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      FSOX pra LORDOK CORRESPONDEHT . Wednesday Evening , October 14 , Half-part Seven . ^ Ajm-Troor *! . Lbctoms . —in a communication j * MdiImdetoth « iV «» rAer » 5 forioiMw « toBn « e , < £ it which pressure ef muter . I pnane , eused to bewuttodj Imentioned the feet , tnatsomeof the wealthy brewers and distillers hare engaged clever persons taleetare sad write against the temperance pwpe » _ I have sinee been made acquainted with a < acnmttinow that shows how deeplyanxiouB tbeae FKti « WB tostay the progress eftoetotalim , which u Baking such a sensible diminution in the revenue , thaj"theexeiseis so longer fattened with the rich iwoh of rid , " aad bo longer eaa it be aid that " * p » wi 0 w * nn > Tiit flSjikfti « ox pra lotoor oeRKESPOKDBBT .

      For erer dribbling o « t their base eootenta Bleed gold for Banisters to sport away . "

      A masasaript on the aBtt-tempenaee question mi lately plaoed la the bands of the editor of an iufiueBtial Leadon weekly journal , with an intimation that aa * sum whatever would be paid for its insertion , and for die editor ' s advocacy of the aentimeats ; the M . & , bowerer , was returned , with a reply that * 9 fom winterer would purchase the adroeaey in that paper of any opinions which the conductors did set eofescteaiioasly entertain . Soon afterwards the pamphlet , handsomely printed , and oroaBested in ooW , was sent to the editor , ferremw , accompanied by an autograph letter from one « f toe " alcohoHc « o * i&y , ( astheteetotalkn term the gin-spuming baronetaj eren more pressing than before , soliciting a favourable notiee ef the work . Again the parties were unsuccessfulandwith the exception of hum

      ; . desultory notices , nowaod then , in obscure prints , the production may be said to be a rtfll-born " aSafr . At length , towevw , the brewing and distillling interests hare found a worthy champion in the Person of a gentleman of the Emerald Isle , who , kaviag been educated for the Church , eaae to England with the prefix of Revercndfiai eommeDOed in career as the eloquent adrocate of Socialismon the failure of Mr . Owen ' s labour-exchange in the Gray ' s Inn Road , the geatlemas " dropped" the Bewend , f « the cff * hc « f " Eeqoiro ; " la short , M Byron says , "he had turn'd hisooat , and would have tonrd his skinf' for now again we find him as * The Reverend * opponent of teetotalism , which he predicts " will end in consumption , though he shall

      me nis oest enone to caose it to die of apopleryr OnSoaday evening last , the leetorer opened ' his « wpk « b ; and , acoordiag to a lame report in the Pobfieaas' paper , bearing strong eridenoe of having been famished by iht Reverend Esmdre himself , he had * a Tory large and respectable aadienoe , amonrst whom were sereral tee-totaUers ; bat so conclusive were his arguments , which , be carried out togreat Jengtiu-fokl for a forty-parson power ! " &c > - thal not one of them came forward to say one word . Th * lecturer made the following astounding state f ^ J ** efotollar , be said , hacF acknowledged to him that" he had drank twenty-four caps of tea at -pnesittine , " and added that "he rerily beKeTed he had drunk as much tsa , sinee he became * ¦ teetotaller , as would float a collie r" This was received by the audience as a email Jonathmnism , and ¦ seemed to be regarded by them as a parallel case

      to UK of the Reverend leetorer ' g brother panon is the land o' cakes , who desired his hearers neTer to -call one another liars , but when any one said " the thing that was not , " they ought to whistle ; the -aext Sabbath he was preaching on the parable of the loaves and fishes , and being at a loss how to explain it , he said the loaves were not like those now-a-days—they were as big as some of the hills in Scotland ; he had scarcely pronounced these words when he heard a load whistle . ~" Wha ' s thai £ said he , " ea ^ s me a liar P "I t is I , Willy ITDoaald , the baker . " " Well , Willy , what objectkm fears ye Jo what I ha told yeT None , Mas * John , only I want to know what sort of ovens they had to bake those kaves in P The audience , ¦ on the present occasion , were doubtless wondering what sort of a edSer thai must be which a teetotaller could float with tea of his own drinking .

      wW School as Hacxxxx-Road . —Last evening , IBOBBTOBsty attended public meeting was beld m Ihe new school room just erected at Ann ' s Place Haekney-resdj Wm . C ^ y , Bsq , J 4 . P . for the * Tower Himlfiti , m the chair ; when many of the influential clergy and gentry were present , ' and a large sun was subscribed towards the £ 300 , which government had required to be guaranteed before they would advance £ 200 out of the Parliamentary gran * of £ 30 , 000 . it is a fact , that many of the schools in the Metropolis are falling off from want « f the 8 ubacriptiouB that have been usually collected for their " ft ' Pt' ** mnffl

      Oh WxDKssxaT Eremite list , the East London Chartist Temperance Association held their weekly meeting , which was numerously attended . An adjourned discussion was resumed , of Moderation t > . Teetotalian f the moderation party had bat two snpporiers , while the teetotallers presented many able advocates . The discussion was again adjourned . This Association bids fair to prosper greatly ; so ssneh so , that on Sunday evening next , the Finsbury Chartists meet at Johnson ' s lecture-room , ClerkenwelL , to form a " Fnubury Chartist Temperance Association , " on the plan and nsles of the Ea # Loadon bocietj .

