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    • ME NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1847.
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      OK MONDAY EVENING , JAN . 18 , 18 * 7 , A PUBLIC DINNER . WILL TAKB MJiCB IX THB * _UROB BOOM OP THE WIIITE CONDUIT-HOUSE TAVERN , PENTONVLLE , I * Hoxon of thb _I-Eonrt PARLIAMENT ARY LEADER , T . S . D U N C O M B E , erun witt wp PRF _* _* _-E _\* T ON THE OCCASION , and exp lain to the Meeting the course whieh he intends to _™ ™ fa _JSrX-e 5 ? h « _rSbUcQn « _fio " which must occupy the attention of Parliament during the approaching _Session . __^__—«—_«_____

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      DOUGL AS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER . _Enlaiowkkt ov One Thib » on thi Miitin * _tz Par . liakekt . lu _order to giva ampler _spnee for all the News of the Week , including the Debate * in _Farlbluuient—The _UUcellaneo-is _Occuneuces—Law and Police Reports—Public Meetings—Forei gn Intelligence- * Literature—Correspondence—a * , well ut for Original an . l various New Serial Articles , the Proprietor hag determined to _enla'Rt the Paper to the uimust limit allowed by the Stamp Law , and to add one third , or 21 column * , ¦ Baking in tha _whole Thiny . two P » ges , or Nine-ty-tix Columns , thu « rendering it equal to tha Fullest and Largest Newspaper in the extent and variety ofits N _: _tv » of the Week , and f till retaining the large * pace heretofore devoted to Original Articles by the Editor , and hi * Eminent Literary Colleagues . Price ( aa heretofore ) Sixpence . Order ol _aUNewsmen , Town or Country , from whom detailed Prospectuses can be had .

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      Now ready . Price _OaeShilUsg . THK _SKCOilD E » ITI _» . N «* MY LIFE . OR OUR SOCIAL STATE , Pun I

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      CIIAB . TIST POEMS , BY ERSEST JONES . Pria Three Rente . _FOUBTH BDiriON , _EEVI-. ED AND _COBKECrKD-. Replete with the fire : « _f genius , aud poetic powers ofthe verv highest order , fur eloquence and _destructive power , they appear , to us , al ; no » t _anrivalitd . We say " _destructive , " for their tendency is " worse than Democratic . "New Quarterly Rtr _' tic _.-f Tory . ) These poems hava earned far their author the admiration of _tlwusauds . They may ba _ciasssed together as stirring _anel truly _jiaetical appeals , which must command the response of the mighty multitude . —Northern Star . These poems mav very appropriately ba styled the _outpouriii" * of a _seul inspired by a < _* er » ut lov » for labours cause . " and intent on the achievement of tlie emancipation of industry . The poetry will come heme willpower to mauv a car _* _.-w .. rn heart , _produea an influence on tiie mind ofiuillions , and do iu part towards keeping _aiive the flame of hopes iu the souls of the toiling . _—Nottingham RecUa .

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      NEW EDITION OF THOM'S POEMS . Just P ublished , RHYMES ASD RECOLLECTIONS OP A HAND LOOM WEAVER . i _n-u- _? -V . r . - _- LI , U 77 THoMfLateof InverurvJ . A Third Edition , Post 8 vo ., with Portrait , Cloth , Gilt , I nee 4 _> . An Edition m Demy , on fine paper , Cloth , Gilt Letter and Portrait , 7 s . Cd . « - * - _» , London ; Smith , Elder and Co _* 65 , _CornhiU ; and to be Shad of aU BookseUers .

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      IMPORTANT TO _PHOTOGRAPHISTS . AN application was made on th * 32 nd Sipt-jiber , to the _Yice-Chani-ellor of England , by Jlr . Beard who , acting under a luostextraordiuy _dslusi _^ _oonsidera himseif the sole patentee of _th-j Photographic - . - _K-ess !) to restrain MR . ESERTON , of I , _Teinple-stree-c _, aad I 4 S , Fleet-street , rom taking Photographic Porti . i . is , which ho does by a process entirely diflVrsBt froe and rery superior t » Mr . Beard ' s , and at one-half the ol . rge . His Honour refused the application in tots . N o lie-eusa required to practice this _praeesg , which is hiu ght by Mr . Egertou in a iVw lessons at a moderate "barge . All the _Apparatus , Chemicals , ire , to lis had as usual ithis Drt ' _nt . ! , Ttnuple-streiit , ¦ V'hitefriars .

