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^« xt oTATi October 6 , 1849 4 THE * TAPTTTflRN STAK . > **» . ¦ : ¦ ¦ i
P ?H Ba E'S 0f Feargus O'Comor, Esq., M.P.; Thojus Slisgsby Dtojcombe, Esq.; And All The Otiier Patriots.
P BA S 0 F FEARGUS O'COMOR , ESQ ., M . P . ; THOJUS SLISGSBY DTOJCOMBE , ESq . ; AND ALL THE OTIIER PATRIOTS .
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MR . SAMUEL BOOXHAM , has on AU . Sale a laige stock of that splendid lithographic Portrait of the ^ People ' s Cl . amiuon . P . O'COSXOR , BaQ ., M . P ., by Mr . T . JJabiw . Also a . few dozen of that beautiful steel engraving of the likeness of T . S . DUA'COMBE , ESQ ., M . P ., wliich he wishes to uisnofe ol Fortrastsof all the other PATRIOTS , and Books of every description , forwarded to any }« rty , by making application to Samuel Boonbam , 144 , lligh Holborn . X . B .- ! fhe Northern Star newspaper , forwarded to alt parts of the Kingdom , by enclosiug five postage stamps , or 5 s . Cd . per quarter ia advance .
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THE LASD ! THE LAXD ! \ TO BE SOLD , OR LET FOR A -1- term of three or five years , the Right of Location to a four acre allotment at 0 * 'Connorvillc . For particulars inquire of Thomas Martin Wheeler , O'Conuorvillc , near Sickmansworth , Herts . All letters to contain a postage stamp for reply . T . it W . has a vacancy for one or tivo lads as boarders , orfc a single wan or woman as a lodger . J ? or terms apply as above
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CAUTION . RUPTURES PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS 1—Db . WALTON DE KOOS , 3 , Ely-place , Uolburn-kiU , London , still continues to supply the afflicted with his cdebrated care for Single or Double Ruptures , the efficacy of which is now too well established to need comment It is easy hi application , an J causes no inconvenience . WJ 11 be sent free on receipt of 6 s . Cd ., by Post-office orders or otherwise . Dr . De It . has a great number of old trasses left behind by persons cured , as trophies of his immense success , which he will readily giveaway to those who need them , after a trial of this remedy . 5 . B . —Inquiry will prove the fact , 'Uiat this is the only remedy known , aU others being spurious , useless , and dangerous imitations , against which sufferers are especially cautioned . Hours . —10 till 1 ; and from 4 till 8 . Sfrs . nill , Deal— " I am quite cured of my rupture , and now return my sincere thanks for your attention and are . "
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DALSE'S SCORBUTIC DROPS . A SURE CURE FOR SCURVY , BAD LEGS , AND IMPURE BLOOD . Another surprising cure by means of Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops . DBCLAttlTtOS ae THE CCVBJMAXS OF BKENTT , DETOX . "VTe , the undersigned , solemnly declare , that before Thomas Rollins , { one of our parishioners ) commenced taking "Ilalse ' s Scorbutic Drops , " he was literaUy covered with large running -wounds , some of them so large that a person might have laid Ins fist in them ; that before be had finished the first bottle he noticed an improvement ; and that , by continuing them for some rime , he got completly restored to health , after everything else had failed . He had tried various sorts of medicines before taking
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TRY ERE YOU DESPAIR . HOLLO WAY'S PILLS . CURE OF ASTHMA . Extract of a Letter from Mr . Benjamin Mackie , a respect . able Quaker , dated Crecnagh , near Loughall , Ireland , dated September lith , 1813 . Kespecteo Fwesd , —Thy excellent Pills have effectuall y cured me of an asthma , which afHictcd me for three years to such an extent that I was obli ged to walk my room at night for air , afraid of being suffocated if I went to bed b y cough and phlegm . Besides taking the l'ills , I rabbed plenty of thy Ointment ! nto my chest night and morning .-( Signed ) Benjamin- M _ icsie . —To Professor Holmwav .
