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BfEBKUABY 13,1847, THE NORTHERN STAR. 9
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THE FACTORY TOWN. A Poem. BT ZUXST JOKES...
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DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE—Febr...
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PDNCII-Part LXVII. London: Punch Office,...
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THE FAMILY HERALD-Pari 45. London G. Big...
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THE MUSICAL HERALD-PartO. London : G. Bi...
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THE PEOPLE'S PRESS, AND MONTHLY HISTORIC...
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THE CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE. Parts 1,2...
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ComsponSienre*
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THE FAMINE IX THS FAR NORTH—HIGHLAND PRO...
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THE REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINGHAM . TO TH...
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CHARTIST VOTES. TO THE EDITOB OF THE NOR...
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MEETING OF " THE IRISH PARTY."-TIIE NEW ...
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Bfebkuaby 13,1847, The Northern Star. 9
BfEBKUABY 13 , 1847 , THE NORTHERN STAR . 9
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The Factory Town. A Poem. Bt Zuxst Jokes...
THE FACTORY TOWN . A Poem . BT ZUXST JOKES . ( Trom The labourer , for February . ) TI The night had sunk along the city , It was a bleak and cheerless hour ; T The wild winds sung their solemn ditty To cold , grey wall and blackened tower . T The factories gave forth lurid fires From pent-up hells within their breast ; I E ' en iEtna ' s burning wrath expires , But man's v » lcanoes never rest . 1 Women , children , men were toilinjr . Locked in dungeons close and black , ] Lifc ' t fast-failing thread uncoiling Bound toe wheel , the modem rack ' . E ' en the very stars seemed troubled
With the mingled fume and roar ; The city like a cauldron bubbled With its poison boiling o ' er . For the reeking walls environ Mingled groups of death and life : Fellow-workmen , flesh and iron , Side by side in deadly strife . There , amid the wheels' dull droning And the heavy , choking air , Strength ' s repining , labour ' s groaning , And the throttling of despair , — "With the dnit around them whirling , And the white , cracked , fevered lips , And the shuttle's ceaseless twirling . And the short life's toil-eclipse :
Stood half-naked infants shivering With heart-frost amid the heat ; Manhood's shrunken sinews quivering To the engine's horrid beat ! Woman ' s aching heart was throbbing With her wasting children ' s pain , While red Mammon ' s band was robbing God ' s thought-treasure from their brain Yet the master proudly shews To foreign strangers factory-scenes : "These are men—and engines those—" " I see nothing but—Machines 1 " Hark . ' amid that bloodless slaughter Cetaes the wailing of despair : " Oh ! for but one drop of water ! " Oh . ' for bat one breath of air t " One fresh touch of dewy grasses .
" Just to cool this shrivelled hand ! " Just to catch oaebreeie tbat passes " From our blessed promised Lisn 1 " Xo ! though 'twas night of summer With a scent of new mown hay From wherft the moon , the fairies * mummer On distant fields enchanted lay ! On the lealands slept the cattle , Slumber through the forest ran . While , in Mammon's mighty battle , Man was immolating man ! While the great , with power usstable , Crushed the pauper ' s heart of pain , As thouch the rich were heirs of AM And the poor the sons of Cain . While the priest , from drowsy riot ,
Staggered past bis church unknown , Where bis God in the great quiet , Preached the livelong night alone ! Still the bloated trader passes , Lord of loom and lord of mill ; On his pathway rush the masses , Crushed beneath his stubborn will . Eager slaves , a willing heriot . O ' er their brethren's living road Drive him in his golden chariot . Quickened by his golden goad . Young forms—with their pulses stifled , Young heads—with the eldered brain , Young hearts—of their spirit rifled , Young lives—sacrificed in vain :
There they lie—the withered corses , With not one regretful thought , Trample 3 by thy fierce steam-horses , England ' s mighty Jt ^ yeroaut ! Over all the solemn heaven Arches , like a God ' s reproof At the offerings man has driven To Hell ' s altars , loom and woof ! And the winds with anthems ringing , Cleaving clouds , and splitting seas , Seem unto the People singing : " Break your chains as we do these i " And human voices too resound : Gallant hearts ! take better cheer ! The strongest chains by which you ' re bound , Are but the chains of your own fear . Weavers ! 'Tis jour shrouds you ' re weaving ;
Labourers ! 'lis your graves you ope ; L'ave the tyrants toil-deceiving ! Rise to freedom ! Wake to hope ! Still , the reign of guilt to further , Lord and slave the crime divide : For the master ' s sin isumrder . And the workman ' s—suicide ! Up in factory ! Up in mill ! Freedom ' s mighty phalanx sweU : Yon have God and Nature still . What have they , but Gold and Hell Fear ye not your masters' power ; Men are strong when men unite ; T » ar ye not one stormy hour : Banded mSLUna need not fight .
Then , how many a happy village Shall be smiling o ' er the plain , Amidst the corn-field ' s pleasant tillage , And the orchard ' s rich domain ! "While , with rottingroof and rafter , Drops the factory , stone by stone , Echoing load with childhood's laughter , Where ft run ; with manhood ' s groan £ And flowers will grow in blooming-time , Where prison-doors their jarring cease For liberty will banish crime—Contentment is the best Polite . Then the palaces will moulder . With their labour-draining joys ; For the nations growing older , Are too wise for royal toys . And nobility will flaet ,
With robe , and spur , and scutcheon vain ; For Coronets were but a cheat , To Iiide the brand upon a Cam ! Aod cannon , bayonet , sword and shield , The implements of murder's trade , Shall furrow deep the fertile field , Converted into hoe and spada ! While art may still its votaries call ; Commerce claim and give its due ; Supplying still the wants of all , Bat not the waitings of the few . Gathering fleets may still resort , With snowy canvass proudly bent , For b & avia <; wealth from port to port But not for war or banishment ! Tkfcn , up , in one united band .
Both farming-slave and factory-martyr Remember , that , toteep the Laud , The best way is—to gain the Chaster !
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Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine—Febr...
DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE—February . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet-street . " Ths Chapters ot ' St . Giles and St . James , ' are Hnavoidably postponed till next month . " This notice might be stereotyped . Bad management , ilr . Jerrold ! There is nothing very remarkable in the present number of this magazine , unless , indeed , we except some rather remarkable absurdities .