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      DOMESTIC MONITOR . On Saturday , January the 2 nd , was published , price One Penny . No . IV . of THE DOMESTIC MONITOR , Or Literary , Scientific , Legal , and Medical Adviser , Edited by _Uvrines . Contents—1 . Louis Philippe . 2 . Don Rodrigo , the Forbidden Wtddiug _, chaptar 4 . The Nosegay , Poelrr , Anecdotes , Miseellavy , People ' s Corner . Accumulation of Capital , the Plethora of Wealib . _Ctrrespundence on Scientific , Literary , Legal , aud Medical Subjrcts . Medical Adviser . Practical Observation on Consumption . 8 . Legal Adviser . 9 . Domestic Herbal . The Fifth Number of tbe _Menitor will b * published on Saturday , January ISth , to be continued weekly . _PeiblUhedby E . Uackanzie , 111 , FieetStieet , and tobe hud nf ai ] _Boii ' _iseilera and Newsreader * . Letters to be addressed , pott -Mid , " Ilermes , 31 , Tonbridge Place . New Road .

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      A GOOD FIT WARRANTED . \ T thegrcat western emporium , 1 , aud 2 , Oxford-street , jfk . Ubsdell and Co ., practical tailors , are now making a _beautiful suit of superfine black for £ 3 lus any size ; splendid waterproof over coats made to order for i ! 9 s each j and youths superfine suits for 24 s . Thc above house is the dicapest and best in London , for black cloths of _everydescriptioti , ns may be seen by several London daily papess of Just July , September , and November . 3 d Omnibuses to and from the City , stop at the establishmtdit every minute ofthe day .

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      _NATIONAL LAND AND BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS . Central Office , No . 2 , Bartlett ' s Buildings , _Helbora Hill , Loudon . A special uie « ting ofthe members will bt held o » an early day , ( of which each member will have due notice ' , for the purpose of examining into and rebutting the e-alui'ineous misrepresentations contained ia au _adrer . tisemeiit , signed T . W . Muskett , when that person will bu invited to attend , and substantiate his charges . Mean _, time further _infonnatioii will be found in Thb _Common _, weal . No . 19 , which will be issued early next week , price twopence , stamped copies threepence , to be obtained at tha chief oflice of the Af i _* 9 « ation . __

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      THEATRE ROYAL MARYLEBONE . _riOrBlKTOB , MB . LOVIUDOI . LESSEE , MB " . J 0 II 1 * _DOUOLASS , " HARLEQUIN AND THE SPIRIT OF THE MOON " Is the most SUCCESSFUL PANTOMIME ever produced-Its popularity rapidly increases on each successive representation . Thirty New and Beautiful Scenes by Messrs . G . H . Bell and J . Neville . _nn _. nn _TTT-Tr-WTTf XVW 1 _T JUVENILE WEEK

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      RIGHTS OF INDUSTRY . On Monday . Tuesday , and Friday evenings , January 11 th , 12 th , and 15 th . \ l & . JAMES BRONTERRE O'BRIEN , A . M . will lecture at the Literary Institution , John Street , Fitzroy-squaro . Subject : ' The only effective means of banishing crime and poverty from soeiety without violence or wrong to any _cUss ; and of establishing the liberties and happiness of the people upon a safe and durable basis . " In tho course of his lectures , Mr . O'Brien will fully explain the system of laws upon Land , Cubbenct , Credit and Exchanges , demanded by the real political and social reformers ofthe country and advocated in the " National Reformer Newspaper . " N . B . Friday ' s _mseling will be devoted to discussion to wbich all parties are invited . Admission . Hall 2 d . Gallery 3 d . The chair will be taken at half-past eight o ' clock each evening .