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L IST OF BOOKS AND SHEETS mow PDBUsnrso bi B . D . COUSINS , HELMET COURT , 3374 , STRAND , LOSD 05 , ( Late of Dnke-street , Lincoln ' s Inn . )
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O'COMNORVILLE . ' HARVEST HOME ! rpHE ALLOTTEES OF O'CONNOR-1 VILLE , announce to their friends that their annual Harvest Home Dinner willl take place on Monday , October 15 th at One O'clock precisely . Dinner Ticknts , Is . td . each may be had of Mr . C . W . Smith , No . 6 , on the Estate . * F ' O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., the Directors , Julian Harne , aud other friends , are invited and expected to be present .
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mTPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED it WITHOUT A TRUSS 1-A 11 sufferers from single or double Ruptures of every variety , however bad and Ion" standing , may be permanentl y cured by Dr . Barker s remedy , which has been established several years , and acknowledged by many eminent members of the profession , to be the only efficient one extant It is applicable to both sexes of all ages , easy and painless in use , and certain in effect . Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as TROPHIES of the immense success of this remedy , which Dr . B . will willingly g ive any requiring them after a trial of it . Sent postfree , with full instructions , on receipt of 0 s , in postage stamps , or by posUffiee order , by DR . ALFRED BARKER , Medical Hall , 108 , Great Russell-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; where may be consulted daily from ten till one morning ; four till eight evening ; Sunday , ten till one , Medical and Surgical Advice , GRATIS to thepco . - , on all diseases .
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RUPTURE S PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS—Two years' experience in hundreds of cases of every variety of single and double rupture , in both sexes , and in many cases of a , desperate nature , proves fhatDli . BOOTH'S REMEDY is unfailing , not a single instance of failure having occurred . It is most simple , and easy in application and effect , and is conscientiously guaranteed a cure in all cases . —Authentic Testimonial ;— "It is now ten months since I used your remedy for rupture , and I am glad to say I have gone through every sort of exertion without th e least re-appearance of it , "—J . Masters , Mill-street , Bedford . The remedy is sent , post free , with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of Gs . by Post ] OHicc-oi'dcr ( payable at Holborn office , ) or postage stamps , by Dr . JAMES BOOTH , W . Hand-court , Holborn , London . Letters of inquiry must enclose twelve stamps for a reply .
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US' Ao . 5 , or the Democratic Review contains a highly-interesting Narrative , and Explanation , OF THE EVENTS OF " Tue THIRTEENTH OF June . " By Victor Coksideuast , . Revbeseiitative of thf . People , now ready with tiie magazines for october ,
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TUG CHEAPEST EDITION EVEB rCBLISUED . Price Is . Cd ,, A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of tht Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of i » R . O'GONNOITS WORK ON SMALL FARMS Sold by Jv Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , i ' aternoster row , London ; A . Hey wood , Oldham-strcet , Manchester , and Love , aud Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . Aud l'i all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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J . J . C—All right . Air . IVvlie , Busby . —It terminates on November 10 th . Mr . S . Living , Newtown , Ayr . —Five years . All Letters for the N . C . A . Grcenacres Moor , must be addressed to Mr . J . Cooper , secretary , news agent , Yorkshire-street . - J . C , Oldham . —It is contrary to our rule . Mr . E . Scuoixv , Peterborough . —Vfe have the number you require . How shall we send it ? Mr . J doe , Newcastle , begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for the Victim Fund : —\ V . Ross . « d . ; T . 11 ays , ( id . ; J . Pigdon , Is . ; T . Forest , Is . ; J . Brown , Cd . ; M . Judc , Cd . ; T . Nosbit , Cd . ; T . M'Farlane , 7 il . ; Balance from last subscription ; Is . 7 d . —Total : ( is . Sil . deduct Post-Office order and stamp , 3 d ; Balance , ( is . id sent herewith as per order . It . II . F ., Castle Eden Four shillings each insertion . To secure the work enter it at Stationer's Hall . Mi-. G . TooMEjt , Wcdinore—Your letter was not received at this office . How was it addressed ? •'
Notice to the Fihends of Hit . M'Douah ,. —The subscribers being a Committee appointed to receive subscriptions for the support of our well-beloved patriot —Dr . M'Douall ' s family , in returning' thanks to the democratic public for the timely aid already afforded them iu so good a cause , beg to remind them that the time is now rapidly approaching when that bold defender of the people ' s rights will be free . AH contributions will be thankfully received by , and made payable to , Asukew M'Fee , Treasurer , 6 , Augustine-street , lit . . Martins , Liverpool ; Jons Waddeli ., C 1 uutov . mi ; James Meuceu , Geohue Koblvso . v ; jAsiEsSEDitr , Secretary . Leicester Chajitists—George White has received from the Leicester Chartists the sum of Ids ., for which ho returns them his thanks . Ho also received 10 s . the previous week , to be divided with Messrs . West , Donovan , and Mrs . M'Douall , which has been dul y performed , and a receipt returned to Mr . Francis Kirk , the secretary , J . Kershaw , Oldham . —Yes ; General Bern has been in London .