The new story , " The Dreamer and the Worker , " ia continued . Agnes Reach directs some small shot against the SmUhfield nuisance , in an article entitled , " John Bull and his Bullocks . " The " Arcadia of this Age" is an attempt so prove the happinesa of town compared withcountrv life . "Is the next fiity years the inhabitants of our towns will be more than doubled , and four times as numerous a * the tillers of the ground . For our successors there seems no other prospect than to be more closelypressed together than we are . " " Densely-peopled cities constitute the Arcadia of the ; living generation , and still more densely-peopled cities must he the Arcadia of the next generation . " What Arcadian ideas this writer has ! What a hopeful prophet
he b ! Heaven send he may prove a false one . He Would have England the " workshop of the world ;" One huge sweaty den of Mammon ' s priests and slaves . He gravely tells the = e miserable slaves , that , " For them the over-arched and almost hidden stream , that , dy < -diseo ! ourcd , serves a thousand factories , should bo more enueared than the brightest rill that gurgles w .-ut ? and unimpeded through the ilaisiest of meadows . ' * Wh .-. t a ta-. te ! How thoroughly ignorant must the writer of such tr ish be of the real feelings and hopes ot the miserable slaves now swarming in those dens of misery , Leeds , Bradford . . Manchester , Liverpool , & c . 1 The writer in Jtrrold ' s Migazinc fondly anticipates a time when England shall be one huge metropolis , and all the fowl
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consumed by Englishmen shall be brought from other lands ! Now , the reverse of this is desired by the English masses . The desire to escape from towns and to return to the country is the hope , the passion of hundreds of thousands , and will yet be the aim of millions . At the commencement o » this Magazine we were assured that every article should "breathe with a purpose . Heaven save the people from the ' « purpose breathed in the article we are now commenting on . [ leaven relieve us from "The Arcadia of this Age . "
Prospects of British Commerce in Japan" is full of the strangest fallacies regarding the " blessings of commerce , " and the " right" of England to impose her trade upon the Japanese ; yet the writer hastne modesty to say , that "the notion of right is exceedingly imperfect in . some men . " This is a truth which he fully illustrates in his oan peison . Of course , the writer is a great philanthropist in his way , and is very affected at the ignorance and suffer ings of the Japanese : "Owing , " says he , "to most unsound maxims of policy , they arccompelled to re-enact the fable of Tantalus—to behold abundance in various forms surrounding and tempting them , but always escaping their grasp ; to feel the waters of plenty surging upwards to their lips , but still never to bo tasted bv them or their families . " This state ef Ihings he
would cure by a flood of foreign commerce . Now , we ask , is not the picture this writer has drawn of the condition of the Japanese—which we believe to be more fanciful than real—is not his discription a faithful picture ot tens of thousands of the English people—a people , the bone and sinew ol the greatest commercial nation in the world ? Does " foreign commerce" prevent the writer ' s own countrymen sharing the fate of Tantalus ? Can he be ignorant that " foreign commerce "—as at present conducted —lias much , very much to do with the misery that exists in this country , the grofs inequalities , the ex . tremes of wealth and wretchedness which curse this nation beyond any other on the face of the earth ? Heaven save the Japanese from the " purpose" of this writer !
If Mr . Jerrold desires to retain the good-will of the masses , he will either pay closer attention to this magazine , or withdraw his name "tberefrom . If the "purpose" "breathed"by some of the writers in this publication is persevered in , the sooner the title is chanced the better ; we would suegest , — " Millo . crats' Manual , and Profit-mongers' Pocket-Companion . " " A Niuht in a German Swamp" and " The Worm towards the Sun , " are interesting articles . We have no room for extracts .
Pdncii-Part Lxvii. London: Punch Office,...
PDNCII-Part LXVII . London : Punch Office , S 5 , Fleet-street . "The Rising Generation" are well hit off in this Part ; the conceit and insolence of the boyocracy will furnish ample materials for the columns of rune ft . The knaveries of O'Cor . ncll , and the difficulties of Russell are admirably illustrated . The " Club Snobs" are terribly roasted by the author of the Snob papers . We extract the following specimen oi Punch ' s poetry : — THE FINE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN OF THE PRESENT TIME .
I'll sing ; you a fine old song , improved by a modern pate , Of a fino Old English Gentleman , whs owns a large estate , But pais the labourers on it at a very shabby rate . Some seven shillings each a week for early work and l ate . Gives this fine Old English Gentleman , one of the present time . His hall so brave is bung around with pictures , all in rows , 0 / oxen that have gained the prize at agricultural shows , And pigs so fat tbat they can ' t see an inch before their nose ; For the whole of bis attention on his cattle he bestows , Like a fine Old English Gentleman , one of the present time .
In winter ' s cold , when poor and old for some assistance call , And come to b ? g a trifle at the portals of his hall , He refers them to the workhouse that stands open wide for all ; For this is how the parish great relieve the parish small , Like a fine Old English Gentleman , one of the present time . When any of his working men are bold enough to press For a trifle more of wages in a season of distress . He answers like a thorough-going man of busiuess : — " Must I pay this or that for work which I could get for less ?" Says the fine Old English Gentleman , one of the present time .
But rolling years will onwards flow , and time , alas ! will fly . And one of these fine days this fine Old Gentleman must die . Ah ! will be then bethink him , as he heaves life's latest » igh , That he has done to others quite as he would be done by , As the true Old English Gentleman did in the olden time ?
The Family Herald-Pari 45. London G. Big...
THE FAMILY HERALD-Pari 45 . London G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . This part contains the usual amount of pleasing miscellaneous literature , for which this publication has become so celebrated . The editor continues his inimitable essays , and in all departments the talent and energ- is manifested which have from its commencement , rendered the Family Herald so justly popular .
The Musical Herald-Parto. London : G. Bi...
THE MUSICAL HERALD-PartO . London G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . An excellent selection of music , British and Foreign , together with some original compositions prepared for this publication , will be found in this part of the Musical Herald . The " Literature" is interesting to the non-musical as well as musical reader . This is decidedly one of the neatest and cheapest publications of the day .
The People's Press, And Monthly Historic...
THE PEOPLE'S PRESS , AND MONTHLY HISTORICAL NEWSPAPER-Isle of Man W . shirrefs and A , Russell , No . 2 , Lord-street , Douglas . This is a wonderful two-penny-worth ; really the most complete thing of the sort we have ever seen . First we have a summary of the events of 1 SJG , not a mere chronological list of dates but a brief history of the occurrences , home and foreign , of the past year ; then follows an epitome of the news of the month , and tho mass of news contained in this epitome of less than five pages is truly astonishing ; a
number of ably written essays and articles supplies the remainder of this first number . The second number is to appear on the first of March . Though not agreeing in all things with some of the writers in this publication , we , nevertheless , feel it a duty to recommend it to our readers , that they may read and judge for themselves . The Peoples Press may be had post free from the publishers ( Isle of Man ) , and may also be obtained , by order , from Messrs . Gilbert , Paternoster-row ; Vickers , Catherine-street ; and Purkins , Cor apton-street , the London Agents . We wish the projectors success .
