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THE NORTHERN STAK 8ATCRDAY, MARCH 13. 1847.
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^ st j ; en r th TilK LAND AND ITS CAPABILITIES . No . 3 of THE LABOURER , lust published , contains a Reprint of Str . F , O'Connor ' s Letter in the "Northoen Star " of January BJth , demonstrating the certainty « itli which an alluttec may support himself and family , and accumulate money , < m a ¦• Two Acre" allotment . The very peneral demand that was made for the paper c 0 ntainiug the above letter has induced the Editors to reprint it , after can-fill revision , in tho March Number of the Labourer .
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de „ su , JUST PUBLISHED , No . 3 , ( price 6 d . ) of THE LABOURER , Monthly Magazine of Politics , Literature , roetry , Ac . Edited by Te * kgus O'Connor , Esq .. and Ekkest JoMEti , Esq ., ( Sarristers-at-Law . ) The Democratic Movement in this country being wholl y deficient in a monthly organ , the above mapiiiue is esta . Wished to remedy this deficiency . Placed by lowness of price within the reach of all , yet equal to its more cxpen . sive compititors . it embraccsthefoHowinnfeatures : — 1 . —THE LAND AND TIIE LAHOUKElt , ' or the progress and position of the National L-iiul Company , and all interesting facts . oonuccted with the culture and pvoducc ofthe soil , . '—THE TOOU MAN'S LEGAL MANUAL , ( by an cminent Barrister . ) gifing all necessary legal iuformation fur the express use of allottees 011 the land , and the wovkiiiR classes in general .
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v t ! C s ' ' CHARTIST POEMS . BY ERNEST JONES . Price Three Pence . FIFTH EDITION , BEVISED AND CORBECTKD : Replete with the fire of genius , and poetic powers ofthe very highest order , for eloqueuce and destructive power , they appear , to us , almost unrivalled . We say " destrucl ' / ur their tendency is •• worse than Deinocratic . " - Aeto Quarterly Review . —( Tory ) Orders received h ? the author and Mr . Wheeler , at Uie office of the National Charter Association , 83 , Dean street , Soho , London , or by M'Gowan & , Co ., Printers Hi , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London , where '• opies may be procured .
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IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS . A GRICULTURISTS and others mav purchaso 150 ^ , ' ^ S OP niCH TIMBERED LAND IN ;• INTERN VIRGINIA , deteribed h < , General Wash . l i !? f ° 'U * " fSardeu ° f ¦ Iwrica , for £± i 8 s . 8 d . Sterling , AHOLT THREE SHILLINGS PER ACRE . £ 1 12 s . ? i ' t l'S p ^ iP : lid Uowu ' the reraaillu ' * in FIVE ANNUAL 1 Ai M&N 1 $ . For further information apply to CHARLES WILLMEK , American Ijtnd Office , STANLEY BUILDINGS , BATH STREET , LIVERPOOL . Of whom may be h : d n Pamphlet on Emigration , in which these Lands are fully described , and the terms of sale explained , by sending three postage stamps to free tiie same .
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Now Ready , a New Edition of Mil . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at the Szrthern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill Street ; and of Abel Ilcy wood , Manchester .
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IMPORTANT TO PHOTOGRAPHISTS . A . ? ppll i ? tiouwa 8 made on the 22 nd Stpt .-aiber , to the Vice-Chancellor of England , bj - ilr . Beard who , acting under a mostextraordiny delusun . considers nimseiftbesolejwiteiifee of the Photographic prae « s !) to restrain MR . ESERTOS , of 1 , Templ £ stit « , and 148 , . Fleet-street , rom taking Photographic Portions , which u » does by a process entirely differest fron . dndverv nipb . nor to Mr . Beard ' s , and at one-half the el 1 ree His Honour refused the application in lot * . No lict'nse required to practice this process , which is aught by - Mr . Egerton in a fsw lessons at moderate thirge * All th Appu'ratac , Chemicals , &e . to be bad agttaftl t hit Denot . l , Temple-tWttt , WtaitefrisiK ,
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OBSERVE . Allnrrespnndence , reports ^ of public meetings Cliir list and Trades' Intelligence , and general questions , must beeddressed to Mr . 6 . J . Harnej- " Northern St-ir Office , " 16 , Great Windmill Street , London All legal questions , nod matters of local news not notjcea in provincial papers , and requiring commcnt . ' to be addressed to Mr . Ernest Joneb as above All-questions respecting Bills introduced into the Lcgis . htine , Acts of Parliament their weaning and intent &c oft ? H I ««? « ?» Ministry , Ind the membVrs of the two Houses of Parliament , to be addroi < iPri in M r George Fleming , « Northern Sta ^ Office All questions , connected with the management of land , Mr . O'Connor . Lowbands , lted Marie . Ledbury , ^ communications of Agent s , and ^ SStortof ac .
