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

      which the latter was [ actuated , and the means at his disposal for good or evil , we have invariably contended , that , if inclined , he had it not in his power to use the same active oppression towards those depending upon him , whether as tenants or labourers , that is possessed by his new and successful rival . The landlord who oppresses his tenant , is the EXCEPTION , the trade lord who coerces his overseer—who represents the tenant—is the RULE . If the landlord oppresses his labourer , he pays for his act in the shape of increased poor-rates and local exposure ; if the trade lord oppresses his labourer , the imposes no increased burden upon himself , and is rather an object of class approval , than of local reprobation . The tenant of the landlord has some

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      enure ,.. . either by agreement or FAMILY custom , ' to which pride and honour binds the lessor ; , tie overseer of the trade lord has no tenure beyond the recommendation of tyranny . ' The house of the labourer of the landlord is as the ivy-shoot , tbaf grows and twines around the old BARONIAL HALL ; bis parish is his location , and , if driven from his hovel , be takes refuge in the BARONIAL

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

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

      the means of trafficking in the luring market of ¦ peculation ; and thus , while Sir Robert Peel was truly telling the world that the science of agriculture was only in its infancy , thepaudlords , the natural guardians of the infant , were abandoning the guardianship of their ward to the tender mercies of STEP FATHERS , who have no interest in its wefU being beyond the security of four per cent , upon the money advanced , and thus it requires but moderate foresight to predict , that the neglect and lashes of the Saxon landorld will , at no distant

      period , lead to precisely the same results that similar causes are producing in Ireland . The straightened speculating landlord will speedily lose all interest in the well-being of his mortgaged tenant ; the tenant will naturally abandon the labourer to his fate ; poor rates , destitution , and want , will increase in proportion to the tenant ' s inability to pay , the landlord will become a confirmed Malthusiah economist , hot satisfied with ten nor yet twelve hours' infant work , if infant sweat is

      necessary to oil the wheels of speculation . It is right the people should be prepared for a change which is sure to come , and it is prudent that the landlords should understand the penalty . To be " fore-warned is to be fore-armed , " and we apprise the English landlords as , in vain , we apprised their Ueltish brethren , that the inevitable result of the non-performance of natural and social duties will be the demand for the restoration of the land to its legitimate purposes , and a more just application of the soil to the daily increasing wants of society .

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

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

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

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

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

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

      Metternich , in claiming Cracow from the year of the ' third partition , " 1705 , forgets to remind the world that before 1795 there was a Poland to which Cracow belonged . He affects not to remember that Poland was a great and civilized nation when Aus tria was a contemptible duchy , and Russia an unorganized land of savages . The princely robber has no recollection of who raised the siege of Vienna in 1 G 03 , when , but for John Sobieski , the fiery Turk would have worked as absolute ruin on the capital of the Kaisers , as ever was accomplished by Medeor Roman upon Babylon or Carthage .

      It is true , that in the first instance the three powers had agreed amongst themselves by treat ; , that the independence of Cracow should be recognised in preference to its appropriation by either of them : but it is also true that this agreement was subsequently introduced into the general compaot of the 9 th of June , 1815 , known as the" treaty of Vienna , " which treaty waa signed by the representatives of England , France , Spain , Portugal , and Sweden , as well as by the representatives of Russia , Austria , and Prussia . Nothing is truer in history than the fact , that the Republic of Cracow was founded by the eight powers above named , and not merely by tkr usurping three . That the treaty itself proves . But robbers never yet hesitated be to liars , and Mett « rnich is no exception to the rule .

