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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1840.
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.. -THE EXPECTANCY ASB ROSE OF THE FAIR STATE . " ajpB of > n empire , England' s budding rose , jiiongh life be erTy blessing on thee shed ; ^ be&nties new may coming years disclose , ksi though gaunt millions starve , may ' st Uiou be fed ! « rtut are a people ' s wants—a people ' s -woes , So the fall feast for Royalty be spread ? , £ ire us , tlus day , out daily bread , " -we mutter , isd some would gl&sly take it -without butler ! eg : bread is buttered on both sides for TffEE ; fair Fortune as thy humble handmaid waits—* j supernumerary nurse , and she Hocks thy resplendent cradle . Ko poor-rates ire raised for thy sustention , yet we see Item art a splendid pauper , and the State ' s ¦/ . t . the people ) mulcted to support tv bed and board—fair idol of a Ceurt !
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CHARTI 5 M—A FRAGMENT . freedom , our instinct , is cnqnencbable—. An altar-flame , e ' en in the dungeon ' s hell . fTken most repress'd most glows the soul of fire , . And smoulders bat to burst in vengeful ire . TV ell conquer conquers -who would make US slaTefl yor wbat wasis death , or shrouds , or graves ? The hope of freedom in our bosoms reigns , >" erres oar strong arms , and iindlts all our veins . lis shame to sit submissive , aEd to see Ozi wives and children pine in sli . Ttry ; ind when they ask for bread have do reply But bootless words th&t bid them not to cry . £ iail honest toil and fconourab' . e pride Have Eought but rags to clothe its lean-riVbed side The spirit of a man rebels ' gainst this , And will not lire upon such terms , I wig ; lbs death of patriots who with tyrants cope , J > oes not destroy , but animates our hope . J . W .
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UNITE I Uxite ; Dor basely yield A nation ' s rights to fraud ; For Justice is our shield , And God is Lord of lord . Unite i the dye is cast , Tcnr leaders sre in chains ; Tonr Charter , hold it fast Whilst blood is in your veins Unite . ' twill never do , Your freedom to forego ; Arise . ' ye good and true , And welcome on the foe . Unite ! their steel's a reed That ' s shaken by the wind—Their love , the canker -weed That wisdom leaves behind . Unite ! and let the bret 25 Unforl your battle-cry , And thick as forest leaves Around it "do or die . ' " . GaoL
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A CHARTIST SO > 'G . Ail—" Mary La More . " JOTTS , down to the dust with the base-hearted few , Fho league with the tyrants—who trample on you , ini burn with the madness of demons of hell , Jo stifle the spirit of Hampden aud Tell . iys , perish for eTer the throne and the King Cat tarns into poison life ' s joy with its sting ; let mountebank titles be mock'd by the world , And Freedom ' s bright banner be ever unfurled . JFist matter—though faction should 4 are , in its prid * D drag us to dungeons where good men have died ; Ftat matter—though Justice' white vesture be red Kith the blood-iaark 3 of murder * d yet innocent dead .
rbere ' s a day when the Judge acd oppressor will stand Confronted by martyrs who bled by their band ; And their titles and wealth will be offered in vain , fo " scape the dread wrath of the Lord of the slain . How proud in its tatters will virtue be then , Fhen baubles are torn from the scutcheons of men ; And staves how they'll blush , when they see with disgust , the gods they have worshipp"d sre nothing but dust ! Ga « L _
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A Wxreios ' s Estimate op Was . —Prince Eugene , who as one of the veiy ablest among the resowned generals of his day , and who had gained ionour in many well-fought battle , made the following remarks in relation to war : — The thirst of tenown sometimes insinnate 3 itself into our councils snder the hypocritical garb of national Ikmour . It Jirells on imaginary insulw— it suggests harsh and ibusive language ; the people go on from one time to mother , till they put an end to the lives of half a million of men . The call for war proceeds generally &om those who have no active shares in its toils , as ministers , women , and the lounging politicians of a large town . I said one day in Vienna , in 1781 , in a
company which was very clamorous for war , I wish that each of the great men and great ladies present * &s ordered by the emperor to contribate , at the ate of four thousand ducats a head , to the war charges , and thai the other fine gentlemen amoDg us Were made to take the field forthwith in person . A military man becomes eo sick of bloody scenes in * ar , that , at peace , he is averse to cemmence them . I wish that the first minister who is called on to decide on peace or war , had only seen actual service . What pain 3 would he not take to seek in mediation tod compromise the means of avoiding the effusion of so much blood . It is ignorance and levity , which is alwajB cruel , make cabinets lean to the side of War . "
Ibb ^ his Pasha . —In person he is short and rather Corpulent , with a high forehead and aquiline nose , tod possessing an intellectual expression of countenance . His dress is studiously plain ; the only expense which he allows himself in matters connected with iis person being lavished on his arms , some of which tee studded with diamonds . Like that of Napoleon , Ms outward appearance seems to have changed considerably wiih the progress of years ; for although , when between thirty and forty , he was described by » British traveller as " of a slender make , Ballow Complexion , itnd tinder the middle size , " he is ftporwd bv the latest visitors to have become
thick Bet , " and somewhat full in the figure . On » nr arrival , " says Richardson , " we were immediately osaered into the Pasha ' s presence , and found him sitting on the corner of the divan , surrounded by his eficers and men , who w # re standing at a respectful ^ stance . He received us sitting , but in the most tncious manner , and placed the Earl of Belmore and « r . Salt upon bis left band , and his Lordship ' s two Jjwis and myself at the top of the room on his right . The interpreter stood , as well as the officers and soldiers , who remained in the room during the "B ole time of my visit . —Life ofHahommed AH .
