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Tionwhich From The Octobto 31, 184fi. Th...
Octobto 31 , _184 fi . THE NORTH ERN STARB _*¦/ ! " ' ' " * " _"~ " _^ - - - ¦ * _i '
Weekly Review. The ^ Er^Racy^N^Tpublishe...
WEEKLY REVIEW . The _^ er _^ _racy _^ n _^ _Tpublishes some curious particulars about certain delicate transactions that have lately transpired between Mr . Christie and some of Ms most influential supporters in Weymouth . It appears that Mr . _Dodson , who bas heretofore been the confid ential friend and _ajentof Mr . Christie , las been playing double , and making use 0 f lis position to oust Mr . C . from hn seat , m favour of " a bigger and better man , " which being interpreted means " some person occupying an influential position in the government ; " the object of
the change being of course to enjoy alarger slice of "loaves and fishes" of office than _fal-s to the share ofa radical and unofficial member . Air . Christie , on visiting his constituents , discorered the treachery of his friend Dodson , and an expose of the whole affair took place at a public meeting last week , at the Royal Hotel , which certainly gives some valua ble insig ht into the interior -mysteries of electioneering , and the real nature of our present rotten system of representation . Upon that , however , it is _"" _t necessary for us to dwell at present . Onr object in adverting to the
m atter is , to extract one sentence from Mr . Christie's justificatory speech to his constituents . Here it is : — "He had been charged with , attending a Chartist meeting , but he had done so only for the purpose of giving his testimony to the merit of Mr . ¦ Thomas Duncombe , and not to support Chartist princip les , of which he quite disapproved . " We happened to be present at that meeting , and certainly should not have gathered from the sentiments he expressed , and the manner in which he was received ,
that he " quite disapproved of Chartism ; " to us it appeared the very contrary was tbe fact . We fear that Mr . Christie is worthy of his friends at Weymouth , and has little to complain of in their doublefacedness to Mm , seeing that , when occasion serves , le can play at that game himself . It is as well , however , that the Chartist body should be made aware of all shams and pretenders . They will be in no donbt as to what place they must in future give Mr . Christie . They have it oa his own authority , that "he quite disapproves of Chartism . "
The news from Ireland , though still of a gloomy description , shows signs of amelioration . The public works are being gradually brought into operation , _and the practice of task work , which is adopted in -various places , enables the people to mak ? higher -wages than they would otherwise dc , and tin * * in -some measure to meet the increased _dem-iiui on then ; made by thehigh priceof provisions . _Bcf . -iftcrali , what has yet heen done in the case is ibe :-:- ? _orn . -e work , and will only stave off tbe evil of th ? vaonicr . i "We must ere long grapple . with the whole _subjoci manfully , and _introducemeasures which _** vi ; _I _jer-aro permanent and general prosperity to oar .. rci ' iren across the Irish channel .
The Chronicle , in a _remarkable lea Jinx ar tic }*' - which we cannot refer to more fully this _wct-lr intimates a belief that an extensive measure for ihe appropriation ot the six millions of waste lands to national purposes will be introduced during the nest Session . Now is the time for 3 vigorous agitation of the Land question ; if such an intention exists In any influential quarter , such an agitat . cn will strengthen aHd aid its chances of success .
The most prominent feature in the home news is the agitation for ihe opening of the ports , which has manifested Itself in several towns . The relief to be o-ained by such a measure would be exceedingly slight , if any . The only parties who would gain by it , We believe , would be the corn speculators , who would pocket the difference of the duty . It is a remnant of the League humbug , and it is somewhat fortunate for that party , which promised so many blessings as the result of Corn Law Rspeal .
• that the retention for a year or two ofa small duty , gives them a kind of excuse for the non-fulfilment of their predictions . It , however , only delays for a short time , the complete destruction of ail faith in the nostrums , of which a large portion ofthe people were a short time ago " so much _enarsoured . The Cohden fund , we see , progresses bat _alowlf . The tide has turned , and people begin to look calmly at the actual results of that * ' great victory , " which , at tie . ' moment ii was won , so intoxicated them that ihev eould not think rationally on the subject .
There arerumours of serious divisions inthe cabinet on this and other questions , and it is said that the < e differences-will eventuate either in an early meeting of Parliament , or a dissolution . "We believe the general feeling in the country is , that Russell is merely a sort of warming-pan for Peel , who must In the course ef things again take the administration into his hand 3 . His return to power , emancipated from all party ties , and backed by the whole people , would open a new era of practical legislation , such as can never be looked for from the slaves of faction .
In the meantime , it is understood that the rabinet meeting held on "Wednesday , decided again t opening the ports . Russell is thus placed in the same position as Peel was , last _Xovember , with a divided cabinet on the same question , with a more pressing urgency to meet , but he does not possess the sincerity aHd moral courage which induced his predecessor to resign offieennder such _circumstance . "Whigs stick to place like horse leeches . Kothirg hut downright force will make them quit .
The event of most importance during this generally barren week is , the purchase of another estate for ihe _r-EOPLE by Mr . O'Connor . It is evident that his exertions and writings have attracted the attention ofthe leading parties in the state , the articles which appear in the principal journals on the land question , indicate that clearly , for these papers never write before they know they will not give offence . They are vanes which show which way the wind blowsthe followers , not creators of publie opinion . The additional lestate now purchased will give an immense impetus to the question . Mr . O'Connor is
practically preparing a solution of the difficulties which beset Ireland , and also of the question how to deal with poverty at home . The creation of an j independent small proprietary , out of the starving "vassals ofthe wages system , will be not only a novelty in practice , out a lesson in societarian science , which even the most bigotted oppenent of Chartism must confess to be a , useful one . By means of these small farms , social independence and political enfranchisement will be united , and the spectacle of a free , industrious , and happy population living on their own soil , will put to flight . the dreams of political economists , and once again put Max above Mammon .
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The Intelligence Brought By The Indian M...
