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Fixsbuky Lecture Room,! St. Cleukexwelujree'j
FIXSBUKY LECTURE ROOM , ! st . CLEuKEXWELUJREE'J
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Sunday Evening Lectcbes . March 11 th . Mr . Lrsr . —Subject : — " MvUis of the Ancients . " March 18 th . Jlr . M'Gkath . —Snhjec-t : — " Upon the Scienee of Astronomy and its progress . " llavch -25 th , llr . M'Ga . vm . —Subject : — "Tbe ImpoUtic , Unjust , and Anti-Chrisnr . v . Character of Death runislunents . " A Parliamentary Debating Society meet every Wednesday Evtiiing . ¦
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TOWER HAMLETS . A ilEETlKG of the Chartist Councils of the various IxRaHties will be neld tin TUESDAY EVESDCG XEXT , at the CROWX AXD AXCIIOR , Chesterstreet Waterk ^ ttftsn . to consider the propriety _ of calling a Public Meeting to adopt a Pcfilion to rorliament in favour of the-Pecgae's Charter .
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TO BE SISrOSED OF , J m consequence a S ^ fot C S ^ , ^ M . «» ** C , Thomhffl Eridge-piaK , C . -Uedoniaiwws Wingtoa .
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TO BE SOLO , A fTWO-ACRB ALLOTMENT a * MiKSTEU LOTEL . -partly cropped ; soil of & strate Csalitr , and well aSuated . ^ . itoiui-Uier particulars apply " *> T . Gilbert , oi , Briteuortsn-road , CharterrSle , 'ftitney , Oxon ; if by letter jaepai & , and stamp for i « p ! y .
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• FOR "SALE . OXE EOTTR-A-CRE SCRIP , halfoted in Au"iist , IS *"—stanos-fire first chance of location . Also , TWO FOOWLGRE-SCRIPS-paid-up . Tlie whole must , unavoidably , be sold ; either separate < or together . The first reasonable offer Tvfll be taken . . Address in care of Tucs . Ohjiesoeb , 52 , Bridgwater , -street , Manchester .
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TO BE SOLD , A PAID-UP POUR-ACRE SHARE in J \ . the XATIOXSL JASD COMPAXT . Price £ 3 os ., eligible for the ballot The party wishing to dispose of it residing some distance from town requests all communications to be afidresseu ( pre-paid ) to X . II ., care of Wflliam Hider , 5 , . MacclesfieliUstrect , Soho , London .
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MARKET-GARDEN LAXR . TO BOOT AXD SHOE 3 IAKEIIS and Others . ToSct , in a populous town , seven miles from London . Three Ae » es of Land , Willi a Sis-roomed House , Washhonse and B ; firy , Pigsties for Fifty Pigs , with inclosed ManureJrartL Cow-sheds , StsbUng , Lofts , and Outhouses—a portion of which are let for nearly half the rent TneLandisiBcltaed ^ vitli wall , and stocked with all Innds of Fruit Trees , -cropped with Tegetables and Flowers . Tlie whole of the produce can be sold , retail , on the premises . The Boot trade is-aR bespoke and of the first respectability . The fittings and wtenalsin trade can . lie had together or separate . It wnTbe parted with onTcry low terms to any person taldng possession directly . All letters to be post-paid , inclosing a stamp for reply , to L . M ., at Mr . Parks , 32 , Little WindmiU-street , Goldensqoare , LondCT . Also FIVE FOUR-ACRE SHARES in the National Land Companv , two-ef which are paid up . Price Eight Guineas .
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"NEWCASTLE BRAXCH OF THE 2 VAi \ TIOXAL LAXD COMPAXY . The following resolutions wereagjwed to at the last Sunday meeting , March 4 th : — First . "That aftdlmeeting of the members tafce place on Sunday afternoon , tlie lltli inst ., atfive o ' clock precisel y , to hear the quarterly report , and to consider and fix tlie future exj * Bses of the Branch . Members not present wiU incur the usual penalty . " Second . " That it be decided also , whether any further time be allowed to those members in arrears of shares , or whether tlie time fixed by Conference be stood by . " Tuos . Forrest , Secretary . P . S . —Mr . Xesbit baring declined the secretaryship , all correspondence to be sent to T . Forrest , care of M . Jude , Gock Inn , Xewcastle .
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VICTIM FUSD . TO THE DEMOCRATS OF GREAT BRITAIX . THERE will he " DISPOSED OF , hy SCBSCUITTIOX , on the principle of the Art-Cnions , TWO BEAUTIFUL PLAIDS , OF O'COXXOR AXD DUXCOMDfi TARTAXS . They are of the finest quality , are suited for the wear of -either Lad . ? or Gentleman ; and wiU lie , for inspection , at tbe shop of Mr . Richard Bcrkett , stationer , 177 , Fountain Bridge , Edinburgh . They will be forwarded to the successful subscriber by such conveyance as he may desire . The Sultscripiion Sale will take place in Ross's University Temperance HoteL -53 , South Bridge , on the 21 st of March , at Seven o ' clock iu the Evening . Proceeds to be given to tlie Victim Funds of England and Scotland . SrcscmiTioxs : —Sixpence each , to be paid or remitted in Postage Stamps or Post-oSce Orders , to Mr . Bnrkett , as above .
