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4 the NORTHJEBN STAR, ? ^ January9, 1847...
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DOUGLAS JBRRULU'S WEEK.LT NEWSPAPER. EsLiaonnkni of Ons Thud on thb Mmtiko ot Pa» iuhekt. In order to give ampler space for all the Sews of the Week, including the Debates In Parlii-
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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 13;7.
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4 The Northjebn Star, ? ^ January9, 1847...
4 the NORTHJEBN STAR , ? ^ January 9 , 1847 .
Douglas Jbrrulu's Week.Lt Newspaper. Esliaonnkni Of Ons Thud On Thb Mmtiko Ot Pa» Iuhekt. In Order To Give Ampler Space For All The Sews Of The Week, Including The Debates In Parlii-
DOUGLAS JBRRULU'S WEEK . LT NEWSPAPER . EsLiaonnkni of Ons Thud on thb Mmtiko ot Pa » iuhekt . In order to give ampler space for all the Sews of the Week , including the Debates In Parlii-
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liament—The Miscellaneous Ossurrences—Law and Police Reports—Public Meetings—Foreign Intelligence—Literature—Correspondence—as well as for Original anil various New Serial Articles , the Proprietor has determined to enlarge tli « Paper to the utmost limit allowed by the Stamp Law , and to add one third , or 24 columns , mskinginthe whole Thirry . two P » jes , or Nintty . gix Columns , thus rendering it equal to the Fullest and Largest K « wsp » p < r in the extent and variety of its Hew * of the Week , and till retaining the targe space heretofore devoted to Original Articles by the E . litor , and bis Eminent Literary Colleagues . Price ( a » heretofore ) Smjwh * . Order ot all Newsmen . Town or Countrv , from whom detailed Prospectuses can be had .
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PKICE THREEPENCE . THE DAILY NEWS , London Morning Newspaper , in Time for the Morning Mails . ¦
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Now ready , Price One Shilling . THK SCCOXO E » ITI « K « F MY LIFE , OK OUR SOCIAL STATE , Pint I . a Poem , by ERNEST JONES , Barrister at Law . Pull of wild dreams , strange fancies aad graceful images , interspersed with many bright . and beautifuthoughts , its chief defect is its brevity . The suthort in ^ spirations seem to gush fresh and sparkling from Hippocreiie . He will want neither readers nor admirers . —Af # rn ing Post . It contain * more pregnant thoughts , more bursts of lyric power , more , in fine , of the truly grand and beantiful , than any poetical work , whieh has made its appearance for years . We know of lew things more dramatically intense than the scenes bitweer Philipp , Warren and Clare . —New Quarterly Review . Published by Mr . NewVy , 72 , Mo . timer-street , Caven dibs-square .
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IMPORTANT TO MINEKS . PROSPECTUS or THK MINERS' ADVOCATE
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LITHOGRAPHIC ENGRAVINGS OF THE DCXCOM B E TES TIMOXIA L . R . I AY still be h ; id at th < : OlHct of Messrs . M'GoWasi Avfl and Co ., !< :, Great Windmill . Street , Hajmsvket , London ; through any respectable bookseller in town or country ; or at any of the agents of the XorUiCtti i'tar . The engraving is o ; i a lar ^ e scale , is executed in the most lisislied styk-, is finely printed eu tinted paper , and ; ives . a minute duseViptiuu vi tU « Testiuiv-niul , and h ' . is ( Inscription , ic , &¦ :, engraved uponit . 1 'ItICE POUItPENCE .
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TO TAILORS . LONDON -vr . d PAWS FASHIONS FOB THE WINTER , UHMl . By BEAD a ; id Co ., 12 , Hait-s ; rcit , Eioomsbury square , London ; And G . Berg r , Holj well-street , Strand ; Miy be had of all booksellers , « rb > -resoeVer residing . now readv , B y Ep ; . iobario'i of her Majtsty Qucc Victoria , and iiis Hoyal Highness Frisco Albert , a sp ^ moid print richly coloured ami exquisitely executed View of Jly d Park Ga . -dens , ns seen I ' rcm Hyde Park , London . With this beautitol Print will be sent Dimes , Froek , and Biding Cjat Patterns , the u west style Chesterfield , and the New Fashionable Doubie-brtastcr ! Waistcoat , with Skirts . The method of reducing and increasing them for all siies , explain'd in the most simple manner , with i jut extra Platei , and ran be vasily performed by any person . Manner of making up , and a full description ol the Uniforms , as ;;» u- to be worn iu the Uo ; . aI Navy , and other inlbnaati ' ii—Price iOs ., « rp st-liee lis .
