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      The Hawics _Saists . — "We have received theiollowing : — " Sir . —As your columns are ever open for the exposure Of injustice in auy shape , I have thought fit to a _; nd joa a case which 1 hops yoa will deem worthy of insertion , whicli is briefly this . A few friends of the new views of society , as propounded by Robert Owen , were ansious to have two lectures on the above subject , and lia « _-ins engaged the services of Mr . Cooper , S . M . of Eaiabnr ' h , app lication was made to CaiUie Goodf _jlliw for the Town-hall , whicli was laid before the town council and refused , on tbe ground of its being an immoral system ; from which it would appear they Lave examined tlte subject , bnt of which , I hesitate not to say , th > y are totall y ignorant . Xow , Mr . Editor , the Town-hall has been let for all parties , from tbe

      itinerant play actor to the passive-obedience spouter , but refused to the advocate of Socialism , whose end and aim is to fully develope the faculties of man phisicolly , mentally , and morally , so as to produce a greatly superior _character to what he ins hitherto borne ; to _produce and _distribate justly all iinds « f wealth , which would bau sb poverty , and the fear of poverty , from the abodes oi man , bv the _eitablishmeiit of home colonies upon scientific principles , combining land , blwir , capital , and skill . Our friends subsequentl y applied for , and obtained , the subscription-rooms ; but the lecturers w _^ re no sooner announced than some extra-pious souls took the alarm , went to the landlad y , and told her what a horrible thing she bad done in letting ber room for such a purpose , and that thev would rather pay her double the sum than that she should let tbe room to the Socialists . The landladv , fearing it might hurt her interests , sent for the persons who took tbe room , and begged tbat thev would give it

      lip , who , ont of respect for ber , consented , on the ground that she should pay the bills . Sir , we lme the satisfaction of knowing thata _sreat portion ofthe public are thoroughly disgusted at the cowardly and intolerant conduct of those pious ' busy bodies . — Bicuabd IIabiiis , Hawick , "March 1 T _. 1 S 1 G . " _T-etkhas Patriots * asd Exixes * Widows * asd Cbil-BSES _' s _Fbxds —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of 19 s . from Mr . David Craw , Denny , Stirlingshire , Scotland . My own lecture at the H . tH , _Turnsgain-Iane , lastSunday night , afterpayment _« f expenses , Irft 5 s . 6 d . for the two funds . Onr weekly disbursements to the recip ients of the two funds now amount to --. 1 just give this bint , tbat it may be understood how needful it is every true Chartist _ehs-uld exert himself to raise the support that is necessary . —Thomas Coopeb , 131 , j "Blackfriar ' s-road . "W . C , Giasgow . —The husband can claim the effects of the wife . The friends of the wife caunot claim anv .

      thing . There may be a dinerent law , however , in Scotland . Qttht _.-w—It was a mistake in last week ' s Star , when it was stated tbat Mr . O'Connor would be in Oldham on Easter Monday ; it should have been that Mr . O'Connor will _lecture in the forenoon at Oldham on Easter Sunday , and Mr . M'Grath will lecture there on the evening ef the same day . _Tnojtis Cube , Loughborough . — "We would be much obliged to him for the report of the Commissioners on tlie condition of the . Framework-knitters of Leicester . A COSSTAST SD 3 SCB 1 _BEJS , _Staiemeidce . —We think lie raay now take a little cot without tbe fear of being _bntchered . "ffuxua Ksowles , _Fabbistos . —The allotments will

      consist of two , three , and four acres , irrespective of the ground the house and offices stand upon—that is , tint there will be two acres uf land to ba cultivated . _flicaasD _IfiMEB , Kadcciffe-bbidge . —We feel assured that he will not impose upon us for _withholding the publication _« f his letter ; he must see tbat , with tbe best possible intention , and while he has our best thanks lor his kindness , that to continue the _controversy would bnt lead to endless squabbles . The ChaSTISIS of the Tower Haslets ass Mb . _O'Cossob . —Mr . O'Connor begs to acknowledge the motion and amendment proposed at the Whittington aad Cat , thanks tbem for it , and begs in reply to say that he will be guided by the motion , while , if not

      withheld from publication by their request , it should have appeared ia the Star . Mr . O'Connor is _gUdto £ ud : aatitis impossible to create dissension between these who are determined to aet like man and wife . J . Smith , Ubadfobd . —Mr . O'Connor would have much pleasure in accepting the invitation of bis friends to tea , on Easter Tuesday , were it not for other previous engagements ; during the following week ho will have great pleasure iu paying them a visit . Thomas Kej : steb , Wisbeach . —AU monies for the Anti-Militia Association should be addressed to Feargus O Connor , 16 , Great _tlTindmill-street , Haymarket , London . The association still goes on , and if its continuance is not _necessary all monies trill be returned to the contributors ; howerer , it is onr conviction that

      the militia will be embodied as soon as the great commercial measures have passed . - j . C , Hcix . —We know nothing whatever of Mr . Hugh Carlisle ; and , unlike that gentleman , we are too just to give opinions upon those we know nothing of . However , for the protection of the Chartist cause ia Hull , in which it appears he is busying himself , we will state , word for word , the opinion of Mr . Doyle , of the Executive , of that gentleman . Wc were present when Mr . Wheeler asked the members of the Executive if they knew anything ofa Hugh Carlisle , irom Belfast , when Mr . Doyle replied—** 0 h , fe it that fcflW ! I know enough of bim . I nevermetsuch a man to drink whiskey—I declare I think he would drink a quart at a draught . He is a very _dangevc-u _* fellow ; he did all

      tit ; mischief be could at Belfast , and I was obliged to _requsst the Belfast Chartists to get rid of him . Ila is a most unprincipled fellow , and if they write to Bel £ t » t about hVni , _theyTl soon bear enough . You should caution die Chartists of lluil against that fellow . " The _Cbabtjst Exiles . —We have received several _conimunicatious relative to Mr . Duncombe ' s motion for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . It is _impossible for us to find room for these communications in full , we therefore briefly notice them : — J _^ _mss 3 Iawr , _snddesboro _" , writes that a petition was sent from that place to Mr . Duncombe , with 1 , 400 signatures . All the ministers of religion were applied to for their _signatures , but all refused . All the employers also opposed tbe petition , and would not alio wit to be

      seen in any of their " woiks . "—U . A . Donaldson , Warwick , writes that he got up a _petition seven feet long , and more than half the persons who signed it were of the ultra-Tory party . The general feeling in Warwick is strongly in favour of the exiles . One of tbe members , Sir Charles Douglas , voted against the motion . This Douglas was returned by the Tory influence ofthe Earl of _Warwick ; ne has recently ratted to the ministerial ¦ _friS-trade _' side , aud Mr . Donaldson well .-ays , that" ingratitude to a former patron , and servile obedience to _presan z employers , constitute tbe parliamentary qualincation" of Sir Charles Douglus . Mr . Donaldson _addresses a letter to the ex-Tory _lnisreyreseutaiiveoi Warwick , which we are sorry wo have not room for . Mr . Donaldson concludes his letter by promising Sir