It . Cbanstos , Edinburgh . —Received . In a day or two G J . II . will reply . John AiisOTT—We arc informed that a friendly meeting , for the benefit of this untiring worker in the democratic cause , will take place on Monday evening next , at the Two Chairmen , Wardour-street . We trust that Mr . Arnott ' s friends will rally around him . Manchester . —We liave received a communication from Mr . Jackson , stating , that a member of the Manchester Chartist council is recommended by the said body as a Lecturer , uud that he will in the course of the next few days visit Sunderland , Newcastle , Edinburgh , and Glasgow . Mi-. Jackson has written the name of the Lecturer , hut no one in this Office can read it ; the gentleman , therefore , must be nameless for this week .
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ROMAN AND HUNGARIAN EXILES . The AYhig Ministry are sadl y in want of a principle . Mr . Disraeli in his ' last oratorical display , before the Buckinghamshire squires and farmers , eloquently expatiated on tho inestimable value of a simple and straightforward principle of action to public men . B y its aid the crooked becomes straight , the doubtful certain , and the obscure palpable . Difficulties vanish from before the march of
such men , and animated b y a well-grounded confidence in themselves rhey are strengthened by tho confidence reposed iu their intentions and actions by others . In the course of Mr . Disraeli ' s public career the worth of such a gutdehas , nodoubt , becnfrequcntlyexporienced . Having since its commencement traversed from one extreme of the political world to the other , it may be presumed—or at least hoped—that he has at last found a certain anchorage for iu ' s own political faith—and therefore feels competent to the safe pilotage of tho party which has recently sworn allegiance to him as its leaden It is , however , not with Mr . Disraeli that we have to do on tho present occasion , but
with the Foreign and Colonial Policy of the Russell Cabinet . It is a series of glaring contradictions and political anomalies which give unequivocal evidence of the absence of any clear , decided , or consistent principle of action on the part of the Government by whom it is perpetrated The onl y solution of the riddle we can imagine is , that those two departments of the Government are conducted upon totally opposite principles ; that Lord Grky , the Colonial Minister , is actuated by absolutist and despotic views , while Lord Palmerston , the Foreign Minister , has at least leanings towards a constitutional and liberal policy , which he gratifies in his own peculiar department as often as his colleagues will allow him .
Two recent occurrences will illustrate our meaning , and , at the same time , show the different spirit by which these two Ministers are actuated . When the Roman Republic was infamously and disgracefully crushed by the superior arms and resources of Republican France , a number of the gallant men who had taken part in the glorious struggle for Roman liberty and Italian nationality , sought refuge at Malta , a British dependency , from the infuriated vengeance of the despotic party , whose rateoftn to power
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was the signal for the . infliction of so . many calamities upon the doomed inhabitants of mTmore O'Febrall was for many years a constant supporter of the Whigs in Parliament and had the reputation of being what is called a Liberal . For one or the other of these merits he was promoted by Earl Grey to the Governorship of Malta . It might have been expected that from such a man the unhappy refugees-professing like himself tho Roman Catholic faith-would have promptly and liberally received that shelter and hospi-. „ .... -. „
tality which Eng land boasts of always extending to aU who seek them . But the Liberal Whig Government did not give them this . The unfortunate exiles arrived at Malta ,- in overcrowded vessels , in the sweltering month of July—at a time when the climate ofthat island is almost intolerably hot . Many of them were suffering from the effects of wounds received in the sacred cause of liberty—many were enfeebled by want , and stricken by poverty , for the same reason ; they
were one and all sternly refused a landing on the island ! They craved , then , as a boon , that they might be sent to prison , or shut up in the Lazaretto , in order that they might escape from the vessels in which they ^ were stiflingly pent up , and enjoy at least air and repose . The Whig Governor returned a stern negative also to this request . He would not allow even two of those most severely attacked by illness—or a boy of fourteen—to be landed and relieved .