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IMPORTANT TO PHOTOGRAPHISTS . AN application was made on tho ! 2 nd Sipk-mber , to the Vice-chancellor of England , by j ( r . Beard who , acting under a mostextraordiny delusi j . i , considers himseifthesofc pafenfesof the Photographic nracess !) to restrain MR . ESERTON . of I , Temple-strtot , and 148 , Fleet-street , rotn taking Photographic Portialts , which ho does by a process entirclv differeat fro * and very superior to Mr . Beard ' s , and at one-hnlf tfia el . > rge . His ^ Honour refused the application in toto . No liceus n required to practice this praoess , which is taught by Mr . Egerton in a frw lessons at a moderate charge . All the Apparatus , Chemicals , Arc , to bo bad as usual vhis De » x » r . . J , Temple-street , wbitefriars .
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DOMESTIC MONITOR . On Saturday , January tha 2 nd , was published , price One Penny . No . IV . of THE DOMESTIC MONITOR , Or Literary , Scientific , Legal , and Medical Adviser . Edited by Hermes . Contents—1 . Louis Philippe . 8 . Don Rodrigo , the Forbidden Wedding , chapter 4 . Tha Noiegay , Ppetir , Anecdotes , Miscellavy , People's Corner . Accumulation of Capital , the Plethora of Wealih . Correspondence on Scientific , Literary , Legal , and Medical Subjects . Medical Adviser . Practical Observation on Consumption . 8 . Lcgsl Adviser . 9 . Domestic Herbal . The Fifth Number of the Monitor will be published on Saturday , January 16 th , to be continued weekly . Published by E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet Street , and to be had of all Booksellers and Newsvenders . Letters to be addressed , post paid , " Hermes , 31 , Tonbridge Place , New Road .
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A GOOD FIT WARRANTED . * T the great western emporium , 1 . audi , Oxford-street . X * . Ubsdell and Co ., practical tailors , are now making a beautiful suit of superfine black for £ 3 18 s any size ; eidendid waterproof over coats made to order for ' 29 s each ; and youths superfine suits for 24 s . The above house is the aheapest and best in London , for black cloths of everydescription , * s may be seen by several London daily papess of last Julv , September , and November . 3 d Omnihu = es to and from the City , stop at the establishment everv minute of the day .
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RIGHTS OF INDUSTRY . On Monday . Tuesday , and Friday evenings , January Uth , 12 th , and I 5 th . MR . JAMES RltONTERItE O'BRIEN , A . M . will lecture at the Literary Institution , John Street , Fitzroy-square . Subject : '" The only effective means of banishing crime andp-verty from society without violence or wrong to any class ; and of establishing the liberties and happiness of the people upon a safe nnd durable basis . " In the course of lus lectures , Mr . O'Brien will fully explain the syMem of laws upon Land , CciiRESCV , Credit and Exchanges , demanded by the real political and social reformers of the country and advocated in the "National Reformer Newspaper . " N . B . Friday's meeting will be devoted to discussion to which all parties are invited . Admission . Hall 2 d . Gallery 3 d . The chair will be taken at half-past eight o ' clock each evening .
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Now Publishing in Weekly Numbers , Price One Pennv . THE CO-OPERATOR . A Jockmal of Social , IIobal , and Educational SCI £ KCK . This work , which is published in Supe-Royal Octavofurnishes weekly reports of every movement going forward in the" country of a co-operative character with original articles on education , and all social and mora qucstious involving the interests and happiness of the people . Published by S . G . Coi . uns , Holywell Street , Strand . Also Publishing in Weekly Numbers , and Monthly Parts THE FAMILY JOURNAL B-. au-ifully illustrated , as large and elegantly got up as Chambers'Journal , price One Penny , containing a variety nf original romances , tales , and literary , and scientific Eesays . C DirrtE , Holywell Street , Strand .
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Now Ready , a New Edition of Mil . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had at the N . rtliem Star Office , 16 , Great Wind mill Street ; and of Abel Hey wood , Manchester .
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JUST PUBLISHED , No . 1 , ( price Si . ) ot THE LABOURER , A Monthly Magazine of Politics , Literature , Poetry , ic Edited by Fearocs O'Connor , Es « ., and Eases * Jonku , Esa ., ( Barristers-at-Law . ) costemts or no . I . 1 . A Christmas Carol , by Ernest Jones . 2 . New Year ' * Greeting . 3 . The Insurrections of tha Working Classes . 4 . Ireland . 5 . The State of Parties . C . The Romance of a People . 7 . The Trsdes' Unions . 8 . The Land and the Charter .
