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4 THE NORTHERN STAR April 21, ' 1849.
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A Bitter lYisn.—"May you live in had commviy," \rc\s consvlered uv tue ancient Greeks one of
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the bitterest imprecations that could be...
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Mr. THOMAS COOPER AND MYSELF.
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I have received a letter from Mr. Cooper...
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J. Ccblixg, Isle of Thanet — Watson, Que...
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THE KOKTHERN STAR SATUKDAY, APUIf , 21. 1849.
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THE LAND. " The folly of to-day is the w...
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KILLING NO MURDER. English law is like a...
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THE KIRKDALE CHARTIST PRISONERS. We beg ...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The House of Commo...
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with real business, was withdrawn. The c...
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Sovereigns the People's Stewards. —But i...
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FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS. Recei...
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PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. We extract the fol...
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A Ghost in- Love.—The Abeilk Cauehobe ' ...
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4 The Northern Star April 21, ' 1849.
4 THE NORTHERN STAR April 21 , ' 1849 .
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THE CHE 1 TEST EWTtON EVER rCBLlSHED . Trice Is . Cd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of thfc Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . > ow IJeady , a Xew Edition of MR . O'GSNHOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . THE LABOURER MA & AZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may still be had , neatly twufid , price 2 s . GO . each No . 4 , the Xumber containing Mb . O'Connor ' s " treatise on the N ational Land Company ;" * o . 10 , the one coating Mh . a'Co . vxo . ' s Treatise - On the National Land and Labour Bank 5 n connection vith the Land Company : - KaTe lately beea «© rinted , and m » y 1 ) 8 Had on application , Frice « d . each-Imperfections « f * ie 'Labourer Magazine may stul be had at the mbUsiers .
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In sneat Volume , Price Is . Cd . " The Evidence taken by the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into tte National Land Company . " This Voluma ought to be in the hands of every Member cf the CompaET , as it strikingly Ulustrates the care and economy that hare been practised in the management oi the Fund ? of the Company , and proves , beyond contradiction , the practicability of the Plan which the Company was established to tarry out Just published , No . HI . Prict Sucpesce , of THE COMMONWEALTH . " THE COMMONWEALTH" will be the Representative « f the Chartists , Socialists , and TradeB' UnionistB , in the Monthly Press . CONTEXTS : 1 . What is to be done with Ireland ? 3 . The Weaver ' s Daughter . 3 . Extinction of Pauperism . 4 . Fopular Cause in Europe . 5 . Social Effects of Peasant Proprietorship . 6 . The Hero . 7 . Events of the Monfli . I & X 70 BTAT CT TVBL 1 CAT 10 N 8 . Proceedings of the National Convention , which assembled at London in April , 1848 . Thirty two very large , and solid pages : price only Threepence . The Trials of the Chartist Prisoners , Jones , Fussell , Williams , Vernon , & Looney . Twenty four very large and fall pages ; price only Threepence . Sold by J . Watson , Qneen ' s Head Passage , Paternosterrow , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester ; and Love and Co ., 5 , Xelson-strcet , Glasgow . And by all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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O'COXNOKVILLE . THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY will take place on TDESDAY , Mat 1 st , 18 i 9 . The proceedings will consist of a Public Dinner , Meeting and Ball . The " Directors will attend . Mr . O'Coxxob and other friends have teen invited . Tickets to be had of Mr . Dison , at the Office , 144 , High Holborn : also , of Mr . T . M . Wheeler , on the Estate .
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TO THE READERS OF "REYNOLDS'S MISCELLANY . " On Saturday , April i'S'th , to every purchaser of . Number 45 ( Price One Penny ) of that highly popular and beautifully illustrated Periodical , EETNOLDS ' S MISCELLANY , will be presented , gratis , the First Number of a Keltsue ot die beautiful Domestic Tale , entitled GRETXA GREEN ; Oil , iii FOR LOVE . BY SCSAXXA 1 I FKASCES REYNOLDS ( JIBS . C . W . M . HEIXOLDS , ' . The re-issue will be in Weekly Penny Numbers and Monthly Sixpenny Parts , in the same form as " The MrsiEWEs or the * Court of London , " printed on equally good paper , ard with Illustrations by the same popular artist , Mr . Henry Anelay . London : "Re v-volds's MiscELLi . vr" Office , Wellington-Street North , Strand .
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STARTLING PROPOSAL . THE CREATION OF WEALTH ; OR , LABOUR'S TRIUMPH , being a practicable plan or an EMIGRATION AND HOME COLONISATION LEAGUE , by which a faiuHj may emigrate to America and have a free ' juissage and a fruitful farm for Six I ' ocxds ; whilst , for nearly every family thus emigrating , another bbt be established gratis , on a Ten-Acre Farm in Britain . See THE REFORMER , weekly periodical , pr ice Two PJ 5 XCE . London : TVis-v , and all Newsagents and Dealers in Ton a and Country .
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BERRY , " EDGE MEETING . TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO 11 the members of the IYISTOXE branch of the N . i tional Land Company , that a meeting will be held at the house of Mr . James Finxev ( who is about to emigrate to America ) , on Sunday , April ii ' nd , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when all the members of the branch are requested to attend , as business of great importance will be laid before the meeting .