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      Now Publislring in Weekly Numbers , Price One Penny . THE CO-OPERATOR . A Journal of Social , Moral , aud Edbcatiosal SC 1 ENCK . This work , which is published in Supe-Royal Octavo _, furnishes weekly reports of every movement going forward in _tb * ' country of a co-operative character with original articles on education , and all social and mora questions involving the interests and happiness of the people . Published by S . 0 . Coixitre , _ndy-vell Street , Strand . Also Publishing in Weekly Numbers , and Monthly Parts THE FAMILY JOURNAL . Beautifully illustrated , as large and elegantly got up as Chambers' Journal , price One Penny , containing a variety of original romances , tales , and literary , and scientific Essays . C _Dj-fPLR , Holywell Street , Strand .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had at the _Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Wind mill Street ; and of ) Abel Heywood , Manchester .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , No . 1 , ( price 6 d . ) af THE LABOURER , A Monthly _Mapazine of Politics , Literature , Poetry , in Edited by _Feabqos O'Connor , Esq ., and _Essebt _Joneu , Esq ., ( Barristers-at-Law . ) contents of no . i . 1 . A Christmas Carol , by Ernest Jones . 2 . New Year * Greeting . 8 . The Insurrections ofthe Working Classes . 4 . Ireland . 5 . The State of Parties . G . The Romance of a People . 7 . The Trades' Unions . 8 . Tbe Land and the Charter .

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      SPECIMENS OF THE O'CONNORVILLE PLATE Are now ready , and may be had on application . Country Agents are requested to eommunicate the name of some London bookseller , by means of whom they may be enclosed * By so doing the expense of postage is saved , and , what is of much more consequence , the specimens run much less risk of damage in their transit .

      Me Northern Star Saturday, January 9, 1847.

      ME NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JANUARY 9 , 1847 .

      The Transfer. It May Be, And Appears To ...

      THE TRANSFER . It may be , and appears to be , that the working portion of the community has not yet seen the effect that a total change in the views , prospects , calling , and speculations of the governing and heretofore dominant class is likely to have upon society —nor is it wonderful that that class should be slow in discovering a fact which does not appear to have struck THEIR SUPERIORS . In contrasting tbe position of the new TRADE LORD with that formerly occupied but now surrendered by the OLD LANDLORD , and in discussing the motives by

      which the latter \ vas | actuated , and the means at his disposal for good or evil , we have invariably contended , tbat , if inclined , he bad it not in his power to use the same active oppression towards those depending upon him , whether as tenants or labourers , that is possessed by his new and successful rival . The landlord who oppresses his tenant , is the EXCEPTION , the trade lord who coerces his overseer—who represents the tenant—is the RULE . If the landlord oppresses his labourer , he pays for his act in the shape of increased poor-rates and local

      exposure ; if the trade lord oppresses his labourer , he imposes no increased burden upon himself , and is rather an object of class approval , than of local reprobation . Tbe tenant of the landlord has some tenure , either by agreement or FAMILY custom to which pride and honour binds the lessor ; the overseer of the trade lord has no tenure beyond the recommendation of tyranny . The house of the labourer of the landlord is as the ivy-shoot , that grows and twines around the old BARONIAL HALL ; his parish is his location , and , if driven from his hovel , he takes refuge in the BARONIAL

      SERVANTS' HALL . The labourer of the TRADE LORD is as the exotic , imported for the owner ' s convenience , and removed from the conservatory when withered or unheeded ; no refuge from the mill of his capricious roaster . Hence it is clear that the interest of the labourer inclined him to a preference for the responsible jover the irresponsible master , while , strange to say , thc whole tendency of recent legislation has gone to convert the landlord class into a community of active speculators , likely , in future ,

      to be actuated by the very same motives that have influenced the trading class . There is scarcely a landlord , or LANDLADY , in England who has not _abandoned the cold comfort of four per cent , secured on old rentals , for the _prospecj of seven , eight , nine , and ten per cent , promised upon railway or other speculations . There are few who , like the Irish landlords , have not sacrificed a portion < f their legitimate control over their estates and tbeir clients , tothe Jew jobber and mortgagee , to secure the means of trafficking in the luring market of

      speculation ; and thus , while Sir Robert Peel waa truly telling the world that thc science of agriculture was only in its infancy , thej landlords , the natural guardians of the infant , were abandoning the guardianship of their ward to the tender mercies ol STEP FATHERS , who have no interest in its wellbeing beyond the security of four par cent , upon the money advanced , and thus it requires but moderate foresight to predict , that the neglect and laches of the Saxon landorld will , at no distant period , lead to precisely the same results that similar causes are producing in Ireland .

