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REYNOLDS ! REYNOLDS! REYNOLDS! WHEREFORE ART THOU REYNOLDS l '
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' •¦ v ^^S^^SSS^VT^^" REPEAL OF THE UNI^N. :'' "
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. WARJ tflJ WAR !!! ' They » ythM » UTiogi ^| pbett € rth « i » dead lion . K ow we . ttpsyU , aad . iiffjiji that a dead Napoleon trQl be Toend to be i * tatter general , and more popular commander , tbfcn a living Citizen-King . Time will tdL Tne English press is sneering at Thkrs for his removal , Boekies ; they don't see thai having charged ( he shell , lie has merely gone oat of tie waj of the expk > a < m . ~ Thiers has bat """^ _ : I : 4 ££ l ^ ffARJ WJSll WAR ' !!
¦ ieppedout of the waj of the eoma , sad mukifhe Wnt made a 4 mm * hit at Look . What will Kapoleon ' B ceffin say t u i VCTicAiiwn i » Wtarir ^ aMJj 0 * 4 is ? nephew it entombea \ white , a % rotU rules OK . 7 l « pr « rf na £ o » hat been malted , and tie ten of heartt thml girl her font , it to be replaced ty a tf all around her cemetry .
We published an article a few -weekj back upon tie abject of the war , which , together with the information supplied by onr Parii correspondent , his been used as the ground-work for prophecies by erery one of the " establishment" from the * Leading Journal" down to the Kelto Chronicle . Founded apon the opinions therein expressed , we have read so fewer than forty-eight prophecies , in different journals , all commencing with— at we stated in a firmer number . " God help ibem , poor fools !
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THE LITTLE WHEELS . I ? jout water wheel or ty wheel should stop , you do sot examine those wheels to ascertain the « aosc If yonr Witch stops , you do not inspect the , hands is expectation of diBeoverin * the eause : No - ia Iwtii cam -y «? jig ! iiii . ii to an inspection of the ; istersal . woik % uIhj ^ iii ; of a Variety of small wheels , by wkka - ^^ tg ««« e ami the hands are - koptia regabiwtfmSt 0 fcms , then , who hare any interest ia Vae state . ^^ jurtional fly wh » el ( the Parliament ) , will & 9 [ irtjjt / &brm themselves , of the in
,. —iiiir < n » rf Ifand ^ g aBttatiuns the internal . works , nksueSg ^ tbey mm loam that in many ri&oea-tl ^ fcS " AqjrjoaJ schools'" hare been com-JF ^ llT ftfafb ^ SSSt- J SJ ^ g gQP - * total jjhanjje , * j $ wd 1 &s 9 ta £ w £ bat Exploded work of the 1 patentees of 1633 AJ 5 i Leeds , which has tvei been ¦ cm « f fee groafet tadskitB * pon the furfaoe © f the noring watejfcj itiiTljboik has been most dreadful ; ; bat &a faial -efeet wpT ioi > e fift by the great Awheel thtf sea * ( atenleisctioa . Let us see the
- - ^ bangjerwhwh the mumeipal work * hare undergone in L # &ds since asirtefofm , U&k the first experi-. »« # , the Wlag maofetBexy being made and worked b / the now engineers , tbe Whigs , out of sixty-four , ^ oatrived to mtrodaeeyfifty-eight small wheels , fleavmg hot tax T * tJ » arfsain the wiole of the works . ¦ ¦ Since , then , boa * W # ^ J whenever the machinery required repairs : tlrt Tory was preferred to the ' Whig modal , and the consequence ib that the
leeest inharmonious machinery supplied equally by the two great engineers , is likely to lead to a complete stoppage of the whole concern . In short , the Leed 3 Council is now nearly balanced . On Monday , the battle waa foogii in single Batches ; but now ti ( e pitched baftle mtfsV'ibe decided in the kennel As in Leeds , so in most other corporate towns , with tins exception , that in . many instance * , the substitution of Tory for "Whi g ootnicfllor 8 has rendered the farmer faction predominant .
Sisee Monday , the state of parties in Leeds has * been most laughable . The 'Tories Bhaking hands : with themselves and each other , and langhiag at I is ? Whigs ; the Whigs looking daggers at all around I . ika , aad -nort ^ ng to each other in significant » Se »«; white theCStaritsts openly exult and rejoice i at the prospect "which the confusion and dog fight ' . p « 6 ttta . Tie Whijg " damn the Siar f while the pe » p ! ecry " God bfesi * f and w *« r " God bless -fi » people , " who * T 7 nced , in the mid ** of Jfctferty , temptation , and intimidation , a tfrtae , in almost | BosaBTirrae ^ wjuch , tiiree years ago , might ime ] been- rualj looked for in Meretriar Leeds , Thus , j within seren weeks the good men . ^ LeedshaTeerinoed j ¦ fceiT mcreaongBtren ^ asiuoaalM ^ by the largest I danosstratioBoi and fox thestselres ever seen in their " kwrnjWhilfijWitkmseTea ^ ays , they h * regrren galling proof of their increased haired of the bloody " f » o-- « on who laagh M -the tnpBp , the tortures the V . miiwries , and the hfiajfcjafiainga endured by the i&Boeeat and unsophistOTp © Chinese in support of IS ^ LLKc ' - ^™ : ^ : ^^^ -j . ~ ^' n ^^ Bf
rendered osieleae fcy machinery , wjaich now and thea kreaks from the domestic madhouses . At hone lad abroad , thar ^ ranay is diaracterised by a i hatred ofAe ^ poor of the human species . ) v Leeds ha * ldo « been the strong-hold of that [ feMaeheros fickien , the Whigs ; but their power is j Bow nearly extrngmshed : their provisions ( the sice pickings ) are well nigh exh&nsUd , and their am- ¦ JBuaition ( fraud , craft , and deceit ) is rendered j i&effeetiTe ; therefore , the sooner the corps is dis- i banded the better , both for themselTes and other j ections of the " Bhabby" army . ; i ! i I . : j i j > :
¦ As for those raw-recmiiB , the M Hombog « i , " they , Bnght as well hare remained at home with their I parents , as played at soldiering , under the Smilet of ' their wet nnrse . It was really too bad of their ' phQesophical gorenmess to allow the children to i single in . the fight , seeing what great danger there I ; was of thes being crushed to death ; but , perad- ! ^ Ftttare , abemay hare seen her folly , and in future j wSI keep them within doors , lest they , like their f . elders , the Whiga , should be mortally wounded . I : j j j ; i j j ¦ j 1 ; i
We do thank the people most cordially for their ¦ tern adherence to principle in the midst of most Bnfanmrable circumstances . Every possible engine flf tyranny and corruption was brought to bear ftpon iheir Tirtues and the barefaced profligacy of the fac- t 5 oas surpassed any stmQsr feats that we have heard « £ . One prominent Member of the Fox and Goose Qub has the repotation of baring spent more than £ 500 in this election ; most of which was , doubtless , eoBsuned in the treating of Toters , and the purchase Of T&tes ; and this , too , while the silky tongued hypo- ' crites prate , ia affected horror , of the bribery praciiced at Parliamentary elections under the old Tstem of Tory domination ! j