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Koyal Highness Prince Albert . Now Readr , THE LONDON and PARIS SPRING and SUMMER FASHIONS for 18 i 9 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN READ and Co ., li , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; and by GEOKGE 15 EKGEK , Ilolywell-street , Strand ; a splendid PIUXT . elaborately finished , and superbly coloured , the LANDSCAPE , a correct view in the Uneeh ' s Botanical Gardens , London , ( by special permission , ) the most magnificent place in Europe . This beautiful picture will be accompanied with the most novel , good fitting , and fashionable Dress . Hiding , Frock , and limiting Coat Patterns , both double and single-breasted ; Hussar ' s or Youth ' s round Jackets , plain and with skirts ; single and flouble-breastcd Dress , Morning and Evening Waistcoats ; also the most fashionable and newest style Habit Pattern ; every particular part of each pattern fully explained , and an illustration of eTervtlungrespecting Stvle and Fashion ; price Ws . Sold by Read and Co ., Pi , Hart-street , Bloomshury-square , London ; G . Berger , HolyweR-street , Strand ; and all BookseUers in Town and Country . READ and Co . 's new system of Cutting , just published , and wiR supersede everything of the kind before conceived . Terms , with particulars , sent post-free . Patent measures , 5 s . the set , with fuU explanation ; Talent Indicator , postfree , 7 s . ; Registered Patterns to Measure , Is . each , postfree ( Ladies' Paletots same ) ; by Read and Co ., and ah Booksellers in the United Kingdom . Post-office orders and post stamps , taken as cash . Habits performed for the trade . Busts for fitting Coats on ; Boys' Figures . Foremen provided . Instructions in Cutting complete , for aU kinds of Style and Fasliion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short tinit .
A Bitter Lyisn.—"May You Live In Had Commviy," \Rc\S Consvlered Uv Tue Ancient Greeks One Of
A Bitter lYisn . — "May you live in had commviy , " \ rc \ s consvlered uv tue ancient Greeks one of
The Bitterest Imprecations That Could Be...
the bitterest imprecations that could be uttered against an enemy . Poon Rates dt Iiielaxd . —A return on Wednesday printed by order of Parliament ( moved for b y Mr . FreneM shows that the military force employed in Ireland in the collection of poor rates between October I , ISiS , and February 1 , 1849 , consisted of 11 field-officers , 46 captains , 118 subalterns , 216 sergeants , 42 drummers , and 4 ,-533 rank and file . The constabulary force employed for the same purpose , the compulsory collection of poor-rates , consisted of 09 officers and 2 , 558 men . How Db . ILnox became a Successor of the Aposiles . —In our last we stated , on the authority
of the Dublin Press , that the present Protestant Bishop of Limerick lives out of the country to avoid his creditors . In reference to another Irish prelate , the new Bishop of Down and Connor , whose emoluments amount to from £ 3 , 500 to £ 4 , 000 per annum , the Lailg News says ;— " Dr , KnOX is nothing particular , he has done nothing particular , and he is not gifted with the faculty of saying anything which the world is particularly curious to hear . What , then , has made him Bishop of Down 1 Our Irish contemporaries explain the mystery in a brief , and , we fear , undeniable manner . Dr . Knox is the relation by birth of one Tory Earl , and the connexion by marriage of another . Lord Rnnfurly possesses large estates in Tyrone , and Lord Clare possesses considerable property in Limerick . It seems to the wise Whigs more politic and just to irv oi tnis
uuu prupiuuie personages aescription than to earn the confidence of their own party ,. or the respect of the public at large . " * * A more consistent Tory than the Earl of Clare the Upper House does not contain . For that reason he was made some months ago Lord-Lieutenant of Limerick ; and for the same cause , amongst others , has Dr . Knox been now promoted to the bishopric of Down . The family of Knox has for many generations thriven by Castle favour . They have , it is said , generally contrived to have always one or two mitres in their keeping , with an appropriate complement of subordinate dignities and benefices . 3 fot one of them was ever heard of as an eminent divine , eminent scholar , eminent writer , or eminent preacher . The only thing they have ever been eminent , for is the knack of getting preferment of every kind , and of outliving all their aristocratic Competitors . —Nonconformist .
Another Ccee of Deopsy bt Hm & owat ' s Puis —Mr Bwiean , an « te « ire fanner , residing at th « Elms ! near Boston , bad been for years in a bad rtatt of health the disease assumed a swelling in the ftet and ankles which gradual !? ascended until the wliotooffaig body was affected . Convinced , from advice , that he was labouring under a confirmed case of dr » psf he consulted many of the most emi . sent of the Faculty , and used their remedies , from which be derived no benefit , but became worse . In this state he determined to try HoHoway ' s Klls , and to the wonder of all , this superior medicine cured him . in an incredible abort JJ * W Of time .
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Price Sixpence , WILLIAM THE NORMAN , or the TYRANT DISPLAYED , a Tragedy , by R . OlLET . WORKS rCBMSBED BT B . OTXET . *• ° - WESLEYAN PARSONS , a Satire .. " » OS THE ORIGIN OF EVIL .. •• « * FREE TRADE , a Letter to H . G . Ward , Esq , .. » « A BLACK DRAUGHT FOR THE CANTWELLS .. 0 1 BEADT FOB THE PBESS . CHRISTIAN PANTHEISM 4 0 TOMYIUS , a Romance , in two vols . THE DEMON OF DESPOTISM . Published by J . Watson , No . 3 , Queen's Head-passage , Patemoster-row ; and H . Deal , No . 2 , Shoe-Jans , London , and all Booksellers . For the " Christian Pantheism" the author has alread y eight ) - purchasers' names ; when the number is one hundred , the work will immediately be sent to press . Orders ma j be sent to It . Otlev , Sheffield , and may be had through any London bookseller .
Mr. Thomas Cooper And Myself.
Mr . THOMAS COOPER AND MYSELF .
I Have Received A Letter From Mr. Cooper...
I have received a letter from Mr . Cooper , a resolution from the Westminster locality , and a letter from James Lord , of Bolton , No . 5 , Back Mawdesley-street—all relative to the same subject—and all shall appear in next week's Star , as this week I should not have time for a single comment ; and I think I shall he able to show that my Westminster friends imagine that I am to be a target to be shot at with impunity without daring to return fire .
I think it "will require no more than the mere publication of Mr . Cooper's letter as corroboration of what I have stated , while my Bolton friends I must refer to Jasies Lord . But , meantime , I beg to assure all parties that I will neither be a target nor a tool . As to Thomas Cooper , he is still a man for whom I entertain a very strong regard , hut he is not a man ( nor is there any man ) that I will allow in any , the most roundabout , way , to interfere ¦ with my character , my consistency , or honour , without being put to the proof .