      Charies Douglas to voti against him at tbe next elec tion . —The Merthyr Tydvil Chartists have passed a vote of thanks to Mr . T . C Ingram , of Abergavenny , for his _exertions in behalf of theexiliS . —M . Jude , _2 _feweastlecpjn-TTne , states that two petitions were sent from that town , the first having 5 , 000 , aud the second 2 , 000 signatures—total 7 , 000 signatures . The Newcastle friends Tegret the failure of Mr . Duncombe ' s motion , bat will support any future movement with increased exertions . —WilliamMuir , Llinlithgow , writes thata petition was sent from thatpiac < 9 with 830 signatures . The Linlithgow friends win _aujipurt -he proposed National _Coiiventioii . —ilr . Sweet , Nottingham , sent us _copies ofthe replies of the two members of that town in auswerto tha _request that they would vote f ., r Mr . Dimcoiube ' s motion . As the letters could onlv have

      appeared m this paper after the motion was disposed of , it is unnecessary to give them now ; _euough that we State that Sir John _Cam _Hobhouse declined to support the motion , and Mr . T . Gisborne promised to vote for it , A reference to tbe _divi-aon list will show that the Kottingham members voted in accordance with their < replies . —Geo . Holloway , Kidderminster , writes that ] on _? iniVin «; application to W . B . _liest _, Esq ., tho Mayor , for his signature , his " worship * ' fl _« w into a passion , and in reference t-. ' Frost said : — " Xo , damn him , he ought to be hunt—he wanted to destroy other people ' s property . ' * His •' worship" charitably added _^ hat "hehoped they l _ilie exiles ) would stop whire they were for eeer ! " They certainly do elect some -queer brutes for mayors in Kidderminster , if tbis is thoir Best specimen 3— "A sincere Chartist" writes that the rejection of Mr . Duncombe ' s motion should induce the peop le to at once form an election fim £ for the purpose of infusing good blood into the Il-. use of Commons ,

      and therein ; obtain the return of the ciiles , and ultimately the enactment of the Charter . Our correspondent who writesi from Prescott says , he knows at least often real Chartists who would subscribe twenty shillings for so necessary a purpose . — "An Observer cf the Times" should have written his letter so that the compositors might have used it . He draws a just parallel between H ampden and John Frost , and concludes by expressing his satisfaction at the progress of the Ten Hours'Dill , and the purchase ef the people ' s estate by the Chartist Land Society . He hopes for Mr . O'Conuor ' s success at Edinburgh when opposing the " great criminal" Macauley . —We must decline Mr . _Arcott's poetry on the _spaeeh of Sir H . IL Inglis . The Old bigot is not worth the trouble » f castigating . —Sir John Hope , M . P . for tlie county of Edinburgh , was written to by the inhabitants of George ' s Mills , to support Mr . Duncombe ' s motion . He refused , but did cot send his replv until tlie motion bad been disposed of .

      _Gbees-wicu asd _DiPTFOBo _Cuabtjsis . —If our friends are in doubt as to the presentation of thtir petition by Admiral Dundas , they should write to him for an ex--planation _. Mb . _Mabsdeji ' s _Xoshkatios foe the Execptivje . —We have _received the foUo _wiug : —? I hear that I have betn nominated for tbe office of member of tbe Exscatire for the ensuing year . 1 happen not to hare seen the Star this week , bntif what I nave beard ba true , I will thank jou to just convey to tbe Star office my wish that they would , through its medium , inform my friends that I most respectfully , but deterininediy , decline U allow mvself to stand the election . In My letter to you last week I informed you that we had again voted for the coctmuancein office of the present Executive ; and in the _presentstate of Caartism , I cannot help thinking th . t it would be either foolish or worse to attempt to chaiure th .. se now at the head , so long as we have no reason to complain of their conduct Tours tru ; j , H . _Miasuis . —Preston , March 23 nl . "

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      Jolts _Eoeebtsox , Alva . —The roofs of the houses will be slate . An the rooms , except the kitchen , will be boarded and papered . We cannot exactl y say what ths expense of erecting a four acre house will be , it will be according to tbe expense of materials in the _ueh'hbourho _^ d . The six weeks' notice required to be given will just the ballot , as it will be that time before the houses will be built . Caepestebs and Joisebs . —We received , on Thursday a very _lensthy address " To the Operative Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain and Ireland , " signed by Samuel Marriott , * Sotti = gbam . So lengthy a document should have been sent to this office earlier in the week , we can now only notice it . The " address" defends Trades' combinations of workmen , and shows

      that combinations exist extensively amongst the privileged classes ; as , for instance , the Shipowners' Society , Bankers' Society , Attornies' Society , 'Licensed . Victuallers' Society , the Carlton and Reform Clubs , and , lastl y , the society of Master Builders , _recently organised at Manchester for the purpose of resisting the just deaiands of the operatives . The workmen are appealed to , to trust only to themselves , and to unite together for their protection . It is an imperative duty on all operatives to support their Manchester brethren with fall aud efficient pecuniary aid , so that the conspiracy of the masters may _hs defeated , and the Operatives' Union be preserved . The address thus concludes : —" One word to those who have no principle , and who , in cue of strikes , go to the scene of the struggle and threaten to go to work if not bought oft ' . The turnouts , through fear , coax and compromise with such base characters . Good heaven ! a

      fellow who would threaten such a deed is of no worth to either master or men . Sueh characters tramp from one place to another ; they do not like work , and , therefore , should hare no assistance from honest men . We hope the union will consider this , and act with judgment ; for let it be remembered , that he who threatens treason is , in heart , a traitor . When our brethren of Manchester have triumphed over tbrfr tyrannical employers ( and that tbey will at no distant period ) , what will become of the poor heartless creatures who have thus betrayed their fellow workmen ? The finger of scorn . vill be pointed at them whithersoever they go : they will be miserable outcasts of society . " Exiles' Kestobatios Committee . —All persons holdins tickets or cash for tbe late Festival are requested to attend and settle accounts at the Parthenium , 72 , St . Jbrtin ' _s-lane , on Monday evening uext , March 30 th , at eight _o'doak precisely .

      POLAND . The holders of collecting books for the obtainment of monies to meet the expenses of the demonstration at the Crown and Anchor , are requested to meet the committee on Mouday evening , at the public meeting , South London Hall , Webber-street , Blackfriar ' s-road . The committee will proceed to business immediately ou the termination ofthe public meeting .

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      TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS . WASTED immediately , TENDEUS for the erection of EIGHT COTTAGES , containing live llooms each ; FOUR of Four Rooms eich ; and THIRTY of Three Rooms each . Tbe Cottages to be double-detached , on an Estate about seventeen miles from London . Tenders , with plans enclosed , to be forwarded to Mr . T . 31 . Wheeler , SS , Bean-street , Soho , on or before Monday , AprI 16 , lS 4 G . S . B . —The _Tbree llooms on the ground floor .

      Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY .

      PHASES . peb mb . o ' comnob . £ s . d . _Bradford , per J . AJderson — .. .. 10 0 o Mr . Peter Martin , Rickmcrswortli .. .. 544 Mr . J . Hopkins , watch engraver , London ,, 544 Mr . Robson , ladies' shoemaker , London .. .. 544 Mr . J . _Ilyd-. ' , bookhindsr , Loudon .. .. 544 Worcester , per M . Griffiths 7 14 Pershore , per W . Conn 10 0 0 Finnicston , per J . Wilson .. .. .. 0 11 0 llury ( Lancashire * , per M . Ireland .. ,. 598 Oldham , per W . Hamer .. .. .. .. 2 o 0 So-verby , per J . Wilson .. .. .. ,, ' 2 0 0 Norwich , per J . Hurry .. .. ., .. 5 0 0 _Nottingham , per J . Sweet 5 0 0 Dodwortb , per T . Croft 4 0 0 Leicester , per G . Noon .. .. .. .. 900

      Barnsley , per J . Ward .. .. .. .. o 0 o Exeter , " per T . Clark .. _« , .. ,. 255 Leeds , per W . Brook 10 0 0 Keighley , per J . Vicars .. .. .. .. 13 0 0 _Totstess , Devon , per W . M . Tanner .. .. 5 12 4 William Rider 2 1 * 2 -4 Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. .. .. ,. 5 15 2 Preston , per J . Browu 4 11 0 Rochdale , per E . Mitchell 4 0 0 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 53 15 0 Alexandria , per J . M'Intyre 4 IU S Glasgow , per J . Smith .. .. 10 6 0 Hebdeu Bridge , per J . Smith 6 1011 Greenock , per K . Burrell .. .. .. 200 _SfcM-kpovi _. TjCTT . _Vowmc-usfc 2 0 0 Ashton-uuder-Lyne , perE . Hobson .. .. Id 5 11 LSW FOB TBE LAND _COSHBESCS . LlS . _fS- $

