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      The dispute as to the Labos Islands still drags on , and threatens to become more serious . Mr . Webster really seems determined to have a quarrel with somebody , if not with England , about the fisheries , then with Peru about guano . His latest doings are to be found in a correspondence with the Permian minister , in which he denies the right of Peru to the Islands in question . This letter is certainly an extraordinary production , and exhibits Mr . Webster in a very unfavourable light . Clever it no doubt is , but it is cleverness

      abused , for it sets national morality at defiance , and descends into quibbling and equivocation . Mr . Webster has rather shifted his ground . He no longer grounds the American claims on the discovery of the islands by an American citizen , in 1823 , but on the discovery at that time that they contained guano . Tins is certainly a new title for sovereignty . No

      matter who has possessed a territory , or how long , if the subject of another nation discover upon it an article of commercial value previousty unrecognized , that abrogates the title of the original holder . So that if a Yankee should discover gold in Canada , that province would cease to be a dependency of the British Crown . That is Mr . Webster ' s doctrine ; of it

      it is sufficient to say that it is too absurd to be argued against , and too dishonest to be tolerated . It is worthy of notice too that Mr . Webster , while denying the Peruvian right , admits that in 1833 the Government of that Kepublie prohibited American fishermen from using these islands , and that in the

      remonstrance then presented by the United States Officers , the title of Peru was not only not denied but admitted . We cannot predict how this matter is to end , though the good sense and integrity of the Americans ought to lead them to put a stop to the vagiiries of their Foreign Secretary .

      We scarcely , however , hope for any expression of opinion from the American public , for there seems to be growing up among even the respectable and quiet trading class , a toleration of it , if not a love for conquest and annexation . It seems that Cuba is marked out for the next acquisition . If Spain will not sell it , or if too high a price is asked , then it

      must be conquered . America wants it , because it is fertile , beautiful , and has a splendid climate , and therefore America will have it . We do not accuse either the federal or any of the local Governments of participating in this design , which appears to be cherished by a society called "The Order of the Lone Star . " This secret association , with officers , signs ,

      passwords , & c , comprises men of all ranks , and is prepared to furnish considerable funds . Its object is to conquer Cuba in the first place , and then to see what can be done with the West Indian Islands , and that portion of the Western Continent over which the stars and stripes do notyefr # oat . This is annexation with a vengeance . - ^^ It is quite true that Cuba is wretchedly misgoverned by Spain—that its revenue is squandered , its resources left

      undeveloped , and its people plundered and oppressed ; any change can hardly be one for the worse . Yet we unhesitatingly say that we should regard as a great calamity to see Cuba successfully invaded by this society of the Lone Star . The object of the members of that conspiracy not only seek to add to the possessions of America , but to add new Slave States , so that the hands of the slave-holders may be strengthened . As may be expected , the chief strength of the association is in the slaved-cursed South . At all risks

      —at the risk of a struggle which should shake the two hemispheres—we should seek to interpose the power of England between Cuba and a band of invaders , seeking to uphold the perpetration of enormities beside which the grossest crimes appear venial and pardonable .

      There has been a disgraceful scene in the United States legislature between the partizans of Generals Scott and Pierce . The chief actor was Mr . Polk , who threw about such terms of reproach as " liar , " in abundance , and seemed anxious to fight everybody . It is supposed that two gentlemen at least wnll call on him to meet him in another arena .

      Possibly the next mail will bring an account of sundry doings with revolvers , and bowie-knives . Such scenes are a disgrace , not only to a legislative Assembly , but to the civilization of a

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      people . Republicanism would be more respected if such bullies were loft to practice their brutality in the backwoods , instead of exhibiting it in the Legislature . Another dreadful steam-boat accident had occurred near » t . Louis , in which nine lives were sacrificed , and many scalded . A railroad accident is also recorded , in which the engineer and fireman are the only victims .

      Piiere is an item of the transatlantic intelligence , which deserves special notice . We often hear of soldiers in the British service singly deserting , and getting oil to the States , but now we find that a whole detachment of the picked corps has deserted together . The fact that a sergeant , corporal , and eight men of the Artillery have gone over at once is remarkable enough to elicit attention .

      French news , through the ordinary , channels , is scanty in quantify , and uninteresting in , quality . The correspondent of the Morning Advertiser has received warning that if he does not mend his manners , and cease writing unpleasant facts about the Prince President , " he ' willbe expelled France . That is a high honour to the Morning Advertiser , Probably the threat will be kept ; for , with Lord Malmesbury at the Foreign Office , an Englishman abroad is k pjerson who may be ill-treated without compensation . [

      The notices to the provincial press are somewhat less frequent , the higher authorities in Paris having found it necessary to check the officiousness . of the Refects . Those subordinates were making warnings as . comnfon as blackberries . Not only a journalist might not depreciate the government , but he might not ridicule a police-officer . ,. In future , editors will probably be allowed to have some fun with the smaller deer , but as regards the president and his ministers the chain will be kept as tight as ever .

      Preparations are making for another presidental progressmoney is being raised , fetes are being prepared , a claquers hired to shout . At Toulon , Napoleon is to be glorified by a representation of the first act which called the young subaltern of artillery into notice . The seige of Toulon will be acted out , and the French fleet will show how the English run away - J . ~_ 1 _ P- 1 •_ 1 - ' J . 1 . _ . 1 !• _ 1 _ _ _ Tf > . 1 task for it be has

      —a wmen may supposed practice qualified them . - f ; In Italy we hear of Military Commissions at Mantua Ferrara and Bologne , for the trial of patriots . ! The blood red hand of Austria presses heavily upon its victims . The West India mail brings us intelligence from these colonies . The planters there are apparently convinced that protection is out of the question ; but they look to the Derby

      Ministry for some redress , possibly in the shape of compensation . . The overseers of the sugar estates , disgusted at the smallness of the salaries and fearing further reduction , are organizing and emigrating to Australia . The negroes squatting upon the waste land , or occupying small patches from which they draw enough to satisfy their wants , will not work except for high wages , and then only irregularly . In this strait , some of the planters are talking of an emigration from Africa , as the means of procuring available labour .