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NEW EDITION OF TilOM'S POEMS . Just Published , lUiYMES AKD P . ECOLLECTIONS 01 ? A HAND . LOOM WEAVER . By William Thom ( Late of Inverury ) . A Third Edition , Post Svo ., with Portrait , Cloth , Gilt , Price 4 s . An Edition in Demy , on fine paper , Cloth , Gilt Letter and Portrait , 7 s . « d . London ; Smith , Elder aud Co , 6 T > , Cornhtll ; and to bo ; had of all Booksellers .
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SPECIMENS OF THE O'COMORVJLLE PLATE Are now readv , and may be hr . d on application . Countrv Agents aioruquesjed to communicate the name of some London bookseller , by means of whom they may he enelosed-By so doing the expense of postage is sawd , and , what Is ot' much more consequence , the specimens run much less risk of damage in their transit .
The Northern Star Saturday, January 9, 13;7.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JANUARY 9 , 13 ; 7 .
The Transfer. It May Be, And Appears To ...
THE TRANSFER . It may be , and appears to be , that the working portion of the community has not yet seen the effect that a total change in the views , prospects , calling , and speculations of the governing and heretofore dominant class is likely to have upon society —nor is it wonderful that that class should be slow in discovering a fact which does not appear to have struck THEIR SUPER . ORS . In contrasting the position of the new TRADE LORD with that formerly occupied but now surrendered by the OLD UNDLORD , and in discussing the motives by which the latter was ] actuated , and the means at his disposal for good or evil , we have invariably
contended , that , if inclined , he had it not in his power to use the same active oppression towards those depending upon him , whether as tenants or labourers , that is possessed by his new and successful rival . The landlord who oppiesses his tenant , is the EXCEPTION , the trade lord who coerces his overseer—who represents the tenant—is the RULE . If the landlord oppresses his labourer , be pays for bis act in the shape of increased poor-rates and local exposure ; if the trade lord oppresses bis labourer , hi imposes no increased burden upon himself , and is rather an object of class ( approval , than " of local reprobation . Tbe tenant of the landlord has some
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tenure , either by agreement or FAMILY custom to which pride and honour binds the lessor ; the overseer of the trade lord has no tenure beyond the recommendation of tyranny . The house of the labourer of the landlord is as the ivy-shoot , that grows and twines around the old BARONIAL HALL ; bis parish is bis location , and , if driven from his hovel , he takes refuge in the BARONIAL
SERVANTS' HALL . The labourer of the TRADE LORD is as the exotic , imported for the owner ' s convenience , and removed from the conservatory when withered or unheeded ; no refuge from tbe mill of his capricious master . Hence it is clear that the interest of the labourer inclined him to a preference for the responsible ' over the irresponsible master , while , strange to say , the whole tendency of recent legislation has gone to convert the landlord class into a community of active speculators , likely , in future ,
to be actuated by the very same motives that have influenced the trading class . There is scarcely a landlord , or LANDLADY , in England who has not abandoned the cold comfort of four per cent , secured on old rentals , for the prospect of seven , eight , nine , and ten per cent , promised upon railway or other speculations . There are few who , like the Irish landlords , have not sacrificed a portion of their legitimate control over their estates and their clients , to tbe Jew jobber and mortgagee , to secure the means of trafficking in the luring market of
speculation ; and thus , while Sir Robert Peel was truly telling the world that the science of agriculture was only in its infancy , the ' landlords , the natural guardians of the infant , were abandoning the guardianship of their ward to the tender mercies of STEP FATHERS , who have no interest in its wellbeing beyond the security of four per cent , upon the money advanced , and thus it requires but moderate foresight to predict , that the neglect and laches of the Saxon landorld will , at ni > distant period , lead to precisely the same results that similar causes are producing in Ireland .
The straighteifed speculating landlord will speedily lose all interest in the well-being of bis mortgaged tenant ; the tenant will naturally abandon the labourer to his fate ; poor rates , destitution , and want , will increase in proportion to the tenant ' s inability to pay , the landlord will become a confirmed Malthusian economist , not satisfied with ten nor yet twelve hours' infant work , if infant sweat is necessary to oil the wheels of speculation . It is right
the people should be prepared for a change which is sure to come , and it is prudent that the landlords should understand the penalty . To be " fore-warned is to be fore-armed , " and we apprise the English landlords as , iu vain , we apprised their Celtisb brethren , that the inevitable result of the non-performance of natural and social duties will be the demand for the restoration of ( he land to its legitimate purposes , and a more just application of the soil to the daily increasing wants of society .