The Chronicles Of The Bastile. Parts 1,2...
THE CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE . Parts 1 , 2 , and 3 , second series . London : T . C . Newby , 72 , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-squwc . Lengthy extracts from the first series of this work have already sufficiently informed our readers of its merits and the great abilities of its author . This second series of which we have received the three first numbers will complete the " Chronicles" ( in twelve monthly shilling parts ) . The opening of the story showing that "coming events cast their shadows before , " powerfully describes the dreadful state of France immediately preceding the commencement of the Revolution of ' 89 , as witness the following extract : —
THE FAMINE . The year of Grace Seventeen Hundred and Eightynine , so memorable as being tbat of the outbreak of the great French Revolution , was ushered in by a winttr of unprecedented severity ; the rigours of which were cruelly aggravated by the total failure of the crops in the Autumn preceding ; a calamity in itself sufficiently fearful , but iu this instance rendered a hundred-fold more terrible , because it proved not only the forerunner of a series of disasters of the same nature , resulting in the general famine of Seventeen Hundred and Ninety-three , but because it wis the constquence of a continuation of scanty hatvests , which , for twenty years , had alreadydesolated the kingdom ; decimating the population , embarrassing the government , and engendering amongst the people , disaffection towards the existing state of affairs , and towards those who regulated them .
As always happens at periods of national distress , the first who experienced the grievous effects of the dearth , were precisely those least able to provide against the emergency—namely , ths people ; under which compre . hensive designation might be said to be included all not actually nobly born nor come of gentle blood . Yet , amongst this class , to have kindred with , or to have derived descent from which , was , in those now happily bygone days of courtly stolidity , considered almost a crime ; branding the individual with an indelible mark , that not even courtly association could efface ; amongst this tlass , say we , poverty and misery owned their gradations , and stood forth as prominently as did the various degrees of wealth and magnificence which appertained to
au-i rharacterui-d the ranks of the hi her favoured in respect of birth and position . Thus was it not simultaueeu-dy throughout the miss of the people tbat the encroaclmients of hunger became manifest ; it was not upon the solid cheek of the obese burgess , nor upon the s carce ly less material comeliness of his plump spouse , that gaunt Famine first stamped its outward and visible si gn ; these and their like couli smileif bread was dearer to-day than it was yesterday , or threatened to be yet dearer t :-morrow , for they possessed the means ot purchasing Ihe staple article of food , even at the advanced price ; whilst their suptriera , eaj . ying larger revenues , and consequently experiencing no difficulty inprocuring supplies , < u nliat cost soever , might be presumed to
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dwell la ignorance of the extent to which the famine raged , and of the privations which the inferior orders of the community were daily suffering ; the more especially as they seldom or never had the opportunity of coming into personal contact with them : but the hard-working artisan who bartered the sweat of his manly brow , and the labour of his sturdy sinews , for the miserable doit under the name "hire and wage" doled out to him by his task-master , the burgess or the noble aforesaid ; the toilworn-husband-man , to whose plough and harrow , guided by his powerful arm , was due even the slender , ungrateful harvest that waited upon bis efforts , but of his just
portion whereof he was not to taste ; in a word , the entire working population of France , this was the class upon which the visitation fell with its utmost weight ; affecting first and most severely the very posiest ; next , those only one degree removed from absolute poverty ; and go on , in a regular ascending scale ; or , like tho rippls engendered by a pebble cast into smooth water , extending in a series of concentric circles , until , having attained its limit in the wealthy citizens and still wealthier nobles the reflux ceased to be felt at all ; or too slightly to derange the economy of their well-regulated and sumptuous household .
Under these circumstane . s , the streets of Paris offered , at this period , a most distressing spectacle ; at all hours might be seen groups of lean , visaged individuals , besieging the bakers' shops , the corn-market , and every place where food was exposed for sale , but which was to theradoubl j forbidden , first on ^ account of its exorbitant price , and secondly , because it was everywhere guarded by strong companies of soldiers , ready to drive the bungry multitude back at the point of the bayonet . The gates of every hotel , every mansion , were in like manner , beleaguered , morn , noon , aiid night , by similar
crowds , who fought agaiust one another for the possession of the broken meat which the underlings of tho treat distributed , immediately after every repast of their masters . Even the very footways and gutters were explored in search of anything that bore the appearance of food , or could be converted into it ; gar age , of the filthiest kind , beiig greedily devoured wheresoever it was found , whilst the public slaughterhouses were absolutely blockaded by throngs of famishing men , imploring the butchers to give them the offal from the reeking carcasses that had just succumbed beneath the pole-axe or tbe knife .
As the winter advanced , and provisions became scarcer , the condition of the populace grew daily worse ; the public mind , too , began to ferment ; men who worked , began to think they had a right to eat also ; and here and there one , bolder than his companions , would harangue them upon the subject , insisting upon the equality of all , and how it was , or ought to be , the privilege of every man to enjoy his just portion of tho fruits of the earth , and his due share of its riches . The first character introduced is a " mob-orator " of the Equal Rights school , the afterwards celebrated Camilla Dcsmoulius , who is addressing a hungry multitude assembled iu view of a baker ' s shop : — •' WHY SHOULD WE 8 TABVET— DOWN WITH THB BOBBEBS !"
" Why should wo starve t" said he , after a brief pause , filled up by a loud murmur of approbation from his listeners . Why should we starve , I ask ; we who work , or would work if we could ; whilst the nobles , who don't work , are gorging themselves with every delicacy that their wealth can purchase ? Are we not all equal ? All of the same flesh and blood 1 Have we not , every one of us , a r ight , a natural right , a right unalienable , to demand njuit return for tbe labour of our hands ? Yet do not our present institutions debar us from that right ! For instance , we work , and are paid with a piece of paper . But even that wouldn ' t ^ signify if the government honoured its bills ! Instead , we must pay discount to
get them changed ; and they who drive this vile traffic are agents of the Exchequer-office ! Who , then , gets the profit of our labour ? That very government itself which I say we don't want , and yet which we endure ! Why , what arc we * Dogs in a kennel ; with tho foot of power trampling upon as ! Yes , dogs ! I repeat it ! Again ; bow much of what is left to ns of our hard earnings , goes to tbe Church ? Is not every man taxed to support it ; not according to his means , but because he happens to be born with a head ! And what do the Clergy do with it ? Do they succour the poort No ! We do that ; we , who are alrea-ly poor , are compelled to contribute to the maintainance of those who are
poorer than ourselves ; whilst they who should perform this charitable office are lavishing their gold upon courtesans ! We don't want a Church at all ! No Church , no priests , no nobles , no government except a Liberal one ; a Republic ! That ' s what Jean Jacques Rousseau says ; and if be doesn ' t oay so , be means it ; but if he does neither , I do both , aud that's all the same ! He didn ' t like the nobles , nor do 11 They are the cormorunts of the State ! They eat up everything , and leave us to starve ! And this brings me back to the point . Again I ask , why should we starve 1 We any mure than they ! We have mouths as well as they , and larger ap . petitcs ! We ask for bread , and what answer do we get ! nereis no corn ! 'Tis a lie ! There is corn ! Covniu abundance ! Com stored up in granaries , which will be brought into this very market to bo sold at a high price !"
