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      " ~ " TO" COBBESPOSDKSTS . IT IS now a year and more , since I com' menced . tne publication of tkelnshman . It wasa dark hour of danger and despair when I came forward , atau hazards , togireIrish 'Disafiection * avolce- ^ to raUyround Our prostrate flat the Democracy of Ireland—and bid the Celtic heart stiH to cherish its patriotic aspirations . The Irishman has now been long enough before the country to enable every true Hian to form an opinion of the truthful He's , fearlessness , integrity , and determination of purpose wiOi — -hich it has been conducted . With this Tiew , therefere , I write Oiese lines , that each true Nationalist may ask himself this plain question— 'Is the 'Irishman' such a pape r as it ismg duty to support ?' Should the answer be in the affirmative—as , without affectation , I believe it vttl—then I haire to ask that that support be manifested in a plain , tangible , aud practical manner .. Having taking counsel -with some friends , I have been advised . to sate my . position plainly and honesUv , to my brother Nationalists , and I shall do so .

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      OX SALE AT GREAT DODFORD . AN EXCELLENT FOUR AGUE FAIMl . upon which the sum of 63 / . has been already paid , for which an allowance will be made in the rent charge . There is already planted with wheat , one and a quarter acres ; ditt » , spring vetches , one quarter ef an acre ; duij , cleaned , and ready for planting , one acre ; ditto , brcat , ploughed , one-half of an acre . The rest is dug and trsnehed . There is a quantity of manure upon the premise ? , besides a quantity of beans and cabbages , run oOI . has been expended in labour , ic , upon the farm , besides tin .- sum ef 65 / . paid to the Company . The present possessor will dispose of all for 851 . Applittiriiuis to be made to the Directors , at their office , 144 , High 5 loV-: 6 rn . London .

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      TO BE DISPOSED OF , AT CHARTERVILLE , A TKEEE - ACRE ALLOTMENT , in h ^ h cultivation ; nearly one acre of wheat sown a quarter o'lar . acre of retches , the remainder of the land nearly re- - -3 ? Mr the seed ; it is fenced in front , and a cow-5 ard at tl . e leek Of the house , a twenty gallon furnace in the back kitchen , and many other improvements in the house . The price is Thirty Pounds , clear of the Company ' s demands . Also : s FGUIt-ACRE AiLOTMEXT . to be disposed of . As the Hoy &¦ and ? eller may agree , all letters to he directed A . B . C . - ¦ iianervillel ' ost-onlee , near Witney , Oxfordshire , with stamp for reply .

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      PACTS IN THE BACK , GRAVEL . LUMBAGO , BHEUMATISM , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , & c . BR . DE ROOS' COMPOUND RENAL FILIS are the oxm certain cure for the above distressing complaints , as also all diseases of the kidneys and Qrinary or ^ ns generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otlierwise , which , if neglected , so frequently end in Stone in the lilauder , and a lingering , ' agonising death ! t is aa established fact that most cases of gout and Rheumatism oceurring in middle age , are combined with diseased urine , how necessary is ittiien , thstptrsons so afilicted should it i-uce attend to these important matters . Jiy the salutary action of these pills , on acidity of the stomach , they correct bile and indigestion , purify and promote the renal secrctiiius . thereby preventing the formation of calculi , an-. ! establishing for life a healthy performance of the fiififJi ' - . ns of all these organs . They have never been known to Sal , and may be obtained through all Medi » cine Ven < S' » r =. Price Is . l | d „ 2 s . 3 d . and 4 s . Cd . per box ., or will lu sent free , with full instructions for use , on receipt of the price in postage stamps , by Dr . DE ROD 3 . A consid-n-af . le saving effected by purcluuing the larger boxes .

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      BEAETU'EL HAIR . WHISKERS , & c .. versus ^ BALDNESS , WEAK . asd GREY HAIR . OT sE TRIAL ONLY is solicited of llOSAUB . COUPELLE'S celebrated PARISIAN POMADE- f « r the certain production of Whiskers , Eyebrows . & c . in six or eight weeks , reproducing lost Hair , strengtlieuii-r and curling weak hair , and checking grey Hess at any " time of life , from whatever cause arising . It has uevcv l « : en known to fail , and will be forwarded ( free ) wtHfiiH . instructions , ic ., on receipt of 24 postage stamps . TESTIMONIALS , & C Mr . 15 r . il . XSrill , says - — " I am happy to say , after everything cl .-v faV . eil , yours hashad the desired effect , the greyness is < ii ! h « checked . " Dr . En > = i . ius Wilson ,: — "Itis vastly superior . to . all the cluinsv « : v ; i .-y compounds now sold under various titles and prcti *^ , which I have at different times analysed , and fvuud uniformly injurious , being either scented , or cowtmoi wilh some " highly deleterious ingredient There are , hnv .-evcr , so many impositions afoot , that persons reluctantly place confidence when it may . justly be bestowed / - ' UO SOT CUT TOEH COBNS—BUT CUBE THEM . Also v .-Hj be sent ( free ) , on receipt of 13 stamps , her eafe . sp-l-dy , and lasting core for £ oft or hard Corns , Bunions . . i- .-I It cures in three days , and is never-failing . Mrs . Hughes , Sunbury : —* It cured four corns and three bunions . iniaringly quick , and is the best aud safest tiling I hare ever met with . ' * ddre ^ . M \ ssCOUPELLE , Ely-place , Holborn , London .