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      BMwrrKMtt . —The London Committee beg to ac knowledge the receipt of the following sums' for Bronterre O'Brien and ftmilyz—Lovott and Collias Committee , per Mr . Moore , £ 2 : Wandsworth ' a Working Man ' s Association , per Mr . B . Huggwtt , 12 s . 6 d . ; Friends , per Mr . James Sharp , DorssteaHare , £ 1 . ; ( an Enemy to tyranny , lteu , Temple Masons , ls , 6 d ^ a Friend , is ., per Mr . Cleave ); Friends , per Mr . Rutland , 3 s . 4 d . ; Ditto , per Mr . Robert Side , 1 * . Bd . ; Mr . Lovett , 10 s . j Friends , per Mr . WatoonFoaHs , £ 5 .

      Fjojj . " Bow" is Pabjs . —Ten or twelve young : Se& indol ^ ed in some noisr and mischievous mirth -en Wedaesday night in the Rue Lafayette , when : some of the inhabitants of the neighbouring houses , irritated by the disturbance , called the guard . In the conflict which ensued between them and the -soldiery one of the young men was driven against -one of -, the soldiers' bayonets , wounded in the ttomach * aad died almost instaBta&eMuly . An iainquiry was instituted on the following day by the -authorities , the result of which was that the military were proved to have acted with a reasonable share of pradeiiee and moderation .

      A tew eteto ? G 3 ago , a female named Collot , of Maison , near Bhenns , on her retorn borne , found bar tuaband in a state of deep intoxieation , lyiag near the hearth , with his arm , which was burnt to the bone , over the fire . Medical aid was immediately called in , and the patient , who was still unconscious of his oiaatton , was put to bed . " On the following morning , however / ' says the Journal de Rhems 8 the drunkard was again at the public-house at an early hour , exhibiting his arm , from which he did not appear to safer any pain , and recounting his accident . He must have been two hoori over the fire when bis wife found him \"—Galigtutn ? t Metrnnger .

      A Public Robbes . —The will of Baron Arden haa just been proved in the Prerogative Court . The personal property alone has been sworn under the Talae of £ 800 , 000 . The deceased Baron lived to attain toe great age of eighij-f < wr TBajs , He was brother to ibe late Mr . PereevaL who was shot by Bellingham , in the lobby of the House of Commons , when Prime Minister . The Registranhip of the High Court of Admiralty beeame vacant when his Lordship was an infant of some fsw months old , and it was actually given to , and retained for him , until he was capable of officiating , the effice being performed by deputy . In time of war , the emoluments arising from his situation amounted to between £ 20 , 000 and £ 80 , 000 a year . He held the same for upwards of eighty years !!!

      At the EXsamoH of a man at Coutahees , a short time since , a young man who made his appearance for iie first tune on the seaSbld as anmrant xecntioner , fainted on seeing the blood spout from the neck of the criminal . When restored to animation , he was found to have lost his reason , and has ever sinee been confined in a madhouBe , where no iwpes of his recovery are entertained . —Goli&nani ' s Messenger . A cojcpaitt of sappers and miners have been JLspoisted by Government to make a surer of the elevations of the Cleveland-hills . They have been busily engaged for the last ten days on Eston-nab , Easby-hiJJs , and Roseberry-toppiQg , to the no small alarm of the peaceful peasantry and villagers in the surrounding districts . —Newcastle Journal .

      Ikck 5 dumsjl—A barn at Ptkefield , in the parish « f Langarren , in the county of Hereford , containing about 500 bushels of barley , the property of Mrs . S . Afflbrey , was wilfully set fire to on the night of TBesdait , the 13 th , or early on Wednesday morning , the 14 th instant , and the whole of the property consumed . Fifty pounds reward has been offered for , the apprehension of the offender . The Indicateur de Bordeaux of the 1 st instant £ ives the following account of another curious poiaonine easa . H About ten o ' clock on the night before last , Prs . Gergerea and Degrange returned to Bordeaux , after having effected the exhumation of the body of a female , who , the authorities were informed .

      iaa been poisoned by her husband . The corpse had 3 > een about twelve days buried , and the deceased is alleged to hare been poisoned with mushrooms . Grave suspicions attach themselves to the husband ; woo has been arrested and lodged in the Fort da Ha . The substitute of the Procurenr da R 01 has * rrivod f AAglpres for the purpose of prosecuting ^ his affair . The organs of the supposed victim h&Te 'been carefully taken out by the surgeons and placed -under seals , as well as the remains of a cat , which ¦* as interred about , the same time , and which died in convulsions afitr having eaten of the same ragout < whkh is Buppoee 4 to " have poisoaed tine , unfortunate -wamaa . The deeeaaid-lady was about forty years ? fati , "

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      w night before last , " says the Gazette de Tribunal ** , " as a gentleman , who lives in the Rue Godot Maurey , was ascending the staircase to eater his apartments , on his return from the theatre , he heard two persons talking , and , stopping to listen , judged from their eonversation that they were thieves who had been rifling some of the rooms , for they were talking about money , which they were carrying off . One of the persons spoke with an English accent . The gentleman ran down stairs , roused the porter , and providing himself with a pairof pistols , a box of Ineifer matches , and two nwlighUd candles , ascended the staircase again with «< The kight refobk last , " says the Gaxettedes

      the porter , ror the purpose of capturing the supposed robbers . When they had reached the spot where he had heard the conversation , he struck a light suddenly , aad having lighted the candles , they discovered an Englfohmv ^ ^ VM preparing to lope with the wife of one of the lolgefs . They were hnmediatelv taken bef « re the Commissary of Police , where , after an examination , daring which the female covered her face with her hands , and appeared to be overwhelmed with a senseof her shame , they were both committed to prison , until it shall be known whether the husband , who was absent , intends to prosecute his frail partner and her seducer . "—Gatignani ' * Meeunger .