Having thus done a deed which will stamp his name with eternal infamy , this More O'Ferrall quitted the islaud for the purpose of amusing himself aud recruiting his own precious health in a more northern climate . But lest any of his subordinates might be actuated b y more humane feelings than himself , he left strict orders that any more refugees who might arrive were to be treated with equal or worse cruelty . More did make their way to the
inhospitable rock , under the control of the " liberal O'Ferkall . Their treatment was made public last week , by a Maltese journal ; and while the recital mus t have drawn tears from the most hard-hearted—it cannot but have excited at the same time a universal burst of execration against the wretch who " dressed in a little brief authority , "—has thus dishonoured the country he so unworthily represents , and trampled on the holiest feelings of humanity .
The last comers by the Peloro , were allowed by Colonel Rice Jones—the senior officer , to land and occupy that part of the Lazaretto , called "the Sicilian Hospital . " Those who were in health , were many of them without shirts—many without trowers—all suffering from want of food . Those who were ill were " stretched on mattresses of the coarsest quality , filled with straw of the wsrst description , in many cases too narrow and
short , to allow the body to repose . " " shrivelled arm had scarce ihe necessary strength to dislodge the wtaerous files already settling on their victims . " The " gaping wounds of others —who mig ht have been long since cured under proper treatment' '—met the eye of the visitors —aud they " saw the loathsome vermin crawling over tho bodies of many—some of whom the fate of war had deprived of a limb , and by all of whom tho luxury of a bath was unattainable . "
Private charity was aroused by this lamentable talc , and the most pressing wants and sufferings of the unhappy fugitives were cared for , and relieved . The infamy—the shameis reserved for the Governor , and the Government under whom he acted ; for , it is said , that O'Ferrall did this in obedience to orders from tho Colonial-office ; aud the statement is apparently borne out by the fact that , instead of his being dismissed with disgrace from the position he has dishonoured , Lord John Russell , the Premier , has , in reply to a remonstrance from tho Radical Members of Parliament , absolutel y ventured to justify his conduct .
Now , who were tho parties thus treated ? They were persons who had supported a Government solemnl y and deliberately installed in office by tho recognised Legislative Assembly of the people . A Government whose claim to power was superior to that of the French Republic itself ; and which Joseph Mazzt-u has shown , in his masterly state documents , to have had the confidence and support of the whole population of the Roman States . That the defence of such a .