Oae who was in the thickest of the fight , all , tkrongh , and had the best opportunities of noting ; &e demeanour of the respectiTo parties , writes us i « b I 0 IL&K 3 : — " -Te hare seen h&w they marshalled 1 tkeir hoat and set it in batele -array—to have ; beheld tb * trickery and foal -play of both j parties , inaat hare excited the risibility , even ) of melancholy * Nerer was there such an effort ! at muniripa ! election * . - EarJy in the morning the baanea were fljins : ia \ he breeze , and the music ; ftill-waed io sxose Si « aloepf flUiagn ^^ jgbe- e < ne *» emade driiok-Wfore-h ^ aid ^' a ^ riera NJd ustel the ,
Jpening of the polL Those parses wh ^ ftsided in j Other towns were sent for and had their expences paid . An individual from Barnsley , who was to vote ^» ihe Tories in tbe Kirkgate Wtad , asked the tea of fire pounds to be pawi < Jow » , ere he would * ote ; this I am told , howerw , was indignantly reused , aad he was ordered off . He next offejred bo&stlf to the Waigs , who accepted ¥ pi , bat upon » tsat terms I am iot prepared to say , only , that be told them , the Tories had bid him tkree pounds , » hith he had refused 10 take . Another ffeson was bought from Hull , and one from Selby , to vote for ik . B arrow 3 in the East Ward . In fact , scarcely * town of any consequence , within twenty mile 3 , » m » * - - — - - ' - - — — — ^ 7
^ toil ¦ wh it has contribated something towards the fc ^ sdfi of yesterday . Tbe " Fox and Goose" party , ***** arst effort here , at leas ? , must be their last * ^ kUd hard and piteously among the Chartists ; but to Bo pcrpose ; the gainea-a-week men had all the &orr of upholding their oppressors to themselveB . * ifc Blerlmg Radicals can now enjey a laugh at the ^ dierons position of the poor discomfited Whigsflfc ittbecility of the " Hambngs , " and the bewildered Coition of the soi-dUant Chartists—the awkward Koad— the Jim Crow—gninea-a-week , Cbartiste , who ** * cut their own throats ; and who , however they ?* J u wheel-about aud turn-about" among the 0 Xe 8 and Geese for a little time , have lost caste for •* * with the ChartistB ; the real Chartists cannot
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march in company with such jumping , undisciplined and unprincipled characters . " ' We trust ever to see the people ia this borough keep their trae position , as on this occasion . On Monday the two « gangs" will have another grand struggle for the appointment of their "Captain . " What boote it to the peoplewhether a fool wear a blue cap or a yellow one ; or by what party designation' a new local tyrant be distinguished ! They have shewn their estimation of the wretches who compose both factions by leaving them , most fitly to wallow in the filth of moral turpitude and depraTity together . F m m »?/»( l in / kjkmnann m ' tV __ . 1 _ 1
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We ' re bothered with you , Captain Reynolds ! We have heard more about yon , Captain Reynolds , than about all the in jmstice that his been done to millions of better , because more useful , men , than ever you were ; the men who feed you , who feed fSK Rf * * Colonel and your gallant lieutenant-Colonel , andyour gallant Queen , and are starving themselves . But " what has been may be , - " and before now a quarrel between two foolish sailors has caused an European war ; and why should not an officer , whose new dress , we are told , cost six hundred guineas , kick up a dust—a gold dust ? Crikey ! what a band-box—what a moving jeweller ' s shop to fight in ! You have lost your commission , Captain Reynolds , and most unjustly : but we can ' t af *
~ T * ° v pTe Jon "ytbing , poor man ! your order have imposed upon us the support of so many paupers ; but you'll get the money . Fore trad , we would stand teB court martials * br half the notoriety , and a fourth of the cash . Bit here we do more in this , short remark than all your paper friends ! We' *»** te you as follows : —Captain Reynolds , late of the 11 th Black-bottlo-Indianeers , ° iE * 5 ™!?! $ }* & ' * "*?* " ¦* " Cardigan ' s * ewn ? « A « the Devil ' s - own , " who has been lately dismissed the service for gallant , spirited , gentfemanlike j but UN-OFF 1 CER-LIKE conduct , has been appointed to tbe command of the Monmouthshire corps ef Roval Sappers and Misers . Now , as black mnxrk « and bkavb sna-bnrned faces , —tanned uadet a burning , vertical , tropical , perptkidlc ^ an rwmd , square , triangular , heetogan , octag »; « ax »« m hot , all hot , kind of an Iodiw mn ^ i » l £ FZrTl
suwteTBe WITTOg ^ Dmgeq dt--lnyrerotf , Wetfa sion , and discipline of the 11 th , surely the promotion from the royal brwtels , U > entire black facing * must be some consolation ^ la this tru ly gallant corps , continually under tke M of the enemy , the gallant commander may € rink his Mozelle out of a bucket if he pleases , andtis Porter out of a fish kettle , we U back one hundred ef bis new corps , with fair play , and no Attorney-General or perjured witnesses or ignorant juries , to eat Cardigan and every one of his dolls , boots , spurs , petty-coats , laoe , gingerbread and all , We can . t do more for yon poor man !
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EDUCATION . KOBLB iXAKPLK SET TO THE HIGHER OR » ER BT THB W 0 BK . 1 NG ME 5 OF LEEDS , A committee has been formed , and subscription books opened . by the Chartists of Leeds , for the laudable purpose of raising funds for the instruction of those of the middle classes , whose education , of late yean , has been neglected . Several classes are already formed , and the pupils are rapidly improving . The first class is in words of two syllables , * ud can . Bpcll Hum-bug . To-ryjCoun-cil , de-feat , and proper names , as Gr # od-man , Ay-rey , White-head , Brum-fit , Fairbairn , Bur-rows , Bar-low , For-ster , Jos-sey , Bow-er
, and May-or , all of which they have acquired since Houday last . The Chartists attend every evening from seven till nine o ' clock , and will shortly open a reading class . Goodman and Bower are two of the most promising boys in the school . Three of the leading and most pious Socialists have kindly offered to form a scripture class , and to give lectures in divinity weskiy to those who are intended for religious firebrands of all denominations . All persons wishing to take advantage of so desirable an opportunity of acquiring instruction will inquire at the Leeds Mercury office , for caids of admittance U > the Chartist Preparatory Middle Class Institution .
