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    • THE NOMHfM SfP SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1849.
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      NEW MONTHLY PUBLICATION . On tlie 1 st of June , will appear No . L of THE DEMOCRATIC REYIEW 0 £ BRITISH and TOHEICX POLTXICS , HISTOKY , and LTTKHATOKE . Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY . PB 1 CE TnEEEPZSCE . Office , No . 5 , TTine Office ^ onrt , Fleet-street , London . g 3 ? This publication will represent , contend for , and chronicle ; tlie progress of Democratic Principles—the prindples . of pure inesoraile atsncE , at home and abroad . Talented -writers in France and Germany hare promised to contributearticles ; and , arrangements are in progress , for securing the assistance of correspondents in Italy , Switzerland , and America . 3 3 -Further particulars in future advertisements .

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      A PEIZE OF THREE HUNDRED GUINEAS for the best Essay on the COMPARATIVE MERITS OF BOYALTY , ARISTOCRACY , and DEMOCRACY . For particulars see The Pf » piE , Nos . 47 , 48 , and 49 . Price One Penny each . It may be bad from Mr . Watson , - Queen ' s Head-passage , Patemoster-rosv ; or ironi A . Heywood , Manchester ; or by any Bookseller .

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      TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen " victoria and His Boyal Highness PrinceAlbert . Now Ready , THE LOJfDO ^ and FASIS SPRESTG and SUMMER FASHIONS for 1849 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 13 , Hart-street , Blooinsbury-square , London ; and by GEORGE BERGER , Holywell-street , Strand ; a splendid PRINT , elaborately finished , and superbly coloured , the LANDSCAPE , a correct view in the Queen's Botanical Gardens , London , ( by special permission . l tlie most raagnificcntpla . ee in Europe . This beautiful picture will be accompanied-with the most novel good fitting , and £ > shionable Dress , Hiding , Frock , and : Hunting Coat Patterns , both double and single r breasted ; Hussar ' s u Youth ' s round Jackets , plain and with skirts ; single and doable-breasted Dress , Morning and Evening Waistcoats ; also the most fashionable and newest style Habit Pattern ; every particular part of each pattern fully explained , and an illustration of everything respecting Style and Fashion ; pr ice 10 s . Sold by Read and Co ., 12 , Dart-street , Blooms-Dury-square , London ; G . Bergcr . HolyweU-street , Strand ; andall Booksellers in Town and Country . HEAD and Co . * s new system of Cutting , just published , and will supersede everything of the kind before conceived Serms , -with particulars , ' sent post-free . Patent measures , 5 s . the set , with fuU explanation ; Patent Indicator , postfree . 7 s . ; Registered Patterns to Measure , Is . each , postfree ' { Ladies' Paletots same ); by Read and Co ., and all BookseUers in the United Kingdom . Postmffice orders and post stamps , taken as cash . ~ Eabits performed for the trade . Busts for fitting Coats on ; Boys' Figures . Foremen provided . Instructions in Cutting complete , for all kinds of Style and Fashion , which can be accomplished in an inwedibly short time .

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      - THE POPULAR REMEDY . PARR'S LIFE PILLS . Which are acknowleged to be all that is required to conquer Disease and Prolong Life . Darr introduced tolling Chariest—( See "Life and Times of Thomas Parr , " which may be had gratis of aU Agents . ) The extraordinary properties of this medicine are thus described by an eminent physician , who says : — "After particular observation of the action of Pass ' s Pills , I am determined , in my opinion , that the following are their " true properties : — ., . ¦ . ¦ - ¦ ¦ - ' . . "Firstr-They increase the strength , whilst most other medicines have a-weakening effect upon the system . Let any one take from three to four or six pills every tnrenfyfour hours , " and , instead of having weakened , they will be found to have revived the annual spirits , and to nave imparted a . lasting strength to the body . "Secondly—In their operation they go direct to the disease . After you have taken six or . twelve pills you will experience their effect ; the disease upon yon will become less and less by every dose you take ; and if yon will persevere mregulariytakmgfromthree to six puis everyday , -your disease will speedily be entirely removed from the system J - . -- . - .. - .= ¦ J " Thirdly—They are found , after giving them a fair trial or a few weeks , to possess the most astonishing and invigorating properties , and they wiU overcome all obstinate complaints , and restore sound health ; there is a return of good appetite shortly from the besinning of their use ; - jrnilst their , mildness as a purgative is a desideratum greatly required by the weak and delicate , particularly where violent purging is acknowledged , to be . injurious instead of beneficial TO PERSONS GOING ABROAD . These puTs are particularly recommended to all persons going abroad , and subjecting themselves to a great change of climate . Officebs of the Asht aso Katz , MisttoyABns , EaicKANTS , Ac , win find them an invaluable appendage-to their-medicine chests , as a preventative of the attacks of those diseases so prevalent in our Colonies , especially in the West Indies , where a small box recently Sold for 10 s . In America also its fame is getting known « nd its virtue duly appreciated ,: causin j an immense de tnand for It ; and there is no country o a per tin the world mere it wfll not speedily become an aiticltof extensive tteffic andi-eneral mffity , as it may be Mdrecomrse to in pleases of sickness , with confidence in its sunhlicitv arid in its power to produce r « Ue £ r * ' CITJTION . pS' ariff ' w ^ Tt ^? : vm £ "PARR'S LIFE XUA & are m . Wans Leitebs on a Red Gsodsb « n «« . ^ S ^^ S ^ I ^ Sl ^ ^ r ^ tte ^ « mile of the s ^ natore rf theTroprietors , "T ROBER ^ MdCo ., Crane . court ,, Fleet ^ treevlS , " ^ ft ^^ SolifahoxisatUiiii , 2 t Sivanafcmuy packets ^ t UBach , b , an r ^^ He medlcme TendVn ; £ S „ IMirorlu . ^ UU dir ^ o al »» TM 1 rift ^ cl 1 ^ ^

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      T" A BARGAIN . "~ " " " TO BE DISPOSEDOF , THREE FOUR-~ ICRrT ^ HARES in the National Land Company Price , £ 210 s . each . ¦( . t - " - . Immediate application to be made to Mr . James Jenkin , National Land Office , 144 , High Holborn . - - ,- > V . - ' C ' "

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      TOE OHEAHST EDITIOX ESX 8 rEBlISIIE D . - PrieelsTGd ^ . ' . ' ; "' - ' - V ¦ ' -. ' "¦¦ .-: ¦' A new and elegant edition / with Steel Plate of the : . Author . of PAIKES POLITICAL WORKS . Now Beady , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALt FARMS