'OaM-lfPrtT . W W > Eidcr > " Nort »<™ Star in '» 16 ; . Grc » t Windmill Street , London ah Applications for magaziues to be made through Mr . « iKwai ) , Printer , as above . 2 S ~ All reports of meetings holder , in any part of England on the Sunday , must be at this office by luesday ; reports of meetings held on tho Monday must be at tho office by Wednesday . This rule is fw 1 radrs " as well as Chartist" and " Land Umpany meetings . Notices of " Forthcoming ftieetings and oorrespondeKce requiring answers , mint be at the office by Wednesday , at ( he latest . Letters coramentin ? on public questions , intended for insertion in full , must be at the office o . V luesday . The communications of correspondents not attending to the above regulations must ¦ stand over .
The Northern Stak 8atcrday, March 13. 1847.
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THE FAMINE AND THE FAST . It k a lamentable instance of the perversion of Whig policy , when we find the evils caused by man ' s misrule assigned to the government of God . We have heard of the evils of Pandora ' s box—a > good excuse for those men , in whose hearts the evil was engendered ; it is nothing to the evils ascribed to a rotten potato ; this is the great excuse offered by monopolists ; they say , " we could not have prevented the potato-rot . " Certainly not ; hut you
could have prevented the fact of potatoes being the staple food of millions . The famine is there , where the potatoes arc not , but where monopoly is . The famine is Were , whence you are exporting the food ; the famine is there , where you are indulging luxuries . The potato-rot is a Godsend to you , since you make it father all your sins ; but lamentable as is this sophistry of yours , still more pitiable is it to behold the farther means to which it makes you about to resort : the ordination of a day of general Fast and Humiliation . Who are to fast ? Those who
are partaking of M . Soyer's soup ? This Erench cook must have studied homoeopathy , since he attempts 10 cure hunger by infinitesimal doses of beef . Who are to be humiliated ? The factory slaves , or the paupers in the Bastiles ? Surely they have had enough of fasting and humiliation already ! How this ordinance is to extend to the rich we see not . Doubtlessly they have observed Lent most ri g orously ; and it must be all a newspaper falsehood abdut the parties of Lady Palmerston , and the banquets of the Duchess of Bedford , and the
numberless great feastings of the Aristocracy . We can , however , even imagine the nature of tbeir fasts : the fish dressed in every delicate variety , the omelets and the condiments to boot ; —and all this to propitiate God ?—no ! to gull the people , —the honest , hard-working people , whom they praise for their patience . Praise , indeed ! We olame them for their patience ! It is a \ ice under the circumstances , —it is cowardice , when men
are starving by thousands and thousands : not that we exhort them to violence , far from it ; but we do wish to see them rise as one man , for the safety of their lives , and peaceably demonstrate their power and their will ; we do wish . to see them agitate , ai with one voice , and , retorting the foul insult of telling Starvation to fast , and Slavery to humiliate itself , assert , that to make His creatures happy is the best way to propitiate God—ay ! and the people too '•
We exhort our countrj men no longer to letFamine play the game 01 Monopoly . In Ireland , in Scotland , ay ! and even in England , it is weakening the cause of liberty ;—the people are becoming powerless and languid from hunger ; they are growing incapable of thought and action ; while a plumed and well-fed military , a truculent and stout police , look down on them with sovereign contempt . Famine is doing that which Tyranny wishes ; it is
DEPOPULATING THE COUNTRY OF ITS ENEMIbS ; and the government is artfully coming to its aid , by encouraging emigration . " Yes 1 let all the bold spirits and strong arms go , the more the better ; they are dangerous to monopoly . Go ! perish in Texas ; rot in Australia ; no matter where -but go ! we want none but abject slaves , and emaciated human machines , to work our will . " It may be here necessary to observe , that while , on the one hand , Government is avowedly encouraging emigration in every possible way , it has issued a caution against emigration to Texas . Her Majesty ' s Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners have issued the following notice : —
Emigrants are warned that her Majesty ' s Vice-Consul at Galveston , in n despatch dated January 6 th last , states that from the experience of a six years' residence in Texas , he does not hesitate to pronounce that certain statements which hare recent ]} ' appeared respecting the salubrity of the climate , the fertility of the soil , and the richness of the mineral productions of Texas , are greatly exaggerated , and that there is a melancholy evidence of the fact in the misery suffered by many of the emigrants attached to the German Emigration Associations . He further expresses a conviction , that if British sub . j . cts should be induced to emigrate to Texas , the y w'H probably encounter sickness and destitution ,