The m b hardly comprehend Camille ' s tirade againt nobles and priests , for the masses—with some fee individual exceptions—had not yet thought much upon those political raid social questions which , subsequently so greatly agitated the democracy of Paris . His appeals , however , respecting " bread , " are at once understood and fiercely responded to . The resuit is an attack on a baker ' s shop , a struggle between the mob and a small body of soldiers , bloodshed and death , the victory of the mob , and the sacking of the baker ' s premises , accompanied by acts of barbarity , strangely relieved by acts botlujjust ; and generous , ot which the real history of the revolutionpre . sents so many astounding examples . We must defer further notice till our next number .
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The Famine Ix Ths Far North—Highland Pro...
THE FAMINE IX THS FAR NORTH—HIGHLAND PROPRIETORS AND SCOTCH PRIESTS . TO THB EDITOR OF THE MORTHESX STAR . Sib , —The public are much indebted to you for the many valuable lessons you have taught them from the commencement of your jouraal , and I am sura your Scottish readers would feel grateful if you would demonstrate , or throw some light upon the nature of public meetings . I do assure you there is much need for it . — For my own part I never went to a meeting , especially when invited by placards or advertisement , but I considered myself while there as a juror , making up my judgment from the evidence and facts laid before the meeting , either to acquit or find guilty the parties or party arraigned . If I am right , I fear much that many are wrong , ltd astray , making up their judgment from the views of their priests and cunning leaders ,
consequently returning , very oft » n , a wrong and sinful verdict . We had a painful demonstration of this incur own city upon the 13 th ultimo . You are aware of the deplorable , famishing condition of the Highland population , and that a public meeting was held in tbe Music Hall , Edinburgh , on the above date , to take into consideration the cause of it , and to adopt the most advisable measure to save the people from death by starvation . The meeting was numerous , and composed of the moat respectable and influential citizens of Edinburgh , and the Lord Provost in the chair . It was opened by prayer , wherein to my unspeakable astonishment , there was an indication that the Almighty Creator and Ruler of Heaven and Earth was to be arraigned at the Bar . No doubt be was called bonny decoying names , such as "Omnipotent , " "Just , " " Merciful , " and "Holy God , " "King of kiogs , " and " Lord of lords , " and that he had a just right to punish
the nation for national sins , Ac , 4 c . The first resolution was moved by a Rev . Gentleman , ( it has been read over the breadth and length of the land ere this time ) I need not repeat it , but it begun thus , " As it has pleased the Almighty God , in the mysterious working of his providence , to visit this land with scarcity of food and to destroy the potatoes , & c . " The resolution was supported by- another Rev . Gentleman , who strenuously endeavoured to exonerate the Highland proprietors , aud read a letter from one of their tools , stating that his patron tendered two or three thousand pounds for the relief of the poor victims . Yes , victims of his own cruel , and boundless ambition . I made an attempt to exonerate my God from the charge brought against him , and to bring it home to the guilty proprietors , but I was hissed ; and the resolution passed with acclamation . Hence , Hi ghland destitution and miserjr—were saddled upon tl \ p will and pleasures of God ,
I then prepared a letter for the Edinburgh liberal press , aud every one of them refused to give it insertion , with the exception of the Exprest , which took a short extract of it . I have written a good deal for 13 years back upon the cause of Highland destitution , and published a pamp hlet upon it , ( not making any pretence to literature ); but now that the cruel , reckless , and unhallowed policy of Highland landlords , hasigiven birth to this fearful and grim monster ( hat is . stalking up and down the barren moors , cliffs , and precipices of the Highland sea shore , my remarks are considered too strong and bordering upon infidelity , by our pious , priest-ridden Scottish press . Hut I expect a bettsrretunt from the English liberals . I need not trouble you with tho preamble , so that I begin with tbe resolution .
I have ho right to dispute tht Rev . Gentleman ' s knowledge of , and familiarity with , the mysterious p leasures of God , but I have learned ftoiu his revealed will that judgment is a strange worth with him , and that he has no delight ner pleasure in the death of sinners . The failure of the potato root was felt all over Scotland , England , Wales , and Ireland , and would not hare affected the Highlands aud Ireland in a greater ratio than other places , had not their pievious condition left the inhabitants victims to all tho casualties of the season . I maintain , as I did at the uueting , that Highland destitution had its origin in human agency . For , in the first place , it pleased the British legislature to tnnct liiws , whereby the earth , with all the treasures beneath it down to tho centre , making a fair division with the antipodes , and , above it , up to heaven , and , to a certain extent , out to sea , were vourigneJ over to a few men , to . do with it what they pleased , among whom we fiud Highland proprietors . Secondly , it pleased these gentlemen to turn the aborigines , who held the land by au orig inal right , . out of their fertile gleus and productive hills , aud to
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convert the land to sheep walks and hunting parks leaving the people ao other alternative but to accept of patches ot barren moors , among rocks and precipices , on the lea shore ; in short , in most cases , places that God never designed for cultivation nor for the abode of man , created only to support game . and pleasure ground , and ' shelter for sea gulls . With few exceptions , the people accepted of these patches , expecting that matters would get better ; but , instead of that , they have got worse , and the result is , according to the statistics laid before the meeting , and which were not exaggerated , that three hun . dred and fifty thousand human beings are deprived of every resource in their own land for subsistence , except what they could rear of the unnutritious root , and now that root has failed they must die , unless they are kept alive upon public charity .