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      - THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may stiU be had , ; neatly bound ,-price 2 s ' . Gd . each So . ' i , the Ifumber containing Hb . O'Connob ' s . r . - " Treatise on the National Land Company ;" No . 10 , the one containing Mb . O'Ckmon ' s Treatise . " On theTlfational Land and Labour Bank in connection -with , the Land Company : "Have lately been reprinted , and inay he had on application , Price 6 d . each . ... . - : " : " ; Imperfections of the ' Labourer Magazine' may still be had at tlie Publishers . ¦ "/ : - ¦ : ' -. ! i .- _ ¦• - ' In a neat Volume , Price Is . Gd . " The Evidencei > takeh . hy the Seh 3 ct ; Corar mittee of the . H 6 use . 6 f Commons appointed to enquire into the National Land Company . ' •' . This Volume . ought to be in the hands of . every Member of the Company , as it strikingly illustrates the care and economy that have been , practised in the management of the Funds of the Company , and proves , bejond conttadic tion , the practicability of the Plan which the Company was established to carry out . ., ¦ -. ¦ - ¦ ..- /'

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      ' Just published , No . III . Pr ice Sixpence , of . TH ; E OOMMjONW : EALXH . "THPi COMMONWEALTH"Vmbe . tiie-Representative « f the Chartists , Sociabsts , and Trades' Unionists , in tlie Monthly Press .. : : " : i '¦•' - " ' i ; - ' - ;' oojcTEwrs : ' - 1 . What is to be dohe . with Ireland ? . ' . " ' 2 . The "Weaver ' s Daughter . ,: '; ' : . : 3 . Extinction of Pauperism . - ' - ' - •; :. 4 . Popular Cause in Europe . '" .... " 5 . Social Effects of Peasant Proprietorship . C . TheHcro . . " > I . Events of the Month . X- - .- ;• ... ' .-

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      XMPOBTANT TOBixCATIOWS : Proceedings of the National ^ Convention , which assembled . at London in ipril , 1818 . Thirty two very large and ] solid pages : price only Tlvreepence . ~ ' '•" ¦ ' " :: ' ' ' ; _ . ;; . , ' . X The Trials of the Chartist Prisoners , Jones , Fussell , Williams , Vernon , & Ldonej' . Twenty four very large and fulVpag ^ sH ijffl * jce only Three pence . V ^^ W ^ SZ '* ¦ Sold by J . TVatson , Queen ' s Hfiaa . Passage , yPafernostcr row , Loudon ; A . Hcywood , Oldham ^ sfreet , Manchester ; and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street ^ Glasgow .... ... ... . And by all BookseUers in Town and ' Country . - ¦ ¦

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      REGISTER ! REGISTER ! REGISTER ! Ifow Fuhlished , ; and . ready , for circulation , by the KATIOSJO . ElSCIIOK ASD ' RECilSIRATION ¦ ; ' COMMIliEB , ' . ¦' _ : " . ¦¦ . ' , ' ¦ ' A COSIPLETE HAND BOOK AND GUIDE TO REGISTRATION- compiled from the Reform - Act ^ and other Parliamentary Papers , making the subject of Registration so plain and simple , as to bring it within the capacity of all classes . - ¦¦ : . ' ; i ; -, _ Published by James Watson , 3 , Queen's Headpassage , Paternoster-row , London , and seld by all booksellers in the United Kingdom . . -,-: ¦ .-Price , only Thbeb Pesce . May also be had of the Secretory , James Grassbv , 8 , loan's ArkHJOurt , Stangate , Lambeth . ¦ .

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      FfiEEnoto roa the Miixiovs . —Our friend John Asquith's letter , giving the description of the splendid estate purchased by the Cobden-Scholefield Land Company , shall appear in next ' week's Star . ; ; . ; Mr , G . "WnrrE , the Chaktist KmsnAiE Pwsoseb . —We are sorry toliave to state , on thefaith of a correspondent , that . tlie wife and children of Mr . White are very unfortunately situated ; in-fact ,- receiving no adequate support . We inow that the London Victini Committee disburses its . funds upon principles of ' strict equity ; but we know , also , that , owing to tlie General Fund being badly supported , it is impossible for the Committee to give more than a very small sum to each recipient .. We are aware , however , that in more cases than one localassistance is supplied in addition to the aid furnished from -the General fund . We are informed that Airs . White is not so

      fortunate . ; From Mr . White ' s long connexion with Leeds and the West Biding generally , . we think his wife and children have special claims on the Chaftists . of that town and district . -We' say no more ; the situation of Mrs . White and her . young children must plead , their cause more eloquently than any words we could employ . We trust that active and true men wiU see to this without delay . It may he as well to add , that Mrs . White's address is , "Mary . White , 7 , Eenton ' s ^ ourt , Saxtou-lane , Bank , Leeds . " : -,. - ¦¦ . .-. /¦ > . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith . —Fob . Victim Pond . —Mr ., Knott , 3 d ; Mr . Smith , Gd ; From Hyson Green , Is 3 d ; Mr . Bnrgin , Gd ; Mr . Henson , 2 d ; Air .- Chipindale , 6 d ; Mr . Kirfc . ld . ' .. . , ... The letter forwarded to us by our , Mends from the Vale of Leven , descriptive of the suffering of friend Thbmason , while employed in that locality ,. has been mislaid , otherwise it should , according to their " request , have been published . We request them to transmit us . another copy , of the biography of this much injured individual , and it shall appear in next week's Star . : > . ' fl . ^* We have received a long letter from Mr . " Kixon , for

      which we have no room . Mr . liixon , who was one of the Kirkdale victims , states that he was discharged from prison on the 9 th ult , having sipTere'd- . hiJr ' sentence of four months' imprisonment ; -he / , was 'detained four months in Kirkdale Gaol previous ; to , his trialj'Syhere he endured the treatment of " si felon , ' Mr . " If . ; says , " that being unable to obtain employment , he -intends on Saturday ( this day ) to be at Kirkdale , and to leave Liverpool on Wednesday next , for Scotland ; That he will be in Glasgow oh Thursday , and Edinburg h' on Saturday , the 12 th inst ; after which he will" visit Newcastle , Yorkshire , London , Birmingham , - andtheFbtteries . in search of employment and that should any locality near the places mentioned require his . services , he will lecture , the proceeds to be given for tlie maintenance of tlie Kirkdale victims , their wives and families ; or another object the council may think proper . AU letters to be directed for him at the Post Office , Glasgow ; the Post Office , Edinburgh ; at Martin Jude ' s , Newcastie-bn-Tyne ; and to Mr . George White , House of Correction ; Kirkdale . Mr . Kixon refers parties desirous Of ascertaining his character to the Manchester Council , and the Directors of the . National Land Company .

      The Nomhfm Sfp Saturday, May 5, 1849.

      THE NOMHfM SfP SATURDAY , MAY 5 , 1849 .