This statement is correct—it might be general . But the object is obvious . Don ' t go to Texas , to strengthen the hands of American republicanism . Go anywhere else ; for , though American freedom is but a sham—the SHAM IS THERE , —and , even as a sham , is dangerous to our rotten institutions . Meanwhile the people cannot be quiescent , they cannot tamely look on their own rtrm . They see
through the drift of their enemies , to make England a vast hive of machinery , and depopulate it , like the sister-island , of every bold heart and manly hand , Shall they succeed ? By the CHARTER ! we say No ! We say No ! by the LAND . We say , No 1 in the name of human nature , while 1 , 300 , 000 horses are fattened in England , each of which consumes the produce of as much land as would feed
eight men ; and while , according to the statement of a cotemporary and undeniable authority , there have " never , since the establishment of horse-racing in England , been so many horses in training as there are at the present time . " Shame , money-mongers who act thus—and shame , working men ! if yon permit it . There is such a thing as political suicide . You are partakers in the crime of your tyrants if you sanction its performance . Remember the recent words of the poet : —
Still the reign of guilt to further , Lord and slave the crime divid ' e : For the master ' s tin i 8 murder , And the workman ' s—suieidc . The very season of the year seems pointing the path of progress , and affording theme for reflection . Let Labour think how little of all the seed confided to the soil and germing in the ground , will find its way to Labour ' s mouth , —how little the hope of harvest can cheer the hour of toil—how sadly the famine-bringing winter will again lour down on autumn ' s disappointment , if , during the breathingtime allowed them now , the people do not bestir
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themselves . This is tl . e time to organise and to act ; another winter will leave them more powerless fian at present , and Monopoly more powerful , t ' nough Labour ' s exhaustion . We have seen through fie machinatisn of Labour ' s foes , \ v « have exposed the fallacies of those who live on Labour ' s degradation ; we have held up the " Iwncoatwn " of one of our despicable opponents , who , seeing that its anti-land philosophy is dislodged , may as well put up a placard with " CHAMBERS TO LET , " and perhaps" take in " some poor " emigration society " under its dangerous protection . But the people arc forewarned;—it is in their power to assert their rights — since monopoly never yet resisted the union of millions ; it will be their fault if they do not obtain them .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The new scheme of Convict Discipline , explained by Earl Grey last week , formed the topic of an interesting debate on an important subject , and was again referred to on Momlayi The Government plan may be briefly described . Transportation , as a punishment , is to be totally abolished , in respect of men . Sentences will be passed as usual , but the convicts will be subjected to separate confinement , in the prisons of the United Kingdom , for periods averaging one year , and not exceeding eighteen months . They will then be employed for a period ,
contingent upon their own good conduct , but expected to be , on the average , when half the sentence has expired , on a penal class of public works , either at home or in some of the colonies : finally , they will be pardoned conditionally , the condition being their exile from this country for the remaining period of the original sentence . With the exception of this banishment , the couviit will he perfectly free , both as to the quarter to which he may emigrate , and in the disposal of his time and labours This part of the scheme is not to be considered as
a part of the punishment , but rather , in fact , to secure to the reformed culprit a field of exertion in which he may begin with a new character . Government will not pay the passage money , but the cost will be defrayed out of the accumulated earnings of the convict on the public works , which will be duly set down to his credit ; and his family will be allowed to emigrate with him . It is calculated that the labour of the convicts will reimburse the Stale for the expense of their maintenance and
superintendence . In the first instance , they will have to be lodged in the hulks ' ; but a new system of labour , and new domestic arrangements , are to be devised for the class . Large numbers willjbe employed in the quarries in the Isle of Portland—a place which , at the same time , affords suitable employment , and is convenient for their custody . Large moveable wooden buildings , capable of being transferred to different places , are in preparation for the convicts ; and their labour will be made available in the
