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F1SSBU11Y LECTURE ltOOM, 4iJ. CLlIiiXEXAYELL-GltSEX. Sunday Evening LEcrntEs.
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JiaiTh l ! t ! i . Mr . L ' -t . —Sul . jc-ct : — " Myths of the Ancients . " March IStli . Mr . ii OitA-rn . —Sul : j . ^ t : — " r / pon the Scienee of Astronomy and its urogrcss . " ' Marc 5 i 23 ih . iir . M'Gbath . —Sulpect : — "The Impolitic , Unjust , and Anti-Christian Character of l )? at ' i Punishments . " A rarliauieatary Debating Society meet every AVednesday Evsaiimr .
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TOWER HAMLETS . A MEETING of the Chartist Councils of tl > : various Localities -will l > e lield on TITESDAY EVEXIXG NEXT , at the CROAVX AND AXCllOn , Chesterfitreet AVsterloo-town , to consider the propriety of calling a Public Meeting to a . L . j . t a Petition to Parliament in favour of the People's Charter .
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TO BE DISPOSED OF , in consequence Yfthcpar ^ Koing aL ^ ad , a rOUIl-ACKE SHARE in ^ Agffift ^* . ^ *—* % ThonMl BridVel'lace , Caledonian-row , Islington .
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TO BE SOLD , A TITO-ACRE ALLOTMENT at A JtlXSTER LOAT 3 L . partly cropped ; soU of firstrate Hiilitv , and well situated . For fiirther particulars aiijily to T . Gubert , Si , Bnze-« orton-road , Charterrille , TTitney , Oson > if by letter prelissd , ai'tl stamp for reply .
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FOR SALE . 0 >~ E FOUR-ACRE SCRIP , balloted in MlTlSt 18 * 7 —!* Kid 5 the first chance of location . Also , TAVO FOOT-ACRE SCRIPS—paid-up . The "hole must , unavoidably , be f-old ; either separate cr to ^ cilier The first reasonable offer will be taken . Address in care of Thos . Obmeheb , 52 , Bridgwatersfreet Manchester .
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TO LE SOLD , A TAIB-UP FOUR-ACRE SHARE in A ihe KATIOXAL LAX 1 ) COMPANY . Price £ 3 as ., eligible f . ir the ballot . The party -wishing to dispose of it residing some distance from town requests all enmmunic-aiions ' fe > be address ^ ( pre-paid ) to >" . II ., care of William liiuer , 5 , Macclesfitld-sti-eet , Soho , London .
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MARKET-ARDES LAND . TO BOOT AXD SHOE MAKEPtS and Others . To let , iu a populous town , seven miles from londnn . Three Acres of Land , with a Six-roomed House , T . ' a = hl ; ou 5 e and D : iiry , PJRities fur Fifty 1 'fes , with inclosed Manure-yard , C « w-sheds , Stabling , Lofts , and Outfcouscs—a portion of Wiieh nre lot for nearly half the vent The Land 5 s inclosed Arith wall , and stocked with all kinds cf Fruit Trees , cropped with Vegetables and Flowers . The whole of the produce can be sold , retail , on the premises . The Boot trade is all bespokeand of the first respectability . The Sitings and utensils in trade can be had together or separate . It vrill be parted with on very low terms to any person teWng possession directly . All leliers ' to be post-iaid . inclosing a stamp for reply , to L . M ., at Mr . Parks , 32 , little Windmill-street , Goldensquare , London . Also FIVE FOUR-ACRE SHARES in the National Land Coinpanv , two of ¦ w inch ara paid up . Price Eight Guineas .
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TVTE'WCASTLE BRANCH OF THE ] S A--lA TIOXAL LASD COMPANY . The following resolutions were agreed to at the last Sunday meeting , March 4 lli : — Fiist . "Th . lt a full meeting of the members take place en Sunday afternnoTi , the 11 th inst ., atfive o ' clock precisely , * - -. hear ifw quarferJv re \ ort , and to consider and fix the f : iure expenses of ihe B : an ; h . Members not present AVfll incur the usual penalir . " Scconi " That it be fletided also , Avhether any further time be allowed to those members in arrears of shares , or whether the time fixed by Conference be stood by . " Tnos . Forkest , Secretary . I' . S . —Mr . Xe 3 bit ferring declined the secretaryship , all eo . Ttfliomlenre to be sent to T . Forrest , care of M . Jude , Cock lira . Newcastle .
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TICTEI FIINTX TO TIIE DEM 0 CRATS ~ 0 F GREAT BRITAIN . THERE Avffi he DISPOSED OF , by SCBSCRIPTIOX , on the princip le of the Art-Unions , TWO BEAUTIFUL PLAIDS , OF O'CONNOR AND DUXCOilBE TARTANS . Tiit-y are of the finest quality , are suited for the wear of chacr I ^ idv Gentleman ; and mil lie , for inspection , at fix ship of Mr . niczMBD Bchsett , stationer , 177 , Fountain IJritlge . Eiliuljcrsfli- They Trill be forwarded to the successful snlte-crsbtT bv nscb conveyance as he may desire . Ti : e Subscription Sale will take place in Ross ' s Universlt ^ Timi ^ KiKcs Hotel , 50 . South IJrid ^ e , on the 21 st of Ihrc ' a . at Seven o ' clock in the Evening . rroci-t-ils to hu jji « n to Hi ? A'ietiui Pnnds of England cr . sl ScotlauA r-r > i « T . ; rTi ! tts : —Sixpence each , to be paid or remitted in Po-trge Stamps or Post-office Orders , io Mr . Eurkett , as a ' ove .