      Ireland

      IRELAND

      • TYRANTS , READ AM > . TREMBLE . " What the eye does not see the heart does not feel for , " may he true , when confined within moderate hinits , and , when the appalling scenes may have occurred in some distant land , with whose p ' eeple , whose lnanhers arid customs , the reader may have , little . sympathy , and of whom they may have as slight a ;

      knowledge ; but when Englishmen , Separated from Ireland hut by the -channel—governed by the same laws " as their . neighbours ^ for the most part speaking the same language-r-trading in the same markets— -and t ** ibutary to the same monarch , peruse the daily sufferings and . barbarons treatment to which their Irish-brethren are subjected , -the / reourreiico of such scenes cannot familiarise them to i the same extent of

      apathy or disregard ^ ' as theyinay rest assured that : that Me-deslxoymg . Vpa ^ ic ;' which has strucktheir sister , ¦ . will , and that ere lorig ,-reach their own shores , and as unsparingly decimate , their own population . -. 77 ; :: : : 'i-: ai ua-i . •„ . - In the horrifying recitals of only one day , and but from fewparts , of-. the ) cnuntry ; which we pubhshat fiwi ^ ' the -reader ! will discover soriie'slight hope for the future ; 'if he is moved to Borrow and repentance ^ for ,, the' , past . . 'He will find that tho vviturM . of . theiaw ; aawell as their dupes and their prey , ; are now ; beginning to taste of thaVcalamity of which they arid the flock to which they belong have been" the chief promoters , j : \ , " . ''' . . . ,. ';" ' . ; . _; 1 ' - ' -: "i '" ., ' .. '

      As long as thepoor and unprotected cottier husbandman and labourer were 1 theonly sufferers ,- and as long ; as . the harpies could prey upon the remnant of the small farmer ' s industry , they were the shield of fte Cpnstitutioni-r the defenders of the throne-r-the supporters of religion- ^ -and th e ready volunteers of the Go ? vernment . when loyalty " was [ considered the best title to . patronage . < . ; Then theyoice of the . dying was smpthered , ' and the complaint * ; of the injured , ^^ wia . tran 8 lated . into legilgusJace ^^ Btatd necessity , or djip «« itiouoi fjotideucef V »« i

      Ireland

      Theisormorants , so ; longas : they ? could live upon the credulity or- theiweakiiess " of atf . outj lawed face , were deaf tocPmpIamt ; - but ; alas' those di-ories thatisipihe honey of other jnen ! s mdiistry ^ Ulripw ! , ^ become venomous ; stinging wasps , andtneSuTn ' fprnier . patrons , the Saxon . Government ,: will rvery speedily discover that an : unemployed lawyer-is a' more' troublesome and disloyal subject than a , > taryiiig ' peasant , ' whom i he has ruthlessly robbed and whose deathhe looks upon as a mercy . ; - '¦'' ' When thereader calmly peruses and seriously reflects upon the annexed description ' of Irish suffering and . inisery , and when lie . considers that the theatre of such scenes , is the most

      fertile land , peopled with a most' industrious population ,- and blessed-with the-. most / genial climate ; when he hears pfthelaiid lying waste —the inhabitants ready to brave all dangers in quest of ariotheivhome- ^ wbrkhpusesscrammedi and . beds supplied to living . paupers -by-the eviction of their former occupants by death- ^ - he must-blush ; hrthis' state of things ; to find thetime ; of the British ., Parliament : occupied with Marriage . Bills , Highway . Bills , ; oSheep-Stealing Bills , "Navigation . Bills , - Clergy Belief BUls ; and-Votes of Thanks to Lord GqpGn for . the murder of men deferidirig ^ theu '^ ro . r perty againstusurpers . ' ¦ ' . } ,. V- ' . ' .-..-5 = ¦ . ¦ . p . -w and famine

      . As long Vas misery , destitution are confined to bneclass , and that the weakest —because they have nochannel ' through which their complaints can be . heard—their ;' ,. op pressor affectfa charitablesympathyior . their sufferings '; but when the inalady reaches other classesfand ' w & enthey become particip ators in those sufferings-and misery created-by their ownapathy—nay , by their own iniquity ^ -they will then begin to understand . that' aT working industrious populatiori ~ ~ constitute the basis of society ] while tinselled p ^ eers , and " pampered monarchs are but the useless decorations that could be most profitably dispensed with /';' ''• • '' ¦ '

      The blood : 0 f every man—that is , ' of ! eyery ¦ feeling man—must curdlb at the recital'of / siich facts . jAnd , ; when '' this ^" country , aM : Ireland are' governed upon the principle of justice / . and when such a ; thing . as " - Death . from Starvation- ' --will- be looked upon as a romiarice , 'those who live to see ' suchiimes ^ -arid : we are strong ¦ in hbpej that the old ; the . ' grey , arid the ^ de crepit will : see ^^ , them-r-Ayill ;> then ; i begin ; to reflect ripon-their own / apathy , their own indifference ,- nay , their own criminality ; -which thus tolerated ' -thc murder ' of . tlibusands ; - ! nay pf ,. millions , . to ; uphold the pferogative . of units ., But , holding strong , political principles } let :. us nevertheless not lose , sight ofithe 'fact- ^ -that-it is not to ; thepi-esent gpvernriient ; rior ; indeed ; to any former ; government ; thatHhe ^ miseries of the Irish . people > re to be " attributed . ;; , Oh

      the contrary ,: they .,, are tq ; .., be ascribed , . and solely , to the ; mismanagementr of . landlords , the' tyranny ; of middlemen ; the plunder of' lawsharks , and the disunion of . the people . ' ;; , . J ^' . True , we may ; be ^ told that iji all- such '; Cases r-nay , ; in ., ; all . cases '' jwhere . Jiijustice or a iriis-: manageriient'is hicely to interfere to the extent of national' suffering arid' inquietude— -the Government has not only a right . . to-interfere ; but it is its'duty to . do so . Tins we : admit : as a principle ; but . let '¦ it " lie borne in mind , that England and . Ireland , at . the present moment , are as niuch governed . according to the feudal system as they Were before the passing ' oftihe Reforin Bill—a ^ 'fact " strongl y corroboi ; ated b y the fraternisation of English and Irishiahd" . lords . on the question of the'Sixpenny Bate in Aid . . ..: > ; . : ; : - -. -: ¦ - - ' ^ . ' -i .-.-v . t ¦¦ .: •> ¦ •*• • ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦

      Every reader who calmly and dispassionately peruses the debates in the House of C / pmmons which have aiiy reference ; to laiioJbMprivilege , must see the difficulty Avhich stands in the . way of any diminution of those old feudal rights . A : Landlord and Tenant Bill , which proposes to give coriipehsation'to jthe " m . dustrious farmer" who expends his lowu ^ iiidustry and capital upon the improvement of the ; landlord ' s property ; is met by a gerierabasf sault , and instantly crushed . And if Irish misery and . suffering had been marked by , any : tbing short of death , we should Have hailed it as . the -warning . voice . of a . nation . .. But we cannot reconcile-to ourselves any change ^ however beneficial , that is produced by" millions of deatlis . : " ¦ '' ' . ' : * : ;