The intelligence brought by the Indian mail this week , is hardly so warlike as the previous news from the banks of the Sutlej . StUl , no doubt is entertained that the moment tbe British withdraw from Lahore , anarchy will recommence in that devoted city . No secret is made about the fate in store for Lai Singh , the prime minister and paramom ; of the Ranee ; no one doubts that his throat "will be cut , the moment his British protectors have taken their departure . The Ranee , we should state , is the Christina of the Punjab , when we hare
said that we have said q uite sufficient to explain her character . Of course , the return of anarchy will bring the return ofthe British . There will be more _nshting , more " glory / ' more slaughter , and _unless this time the British are beaten-a not very likely contingency—the drama will wind up with the wholesale " annexation" of the country ofthe five rivers . We are told there is no help for this , _ihat the safety of " our Indian empire" demands this consummation' and perhaps it is so—states like thrones
" Got by blood , must be by blood maintained . " Iu the recent contest , the Sikhs may have been the aggressora , and may hereafter , by their own acts , provok e deeds of blood ; bnt it must be borne in _J-uhd that the British , after all are the great offenders , the hatred ofthe Sikhs is bnt the natural eonsequeace of that career of conquest and spolia-
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tion , which from the days of Clive to thoseof Napier has been steadily pursued by the" Christian " " civilising" adventurers from this island . Asa specimen ofthe liberal usages in operation in " onr Indian Empire . " we must notice the tyrannical suppression of a newspaper called the Maulmain Chronicle . It appears that the editor ofthe Chronicle had given great offence to some of the Jacks-inoffice , by exposing their public rascalities , in revenge for which advantage was taken of some rule affecting the press , which the Editor of the Chronicle had not abided by , to summon the offending party to trial : » .. «
the Jud ge ( " Commissioner" ) being one ofthe parties who had smarted under the lash of the editor . On his trial (?) the editor respectfully solicited forbearance , and met with it in a fine of 300 rupees for contempt of Court in making use of the expression . Lie proceeded , protested against the illegality _' of the Conimisioner ' s being the judge in his own case , and was fined 200 rupees more for his protest , which was also termed contempt of Court . And lastly , the Commissioner ended the proceedings by subjecting the cd itor
to two years' imprisonment in the common gaol , and to pay a fine of 3 , 000 rupees in eight days , orthe press sold to the highest bidder . This infamous act of tyranny rivals any thing of which Russian , German , or Spanish tyrant could be guilty . We wonder if this outrage has been sanctioned by Lord Ilardinge ; if so , the victory over the poor editor will procure for " bis Lordship" laurels of another sort than those won on the banks of the Sutlej . Surely the home authorities will not countenance this enormous
wrong . We have to deplore a fearful calamity which has belalien our French neighbours . A full account of the dreadful flood ? , which have within the last ten days swept like a deluge over the central departments of France , will be found in our seventh page . It was . ascertained on Tuesday in Paris , that the waters of the Loire , the Soane , and * he _Rhane were lowering . On the other hand , the Var had overflowed with extraordinary violence and done great damage . To the scourge of inunda tion is added scarcity and disease . The rural population in several of the departments are reduced
to the most appalling state of distress by the high price of food . In Auvergne , Bcrri , the Orleannois , La Brie and other parts of the country , the sufferings of the poorer classes are represented to be extreme . In the Upner Loire , tbe _meKS' _-re of grain wL "> : h ustrd io he . _*•* _*¦ : ' _}* v 2 * . _Trliish , has now Then to is . ("»! ' . ¦ ' ! -. « - _j-oiaf * , -5 «* f ; .- Lilly destroyed by : _>!? Wight : asd ike -Jistrtos ef the-people is in no _resparr ' e _* _- ? _seiere t ! : f * n ( hat which is reported u > _i- ? _r- _- . m _a _. _' Amoi'r other _icitfeations _<¦ . _distrc _^ _vrot ' _oistr---- * ' _^ h oug . Isop _^ . _f ' . ' _.-' . _? f J "' ' ' ? _a'j . d U--Ti 3 _* . _- . - _i ! . Soj _* e-J _iii- ' _veua-iis or ' the _operations 0
the saT _* : _* K : * - _* _..- » i > c A _-j-it _ew-itai lor ine weekew . ' ifig op ?* i ; 1 - ' . lay . From these it appears that the » _** _op - inu in those basks ess tlw 2-3 s . li . ind 26 th inst . _-riTicmnted to _Gi'S , o 2 tj { ., » ni tht- withdrawals to S .-K ; - _* 23 f The New Rzroxunox i _. v Portugal is advancing . The reported arrest of the Duke de Terceira is confirmed , together wilh the _rising of all the north of Portugal against the counter-reveintionists . Up to fie I _4 th all communication between Lisbon and Oporto had been cut off for some days . It was
reported that the Marquis de Louie , who married the Infanta Donna Anna , has placed himself at the head ofthe junta at Coimbra r from whence four battalions were to march in conjunction with ) the forces in the province of Aveiro , in a movement on the capital . Coimbra and Brsga bave followed the example of Oporto , in declaring Don Pedro V ., and excluding the present Queen from the throne . A remarkable fact in connection with the late counterrevolution deserves to be recorded . Under tbe Palmella ministry , the government being without money , the payments due to the troops were in
arrear ; not a shilling could the government get from the Lisbon capitalists for that or for any other purpose , and consequently the troops were ripe for mutiny . On the day of the counter-revolution the soldiers received _ig _& _tthTejtat / / Where did the money come from ? Can any one doubt that the financial coaspirators were the paymasters ? Madrid papers ofthe 20 th state that the Queen of Portugal had applied to Spain lor assistance , and that at therecommendation of theFrench Ambassador , an armed
intervention in the affairs of Portugal had been determined on . It is said , that tbe command of the invading troops will be given to the bloody NarTaez . Will the British government permit this ? We confess we have our fears that the present Whig government is secretly a party to the present infamous acts ofthe Portuguese Queen . If this was not the case would the British government allow , under any pretext , the absence of its representative at the Court of Lisbon , at the present moment ? yet we read the following in the runes correspondence : —
"Lord Howard deWalden is about to leave Lisbon for England , with Lady Howard and the entire family . Iiis Lordship has obtained a long leave of absence , and it is understood that he wiJJ visit his estates in Jamaica , and probably not return to Lisbon , as his full period of service will have been completed in less than two years , which will entitle him to a retiring pension . " " His Lordship" is to go holiday-making for two years , at the end of which time he is to be saddled on the country as one of the " retired" nuisances at the cost to the nation of some
thousands a year . What a glaring instance is this of the humbug of our system of ambassadorships ; what a proof that , not to guard the interests of the country , not to defend the country ' s honour , but merely to supply a place for a ravenous aristocratic plunderer , this Lisbon ambassadorship is instituted . If at a time like the present we have no use for an ambassador at Lisbon , why should we have an ambassador there at all ? Will Mr . Duncombe ask that question of Lord John Russell when Parliament reassembles ?
Accounts from Switzerland arc , on the whole , satisfactory . The elections in the canton of Geneva have passed off without the slightest disturbance . The result has been , tbat out of ninety-three Members of which the Grand Council 13 composed , sixty are firm supporters of the present Liberal Government ; the remainder , consisting of a mixed opposition , among which not a * ve half-a-dozen will favour the ultra-montane leagu . The reported insurrection in Basle is contradicted : it appears that the victory ofthe liberals has been a bloodless one . The liberals mustered in such force tbat the government
resigned their functions to their liberal opponents voluntarily , and the change , which leaves the liberals in undisputed possession of power , was accomplished without the peace being disturbed . The Jesuit party in the canton of Valais , who , although they possess the government , and command the armed force of the canton , are yet in a minority as compared with the liberal party , are getting alarmed for their supremacy , and are adopting their old tactics of endeavouring to rouse the ignorant and fanatical peasantry to massacre their opponents , and are , as thev did two years since , inciting and
practising secret assassination . The ( London ) Homing Post is clamouring for Foreign intervention in the affairs of Switzerland , and is urging on the British government to join in a crusade against the "infidels" and "democrats" of Switzerland . We hope the British government has more Wisdom than to be guilty of so suicidal an act . There are democrats nearer home than Switzerland , which the wooden-headed Post will find some difficulty in " putting down . " Besides , the British government has not yet paid the cost of trying to " put down" the French Democrats ; best let the Swiss
alone . The Pope is triumphantly marching in the path of progress . Recently on his return from visiting Ti 70 li ( inthe neighbourhood of Rome ) he was escorted to his palace by sixty thousand persons . From Turkey we have received a copy of the Hatti Sherif , appointing Reschid Pacha Grand Vizier . The appointment is considered as _indicatiye of further and beneficial changes ,
The Intelligence Brought By The Indian M...