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      ETJPTUUES PERMANENTLY A 2 CD EFFECTUALLY " CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! DR . HENRY GUTHttEY ' S extraordinary success in the treatment of all varieties of Single and DouM * - RupturesT is without a parallel in the history of tnc-Jicine . In every . case , however bad or long standim .-.: ;! cure is guaranteed . The remedy is quite easy and perfW ;! iy painless in application , causing no inconvenience « ii aniSuement whatever ; is free from danger , and applicable to male and female of any age . Sent : [ -osTTfree ) with full instructions , rendering failure impossible . <» n receipt of six shillings by post-office-order , er ca .- ! : ¦ W Dr . IIesbx Gcxhset ,

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      RUPTUP . ES EFFECTUALLY AND PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! DR . i > E ROOS' astonishing success in : he-treatment of every variety of KUPTDRE is ample proof of the unfailing efficacy of his discovery , v ^ ieh must ere long entirely banish a complaint Mtherto So " prevaleit : All persons so afflicted should , -without delay , write , or pay a visit to Dr . TJE R . who may be consulted daily from lO . tiU t : aud' 4 till 8 . —( SundajB excepted . ) This reinedy is perfectly free from danger , pain , or inconvemence , maybe used without confinement , is applicable to male and female , of any age , and will be sent free , -with full instructions , & c , & c- rendering failure impossible , on receipt of 6 s , 6 d . in cadi , tx by Post Office orders , payaWeattheHolbornoaice , 7 -...-., A great number ofTrusses have been left behind by persons cur * -Vas-trophies of the immense success of this remedy , which will be .. readily given to any one reqviring them after one tnal ofit - t - ; * ja Letters dEinqniry shooW contain two postage ^ tamws . Addre ^ Wter ; Be Kie ^ -A i Bijiplace ; Hojfontblu , la-dun .

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      THE CHEAPEST-EDITION STJS tOXUBBBt , , Price Is , 64 , . ... A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate ; of the Author , of PAJHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of : MR . Q'OQHHOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS Soldi Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , LoV ' ¦ A . Hey wood ,. Oldham-street , Manchester , ; imd Love : ' 3 d Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . , <• And bi all Booksellers in Town and Coumtry .

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      pOOPEB'S JOURNAL . \ J The purchasers of this Journal are respectfully in formed , that with the next Number will be GIVE N AWAY No . 1 . of "CAPTAIN COBLER ; OR , the LINCOLNSHIRE INSURRECTION : An Historical Romance of the Reign of Henry VIII . By Tnojtis Cooper , Author of " The Purgatory of Suicides . " The remaining numbers of the Romance will be issued at One Penny , weekly , until it is complete .

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      IMPORTANT TO TRE CHAItTISTS OP SOUTH LANCASHIRE . A SOUTH LANOASHIE DELEGATE XX MEETING will be held in the CHARTIST ASSOCIATION ROOM , STOCKPORT , back of Waterloo-Inn , Waterloo-road , on Sunday morning , February 24 th , precisely at ten o ' clock , when the following part of a programme of business will be submitted for their consideration : — 1 st . —To consider the validity of the objections to the general and local rules of the Chartist Association , referred to by the Chartists of Stockport , iu the Nortliern Stars of Jan . 19 th . andPeb . 9 th , 1850 . . 2 nd . —The propriety of raising a Local Lecturers plan . 3 rd . —To consider the best means of concentrating the energy of Chartism in this division of Lanea ? hive , giving an impetuous to the movement , and promoting the success of its object Delegates from the following places are particularly expected : —Hyde , Staleybridge , Ashton , Mottram , Oldham , Rochdale , Manchester , Bury , Bolton , Middletou Liverpool , Maiclesfield , and other places . N . B . —All communications to be addressed to W , Benfold , No . 3 , Cooper-street , Hillgate .

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      PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT . A PTJBLIC MEETING , Convened by the Provisional Committee of the NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , will be held at the LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE , JOHNSTREET , TOTTEXHAM-COURT-ROAD , on TUESDAY EVENING NEXT , FfiBUaABV 2 Gth , " 1850 , for the purpose of Reviewing the Puocf edlngs is Parliament during the past week . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., "M . P ., G . W . 3 L Reynolds , Esq ., G . Julian Harney , W , J . Vernon , Ambrose Tomlinspn ( re . cently liberated from his ' "dungeon at Wakefield , ) and others are expected to address the meeting . Chair to be taken at ' eight o ' clock . ADJIISSIOX FREE .

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      NOTICE . TVJEWCASTLE-UPON-. TYKE BRANCH H OP THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The memhers of this branch are hereby informed , that the general quarterly meeting will be held in Mr . Greener ' s long room , Cock Inn Side , on Sunday , March 3 rd . The chair to be taken at five o ' clock precisely . The members are " most respectfully requested to attend , as business of great importance will be brought before the meeting . James Nisbett , Sec , 10 , Gibson-street , Newcastle .

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      - FOR SALE , TWO FOUR-ACEE PALD-UP SHARES in the Ifatioual Land "Company . As tlie Advertiser is about to emigrate , these shares are to be had at a considerable abatement . Address , C . H ., at Mr . Hills , 21 , Devonshire-place , Kennington-oval .

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      EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigration Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ship?— : To NEW YORK—every Five Days . To SEW ORLEANS—every Ten Days . T « BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA-every Fifteen Days . Arid occasionally to ' BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St . JOHNS . Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable in any part of the United States . * Tapseott ' s "Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on reecipt » f Four Postage Stamps . JSar About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the New World , in Tapseott's line ef American Packots . in 1849 .