      PEB MB . O COSSOB . Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. .. .. ., 016 Preston , per J . Brown .. .. .. ,. 0 0 S Alexandria , per J . M'lntire .. .. .. 008

      LEVI FOB DlBECIQaa _, PEB MB . o _' CONKOB . Liverpool , per 3 . Arnold .. .. .. .. 0 1 lo NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . _$ . * ° EXECUTIVE . PEB MB . o ' _CQSNOB . Alexandria , per J . M'Intyre 0 10 0 SATIOXAL _A-tTI-MILITU FCND . FEB MB . O ' CONNOB . Shc-fSeld , per G . Cavill 0 2 6 Nottingham , per 3 . Sweet .. .. .. 010

      FOB TH £ WIDOW SEEBT . PEB MB , O ' _COMJJOB . Five Protestants of Surrey , Gd . each .. .. 0 2 6 _POLAND ' S _BEGFIiEBATION TVSV . PEB MB . O ' COSSOB . A Mechanic , Manchester .. .. 020 Collected from a few Chartist friends for the Heroic Poles in the Carpenters'Hall , by Daniel Donovan .. . ? •• .. 139 S . _HenchHtf Old RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . SHABES . PEB _GEKUAb _SECBETABT . £ S . d . £ B . d . Inswieh .. .. 0 11 8 Hebden Bridge .. 4 10 6 Lambeth .. .. 11 0 6 Hindley .. .. 014 Mr . _Uoare .. .. 010 Burnley .. .. C 10 0 Westminster , Mr . G . H . Chatwin .. 5 3 2

      Brown .. .. 546 Monmouth .. .. 028 Ditto .. .. .. 13 . 8 _Sutton-in-Ashfield 0 19 0 Charles Fox .. .. 160 _Souicrs Town .. 3 15 0 J . R . Newton .. 050 Mr . Dickson .. 050 Mr . Dale , Merlon- 0 5 4 Mr . Pomeroy .. 010 John Whiddon .. 054 Whittington d : Cat 556 John Stvring and Truro 5 10 0 Thomas i'lackford 5 i 8 Newton Bushel .. 054 _Bilsion .. .. 40 0 Kettering .. .. 000 _Derhv 6 15 2 Birkenhead .. .. 180 Mertitvr Tvdvil .. 200 Worsbro' Common 028 Bou _' _oine * .. 5 16 2 Dunfermline .. 028 Mr . Willis , _RochesterS 10 2 Wigton .. .. 162 EdwardHurst ,. 270 < _ffi f _^

      CABDS AND BDLE 5 . Ipswich .. .. 020 Derby 0 1 0 _Seeretarv .. .. 005 Boulogne .. ,. 004 _Westminster .. 0 0 10 Hebden Bridge .. 014 ilr . Dale , ilerton .. 0 16 Norwich .. . _; J )_ Jt _ 3 LEVI _FOa THE 1 A _5 _JO CONFERENCE . _f _/ Truro 0 3 0 Norwich .. .. 009 Secrct . irv .. .. 016 Glasgow .. .. 013 Derby .. .. .. 006 Wigton .. .. 003 Hebden Bridge „ o o 9 LEVI FOB DIBECTOBS . Ipswich .. .. 007 Hebden Bridge .. 010 \ V . _il-Murray .. 010 _Littleborough „ 0 O 6 Warrington - 0 2 6 Glasgow - -. 034 Boulogne ., .. 0 110 Worsbro' Common 0 3 7 Secretary .. _^ 0 010 /~? J _" AU persons to be eligible for the ensuing ballot for location ou the land must havo paid their Conference and Directors * Levy .

      Notice . —Ou and after _SaVurds . y , MaTch 21 st , all comuumicatiuus for Mr . Wheeler mu _> t be addressed to him at tlie office of tlie Chartist _Cooperative Land ] Society , HS Dean-street , Soho . Sub-secretaries are requested to copy thu abovo address . T . M . Wueeleb , Sec .

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . PEB GENERAL SECBETABT . Lambeth .. .. 0 5 0 Leicester ( profits Tillicoultry .. .. 0 10 0 on Star ) „ .. 010 CAUSE OF POUND . Greenwich and Deptford .. .. .. .. 050 Leicester ( _SlinksprriiiB ) . _.. .. „ 0 2 0 Preston , per Marsdcn .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 VICTIM FO . VD . Sheffield .. _.. •• •¦ .. 017 AGED PATB 10 T 3 ' A 5 D EXILES * WID 0 W 3 . _Sheffield „ 0 1 7 XXH . BS' _BESTOBATlOJJ ICSD . Mr Paddingtou's Book 0 2 _« Thomas Mabtix Wueeleb . Secretary .

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      Chartist _Co-operativk Lasd Societt . —The members of Coventry held a meeting on Monday evening , March 23 rd , when one new member was added to the list , and others promised to join as soon as convenient . The anti-militia question was brought before tlie meeting , when several signified their intention of _ji-ining the association . A meeting is held every alternate Monday evening , at eight o clock , at the British Queen , St . John-street . Stmpaiht fob Poland . — On Sunday last Air . Ambrose llurst lectured in the school-room of the Working Alan ' s Hall , Oldham . At the _closo a subscription _vtas entered into in aid of tlie roles ,

      when 7 s . were subscribed ; it was then agreed to keep the subscription open until Monday , the 30 tn instant , that all true lovers of liberty may have au opportunity of putting in their mite . General Sir Evas Lixrcn , K . C . II ., expired on Wednesday last , at his scat , l _' etuey llall , near Ludlow , in the _TStli year of his age . In 1 S 0 G he was at the taking of Buenos Ayres from the Spaniards , nnder Sir Howe Popham ; he distinguished himselt at Monte Video iu the February of the following year , and again in July , at Buenos Ayres , under General Wuitelocke .

      McKDEit . —At the Leicester Assizes , on Saturday , a man earned William Hubbard was sentenced to be hung , bavins been found guilty of murdering his i wiie .

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      _MONT _OAV . LOBD MouSff _EDGSCUMBK ov Pbee Tbade . —It is always refreshing to be able to direct atsention to anything sensible from a class whose usurped rights and privileges stand as a good substitute for sound sense . Lord Mount Edgcumbe has _decidedly written one ofthe most sensible letters we have read for a long time : so sensible and pertinent to the subject , as well as prophetic of what will occur , and declaratory of what may follow Sir Robert Peel ' s measures , that we publish it at full length , and invite strict attention to it , with this comment , that the great improvements in manufacturing science , so rapidlv adopted by all connected with trade , furnishes a proof

      of the cupidity rather than of the ability or philantrophy of speculators while at the same time Lord Mount Edgecumbe has faller : into the old error of altogether omitting to notice the unequal distribution of the prolits made by those who so actively and speedily adopt all the newest improvements in machinery . This part of the subject does not appear to have struck his lordship wi th the great importance attached to it . We deny the right of a class , by ability , activity , and speculation , to absorb an amount of what is in justice national property , to their o wn sole use ; and we again contend not only for the justice but the expediency of subduing all sources of national revenue to the requirements of tlie whole people ; and , however they may spring from class , or even individual speculation , as soon as they become

      a portion ofthe staple ofthe country they become legitimately taxable for the necessities ofthe state . It is as unjust that one class should perish by the cupidity , or even by the ability , activity , and speculation of another class , as th : it they should be mown down by the scythe of the oppressor . If the agricultural labourers of England have guff-red from the inattention and ignorance of the landlord class , that is no reason why the manufacturing class should be more submissive under suffering created by the activity , ability , and speculation of the steam-lord class . Upon the whole , however , as we observed before , the letter of Lord Mount Edgecumbe is very creditable to an English Peer , who has hitherto thought that his distinction and prosperity depended not upon his attention to the condition of those beneath him , but upon his prescriptive superiority and exclusive privileges .