The laud has not the tenuity of Indian rubber , it cannot be expanded beyond its fixed and immoveable boundaries and mea rings , and , therefore , ita better application to our growing wants can only be secured by a better system of cultivation , and winch can only be secured by the more immediate and permanent interest of the occupant who tills it for his own sole use , behoof , and benefit . The great
value of knowledge upon a social question , especially one only bounded by the confines of earth , is , that when the political mind would be otherwise at sea , and divided between , or distracted , by contending jugglers , of which artful men might take advantage , the social change demanded with one national accord , becomes the rallying point of public opinion and the bulwark of the national forces .
Our warning to the landlords , then , is , that FREE TRADE meant , and means , and is , REVOLUTION , and when the next struggle comes it will be FOR THE LAND , for what excited public opinion may please to offer for it , while now it may be restored to its natural and legitimate purposes in the retail market at what the proprietors , in justice , or even in FANCY , may please to demand . England can boast of no more than THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND landed proprietors ; their monopoly , and
INCONVEN 1 ENT DIVISION and HARSH CONDITIONS PRESSING HARDLY UPON THE MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE ; while France , with not more than double England's population , can boast of FOUR MILLION proprietors ; a change forced by a bloody and sanguinary revolution , and from such and it ? horrors GOOD LORD DELIVER US ; a consequence , however , which our mad aristocracy are sure to bring upon tbeir devoted beads , if , like their Irish brethren , they close their eyes to the signs of the times , and , clodpole-like , refuse to read the HAND-WRITING ON THE WALL" RESTORE OF FORFEIT . "
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POLAND AND GREECE . The Legislative Assemblies of Great Britain and France are about to assemble , when the recent confiscation of Cracow cannot fail to excite earnest discussions , and Palmcrston and Guizot will have to tax their ingenuity to find answers to the queries they are sure to be troubled with . In good time comes a new subject to add to the difficulties besetting the present order of things . A plot has been revealed which shows Austria to be actively engaged in preparing for new-born Greece the fate ot Poland .
Metternich , by the pens of his wretched tools , has attempted to justify the seizure of Cracow . The manifesto of the Austrian Government , and the shameless , lying articles in the " Augsburg Gazette " and " Austrian Observer , " all aftVct to speak of Cracow as an Austrian city restored to its rightful sovereign ; that the independence of Cracow was the ufc and sole work of the three protecting powers ; and that the dominions of the " three powers" were in constant danger from the revolutionary intrigues of which Cracow was the theatre . Such are the pretended reasons for the late act of robbery . But when was the wolf without plausible reasons for devouring tho lamb ?
Metternich , in claiming Cracow from the year of the '' third partit on , " 1795 , forgets to remind the world that before 1795 there was a Poland to which Cracow belonged . He affects not to remember that Poland was a great and civilized nation when Aus tri . t was a contemptible duchy , and Russia an unorganized land of savages . The princely robber has no recollection of who raised tiie siege of Vienna in 1603 , when , but fur John Sobieski , the fiery Turk would have worked as absolute ruin on the capita ) of the Kaisers , as ever was accomplished byMudoor Roman upon Babylon or Carthage .
It ii true , that , in the firat instance , the three powers had agreed amongst themselves by treaty , that the independence of Cracow should bo recognised in preference to its appropriation by either of tliem ; but it is also true that this agreement was subsequently introduced into the general compact of the 9 th of June , 1815 , known as the " treaty of Vionna , " which treaty was signed by the representatives oi England , France , Spain , Portugal , and Sweden , as well as by the representatives of Russia , Austria , and Prussia . Nothing is truer in hislory than the fact that the Republic of Cracow was founded by the eight powers above named , and not merely by the usurping three . 'Hiat the treaty itself proves . But robbers never yet hesitated to be liars , and Mettei nich is no exception to the rule .
It is true that the Cracoviaus have exhibited sympathy for their countrymen when engaged in the holy work of attempting the regeneration of their native land : and for this Metternich denounces
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them as " men without conscience , " and guilty of " ingratitude" to their " benevolent" and " compassionate" * ' protectors ! " Through tbe Austrian Observer , Metternich relates in horrific terras , that" in the course of ten years , no less than tight political murders have been committed in the streets of Cracow ; " adding , in tbe same breath , that " three of the vie ims were recalled to life by the merest acci . dent !"