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      THE LARGEST , CHEAPEST AND MOST BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED PERIODICAL . Every SATORBAY MOUSING is Published , price One Penny . REYNOLDS'S MISCELLANY . Edited BY GfiORGE AY . M . REYNOLDS , Author of the First and Second Series of " The Mysteries of London , " " The Mysteries of the Court of London , " " The Days of Hogarth , " & c . The Misceu . AST consists of sixteen large quario pages , beautifully printed , on good paper , and each number containing at least three , and sometimes more , beautiful wood engravings . Its contents are varied , and therefore calculated to suit all classes of readers , and all tastes . - Amongst the prominent ieatures the following may be specified : — 1 . THE SLAVES OP ENGLAND . —No . 1 . "THE NEEDLE VOM . A . X . " A Domestic Tate . By GeoboB W . M . Keinolds . ( To becommencednexluieek . )

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      THE TEX HOURS EILL . NOTICE . Barly nest week will be published No . 10 , for Match , of THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW X Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY . The contents will include an important article on the 'Ten Hours Question f also articles on the . 'Tares on Knowledge ; ' 'Indirect Taxation ; ' ' Fourier ' s System ;' the ' Bloodthirsty Orderniongers f interesting Letters from France , Germany , & c , « fcc Foari Pages ( in a coloured wrapper ) , Pwce THREEPENCE . London : Published by J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Headpassage , Paternoster-row .

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      THE FUND FOR THE WIDOWS AND ORPHAKS OF WILLIAMS NSD SHARP . A TEA MEETING IN AID OF THE XI above fund ( and to celebrate the second anniversary of the memorable 10 th of April , 1348 ) , will take place in the NATIONAL HALL , 242 , HIGH HOLBORN , On WEDNESDAY , APRIL lOra . Afterthe Tea A PUBLIC MEETIN G--Will be held , at which tlie advocates of democratic and social progress are hevehy invited tc attend . Tea on the table at Six , and the Public Meeting ^ to commence at Eig ht o ' clock , WiLUAM Davis in the Chair . Tickets for the Tea , One Shilling each , may bo had at Reynolds ' s Political Isstkuctoe OHice , 7 , Welliugtonstreet North , Strand ; Land Office , 144 , High Holborn ; the several Metropolitan Localities ; of-Mr ; Mills , at the-National Hall ; of the Members of the Committee ; and of the Secretaiy , John J . Ferdinando , 18 , New Tysseii-street , Betlmal-green . Admission to Public Meeting : —Hall , 2 d . Gallery , 3 d ,

      The Spy Powell. (From The Berkshire Chro...

      THE SPY POWELL . ( From the Berkshire Chronicle , Feb . 16 . ) We have this week to announce the arrival of the ship Caroline , from London with 179 passengers ; and the ship Louisa Baillic , from Lo . ndon-and Plymouth with 161 passengers . " Amongst the passengers by the Caroline is a person whose proper name Is ThomasPowell , but who shipped himself in the name of Thomas Richards . It seems that , having been one of the principal witnesses against the English Chartists , the English government have smetly provided him witli the necessary funds for removinghimself and his family to litis colony . Another passenger , named John Morley , from Ashford ,. Kent , jumped overboard on the 22 nd of May . It was said that he had parted from his friends in anger ,. and I having been subject to bitter compunctions , his remorse became insupportable . —Adelaide Observer .

      Cultivation Of Flax In Ireland. — At The...

      Cultivation of Flax in Ireland . — At the monthly meeting of the Eoyal Flax Improvement Society , a gentleman present remarked , that he had sold his crops of flax straw , grown near Carrickfergus , pulled and dried , to a steeping company , at Cregagh , getting £ 12 per Irish acre . for it , which paid him better than any of his other crops . He had since been told by the purchasers , that they were offered £ 8 for the seed of an acre ; of this flax ; and he had himself seen some of the fibre , which they

      had steeped and scutched , and which was of such good quality as to be valued by the spinners at " 03 s . per cwt . It was producing from the straw at the rate of about eighty stones of sixteen pounds to tho acre , which would be £ 2 $ -worth of fibre ; and , adding £ 8 for the seed , the Irish acre would bring £ 36 . Caution to the Public . —Messrs . Morrison and the Society of Hygeists and Medical Reformers | hereby caution the public , that they have no sort of connexion with the ointments and pills sold ; in chemists' and druggists' shops .-rBritish College of Health , JSew-road , London , Feb . 1 , 1850 ,

      Subtle abguebs . —Young men are subtle arguars-, the" cloak , of honour covers all their faults ; as that ot passion all theirfo Jlleg . ,