construction of fortifications and harbours of refuge . It will be seen that this scheme involves a very wide departure irom the present system of convict discipline , and that the Government , in bringing it forward , have been actuated by the twofold desire of escaping from the evils which past experience has shown to be inherent in the plan
of penal colonies , into which , as into a common sewer , all the criminality of the country is discharged ; and , on the other hand , the not less laudable desire , that the convicts themselves should be put through a course of reformatory and industrial discipline , which will , at the expiration of a certain period of probation , enable them to commence life in a new sphere of action , supplied with inducements and powers to live an honest life for
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the remainder ot their existence . It is impossible to do otherwise than respect these motives . They indicate forcibl y how silently , but how steadily , great social and moral changes are progressing among us . Seven years ago the very men who now propose this plan resisted simi l ar hut smaller alterations , when urged by Sir W . Molesworth , backed by the evidence of a select committee on tl > e
subject . This disposition to look beyond the mere fact of an infraction of the law to the causes that have induced it , and to treat the criminal as a human being who may be influenced by motives addressed to his reason and feelings—as ' one who , though seduced or impelled into erroneous or criminal courses , is still capable of being reclaimed and converted into a useful member of society—is one of the characteristics of the age , and shows that no
good word or work is ever uttered , written , or done , without ftuit in due season . The Owens , Bentham ? , Romillys , rnd Mackintoshes , have not lived and laboured in vain . We are graduall y growing up to an apprehension that , after all , man is the primary object of legislation ; and that onl y in so far as our political and social arrangements provide for his physical , intellectual , and moral wellbeing , do we fulfil the most indispensable and elementary conditions of society . There are , however ,
several objections which may he urged to the new plan , which in practice will , we fear , not realise the objects of its projectors . These ' , difficultie ? , however , in reality , arise out of the chaotic and anomalous organisation of society itself . They are not in the least degree attributable to any particular party , nor do they detract from the merit of the plan , which will , of course , be subject to such modifications as experience and the actual requirements of the public may suggest .
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which was the only one imposing any obli gu * fo > the landlords in return for the enormous sums ita are to receive from the English Exchequer h ? undergone so many modifications at the hands » its ori ginators , that it is now only the shadow the meagre ori ginal . It still conveys au thority . give out-door rehef , but under restrictions draw still tighter than the original ones .-it will au ow !? only in times of famine or general destitution such as the present ,-a provision both wipercr ™ , ' tory and nugatory , because in such times relief will be certain to be given as it is at preseil
, lor the ordinary pauperism the permanent claim , ' of the poor and destitute-it makes no proviso whatever ; it is out-door relief reduced to the extreme minimum ; and to make sure that no rais lake shall be committed on the side of generosity ' Lord John has adopted a suggestion of Lord Stan ' leys and increased the number of ex-officio m ciians—in other words , multiplied the landlords to such an extent on the Board of Guardians that practically , the whole management will be in their
hands . The middle classes , who may have some sympathy tor the class immediatel y below them will be completely neutralize b y the " ex-ofticios ' ' who will take good care that their acres are very lightly burdened for the support of the poor . In one word , the whole thing is a humbug ! Yet , delusive as the measure is , Lord John , in deference to the " Irish Banditti , " makes it follow the bill for the improvement of the landlords' estates , and re . fuses to give any pledge , that if the bill for the poor
is not carried , he will stop the bill for the ; rich i Mr . Roebuck powerfully and sarcasticall y exposed both the Premier and his Irish allies on . Monday night . From the cheers with which his well merited cassations were received , we cannot believe that the Legislature will tamely acquiesce in the monstrous robbery and jobbery which is meant to be pcrpetrated by Borne half dozen powerful Whi g noblemen Irish proprietors , for the benefit of themselves and co-landlords .
Another year will , we fear , bring still heavier < lis . Iress upon unfortunate Ireland , and both that and this country will long have to curse the time when an imbecile and selfish set of men swayed the destinies of Great Britain and Ireland , at a period when wisdom , experience , and courage , were demanded from our statesmen .