      It is true that the Cracovians hare exhibited sympathy for their countrymen when engaged . in the holy work of attempting the regeneration oi their native land ; and for this Metternich denounces

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      them as "' men without conscience , "; and guilty O ' ingratitude" to their " benevolent" and " compw sioriate" "protectors ! " Through the Aurtrian OU server , Metternich relates in horrific term ? , that" in the course of ten years , no less than eight political murdera have been committed in the streets of Cracow ; " adding , iu the same breath , that" three of the . victims were recalled to life by the merest acoi . dent !"

      tho five who did not get their recall are named , and it appears were political spies employed by Metternich to entrap victims for his dungeons and his daggers . The wretches well earned their fate ; it is only' to be regretW that bo few of their tribe meet their deserts . Metternich affects a holy horror at " political murders" (!) and : this the man who commanded the Gallician massacres ! This hoary plotter

      against the freedom and happiness of mankind after covenanting with ruffians to torture and butcher men , women , and children to the number of many nundreda , is awfully shocked that any of his Judas tools should have got their quietus in return for their treachery . Perhaps Metternich believes that "Princesare privileged to kill , And numbers sanctify the crime . "

      If so , old as he is , we hope he will yet be taught another lesson . Hardly haa the robbery of Cracow been consummated , when we find the spoiler busy at work in preparing a like doom for Greece . The glorious land | for whose redemption so much blood was shed , is to be Polandkedl The people whose heroic struggles awoke the sympathies of all civilized nr . tions , and commanded the aid of tho noblest of earth ' s sons—our own Byron amongst the numberare to become the bond slaves of Sarmatia ' s

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

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

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

      But whatever part the Government of this country may take , we . trust the Greeks will not hebitate as to the part they should take in the event of an Austrian force attempting to enter their country . Better that Greece should become a desert , or once more Welcome back her Mussulman tyrants than bow submissive to the slaves of the blood-stained Metternich . | Poland isn . 0 more ; Swi n ~ land . Itay and Greec Ire menaced with the like fate ; and Guizot and Palmer , aton "protest" ! Metternich has thrown down the gauntlet ; he has avowed that force is the only law of right acknpwledged by Austria . Good . It is "the beginning of the end !" . . *¦ . . _ . _ _ .

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      o { thei community . The wholesale destruction of the potato crop has involved every class of the Irish population in ruin . That simple but awful fact is sufficient to snow , that , if we would benefit Ireland at all , she must be placed at the very commencement in such a position as , that the failure of a single crop of one species of vegetable shall not be followed by such appalling and lamentable results . This cannot be done without the introduction of a new element into the social economy of Ireland . We see what the landlord and tenant system , as it has

      hitherto existed , can accomplish . If England is to give Ireland assistance , it should be given in such a way as to leave the people in a more hopeful condition than they were at its commencement . To give it for the purpose of propping up a bankrupt system of landlordism—or merely to leave the landlord and tenant system as we found it , would be madness We must abandon old theories of political economy , as well as old practices of political oppression . The reviving power of a new agent

      must be tried upon a body which the old medicines have brought to death ' s door . A new principle must be applied , in order to call forth new tendencies , create a new class , aud by such creation generate a host of new social influences in Ireland . In the introduction of the principle of a proprietary tenantry , in conjunction with a real Poor Law , and a good system of Education , by which knowledge would lie brought to the door of all who desired it , do we see alone a way out of the present difficulties of that unhappy country .

      Ou this side of the Channel there is little calling for notice . The advocates of the abolition of Capital Punishment * are just now somewhat actively agitating that question , with the view of making it a Parliamentary question during the ensuing Session . Messrs . Oastler and Ferrand having returned from their Scotch tour of agitation on the Short Time Question , will , we understand , immediately agitate Lancashire on the same subject . We hope , with such success that it will achieve a legislative triumph before the present Parliament is dissolved .

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

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

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

      Westminster is also evincing some premonitory indications of the advent of a new Parliament . Come when a General Election may , it is certain that Mr . Leader , its absentee representative , will be ¦ ent to the right about . There is , therefore , certain to be one vacancy , at least , to fill up . Mr . Charles Cochrane , of " port opening" notoriety , has seized the occasion to throw himself into the field greatly to the discomfiture and annoyance of the " Westminster rump , " who have so long dictated to the citizens and especially of Mr . Sydney Smith , of Anti " Corn Law League notoriety , who has pronounced Mr .