      The straightened speculating landlord will speedily lose all interest in the well-being of his mortgaged tenant ; the tenant will naturall y abandon the bourer to hisfate ; poor rates , destitution , and want ,

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      will increase in proportion to the tenant ' s inability to pay , the landlord will become a confirmed Malthusian economist , not satisfied with ten nor yet twelve hours' infant work , if infant sweat is necessary to oil the wheels of speculation . It is right the people should be prepared for a change which is sure to come , and it is prudent that the landlords

      should understand the penalty . To be " fore-warned is to be fore-armed , " and we apprise the English landlords as , in vain , we apprised their Celtish brethren , that thc inevitable result of the iion-performance of natural and social duties will be the demand for the restoration of ( he land to its legitimate purposes , and a more just application of the soil to the daily increasing wants of society .

      The land has not the tenuity of Indian rubber , it cannot be expanded beyond its fixed and immoveable boundaries and mearings , and , therefore , its better application 'to our growing wants can only be secured by a better system of cultivation , and which can only be secured by the more immediate and permanent interest of the occupant who tills it for his own sole use , behoof , and benefit . The great

      value of knowledge upon a social question , especially one only bounded by the confines of earth , is , that when the political mind would be otherwise at sea , and divided between , or distracted , by contending jugglers , of which artful men might take advantage , the social change demanded with one national accord , becomes the rallying point of public opinion and the bulwark of tbe national forces .

      Our warning to the landlords , then , is , that FREE TRADE meant , and means , and is , REVOLUTION , and when the next struggle comes it will be FOR THE LAND , for what excited public opinion may please to offer for it , while now it may be restored to its natural and legitimate purposes in the retail market at what the proprietors , in justice , or even in FANCY , may please to demand . England can boast of no more than _THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND |

      landed proprietors ; their monopoly , and INCONVENIENT DIVISION and HARSH CONDITIONS PRESSING HARDLY UPON THE MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE ; while France , with not more tnan double England ' s population , can boast of FOUR MILLION proprietors ; a change forced by a bloody and sanguinary revolution , and from such and it ? horrors GOOD LORD DELIVER US ; a consequence , however , which our mad aristocracy are sure to bring upon their devoted heads , if , like their Irish brethren , they close their eyes to the signs of the times , and , clodpole-like , refuse to read the HAND-WRITING ON THE WALL" RESTORE OF FORFEIT . "

      John West. We Give Insertion In Agpther ...

      JOHN WEST . We give insertion in agpther column to a letter addressed to the Chartist Executive , and the Executive ' s response thereto , from which it will be seen that the Chartists of Macclesfield suggest the raising of funds to present Mr . John West withatestiraonial of respect for his long and valuable services in the cause of Democracy . It will also be seen that the members of the Executive have given this suggestion the stamp of their approbation , in terms which reflect honour upon them as well as Mr . West . We ,

      too , must record our approval of the scheme , and must express our thanks to the Macelesfield men for bringing this question before the democratic public . If ever there was a man who " deserved well of his country , " that man is John West . In the dark hour , when persecution had consigned the majority of our good and clever men to dungeons and silence , and when _humbugs and shams traversed the land , roaring for " cheapbread" to mislead the masses from the pursuit of their rights , John West manfully came forward and met the jugglers , teeth to teeth . His admirable speech on Corn-Law Repeal , first published , we believe , in the Champion , and

      copied into this journal , called attention to his extraordinary abilities , and led to the Chartists persuading him to leave his home to work for them in the public arena . To our certain knowledge that step was a fatal one for friend West , as far as domestic comforts wero concerned ; but as regards popularity , he at once won " golden opinions" from the Chartist body . Our Sheffield friends well remember when he first visited their town ( we have not forgotten it ) and " how he came , he saw , and conquered" all hearts . Of all the men who ever battled with the Free Trade humbugs , John West was the " man of men" whom they most feared to encounter . He never flinched