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TO TAILORS . LONDON ind PARIS FASHIONS FOB TIIE WIS TEH , me-17 . By READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-. 'treet , Bloomsbury square , London ; And G . Berg . r , Holy well-street , Strand ; M'jy be had of all booksellers , wheresoever residing . NOW BEiDT , By approbation of her Majesty Queen Victoria , and liis Royal Highness Prince Albert , a spl . ndid print richly coloured and exquisitely executed View of Hyd Park Ga .-drn » , as seen from Hyde Park , London . With this beautiful Print will be sent Dress , Frock , and Riding Coat Patterns , the n west style Chesterfield , and the New Fashionable Double-breasted Waistcoat , with Skirts . The method of reducing and increasing them for all sizes , explained in the most simple manner , with k- jur extra Plates , and can be easily performed by any person . Manner of making up , and a full description of the Uniform * , as now-to be worn in the Royal Navy , and other information . —Price 10 s . , or post-free 11 s . Read and Co ' s new indubitable System of Cutting , in three parts—first part , Coats , price 10 s . ; second , Habits Dresses , Ac , 10 s . ; third , Box and Driving Coats , Waistcoats , I teeches , and Trousers , 10 s . ; or the whole , 25 s ., including the system of cutting Chesterfield and other fancy coats , understood at sight . Any person having one part , may have the two others for 15 s . A Method ot Cutting Gaiter Trousers , with 12 plates , including 5 full size bottom parts , price , post frcp . 2 s . Cd . Patent measures , Eight Shillings , the set ; they ,-eatest improvement ever introduced to the Trade . Patterns to measure , of every description , po't free to , any part of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , at Is . each . Tbeamount maybe gent by cart , post-office order , of ost stamps . Busts for fitting Coatson . Boys'figures foremen provided . Instructions in cutting as usual . N . B—The Patent Measures or System of Cutting , - ? ke the Fashions ) be sent post free , by Is . extra
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THE WARRINGTON JUSTICES' " RETIREMENT INTO PRIVATE LIFE . " Tbe Bbeicb of Contsact Case . —It will have been observed in the parliamentary reports of Tuesday night , that the secretary of state has considered it hit duty to quash tho conviction , and order the immediate discharge of tho men who trere committed from this town , a thort time ago , for an alleged breach of contract ; Mr . J . B . Edelsten , file manufacturer , being the complninant . The men arrived hero on Wednesday evening , and were met
and escorted into tbe town by some hundreds of working men , with every demonstration of joy . Wo regret to add , that it is very currently rnmoured that the magistrates who decided the case—Thomas Ljpn , Escj and William Stubs , &q . —have determined , in const quencc of this occurrence , to retire from the bmch . We trust , however , the rumour may be unlounded . Mr . Lyon has been in commission since 1819 , a period of twenty-tiuht sears .
The above is an extract from the Manchester Guardian . It seems , then , that there was some foundation for the " retirement-into-private-life " rumour ; still we cannot give it implicit credit . — What a man this Mr . Roberts is !—how his power grows ! In Northumberland he destroyed the appetite of many a justice—some to our knowledge brought up their breakfasts and lost all desire for dinner . In Durham there were similarl y distressing results , and on the release of the Thorney men , two of the most courageous of these administrators of the law promised to commit suicide ; but they forgot to do it . Still these results were but of a temporary nature—a dose of salts cured all ; but to make a
magistrate—nay , notone , but two—RETIRE , actually " go out , " never , never , never , never no more to sit again—never to tell Jones , the constable , to turn them boys out , if they make a noise—no ! we won't believe it ; 'tis too much . Who would not be a People's ATTORNEY-GENERAL with such glorious prospects in view , not only to be the General Gaol Deliverer , but Purifier of the Bench ! But we don ' t believe the Manchester Guardian . That naughty " Thomas" and " William" should hide their heads for a time , we can well imagineshould slink away till the storm is blown over—but actually retire ! no ; we cannot swallow it , and yet the morsel is so delicious , that we cannot wholly part with the hope that it is true .
We have heard , indeed , anothpr version of this retirement j that these two worthies have decided on retiiing—but only so far as Lancashire is concerned . We have seen a letter : " JTour old friends , Lyon and Stubs , have not retired from the bench , but have withdrawn their services from Warrington , and opened a court in a public-house ( what a tumble !) in Cheshire , about half a mile from Warrington , at the Saracen Head . " Foolish men ! So they hope , by getting into Cheshire , to be out of the Attorney GentraVs reach . Vain hope—he'll be after themhe'll find them out , let them take our word for it . We suppose they will take Jones the constable with them . They'd be nothing , less than nothing , without Jones .