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HORSE-ROWER AND POPULATION OF IRELAND . -Mu 8 ha , Dan ! bad luck to jGartoiel ! but you ' re enough to maks a Quaker kick his mother ! Yerra , then , Dan , does you think , that because Englishwomen are all Hoores , thai Englishmen are » 11 fools t Why , you overgrown Gillygaupusldid you know what you were talking about when you said that you had three hnndred thousand infantry , at Kilkenny ! and twenty-five thousand of the infantry you say was cavalry ! Dan , yoa Bay that 25 , 000 of those at the Rilkenny meeira * w * re Kilkenny farmers , on their own horses . Now , "Cocker , " just cock yoar ear here for a mottent . 25 , 000 horsemen , four a-breast , and allowing four yards in len / rth- for each rank , woald reach ^ within a little o ( fifteen miles . Now ; -Dan , hould yoar lug again . Suppose w ^ eay half the fools in the coanty who haveliorses to ride , took jheir beasts to see you , tibat would give Kilkenny county 50 , 000
\ aree * f -tb » tataem « f tan * SMQb IraLuio / w > maintain a horse—that i » , 150 , 000 acm , to Kilkenny , devoted to horse food . Now , Dan ! once more . Kilkenny is a small county , with large farms ; and suppo 3 e every farmer , gentle and simple , having ahorse ' to * 7 «»« * &" *? * cxes , this gires Kilkenny one million five hnndred thousand acres . Now suppose Kilkenny to be a thirty-second part of Ireland , which it is not i and suppose Kilkenny to have its Bhare of horses , Ireland would have one million six hundred thousand horses , and reqnire four million eight hnn ^ dred thoufand acres for their support . Now , Dim , suppose you had a third of the whole populatiorfof Kilkenny . If you had three hundred thousand , Kilk * nny has a population , by your arithmetic , of nine hundred thousand , and is yet one of the thinnest popolated and smallest counties in Ireland ! If Kilkenny is even tbe the thirty-second part of
Ire' ¦ i ! land , which it is not . noryet the sixtieth , Ireland has nearly thirty millions of inhabitants ! You had sixty . thousand trades at Limerick ! Now allow a man and wife , and three children to a family , a very moderate average in Ireland ; this # ires Limerick a trade population of three hundred thousand , that is more than the whole eodnty possesses : so Dan we find that in Limerick , teey are all trades , every man his own washerwoman ; ia Kilkenny they are all . horses , and in Dublin they are all asses ; but be aasured that in England we are not all fools . Dan , you are a rattling , dashing , good-humoured , ill-¦ natured , leather-headed , goed-for-nothing kind of a j fellow . FalstaSs army was a fool to yours . Man 1 alive ! throw off your repeal jacket , buttons and all , . ¦ and go to work like a man at repeal , and don ' t
| ] \ ! i i i I sicken us with your ould blarney . Just let the peoj pie alone and they'll soon carry repeal . > Thb 11 th Hbssabs . —We are assured that one of j the marmosette monkeys , and not monkev Paget , is ; to h&Tethe troop in the Prince ' s own bottle-holders , I vacant by the retirement of Captain Reynolds . We j hope it is the male monkey ; asMjre Marmosette and j Lady Cardigan , might not stall their horses well 1 together .
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¦ ( OXITTED LAST WEEK . ) Thb Vageant Chabtist won ' t do . J . H . —Bec&ust he was never called on . A Feelh g Chabtist thinks the Fivepenee far the Siar on the hth November should be Sixpence . D . J ., Duk p kbklisb . —H '« can ' t interfere in local squabbles . Joseph Saumjees , — We have not room for Hie Address . u Hamlet ' s Soliloqut Burlesque" u too tnueh of a Burlaque . ' . Thk West Ridixg Delegates a > d ^ Ij £ ^ Pedi » b <—' Our clerk , Mr . A rdill , has received the following ^ communic at ion during the course of the week : — \ "SiB ., —The following resolution was passed at the I Delegate Meeting , at Dewsbuiy , on Sunday last : — j ' That a deputvtion be appointed by this meeting ! to wait on Mr . Ardill , to ascertain tbe amount ¦ received by him for Peddie ; tod that Messra . I Cr » ig and Jones are fully autoorised by this meet-} ing to have the money in tbe Treasurer ' s hands I turned over to the West Riding Councillors at their I aeeting on or before the 22 nd of November , 1840 . ' I i > "o Signature to the Letter . )
„ " To Mr . J . Aidill . " In answer , we have to say that the money sent to our Office for Peddie has been appropriated according to the instructions of those sending it . The amount has been transmitted to Mrs . Peddie , except one Threepence , subscribed towards his attorney ' s bill , which the West Riding Council-Iprs may have , if they wish . A Pb . ivate Soldier . —We print Mow the only portion ( f his verses tehieh will bear printing . " I dare not , if I would , complain ; Althangh * tia said , —the Press is free ; But that ' s a thought worse than iut _ a » ; Else would its freedom reach to me .
I An E Kile from his Falher ' s hear th' A siranQtr to domestic tiesj A thing for scorning idSot ' s mirtbj A soi . dier Ihts I—A soldier dies . " j Tavistock . — We have not room for the Address . The ! money accompanyihg it is noticed elsewhere . < ! The Poets must really give us a little breathing j time . We have heaps upon heaps accumu-I lating tchich ire cannot find room for . j W . J . P . W ., Exexek . —The Northern Star is no i vehicle for the discussion of mere abstract theology .
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[ ° ^ St £ * pbkll- — Wt haee not room for temen * . J . W ., Coljtb . —jf he wiil give us hit address more particularly , so thai a letter may be sure to rfoeA him , vie will communicate with him on the matter of hit note . Edinbuhgh Radicals . — We must refer them to a notice which appeared in the Star several week ago , in whiehthey were apprised that the public addresses , on various subjects , of Chartist bodies were mu / t » p / jfih ^ upon us so fast , ta to render it absolutely necessary fer us to decline fktir insertion . ' '' ¦¦ South Hetto * Chabtists must take tht tame an-¦
swer . - ' . ' - G . F . —We cannot read hit writing . ' M » . P . A . Tatlok desires ut to correct an error in our report of tht Lecture on Corn Lawt , delivered by him at Bermondsey , inserted * n our last . The resolution which he seconded wot . — That there was little reasonable hope of obtaining Repeal of the Bread Ta * from the Comments , a * , at present constituted : it vat the dutyof all to endeavour to obtain the Charter . " The report appeared put a * tee received it . JoH * RoDGKKs , LrvETBPooL . —Apply at D . QBrieris 1 , Abbey-street , Gepel-street , Dublin . * 3 . Walker , Halifax . —fit * letter has been , tent to the Post-Master-General , who is the person he ought to apply to if he want * on advance of
tcaget . W . Z . Z . O . — We are glutted with parodies and all sorts of apzlogieifor poetfy . We have as much on hand as would supply ut comfortably for tome years . . Nottingham Delegate Mektirs . —We are * orr $ to be obliged , from the time we received this report , Thursday , to keep it over till pur newt . Duriuk Missionary , Tom nt * t week . KBPoai op Mabxinch M * mfy * ne * t week . J . B . Rogebsos— "BhyfMt romance ^ and poetry " was never received , ¦ G . Bkmkktt—Too late . _ A .. W . BRi 2 } i . — ¥ es { ifitbenottoolong . J » . J . — We have passed his note to our publisher , who , if he think tht matter likely to answer , will most likely communicate with the author of the letteivin question .