The speeches of the mover , seconder , and supporter of the resolution , maintained that tho potato rot was a judgment for national sing . Now , I would ask those gentlemen , what are the leviathan sins of the nineteenth century ! are they not the robbing of the poor ; yea , ot tbe industrious poor , and expending the booty , the price of blood , upsn unnecessary dijnity , garnishing idols , gambling , seduction , usury , and debauchery . Now , if this is sdmitted , and who can deny it , I would then ask , Is It consistent with His other works of Creation , Redemption and Providence , or with one word Ha spoke while on earth , that a holy , just , and merciful Ood would punish the poor people that were robbed for the sins of those that did rob them , and to allow tho robbers to go scot free t
Oh , ye hyposriticat apologists for evil doers , bow long will ye continue to saddle the guilt of your evil doing patrons upon the pleasure and providence of God ! You , and such as you , have done more injury to tho cause of Christ and true religion in the world , than all his avowed enemies could accomplish . I should have expatiated upon tho maniaeal instruction given to the Committae , who were elected to con . duct the funds which were about to be collected , and of the course the committee and railroad contractors are pursuing , ( to tbe latter , in all probability , the destitution will turn out a profitable judgment ) ; but I am intruding too much on your liberality at present , and , with your permission , will resume the subject at no distant Period ,
Yours respectfully , Donald M'Leod . l a , North Richmond street , Edinburgh , January 30 , 1847 . [ We have been compelled to omit a portion of Mr . M'Leod ' s Utter ; only for the reason that while Parliament is stiting we cannot afford room for long letters . —Ed . N , S . l
The Representation Of Nottingham . To Th...
THE REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINGHAM . TO THB BDITOB Of THE NOIITHBKN STAB . Sir , —As your valuable paper is freely circulnted in this neighbourhood , permit me through your columns to make a few observations upon this important subj . ot , especially as a local paper—tho Nottingham Mercuryhas already had some comments upon it , and several communications from its correspondents . Although several gentlemen are mentioned as lit and proper persons to represeat Nottingham in the next Parliament , none of them appear to me suffieicntly qualified to entitle them to this honour ; being principally I ' rom the old schools of political economists , free traders , and
followers of Adam Smith , the greater portion of whose doc - trines are fallacious and exploded . The fact is , if the electors of Nottingham intend to lead , they must look out for parties who , listing studied the production of wealth , have also some knowledge at least of the principles of distribution , and as such I would venture to recommend ( without wishing to appear presumptuous ) such gentlemen as Mr . Feargus O'Connor , T , S , Buncombe , or Mr . Sharman Crawford , as being highly gifted in this respect to serve the electors of Nottingham . Trusting to your kindness in inserting these brief remarks in your next week's Star .
I remain , your obedient servant , RlCHABO O . ARK SOTTOX , An Elector of Nottingham . Grey Friars Gate , February 5 , 1847 . [ Mr . Duncombe and Mr . Crawford ore already well seated in representing Finsbury and Rocbdale . — Ed . N . S . I
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CHARTIST VOTES . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Seeing that . Election and Registration Com mittees are formed in several localities , allow me to call the attention of the Scottish Chartists to the subject . The attention of the Chartist body has been before directed to the subject through the medium of the Star ; but very fjir , I fear , have as yet acted on the suggestions made . The mode of obtaining the franchise is easy and simple for any one who cannot affard to pay £ 10 rent for a house or shop . He may take a house , and let off a part furnished , which will cover the difference of rent and rates , and something more ; or , if that does not suit , he may let the spare rooms unfurnished . All that the sheriff , who is revising barrister , asks for Is the landlord ' s receipt , showing that tlie applicant pays £ 10 per annum or upwards of rent . Now , whoever adopts
this plait will find that hu is no loser by it , for houses , like other things , are dearest in the retail market . I have put my own name on the register in this way , aud so may thousands if they choose . What avails our Election Committees if we have not Chartist electors to bring to the poll ? Are the middle classes expected to became converts to our principles ? We may as well try to convert a wolf into a lamb . There are many honourable exceptions to bo sure , but they are but exceptions to the general rule . When the Whigs ousted the Tories from Downing-strtet , Sir Robert Peel said , We must fight tbe battls in the Registration ! Courts . The Tories fought and conquered . When the Anti-Corn Law League
despaired of Parliament yielding to Cobden ' s bullying , they set to the manufacturing of votes ; and the Government quailed before them , aud at last surrendered . So , if the Chartists are avowedly in earnest about having twelve Duncombesin the house , every man must exert himself to get a vote as a compound , 'householder , if he cannot get it otherwise . Let the Chartists remember tbat when nn election comes on one vote will be worth twenty speeches , and that without a good number of electors our hustings demonstration will be like firing blank shot , only end in smoke . Yours very respectfully , J . Ckmmino . 14 . Duncan . street , New Town , Edinburgh ,
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MEETING OF " THE IRISH PARTY . " -TIIE NEW POOR-LAW * . There was a very numerously-attended meeting of ' * tho Irish Party" on Saturday , at their apartments , in Old Palace-yard , Westminster , specially convened , for the purpose of considering the bill introduced into the House of Commons by Lord John Russell , Sir George Grey , and Mr . Labouchero , " to make further provision for the relief of the destitute poor in Ireland . " Lord Monteagle was called upon to preside . Among the members of the houses of Peers and Commons present were Karl Mountcushel ,
Viscount Doneraile , tho Earl of Fingal , the Marquess of Sligo , the Marquess ef Conyngham , Lord Clements , Mr . D . O'Connell , Mr . G . A . Hamilton , Mr . W . S . O'Brien , Mr . D . O'Connell , jun ., Mr . W . R . Collett , Mr . Robert Dillon Browne , Colonel Acton , Mr . Robert Archbold , Sir 11 . W . Barron , Hon . P . Butler , Mr . D . Callaghan , Mr . Timothy O'Brien , Mr . James Power , Mr . Edward Grogan , Mr . William Henry Gregory , Sir Thomas Esmonde , M . F . French , Mr . II . Grattan , Mr . James Kelly , Mr . Anthony Lefroy , Mr . John O'Brien , Mr . Ralph Osborne , Captain Taylor , Mr . 11 . M . Tuite . Tho noble chairman read the clauses of the bill seriatim .
Upon the second clause of the bill , which enacted that the guardians might be authorised by the poorlaw commissioners to give out-door relief to persons not permanently disabled , there was considerable discussion . The principle of extending this mode of relief in food , save in cases of sudden and urgent necessity , found a number of supporters , but there were some who expressed themselves antagonistic to the ministerial proposition , in terr as almost similar to those which they declared immediately after Lord John Russell ' s exposition of his projected Irish policy in the House of Commons . The fourth , fifth ( save as to the number of relieving officers that might bo deemed requisite , ) sixth , seventh and eighth clauses of the act were briefly considered . The ninth clause , which provided that all relief given out of the workhouse under the provisions of the act should be charged upon the poor rates of the whole union , and that no relief given under the authority of the act should
be ministered out of the union to which it was charged , caused an animated and protracted discussion . The great majority of members present declared themselves favourable to , and determined to support a continuance of the present system of taxation by proportionate assessment on the electoral districts . It was generally admitted , however , that the present modo of assessing the poor ' s rate should only last until there would bo more leisure to effect cautious and salutary changes of the . distribution of taxation . The clause rendering the administration ot relief under the act subject to the direction and control of the poor-law commissioners having been duly canvassed , and it being arranged that ministers snouid be questioned iu committee as to the full extent ot the powers with which it was intended to invesHhcm , the thanks of the mooting were voted to Lord Monteagle , and an adjournment shortly afterwards took place .