We have received several accounts of the hearty rejoicing on the discharge of tbe men , —the procession , flags , marching , cheers , &c . ; and how " somebody" came in when they were singing that Mr Rubcrts was a hearty good fellow" For he ' s a hearty good fellow , and so says every one . " And how they dressed-up two old women ( one much fatter than the other ) , and called one " Thomas" and ihe other " Billy , " and how they made Billy and Thomas both jolly drunk , as a " compensation for the indignity . "
Then Jones , determined to have a " retiring " fling , summoned the landlord for " suffering the people to be drunk on the premises , " and how he ( Jones , not the landlord ) got floored . Oh ! how we laughed . Poor Jones ! But we cannot chronicle these rejoicings now ; our joy is too full to write about such small matters . Run away from Lancashire after " having been in the commission 23 years I" Oh ! Jones—Jones , never let them come back again ! ... ¦ '
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ever . The Suppression of Cracow has at length been brought before the Commons . In doing so , Mr , Hume described the violation of the treaty byRussia , and recommended that this country should make reprisal by discontinuing to pay the £ 120 , 000 a-year interest on the Russian Dutch Loan , which rests upon the authority of the same treaty that guarantees the ^ independence of Cracow . That we would be legally justified in doing
so , is vouched for b y the deliberate opinion of the most eminent jurists in the country ; that we ought to do so on political grounds , we hold to be so apparent as not to need a word of explanation . By continuing to perform any act whatever stipulated by the treaty which the three Northern despotic Powers hnve violated , we shall in fact become particeps crimum in the violation , and further stultify ourselves , by rendering our "protest " a farrago of mere words—a nullity . The Ministry , however , do not take this view of the subject . Lord John Russell would not do anything so ungenteel as to talk to Russia about monev , and advised the
House to rest contented with Lord Palmerston ' s 11 protest . " Such is a Whig Premier ' s idea of the manner in which a powerful and earnest nation should support its words ! We are to content ourselves with simply crying " shame " at the destruction of those relics of Poland which we solemnly entered into a league to protect ! We canno think that the representatives of that Great Britain which prides itself on the position it has held in the very van of nations , will degrade themselves and their country , by agreeing to a course which would fasten upon them and it the sti gma either of heartlessness or cowardice . At the time we write , the Commons have not pronounced an opinior .
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The Ministerial Measures for Ireland progress but slowly . People are beginning to think about them , and the more thsy think the less they like the illdigested , incoherent bundle of nostrums which have nothing clear about them , except two points—first , that England is to pay a great deal of money ; and , secoml , that the only party who will be benefited in the long-run are the Irish landlords . There is nothing about that class of persons so peculiarly fascinating as to seduce us into such profuse and
extravagant liberality towards them . In the midst of those distresses which excite the sympathy and the horror of the people of England , and which , in addition to the enormous sums ostensibly poured from the National Exchequer for its mitigation , call forth princely contributions not only from England , but from foreign countries—these same landlords do not seem as a body disposed to make the slightest sacrifice for the benefit of their hunger and pestilence-stricken follow-countrvmen . Out of
the revenues they derive from the soil of Ireland they either refuse to contribute altogether , or give such beggarly donations as are at once a mockery of the misery they are meant to relieve and a disgrace to the heartless and selfish wretches who offer them . In the meantime they maintain their usual retinue of servants , horses and dogs . One landlord was referred to on Monday night who feeds seventy dogs on meal and milk , while men are daily dying at his park gates from positive starvation ; and the excuse offered for
him by a brother landlord in the House was , that as the greater part of his estates were eighteen miles from Mallow , therefore he had no right to contribute to the relief of the perishing people . On that ground we apprehend Parliament should stop all the million , two million , and three million bills which are now struggling through their different stages . The English industrial classes , who will have to pay all these millions are farther away than eighteen miles , and have no property anywhere in Ireland , If distance is to snap all connection , destroy all sympathy , and abrogate all the duties of citizenship , then they at least sland more clearly absolved
than these landlords . Meanwhile the Whig ministry is clearly playing into their hands . The measures which go to put money into their purses are pressed forward first . Those which establish some slight claim upon them—which give the people the shadow of a chance of making them disgorge something , however small , from the stream of British bounty-lag behind at a most respectable distance , and are at the same time subjected to so many mutilations in their tortoise-like progress , that long before they reach the last stage—if any of them ever do—there will not remain a rag of even their originally faint " good intentions . " The Irish Foor Law ,
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LEGAL . BtNJAMiN Corbitt , Leek . — The court at its discretion fixes the periods of payment , and the amount of each instalment . I . Y . Z She cannot marry without a divorce , and th « expense would be very large . Divorces aro luxuriji for the aristocracy . T . T . Open ° iuw . —1 st . Apply at the Colonial Office 2 nd . If he was transported fur ftlony , tlie Crown , pro . bably , has become entitled to the legacy . 3 rd . The ) can retain it , until a legal claimant comes forward 4 th . Assuming : that the Crown is not entitled to thg legacy , and the claim to it is not barred by the Statute , in that case , i ( such a time has elapsed , and each cir . cunutances have occurred us to afford a fair presurop .