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TAJTS MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER , 1840 . We have bat just received our friendTait—and have scarce had time to peep at him . We give however the following extract from his article headed " The Chartists" : — " During the months of September , October , and November , a triumphal progress was made , by two of the Chartists who have been imprisoned in consequence of their connexion ¦ with the Chartist movement , through a considerable part of Scotland . They were welcomed with public meetings , dinners , and soirees ; received addresses , and delivered exhortations to perseverance . The readers of the " respectable" newspapers see no trace of these things in their journals ; and they believe that Chartism is extinct . * * *
If the sceptical on this peint would occasionally look at the Northern Star , they would be convinced of this . The journal we have named ( Mr . O'Connor ' s , published in Leeds ) is read by the unenfranchised in every part of the empire . We know that , among the agricultural labourers in one parish in Dorsetshire alone , twenty-five copies of this paper are regularly received , and , not read by the subscribers—for , in that district , the schoolmaster has made little progress—bnt read to them at the ale-house , or wherever they hold their meetings . It is full of short paragraphs , narrating every Chartist meeting ( however insignificant ! that tekea place in any ( the most unimportant ) village . The parties to the meeting see their doings chr « nicled , and are flattered into perseverance ; the Chartists ,
everywhere seeing so many evidences of the general participation in their sentiments , are buoyed up to hope and perseverance . U or is this all : mere sentiment and opinion are not sufficient to keep a party together j it must have something to do . The publishing offiee ef the Sorihem Star is the centre of a perpetual working-There are subscriptions to be raised for this or that martyr or his family—the receipt of the sums that drop in from different quarters are duly acknowledged —accounts of their application are rendered—correspondents are appointed in different localities—Chartist missionaries are appointed . All this keeps a great many people busy in a great many different places They may not be making much progress , but they are working ; andthatkeepstheminroodhiunouranrtuiiited .
The y oriherii Star is only the consequence of an advance made by the unenfranchised in combination and power . The'Black Dwarfs of the earlier parts of this century were an emanation from London alone ; the country readers were disciples , not co-operatives . The Liberator was evidence of the increasing power and cooperation of the working classes of the west of Scotland . The A " o » ( tern Star is a borni of union , and an organ of a numerous and influential party among the unenfranchised , diffused throughout the whole nation . It does not embrace all the unenfranchised ; there are local leaders , and other parties , more or less numerous , Sometimes in friendly , sometimes in hostile relation to it . There is a whole world of politics among our unenfranchised , of which the enfranchised know nothing ,
and seem determined to know nothing , and yet have a deep interest in knowing something . They are learning the art of exercising their combined power by practicethe only way in which men ever learn it It is all very well to say that their political theories are crude aad incoherent ; if that were a bar against men obtaining political power , where is the party or individual , recorded in history , whoever would have obtained it ? Political power can be obtained , and has been obtained and exercised , by men who have no sound philosophical views of politics , nor , indeed , any general political opinions , sound or unsound . To speak of deferring the enfranchisement of the working classes till they attain knowledge , or of giving it to them then , is idle talk . They will take a share of political power as soon as they can , and the present monopolists of that commodity will not concede an inch to them till they are
powerful enough to take it It is much to be desired , that they should be wise when they obtain the franchise they pant for ; but wisdom wilt be no necessary pre-reqnisite to their obtaining it when the time comes . Those who take an interest and an active part in politics ought to consider these things , and to watch attentively the growth of the unenfranchised classes in conscious potrer ; not-with the spy-like irritable disposition of a few uneducated capitalists , net with the exclusively self-seeking spirit of a few place-hunting diplomatists who awkwardly attempt to flatter a body they can neither understand nor appreciate ; but witk the steady , dispassionate , friendly inquiring gaze of men , who , ¦ wishing to promote the happiness cf the -whole human race , kDow that their ability to do good mainly depends upon their knowledge of the residence and distribution of thf power inherent in society . "
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WHIGGERY'S FALLEX . Tvse— " Babylons fallen , fallen , fallen ! Babylon ' s fallen , to rise no more . " . Hark ! the morn of freedom brightens ; Up , ye workmen , at her call ! Spread the news that so enlightens With its touch , the souls of all . Tictery sits upon your brow , And ah&U ne'er forsake il more ; Whiggery s fallen , fallen , fallen ! Whiggery's fallen , to rise no more .
Hill and dale again are blooming . ' "Verdure rises o ' er the land ; Britain is once more assuming , What she long might well command Millions bold are proud to see her Tyrants fall from shore to shore ; Whiggery ' s fallen , it
>" ow are burst the chains that bound us . ' Now we hail the jubilee ! Freedom once again hath found us : For the patriot soul is free . Soon they rais'd the voice of thunder , And the palm from tyrants tore ; ¦ Whiggery ' s fallen , < £ c T' skilly lords are now defeated ; Malthus hangs his fiendish head ; Well they know the men they've cheated , Never more will thus be led ; Union on our heaTts is written , While we sing the triumph o'er , Whiegery ' s fallen , &c
All the ills that hell could muster , All that malice could prepare , Bound their standard firm di # cluster ; In deceit beyond compare ; Kow they are by all detested , " And their torment pains the more , ¦ Whiggery ' s fallen , 4 c . Yes , the treachereus gang shall find us Pass'd their power to gull again ; Words from them no more shall bind us We will all their wiles disdain ; Places , pensions , all are flying , Xow their short-Jived joys are o ' er ; TVhiggery's fallen , 4 c .