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Sankv Brook Colmert , Pabb , hear St . Helen's —On Saturday , 23 rd ult ., an explosion occurred at this Colliery , when a collier ot the name of Ilighcock was dreadfully burnt , and on the 30 th ult . he died of his wounds . Other two colliers were burnt and lamed at the same time , but are expected to recover . Starvation . — A family in Kishorn Lochcarron , have subsisted for several weeks this season on boiled grass and nettles , without tasting any other species of food . Nothing whatever' has been done for the poor in that parish beyond giving the paupers a few bolls of meal , and ere summer , Jeantown will ba as , utterly destitute as Skibbereen , in Ireland ,
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A New Combt . —On Saturday evening last , a few minutes after nine o ' clock , Mr Hind discovered a telescopic comet in Cepheusv The comet is a faint nebulosity , with a slight condensation in the centre , though no positive nucelus is visible . lvKFKKSKWTATIOIf OP WINCHESTER . — -A rUtuOUP IS prevalent in this city that Mr . J . B . East does not intend to become again a candidate . ttUMoimKo Retirement of Col . Mabeklt from was r ~ f ™ ; 7 ° £ Saturd » y eTenin & a rumo ,, r ZhBr ? a n aVV 10 p ° st- ° ffice that Lieut .-Colonel SfSSia ^ " ^ <™ Secretaryship Propkb . —The Lords of the Admiwltv havfl nre-Z ^ J ^^ i t " ^^^^ captains , as a token of honour , for humanifv shown to some shipwrecked English seamen y
ni !^ fn " & H JL Wome ! i have k ™ committed to Uerry jail , for the murder ot Mr . R Turhntt at Newtownlimavady . ° " Latmt > & i Feed him with it .--Patrick Carty , a huxter in Boyle , has been charged with havingsold flour mixed with sand . Used to it -Sub-constable Cunningham arrested at AbbeyleixJohn Crcegin , notorious for havin" enlisted in the 6 th , 55 th , 58 th , and 84 th regiment ' s . The Destroyer . —At a conversazione held on Saturday evening at the residence of Alfred Sraee , Esq . F . R . S ., in Finsbury-circus , numerous objects of interest were exhibited on the tables for examination ; amongst these were many microscopical specimens of plants diseased or destroyed by the aphis vastalorthe ^ cause of the potato rot . Famishing Doos entered Ballygibbon Chnrch-yard and tore up and devoured the remains of three persons buried there .
Mosey Order Office , Lon-do . v . —Tho extensive building erected in Alderagate-street , to which the entire of tho money-order department of tho General Post-office will be transferred , is to open for business on tho 1 st of March . Rmlwat Legislation . —We regret to announce to the railway interests of this country that the government have in preparation a bill of railway powers , pains , and penalties , which is likely to prove more injurious to railway property than any other measure which has been attempted against them . —Railway Chronicle A Lucky Navvy . —A navigator working on tho Lewes railway has just received information that his uncle bequeathed £ 87 , 000 to be divided between him and his brother .
Gentility . —A gentleman at Boston is such a stickler for gentility , that he requested the schoolmaster" not to teach any of his boya vulgar fractions . " Lord Morpeth wearing the Rkd Cap . —Lord Morpeth recently dug the first sod for a railway in a navigator ' s red cap and jacket , in the presence of a large crowd . Gildikq Gold . —A distant relative , Mr . Windham , has left the Duchess of Sutherland £ 50 , 000 . Mkn of many Wives . —There exists in Bengal a particular class of Brahmins , known by the name of Kulins , who arc notorious for the number of their marriages . One member of this caste has been known to have formed 300 matrimonial alliances , and to have had wives scattered over a vast extent of country .
Parliamentary Divisions and Attendances . — Cubious Investigations . — There have been 912 divisions since the present Parliament met in August 1811 ; Great party questions have rallied , with the aid of whippers-in , a tolerable show , but the real business of the country has very frequently been conducted by less than a legal House , viz , forty members . Charter of Incorporation' for Warrinotok . — Major Jebb , the Government Commissioner , has reported to the Privy Council in favour of this application . Thk Nineteenth Century . —The Mayor of Bolton compels the police to seize and thrust into the churches all persons in the streets during divine service .
None Suck a Fool . —Mr . Dyce Sombre , the alleged lunatic , has petitioned the Court of Chancery for an increased allowance , alleging that £ 60 a week is not enough for his comfortable support ! Poor fellow ! Silk . —Tho King of Bavaria has authorized an association of ladies , formed for rearing silk worms and promoting the growth of silk within the kingdom . A Horrible Suicide took place last week at Dunieres , in the Ilaute-Loire . A workman at a saw mill , in a temporary fit ot insanity , placed his arm under one of tho saws , by which it was separated , and then put his head to the instrument , ilo was just expiring when he was discovered . Father op his People !—The Emperor of Russia has ordered an increase of one-half in the land-tax paid by the free peasants in Russia .
Love among the Spindles . —They marry so fast in Lowell , that tho editors have been compelled to have their letter boxes enlarged to receive the notices . Iron Steamers . —Two iron steam schooners are about to commence running with goods and passengers between Liverpool and Lisbon . Brutes . —John Devany , and Patrick Hurley , wardsmen of Galway workhouse , are committed lor the manslaughter of Michael O'Donnell a pauper b 3 y , whom they flogged with a leather strap . The Press and Prussia . —The Steele , the Aotional , the IUforme , and the Charivari , French papers , smil our ' contemporary Punch , \\ nye been forbidden in Prussia . An Effectual Cuke for Dysentery . —A cup of the very stron . ;! c * t coffee , sweetened with ] white sugar , and without milk , with a hard cake or water biscuit .