      SiiE of a WiFt—We learn from » correspondent that one of those diBgraeeful ssenes occurred recently at Upperley , near Carlisle . It seems that a woman had left her husband , and was openly living with another matt next door to him . The husband , not liking his neighbours , seemed resolved to annoy them : and , asserting kis authority over the person of his faithful spouse , he caused the town to bo placarded with bifis , of which the following is a copy :- A public Bale . -T © be sold by S blic auction , at William Murphy ' s Corner , this y , the 12 th October , Isabella Longhead , the wife and property of Henry Longhead—the sale to

      commence precisely at twelve o ' clock . " A great concourse of people assembled to see the fun , and the wife was , at the appointed time or sale , brought out by her husband , to the mirth aad amusement of all toe spectators , with a great straw roye slipped through below her right arm , and over her left shoulder , and thus he led her to the place of saleall enjoying the sport , excepting her poor paramour , who wept and walled , but had not the hardihood t » go and offer a bid for her . Bidden being rather scared , as she is not very handsome ettherui person or conduct , she was struck down to the second bidder , James JDonlins , at the small sum of sixpence .

      The Northern Star Saturday, October 17. 1840.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , OCTOBER 17 . 1840 .

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      THE ULSER ASSOCIATION . 11 This is the real old goat " Axas ! poor Ireland 1 It appears to be the doom of that use but unfortunate land , that sore shall suooeed sore until the whole body become one mass of incurable « uleew . " No sooner does publio opinion take vengeance upon one deluder than another is found to enter the lists ; relying upon Irish ignorance , Irish confidence , Irish gratitude , and Irish simplicity , for his tenure . Trick succeeds trick ; plan follows plan ; devise chases device bo

      speedily that the foily of the predecessor is lost in the emblazoned vir tues of its sooeessor . M Magic , money , and delusion , " should be Ireland ' s motto . In the general progression we find her inarching backward , like a crab ; and , reversing the order of trade , the more largely Bhe subscribes for the establishment of her liber ty , the farther does the goddess flee her grasp ; while , re-Tersing the order of nature , she is moBt thankful to those who most oppress her .

      It is now our painful duty to expose the art and hypocrisy of a recently established club of national quacks . There has been an aggregate meeting , lately , held in the theatre of Belfast , of what is called " The Ulster Reform As-Bodatiou . " We have bit % name for this body to a t , just by leaving out the t . From the objects of the body and the despicable character of the speeches , we should have consigned the Ulcer Liberals to their well-merited contempt , had it not been for the conspicuous part acted by Mr . Shabxib Cra-wtokd , upon the memorable occasion of their first display .

      We have had occasion to notiee an attempt , by a knot of hair-brained quacks in Leeds , to get up something like a diversion in favour of a " live horse , and you may get grass " , agitation . This exotic , however , we very Bpeedily nipped in the bud . The object of the ulcert in Ireland is precisely that of the feurei at Leeds : each being intended as a decoy from the real game ; a stink , to foil the foxes' scent and stop the pursuers in the chase .

      Before we commence general operations upon the disjointed Hobs of this ulcerated body , let 08 first briefly enter upon a review of Mr . Ckvwfokd ' s conduct . At this meeting , we find Mr . Cbawfobd acting in a multifarious capacity ; nay , he must be treated as the main spring , as the gorerning power of the whole eoneern . Lord Chaxlkkoht is called to the chair ; of whom more anon . When the Chairman has opened the meeting , we find Mr . Cuwnko making his appearance , not as the mover , seconder , or supporter of a resolution , but as the mouth-piece of the General Committee , empowered by that body to report progress . We find Lord Cha&lemoht conducted to the chair by the Committee , Thus we connect Mr . CBAwroaD with the Chairman and with the

      general objects of the Association . We next find Mr . Cbawtord in the capacity of seconder of the following resolution r" That at we demand equality of rights for all the people of Ireland , so , in the like manner , we claim that Ireland shall have equal rigaU , privileges , and franchises with Britain , as being toe only ground on which tile connection of the two countries can be securely bawd a connection which it is our earnest desire to strengtoen and perpetuate , at being equally essential to the prosperity of both countries . "

      We also find Mr . Crawford , as we shall distinctly show , expressing his satisfaction and gratitude for the many boons conferred by the present administration upon Ireland ; nay , more , even joining in the expression of astonishment ! at what they have done . We also find him acquiescing in the objects of the meeting being « to keep the Whigs in office and to keep the Tories out . " In this latter charge we implicate Mr . Ckawfokd upon the rule laid down by himself at Leeds , at a publio dinner given to him in that town in the winter of 1837 . Upon that occasion Mr . Cbawfo&d , after dissenting

      from some observations made by Mr . Beaumont , rose , and , most insultingly to his entertainers , left the room ; declaring that it was the bounden duty ef every publio man to combat doctrines , broached in his presence , of which he dis > appro rod , aad in th » event of the meeting being opposed to his views , it then became bis duty to retire . Mr . Ciuwfobd , acting upon this principle , observed that the meeting appeared by their cheers to approve the doctrines of Mr . Beaumont , and that it

      consequently became his bounden duty to retire , and he d d retire . Indeed , he not only retired , but judging of the sack from the sample , although previously engaged to several other towns , where the people had gone to great expence and inconvenience to receive him . he declined making further experiments upon popular pliancy and disappointed all ; making a hasty retreat from the field . This appeared to us almost nnwarrantable assumption » f pow « r , and a most audacious attempt to command that respect which was not deserved .