The five who did not get their recall are named , and it appears were political spies employed by Metternich to entrap victims for his dungeons and his daggers . The wretches well earned thoir fate ; it is only to be regretted that so few of their tribe meet their deserts . Metternich affects a holy horror at " political murders" (!) and this the man wbo commanded the Gallieian massacres ! This hoary plotter against the freedom and happiness ot mankind after covenanting with ruffians to torture and butcher men , women , and children to the number of many hundreds , is awfully shocked that any of his Judas tools should have got their quietus in return for their treachery . Perhaps Metternich believes that "Princes ore privileged to kill ,
And numbtrs sanctify the crime . " If so , old as he is , we hope he will yet be taught another lesson . Hardly has the robbery of Cracow been consummated , when we find the spoiler busy at work in preparing a like doom for Greece . The glorious land , for whose redemption so much blood was shed , is to be Polandiscdl The people whose heroic struggles awoke the sympathies of all civilizid na . tions , and commanded the aid of tho noblest of earth ' s sons—our own Byron amongst the numberare to become the bond slaves of Sarmatia ' s
murderers ! It was the misfortune of Greece that , after she had achieved her independence , she was interfered with , and compelled to submit herself to , a b ooby brute chosen for her king by the despotic governments of Europe . The mischievous idiot Otho has been the curse of Greece from the hour . he set foot upon her soil . After a long career of falsehood and treachery , he was compelled by a sudden and glorious revolution , to forswear his insufferable despotism , and assent to the establishment of a constitution . The people , merciful in their might , forgave the past , and contented themselves with
binding Otho to govern cnstitutionally for the future . But king ' s vows are like dicer ' s oaths , regarded with as much fidelity ; as n matter , of course , therefore , this precious compound of despot and fool has followed the usual kinglyjrule , and * unceasingly plotted against the Constitution he swore to uphold . By the aid of that unscrupulous traitor Coletti , Otho has contrived to render the constitution a dead letter . The consequence has been , and is , military rule , insecurity of life and property , and a state of things bordering on general anarchy . This , it appears , is made the pretext for Austrian interference .
Austria proposes to abolish by force the now constitution and instead to give the Greeks a form of Government similar to tbat of Bavaria and other German states . In order to effect this , eight thousand troops are to enter Greece and remain there for ten years . These troops to be reinforced by some additional thousands , if necessary . It is said that the Biitish Government is determined not to permit this intervention . We shall see .
But whatever part the Government of this country may take , we trust the Greeks will not hesitate as to the part they should take in the event of an Austrian force attempting to enter their country . Better that Greece should become a desert , or once more Welcome back her Mussulman tyrants than bow submissive to the slaves of the blood-stained Metternich . Puland isno more ; Switzeiland . Italyand Greece are menaced with the like fate ; and Guizot and Palmerston "protest "' . Metternich has thrown down the gauntlet ; he has avowed that force is the only law of right acknowledged by Austria . Good . It is "the beginning of the end !"
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WEEKLY REVIEW . The political world presents no new feature for comment . There is , in fact , a lull just before commencing action , though the respective parties are busy enough mustering their respective forces and deciding on their different courses previous to meeting in the fray . It is said that the rumoured ministerial measures for ameliorating the condition of Ire ' and will meet with the most determined opposition from the ultra section of the Conservative party , and also that Lord Stanley ' s acceptance of
t he leadership of the Protectionist peers is to be ascribed to an apprehension entertained by him , and shared in by them , that Lord John Russell contemplates the introduction of sweeping measures with reference to that country . We shall see in a few days whether any of these rumours are correct or not , but in the meantime we can only 8 ay with regard to any great measures from the Whigs , in the words of the old saw , " Blessed are they who expect nothing , for they shall not be disappointed . ' We , at all events , are determined to be on the safe side , and , if surprised at all , are certain to be so agreeably .
The same silence continues to be maintained by the ministerial press as to the Cabinet programme or the approaching Session , as we noticed last week . Is it because ministers have not yet agreed upon it ? There can be no doubt upon one subject , however , and that is , that , treat it as they may , the condition of Ireland is the first question which our
Legislators must take up . There are symptoms that the representatives of that country will present a somewhat united front to the House , inasmuch as a meeting of the Irish Peers and Commoners is to be held in Dublin , a week before the meeting of Parliament , in order to form an Irish party and concert measures for the relief of the island . To this scheme it is said that even the Conservative
members have given their assent , though the proposition in the first place emanated from Mr . Ralph ' Osborne , a Liberal . It is one hopeful sign in that unhappy land , where party distinctions and reli jdous differences lead to so much personal bitterness and alienation , that , at this critical and important juncture , men are laying aside their old animosities and becoming willing to co-operate with each other for the good of their common country . If they do this in good earnest , a glorious dawn will rise upon the present dark and stormv night of Irish misery . A
nation cannot be made great by external assistance . From its own inherent virtues , and the enterprise o its own people alone , can permanent and real prosperity and greatness be evolved . England may help , but cannot create either . That must be done by Irishmen alone . We shall watch anxiously and closely the bearing of the Irish members . If they are up to the mark they will not only carry English public opinion , sympathy , and support with them , hut more effectually bring about the necessary change in the condition of their fellow-country men , than any other party .