      whether knave or tyrant was the foe . On his trial at Derby on a trumped-up _^ charge of sedition , he played tbe part ofa fearless patriot , and his manliness and ability extorted compliments from bis judge and accusers . We have known John West not only in public but in private life—but few can have known him bettor , and knowing him well _. we pronounce him " every inch" a man . His late seclusion from public life bus been a sore misfortune to the cause of progress . Surely with agitations for a National Petition , a National Co-operative Land plan , and Trades' schemes of regeneration , public employment

      might have been found for such a man . We know nothing of Mr . West's present wants and wishes , it is tho people we are considering , for they are the sufferers wanting his advocacy of their claims . The proposition to present a national testimonial to John West has our cardial approbation . If the middleclass subscribe their thousands [ for Cobden , surely the working classes will give their pounds , their shillings , and their pence , to a man who is infinitely greater than Cobden . Let the Macclesfield friends mature their plan and lay it before the country ; it shall have our hearty support .

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      POLAND AND GREECE . The Legislative Assemblies of Great Britain and France are about to assemble , when the recent confiscation of Cracow cannot fail to excite earnest discussions , and Palmerston and Guizot will have to tax their ingenuity to find answers to the queries they are sure to be troubled with . In good time comes a new subject to add to the difficulties besetting the present order of things . A plot has been re vealed which shows Austria to be actively engaged in preparing for new-born Greeoo tho fate of Poland .

      Metternich , by the pens of his wretched tools , has attempted to justify the seizure of Cracow . The manifesto of the Austrian Government , and the shameless , lying articles inthe " Augsburg Gazette " and " Austrian Observer , " all affect to speak of Cracow as an Austrian city restored to its rightful sovereign ; that the independence of Cracow was the Rift and sole work of the three protecting powers ; and tbat the dominions of the " three powers" were in constant danger from the revolutionary intrigues of which Cracow was the theatre . Such are the pretended reasons for the late act of robbery . But when was the wolf without plausible reasons for devouring the lamb ?

      Metternich , in claiming Cracow from the year of the " third partition , " 1795 , forgets to remind the world tbat beforo 1795 there was a Poland to which Cracow belonged . He affects not to remember that Poland was a great and civilized nation wben Austria was a contemptible duchy , and Russia an _unor-.-anized land of savages . The princely robber has no recollection of who raised the siege of Vienna iu 1603 , when , but for John Sobieski , the fiery Turk would have worked as absolute ruin on the capital ofthe Kaisers , as ever was accomplished byMedeor Roman upon Babylon or Carthage .

      It is true , that , in the first instance , the three powers bad agreed amongst themselves by treaty , that the independence of Cracow should be recognised in preference to its appropriation by either of them ; hut it is . also true that this agreement was subsequentl y ntroduced into the general compact of the fcHli ° l * _- e , _isi _*? , knoiijn fts the « treaty of Vienna , "

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      which treaty was signed by the representatives of England , France , Spain , Portugal , and Sweden , as well as by the representatives of Russia , Austria , and Prussia . Nothing is truer in history than the fact that the Republic of Cracow Was founded by the eight powers above named , and not merely by tbe usurping three . That the treaty itself proves . Bnt robbers never yet hesitated to be liars , and Metteinich is no exception to the rule .

      It is true that tha _Cracorians have exhibited sympathy for their countrymen when engaged in the holy work of attempting the regeneration of their native land ; and for this Metternieh denounces them as " men without conscience , " and guilty of " ingratitude" to their " benevolent" and "compassionate" " protectors I" Through the Austrian Observer , Metternich relates in horrific terms , that "in the course of ten years , no less than eight political murders bavo been committed in tbe streets of Cracow ; " adding , in the same breath , that " three of the _viclims were recalled to life by the merest accident !"