      Momnsos ' s Railway Pill . —The motion of Mr . . \ iorri' . on , for a Committee of railway review , must have an astounding effect upon all railway , ! property , and may result iu subduing this branch of national wealth also to national purposes ; however tins labours of the committee may terminate , one tiling at least is certain , that the extensive criticism to whicli his project will subject all railway concerns , must have the inevitable effect of creating another railway panic ; indeed , the rapid decline of prices , in almost every line , is a foretaste of what speculators have to expect . Our readers will remember , that we have

      always contended that railroads should be national property , and should be made subservient to national weaith and public convenience , instead of _constituting a monopoly for speculators ; and it is not at all unlikely that the investigation which Mr . Morrison has succeeded in opening , may end with government buying up the present lints , and making railway travelling so cheap , that the working-classes may live iu wholesome air in the country at a distance ol twenty miles from their work , and pay rent for a healthful cottage , and go and return from their work at a cheaper rate than they can now occupy a stinking hole in the back slums of unhealthy towns .

      Trade . —From all manufacturing _tewns in the kingdom we have mournful accounts of the depression of trade , the addition to the unwilling idlers , aud the general despondency of the working-classes . This is in general a period of the year to which the operatives look for increased activity , as a means ol wiping off their Christmas score ; so that , when the shopkeepers begin to consider , what we have often told them , that an empty till on Saturday night makes an ugly wife on Sunday morning , tliey will then believe that men employed are better customers than idlers ; and that cast-iron men , mules , and spinning jennies , never walk into their shops on Saturday night for tea , sugar , bread , beef , bacon , tobacco , hats , bonnets , shoes , clothes , or any other article used by man . Moxet Market . —Notwithstanding the ten lines brought to tho Times office to-day by

      TELEGIUMIC DESPATCH FKOM MARSEILLES , announcing OUR VICTORY over the Sikhs , Consols , af _> era short rally of an eighth , tumbled _donn rapidly to their previous low figure , % . The city men , no doubt , are good Christians , and require something more than such a text as DEFEAT OF THE SIKUS . Their education has taught them to' expect a long sermon upon ho important a text , and even the salute of twentv-one guns fired at Bombay in honour ol OUR TRIUMPH , will not reconcile them to the absence of the usual lengthy details . They must have the list of the killed and wounded , what the Governor-General said , how lie lo . 'k cd , and what In thought , and what the army did , aud all about it , before they believe the state of things furnishes wholesome prospects , wholesome speculation for investment in blood-money .

      IRELAND . AXOIHER OF TIIE BEST LANDLORDS IX THE WORLD . —A Mr . Pierce , of Carrick , has been murdered , on his return from attending a road sessions . To the English people , who do not understand the detail grievances oi" which Irishmen have to complain , il may not be unnecessary to state that even under the improved grand jury Jaw these road sessions are amongst the most fruitful sources of jobbing , injustice , and irritation . Under the old grand jury law the squires fed their pimps , their dependents , " their bastards , their creatures of all sorts , their animals , and even themselves , upon road jobbing ; indeed , ue have known many a man who , without any other description of property in the world , has made from

      £ 3000 to £ _40 U 0 ayear by road jobbing . Wc have _kuownparsonsof four contiguous parishes whorea ised between them over £ 4000 per annum by this species of traffic , in county taxes , called county rates , paid by the farmers . We have known £ " 3000 voted tor a job whicli never was performed ; and when the reader understands that over a hundred thousand pounds has been levied as county rates in one year in the county of Cork , he wilt not say that it is a trifling grievance to those who pay it . In the next accounts of this transaction , we shall no doubt hear from the hired correspondents of the London journals that the mind of the nek-hbourhood is perfectly at a loss to discover any cause whatever for the murder of this the very best of landlords , the kindest of neighbours , and , it a justice , the poor man ' s magistrate . Well , we may be asked if we are justifying this system of assassination . Just as much as we justify coercion ,

      until tiie causes which lead to assassination are first destroyed . The present Coercion Bill is a declaration of war against Ireland : and we cannot consistently or feelingly eensure the Irish serf ' s who resort to savage revenge as the only means of procuring justice , while we sympathise with the brave Poles who are physically struggling against tyranny , against wliich they have petitioned and remonstrated in vain . We say , and we defy contradiction , that the government which sanctions the cause , who are aware of its evil tendency and inevitable result , anu uot the poor Irishman who seeks justice from the law in vain , is guilty of every murder that has beeu committed . We receive severe , indeed insolent , strictures upon our denunciation of the tyranny of the upper classes in Ireland . Many friends and relatives have even done us the honour to cut our acquaint ; ance , for no other reason ; but yet , if wc lost EV ' _EltV

      SUCU FRIEND , AND EVERY RELATIVE IN THE WORLD , we will , in spite of all , still persevere in denouncing the real murderers . The "Times" asd the " _JN' atiox . "—The Times is in a perfect phrenzy at tho Nation and the Freeman _DAltlNG to publish a statistical account of English murders , and , whimsically enough , would upset all the fair reasoning of those journalsupon the addresses of the several Irish Judges to the grand juries in their respective counties , upon one passage in Judge Ball ' s address to the grand jury of the county oi Tipperary , not delivered until after the summary ol those journals had been made up ; and the Times , ludicrouslv enough , makes a parade of the fact of Mr .

      Justice Ball being a Catholic . We have often asserted , and wc now repeat , without any the slightest reflection upon Mr . Justice Ball , that a bad Catholic is worse than a bad Protestant . If a judge , and at all biassed , he proves his impartiality by marked hostility to those of his own faith . If a juror , he is afraid ofthe censure of his Protestant associates ; and if a middleman , lie justifies his tyranny upon the _principle that lie has a right to qo as he lilies with his own . If an Englishman commits wholesale murder , he is sure to be insane ; if an Irishman fires wide of the mark , with INTENT NOT TO KILL , he is a Papist , Ribandmnn , White Boy , murderer , demoralised and blunted by the teaching of his profane pastor aud horrible religion .

      One murder makes a villain , Millions a hero . Johnstone , though he fell short of the heroic number , is fed better and has more liberty than the unwilling idler ; while Seery , whom the real murderer tells us did not intend to kill his victim , is a murderer .

      • FORKIGN . The English press is beginning to find out , that so far from free trade policy leading to a pacific understanding upon the Oregon question , that it is likely rather to lead to a rupture between the _Northern and Southern States , in which the war party considerably preponderate . Our readers , should bear in mind that , in the outset , we stated that in the question of war between England and America all minor considerations would be merged into the all-absorbing thought of nationalit y and hatred to England , and everything that we W _.-r upon the subject but serves to confirm us in our view ; and , however the unsettled state of _•• Ja ' _tvs and parties in England may cause the Peel administration to p lay fist aud loose with the war question , at present no rational man can enteria ' . n a < luubt that Jonathan is panting for an opport ' Unity to measure swords with the English _lariatoi'r' -. cy ; for we hold that the English pccple will

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      not tight a gainst American _demoL-racv and in favoui ot oligarchical _oppression .

      f tubs-Da ' s y , -IIIB 1 _RoiECTIONISTS ASD IHE MINISTER . — TllC _protectionists , as we predicted , and as Lord George lientmck announced , are still determined to fight tlie battle from " pillar to post . " Left without a leader in the onset , they were obliged to light in divisions without concert , in fact , compelled to carry on * _,., ? .. . ° * desultory war against the combined force ° |* Vjil S and Tory . Miles undertook the command pi tlie grand army of Protectionists , but since then it has been divided into sections and reserve . Lord George Bentinck , to the astonishment of all , has led on the right wing with extraordinary ability ; while the Marquis of Worcester h ; is feebly commanded the left , * and last night , Mr . Elliot Yorkc , representimt the Cambridgeshire fanners , boldly broug ' ltt the reserve into action . We prognosticated that neither the threatened famine in Irelandnor all the