But in order to do this , they must pursue a very different policy than they have hitherto done . From whatever causes it has arisen , a social revolution is palpably and rapidly going on in Ireland . Every post brings more alarming and disastrous intelligence . Symptoms of political disorganization are frequent and increasing . Famine and pestilence are always subversive of the settled arrangements of society , and justly so , for they are incontestible indications that these arrangements have outlived their u tility , if they ever possessed any , and that it is time they were replaced by others more adequate to the wants , and more consonant with the interests
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of the community . The wholesale destruction of the potato crop has involved every class of tbe Irish population in ruin . That simple but awful fact is sufficient to show , that , if we would benefit Ireland at all , she must be placed at tbe very commencement in such a position at , that the failure of a single crop of one species of vegetable shall not be followed by such appalling and lamentable results . This cannot be done without the introduction of a new element into the social economy of Ireland . We see what the landlord and tenant system , as it has
hitherto existed , can accomplish . If England is to give Ireland assistance , it should be given in such a way as to leave tbe people in a more hopeful condition than they were at its commencement . To give it for the purpose of propping up a bankrupt system of landlordism—or merely to leave the landlord and tenant system as we found it , would be madness . We must abandon old theories of political economy , as well as old practices of political oppression . The reviving power of a new agent
must be tried upon a body which the old medicines have brought to death ' s door . A new principle must be applied , in order to call forth new tendencies , create a new class , aud by such creation generate a host of new social influences in Ireland . In the introduction of the principle of a proprietary tenantry , in conjunction with a real Poor Law , and a good system of Education , by which knowledge would be brought to the door of all who desired it , do we see alone a way out of the present difficulties of that unhappy country .
On this side of the Channel there is little calling for notice . The advocates of the abolition of Capital Punishments are just now somewhat actively agitating that question , with the view of making it a Parliamentary question during the ensuing Session . Messrs . Oastler and Ferrand having returned from their Scotch tour of agitation on the Short Time Question , will , we understand , immediately agitate Lancashire on the same subject . We hope , with such success that it will achieve a legislative triumph before tbe present Parliament is dissolved .
In anticipation of that event the constituencies of several cities and towns are already engaged in the excitement of electioneering . Manchester has , for some weeks , been occupied by the rival claims of Lord Lincoln and John Bright . The Cotton Lords had set their hearts in the first place on Mr . Cobden , but from some mysterious cause or other they were thwarted in this object . The League Leader professed great attachment and gratitude to bis Stockport constituency and refused the manufacturing metropolis of the world . We have heard other
reasons assigned , such as , that John Bright ' s ambition and his wealth , which latter enabled him to assist his quondam friend and solleaeue in a pecuniary way , and afterwards to make such assistance the means of inducing Cobden to decline standing and thus have the path clear for himself—such is the gossip . If it be true , however , Friend Bright reckoned without his host . A large and influential section of the Manchester Whigs won ' t have him at
any price , and , by way of conciliating tbe support of the Conservative party , they invited Lord Lincoln to become a candidate , one of the " young men" who , as was facetiously and aptly said by Mr . Duncombe , Lard John " asked a loan of" from Peel . We should not wonder to see the Lord beat ; at all events , the mill lord , as a determined opponent of the claims of labour and a bitter antagonist of the Ten Hours' Bill , has no claim whatever either on the sympathy or assistance of the labouring
classes-Westminster is also evincing some premonitory indications of the advent of a new Parliament . Come when a General Election may , it is certain that Mr . Leader , its aosentee representative , will be sent to the right about . There is , therefore , certain to be one vacancy , at least , to fill up . Mr . Charles Cochrane , of " port opening" notoriety , has . seized the occasion to throw himself into the field greatly to the discomfiture and annoyance of the " Westminster rump , " who have so long dictated to the citizens and especially of Mr . Sydney Smith , of Anti-Corn Law League notoriety , who has pronounced Mr .
Cochrane unfit to represent Westminster because his youth is not counterbalanced by a title . If he had been " a Lord" Mr . Smith could have tolerated hi ? presumption . Being only plain " Mr . " his offence is rank in the nostrils of this whilome railer against Lords ! We pronounce no opinion here on Mr . Cochrane ' s claims but will not refrain from saying , at least , that they are immeasurably greater that those of any of the Whiglings who are likely to be his opponents . In other parts of the country similar symptoms are observable of the bustle of preparation for a general election .
Trade contvnuss bad , and provisions go on advancing , the severe pressure of these two circumstances is indicated in the greater number of cases of extreme distress recorded in the newspapers , and we fear long months of privation , suffering , and still higher prices , are before us .
