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    • fflE NORTHERN STAft. SATURDAY, DECEMBER S, 1840.
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    • IRISH ABSENTEEISM.
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      ,, IHE EXPECTANCY AND ROSE OF THE FAIR STATE . " mTb of an empire , England ' s budding rose , * jjtoopi We be evTy blessing on thee shed ; , ty beauties new may coming years disclose , And tnough S 8 ™* mim ° ns starve , may ' st than be fed ! -rjat are a people ' s 'wants—a people ' s -woes , « o the foil feast for Royalty be spread ? , < ( jive us , this aay , ont daily bread , " we mutter , ^ nu some would gladly take it-without Baiter » at brea' 1 fe ^ ldlena «« Boffi aefes for THEE ; Fair Fortune as thy humble handmaid waitsrtv supernumtnuy nurse , and she Bocks thy resplendent cradle . Noiwor-Tates ^ nised for thy sustention , yet we see Xbon art a splendid pauper , and the State's tj t . the people ) mulcted to support L y i # l and board—fair idol of a Ceurt !

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      CHARTISM—A FRAGMENT . yrtedom , our instinct , is unquenchable An altar-flame , e'en in the dungeon ' s hell , fliien most repress'd most glows the soul of fire , And smoulders but to burst in vengeful ire . Veil conqraer conq ' rers who would make US slaves f ur wliat to us is death , or shrouds , or graves ? ' llw hope of freedom in onr bosoms reigns , jierves our strong aims , and kindles all our veins , jis shame to sit submissive , and to see Onr wives and children pine in sl : ix < ay

      Ami when they ass for bread have no reply put bootless words that bid them not to cry . Shall honest toil and honourable pride jUve nought but rags to clothe its lean-ribbed side ? jfce spirit of a man rebels ' gainst this , And will not live upon such terms , I wis ; The death of patriots who with tyrants cope , joes not destroy , but animates our hope . J . W .

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      A CHARTIST 5 ON& Air— " Mary La , More . " Bows , down to the dust with the base-hearted few , fflio league with the tyrants—who trample on you , ind burn with the madness of demons of hell , Io stifle the spirit of Hampden and TelL Aye , perish for ever the throne and the King That turns into poison life ' s joy with its sting ; Let mountebank titles be mocfc'd by the world , And Freedom ' s bright banner be ever unfurled . What matter—though faction should dare , in . its jride , To dr ag us to dungeons where good men have died ; What matter—though Justice' white vesture be red ' With the blood-marks of ninrder'd yet innocent dead . Tbertfs a day when the Judge aud oppressor will stand Confronted by martyrs who bled by their band ; And their titles and wealth will be offered in vain , To ' scape the dread wrath of the Lord of the slain . How proud in its tatters will virtue be then , When baubles are torn from the scnteheons of men ; And dates how they'll blush , when they see with disgust , The gods they have worshipp'd are nothing but dust ! flad .

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      A "Warrior ' s Estimate op War . —Prince Eugene , who as one of the veiy ablest among the renowned generals of his day , and who had gained honour in many well-fought battle , made the following remarks in relation to war : — " The thirst of renown sometimes insinuates itself into our councils under the hypocritical garb of national fionour . It dwells on imaginary insults— it suggests harsh and abusive language ; the people go on from onetime to another , till they pat an end to the lives of half a million of men . The call for war proceeds generally from 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 was ordered by the emperor to contribHte , at the rate of four thousand ducats a head , to the war charges , and that the other fine gentlemen among us were made to take the field forthwith in person . A military man becomes so sick of bloody ' scenes in war , thai , at peace , he is averse to commence them . I wish that the first minister who is called on to decide on peace or war , had only seen actual service . What pains would he not take to seek in mediation and compromise the means of avoiding the effasion of so much blood . It is ignorance and levity , which is always cruel , make cabinets lean to the side of war . "

      Ibrahih Pasha . —In person he is shortandrather corpulent , with a high forehead and aquiline nose , and possessing an intellectual expression of countenance . His dress is studiously plain ; the only expense which he allows himself in matters connected with his person being lavished on his arms , some of which are studded with diamonds . lake that of Napoleon , his outward appearance seems to have changed considerably with the progress of years ; for although , when between thirty and forty , he was described by a British traveller as " of a slender make , sallow complexion , and under the middle size , " he is

      reported by the latest visitors to nave become "thick set , " and somewhat full in the figure . " On onr arrival / ' says Richardson , " wewere immediately ushered into the Pasha ' s presence , and found him attine on the corner of the divan , surrounded by his officers and men , who were standing at a respectful distance . He received ns sitting , but in the most « racionsmanner , and placed the Earl of Belmore and S fr S ^ nSon hi s left hand , and bis Lordship ' s two sons and myself at the top of the room on hi 3 right . The interpreter stood , as well as the officers and soldiers , who remained in the room during the whole time of my visit . —Life ofMahommed Ali .