      , threatened danger to trade in England , would iiifcimidate the Protectionist army from protracting this war of life and death ; and upon the motion , last night , that the Bill be read a second time , Mr . 1 orke moved , as an amendment , that it be read that day six months , * while , on Friday last , Lord Stanley , on presenting some petitions against the _measure , took the opportunity of expressing a hope that their lordships would throw the measure out altogether . _Weitjaiu notice the details ofthe measure here for the purpose of confirming an opinion that we expressed early in the Protection war relative to thu length to which the landlords would go rather than abandon tlicir privileges , and to prove that they would look upon more Chartist physical force language as " soit sadair , " and which we shall sub _staniiate by a few extracts from Mr . _Yoike _' s speech lie

      said—He had received a communication from a _( _jentlemnn ol ' great experience , who expressed his conviction that it tin .- _iiiciisurc of her Majesty ' s government was adopted , the value of property would be reduced one-fourth , and the demand for labour would be curtailed to the _extt-Nt ol _Oiie-tliild ; and that the general effect of the measure would ba to reduce ' wages from 21 ) to 25 per cent ., to lower tenants' prolits , and to prevent the continuance and extension ol' the improved _sistcin of cultivation , _whltii was now very generally adopted . He was alsoacqu » _.. 'ii ? 'J

      with a case in wliich a farmer , who was about to _dl-... i a . urge portion of his farm , had stopped his operations when the right hon . baronet ( Sir lt . Peel ) brought forward this measure , because he was satisfied that if the proposition was adopted , it was impossible for liim to ohta . n a return for the outlay he was about to incur . That avmer also expressed his belief that by next harvest wheat would be between 10 s , and 45 s , a quarter , tluitthe wages of labourtrs would be considerably _reduced , and that many of them would he thrown out of employment , and compelled to take refuge in the union workhouses _.

      The above was the opinion of a farmer , who will , no doubt , risk something for the preservation of his cap . tal - and now we come to the consideration ofthe inliueuce of the measure upon the agricultural labourer ? , ami the description of resistance which their landlords tolerate in the Ilouse of Commons . He proceeded thus : — He had received a _cumniunication from a poor , but intelligent man , who said that in the neighbourhood from which he wrote there was not a village in which the people were not ready to assrrt _, by brute force , if necis . sary , their right to taste of the fruits of tlicir own labour ; and he added that every village in the vicinity was ripe for outrage at the first reduction of wages , llu assured the house that great apprehensions existed in the agricultural districts as to the effects of this measure ; and lie held the right hon . gentleman on the Treasury bench responsible for occasioning those apprehensions .

      _Aoiv , we ask Jioiv such an announcement would have been received by the Commons of Em-land , if made on behail of the working classes loi _' _-king for their rights ? What , wu should be glad to know , would have been the feelings of Mr . Yorke , and in what words would he have expressed his indignation , if , upon the _appeal of three millions and a half of Englishmen , who thought they Jr . ul a right to taste the fruits of their own labour , Mr . Buncombe had read a letter FKOM A POOlt BUT INTELLIGENT MAN , stating " that every village in the vicinity was ripe for outrage at tlie first reduction of wages ?" Would not Mr . Yorke , in sueh ease , be the first to sanction the Whig government in _arinin- ; the tenants of Mr . Yorke . against the operatives complaining Ol

      the reduction ol wagis ; and can we now no less than rejoice that Mr . Yorkc has been bitten by one of the pack which he and his associates have so unmercifully hounded upon those who remonstrated against a reduction of wages , but who never said they were ripe for outrage to resist the infliction ? It . is the melancholy fate of oppressors that tliey cannot give the legitimate weight to truth , because tliey have so often resisted its influence when proclaimed _brothers . Mr . Yorkc now knows that rents will be diminished by one-fourth , and that labour will be diminished by athird , and , he might have added , that pour-raics would be doubled ; but when we told the very same thing five years ago , in our ; _titcis to the Irish landlords , his class ffei'e too insolent , overbearing , and confident , to receive truth from the only source through which they could acquire it ; and now

      that they suifcr from their ignorance we cannot sympathise with them . Mr . Yoike ' s fanner told him that by next harvest wheat would be from 40 . * . to _4-5 s . a quarter ; we tell him that it will be under _& ii . si quarter , nnd we teil him that that , and that only , will bring him and farmers to a seiite of their duty to the pour slaves whom they have so long oppressed . As to his agricultural serfs being ripe for outrage , we would caution him to take warning by the terrible example set by the Austrian government in Gallicia , and to take care , lest the strife encouraged for one purpose may not be directed to the accomplishment of another . If the strife commences , ic will not cease uutilhis brother ' s ( the _liavl of liardwicke ' s ) estate is once more restored to its legitimate purposes—the support of the poor , and '• THElPt RIGHT TO TASTE OF THE FltUlTS OF TliEllt OWN LABOUR . " These were the

      words ol the correspondent ot Mr . Yorke , and these arc the purposes to which the next strife will be directed . Upon the whole , we were not far out when we named May , and not the beginning of the month either , as the earliest period at which the measure to relieve Ireland from famine would be brought to a close . Neither the Lords nor Commons , except in as far as hunger is threatening to the lives of their order , would cure three straws if the English and Irish people were dying of plague , pestilence , and famine . Siuue Market . —The shares are still looking down ; and , if he doesH't look sharp , the Draper King ( Hudson ) will turn out to be no king at all , after all .

      IRELAND . Lord Grey brought forward his remedies for the grievances ot Ireland last _nitjlit in the House ol Lords , upon the pretext that the removal of tiie eau . --. es which rendered coercion necessary , should , at all events , follow the enactment of that hellish measure . How often has it fallen to ourlot to as _.-ert , that every single Tory assault upon liberty was justified , as far as precedent can justify tyranny , by some previous act of Whiggery . This said nobleman , so crooked iu mind , as we before observed , that il he swallowed a _twclveptiniy nail it would come out a corkscrew , is endeavouring to follow in his father ' s footsteps . The Iuto Earl Grey mure than once succeeded in achieving oflice by his professions in behail

      of Ireland ; and suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , or some such boon , was invariably tiie reward given for Irish support , until he characteristically wound up his claim to Irish _aifection bv the _L'ASlii , _ULOODI , and UltUTAL COERCION BILL , Now , surely the present Earl does not suppose that cither the English or tho Irish people have forgotten that he was one oi his father ' s Cabinet , who trampled the ordinary law under foot , and substituted trial oy court martial ! He cannot forget that at that period justice to Ireland was promised when coercion had tranquillised the country ; and although coercion , court martial , transportation , and the worst description of maitial law , that tender justice ol a spy police force , was hurried through the house ;

      and although the government of which he was a member subsequently rejoiced and congratulated the country upon the tranquill ' ising ell ' _eisi oi the boon , yet , that although the causes of discontent were the same as now , not a single one of those causes have been removed to the present time . Away , then , with such humbugging nonsense in the present distracted state of- factious ! The Whig expectants will bid for Irish support through patronage offered to Irish placc-hunteis and pensioners , but not through justice to the Irish people . The patriots do not want to kill __ " the goose with tho golden egg ; " they nail every grievance as a good cry , and mourn over the destruction of every " rung" in their political ladder .