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President Polk Has Been Playing Some Cur...
President Polk has been playing some curious pranks of late , and seems thereby to have roused the jealousy of the European Monarciis , who , fearing they may be outwitted by their Yankee rival , are just now coming out strong in their old characters , as we shall briefly show . In the first place , Louis-Philippe has been enacting the solemn farce of assuring his precious " Peers , " " Deputies , " and the " Diplomatic Corps , " that" Monarchy and Liberty " are gloriously united
in his person ; hence France is so happy , and presents so glorious an example to other countries Just imagine the " artful dodger" of the Barricades , with his tongue in his cheek , uttering these lies with a solemn and self-satisfied air made up for the occasion ; and then witness his worthy comrouges affecting the most honest enthusiasm , and shouting " Vive ie Roi ! " Of all pantomimes commend us to that annually performed en the Jour de VAn at the Tuilerics .
That deleotab ' e bit of Royalty—Isabella of Spain , has been engaged delivering a " royal speech , " stuffed with the usual lies on the occasion of opening tho Cortes . Though notoriously forced to marry her " august cousin , " Don ( key ) d'ASS-is , she , nevertheless , asks for " prayers" to " Almighty God" to bless , her marriage . We refer to our Foreign news for the only points of the speech worth extracting . We may add , tbat her Majesty utters some vauntings respecting the " vast and free field of the Constitution , " which field , however , is neither "vast" nor "free" enough to
admit au obnoxious deputy to the now Cortes . The celebrated Olozaga , who had to fly from Spain in 1843 , in consequence of that famous plot in which the charming Isaballa proved herself worthy of her " illustrious" parents , has been elected to the new Cortes . A few days ago he left France for Madrid with his passport duly signed ; arrived within eleven leagues of Madrid , ho was arrested by a party of civic guards , and has been taken to the citadel of Parapeluna . Here is a pretty illustration of " how they manage things" in constitutional Spain !
The neighbouring kingdom presents a more tragical picture of the results flowing from that blessed alliance of monarchy with liberty , so highly lauded by the "artful doger" of the Tnileries . There we see brother shedding the blood ef brother , and a whole country given over to anarchy , death and mourning , through tbe determination of one headstrong brutal woman to rile as she pleases , in spite of the wants and wishes of the people . The defeat ef Bomfim does not decide * the struggle which may yet cost Douna
President Polk Has Been Playing Some Cur...
Maria dear . Upon her head rests , the blood shed - this conflict , and we hope she will yet have h" * reward . We are averse to capital punishment but if the judgment passed upon Charles 1 st » as , ' righteous judgment as we hold it was , Donna Maria may find in that judgment , a most uncomfortable precedent for monarchs who levy war against th people they should protect , not mnrder . The King of Prussia is as usual very busy wft m ready the " Constitution ; " indeed , some ay , it j ! ready , and baa been seen . We confess we follow St Thomas , we believe when we see ; at present we must class the Prussian Constitution with the " American sea-serpent , " and the "Flying Dutch , man . " We have elsewhere commented on the do , ings of King Metternich .
"Liberty and Monarchy ! " Alas ! the records 0 f the past , and the cvery-day " events of the presea t prove that " The history of kings is the itwtyrohnu of nations ! " Jy ' By the arrival of the West Indian steamer , Cl yde we have news from Mexico . It is stated that Ssvnta Anna had collected 25 , 000 troops at San Luis Potosi and a report was current in Vera Cruz that he had advanced against General Taylor with ten thousand
men , and compelled him to fall back on Monterey the American volunteers being in a state of insubor ^ dination . General Taylor hag attempted to negotiate with Santa Anna for peace , who replied tha t no terms could be listened to whilst an American m >( . dier remained in arms on Mexican ground , or an American man-of-war blockaded a Mexican port . This is important news—if true . We wish our Yan ' kee friends safe home again .
Ireland. Narrative Op Malcolm M'Oregor. ...
IRELAND . NARRATIVE OP MALCOLM M'OREGOR . NO . IX . After I bad unbarthened myself to Mrs . Mahoney , tbe worthy dame insisted upon my taking « a j trong cup of tea , and throwing myself upon the bed , till the Priest would come home . " I did as I was requested , but the horrors of the previous night continned to hannt me . I felt the fatigues of excitement , and could not sleep . When I dozed for a moment , the bleeding corse of the murdered Phelim was before me , the anxious feeble call , the superhuman spring and frantic look of the poor
mother , thrilled in my ear , or were present to my imagination ; while the frenzied look , piteous sob , wild and melodious notes and fairy antics of the lovely Kathleen , haunted me , till at length , unable to rest , and anxious to hear of her and the O'Don . nell , I started from my sleepless bed , and wended my way alone to the house of mourning . As I ap . proached the house I saw the O ' Donnell sitting under the eave , upon a large stone bench , where he told me Kathleen used to knit , and- sing to her mother and Phelim , of a summer ' s eve . His breast was open , and his venerable white locks were uncovered ; he motioned me to . him , and I sat by his side .