      The landlords of Ireland must suffer , and the harpies of the law have had their taste of sorrow , because they are the mortgagees of the landlords—they hold their title deeds ; they will take everyadvantage of thGir poverty , ^ created byinnsriiariagement-4 arid , ere long , , Sve shall have a crop of legal harpies as a substitute for feudal tyrants * ; . ; . ¦ - .. ; ., ; . ; , Thereader will naturally ask , if theReform Bill was I not mainly projected for the destruction of this feudal power , arid . how is it'that ,, in the teeth . ' , 6 ^ such a great , political change , the abuses can -still continue ? Theianswer ,

      however ; y . is- simple—^ namely , - because the Chahdos * clause emasculated , the Beform Bill , and constitutedja . hundred ' and eight thousand tenants at will—mere serfs of the ^ landlords ^ - as the balance of the rural constituencies . These one hundred and eight thousand slaves obey the lash or the call of their taskmasters ; they must vote , not according to 'their ^ opinions or presumed , interest , but according to the dictates of their chiefs , and hence it , is that , we now find that great reaction in favourof Pro ' ^ tection , wdth which-the feudal lords threaten their opponents ; - ' ¦ - ' '"\"; .. ' '•' ¦' ; ;

      Here- follows , the sad , the -miserable ; / . . the heart-sickeriirig catalogue ' of Irish suffering , and we implore the English reader to beai ' . the fact in mind , that injustice ,-tolerated b y him , will surel y and ' speedilyre-act upon hiniself : ¦—" . State of the , Ibbh ; Law'and Equiti- Coimre . —It did not require a legal enactment for superseding certain . powers , of the Courts ' . of Chancery and ^ Exchequer , ' td , paralyse tlie busjnessjifthe equity asweiras : the common law courts . Never was there so doll ia term'as' tlie ^ present , nor one so unprofitable to bothibrauehes of ' the , legal profession . Experienced practitioners assure me that £ 3 , 000 will not circulate amongst tlie bar for the entire tcrm . ii . In . fact . the famine has reached the hiUl of the Four Courts , , and the empty bags of the lawyers exliibit the unii-ersai ; pressure of the destitution . The Court of Exchequer , with its ' manifold

      functions of law , ' equity , arid revenue ; is kept busy enough ; hut tlie Queen ' s Bench ; which . used to be borne down by the weightofcauses ,, now . Tises ' . every day at twelvia . or ' one o'clock ! from the ' sheer want of anytliing to do ; and ,- , tlie Common'Pleas ,-as . usual , has . little ornotliingtoaffordoccupadon ^ tp the judges . The Court of Chancery is still kept going Willi cnuses iri -the'list , ' The- Rolls Court is full of business ^ produced ,-however , by the deplorable condition of the country . On Monday , and again yesterday , the Master of the Rolls was occupied - , with , applications ; frt ) m . tenants seeking reductions in their rents , on account of "the badness of the times , " or for liberty to surrender , their"farms . Thus , upon all- sides , ' . and , by every section ' of the com .-munity , tlie'effects of the - protracted famine are " most severely , felt , and in the legal professions there , are . nbtv pretty . manifest indications of a panic . ' - ' ¦ : ;• .-,.- :.. •; . -:

      • -The followmg horrifying picture of the ; western districts is given , by a correspondent of . the -EiienMi ^ jRactet : — "bear Sir , —I haveheeh . fpr . the last . ten days . throughthe counties of limerick , ' Galway ; Clare , ' jind across thence to the King ' s County . M attempts ' to ; depict . ' the existing state of the misery of -the" masses - beyond tlie" Shahhon -1111181 Come utterly short of thetrath . ; AU the tract <) f coUntry'from Killaloe to Portumnaj oh the . Galway side of the . Shannon , is lying waste and uncultivated . About three , out of four of the miserahle . huts are unroofed . . - Some of the former , inmates are dead—some in the union ; and some fewhuddled together in on » 'or tvo ' of the huts still existing The men generally have : perishcd ; . With large tracts of land lying uncultivated ; a few miserable men are ' employed on the roads ^ at what wages , think you ? One pound of 'yellow meal p Le . less , than bne ' . peiray per . diem !!! Great God , how ! is ' tWs . to cure-famine V ' . If this- processof depopulation goes on a'few months more ; you ' " may ^ ' seek ¦ an able-bodiedman in vainfortwenty oi- fliirly miles of coiiritry ^ ApraaStliMSlS . " ^ ^! 5 n » -i -. ' 5- ' . .-- f ;^"

      .- _ State op thb WEsrli-The Rev . Mr . ' 'Anderson , the Pro ^ testant-rector . 'ofiBattinrohe ; has ; in a second letter addressed .. to the ; Premier , furnished some additional detailsi of the progress pf mortaUty in the union of which he is the chaplain . ' . The rev . gentleman , after a few . preliminary re- ; markg , 6 Dserves : f- ' " As matters progress , we ^ sh aH ^ o Jamuw , nsed • with returns' of ' mortaaty- . like . ' ajrlii railvray ta-athc , except that the passehgers iii thiscasearefrbm time to eternity ^; and ! grieve totell your lordship thatthe return , for ; the iWeek , ending . April-28 , 1849 , ' gives tlieiin iweased amount ofl 36 registered deaths on , the workhouse ; ow ^ . mrtusive of nineteen " who died in our tehiporary cholera-hospital since ' -Wednesdav last , bhf , ' exctlniiivn of the

      deaths in the extern fever sheds . ' Thus the mass of poverty and . ^ . teh ^ 8 » . is stm mostfrightful . ' ' . Tis true we have not-tMg week : ten , n 6 r : evenfive ,: in a bed in the : hosnital , ashefgre ; butthia paradox-K-ill find its solution , inl ine dreadnil fact , thatthe poor wretches who , * . in their awful destitution , took" refuge in the vyorkh ' ouse ' ave now escape mg therefrom ; a « fast as they can ; in the hope ( vain ' tope , ' alas !) thatdeath ^ m ay riotw at once " , overtake thehi'else-Tvhere . ' Arid" to whatis M this ' state ' of ; things "to , be : sti tributed ! rHjilsriX , causes mnstproduce th ' eir . jown eflfects and so-it is in this case likewise , v The-poor , are ' 'lost by famine ; mj . havej » ejther . food . . porVr ^ ent . ih ' any viay commensurate , with . their , wants ,. or even uieriecegsiuei of naturerand-thepatoftu consequence is , that ' uiej aredr 6 bi pihj into their gram la multtfiidesj -Yftit , then ; axe m

      Ireland

      etches to do , or what , ; I , wUl ^ ay , : the attltmow wretched SS ™ We have no manufactm-es , like . iAvouredEr . g-S we have but the soil to till , and thathas denied to ns S & ars pastits wontedreproduetive-bounty Hence i & are bankrupt in the -widest-sense ; , v and iUl . the , . time , SSSussionsiiieem - » a > if ttajrj ^ never end j the poor a ? e perishing , : andlie . unhuriedm ^ heaps . . .- l . i - The general condition of , the county of Mayors .. thus sketchea by a local paper ( the ' Constitution )< :- ' The ^ ne , lancholy condition of every class of . this county , is daily h ^ cSis more painfully perceptible , and , unfortunately , it is Confined to a single class , hut ranges „ « irpugh evfiry gS from the pauper claimanr-fi 5 r " e 1 eemosynary rehef to the once independent firsUlass . famier-trom the land , lord of a rental pf ¦ £ 500 . per annum to the noble peer : of £ " 0 000 AH are merging' into the . general mass of deep distressprivation " and ruin-uvhich is ifiist . ac « umulatm ... . . .