It is very strange that when I am abused most unlimitedly no one ever calls out ; but when I defend myself , then it is , " Oh , don't divide us I" But as a little "leaven leaveneth the whole lump , " and as every " little makes a mickle , " and as my character is very dear to me and to millions , and as I have established public opinion as the onl y tribunal before which I will consent to he tried , I will bow hefore no authority , I will submit to no dictation , in matters connected with my character , nor
will I—and let this he perfectl y understoodsubmit to any , the slightest , dictation or interference with the control or management of the Northern Star it shall advocate my princip les , which are the purest princi p les of Liberty and Freedon , and I will submit to no interference , to no dictation , or control , as to who shall be my editors or reporters ; and , as I have often stated , the English Exchequer could not purchase the insertion of one line in tho Northern Star which , was at variance -with
my own opinions . Feargus O'Connor
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TO CORRESrOXDEXTS . Being absent from London during last week , I have been compelled to leave several letters unanswered : this , I trust , will be an apology to my correspondents . Feiuqcs O'Cosxor .
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J. Ccblixg, Isle Of Thanet — Watson, Que...
J . Ccblixg , Isle of Thanet — Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of tbe following sums , sent herewith , viz .: — For the Victiu Fund . —From Culverton , £ 1 ; from Mr . Smith , Is ; from Mr . C . Hull , 2 d . Kirkdale rwsoxERS . —Tliomas Onneslicr has received the following sums : — Hadcliffe Bridge , Richard Haines , is Cd ; a Friend at Rodd ' s , Is ; Miudlcton , a Few Friends , Is 7 Jd ; Crag Tale , John Smith , 2 s ; Ilehden Bridge , John Stott , lis 6 d ; Manchester , W . Roach's Book , 3 s 8 d ; Swineshead Clough , near Todmorden , per Richard Barker , 8 s . Writ of Eruoii . —Higher-lane , Pilkington , J . Enstwood , 7 s ; Lerensliolm , a Vcw Frlen < ls , Is < Jd . George What , Leicester . — The grievance of which you complain would be best published in the law courts , but we fear you have no remedy . Jons Henderson , AUoa . — We cannot answer your question . G . AsMftsMJ , TMytown . —We have no room for so lengthy a statement A . B .. lUddlesborough . —We do notanswerlegal questions .
The Kokthern Star Satukday, Apuif , 21. 1849.
THE KOKTHERN STAR SATUKDAY , APUIf , 21 . 1849 .
The Land. " The Folly Of To-Day Is The W...
THE LAND . " The folly of to-day is the wisdom of the morrow . " Volumes have been written , speeches nave been made , and experiments have been indulged in in connexion with the Laud , but all—one and all—having for their conclusion and object the achievement of patronage and wealth through political power acquired by landed possession . Until Charles and James issued their writs to rotten boroughs , conferring upon them a representative
power , the laud alone—and especially in lireland—was the standard of representation . Aud although forty Irish boroughs were created , at one and the same time , to neutralise the power of the landed interest , that interest very speedily not only converted those boroughs to their own " sole use behoof , and benefit , " but made their possession the means of title , distinction , and wealth conferred upon the owners for prostitution ,
This system not only applied to exclusively agricultural Ireland , but up to the year 1832 —the period whimsically called the Reform—England was equall y subject to exclusive agricultural representation ; aud from the period of Reform downtothepresenttime , the whole question of the Land , as of yore , has been treated in its mere political phase , until , at length , not only those who are robbed , impoverished , famished , and starved to death ; but those who heretofore manufactured the soil into political patronage , are now—one and all—beginning to reflect upon the danger of longer withholding the Land from its natural purposes- —the employing , the feeding , the clothing , the housing , the warming , the satisf ying the millions .
"We have made tho question of the Land our life ' s study—not theoretically , hut practically ; and if we were called upon to explain the vast and appalling increase of pauperism in Ireland , we would date it from that period when the champions of civil and religious liberty consented to the destruction and sweeping from the face of the earth over three hundred thousand Catholic forty-shilling freeholders , as the condition that those champions might have a seat in the Saxon Protestant Parliament . Can Aye give a stronger illustration of the fact that the land in Ireland has been used for mere political purposes , than the knocking of those three hundred thousand freehold tenements
into large farms , as soon as the serfs , who had prodi giously increased their value , had ceased to he political engines ? That ' s for Ireland ; and then , as regards England , even the Reform Bill has failed to-wrench this anomalous political power from the hands of the landlords , inasmuch as the rural constituencies number about one hundred and ei g ht thousand £ 50 tenantsat-wilL or over one-fourth of the whole rural constituency , and from their required subserviency constituting that balance of power upon which landlordism still holds its obstructive policy .