      Upon that occasion , Sharkak Cbaw ? ord ' s whole speech was one © old , dry , phlegmatic , d « U 01 of the many injuries inflicted by the present Ministers upon Ireland ; observe , the very Minister ? , who have now done to much ; and to continue whom in office is the leading feature of the Ulcer Association ! Upon that occasion , Mr . Crawford reviewed the conduct of Ministers to 1837 ; while , from that period to the present , Mr . Crawford has most

      industriously and perseveriBgly kept in public view the support s iren by O'CowNBtt to thost very Ministers as the strongest ground of impeachment against him . He has been mo ? t lucid upon the subject of the second Coercion Bill ; the surrender of the appropriation obtuse , the deception of the Tithe Bill ; tfae-truouienoy upon the Corporation Bill and the Police Bui . fc . fact , he has been ( he one man in Ireland who has denounced and exposed O'Cokkell

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      and his tail for their support of the very men who are now to be kept in office by the Ulcers ! More ; Sbabmah Cbawfobd has been the one man in Ireland who has denounced the servile poKoy * f keeping the Whigs in office , to keep the Tories out ; and yet Gosfobo admits that the Ai ^ i ftfrm of waieQ CBAwroBDisthe main spring , should hare that for its leading features , and Crawfobc never dissents ! We have always looked upon Shajuu » CRlWFOftD as a safe standard for Bound opinion to rally round . We never considered him in and his tail for their support of the vent num . uh *

      any other light . His besetting sin is a pride that apes humility . " He is a diffuse writer , amumbling speaker , a looae and egotistical reasoner , a erode thinker , a bilious digester , and has a costive delivery ; while , with all the appearance of an open and frank bearing , he has now proved that jealousy , selfishness , and vanity have been the propelling powers of his every action . He has not the brainB to lead—he has not the fortitude to follow ; and therefore he has assumed the position of an engine placed behind a heavy baggage train to shove it up the MIL

      Before we expose his utter ignorance of the condition of parties in Uo ~ 2 , and his fallacious reasoning upon the method by which England , Ireland and Scotland , are first to be balanced in the franchise scale , and how afterwarda democracy is to kick the beam , ( we should say the bucket , ) we shall give a few , very few , extracts from the speeches ef the principal speakers . The Chairman ( Lord Chablkmont ) says : —

      " we have the Queen ready to oonoede rights such as are ear dne—constitutional rights—to the people . The Ministry , chosen by her wisdom and patriotism are ready to pofomtte the inteierts of the country in every point ef view , but their hands are tied ; yet they have done now than I thought it possible they could have done . ( Cheers . ) They have done much , and they will do more . ( Loud cheers . ) I know they have the interests of this country at heart , and know they will be ready to bring forward measures for the improvement of Ireland ; bat we moat give them time and not pten them too much , laat wathonld lose their services by adding to their embarrassments , and giving power to their enemies , ud thus forcing them out of office . " ( Hear , hear , hoar . )

      Now , we ask the most simple of simple politicians whether man ever received so strong a rebuke , or such a slap in the faoe , as Crawford receives in the above passage 1 Here is full approval , no mincing , ( as though it was intended for Crawford , ) of all that has been done ; astonishment at the magnitude of Whig performance , and the apology of Tory buggabooism for non-performance . Here we have a flit , a plump , a complete

      and unqualified , contradiction of every assertion made by Crawford for the last five years , and in his presence ; and yet we don ' t find Crawford dissenting from the Noble Chairman , or retiring from tho meeting , when the unanimous cheering signified an acquiescence in Charlkmoht ' s assertion , and a contradiction of Crawford ' s charges I " Tempora mtttantur ; '" Belfast is not Leeds ; Charlxmowt is not Bkaomort .

      Aa this has been the first appearance of the ulcers by which Ireland is likely to be covered , if not summarily checked , we must administer a powerful dose to the patient at once . It is . a subject worth grappling with . It is one of vital importance to the Empire , to Chartism , to Repeal , and to general agitation . It is one upon which ( he empirics of the M establishment" will write , bat of which they are in a complete and perfect state of ignorance . Taking H , then , as a whole , we shall dissect it limb by limb . In Charlxmont ' s speech , we find theloUow ing refutation of an assertion made at a repeal meeting by a Mr . Moouy :

      " I shall now read the following paragraph of this speech for you . The speaker is allnalng to a gentleman well kown to you all , Mr . Shaman Crawford : — ' He knows very well that the volunteers endeavoured to effect Parliametary Reform in seven years after their legislative independence . He knows very well that they met in the Rotunda in the year 1789 , from day to day , daring to * dissuasion of Mr . flood ' s proposal for Beform . He knows that the Government became alarJMd , and threatened to hold their leader , Cflarlanu « t , responsible for tXk their acts . He knows very wen tkat the timid , terrified Charlemont dissolved the volnnteen on a Monday morning , when the body was to have mat attheRetnnd * . ' -

      This question is wholly Irish ; but , we trust , will not , therefore , be found the less interesting , and especially as we mean to deduoe from it the perfect analogy between humbugging politicians of all ages . Charlbhont indignantly contradicts the imputation of Mr . Mookkt , aad appeals to the meeting . Mow what are the fasts of the case 1 Upon this simple question will be found to hinge the complete reparation of the Irish Catholics from the Irish Protestants .

      In handling this question , let ua be distinctly understood as having laid it down that Ireland never had a Parliament , and that Repealers were wrong iu making comparisons of her state antecedently and subsequently to 1782 . ThiB subject is now become of all-absorbing importance , and we shall handle it accordingly ; not to meet the narrow comprehensions of persona of imperfect intellect , who are lost in wonderment at such a prodigy as thousands of volunteers of all religions , appearing armed and united , as if by magic , in defence of their common . country ; but with the view to discover how so prodigious A mountain brought forth so very small a mouse . The Irish volunteers of 1782 were to Ireland what the

      Trades' Unions and the Whig Reformers were to England in 1832 ; and we shall prove that precisely the same game was played by the officers of both regiments . The Catholio volunteers waited patiently from 1782 till 1789 , just as the English volunteers waited from 1832 to 183 d , when they presented their petition and commenced a convention . The extravagant liberality of the boroughmongers upon the Regency Question in 1789 , made the English ministers quake ; and by their desire for an unrestricted Regent , they gave borough property another lift ; and had it not been for the timely oaths of the state physicians , who swore that GeoROB the 3 rd had recovered his senses , though he never had any , the difference between the two parliaments upon the Regency Question , would have led to a civil war .