      , , throughout this doomed part of . Ireland . ; . Few . iudeed , if ahv will be able to struggle against Hie combination of misfortune' which surrounds us . ; The majonty , of the pau-Mr population ai-b . fast sinking from inanition mto , . premature craves :-The small farmer ' class are . suffering tno greatest i hardships , denied ' . out-door- relief 'because "they CliDirwith -tenacity , to . their little holdings . Many have sunk into neafli , tlie victims . of hunger . The " . hitherto extensive farmer and grazier class ; bncejthe nibst important cradc in the country are . swept jpvay , between . Poor ., Law 1 ' axtioh and destructive Free Trod , p . T . lie merchant and tradesman are onetby 6 ne passingaiYay into utter oblivion ; and -lastly , the ? landoeraey' are ; ; gpoiled , t ' overconic , ' and swamped by heavy taxation , family encumbrances ,. and a totaicessation of the ' paymeht of ' rents ; . insomuch that the vastbidkof our ; landed gentry are . at this moment immersed in the greatest ditnculty , and enduring severe pri ; ¦

      vatwns . . . » . . . , r . ' ¦ . . , . , The same paper state ' s'that' in Ballinrobe ^ the deaths m the ' worisliousefbrthe week , have been 146 , and upwards of 40 t > have absconded , . preferring :, . to ..,, die . by the wayside rather than become victims- ' of disease in that ' charnelhOuse ^ ' The cholera is said to . bejon the ^ increase . in Ballinrobe and the sun-ouhdihg village ' s . ' ' :,,, ' ., ; ,. •¦} '' Who ,, in . the - teeth .. . of'the CRQWN AND ; goveenment security bill , mm venture further to " comhierit upon -the Irish LIFE INSECURITY- QUESTION ? " . ; r

      - ; Comical Hairy'ind" The:,, : \L , : L...

      - ; COMICAL HAIry'Ind" THE :,, : \ l , : LABOUR QUESTION .- : :.: ' / On | Thursday night ' ¦ « ' Comical HAnkt ;" alias V . Lprd jBhouguam , " . . alias ? ' Punch's Stock-jri-Trado , "' presoiited a petition , to ' the . " old ladies " ¦ , sitting ., in , the Lords , froni the Trades ^ of Londonderry , ' praying for " , an / adjustment of the . Labour iQuestionc ; - -and let the * reader peruse the , Ex-Chancellor ' s cpininentary upon the" ::, lab 6 ui-ers' " case . ' . Here . it is : —• ¦ .-.: .. ....... . ... -. : r ..,.. . .,. "" U " . ;' i '„

      ii .. ¦¦ :: ¦ : i' X ) RGA « ISAT : m ' OF LABOUR . ' " "¦ , , . ' ¦ , > , ? i ; Lord Brougham , presented-, a ! petition from the trades ; of Londonden-y , praying the House to ' addptmeasures . tOrpre-; vent . the : downwiird tendency of wages in , consequence of . the ' competition : of labour i and- ' for the "appointment' of - a Minister of Labour . Now this was just the absurd theoryof Louis Blanc , and the p ' ersohaiwho would suffer the most for the adoption of such a plan would be ; the-petitioners ; themselves , If there wereno competition bf labour , there would be no compe ' titidn ' of capital , '' and if there' we re no competition of capital there would be no wages for labour . He had the greatest respect , for , , these petitioners , ' . but ; the greatest contempt for , nnd indignation" against ) those ; whPii ¦ Knowing better , had misled them .., .. . -i

      V ^ ' Novv- , ! what would ' become of the Ex-CllANr celloh ' s salary of ; £ 5 , 00 , 0 : a-year ) for doing nothing ; if the Labour . Question -was ¦ - so far settled thatacontented and happypebplewoiild not require the coustmction . of law quibblorsto establish thciv rights . , ¦ .,- - ,. ' . : Has not ithis'Laboiir * : Question—no ; matter whetherias described by Adam Smith , Provd-HONj ; iLOuis' BLANf 3 , by Prbte ' ctionists , Free Traders , | shopkeepers , and employees of every description—led to more wars , revolutions / bloodshed , ^ ti gatioll , murde ^• , and plundei , thah . all 6 thei \ Q ^ uestionsput ^ in this a £ e of reason , when all countries aro engaged in the proper adjustment of this complicated Question , it is reserved'for ah'Ex-LoiiD C . HANCELLOR ' of ( England ^ -tho ' . keeper ' , of : ; a dead King ' s conscience—to -proclaim the impossibility of interfering with the questioHi

      - 'It may be thatthe trades ' and working people of England have ' . beeri urged : on > and properl y sof—to the advocacy ., of ; the rights of labour ; ibut if there is any country in the Avorld iii Avhich interested demagdgiies atid agitators' have studiously , avoided all discussion of the Labour Question—that country is ; Ireland ; and op all partsof Ireland which would be least likely to propound any' Communist or revolutionaiy ; doctrine / that' towh'is the royal-loyal Orange \ to \ vn of-Londonderry .

      . Noav in ' the ' p . etitioh , ' . ' pr ;' ra ^ cemment upbnit ' byj ' ^ C . bmical Harry !' rr-what identity , ' of tlie niost distant nature , does it bear to the-principles of Louis BLAJfC ? and by what yule 6 freason arcthepeople to hnder stand that the cbnipetitiph , of ' capitahsts for labour hi anbverstockedmai ^ et . isthe greatest benefit tp those who have their labour to sell ? 3 Ve trust thatthe day-is not far distant ^ when the £ 5 , 000 a year paid tb a willing' idler , ; will be applied ; to . the ; eihployhientJof reproductive labour ; ' and . th ' eh , perhaps , when bur . comical friend is again compelled to live upon his wits , he . will understand that the labourer is worthy ofihis hire , and thait that hire is not to bebased upon the caprice of an idle profitmonger—measured by the necessities of , an unwilling idle competitive reserve .. - Hoivbeit , ' , -we-r-ejoice to

      find that , the royal-loyal Protestant Orangemen of Ulster , ; have at length discovered that to them , as well ; as to the ' : English peopl e ^ . and their Irish . Catholic cbunti-ymen , the . Labour Question is ; npwrj THE : QUESTION—the knife-and-fork' question —the life-and-death l ^ uestion ^ -and ,-as with love so with loyalty , , s wheh poverty comes in at the door , even the Londonderry loyalty flies put at . the window . " We . j oice , to find , that ; . as . f ; a fellow feeling makes us wondi-ousvkind , ' our : Irish friends have at length , embarked in the . life-boat with their English brethren ; ' "VVe regret . bxtrcmely we have jhot been ablo to procure a copy of the petition ' , j as fi om it we would most possibly , discoyer ^ that the English and Irish Labour-miud , ai'enow set by the . same dial ; and , for the first timei'embarked in the same cause . ;'

      - Parliamentary Review. ,. After;A .Long...

      - PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . , . After ; a . long , and tedious gestation , the House - of Commons has at length been safelydelivered of the two great (!) ; measures—the Rate in : Aid Billj and the Navigation Laws Bill . It reriiains to be . seen how the Upper House will deal . with both ., I n the meantime , ; having f turned . o . u ' t !' . ; these two specimens of legislative . workmainshipi i the Commons have set to work' upon another , measure intended to improve tbc condition of Ireland , and which was ; , very . cleaiiy introduced ^ by ! Sir John RoMiLir on-. ' behalf of :, the Governmenifc .-, The

      objectof the new Bill is one which all parties unite in . 'declaring to be absolutely necessary , and ; in fact ; -an indispensable ' prelimmaryand foundation for any . future permanently , remedial plans . All admit-that facilities . for transferring encumbered , estates , together with undoubted titles ; from the bankrupt or deepl y mortgaged nominal pwners to new proprietors possessing capital and ; enterprise ^ must ' eonsti r tufeihe initiative , of a long series of other mea-[ Snres .: 'As-long , as the soil-remains in the possession bf these beggared landlords ; it is useless to tKeihi " and to everybody else ^ -its liberation is the very , fii ' st step of the . cui'atiye process . "¦' .. ' ,

      ' , . This : ' ^ gr eat fact '? iWas , however , quite as apparent , and quite ' . as commonly admitted last year , and- the'year'before that , as-it is thisiy . So ' common ^ so' ^ apparent , that those dullest i of - all / diillards ; -Whig ; Ministers , ' perceived that the time had come for the : thing to be done . They iaccordrngly ^ essayed . the task , and , after much delay . arid many cHbppings andlchangiiigS , at last '' succeeded' in passing a nieasure . soemasciilated ,., mutilated and . puny T ^ -byi reason . of their / deference . to landlordiand lawyer j influence—that ; every . < one who knew anything of the siibjeht 1 confidently predicted , it'would ;; prpye ah abortion . . It has , done so . 'Is wasbne . of their . boastedremeuiai ' measured

      of last year , ; and it has utterl y failed , because , , it wasJike all the other plans proceeding from Whigs-f-altogether . incommensurate with the evil ! iti professed ti ) remedy . v ; ' ' : Siiri ; ' 2 JJ ; -Peel , lipweyer ; -in'his outline of a scheme for , replanting Ireland , proposed a Oommissionfordoingtheworkapartfronitheclumsy , . cumbrous , and most expensive machinery of the ! Court : 6 f Chahceryj ' The mischief is proBsing , and demand ^ ininiediate . and nractical , aba te- ^ niiont ^ whereas , eyerybody knows ' that noweyer flumwous the roads into : Chancery may be—* & Vinde ^ aw -they-who © veyHfind ; fhew V *?

      - Parliamentary Review. ,. After;A .Long...

      out ao-aV * - "; -The- 'pfesent" Lord Changelior hmiseMafr Md the cando » -cpeMiai after his long exp erience ^ ftheiCoart over wliich heipfesla ^^^ ^^^ If any friend of his ^ to sut ^ J t opmost ^ c ^ ceivablel ^ ssor injury ^ r ^ er than ^ nto ^ C 6 urt of Chancery . ' The fe ^^^^ ^ whenihey hear of a Chancery ;^ is ,, Jhat the case ' is hopeless ; ani we-hdyo : oliW VPfgM that ' . the celebrated line froni- 'BANI ^ S' . , i » - fernoS ~ : ' ; : . ; , ; ; I ' ' [ X ' T . ^ X / . ^ l ^ ; . ; . i "Allhopo : abandon , ye , who cn ' te lierc , " j .. ] , might be , with great propriety , inscribedas a " motto over the entrance which leads to'the dark aid mysterious regions in which " Masters '' and ' . Vice-Chariceliors '' hold the " souls J . ; ..-. ' . Tlr . " : ' ¦ Hil 1 o . ' , « roafint ;; TiOnT ) -f 3 TrANfJl ? T . T . OIl

      of ! suitow in toi'turo , ; and "their property in pawn ;; ' ;";'' .. , ' . '; , ' !¦ ;'' ¦ . '"' . ''' . " ' -.- '""' "' . ''"" . ' '¦ ' ,. ' ButtbVe Whigs ^ had not the courage to dream of / superseding' this clumsy and useless ; , if hot obstructive , ' piece of machinery . ' lIa their bill of last yea ^ tliey referred its working entirely tqtho . Court of Chancery , because ^ that ;' "Court has ^ hitherto been entrusted w 4 ihHlib , settlerneht ofau-cohyeyahces ^ of property , involving equitable considerations ^ :: ' and ; ^ thojialahcing of -op ;' posing claims . ' Its utter'unfitne ^ s to ; discharge the particular ; dut y they thrust upon it , in any- ; thing like timei to produce the effect ihtehdea ;

      was , w , e daresay , as plain to them as to ~ any one else . . But Chancery , was far'too powerful a giant forthein to grapple withXi "No sppher , however ^ did SirRobeb ?; PJse £ proposetd set itaside , . and createa tribunal expressly for the pgirpose-of attending tothis business , ' arid , that with p owers and ; und 4 r ;; arraugeniGiit' that would i make , ' - it ; efficient ; ^ than , t & ¦ Whigs caught up ; the idea ; and : with a complacency and a smirking smiling air ; of superior wisdom , ' ¦ ^ which is' quite 'diverting when -one thinks 'of its origin—have embodied it ; in '' a ' new Bill for Facilitating the Saleof Encumbered Estat ' esJn Ireland . :-.- ' . Sir John Romilly ^^ , judiciously said

      very little about his still-born progeny of last year ,. under a ; very similar ; title / and while : we , giyfeihini / creditfor thejnnusuallylucid explananatipn of ^ eleading provisions and general scope oMhe Bill just introduced ^^ we think . he showed bad taste iniiiot frankly . acknowledging : the obligation the Qover ' nmentwere tinder to its real author . ; Shy RoBEBT ; on jthe other hand , desb ^ es aU the credit due to ^ him for , a ' frank and cordial ! approbation of . themeasurei : without in the' stightestior . most remote way reminding them of that obligation , or taking credit to " himself ' for ' j having-suggested . it ; . ' . We shalLin

      Mure , stages-have ample oppPrtunities of . discussing ¦ the measure : "in :- detail ; and ; therefore , will merely say- at present , that ! .. ^ rfiiley generally speaking , the machinery seems well calculated to effect the specific ; objectraimed . at , •—namely ^ t he transference . of estates from beg » . gared and nominal ,. ; to . ¦ :. wealthy ' and ., real proprietors ,- —the concoctorsi : of-- the - measure must not forget that that is only one of the series of large . ' and important ; measures which are required for the complete ,. and satisfactory settlement , of ; the . Irish ^ . difficulty . ! ' . -These

      measures , should , be ;; framed-, with a > yiew . to their connexionwithi and ; ibeai-ing-, upon ,. each other ;' . bo as ; tp form ajc . onsistent whole .. ; So ; far as 'we , hay ' eyet seenj . we . yery much doubt the possession "; of ; the power : ; to ; . devise such . a policy on the ; part of the i present possessors of power . | As , however , they have . commenced by stealing oneimportant . p . artpf . Sir R . „ Peel ' s scheme , Kve . dp . not . see any ireason why they should refrain from , appi-ppriating ^ the remainder ! wholesale , with' such : . other " jvaifs and strays' * as they can most conveniently pick up in other quarters ; ' ' .: ' . ;¦' -, ' , ' , ' . ^ "¦ . ' . ' . " . .