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HIKE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIJL IHLTOUS Medicine for General Use is Framptou ' s Pill of Health , which effectually relieves tlie stomach and bowels lij gemle relaxation , without griping or prostration of strength . They remove head-ache , sickness , dizziness , jedns in the chest & c ., are highly grateful to tlie stomach , promote digestion , create appetite , relieve languor ? . nd depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit and free livers , who are continually suffering from drowsiness , lieaviness . and sinking in the head and ears , they oner advantages that will not rail to be appreciated . Tins medicine has fur many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society : and in confirmation of its efficacy , the following letter has been _ kindly forwarded to Mr . l'rout , with permission to publish it , and , if reqiririte . to refer anv respectable person to its author : —
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^? = ^ s ^ rriHE EXTRAjy ' ^^ k - * - ordinary properties ^ f ^ - «* teK . \ V of this medicine are thus if ^ sS « 3 wi ^\ ^ eScribed by an eminent J ! Jlt § 2 | ElEJ jjPiHK ' s Pills , I am de-I j ^ §|^ K ?? jlF 8 " > iL / Itermined , in my opinion , \\ ^!§§ is !^ i s *\ ^ i ® V // Ulat tne following are " ' ^ PrlRiSsSlAsfflfS **^'/ "First—They increase v ^^ vBJ gSEs gll & Sfslliyx * ne strength , whilst most > X ; S 3 ^^^^ ggj ^^ w / ' other medicines have a ^ N ^^ Jgy ^ p a ^/ 1 ^ weakening effeet upon ^* »^ "^ the system . Let any one take from three to four or six pills every twenty-four hours , and , instead of liaving weakened , they will be found to have revived the animal spirits , and to have imparted a lasting strength to the body .
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Now Ready , a New Edition of Mr ? . O'OOHnOR'S WORK 01 , SMALL FARMS .
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SEW TALE BY G . TV . M . REYNOLDS . An exceUent opportunity now presents itself for new Subscribers to commence taking in REYNOLDS ' S MISCELLANY ; EDITED BY G . W . M . REYNOLDS . Author of the First and Second Series of " The Mysteries of London , " "Faust , " "Wagner , the Welir-Wolf , " "Tlie Mysteries of tlie Court of London , " A'c . & c . & c . In No . 38 , which was published yesterday , commences an entirely new and original Romance , by George W . M . Reynolds , entitled
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OX SALE , A PAID-UP FOUR-ACRE SHARE in Jl the NATIONAL LAND COMPAXY . Price £ 3 , as the holder is about to emigrate . Address , X . Y . Z „ Post-Ofiice , CUtheroe .
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J . Sweet acknowledges lie receipt of the following Sums for the Defence Fdm > ( sent herewith } . —Mr . Knott , 3 d . ; Gonlder , 3 d . ; Ghipindale , Gd . ; Smith , 6 d . Mr . Obmesheb , Manchester , has received Cs . from tlie iliddleton Council , for the support of the prisoners in Kirkdale . ilr . J . Evans , Trowhridge . —If the agent will call at our office he can obtain them . We charge 2 d ., iu addition to which the agent has carriage to pay . Mr . Holms , Cheltenham . —We have not got any of the numbers you require . Thomas Sowehbt , Dalston , Cumberland , who sends 3 s . to the Defence Fund , offers the following proposition for the consideration of-the Chartist body : — "Supposing the circnlation of the Star to be 12 , 000 copies weekly , and instead of sending them to newsyenders , if each locality formed a committee to distribute them , you would save one penny on each copy , which would amount to £ 50 per week . Supposing seventy-five per cent of that be given
to the Defence Fund , which would be £ 3 < 10 s . weekly , and twenty-five per cent to defray expenses incurred , which would be £ 1210 s : this could be carried on until the debts incurred for the defence of Chartism were whoUy liquidated , aud afterwards he appropriated to the advancement of the cause . The gross sumof £ 5 Uper week would be £ 2 , 600 a year . " W . H . Smith . —No room . We have more poetry than we . know what to do with . B . KEiBoox , Soho , —We have no room . Joux Oxfobd , Saddlewortli , had better send the name of the testator , and the date when the will was proved , together with twelve postage stamps , to the Registrar , at Doctors' Commons , requesting him to search for the wDl , and asking him the charge for a copy . Bewamin Pilling , Saddlewortli . —Read the Chartist" Tracts for the Times . " We cannot answer your second question . W . G . lVABD , Halifax—The non-aclaiowledgment of your letter was an accidental omission . We had not room for its publication .
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LANDLORDS' LOYALTY .