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      Nottingham . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of 4 he following sums { sent herewith ) viz .: — Fob Macnamara's Action . — Mr . Mellors , Is . ; from Arnold , and Daybrook , 8 » . 9 S .: JIr ; l . ygo , 2 a . 6 d . ; J . S ., 2 s . Gd . ; , E . ThurmBIl , ls . ' : Wlriterton , ls . ' \ , - : '' . " . ' . . , Fob Da . M'D ' odall ' s FAMiLT . ^ Recoived by Andrew M'Fce , Liverpool , a Post-office Order for Ss . from John Skerrctt , Nottingham ; also Thirty Postage Stamps from C . II . F . Nottingham . ; : ¦ . ¦ ' , - ,. . '' J . W . Smith , Weymouth . —The lines have come to llftlWl , Sutton in-Ashheld . —Many thanks . H . M „ Manchester . —The subscription of One Pound for the Fraternal Democrats has been received . Stockpobt . —The three shillings worth of Postage Stamps were received by Mr . Kider . - . - -.. To Wm . Hides . —Dear Sir , —Having heard to-day of the decision of thejudge being given against Mr . O'Connor in : the action for libel against tho proprietor of the Nottingham Journal , I take tho liberty of writim ? tn tou to

      see if you could give me any advice which would be the best means to raise money to assist htm in defraying the expenses incurred by the trial , for I take it to be the duty of every Chartist to forward , and do the utmost in his power . toassits him at this time , for it is protty evident that the powers that be are determined to act upon the advise given themby Lord Melbourne— " To ruin him with expenses . " It is a shame for the professing Chartists to sillier him to be ruined iu tho manna directed by Lord Melbourne . —Yours truly , Wm . JS ' ohmak , ' 292 , Wingategrange Colliery , County of Durham , Feb . 18 . —[ My advise is—Let Evsnr Chartist , and iv £ itr opponent to perverted justice , do their duty by subscribing according to their means . If this he done , tho whole gang of our enemies , from the profit-mongering jury and that shrivelled arrow ( ltoobuck , ) down to Job . Bradshaw and his lackey . Josh . Hobson , will find that they are foiled in their efforts to ruin the poor man ' s friend with legal !!! expenses . If you ask why , ( I allude to

      notorious Josh . ) , I will tell you . He wsis daily in the Court of Exchequer , pending the trial , doing the dirty work of dirty Job . I suppose the fellow would call itgratitude towards Mr . O'Connor for snatching hiin from the jaws of starvation , and enabling liim to boast of the possession of a second coat . —Wm . lliDEn . ] J . , Ilea ton . —You will find : the monies acknowledged in another place . We think you will see the inutility of publishing a letter reflecting no credit on the party . Macnamaba ' S Action . —Wm . Andbews , Arnold , near Nottingham , writes as follows : —* If each professing Chartist would pay tlie trifling sum of Cd . in all localities , ( say on Easter Monday , ) it would relieve Mr . O'Connor from his unjust burthens , and wipe away the disgrace attached to the Chartist body . ' Those fkbsojcs , subscribers to the Prize Distribution , who hare » ot yet received their baeks , will have the kindness to write and state specifically how they are to be sent . N Ewcastle-opon-Tine The Miners' Petition shall- ' be giv « ttim our next Number .

      Land Company. / To James Nash. Yes. Any ...

      LAND COMPANY . / To James Nash . Yes . Any person wishing to purchase , any portion of the Land at Great Bedford , not built upon , may do so , ancl have immediate possession . The purchaser will not be charged more than the wholesale price ; the . allotments are measured into four acres , and the price will be from £ 37 to £ 38 per acre . Bricks may he had upon the spot at 25 * . a thousand . Feaugus O'Connor . " . . TO THE DELEGATES FORMING THE METROPOLITAN CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION .

      Iu consequence of certain grave and important occurrences , it becomes , necessary to summon the . Delegates to an early meeting . We , the undersigned Members of the Provisional Committee , therefore give notice , . That the Delegates are convoked for Wednesday evening , the 27 th of February , at the Coffee-room , John-street Institution , to assemble at seven for half-past precisely . George W . M ; Reynolds . John Arnott . ' , Edmund Stallwood . Mr . W . P . Roberts will be at the " Cock , " Side , Newcastle-upou-Tyne , to-morrow ( Sunday ) , 24 th February , and the next day .

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      Law And Justice. Me. Feargus O'Connor Is...

      LAW AND JUSTICE . Me . Feargus O'Connor is at this time , not only the " beat abused , ' ' but the most bitterly persecuted man in the kingdom . It is the penalty which it appears all men must pay , who sincerely and honestly devote themselves to the advocacy of the political and social rights of the masses . Sham patriots and Reformers , who support specious , and skin deep changes , carry the unreflecting multitude with them , and achieve popularity and power . The ruling classes offer them no serious opposition , because they know that their measures , if carried , would not affect that supremacy

      which they now enjoy , and are determined to maintain . But with an earnest and uncompromising opponent of the system by which they enslave and p lunder the industrious classes , they wage war to the knife . To such an antagonist no quarter is offered . The mode in which they attempt to crush such men-varies with the country , and the state of public opinion ; where it- is at all feasible , force , and—if need be—death are resorted to ;

      but in this country such means of destroying a political opponent would not be tolerated . The method adopted , therefore , is two-fold firstly , by means of a venal and prostitute Press to poison the public mind , by the most gross and infamous calumnies on his character and actions ; and , secondly , to take advantage of the prejudices thus created , aud refuse that justice and redress which the law avowedly . guarantees to every individual in the state .