      Chaxlbmont was a possessor of Irish Boroughs * Grattam waa one of his nominees . Charlkmoni returned Gratiam ; and in return G&atian had influence to have his patron appointed Generalis simo of the Irish volunteers . Up to 1782 the Irish Parliament was a mere nonentity , composed of a parcel of puppets , worked by toe English Minister . The consequence was that the borough owners had no patronage , and their borough property was of but very little value . Up to the reign of George the Third , proprietors and nominees Of boroughs were tenants for life ; but during the

      Irish administration of Lord Townsknu , in lygg , the Octennial Act reduced the tenure from life to eight years . The immediate consequence of this change was a rise in the commodity of a seat from £ 500 for life to £ 800 for the term of eight years . The reason of the rise in price was at once obvious to the borough owners ; and the next scheme for the advanoe of borough property in the market , wa 3 to augment the value of a seat by increasing the power of Parliament , and diminishing the controul of the

      Privy Council . The more independent the Parliament became of Pitt , the higher the demand , for compliance to his wilL Up to 1782 , the English oligarchy laughed at the acts aad the tnreats of the Irish Parliament , well knowing where the controlling power lay ; but upon the repeal of Poykino ' s Act , that which waa previously controlled by the Privy Council , was henceforth subject to the influence of the Treasury only ; or , as we have stated in a previous article , Ireland fell from the fire of the Priry Council , into the furnaoo of the Treasury .

      Firstly , let us consider how the repeal of Poynikg ' s Act wa 3 brought about , and secondly , who received the value . The repeal of Potninq ' s Act was brought about by the proscribed Irish Catholio Volunteers , under the command of Protestant boroughmocgering officers . We now request the attention of our readers to tha strict analogj between the Irish move of 1782 .

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      and the English move of 1832 . In 1782 the owners of boroughs in Ireland increased the value of their property by increasing the independence tit Parliament , and thereby making Pitt purchase , in future , that easy compliance which he had previously exacted , by means of the controlling power of the privy council . The result of increased power was an immediate rise in the price of a seat from £ 800 to £ 2 , 600 . The English Minister now became the grand patron of the Irish boroughmongcrs . This ™« l thi > liWIUh m «™« MH 32 T « w ** ?! , « «« m ««

      was the foundation of Ireland ' s ruin , instead of being the rising star of her promised greatness . In order to take complete advantage of the new machinery , a national bank was established { the funding system was put into fall and active operation ; a Whig club was got up ; an Order of St . Patrick instituted ; additional Judges appointed ; places created , without end or use ; and pensions given without service ; and , in short , College Green became a perfect St . Stephen ' s in miniature .

      Gbasiak was the nominee of Cbablcmokt , and had been the prime mover in such changes as took place in 1782 . Charlkmont was a borough owner and Generalissimo of the volunteers . The nominees of the Protestant borough owners voted that the Catholic people should present Grattan with a sum of £ 60 , 000 for his services , In having raised the price of their Protestant masters' borough property . Lord Chabxmont became most popular as

      Generalissimo , so much so that a publican , in the town of Dungannon , who kept the sign of the Old Goat , deposed ma-geg , and substituted the noble and popular Commander as the future signboard to his establishment . This patriotic step brought increased oustom ; so muoh no , that the accommodation was too confined ; and a neighbour , seeing his account in taking to the sale of comfort , as a preliminary step , purchased the deposed Goat from the master of the Charlemoht .

      The means looked for by the boroughmonger ? and the volunteers , or rather promised by the former and looked for by the latter , for effecting national salvation by the repeal of Poynikq ' s Act being now accomplished , the Catholio soldiers began to smell a rat in the total indifference manifested for further change by the Protestant officers . They beheld the boroughmongers in the very position they professed to require as the means of carrying out "Parliamentary Reform , " and by the sequel it will be seen that "finality" in Ireland and M finality" in England means one and the same thing—the acoomplishmeutof the rich man ' sobjeot . For sometime the

      Catholics of Ireland , like the Reformers of England , remained in stupid admiration of the great nothing they had accomplished . The triumph over the Privy Council in Ireland , as the triumph over the Tories in England , was in itself sufficient to stop the mouth of the dissatisfied . Victory was in every month and gladness in every heart , whereas a tear should have stood in every eye . Publio works upon a most stupendous scale , all the mock pageantry of a mimie court , reviews , and puppet-shows of all descriptions , were the order of the day , to divert public attention from the substance by a parade of tinselled jimcraokery .

      This state of things could not long continue , and accordingly the Catholio noldiers of the volunteer army , anxious for a settlement , drew up and presented an address to the renowned Chablbmont , calling upon their Protestant brethren to advanoe with them , to carry out the full measure of Parliamentary Reform , » A « r « 6 y aUme ( they stated ) THST O 0 ULD HOTS TO SECURE THE ADVANTAGES THAT had bbkn gained . " To this reasonable and just request , the popular Generalissimo returned the following answer : — "However desirable Parliamentart Reform MIGHT SB , ASB WAS , IT WAS , N 8 VERTHBLBSS , ADMISSIBLE ONLY ON THE BASIS OF PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY . "

      Now , we ask our readers to compare the conduct of Grey , Russell , and Ahhob * , towards the Trades' Unionists , after 1832 , with the treatment of the Catholio volunteers by the Generalissimo and the boroughmongers after the victory of 1782 ; and can any two things be more similar , and is it not clear that tyranny is the one same ugly thing all over the world I From that day forth did the Catholio people look with just suspicion upon their Protestant leaders . That reply , and the uniform practice founded upon it , created the Irish rebellion ; as finality , and the treatment of the English volunteers of 1932 , will , we fear , produce a similar conclusion in this country .