The war operations ofthe United States against Mexico , are reported to have been totally changed . Instructions , it is said , have been forwarded to General T aylor to make the war one of invasion , and not occu" _ition , as heretofore . Elsewhere will be found the account of the taking of Santa Fe by Colonel Kearney . There are some matters connected with these " victories" of the " star spangled banner , " which call for comment , but at present we have no room .
We direct fhe attention of our readers to an interesting letter in our first page , giving some account ofthe Small Farm System on the continent . Our correspondent is a gentleman in whose intelligence and veracity the utmost confidence may be placed ; but can it be , that " the policy of the English government is directed by the traitor of the Barricades , and that Louis Philippe has more than one English statesman in his pay " ?
Irbceirts Of Tub Chartist Co-Ofehativk L...
_iRBCEirTS OF TUB CHARTIST _CO-OFEHATIVK LAND COMPANY . PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . 8 UABES . £ *• d . Bury , per M . Ireland .. 2 13 2 _Hindley 0 6 0 _Norivicli , per J . Ilurry .. _.. ,. 200 Nottingham , per J . Sweet 0 11 0 Salford , per J . Millington , 500 Tavistock , peril . Hole 0 7 0 Leicester , per Z . Astill .. ., .. .. 1 17 4 Birmingham , uer " W . Thorn .. .. .. 1 Is u Cobie ( No . 1 ) , per R . Hay 0 9 0 Hyde , per J . Hough 0 11 0 _Worcester , per M . Griffiths 0 18 0 Sunderland , per H . Haines .. .. .. 030 Bolton , per E . Ilodgkiuson .. .. .. O 4 0 Bradford , per * J Alderson .. .. .. 500 Sutton _m-Ashfield , per C . Jlfenkin .. .. 0 S G Aslitoii-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 130 Huddersfield , per J . Stead .. .. .. 2 0 10 Alva , per J . Robertson .. .. .. 100 £ 2 C _ 9 10
SECTiON No . 2 . SBABBS , Halstead , per W . Ilurry .. .. ,. 160 Barrel , per W . Young 1 5 Oi Rorrowasb , per R . Bosworth .. .. .. Olii ( I Bury , perM . Ireland .. .. .. .. 5 7 lo Hiudley .. .. 0 14 0 Elland , per J . Kinnersley l 19 6 Corbridge , per R . _Haivley .. .. .. 0 7 o Lancaster , per J . narrison ,. .. .. e is ii Oldham , pur W . Hamer .. ¦¦ „ 2 o 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 3 11 o Hawick , per J . Hogg .. .. .. 0 13 4 Norwich , per A . Bagsliaw .. .. .. 4 18 S Gosport _. pcrJ . Douglas 1 0 0 Tavistock , per It . Hole .. .. .. 4 IA 0 Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. •• 0 17 4 Hyde , per J . Rough .. .. .. 1 3 0 Worcester , perJI - Griffiths ,. ... .. 2 1 G 0 Crieffper J .. M'Leod ° * o
, Sunderlaud , per H . Haines i J ? Helton , per E . Ilodgkiiisou .. « 1 11 0 _NtfiPili ' . ' -., per I ) . _Af _.-jr risou ,. - r ' ; ' * _Stc-t-Kj' _5 : ; , _svjr T . _Woii . lhovsu .. ¦• - ' - ' O Ciiivtfui Vr ' _i-sr _.. per !•; Evans ., .. .. e _lj S I- " _'iiji , * _"r ., j / : ; r _vv . _CuvUvii .. .. -. 0 •*> *' _«• ivr —I _' ctt : t ' - ' "' J »" _. " _-.. . _-: - - .. _„ .. 5 ' . ! 0 5 _Klf ..:-i ' . i .. V :. - . _firK ¦ . _... - ¦ ¦ .. ¦ 0 2 9 _> " '• fMio Ayr , pit . _^ . _i _^ _t'j . i , - \ . ~; _-. _t-. > i . ii _:-. ! - _-.-r-i . ; _-iic , i-t . !' K- - _/;¦? .. ; s .. - ' •[ O I ' . inv / ' . _t _. Ui . jt ' ., _' ; _, pt * r . ) , - _* _*! ,- - : - : •*• : ! „ .. ' ' ' - _V . i-lf .. i . _( , jisi- . V . _-g / _Cleiuuii .. .. - ' ' - ' >! _N' - . _triiwiBjitoo , p < v * W . _Xutidy .. ., 'J « U _i' 71 . ! . *• _i-i _HttOUWInMIK PER GENERA ! . SIXRETARi " . SECTION So . 1 .
_SHASt _- c . a _t . a . •* - _s . _i . Halifax- * - 1 0 0 Whittington and James Smith - O 0 G Cut . - - 0 10 10 Reading [ . . 028 Croydon ; - -040 Camberwell - - 0 12 0 Congleton - . 060 Collumpton - - 2 15 0 Merthyr Tydvil , York - - - 0 5 0 Jones- - -200 Hanlev - - - 1 3 6 Totness - - - 2 2 8 _StaleyBridge - 2 10 0 Hull ! - - - 0 6 C Limehouse - - 0 4 0 TroivbridgC - . 1 11 0 Westminster - 0 5 0 City of London - 0 ID 4 - £ 10 13 7
SECTION No . 2 . JohnBfew - - 5 4 4 Birkenhead - - 5 18 « Bridge water - - 1 12 0 Strood , IloehesJer 11 0 0 Halifax - - - 3 14 0 Mr . G . Brook - 0 10 0 Westminster _] - O 19 41 Whittington and F . Caperon - - 0 I c Cat - - - l 32 c William Kiebards 0 2 C Mr . Harney - - 0 2 0 Derby - - - 0 2 0 W . Cuiu - -030 Folesliill - - 010 0 lower Warley - 2 5 4 Reading - - 7 17 C Edinburgh - . 1 IC 6 Croydon - . 17 4 Cambenvell - - 010 0 Creenwicn - - 3 10 0 _O'Connorville - 0 7 8 Richard Honev - 0 1 4 William Higgins - O 1 4 S . Cullen - - 0 1 0 York - - - 1 15 0 Market Lavington Bermondsey - - 0 5 0 ( Love ) . - . 6 ( lli ' i Marple ( _Tell'sBri-Blilnvy Hon-. . 1 11 0 gadt _*> - - - 0 & 0 John Harris - - 0 2 0 Samuel Ward - 0 2 0 _Totnes - - . lo 19 0 Hanley - . 240 Hull - - - 0 10 Q Staley Bridge - 2 10 0 Sleaford - . IOZ _Troiibridfee - . 060 Southampton - 4 9 O Limehouse . . COO City of London - 1 7 0 Finsbury - - 1 6 2 _£ Maidstone .. 082 £ 90 _ 7 8 i
TOTAL LASD FUND . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 26 9 10 Mr . Wheeler „ „ ... 16 13 7 £ 43 3 5 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 71 IS 8 J Mr . Wheeler , „ 90 7 81 £ 162 6 5 RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . PER _OENZBAL SECEETAKT . Hull - - . 0 11 0 Somers Town - 0 3 9 John Mills - - 0 0 0 Leicester , O'Con . Sbiney How - 0 3 2 i nor Brigade - 0 2 0 George Willis . 003 " VETEEASS ' , WIDOWS ' , AND ORPHAN ' S FDNDS . Marylebone - . 0 . 3 * E . C _., City - - 0 1 0 PDBCHASE GK SBABES FOE VICTIMS . Reading ... 0 3 0 _BEGISTKATIOh- FUND . E . C , City - - 0 2 G The sum acknowledged last week iu Section No . 1 , from Bromsgrove _, should have been £ -2 . Thomas Maetik Wheeler , Secretary .