      By these combined influences , the laws and institutions so carefully constructed for the purpose of dispensing even-handed and substantial justice , . are rendered of no effect . Nay , they aggravate the injustice to which the sufferer is subjected . The world can understand and . sympathise with the man upon whom wrong has been inflicted by a lawless and vindictive despot '; but when that wrong is inflicted under all the solemn sanctions of " a Court of-Justice , the iniquity' becomes infinitel y deeper . We have no hesitation in saying , that the proceedings in tho Court of

      Exchequer ; before Chief Baron Pollock , in the case of O'Connor versus Bradshaw , have cast an -ineffaceable ' 'stain and . disgrace upon . the judicial tribunals of this country ; and that the Judge who could play the part of a bitter and hostile partisan , and exercise all the power of his high position to prevent justice being done , ought forthwith to be removed from the seat he has disuonoured . It was a piece of refined malice—far-seeing thrift—on the part of the Defendant , to retain the services of Mr . Roebuck , ; whose personal animosity to tho Plaintiei ? , ' and . whose unrivalled powers of vituperation , were certain te give -far ' more in return for the fee than any other member of

      the Bar ; but even . Mr . Bradshaw could not have calculated upon the keen and vindictive partisan he had selected being outdone in these very qualities by . the Judge on the Bench . Ho cannot be too grateful for this gratuitous and' powerful aid . Everybody would have made allowance for the mere assertions of an advocate , called upon to do the best ho could for his client , and well known to entertain a deep-rooted enmity to the man he was opposing ; but everybod y will not be equally clear-sighted as to the prejudiced and partisan . cohduct of the Judge , who most certainly ought , to have had the . counsel ' s fee for his one-sided aud grossly unjust summingup of the case .

      All dispassionate persons , however , will discern this bias on the face of the whole proceedings , from the beginning to the end of the trial . Many of Mr . Roebuck ' s statements , as well as the witnesses examined and the questions pat to them , would have been ruled to be inadmissible by an impartial and upright judge . But the Chief Baron evidentl y luxuriated iii them j and hallooed on both counsel and-witnesses iii their congenial task-of de-I faming and maligning the . Plaintiff . In the course of the trial , also , sentences continually dropped from him showing that he had pre ? iudged'tae case before a single ¦ witness on beifcatt of the- PlaIntiet ? was examined /; .. and 'when those witnesses were-produced , he did

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      " all in . hiai power . to damage and discredit their evidence , rintil ati . las ^'; he reached the climax by absolutely \ refusing' / to ' ; receive the unimpeachable testimony of two witnesses , whose evidence would have triumphantl y established , not only the : honesty , ; but / . the unparalleled disinterestedness , generosit y , and labours , of Mr . O'CoNNOB , with reference to the Land Company . Mr . Grey , the eminent accountant who was employed' by the Select Committee' of the House of Commons to examine the whole of the . accounts ,

      books , aud vouchers of the Land Company , from its commencement , was produced as a witness . After great opposition to the testimony of a person who came forward literally to state facts and figures of more importance and pertinence to the inquiry than all the other witnesses besides , he was , at length , permitted to be examined . Mr . Gray had just deposed that he " had devoted eighteen days—fifteen hours each day- —to the examination of the accounts , and that the result was" when the Judge interfered , and refused to hear his further evidence . In

      the name of Heaven , was there ever a more shameless and infamous act than this ? Here was a man who came into a Court of Law for the purpose of clearing his character from an imputation of dishonesty , and the fraudulent misappropriation of public money to his private purposes ; and yet , when the witness is produced who , of all the men in the world , was most competent to state the real facts , the Judge — the functionary whose sworn and solemn duty it is to see that justice is fully . and impartiall y done between man and man—refuses to let the Jury , who are to decide upon the facts , hear what these facts really are ! The same indefensible and monstrous obstruction of the

      course of justice was pursued mine case of Mi " . Finlahon , the eminent Government actuary , who had also examined the accountsthus proving the determination of the Judge to : drive the Jury to a verdict againstthe plaintiff , if he possibly could . We believe that this forcible suppression of the most essential and most important evidence tendered by the plaintiff , constitutes an undeniable claim for a new trial , which , for the honour of our judicial tribunals , and the character of juries , is certainly imperativel y demanded .

      : The Judge—having thus , as far as he could , confined the attention of the Jury to an incomplete and one-sided statement of factenext proceeded to sum up , in a manner which excited , if not the indignation , at least the tho astonishment , of those who heard itmany of them by no means friends of Mr . O'Connor . In the discharge of that grave and important portion of judicial duty , it is well-known that every Judge is guided

      by certain general principles of equity , and rules of practice . It is distinctly under ? stood that it is to be what it professes to be , a simple recapitulation of the facts proved by the evidence , and a statement of the law affecting tho case at issue . The Judge is to give no opinion himself as to the merits of the case , that is left by the Constitution to the Jury . But Chief Baron Pollock did not confine himself within these limits . He made

      a . reply to Mr . Sergeant WlLKlNS , which Mr . Roebuck himself could not have equalled for malignity and © ne-sidedness . He even . travelled out of the evidence altogether to sneer at the politico-economical character of the Land Scheme , and to disparage the allotment system as a system . For the sake of producing as unfavourable au impression on the whole case as he possibly could , he first assumed that the whole country was to be cut up into small farms , and then asked , " what is to become of the children if all the land is pre-occupied ? " Having , as he wished , excited a titter b y this capital question , and being determined to push his supposed triumph still further , he asked another—" What is to become of the grand-children ?"

