poor . Nay , timber is a thing not at all in use with them , aud if the whole duty was taken of tomorrow , not an operative in Manchester , ot Leeds , or in any other town ia the kingdom , not even in Bolton , upon whose sufferings the Noble Lord is so pathetic , not one , we say , would pay the fraction of a fraction per year , or per week less for his room , his hovel , or his sty ; while , if the experiment caused a defalcation in the

      revenue , which is more than probable , the wealthy would have all the benefit of cheap houses , while the poor would be called upon to supply the deficiency . The upper and middle classes would save millions annually by a reduction upon sugar , while the poor would not drink a cup of tea cheap ? , and if a defalcation took place , the poor must make good that , as well as all other deficiencies . The poor , says a master , how ? The poor pay no taxes . Yea , bub they do , all and every tax ; and , as we have before proved , 400 per cent , for your direct liability Every master whose taxes are increased £ 200 annually , reduces his labourers by £ 1 , 000 annually . To the timber scheme , therefore , we Bay "fudge , " to the sugar plum , " bother , " and to the corn scheme , " flummery . "

      Now , did the old dabs of 1832 imagine that Britons , deceived upon the question of the Suffrage , could be enlisted with a sugar-plum , and by the old faction , too ! Well , but it would appear , from certain hints , that there waa another last resource in the bed chamber , and that Sir Robebt had got a very significant note , headed" Indeed then you shan't come under my dimity , Indeed then you chant , nor into my room . ' Now , just one word as regards this refuge for the destitute Minister . We would implore him not to embark the Queen in his forlorn project . We would pray of him to spare her who has . hitherto , been

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      a victim to his art , and , in time , admonish hi « j ^ to attempt to sacrifice her to bis lust for po ^ love ot ease , and vanity . Let her , at least , escapf ? for although we believe our Premier to be the ver » reverse of the character given to MtraAx by Nam . ikon , looking upon him as a lion in the Cabinet , but a woman in the field , ire do yet trust that if « J have nothing to expect from his honour , we &u » rely upon his want of courage . We tell him that tjjf people will not stand a second bed- ** chakbeb ploj » We tell him that while all allowance would ba made for youth , inexperience , and sex , that n » mercy will be shewn to hoary vice and s ystem ** delusion .

      If the Queen require a jester , let her have o&e by all means ; but not in the person of her coufLden ^ adviser and the nation ' s servant . The queen ft young . So teas Mary . The Queen u a woman . A was Mary . The Queen isyoung . So teat Lady Ja ^ Grey . The Queen is a woman . So was Lady Jaw Grey . The Queen is a urife . So was Hab £ t 1 Queen Anne .

      The nation has stood muoh , but will not sUad much more , therefore we say , beware ,: my Lotj . how you tempt the enraged people in so delicate * point as an endeavour to allay national impulse by artful simulation . It did succeed once , and you triumphed . "But , one such victory more and y « a are undone . " Remember Stbaffobd and Buckj » o > hah , and many others .

      The nation is out at the elbows , and the peopla are out of Boris . The Ministers risked a heirr stake and have " thrown out . " They will , of conn& appeal to the country , rather than quit office that appeal has been treated , as coming from snob a quarter it richly merited , with scorn and contempt their mercy is looked upon as cowardice—their justice as caprice . No reply to the Noble Lord ' s

      invitation to meet and back vs . Every meeting , since held , has been defeated by the Chartists—the only powerful party in the State . With them tht question now is , not who shaH rule us , but which of the factions shall we use to destroy its riral f and eoho has every where answered , " Down , dowt down with the base , brutal and bloodiest first , ifcl see what effect the example will have udou those who come after . "

      As we predicted , the Whigs glory in their villany , and in the people ' s ruin . They say , " We have made a job for whoever comes after us . " They haw , in truth ; but they have prepared the country , at the same time , for the worst . •' Thus matters stand , while the debate drags its slow length slowly on , thanks to Daddy Bbothoj . ton , to whom the Whigs now feel grateful . Yea . verily , they remind us of the infidel , who , up oa going to be hung , when asked by the chapltis how Jong he would wish him to pray , answered ,