The Catholics of Ireland gained but little by what is called Emancipation , beyond the honour and glory of being sold to the British . Minister by the professors of their own faith , and the pride of being most persecuted by judges and legal officials of their own reli g ious persuasion ; and the working classes of England received no greater boon than that of being transferred from the tender mercies of landlords to the merciful consideration of cotton lords and profitmongers . And it is a fact , which the boldeit cannot deny , that these two boasted triumphs nave been replete with the most erll
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results . And why ? Because each has tended to narrow , and circumscribe the field of natural and legitimate Labour , in order that the new recipients of political power may traffic upon its dependents . The reader , however , will learn from the following pithy morsel , extracted from the " Times" of Thursday last , that " the folly of to-day maybe the wisdom of the morrow , " as from it he will learn that tho only alternative now is CONFISCATION or wise legislation . Here follows this delicate morsel : —
The utter and disastrous failure of the Irish soil , under Us existing management , to maintain the Irish people , is a case for interference both with the people AND . THE LAND . We will not be saddled with the products of the machinery without claiming a voice in its management A great nation cannot close its ears against the appeal to its benevolence . If the cry of Irish destitution he raised , not seven times , hut seventy times seven , it will still be attended to . But THE LAND must go with the people . We demand the whole lot ; not that we may wrest the land ftom its pvesettl cwvveits , ot indulge our own cupidity or caprice ; but simply that we may the better meet that responsibility which the Irish landlords themselves impose upon us . None have been so loud in their demands on the Imperial Exchequer , or have so unreservedl y upheld the doctrine that it is the dut
y of the Le gislature , at any cost , and at any lesser injury to particular interests , to avert a general starvation . For the sake of the poor , and for the relief of their pressing necessities , we insist on a more summary and vigorous dealing with their onl y means of support . They who throw on us their poor , do in fact offer us their land ; aud they who require us to maintain their poor without compensation do , in fact , surrender their land without price . Thus the LAND solves the question of the poor , and the poor solve the question of the LAND : — not indeed to such an extent as to justify if sweeping CONFISCATION , but at least so far as to compel whatever measures may be necessary to put the land dndcr better management England cannot maintain the Irish , and let Ireland alone . If it have one , it must have both ; and If It Is driven to a ruinous expenditure for the maintenance of the people , it will insist on measures of a proportionate magnitude and efficiency for the better CULTIVATION OF
THE SOIL . How , can the reader peruse the above without a smile of satisfaction , and without coming to the conclusion that our folly of a quarter of a century and two years , is the wisdom of the present day ? Here is not only the admission that the application of the Irish land to its proper purposes , can alone save England from the penalty of Irish destitution , but in the distant horizon we see the dim shadow of
CONFISCATION . We would remind ohipupil of Printing-house-square , however , that Irish destitution , Irish misgoverninent and misrule , has been the lever by which many thousands of English capitalists have sprung from their clogs into Spanish leather boots , from the dung cart to the carriage , from the cellar to the mansion , and from poverty to unbounded wealth . When the Irish were required here to compete with English industry , then she was over-populated ; and better would it have been for the people of both nations , if the land of both countries had
been covered with an incrustation of lava , and rendered sterile , and non-productive . But , now , alas ! when population presses hardly upon the POLITICAL MEANS OF EXISTENCE for its support , the Ministerial organ — the " Thunderer" —the veritable conqueror of Free Trade , our then shortsighted , but now far-seeing pupil , has put on his goggles , and can only see British salvation in the appropriation of the Irish land to the support of the Irish people . Why , how does this square with the much lauded doctrine of the Honourable and
Reverend Baptist Noel—the Free Trade pamp hleteer—whose wadding was rammed under every peasant's door , or crammed through every cellar keyhole ? This pious Divine , whose duty it was to teach his flock to pray that God might pz-eserve the kindly fruits of the earth , so that , in due time , his people may enjoy them—this man , whose duty it was to tell the people that man was composed of the elements , and that his Maker bestowed upon
him the birds of the air , the beasts of the field , and the fishes in the sea , and commanded him to live by the sweat of his brow—not in a rattlebox ; not as a prostitute upon the labour of his wife and little children , but upon his own industry , applied to the cultivation of the laud , the netting of the fish , and tho catching of the birds of the air—yet this pious Divine has told his flock that they were created for an artificial life , while the people of all other countries were destined for agricultural pursuits .
Howbeit , here we are in the nineteenth century , with tho leading statesman—not of the day , hut of the age—advocating the better application of the land of Ireland , and the leading journal of the world assuring us that there is now but the choice between the wise APPROPRIATION OF THE SOIL TO TBE MAINTENANCE OF THE PEOPLE , OR THE CONFISCATION OF THE SOIL .
But , is this dispensation to be achieved through the instrumentality of a reformed Parliament , in which those who depend upon the mal-appropriation of the land for the accumulation of inordinate -wealth , hold the balance of power ? No ; it is to be accom p lished , it can be accomplished , and it SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED , by the people themselves . And the landlords of England , who are not as deepl y sunk in the slough of extravagance as the landlords of Ireland arc , will discover , and that ere long , that they have but the alternative of confiscation , or wise , legitimate , and profitable appropriation .
The Free Traders are not prepared to make a greater experiment in this direction than will merely secure for them the balance of political power in some Protectionist counties ; while the landlords are under the influence of tenants , who fear that a more extensive distribution of the soil would increase the rate of wages in the agricultural market . But mark the result ; cheap and dear , as we have often told our readers , are relative terms , and presently we shall see a country glorified for the cheapness of its food- ^ vhich of course must be consequent upon the cheapness of its labourburthened with an amount of taxation , which , relative to the remuneration for industry , will be doubled in pressure , although not a figure may be altered .
In the very last number of the "Labourer , we predicted that the Prime Minister would meet his Irish difficulty in tho present Session of Parliament by consenting to the appointment of a Committee upon Irish Poor Laws . We now speak of what is printed , and we told our readers that during the deliberations of that committee , the Irish members would bo the most servile hacks of the Minister ; as proof , witness their all but unanimous howl for the renewal of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act : but we predicted the impossibility of satisfying the demands of Irish members , and that the Minister would again find the question of Irish Poor Laws to be his great difficulty .
The truth of this prediction has been fully verified , and now we will venture upon another . It is : " That before twelvemonths from this date , the Government of England —no matter whether Whig or Tory—will have but the alternative of national bankruptcy , confiscation of the land , or its legitimate and profitable application to tho wants and necessities of the people . " And let it be always borne in mind , that we live in the age of progress ; that sentiments , feelings , and opinions , are now communicated with the rapidity of electricity ; that the feeding of the idle few upon the capriciousl y employed many , can no longer be allowed to exist ; and that six months—yea , half the time—in this age of
railways , steam navigation , electric communication , the printing press and penny postage , is equivalent to half a century of ' the old jogtrot age , when tradition was all but oral , and when the incidents of to-day were now to the few wno heard them this day week . The legitimate demands of the working classes , boldly , manfully , and continuousl y advocated and forced upon the consideration of Parliament , must henceforth be the dial by which legislation must be regulated , as with our consent the industrious classes shall no longer be made simple instruments in the hands of either or any faction for the achievlnent of political power . The people—if wise united , consistent , «« d indefati gable—can
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achieve the emancipation of their order , and if they do not adopt these legitimate means for their salvation , our fervent hope is , that they may be goaded , tortured , and persecuted by their oppressors .