      Apart from these unseemly and improper importations into a grave judicial discourse , the gravamen of his summary was the illegality of . the plan of the National Laud Company . But who is to blame for that illegality ? Not Mr . O'Connor . From the very commencement he has done everything that man could possibly do to secure the legalisation of the Plan . The various functionaries entrusted with the administration of the laws affecting such Associations , have resolutely refused to enrol or register the Company not because it was illegal , but simply because it was promoted by the Chartists . We say this advisedly , because we could produce copies of the rules of other Societies , similar in princip le aud' construction to those of the Land

      Company , which were certified by the Barrister appointed to enrol the laws of Friendly Socities . It is well-known that Mr . Tidd Pratt received a decided intimation from high quarters , that he was not to enrol the Chartist Land Scheme , and , to prevent the possibility of its being so , the Attorney-General even went tho length of introducing . au alteration of the Acts under which the Barrister was empowered to act— 'taking away the discretionary power formerly invested in him , and rendering the sanction of the Home Secretary and the . Attorney-General necessary in . such cases !

      Baffled in this quarter by the determination of the Government to refuse the Society the ' protection of the law , Mr . O'Connob and the Directors next , at a ' very considerable expense , complied with the provisions of the Act for the registration of Joint Stock Companies-, and experienced in that quarter similar opposition from the functionaries , on the ground that the scheme , involving , as it did , allotment by ballot , brought it within tho purview of the Lottery Acts , and made it illegal . Mr . O'Connor believed that there was an essential difference between the ballot . and a lottery ; but when the Select Committee decided

      against him and the Company on this point , immediate steps were taken to alter the '¦ constitution of the'Company , so as to bring it within the requirements of the lair . But , even then , the Registrar refused to legalize it , and an expensive * action has had to be instituted for a mandamus , to compel him to perform what is a mere ministerial duty . That mandaimis has not yet been obtained ; for the Government officials procrastinate , ' and have recourse to . all legal means of evading compliance . Had it been obtained , as it ought to have been , the Chief Baron ' s phlllipic : against the plaintiff would have had as little foundation in fact as it had in equity . ; ' " ' . ;; ' .

      ; Mr . 6 ' Connor , we' repeat , has done all that man could do to legalize the Companythe Government and their officers have as determinedly refused the right thus claimed ; and now the Judge takes advantage of the wrong thus done , to justify the infliction of further wrong . ' , !¦' / ,, Passing from the Judge to the Jury , we find the incidents of this memorable trial all in keeping . A verdict , grossly inconsistent and

      contradictory , / followed , the exclusion of evidence , and the charge we have commented upon . They voted that white was black and white at the sametime ;¦ that the Editor of the Nottingham Journal told the truth , when he said Mr . O'Connor was dishonest , and at the same time they declared , that Mr . O'Connor ' s " honesty was unimpeachable !" Who can explain this enigma ? We shall hazard a conjecture ; ;

      Notwithstanding the refusal of conclusive and undeniable evidence to prove the honour and . integrity of Mr . O'Connor , enough was adduced to show the Jury that the allegation against him was a gross and unfounded calumny , but they were misled by the partisan prejudices of the Judge , arid riot' exe ! mp i from the prejudices which have ¦ heretofore alienated , the middle classes from the Ghartists and their leader . Under those influences they availed

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      themselves of the alternative so Jesuitically suggeste ^( to ; them by tho Chief Baron ; they satisfied their conscience by pronouncing the character , of the Plaintiff to be unimpeachable , while , at the' / sarnie / time , they gratified their prejudices by inflicting upon him the / costs of the action / / To ¦» ruin" Mr . O'Connor 11 with expenses . " has been a policy long ^ pur-Sued by classes opposed to him , but the / infamous injustice of which he has been the victim never was so palpable as in this instance . The two statements in the Verdict flatly , contradict each other . If Mr . O'Connor ' s honesty i 8 unimpeachable , the Defendant was Guilty of a Libel ; and ought to have been punished for it .

      Taken as a whole , however , we regard the trial and the verdict as one of the greatest victories ever achieved by Mr . O'Connor . No other man could have come so triumphantly out of such an ordeal , and extorted such a distinct recognition of his honour and integrity from a tribunal thus fearfully prejudiced against him . Twice has this Verdict been pronounced in his favour . In the one case , it was the result of a patient , protracted , and minute investigation of all the facts ; in the second , even the suppression of favourable evidence , the partisanship of the Judge , and the

      class prejudices of the Jury , have not established any thingagainst the fair fame of the Hon . Member for Nottingham , On the contrary that a Jury have also solemnly recorded their opinion in his favour . We observe that the faction journals are bitterly annoyed at this decision . Among the rest , the Morning Chronicle vents its spleen , both upon the Select Committee and the Jury , for not deciding against the facts . The Times—while it expressly acquits Mr . O'Connor of any personal dishonesty—exults over the trial , as a final and conclusive blow to the Small Farm

      system of which ho is the advocate . That is a part of the subject which we shall advert to upon another occasion . It is one well worthy of detailed consideration . In the meantime , let us ask the industrious classes of this country , who believe that political emancipation must precede their social elevation , to calmly review the whole of the proceedings in connexion with the Land Com pany , and Mr . O'Connor ' s conduct towards it . From the moment the plan was proposed ,

      discussion was freely invited upon its merits and practicability , in every part of the country . It was deliberately adopted by delegates , appointed , not by Mr . O'Connor , but by persons representing those , who , after full consideration , came to the belief , that , if carried out , it would improve their condition . There has never been either deception , reserve , or mystery in any of its proceedings . Its affairs have been openly conducted under the sanction and surveillance of successive Conferences of

      delegates , chosen by the members themselves . The money has been expended with their knowledge and approbation , as was required by the laws of the Company . All that Mr . O'CONNOR has gained by the whole proceeding , has been unceasing toil , trouble , and anxiety , incessant attacks of the most infamous and calumnious nature , upon his character and motives—and the outlay of a very large sum of money , expended in the service of the Company .