Government against its assailanis was a legitimate one , was a point upon which there was , we believe , no difference in this country ; and public opinion was equally decided as to the shameful injustice of the French campaign against Rome . But the iniquity of that campaign was not completed until the genius of More O'Ferrall added tho finishing touch . Tho French allowed the Refugees who took that direction to land at Marseilles , on the simple condition of continuing their journey at leisure , and so getting beyond the frontier of France . Earl GiiEi and More ( TFeiiralt
were not so tender hearted . Their victims were kept . broiling on the open deck of a pontoon , or stewed in tho close hold of a coal barge , under tho intense heat of a Maltese July . What a splendid Whig illustration of tho old Whi g toast , " Civil and Religious Liberty all over the World ! " This is the way in which political refugees are treated by the Colonial Minister , and his understrappers , when they fall into their clutches . Now for the policy of the Foreign Minister , in a somewhat similar cj \ se . The combined armies of Austria and
Russia , aided , it is to be feared , by internal treason , ultimately threw the " shadows ,, clouds , and darkness" of defeat on tho cause of Hungarian Independence . After a scries of victories unrivalled in history , its brave and highspirited defenders were compelled to fly before the overwhelming power arrayed against them . Kossimt , Dejibinski , Bvm , and others , whose names will go down as precious hoir-looms to posterity , fled to the nearest shelter . They took refuge under the protection of the Sultan of Turkey . Tho Christian
reposed faith in the humanity , honour , and hospitality , of the Mahometan . There was not even the common tie of religious feeling between those who sought , and those who granted succour and safety . The confidence was nobly repaid . The monarch of a despotic country appreciated the virtues and the motives of those who sought his protection , and treated them with the honour and respect which noble minds will ever show to greatness and goodnesss in adversity . Tho sincerity with which he did this has , moreover , been
subjected to a test so trying and severe , that he might have been almost excused if he had broken down under it . Russia , his ancient foe—who has long looked with a covetous eye on his empire , and hungers for Constantinople as a winter capital—demanded the surrender of the illustrious exiles . Certain death , accompanied by every indignity that the ferocious and despicable Despot of the North could have invented , would have been their fate , had they fallen into his hands . Despite tho magnitude of the risk incurred —despite all the' political considerations which backed the demand of the Autocrat—the
Sultan and his Government have nobly and firml y refused to surrender those who trusted to their honour . Although aware that a war with a powerful foe might bo the consequence , they have defied the Czar and his brute ! Muscovites , and the consequence of their refusal is , that diplomatic intercourse has been broken off , and a war may follow . In this case , however , Lord Palmerston ' s department came into play . Our ambassador to the Porte , Sir Stratford Canning , has t hroughout advised and supported the Turkish IxOTCrmnent in its refusal to give up the Hungarian exiles to the double vengeance of Austria and Russia—yet these exiles were guilty
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of precisely tho same offence as those who sought shelter at Malta . The fortunate difference was , that they asked refuge from Mahometans instead of Christians , and came under Palmerston ' s influence , instead ofthat ot Grey and More O'Ferrall . ' If Russia persists in picking a quarrel with Turkey in this case , we are bound , as an old ally , to support the latter . France , also , is bound by treaties to do so : and wo infer , from the very decided course which the Foreign Office has taken in the matter , that Lord Palmerston , at all events , is not inclined to shrink from the duties these treaties impose upon England . „< r— : „„ i „ « , „ eamo offence as those who
But will the Gre or despotic party allow such a policy to bo carried ' out ? It is clear , from Russell ' s undignified and miserably concocted reply to the remonstrance in the Maltese case , that ho is one of that party . Rumours have long been rife about intrigues for the purpose of ousting Palmerston from the Cabinet ; and we all know that hut for the refusal of Gre y to join a Cabinet of which ho was to he a member , a Whig Ministry would have been formed in the winter of 1845 . The facts we have narrated , respecting the conduct of the two Ministers in very similar cases , will enable our readers to determine for themselves
as to which ought to he deprived of official authority ; but these are not the only facts which show that the Grey influence is in every way baneful and prejudicial to the best interests of the country . At home , the Exchequer is mismanaged hy a brother-in-law of the Colonial Minister — abroad , there is scarcely a colony which is not in a state of incipient or open rebellion , under his sway . The policy of the Cabinet , under the diverse influences which operate upon it , is inconsistent in itself , dishonourable to the nation , and fatal to its interests . If Parliaments were what they have been , an impeachment would , follow the infamous affair of Malta . As it is , the
curse of feebleness and want of principle has fallen alike on Peop le and Parliament . As to the threatening aspect of affairs between Russia aud Turkey , it is probable that a short time will make public the decision of our Government on that question . On Tuesday a numerously-attended Cabinet Council was held , being , we believe , the first since the close of the Session of Parliament . It is stated by the " Times" to have been summoned by the direction of Lord Palmerston for the dispatch of serious business ; and the number of Ministers present proves that they concurred with the Foreign Secretary in his estimate of tho importance attached to the recent occurrences
at Constantinople . The " Daily News" and the "Morning Chronicle" intimate that the course pursued by Sir Stratford Canning has been dictated more hy his own feeling of personal friendship for the Sultan , and his sense of what is due to the honour of the country he represents , than by any positive instructions for such emergencies ; and the Ministerial journal distinctly states , that tho despatches received from him were the sole cause of the sudden and special deliberation of the members of tho Government , who were , at an unwonted season of the year , drawn from their various places of retreat to attend the meeting of Tuesday .