Laugh we now at dread oppression , Captive is captivity ; >" ow shall truth have loud expression By our friends from dungeons free ; Factions all shall own the Charter , And our sun shall set no more ; Whiggery ' s fallen , fallen , fallen ! Whiggery ' s fallen , to rise no more . We give the above , by permission , from a small collection of Chartist songs , for meetings and convivial assemblies , which is , we believe , in the press , and to be published immediately , by Mr . William Hick , a Leeds Chartist This little book , when out , will supply a marked desideratum for our Chartist friends , who have long felt the want of a manual of patriotic ditties , suited to the times and circumstances . —Ed . ]
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SYRIA . CAPTURE OF ST . JEAN D'ACRE . Malta , Koyembeb ^ 13 , 1840 . —The Phoenix , war steamer , arrived on Saturday afternoon , bringing the important intelligence of the taking of St . Jean d'Acre , which place she left on the 6 th instant , and after coaling her , proceeds to England with Sir Robert Stopford ' s despatches to the Admiralty . On the 2 nd of November , late in the afternoon , Admiral Sir Robert Stopford , in the Princess Charlotte , with the Powerful , Bellerophon , Thunderer , Edinburgh , Benbow , Revenge , Gorgon , Phoenix , Stromboli , and Vesuvius , Castor , Carysfort , Hazard , and Wasp ; Admiral Walker , in his seventyfour gun-ship ; and the Austrian Admiral , Bandiera ,
in the Medea frigate , with the Guerriere , and a coivette of the same nation , arrived off Acre . On the 3 rd , the wind being unfavourable , the ships of the allies remained at anchor in the bay , leaving the steamers only in activity , amusing themselves at throwing sheila into the fortifications . Svim after noon a iight sea breeze set in , when the fleet got under weigh , and at about one , p . m ., bore up for the town , in two different directions ; those destined to engage the sea force were the Princess Charlotte , Powerful , Bellerophon , Thunderer , and Pique ; the Powerful leading , and immediately following the Princess-Charlotte and Bellerophon . On the other angle , the Benbow led in Admiral Walker ' s flagthe rest of
ship , but the Castor got ahead of both , the vessels taking up positions as most convenient , and likely to do the greatest mischief . Shortly after two" , p . ml , the batteries opened their fire upon the Castor , which the Powerful returned , as she stood in , from her bow guns ; and as soon as she anchored and got her broadside to bear , the Gallant Commodore set to work in style , and so did the Princess Charlotte and Bellerophon . In a few minutes all the other ships joined , and the action then became general , the 6 teamers lying outside throwing with astonishing rapidity and effect their shells , over the ships , into the fortifications . Such & cannonading was never before heard , and most certainly on no occasion on record were less shots wasted . The
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firing was truly admirable , the Bellerophon ' s particularly bo ; and erery shot told . The Princess Charlotte alone fired , during the three hours which the action lasted , 4 , 503 shots , or one broadside repeated every two minutes for 86 times ! At four pja . a sensation was felt on . board the ships , similar to th&t of an earthquake , which was subsequently ascertained to have been a tremendous explosion ( no doubt from one of the steamer ' s Bhells ) of a powder magazine ashore , launching into eternity no less than 1 , 200 of the eaemy . At a little after five , as the evening drew in , the lire of the batteries began to slacken from ( as it has since been
ascertained ) the inability of the enemy to stand to their guns , many of which were dismounted , and the embrasures and works knocked about the heads of those who manned them . At dark the firing ceased on both sides , and it was generally supposed that the allies would at daylight be landed to storm the town ; but it would appear that the Egyptians had had more than enough on the previous day , for at about two a . m . a boat came off to announce that part of the garrison had evacuated the place ; and as soon as the sun rose on the morning of the 4 th , the British , Austrian , and Ottoman flags were seen displayed on the citadel .
Ihe defence of the place was entrusted to a Pole , who certainly did his utmost ; he lost his arm , and is among the prisoners , who are said to amount to 3 , 500 . The slain are estimated at 2 , 500 , and those who have fled are said to exceed 1 , 000 , but these latter were being hourly brought in by the mountaineers . The return of killed and wounded on the side of the allies had not yet been collected from the seTeral ships at the date of the last advices , but the sum total is estimated at 23 killed and 50 wounded . Among the former we regret to announce the loss of Lieut . Le Mesurier , of the Talbot , lately promoted . Among the wounded , Commander Hastings , of
the Edinburgh , with the Master , Assistant-Surgeon , and two Midshipmen of the same vessel ; all by one shell . On board the Benbow , Mr . Telfer , Captain ' s Clerk ( son of Deputy Commissary-General Telfer , of this island ) , received a "very slight wound from a splinter , which had nearly carried away both his legs : in Admiral Walker ' s ship , five were killed and two wounded . This vessel ' s mainmast was shot through , and her hull and rigging so injured that she will have to go to Constantinople for repairs . She will convey 1 , 000 of the prisoners . Admiral Walker has left in a steamer , for Constantinople , to be himself the bearer of the intelligence of the victory to the Sultan .
The Powerful ' s main top mast is crippled , and the Castor has suffered considerably . Only one shot struck the Bellerophon , which went through the forecastle , doing no material injury , and only slightly wounding one Turkish soldier , of whom they had on board 300 , and so had all the other ships . These troops have been landed to garrison Acre . A vast quantity of stores aud material wa 3 found , exceeding what has been expended in the warfare along the coast of Syria , and estimated by some at little shoit of £ 1 , 000 , 009 value : and among the ordnance , a splendid park of artillery , of 200 guns , in first-rate order .