      We make no appeal to public gratitude , for one who has done and suffered so much for the benefit of his fellow-men . Pure , lofty , and disinterested patriotism , must ever in the long run , meet with a due reward . The clouds by which passion and prejudice may dim such a character , are but momentary in their transit , and it shines out all the more brilliantl y from the temporary obscuration . There is a joy , which the sordid and selfish have no conception of , in struggling for noble objects in the face of an ignorant or interested opposition ; and when posterity comes to raise monuments , it does not do so to the idols of the passing hour . The great men whose memories it consecrates , where the despised , persecuted , and maligned Reformers of their own days .

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      PARLIAMEx ^ TARY REVIEW . Miuisters have recommenced their old and expensive system of doling out money to the " distressed . Unions" in Ireland , instead of initiating measures by which these Unions might fling oft' the burden of pauperism that weighs upon them , and become self-supporting . Within the last three years Twelve Millions Sterling have been expended by the present Government , ostensibly for the relief of Irish distress , and the permanent improvement of

      that country . The amount is large—the results are nil .. Those districts upon which the famine fell with the most crushing and deadly severity , are in all essential respects , in as hopeless a condition , as when that calamity first befel them . The only difference is ,, that emigration , pestilence , and death have somewhat thinned the population ; but as to . the developoment of . the resources of the soil—by the introduction of new capital , on secure and simple tenures , or the employment of the people who remain in remunerative and beneficial labour—that seems to bo a task equally

      beyond the power of the Government , and the present landlord constituted Parliament . The pockets of the tax-paying portion of the people pay the penalty for their ignorance , or selfishness , or both combined . If they continue to hold the reins of Government , no end of this expensive and unsatisfactory mode of proceeding is to be looked for . The causes of the evil being allowed to remain untouched ^ the results - \ Vill , of course , continue to afflict the sister country ; and our statesmen , being either unwilling or unable to devise and apply

      effectual remedies , the people of this country will have to- " pay the piper , " with the mortifying consciousness that their money is wasted . If it , did any real good , there would be some consolation aud gratification in paying , it , however much the' hard-working operative , or sorely-pinched shopkeeper , might feel this addition to burderisalready far too heavy ' ; yet , if they could see that the millions expended were effecting a perceptible and gradual improvement in the condition of the people , we are convinced that the assistance would be most

      cheerfully g iven . But . there is no such compensation orre & rn offered . ' The " thirty distressed unions , ' . ' of-which we heard so much in 1840 , are " distressedfunions" still in 1850 . After a sum total of £ 4 , 483 . 000 has been advanced on account of : pauper relief alone—not reckoning " grants , " " remissions , " aud other benefactions to' a much greater amount—it is nowproposed to lend £ 300 , 000 more in the same

      way . " Lend !"—^ why , does anybody ever expect that money thus lent , and thus expended , will ever be repaid X It would be far better to be straightforward , and propose , to make the whole of it a present to the landlords , at once ; for , after all , it . is to bolster up the predominance of the landlords and their system in Ireland , and to stave off a radical reform in ' that country , that the money is wanted , and will he spent .

      Lord Johk is not celebrated for looking very far into futurity in his financial policy . We have usually had to condemn it , on the ground of its being a system of make-shifts—a handto-mouth mode of proceeding—but on this occasion he has drawn a long billion posterity . He proposes to add tho now loan of £ 300 , 000 to the £ 4 , 483 , 000 already lent , and that the re-payment of the whole sum shall be made

      W instalments ,, spreading " over forty years . oome ten - yeara before ins date of the ( jhvistian i era , is-written' '" a . d . 2 , 000 , ' — if nothing occurs to prevent iltti—is debt will be paid . But , between 1850 and 1890 , what a variety of contingencies will arise I 'Wo need , not , novever , t speculate upon the nature of many of these , Istinicieui for our purpose are-tiiejiuimediate % ta : tf the case / -Besides tbis"debt - due by

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      t ^ e distressed portions provlnceT of Com ^ ughi and Mupster , to the Imperial Treastir >> , they . owe £ 270 , 000 . to their . , coo . tractors ' , , Ai ? d ( in ten out of the thirt y Union ? executions ' I'ave been ah'eady levied j n the workhouses , andthevery beds ia the infi r . mary wards seized as security . Besides this , there are the current expenses of the mass of pauperism whidh presses upon them , and for absorbing which no practical plan is proposed . The prospect , therefore , of the debt being liquidated in 1890 is , under these circumstances , a very dubious one . The probabilities are not only that the sum Will never be repaid

      but that so long as the present system is allowed to continue . in these provinces , the people , who are compulsorily pauperised b y it will become annual pensioners on the Imperial Consolidated Fund , to the great relief of the landlords , who ought either to employ or support the people on what they call " their ' ? estates . The £ 300 , 000 asked for by the Premier , so far from being the last , is but the precursor of many similar proposals in future years . The onl y way to stop their recurrence , is to begin resolutely and rationally to cure pauperism , instead of first making and then feeding paupers .