      The five who did not get their recall are named , and it appears were political spies employed by Metternich to entrap victims for his dungeons and hia daggers . The wretches well earned their fate ; it is only to be _regretted tbat so few of their tribe meet their deserts . Metternich affects a holy horror at " political murders" (!) and this the man who commanded the Gallician massacres ! This hoary plotter against thc freedem and happiness of mankind after covenanting with ruffians to torture and butcher men , women , and children to the number of many hundreds , is awfully shocked that any of his Judas tools should have got their quietus in return for their treachery . Perhaps Metternich believes that " Princes are privileged to kill ,

      And numbers sanctify tbe crime . " If so , old as he is , we hope he will yet be taught another lesson . \ Hardly has the robbery of Cracow heen consummated , when we find the spoiler busy at work in preparing a like doom for Greece . Thc glorious land , for whose redemption so much blood was shed , is to be Polandisedl The people whose heroic struggles awoke the sympathies of all civilized nations , and commanded the aid of the noblest of earth ' s sons—our own Byron amongst the numberare to become the bond slaves of _Sarmatia's

      murderers ! It was the misfortune of Greece that , after she had achieved her independence , she was _interfered with , and compelled to submit herself to , a booby brute chosen for her king by the despotic g- - _vernments of Europe . The mischievous idiot Otho has been the curse of Greece from the hour he set foot upon her soil . After a . long career of falsehood and treachery , he was compelled by a sudden and glorious revolution , to forswear his insufferable despotism , and assent to the establishment of a constitution . The people , merciful in their might , forgave the past , and contented themselves with

      binding Otbo to govern constitutionally for the future . But king ' s vows are like dicer ' s oaths , regarded with as much fidelity ; as a matter , of course , therefore , this precious compound of despot and fool bas followed the usual kinglyjrule , and unceasingly plotted against the Constitution he swore to uphold . By thc aid of that unscrupulous traitor Coletti , Otho has contrived to render the constitution a dead letter . The consequence has been , and is , military rule , insecurity of life and property , and a state of things bordering on general anarchy . This , it appears , is made the pretext for Austrian interference .

      Austria proposes to abolish by force thc new constitution and instead to give the Greeks a form of Government similar to that of Bavaria and other German states . In order to effect this , eight thousand troops are to enter Greece and remain there for ten years . These troops to be reinforced by some additional thousands , if necessary . It is said that the British Government is determined not to permit tbis intervention . We shall

      see . But whatever part the Government of this country may take , we trust the Greeks will not hesitate as to the part they should take in the event ' of an Austrian force attempting to eater their country . Better that Greece should become a desert , or once more Welcome back her Mussulman tyrantB than bow submissive to the slaves of the blood-stained Metternich . Poland is no more ; Switzerland , Italy and Greece are menaced with the like fate ; and Guizot and Palmerston " protest" ! Metternich has thrown down the gauntlet ; he has avowed that force is the only law of right acknowledged by Austria . Good . It is " the beginning of the end !"

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      WEEKLY REVIEW . The political world presents no new feature for comment . There is , in fact , a lull just before com . mencing action , though the respective parties are busy enough mustering their respective forces and deciding on their different courses previous to meeting in the fray . It is said that the rumoured ministerial measures for ameliorating the condition of Ire _' and will meet with the most determined opposition from the ultra section of the Conservative

      party , and also that Lord Stanley ' s acceptance of the leadership of the Protectionist peers is to be ascribed to an apprehension entertained by him , and shared in hy them , that Lord John Russell contemplates the introduction of sweeping measures with reference to that country . We shall see in a few days whether any of these rumours are correct or not , but in the meantime we can only say with regard to any great measures from the Whigs , in the words of the old saw , " Blessed are they who expect nothing , for they shall not be disappointed . ' We , at all events , are determined to jbc on the safe side , and , if surprised at all , are certain to be so agreeably .

