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      MONDAY . Was . —The Times of this morning has a tremendous warlike article , intended , ne doubt , as a sideblow at our anti-warlike declaration of Saturday , fae limes , as is its custom , extols and eulogises peace , while it has the effrontery to declare that the aristocratic antipathies and dislikes of England to vulgar republican institutions and manners would render a war with America most topular . The object of the Times doubtlessis , to convince its readers of a popular feeling that does not exist . Bnt this is always the case . The shrouded Thunderer recognises no noise that does not come from itself , and is

      reduced to the necessity of silencing popular disapproval by a flourish of its own trumpet . Upon this , as upon all other questions , the Times falls into the error of supposing that the unrepresented few repre sent the national feeling , and would put down the acquiescence of poor Joe llume as a counterbalance to the rejection of war by a majority of the people . In this peculiar case , however , it happens , unfortunately for onr

      is—SO TOTE , SO MPSRET 1 Free Trade . —Never was there mortification like that sustained by Sir Qrada with regard to the Ministerial message from Delphos . Parliament did not meet upon the first week in January ; the Cabinet was not unanimous upon the alterations lo be made in the Corn Laws , while perfect unanimity prevails npon the determination that they shall not be repealed , and yet , strange to say , our cotemporary contends for the perfect fulfilment of the prophecy . We shall have more rough work yet upon this question than scribblers , speculators , shopkeepers , warehousemen , and paid demagogues are aware of , or capable of understanding .

      The Cor . y Trade . —As we Lara anticipated for seme weeks , the clodpoles' acceptation of the Ministerial declaration has led to a cessation of the flail and threshing machiEe ; and holders , now finding that protection is not to go by the board aU at once , are overholdingforarise ; and , as we also predicted , if the Minister ' s plan has not an immediate effect of lowering the price of corn , and of inviting foreign competition , wc shall " nave the famine-mongers again upon the stre' ch , as the farmers will overbold for a rise . Upon the whole , if we were mischievous , which wc are not , we could not possibly desire a more satisfactory confusion than the Minister , the Times , and the league hare unitedly created ; while , for ourselves , whatever their future operations may be , our portion most be—heads we win , tails they lose . Tbade . —The accounts from the provinces are various . In some departments , where spring trade

      "has commenced , sanguine hopes are entertained of good traffic , while the manufacturers for the India and China market arecompelled to stare surplus in the face , and to meet the monster with a stoppage of machincrv and a dismissal of hands , which , together -with the " prospect of a considerable rise in tbe price of food , threatens to add a new difficulty to the already long Ministerial catalogue . Thespinners , it appears , have done too much workin the timeailowcd bv law , and must now remain idle , without wages ; wherea ? . if they had had a Ten Hours * Bill , a sixth of the idleness and consequent misery would have ken spared ; if thevhad had an Eight Hours * Bill it would have been better ; but if a Three floors' Bill , as advocated and ably sustained by John Fielden , at the great spinners' dinner , it would be better still ; and now we'll make a prophecy , and we'll print it prominently ; it is this : —

      "That no satisfactory settlement of ; the social question in dispute between masters and men , the people and their rulers , the rich oppressor and the poor oppressed , can be final , conclusive , and satisfactory , until an arithmetical sum of the number of hands working for hire , and the capability of machinery to produce , is fairly made , and the result carried into legislative practice . We believe , nay , we feel confident , that a Six Hours' Bill to begin with , as one of the necessary concessions , would enable the Minister to sweep away every vestige of protection now given to corn , labour , and every thing else ; but , unless an adjustment is made between machinery and labour , no feeding of the League npon the landlords , the landlords upon the poor , and the poor upon the taxes , will give satisfaction ; that is , that the first grand move must be ,

      not the restriction of machinery , but the curbing of the abuses of machinery , whereby machinery shall be made man ' s holiday instead of man ' s curse . " Xfow , that ' s our prophecy . MbxET Market . — The ghost of the Accounts nt-General , which appears to have two faces under a hood , is smiling upon Government securities , and at the same time frowning upon the jobber ' s speculations , A bird in the band is better far Than two that in the hushes are ; And the stern resolve of the Chancellor of the Exchequer not to take waste paper on account of railway deposits , promising an interest of 6 per cent ., has induced a preference for consols over railway shares . The poor York draper , Hudson , is in hydrostatics , as Mrs . Mxlaprop would say , at the sudden check given

      to his railway kingship . Well to be sure , how little bubbles are sometimes bfown into great big ones by a chance breeze , and how soon they vanish before an adverse gale ! _ This big-little man was great in local election committees , in railway matters , and family concerns , but how soon be has found his level in the big house . He has learned that there is a great difference between the little house in York and the big house in London . If ever there was a disgusting attempt , it was the endeavour to make this little creature into something more than nature designed him for—a great person during the railway mania . 2 * ow , what we prophecy with regard to railways is this , that the good trunk lines and their tributary branches will run to a higher premium than ever , when relieved of the flood of muddy streams that have so long flowed on the surface .

      IRELAND . His Majestt luxe Pbatib has been severely indisposed since the announcement of the medicine prescribed for his family of the Murphies by the State Physician , and we are now told that his majesty is beyond recovery . Ibish GoAimox . — The greatest danger that threatens the Peel Cabinet is the disunion evinced among the seven Irish Repeal members that met at Radley ' s Hotel , on Friday last , in obedience to the huntsman ' s call Just think , only seven out of forty-three Repeal members , aud only think those seven divided upon the tws great questions mentioned in her most gracious Majesty ' s most gracious speech —the Corn Laws and coercion . Dan is for a repeal

      of the Corn Laws , Smith O'Brien is not . Young John , Dan ' sreprcsentative , is for COERCION FOR IRELAND , if it is accompanied with . MINISTERIAL PROMISES to enact such a Landlord and Tenant Bill as will put a stop to Irish assassination . It is carious thai neither the young Liberator nor the OLD GENTLEMAN ever mention the agricultural labourers or the trades of Ireland . The old Liberator got frightened at the young fellow ' s treasonable proposition , and Smith O'Brien and Dillon Browne enforced such an alteration in the terms of the resolution , as naturally and unequivocally convicted its proponnder of treachery against the Irish people . Altogether , the note of theLiberator is so low , and the voice of O'Brien is so loud an 4 patriotic in comparison with the old bird , who .

      if not caught with chaff , has had salt sprinkled upon his tail , that we give it elsewhere . Come , at last we have some hope that tho rogues will fall out amongst themselves , and that the Irish people will come by their own . God send it soon and sudden . Dan , you're a broth of a boy , but , be my own sowl , Paddy is not half the fool you took him to be , he can see as far through a stone wall as any other blind horse ; and as wc have often told him , fie has now discovered that you are a pompous and delving general , after you have recruited strength as Derryianelfor the rint campaign , and that you are . 1 tricking , shuffling , whining courier of sicial ease for the remainder of the year . Oh ! how quick ihe Irish thermometer rises to blood heat in the autumn , and how rapidlv it sinks below Zero in the spring .