The force of shipping employed is no doubt quite dispropoitionate to the immense strength of this redoubted fortress ; it was rebuilt in 1831 , by French artisans , and defended by 460 gaus of the heaviest calibre , which were on this occasion worked by French bombardiers . But , knowing the customers we had to deal with , our guns were fought in good earnest , pouring broadside into the fortress , with a rapidny 373 d steadiness not surpassed by any thing we read of in our naval history . Our wkole loss is unaccountably small . The shot flew over head , cutting the rigging to pieces , but hardly touching the hulls . They seem either to have had no idea of depressing their guns , or else
they could not see from the thick smoke , which , fortanately for us , blew m their faces , the wind being westerly . The scene presented to-day by the town is indescribably horrible , the whole neighbourhood of the explosion being a mass of killed and wounded men and beasts , tossed together indiscriminately . It is ascertained that " 20 , 000 shot and shell were fired into the town in four hours . The ships engaged were the Princess Charlotte , Powerful , Thunderer , Bellerophon , Edinburgh , Benbow , and Revenge—the Turkish Admiral : frigates , Pique , Carter , Carysfort , Taibot—the Austrian Admiral : bri ^ s Hazard and "Wasp , besides the steamers in the offing .
Such is the account of the taking of Acre , written within 24 hours after the attack began—a city which baffled Buoiiaparte and a French army , and has undergone , both in ancient and modern history , more numerous aud desperate sieges than any other city in the world .
( From the Times . J We have received by express letters from our correspondent in Alexandria dated the 9 th and 11 th ult . They bring accounts from Beyrout oftheGih . The plague had manifested itself in eight villages adjoining that city , and had proved fatal to several Europeans . Ibrahim was still at Zahle , with about 14 , 000 men , surrounded on all sides by the insurgent mountaineers , who intercepted his supplies and cut off his communications . Nothing certain was known respecting Soliman Pasha .
The taking of St . Jean d Acre had created considerable sensation in Alexandria . The Viceroy had at first assembled a council , at which it was resolved to continue the struggle to the last , aud it even appears that orders had been given to the fleet to put to sea , which were countermanded at the recommendation of M . Cochelet , the French Consul . Finding that no further reliance was to be placed in the promises of France , Mehemet Ali , after venting his indignation against her in angry teims , and perceiving the inutihty of persisting in a hopeless contest , had despatched a courier to Cairo to stop the departure of the troops from the Hedjas , which Sami Bey was to lead to the assistance of Ibrahim . The latter , on the other hand , had been ,
moreover , recalled from Syria . The affair was consequently consideredat Alexandriaas nearly finished , although the Pasha bad not yet actually submitted . The Portafoglio Maltese publishes a supplement dated the 19 th ult ., which states that a private letter had been received by the editor , dated Alexandria , 11 th ult ., brought by the steam-boat Euphrates , which states that Mehemet Ali had despatched a courier to his son Ibrahim with orders for him to return to Egypt . The troops which had been assembled at Cairo to reinforce Ibrahim in Syria had received counter-orders . An express had been likewise sent from Alexandria to Cairo on the
10 th ult , to revoke an order which had been given to make a considerable levy of Bedouins . It is added , that Mebemet Ali had , on the morning of the 11 th ult ., notified to the Consuls remaiuing at Alexandria his intention to restore the Turkish fleet , and to send a despatch to the Sultan , stating that he was satisfied to receive Egypt hereditarily . At the moment the Euphrates was leaving Alexandria a great council was being held by Mehemet Ali to consider this resolution , and it was generally considered that it would be unanimously agreed to , as the best means of arranging an affair which kept Egypt in a state of uncertainty , and compromised the peace of the ¦ world .
UNITED STATES . The anxiety respecting the fate of the President steam-ship was relieved on Friday morning by her safe arrival at Liverpool . It appears that she left New York on her appointed day , the 2 nd instant , and shortly afterwards encountered a tremendously heavy sea and head-wind , in which she beat about for seven days : her captain then finding himself short of coal , and at the earnest solicitation of the passengers , returned to New York , where , amidst great consternation , she arrived on the 9 th . Messrs . Wadsworth and Smith , the New York agents , immediately prepared her for sea again ; and she sailed from New York on the llth , with ninety-one
passengers . The accounts by the President , which are on the llth instant inclusive , confirm the previously-entertained opinion that General Harrison will be the new President , and that by the largest majority ever known . There is not any other news of political interest to the English reader by this arrival . Business continued exceedingly dull ; but as the elections were about closing , it was expected soon to become brisker . The cotton-market was heavy , and prices had a downward tendency . The rate of exchange on England stood at 8 £ to 9 per cent , prem ., with bu { a limited business lor the packet . The demand for specie for exportation continued great . The news from Canada is unimportant .
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Mattt daring burglabies were committed on Saturday night , during the dense fog , which afforded an opportunity to the thieves to carry on their depredations with impunity . In the neighbourhood of Lambeth and Stamford-street , seven houses were broken into and robbed of properety to a considerable amount . Not less than twenty burglaries have been reported to the police . Awful Dkath . —On Friday morning a woman who had been employed at one of the coal mines in
Dunfermline , belonging to Sir P . C . Durham , Fordel , being rather late of arriving at the top of the pit , with the intention of descending to work , found that the second tub was loaded with the proper number of persons ; bat being determined to get down with that tnb , she proceeded , notwithstanding the opposition of the overseer , to lay hold of the rope , but either not having a sufficient hold , or missing the rope altogether , she was precipitated to the bottom , and was literally dashed to atoms . —Stirling Observer .
The Fog . —One of those black and dense fogs which so strongly indicate " the gloomy month of November , " on Saturday invested and took possession of the metropolis . Nature has many ehades of fog , but this of London , designated " The London Particular , " is from her darkest pencil . Throughout the day the merchants and shopkeepers were reduced to light the gas and candles in their counting-houses and shops . So dark was the metropolis , at some periods of the day , that carters and linkboys were observable with lighted torches .