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      TAJTS MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER , 1840 . haKL ™!^ ( P * received our « end Tait-and Stbffoi ^ D ^ P ^ 111111 - Wegivehow" &Sfcf- ! XtraCt from "" beaded Ttl ^! l ^ L months of September , October , and 22 & ^ WWWfflJak by two of the Chartists who have been imprisoned in consequence « L 2 T "Tf ? . *«* «» Chartist mWment 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" newstrace

      papers see no of these things in their journals and they believe that Chartism is extinct * * i If the sceptical on this peint would occasionally look ^ - n ^ orifer" Star ' ^ y would ^ convinced of IX- i ^ - ? ? - e have Med & *• O'Connor ' s , published in Leeds ) is read by the unenfranchised in f £ iSfV ^ 6 emp 5 le- We know ««¦* , among the agricultural labourers in one parish in Dorsetshire alone , twenty-five copies of this paper are regularly S >^\ notBa d by tbe sriKcribers-for , in that distort . the schoolmaster has made little progress-but read to them at the ale-house , or wherever they hold tteir meeting * It is full of short paragraphs ! nar rafang every Charbst meeting ( however insignificant ) KSU& 2 " ?* . . ( the most ^ P ° rtant ) village ^ The parties to the

      meeting see their doings ctawniclld and are flattered into perseverance ; the ChaS everywhere seeing so many evidences of the general participation in their sentiments , are buoyed up to hoS and perseverance . Kor is this all : mere sentiment and opimon are not sufficient to keepa party together ; it must havesomethingtodo . The publishing offieeof toBNorthernSia ris the centre of a perpetual working . There are subscriptions to be raised for this or that f ***? ° his famUy-the receipt of the sums that ar , ^ ° * Jf ^ * " »«¦ •» duly acknowledged -accounts of theur application are renderea-corres pondents are appointed in different localities-Chartist missionaries are appointed . All this keeps a great J ! L 0 » le bus y * ereat different ptoces

      ^ ; many . They may not be making much progress , but they are wodangj andthatkeepsthemingoodhum ourandunited . The MrUiem 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 KoiOeni Star is a bond 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 whole

      a world of politics among our unenfranchised , of which the enfranchised know nothing and seem determined to tnow nothing , and yet have a * deep interest in knowing something . They are learning the art of exercising then : combined power by practicethe only way in which men ever leam it . It is all very well . to say that their political theories are crude and in . coherent ; 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 , andhas been obtained and exercised , by men who have no sound philosophical views of polit ics , 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 will be no necessary pre-requisite 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 consdouspower ; notwith 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 natter a body they can neither understand nor appreciate ; but with th steady , dispassionate , friendly inquiring gaze of men , who , wishing to promote the happiness cf the whole human race , know that their ability to do good mainly depends upon then- knowledge of the residence and distribution of the power inherent in socie £ y . "

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      WHIGGERY'S FALLEN . TOXE— " Babylon's 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 . Victory sits upon your brow , And shall ne ' er forsake it more ; Whiggery ' s fallen , fallen , fallen ! TVhiggery ' 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 , &c .

      Now are burst the chains that bound ns ! 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 ; Malthas hongs his fiendish head ; Well they know the men they've cheated , Never more will thus be led ; Union on our hearts is 'written , While we sing the triumph o ' er , Whiggery ' 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 ; Now they are by all detested , And their torment pains the more , Whiggery's fallen , &c Yes , the treacherous gang shall find us Fass'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 , Now their short-lived joys are o ' er ; Whiggery ' s fallen , &c . T . angTi we now at dread oppression , Captive is captivity ; Now shall truth have loud expression

      By our mends 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 con * vivial 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 . 1

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      SYRIA . CAPTURE OF ST . JEAN D'ACRE . Malta , November 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

      corvette 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 sheib into the fortifications . Soon after noon a light sea breeze set in , when the fleet got under weiMh , 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 flagshipbut the Castor got ahead of both , the rest of