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

      Trade continues bad , and provisions go on advancing , the severe pressure of these two circumstances is indicated in the greater number of cases of extrorae distress recorded in the newspapers , and we fear long months of privation , suffering , and still higher prices are before us .

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      President Polk has been playing some curious pranks of late , and seems thereby to have roused the jealousy of the European Monarchs , who , fearing they may be outwitted by their Yankee rival , are just now coming out strong in their old characters , as we shall briefly show . In the first place , Louis-Philippe has been enacting the solemn farce of assuring his precious " Peers , " " Deputies , " and the " Diplomatic Corps , " that "Monarchy and Liberty" are gloriously united

      in his person ; hence France is so happy , and presents so glorious an example to other countries * Just imagine the " artful dodger" of the Barricade ' s , with his tongue in his cheek uttering these lies with a solemn and 8 elf * satisfied air made up for the occasion ; and then witness his worthy comrouges affecting the most honest enthusiasm , and shouting " Vive lo Roi ! " Of all pantomimes commend us to that annually performed en the Jour de I'An at the Tuilleriea .

      That delectable bit of Royalty—Isabella of Spain , has been engaged delivering a " royal speech , " stuffed with the usual lies on the occasion of opening the Cortes . Though notoriously forced to marry her " august cousin , " Don ( key ) d'ASS-is , she , nevertheless , asks for " prayers" to " Almighty God" toj bless her marriage . We refer to our Foreign news for the only points of the speech worth extracting . We may add , that her Majesty utters some vaunting * respecting the "vast and free field of the Constitution , " which field , however , is neither " vast" nor '' free" enough to

      admit an obnoxious deputy to the new Cortes . The celebrated Olozaga , who had to fly from Spain in 1843 , in consequence of that famous plot in which the charming Isaballa proved herself worthy of her "illustrious" parents / has been elected to the new Cortes . A few days ago he left Frano for Madrid with his pauport duly signed ; arrived within eleven leagues of Madrid , he was arrested by a party of civic guards , and has been taken to the citadel of Pampeluna . Here is a pretty illustration of " how they manage things" in cowtitutional Spain !

      The neighbouring kingdom presents a more tragical picture of the results flowing from that blessed alliance of monarchy with liberty , so highly lauded by the " artful doger" of the Tuilleries . There we see brother shedding the blood of brother , and a whole country give n over to anarchy , death and mourning , through the determination of one headstrong brutal woman to rule as she pleases , in spite of the wanta and wishes of th » people . The de&at of Bomfim does noi , decide the atnagjje ; which , may yet cost Donna

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      Maria dear , Upon her . haad rests the blood Bhed fa this conflict , and we hope she will yet have her regard . We are averse to capital punishments btet if the judgment passed npon Charles 1 st . was t righteous jndgment as we bold it wai , Donna Maria may find in that judgment a most uncomfortabli precedent for monarclis who levy war against tht people ,, they should protect , not murder . The King of Prussia is as usual very busy ( getting ready the " Cbnstitution ; " indeed , some say , it i * , ready , and has been seen . We confess we follow St . Thomas , we believe when we Bee ; at present wo must class the Prussian Constitution with the " American Bea-serpent , " and the "Flying Dutch , man . " We have elsewhere commented on the do . ings of King Metternich .

      " Liberty and Monarchy ! " Alas ! the records o the past , and the everyday ' events of the present prove that" The hittory of king ) it the mariyrologu J natioto [ " ' By the arrival of the West Indian steamer , Clyde , we have news from Mexico . It is stated that Santa Anna had collected 25 , 000 troops at San Luis Potosi , and a report was current in Vera Cruz that he had advanced against General Taylor with ten thousand men , and compelled him to fall back on Monterey , the American volunteers being in a state of insubordination . General Taylor has attempted to nego . date with Santa Anna for peace , who replied that no terms could be listened to whilst an American sol . dier remained in arms on Mexican ground , or an American man-of-war blockaded a Mexican port . This , is important news—if true . We wish our Yan .. kee friends safe home again .