tion of his death , any of his next of kin might take out administration to him , and would be entitled to th- legacy . O . G . J . —I presume you had no stipulation irith your landlord to pay for improvements in case he turned you out ; and , If not , you can not recover any compen . satien . I suppose you are a tenant from year to year and your landlord can only turn you out at the same ptiriod of the year as your tenancy commenced , and that upon giving you six month » ' previous notice , unless there should be a custom for a shorter notice . W . H ., Dundee . —If the mother of your child is your wife you have a right in law to tsko both her and the child with you ; but if the child was not born in wedlock , u I am inclined to infer from your letter is the fact . In
that case you can not take the child with you . Th « above is according to £ > ijli « 7 i law . J . Deeks , Essex . —After the 15 th of this month dcbti under £ 20 cannot be sued for in any other Court than in the new Small Debts Couits . O . P . S . T . —Before a member can be " ont of benefit , ' it would appear , bv the rules of your society , h « must be summoned . And as it would appear there was n « summons in your case , the party continued entitled to all the " benefits" of the society . G . II . B ., Holme . —The notice appears to be quite cor . rrct , and you had better quit , ^ Wm . Greenwood . —1 st , Being a yearly tenant ( for such would seem to be the case ) , the lundlerd had a right , nfter the expiration of any year , to alter the terms oa
which the tenant held , and therefore to throw tht burthen of poor and road rates upon the tenant ; t oui- 'li , of course , it was optional with the tenant whether he would remain on such ttrras or not . Having remained , he must pay them . 2 nd , If tho landlord entered into a tmltoi agreement to maku tbe re | iair » , he can be compelled to perform the agree racnt ; hut if it was not a mitten one , he can not b compelled ; and should the tenant make the repairihe coul . l not compel the landlord to pay for them , J . S . —Your question is one for nn actuary nt a life-in * surnnce office . W . C . B , Torquay The pump existing at the time you made the conveyance to D , must be considered at ao appurtenance or easement to B ' s house , ami you would
hnve no right to cut off the supply of water ; and 1 am of opinion you must kicp the pipe in repair , inasmuch as you did not stipulate with B that he should contri . bute to the expense . J G ., Coventry . —I presume that the estate was fee . simple . In that case the heir-at-law of B'a bod , itpart patcrna ( on the ride of tho father ) , is the person ent tled . But , should there be no such heir , then the two daughters of C ' s son may possibly be the parties en . titled ; but it is impossible to give a satisfactory opinion without seeing nn iiuthenticated pedigree . Kaipii Hodokinson . —The hat manufacturer having be . come a bankrupt , his assignees brc . tme entitled to the iipiirentiue ' s s ( rvices for the remainder of his apprenticeship , and could assign him to a new master , W .-iges which were due at the time of bankruptcy niAT
be proved under the fiat . The bankrupt is not liable for any that have * inco become due . I suppose th « bankrupt has obtuined his certificate . ' R . D ., S . L ., C . F ., Chorley . —1 st , The judge may imprison for non-oViservance of his judgment . —2 nd , In jome cases the action may he removed into a superior court ; but you do not state the particular case —3 rd , Yes . Mr . IIobijuon , —You had better get a lawyer to < lr& « out your case , as it is not drawn with sufficient legal precision forme to understand it . Erratum—John Wall , Stanhope . —In last week " * * tnr for ¦ ' repMted" read "reputed . " NOTICE . —It is requested that . ill legal cases may b » addressed to U . £ hne « t Jones , for if addressed to any other person a delay in answering may unavoidably take plucc .
MISCELLANEOUS . Dalston . —Our Dalston friends are too thoughtless . Tht power of occupants disposing of their allotments is the right arm of tUe Land Plan , and the gmttest help to the reullj industrious . Our friends must aUujt bear in mind , thut one man selling is no voaiun wbj another should sell . They must understand die liberty to sell , aud the liberty to keep . G . O . is a very si'ly and impertinent fellow , if he supposes that anything would induce Mr . O'Connor to facilitate his getting possession of an allotment to < bo prejudice of another . J . 11 . —Yes ; he will be allowed to apply his money depc * sited in the redemption department to the reduction of his rent .
J . It—Three-and-a-hnlf per cent , interest on depositsfour on reiemptiou . Mr . O'Connor cannot undert » 1 » to advise as to which he should select , Ccbioos Quest . —A correspondent at Leith wishes ui to tell him who is the town-clerk of Bolton 1 and if h » is a person in whom confidence cin be placed to recover a debt . As we don ' t know the town-clerk •' Bolton , and , therefore , cannot &pe . \ k to his ch » rac « ri perhaps tbat gentleman will himself enlighten our Leith correspondent . J . Anderson . —Any Durham or Sunderland booksel '"' can procure the Labourer . Tue O'ConnobvilIiE Plates . — Several of our agent * have made alterations in their order * for plates too late to be attended to at present , their previous ordtf * having been despatched from the office . JtL . M . —You can have them . Mr . C . Wilkinson , Bradford , —Your papers got coiivejf ' to Halifax .