      Dax axd the Obancemex . —By the report of the meeting of the Dublin Corporation , wc see that even the Orange faction has rejected all alliance with the old deceiver , and Dan was obliged to sing from the opening of the meeting till its close—Oh dear , what will become of me ? Oh dear , what shall I do t Xo Orangeman coming to marry me , Sobody coining to woo . Can , you're an owld woman , and we'll tell you what the old Irishwoman said in her distress about her high caul cap , and the answer she got . " What shall I do , far starch and blue I'or my high caul cap , f er my high caul cap ?

      HI tell you what you'll do , cut a pralie in two , And that wiU do , and very weR too , for starch and Mae Tor jonr high caul cap , for your high caul tap . Dan , in God ' s name , put on your night cap and stiffen the bonier with pratie starch , for v 0 u are fast asleep while Ireland is wide awake . The Muuisgar Special Commission . — "We also refer our readers to the news which will be found undtr this head in its proper place , and we think that the old err of the difficulty of getting Irish jurors to serve will be fully answered by the treatment the jurors of our sovereign Lady the Queen received at the hands of their lordships . Their crime was constructive murder , and were near being starved to death in consequence of a difference of opinion . 'ihi < surely is a bold invitation to the Irish people to rn : t » , aud we trust they will profit by it . While we oiier no palliation for the crime of murder , or attempt

      Monday. Was.—The Times Of This Morning H...

      tomMdw . wemustneverthelegssaythattimeshould have 1 been allowed for the very natural excitement to subside before the unfortunate Seery was subjected to asecond trial . However , Irish justice is a phenomenon . Once upon atime the foreman of a iurv dissented from the eleven others , and upon being asked by the judge if there was any prospect of a unanimous verdict , the foreman indi gnantly exclaimed , No my lord , there appears no UfeoUhood of mt convincing those eloven obstinate men . " In conclusion , forthesakeofjusticeaswellas public convenience , and with the view to preserve tho lives of innocent men , we wish sintorely that the legislature would give the judges a discretionary power in such cases ; but there are instances in which judges , like other men , do not relish a power which may be humanely exercised .

      Coeecios for Irklasd . —Was it not even as we predicted—that Dan and Lis tail would attempt a compromise with government upon the question of coercion ? Aye , in faith was it , and Dan , who is perhaps at thishuoment in London , will discover that there is more Saxon feeling there than is to be found in Conciliation Hall , for their Irish brethren . Tub Liberator asd Cheap Goverxment . —One of tho most fruitful themes of the fruitful mind of the FRUITFUL Liberator has been the blessings of cheap government ; and referencetoour Irish news will shew how the practice and the theory of the Liberator square npon the subject . No wonder that he should contend for extensive corporate reform for Ireland , when he is enabled to create strength or neutralise opposition by the unjust use made of corporate taxation . We cannot sufficiently commend the

      straightforward manliness with which Mr . Reynolds and his SCUT hare contended against tbe Liberator and his TAIL . It is monstrous that the monstrous legal item of nearly £ 1000 for legal expenses , together with theamountfor cutlery for the Lord Mayor , the redecoration of the Mansion-house , the furbishing of an old picture , and such like casual and disgusting items , should be carried to tueaccoiint of general expenditure . Who wouldn ' t be a corporation printer , when the accounts are admitted without more than a passing comment ? Dan would tickle his hearers by the assurance that voting the bulk sum did not necessarily entail the expenditure . Oh , Dan ! if you had five times as much , you would have the whole nest of Irish patriots chirping and gaping for as much more ; but it has always been your policy to smother public opinion by the shower of gold dust that comes from other men ' s pockets .

      FOREIGN . For the news under this head we must refer the reader to our general and more extensive Summary .

      TUESDAY . The Thvs * ih-. ber as » ms . Puts . — -Verily , we live iu a strange world . It is very hard for the schoolmaster to untcach what he has so indefatigably laboured to inculcate . As long as we can remember , the limes has uniformly eulogised the laconic letters , answers , and speeches of his Grace the Duke of Wellington , until this morning we find the Thunderer castigating the short soldier , THE STUJNTED CORPORAL , for his brevity . The Times is outrageous with the Duke for aot having told all he knew about those differences in the Cabinet which the limes assures ns did not exist ; but , to be sure , our cotemporarv also lauds the Prime Minister for the abandonment of his untoward secrecy , and the

      adoption of a more comprehensive loquacity . In faith , we apprehend that Sir Robert will see the necessity of relapsing into his usual secret style , especially as the watchful agriculturists , his old and satisfied disciples , are anxiously alive to the importance of every syllable that drops from his lips , and as anxiously panting for some bait from his hook that will be swallowed unanimously by his opponents . The Railway Masu . —The prime minister administered a copious dose of Turbet mineral to the railway mad-dogs last night , no doubt for the purpose of preventing a further decline in Government securities . However , be that as it may , it will now appear that he thinks twenty-three millions and a half too large an amount to be expended in each of the next three years in railway traffic , and three hundred and fifty millions much too large a sum to be expended

      upon the many wild projects to be submitted to Parliament . Will not the working people say , whenjobbers have realised as much fiom their labour as would pay off half the national debt , and without crippling " their trade capital , that it is high time the people should be relieved altogether from the burthen of such a national faith . It will be seen that Sir George Grey proposed devolving the arduous and onerous duties now imposed upon hon . members of the House of Commons , npon a roving commission of speculators from without . Lord John supported the view , while , in our opinion nothing would more tend to accelerate the speed of trick , traffic , jobbery and speculation . lithe honourable house could not control its own members Bcnham and Boldero , surely it could not control a set of perambulating jobbers , who , with their friends , would discuss the relative meritsof the several lines over THEIR WINE AND