. JlBec BARiACU > roa . —Mr . O'Connor it allowed to receive Ml bi&fofy&td newspaper *; but can only see friends under arrfciir reatrietiont , and'in the presence ofyan Q ^ ber ^ tM ^ mi , Mhis ; . correspondence i , merk ^ M * e # * rfc * ei&ku . \ orltqveshim . ** - ;¦ : .. . . , _ . 7 * V& * : l ££ i £ TfcYgefaeS-&ffi ? l ^ " $ to sum q / 10 * ., * n connection with the ; bond of £ 2 * belonging to \ the bail of Messrs . Potts and Carrier . \ ' . " . " '' \ . JO * FLANNELS S ^ OK THE BA . BJWLBT VICTIMS . Clarkson v . Johnson and another . A moiety of Verdict obtained oy the plaintiff in an action for ' assault and false imprison'
ment 1 IA n ment 2 19 0 FOR HRS . VTNCRNT . From a few Friends at Darlington , per Mr . N . Bragg ... ... Q £ 0 FOB . MRS . PKDDIB . From Lennortown , Campsie , per J . Young 0 10 0 FOR MRS . FROST AND OTHERS . From Darlington , by R , B . ... 0 0 6
FOR MARSDKN . Proceeds of a Ball by the East London Democratic Assooia-„ ' «>» 2 5 6 Frem Mr . Lawrence , London ... 0 2 6 FOR MRS . ROBERTS . From Tavistock , per T . Nicholls ... 0 5 0 From a few xealous Radicals at Penzance 0 2 8 FOR THE WIVIS ASD FAMILIES OF TH » INCARCEBATRD CHARTISTS . From Tavistock 1 0 © „ a French Republican ... 0 1 ©^ „ the East London Democratic Associatim , collected as recommended by the the Men of Singles ... ... , Q \\ Q „ the Jiinffley Chartists *• ... S 0 © „ tu-o Chartists , at Oxford ... 0 ju ft „ Fernon and Co \ , jobbing- < &' . , smiths , Aberdeen 0 5 " 0 „ John Deegari and A Ridley ... 0 10 0-, „ the Chartists of the Borough ' of Tower Hamlets , London ... I 8 T 0 "; TOB 1 CKS . TBOST . ' ' : Mrs . N . Netehay , Manchester ... 0 1 0 I An Old Radical 0 0 R j W . K . R . . „ , * i : M W . Sinister , Rodhdalt . „ ... 0 1 0 i A . Aitken , Monfrose ' Q 2 dJ S . Walkins , Stroud 0 1 « 1 From HartUpool , collected by a ' - <¦ ¦ ~ \ Constant Reader . . ., : ' ^ v ^ - Q i \ i A few Friends at Warwick : r * &J&jA ,: 6 V I From a few xealous Radicalt-ii' ^ " ^ . ¦ I' ' : Penzance ... . »>; . * # ; Jt ^ fy .- ' FOR LOVETT , COLLINS , ATO Wi ^^ tkJv \^ . \ Frovr&e Ken aiOreenpok J&mMksZS ^ - ¦
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their father to seok an asylum in foreign climesand how their relentless task-masters acted the part of Sespstris , who rode in a carriage drawn by kings , while other monarohs were tied to his ch ' ariot-wheelfl . Not content with her submission , Britain made Ireland crouch like a serf at the feet of her Ministers . Seeing her likel y to become the emporium of commerce , Britain , like the serpent of old ,. inflamed and fomented rebellion among her soni , and made this a pretext for letting loose the hell-hounds of war , and saturating her fields with the blood of her children . The lecturer continued his address a considerable tine longer , and concluded his address in the words of the poefc- -
" I own the glorious subject fires my breast , And my soul ' s darling passion stands confest . Bejond or love , or . freedom ' s sacred band-Beyond myself—I prize my native land . On that foundation would ! build my fame , " , And emulate the Greek and Roman name ; Think " Ireland ' s" peace bought cheaply with my , . blood , ... 4 ° ^ die with pleasure for iny country ' s good . The lecturer then resumed his seat amidst loud and protracted cheering . The Chairman stated that a meeting would be held on Monday evening , at the Sir Johu Falsiaff , to eatabliBh a Society for the Repeal of the Union ; and thanks having been voted to him and the able and eloquent lecturer , the meeting broke up apparently highly delighted with the proceedings .
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GREAT TEMPERANCE DEMONSTRATION AT HULL—CATHOLIC TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY . The friend * of temperance , and we know that many such are the constant readers of the Star , -will , we are persuaded , be , like ourselves , highly gratified by tbe following details of one of the most grand and effective demonstrations in favour of the principles of total abstinence which ever took place in the town of Hull . For BODie weeks back two or three zealous individuals have held meetings on a Sunday morning , in Millstreet , a part of the town principally inhabited by the poorer classes of Irish , among whom the vice ef intern ' perance , with all its concomitant evils , prevailed to an alarming extent It is well known that no people are
more susceptible of kindnen than , the sens and daughters of the Emerald Isle ; and , notwithstanding the unpopularity of the attacks made by the temperance people opptt the \ r old ; jsompanifn , ' whisky , they were received kindly—and not only « ot a pauent bearing , bat induced several * o adopt the teetatal pledge . In thia way things went 90 until the arrival of W . J . Ready , Esq ., of Dublin , an ' enthusiastic advocate of the cause , and an Intimate friend of tbe Rev . Theobald Mathew , whose herculean and pioos efforts to reclaim his deluded countrymen have been blessed with such great and signal success . Mr . Ready was iatrortuoed to the Rev . J . Render , the estimable Catholic priest , and found that gentleman ready to hold out , without hesitation , tho hand of welcome to Father Mathew . whenever he
might find it convenient to visit England . We should here state that the object « f Mr . Ready ' s visit was to ascertain from the principal clergy and laity the teceptiori which Mr . Mathew was likely to meet with , should he be induced to extend his apostolic labours to this country . Subsequent to his visit to tbe Rev . pastor of the Catholic church in this town , the pioneer of the Irish apostle was introduced to the friends , who bad for some time been doing their best to promote the comfort and happiness of their Irish fellow subjects ; and on Saturday morning , the " 24 th ult ., a deputation , consisting of Mr . Joseph Scholy , and Mr , T . B . Smith , had the pleasure of waiting upon tho Rev . J . Render , "who at once entered into their views as to the propriety of establishing a Catholic Total Abstinence Society , and not only granted the spacioua
Catholic school raom , for the purpose of holding a public meeting , but consented to take the chair . The meeting was called for Wednesday evening , at seven o ' clock , and long before that hour , it was evident that nothing like accommodation could be afforded to the vast multitude who were anxioua to gain admission . The room was tastefully fitted up for the occasion with banners , most kindly lent by the Council of the Holy Catholic Guild . The platform was lighted with twelve candlesticks , holding large tapers , ' and was surrounded by a number of respectable ladies , who appeared to take a deep interest in the proceedings . To give any thing lik « a detailed report of the addresses delivered on this memorable occasion would far exceed tbe limits to which presa of other matter compels us to confine ourselves .
Mr , RJiUDKR , on presenting himself to the meeting , was received with loud applause . He spoke Ms sentiments on the subject with a feeling and . consideration for the right of private judgment which wo wish we could see men generally imitate . He said be had not been indifferent to the cause of temperance , though he bad nofc appeared publicly to advocate the cause , yet lie could appeal to those around him that he' had taken much pain * to point out the vice of intoxication , and tbe destructive habits of intemperance , to tliosa uudar his care , who he knew , or had reason to ftar , were addicted to this detestable vice , and he had the happiness to know that inany bad been the better for the admonitions he had given them . Tha Rev . Gentleman t&ft adverted , in
very mild terms , to the extreme opinions held by some of tho teetotal advocates , in which be said he could by ^ a meanJi concur . He would go as fur as any of them WWBeSSfiTeiiiffl'tH&jf-the vfce ' of aini 53 t&me&ar He wuultl adaut Ujatjor ttioge ¦ wbo ^ had been overcome k » this tw | yjtjp ^ ab «^ nence waMn e xcellent and a ^ iaHa&ai remedy ; B& ! ir « aJtJi ||| iradHiit that for those wh $ &t the ^ elve » 4 i danger of oeTngrov ^ ome ^ a ' irB ^^ S proper and neefttul that they should bind thenisenre by a solemn pledge to abstain . He would go further , and say that if they felt they had power to keep themselves from excess , yet seeing tho fcvilg brought on by intemperance , resolved to abstain for example take ,
they would do a go"d and a meritorious act ; but he could not go the length of some , who said that to make , or sell , or touch intoxicating liquors wae absolutely a sin against God . To this he could not assent . It appeared to him at once unreasonable and uncharitable , and believing that thousands who did not abstain were good and conscientious persons , he must dissent from those who would thus charge them with a direct aud wilful violation of the law of God . He concluded his excellent address by expressing a hope that every speaker would express his sentiments fully , and that whatever remarks might fall fjoin the lips ol any advocate , would be received with propel kindness aud becoming forbearance .