Benefits from Telforai'iiic Communication . — A few days ago a vessel grounded in the Dumber , and was in danger of being wrcckei . To save her very prompt assistance was requisite , and the aid of a powerful screw propellor being required , the telegraph from Hull , made known the want at Ne wcastle-upon-Tyne , and by tho first train the ranch needed screw was forthcoming , and thus property wa ^ saved by this prompt assistance exceeding in value considerably £ 1 , 000 . The Magi . —The festival in honour of the Magi was held at Rome on the 10 th ult ., when hymns ,
celebrating the nativity , were ehaunted or recited in a great variety of oriental languages and dialects , as well as in almost all the languages of Europe . " Punch" in Trsuhle —We learn from tho Gateshead Olservr , that the captain of a Newcastle trader was seized in a French port , and hurried before tho authorities , because a stray copy oWunek was found wrsppetl round a bottle of briimly ! Death of Mr . Gkorok Robins . —Wo rosret to have to announce the death of this gentleman , who expired at Brighton , on Monday last , after a protracted illness .
Explosion of a Locomotive . —A disastrous explosion 1 ms occurred on the Reading Railroad , near Philadelphia . A locomotive exploded , killing seven persons . The report was heard four miles distant . The mangled limbs of the unfortunate persons were thrown a great distance . The Fokobry at Gubney ' s Bank , Fakkniiam , Norfolk . —John Church , who was formerly a surgeon at Bradunhnm , Norfolk , and who has been described in ths Hue and Cry for some weeks past , was , on Saturday last , apprehended at a tavern , in
the neighbourhood of Ik'gent-street , by Sergeant Grev , of the detective force , assisted by Superintendent Pcgier , of the Norfolk constabulary , and conveyed immediately to Pakenham . charged with defrauding the above bank of £ 120 , by means of a forged cheque . French Legitimist Journals . —In the trance , Quotldknne , and VEcho Francois there appeared announcements to the effect that from Sunday last , Feb . 7 th , those thrje papers would bo united under the title of V Union Monarchiqw .
The Famine in lBKLASD ,- ^ The Pope has promulgated a Triduo for the relief of Irish distress . State of Sicily . —Great distress prevails in Calabria , at Messina , Barcelona , and other parts of Sicily , and fears are entertained that want will cause tho poorer orders to proceed to violence . The corn crop has been destroyed by inundations , and famine is now impending . A Modern IIbnry VIII . —Young Prince Ilatyfeldt , a member of the highest Roman Catholic aristocracy in Silesia , intends to dissolve his present marriage , and contract another . As it ia only in very few cases that his Holiness at Rome grants the dissolution of a marriage , tho prince intends to embrace the Protestant faith , a circumstance which is much , talked of , and causes a great sensation in the higher circles , Corn Riots at Ancona . —A letter from Rome , of
23 rd ult ., quoted by the Augsbnrgh Gazette , says : — "In the district of Cosene , province ofFarlio . on the 18 th , deplorable excesses were committed on the occasion ot the embarkation of Corn to Ancona . The people of tho country not only plundered tho corn but al * o tho magazines in the neighbourhood . Fbeb Trade in Sweden . —Stockholm , Jan . 20 . — To-day two royal decrees have been published , both dated December 22 , which are highly important to manufacturers and artisans . With few restrictions and exceptions tho freedom of trade and manufacture is thereby ordained . All guilds are abolished ; and every Swede who is of ago , and maintains a good character , is empowered to engage in any handicraft , and to sell his manufactures cither in tho cities and towns , or in the country . Ho must havo given proof before the municipal authorities that ho understands the trade into which he enters .
The Way to Catch them . —The Total Abstinence Society of Liverpool adopted a ntw plan ef obtaining an audience for their lectures on Tuesday , having offered soup tickets to those who should attend . By this means a goodly concourse assembled . Sudden Death . —Mr , W . StandnVid , of the firm of Newbould and Co ., manufacturers of cutlery , Sheffield , was at the Duke ' s Anns , Mirlbwough , hist Thursday , and up to seven in tho evening , in perfect health . He then walked to the post-offico , put in his
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letters , returned to the hotel , and was a corpse in 1 st than an hour . Disease of the heart was theimn-. e < diato cause of death . Miss Susav Cushmav was Married a few daya ago , to Mr . Muspratt , one of the sons of Mr . James Musoratt , of Seaforth-hall . She is , with her sister , fulfilling some country engagements previous to her retirement from the stage . Nightly Shelter for the Housele ? s Poor . — On Monday , th © committee of tho above association made a report of the number of unforttinite imlivi . duals who have , since the opening , Uth , Dcc-mihcr
last , availed themselves of its advantages as shelter from the inclemency of the weather . In the central asylum , in Playhouse-yard , St . Luke ' s , 4 , 710 msn , women , and children have boon admitted ; in tho eastern asylum , in Glasshouse-street , East Smith , field , 3 . 511 ; and in the western asylum , Upper O-lcstreet , Marylebone , 3 , 907 ; making a total of 12 , 191 . The number of rations distributed during the same period amounted to 131 , 133 . The number admitted nightly , on the average , is 1 , 200 , and during the present inclement weather hundreds cannot he admitted . . .. ,.
Cotton from Cum .- We sec by the Liverpool Customs list of Monday , that on that day the Old England , of Liverpool , arrived from Shnngh . ie , which port she left on the 8 th of June , bringing a miscellaneous cargo of tea , silk , hemp , lanterns , tans , hats , umbrellas , and paintines , and one bale ol cotton , which we presume , has been sent as a sample . Medical Orthooraphy-TIic Birmingham Adver . User mentions that "One of those cure-everything professionals , who figure away at the bull-ring on market days with their matchless nostrums , stood , the other day , with a basket containing bottles of medicine before him . On the basket was a written paper with the following laconic announcement : —• " A shure cuer for the Rewmatiss !"
Slave Holoino America . — We learn from the papers that that nest of singing birds tho Hutchinson family , were not permitted to carol , because they would not bind themselves not to execute antislavery songs . They bowed to the despotism of tlia republican slaveholders , and were silent . Fatal Accident is Collecting Ice—On Wednesday morning , a man named Joseph Satchell , aco ? 'ermonger , living at No . 11 , Gee ' s-court , Pye-street , Westminster , was engaged dragging ice out of the river near Thames Bank , assisted by his son , when they were both immersed , young Satchell , on rising , clung to the broken ice , and was rescued by snne labourers who came to his as > istance , but though every effort was used , the body of his father could not be recovered .
The Cholera . —From Alexandria , however , we learn that the melancholy news hnd arrived in Cairo from Mecca , that the devastating pestilence had there broken out among the pilgrims , and that in nine days no less than 15 , 000 victims had been swept away by it . At his Old Th'cks . — The last accounts from Naples state that Mount Vesuvius , which had been for some time in a nearly quiescent state , had agam begun to throw out immense torrents of lava . The Park * . —On Wednesday , the ornamental waters in St . James ' s and the Regent ' s Parks , the Serpentine , and the Long Water and Round Pond , Kensington Gardens , were completely irozsn over , tho ice being several inches in thickness and perfectly safe , but the roughness of it * surface , unpleasant to skaters . From 8 . 000 to 10 , 000 persons are supposed to have ventured on during the day without anv accident occurring . ...