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. ; ,..:. OJf SALfi , A PAID-XJP ^ FOUR-ACRE SHARE iu the NATIONAL-LAND COMPANY . Price £ 3 , as theJtiolder is about to emigrate . , Address , X Y . 2 ,, Post-Office , Clitheroe .
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J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums ior theDEFESCB ^ FirsD { sent herewith ) . —Mr . Knott , 3 d . ! Goulder , 3 d , ; . Chipindale , Cd . ; Smith , 6 d . Mr . OaMEsnim , Manchester , has received Cs . from the Mid dleton Council , for the support of the . prisoners in Kirkdale . * '''' Mr . J . Evass , Trbwbridge . — If the agent Mill call at our office he can obtain them . AVe charge 3 d ., in addition to Which the agent has carriage to pay . Mr . IIollis , Cheltenham . —We have not got any of the numbers j-oiireguire . ' Thomas Soweiujt , Dalston , Cumberland , who / sends 3 s . to the Defence Eund , offers the following proposition forthc consideration of the Chartist body : — " Supposing the circulation of the Star to be 12 , 001 ) copies weekly , and instead of sending them to newsvenders , if each locality formed a committee to distribute them , you would save one penny on each copy , which would amount to £ -50 per week . Supposing seventy-five per cent , of that be given
to the Defence Fund , which would be £ 37 10 s . weekly , and twenty-five per cent to defray expenses incurred , which would be £ 1210 s :. this could be carried on until the debts incurred for the defence of Chartism were wholly liquidated , and afterwards he appropriated to the advancement ' of the cause . The gross sum of £ 50 per week would be £ 2 , 600 a year . " AV . H .-Smith . —Nt > room . We have more poetry than we know what to do with . B . Bjeardox , Soho , —We have no room . Joiis Oxroao , Saddleworth , had better send the name of the testator , aiid the date when the will was proved , together with twelve postage stamps , to the Registrar , at Docters * Commons , requesting him to search for tile will , and asking him the charge for a copy . iiEWAMCf Riling , Saddleworth . —Kead the Chartist " Tracts for the Times . " We cannot answer your second question . W . G . Wabdj Halifax . —The non-acknowledgement of your letter was an accidental omission . We had not room for its publication .
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THE J 0 BTHEBH STAB . SAT « JBS » A-S" , M . 48 CH 1 O , 1 S 49 .
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LANDLORDS' LOYALTY . JUSTICES' JUSTICE . 'JToregad ! we live in funny times . Macbeth ' s cauldron was but an egg-saucepan compared to our bubbling pot of necromancy , and the "witches were ( lull drones compared to our necromancers . " TTe livcin new times , " say all , " and we must suit the altered circumstances to the interests of all . " " But , " says the Ministei ' , " there must be a perfect concord as to the change before we can adopt it . "
The Government of old used to bo the designers , but iii these days of novelty the Government are but the arbitrators . "We want this , " say the Free Traders ; " We want that , " say the Protectionists ; and "We want t ' other thing , " say the people ; and " That ' s all right , " say the Government : " but as our tenure of office depends upon your antagonism and difference of opinion , you must agree among yourselves before we can decide . "
~ Now , this is a remarkably agreeable position for fho English Government ; but when those several contending parties do agree among themselves upon any point—which is not only doubtful , but next to an impossibility—but should they agree , we doubt that they would constitute the Whig Government the court of arbitration . We live in new times , and we require—if not new men , at least , men with new ideas , adapted to the circuinstanccsof the times , to govern us . People , Protectionists , and Free Traders , never will agree ; and for the simple reason—because Protectionists and Free Traders , respectively , live , thrive , and prosper upon the disunion of the people : but the moment that the people are
united , . the Protectionists , Free Traders , and tLe ; Whig Government must surrender their necromancy to the sound and commanding wisdom of . an all-powerful and justice-loving Dcmocracy ,. whose natural ascendancy would make a pitiful minority subject to the laws of an overwhelming majority—make the rich richer , and the poor rick- —make the now disloyal , obedient to- the laws of their own creation—make the ignorant . wise—^ -the thief honest—the px ^ ostitute virtuous- ^ -the labourer ' s chief pride to consist in the modest comforts of his condition—and England '" the envy and admiration of surrounding nations . c Aiid to this conclusion we must come ; at'last ; arid at it we can only arrive by aHowJiig-, those who bear the burthens to share tho . honours of the State , and that we
can . ' only-accomplish by bringing all within the paleof the constitution by the enfranchisement of the millions ; iand then the flood of knowledge' will ! bniak down the barriers of ignorance .: -TV © ' " shall hear no more of the corruption '' of : ifchecfew , who , as trustees , barter the rights of the many for base lucre , and the proud ; ^ Englishman * will be relieved from the disgrace of hearing Ministerial justification of electioneerimj . bribery and corruption . Wiih so , ' much of a preface , we now turn to our . texfc ^ . . ¦ '' -. ¦ :. - LANDLORDS' LOY ALTY—JUSTICES ' ¦