It is to be hoped that the result of these deliberations has been to throw tho weight ol England on the side of justice and humanity . If Turkey is assailed by the Muscovite , either for the gratification of revenge , or under the pretext of demanding tho extradition of the Magyar fugitives , with the view of pushing its long cherished designs of aggression upon a feebler power , our ambassador ought to be empowered to assure the Sultan that tho ancient ally of his country will support him in the struggle ; and at the same time notice of that intention should be given to ihe Czak , backed bv the immediate order of a licet to the
Black Sea . France is equally bound by treaty to support Turkey ; and though tho President of the Republic is a relative of the Emperor of Russia by marriage , and has given abundant proofs of his readiness to become a servile tool of the Northern Autocrat , in the hope thereby of being aided in his attempt to become an Emperor himself—yet we cannot believe that the tone of public opinion is so thoroughly debased and corrupt in that country as to allow it to bo dragged tit the tail of the wouldbe monarch . It has been his own fate also frequently to claim ihe very shclterandhospitality , which Russia demands shall be denied to
Kossuth and his noble compatriots . It is but the other day that he was lounging about the West-End of London—an exile , whoso entrance into the country he now governs , was proscribed . If he forgets that fact , and becomes the tool of despotism , it will , in connexion with his ill-omened Roman policy , seal his fate in this generation , and stamp his character with posterity . His position is by no means assured , and fall when he may , the retribution will be too signal and merited to permit one feeling of compassion for his overthrow .
But France must follow England in this question , no matter what may be tho selfish interests of Louis Napoleon ; and if these two powers fulfil their solemn obligations to Turkey and the world by interposing between the " Northern Bear" and his prey , wchavo no doubt that tho savage and vindictive tone he now assumes will subside into an apology for having mistaken his real position in European affairs .
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mr . fl ^ AAA / tA ^/ iA /^/ VSM ^^ ' ^ Vtn / WV / VlA'UWUV DEPLORABLE STATE OF IRELAND . According to tho newspapers n few wndks ago Queen Victoria was a worth y successor of Saint Patrick , tind effected oiTcsiionding miracles by her visit to Ireland . The " snakes and toads , ' - ' the venomous reptiles ami unclean beasts of modern times , vanished before the sunshine of her regal countenance . Bigotry was shamed out of the Island . Party spirit was buried in the "tombs of the Capulets /' and henceforth , all were to work lovingly together for the elevation , improvement , and welfare of "the gem of the sea . "
We confess that our faith in such marvellous and sudden national transformations is by no means strong , and that tho outpourings of loyalty , and the reciprocal compliments wliich were bandied about , under the stimulus of the Royal holiday-making , appeared to us in the light of an exuberant overflow of blarney , got up for a state ceremonial , when everybody was put upon his best behaviour , and was expected to "do the amiable" before the visitor .
Thcy have taken care to indemnify themselves for the brief respite from mututtl hostilities . Royalt y had scarcely settled itself in its distant Highland home , ere the old plagues were let loose upon the land . The Babel of angry tongues once more arose . The Orangeman asserted his right to shoot Papists—the Paddy McKcwns to form secret societies , and to carry off the crops without paying renttho landlords to clear their lauds of the human
vermin who encumber them , and to seize the produce of their tenants' labour , heedless of aught but the legal claims the y had upon that produce . Mutual forbearance and concessions , with the view of laying the foundation of some mutually-advantageous arrangement for the future , seems to be scotili-d by all parties . They till stand upon their right—or what seems to them such . The problem , how to regenerate Ireland , appears as far from solution as ever .