      Now , was there nothing in Mr . Mookby ' s charge ; and was this the first time it was made against Lord Chablsmont , as Generalissimo of the volunteers ! Let us see . In countries Where literature has been destroyed , lest the stimulating effects of the records of olden times should excite the existing generation to deeds Of heroism and valour , oral tradition becomes a substitute for printed records and historical legends ; and from this tradition we learn the following fact : —In consequence of the treacherous answer of Charlkmont , the House , bearing his likeness as an invitation to travellers , became deserted as if by magic ; not a soul entered

      it ; while the Old Goat became too small for its numerous visitors . The landlord , loath to part with the Generalissimo in fall regimentals , but still more loath to hear the sound of empty pewter , consulted with a few friends apon the eve of a great fair , as to the best method of insuring to the house a speedy restoration of former favours . The unpopularity of Charlemont boing admitted to be the scarecrow , in order to have both meal and malt , picture and custom , the following , expedient was decided upon . Charlkmont was to remain in statu quo in full uniform , and right over his honour ' s cocked hat was placed the following announcement in tremendous sized letters : —

      " THIS IB THfi REAL OLD GOAT . " Suck was the decline and fall of the Prince of boroughmongers ; while his nominee , Gbattan , met with the following reward for his condescension in accepting £ 50 , 000 for his disinterested services to the boroughmongers . There was in tkose days a club , called the Goose Club , in Dublin , consisting of all the great men of the day . Grattan was a member and Curuas was a member . The prevailing opinion among tho Geese was , that Gbattan should be called upon to resign in consequence of his acceptance of the gratuity ; but Gbattan being a

      fighting man , a difficulty arose as to the modus operandi ; whereupon it was decided tint the question should be brought before the club , Ccrran undertaking as he said to " cackle to the point . " After a very angry debate , Cobban , as Grattan ' s / rwnd , moved the following resolution : —Resolved , "That Henry Grattan , having accepted £ 50 , 000 from Government , proves that he is no goose . " We mention these incidents in illustration of the fact , that with few exceptions , all patriots have been in the habit of feathering their own nests , without conferring a particle of benefit upon their country .

      So much of our commentary may be considered as a digression ; but we trust , however , neither uninteresting nor uninstruotiye ; and now we return to the meeting . The next step is the presentation of the report of the Committee , by Ssaohan Crawford , and which , as far as we could gather from his presentation , was an arrant piece of low Whiggery from top to bottom . Next comes the Lord Gosfood , who , after muttering a vast quantity of incoherent nonsense about an expected alliance with the people of England and Scotland , thus sum 3 up the objects of the Association . In Bpeaking of the present unsatisfactory mode of rating the electors , he says;—¦

      " Suppose , for instance , the poor law rating were adopted , instead of the present uncertain and unsatisfactory mode . ( Cheers . ) We must be steady at our pest . WE MUST KEEP OUT THE TORIES . " ( Long continued cheeriug . ) Such arc the principles upon wbioh " the Old Goat " is to be revived , and for the maintenance of which the Ulcers expect the co-operation of England and Scotland . " God help their foolish hsadai "

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      When the reader learns who this said Lord Gospord is , he will not be astonished at his anxiety to M keep the Tories out . " This Gospord is the father of Lord Achrson , M . P ., one of the veriest tools of the present Administration ; who has assisted the present Ministers in the perpetration of every single act so loudly complained of by Shabman Crawford , and , through whose support of Ministers , the said Lord Goaford has been highly promoted , and amply repaid by the same . Lord Gosford might hare Wh « n th «™< W learns who thfa saidLordGos-

      spoken plain English , and have said , keep me fit , and keep some other pensioner out . Next we have a rara avis , '' a great god-send for the Whigs , a mighty windfall for Sharman * a young Nobleman , his first appearance upon any stage ; and only now induced to come forward by the crying necessity of the times , in defense of bis beloved Ireland-a young Lord Cremorne . Hear the tyro ; he says , — ( come we'll give his whole speech , it ' s good to blood young hounds , and to encourage young beginners , ) --be says : —

      " My Lord and Gentlemen , the resolution wbioh I have the honour to propose for your consideration demands equality , of right for all the people of Ireland , and that Ireland shall have equal tights , privileges , and franchises , with Great Britain . This demand is but jast , and should be granted . ( Cheers . ) Iregret , however , to hava to say that I think we nave not been heretofore sufficiently eastgeUe in our exertions to obtain these measures of justice to which we are entitled ; but the time is come when we should us * all our energies to remove our grievances , and obtain an

      extension of our rights . ' ( Cheers . ) I trust we may obtain our rights without effecting any organic change in the constitution of our country , which would be likely to impair , or seiipasly weaken it ( Hear , hear . > I am sure that we all feel that , in our ease , " union is strength . " I think , therefore , we ought not to exhaust out strength by seeking for measures that would not meet the approbation of ail Reformers ; but we should unite to obtain those which all admit to be useful and practicable . ( Cheers . ) I think we ought to support the present government with all our power . " ( Renewed cheers . )

      So muoh for this Noble noviciate . He trusts bell get his righto without any organic changes in the constitution of his country . Organic 1 Why , poor thing ! you have oigan , rights , and all , but you have no country , for what you call your country has no rights . The importance of dealing summarily with this new humbug Association obliges us to reserve further commentary for our next ; when we shall fully expose the sophistry of Crawford ' s speech , and prove to the world that he has all through been a mere Whig . In a

      few more numbers we shall put this mysterious question of the Repeal of the Union uponsoplain a footing that every man in England will understand its merits . In the meantime let us assure our friends , that the Repealers of Ireland , the Chartists of Britain . and the National Guards of France , although apparently ignorant each of the others motives , are imperceptibly , uniting under the magic influence of animal magnetism . The cause of the poor , all over the world , will very speedily be found to be bnt one cause , while the means of the rich for crushing freedom , will be found to be the same in all nations .