JUSTICES' JUSTICE . 'Foregad ! wo live in funny times . Macbeth's cauldron was but an egg-saucepan compared to our bubbling pot of necromancy and the witches were dull drones compared to our necromancers . '' Wc livein new times , '' say all , " and we must suit the altered circumstances to the interests of all . " " But , " says the Minister , " there must l > e a perfect concord as to the change before we can adopt it . "
The Government of old used to be the designers , but in these days of novelty the Government are but the arbitrators . "We want this , " say the Free Traders ; " We want that , " say the Protectionists ; and "We want t ' other thing , '' say the people ; and "That's all right , " say the Government : " hut as our tenure of office depends upon your antagonism and difference of opinion , you must agree among yourselves before we can decide . "
Now , this is a remarkably agreeable position for the English Government ; but when those several contending parties do agree among themselves upon any point—which is not only doubtful , but next to an impossibility—hut should they agree , we doubt that they would constitute the Whig Government the court of arbitration . We live in new times , and we require—if not new men , at least , men with new ideas , adapted to the circumstances of the times , to govern us . People , Protectionists , and Free Traders , never will
agree ; and for the simple reason—because Protectionists and Free Traders , respectively , live , thrive , . and prosper upon the disunion of the people : but the moment that the people are united , the Protectionists , Free Traders , and the Whig Government must surrender their necromancy to the sound and commanding wisdom of an " all-powerful aud justice-loving Democracy , whose natural ascendancy would make a pitiful minority subject to the laws of an over-Avhelming majority—make the rich richer , and the poor rich . —make the now disloyal , obedient to the laws of their own creation—make the
ignorant wise—the thief honest—the prostitute virtuous—the labourer ' s chief pride to consist in the modest comforts of his condition—and England the envy and admiration of surrounding nations . And to this conclusion we must come at last , and at it we can only arrive by allowing those who bear the burthens to share the honours of the State , and that we can only accomplish by bringing all within the
pale of the constitution by the enfranchisement of the millions ; and then the flood of knowledge will break down the barriers of i gnorance . We shall hear no more of the corruption of the few , who , as trustees , barter the rights of the many for base lucre , and the proud Englishman will be relieved from the disgrace of hearing Ministerial justification of electioneering bribery and corruption .
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test—LANDLORDS' LOYALTY—JUSTICES ' JUSTICE . We remember during the last Session of Parliament , how the Honourable Member for Nottingham was scoffed at when he measured the loyalty of bishops , parsons , landlords , merchants , traders , and manufacturers , by the standard of self-interest ; and how the great gentlemen of Eng land bristled up when he said : " Take away the rents or the privileges of
the landlords to-day , and their loyalty will follow them to-morrow . " Is there a reader of the "Northern Star" who does not remember the " Oh , oh ' s" and groans with which the honourable gentleman was assailed ? But what will the same readers or the same growlers say , when they read the announcement of tho Honourable Member for Down-Patrick , " That every Justice of the Peace in the county would resign his trust if the Six-
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penny Hi' , ein Aid was passed by the House of Commo , fls r And what will they say when tuey , lTui the pious representative of the Protestan . c University of Dublin , basing the religion , t je loyalty , and the industry , of the Protestants of Ireland , upon exemption from taxation to aid in the support of their Catholic countrymen ? Do they forget , that iu the good old days of corruption , the Protestants of Ireland were quartered upon Catholic industry—when the few lorded it over the many—when no Catholic was eli gible to office—when no Catholic was eligible to wear a silk gown , and to be admitted inside the Protestant bar—when a premium for disobedience was held out to the Catholic child—when no Catholic could hold
land except under severe restrictions—when any Protestant might compel any Catholic to dismount from his horse , no matter what its value , and transfer it to the privileged conqueror for £ 5 ? In those good old times , the Catholics of Ireland bore the burthens both of England and Ireland , while the Protestants of Ireland , not only shared , but monopolised , patronage , emolument , and profit . And now their Protestant dignity and loyal ascendancy rebels against the foul impost of a Sixpenny Kate in Aid . '
Those of the . North have become the proprietors of the confiscated estates of the legitimate Catholic owners ; they have fattened upon Catholic bondage , and now , when called upon to disgorge a portion of the plunder , they threaten the abandonment of religion , the renunciation of loyalty , and relinquishment of industry . Not , however , to be outdone in the House , the apostles abroad are determined to be foremost in the crusade against English legislation , when it militates , not against Protestant ascendancy , but in favour of . the p ^ servation of Catholic life . We almost fear to
publish the treason of Mr . Dolling , Justice of the Peace , lest the Attorney-General should subject us to the tender mercies of Whig clemency . However , as we do so , not as an example worthy of imitation , but for thepurpose of reproach and reprobation , perhap 8 we may escape the grasp of the official . Here it is , copied from the "Morning Chronicle" who , if we are guilty in the eye of the law , isjiarticeps criminis , and we shall hare no objection to be coupled in the indictment with our contemporary , provided always that we should he tried by THE SAME JURY . This is an important reservation , as the Jury who would acquit the mouthpiece of Peelisji , would be certain , upon the same evidence , to convict
the MOUTH-PIECE OF CHARTISM . Here goes , then , Mi-. Dolling ' s standard of loyalty : —
MOVEMENT AGAINST THE BATE IS All > . Accounts of further meetings held yesterday , and of requisitions for others , have been received in the course of this day . Every available opportunity is taken to denounce the rate in aid , and the language uttered by the usually cool and calculating northerns , under the excitement produced by the Ministerial project , resembles the vehement harangues of the southern monster meetings in 1843 . As a sample , I take the following passages from a speech , delivered hy Mr . It . Dolling , J . P-,, at a dinner given in . Banbridge , on Thursday , to the agent of the Dovvnshirc estates , by the tenantry : —
" There are few counties in Ireland which could present such a bright spectacle as I see before me this evening ; but , ou the contrary , too many where tlie-landlord is looked on as a tyrant—the agent as a petty tyrant . ( Hear , hear . ) I hope tliis state of things amongst u » here will long continue . We are industrious before God , our Queen , and our country ; we are ahle to meet our engagements and pay our debts ; but we will never allow ourselves to he robbed . ( Tremendous cheers . ) I say and act on the principle , that property has its duties as well as its rights . Live and let live is our motto here . Let the landlords in the South and West do
as we do , reside among and encourage our industrious , truth-telling tenants , asking only a fair-rate for their land ; let them do this , and not spend their time in hunting , horse-racing , and cock-fighting . ( Tremendous cheers . } IJefore the Queen and country wc say tliis , that to tax the people here to make up for tho improvidence of the landlords in other parts of the country is the most monstrous — most unjust — most iniquitous — most damnable measure that ever was heard or thought of . ( Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering . ) I'll ask you one question . The owner of a hill may he not worth a straw ; if he gut a good man to endorse it , it is all rfeht . 1 may be worthless - r but if you endorse my question with your cheersit will pass .