      , the vessels taking up positions as most convenient , and likely to do the greatest mischief . Shortly after two , p . m ., the batteries opened their fire upon th 9 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 steamers lying outside throwing with astonishing rapidity and effect their shells , over the ships , into the fortifications . Such a cannonading was never before heard , and most certainly on no occasion on record were less shots wasted . The

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      mng was truly admirable , the Bellerophon ' s part icularly so ; and every shot told . The Princess Charlotte alone fired , during the three hours which the action lasted , 4 , 503 Bhots , or one broadside repeated every two minutes for 85 times ! At lour p . m . a sensation was felt on board the ships , similar to that of an earthquake , which was subsequently ascertained to have been a tremendous explosion ( no doubt from one of the steamer ' s shells ) ot a powder magazine ashore , launching into eternity no less t han 1 ,-200 of the enemy . At a little after hve , as the evening drew in , the fire 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 tlm

      embrasures and works knocked about the heads of those who manned them . At dark the firing ceased < ra 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 previoiis day , for at about two a . m . a boat came off to announce that part Ot 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 . The defence of the place was entrusted to a Pole who certainly did his utmost ; he lost his arm , and is t n ? # L P n . soners > who are said to amount to r , The slain are estimated at 2 , 500 , and those who nave fled are said to exceed 1 , 000 , but these latter were being hourly brought in bythemoun-A —*— -- — w tf ~— ~ — O *^ " * J *** W ftJAVlAkL

      The return of killed and wonnded on the side of the allies had not yet been collected from the several ships at the date of the last advices , but the sum total is estimated at 23 killed and SO wounded . Among the former we regret to announce the loss ot Lieut . LeMesurier , of the Talbot , lately promotea . Among the wounded , Commander Hastings , of the Edmburgh , with the Master , Assistant-Surgeon , a ? ii « "pshipmen of the same vessel ; all by one shell . On board the Benbow , Mr . Telfer , Captain ' s Uerk ( 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 aud two wounded . This vessel ' s mainmast was shot through , and her hull and rigging so injured that she will nave to go to Constantinople for repairs . She will convey LO 00 of the prisoners . Admiral

      waiKer has left m 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 , andouly sligntly wounding one Turkish soldier , of whom they had on board 300 , and so had all the other Acre ' tr °° haVe be 6 n landedt ( > S ™ son A vast quantity of stores and material wa 3 found , exceeding what has been expended in the warfare along the coast of Syria , and estimated by some at little shoitof £ 1 , 000 , 009 value : and amongtheord-KSate ord d ^ ° f art [ Uery > of 200 £ ans » The force of shipping employed is no doubt quite disproportionate to the immense strength of this redoubted fortress ; it was rebuilt in 1831 . bv French

      artisans , and defended by 460 gans 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 rapidity and 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 , fortunately for us , blew in their facesthe 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 , Beobow , and Revenge—the Turkish Admiral : frigates , Pique , Caster , Carysfort , Talbot-the Austrian Admiral : brigs , Hazard and Wasp , besides the steamers in the oifing . ' - .

      fauch is the account of the taking of Acre , written withm 24 hours after the attack began—a city which baffled Buonaparte and a French army , aud has undergone , both in ancient and modern history , more numerous and desperate sieges than any other city in the world .

      ( From the Times . ) We have received by express letters from our correspondent in Alexandria dated the 9 th and 11 th nit . They bring accounts from Beyrout of the 6 th . 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 , and 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 , Meheinet Ali , after venting his indignation against her in angry teims , and perceiving the inutility 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 had 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 Mehemet Ali had , on the morning of the 11 th ult ., notified to the Consuls remaining 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 ihat 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 81 to 9 per cent , prem ., with but a limited business for the packet . The demand for specie for exportation continued great . The news from Canada is unimportant .

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      Many daring buAglahies 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 Death . —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 ; but being determined to get down with that tub , 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 shades 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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      . Fatai Accident . —On Wednesday morning , about ej gnt o ' clock , while two brothers of the name of M Lean were working at one of the fluarries upon the edge of the King's Park , a large block of stone , supposed to be a tohand ahalf , having been detached trom above , fell upon ono of the brothers , named tolin , 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 mche 3 of him . —Stirling Observer .