      The same silence continues to be maintained by the ministerial press as to the Cabinet programme or the approaching Session , as we noticed last week . Is it because ministers have not yet agreed upon it ? There can be no doubt upon one subject , however , and that is , that , treat it as they may , the condition of Ireland is the first question which our Legislators must take up . There are symptoms that the representatives of that country will present a somewhat united front to tbe House , inasmuch as

      a meeting of the Irish Peers and Commoners is to be held in Dublin , a week before the meeting of Parliament , in order to form an Irish party and concert measures for the relief of the island . To this scheme it is said that even the Conservative members have given their assent , though the proposition in the first place emanated from Mr . Ralph ' Osborne , a Liberal . It is one hopeful sign in that unhappy land , where party distinctions and religious differences lead to so much personal bitterness and alienation , that , at this critical and important

      juncture , raen are laying aside their old animosities and becoming willing to co-operate with each other for the good of tlieir common country . If they do this in good earnest , a glorious dawn will rise upon the present dark and stormy night of Irish misery . A nation cannot be made great by external assistance From its own inherent virtues , and the enterprise of its own people alone , can permanent and real

      prosperity and greatness be evolved . England may help , but cannot create either . That must be done bv Irishmen alone . We shall watch anxiously and closely the beating of the Irish members . " "If thev are up to the mark they will not onl y carry English public opinion , sympathy , and support with them , but more effectually bring about the necessary change in the condition of their fellow-country men , than any other party . "But in order to do this , they must pursue a very different _noUcj ttam they have hitherto done . From

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      whatever causes it has arisen , a social revolut io " "¦ ' palpably and rapidly going on in Ireland , e _^ post brings more alarming and disastrous j _* , » ? gence . Symptoms of political _disorganizaiio-, '" frequent and increasing , Famine and pestilence a ' * always subversive of the settled arrangements society , and justly so , for they are incontestible in dications that these arrangements have outlived their utility , if they ever possessed any , and that _•• is time they were replaced by others more adeq uat to the wants , and more consonant with the interest

      of the community . The wholesale destruction nf the potato crop has involved every elass of the Irish population in ruin . That simple but awful f act sufficient to show , that , if we would beaefit _lrela n l at all , she must be placed at the very commencement in such a position as , that the failure of a sin * - crop of one species of vegetable shall not be followed by such appalling and lamentable results , This cannot be done without the introduction of a nev element into the social economy of Ireland . _\*> see what the landlord and tenant system , as it w hitherto existed , can accomplish . If England is t „ give Ireland assistance , it should be given in such a

      way as to leave the people m a more hopeful con dition than they were at its commencement . To give it for the purpose of propping up a bankrupt system of landlordism*—or merely to leave the landlord and tenant system as we found it , would be madness . We must abandon old theories of politi . cal economy , as well as old practices of political oppression . The reviving power of a new agent must be tried upon a body which the old medicinehave brought to death ' s dour . A new princi ple must be applied , in order to call forth new tenden . cies , create a new class , aud by such creation gene _, rate a host of new social influences in Ireland . In

      the introduction of the principle of a proprietary tenantry , in conjunction with a real Poor Law , am a good system of Education , by which knowled ge would be brought to the door of all who desired it do we see alone a way out ofthe present difficulties of that unhappy country . On this side of the Channel there is little calling for notice . The advocates of the abolition of Capital

      Punishments are t _just now somewhat actively agitating that question , with the view of making it a Parliamentary question during the ensuing Session . Messrs . Oastler and Ferrand having returned 'rom their Scotch tour of agitation on the Short Time Question , will , we understand , immediatel y agitate Lancashire on thc same subject . We hopt with such success that it will achieve a legislative triumph before the present Parliament is dissolved

      In anticipation of that event the constituencies of several cities and towns are already engaged in the excitement of electioneering . Manchester has , for some weeks , been occupied by the rival claims of Lord Lincoln and John Bright . The Cotton Lords had set their hearts in the first place on Mr . Cobden , but from some mysterious cause or other they were thwarted in this object . The League Leader professed great attachment and gratitude to his Stockport constituency and refused the manufacturing metropolis of the world . We have heard other rei .

      sons assigned , such as , that John Bright ' s ambition and his wealth , which latter enabled him to assist his quondam friend and _solleauue in a pecuniar way , and afterwards to make such assistance the means of inducing Cobden to decline standing and thus have the path clear for himself—such ia tht gossip . If it be true , however , Friend Bright reckoned without his host . A large and influential section of the Manchester Whigs won ' t have him it

      any price , and , by way _^ of conciliating the support of the Conservative party , they invited Lord Lincoln to become a candidate , one of the ¦¦ young men" who , as was facetiously and aptly said by Mr . Duncombe , Lord John " asked a loan of" from Peel . We should not wonder to see the Lord beat ; at all events , the mill lord , as a determined opponent of the claims of labour and a bitter _antagonist ofthe Ten Hours' Bill , has no claim whatever either on the sympathy or assistance of the labouring classes .