, Tlie question 1 am about to ask is this—and I hope the Fourth Estate will record tins fact-I hope the Times , the slanderer ef Ireland on this occasion —( loud- cheers)—will notice it—a crusade must be raised—a crusade against this most iniyuitous measure ; and will you endorse tliis , that , with the assistance of Almighty ' God , we'll ' oppose this measure to the last—and we'll never pay the tax ? [ The enthusiasm that prevailed here is perfectly indescribable . ' The cheering and applause lasted several minutes . ] There ' s not the slightest mistake in that answer . ( Renewed cheers . ) Another thing : tlie government have been used to play with agitation iu the South and West ; it has been a kind of plaything for them , that they could put iu their pocket , or throw over their shoulders , when thev wanted to
get rid of it . ( Laughter . ) But tell Lord John Russell , we'll give him an agitation in another quarter and of another kind . ( Great cheering . ) Let me tell him it will be a different thing when the sturdy , solid , sound , sensible men of Down are roused . ( Great cheers . ) Sot a few paltry places , not cajolery , or " soft sawder , " no insignificant measure about the franchise , which satisfies tlie south , ; will turn us from our object . We tell Lord John llusscll tliis , that the spirit of ' & 1 —( enthusiastic burst of applause )— - the spirit that animated the volunteers of Dungaunoustill lives ; and will men submit to be robbed of the fruits of their industry for the support of the South and West f ( Keuewed applause . ) We'll preach n crusade against : it , and I ' m happy to say I ' m one of tlie first apostles . ( Laugh , ter and cheers . )"
The ifomqhan Standard thus describes tho excitement in that part of Ulster : — ' They who always supported law now talk openly of resistance ; and those who have for years administered law look ominously grave as they foresee the consequences of the measures . We predict that this impost will never be levied except at the bayonet ' s point . To be sure , England may garrison Ulster with 40 , 000 troops , and harry the cottages of the . yeomanry and the houses of the gentry . But it will be a sorry sight to see . "
jSow , then , what think you of that , you loyal Protestants of England ? A Protestant crusade is proclaimed against Catholic > lite by a Justice of the Peace , indorsed by his audience , and backed by the assistance of Aliniguty God ; not , according to commercial practice , to pay , but by the declaration never to pay a tax imposed by the Imperial Parliament . What will the Protestant say to the agitation of the sturdy , solid , sound , sensible , well-fed Protestants of the North , as compared with the paltry cajolery and " soft sawder" of the men of the South 'i what will they say to the revival of " that spirit that animated the volunteers of Dungannon in' 82 , when their camion had a most significant motto under its touch-hole ?" And what will they say to the first apostle in
this crusade of resistance being a Justice of the Peace 1 and administrator of English law in Ireland ? What will they say to the bursting , the overflowing , the enthusiastic loyalty " of Protestant Ulster , rejoicing in the declaration of the Protestants of that province , that "They will offer open resistance to the law ? " " To be sure , " says the scribbler , " England may garrison Ulster with 40 , 000 troops ; " and to this we answer , "Serve them right , as turn , about is fair play ; " as when Protestant patronage depended upon Catholic subjugation , then Protestant Ulster was ready to garrison Catholic Munster and Connaught , not with 40 , 000 troops of the line , but with unlimited battalions of bloodhounds , to wade knee deep in Catholic blood .