      Eamixk . —The tyrants , with enough to eat ofthe produce of other men ' s labour , have now the audacity to deny that such a thing as famine _theatciis Ireland _, and that there ia no deficiency iu the potatoe crop . We give them Shis bit of information , ol which they stand much in , need . The fact of there being an abundance of _yotatuea in the Irish markets at this particular season , of the year , when the impply is usuallv scanty , _isnoprool of an abundance being in the country . Thafact of their being cheap , whicli they are not , would _be . no proof , and for this simple reason . —those whft have them are afraid to keep them , and when _ssareity dues come , it will come like an . electric _shocL . when the whole stove has beeu

      simultaneously exhausted . One fact is worth a bushel of argument . "We requested a friend , who lately visited Ireland , and has just returned , to procure for ns eight stone weight ot four descriptions of seed ; and with the assistance of our steward , and the neighbouring farmers , well inclined to serve us , li > r three _wec-lss ho could noi- procure that amount of those in most general use . We visited a nursery and marketgarden grouml _bolonging to a person at Fulliain yesterday , for the purpose of arranging for the purchase ol a number of two-year-old quicks for the use ot the Land Association , when wo saw several bushels of potatoes strewed upon a heap of dung , and ou remonstrating upon the waste , the nurseryman

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      told us that he had lost eight hundred bushels by the disease N ' _ow , for another word of information upon the subject . The potatoes are dug in Ireland _usualK about tiie month of November ; tiny are then pitted and covered u » with straw , with a loot and a tall , oi two feet , of earth packed over thorn in the shape o the roof ofa house ; those pits are seldom opened till the planting season , which is just now . __ Enough imthe use of tlie family , for a few months , is reserved in a " c / i « wi _« er , "antlmore are deposited in » smaller pit for tl . e use of the house ; but the general crop for _S-ilo , for seed , forspringand summerconsumption , stored in tb large pit . Hence , the farmers liave generally remained in ignorance as to the state

      of their general crop from November till March , and even now many are actually afraid to open them ; and in nine cases out of ten , where they have been opened , the fanners have discovered that the potatoes , which appeared generally sound in _November , are noiv wholly gone , or nearly so . This is not the only misfortune—this calamity not onl y nll ' _tets the tenant and the 1-ilmurcr , but it has also caused the death of _thousand * of landlords . _Aptiorlrisdi labourer very truly calls his pig THE LANDLORD . It is the pi » that keeps the house over his head . The peasants boil the apparently less diseased potatoes for the pig , and carelessly throw tho worst ac the door ; tl . e pig , as a matter of course , eats even tlie worst , and great destruction amoncst tho swinish multitude is the

      consequence . Add to these simple understandable facts , not communicated by the government commissioners , the press , or by the debates in Parliament , wc must sorrowfully state that scores _ofaoivs in the most luxuriant parts of the county of Cork remain undug to the present day . Now then , with these facts , which ought to bo known to those who undertake to govern the country , we ask , if the present calm state of Ireland , aye , quiet , quiescent , submissive state of the Irish people , compared with the torture they suffer , can justify county members , to whom trie grievance must lie familiarly known , in resisting lor a single night , nay , for au hour , thuse measures which promise temporary relief ? Much is made of an Irish murder ; but where is the sympathy for a starving nation of grateful , hispitnb ' c , brave people , wlmse nerve and courage were obliged to ba called into action in India to stivo the character of England . '" rom _igiiominous defeat ?

      _FOSEIGN . Sp ais . —The devil Narvae _;* , that bespattered tlie walls of Madrid with the brains of the brave sergeants and soldiers , has again succeeded in installing himself as dictator of Spain , and has commenced his new e . treerpreei 3 ely as Charles the Tenth , acting under the instructions of Poliguac , commented his in 1 S 3 U . He has dissolved the Cortes , and suppressed the Utile liberty that the press had . Of course the English press would die in a paroxysm of grief if this heroic murderer fell by the hand ofa UASh ) ASSASSIA _' .

      _Iub Famine _Di-batk . —The famine debate is again adjourned , while tiie Irish people are literally dying of " _plague , pestilence , and famine . " But tins delay is only chargeable upon the Commons ; the nobi Lords are more tender of human life , and communicated the glad tidings to Ireland last night , that the Fever Bill had received the Royal assent . Aye , go ou—castor oil and coercion for ever!—good enough tin an Irish labourer ; at least , so think _Saxuu peas and the Saxou Queen , liui ; we are _straj ing , we must return io the piuins of the debute . Mr . Plum ire said—His owu impression was , that the movement was brought about by what he did not _hesitate to call an unconstitutional budy , the Anti-Corn Law League . Oihtr leagues would bu estublishud ou the _cuuiiik-iictf of the success Ol this , and , having given way to this , how cuulii they resist the Chartists , or any other combination ?

      Yes , Saint Plunitre , your _saintsliip will find it diflicult to resist the heavy blow in store for MOTHER CHURCH , and for "NATIONAL FAITH" too , asoon as the oligarchy ot' England have received the blow that they have been so long provoking ; and as for the Chartists , you are quite right , wc only " _bitie our time , " for " every dog will have his day , " and Hully ' s day is coming , bine then , and man alive , didn't wo always tell you , _tluvt when every ship in the fleet of faction was wrecked , that the crew wouldn't find a foot of ground to rest upon , except the little ruck called the Charter . Sir J . Troliope , a good landlord , who has mere than verified our calculation as to the respective rates if wages earned by the agricultural labourer and the manufacturing slave ,

      said—During the last twenty-six years the wages he , ns a landowner , had paid to his labourers , varied from lis . to 15 s . _a-week , The average amount of wages was lis ., and that _ivas ihc present rate , butthu better class ol labourers Could earn a larger sum . If , however , the present bill _nas adopted , the couseipwut restriction of lultivation would necessarily compel the farmers to ruuuee their expenses ; and that reduction would lirst bu applied to the wages of ths labourer _. Well , Sir John , we exceedingly regret that you and the other good men of your cia _? s did not make head in time against tiie great majority of iai . d oppressors . No '; we retract tile expression oppressors , and substitute thoughtlessness , folly , want of _kuoiviwfgc aud confidence , for we will ever contend that tne

      landlords of England arc not the oppressors that they have been . vuresemed . They have _eer'ain ' y , in their folly , enacted laws which cunning , hired barristers and ignorant interested manufacturing justices have construed in tin letter rather than in the spirit . Of course Sir John Troliope in his calculation estimates , as we did , the additional wages earned in hay timt- and harvest , aud other busy periods of the year * , and now , where is the _tuauufac-Hirer who can say that his hands throughout have earned the fame amount of wages even during their shorter working lile ; and how much more _healthy , satisfied , and comfortable are the labourers of Sn John Tioilope than tlie _biaves of friend Bright ? Mr . Kashleigh , one of the Young England party , as good a man as breathes ,

      said—He lived at some distance lrom their smoky regions ; but he could tell them this , that some of those very personages whom they held in contempt were hi 3 _greuti-st friends—tliey wire friends ho _should feci proud to have at his tabic—he meant some of the operatives in those districts they treated with so much contempt , and whom tliey had constantly , and ou ail occasions , tried to pm down—the men whom they were afraid to meet in open meetings on this question _. There , tyrant capitalists , where is there one of yon who wouldn ' t turn up his stinking nose at the very idea of one of the slaves who feed you , houses you , clothes you , and warms you , coining in to youi august p _' resenue ? Oil , what a ferment irom tht kitchen to the nursery the announcement that an honest operative was going to honour ytm with his company would create ! Suppose that Mi » s

      Fiddlestick , wfioso father had just jumped out of tlie cloys and dung-cart into patent leather bo .. taiind aprinceh drawing-room , wns asked io play and sing tor Dan Donavan , the weaver—crikey , what a shindy ! Put Miss Fiddlestick would never think that but for Dai . Donavan she'd have neither piano or drawing-room . Well , we won ' t dweil _upi-n these unpleasantnesses , or , please Cod , they'll be only stibjecu of romance , _surpiise , and wonder for the next generation . Mr . Kashleigh was quite rig ht in saying that the League dare not uieet those contemned operatives in open discussion . Again , it appears that the Protectionist army is being drilled iu sections , whose work is cut out according to tiie tasie of the respective oflicers . The debate upon the second reading is a compendium of the grand fight , with a spice more of personality thrown into it .

      Tjik Laxd . —TIic following deserves rather more distinction than were notice to correspondents , By Saturday's post we received a letter from Hull , informing us that some suspicious worthy , in that town , had attempted to throw discredit upon . our assurance that wu were offered . £ 2000 for the ltiekinaiiaworth estate . It is unfair tnat we should be called upon to meet mere rumour , without any evidence being offered to- disprove our _assertiuiis _. However , as it is difficult to prove a negative , we will give our incredulous friend tho bonetit of the difficulty ; and to establish the truth of what we said , we beg leave to submit the following letter , received on Monday , for his perusal : — llickuiaiuiworth _* March 20 th , 181 a .