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      IRELAND . KAltRATlYB Of MALCOLM U'&ftMOS . HO . X . After I had unbarthened myself to Mm . Mahoney , the worthy dame insisted upon my taking " a strong eup of tea , and throwing myself upon the bed , till the Priest would come home . " I did as I was requested , but the horrors of the previous night cont ' mued to hannt me . I felt the fatigues of excitement , and could not sleep . When I dozed for a moment , the bleeding corse of the murdered Phelim was before me , the anxious feeble call , tht superhuman spring and frantic look of the poor

      mother , thrilled in my ear , or were present to my imagination ; while the frenzied look , piteous sob , wild and melodious notes and fairy antics of tho lovely Kathleen , haunted me , till at length , unable to rest , and anxious to hear of her and the O'Don . ncll , I started from my sleepless bed , and wended my way alone to the house of mourning . As I ap . proached the house I saw the O'Donnell sitting under the eave , upon a large stone bench , where he told me Kathleen used to knit , and sing to her mother and Phelim , of a summer ' s eve . His breut was open , and bis venerable white locks were uncovered ; he motioned me to him , and I tat by his side .

      "Don't go in , " said he , "for the orowner ( coroner ) and Jury is inside . " " The bouse is still , " I observed > " Yes , " he replied , " thanks be to God , my only ehild , now , is getting a sleep ; " and he burst into a flood of tears . I endeavoured to soothe him , but in vain ; h « wept , and had his cry out , when he clasped my hand , pressed it to his lips , and with hit soft blue eyes , still suffused in tears , fixed upon me , ha laid — " Stranger , if they should Bend ray grey hairs to the cowld grave , will you , promise me one thing ?"

      I will , I wi ll , " I replied , mingling my tears wita hit ; " speak your wish , it shall be a solemn command , and religiously obeyed ; speak it . " 11 Will you , " said he , " see that they don't put Kathleen in the ' sylum , and drive her out of her mind , or hurt her when they're turning all out after the berying , for I'll never live to see my fine boy and his mother going from me ; and thanks be to God the craythur lost her senses , at it would kill her ; I ask this , " he continued , " because I see you ' re a friend of that holy and blessed man . "

      " My friend , " I replied , " your every wish shall be complied with , and as soon as she is well enough , when the sad ceremony is over , the Rev . Mr . O'Farrell will , I have no doubt , receive her as a welcome guest under his hospitable roof , till you are sufficiently recovered to take charge of her ; " adding , " but let me entreat of you to come in t you are exposing yourself to cold and sickness , by sitting in the air this bitter day . " 110 as for that , " he rejoined , " my blood is TOO hot , I ' m boiling all over , and its hardly I can bear my coat un . " As he concluded , a number ef persons came out of the house , followed by a very ropectable-looking person : " Who are those ? " I asked .

      • ' Them is the crowner and the jury , " he replied , " they ' re going to hould an inquest upon my poor dear boy . " " Where r " said I . " Below , at the cross , at the Red Cow , a house of the villain ' s that murdered him , " said he . " Q Donnell , " said I , " I'll go and see if justice may not yet be done to your murdered son . " " God help you , " he replied , " he'll get no justice there , but he'll get justice , or else the O'Donnelli are not the men I take them for ,

      " I'll go , " ta \ d I , however , and once more assuring him that he need be under no apprehension for Kathleen ' s safety , I made my way for the cross as he directed me . When I entered the room where the inquest was to be held , the first person I saw was Captain Squeezetenant , who had been my companion in the steamboat from Bristol to Cork , he looked lik ^ t fiend , and , conscious of his guilt , he was anxious to b « recognised by any one having the appearance of respectability , and , upon recognizing me he ap . proached , and stretching out bis blood-stained hand , he said , " I think I have the pleasure of knowing you , we sailed together from Bristol ?"