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IRISH ABSENTEEISM . In a former number , upon the subject of Irish absenteeism , we spoke of the system which has been raised up on the ruins of Irish society ; but our readers have yet much to learn as regards the more minute and detail workings of this national calamity . We then concluded with assigning good and sufficient reasons why the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland exercise a much more powerful influence over the Irish people than the representatives of the absentee . We are not however to be on that account
considered as giving our assent , directly or indirectly , to the investment of such a power in any body ; we spoke of things as they are—not of things aa they ought to be . In fact , the anomaly of according undue power to one party by the negligence , disregard , or treachery of another party is one of those blunders in political science which , from the very constitution of man , will be always used for retaliative aggression . Hence , in Ireland , we not unfrequently find that , with all attempts to bolster up a new fancy , the never-failing crutch of Protestant support , or Protestant opposition , at once decides the public mind , and ranges the combatantB under their respective leaders without any , the slightest , reference to the merits of the case .
This unwholesome state of things very naturally distracts the mind and puzzles the imagination of the best friends to the country . Many , who are really anxious to serve Ireland , argue thus : — " Well , what course shall I take ? I have watched Ireland for many years , but more especially since the passing of the Reform Bill , from which period that country may be said to be popularly represented . and what is the position in which I find her ? Why , in 1832 , a set of pledges were put to those candidates who
were to receive popular support , and in the interval between that period and the present I find things to have so far changed , that the very men who were scouted from the hustings as far deficient in liberality , are now , without having changed a shade cf their former politics , obliged to soften down , explain away , and conoeal that very liberality in order to fit them to the Irish standard . This too while in England the very reverse has been the case , candidates there requiring a large share of hustings' pliability , in order to catch a mere majority . "
To destroy all unjust influence in the political body should be the anxious aud incessant object of every man who prefers national prosperity to personal aggrandisement ; and inasmuch as we feel a firm conviction that he desertion of Irish landlords does confer a dangerous and au UKConsiitutional power upon the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland , and also upon demagogues , who acquire great personal advantage in consequeuce thereof , while their united exertions are either incapable of , or not directed to , the amelioration of the people , we desire to see the cause removed ; being well convinced that the people would extract more from the jealous rivalry of tho parties , than they can ever expect to secure from the ascendancy of either .
There are two different modes by which men seek to remedy abuse ; by removing the cause of its existence , or by substituting for it another and a greater evil , which will be but gradually felc in its progression from birth to maturity ; and when it anive 3 at the latter stage , its opponents are then slyled Destructives , in consequence of usage , custom , and laws enacted for its permanence , having made it part and parcel of the Constitution . Men too generally fall into the error of applying tlie dangerous substitute , rather than the Simple remedy . Perhaps we cannot better
illustrate thia position , than by directing public attention to a consideration of the enactment of the Corn Laws . The landlords were all powerful in boih Houses of Parliament ; and being themselves , as contractors of , and security for , the war loan , the parties moat interested in a fair adjustment of the twelve years' war account , they had vested in . them the accredited and plenary power of arbitrators between themselves and the people upon the one hand as mortgagors , and the money-lenders upon the other hand as mortgagees . And in their responsible situation of trastees , how did theyactl
Why , they said , "firstly , we 11 secure ourselves , and thereby secure the mortgagees , leaving to dull comprehension the right to grumble over the act by which w « throw the whole burden consequent upon this double satisfaction upon our clients ; while we shall so fortify ourselves in the interval , as to make it a branch of national faith , beforepublio opinion is matured for an attack upon it . " The landlords then had the option of keeeping up produce to taxation level , which was the stop-gap , or of reducing taxation to the peice price , which was the simple and the just remedy . They foolishly chose the atop-gap , and
hence one of the causes of the demand for Universal Suffrage , as a battering-ram to break through it . There are also two modes of destroying the influence of the Irish Roaian Catholio clergy . The oue is the raising them to the level of the State Church ; the other is by reducing the priests of the State Church to their level , and which latter is the fair , the simple , and the legitimate remedy . Once raise the Irish Roman Catholic priesthood to a level with the Protestant priesthood , and you destroy ail their political influence . Upon the other hand .
reduce the State Church parsons to the level of the Roman Catholic clergy , aud you make one community of the whole people , with minds independent of spiritual advisers upon all matters of civil right . Now , inasmuch as no other means than Universal Suffrage can effect the destruction of the political power of all clerical persuasions , we demand Universal Suffrage ; and inasmuch as a Repeal of the Union is the only means of promoting the residence of Irish landlords , and their residence is indispensable to the prosperity of the Irish people , we demand a Repeal of the Union .
And let no man , though ever so fatally blinded with the buggabooism of Irish priestly influence , allow himself to be led astray by the supposition that in an Irish Parliament , with Universal Suffrage , the Roman Catholic clergy , with a hundred O'Connells at their back , would keep up one single abuse , or perpetuate the dependency of the Irish people for a single session . No such thing ; the Bupportgivenby the Irish people to every thing , any thing , or nothing , just now , arises out of the delusion in which the Irish mind is kept by the constant assurance of demagogues of the difficulty of getting the prejudiced English people to concede anything to Irish Catholics .
If the Irish people knew the real state of matters , as they now stand , they would stone every liberal member in the streets , and if the liberal members were to act in Ireland as they aot in England , either towards England or Ireland , it would be seen to have been no great stretch of fancy of O'Conneli / s , when he said the Kildare boys would be up in the morning with short sticks to teach them how to vote . Universal Suffrage and
the knowledge depot being on the spot , would , however , remove all necessity for such a course ; but , even if necessary , we are prepared te give to such means of political instruction a great advantage over the system of shooting , transporting , entombing and working to death them who claim a right to express -an opinion upon the laws , to which they are be « n < J . to submit by the tyranny of a small minoB&j , It is easy to deceive the Irish people
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who read no newspapers , by the yell of "English Proi ' estant prejudice " , and to satisfy them with the high-bounding assurances that much has been done , by arresting the much evil which was attempted to be done ; bat such a negative position would by no menas satisfy those who bad the means of information at command , and could certify themselves of the truth or falsehoood of the statements made to them .