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KILLING NO MURDER . English law is like a spider ' s cobweb . It catches the small flies , but the big ones break throug h it . In proportion to the magnitude of the offence , and the wealth of the offender , the chances of escape from the punishment due to the crime are multi plied . If some poor ignorant and neglected wretch—depraved in consequence of that neglect , and left a prey to his own unregulated passions—kills a fellow creature in a moment of excitement , or under the stimulus of want , the law is powerful enough to bring him to condign punishment . But , as the case of the keeper of the Tooting Pest-house clearly shows , it cannot touch the
man whoso conduct has been demonstrated to have caused 150 deaths . The circumstances connected with the so-called outbreak of cholera in the Do-the-boys Hall , under the management of this second Squeeks , need not be recapitulated . Our readers are familiar with them , and we believe that the public opinion of the whole country heartily responded to the just verdict of the manly Jury who first branded Dkouet as guilty of " Manslaughter . ' ' His acquittal at the bar of the Old Bailey docs not , in the slightest degree , alter his position in the eyes of the world . The same facts were proved , and their conclusive bearing upon each other , the direct and inevitable inference to which they pointed , were as plain and as strong in the one place as the other .
But Dkouet was fortunate in having a partisan Judge , whose whole conduct indicated a foregone conclusion . It is , we know , a maxim , that the Judge ought to presume every man innocent until he is proved to be guilty ; but there is no good reason why he should convert himself into counsel for the prisoner . While he is bound to see that the innocent do not suifer , he is , at the same time , equally bound to protect the public against the consequences of leaving guilt unpunished . Mr . Baron Piatt lias gained an unenviable notoriety as a partial and prejudiced Judge . His mind seems to be deficient in the most
essential element of the judicial character . He cannot impartially and dispassionately hold the scales of justice in an even balance , but must run into one extreme or other . Either violently and unreasonably against the persons tried before him , or as violently and unreasonably in their favour . His conduct towards the Chartists who were tried before him was of the most discreditable , prejudiced , and bullying description . In their case lie assumed the character of counsel against the prisoners , and although Sir Join ? Jeryis needed no assistance whatever , being possessed of venom enough to serve for a whole bar , Baron Platt exceeded that worth y functionary in the offensiveness of his manner , and the recklessness of his partisanship .
The grounds on which he directed the acquittal of Drouet to bo pronounced last Saturday , were certainly—to our thinkingthe strangest that ever were laid down by an English judge . The leading facts , as established by medical and other unimpeachable testimony , were these ; — Dkouet had crammed into his pest-house nearly twice the number of boys and girls that it was capable of accommodating . He did this for the sole and mercenary reason that he made money by them . " The moro the merrier" for him , at all events . These overcrowded little wretches ,
in addition to suffering the evil arising from being horded together in close , unwholesome , uuveiitilatcd sleeping rooms , were badly fed and badly clothed . This was shown in a way that could not be gainsaid . The evidences of starvation and . scanty clothing were stamped upon the persons ef these poor unfortunate victims of cupidity and avarice . It did not require the reports of visitors to prove that they were ill-treated . Their skins were covered with loathsome diseases—the consequence of uncleanlinoss and crowding . They were what is called " pot-bellied ; " an
invariable accompaniment of innutritions and insufficient diet . They were thus all in an abominable state—predisposed to be attacked b y any epidemic that might prevail for the time being . All at once what was called the cholera makes a swoop at this den of infantile wretchedness . The poor victims arc stricken down by hundreds , and , in the course of a very few days , 150 are carried to the grave . At the same time not a single person—man , woman , or child—in the village of Tooting , suffers from this so-called cholera . Its ravages are entirely aud exclusively confined within the
limits of Drouijt's " child farm ; " and the medical evidence is decided and conclusive , that the treatment w e have summaril y described was the sure precursor of such a result . But Mr . Baron Platt—notwithstanding these facts and this evidence—declined to g ive any opinion as to Avhcther or not Dkouet was chargeable with manslaughter " by reason of his having reduced the constitutional energy of the child so as to render him unable to resist any disease by which he might be attacked . " Why , it appears to us that this was the very point at issue . It was that upon which tho
Coroner ' s jury mainly founded their verdict , and to prevent that point from going before the jury at the Central Criminal Court amounts , we think , to such a misdirection on the part of the Judge as invalidates the trial altogether . Not content , however , with this sup 2 ) ressi <> veri , the learned Judge proceeds to the suggests falsi , and directed an acquittal , on the ground " that there had boon no evidence adduced to show that the deceased was ever in such a state of health as to render it probable that ho would have recovered from the malad y but for the treatment of the defendant . " If it had
been shown that the treatment of the defendant was what it should have been , there would have been some show of reason in this decision ; but when the testimony of all the witnesses—professional and non-professionalso unanimously and conclusively showed that treatment to have been of the very worst character , and its injurious consequences were so palpable and so general , we must say we are astonished at the perversity of the intellect by wlr c ' i it is put forward . Such , however , is really the ground upon which the principal actor in this disgraceful tragedy has been allowed to escape justice .