;;; ' •; : justice . We remember during the last Session of Parliament , How the Honourable Member for Nottingham was scoffed at when he measured the loyalty , of bishops , parsons , landlords , merchants , traders , and manufacturers , by the standard of self-interest ; and how the great gentlemen of England bristled up when ho said : 'iTake away the rents orthe privileges of ltwill
the ; tet iShMs to-day , and their loyay follo ^ them to-morrow . " Is there a reader of the . 'iNorthem Star" who does not remember the " Ghj oh ' s" and groans with which the hononraiBle gentleman , was assailed ? But ^ ipV ^ ijtfe same readers or the same gflBBteo ittif , vwhen they read the announce-BtB&t < tfr $ heiHonourable . Member for DownpafcMj ^ tPfiaJeTCry Justice . of the Peace in th ^ coxmty T& ) ul&- resign liia trust if the Six-
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penny Bate in Aid was passed b y the House of Commons ? " And what will they say when they find the pious representative of the Protestant University of Dublin ^ Tbasing the ^ ligibn , the loyalty , and the industry , of the' ^ rdfestants of Ireland , upon exemption from taxation to aid in the support of their Catholic countrymen ? Do they forget , that in the good old days of corruption , the Protestants of Ireland were quartered uj ) on Catholic industry—when the few lorded it over the many—when no Catholic was eligible to office—when no Catholic was eli gible to wear a silk gown , and to bo admitted inside the Protestant bar—when a premium for disobedience was held out to the
Catholic child—when no Catholic could hold land except under severe restrictions—when any Protestant mi g ht compel any Catholic to dismount from his horse , no matter what its value , and transfer it to the privileged conqueror for £ o ? In those good old times , the Catholics of Ireland bore the burthens both of England and Ireland , while the Protestants of Ireland , not only shared , but monopolised , patronage , emolument , and profit . And now their Protestant dignity and loyal ascendancy rebels against the foul impost of a Sixpenny Rate in Aid !
Those of the North have become the proprietors of the confiscated estates of the legitimate Catholic owners ; they have fattened upon Catholic bondage , and now , when called upon to disgorge a portion of the plunder , they threaten the abandonment of religion , the renunciation of loyalty , and relinquishment of industry . Not , however , * to be outdone in the House , the apostles abroad are determined to be foremost in the crusade against English legislation , when it militates , not against Protestant ascendancy , but in favour of the preservation of Catholic life . We almost fear to
publish the treason of Mr . DOLLING , Justice of the Peace , lest the Attorney-Genekal should subject us to the tender mercies of Whig clemency . However , as wo do so , not as an example worthy of imitation , but for the purpose of reproach and reprobation , perhaps we may escape the grasp of the official . Here it is , copied from the liMorninff Chronicle , " who , if we are guilty in the eye of the law , is purticeps criininis , and we shall have no objection to be coupled in the indictment with our contemporary , provided always that we should be tried by THE SAME JURY . This is an important reservation , as the Jury who would acquit the mouthpiece of Peelism , would be certain , upon the same evidence , to convict
the MOUTH-PIECE OF CHARTISM . Here goes , then , Mr . Dolling ' s standard of loyalty : —
MOVEMENT AGAIXST THE BATE IK AID . Accounts of further meetings held yesterday , and of requisitions for others , have been received ill the eoiU'SU oi this day . Every available opportunity is taken to denounce the rate in aid , and the language uttered b , y the usually cool and calculating northerns , under the excitement produced by the Ministerial project , resembles the vehement harangues of the southern monster meetings in 1813 . As a sample , I take the following passages from a speech delivered by Mr . K . Dalling , J . I ' ., at a dinner given in Banbridge , on Thursday , to the agent of the Doivnshiro estates , bv the tenantry : —
" There are few counties in Ireland which could present such a bright spectacle as I see before me this evening ; but , on the contrary-, too many where the landlord is looked on as a tyrant—the agent as a petty tyrant . ( Hear , hear . ) I hope this state of tilings amongst us here will long continue . We are industrious More God , our Queen , and our country ; we are able to itieet our engagements and pay our debts ; but we will never allow ourselves to be robbed . ( Tremendous cheers . ) I say and act on the principle , that property lias its duties as well as its rights . Live and let live is ovr motto here . Let the landlords in the South and West do
as we do , reside among and encourage our industrious , truth-telling tenants , asking only a fair rate for their land ; let them dp this , and not spend their time in hunting , horse-raehi " , and cock-fighting . ( Tremendous cheers . ) Before the Queen and country we say this , that to tax the people here to make up for the improvidence of the landlords in other parts of the country is the most monstrous — most unjust — most iniquitous — most damnable measure that ever was heard or thought of . ( Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering . ) I'll ask you one question . The owner of . a bill may be not worth a straw ; if lie get a good man to endorse it , it is all risrht . I may be worthless ; but if you endorse my question with your cheers , it will pass .