Mr . Thomas Levens then came forward to mov < the first resolution . Mr . Levens is a young man whe is a practical illustration of the excellence of tern perance principles , and has laboured with much lea and energy among the outcasts of Erin . He Bpoke o the evils and miseries of intemperance , and of th < incalculable good which would result from tbe universa adoption of habits of sobriety among the labourinj classes . Mr . Levens also pointed out the fallacy 0 supposing that strong drink was necessary to enable 1 man to perform his daily labour . He said he had beei a teetotaller for five years , aud he bad taken some pain to find out whether ha could do his ¦ work a * well with out those liquors as with them ; he had carried oats and corn , and deals ; and he had been employed in ai oil mill for sixteen or eighteen hours a . day for a lorn time , and be could say , with truth , that be was mucl better without stimulating drinks than with them Mr . L . was loudly cheered on the conclusion of Mi address . The resolution was the following : —
• ' That , deeply deploring the physical , mental , social and moral effects of intemperance , aud rejoicing in to success with which it hag pleased Almighty God t < favour the exertions of Temperance Societies h America , Great Britain , and Ireland , this meetim resolves that it is highly desirable that a Catholii Total Abstinence Society should be formed for Hull am its vicinity , to be called the Catholic Total Abstinent Society of Kingston-upon-Hull ; and that such socitt ; be now formed accordingly . " The Rev . Chairman , with a few appropriate remarks , then introduced
William J . Read * , Esq ., tbe friend of Fathei Mathew , to the notice of the meeting . The respectei gentleman ' s reception was mos . t cheering and enthu siaatic , ; and - ie continued to address tbe largi assembly ; rin- a strain of forcible and manli eloquence which we have seldom , or , perhaps , neve : heard equalled on a temperance platform . He apoki of the kindness he bad received from their reverenc pastor , and of the anxiousnesa which he on all occasions evinced for their spiritual welfare , assuring then that he was as desirous to promote the spiritual wel fare of his flock , and to benefit their condition ai Father Mathew himself was those more immediately under his charge . Ho then adverted to some of the good qualities of Irishmen , and showed how all ii
defaced and blasted by the use of whisky and other in toxicating liquors . He took occasion to call to theu recollection tbe time when they left tbe land of theii birik , and the hopes they had of one day returning t < it again , and of mingling their dust with the ashes 0 their fathers , and he asked them bow this wish of thci : hearts waa to be realised unless they became tota abstainers , and thus learnt to form sober and indus trious habits . Mr . R . adverted in Btrong and eloquen langnage upon the claims which their holy religioi had upon them , and that especially in a country wber < "Catholic" was bat too often employed as a term 0 ] reproach . They were bound so to act as that theii religion should be acknowledged good , and that theii
priest should not be compelled to feel ashamed of tin conduct of . hia flock . Mr . R . detailed at considerable length the' benevolent operations of the Rov . Fathei M * thew , and gave several pleasing fact * in illustra tion of the good effects in the sister country , by tht spread of the glorious reformation . He said it Wat painful to him to reflect that much of the misery ¦ whicl : was to be found in bis native land , and among tbe inhabi tants of that land , who were sojourners in England , was to be attributed to the habits of inteinperanct which they had unfortunately contracted . He once heard the great and good Father OLeary say , thai he believed that when Irishmen came to Enjr land , they threw » 11 their virtues and all theii regard for their religion into St [ George ' s Channel , aac
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ne knew that when they got here , il fch « y dfd Tmfc se « the head of St . Patrick or of Daniel O'Connell orer a public-house door , if they bad a shilling , in they must go andopend it for the bonou * , of their country ., The whole of this gentleman ' s address breathed ' * , | mljchrMtian ;« pirit It was fraught * thT 3 ia > * ta £ <* argument which was bost calculated to maka an hapttQ ion on bUcountrymen , and the plaudits whichfollow ^ every menttonof Ireland , and even , reference t © th « Catholic religion , plainly evinced , that U » gems of real patriotism and genuine piety are to be found ia those exile * from their fatherland in rich profusion . Thi speech referred with an honest pride to the part taken
by the Catholic societies ia -linden , ia the aplendid procession on Whit-Monday , and in alluding to tbv union of all religious denomination * to . thaieniperan $ « cauje , he paid a just tribute to tbescProtertant frieuda who had accordingly assisted ia aiding the imnwnae labours of Mr . Mathaw , and stated that it vas a warn * hearted Dissenting Minister who fint led that venerable mu into the field of temperance . labour ,. "which has jrince been attended with such unexampled Euocedi . Mr . Ready finished , his address by an earnest appeal fc > bis fellow-countrymen to aign and keep tb / B ^ pledge , ami sat down , after seconding tUaresoijrtioa , ami * to * most ; rapturous bants of applause . ¦ ,,-, . ., ¦ „
Mr . T . B . Smith , oq rising a&tha Teeniest of tb * Chairman to support the resolution , < was redved ia A manner -which clearly evinced the esteem invrbich . he iB held by those , of whose sacrad and civil right *; fae bU ever beea the fearless and consistent advjecate . Mr . ; B . was suffering from a severe cold , and thk , united ' with the powerfully excited feeling * 'underrwhicb he wit evidently labouring render- him almost isaudible to ; a considerable portion of the audience . > He cowmenciid by saying , that be then stood in the proudest : position which ik had ever been bis lot to ocoopy ; and < ve happen to know that these were » oi -words of cousb
We believe , we may safely say , that in / fbe fonnatioa ef the Cath » lie Total Abstinence Sodety of , HaU , ike first wish of his heart was gratified .- Be pro < £ eded to state some of tbe lofty claims which the Tempefcint * cause has upon the support and countenance of . even / good man ; ha drew the attentlofl ef Us hearer * tn t ) i « design of the Almighty in the creation of the huofett race , and of the dire desolation ' which , in man / respects , intoxicating liquors had produced ; an * wit * proceeding to descant en the imiMD ^ a capabilities i > f the human mind , when it became eviaeiifc / that Jto immediste adjournment must take pitto * fa caMcu ^ enef of the crowded state of tbe room . M * ^ mi& , at «) & *« , 1 of
acceded to the propMal . * w a posj ^ ofienuot h ^ % i »* a - marks to the following ^ eveBiHg 4-, juid >^ C ^ u ^ lj& * . - concluded tbe business of an evening 4 itot , wiH Ibe ^ i ^' * 1 rememberedby inviting # 11 ifbaWry disposed to ^» ' I the propr iety ofsigning j ^ ple « l ^ into-coni \ d » ra ^ $ I , ^ to gty « 1 iintieVn « h « s-i ! epito *^ cretftri ^^ 1 the closing of the doors , one bundied , and thirtj ^{ giift » .. - f tures were enroUod . - ¦ .-.. ' . " . J .