Tho occurrence of such cases is , m the highest degree , injurious to public morality and ¦ well-being . When the poor see a Judge of the land noting the part of a political partisan , and next apparently screening a man from punishment because he is " respectable , " and has amassed money , they will lose all respect both for the law and its administrators . They will come to the conclusion that justice is not administered upon fixed and definite princi ples with rigid impartiality , but is dealt out in accordance with tho whims and prejudices of the rroment . Nothing can be more injurious to a country than for such a conviction to gain a footing , and the men whose conduct tends to
produce it are the most dangerous enemies of society . In this case , we find that the 150 children of the poor have fallen victims to a systematic course of bad treatment , the sole object of which was to make money j and yet the law is powerless to punish . Whereas , in the case of the Chartist prisoners , convictions were speedy and sentences severe—not because these people had committed any actual offence against society or individuals , but because they held political opinions obnoxious to Jurors and Judges , and because these latter feared the men they oppressed . We verily believe , that if a man had been called a Chartist , and placed at the bar accused of intending to set fire to the Thames , that the "intelligent middle-class "
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Jurors , who were to j udge of the evidence , and the Judge , who was to lay down the law to them , would have found him guilty , aud the verdict would have been followed by such an unreasonable and severe sentence as that passed upon poor Ctjffe y and his associates . These things sow the seeds of dissension and mutual dislike between the different classes of society . They tend to the subversion of its very foundations , and eliminate the materials out of which revolutions arc formed . Evenhanded justice is the best safeguard of nations .
The Kirkdale Chartist Prisoners. We Beg ...
THE KIRKDALE CHARTIST PRISONERS . We beg to remind our readers and the Chartists generally , of the Address which appeared in last Saturday ' s " Star , " appealing for funds for the support of tha Chartist prisoners at present suffez-ing in Kirkdale House of Correction . It appears , that whilst the Manchester Chartists have contributed thirty-eight pounds
to the support of the Kirkdale prisoners , only ten pounds have been contributed by the Chartists generally , independent of Manchester . It is true that the latter have had to bear the burden of the General Defence and Victim Funds ; but , on the other hand , the Manchester men have also contributed to those funds , in addition to subscribing so generousl y for the support of the Kirkdale Chartist prisoners .
We observe that there has been a partial response to the appeal of the Committee , but we trust that a general and generous response will be forthwith made by the Democratic party throughout the country . A correspondent , upon whom we can rely , informs us that our fviends at Kirkdale are subjected to a system of vexatious tyranny by the governor and officers of that prison . Their visitors both male and female , are searched as if they were thieves . On Monday last a female messenger had her breast felt by the fellow who keeps the outer-gate . On our friends remonstrating they were informed that a female turnkey would be appointed to overhaul female visitors for the future . Other insults aud
annoyances have been reported tQ us which WC refrain from noticing this week . Three months ago our incarcerated brethren memorialised Sir George Grey for an inquiry into , and redress of grievances ; but up to this time no answer has been received by the memorialists . We are sorry that the Home Secretary should exhibit such a disgraceful indifference to his duties as a public servant and adviser of Her Majesty . At this moment it is more than ever necessary that the Kirkdale Chartist prisoners should have the support they merit . We ent . eat our readers to set about the good work without delay .
Parliamentary Review. The House Of Commo...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The House of Commons resumed its sittings on Monday , and the Lords re-assembled on Thursday evening . As far as work was concerned , the Commons might as well have postponed meeting till the same night . In fact , Ministers were not prepared to go on , and the consequence was , that Monday uight was occupied by a debate on Colonial affairs , which ended in nothing . On Tuesday ni ght the House " counted out , " at an carry hour . And on Wednesday , one of the very few Ministerial measures which proposed to deal
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with real business , was withdrawn . The cause of this apparent dead-lock is to be found in the fact that Ministers are nonplussed , and do not know what to do . They have neither the comprehension nor the courage required by the crisis , and their hesitating , temporising , and faint-hearted conduct has produced universal contempt aud disgust . Lord Jons Russell speaks aud acts with the air of a man who has no faith in himself , or in anybody else . Responsibility , such as that belonging to his position , he religiously eschews . It is some time since he broadly propounded the
theory of Ministerial non-responsibility , and laissez faire y arid he has at least the merit of having consistently carried it into practice . His last exploit in this way deserves commemoration , as an innovation upon constitutional usages , of rather an unusual character . He sent an invitation to the Irish Members to meet him at Downing-street , aud when there he put the two alternatives to them—whether they would have the Rate iu Aid , or an Income Tax , with some others—not specified—tacked to its tail ! To Irish Members this must have been about as pleasant as the poisoned bowl , or the
dagger of the jealous Queen , to poor Rosamond . Taxation is an unpleasant thing to every human being , but especially is it dreaded by Irish Landlords ; Lord John , howvcr , after propounding this remarkably interesting question to them , bolted from the room , telling them ho would fool obliged by their answer next day . At the giveu hour the Irish Members re-assembled , and told his Lordship they had no answer to give him . They would meet him in the House , and act upon their convictions there . Perhaps , the meaning of this "dodge , " upon the part of Lord John ,
was a desire to place the Irish Members in a false position , and to shift the responsibility of failure from his shoulders to theirs . If he could have averred , with any degree of truth , that Irish distress was unrelieved because of the disagreement between Irish representatives as to what should be done , it would have been , in his estimation , a capital plea fordoingnothing . But the Irish Members have foiled him , and the consequence was , that the exploded and miserable make-shift of tho Hate in Aid was again reproduced on Thursday , as the Irish measure of the Session . Lord Joiiit , iu
explaining the grounds on which he proposed an advance of £ 100 , 000 on the securit y of the Rate in Aid , stated that if tho Bill was not passed , lie should ask the House to make a positive grant of the few thousand pounds that may happen to be required in the meantime , and that being done , he will propose no further grant or assistance , but leave the Irisli landlord to light their own battles . Everybody is heartily sick of the men now in office , and the conviction gains ground in all directions , that "they must go out . "
Out they would have been long ago , if anybody had been ready to " go in . ' * But as yet we do not see where their successors are to come from , and until they can be found , the present occupants of office will stop where they arc , a memorable instance of greatness thrust upon a body of men , who , individually and collectively , exhibit an utter want of the intellect , political honesty , and constructive skill , which should characterise men entrusted with the management of national affairs .