      " Yes ! Murderer , " 1 said in an audible voice , and with a feeling o ( pride and anger to wbich till that moment I was a stranger . AH present looked amazed at my presumption , at he was the autocrat of the district , but the guilty man sunk under the just rebuke , his face became scarlet , nod in vain he sought refuge in conversation with the coroner , who was as little disposed as myself to acknowledge his acquaintance ; such is ever the effect of a guilty conscience , that the miscreant appeared for the first time to feel the enormity of his sin **

      When the court was opened , Mr . F . B ., tha coroner , a high Tory , but a gentleman of unexceptionable character and unblemished honour , called over the names of the jury , when the first and only witness called , was Cornet Spilsby , my other fellow traveller . He gave his name , Eustace Killmaii Savage Spilsby , Cornet in Her Majesty ' s — Royal Hussars , and he deposed as follows : — " I received a written order from Captain Squeezetenant , Justice of Peace , yesterday , jutt as I had finished ray lunch , I presume about half-past two , to accompany him with the squadron under my command , in the absence of Lieutenant Shot , and I immediately ordered the men to saddle . We proceeded to the castle , where we were joined by Captain SqueKetenaut , who informed me that he vras about to

      execute a decree upon the lands of Cri-ef , adding , that , as that part of the country was in a very disturbed state ,, and inhabited by persons disaffected towards Her Majesty ' s laws , that it worjd be necessary to take every precaution for tb . e protection of tho public peace . I accordingly ordered my men to uruae . and load . " " We placed the civil authorities in front , and covered them at a prudent 'distance , and proceeded to

      The Southern Star Sat Oki) At, January 9. 18*7.

      THE SOUTHERN STAR SAT OKI ) AT , JANUARY 9 . 18 * 7 .

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      WEEKLT REVIEW . The political world presents no new feature for comment . There is , in fact , a lull just before commencing action , though the respective parties are busy enough mustering their respective forces 'and deciding on their different courses previous to meeting in the fray . It i 3 said that the rumoured ministerial measures for ameliorating the condition of Ire ' . and will meet with the most determined op . position from the ultra section of the Conservative party , and also that Lord Stanley ' s acceptance of

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

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

      be held in Dublin , a week before the meeting of Parliament , in order to form an Irish party and concert measures for the relief of the island . To this scheme it is said tbat even the Conservative members have given their assent , though the proposition in the first place emanated from Mr . Ralph Osborne , a Liberal . It is one hopeful sign in that unhappy land , where party distinctions and religious differences lead to so much personal bitterness and alienation , that , at this critical and important juncture , men are laying aside their old animosities and becoming willing to co-operate with each other for the good of their common country . If they do this

      in good earnest , a glorious dawn will rise upon the present dark and stormy night of Irish misery . A nation cannot be made great by external assistance . From its own inherent virtues , and the enterprise o ^ its own people alone , can permanent and real prosperity and greatness be evolved . England may help , hut cannot create either . That must be done by Irishmen alone . We shall watch anxiously and closely the bearing of the . Irish members . If they are up to the mark they will not only carry English public ' opinion , sympathy , and support with them , but more effectually bring about the necessary change in the condition of their fellow-country men , than any other party .

      But in order to do this , they must pursue a very different policy than they have hitherto done . From whatever causes it has arisen , a social revolution is palpably and rapidly going on in Ireland . Every post brings more alarming and disastrous intelligence . Symptoms of political disorganization are frequent and increasing . Famine and pestilence are always subversive of the settled arrangements of society , and justly so , for they are incontestible indications that these arrangements have outlived their utility , if they ever possessed any , and that it is time they were replaced by others more adequate to the wants , and more consonant with the interests

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 9, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1400/page/4/