Before we enter upon the mode of transacting business between the middle man and au in-comiug tenant , let us first speak of matter familiar to every English working man , namely , the reasons assigned by the poor Irish who visit our shores in quest of work , for having left their own country . Is not the following dialogue truly descriptive of the cause of Irish emigration ? : — " Well , Murphy , why did you leave Ireland ?"
" Wisha , then , by my sowl , I'll tell you that ; but I was fah'ly sold up , when the master I had got bad with the English landlord , —but , and finre the divil a notice myself and three hundred more had when we were distrained for the middle man's rent a ^ d we clear ; so we had to shift , and them that hadn't tbe passage to Ameriky all out , were forced to stop here ; and , indeed , I was lucky enough to fall in for a job of work on the railway ; so I went on from job to job , till at last I got strong enough to brin .-r over Kate and the childer ; aod , indeed , thanks to God aud the neighbours , we done well ever since . " " Well , Muhphy , and how do you like the Euglish I "
"How do I like Uiem , is it ? Musba , then , but that ' s a quare question . Sure , I have a good right to like them ; for , for my par * , I always found them civil and dacent . " "Well , but don ' t they dislike you for your religion ?" " For my religioD , is it ? Not them , indeed . I'll engage , only behave myself as a man should , aud the divil a one will ever say , 'Mukph y , what religion are you of ? ' No , in troth , it ' s aieier to pass a roan of substance here , as regards that point , than it would a lousy spladdereeu of a little Protestaut warrior at homo next door to yon , and , by my sowl , many is the good man that ' s obliged to put up with the jeers and taunts . "
" Well , M'Donough , what brought you to England ?" " Wisha , then , bad luck , not to give you an ill answer , I had a loom , and all , and a little cabin iaken at a moderate rent ; indeed , and when they begin making the stuffs with steam here , sure I began to lose customers by degrees , till at last I was sould out , a » d rouled out , for the Tories got so bad , that there was do work stirring ; and if I got a piece of three or four hank
yarn to waive for a neighbour , I couldn ' t take the job , without subsistence , till the piece was wove , and the neighbours couldn ' t afford to give it , so I bundled up my kit and sot off here , and got wovk at a factory ; and I thank God the day I left the little cabin and loom and all for rint , for I was fairly starved out . " " Well . MAHONEY , what brought you to England ?" "Why , then mine is a quair story , but I come here for one and tenpence . " " One and tenpence , how so ?"
" Why , then , I'll tell you ; indeed it was for a quarter of praty ground , the tithe ; and sure when they all gave over paying , I wouldn ' t be behind hand ; aud the divil a one of them but kept hammering away at the law in this curt , and that curt , and the other curt , until I lamed by chanc 3 that they brought me in for eighty-six pound , cost and all : and sure if they sould myself and all I have iu the world , the divil the eighty-six pence they'd get by the bargain ; so I took the long nights and made off to Dublin , and after working there for a week , I threw myself on the deck of a ship and landed in Liverpool : and , but I hope , for God ' s sake , your honour will never let the parson know wkere I am , for by my sowl he'd be after me yet . "
" Well , Donovan , what brought you to us f " " Why , then , you shall hear that ; indeed , I was one of twelve that worked for Squire O'Flaherty , and my father before me , and a good man his honour is ; but when they began with their thrashing machines , and their drilling things to sow the ground , and their machinery to do everything , they got up an Association ; and then they all got Scotch stewards , and some places that never see a plough before , got the plough , and we had to shoulder our
spades , for the Scotchman always kept telling his honour that the plough was the best ; and be my sowl I went one day into the barn to look after the fine ingun that was doing my work , and but I took up some straws , and l ' il engage but there was as much in the car as the new man got out ; but I was afeard to say a word , for the steward could hinder the master from giving me a chracter , so I took me spado last year and come over to dig the praties ; and I ' m ever since working iu a factory . " " Ckowly—What brought yon here ?"
" Why , then , a bloody villain of a Naturnay that I employed to recover a trifle of wages due me , about two pound ten indeed ; and sure when he got six pound out of me in crowns and half crowns , he said a pound more would settle the thing , but the divil a pound I had ; and when he see that I had no more to give him , he sent me a bill for twenty-one pound , and sarved me with a order o' law , aud the neeburs tould me , bat he'd ruiu me ; so I was forced to fly . " " Neil , what brought you here V " Why , then , indeed , I came in the clearance ,
when the ould landlord gave up ; the master sould the estate , and the man that got it made mash ot all the small farmers , and knocked the cabins down and let the land out in big farms to Proles tan voters . " " WeJl , Htggins , and what brought you here ?" "Why , then , indeed I ' m here since tho rising agin tithes in 22 , because they came to my house one night , while I was out , and found an ould bagnet upon a pole that was in the corner for twenty years ; and sure if they cotched me , it would hang me as round as a hoop , so I made off . "
" What ! hang you for having a bayonet in your house !" " Wisha , God help your foolish head , many is the good and hone 3 t hard-working man in Ireland was uung for a less thing . I know an honest man as ever broke bread in one land with myself , hung because he runn'd out when the drirer was taking off his stock , and in making ' twords him , a horse that w * l among them run out at the gap where one of
the men stood and broke hislegjaad I see it all , but the honest man was hung ; tkey swore that he made a rescue , and sure he didn't any more than you did ; but the Couusello'r axed me was I Protestant or * Catholio , and I told the truth , and the witnesses agin the poor sowl , God be marciful to him , were alllittle Protestant yeoman , that would sware a hole through an iron pot , for a pot of porter . "
" And , in God ' s name , was he hung I " " Wisha , indeed , I folly'd him to the grave frem the gallus me own self ; and if they cotched me they'd sarve me the same ; and , indeed , for swearing for poor Colljn agen the master would go agin me too . " Now so far we have shown that absenteeism , and the consequent use of Protestant ascendancy made by those who require the guise of religion for worldly purposes , not only depopulates Ireland ,
impoverishes the absentees and tbe soil , bat also adds from all classes of farmers , labourers , mechanics , aud operatives , to the already overstocked labour market of England : aud thus , like the humanitymoDg « rs who make the white slaves pay for negro emancipation , we find the economists winking at the system , which leaves barren and sterile half the land of Ireland , while they would seek a substitute in Poland , Russia , Germany , Prussia , or anywhere , to keep down native prosperity aad native independence .