We commented last week upon the meagre performance of the ante-Paschal Session . It appears certain , now , that unless some unexpected incident occurs , that future , which is to come , will be equally barren . We can now tell -with tolerable accuracy what the conclusion will be ; the third Session of tho Whig Parliament will separate , "barring accidents , " having done nothing in the midst of circumstances demanding prompt and vigorous action .
Sovereigns The People's Stewards. —But I...
Sovereigns the People ' s Stewards . —But if so rernments anec from the cousent of men and are instituted by men according to their own inclinations , they do therein seek their own good for the Wi ofT te fr , ^ g 00 d > or th ° aPP ^ - anoe of it . Ihis is that which man seeks by all the regular or irregular motions of his mind . " Reason ^„„ K ' r 7 tUe a , nd ™ e , do herein concur , SSK J «? V * £ ^ the «» # **» in which Sfi ? ^ ts up / kings , dictators , consuls , prators or emperors , does it not that these may be IVif' OT ' r ch ^ Wpy , but that it maybe well with themselves and their posterity . - ^™ ,. njaney $ Discourses concerning Government .
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RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fob tub Week -Exdixg Thursday , April 10 , ISiO . SHARES . £ s . < 1 . £ s . < 3 , J . Vigurs .. 0 2 u Banbury .. 14 6 Glasgow .. 0 6 0 Trowbridge .. 10 0 Whittiiigton and Norwich , Springall 0 2 0 Cat .. 2 5 11 W . M . M'Lean .. 0 2 0 Hyde .. 2 0 0 T . Hedges .. 0 4 0 Lambeth .. 0 3 10 C . Mow ! .. 0 1 « Wiirton , perBeU 0 3 6 J . Gulbford .. 0 T 6 Bilstou .. 5 0 0 U . GulMord .. 0 7 6 Cirencester .. 0 13 7 J . Thompson .. 1 0 0 Nottingham .. 114 Mahnshury .. 2 13 6 £ 19 U 2
EXPENSE FUND . Whittington and Malmsbury .. 0 2 0 Cat .. 0 2 0 — Lambeth .. 0 2 0 gO _ lj _ J > Nottingham .. 0 S 6 bbmbm TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... 19 11 2 Expense ditto ... ... »• 0 14 tt Bonus ditto ... ... ... 126 5 0 Loan ditto ... >•» u \ ® Transfers ... ... ••• 0 5 9 £ UG 18 5 W . Dixos , C . Doyle , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Giuth , Fin . Sec .
For Wives And Families Of Victims. Recei...
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by Wst . Kidek . —Philanthropic Society of Ladies' Boot and Shoe Makers and others , per Mr . Waddington , ( is . 0 £ ( 1 . ; Kctford , collected bj T . Dernie and W . Clayton , 10 s . ; New Radford , per James Saunders , collected by XL Lowe and W . Smalley , 7 s . 5 d . ; Hartlepool , a few Chartists , per M . Parkinson , 3 s . 0 d . ; Todmorden , per H . Barker , 5 s . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , £ 1 Is . 2 d . ; Cheltenham , per J . Ileiumin , Us , 0 d , - , liotlicvluun , cullettedbj J . Turner , is . Oil . ; Edinburgh Democratic Club , per J . Gray , fls . ; Ih-istoi , per w " . Hyatt , l « s . ; Hunsiet , near Leeds , per J . Smith , us . Kcceiv-cd by John Aknoit . —Torquay ,
per Mr . l'itts , 3 s . ; Mr . Moore , Is . ; Mr . Kydd , as per Star , ¦ is . lid . ; Mr . ltider as per Star , £ i 7 s . 4 Jd . ; Finsbury , a few friends met to celebrate the 10 th of April , per Mr . AUnutt , 3 s . lid . ; Mr . Kendrick , Toner Hamlets , per E . StalJwood , 5 s . ; St . Tancras Charter Association , per J . Boulton , os . ; Lecture Hall , Philpot-Btreet , per Ed . Warren , 3 s . 00 . ; Globe and Friends , per Ed . Warren , 4 s . id . ; Proceeds of Silk Handkerchiefs , at ditto by ditto , £ t Is . ; 18 , Goldenlane , per T . Brown , 4 s . 7 < 1 . ; Crown and Anchor , per , B . Xewby , 5 s . ; Crown and Anchor Hall Locality , per J . Allen , Ms . ; Ernest Jones Locality , per Mr . M'Veigh , Cs . 3 d .: G . W , per Lund Office , Is .
M'DOUALL ' S CASE-FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( OR OTHERWISE ) . Received by Wai . Kideb . —J . Tavlor , Stour Provost , Is . ; Hartlepool Chartists , per M . Parkinson , 3 s . Cs . ; Chelten . ham , per J . Uernmui , 7 s . ( id . ; Wolverhampton , collected by W . Ilolman and M . Whittiugluun , 8 s . ; Itofherham , collected by J . Turner , 4 s . ; Malton , Old Guards , per J . WiUey , 4 s . ; St . l'ancras Charter Association , per J . Boultoji , 5 s . 8 d .
EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by S . Kydd . —Manchester , £ - ; Sutton , as . ; Birmingham , per J . Newhouse , 10 s . ; Todmorden , per S . Stott , 8 s . lid . ; Hochdale , lUs . ; Halifax 10 s . ; Mr . Martin , Is . Iteceived by Wai . Kidem . —Cheltenham , per J . Hcmnun , 4 s . ( id . DEFENCE FUND . Received by Wm . IUdeb . —J . Mayman , Ramsgatc . 2 s . ; Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin , 3 s . ; Cheltenham Mutual Improvement Society , per- J . Hemmin . 5 s . ; MV . Giles , per Land Office , lid ; a Friend , lloeliester , Is . VERNON'S DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Received by VTm . Rider . —Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin , 2 j 3 d . VICTIM FUND . Received by S . Kydd . —Sutton , 5 s .