      BISCUITS . Ocn Friend of Richmosd . —His Grace of Richmond has thrown up his castor , and taken up the gauntlet for his friends , "the farmers . He has presented several petitions to the noble landlords from their tenants against any destructive interference with the rights of his clients . It is strange , most strange , that in this diversified warfare we never hear a word from the labourers' friend . We think we may apply the old invitation to the Government in their

      case" HIT 'EM AGAIN , THEY DAVE GOT NO FRIEND !" Mosey Market . —The Government has actually beaten the brokers . The pulse of security beats a little higher , while the railway pulse betokens a slow and languishing feverishness . No wonder that the body News should advocate the system of monetary centralisation as a substitute for political squabbling

      XSBXfc & NO . Famish . —It will be remembered that some weeks ago we published the wise assurance of the bailiff of an Irish landowner , that there was plenty of food in the country if the people only had money to buy it ; and the sagacious Duke of Wellington has wisely discovered , that though millions may die of want , still there will be no scarcity ;—in good truth , if his Grace died of want we should be scarcely able to find his successor , for , " take him for all in all , we ne'er shall look npon his like again "—and God forbid we should . He tells us that he has served the Crown for fifty years . He might have added , that he served himself at the same time , but Irish modesty rendered it impossible to say that he had served his country .

      The Dhop of Water is the Ocean . —Sir Thomas Freniantle has proposed a loan of £ 50 , 000 from the consolidated fund for the reclamation of wastelands in Ireland , upon the condition that a like amount shall be subscribed by tbe charitable of that land . Doesn't he wish he may get it ? He also proposes to serve Ireland by a further unnamed grant to be applied to the FORTIFICATIONS AND HARBOURS OF THE COUNTRY . That's the way to treat slaves 1—to make them build fortifications for their enemies . Biown-bread Joseph had no hesitation in voting supplies for the augmentation of the army , but his economical soul shudders at the bare notion of granting anything for the relief of the starving Irish . They ask for food , and thev get fortifications .

      WEDNESDAY . The "Star" ahd the "Times . " —By St . Paul , but we have beaten the Thunderer—the Oracle says so . Sir Robert broke the seal Ivst night , and as fairly muzzled the poor Thunderer this morning . The Parliament did not meet the FIRST WEEK in January ; the Cabinet WAS NOT UNITED upon the question of free trade , for it never was submitted to them , and the sliding scale still reigns triumphant as the regulator of the price of corn . Now , it was very shameful for a journal , with power , if not with character , to have ventured upon 10 mischievous a practical joke . The injury sustained by parties who have acted upon tbe faith of tho Times , is beyond all calculation , while the seeds of disappointment sown

      in the minds of the sufferers will cot be easily eradicated , and the League , lulled into partial security by the anticipated revelations will sprout like mushrooms from the soil , and denounce both the Thunderer and the Premier . The fact isjust as westatcd , and we were the only print that did state it . Sir Robert Peel hangs by theslidiugscaleforthreeyears , well knowing thatjin this active age , that three years ' grace is a political eternity . Long before the prescribed time shall have expired , the collateral measures of Sir Robert will of themselves have repealed every vestige of the Corn Laws . We never write hastily or capriciously , or , at all events , minutely , upon subjicts that we do not understand ; while , upon the comprehensive subject and its several

      minute details , and almost imperceptible results , we have published more real knowledge than all the books , pamphlets , magazines , newspapers , and demagogues put together ; while the Times is as hopelessly ignorant of the bearing of the subject " as a dunghill cock is of a holiday . " It is one thing to tickle the advertising propensities of ignorant shopkeepers , who are taught to believe that every shilling saved in the purchase of food will be an additional twelvepence spent at their counters—to cram ignorant speculating manufacturers with a raise notion , that their fortune depends upon the conversion of wheat into an exchangeable currency for manufactured goods—toconvince the working-classes that cheap food is ever accompanied with hig h wages , and it is another thing for a Prime Minister to inthe

      suresuch legislative co-operation as will convince majority of the House of Commons of those newspaper accepted dogmas . The mighty measure , the gigantic scheme , the overwhelming disclosure , and statesmanlike resolution of Sir Robert requires more thau a mere passing glance in our weekly summary ; and , as public opinion looks more to the Star than to any other , or all other mediums , for a fair and disinterested review upon the mighty revolution proposed by Sir Robert Peel last night , we must be pardoned if we devote to its consideration an amount of space which its importance demands at our hands . Its principal merit , however , is , ia the language of Mr . Wakley—it is not likely to rjease either party who command the votes of their respective slave-classes , : while it will be read with oeeomiug calmness and due I attention by those > yLo nave no votes . _ ,. _

      Monday. Was.—The Times Of This Morning H...

      Mohkt Market . —As we anticipated , the rise in the national puke was bnt of short duration , and the patient has again relapsed into its former languor . Three years is a long day , my lord '—short to the crim inal who stands upon the verge of eternity , ' but long to the maid who pants to become a bride . The jobbers thrive best in an unsettled atmosphere that is susceptible ot transient calms and continuous squalls . The amount of money necessary to pay the duty upon corn now in bond , according to Sir Robert ' s brand at 4 s ., will cause a further decline in government securities . Upon the whole , we are very near the settling day .

      The Railway Jobbers . —The iron-hearted philanthropists , so anxious for the prosperity of the nation , and so solicitous about the convenience of the poor , whom they were compelled to stroll along at the rate of thirteen miles an hour , are moved to becoming and characteristic compassion by the kick the prime minister has put in their gallop . As we observed yesterday , the good trunk lines , with judiciously formed contributory branches , will rise in value , while Hudson and the bubbles will -vanish into air .

      These fellows did more real mischief than landlords and tree traders put together . West Ridiso Election . —This struggle comes off on Wednesday next , and we do trust that if Lord Morpeth shall have a walk-over , that the sons of toil will ask him gome questions relative to his opinion about labour , and so forth , and that they will require more satisfactory answers than that of noble sympathy promised by his lordship to the Short Time Committee , whose address we have much pleasure in publishing this week .