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" ¦ . j ' - - ¦ . . -V - . .- . , : ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ - : ' > ADJOURNED MEETOf 0 i ^ ; : - On Thursday , the town wa » : ' placsi ^ ' !^ iitir . 'W * bills , announcing that tbe adjourned meeting * Vr quid pV held in the School Room , at half-part si * o'clock '; and , notwithstanding the unfayotttable state bf'tb ' e : wealhir » and the rain which fell incessanOy the whole aft | pnoon , such was the interest excited , that soon after the time appointed the room became densely crowded In every part . ' ' " . ' The Rev . Phairman , in opening the proceedings ' of the evening , congratulated the meeting on the riumbert who had felt inclined to attend , and said h « trusted'tliai the utmoRt order and good feeling would prevail . He should , in ; the course of the evening , have some remar ^ ka to offer them ; but at present he should call upon Mr . Smith , to whom he would apologue , bat he ; kiie-vir U was unnecessary , for the interruption he ha 4 " » 4 » & ^ d on the former evening , : to iesunie his remarks in sup . port of the . resolution whicb hsul heen . ; . tt | 0 y « C * P ^ seconded . ' ¦ : ; ' . . : ' ¦ ¦¦
Mr . Smith , on presenting himself fa thft ^ mefetlhgk was loudly cheered . He said he was , m ost 4 « i > py > 'to meet them again , but , indeed , Jie could not comply With the request of the . Chairman to continno hje EBinarts , as he had entirely forgotten what * n the former occasion he had intended to « ay . He felt , however " , { SrOad of the position in which he found himself plated , andt lrhen he considered the importance of the total abstinence principie ^ -when he recollected the dignity of man , and the end for which his-Maker designed bhu , he was most anxioua' that that holy canse > h « nta ; b « taken up on hi ^ i and' holy ground . " f O tbit ead ; It Wat necessary that it ¦ ¦ should .-D ^ . foste ^ ed ' iby tfie 1 rart 4 tt ) S > , sections of the Christlian Church , and atwmgst tliem ajfr he ( Mr . Smith ) bad baen most desirous that the Catno *
lie section of that Church should occayy her proper station , and take tbe lead in this good work . When liecalled to recollection the effort * made by he ? in pist ages to Christianise and civilise Europe—when ^ ha thought of the . pious labours-of St . PoUic aud'Si . A . 6 » - tin , and the host of worthies whose labours had < $ spersed the nlghii of ages , he mpt confess that , though a Protestant , he felt a thrill of glowing enthusiasm , and a most ardent -desire that the Catholic CliuTch might take the lead In this grand moral movement . Judge then ( Baldtllr . Smith ) the delight , wfth which I Teosired the news' of the unexarBpfea snc « ess of | h « Rer . Father Mathew in the sister lani , when I hevd of his proceeding from hundreds ; ' to ^ thou « iuid » r »^ thence to hundreds of thousands , and" from tliat to
millions , I did feel that the cherished wish orniyheart waffrealised . Mr . Smith went on , at eonBldtraWe length , depicting the horrors of intemperance , and the blessings of sobriety , illusUatlng his remarkc by comparisons which elicited frequent tokens of arpprol )* - tion . If , said the speaker , this town was sttrrcSairek ^ :. brwdl » ,- » nd is « a « ay -art «^ t . yoo » g ^ -ao ^ q ' t ^ l kaew woula . 'Jf he could gain adralBSloUi hunr an # derastato jqur chapel , the residence of you » jtrie » t , kc ( i youf domeftfe homes , would y 6 * Ji 8 jteii to ari ^ mkn-V&H / mafcaiy , " Let the enemy iiifltfte ^ W 6 f * - ' : f ; i : ¦ yuj . «* U * i > eken gentleman , but Aotht you i ^ rfffTWi tob'fai- "' Yon wonl « iwt . Biben sach'Ba « cfl > 5 i
^ ^ vronld say the man who gave it ' -mm aTO ( Wm « n-of a traitor , and you would shut the gates , plant the cannon , and do all in your power to keep the insidiou * enemy from obtaining an entrance . And just such as enemy is intoxicating drink ; it cornea with fair pretences , but let it gain admission , j md ho will destroy your body , the domestic habitation of the mind ; the understanding , the residence Of tll ' at intelligence , which is tho precinct of the soul ; and your immortal spirit , which your God designed to be an holy temple for himself . Mr . Smith sat down amid continued applause , and the resolution was pat and carried unanimously . :
Tha Rev . H . Newshah , the Catholic priest of Heclon , rose to propoae the second resolution . Be said that he had expected that he should have bad the pleasure of meeting them at a good lively tea party ; but he -would pledge his word that ttiey should have one before long . It gave him the most sincere pleasure to meet them on the " presentoccasion , Whea they had met to advocate the cause of temperance . He spoke with much feeling in reference to the miw * k < s occasioned by the vice of drunkenness , and related somst striking facts in corroboration of his positions . -Hi . N . went on to speak in high terms of the exertions of the Rev . Father Mathew , and addressed himself to tb » Irish portion of the audience , in a way -which waa calculated , in an eminent degree , to interest their feeling * , and to excite in them a strong desire to partici in thfe
pate blessings produced by j torn perance . He especially congratulated the meeting on tbe introd ^ e * tionof the comforts of life , and some of its luxuries into Ireland ; instancing , as an example , the wt-arinc of ribbons in the bonnets « f the females ; hm hoped the day would soon arrive when , every Irishwoman canld have her head adorned with this iijjf . epiece of becoming finery . Mr . Noweham snbgj&i ** the following resolution to the mee (* afc . te . ^^ jf jj £ | , ' bad been received with . unniiifTntiaJ j ^ o 1 sja » jtt ^ T t XWJ 1 M ) aA , - " That this meeting o ^ ms tth ^ gWy *« teajtoi ^« Q « situation of preddentshouldhefllledlqrtiBfre ^ ehtprkife and in accordance with this conviction ,-most respect / uSs ^ requests the'Rev . J . Render to accept the imptotgHp ^ : oftice of President of the Catholic Total Abntio ^ m ^^ Society of Kingston-upon-HulL" ' t *• ! v
The Rev . Chairman here rose , and said that he vro *\ & now offer some few remarks to the-meettng . His address was listened to with profound attention , and it contains matter of considerable important * , \ kti Xb % length at which we have already jfirey tin * tepbrt precludes the possibility of our Inserting iisJfc foil j vre a »» unwilling to mar it by mutUutioik' - ^'^ ' - *;? - ' v ^ - * '"' The address was foilowd wflSb trenHmdoui ' ri&tfSm tinued cheering . .- - ¦ - - - ¦¦" .: - ¦ ¦¦ ' :- ^ ,..- ; .- ) - As soon as sUence was restored ; # vJ ; B ¥ * JBfJri- « 6 « ., . •* rose to second the motion , which h « did jd a j&mWoT
and eloquent spaech . The 8 peech , ^ wBefct ev ^ snihr was unpremeditated , occupied more than an hour i « the delivery , and -was fraught with cWr irgutaeii * , eolid reasoning , and correct dednctlona i ^ om aukn « V ledged truths . To attempt an analysis w » nli onl « be t « do the speech injusUee ^ j and we dnlyV therefore , express a hope that , at bo dtetarit period , brmaybe induced to revisit , and delftht iritfc # * jeidquence , tbe temperance societies throughout the kingdom . At the request of the Chairman ( Mr . Newsfaam hatiM declined to do so ) ,
Mr . T . B . SMITH distlnctty Mad th « tesolrttion , and put it to the meeting , when a forest , of hand * we . e held up in its favour . Mr . Smith , then , In a few appropriate words , presented the presidency to the Chairman , expressing , at the same time , his lively hope that the Society might be the means of effecting much good , and that th « Catholic Church fa-Hall nuVh exhibit , before all , the charitie * and virtues which adorn and beautify the Christian character . Mr . render , in a neat speech ,, accepted tbe offlee to which he had been invited ; and pledged himself to abide strictly by the principle * laid down in tho address . ' • The third resolution , wMcn was merely one of busi ness , was moved by Mr . Richardsok , of Rirton , seconded by a friend from Nottingham , and carried nemcon . ,. . -
Votes of ttanks were given to those Protestant friends who had come fvrward te aid the cause , wfciiih were acknowledged by Mr . R . FIRTH , the wortliy Secretary to the Hull Temperance Society , and the meeting separated . , ; Including both evenings , 195 gave in their nnmea ai persons desirous to take the pledge ; aud it is earnestij hoped that the effects of this grand demonstration wIU be long felt in the town of Hull . - Votes of Uianks were given to those Protestenl friends who had come fvrward te aid the cause , wfci < Sh were acknowledged by Mr . R . FIRTH , the wortliy Secretary to the Hull Temperance Society , and the meeting separated . , ; Including both evenings , 195 gave in their nnmea a * persons desirous to take the pledge ; aud it is earnestly hoped that the effects of this grand demonstration wIU be long felt in the town of Hull . -
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On Tuesday evening last , a lectare was delivered at the Music baloon , ; iieftdsv ^ M ir .. T . Spenee ^ on the evils of the Legislativ © Un % ^ between Great Britain and Ireland . A dronkc * fellow , whoai the greater part of the well- conducted audience thought bad been sent into the ¦ room by the enemies of Ireland , began to interrupt the proceedings . ' The audience treated him with great good humour at first , but in the end he became so obstreperous that it was found necessary to put him tut . There-were about 400 persons present .