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" Avarice makes us blind , " says tne old proverb ; this , the Marquis of Westminster says , cannot bo true , or he would have been blind years ago . A CLERICAL TOAST . "The Church , " bellowed Philpotfe , "the Church , boys , the Church ; May the devil ne ' er leave , boys , its sons in the lurch !" The "infant Princess" appears to havo had , by her squalling or otherwise , a marvellous effect upon the Archbishop of Canterbury and the other old ladies , when assembled in the adjoining room to where Victoria Jay in—judging from what the Cour t newsman states in the course of bis eloquent detail of what took place at the Palace on the day of the Royal accouchement . Thus he writes— " The infant Princess having been brouylit into the room where the Ministers aud great officers of State were assembled , their JordsWps took their departure from the Palace directly afterwards !"
Reason is the enemy of all violence and of all force , and conquers only by gentleness , persuasion and truth . The iwo most precious things on this side of tho grave are our reputation and our life . But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the <> ne , and the weakest weapon of the ether . A wise reap , therefore , will be more anxious to deserve a fair name than to possess it , and tbis will teach him so to live as not to be afraid to die . Never consider a person unfeeling or hardhearted because he refuses what he canuot grant .
Painting and Poetry . —Tlie arts of paintiDg and poetry are conversant with the world of thought within ns , and with the world of sense around us — ¦ with what we know , and see , and feel intimately . They flow from the sacred shrine of . ouvown breasts , and are kindled at the living lamp of nature . — Hazlitt .
A . PALACE RECOMMESDATION . John Bull by that name should no longer pass , But change it instantly to plain Jack Ass . It is not known where he that invented the plough was born , nor where he died ; yet he has effected more for the happiness of ihe world than the whole race of heroes and conquerors , who have drenched it with tears , and manured it with blood , and whose birth , parentage and education have been handed down to us , with a precision precisely proportionate to tho mischief ihey have done .
" Never mind , Al , " said the ji&roness to the Pv ' mce-Consoit , seeing him a little down at the fruit of his first labour not proving a boy , and while fishing to compliment him on his early exertions to render himself worthy of his fat / ter-la . nd , " if dat de littel stranger is not de Prince of Wales , it sal pe cal de Princess of Sharks — so dat iust de game ; ha ! ha !" The last case of absence of mind which has oocurreii in this city , happened on Saturday to Miss Squibbs , who tied her bustle on her head , and her new French frilled morniDg-cap to her back , just before she descended to her breakfast . The Queen was well enough , on Friday , to sit up and partake of the breast , of a partridge for her luncheon .
The sagacity of the "infant Princess'' is said to have beeu indicated in a remarkable way , almost immediately after birth ; for on beine ; presented to its foster-mother , the Royal babe , with an instinct peculiar to Royalty in all ages , turned up its nose . "It will be a source of regret to some , " quoth the Archbishop of Canterbury to the foreign Prince Regent of these realms , immediately after the Qtieen ' 8 accouchement , " that tho little stranger is not a boy . " " All , veil , never mind , " rejoined the Prince , " V 8 vil try vat can pe done de next time . " The holy father endeavoured to express , by a sanctified twist of his eyes , a hope iu accordance with , the implied promise of the Royal pap-a ..
MAMMY S OWN" CHILD . The Royal babe , when on the table laid Before ihe great officials , kicked , ' tis said , And played \ hn vixen , as their eyes glanced o ' er her . What then I her Ma so acted , long before her . A Trce Bill . •—The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age , payable with interest about thirty years after date . —Colton . Happiness at Home . — To be happy at home ia the ultimate result of all ambition , the end to which every enterprise and labour tends , and of which every desire prompts the prosecution . It is , indeed , at home that every man muse be-known by those who would makea just estimate of his virtue or felicity ; for smile 3 and embroidery are alike occasional , and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honour and fictitious benevolence .
Destroy not your own health by drinking to the health of others . Fashions . — " Grandpapa , where do people get then- fashions from I" " Why from Boston . " "Well , where do the Boston folks get them from 1 " " From England . " "Ah f where do the English get them from ? " " From France . " " And where do the French get them from I" " Why — why right straight from the d 1 ; there now , stop your noise . " " Is your powder good ? " asked a sportsman of a seller . " Good ! indeed it is . A cask of it got on fire the other day ; and before I could get a pail of water , it half burnt up !" JOHN BULL ' S PHAYEB . To Bull's fond heart the baby is so dear—And well it may be as regards his
pelf—He prays that God-from earthly dangers here May take the little darling to himself . A lady was recently teaching a boy to spell . The boy spelt c-o-l-d , but could not pronounce it . In vain his teacher asked him , " what do you get when you go out upon the wet sidewalk on a rainy day , and wet your feet . " — " I gets a whipping . " Nurse Lilly was terribly at a loss at first how to treat the illustrious stranger , never having had charge before of infant royalty . She soon , however
made herself acquainted with the practices of the royal babe , giving it " daffy" in a reduced , and "pap" in a compound ratio to other infants . A horse is never sick—a royal child never pukes . Some children are born with gold spoons in their mouths . A royal baby , having a sovereign complexion , might sometimes pass for the spoon itself—and one , too , of no inconsiderable dimensions . Mrs . Lilly declares that the present infant looks for all the world as if she was destined to be a queen !