      IRELAND . CoscttiATios Haut . —After an announcement from the Liberator , that he was about to leave for England that evening to compel the Prime Minister to establish granaries and storehouses ( how fine ! how hi'jhsounding ! how patriotic !) where famine most threatened , some other M . r . 's indulged in Suitable harangues , when the rent for the week was announced to be £ 196 9 s . 2 d . We beg particular attention to the following fact . Sir Thomas Freniantle proposes to advance 4-50 , 000 for reclaiming waste lands in Ireland , upon the condition that the Irish philanthropists shall raise a like amount . Now , the Liberator has fobbed , to his own cheek , one half of the raquiredsum ; while the League . who would ground

      their immediate demand for free trade upon the threatened destitution of the Irish people , are about to subscribe £ 250 , 000 to insure them a cheap supply of food . Lotus add , the £ 50 , 000 of the government loan , the £ 25 , 000 O ' Connell tribute , and tho quarter of a million League money , and we have £ 325 , 000 ; to which should government add a like amount , would make a labour fund of £ 650 , 000 ; which , at tha rate of £ 3 an acre , would reclaim 216 , 000 acres , the improved produce of which would pay more than 10 per cent , for the money , while its addition to the present amount of arable land would be an immediate provision for the increasing population , so horrifying to the Malthusians . If we estimate its average

      production of wheat alone at one quarter per acre , we have an increase of 216 , 000 quarters , which would bc no small addition to the present annual supply ; while we leave out butter , bacon , pork , milk , beef , mutton , oats , barley , potatoes , garden vegetables , wool , poultry , eggs , and all the rest of it . Verily , we have gooii reason to be proud of the high position that our agricultural opinions now hold in the literary and scientific world , and whereof we present the following testimony from the Prime Minister of England , which , though we publish it here , shall adorn many other parts of our broad sheet , and , with the consent of the directors , shall stand as the frontispiece of the rules of the Chartist Co-operative Land Association : —

      " THERE IS A DREAD—A KA . TDRXL DREADOF COMPETITION ON THE PART OP AGRICULTPRISTS . IT IS IMPOSSIBLE , I THINK , FOR ANY MAX TO DE > T THAT AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IS YET IN ITS INFANCY IN THIS COUNTRY . BUT THERE ARE MEANS OF MEETING THIS COMPETITION WHICH 13 SO MUCH DREADED , BY THE APPLICATION OF CAPITAL , SKILL , AND INDUSTRY ; AND BY THE ADOPTION OF THOSE MEANS I FEEL PERSUADED THAT BOTH TIIE AGRICULTURISTS AND THE LABOURING MAN WILL "E ABLE TO 3 IEET THE COMPETITION WHICH TVILL BE RAISED UP AGAINST THEM . AND , IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE EFFECT , WE PROPOSE THAT THE STATE SHALL ENCOURAGE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY . "

      Bravo , Sir Robert ! that ' s it . Ihe science of agriculture is but iu its infancy . We have taken off its swaddling clothes—do you wrap it in the garments of competition , denuded of the flimsy rags of protection ; encourage it—foster it ; hug it to your soul ; talk of bulls , aud spades ; and cow ? - , and their dung , and never heed the assaults ot fools , the revilings of maniacs , and the contempt of slaves . Yes , cherish native agriculture , and you promote an emulative and honourable competition , round which the sons of toil will rally , and triumphantly fight your battles against protectionists , anti-monopolists , and crotchet-mongers of all classes , shades , and denominations .

      FOREIGN . Although the London press affects to sneer at the resolutions proposed iu Congress by Mr . M'Connell , and although wc are led to suppose that they were received with laughter , yet we cannot forbear calling especial attention to them , and especially the last , which has reference to sympathy for , and co-operation with the Irish people . The resolutions will bc found under their proper head ; and , while we strongly approve the terms in which they are couched , we tiear the proposer egregiously miscalculated when he relied upon Irish admiration of Republican principles . He was not aware , because the press would not convev the fact , that the English delegates who

      were sent to propound Chartist principles in Ireland had a narrow escape of their lives from the ignorant dupes of an interested juggler who has cunningly mixed up Iufidelism and Republicanism in the same category , nor was he aware of * tliegreat fact published by the Belfast Vindicator , that the Catholic people of Ireland . hated democracy , and were the stanchest supporters of monarchical institutions . Our far west friends have yet a great deal to unlearn before they can judge of the relative strength and adopted principles of the respective parties in Great Britain . Mayhap our anti-war and anti-militia declaration may lead to a friendly notice of Chartism and the Chartists ia the American Congress ; while we beg to assure our transatlantic friends that the Irish

      Liberator would much prefer £ 2 o , 000 a year , with abject slavery , to half-pay consequent upon the possession of perfect civil and religious liberty .

      THURSDAY . Free Trade . —We learn , with no small pleasure , from different sources upon which we can rely , that it is the intention of Mr . Cobdcn and the leaders of the League in Parliament to support the measures of Sir Robert Peel . This is as it ought to be , while we are sorry to be obliged to state , that the lecturers who , above all things , fear the settlement of , to them , so profitable a difficulty , have resolved upon keeping the fire of agitation alive . Now , if ever a nation has suffered from one thing more than another , it has been from the duplicity , recklessness , and rascality of demagogues , who rouse every passion and excite every feeling for the attainment of a special purpose , and as soon as their labours promise

      success , they become horrified atthe prospect ot that triumph which threatens to strip them of the wages of corruption . When Chartism was on the eve of victory , the Birmin » ham patriots were sopped off by corporate emoluments ; the Londoiijphilosopliers were bribed by government toleration in an exemption from stiiiip duty , and by the promised patronage of Brougham , Roebuck , and | Co ., while the physical force adventurers , Carpenter , Vincent O'Brien , and Co ., betook themselves to denunciation of their own principles . We trust , for the sake of peace , for the sake of industry , for the sake of labour , and of the poor , that the League leaders will act with a stern and bold authority , allowing their servants to pass over to the Richmond ranks if they cannot procure honourable

      employment , but not allowing them to tamper with a national strength as a means of upholding aristocratic swav and oligarchical oppression . Trade . —Wherever slircwd guess has been made as to the probable result of the Premier ' s ALLMIGHTY proposition , a corresponding firmness has been exhibited ; and as we have ever wished to base the demand for political rights upon sound views rather thau upon agitation consequent upon a hungry howl , we shall perhaps more than any other parties living rejoice in the success of a measure which is calculated at one and the same time to meet threatened famine , to adjust conflicting interests , and to break down old landmarks which new opinions had

      rotted and destroved . Wc often expressed our satisfaction at the fact , that if Chartism had slumbered for the three past years , apathy had been occasioned by comparative prosperity , and we now more than ever hail its promised continuance , because we have created such a mind , as will use the present opportunity as a means of insuring permanent happiness through the possession of LAND OF T 11 EIR OWN . No measure , nor no set of measures , could more tend to the advancement of our Land plan than those proposed by Sir Robert Peel , while no sentiments or opinions could more strengthen the propriety of its adoption than those to which ho has given expression , and stale of which we shall retain for constant use .