The Lecturer ( on being introduced to the meeting by Mr . Thomas M'Logblin , an Irish operative , who took the chair on the occasion' ) was received with great cheeriDg . He began by stating that were his lecture open to discussion , he had no doubt that he should have had to combat with much special cavilling and probably with religious hostility . He was well aware , that not only the government , but the local authorities , narrowly watched everything connected with the advocacy of the repeal question ; and he e hould therefore steer clear of anything that was calculated to give her Majesty ' s Attorney-General the least hold upon him , and confine himself to truths that he would defy the utmost malignity of tho enemies of Ireland to contradict .
He wished they had a more efficient advocate upon this occasion , and that political information , 80 that they might understand tbe question , was more widely diffused than at present . The great mass of the evils with which the people of England , and Ireland , and Scotland were afflicted , arose from ignorance and depravity ; and it was now frequently declared that none of those bickerings and iil-feelingB which had so often marked their conduct would have existed , had they been enlightened by political knowledge . So accustomed had the people been to degradation , that it seemed almost impossible to excite agitation in such a fitagnant pool of humanity . Had the national mind been invigorated by activity , the present
distresB would never have occurred , and there would not have been so many decided enemies to the repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland . ( Cheers . ) The hell-devised schemes put into execution to rob Ireland of her Parliament , filled his mind with horror and indignation ; and so it should that of every individual who had the welfare of his country at heart . The diabolical machinations to rob &er of her domestic legislature , should caJl not only upon Irishmen , but upou . Englishmen too , to strain every nerve to do her justice for the atrocities she had suffered . The sacking of Rome by Alaric cand Anila fell short of the horrors perpetrated in Ireland to deprive her of her independence -Treachery and faaaticism , and midnight asaassmation
were tnd-under the mantle of ministerial d $ sp 6 ii 8 m « Religious animosities were kindled in to ' a stated inextinguishable fury—Catholic was s » t again * Protestant , and Protestant against Catholic- * -ai « they crimsoned the shamrock with the gore of her children , and made the daisy drink the blood of the best and bravest of her heroes . ( Loud cheering . ) Oh ! tell it not in Gath—proclaim it not in Askelonthat a band of foreign mercenaries were let loose upon the modest daughters of Ireland . The daughters of Erin had shed tears of blood ; and then came tbe English , like felons in the night , and stole away the gem of Irish liberty . ( Cheers . ) Before he proceeded at any greater length to animadvert upon the designs of the Ministry of the day , he . should refer
to facts in support of his assertions which were beyond the power of contradiction ; and in so doing he should be obliged to read a considerable portion of the means resorted to -to deprive Ireland of her domestic Legislature . [ The Lecturer here began to read from a written paper . ] He would demonstrate that England had no r % bt ot conquest over Ireland , and that tbe latter had always been an independent nation up to the passing of the Union . In the year 1614 , the distinction between Irish enemy and English subject was first put an end to ; and then it was thax the title of King of England and Ireland was recognised . There had been * o
conquest befexe that period , and no demand of a role over the Irish as subjects . All ancient documents attested there had been neither submission nor recognition . In the year 1246 , the first documents he referred to originated . In that year , the Irish had asked to be recognised as subjects of England , rknry 111 . granted their request , in order to ensure them protection and tranquillity under the laws of England ; but the English did not like this , because it would free the IriBh from their exactions , and they had , therefore , rendered the intentions of Henry nugatory . In the year 1278 , an oS ' er was made by the Irish to pay 8 , 000 marks for
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the enjoyment of English laws . The King issued his mandate accordingly ; but little good was the ;*« rel $ « The death ofEail Desmond at length affovdejcl an excellent opportunityf for tranquUlising trelaad ; , but Elisabeth thought otherwise . She thoaghfcj Ireland weald then acquire power and n $ « 5 * WtfiTeroaps * caat herself into the arms of * forogJLpower , or proclaim herself an independent state ; * he , therefore , said , "Let us connive at her disorders , and then she will not be able to detaoh herself from as ?¦ and that policy had been eontinued up to the present hour , ( Cheera . ) This policy had found its way into the English Parliament ; it was this policy that kept her weak and amded—a policy as much alive to day as in the
reign : of Queen Elisabeth—nee * he instance Scorpion Stanley and hii malevolent supporters ! ( Loud cheering . ) The right of Ireland to » Parliament had not been controverted . In the reign of Edward the Third , an attempt had been made to eall Irish members together ia England ; but the Irish took eaxe . to hinder them from voting money , and the attempt failed . Up to the reign of James the First , the Irish had desired to be governed by British lawe , « ut had failed in obtaining the accomplishment of their wishes . During hia reign a plan was formed to plander the Irish ; and the atrocities committed m that unhappy coantrj wemsttch as to strike every one with horror . The CfflUfcoell was set against the O'Neile—the legitimate-against the
illegitimateind the lawful heir of Tyrone waa declared to have orfeited his rights because of his resistance to usurpation . The whole land was crimsoned with Ireland ' s best Wood ; and its submission was not obtained by conquest or the field of battle , but by cruelties bo dark that those practised by the Spaniards in South America appeared mild and moderate when compared with them : and the truth of this was established , not by Irish historians , bnt wr the writers of the ascendant party , and who charged them with the greatest crimes that ever afflicted humanity . Little was left for the English Sovereign to rale over but dead carcases . The * ari of Essex invited one of tb © chiefs , O'Neile , to vjsit him , and the ; passed their days together in ftiDim incuuviiip neiie
^ & «*» . y : waa tnen arrested by the Earl ' s order ; his friends were put to the sword before his face , and even the women and children were not spared ; % nd he aad his brother were sent to Dublin , where they vwere cut into quarters . O'Keile 'died universally beloved and universally regretted . Scenes 1 like these continued to be acted frem 1580 to 1530 ; andVhat the J lHUJrd left unfinished , famine completed .. Such SS ^ HjwworB of the time , that , according to ' " MWtMon chudrcn were seen feeding upon , the d » ad Efeliea of their mothers ; and thousand * died with their mouths eolour « d greon from casing Wittes to save them from starvation . The EngliBh historian , Davies , says they were as it were brayed in a mortar with the sword and with