The question I am about to ask is this—and I hope the Fourth Estate will record this fact—I hope the Times , the slanderer ef Ireland on this occasion —( loud cheers)—• will notice it—a crusade must be raised—o crusade against this most iniquitous measure ; and will you endorse this , that , with the assistance of Almighty God , we'll oppose this measure to the last—and we'll never pay the tax ? [ The enthusiasm that prevailed here is perfectly indescribable . The cheering and applause lasted several minutes . ] There ' s not the slightest mistake in that answer . ( Renewed cheers . ) Another thing : the government have been used to play with agitation in the South aud West ; it has been a kind of playthins ; for them , that they could pvit in their pocket , or throw over their shoulders , when they wanted to
get rid of it . ( Laughter . ) Uut tell Lord John Russell , ¦ we'll ( j ive him an agitation in another quarter and of another kind . ( Great cheering . ) Let me tell him it will be a different thing when the sturdy , solid , sound , sensible men of Down are roused . ( Great cheers . ) . Not a few paltry places , not cajolery , or " soft sawder , " no insignificant UlCilSurC about tlie franchise , which satisfies the soutli , Jwill turn us ftvrn our object . "VVc feH Lord John Russell this , that the spirit of 'Si '—( enthusiastic bwst of applause)—the spirit that animated the volunteers of Dungannonstill lives ; and will men submit to be robbed of the fruits of their industry for the support of the South and West ? ( Renewed applause . ) We'll preach a crusade against it , and I ' m happy to say I ' m one of the first apostles . ( Laughter and cheers . )"
The Monaghan Stavdard thus desenbes the excitement in that part of Ulster : — ' They who always supported law now talk openly of resistance ; and those who have for years administered law look ominously grave as they foresee the consequences of the measures . We predict that this impost will never be levied except at ilia bayonet's point . To be sure , England may garrison Ulster with 40 , 001 ) troops , and harry the cottages of the yeomanry and the houses of the gentry . But it will be a sorry siriit to see !"
jnoav , then , what think you of that , you loyal Protestants of Eugland ? A Protestant crusade is proclaimed against Catholic life by a Justice of the Peace , indorsed by his audience , and backed by the assistance of Almighty God ; not , according to commercial practice , to pay , but by the declaration never to pay a tax imposed by the Imperial Parliament . What will the Protestant say to the agitation of the sturdy , solid , sound , sensible , well-fed Protestants of the North , as compared with the paltry cajolery and " soft sawder" of the men of the South ? what will they say to the revival of " that spirit that animated the volunteers of Dungannon in' 82 , when their cannon had a most significant motto under its touch-hole ?'' And what will they say to the first apostle hi this crusade of resistance beinsr a Justice of
the Peace ! and administrator of English law m Ireland ? What will they say to the bursting , the overflowing , the enthusiastic loyalty of Protestant Ulster , rejoicing in the declaration of the Protestants of that province , that "They will offer open resistance to the law ? " "To be sure , " says the scribbler , "England may garrison Ulster with 40 , 000 troops ; " to this we answer , " Serve thorn right , as turn about is fair play ; " as when Protestant patronage depended upon Catholic subjugation , then Protestant Ulster was ready to garrison Catholic Munster and Connau ' ght , not with 40 , 000 troops of the line , but with unlimited battalions of bloodhounds , to wade knee deep in Catholic blood .
We hail this Ministerial measure as the mcana of consolidating and wedding Protestant and Catholic interests . The Protestants have had the fat , now they mast take their share of the lean ; while , though the very announcement of a sixpenny rate arouses them to madness , they have not the " nouse " to see or understand that the Ministerial proposition , so revolting and distasteful to Protestant Ulster , is but a sprat to catch a mackerel . They have not tho power of divination to understand that tlie sixpenny Rate in Aid will be advanced from the Imperial Exchequer ; that at the commencement of the next Session , the Chancellor of the Exchequer will announce that the necessity for the advance was
urgent , pressing , and iiidispensabK to save life j that the Government had not calculated upon the difficulties attending the collection of the Tax , and that it now stands in the balance sheet as a debt of £ 300 , 000 due by Ireland , in addition to the £ 1 , 200 , 000 advanced forthe erection of workhouses , aud lie was sure that no honourable gentleman in that House would object to this paltry addition to the Irish debt when the timely advance was the means of saving thousands—nay , hundreds of thousands of lives during those months preceding the harvest , which are alw ays the most disastrous , and during which no employment could be procured . Then the Orange Protestant howl will be
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- i __ : ¦ ' ' •""* ' ' . ^ E ^ T ^^ m ^^ mII^—Ktt ^^ tt ^^^^^^^ converted into a royal loyal cheer , £ u nd JoiIJ * Bull will say , " Well , if it was noccssa . 7 " preserve Irish connexion we will pay it , but it MUST BE THE LAST . " But we assure John , in perfect good faith , that it is neither the last nor the second last ; we admire his generosity , but as long as the connexion is to be continued there will be a perpetual and incessant draw upon his humanity , philanthropy , and charity , until he shall have discovered that he has quite enough to do at home , and that Ireland , if the relationship were severed , would have less claim upon his generosity . It is hard to see a sister want , while we may allow a neighbour to struggle , although ^ ye are to ld to love him as ourself . JOHN , though very re-,,. __
ligious , knows , however , that there is a difference between professed love to our neighbour and compulsory aid to a sister . Tho one ho may measure by whim , the other must be obeyed by compulsion . And it is for the effect that these , and such like just and necessary appeals , arc likely to produce on John ' s mind , that Paddy should hail all such propositions with pleasure and delight , as they must inevitably lead to that severance of an unholy connexion , which has impoverished both ' countries , and to the establishment of a union which will aggrandise and enrich both , making them independent relatives instead of begging slaves and umvillins donors .