Baron Pasquikr , sen ., first surgeon of the king , mspector-surceon and member of the Bnard of Health of the Army , and Commander of the Legion of Honour , died on Saturday , after a long illness , in his 74 th vear . Letters of Marq . be . —The * Courrier dc Marseilles states-that an agent of tho Mexican Government , authorised to deliver lettres de iJInnpie against the United States , has-just arrived in that city . The German Fleet . —Berlin , February 2 . —The creation of a Gorman fleet , which was lately discussed with such great interest by the whole ot Germany , is hy no means abandoned , but is again brought forward since the revenues of the Z-illvercin have increased to nearly double what they were before .
Wixtbr i . v Norway—A lotto- from Christiana , in Norwav , of the 22 nd ultimo , says the herring fishery is verv brisk and abundant , and the fish of excellent quality . The temperature i < ho mild in the south ot Norwav thatthe navigation has recommenced . Taking tub Veil . —On Wednesday morning the interesting ceremnnv of two young ladies ( Miss Jones of St . John's Wood , and Miss Colgrave , of Bryanstone-squiire . ) taking the white veil and religions habit of " Our Blessed Lady of Mercy , took place at the convent o ( the order , situate in Hickman's l'Vlly . Bermoiv ' sey . [ Add " Jones and Colgrave ' s Follv . "J , ,. . Tub Dukr of Nassau has placed at the dispoial of the charitable committees of his states the corn in the granaries of his domains , at the price for which it could Invc been sold last autumn .
The Chairmen- of Election Committkes for th & nvesent session ot * Parliament are , Mr . V . Baying , Mr . Bernai , Mr . G . Banketi , Mr . R . Palmer , Mr . Home Drummnnd , and the Hon . H . M . Sutton . Piracies is Greece . —Wc read in a letter from . Ancona of the 10 th ult . :-In consequence of reports received fr . mi the British Consuls in various parts of Grease , Sir Edmund Lyon , the British Minister at Athens , presented in November two notes to the Greek Government complaining anew of the pira « cie * . and accusing the Ministry of negligence .
The Post-ofeicb and the News Irade . —lerhaps it is not generally known that very recently most decisive steps have been taken by tho Post-offiee authorites to prevent any parties connected with , tho service disposing ot newspapers , and indeed , so stringent is the regulation , that no party is henceforth " to bo considered eligible for an appointment ia that branch of the public service who may be a vender of newspapers at the time of his application . Potatobs . — During the past week , potatoes wow imported into London from France , Belgium , Holland , Snain , Portugal , and the United States ot
America . , Galvamsm—The " Builder" thinks that the day has arrived when the public lamps should be lighted simultaneously , by the aid of galvanism . Penny Postage ix India . —The " Bombiy Times " says that Lord Hardinge is understood to have resolved to reduce the postage throughout iKdia , and to introduce a svstem similar to that of Rowland
Hill . Singular Superstition . —There exists on many of the Italian coasts a superstition that no evil can come to a person who by leaping into tho sea claims its protection , English News in Italy . —An English newspaper is about to be commenced at Florence . Mr . Trollope , son of tho authoress , is to be the editor , and Sic Francis Vincent is to bo a leading contributor . Statue of tub Qiben . —The Q ,-ieen has directed that her statue , just completed at Rome by Gibson , ba forwarded to England in time for tho Royal Academy exhibition of the present year .
Beware op the Doctors . —Somo time since , s physician of Violaines , in the Pas-de-Calais , was tried for having exhumed his deceased wife , three weeks after interment , in order to make a skeletoa of her . He was found guilty , and condemned to threa months' imprisonment . On his appeal against tha judgment , it was confirmed , with the addition of three months' imprisonment to the three months to which he was already sentenced . Portuguese Recruiting . —The Lisbon correspondent of tho " Morning Chronicle" says that , in order to recruit the regiments employed against the insurgents , policemen are stationed at break ef day at tho corner of the streets , to arrest ovcry man capable o £ bearing arms . If not already a member of somo military corps , he is led to the barracks , receives some drilling , and is sent to tho army . Aurora Borealis . —A beautiful aurora borealia was seen at Edinburgh on Saturday evening .
Sappers and Miners . —A small detachment o £ sappers and miners has been ordered to South Australia , where tho men will be employed in surveying . Invasion oy Blacks . —A correspondent of tha "Dumfries Herald" says that black particles aresoa numerous in the air , that for miles , in Wigtonskire , the sheep are as black as in parks near large manufacturing towns in England , more especially their heads and faces . So aro doss and cattle with white legs , particularly where their walk is in heather or rough bogs . Linen hung out upon bushes to dry , ia taken off black wherever it has been in contact with thrm . German Pauperism . —The "Deutsche Allgcmeino Zdtung" announces the arrival of a young literary Swade at Berlin , sent by the King ot Sweden to inquire into the causes and growth of German
pauperism . . Coals . —The Dutch papers state that a coal mine has been discovered at Batol Apie , iu the south of Borneo . Public Baths . —The Newcastle town council haa resolved to erect baths and wash-housoi . Royal Present . —The King of Prussia has pre sented some valuable books to the New York State Library . , . ,. „ CoAST-GuARD .-Thc different coast-guard stations in the West of England aro to bo strongthesed hy additionalincH . . , _ . ___ of
Metropolitan PoLicK—The total " »™ bw persons belonging to the metropolitan P ° l «? , ~ » " «• 1 st of Jaiuuiry , 1847 , amounted . . 702 : of whom . IS were superintendent . , IU inspectors , 103 ser gcants , and 4 , 100 constables . l-, f , T niTWEVV A FOX AND A SWAN . —1 ) 11 ilK 3 tn 9 vltJ " ftZn hrie pond on the estate of W . C . K V * l 3 KiE £ l Hall , near Birmingham I wis frf * 'n over , ami some swans that were kept I herein wen * obliged to take refuge in the miming I woods in . l field * . O no ot them , lull grown , having stnvcii from the road , was attacked by a fbx , when , ! fro ' ii the broken st . ito of the swan's wm . -s it was ; evident that a violent struggle folio . \ ed . The fox , 1 however , obtained the mastery , after which hB i devoured tha bou ' v , and that with such ra pacity as to ' have onlv the breast bono and wings , every •¦ tueS i particle of the unlucky bird having cVisappcwfU .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13021847/page/3/
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