The Chartist Co-Opeaatlve Land Company. ...
THE CHARTIST CO-OPEaATlVE LAND COMPANY . Tho Balance Sheet made up to September 29 th , including the sums acknowledged in the Star of October 3 rd , is now audited and will be in the hands of the several sub-secretaries in the course of the fo ! - fowing week . Circulars containing the names of places included in the several districts , for the purpose of nominating and electing a delegate to the Conference , will also be forwarded at the same time as the balance sheet . Any shareholder wishing for a copy oi the balance sheet wiU be supplied with it on enclosing three postage stamps . The Directors hereby authorize the various subsecretaries to make a levy of Three pence upon each shareholder towards defraying the expenses of the ensuing Conference - , such levy must be remitted to the General Secretary previous to the sitting of the Conference . Parties neglecting to pay the levy previous to the Conference , the sub-secretaries will deduct the same from any payment made by the several defaulters .
__ Inconsequence of the society being provisionally registered , it is necessary that the sub-secretaries turaish the General Secretary IMMEDIATELY with the names , address , and occupation , of all members belonging to their several localities together with the amount paid by each shareholder in each section from the commencement . This is absolutely necessary to be attended to WITHOUT DELAY , as in the event of non-compliance very heavy penalties , will be incurred by the parties neglecting so to do . Feargus O'Cosnoe . Phili p M'Gratu . _CuRisiornEii Doyle . Thomas Clark . Thomas Martin "Wheeler , Secretary .
The Martyr Frost. Sums Received Of Mr. G...
THE MARTYR FROST . Sums received of Mr . Georgo Rogers , Acting Treasurer , up till Thursday , Oct . 2 _!* , 181 C , previously acknowledged . £ s . d . 3 T 0 IT 1 PER MR . 0 , J . _IlAENEt . Eighth collection 213 4 273 10 5
Tub Ten Nouns Bill.—At A Meeting Of Tho Dc-
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legates ot the bhort lime Committee ot the west Riding , held at Brighouse on Monday , Mr . J , "Rawson in the chair , various resolutions w _.-re adopted for a series of public meetings to be heh ' _i in the 111 ananufacuring districts , to permit anotb . ei" expression of public opinion upon the Ten Ilourf _i question , and pledging tho committee to an agitar ' ion of the question to secure a legislative regulatif jn of the labour of females and ofthe younger port ) on of factory operatives . Among the resolutions , was one inviting the " old king , " ftwhard Qa _$ \ er , to take paid iu _thoagitatiw ?'
The Charter _ ,„ Ann No Surrender! Messr...
THE CHARTER __ , „ ANn NO SURRENDER ! MESSRS .: _M'GR _ATHUND CLARK'S TOUR . BATH . Public _MsEimo _—On Wednesday _evening last _, n _^ r t _° r I the Po _^ er Bl _> _" Inn , Welcol _forl _jSl U ? ed M the 0 dd * '» _Ha-l _/ _was well at-Petition " Prsuance of notice t 0 ad 0 _* t fche National At the time appointed for commencing business , Mr . Ihomas Bouvell was unanimously chosen to preside ; who , after thanking the _meetine for the honour which it had conferred upon him by election him Jo that office , proceeded to remark that he wal bow more than ever convinced ofthe necessity of the establishment of the Charter as law . _seeina that every additional attempt to bolster up the old system proved injurious to the Workin ClassesHe had
g . hadn _^ Prl ? _f ° llt , Ca _° _T ng durin _S his time , but _libenlTtv , _^ i M _x , 0 ncchan _S ' howcvor boas , te « _^ s _KM _^^*** _^ _™**«*'« wo had to to . l not for themselves alone , but also ( lletTtZ ° r ere _, * _5 i , cnemiC 3 _nnd _W" »»"• _S ' _iJtn- J _« ° _M he P _^ ent meeting was to _mout _of ? _w P ° n t 0 , « « ment praying for the _enact-V t hi L \ V C ° VICS 0 harter ; and hi 8 h ° _Pe was , that t ni of if ' _tTt m n s » ecessful , that the presentalo \ lir _M- ha Ve the effect of rousing the masses _mittiXt ? 1 thc _" \ P rese > . t degradation , and subm tt ng to the ruieoi a contemptible fraction of their Site J Cheew _,- _. lle cailed u P ° - Cliarles By lwel to move the first resolution , which he did in n _, omit L rl ! _^ _umentathe speech , which was frequonily applauded by the aud enee
. Ihe resolution vas second by Mr . Franklin , and supported by Mr . P . M'Grath in one of his powerful and effective addresses , and was cordially adopted by the meeting . ' Mr . Page moved the adoption of the petition , which was seconded by Air . Winislow , and supported hy Mr . 1 . Clark , and carried unanimously . I lie business of the evening concluded by votine thanks to Messrs . M'Grath , Clark , and tho
Chairman . Wc expect that the petition will be more numerously signed than any similar one that has ever been gut up in Bath . The two public _meelings which have been held here tor the Land and the Charter , have _doaemuch good , and have removed much prejudice .
BRADFORD , WILTS . For some time past this place has been in a state of agitation owing to the appearance of immense sized posters , announcing that a public meeting would be held at the large room of the Swan Hotel , for the purpose of hearing the objects and means of the Chartist Co-operative Land Soeiety explained by two of the Directors , Messrs . Clark and M'Grath , who were to attend for that purpose * On Thursday evening the meeting took place , and , as was antici pated , the room was densley crowded .