In conclusion we must observe , that during the four nights' most prosy debate upon this sixpenny Kate in Aid , and while much Protestant enthusiasm , landlord devotion , and tenant interest , was spouted , the name of the Labourer was never even hinted at ; but , as the question of the resolutions has only been disposed of , perhaps we may hoar something of the most valuable party to the contract—THE LABOUPiEE .
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^^^^^^^^^ lllt- ^ - — - in ' .. . . . ——» - —> 1 . 1 ^ a———m well as wet 'Equal burdens break no backs , ' and that which may be ruinous and oppressive when confined to us , would scarcely be Mt ; if equitably apportioned to thetax-paying powers of t he Empire . " Besides this objection , however , the whole scheme is tainted with the usual disease of Whig policy . It cures nothing—it effects no real amendment of the evils it is professedly meant to remedy . After the lapse of two years , and the expenditure of perhaps a couple of millions stez-ling , Ireland will be—so far as this scheme is concerned , or anything that may be expected from the present Ministry—in precisely the same position as she now is . The
only hope which Lord John Kvssell himself holds out of a cessation or diminution of the destitution which calls for these extraordinary advances , is of a truly melancholy character . He thinks that within the next two years one of two things will happen ; either the potato will become plentiful again , and the Irish peasants return to their old half-starved mode oi existence—or they will be thinned off by death and emigration , so that there will no longer be need to support them by rates of any kind ! This is the utmost stretch to which his Lordship ' s mind can go in speaking of the evils of Ireland or in imagining how they are to be got rid of I
In the one case , Ireland would continue to be inhabited by a population whose poverty and destitution , in tho best of times , has been a standing disgrace to this country for centuries ; to which all travellers have pointed as the great blot upon modern civilisation . The half-employed , half-fedpeasantiy , dependentupon their potato patches for subsistence , would , in case of a recurrence of the potato disease , be again
thrown upon tho resources of this country for support , and another ten or twelve millions would have to be raised for that purpose . In the other case , Ireland would generally become a waste and uncultivated desert—as it is now in many places . Landlordism and Whig incapacity conjoined , would have consummated their work by depopulating one of the most fertile and favourably situated countries in the world .
Por the first two ni g hts of ike debate , no indication whatever of power to grapple comprehensively and earnestly with the vast and difficult problem of the future ' of Ireland , was manifested . The same bald , disjointed , petty , and selfish propositions , which have been heard of for the last ten or fifteen years , were reproduced , as if they had been novelties . The Government plan—ill-digested , futile , and effervescent as it was—seemed , after all , the only thing that could be done , simply because nobody was prepared Avith a better . On the third , however , appearances altered . Mr .
Osbokne made a speech which touched effectually on tho real causes of the evils of Ireland , aud made some suggestions of a really remedial character . He was followed at the early hour of six o ' clock by Sir It . Peel , whomado a speech which certainly took by surprise all who heard it , and which , whatever may be its defects , contrasts singularly with the barrenness of Ministerial invention—the purblind nature of Whig policy—and the feebleness with which the reins of Government are held by them . Sir Robert must have deeply pondered on the question before ho screwed his
couraae sufficiently high to venture upon making so revolutionary a proposal as he did on Tuesday nig ht . Had it come from any one else it would have been denounced as emanating from the Socialists and Anarchists , and received with a stormy outburst of landlord indignation . This proposal is nothing less than that Government should buy up all the pauperised and bankrupt Unions in Ireland , and " 2 > lant" tho territory thus acquired with a young and fresh colony in something like the way as Ulster was " planted" by James I .,
with this difference—that , in the new plantation , he would make no relig ious distinction . This is , in effect , a social revolution on a large scale . He suggests a Government Commission , authorised to buy with national funds these now beggared , unsaleable , and uncultivated districts ; that , having purchased them , the Commissioners shall employ the population , if necessary , in opening up and improving the territory which has thus become national property , and that they should be empowered , at their discretion , to sell the land with a Government title to fresh colonists , with
a limitation of liability for poor rates . The sources from whence the ideas on which this plan is founded are derived , will be manifest to our readers . It is essentially and virtually an adoption of the princip le of those plans for the regeneration of Ireland , which have been scouted and denounced by the Political Economists , and the Landlords , as the height of ignorance on the one hand , and the most audacious wholesale robbery on the other . " The sacred rig hts of private property , " about which so much has been said , are no more respected by this plan of Sir R . Peel's ,