We hail this Ministerial measure as the means of consolidating and wedding Protestant and Catholic interests . The Protestants have had the fat , now they must take their share of the lean ; while , though the very announcement of a sixpenny rate arouses them to madness , they have not the " nouse " to see or understand that the Ministerial proposition , so revolting and distasteful to Protestant Ulster , is but a sprat to catch a mackerel . They have not tho power of divination to understand that the sixpenny Rate in Aid will be advanced from the Imperial Exchequer ; that at the commencement of the next Session , tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer will announce that the necessity for the advance was urgent , pressing , and indispensable , to save life ; that the Government had not calculated
upon the difficulties attending the collection of the Tax , and that it now stands in the balance sheet as a debt of £ 300 , 000 due by Ireland , in addition to the £ 1 , 200 , 000 advanced ' for the erection of workhouses , and he was sure that no honourable gentleman in that House would object to this paltry addition to the Irish debt , when the timely advance was the means of saving thousands—nay , hundreds 0 f thousands of lives during those months preceding the harvest ^ which are always the most disastrous , and during which no . employment couid be procured . Then the Orange Protestant howl will be
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converted into a royal loyal cheer , and John BULL will say , " Well , if it was necessary to preserve Irish connexion we will pay it , but it MUST BE THE LAST . " But we assure John , in perfect good faith , that it is neither the last nor the sec ond last ; we admire his generosity , but as long , as the connexion is to be continued there will be a perpetual and incessant draw upon his humanity , philanthropy , and charity , until he shall have discovered that he has quite enough to do at home , and that Ireland , if the relationship were severed , would have less claim upon his generosity . It is jiard to see a sister want , while we may allow a neighbour to struggle , althoug h we are told to h
love him as ourself . John , thougvery religious , knows , however , that there is a difference between professed love to our neighbour and compulsory aid to a sister . The one he may measure by whim , the other must be obeyed by compulsion . And it is for the effect that these , and such like just and necessary appeals , are likely to produce on John ' s mind , that PADDY should hail all such propositions with pleasure and delight , as they must inevitably lead to that severance of an unholy connexion , which has impoverished both ' countries , and to the establishment of a union which will aggrandise and enrich both , making them independent relatives instead of begging slaves and unwilling donors .
In conclusion we msst observe , that during the four nights' most prosy debate upon this sixpenny Rate in Aid , and while much Protestant enthusiasm , landlord devotion , aud tenant interest , was spouted , the name of the Labourer was never even hinted at ; but , as the question of the resolutions has only been disposed of , perhaps we may hear something of the most valuable party to the contract—THE LABOURER ,
Dr. M'Douall, We Are. Now In A Position ...
DR . M'DOUALL , We are . now in a position to sot at rest all doubts respecting the intentions of Dr . M'Douall and Iris legal advisers , with regard to the " Writ of Error . " Notwithstanding anything that may have appeared in this paper to the contrary , it is Dr . M'Dquall ' s final determination to sue for a Writ of Error , with the view of setting aside the judgment under which he is at present suffering . A re-consideration of all the material facts on . which an application for a Writ of Error will he founded , has inspired Dr . M'DoUALL and his legal advisers , with sanguine hopes of the happiest results . Mr . Richard B . B . Cobbett , of — , Marsden-street , Manchester , will conduct the case . Dr . M'Douall's imperative instructions are , that all monies collected for him , be forthwith sent to Mr , Cobbett , who is only waiting for the necessary funds to proceed in this business , so important to our per . secuted friend , and his bereaved family . [ 3 ® - Mr . Cobbett is requested to furnish his name in full , with the number of his residence , to Mr . Ridek , Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , London . ] Mr . Cobbett requires a sum— £ 20—which might be collected with ease in the course of a few hours provided Dr . M'Douall ' s professed friends would bestir themselves , and make an earnest effort to obtain the money . Is Dr . M'DoUALL to remain in prison for the want of 20 / . ? Shall he continue to suffer a felon ' s fate—a felon ' s fare ? Shall his family continue to suffer under the affliction of his Joss to them ? Shall Chartism be dishonoured for lack of so paltry a sum ? When a few shillings collected in each locality will make up the required amount , surely the working classes will not inflict upon themselves the disgrace of neglecting to respond to this appeal , We believe that the sum already collected is about G / . We look forward with confidence to seeing the remainder—and we hope something more—collected within a week from the present time . No one need hesitate to give , or collect the contributions of others , under the impression that too much money may bo collected . Even supposing that a larger sum should be collected than the lawyers will require ( and that does not often happen ) , Dr ; M'Douall's family would be none the worse for the surplus being applied to their a : d . We understand that Mrs . M'Douall has commenced business in Liverpool in the general news and bookselling line . Of course , her success , and the consequent support of herself and children , will principally depend on the support afforded her by the news and book-reading public of Liverpool . We say " principall y depend , " for it will bo all the better if assistance is rendered from other places . Some amount of capital—little or much—is necessary to enable Mrs . M'Douall to make a fair start . Credit is not always obtainable , and never desirable . A Committee of the Liverpool friends was formed some time ago to collect subscriptions to establish Mrs . M'Douall in business . All monies ( for that purpose ) must be sent to the Treasurer of the Committee , Mr . Andrew Watt , 5 , George ' s-WMiugs , Dijden-stivct , Scotlandroad , Liverpool . The friends of Dr . M'Douall will shortly have afforded them another opportunity of serving their incarcerated advocate and his family . A poetical work , and a work on " Agricultural Chemistry , " both from the pen of Dr . M'Douall , are now in the press , and will very shortly be published . If Dr . M'Douall ' s active friends in the several localities form themselves into Committees to promote the sale of the works as soon as published , each Committee appointing trustworthy canvassers , and a Treasurer aud Secretary , a large sale will be ensured , and some considerable benefit derived therefrom b y the family of the imprisoned patriot . Mrs . M'Douall has four infant children . What more need we write ? Not one word to those who believe , with the poet , that " The drying up one tear has more Of honest fame , than shedding seas of gore . "
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . After a protracted debate , the House of Commons affirmed the principle of the . Government plan for meeting the present difficulties and distresses in Ireland ; That plan is simpl y that , for tho next two years , every union in Ireland shall pay a rate equal to sixpence in the pound on each electoral division in such union , towards a general fund for tho relief of the poor , and that the amount so collected shall be distributed iu such manner as the Imperial Parliament may direct .