      Cons Team . —Last week , and the week belore , we prophecied that the measures of Peel would cause a re-action in the corn trade , the effect of which would be a rise in prices ; and that we were right , the market note cf this morning bears ample proof , as the position of buyerand seller has been changedthe seller now sceptical , and the buyer rather anxious to purchase ; while v > c also foretold that the cry of famine would be simultaneously heard . The grain market , as wc foretold , has a tendency upward . Moctt Market . —Some hocus-pocus , in which the application of the sinking fund has had a harlequin effect , has had the tendency of creating a gleam of hope on 'Change , and things , especially Exchequer Bills , have assumed a more healthy appearance . The coverninent practitioner continuing to OPERATE to a considerable extent , has no doubt had its share in the affair , and all this , although the city I blockheads have not yet , we arc told , had time to I scan the merits of the all-mighty propositions !

      Monday. Was.—The Times Of This Morning H...

      Share Market . * -As we have foretold of this department also , the bubbles are bursting , and the good lines are preparing to go a-hcad with railway speed . The York draper , who , not long since , was the Colossus of Railroads , is biting his fingers , and finds that he has got out of his depth , by his foolish plunge into political waters .

      The higher a monkey climbs , Tho more he shows his . West Riding Election . —As far as the Protectionists are concerned , the West Riding of Yorkshire is going a-begging , and would have been uncontested altogether , had not the energy of Mr . Fcirand ferretted out a Lame Fox to unbag for the amusement of the field upon the occasion . We were quite disposed to aid in a searching examination , and sharp castigation , of Lord Morpeth , rather than that he should havo received the conviction that his policy in every way accorded with the popular mind , but we really cannot recommend the adoption of one of the most bigotted old Tories that ever the world saw .

      IRELAND . Welcome Dan . —Well , Dan , my hearty , so you are come to Saxon land to ax the Saxons for a bit o ' relief tor the poor boys , after taking £ 25 , 000 , and £ 300 a-week , out of their pockets . Ogh , Dan , your sowl , but it ' s you that ' s mild as a sucking dove when you conies over here to blarney the natives , but the divil a one of uz ever goes you , barring it ' s about a juggle ofa bank bill , or a railway scheme , or appail on behalf of the poor starving paddies . Musha , D . in , but you should , have entered the Saxon house with a board before and a board behind , with these words on them : — Pity the sorrows ofa poor old man , Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door ; Whose life is dwindled to the shortest span ! Oh ! give relief , and heaven will bless your store . The Potatoe —The following appalling account appears in the Clare Journal : —

      We have received a document of great importancenamely , a return of the sound and unsound potatoes in possesion of tbe tenantry in the parish of KilfiUane , made on the 29 th of December . We have written the word important as attaching to this return , we should have written the word appalling . It is so in great truth . Let us srtc , then , what the report referred to states . There are upon this townland & 18 families , consisting of 3 , 186 persons . There are amongst those persons 2 , 0 D 0 barrels of sound potatoes , and there are 4 , 411 barrels of unsound potatoes . Let us now state how much food

      remains for consumption to those persons until the 1 st of August , and that is an early day . Three barrels to each family for seed will hike 1 , 551 barrels , and this will leave 49 G barrels for the support of 3 , 182 persons to the time we mention—that is , thirteen stone of potatoes for the support of each person until tbe 1 st day of August . This is not sufficient for one month out of the six ; mid we would now ask the landlords , large landholders , the magistrates and gentry , however immediately or remotely connected with the parish or with the county , will they suffer the people tomeet the famine thatstiiregthem , withoutmukiiig some effort to procure food for them ?

      This is really an appalling prospect for the poor people , and one which will demand something more than tiie slow and sluggish process of Parliamentary relief administered by the crippled hand of Irish philanthropy . We would strongly-recommend the government to send a commission of five honest , unassuming , kind-hearted men to Ireland , not to report upon the state of destitution that may present itself , but to relieve those who suffer under it .

      FOREIGN . In the news of to-day , under this head will be read that portion of it which refers to the sanguinary conflict between the combined forces of England and France and those of South America with remorse , while that portion of it which refers to the progress making in Prussia , by the democratic party , will convey no small pleasure to the friends of freedom at home . It will be seen that the Autocrat of Prussia has been compelled to fly t ' roni Berlin , in consequence of his refusal to grant a constitution in compliance with the rational demand of the improved mind of the country . Again we beg to remind our readers that Mr . O'Connor , in his first letter on his return from the Continent , predicted such a result . America . —It will be seen that while England is publishing " the thunder of her arms , " Jonathan is not indifferent , as we learn his intention of building a steam navy capable of competing without- " wooden walls . "

      The Ten Houks' Bill. Meeting At Warrinot...

      THE TEN HOUKS' BILL . MEETING AT WARRINOTO . V . Last week a meeting for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for a limitation of the hours ot factory labour was convened in the large room of the Town Hall , Warrington , which was gratuitously lent for the occasion by John Ireland Blackburn , Esq ., M . P . for that borough . The spacious room was densely tilled , principally with factory operatives , who took a warm and lively interest in the proceedings of the meeting . The Rev . John Rathborne was called to the chair , and opened the proceedings with a feeling and eloquent address . The following resolutions were passed unanimously : — That , in the opinion of this meeting , the long hours of factory labour are injurious to the constitution , and are productive of immorality , crime , and premature death .

      That , iu the opinion of this meeting , a Ten Hours' Bill would work beneficially both for master and man . The domestic comfort of the operative would be increased , and they would have more frequent opportunities for moral and intellectual improvement . That a petition , founa ' ed ou the before-mentioned resolutions , be signed by the chairman of this meeting , and sent tj John Ireland Blackburn , Esq ., M . P , for this borough , for presentation to the House of Commons , The following petition was also adopted : — To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland , in . Parliament assembled . The petition of the inhabitants of Warrington , in public meeting assembled ,

      Humbly Shewcth—That your petitioners deeply sympathise with the factory workers of this town and neighbourhood , many of whom arc of very tender years , and shut up in close rooms for a period in each day that is quite incompatible with their nature , mid calculated to impair their health . That , owing to the long hours ot labour to which these young persons are subjected , they are debarred from all means of obtaining either religious or secular education . That , in consequence of these long hours , of which your petitioners complain , the factory operatives are placed in a much worse position than other branches of artisans , by which their physical frames aredebilitated , and must , if some relaxation is notafforded them by legislative interference , become mere representatives of the human body without any of its various delineaments .