Mr . Neale _, the proprietor of the Hotel , ( at his own request ) was elected to the office of president , and opened the proceeding . * , by stating , that , lie wa . _" - m > fc weil _acquainted with the precis * nature of the Soflitrty . whose objects and me ' _iui-j they weie assembled to consider , bur lie Imped thnt thev would prove sat it-factory to ali . lie then proceeded to ' remark , thnt hi :: desire was th : il " no oflViuive ob .-mrvatinn !* ' ¦ ¦ _luid bciii' _* _-- " " parties were now up' ") - _iricudiy tarn ; :-. . . .... ; t . ' _t _' _uu _:...... . " -e trade triumph . . v ? : _icli had . _' . _'cd _eflectod try _pfcicetjj _* , ' _., ' _•> •<¦¦ _ac _:-kilion . ¦ ''"" " - _^
. Mr . Ai'Ur . AiH ¦ •"• 1 - n _* iui _<| rt _!* _-i-w _.-s . rc ( wj ? \ _yxmr-y r-<• eive . il , and jn'O' _-eciiiii .: to _¦^¦ _" Ja _!*! , ii » <' ' •}(•• ¦ _,- . i , f i _) u sociity , which - . _vei-c ¦ ' . ¦ _•* » ! _W ; :. W v .-: a-. _tcd _.-I-a mi tli * land of _ilioir biftl _:, at . ' * . _' * _xxnili :, r''i / t-.-. _;*!; - < _-. rCii : _<> _- ¦ _, 'i-rice's , that _;\ comfort-Ale nud _nssp < iU :-. _bi _* . _. _Uvc-iUi . _iy ;' . nouid bi the rev / an ! oi ' _mixlw-atc- _iu-Juatry nud uum ; and also to enable ilium to _pesaess themselves of those political rights , of which ruthless despotism _hmi deprived them . He entered upon a review of the tenure on which laud is held in this country , and contended that the present race of aristocrats held the broad acres of England by virtue of the swoi d , and not in accordancce with any law of God or nature . He was of opinion that if ever the _-workinc
classe were placed in possession ot the land , it would be entirely through their own exertion , as no other class would assist them . ( The chairman here rose , and stated , that he had strong objections to any allusions being mndo to classes , which ho thought were not ns culpable as Mr . M'Grath seemed to think them , and begged that he would not further allude to theni . j Mr . M'Grath stated , that from respect to the chairman's _prejudices , he would not remark further upon 4 h © enormities practiced by the upper classes towards tlie people ; but at the same time , he would state that he _thoughi that t !; e Chairman was wrong and that he was right . ( Loud cries of—Go on , you are right . ) Mr . M'Grath then entered upon the _hrsttry of the society , itsprospects , objects and means , and concluded an able _speech , by inviting all present to join with those who were struWling for the emancipation of labour
( Loud cheers ) Several questions were put to Mr . M'Grath , all of which were answered satisfactorily , after which ' Mr . T . Clark was introduced' to the meeting , and spoke at considerable length in elucidation of tluland plan , and proved to all present that what was proposed to be done by the _Sociciy . might be accomplished by co-operation aud perseverance . lie strongly urged upon the _mseting the necessity of turning their attention to the q lestion of the land , as the only one that at present occupied the public mind . To persons who asked- — "What had the Chartist agitation done ? " he pointed to the _growing desire on the part of the intelligent portion of _liii * working classes to possess then s .-Ives of the land atthe only sure foundation for _permanent _prosperity and happiness , and he for one did not despair of seeine the wishes ofthe most ardent and enthusiastic fully realised .
Tlie Chairman , after call _' ng for discussion and no one appearing to urge any objections , made a few observations , tlie evident intention of which were to prejudice the minds of those present a « ainst the Society , but in which miserable attempt lie _signally failed , as a short time will slu w . Id order to test the opinion ot the _meeting , the following resolution was proposed by Mr . Mansfield , seconded by Mr . Hart , and carried unanimously : — Resolved , that this mcetiiis , fully bearing in mind that the majority of schemes hitherto _projected , ostensibly for the benefit of the _working classes , having signally f ; iilcd , and , judging from the lucid explanation given this evening , of the National Co-operative _LsukI Society , we hereby signify our confidence in its practicability , and think it eminently calculated to permananet _' y benefit the working classes .
The conduct of Wr . ISeale , the Chairman ha ** excited universal disgust , and it is very generally supposed tiiat he asked to be allowed to take tinchair for the purpose of doing all the mischief in his power , but the adoption of the forgoing resolution will show how far he succeeded in influencing the minds of those present against the Society . Too much credit cannot be given to _Messrs . Mansfield _and'linrt , who are both young men , and who were at the expense of getting up the meeting themselves . Mr . Mauslield is one of the two-acre farmer- - , who is shortly to take possession of his estate at O'Connorville , and it is said that Mr . Hart is to accompany bim . The wish here is that they laay— "Go on and prosper- " Messrs . M'Grath and Clark have left an impression that will be remembered when Mr . Nealc shall be forgottn .
TROWBRIDGE . On Friday evening last , _Gnyston Hall was crammed almost to suffocation , to hear Messrs . T . Chirk and P . M'Grath , two ofthe Directors of the Charlist Co-operative Land Society , explain the mode by which it is proposed to realise the benefits which that body guarantees to its members . The chair was ably filled by an operative shoemaker . Mr . _M-Gratii wns first introduced to the meetimr , and after dwelling for some time on the right of the people to the hind , lie laid down , in a clear and concise manner , the principle upon which the _JLand Society is founded , and made it quite perceptible that union was the grand requisite with which the working classes were able to accomplish their political ami social regeneration .
Mr . Clark followed , and explained the details and manner of working out the objects ofthe society , and iu the course of his remarks , strongly recommended teuperance and sobriety as a great essential in securing the success of any great publie undertaking . The addresses of both speakers were well received , and seemed to give general satisfaction .
SECOND MEETING . ADOPIIO . V OF TUB NATIONAL l-KTITlON . On Saturday evening , at seven o ' clock , a second meeting was held in the same hall , for the purpose of adopting the national _pstition . A resolution , Condemnatory of class legislation , was proposed by Mr . MANsriBLB , of Bradford , seconded by Mr . _Eames , ably supported by Mr . _M'Gkatu , and . carried by acelamaiion . Mr . Hart , of Brad fowl , proposed the National Petition , which was _seconded by a working man in the body of the ma-Sing , and supported by Mr . _Claiik in a speech _rumarkaule for ils withering sareasms , directed with consiaerable effect against the institutions of thecouutry , and elicited the frequent and hearty applause ot * the meeting . The petition was unanimously adopted , and the meeting quietly separated .
_Mesra . Clark and _M'Gkath ' s route—Monday and Tuesday , Worcester ; Wednesday , Henley ; Thursday aud Friday , Liverpool .
BRISTOL . On Tuesday evening a large and respectable meeting was held at tho Mechanics' Institute , for the purpose of promoting the objects of the Chartist Co-opirative Land Society . Mr . F . Simeon was called to the Chair , and opened the _busiuess with a sensible aud effective speech ,
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After which Messrs . F . _M-Graiii and T . Clakk delivered lengthy and eloquent addresses , showing- the value ofthe land and the efficiency and practicability of the Land Society . A second meeting will be held on Wednesday _niyht , in the same place , for the adoption of ihl National Petition .