      ; . The Long-Delayed Bill, By Which It I...

      ; . The long-delayed Bill , by which it is proposed to enable Baron "Rothschild . to take his seat in Parliament ; stood' for another reading on Monday night . Th 6 " " Times" of that day , however , . contained' an ; -announcement , that in consequence of the State Ball at Buckr inghani Palace , ' which was tocome off in the evenihg , ! the Bill would ; be further postponed till next Monday ; when ,. if . tho . fates are propitious , it lis , after the interval of many weeks , again to make its appearance ; on tho ; Parliamentary stage ., ' "Vfe are almost inclined to say that the'Citizens' bf London and their" Jewish

      representative deserve , to be . treated in . this cavaHer Jway , ' for ^ ^ f the . supiheness . and indifference they have shown' in the matter ., ' . } " Lord John knows he ' ean calculate ; upon their asinine qualities , ¦ arid , ^ therefore , " takes it coolly . " i It is curious , tb ; look at the position in which the City has been placed ever since thelastGeneralElectibni , Lprd J 5 hn , ofqburse , is too much becupied ' with the duties' of hispo sition / as Finsr LbKD . 'bf the' Tkea ' sukv , . to havei . much ;'' . tini ' e to spare ; fbi ^ his ' cbn 9 tituents . If he had nibre , it is questibhable how far the

      duties of arepresentative ' of ; * a particular c ' bhstituency . are cbmpatible withthe discharge of Ministerial and Imperial functions . ^; Having thus practically lost one Member ^ One would have , thought that the citizens would have been peculiarly careful in ; "their" selection of ; the' three other "Members , " in order that the' vinterests of - the- '• largest , ' ¦ iribst populous and most Wealthy commercial city in the world might be properly attended , ahdthe deduction of one Member be compensated by extra energy and abihty on the : part : of : those who really could attend to their business ; So

      farn-bm | that , . one of their Members has never yet taken his seat j ^ one of them isin veryinfirm health , and can but seldom attend--personally to Parliamentary business . " The other is also : an aged and failing , though , highly respected ' gentleman ; ' . and -the consequence is , that thb city may be said to be practieally unrepresented , as far as ; its own choice of Members : is cpncerhed . . ^ e . should-imagine that the Jews , lat thp next general " election , will reihembier , the tardiness ; which Lord John has shown" in carrying out those / engagements , on

      the faith bl which they gave him ; . their votes . Futile and unsatisfactory as were the excuses for previous shortcomings'and delays , the last must have " capped the cliinax "—think of . an important act of national justice being delayed becausei there was a dance at' the . Palace ! Ah ' 11 Lord John , . what between . the' falling away of the Dissenters and the Jews , ; we " suspect that yon will npilohg Tniayp to boast ^ ' you didjat thS Lord Mayor ' s " «' spread f' the other day , that you united the dignities of First Minister of the CrOwn dnd Representative of the , first City in the Empire ' ! :

      Instead Of Tlie Jew Biu, The ^ Working M...

      Instead of tlie Jew BiU , the ^ working Members of the : House , were treated to . the Navy Estimates , in Committee of Supply , after havi irighad a few'last words ori the final , stage of the'Rate iii Aid Bill . " After . the dancers had departed ' to . don their : hew . ' , clothes v and ^ bravery , " a ,. small , knot . of . Officials , . condemned : to . do <( fatigue "duty . " : —of Econbmists , who have nobrauia in their heels-iaud of unfortunates , ; who had ' hbt got an invitation

      to the . darice—spt ' to " work in a vei y' . humdram sort , of way ; jto ; talk about- small savings , - and old topics connected with the abuses andmismanagement ; -of the ; Navy ; and np 6 r i these they cpntinued tb riiakea very " - late " sederunt' ' —as the ScbtcbJsay—reaching even " into s ' the wee ; short houi : ayont- -the twal . ";; - ' : How much benefit the nation received : from their patriotic andBelf-aacrificing devotibrij deponent saithnbt . . , . ' ¦ -: ; ¦ .:..-.-:: ;¦ ; -: ! :..,.-..-i .. - ;; ., ; :,

      : < , The Division Upph.Mr. Ewaiji's^Ann...

      : < , The division upph . Mr . EwAiji ' s ^ annual ' mo . tionfor the Abolition of Capital ^ . Punishments ^ proves I that the ; . question is ^ r ^ peninA for a settlement . . . At first the House _ . waa " almost in y ^ riably ; : " counted out , ' ^ when , the , motion summarily and contempkousl y negatived bv large majorities . Perseverance ; . & ml mination ,: umted to industry and care in ? L colfectipn : and 8 election ' of SS ^ iSeS welyanuestioaoftune , ^ ^ 0 ^ 8 0 ^ 8

      : < , The Division Upph.Mr. Ewaiji's^Ann...

      official speech in opposition ;? 0 V » s but the ghost of his former vigorous defences of the gallons and the hangman . : Tho silCCeSS and approaching triumph-6 f the anti-hanging party should be . a stimulus auTan example to . the friends pf-. a .- Manhood ^ Suffrage .: ;; In this countryeverything can be achieved by means of sustained ,-continuousj and deteiinined effort . Without . these qualities , nothing can be achieved , ' and . the people who will not make such efforts , show-that they value but slightly the liberties of-- wliich they are deprived , ^ 'Offieifll snnonh ir > rm ^ S . lX xSi * . . " rn'oo Tin * + 1 .

      ... . ' ¦' . ; ¦¦« A specimen ' of . Irish landlord ' legislation , something akin , t 6 Sir' H . Barbon ' s famous Offenbcs . Bill , which Mr . . Drummond humorously described to be a Bill for enabling evei ' ybodj ; in Ireland to arrest everybody els ' e ^ -was discussed ; on Wednesday , and , iiko its predecessor , thrown out . It appears thatthe poor fami & hing wretches in that country : cast ; an unholy and covetous glance ! < at-:: the" flocks -of the landlords and farmers , and ; the conversion of ; sheep into rinitton , without thb usual prelimihary process of paying fqr ( , them ; is ; growing ¦ alarmingly cbnunpn . In order to stay- the progress of

      this war upon the sheep , Mr . ^ Bourke proposes that every-ihan : in whose house mutton is j discovered" shall be dragged before a magistrate , to ' give an account of the nianher in which hie came , by it . j . and if his explanation was not satisfactory , that he might be treated as though he were a criminal ! These are singular •' illustrations of the . force of habit' ' and education' on the landlord-intellect :, of Ireland , and ; they throw a sad light upon- ! the .. nature ; -of the relations' which must ; hay ' e ^ subsisted : between them and the people , when landlordism was rampant . Thankiheavon ! the potato rot has overthrown , that tyranny ; and we trust that no nieans will be left untried by the friends of humanity to prevent its restoration .