      Ywur petitioners , therefore , pray your Honourable House to . pass a good and efficient Ten Hours' Bill without further delay . And your petitioners will ever pray . Excellent speeches in support of the resolutions and petitions were delivered by Mr . John Grirashaw , Mr . Lewison , Mr . James Leech , Mr . Maltby , Mr . Mullineaux , and others . Votes of thanks were given to John I . Blackburn , M . P . ; Lord Ashley ; John Fielding , M . P . ; and other friends of the cause .

      MKUriXG AT OLDHAM . On Monday evening week a largo publie meeting was held in the Town-hall , Oldham , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for an efficient Ten Hours ' Bill for factory labour , with a restriction on the moving power . The specious hall was crowded to excess , great numbers having to go away . Nathan Worthington , Esq ., manufacturer , one of the high constables , was unanimously called to the chair , which office he tilled with great satisfaction to all present . The meeting was addressed by Mr . Birt , Baptist minister ; John Fielden , Ksq ., M . P . for the borough ; Mr . Halliday , manufacturer ; Mr . Quantity , Mr . Alexander Taylor , Mr . Hurst , Mr . William Knott , Mr . Mellor , and others , all of whom expressed their deep sympathy for the factory labourers , and advocated the diminution of the hours of labour . Appropriate resolutions were unanimously passed , and a petition adopted to be presented to the Commons ' House of Parliament by the members for the borough .

      Meeting Of Delegatus At Manchester. • On...

      MEETING OF DELEGATUS AT MANCHESTER . On Saturday last the men of Lancashire once more displayed that spirit of resolution and determination foi which they have long been characterised . On the even , iug of the day named above , there was a meeting of faetory delegates from all the manufacturing towns in the county , and from some other places in Yorkshire , Derbyshire , and Cheshire . Their numbers amounted to fiftyone , being the most intelligent of the workmen selected from the various branches of factory workers . It was indeed a soul-stirring meeting , and the speeches delivered would hnwe done credit to the united wisdom of St .

      Stephen ' s . Their arguments were practical , founded on long experience and enlightened views , and urged with a fervency that betokened their zeal in the sacred cause in which they were engaged . Judging from the number of delegates present , and the important towns which they represented , it may fairly he said that the voice of a million of the toiling sons of England was re-echoed in the meeting , of which we give a brief report . Mr . Tnul Hargraves , the intelligent chairman of the Lancashire Central Short Time Committee , was' called on to preside . He brielly stated the objects for which they were assembled , and said , that since the delegates were assembled very many matters of importance bad transpired , the whole of which had given the committee

      brighter hopes of success in the accomplishment of a measure which they all had at heart . The working men of Lancashire best knew what suited their interests , and the committee endeavoured , by all means in their power , to promote the passing of such measures as were likely to meet their views and administer to their wants . During the last eighteen years , in which he bad ban engaged in the advocacy of the question now under discussion , the agitation had assumed almost as many different shapes ; at one time it was necessary to hold public meetings in order to draw public attention to the sufferings uf the children , with a view of exciting sympathy for them ; at another time it was necessary to petitior , ^ arHameut . and make representation to the Goveniuv _ . ni

      Meeting Of Delegatus At Manchester. • On...

      of the necessity of such a measure . This cause was no longer necessary , the humanity part of the question had been conceded , but the opponents then begun to ditcovsr that the trade would be ruined , and England's greatness for ever gone , unless the factory girls of Lancashire worked twelve hours a-day . They declared that trade would be ruined ; in fact , that the whole of their profit and the stability of manufactures depended upon the two last hours' labour of the day . To meet these objections the committee had applied the whole of their study ; they had collected tho best evidence on the commercial part of the subject which could beobtained , and had condensed the whole into a cheap pamphlet , and distributed it the

      amongst people and the members of Parliament , by which much good had been effected . The people of Lancashire had nobly responded to the call of the committee , and had enabled them to accomplish much in this way by supplying them with funds . They had still a sum left , and by the promised support of the districts thev hoped to be able , at least , to send twelve delegates to London to support Lord Ashley iu his endeavour to pass the bill this session . The committee proposed to send six from Lancashire , four from Yorkshire , and two from Scotland . With twelve men in London they would at all times be prepared for any emergency that might arise . They would also be able to canvass the members at their own

      bouses , and lay bciore them the wants aud necessities of the factory operatives . The meeting was in the course of the evening addressed by the several delegates , in the course of which the following resolutions and petition were unanimously agreed to : — " That in the opinion of this meeting of delegates from the manufacturing towns of Lancashire , Yorkshire , and Cheshire the necessity of a further limitation of the hours of factory labour is every day being made move necessary on account of the increased speed of machinery , by which the labour of all persons employed is materially augmented . " " That this meeting of delegates once more express their determination to adopt every legal means in thenpower to procure a limitation of the time of factory labour to ten hours a day for Jive days in the week , aud eight hours on the Saturday . "

      ' That the following petition , founded on the foregoing resolutions , and signed by tho chairman of this meeting , bo immediately transmitted to the House of Commons ; " —

      THE PETITION OF FACTOttX DELEGATES , To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled , Humbly sheweth—That your petitioners are factory workers from the following places : —• Manchester , Bolton , Oldham , Preston , Blackburn , Stockport , Ashton-under-Lyue , Dukinfield , Wigau , Jlredbuiy , Chorley , Tyldsley , Chowbent , Leylu'Cureden , Leyland , Hyde , Glossop , Heywood , iilosdeu , Hebden Diidge , Hadlield , Newton Moor , Kochdale , Saddleivorth , Salisbury , Shaw Chappie , Warrington , Waterhead Mill , Woodley , Mosslsy , Comstall , Wheelton , Aatley Bvidgp , Uadfield , assembled in Manchester for the purpose of devising the best means to be adopted to obtain from your honourable House a law to limit tho houis of labour in factories to ten hours a-day in each day for five days in the week , and eight hours on the Saturday .