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RENEWED AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER IN SCOTLAND . MR . DOYLE'S MISSION . ( The following reports are taken 7 rom the Edinburgh Express . ) Currie —Mr . C . Doyle delivered a lecture in the large room ofthe inn at Currie , Ou Tuesday evening . II is subject was " The Charter and the Land . " Mr Doyle was met on his way by a deputation from the Chartists at Georgie Mills , and proceeded to the place of meeting accompanied by a band ot music , and a large party from the _villages on the road . ' I ho room was filled . Mr . Richard Birkett , a verv intelligent working man , was called to the chair , who opened the meeting with a concise speech . Mr . Doyle addressed the meeting for about two hours . Mr . A . M'Donald then moved the _following resolution . °
That this meeting approves of the People's Charter , believing that it contains a system just in represents ! - tion , and harmonious in action ; and wc are resolved to use all legal means in our power to make it the law ol the laud . ' Mr . Cumming supported the resolution , which was carried unanimously . —( Corresp . }
GREAT MEETINGS IN EDINBURGH . On Monday evening , Mr . C . Doyle , from London one ofthe members ofthe Executive Council ofthe National Charter Association , delivered a lecture in the New Hall , Adam-square , in the pro-ence ofa _areat concourse of the working classes . His subject was " The Charter and the Land : " and in the course of his remarks , he passed some very severe censures on the conduct of our Legislature . Ue denounced the Game Laws as a most inequitous Miactmcnt , and one which was repugnant both to the laws of God and the dictates of reason . lie du elt at some length on the failure in the potatoe crop . lie repudiated the notion that it was a judgment from heaven . God's judgments , he said , were always _general ; and the potatoe failure affected only the _condition of tliepoor man . Royalty did not Jose a single joint of meat by the potatoe failure , neither did those who were wallowing in wealth . There _rt-ero plenty of fish , beef , lamb , and so forth , in the
' and , which went far to alleviate the distress arising Vom the potatoe failure ; but those were beyond the reach of the poor man . He eondemed the policy of Lord John Russel—that great-minded man with a tremendous large body ; he had falsified his pledges , ¦ md was therefore not to be trusted . lie ( the lecturer ) believed that , _oomc what changes might , 'here could not be a worse government than the present . He entreated his heavers , if they valued their liberty , to aid in the getting up of _anational _petition I ' m- presentation to the House of Commons , _jirnying for the . enactment of tho People's _Ciiarttr . It was in the House of Commons that the battle for the attainment of the _pc-iple ' s n _») i ( s would have to lie fought ; and , in addition to the national petition _, he _iU-ongly _recommended , as a powerful _auxilavy . the securing often or twelve _in' _-fi-k _* r _* i ol _J' _. irliameu ' t _, •¦ lodged to support the claims of the Chartists , and to second ibe effort ? of Thomas'Ouuenicbe ' Mr - _.. ' .- ¦ ... _i-... i .. _* . - . ; -m „ . _„ i , i _.-. „ Ut ; . (/ ( _i-overnment . thiu _Ui " _| ir r' _- _- , ! i fli-i ' :- ¦ X _** '\ _-j : - : ' -rfvi _.- ' iL . ' v :,: *' t ¦ - ,. ' :,, < : _;) . '
_>< y ~ _. ; _m \ i \ th ' .: _n- ' _ux > _•)¦ . .-. ¦• * . ; : _'•«;!'; - ' . _tllev ( _it'tjh _* . _i-j _.-u ! _.. _*!) _, ;' . u M : oir ; Kisi , _* _nrjd kt oil-. r _.- * try their _hami at _m-iiia _;; _- _;*!!! _n-ire suoot _^ ialiy . Ho _passedSiime _&¦; . .. - .. . . • : >« to . i _r'l . _oghfim , indulged in & _gw _.-ii ; _^ _rcusm _» i ' . iiu _expeii & e of royalty , and lit ;! . : ; a few . { hnist _*" - ; n f- ' _iibingtnn Macau lay . The lecturer waa s _{ _.-p ! aui . _<* d very abundantly by the audience .
SECOXD LECTURE . The second lecture on this subject took place on Wednesday evening , in Adam-square Ilall , when the attendance was considerable , and included a few females , Mr . Alexander Grant , letterpress printer , boing ealled to the chair made a few remarks , and introduced Mr . Doyle , who was that night to lecture on the land and Its capabilities . Mr . Doyle rose and said—Mr . chairman and friends , the land which is at present in the hands ol men of wealth and learning , belongs not to them ; it _belongs to all . How did Great Britain come into the hands of the aristocracy ? In the year 1600 ( I t'link ) a certain man called a prince ( there are too mu \ yprinces ) had a notion that England , Scotland , an I Ireland too , were his property ! But he found
t _utt , somehow or other , he could not take possession 0 ; them . He collected a parcel of brigands , and with promises of dividing the spoil , he inducou * them to undertake the subjugation of these _islands with him . T . iey entered England and attacked the natives ,,-ind many battles—bloody battles—were fought . After s -reading desolation around , and reducing the natives , lie partitioned out the land to bis nobles { brigands rather ) . Each had so-many serfs and kLves , who were fed upon the land they had to eul-.-vnte _, . ind not upon taxes , for these were trilling , j &} lievr sins was the rising of the present aristocracy . One was asked by what title he held his lands , poin- _*; d io his sword . Destruction , spoliation , robbery , rfashis title . The thief has the same title to what he steal .- * as he bad to his land . The fact of bis having stolen
it is sufh ' eient reason for his retaining _possession ol it ! We find the law of primogeniture so formed as to keep the land among the aristocracy . This lawis so noxious , and so opposed to all justice , tbat outunited efforts ought to be directed against it . As to the extent of the land , and whether it wouUl not support four times the number it does—fortius I can ! , rive proof . Alison says that the land of this country could easily support 12-3 , 000 , 000 of people . There are 77 , 000 , 000 acres of land in the United Kingdom ; and out of this , about ' 10 , 000 . 000 , or abuut a half , are cultivated , while 31 , 000 , 000 ' are not I 15 . 000 , 000 of this are capable of being cultivattd . These facts are based on truth , and cannot be controverted . Tait , in his magazine informs us , that there
are the same numberof acres in the united Kinglorn as mentioned by the commis _ioners , and that there are 00 . 000 , 000 cultivated ; but wc-may say that there arc only IS , 000 , 0 * 00 really cultivated . Ho tells us that the amount of corn produced is 61 , 000 , 000 quarters , and of this 2 i , 000 , 000 are consumed by Horses and cattle . They say these lands are better cultivated than those of any other country . But in Italy we find that there are eight acres of arable hind to one of meadow , They must have a better knowledge of agriculture than we have . We find there no such extremes , of rags and atiluenceasin England , the envy of surrounding nations , le ought not to be the envy of other nations—it should rather be the pity of its neighbours . [ will now adduce some facts to show that , the land Is