Now , apart from the obvious political injustice of such a plan , and the plain and incontestable right of the Irish people to appropriate and apply funds which tliey exclusivel y contribute , there are many other wei ghty objections to It , and we do not wonder at the gallant and protracted resistance of the Irish members , of all political creeds , . to such a scheme . It has still many stages to go through ; and the manner in which the people of Ulster especially , on whom the burden will fall most heavily , are bestirring themselves , threatens a more determined and prolonged
opposition . The people in the North of Ireland , who have been so often complimented upon their loyalty , their industry , and their peaceableUess , ask very naturally wh y these qualities should cause them to be singled out for the imposition of this exceptional tax ? They say , and trul y , "Youtell us that the Imperial dominion of Great Britain must be maintained ; we have supported you in that , and it is too bad now . to throw upon . our shoulders what ought to be an Imperial burden . Wh y should not Lancashire and Lanarkshire be taxed for fiuch a purpose as
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well as we ? . 'Equal burdens break no backs , ' and that which may be ruinous and oppressive wKenconfilied . to us , would scarcely be felt , if equitably apportioned to thetax-paying powers of the Empire . " Besides this objection , however , the whole scheme is tainted with the usual disease ot Whig policy . It cures nothing—it effects no real amendment of the evils it is professedly
meant to remedy . After the lapse of two years , and the expenditure of perhaps a couple of millions sterling , Ireland will be—so far as this scheme is concerned , or anything that may be expected from tho present Ministry—in precisely the same position as she now is . The only hope which Lord John Russell himself holds out of a cessation or diminution of the destitution which calls for these extraordinary
advances , is of a truly melancholy character . He thinks that within the next two years one of two things will happen ; either the potato will become plentiful again , and the Irish peasants return to their old half-starved mode of existence—or they will be thinned off by death and emigration , so that there will no longer bo need to support them by rates of any kind ! This is the utmost stretch to Avhich his Lordship ' s mind can go iu speaking of the evils of Ireland or in imagining how they are to be got rid of !
In'tho one case , Ireland would continue to bo inhabited by a population whose poverty and destitution , in tho best of times , has been a standing disgrace to this country for centuries ; to which all travellers have pointed as the great blot upon modern civilisation . The half employed , half-fed peasantry , dependent upon their potato patches for subsistence , would , in case of a recurrence of tho potato disease , be again
thrown upon the resources of this country for support , and another ten or twelve millions would have to be raised for that purpose . In the other case , ' Ireland would generally become a waste aud uncultivated desert—as it is now in many places . Landlordism and Whig incapacity conjoined , Avould have consummated their work by depopulating one of the most fertile and favourably situated countries in tlie world .
¦ F or the first two nights of the debate , no indication whatever of power to grapple comprehensively and earnestly with the vast and difficult problem of the futuro ' bf Ireland , was manifested . The same bald , disjointed , petty , and selfish propositions , which have been heard of for the last ten or fifteen years , were reproduced , as if they had been novelties . The Government plan—ill-digested , futile , and effervescent as it was—seemed , after all , the only thing that could be done , simply because nobody was prepared with a better . On tho
last , however , appearances altered . Mr . Osborne made a speech which touched effectually on the real causes of the evils of Ireland , and made some suggestions of a really remedial character . He was followed at the early hour of six o ' clock by Sir R . Peel , who made a speech which certainly took by surprise all who heard it , and which , whatever may be its defects , contrasts singularly with the barrenness of Ministerial invention- —the purblind nature of Whig policy—and the feebleness with which the reins of Government are held
by them . Sir Robert must have deeply pondered on the question before he screwed his courage sufficiently high to venture upon making so revolutionary a proposal as he did on Tuesday night . Had it come from any one else it would have been denounced as emanating , from the Socialists aud Anarchists , and received with a stormy outburst of landlord indignation . This proposal is nothing less than that Government should buy up all the pauperised and bankrupt Unious in Ireland , and " plant" the territory thus acquired with a young and fresh colony in something like the way as Ulster was " planted" by James I .,
with this difference—that , m tho new plantation , he would make no religious distinction . This is , in effect , a social revolution on a large scale . He suggests a Government Commission , authorised- to buy with national funds these now beggared , unsaleable , and uncultivated districts ; that , having purchased them , the Commissioners shall employ the population , if necessary , in opening up and improving tho territory which has thus become national property , and that they should be empowered , at their discretion , to sell tho hind with a Government title to fresh colonists , with a limitation of liability for poor rates .