      Westminster is also evincing some premonitory indications of the advent of a new Parliament . Come when a General Election may , it is certain that Mr . Leader , its aosentee representative , trill b ; sent to the right about . There is , therefore , certain to be one vacancy , at least , to fill up . Mr . Cnarle _* Cochrane , of " port opening" notoriety , ha * seized the occasion to throw himself into the field greatly to the discomfiture and annoyance of the " Westminster rump , " who have so long dictated to the

      citizens and especially of Mr . Sydney Smith , of Anti-Corn Law League notoriety , who has pronounced Mr . Cochrane unfit to represent Westminster because his youth is not counterbalanced by a title . If net" ! been " a Lord" Mr . Smith could have tolerated hi * presumption . Being only plain " Mr . " his offence is rank in the nostrils of this whilome railer against Lords ! We pronounce no opinion here on Mr . Cochrane ' s claims but will not refrain from saying _. at least , that they are immeasurably greater that those of any of the Whiglings who are likely to be his opponents . In other parts of the country similar symptoms are observable of the bustle of preparation for a general election .

      Trade continues bad , and provisions goou _advanc iug , the severe pressure of these two circumstance " is indicated in the greater number of cases of extreme distress recorded in the newspapers , and _trt fear long months of privation , _suffering , aud still higher prices , are before us .

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      President Polk Has Been Playing Some Cur...

      President Polk has been playing some curiou " pranks of late , and seems thereby to have roused lb " jealousy of the European Monarchs , who , fearing they may be outwitted by their Yankee rival , are just now coming out strong in their old character * , as wo shall brieily show . In the lirst place , Louis-Philippe has been enacting- the solemn farce of assuring his _prec ' _wM "Peers , " " Deputies , " and the " Diplomatic Corps , "

      that ' * Monarchy and Liberty" arc gloriously uniteJ in his person ; hence France is so happy , aud presents so glorious an example to other countries Jus . imagine the " artful dodger" of the . Barricades , with Iiis tongue in his cheek , uttering th _« o lies with a solemn and self-satisfied air made up for tho occasion ; and then witness his worthy comrouges aft * - * ing the most honest enthusiasm , and shouting " _Vi- le Roi ! " Of all pantomimes commend us to tb * annually performed on the Jour de I'An a . tt ' Tuileries .

      That delectable bit of Royalty—Isabella of SpaiUp : lias been engaged _delivering a " royal speech **! stuffed with the usual lies on the occasion of _openii-ei the Cortes . Though notoriously forced to mar'b her . ** august cousin , " Don ( key ) _d'ASS--- " she , nevertheless , asks for " prayers" •' " Almighty God" to ] bless ! her n _* mrriager VVe tfe fer to our Foreign news for tho only points of -W speech worth extracting . We may add , that H Majesty utters some vauntings respecting the " _- _* _- ' " and free field of the Constitution , " which fie'' i however , is neither "vast" nor ' -free" enoug h W

      admit an obnoxious deputy to tho new _CoitCoi Thc celebrated Olozaga , who had to fly from Spa S in lS-i _^ , in consequence of that famous p lot dot which the charming Isaballa proved herself wo'f _' wo of her "illustrious" parents , has been olectt'dctc thc new Cortes . A fe _* r * days ago he loft _FraiFri for Madrid with his passport duly signed ; arm an within eleven leagues of Madrid , he was _arrestd-estc a party of civic guards , and has beeu taken to t ( citadel of _Pampeluna . Here is a pretty illosiiilo tion of "how _Uiey _manage _thiugs" in com .-c .-k _tioiKiJ Spain .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 9, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09011847/page/4/