      The people at large are deeply interested in this question . Apart from the reflex action on themselves , arising from moral and social evil , of a vast amount of pauperism , the pecuniary weight of the burden presses almost exclusively upon the poorer and struggling classes . The landlords and the wealthy classes , by various plans , contrive to shuffle the burden off their own shoulders to those of the classes beneath them . In fact , it is the poor

      who support the poor . Instead of each person paying according to his ability for the support of those requiring relief , it will be found in this country , that the rates invariably fall lightest upon tho rich parishes , and heaviest upon those mainly occupied by the middle and work * ing classes . This is one of the grievances and inequalities which will never be effectuall y remedied until the people are fully and fairly represented in their own House of Parliament .

      The House of Lords presented an animated spectacle on Monday night . A faction fi ght had been announced , and the champions on either side were well known for their mettle and ability . Curiosity ran high : Peeresses thronged the part of the gallery allotted to them—the space between the throne and the table was crowded with sons of Peers , and others , having the privilege of that part of the House . Below the bar , a large assemblage of members of the otherHouse and of ladies had assembled , and the galleries set apart for members were also fully occupied . The

      business in their own House , was "business . " It was therefore left to be disposed of in a somewhat humdrum style , by the few hard-working members upon whom the burden of all the real work principally and commonly falls ; while the dilletanti ¦ legislators enjoyed the contest between Lord Stanley and the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , with respect to the conduct of the latter in removing Lord Roden from the magistracy , on account of his participation in the proceedings which led to the

      massacre by tho Orangemen at Dolly ' s Brae . Such was the question ostensibly at issue ; but in reality it waa a bold attempt on the part of the Orange faction to regain their lost supremacy . They ventured upon fighting a pitched battle on the floor of the House of Lords—they selected the ablest Parliamentary orator in the country as their champion—he presented himself armed , as we may say , cap a pie — - he came full y and carefull y made up on the question , and—was signally defeated .

      Taken as a display of Parliamentary oratory , perhaps Lord Stanley himself never exhibited greater ability . The arrangement of his matter—the gradual developement of his case—the ease , fluency , and force with which , for full three hours , he kept up his hold upon the attention of his auditors , were all proofs of the possession of rare and hi gh powers of rhetoric aud eloquence - Butthe speech at the same time forcibly illustrated all the leading defects ¦ of the orator ' s intellect . Prejudiced , impetuous , and partisan in its character , the whole of a case can never

      be grasped b y it . Lord Stanley is great as an advocate—as a statesman he is nothing : in controversy , a brilliant debater—iu council , the very worst adviser that could be listened to , Lord Clarendon , on the other hand , with less of the showy oratorical qualifications of his opponent , possesses many of the personal and intellectual advantages which , impress favourabl y and powerfully upon those who listen , to him . What particularly distinguished him from his noble antagonist , was the greater simplicity and directness of his style—a calm and equable

      temperament- ^ - possessing at the same time sufficient warmth to redeem it from being phlegmatic , and a more thorough and comprehensive mastery of all the facts of the case . In the course of the three hours' speech of Lord Stanley , he constructed a most ingenious and artistic case of oppression and injustice upon those meek and much injured lambs ; the Orangemen . According to his version of the story they were the " meekest , mildest mannered of mankind , " and Lord Roden , a veritable saint upon earth . They did not wish to act illegally , or to get into " rows" with their neighbours ' !

      not they ! It was all the Papist " rebels , '' ( as Lord Stanley called them , ) who would not let them be'" religious" and "loyal" quietly , that forced them into this fight . And then , as to the fight itself , what was it ? Why , there was only an idiot lad killed , a couple o £ women and a poor old man , and some others , with a few people wounded . What was that to make a noise about ? Besides , to show how people had misrepresented and maligned the Orangemen , it had been said , that the idiot lad ' s skull had been smashed to pieces by a blow from the butt end of an Orangeman ' s

      musket ; when the fact really was—that the blow was inflicted b y the other end . Was it not intolerable that people should thus be calumniated ? . Still worse was the conduct of the Lord-Lieutenant in interfering with these loyal and amiabl y disposed people , and in instituting an inquiry into their . conduct after their protecting brethren , the Orange magistrates , had refused to do so . Lord Clarendon had no right to issue such a commission . The Commissioner himself had drawn up a garbled and one-sided report , and the Irish

      Lord Chancellor had , at the command of the Lord-Lieutenant , cashiered his somewhat indiscreet'but blameless friend , Lord Roden . Such conduct was monstrous , unconstitutional , illegal , and . arbitrary — in short , when his Lordship sat down , amidst loud cheers from his friends , anybody who had never heard anything of the case before must have had the impression , that a more tyrannical and despotic Government , or a more cruelly illused ; patient race of martyrs than the Orangemen , never existed on the face of the earth .

      The delusion was not suffered to last long . One by one , the various portions of the specious and imposing edifice came to the ground , until at last not one particle remained of it to testify that it had existed . Lord Clarendon demolished it completely ; and the distinct and emphatic manner in which he avowed that the great principle of impartial govern * ment in Ireland , irrespective of creed OF party , was in future to be the policy pursued , may be taken as the final downfall of that odious section of the Irish population , who have for agea proved one of ttie greatest curses of that unhappy country . .

      The Party Procession s Bill , which is now quietly passing through tne Commons , and which , will no doubt Become law shortly , will put tho : final extinguisher upon those foolish and lmtatingidisplays—which , like the exhipltion . of a ' -ftaa : tf ; - ^ A clot h , to m excitably

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 23, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23021850/page/4/