Tlie sources from whence the ideas on which this plan is founded are derived , will be manifest to our readers . It is essentially and virtually an adoption of the principle of those plans for the regeneration of Ireland , which have been scouted and denounced by the Political Economists , and the Landlords , as the height of ignorance on the one hand , and the most audacious wholesale robbery on the other . " The sacred rights of private property , " about which so much has been said , arc no more respected by this plan of Sir R . Peel ' s , than they have been in all the plans of social
reform propounded by those who have , for years , urged plans similar to it in principle upon the attention of the public . The only difference between Sir Robert and those from whom he has borrowed his ideas , is , that instead of using the territory thus acquired to create a new race of landlords , tenant-farmers , and agricultural labourers—after the model of Hants , Wilts , or Dorset—they would have created a small yeomanry , and have ensured all the social benefits of a peasant-proprietary . It is , perhaps , natural that the ex-PiiEMiEiifrom his habits , and association of
ideasshould , at first , have shrunk from going the full length to which his newly-adopted principles and convictions would lead him . But , we venture to say , that subsequent and deeper consideration of the subject will show him , that in order to meet well , and wisely , and effectually that fearful " future , " which has already driven him into the proposal of such a plan , he must go farther . Even if Connaught and Munster were colonised by new " planters , " in
the fashion he proposes , there would still be a large number of persons for whom the modern system of agriculture would not find work . What is to he done with them ? They must either be shipped off to the Colonies wholesale , or allowed to provide a sustenance for themselves at home . Tho other alternative—that of supporting them in idleness—belongs to the Political Economists , and the Whig Government ; we repudiate it altogether , and of the first two we infinitely prefer tbe latter .
Sir R . Peel confines his attention exclusively to the lands which have been cultivated , but are now altogether or partially abandoned , and lying , as described by a Government official , as completely waste as if they had boon devastated by an enemy . To this wo have no objection , while , at the same time , it must bo recollected that a wide expanse of waste but cultivable land also exists in Ireland , which maybe made available if needful . In the meantime , however , the formerly cultivated lands will be sufficient , if in addition to the 2 , 000 , 1 , 500 , and 1 , 000 acre estates ,
proposed by Sn- R . Peel , the Commissioners were empowered to sell , or lease with a power to purchase , small estates of from five to twenty acres , with a Government title . The contract or'leases might prohibit subdivision of theso small holdings to an extent likely to be injurious , and mi ght also la y down a certain rotation of crops . This addition to the plan would we are persuaded , be hailed with delight by the people of Ireland , for it is utter nonsense to say , that men who cross the Atlantic or Pacific for distant lands , lured by hour held" of
their tnm-JinA „ i . « „ . t ™ + w 7 T . M-X . ovra- ~ and who , when they do , exhibit untiring industry in its culti-SSESW exhibit the s * qualities if allowed to live and work on their own estate in their native land . Jfcan while , the enunciation of a plan recqgmmg isuch princi ples by a man possessing
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the immense political influence and the foresight of the ox-Prime Minister , is an indication of better times . The great mass of people are content to take their opinions on credit , They require to have ^ them , however , first stamped by some recognised authority before they can pass current . Now that Sir Robekt Peel has issued such notions from his mint we may expect that they will rapidl y come into common use . If so , it will herald tho downfall of the present abortion of a Cabinet . In . the midst of the dreary aridit y of invention and idea , which , for the last two or
years more , has characterised the occupants of the Treasury bench , it was positivel y startling and refreshing to hear something like practical statemauship , even though the plan did not come up to our own mark . Rua , sell and Grey felt that the bell , announcing their dismissal from office , struck when Peel ventured to grapple in that wav with the " chief difficulty , " and then- convictions manifested themselves by the even unusual obsequiousness of their manner towards the man to whose support they mainl y owo the retention of office so long .
Mr. Dhummonb Has Succeeded Iu Ddbatinff ...
Mr . Dhummonb has succeeded iu ddbatinff if not the Government , at least the ATTouxuy ! General , Solicitor-G-eneral , and Lord Advocate , on his Transfer of Heal PropcrtY Bill . We have given a pretty full abstract of his speech in moving the second reading which contains an interesting digest of the mode in which the feudal tenures were originally acquired , and the mo de in which the present monstrous and oppressive system has grown up , for the benefit of the lawyers , and the injury of every other class of the community . The Home Secretary tried to persuade Mr . DitUMMOND into the withdrawal of his Bill ,. on the complimentary ground that if he wished merely to have an expression of opinion from the House in favour of the principle , he had got it ; and that the Government would take the hint , and as soon as possible do what they could with so difficult question . But possibly Mi' . Drummoxd has the same faith in Whig promises and Whi g ability that we have ; he had no notion of wasting the time of Parliament by . merely talking about a Bill , and then withdrawing it , so he persisted on going to a division , whereupon Sir John Jervis got snappish , and moved the second reading that day six months . He was beaten on the division by a majority of ten , and showed his mortification and ill-temper at the defeat , b y the angry , and bitter tone of his reply to an attack upon his legal wisdom , which was immediately afterwards made by Captain Peciiell in some matters connected with the Poor Removal Act . We hope that Mr . Drummond will be able to get a Committee from which , as Mr . O'Connor says , every lawyer shall be excluded . There will be some chance then of a practical reform in a matter of deep public interest .
One Of Those Questionable But Well-Meant...
One of those questionable but well-meant efforts , which Lord Ashley is in the habit of making , has occupied the attention of tlie House , and given rise to rather a smart debate . His Lordship , after giving at grout length tho statistics of what he termed " Spiritual Destitution , " proposed to split up all the large parishes of the kingdom into small ones of 4 , 000 a-piece . Each clergyman , he thinks , would then have time and chance to look after his Hock , - and supply them with spiritual nourishment . He succeeded in carrying his motion for a committee upon tho subject ; but , really , what good can come of it wo are unable to see . When ten new churches were recentl y built in Bethnal-Green and Spitalfields , ' great things were expected from them . What has been the result ? Why , that they have merel y opened ten new shops for as many parsons , who had no shops before . The poor silk weavers have neither time , inclination , nor clothes , to go to church . They are compelled to work on Sundays as well as on week-days , when their looms are in gear , because the devilish gospel of Mammon , believed in and practised by the capitalists , has screwed down prices so low that six days ' work will not support them . If Lord Ashley is reall y in earnest in his endeavours to benefit the poorer classes , let him betake himself vigorously to convert rich capitalists , speculating manufacturers , and monopolising landowners , from their evil ways and their gross heathendom . The ignorance and poverty from which flow the destitution , misery , and crime he wishes to cure , are mainly attributable to those in high places . It will be wiser for him to attempt the stoppage of the evil at the fountain-head , than waste his time in fruitless efforts , when the stream has become too powerful to be arrested by such small and incommensurate efforts as those to which we refer .