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      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 as 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 blund ers in political science which , from the very constitution of man , will bo always used for retaliative aggression . Hence , in Ireland , we not uufrequently 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 combatants 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 whicli 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 seoated from the hustings as far deficient in liberality , are now , without having changed a shade of 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 b een the case , candidates there requiring a large shave of hustings' pliability , in order to catch a mere majority . " To destroy all unjust influence in the political body should be the anxious and 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 an

      unconstitutional power upon the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland , and also upon demagogues , who acquire great personal advantage in consequence 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 the 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 felt in its progression from birth to maturity ; and when it arrives at the latter stage , its opponents are then styled Destructives , in consequence of usage , custom , and laws enacted for its permanence , having made it part anil parcel of the Constitution . Men too generally fall into the error of applying the dangerous substitute , rather than the

      simple remedy . Perhaps we cannot bettor illustrate this position , than by directing public attention to a consideration of the enactment of the Corn Laws . The landlords were all powerful in both Houses of Parliament ; and being themselves , as contractors of , and security for , the war loan , the parties most interested in a fair adjustment of the twelve years' war account , they had vested in them the accredited and plenary power of arbitrator 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 trustees , how did they act ? Why , they said , "firstly , we'll secure ourselves , and thereby secure the mortgagees leaving to dull comprehension the right to grumble over the act by which we throw the whole burden consequent upon this double satisfaction upon our clients ; while wo shall so fortify ourselves in the interval , as to make it a branch of national faith , before publio opiuionis 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 stop-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 Roaan Catholic clergy . The one 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

      all their political influence . Upon the other hand , reduce the State Church parsons to the level of the Roman Catholic clergy , and you make one community of the whole pe ople , 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 , wo 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 support givenby the Irish peopleto evorything , anything , 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 act 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 Kildareboys 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 courso ; but , even if necessary , we are prepared to give to such means of political instruction a great advantage over the system of shooting , transporting , entombing and working to death them who claim aright to express -an opinion upon the laws , to which they are bound , to submit by the tyranny of a small miuocity . It is easy to deceive the Irish people

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      who read no newspapers by the yell of- "English Protestant 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 ; but 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-coming tenant , let as 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 tbe following dialogue truly descriptive of the cause of Irish emigration ? : — " Well , Murphy , why did you leave Ireland V

      "Wislia , then , by my sovvl , I'll tell you that ; but I was fairly sold up , when the master I had got bad with the English landlord ,-bttt , and sure the divil a notice myself and three hundred more had when we were distrained for the middle man ' s rent a < ad we clear ; so we had to shift , and them that hadn ' t the passage to Amoriky 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 bring over Kate and the childer ; aod , indeed , thanks to God and the neighbours , we done Well over since . " " Well , MuupiiY , and how do you like Ilia Eu » - lish % "

      " How do I like f . liem , is it ? Muslia , then , but that ' s a quare question . Sure , I have a good right to like them ; for , for my pars , I always found them civil and dacent . " " Well , but don't they dislike you for your religion ?" " For my religion , is it ? Not them , indeed . I'll engage , only behave myself as a man should , and the divil a one will ever say , ' Mukphy , what religion are you of ? ' No , in troth , it ' s aisier to pass a man of substance hero , as regards that point , than it would a lousy spladdereeu of a little Protestant warrior at home next door to you , and , by my sow ] , many is the good man that ' s obliged to put up with the jeers and taunts . "

      " Well , M'Dokough , 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 taken 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 , and routed out , for

      the Tories got so bad , that there was no 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 , aud got work at a factory ; and I thank God the day I left the little cabin and loom and all for rint , for 1 was fairly starved out . "

      " Well , Maiioney , what brought you to England ?" "Why , then mine is a quair story , but I come here for one and tenpence . " " One aud 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 ; aod 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 chanoa 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 bar > gain ; so I took the long nights and made off to Dublin , and after working therefor 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 where I am , for by my sowl he'd be after me yet . "

      " Well , Donovan , what brought you to us ?" " Why , then , you shall heat that ; indeed , I was one of twelvo that worked for Squire O'Flaheuty , 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 iugun that was doing my work , and but I took up some straws , and I ' ll 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 in a factory . " " Crowly—What brought yon here V