than they have been in all the plans of social reform propounded by those who have , for years , urged p lans similar to it in principle upon the attention of the public . The only difference between Sir Robert and those from whom he has borrowed his ideas , is , that instead of using the territory thus acquired to create a new race of landlords , tenant-farmers , aud agricultural labourers—after the model of Hants , Wilts , or Dorset—they would have created a small yeomanry , and have ensured all the social benefits of a peasant-proprietary . It is , perhaps , natural that the
cx-Premierfrom his habits , and association of ideasshould , at first , have shrunk from going the full length to which his newly-adopted principles and convictions would lead him . But , we venture to say , that subsequent and deeper consideration of the subject will show him , that in order to meet well , and wisely , and effectually that fearful " future , " which has already driven him into the proposal of such a plan , he must go farther . Even if Connaught and
Munster Avere colonised by new " planters , " in the fashion he proposes , there would still bo a large number of persons for whom the modern system of agriculture would not find work . What is to be done with them ? They must either be shipped off to the Colonies wholesale , or allowed to provide a sustenance for" themselves at home . The other alternative—that of supporting them in idleness—belongs to the Political Economists , and the Whig Government ; we repudiate it altogether , and of the first two wg infinitely prefer the latter ,
Sir R . Peel confines his attention exclusively to the lands which have been cultivated , but are now altogether or partiall y abandoned , and lying , as described by a Government official , as completely waste as if they had been devastated by an enemy . To this avo have no objection , while , at the same time , it must be recollected that a Avide expanse of Avaste but cultivable land also exists in Ireland , which may be made available if needful . In the meantime , hoAvever , the formerly cultivated lands will be sufficient , if in addition to the 2 , 000 , 1 , 500 , and 1 , 000 aero estates , proposed by Sir R . Peet-, the Commissioners were empowered to sell , or lease with a power
to purchase , small estates of from five to tAventy acres , with a Government title . The contract or leases might prohibit subdivision of these small holdings to an extent likely to be injurious , and might also lay down a certain rotation , of crops . This addition to tho plan would , we are persuaded , be hailed Avith delight by the people of Ireland , for it is utter nonsense to say , that men who crosB the Atlantic or Pacific for distant lands , lured by the hope that there they may secure " a labour field" of their own—and who , when they do , exhibit untiring industry in its cultivation—would not exhibit the same qualities if allowed to live and work on their own estate in their native land . Meanwhile , the enunciation of a plan recognising such principles by a man possessing
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the immense political inHuence and tho for sight of the cx-Pbime Minister , is anindiV , tion of better times . The groat mass of p ^ t are content to take their opinions on credit Tlioy require to have them , hou-erer , & . j stamped by some recognised authorit y before they can pass current . J \ ow that Sir Robert Peel has issued such notions from Ms mint we may expect that they Avill rapidl y conic into common use . If so , ' it Avill herald the downfall of the present abortion of a Cabinet In the midst of tho dreary aridity of hn-en ' __
tion and idea , which , for the lasthvo years or more , has characterised the occupants of the Treasury bench , it Avas positivel y startling and refreshing to hear something like pra <> tical sfcatemauship , even though the plan did not come up to our own mark . Hvssell and Grey felt that the bell , announcing their dismissal from office , struck Avheu Peel ventured to grapple in that way Arith the " chief difficulty , " and their convictions manifested themselves by the even unusual obsequiousness of their manner toAvards the man to Avhose support they mainly oavo tho retention of office so long .
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RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fon the Week Ending Thursday , March S , 1 S 49 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ 5 . ( I . Xcwcastle-upon- Hawick .. 2 12 ° T pe .. 3 0 0 It . Puttison .. 0 1 ' ] Devizes .. 15 0 l » . Trumble .. 0 1 u Iashngdon .. 3 12 G J . A > urs .. rt 1 ' > Hull .. .. 112 0 C , Vigurs .. t ) 1 0 Uorquay .. 0 5 0 W . Bryson .. « S » Norwich , Hurry 2 0 0 Mr . Simmonds , Lower Warlcy .. 113 10 Uxbridge .. 3 00 Calais .. .. 0 10 0 G . W ... .. 0 0 0 Manchester .. 2 0 0 lloyton .. Of " Nottingham .. 0 9 3 A few Red Rc-Wootton-undcr . publicans , by . Edge .. 0 12 0 J . Sugg .. o - ' ° lahfax .. 0 10 0 — - — EochJale .. 16 2 ? ii ¦'
EXPENSE FUND . HaslingJen jj .. 0 IS 0 Hawick .. M \ ihudleton .. 0 2 0 J Taw .. " 1 " Ml . .. 0 2 0 1 \ Bonbick .. « \ ' . ' Lower AVavlcy .. 0 2 0 A . Oram .. ' ¦ Nottin gham .. 6 1 4 S . Oram .. 0 2 tVootton-imder- IL Oram •¦ " 1 Edge .. 0 4 0 Halifax .. 3 11 0 £ 5 U H TOTALS . Land Fund 23 - > ? Expense ditto ... ... ... "> U W Bonus ditto 17 * \ Loan ditto ... 0 5 » Transfers 1 2 9 Rules ... 0 2 0 " £ 40 jgjjj W . Dixbs , C . Doyle , I . Or-AHK , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec .
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EXECUTIVE FUND . rc , s ' Kron .-SheffieM , perG . Cavill , 33 . Cd .: Cns " " f ,. y- E Wr 1 Os' M- ; Cripplegnto , per Mr . «« " ' 2 s . Gel ; TunbridgeAVells , per Mr . Warren , for Cards , U « l ' w j , AasoTT-Sheffield , per W . Homes , 3 d . DEFENCE FUND . Per Wm . RiDEH—Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . V Jndhngton Quay , per J . Vickemian , 5 s . ; Dalston , l « L > Sowerby . 3 s . ' '
FOR MRS . M'DOUALLPer Wm . Rider . —Carlisle , per J . M'Kenzie , 10 s . VERNON'S DEFENCE , FOB MR . NIXON . Per Wm . Rider . —A . "Wesleyan , Stroud , Is . 6 < 1 . — — Land Office . —G . AV . Cd . ; Uoyton , 5 s . Cd . NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . Per Jonx Arnott . —Portsea , per J . Stroud , £ 1 u- £ Sheffield Council , National Charter Association ; K Cavil , 10 s . ; Sheffield per AV . Holmes , os . « d . ; f . i ; per W . FIower , 10 s . ; Wm . Mufr and J . Chance DwHtf . ^ . Deptford . and Greenwich , per G . Floyd , os , *•¦ ' , jir . minster , per J . Grassby , "Js . ; Ernest Jones Locality , p « j [ ri Harrap , 7 s . . 6 d . ; 28 , Golden Jane , Sripplegate , FJ J . Brown , 3 s . 7 d . ; Mr . Kendrick , Tower Hamlets ,, l" " Warren , Mr , Turner ' s Boole , Somers to » -n ( ls ! - ^ 'ppr Pancras Charter Association , per C . AVyatt , - * 7 ' ceeds of Orations , at South London Hall , £ - ' 3 s- loa <
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . After three nights' debate , tho House of Commons affirmed the principle of the Government plan for meeting the present difficulties and distresses in Ireland . That plan is simply that , for the next two years , evert / union in Ireland shall pay a rate equal to sixponce in tho pound on each electoral division in such union , towards a general fund for the relief of the poor , and that the amount so collected shall ho distributed in such manner as the Imperial Parliament may direct .
Noav , apart from the obvious political injustice of such a plan , and tho plain and incontestible right of tho Irish people to appropriate aud apply funds which they exclusivel y contribute , there are many other weighty objections to it , and avc do not Avonder at the gallant and protracted resistance of the Irish members , of all political creeds , to such a scheme . It has still many stages to go through ; and the manner in Avhich the people of Ulster especially , on whom the burden will fall most heavily , are bestirring themselves , threatens a more determined and prolonged
opposition . The people in the North of Ireland , who haA e been so often complimented upon their loyalty , their industry , and their peaceableness , ask very naturally why these qualities should cause them to be singled out tor the imposition of this exceptional tax ? They say , and truly , "You tell us that the Imperial dominion of Great Britain must be maintained ; we have supported you in that , and it is too bad now to throw upsn our shoulders what ought to be an Imperial burden . Why should not Lancashire and Lanarkshire be taxed for auch a purpose as
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***< rs-sss f sr * s-ys **^^^"""' - " * " ¦•'¦*¦ y-r ^ - ^^ w DE . M'DOUALL . We are now in a position to set at rest all doubts respecting the intentions of Dr . M'Dokam , and his legal advisers , with regard to the " Writ of Error . " Notwithstanding anything that may have appeared in this paper to the contrary , it is Dr . M'Douall ' s final determination to sue for a Writ of Error , with the A'icAv of setting aside the judgment under which he is at present suffering . A re-consideration of all the material facts on which an application for a Writ of Error will be founded , has inspired Dr . M'Douall and In ' s legal advisers , Avith sanguine hopes of the happiest results .
Mr . Richard B . B . Cobbett , of — , Marsden-street , Manchester , will conduct the case , Dr . M'Douall ' s imperative instructions are , that all monies collected for him , be forthwith sent to Mr . Cobbett , avIio is only waiting for the necessary funds to proceed in this business , so important to our per . secuted friend , and his bereaved family . [ % g ~ Mr . Cobbktt is requested to furnish his name in full , with the number of his residence , to ' ¦ Mr . Bidem , Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , London . ]
Mr . Cobbett requires a sum— £ 20—which . might be collected with ease in the course of a few hours , provided Dr . M'Douall ' s professed friends would bestir themselves , and make an earnest effort to obtain the money . Is Dr . M'Douall to remain in prison for the Avant of 20 / . ? Shall he continue to suffer a felon ' s fate—a felon ' s fare ? Shall his family continue to suffer under the affliction of his loss to them ? Shall Chartism bo dishonoured for lack of so paltry a sum ? When a few shillings collected iii each locality Anil make up the required amount , surely the working classes will not inflict upon themselves the disgrace of neglecting to respond to this appeal ,
We believe that the sum already collected is about 07 . We look forward Avith confidence to seeing the remainder—and Ave hope something more—collected within a Aveek from the present time . No one need hesitate to give , or collect the contributions of others , under the impression that too much money may be collected . Ea cu supposing that a larger sum should be collected than the lawyers avHI require ( and that does not often happen ) , Dr . M'Dovall's family would be none the worse for the surplus
being applied to their aid . We understand that Mrs . M'Douall has commenced business in Liverjwol in the general news and bookselling line . Of course , her success , and the consequent support of herself aud children , Avill principally depend on the support afforded her by the neAvs and book-reading public of Liverpool . We say " principally depend , " for it Avill bo all the better if assistance is rendered from other places . Some
amount of capital—little or much—is necessary to eiiable Mrs . M'Douall to make a fair start . Credit is not always obtainable , and never desirable . A Committee of the Liverpool friends was formed some time ago to collect subscriptions to establish Mrs . M'Douall in business . All monies ( for that purpose ) must be sent to the Treasurer of the Committee , Mr . Anpreav Watt , 5 , George ' s-buildiugs , Dryden-street , Scotlandroad , Liverpool .