Receipts Of The National Land Company Fo...
RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY For the Week Exdixg Thursday , March 8 , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . el . £ 5 . !/ . Newcastlc-upon- Ilawick ' . ' !' - ' ¦ ' T J'"o • 3 0 0 K . Pattison ! . ' 0 I ° Devizes . .. 15 0 1 \ Tnimlile .. « 1 " Hnslingdon .. 3 12 6 J . Vizirs .. 0 1 l ! "" 11 .. .. 1 12 0 C . Vigurs .. 0 l » Torquay .. 0 5 0 W . Brvson .. 0 3 " Xonvieli Hurry 2 0 0 Mr . Siminonds , Lower Warley .. 113 10 UxbrWgc ! . 3 d 9 Calms .. .. 0 10 0 ft . W . 0 A & Manchester .. 2 0 0 llovton ' .. 0 6 0 Sotttagham .. 0 9 3 A lew Red Re-Woottoii-under- publicans , by Edge .. 0 12 0 J . Sugg .. 0 2 0 Halifax .. 0 10 0 b Rochdale .. 16 2 £ ' >;> i 9
EXPENSE FUND . Haslingden ° .. 018 0 Hawick .. M « lliddleton .. 0 2 0 J . Taw- D 1 6 Hull .. .. 0 2 0 E . Benbick . ' . ' 0 10 Lower Warley .. 0 U 0 A . Oram 0 ' 2 0 Nottingham .. 0 1 i S . Oram " 0 2 0 Wootton-under- H . Oram " 0 1 ° Edge .. 040 " . - Halifax .. 3 11 0 j £ 5 11 id
TOTALS . Land Fund „ 25 3 'J Expense ditto 5 171 " Bonus ditto ... ... . ... 17 7 •> Loan ditto ... ... ... 0 5 0 Transfers , „ 12 $ Rules ... ... ... ¦ ... 0 2 0 W . Dixon , C . Dotle , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec .
Executive Fund. Pe ' S -Krdd.—Sheffield,...
EXECUTIVE FUND . Pe -KrDD . —Sheffield , per G . CavilL 8 s . d . : Bii'l'M Ser ^ ' * lower ' 10 s- 2 < 1 . ! Crippleimte , per Mr . H" ™^' 2 s . 6 d . ; Tunbrid ge Wells , per Mr . Warren . for Cards , J &* - ' . ler J . AtiNorr—Sheffield , per W . Homes , 3 d . DEFENCE FUND . Per WM . Rider . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . Cl V Bridlington Quay , per J . Viekerraan , 5 s . ; Dalston , F r TSowerby , Ss . ' ' FOR MRS . M'DOUALL . Per Wji . Kideb , —Carlisle , per J . M'Keuzie , 10 s . VERNON S DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . rerWjr . Bidek . -A . Wesleyan , Stroud , Is . 6 d .- —~ * La . nd Omc £ . -G . W . 6 a . ; florton , 5 s . 6 d . NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUNP- . J ^ John AR Korr .-Portsca , per J . Stroud , £ 1 1 & % ' , Sheffield Council , National Charter Association , I * l Cavil 10 s . ; Sheffield per W . Holmes , 5 s . fid . ; W'S perW . Flower , 10 s . ; Win . Muirand J . Chance Dudley , «• "" ;; Deptford . and Greenwich , per 6 . Floyd , 6 s . «< ' i ¦ . }¦ minster , per J . Grassby , 2 s . ; Ernest Jones Uca iny , } ^^ , ' ffarrap , 7 s . < 5 d . ; t 8 , Golden-lane , " Cripplepatc , ptr J Brown , 3 s . 7 d . ; Mr . Kendrick , Tower Hamlets , l » l Warren , Mr . Turner ' s Book , Somers town , Is- Wd- W PancrasCharter Association , per 0 . Wyatt , 3 s . 2 d . ; " cecds of Orations , at South Loudon Hall , £ 2 5 s . JOd .
Chartists, You -Will See That A Separate...
CHARTISTS , You -will see that a separate Fund is opened f « the payment of Mr . Nixon . Many letters arc ambiguous ; therefore let remitters be explicit , so « " * monies may not be misappropriated in consequen t of a mystified mode of correspondenco . Ge » " Defence Fund is ono thing , Vernon ' s Defence a ™ ther . Sbmo £ 250 is yet required to satisfy ¦ «» Lawyers . How aro the prisoners to be exempt ff »» oakum picking ? Is Mr . O'Connor to pay » ^ and fight for all ? Ww . fl" * '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 10, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10031849/page/4/
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