Meanwhile the Island , with all its noble capabilities , drifts vapidly to destruction . In every department the inquiries of staticians disclose a fearful deterioration in tho condition of tho whole people . Large districts arc depopulated and l ying waste , and a criterion by which to try the state , both of the agricultural and commercial interests of the country , has been just supplied by an article in the " Dublin
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University Magazine . " The quantity 0 f ZT " circulating among a people is at alltnW * fair test of their industrial condition -, „ T the general position of the country ' ^ " fi , that money be principally paper and siiVo , f m Scotland , or nominall y gold , and pap er , 5 deemable in gold , as in England A ! * metallic or purel y symbolic ; it is evident fi so long ns money is the representative an , measure of all exchanges , the amount in , ; , !! , latum aftordsthc best indication of thQ e to which production aud consum ption « proceed . can Iri this respect Ireland i UniversityMaaazbe . " ThRmiW ;* ,. . r """"" - -
presents •¦ «*„ and fearful diminution of producing and chasing power . At the "beginning * f vnL tho total issues of all the banks in r 1 M iJ amounted to 7 , 515 , 414 ? ., against a ^ l ™* gold and silver bullion of 2 , 008 , 012 / \ i than two years the total iBBUo ' ofl ^ nfc ? ' ? has gradually and progressivel y fail ,.,, , S it does not exceed 3 , 833 , 072 / ., aninV amount in ballion of not more thaiif (; jjt --n ? The entire circulation of the country 1 . ''" tracted to half its amount ; and ti . r . ' , ' ? , * silver bullion , which the bank a „ „ m n ? M to keep by Peel ' s Irish Bankin * Ir'XS
as a supposed guarantee for the com- ertibS of their notes , has been reduced bv v 5 ' or upwards of a million sterling , u ' ' " > The worst feature in the case is tho- i been no reactive ebb or flow in the ci rcuit Had there been any oscillation , it Hii ^ ht h ° "' justified the hope that this alarmiu ? , AitS ution was attributable to casual and iluctu * atiug causes ; but the tables published in tho article referred to , demonstrate conclusivel y that the decrease has been continuous ami pro ! portionate during the whole period selected f 0 r comparison . The inference , therefore , is , that
the state of things indicated by these facts ^ organic—that the vitals of the nation are wasting , and that unless tho deadl y influences which operate upon it are arrested " by bold aud . national remedies , it must speedily fall into a state of collapse and death . The state of this country in 1847 , when Peel ' s act of 1844 put the screw upon our industrial interests—raised the price of discounts till the best paper was practicall y worthless and the value of gold was inordinately nagmented—may give some idea of the '
consequences of such a diminution of the circulation as has taken place in Ireland . The artificial scarcity of money created by that measure caused an industrial collapse in England ! Mills stood still—commerce was suspended ' except on condition of ruinous sales—and bankruptcies were gazetted by scores . The country was , in fact , smitten with paralvsis , and a general outcry , from all classes , compelled the Government , by an extraordinary letter , to remove the strangling hand from tho neck of the nation , and allow it to breath again . But in that case onl y 8 , 000 . 00 ( 1 / . of gold was abstracted from our ordinary
circulation for the purchase of forei gn provisions . What would the effect hare been if the entire currency had decreased to the extent of one half ? Imagine the number of hands out of employment—tho shops closed and desertedthe properties worthless to their owners aud unsaleable to others , which such a fact implies—and then conceive tho feelings of those subject to such a state of things , and who see no prospect of this drain of the life blood of tho country being stopped—no prospect , of tangible and substantial improvement 1 . Who is to « ' bell the cat ? " Who will give us a remedy for such a fearful national crisis as those facts disclose ? John O'Conm-. u . —
the dull , prosy and feeble inheritor of a reputation which was bankrupt almost before the grave closed upon its owner—proposes to reopen the spouting shop of the Repeal Association . Fudge ! If his father , in the plenitude of his powers and the strength of his intellect , neither possessed the knowledge nor the ability to raise Ireland from poverty and degradation into an independent and prosperous nation at a time when its immediately available resources were so much larger than they now are , is it likely the mere trader upon Lis ideas at second-hand , the borrower of a popularity not his own will be able to effect anything for it ?