The friends of Dr . M'Douall will shortly have afforded them another opportunity of serving their incarcerated advocate and his family . A poetical Arork , and a work on "Agricultural Chemistry , " both from the pen of Dr . M'Douall , are now in the press , and Avill very shortly be published . If I > r . M'Douall ' s active friends in the several localities form themselves into Committees to
promote the sale of the -works as soon as published , each Committee appointing trustworthy canvassers , and a Treasurer and Secretary , a large sale "will be ensured , and some considerable benefit derived therefrom by the fanjil y of iho imprisoned patriot . Mrs . M'Douall has four infant children . What more need avo write ? Not one word to those who believe , with the poet , that " The drying up one tear has more Of honest fame , than shedding seas of gore . "
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Mr . Drummond has succeeded in defeating if not the Government , at least the ATTonxiiYGeneisal , Solicitor-General , aud Lord Advocate , on his Transfer of Real Property Bill . We haA'O giA-eu a pretty full abstract of his speech in moving the second reading which contains an interesting digest of tuo mode in Avhich the feudal tenures Avere originally acquired , and the mode in Avhich the present monstrous and oppressive system has grown up , for the benefit of the lawyers , and the injury of every other class of the community . The
Home Secretary tried to' persuade Mr . Dkummokd into the Avithdnvwal of his Bill , on the complimentary ground that if he wished merely to have an expression of opinion from the House in faA our of the principle , he had got it ; and that the Government Avonld . tako . the hint , and as soon as possible do -what they could with so difficult question . But possibly Mr . Dkummond has the same faith in AYhi « promises and Whig ability that avo have ; lie had no notion of Avasting the time of Parliament by merely talking about a Bill , and then AvithdraAving it , so he persisted on going to a division , whereupon Sir John Jervis g ot
snappish , . and moved the second reading that day six months . He Avas beaten on the division by a majority of ten , and showed his mortification and ill-temper at the defeat , by the angry and bitter tone of his reply to an attack upon his legal wisdom , Avhich was immediately afterwards made b y Captain Peciiell in some matters connected with the Poor Removal Act . We hope that My , DnuMMoxD will be able to get a Committee from which , as Mr . O'Connor says , every lawyer shall be excluded . There -will be some chance theu of a practical reform in a mutton of deep public interest .
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One of those questionable but Avell-incant efforts , Avhich Lord Ashley is in the habit of making , has occupied the attention of the House , and given rise to rather a smart debate . His Lordship , after giving at great length the statistics of Avhat he termed "Spiritual Destitution , " proposed to split up all the large parishes of the kingdom into smaU ones of 4 , 000 a-piece . Each clergyman , he thinks , would then have time and chance to look after his flock , and supply them Avitli spiritual nourishment . He succeeded in carrying his motion for a committee upon the subject ; but , really , Avhat good can come of it we are unable to see . When ten new churches
were recently built in < Bethnal-Greon and Spitalfields , great things were expected from them . What has been the result ? Why , that they have merely opened ten ne \ v shops for as many parsons , who haxtiio shops before . The poor silk AveaA'ers haA'e neither time , inclination , nor clothes , to go to church . They are compelled to work on Sundays as Avell as on AA'eek-days , when . their looms are in gear , because the devilish gospel of Mammon , believed in and practised by the capitalists , has screAved doAvn prices so Ioav that six days'work will not support them . If Lord Ashley is
reall y in earnest in his endeavours to benefit the poorer classes , let him betake himself vigorously to convert rich capitalists , speculating manufacturers , and monopolising landowners , from their evil ways and thou gross heathendom . The ignorance and poverty from Avhich floAv the destituteness , misery , and crime he Avishos to cure , are mainly attributable to those in high places . It will be Aviser for him to attempt the stoppage of the evil at tho fountain-head , than Avaste his time in fruitless efforts , Avhen the stream has become too powerful to be arrested by such small and incommensurate efforts as those to which avo refer .
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CHARTISTS , j -jj You will sco that a separate Fund is openco ^ the payment of Mr . Nixon . Many letters are ^ biguous ; therefore let remitters be explicit , w ^ monies may not be misappropriated in con 3 jLcral of a myBtified mode of correspondence . t > an 0 Defence Fund is one thing , Vernon ' s » M $ Sy tk « ther . Some £ 250 is y ^ . required to wjj . ^ Lawyers . Hoas are tho prisoners to be exem ^ , ^ oakum picking ? . Is Mr . O'Connor *» P ^ j . anufightforall ? . " m
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 10, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1513/page/4/
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