" Don ' t go in , " said he , " for the crowner ( coroner ) and Jury is inside . " " The house is still , " I observed ? " Yes , " he replied , " thanks be to God , my only child , now , is getting a sleep ;' ' and he burst into a flood of tears . I endeavoured to soothe him , but in vain ; he wept , and had his cry out , when he clasped my hand , pressed it to his lips , and with his soft blue eyes , still suffused in tears , fixed upon roe , he said — " Stranger , if they should send my grey hairs to the cowld grave , will you promise me one thing ?"
" I will , I will , I replied , mingling my tears with his ; " speak your wish , it shall be a solemn command , and religiously obeyed ; speak it . " " Will you , " said Be , " see that they don't put Kathleen in the ' sylum , and drive her out of her mind , or hurt her when they ' re turning all out after the . berring , for I'll never live to see my fine boy and his mother going from me ; and thanks be to God the craythur lost her senses , as it would kill her ; I ask this , " he continued , " because I see you ' re a friend of that holy and blessed man . "
" My friend , " 1 replied , " your every wish shall be complied with , and as soon as she is well enough , when the sad ceremony is over , the Rev . Mr . O ' Farrell will , I have no doubt , receive her as a welcome guest under his hospitable roof , till you are sufficiently recovered to take charge of her ; " adding , " but let me entreat of you to come in : you are exposing yourself to cold and sickness , by sitting in the air this bitter day . " " 0 as for that , " he rejoined , " my blood is TOO hot , I ' m boiling all over , and its hardly I can bear my coat on . " As he concluded , a number ef persons came out of the house , followed by a very respectable-looking person ; " Who are those ? " I asked .
" Them is the crowner and the jury , " he replied , " they ' re going to hould an inquest upon my poor dear boy . " " Where : " said I . " Below , at the cross , at the Red Cow , a house of the villain ' s that murdered him , " said he . " 0 Donnell , " said I , " 1 * 11 go and see if justice may not yet be done to your murdered son . " " God help you , " he replied , " he'll get no justice there , but he'll get justice , or else the O'Donnells are not the men I take them for ,
" 111 go , ' said I , however , and once more assuring him that he need be under no apprehension for Kathleen ' s safety , I made my way for the cross as he directed me . When . I entered the room where the inquest was to be held , the first person I saw was Captain Squeezetenant , who had been my companion in the steamboat from Bristol to Cork , he looked like a fiend , and , conscious of his guilt , he was anxious to be recognised by any one having the appearance of respectability , and , upon recognizing me be approached , and stretching out his blood-stained hand , he said , " I think I have the pleasure of knowing yon , we sailed together from Bristol . ' "
" Yes ! Murderer , " 1 said in an audible voice , and with a feeling of pride and anger to which till tbat moment I was a stranger . AH present looked amazed at my presumption , as he was the autocrat of the district , but the guilty man sunk under the just rebuke , his face became scarlet , and in vain he sought refuge in conversation with the coroner , who was as little disposed as myself to acknowled ge his acquaintance ; such is ever the effect of a guilty conscience , that the miscreant appeared for the first time to feel the enormity of his sins .
When the court was opened , Mr . F . B ., the i coroner , a high Tory , but a gentleman of unexcepti- - onable character and unblemished honour , called il over the names of the jury , when the first and only y witness called , was Cornet Spilsby , my other fellow ir traveller- He gave his name , Eustace Killman n Savage Spilsby , Cornet in Her Majesty ' s — Royal il Hussars , and he deposed as follows * - " I received : d a written order from Captain Squeezetenant , Justice .-e of Peace ,, yesterday , just as I had finished ray lunch , h , I presume about half-past two , to accompany him m with the squadron under my command , in the lie absence of Lieutenant Shot , and I immediately ily ordered the . men to saddle . We proceeded to the he castle , where we were joined by Captain Squeeze- setenant , who informed me that he was about to to
execute a decree upon the lands of Crief , adding , that , at , as that part of the country was in a very disturbed ied state , and inhabited b y persons disaffected towards rds Her Majesty ' s laws , that it would be necessary ta to take every precaution for the protection of the the public peace . I accordingly ordered my men to- toprime and load . " "We placed the civil authorities in front , and co- co . vered them at a prudent distance , aud proseeded . to I to
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 9, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09011847/page/4/
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