Mr . Duffy calls for hel p from the Priest ? . Fudge again ! lie has no faith in thorn—and they have as little in him . Ireland will never be regenerated and made socially and politicall y free by the priesthood . They are inevitably , from all their associations , and the whole nature of their training , the subjects of a foreign power . They may not bo devoid of an instinctive love for Fatherland—but thev tiro
linked to it by none of the family and domestic ties , which , in the case of other men , cluster round and strengthen that primary instinct . They arc vowed to the Church . Its power is predominant , and whatever measures would clash with its interest—iu the regeneration of Ireland—would , most certainly , be opposed by them . Within . Ireland , therefore , the prospect of effectual improvement is gloomy and cheerlessnoristhe matter much mended when we look in other quarters—Political Economists , laudlords , and lawyers in England , raise a cloud of words from which no substantial result cm
he expected . Every party professes to be wonderfully anxious for the improvement of Ireland , but , somehow or other , they seem to i ^ fc like a crowd when they rush to the door of a theatre—they choke up tho passage , and while all struggle nobody gets in . The Executive Government is not to bo thought of for an instant . Lord Joh . \ " and his Cabinet have been three years in office , and during the wiivic period not the slightest indication has boon "iferod , cither of any conception of tho actual evils of the country , or tho remedies by which they cau be alleviated , and ultimately cured . A series , of miserable peddling and pai . vv makeshifts for the moment has characterised
their entire administration , and looking at ; ! " > mental calibre of thcMiuistry , wo expect nothing else from it in future . " tt ' ho will show us any good thins ?' Who will strike on tho heart * of the empire itt a manner which will cause it spontaneously and simultaneousl y to respond " Thou are tho man !"
Cautioji To Sklleiisof Stamps—By The Now...
Cautioji to Sklleiisof Stamps—By the now Stamp Act , which will come into force on Woih . csday next , tho stamp allowances are reduced from 73 per cent , to li percent ., in consequence of which reduction it has been suggested that seiU'ts of receipt stamps should make a charge for the n ; : ; ier on which they are impressed , as for bill st amps . There is , however , an act of Parliament , unrepealed , which will subject them to a penalty of ^ for every such offence . The fourth section of t . ' ie 9 th of GeovgoTV ., c . 27 is in the following wonls ; - " And whereas it is highly improper that any veww of stamps for receipts should , upon the sale there of , make any charge for the paper upon which su ' - li stamps arc impressed , seeing that such paper is '') this act directed to be supplied gratis by t > *''"'*
nussiouci's of Stamps ; bo it further enacted , ti «« " any pevson ov persons , upon tbe sale of any *> - '" ' i or stamps for a receipt or receipts , shall make v > y charge tor the paper whereon the same shall he i - ' ^ pressed , ov shall , under any colour or uretewo whatever , demand or receive a greater i » ru -u <> v sum than the amount of the stamp duty doi » H ,, - | J ' ' such stamp or stamps , every person so otiW ''" ' ! - shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the ^ - 'J of £ 10 ., to he sued for and recovered , levied , a- " applictl in such and tho same manner as ' •> ' ¦•? penalties ¦ . ¦ . nder any other net oi ' aols ivi : > "¦>' : ! ' ? stamp duties , may he sued for , recovered , ; ' ! " 1 applied . ' ,. i t ir «? ii lit
> . n . . . ' -. By the Death of Geoiigr JIv . nry YVaud , M" Novthwood Park , in the Isle of Wight , a very W property will come into the possession of " Xon- " ' tural 'Ward , " as he is termed , the once well kn 0 « Puscyitc member for Oxford University , who ««; - « scribed to the articles of the Church of Eng l "" " a . non-natural sense , and who , like Mr . Scwniafl j and unlike Dr . Ptiscy , left the Church of Engia" « to join that of liomc . The Rev . Mr . Ward was »' titutc of money when he left the Establish Church , and has latterly been living on £ 100 a-yeai » which he obtained ass to-tov ia a Roman C » tIlo ; v family . lie is now possessed of property wort " * I 0 , « J 0 a-yoav .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 6, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06101849/page/4/
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