      As the great fish devour the small fry ; so had the great " ulcer" upon the body absorbed our whole attention till we had lost all thought for the moment of the little ** pimple" just under our nose We had well nigh omitted the able representation of England , Scotland , and the Isle of Man , at the " ulcer" aggregate , by "Fox" Smiles . The omission would have been the more unpardonable as we believe it to be the first instance on record of a Scotch philosopher going to a goat ' s house to look for wooL

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      TOOLEY STREET LET LOOSE : " THE DEVIL AMONG THE TAILORS . " The terriers of Downing-street have roused their Irish bulldog . At long-last , Ebrington has opened a deadly fire upon the repealers . If we gave the Irish ¦ people credit for exercising any , even the slightest , inntience over the proceedings of the metropolitan place-hunting crew , we might rejoice at their discomfiture ; but it is becanBe we are aware that the majority of the Irish have been the dopes of their metropolitan blood-suckers , as the English would have been to their leeches of the same order had it not been for O'Comkoh ' s interposition , that we sympathise with them upon the injustice of Lord Ebrimgton ' s tyrannical act . Before we look to the

      justice of this very ignorant nobleman ' s declaration , let us , in passing , break a lance with Master Dan Daring the struggle of the English Chartists for liber ty , they have not had so bitter , so foul-mouthed , so ungenerous , so rampant , so great an enemy as O'Connxu He lent all his spare troops . He congratulated the Irish boys upon the murder of poor Shell and others at Newport ; and Sergeant

      CDaly , upon being an Irishman . He refused to allow the light of Chartism to shine npon his dark citadel . He procured hired men to hiss , insult , and assault Lowry . He dinned the necessity of prosecutions in the Attornbt-General ' s ears in short , he was the one great enemy of the Chartists , becanso the Chartists were the one great enemy whom he dreaded , as likely to destroy the trade of agitation , by a general redress of

      grievances . We never knew a tyrant who had not cause to dread the monster of his own creation ! D&R is now in as pretty a pickle as any gentleman need desire to be in . His tail lived upon Government suction , bnt all the repeal pores of " suckey " have been dried up ; the tail must suck at some other pap in future , or starve . The sereral joints of the tail were so many tributary streams for supplying the rent channels with vitality ; their friends were ** sprung up to the mark " in their several localities , but we assure Dan that " nothing for nothing" is the motto of all political dependants , and therefore nothing coming

      through repeal , nothing will come from repealers . Again , the patriotic brewers and publicans were the very best tenants , and paid the largest amount of rent ; but thanks , eternal thanks , to the great , the good , and virtuous Mathew , there is no longer to be a sin-offering at deception ' s shrine , from that quarter . So far , if O'Connell alone was concerned , we should most heartily rejoice at the Government decree ; aye , and after all , if he does not act the wet blanket , and if we kaow any thing of Irishmen and Irish courage , we would still rejoice , for if there is a real union among Irishmen , the intolerance of the Cabinet will now test it .

      But what ' can we say of the dastardly Cabinet who have thus unmuzzled their bull-dogI Talk of equal justice to Ireland , indeed , and establish English justice as the standard ! See the difference . Is the agitation for repeal illegal , or 1 b it not ! If illegal , mark the mild method Of putting it down compared with the method of putting down Chartism in England . Intheoneoase , amere tbxeat . suoh asan over-indulgent mother would hold out to a spoiled child , " Don't , my love , if you do , you Shall not have a new dress for your doll . " In the other case , two , three , and four years in madhouses , after an invitation by

      mother Russell to do the very thing complained of . Is the agitation legal ! If so , mark the tyranny of endeavouring to suppress it . Upon the whole , we may come to the following conclusion : —If the agitation is illegal , the Government are cowards . If legal , the Government are tyrants . They may select between the two , while we think them both cowards and tyrants . What right had this stuttering fool , ( who wa 3 sent to Ireland to get so much lumber out of the way , ) to dare to smother the

      expression of publio opinion upon the question of repealing an Act of Parliament , written in blood , and maintained by blood , by a threat of withholding tha light of Government countenance from those who should take part in the agitation . " Many , come up , indeed 1 " Be good , you slaves ! crouch before the oppressor ! We have got you down , and damn him that lets you up ! So , then , this sacred union , this happy bond , is indeed to be perpetuated by brute-force ! .

      You shan't got place . Pooh ! does it not fully prove -what we have elsewhere wd often Stated , thai by placea , pensions , goldv bribery , and corruptiev the union was carried , « nd Iceland has been enslaved !

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      Bat , again , see the fulfilment of our oft . repeated prediction , that Dah , in supplying % poli ^ j force , was catting a rod to whip himself . Will he believe us now that the tender Ebbinstor hat astd his pets to suppress a repeal meeting ?! Dan , you are an old man now ; you hive much to answer for ; take a friend ' s adviee ; make » bog or » dog of it , before the tw « factions unite their strength and mature their plaia for driving you to battle or to banishment . The next five months will be the crisis of yomr life ; be brave , be honest if you can ; be prompt , and you'll beg them . Cringe , temporize , and delay , and you ' ll But . anin . see the fulfilment of «*» ^

      undone . Dak , mind that you have more enemiei than any man on earth , and all of your own making and believe us , that they bat watch the first blow U turn upon you without mercy . Yon have not give * much quarter—you have not much to expect . B « assured that the "base , bloody and brutal" Whigs-, children of your own christening— -have a rod ^ pickle for you ; and that the stunted corporal " ( Wellington ) has long had a " stone in his sleeve "; both wishing an opportunity to use them . And if Wellington should join the Whigs , or even count * nance them , it will be from no other motive than the selfish one of paying you off .