      " Why , then , a bloody villain ofaNaturnay 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 , but he'd ruin 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 of all the small farmers , and knocked the cabins down and let the land out in big farms to Proles tan voters . " " Well , Higgims , 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 bagnot 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 youv foolish head , many is the good and honest hard-working man in Ireland was hung 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 driver was taking off his . sfcock , and in making ' cvvords him , a horse that wpamong thorn run out at the gap where one of tfeelinen stood and broke his leg ; and I see it all , but the honest man was hung ; they swore that he made a rescue , and sure he didn't any more than you did ; but the Counsellor axed me was I Protostant or aCatholio , and I told the truth , and the witnesses agin the poor sowl , God be marciful to him , were all little Protestant yeoman , that would sware a hole through an iron pot , for a pot of porter . "

      " And , in God s name , was he hung V " Wisha , indeed , I folly'd him to the grave from the gallus me own Belf ; and if they cotched me they'd sarve me the same ; and , indeed , for swearing for poor Couin 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 roligion for worldly purposes , not only depopulates Ireland ,

      impoverishes the absentees and the soil , but also adds from all classes of farmers , labourers , mechanics , and operatives , to the already overstocked labour market of England : and thus , like the humanitymongers who make the white slaves pay for negro emancipation , we find tho 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 nativo prosperity and native independence .

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      lf Avarice makes us blind , " says the old proverb ; this , the Marquis of Westminster says , cannot be true , or he wonld have been blind years ago .

      A CLERICAL TOAST . "The Church , " bellowed Philpotts , "tbe Churoh , 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 iu the adjoining room to where Victoria hy in—judging from what the Court newsman states in the course of his eloquent detail of what toolc place at the Palace on the day of the Royal accouchement . Thus lie writes— " Tho infant Princess having been brought into ike room where the Ministers and great oih ' cers of State were assembled , their lordships 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 two most precious things on this side of the grave are our reputation aud onr life . But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of tho one , and the weakest weapon of the . other . A wise man , therefore , will be more anxious to deserve a fair name than to possess it , and this will teach him so to live as not to be afraid to die . Never consider a person unfeeling or hardhearted because he refuses what ho cannot grant . Painting and Poetky . —The arts of painting and poetry are conversant with the world of thought within ns , aud with tho world of sense around uswith what we know , and see , and feel intimately . They flow from the sawed slirinn of our own breasts , and pro kindled at iho living lamp of nature — HaslhL

      i . PALACE RECOMMENDATION . 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 lie has effected more for the happiness of the world than the whole race of heroes and conquerors , who have drenched it with tears , aud manured it with blood , and whose birth , parentage and education have been handed down to us with a precision precisely proportionate to the mischief they have done . "Never mind , Al , " said the Baroness to the Prince-Consort , seeing him a little down at the fruit ot Ins first labour not proving a boy , and whileTiyjing to compliment him on Ins early exertions to render himself worthy of his falher-hnd , " if dat de littel stranger is not de Prince of Wulcs , it sal pe cal do Princess of Sharks—so dat just de game ; ha ! ha !"

      The last case of absence of mind which has occurred in this city , happened on Saturday to Miss Squibbs , who tied her bustle on her head , aud her new French frilled morning-cap to her back , just before she descended to her breakfast . The Queen was well enough , on Friday , to sit up aud partake of the breast of a partridge for her luncheon . The sagacity of the " infant Princess ' is said to have been indicated in a remarkable way , almost immediately after birth ; for on being 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 sonrce of regret to some , " quoth tho Archbishop of Canterbury to this foreign Prince Regent of these realms , immediately after tho Queen ' s accouchement , " that tho little stranger is not a boy . " " Ah , veil , never mind , " rejoined the Prince , " va vjl try vat can pe dono de next time . " Tho holy father endeavoured to express , by a sanctified twist of his eyes , a hope in accordance with the implied promise of the Royal pap-a ,.

      MAMMY S OW » CHILD . The Royal babe , when on tho table laid Before the great officials , kicked , ' tis said , And played lhe vixen , as their eyes glanced o ' er her . What then \ her Ma so acted , long before her . A True Bill . —The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age , payable with interest about thirty years after date . —Cotton . Happiness at Home . —To bo 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 must be-known by those who would make a just estimate of his virtue or felicity ; for smiles aud embroidery are alike occasional , and the mind is often dressed for show ia painted honour and fictitious benevolence . Destroy not your own health by drinking to the health of others .