      "O , for ever , your Reverence I" Now , we believe little John and his backers would talk from quarter day to quarter day , if they could only insure " ffe thing , you know , "' at the end . Well , poor CAronicfc is making the most of the short time allotted , to him on this side the Treasury . Liverpool is the world , and the good folk of that town net a week since , and appear to have continued thea deliberation for seven long days , without even u adjournment . But , alas , a sea port is no pjaee to

      muster effective " out pressure , " and Liverpool i » not England . Now if they could have , got Manchester , then indeed ! But Kendall They have got Kendal . In the outset , the Gruntiele showed us the c at's paw , and in his very last number he has let the whole cat ont of the bag . In fact , his columns have of late become anything but prison bars , and all the secrets of the prison houie have escaped through the open space Now , wo pray the attention of our readers to the following facts : —

      In our last , we gave four bars from the ChrmicWt first tune , and now we give the following from hi * last stanza : — He says , " Once more we say let the national creditor watch the conduct of the Tories at the present crisis as he values his property . " ' Now , what say our readers ! and , let it be borne in miftd , that we are now engaged in a mere comparison of evils . The Chronicle commences his article by reminding U 3 that they ( the people ) owe £ 2 , 400 , 000 foe the present year , and then asks , call you that notbtefff is that a bagatelle ? says Old Grunticle . Why , tbe apish old ass , it is everything ; and who but the Whigs thought it a bagatelle ? but who made us owe it tad how is it proposed to be paid ?

      Now , observe , we long since said that the consideration of Peel ' s Bill , the adjustment of tb » funded debt , should have been the preliminary question with the "Plague , " had they been sincere in their professions . Now , what says the Chreniclei Why , in language as plain as the poor thing is master of ; just this :-FUND LORDS BEWARE ! IF PEEL COMES IN , HE WILL PAY THE £ 2 , 400 , 000 BY A TAX ON YOUR PROPERTY Now , if the £ 2400 , 000 must be paid , by no possibility can it be paid by any of the Whig scheoeg , otherwise than by a tax upon labour ; and , inasmuch as funded property has been increased almost beyond calculation , at the expence of labour , and

      inasmuch as it is the only property which can be taxed directly , without the proprietors making labour indirectly answerable , as fundlord * employ no operatives , we say for these reasons let the over-gorged disgorge for Whig STATE necesssifcy , £ 2 , 400 , 000 for the present . The foolish Chronicle , supposing that the white slave owners were sure upon an emergency , has thus thrown out a feeler for another class of Whig sopporters , but the fetler will so tickle poor Johunj as to make him burst his sides with laughter at the Grunticle ' s folly . Will no one fly to the rescue , and save these poor Whigs , front leading journals and Scotch advocates !

      We hope to announce that the " Caster has thrown ouf'in our next . Down with the bloodies , "* nA iMTtth for the Nottingham Chartists t In all schemes tat making hasty plugs to stop awkward holes ; bear JB mind that the penny postage saved a million annoally to the merchants , traders , and bankers , and that J are called upon to pay two million annu ally in aett thereof . We say two millions , because Whigs alffayS measure the people ' s debts by 40 s . in the pound . Hderah for Nottingham , and down with th » " Bloodies 1 "

      Hurrah for Nottingham ! is now oar watchword , and " down with the BLOODIES l " is our war ert . Campbell walks out of Edinburgh at all events ; and we have received many , very many , intimatw ^ of resolution to pay the Whigs in kind upon we first opportunity . We understand Mr . Bainss wiii not again offer himself for Leeds , and we assure him he will not be again offered fob *»* Ls ^ Off he goes , and no mistake .

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      "NEW MOVE . " We give , in our present number , several lenfc * J and elaborately-written letters by different para in justification of their signing the u new u *> document . The country will give to these » weight of consideration aa may be due . have received numerous other letters and addl ^ to Feaegus O'Connob and ourselves , condemn *«« of the " New Move , " and of all who continus tw connexion with it-some of them expressed in »^ guage of a warmer character than any we bawr inserted . We think the question has now beeu ficiently argued . The opinion of the want" 7 " V o f to be mistaken , and the well-timed . letter Mr . O'Connor , which , in our present nuaiber , a . «~ i . * w * u . ^ li ™ k » an « h will he considered P *

      WU M ** W V »* * *• w »™»» w » -y , -.- — - ^^ if ill * sufficient to justify our non-insertion ofJJ ° ! V jtt . Vidual communications on the subject . iaf > ^ tions of the people expressed at public mee ^ will , of course , always command our attefl HO respect .

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      4 THE NORTHERN STAR . ¦ " '; . ' _ " :.- ;;¦;

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct549/page/4/