Mb . W . Bubeidqe , Truro— The plates are sent . Tht works he orders ate not supplied by us . Apply to Hr . J . Watsoa , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . Ma . DiQos . —JoUa Shuw , of 24 , Gloucester-street , Commei-cial Road East , London , would be glad to bear from biB friend , Mr . Biggs , late of Depthrd , and tub " sequemly of the Tower Hamlets . Will Mr . B . forwatl the small piece of paper he has in his possession , a ''' is of tho utmost importance to Mr . Shaw * Nottingham . —Mr . Clark—The agent ot ' the Natios * Tradi-s' Association begs to inform numerous friend ' that the " Workmen ' s Own Shop" has been remC ^ from Gla 8 sbouse . 8 treet , to No , 7 , Gregory ' s Building 1 * Nottingham . To Tbe Prize Shabeholde&s of Two Acbes . — If aB ' shareholder hariug an allocation at O'Connorvil' * should be desirous of exchanging for an allocation i > the Mathon Estate , Mafrein , ¦ Worces tershire , t ^ shareholder it requested to communicate with A . Bo ^ j Long ' s Court , Leiceiter-cquare . H 3 S < iS& 34 ^ 1
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rative Laud Company—in whose National land and Labour Bank the funds will be deposited , until they shall amount to £ 100 !) , when they shall be employed in Land far the benefit of its members , the society will be immediately enrolled pursuant to the provisions of the Friendly Societies Act . The great advantages of this Institution « ver and above all other benefit societies , is the depositins smJ ultimatel y the employment of the funds in Land , far the mutual advancement of its members . Tho immediate advantages derivable are in accordance with the payments made , and the division entered . Free to half in six mouths .
Per Week . ... £ s . d . £ s . d . In Sickness , from 0 7 0 to 0 18 0 Member ' s Funeral „ 2 10 0 „ 20 0 0 Atfoucliinieiits „ 0 15 0 „ 2 0 0 Loss by Fire „ 5 0 0 „ 2 o 0 0 Superannuation „ 0 4 0 „ 0 fi 0 The several districts of the National Land Company are respectfully invited to elect and forward the names of persons whom they wish t .. act as as « nts for them to Edmund Staluvoou , At the office 83 , Dean-street , Soho . N . n . rcrsons desiring an answer , must enclose a stamp . ' 1 1
secretaries . Edmund Stallwood , Thomas Wilcox . Founded by Edmund Stallwooa , metropolitan reporter to the Northern Star , and district secretary to the National Co-operative Land Company . London office , 83 , Bean street . Soho . Bank . —The National Lindand Labour Bank . For the benefit of persons of both sexes , from the age of ten to fifty years—embracing Kelicfin Sickness-Provision In Old Aj ; c—a Gift Fund—widow and Orphan Fund-and Burial Fund ; being an auxiliary to the National Co-ope-I 1
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THE NORTHERN STAR , Mabch ,
Liberal Books On Politics. '"'Iieology And Social I'Lloftliess.
LIBERAL BOOKS on POLITICS . '" ' IIEOLOGY AND SOCIAL I'llOftliESS .
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The motion of Mr . Ewart , for the Abolition ot Punishment by Death , is another proof of tbat moral refinement and advance in civilization , of which the Government scheme affords an example . The comparatively large number who voted for the motion , compared with former occasions , and the subdued tone of its opponents , contrasted with the argumentative and zealous speeches of its advocates , are also indicative of an immense increase of public opinion on this subject : it is merel y a question of time and continuous agitation . In dug season .
hanging for any of the crimes now re ' . ained on the statute book , as peculiarly worth y of capital punishment , will he as obsolete as it now is for housebreaking , sheep-stealing , or forgery . All of these ' were , not many years ago , capital offences , and tbe Sir Robeitf Inglises , Lord Eldons , and other pious old women 0 that devout and bloody school , predicted quits as many evils from its abolition i-i these cases as they
do now . But Humanity was too strong , both fur bigotry and offic ' al apathy . One by one these sanguinary and deliberate offerings on the altar of Revenge were swept away . The world is a great deal the better for ha \! ng jdone so . The farmers have not been ruined b y a general void ; housekeepers can still sleep in tbeir beds o ' nights ; and the moneyocracy of Threadneedle-s lreet and Lombardstreet , so far as we see , are as safe and sound as
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1409/page/4/
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