      Sir , —The gentleman for whom we made the application as to purchasing _llerringHgaie-faviu _, desires us to say that he considers & 2000 lne-ro than it is worth , but if jou are willing to take _JUliOO for the puiehasu , making £ _- ! 0 l ! 0 ( two thousand and sixty pounds !) , we are directed io make the offer . We shall be glad to hear fioin you ; and in the event of your not accepting it , have the goodiiess to consider the treaty at an . end .. We _imiuiu , sir , your obedient servants , _Sioarrtcs . asd Sox . To t ' eargus O'Connor , Esq ,. Now , what we . stated was , _tliat we wero offered £ 2000 , and here is an oiler of _JE 20 BO . Now , then , will our incredulous friend believe us when we assure hint that we have been since offered

      TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED POUNDS ! Docs this require comment ? If it docs , our incredulous _, friend _shalL-havo _' the name of the bidder , who is a . member of Parliament , with property in the neighbourhood , lt is extremely foolish to give us these perpetual opportunities of proving _im-outeslibly what might otherwise appear doubtful to those who do not know us .

      IRELAND _Cosciu . _vnos 11 . VM .. — "Nothing startling occurred ' at the _la- > t meeting beyond the Tact that the weitk ' s rent had dwindled down to _£ _Pf 4 _Ds . _Muunj-R oy Sekrv . —Two men have been recently executed _at-Longf ' oiil , John Buchanan and _lieruaul i _Vl'deoy , both of whom affirmed their innocence on the scaffold ; and the Times , true toils calling , would make its readers believe that these unfortunate men were induced to adopt this course from the example set by Bryan Seery . We shall » pt stop to contrast the two casts , fun her than merely to observe that one half of the men who are executed in Ireland are hung upon the lalse oatJ-s of prejudiced policemen , "We speak from knowledge , nut from hearsay . Wc have mor t than once or ten times received a severe

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      rebuke from the _co-... _** _t foi- _perseveriu- - in _ti't- _i-i-..-sjexaminatiim of a wiii policeman , but we have invariabl y brnktii'dnw : i _, H' _* ir _evhie'si'C _, " , _v- . " iV ; . .. A l ' 'ways been . ¦¦ nun the iur _v'''lsonie _UiNACCOi _.-. _N'T * _AP-LE MISTAKE on ' the J »» rt of the p . _* . ! se .. m _.-in However , we have almost _uiTaiiahly _shu' _-t _^ oti in _desiroying th _.. _ffect of their _evidence . But now wa _emin-ast the case ! - _mm- _»» minute l y . Tins iuv . Mr . Savae . _0 cwroWatctl _Se-.-r- * in his ' _tieciaiitr . ' -. i . ot' _innooenec , while- the Rev . Mr . _Fa-.-ieli tapavd _li-iehanan on tlieslii _.-uiiier , and _ptnp' -ed bin * hi l !; _' - Ju ' i'h'ier ofa sentence . lf-stJ . nshf .-nld " . He- with ihe li-..- _unon liis lips . We _t'tvi'ed Mry _.-in _S-.-erv ' _.- - _hr-. _'o n < a while ,

      and so we shall i hi-, and we _vi-wtiire to ; _i & 1 : ji ) that the Rot . Mr . fcVreil and the _Rom-m _Catiioliv-elcray * of Longford wiii mi _piv-ci-iiivi the innocence wf i !;; i-e two men , oi _' _i'iidi'iivDU ! - to enlist iiiiiver-al . _y . _'supnthy in their behalf ; ami herein is * hrt _diliVreisee—that luulSiury _nuTi'ly _dei-Iaivd his innocence _ium- i _ther-cailold , without _havijij ; " pi r _.- _evt : n > i _( in » .- '''•••; im . ' it- to iiis ' ¦ _*> . - _*; or , _hc-vrevi-r we mi . vht have _bi-li < _-vrtl l . hn to have been _mnrdi-reil , i ' rom a e _' . _o-s _j-i > _r-:. 'n ! _M-f tin .- ? _-, > ilence , yet the Irish _pei . pie , not _i-onver _^ nt in tha knowledge of Saxon law ? , however _thi-y _ini « ht have sympathised with him , _vi _. ufi ! i : _<> t i _.-ivu v . rocliiimed their _l-idief in his _ijiw-ecnrc , but- . '" or tlie assurance of the I ' ev . Mr . Savage .

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      TO THE MEMBERS Ol * TilE CII _.- _' . K UbT CO-OPERATIVE _LAA'J ) ASS 0 CJA _*! k _' -N . M _* r dbaii _EiiiKNOa , —You will learn iV'vm this week ' s Summary that I have _k-eii _offeml £ 2 M 0 fur tho land that cost iSl _. SOi' ; and _thr . t since then £ 2 , . _j'J 0 has been offered—that is , £ i ' tO more than it _c-. _ut . Now , allowing Una ih ' ts amount kcatrs i ' _urty-iiiui * occupants , at two , throe , and four acres , each occupant will have received foveve _,- a bonus of £ 11 foe my day ' s work—because the rent will be estiuiMud . according to the amount paid , am ! not _aei-Mv . _'iiig' > . o the actual value . There are two or three quest ions put to me , which i take this opportunity of _»» _.-, «•• . ring- .

      One is—why , it the land costs only £ 18 15 s .. an : ere , the rent of tivo acres , with a house , is tu by £ 0 ? Tiu . se who put the question cou'd not have read ibe rules . The two nure . 1 of" laud that costs £ 13 _i-3 s . an acre , with £ 1 "> capital , ami a house timt d . sis £ 30 in building , will be leased for ever for £ 5 a year ; but if £ -50 is expended upon the cottage , _iiktwui or' £ 30 , it will bo leased at £ 0 a tear—that is , five per tent _, upon the _additional £ 20 expended upon ihc outage , if the occupant phases ; ii' he does not please , il need not be so , and he may have the land , _cottage , and £ 15 for £ 5 a }• ¦ _nr , * but the iii _rectors are anxious to insure—firstly , domestic comfwrt ; ami seconuiy , unifbrmitv of architecture .

      _JN ' ow _, it a man wishes to bmid a _eottaav himself , he will receive a lease shor _* . of the amount , that building the _eottajre woultl _reqttire . Up » n I lie other hand , if an occupant wishes _t . i add £ 20 , _X-i' ) , or £ 50 to the £ -50 allowed as a £ -3 cottage , he may do so . Now , 1 will lay down a scale that none cw . pretend to mistake . The Society proposes _givins two acres of land that cost £ 1 S 15 s . au neve , a hOUS ' . ' that cost £ 30 , ami £ 15 capital , for £ 5 a y * ar ; but as it is utterly impossible to establish a imit ' nni price for laud , or even for building , _vhich must bu _ivj-ulated according to the facility of proeuriui _, ' _miiii-riais , tlie Society was _obliged to render a _sealo by wliich tiie rent of higher or lower priced land would be regulated ; thus , if wu give £ 30 an acre for land , or £ G 0 , instead of £ 37 10 s ., for two _neres , the n . ir , t \ i : ha

      koO house , would _k- £ G 2 s . Oil . a year , or £ 5 per cent _, upon the additional £ 22 10 s . paid for the two acres ; if we give £ -10 , or £ _Si > lor two acres , the rent will be £ 7 2 s . Cd . a year ; and if wu can *;* t land , which we may yet , fir £ 20 an acre , tlie rent for two acres would be but £ i *)• . _0- _* . a _yt _.-ir , or £ 5 per cent , deducted from lb-.- oriiiiuai _; i ice named in favour of the occupant . New , 1 . 0 one can m ' _suiiderstaud that . The ether question is , nhethcr the tivo in-ivs is exclusive of tne ground ihar . tlie _li---use ami _i- 'iicB * stand upon ? In answer to timt , i may say thai die aiJutnients will consi 5 i of the respective amou _:. 's if two , three , and four acres exclusive of the ground that the house and _oihecs stand upon—timt is , that each occupant of two acres will have that full amount ol ground io be dug .