      Fashions . — "Grandpapa , where do people get their fashions from ? " " Why from Boston . " "Well , where do the Boston folks get them from ? " " From England . " " Ah ! where do the English get them from ? " "From France . " "And where do the French get them from ? " "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 PRAYER . To Bull ' s fond heart the baby is so dear—And well it may be as regards his pelf—Ho 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 Tankervillo . " Well , " quoth the latter "it is but fair that those who sow should reap . " " You are quite sure , Mr . King , " said Victoria to the owner of the " learned horse , " as she advanced to pat him , " that he is quite gentle . " " Aa gentle as a lamb , " quoth the man . " Lor ! I wish Melbourne was here ! " exclaimed Vie . 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 surely object to this . 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 as the Royal pa-rent of the " illustrious stranger , " no reference ought to be suggested to the " reno " -al of his Royal Highness by the Queen , or the "payments 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 ! wot ) is me , I only wish we were Safely delivered from the baby too ! 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 may understand evory living language in the course of a few months , and , in the course of a few yeais , to paint like Raphael , write ' like Shakspero , and excel Beethoven in musical composition .

      Importance of a Comma .. —The following request was made at church : — " A sailor going to sea , hia wife desires the prayers of tho congregation for hia safety . " It happened to be road thus : — " A sailor going to see his wife , desires the prayers of the congregation for his safety . " dyrom ' s j acobin toast . God bless tho 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 us all , that ' s quite another thing . Arithmetical Table , from John Bum . —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 bedchamber woman ; and threo bedebambor women make one Whig Radical government . A Scotsman is never at home but when ho is abroad ; an Englishman is never happy but when he is miserable ; and an Irishman is never at peace but when he is at war . The best teaoher of princes is clearly adversity Swift , with dexterous sarcasm , says , that " riding is the only thing which princes ever do well , because horses are no flatterers . "

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      UNITE J Uxite ! nor basely yield A nation ' s rights to fiaud ; For Justice is onr shield , And God is lord of lord . Unite ! the dye is cas t , Yunr leaders are in chains ; Tour Charter , hold it fast Whilst blood is in your veins . Unite ! twill never do , I Your freedom to forego ; i 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 treed I That wisdom leaves behind . - Unite ! and let the breeze j Unfurl your battle-cry , And tbict as forest leaves ! Around it " do or die !" GaoL

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      PROLOGUE IO A SEW DRAMA , ESTIHED " JOHS FROST , OB THE INSURRECTION AT NEWPORT . " SpotenlyaDruid . Toe plund ' nng Ficts and vrand ' ring Scots invade Onr Rome-deserted isle ; sea-Saxon aid Drives back the horde—tbe northern locust pest , But next drives ns from onr green ocean nest , And we to bleak and barren bills must fly , Where Snowdon's summits scale the cloudy sky ; All inaccessible , save to -wild birds , Or beasts of prey and elamVring mountain herds . But , worsa than Picts or Saxons , Normans come , And will not leave us e ' en that ragged home . We now , indeed , are conquer'd , and must bear Tbe yoke of bondage , yet without despair : Aye , they may chain tbe body , but in mind We still are free , as Srst of British

      Jrind—Tameless and struggling , lite the caged-np dove That ever pants for freedom , its first love . Tyrants may tra > u us up in servile sin , And torture ns to quench tbe light within ; But stronger , fiercer , in our warm Welsh hearts , Burns freedom ' s flame , and such a glow imparts , As makes ns breat the despot ' s galling chain , And bid Mm try his bootless rack again : Born with our life this love of liberty , Tis nature , instinct , and can never die . Oar foes may task ns , bury ns in mines , And make ns slave where knowledge never shines—Kay , though they flog ns till we drop and die , Still "Freedom , Freedom ! " to the last we'll cry . The very sound of that inspiring werd

      lofts ns to life , and seems to give a sword . They cannot starve ns to submission—no ! We spurn the food that ' s offered by a foe : Extremest misery nor bends nor breaks The heart that , not for self , but freedom aches . All foes are conqner'd when we conquer fear , As did bold Shell , who braved a bloody bier : To gain his rights , he took the manliest course , The plain straightforward argument of force ! Tengeauce ! is now our cry ; remember Shell ! We'll live lite him—at least well die as welt Cambria's young friend , whose faith the dungeon tries , Shall come and kindle hope in beaming eyes . Silurian Frosts again shall lead us on , And Freedom ' s baffled battle yet be won ! J . W . Aislaby , November 30 th , 1810 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2713/page/3/