DR . M'DOUALL ' S WRIT OF ERROR CASE . Dear Hideb , —I am sure there is no one would feel greater satisfaction than myself at the successful issue of the Writ of Error on behalf of Dr . M'Douall , but thinking that tho £ 20 must bo ore this subscribed , for iviiich Mr . Cobbett stipulated , I write to ask whether it is so or not , as the committee with whicii I am connected regret the numerous appeals that are made , tending as tliey do to distract the public mind , and leave the wives and families of the victims to starve ; and I also trust , that should the amount have been forwarded , that the friends of Dr . M'Douall will lend their support to the general fund , as Mrs . M'Douall is a regular recipient therefrom . I am , yours truly , Jons AnxoiT , See . to Victim Committoo . 11 , Middlesox-place , Somers Town , April 17 th , ISi'J .
April 10 th , 1 & K > . Dear An . vorr , —In reply to yours of the ITt ' i , allow me to lay before you a statement of the monies I have received on account of the £ 20 required by Mr . Cobbett , in tho Writ of Error case . I received , as you will find on reference to the Northern Star , during the lveek ending : — 1819 . £ 5 . d . Feb . 3 rd Ill „ 10 th 1 i : i y ,, 17 th ti fi 10 „ 24 th .. .. .. .. II y o March 3 rd .. .. ., .. 0 10 „ 17 th 17 1 „ 24 th i ! 1 „ aist -j iy 4 April 7 th .. .. .. .. 1 IS 7 11 th 1 11 11 This week , to present time ., .. ISO £ 1 S 11 S March 23 rd—Remitted to Dr . M'Oouall .. .. .. 0 10 10 March 21 th—Ditto Mr . Cobhett 10 0 0 1010 10 Balance in hand .. .. £ S 0 10 You will , from this , perceive that I have received the whole amount requested to be advanced , except £ 1 Ss . 4 d . I am not aware of the sums sent direct by subscribers to Mr . Cobbett , neither do I know the amount held by local committees , or by the Directors of the National Land Company . An account of such sums will , no doubt , be published . I fully agree with you that those multitudinous appeals arc calculated to distract the public miud ; but" tAc fictse , bloodv , and brutal" tyrants , who gnaw the vitals of the people , have made these appeals necessary . It is right you should inmiire if the requirement of Mr . Cobbett has been met , The fell monsters have done their utmost to crush some oi our best men , but I hope Englishmen will not fflatlden the eyes of our common enemy with a sight oi the wives and families of those moit fnllon a prey to grief , neglect , hunger and death . Yours truly , Wm . Rider .
Parliamentary Reform. We Extract The Fol...
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . We extract the following from the BucksAdvcnixt and Aulesburi / News of April 14 th : — " The agitation for Parliamentary Reform has ceased at present . Mr . Ilumo and his SVien . is rind they have enough to do in fanning the flame for ;! ie reduction of extravagant expenditure . As a matter of policy , we think he is wrong in not taking ih * bull by the horns at once : the reform of the leg islature is tho onl y measure which can cffcctuallv ' establish justice to all classes of tho community . " Ti . is gained , everything" else would follow . Besides , r . o movement could be half so popular as one which
proposes to regenerate the legislature by bestowing full suffrage upon the people . All reformers have the sense to see that this would suffice ; and is it not reasonable to suppose that a well conducted agitation for Parliamentary Reform would rouse " die whole land more easily than the organisation ofn . u ' - tics to work out certain details of financial , li'Va '; and ecclesiastical amendment ? Wo perceive that many genuine Radicals have , in other towns , doiermined not to let this great question slumber . i ' following is a copy of the petition which they iiavc adopted , -which we insert chiefly for the sake of the valuable information and opinions which it contains" :-[ Here follows the Chartist petition for Parliamontarv Reform . ]
A Ghost In- Love.—The Abeilk Cauehobe ' ...
A Ghost in- Love . —The Abeilk Cauehobe ' P tho following story : — " A fow ni ghts ago a . wortny farmer , living near Yvetot , who has lately k-conic a widower , was aroused at midni ght by the ^ r barking of his dog . On going to it tbe animal displayed extreme terror , whereupon tho farmer tc * his gun and proceeded to an inspection . All at o » c 0 he saw a horrid phantom , clothed in a white she « » rise behind the hedge . The farmer turned de . i <" pale , and his limbs shook with dismay . He , ' ldff ' ever , contrived to ejaculate , ' If you come frf God , speak ; if from the devil , vanish I' ' Wretch ; , - ~ .,,... „ , « . » .. w . « . » i * vu \ . iiij iv * uvaii » - . j _ 111
exclaimed the phantom , ' I am your deceased « ' come from tbe grave to warn you not to m > w Marie A , to whom vou arc making love . ^ » is unworthy to share mv bed . The only woman w succeed mo is llenvicttc B . Marry her , or r j ; secution and eternal torment shall be your doom This strange address from the goblin , instead of ^ maying the farmer , restored his courage . Ho a coi'dingly rushed on the ghostly visitor , and , stni ^ ping off its sheet , discovered the fair Henriette JJ- " ^ herself , looking excessively foolish . It is S ! 11 ( 1 , , ' the farmer , admiring the girl ' s trick , has had w bans published for his marriage with her . ' . The Weatheh . — Losdo » , Thursday .- " weather has been very tempestuous throughout , week , but more especially to-day . w ?^ a / e ^' tti 8 regular snow storm , with a heavy gale l ' , north-east , which lasted several hours , me
mometer is down to 28 . rrcnHS . A Sharp Look-out for the Loaves and * "" ' There are nearlv one hundred candidates ioi perpetual curacy of Hanley , the right of pie * tion to which is vested in trustees .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21041849/page/4/
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