      _£ ! ow I have nothing further to say npon the subject , than to congratulate the Association _nn-st heartily upon our prospects , ami to refer you to the proud figure of cur weekly _reteipis . r I am , my triends , "i ' our faithful servant , and Chartist Farmer , _l- ' _KARCl' S _O'Coxsoa .

      Miinu Smnijfrnwnts.

      _miinu _SMnijfrnwnts .

      Colos'sera , Ktoe.Vt's Park.— Wu Lvcelit...

      _COLOS'SEra , KtOE . VT ' S PARK . — Wu lVCelitly _iKKei ! tins magniiii-eni exhibiiio : ' , _tthii-h , bv the _liuc-ai-.:-- or Um _proprietor ( Mr . _Mtiiuaeue _) _, is r _.-. w _place-i v . ithiii the reach of ihe _indusiiiuusuiiiihsn-, _tiit-pric-: o : aii _.-ui . s ' _.-. 'ii beiny reduced one-ha ! . _- ' , _vtiiii-t ir ,- ? ittrncth . u . ' . ai _* _increased . We were liis . introduced to tie _Oltpt-. 'tiu-cu _, or Museum of Sculpture , iu _tthieli aiv _exMhiivd tile finest works ofuur modern sculptuis ; .-udnacing _i-veiy _tari-.-ty uf subject from mother il re duvin to "Sis i'itzivy _K-Iiy , her Majesty ' s Solicitor-O ' . m _.-tal . 1 ' nnn tiiis nu _ttertfiiiiductal iuto tho StalaU : t > : Cnvcri . s of Adel-b _^ _-rir , nliich are _tru-y described as ' - ihe most iiniguinceiit _i- ' ah the temples that nature has built for _hcn-cl : iii the iv . siuns of night . - ' Leaving _thts _" _, ; . v fuui . il

      _Const-rvatoiies and _giirg-. ous Gotln ' e aviaries , iu which are to b « found exotics of the most rare ar . d ccstiy description , and birds or the finest mid most tai legated plumage . Tiie aviaries and doois of the _CoastirmuiiiS being ; lined nitli plate glass , _giu-ttty _itiasnirivs the scene , Klid _^ iv es the _uppeursincu nf ouo oi tliose magic temples wc read of in an _OiihtHin tale , We tvov _iu-. _\ t i'i _' nMuccd to tlie neat und picturesque Swiss Cottage , in » hich lhu » e whose means and inclinations _jjeriuitted , > * 'i ' _- »> i their wine , while those of a humbler grade , in true SwUs style , sipped , _ttith apparently _tijuai _lv'Uh , their _t-. a _i-r codVe , as from tho _windotis they _titsited the stupendous . Mont liUne , th « - iter d _« Glare , ur _^ . v / .-d with awe on "the mighty Alpine torrent . " _Itctui-inug _tlirougii tin ) elegant suite of refreshment _miosis into the _Uirptoihcca , tvo were ushered into the Elizabethan ascending iOi . ni , _jnni having taken our seat on a sot ' : ! , the room _1-egall to ii < _i-, and tve found ourselves in a _spacious aallt _.-ry near the _t-.. p of tha

      _building , gazing on that c . '* c ' ' -d '«! ii _.-i « of art , the Panorama of fiuudou , as _Sien by ni hl from the top of St . Paul ' s ; looking down on the river , the bridges , the boats , _tliu myriads of _liglits issuing r ' _nim the _iiuim-rutis _shopivindoit's , the rippling of the water * , or looting up at the fleecy clouds and silvery moon , tlie'illtisiou is complete . This is not all—the moon becomes oveveast , the atmosphere changed ; the rumbling of thunder is heard , the _thishe * ot lightning _becum- ) vivid , and the rain pours down in ] torrents . This colossal picture comprises an _ttt-reof cau > as , and tlicits tin .-hi ghest encomiums from people of all natitms . We should commit an net of injustice if we did not mention the -. treat attention paid to visitors by the attendants and umVers of the _vstablisl _' - mimt ; each appeared pleased when ihey added to the comfort or convenience of the nuniWOYts visitors . To our friends we would say , take an early opportunity of visitiiic _tliiseuchantin- ; exhibition .

      KoYAi , PoLYTJeciiNic Institution . —The dimeters ot the above establishment have given au lui _. iition to the ordinary features lately exhibited here , 'fids attract ion is some _opai-uu _microscopic portraits of several of the most distinguished leaihrs ol ' tlie Sikhs , all but one ot * whom were opposed to ouv troops in tlie late battles on tl . eijuthj . _Theiiian _.-ii'ers of 'his institution have very wisely conjecture-- ! that at ibis period , so shortly after the recent _engagements in India , there would be a : iau < ral anxiety on the part ofthe pi-ople of this country to see what sort of beings the race are vthose acts have ' cd to so muck slaughter iu our armies ' , and therefore , in , having _selecied these portraits , which h . ive only just arrived in England , they have _shiwn great tael and judgment . By this- means they will have utforded to the public !\ u opportunity of forming soma opinion of the , character of the eneiuv , by an inspection ot their

      countenances , tonus , und nttire , The _poriraus have been i selected from the works of a lady of eminent . •• rtistical l talent , wiio was resident in the Punjauii a number of if years , and her portraits are considered striking > ikt .-ir .: SH'S » _s . Those which have _bseii exhibited do not inditMie , either- *• by the _peculiar construction of the face or by the ex—(— . _prcssioii of tho eye , that great feeling of ftiocity auiliil . cruelty which is stated to _lw their leading _chiiiactcristicc . .. On the contrary , the _majority had regular and lianilsnma -a features , almost feminine , and might be classed as kindly ly aud generous men ; thus showing how much tve may afclifc : times be deceived bj _nupearances . Tho inatrume ? - ; -by-Ivy--which these intere . _siiu , ; pictures hie _i-xliibittd is . theliei opaque microscopy invented by Mr . Longbottonu It is is > intended , we lie » _i- , to giro a _ssiies ot portraits « _£ these _se : engaged in the _present _struggle—the late Sir Koberfcrs ; Side , budy Sale , Sir _llifiiry _llardiiii-e , Sir _HugriGoui-li _^ l _u _, and other distinguished individuals .

      Qi!Kf.S Pomaiti:.—Some Few Y> Ars Sinw ,...

      Qi ! KF . s PoMAiti :. —Some few y _> _ars sinw ,. her Ma-la--jesty Queen Victoria presented a veiy _hands-ni . ffi . aa carriage to the _iiniiirtuimto liuecii Vomare . _'lhehee Polynesian , a weekly journal ptibiinlitdat _liimi'iulu _/ lu _, _! _, the capital ol' the Sandwich _laluuifo _,, in it 3 , iuipre »«» + sion for the Sth of November last ,, contains Uie _iol-iol-llowing anuouuci-nieui in lol ' _erenc-i to the royal euuiuiii page : — " Rhodes and Co . olicr . ' , _* * r . _salo _lheWr _^ _gtago of Queen 1 ' umaie , of Tahiti , _teiit in _England , il itl is a well-construcud article , _Ujht aval capacious , _ai-uu-u well suited for a family carriage . Two sets :- ! ' harn « sn « sM accompany it . " TLe editor of the _Polymsiun saysayss in relation to tlieabove , " It niii be seen _iliat _KhuunidtT and Co . offer for sale the carriate uf thb truly un unii fortunate , thouuh meritorious _woninn . It was » s ;; present from her sister _Quw-n Victoria , anu , _is _noviiovv offered for side in wdvr to _supply the royal _j _' . ainami with the means of existence . Shew »»> u _^ *' {* "; very _Mraite _, ; cd _cirvuiaswiifrt j being « : t « icly » _itb » hh out revenues or other _ii'iaus than mc chanty 0 i he lice friends affords , ''

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 28, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28031846/page/5/