      ".'The Question Of The Slave Trade, And,...

      " . 'The question of the Slave Trade , and , indi' rectlyj the propriety of maintaining the Africaa Squadrpn , for the professed purpose of putting it down , has been brought under the notice of the Commons by Mr . M . ' Ghjson . The case altogether presents a . curious illustration of the contradictions wliich exist in the . national character . At the - instigation of the Anti-Slavery Society , we ,- some years ago , abolished slavei-yi in our own Colonies ,, forced our colonists to sell their .. slaves to us at a price we named ourselves , and commenced , in conjunction . with other maritime nations , a crusade

      against ; the Slave Trade , which was declared to be . piracy and ordered to'be treated as such . Eor ' years this weiiton , and everybod y held Ins head up with ' pride , on account of . the pinkin * thropy , ¦ purity , and disinterested benevolence exhibited by the nation in , this matter . By and by another society , by means of a vigorous agitation , inoculated the public with the opinion that to "buy cheap and sell dear " was the alpha and omega of political , commercial , ' and social knowledge . ; . / The restrictions which prevented or neutralised the importation of slave-grown sugars were thrown

      down , or so much modified , that , in ; fa , ct they ceased any longer to act as a barrier to their importation . ^ Our Colonists ; ^ vho were prevented from availing themselves of the labour bf the slave , were forced to compete Avith the planters of . Brazil , Cuba , and Porto Rico , who , 'in spite of bur pretended African blockade , get ! as ,. many slaves ' . as they want . The cbhsequence is , that our Colonies are ruined , and in such a state" of disaffection , ; that they are hot unlikely to cast off allegiance to this country ; while ; at the same time , after the expenditure of milhons sterling , and the loss of

      thousands of lives upon a pestilential . coast , the Slave Trade' is uhiversafiy ' admitted to' be larger than it was in 1807 ; and the horrors of the middle passage have augmented in like proportion . Our policy has neither beenbased upon one . principle nor the other . We have neither been consistent Free Traders , nor consistent Philanthropists ; aud , the consequence is , it has resultod in mischief to everybody . Above all , it has failed to put down the Slave Trade . But , despite this failure— 'despite' the

      fact , apparent to every man of common discernment , that from the inherent nature of the case , our continued interference-must be as mischievous as . it has '; been Tiitherto , ; "Lord Palmerstox clings to tlie antiquated squadyon ; V'hich ebnstitntes such ' a dram on the treasu ^ . and the lives of Englishmen . The HouseVbf .-. Commons agrees with him , and so to that sorcplace no ¦ plaster is . to be applied . ^ ; . - - -i- ; . : »¦ . ¦ ; , r- ; . i- ^'

      Sir' ;J.. 'Paiangf . Ton's Renewed Attem...

      Sir ' ; J .. ' pAiaNGf . ' s renewed attempt to prevent Bribery and Corruption at Elections , does ript promise to be a very successful one . Members of all parties ' are exceedingly Tirtupus in the abstract , but . when they come to ' matters of business and . detail they , exhibit a sensitive nervousness which is .: very diverting . G ood , innocent souls ; they ; are all very anxious and ; most sincerely desirous to put a stop to bribery ; , but they do not know how tb do it , and in every" plan submitted to them for the purpose , they find so many flaws that the

      evil remains untouched . ' "Mr . Hume made an open confession On . the , subject , accompanied by a suggestion , which we . hope will" not be lost sight of in . future discussions on ; this , subject . The Member for Monti-ose thought , twenty-two years since , that bribery could be' repressed by legislative enactments . He is now convinced of his error . He , sees that it is utterly hopeless to . try .-it : in . that ; way . But he has discovered an . effectual remedy—Extension of tha Suffrage and the-Ballot . Give us that , and bribery and corruption will be effectually and permanently , jext inguisheu . v But honourable .

      ingenious , and pure-minded Members . laugh and shake their heads at that suggestion . - It is by far too sweeping and radical a remedy for .: their , tastes ., They , have no objection to . dabble a little ^ in :, " small g ^ Bg » and talk purity just for the sake , ; pf . L ; e eping up appearances , , but t o make such changes as . would . deprive them and their' class of tho monopoly of political -power arid influence which they now enjoy—no r"that w > athbr . too much of a good , thjng . ^ ,, . " Thus ; the purity and political virtue of the -House of . Commons expends itself in woi-ds—political Pharisees , they are capital hands at making professions bf faith , but their practice by no means squares' with their professions . Humbug for ever ! : 1 ... : . . ¦ "' ..

      Salk Of'three Ciirircnes By Auciion. —Am...

      Salk of ' Three CiiriRcnEs by Auciion . —Amone the exti-aordinai ; y . announceiheHts ' of sales bv auction that are dail y put forth by , enterprising auctioneDrs . ' nono can b ypossibility be more . kraoVdiSrfthan the . announcement of three' churches for sale by nroSvS ^ ^?^ ' ^ ice , who de ^ ribestK Towh «?? i > ' - ^^ Wbes , are . situate in Agar lown , St . Pancras ; Alber ^ oad , ' St . John ' s Wood ; % ^ u l >« m ' Y estoin 8 ter ;>" nd ' are stated ^ P $ rSJi ^^^ ^ ^ g ^ e ' pf a bankrupt . ' inS ^ ' ^ w ^ PV ^ - ^ 1 ^ : ^ Wt 3 belongw & h S ^ f ^ hulk 'WWW Wari-en-lane , Wool . wich , made their , escape fpn" Tuesday moraine , be-ZZZ ^ i ^ ^ 4 flight dresses . No suspicion S ™^ tt 9 guards' until the morning „^ JW \ a , ? r » ee , n - act . ive in endeavouring to di 3-lf fe ) # g ^ It ' is ' belie ^ t & t . they made theirescapeinawaternxan ' boat need

      s . kiA- Sw ?^^?? jTiMES ^ Attention hardly ho du-eoted to'the offer of a Prize of Three Hundred guineasfprah Essay ' ph ^ Eoya lty . Aristocracy , and ^ ^ i ° ' ? urAdvertisin g'Cplumns , ' , _ MR . Hvnso . N ;; M . ' P .,. ANDiiisCbNSTiioBNr 3 . —The Leeds Mercury state ' s that ' the friends of Mr . Hudson , M . P .,. m Sunderland ; have been ' canvasaing the electors of the borough for signatures to an address eXnressin g confidence in' him , ' The address denies that the charges made against Mr . Hudson mm respect to railway ^ niattershaye been proved , and is so worded ' as to ' nnply an approval of bis political as well as . commercial ' conduct . - Chs ^ GAs ^ Petitiohs from 5 , 996 gas consumers ^^ ^^ auta'bf ^ the : city Of London , and , the parishes of ^ wriffhiteonapel ;& c ., have beeiv . p « - ! ? ^ * . tfi' » Hoiiso of Commons in' favour : of tns Great een ^ Gal > C 6 ns ^' erlJ Coinpanj S M CS « tvftdjag ^ irUoite ;; ^ - " ' - '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 5, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05051849/page/4/