not properly cultivated . Ihe farmer who rents a large farm has four men to cultivate a hundred acres . These are never sufficient to bestow the care and labour required on so much laud . The London market gardeners who have only two or three acres , hn 7 c four or five men employed upon them ; and why should not all the land be garden ? There is no reason why it should not . Plenty of manure and _labatir would make it all equally productive . But the farmer has not the time and means to expend upon it which it requires , lie must pay his rent or he will lie putoat , for he is only a tcnant-at-will . It ' a man has only a few acres , with liberty , and ihe will to cultivate them well , they would yield tan _timi s the produce they do at present . Look around , and will any man sav that the iand is half _cultivated ? Out ol
00 , 000 , 000 . of acres we have onlv 1 ?' , 000 , 000 ot arable laud , and 42 , 000 , 000 not cultivated .. We must have meadow land perhaps tosome extent ; but a cow will give as much or more milk from cabbages , tin nips , and other vegetables as from grass or clover , and ol better quality . Now , we have millions starving ; and what hinders the government from employing the able-bodied paupers on the land ? But rather than lose political influence , they will allow them to starve . _, or give themselves up to crime . It is a horrible system ! Poverty is- the parent of _crima . Sureh every man will repudiate that system which is- su much opposed to all justice and reason . As to the capabilities of the land , I will give my facts on the subject . In' Chambers' _Jem-naT of the 6 th of April 1 S 39 , I read a-paper called ' Singular mwlc of _teii-int
ing land in Guernsey . ' Tne writer saows how the happiness of the- people there has _aacrued . The estates never exceeded seventy or seventy-live- acresin extent . The- land is . 3 old by _quarters , at £ 20 a quarter . There is not a beggar to ba met wilh is ali the island ! ( Applause-. ) Oh : that 1 couli say as much for Scotland L Mi * . Doyle thea . related an anecdote of a farmer at Gorgie , who . kept a eow on a quarter of an acre of land _planted with cabbages _, 'fhe animal eould nut eat them all , _aiul produced better milk , and more than J 20111 tin-sips . Mr . Cobbctt ( -who had written mere sound , sense than many men ) , had kept a cow _oisa , quarter of an acre , and given her 00 . lb . of food per day ; but another person had far outstripped Cobbctt , for , trom a fall of land , ho bad produced at the r : \ te of . eighty-one tons of cabbages per acre ! The aristocracy keep good hold of the land—they know the value of it too
well . But by co-operation , tho working-man could get __ lai \ d , and so be mdepondent of strikes , or the whims of their superiors . As long as his arm was strong , aud tho land productive , happiness would bless him ; so long as the sun shone , and the rain poured , prosperity -would attend him . The first estate had been purchased , and thirty-five men were to be'located upon it in February next . This wiu thc first estate purchased b y the peoplo for the people ' s interest . The cottages on O'Connorville estate had each three rooms , and two acres ot land were attached to each for a rent of £ . 0 . ( Great applause . ) After a few questions , proposed by persons among the audience , had been answered by Mr . Doyie , who explained some further particulars of the society , a vote of thanks to him for his lecture , and to the chairman , was moved and carried by acclanu * - on , after which the » i «« ti » g di * _= _miss « d .
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— - 1 _•*•*•*•* in _i in 1 j DENNY , STIRLINGSHIRE . VI a E ° i yle addressed a public meeting here , on Monday last , with good results for the cause ofthe l ) Sb _? t . _" . _JM ; ! , UI _* - A v « te of thanks to Mr . meeting unanimous approbation of the DUMFRIES . l » earers _^" f a rw , J - ; l _? . = fw tlie e - ecti _™ of office-Man ' s AVs „ nw " ' lries a , ld M «« _w----town Working Mondlvt _* tt ° " _Wh If t hd " i e eTCnin S 0 i _rH-idin _' . rnori in t . _»>*» tant _, m the snug little ti . the J ! v _' i . L _^ t , occupied b y the As _. _oeia-Sief ' duhal of l _' _. . "" , _;>>' i , ls _»* ' « " ¦ ' democrats of the _capital 0 / the « , uth ot Scotland . The attendance of membe , s Wils full ; -ind the to , _^ _, r _™ the elected : _ . Me * , s . G . _Lawis _, treasurer ; J . _Grh-r son , secretary ; William Lewis , clerk ; _Willi- ) m Gfierson and J . _JA-uerson , auditors ; and , _Josenh-M'Quhae Librarhih . Several other items of business were then disposed < f ; among these tlie _Matio //; i / Petition -wns _umnhnously adopted ; and a committee mimed to report to a future meeting ag to the moreifll'ctuai maimer of bringing the matter before the public . Itis understood that tbe _adopt ion of the Petition will be followed by an energetic canvass of the town and _neighbourhood : measures
will be taken to give every inhabitant eligible , an opportunity of _adhibiting Iiis name , and i ; o one anticipates a rofus _' _il : at all events , denials will be like angels' visits—few and far between . The Association cotitinu's to thrive , there being week i . v _addiiiuis to its ranks of such as & _hail be saved from the thrall of king , _atistoeiut , and scheming priest .
FALKIRK . 1- ' ' i ? i _, _* Dl , ylc " _' _.-livt'ied a _Ji-cture in the Gross Keys Ilall . _, Kri ay . SuhjcU-the " Land nnd i' 8 Capabilities . " Mr . _Rielmid Cooper , an old and -. launch _yetei-iin in tbe _i-aiu-e , was unanimously voted to the c _' _.-iu- . He 0 „ eiM _., i , _* _,,, bu .-imss bv reading tlie placard calliim them together , and made a lew appropriate remarks upon the subject ; after \ 1 1 > h ) Vi , trt , du _« -d Mr . Tunic to the auilience . Ml ' . Uoyleskeiutu octupitd _umh twohturs in the delivering , aim wa s received tliroughsut with hearty •¦ ppliuise . At the conclusion , \ oits of thanks were accorded to the chairman ai . d lecturer , ami the meeting broke up , _a-. _fiiirently salr-tied with the _evenings proceedings . We are happy to > uy that Mr . Hamilton , phrenological kctuicr , was prc-ent , and expressed bis entire _approval of the scutiuunts uttered by Mr . Doyle .
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these Kin » s , lord ** , and commons ? micro docs tho power said to be inve ted in tl . em really reside ? Lev the people ol _England _-lik themselves that _gieat question , and tbey will find iu iis answer the one ureal root and source , the one great mystery of all their troubles . They will tii . d that their boasted House ot Commons is but the engine ot * the aristocracy tt ) cheat them with it show of freedom , whiio lhcy , through its means , rub and ] _-lundti- and scourge them lo their hea . ns content . They will find that they have not the power io more a finger of the House of Commons , that tlie _aristi-cracy _,- —• such a
mighty and wealthy > mu \ _luxunui .-. aristocracy as the woild never before saw—are , in truth the possessors of u ) _- - iiuii evsrythiiig in _Kni'lacd , They _pessess tin * ¦ . Town , for it i . _= the _iiieac bauble and _Uiii-ruai ! oi nil their wnalth -n ; ii _lioi-oura . Tht-y _pOiSe .-s the _Ij . _' _-MjC of t ' _omiiiori-. . by Hn-ir 30 ns , _tiiui' i / _ucsi _:.- _* , and tl _.-fir influence . They possess the church ami tbe state , ( he army and ihe navy . Tlifcy possess all . ¦ Sif _.-s athome and abroad . The *}* _pos-itss the laud at home , _.-. _iid tin ; _ei'li'iiir _.- ; v , the . . tu j . . »• ' tlie earth . A ; d _, v . hat is jinne , they j ) i ; _.--es _? . _!) , > | . t ' n |; _i-ri _\ am ) ti : r . _i-roots _¦>!' .. ¦ . •¦ ¦¦ _' ! -- > _. ' .... . .. _.. «•• _f •';• , 1 . 1 to : * UiTn * .: ! •; - ' .- " . ¦' in ; ic . ' ¦ • ' . _i * ... _.- ( . _,- . - . ¦ ,. ' <¦ ii . ' _itit House ti i . ' _-jri ' . 'i : !! . *? . i : * _ii !