famine ; and another historian says they devoured one another , so that in a Short time that fertile country was altaiest devoid of man and beast . Men , women , and children were thrust into castles , which were then Bet fire to" , and those who attempted to esoape were immediately piked by the soldiery Theypfged young children , saying that if they lived they would grow up rebels ; and many children were found hanging in trees , being suspended by their mother ' s hair . It was by such means as these , that English powor waa established in Ireland . It was by cruelty and plunder , not by conquest . England had no claim over Ireland , unless crimes like these constituted a claim . There was no claim over Ireland before James the First , who was Kins
of both -coBHtnes , each having a Parliament . He should pass over that reign—a reign of plunder and crime—he should pass over the crimes of the Stuarts , and come down to the year 1788 . Shackled as the Irish were down to this period , yet England had not a shadow of elaim over them , except that the English sovereign was a ^ o sovereign of Ireland . They were separate and distinct kingdoms ; and the act passed subsequently , compelling the laws of England to be observed irf "Ireland , waa an act of usurpation . The Act of 1788 gave some scope to Irish prosperity , and the wealth of Ireland flowed from Ireland ' s independence . Free-trade wts extended by this combination of the people and the Parliament of Ireland , and this principle ef justice
—free-trade—was introduced in 1788 . So early as 1782 , Ireland had worked out the principle of her Parliamentary existence ; H Was extended throughout IrelandJn that year , and never was any change made by any nation so honourabl e and so complete ai the change then made . That change waff the perfection of haman patriotism : and afforded an example which he should be glad to see the world imitate . ( Cheers . ) It was a . treaty solemnly made with the governing powers and founded on a royal message , delivered on the 16 th April in that year . If ever there was a solemn treaty eacred in history that was
one . The Parliament-of Ireland , in reply to the royal message , assured his Majesty that the people of Irelaad were a free people . That on the connexion of the two countries the interest and happiness of both depended ; bnt that Ireland was a . separate kingdom , and that none but * hd King , Lords , and Commons of Ireland were ''bmpetent to bind the nation . < Loud cheering . ) / bis could be done by no other Parliament than the , Parliament of Ireland . This right they claimed , as their birthright , and which they said , they would Xot leave but with their lives . Many , they had aO heard , had been the jiolation oT treaties
W ^^^^ M ^^^ ^^^^^ iSms ^^ miWJ ^ gone •© far w t » fmfXS ^ -mtkUpa ought nof to be kept with Irish Papis ^ p . The eharter of 1 7 « 2 waa the Charter of the people of Trerand . It waa their Charter then—it was their Charter still ; and never could ifc"be blotted out . ( Cheeru . ) It was assented to by King , Lords , and Commons , and it ought never io feave been abrogated . No nation ever advanced so much as Ireland did from 1782 to 1798 ; and they had the testimony of Lords Clare and Plunkett , and a Itost of others , to prove this assertion . It was likewise proved by statistical returns . The consumption of tea had increased eighty-four per cent , during that period in Ireland , while in England it ahd only increased forty-five per cent . The increase in the consumption of coffee in England , during that timewas not half what it bad been in Iroland
, but since the Union Ireland had declined both iu prosperity and in freedom . And how had the Union been carried ? By promoting religious differencesby fermenting rebellion—by seiting Catholic against Protestant , and Protestant against Catholic . They had converted Ireland into a universal Bedlam , in order that they might assume the office of keeper , and torn it ta their own account . At the time of the Union , the debt of England amounted to £ 420 , 000 , 000 , and that of Ireland to only £ 25 , 000 . 000 ; and yet they were called upon to baud over their resources to their oppressors . The Union was carried against the wishes of the people of Ireland . The number of signatures to the petitions against it were very great ; while those
obtained in favour of the Union were few in num her . In the year 1799 , when the Act of Union was carried , there were 114 , 000 troops in Ireland , to overawe the population ; and 16 , 000 moro were added two years afterwards . Rebellion had been at length brought about by tyranny , and it broke on-. among tho Presbyterian population of Ulster . Tho firee quarters aud the pitch caps inflicted upoh tho peasantry by the satellites of Goveiumeut shewed tbe powers possessed by a licentious soldiery , and Abercrombie found tha army formidable to every one but the enemiei of the country . The ark of the Union had been floated into tho templo of the Constitution in a sea of Irish blood . No means were spared to carry it into effect . Out of the 300
members in the Irish Parliament , 120 were opposed to it ; and of those who voted for it 116 were English placemen , who had not a cabbage-garden or a ridge of potatoes in the country . ( Cries of ' Shame , " and laughter . ) Grattan had since accused Castle reagh of having said that he had given £ 3 , 000 , 000 to carry the Union , and the Irish hero had not contradicted this statement . The Government had ¦ bribed their supporters with four marquieatee , six earldoms , five viscountries . A large number of -barons And baronets were also created ; while the aumier of , commissions in the army , aad other 'Plates ^ conferred upon their supporters , were almost incredible . Forty-five peers were paid £ § . 000 each for boroughs ; and it was by corruption" upon this
enormous scale that the Act of Union was at length carried . The taxation of England since the Union had beqn as twenty per cent ., while in Ireland it had neen as eighty-four per cent . ; and that , too , « po » tb ^ e necessaries of life .. At the same time the conjumjation of necessaries , which , before the Union , increased mudji more than in England , immediately began to fall off , and came short of the consumption in England . Siuce the Union , the consumption of tea had increased in England twenty-five per cent . ; in Ireland twenty-four . Coffee had increased eighteen hundred per cent , in England , while in Ireland the increase had been only four hundred ; and the same disproportionate consumption occurred with a variety of other articles . [ The Lecturer here quitted his " written document , and resumed his extempore addresB . ] He felt certain that his hearers must have felt sick at heart in
listening to the details ho had just read to them . Who were the cnief actors iu these tragic scenes ! They were the most profligate and abandoned Ministers Chat ever disgraced the human form—the ravenous htena Cftstlereagh , and that imp of corruption , Pitt . CCfSeera . ) He considered his tongne polluted even bjjfche mention of their names . Now that their evil doings were made manifest , and that their deeds of darkness had come to light , he felt convinced that all well-meaning Englishmen and Scotchmen would be indignant at their machinations , and tho tyranny and insults of which they had been guilty in his unhappy country . If any reasons could be assigned for their villanous projects , they must be that they were jealous of Ireland ' s growing prosperity , and that they panted for plunder . The time would fail him to tell how the British were guilty of atrocities which God forbad and men shuddered at—how they compelled many « f
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 7, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2709/page/5/
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