... THIE NORTHIRN STAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, IS45. TIHE ROC1K A-HEAD ! WHAT WILL SPECUL'ATiiN DO FORt USC WS offcr no apology for rcturning to tho question ef Railway spcculation. Thc extent to whiclis has gonc, and the tremendous consequences involved in the reaction svwe to follotw, render the subject all-hin- portant-one that ought to bo madci familiar to all eoncerned-exanineld in all its ...

... DISTURBANCES IN FIFESHIJRE. KIRKALDT, AUoUsT 21. On the hight between Wednesday and Thursday last the town of Dunfermline and neighbourhoodi were the scene of outrages indicatiag the most deliberate con- spiracy and the most murderous purpose. Ever since the disgraceful riots of 1842, a company of soldiers had been stationed in Dunfermline till about four weeks ago, when they were removed by ...

... El o lxatter & orrepouiteixt; JonIN OwEN, NEWTOWN, MONTiTGOMEiiYSHIiE, writes as ful- luow :-s I am inioch pleased witb your Star of last weekl-especielly Ir. O'ConIoI'S letter. Itihasereated general inquiry in this neighbourhood on the Laud question. My Star has been rcad by scores, seho are filled with astouishment at the report of his tour: but some are sceptical as to the correctness of ...

... VW TO TlE EDITOR 0s THE NORTIHERN STAB. ad Sra,-When I read, in your number of the 16th inst, a 'I report of the Democratic supper which took place on the it. 11th, to celebrate the anniversary of the formation of the Democratic Association, I was much amused, but not sur. s. prised, that Major Beniowski appeared at the Democratic es manifestation. Not surprised, indeod, because men of PI ...

... SHTEFFIELUD. Mr. O'Connor tivered an intenstiag and pra. ( i- cal lecture on J and and Co-opcletiHn, in thte large Ampitheatrc, on Monday Inst; Mr. rig-s mn the chair. At the conclusion of the lecture tfle fol- loving resolution was moved by Mr. prycr, seconded by Mr. Goodlad, and carried unanhimiesly:- Thot .his meeting, after lierr:ng the Cliartist Co-operate Land plan expounded by ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, Au6rST 1. Several bills were advanced a stage, but no discussion of any interest toolk place. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, AuOUSL 1. .susEs IN UNION WORKNROSES. Mr. T. DuNotirBE said, he had, on a former occasion, presented a petition, complaining of abuses wihich were Home Department to the petition, and he begged now to ask the right hon. gentleman whether he bad made ...

... Ela0 11avri t& &e'eilobeilit54 JOLNe OWE?, NEWTOWN, 3foNT~ooniruTsurav, writes as fol- lows :- I amn much pleased with your Star of last week-especially Mr. O'Connor's letter. It has created general inquiry in this neighbourblood onl the Iuand question. My Star has been rend by scores, %who .o tilled with astonishment at the report of his tour : but some are ecepticI as to the correchtess of ...

... TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC. My Friends,-I think that no man has earned a better right to appeal to you upon behalf of good Chartists than I have. I am justified in making every exertion towards the maintaining and eopportinghonest working men who suffer in the cause of Chartism. There was a time wthen I performed that duty myself-there was a time when I gave as much as from £10 to £S5 a week to ...

... TO THE CHIARTISTS. MY wrty WJrAR FnIxNlr i,-i sliall nw>v proceed to bla boeyou ?? furthier rcsnlts of mny recent tour, which. I conclided at MacclesLield oni Monday last-a Xuur willch bas been the moans of reviving Chartism throug.4ioat Lancashire, Yorlkshie, and Cheshire. PRESTOX. On Wedmesday night I addressed the good men of P'rcston in Lord Dierby's cock-pit-the managers of itho thocatre ...

... THE CONTRAST; IN TIlE DEEDS OF THE ENGLISH WHIGSHO UJNDEIR LORD TIREY'S ADMIXISTRATION. I it Nor. 22nd, 1830. Lord Grey, atludisg to the riots amongost thc labourcrs iii the South and Westof Esglnid, I said, ''It is only seithine ?? lost threc hours that we have sbeen installed iii our respectivc offices as members of his a Majesty's toysernlieent. I here declare for myself, and , also for mny ...

... MORE PROOFS OF 66 PROSPERITY. REDUCTION OF THUE I ORKjAA'S SHARE. LORD Jonx RUSsELL lately made it a matter of complaint, ice the House of Commons, that THa WoaNsi^'s SHARE of the good thiugs that labour causes to abound, was far from what it ought to be. On the occasion to which we refer, his lordship con- tended that it is notorious that the luxuries and vo- 1uptuousuess of the ...

... Co leatier & CoragponbCtlto MosE F}ISENDSItIP, ON CANVAS.-J. B. O'B. DAUBED DE OUT BY JOHN WAs Ns.erewe have given the esti- mate of John Watkins's powers and capacity by his ' friend J. B. ?? it would be cruel to withhold his COX quiet rejoinder. Respecting T IlE National Reformenr in triend John says :-Our first public difference (which is wil all the public is concerned with) was on ...