" Lady Wilton has reaped quite a reputation by her ' needle work' publication , " remarked Lady Jersey to Lady Tankerville . " Well , " quoth the latter " it is but fair that those who sow should reap . " 11 You aee quite sure , Mr . King , " said Victoria to the owner of the "learned horse , " as she advanced to pat him , " that he is quite gentle . " " As gentle aa a lamb , " qadth the man . " Lot ! I wish Melbourne was here ! " exclaimed Vio . It has been suggested to Lord Cardigan to allow French and German wines to be placed on the messtable of his regiment in the black-bottle—each bottle to be surmounted by a white feather . His Lordship cannot surrly object to tbis . It is said of the Ipswich horse , by Courtly wits , that if it could spell " Victoria , " it could do more thau Albert has yet been able to do !
THE CRADLE . The cot of the Royal babe ( what fuss !) Is formed to resemble the nautilus ; O , may it never come to pass , That she should prove a naughty lass I When any mention is made of Prince Albert aa the Royal pa-rent of the " illustrious stranger , " no reference ought to be suggested to the " rent " -al of his Royal Highness by the Queen , or the " pa " - yments made on , account of services rendered to the nation .
A SAFE DELIVERY . " The Queen ' s delivered safely "—tis but fair That loyal fools should make a great ado ; Ah ! woe is me , I only wish we were Safely delivered from the baby too 1 The palace is ringing already with praises of the astonishing sensibility of the Royal babe , which never wakes but it indicates a desire for food , and never sleeps that it does not close its eyes ! We hourly expect to hear of its giving some sign of precocity that may lead us to hope it m * y understand every living language in the course of a few months , and , in the course of a few yeais , to paint like Raphael , write like Shakspere , and excel Beethoven in musical composition .
Importance of a . Comma . —The following request was made at church : — " A sailor going to sea , his wife desires the prayers of the congregation for his safety . " It happened to be read thus : — " A . aailor going to see his wife , desires the prayers of the congregation for his safety . " BYROM ' S JACOBIN TOAST . God bless the King , God bless the Faith ' s Defender , God bless ( there ' s no harm in blessing ) the Pretender , But who the Pretender is , and who the King , God bless as all , that ' s quite another thing . Arithmetical Table , fbom John Bull . —One hundred political unionists make one Chartist ; ten Chartists one Radical Town Councillor ; ten Radical Town Councillors make one Radical minister ; three Radical ministers make one bedohamber woman ; and three bedchamber women make one Whig Radical government .
A Scotsman is never at home bat when lie is abroad ; an Englishman ia never happy but when he is miserable ; and an Irishman is never at peace bat when he is at war . The best teacher of princes is clearly adversity Swift , with dexterous sarcasm , says , tbat " riding is the only thing which princes ever do well , because , horses are no flatterers . "
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PROLOGUE TO A ICEW DKiMA , ENTITLED " JOH > " I"EOST , OB THI rssrsBECiios at > ewpobt . "
Spoken by a Druid . Tee plund ' ring Picts aud vrand ' ring Scots invade Our Rome-deserted isle ; sea-Saxon aid DriTes bacfc the horde—the northern locust pest , Bnt next drives us from our green ocean nest , And we to bleak ard barren hills mast fir , Wiere Sno-wdon ' s summits scale the cloudy siy ; ill inaccessible , S 3 ve to wild birds , Or Deasts of prey and clamb ' ring mountain herds . Bat , srorse tbau Picts or Saxons , Jformaus come , Aad ¦ will not leave us e ' en that ragged borne . We now , indeed , are eanquer'd , and mnst bear Tbe yoke of bondage , yet without despair : Aye , they may chain the body , but in mind
We still are free , aa first of British kindtameless and straggling , lite the c ^ ged-up dove TfcaX ever pants for freedom , its first love . Tyrants may tra'u us up in servile sin , lad tortare us to quench the light ¦ within ; Bat stronger , fiercer , in our ¦ warm Welsh hearts , Bctuj freedom ' s flame , and fuch a glow imparts , As mates ua break the despot ' s galling chain , And bid him try his bootless rack a ^ ain : Born with , our life this love of liberty , % nature , instinct , and can never die . Our foes may t ** fr us , bury us in mines , And maie us slave -where too-wledge never shines—Kay , though they flog us till we drop and die , SaU " Freedom , Freedom . ' - to the last we'll cry .
The very sound of that inspiring werd Iift 3 us to life , and seems to give a sword . They cannot starve us to submission—no ! K " e spurn the food that ' s offered by a fee : Sxtremest raiser ? - no / bends njr breaks The heart that , not for self , bat freedom aches . All foes are conquer'd when -we conquer fear , Aj did bold Shell , -who braved a bloody tier : Io gain his rights , he took the manliest course , Ihe plain straightforward argument of force . ' Tengeanc « : is now our cry ; remember Shell ! We'll live like him—at least -we'll die as welL Cambria ' s young friend , -whose faith the dungeon tries Shall come and kindle hope in beaming eyes . Silurian Frosta again shall lead ds on , lud Freedom ' s tolled battle yet be won ! J . W . iiskbv , November 30 th , 1540 .
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FataIt Accident . —On Wednesday morning , about eieht o'clock , while two brothers of the name of M'Lean were working at one of the quarries upon the edge of the King's Park , a large block of stone , supposed to be a ton and ahalf , having been detached from above , fell upon one of the brothers , named Colin , and killed him on the spot . He has left a widow and two children . The other brother had also a narrow escape , as the stone fell within about eighteen inches of him . —Stirling Observer .
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THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct358/page/3/
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