      The news from the Cape is as dreary and unsatisfactory as it well can be , and General Cathcart as a last resource has addressed the inhabitants generally , calling upon all who are able , to take up arms to expel the enemy , and those who are not able to fight , to send their contributions of money , to assist in the equipment of those who are able and willing . The report seems to say , that this will be largely responded to . During the . month there have been many

      skirmishes with , but no effectual routing of the Caffres . Neither life nor property is safe within 100 miles of Caffreland , unless under the protection of a large military force . Productive labour is paralysed—once fertile lands are thrown out of cultivation—valuable flocks of sheep are plundered and destroyed—labourers are dispersed , and families kept in continual alarm , liable at any moment to be huddled together , or

      exposed to all the demoralisation of crowded camps . The prospects of continual and ineffectual war , must be a source of dread to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , whose loomings will grow wondrously small , if a surplus is not at his disposal on presenting his next budget . And a source of uneasiness too , to the people of this country , who have so much money to pay for continuing a war that should never have taken

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      place , and which wise negotiation would have entirely prevented . Public opinion will have to express itself decidedly , before the war at the Capo is concluded , and justice must be made to supersede the sword . Ireland furnishes another instance of landlord murder . Tipperary is the scene of the tragedy , in the features of which there is nothing new . It reads exactly like one of the thousand-and-one previous horrors . Mr . Ryan has had some

      dispute witn his tenants , and has threatened eviction . He , however , makes one more attempt at an amicable settlement . On his way home he passes a policeman on the road—in a few minutes a shot is fired—the policeman runs back , Mr . Eyan lies in the ditch pierced by a ball and mangled with a hatchet . Two men have been arrested and will probably be committed for trial , perhaps eventually hung . That will add another page to the blood-stained annals of Tipperary .

      The Commissioners who superintended the distributing of the relief to the suffering Irish during the period of famine , have made their report . They toll us but little new , although their details are valuable . They trace pestilence to famine more strictly than it has been done before , and they illustrate the acceleration or delay in the progress of death by tables showing the rise and fall in the price of potatoes-possibly

      some future Commissioners may treat crime in the same way . It would appear by this report that the potatoc is a calumniated plant , that the Times has been too hard upon , for the Commissioners state that the potatoc is one of the few kinds of food possessing all the elements for the formation of healthy blood—an advantage not shared by any grain in use in these Islands .

      Of home news we are almost destitute , politicians though no doubt busy enough are as quiet as mice . The Court Circular informs us that the Queen is enjoying herself in Scotland , where she will receive the intelligence that an eccentric and parsimonious old gentleman , late of Lincoln ' s Inn , has bequeathed to her about £ 500 , 000 . We hope her Majesty will recollect that the deceased forgot to leave anything to a housekeeper who had attended on him for nearly 30 years .

      Mr , Stuart has been appointed to succeed the late Sir J . Parker as Vice Chancellor . This appointment bodes ill for law reform , the new dignitary , a protege of the late Duke of Newcastle , being notorious for his opposition to the purification of legal cesspools . It may be , however , that when he drops the advocate and assumes the dignity of the Judge , he will change his opinions . It sometimes turns out to be good policy to " set a thief to catch a thief . "

      There have been several meetings to celebrate the opening of the Manchester Free Library , at which Dickens , Thackeray , Milnes , and others have spoken , rejoicing in the spirit which prompts an extension to the working classes of the opportunities for self-education . The establishment of such institutions are among the brightest incidents of our time . We observe however , the whole , or at all events the lion ' s share of thl prize is lavished upon Sir John Potter , the Mayor of

      Manchester . We do not desire to detract from the merit of that gentleman , but it ought to be known that really the Free Library owes its existence to an old follower of Robert Owen . Listen to that , gentlemen ! some of whom in the Free Library denounced " that horrid socialism against which they were providing a safeguard . You little thought you were but consummating the work of a socialist .

      The iron masters of Staffordshire have held a meeting and agreed to give their workmen the advance of wages for which they have , been standing out ; this is but an act of tardy justice obtained by the firmness of the men , and shows pretty clearly that the masters were unjust towards the men in their first refusal of the higher scale of remuneration . There has been a fearful murder at Sheffield . The victim

      is a travelling draper—the presumed assassin , a discarded fellow-servant , who is in custody . Our readers may contrast this with the Irish murder , we have already referred to ' in order to understand the difference between the crime of ' the two countries . There the motive was revenge , here plunder Our police reports contain the examination into the charge of cruelty against the lessee of Cremorne Gardens and the French mountebanks , who make brutal balloon ascents with

      various animals . The evidence was very contradictory as to whether the horses ( which were produced in court ) suffered or not , and the magistrate reserved his decision . Apart from considerations of actual pain one would think suspending a horse beneath the car of a balloon came within ordinary notions of cruelty to animals . Funds still continue a little over par , and as accounts of the harvest are more cheering they will probably go higher , at least in the absence of any other untoward event . The report of the Registrar General shows a considerable improvement in the health of the metropolis .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11091852/page/1/