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_DiELAiSli , STATE OF THE COUNTRY , A prebend of Limerick diocese , remarkably kind to the poor , has received notice that he will Le murdered ! Several magistrates of the County Clare arc obliged to have _uoiicc partks in their houses to protect them . Horses are killed to prevent their drawing corn to market , and sheep are _felonioiisiy killed , it is presumed , as food for the slayers . A mob of 600 persons were _disuersad at Kilrush on Thursday by the military and _poJh-e . Mr . Harvey , agent to Lord Dououghmore , was waylaid near Baymell ' s-grove , Clomuel , on Fiiday , and tubbed of i « J 0 o .
COU-VTl' 3 I 02 . AG 1 TA _* V . An _Aughnacloy correspondent informs- us that parties of fellows are scouring the countiy in that neighbourhood , visiting the houses of gentlemen and larmers , and demanding money and lood . Due party visited the house of Mr . Watson , of lvillyhoman , and , although he gave them money , tbey threatened to kill one of his cows upon the next visit . They lllen went to tho bouse of a widow , named Henderson , and extorted- _aianey from her by threat * - * , of destruction of property * Similar parties are parading ihroujjjh various parts of the etuiutry , levying contributions . __ The fellows who act thus ate not the really destitute , but idle _niliiiins , who make the misery of the community a pretext to raise money , which tbey drink at the next public-house . Their names should be taken down , aud the ringleaders punished .
C 0 U . \ TY IIPP £ BARr _Roiujeky , —On Wednesday evening last , two brothers , named _M'Donnell , were returning fiom the _Lia-erick market , after disposing of their corn , and when near their own residence at Rush Island , on tip . borders of this county and the county Lmierieh , they were _stopped by _ilu-e « armed men , who demanded their money . The _M'Donnulls . refused to do so , and made fight . Pat M'Doiinell received two bayonet wounds iu the ata-u . and abdomen , when the fellows went oil ' , taking with them sonic ; provisions tho _iVTDonnelis had purchased in Limerick . Threatening notices were last week posted at and in , the neighbourhood of Kurt Johnston , threatening death 10 Mr . Johnston if he would receive any rent , r to any tenant who would dare to pay any . „\ ir . Juhustun lius made a reduction in his rents of 1 * 3 uer cent .
1 * using into a Dwelling . —On Tuesday night last the house of a man named M'Mabou , near . Portree , was fired into by a party of men , who put in through , the window a notice threatening M'Mabou , andordering him _togiv 0 up an acre of land to a person named . Toohey _, whose mother-in-iaw , about ten years age ,, held possession of—and who sold it for a consideration to M'Miihon . The parcy then withdrew . On Tuesday night la _** t _,. about eight o ' clock , somo ruffians went to the house of liieluirtl Lrutih , near Borrisoknne , they fired _iti-hut through the window _,, which for . tunately did no injury , tbey ordered Lynch to quite forthwith , or prepare his _eothu . This is the second or third attack that has been made ou Lynch .
Privation to a fearful extent prevails in the extensive parish , of Auamliah , a district . strikingly remarkable for the peaceable demeanour and industry ; of its population , many ot whom at this bleak moment are on the verge of survaticn . In ine village aloue _, _Mnllaghmoie , there ate one hundred aad twenty-nine _families , comprising the number of seven , hundred aud _twenty-iight persons , who were solely dependant tipon . si . x acres ot corn , Laving lost all their , potatoes , the loud on which tbey mainly * exi & tod .. In the parish are ten thousand human _bcintiSj . _out of which , large number only two _burnti-ed and . forty poor creatuivs-are at work , in the _adjoining parish of Druuieliff , too , we aro _ltitoimeu the condition of the _sopuJntiou is neariy ; m bad ¦¦« in Abnmlii-k . Many families in this _coui . iy Ua _* m . ueea subsisting fornix weeks principally on _cabbago and pernicious food . —SlUjo Journal .
A gentleman , writing tram Diiiiug _.-nry , it .- the county of Limeyiek , states that the _t . _. v . _i' : '; eu > _.- e had been greatly alarmed by _anjin-ursien m _st-vstin hundred of tiie peasantry , who _.-antereit ili « _vnias ;** .. . 1 an apparaut statu of _despar-i-thm . 'lhcy coiupbinetl of not having received _tUitir . w _* i > _, _e- * , tuui ui their entire destitution . A | . i ; iist ui ' ur _* . _s _*> e . i _tn v -ji ! , and tbey were induced _tb- _supuvulu by a _piiuluisU ot ' speedy redress .
Ci . _UMiV _COIs-. A correspondent of the _Uep-jrtcr _wris-os . as totlows - . — _Ballybkuob , Tuesday evening —I arrirad here this day by the mail eat-, and _piocctueii to rinke me nenessary inquiries _respietins ; the stale ot , desti . utiou under which this part of the country labours , and lind that it fully equals , if not surpass , that which 1 witnessed in Skibhercuu and itsnei _g _' . _- . bourhooii , Aa 1 passed along ihe road , groups of bimi _* * hcd children rushed out of the cabins on the w . uy shie , _impoitunning the passengers tint he ear far ' _muuey Ui purchase food , as they stated that they bad _ltui . Lud any that day . The abject misery ai . ll . distress which their a . upe . _'U'ance butokcuud enl ' w . ed the sy * . »] .. »• . Liy of those who could render thetu anv . _assUtaucv _^ _iiini it was wonderful to see with what itvidiir ami joy tiiey
seized on the few halfpence that were handed to them . On entering the tow a ,. 1 was surprised to seo a large coucourso of people , in the streets , and ou iuquiring of some of them what tiiey were assembled tor , they told me thai the pa > clerk of the Board of Works had arrived in town and was ab _^ _-nt giving Uicm the first instalment of their wages since they were set to work . I asked some ot thorn how long they had been emp loyed , and they replied tbat some _wei'ft three weeks and some were lour ; but that they weroon getting ono _fortnight _wgj » out ot what was due to _themTleaving three weeks ' wages due to some . After receiving the money , I observed soma nf them so into shops where Indian meal was sold , and ex _press a desire to purchase but it is impossible to civo an adequate idea of the disappointment they experienced when informed by the shopkeepers that tiiey were out of it , and could not tell when they would _iiftre a supply . This is _tnty » _wkujchoi _j
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 31, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31101846/page/5/
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