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      WAR OR PEACE . The question of peace or war furnishes another powerful instance of the negative , but yet controul * ing , power of the most despised party in the state . Were it not for the moral influence of the Chartists over the minds of those who role them with a rod of iron , but who are , nevertheless , governed , ia return , by their watchfulness for satisfaction , we should not , for the first time in our history , witness all this coyness , hesitation , aad delay , in th « acceptance of the gauntlet , so tauntingly thrown down by one half the world , but so shyly evaded

      by Great Britain . If "Reform" had produced any one salutary change—if it had changed dbmestio ferocity into domestic kindness , or shewn a dispo sition to substitute the art of reason for that of war—we might have placed the present sluggish , ness to the general account of increased dvilha * tion . But all ciMumstanoes so concur in proving that their hositation proceeds rather from a dread of more war than they can manage than from aey positive dislike to contention , that we are compelled to consider our pacific position as an emanation from wholesome distrust of an oppressed peep ]* , rather than a proof of the pacific inclination of

      our rulers . The Whigs and the Tories are situate , with n . spsct to this question , precisely as they are with respect to all others . The Whigs hesitate , tantalise , bully , and crouch , for the mere purpose of feeliag the public pulse , in the first instance ; and of justifying their ulterior steps , if war should come , when called to account by the Tories , hereafter , by a reference to the means employed for the arersion of the calamity . On the other hand , the Times , (¦

      paper that exists upon clerical , social , and general contention at home , ) has been fencing for the last three months , not to stop the war , but to procrastinate the war—to gain time—till the Tories should be in a position to take advantage of it ; regarding it as an incident which would not only lay the foundation of another long reign of Toryism , but which would also , in a great measure , take away the main obstacle to its continuance , by diverting public attention from domestic considerations .

      England , at the present moment , very forcibly reminds us of a fins lady who does not perceive that she has been negligently dressed until the fact is announced to her , upon some slight exertion , by the prick of an awkwardly placed pin . Should England go to war at present , she would find that , from the awkwardness of her recent dressing maids , Ireland would stick a pin into one of her sides , and Scotland would prick the other ; while her hands would be so completely tied up at home that she would be utterly incapable of affording ^ herself tht slightest relief .

      Leopold has been one of the principal agents for general pacification ; and with good reason . He knows , full well , that although Belgium has . considerably improved by her separation from , Holland , the Belgians feel , nevertheless , that Lbopoi * himself , and not the nation , has been the principal gainer by the improvement . Leopold has followed the example of the beastly wretch who has just walked down the & «* stairs , and left ; the flat-bottomed Dutch to the government of the Prince of Orange . The King of Hollandma the greatest jobber and

      the greatest beast in his dominions . We fully acquit Leopold of all suspicion of being an imitator of * U the propensities of the ex-King ; but we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that , like Mb predecessor , he pockets the produce of all those national improvements , which , of right , belong to the nation at large . To say that Belgian has improved much , proves nothing ; for mm constat she might , after her separation from Holland , have improved immeasurably faster had her long-smothered resources , or rather her

      resources long drained by Holland , been applied nationally instead of individually . Leopold , hie the Whigs , has a peculiar interest in the preserva tion of peace ; for , however well-disposed the " Citizen King" may be towards his son-in-law , and her Britannic Majesty towards" ouruncle , " weassure him and them that , upon the first declaration of war , the voice of the people will be far more mighty than that of kings . Belgium , to save the expense of aa exclusive Court , would attach herself to a . French Republic

      Russia stands in pretty much the same relation to her awkward pins that England does . Poland , Persia , and Turkey , united cordially to Russia , would , as Napoleon said , make her the mistress of the world . His words were , "I leave Albxawds my heir to Europe . " But stir the centre of the pool , France , and what becomes of every establish form of government in Europet ! All the petty states of Germany would play their cards according to their respective bands ; Poland would take advantage of Russia ' s first visit from home , to wrench herself from the Northern Tyrant ' s grasp 5 and France would join in the holy undertaking .

      A nation returning from the confusion of war w the quiet of peace , is like a steam-vessel thtl i during a gale , has received a sudden shock m MBtt vital quarter , the effect of which , though it mayaot be felt during the irregular working of the parts , if sure to shew itself when all are called upon top * form their respective functions upon the surface of smooth waters . Hence we find that disaster

      in a calm are generally the result of « overstrain in the gale . So with natta * The machinery for war cannot be laid aitat upon the proclamation of peace . Public opiate * in the excitement of the moment , would W * any stinting of the future comforts of the gall soldier , who risks hi * life in the defence tf his ten try ' s rights , as little short of treason . New rook *

      new rookeries , new forts , new ramparts , new gat riBons , new castles , and new towers are sought f « , whereof the government may be conferred spo& the meritorious warriors ; but , even in this distribu tion , although the soldiers get more than their share of the bullets , the officers get all ti « rewards Sixpence a-day for the loss of a leg , an arm , and an ye ; and £ 2 , 000 a-year fora good word to ***! patch , or for having a wife , a mother , or a sister of easy virtue . Thus a tribe of war locusts are quartered for Jife—and , in many cases , their ohildres after them—upon a foolish people .

      But the mischief does not stop here ; inssBwen « the support of a corrupt system is the conditiweP wbioh castles , rooks and forts are holden , and they «• seldom granted without the gratification of Pk «»* mentary influence . Letthe nation cast an eyeupon ^ grants to the Duke of Wblluwton and others r « w to the number of half-pay connorantsy Bitting a " " House of Commons , voting away the peejWi money to pay for their u poor services "; and to the « J » _ new military Peere , bating alL owil astiM ** "

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      A * THE NORTHERN STAR , ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 17, 1840, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2706/page/4/