      That your petitioners represent the feelings and wishes of the factory workers in those districts which they represent , and are instructed to make such representation to your honourable House as the nature of the claims of the younger branches of factory workers may require . That your petitioners are daily in the habit of associating with large masses of factory workers , and aro well acquainted with the hardships of those omployed , more especially the younger hands , aud , from a Jong Nsxperi-« nce , have no hesitation in declaring to your honourable House , that the privations to which they are subjected in consequence of the protracted duration of their labour , is such as to stunt their growth and impair their health , auo thereby encourage the spread of intemperance among them , by creating a necessity for artificial stimulants .

      That your petitioners are fathers of young persons who work in factories , and are deeply impressed with the duty they owe to their offspring , and therefore deplore the existence of any system which prevents them from instructing their children in both their moral and domestic duties . That your petitioners have learned with considerable astonishment that your honourable House refuses to shorten the hours of labour , on the ground that such a measure would be attended with a corresponding reduction of wages , and thereby inflict ou your petitioners great aud lasting privations . Your petitioners beg your

      honourable House will dismiss this part of the subject from yout consideration , inasmuch as your petitioners , and those whom they repre-ent , are quite willing to adopt the Ten Hours' Bill , and leave the value of their wages to be regulated by circumstances . That your petitioners are fully prepared awl willing to prove at the bar of your honourable House , that should wages be reduced in the same ratio , the advantages * hich they would derive from such an arrangement as that ol shortening the hours of labour to ten hours a-day , would be more than adequate to compensate them for any sacrifice they might be called upon to make .

      Your petitioners deem it but justice to themselves to state that the experience of the last few years has very much strengthened their opinion of thu necessity of an abridgment of the hours of factory labour , and beg also to represent to your honourable House that the increased speed of machinery has also increased the amount ot their labour to a degree far beyond anything known iu years gone by . Your petitioners , therefore , most respectfully but firmly represent to your honourable House , that they are resolved , at whatever inconvenience to themselves , to continue to impress upon your attention the growing necessity for the limitation of the hours of factory labour of females and youus persons employed therein . to te ho

      ^ our petitioners beg represent your nourable House that the efforts which are now making by benevolent individuals to improve the condition of the working classes , by the establishment of public walks , the erection of mechanics ' institutions , and the promotion of other places of healthy and literary resort , will prove a dead letter to the children of your petitioners unless the hours of their labour be shortened . That your petitioners are deeply sensible and grateful for the benefits which they have received from those laws which have already been passed by the legislature , aud venture to hope that the progress which has been going on will be proceeded with by a further limitation of time , until the younger branches of your petitioners' families shall have been put on the same footing in point of time as other artisans .

      Your petitioners therefore pray your honourable House to pass a bill to limit the hours of labour of all females and young persons employed iu factories , to ten hours a day for five days in the week , and eight hours on tho Saturday , without any further delay . And your petitioners will ever pray . It was then resolved , that a petition be sent from this meeting to the agricultural members who voted against tho Ten Hours' Bill , wishing them not to obstruct the members icpresenting manufacturing districts iu improving the condition of their own constituency by limiting the hours of factory labour . Resolutions were then introduced to the meeting for the appointment of delegates to London should they be needed , which were agreed to , without one dissenting voice .

      Votes of thanks were then given to Robert Gardner aud Son , of Preston ; Robert Knowles and Sons , et'Bolton ; and all other manufacturers who have adopted the system of shortening the hours of labour . Votes of thanks were then given to Lord Ashley , M . P . ; John Fielding , Esq ., M . P . ; and all our friends both in and out of Parliament . Votes of thanke were then given to tho Central Committee and to the Chairman , which were briefly responded to ; and this terminated one of the most impressive meetings wc over witnessed on this subject .

      Dheadful Accident On Tub Uiver.—On Tuesd...

      Dheadful Accident on tub Uiver . —On Tuesday night a young man named James Bride , who was formerly a brewer in Ireland , met with his death on the river under the following dreadful circumstances . Jn consequence of reverses , . Bride had been compelled to accept of a situation as a day labourer to the St . George Steam Packet Company , and he was standing on the gunwale of a barge alongside one of the Irish steamers , when another barge coining down the river , which was not very well managed , run foul of it , and ho was forced overboard by the collision . Two men in the barge leaned over and caught Bride immediately , and they were in the act of raising him

      out of the water , when the outer barge swung round and jammed him between the two . The men were compelled to let go their hold of lkide , and his head was crushed between the two barges . When they separated again , his mangled remains fell into the river , and have not since been recovered . The bystanders expressed the greatest horror at the circumstance , and the melancholy fate of the young Irishman , who was much respected by all who knew him , is much regretted . His wife , to whom he had been married only ten months , is within a few weeks of her « ccouc / ic » n « tit ; and it is to be hoped the Steam . Packet Company , in whose service her husband lost his life , will make some provision for her .

      Coixisiojj at Sea . —On the 22 nd of January inst ., the Russian ship Ocean , 750 tons , 60 days from a Russian port , with timber , bound , to Port Malum , ran into and sank the French ship Escualduna , in lat . 43 10 N ., and Paris long . 10 47 W ., or about 70 leagues W . N . W . of the Lizard * The accident occurred at a quarter after ten . o ' clock p . m . Very heavy weather had prevailed p . ll day , and tho Escualduna having lights exhibited was lying to under her main-topsail , with the win <\ W . N . W . blowing strong Captain M . Boissonnier saw the Russian ship approaching , and hailed nc , r , but received no reply except by the barking of a doe . The Ocean took tho

      Lscualduna on U « . larboard bow . and carried away the rigging and br . Uffarks , and cut her hull down to the water ' s edgo . ller fore and mizen masts broke , and her crew ,, ? onsisting of eight persons , leaped on board the JAv 3 Sjan vessel , from whose captain or crew no w . htnation could be obtained . Shortly after the . u' , junmast of the Escualduna gave way , and the ve '^ rji sa „ k . She belonged to Bordeaux , was lader xvifch iron and coal , and bound from Liverpool to ' Marseilles . ' The Ocean , with loss of bowsprit , i » Y rived on the Mb . at Plymouth , where Captain J . ' oissonnier and his crew were landed , having lost , everything belonging to them ,

      No Vote! No Musket! ! [Continued From Ou...

      NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET ! ! [ Continued from our Seventh Page . } NATIONAL ANTI-MILITIA ASSOCIATION . A numerous meeting was held on We * h ; esday evening , at the Parthenium Assembly-rooms , St . Martin ' s-Iane , for the purpose of terming an association for tho protection ol such of its members as might be drawn for the militia , and conseicntiouslv object to serve therein , Mr . Milne was called to the chair , and introduced Mr . O'Connor , who ably explained the ol jects of the association . A deputation was received treni the cordwainers' body , requesting information respecting the objects of tho society ; information was also requested by various other parties . Oa the motion of Mr . O'Connor , seconded by Mr . Arnott , Mr . Wheeler was elected secretary , and the following gentlemen were elected its a committee , to act with the committee of ten previously appointed : —Messrs . Ford , Milne , Arnott , Wiiitmore ,

      sen ., Whitmorcjun ., Bird , Miller , Rowland , Whitehorn , l ' arkes , If utcliius , Wheeler , O'Connor , Ifuuiiibell , Oakley , It . Smith , Grcunslade , Critcheil , Lowrie , Collins , and Earl . On the motion of Mr . O'Connor , seconded by Mr . Smith , the committee received authority to add to their number . Mr . Parkes moved , anil Mr . Whiimore secondud— " That the & ecretary * bc instructed to draw up a code of laws for the guidance of the society , and present them to committee at its next meeting / ' Carried unanimously . It was then resolved that tho committee should meet at the same place , on the ensuing Wednesday evening ; sittings . to coninieiice at eight o ' clock precisely , and close at a quarter past ten . The attendance of all friends is earnestly roqiu stcd . After some further arrangements tho meeting adjourned .

      Dl'MFMES . Public Meeting in AIaxwelltown—Dufeat of the CniMi'S . —The burgh of Maxwelltown—whivh , to compare large things with small , stands in the same relation to the town , the name of which heads this notice , as Southwark does to London—was on Thursday , the 22 nd instant , tlio scene of a lesson that those to whom it was read will not soon forget . Although situated in Galloway , the spirited little town is included within the Parliamentary boundaries of Dumfries , having its own local magistracy ; and , from whatever cause , the Maxwelltoisians have been ever the boldest in the people ' s quarrel in this locality . A meeting had been called on the evening in question , by a clique of feckless fulcs to organise

      a militia club . Shortly after seven o ' clock , p . m ., tho hour of meeting , the Court House was lilletl , the fustian-jackets mustering in great strength . Abost that time , Mr . Andrew Wanliop presented himself at the door for admittance , when the jailor ( whose lodgings are situated underneath } who acted as door-keeper , on recognising him , collared him roughly , and thrust him out , doubtless , by authority of the cuncoctors of tbemeeting ; but , unfortunately , unknown to the assembly . A master dogger took the chair , although not regularly elected . Ills opening addres-s was a characteristic example of the ignonmcu of public business exhibited by ttic shopocwey generally—it was short , sweet , and as follows : — " There maun be uavthing said on this side or on that , till a' the resolutions be read , heart ! , an' agreed

      to . A string of resolutions , clumsy and unintelligible enough , were then read , and Bailie Nelson said they were " universally" agreed to . If tha Bailie meant universally , he was mistaken ; for . on the instant , a young compositor rose , and , in a highly eloquent , argumentative and lengthy speech , which surprised both friends and foes , proposed another sort of resolutions which were passed by acclamation , and the appointment of a committee then and there named , to carry them into effect , also carried unanimously . At the close , as part of their instructions the committee were ordered to transmit a petition to the Comnionsas'ainst the embodiment ot the

      militia , to W . En-art , Esq ., the member for Dumfries for presentation , and to desire the member for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright to support its prayer . Considerable confusion existed throughout the meeting iu consequence of the brutal ignorance , and ignorant brutishness of the chairman . It cannot be too often impressed on the Chartist party , the urgent necessity of electing at the commencement of every meeting , where there is the slightest prospect of a discussion , a firm , intelligent , and impartial working man to the chair . Iu no other way havo the working classes the least chance of fair play—theexperience of years might have taught that lesson ere this .

      lite weekly meeting of the Dumfries and Maxwelltown Working Men's Association was held on Monday evening , Mr . Andrew Wardrop in the chair . After the admission ot several new membeio , a committee was named to arrange for a public meeting of the inhabitants of the two burghs , to take place iu Dumfries . It was understood that the committee should proceed by requisition ; that resolutions and a petition , similar to those adopted by the late meetings in London , should be presented for the sanction ot the meeting * and that , in addition , a resolution should be proposed , pledging the meeting to keep aloof from all militia societies , until the prospectus of the National Protection Society , alluded to in the Star of last Saturday , shall have been published . The petition iu favour of the exiles , emanating from " the meeting lately held under the auspices of our

      association , is still in course ot signature . Ihe association is participating to the full iu the stimulus which has latterly been imparted everywhere to the Chartist movement ; our members are rapidly increasing , and the reading-room , so useful in adversity , will , in a short time , be rendered much more efficient than it has ever boen . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Maxwelltown anil the country part of the parish in which it is situated , has been called by handbill , for to-morrow ( Tuesday ) evening . The meeting will be an out-door one , and held in the Market-square . Should the evening prove propitious ( a risk in such unsettled weather ) , a great gathering is expected . The committee appointed at the meeting in tho Court-house will deliver their report ; and , perhaps , addresses will also be delivered by Mr . A . Wardrop and others .

      Mujidebous Invuntiox.—'Duriiigthelastfcw...

      Mujidebous Invuntiox . — 'Duriiigthelastfcwmontbs a series of experiments have been made with a new invention , originated by Mr . M'Cartey . a gentleman connected with the navy-yard at Brooklyn . Tnese experiments were ordered by the government and witnessed by distinguished persons , and were considered by them to be most novel , most original , and most startling , in a naval and military point of view . Commodore Stewart , it will be remembered , spoke of a pivject by which it would be possible to defend the whole harbour of New York against the combined fleets of all the powers of the world . This may appear to be gasconade , but from information which , has been communicated to us , we arc assured that Commoder Stewart ' s assertion is perfectly correct ;

      and literal . The scientific gentleman alluded to , Mr . M'Cartey , who is now connected with the navyyard , has invented a new species of artillery , which will discharge thirty balls in a minute , or one every two seconds , for hours together , in succession , and this by mechanical power alone , without gunpowder , chymical substance , or any other preparation . It ia effected by merely putting the balls into a hopper and letting the ordnance throw them out with immense momentum at the rate of one every two seconds . O n one occasion Mr . M'Cartey exhibited the operation of this invention before a number of naval officers , who were till astonished by the force and power exhibited as well as by the great simplicity of the machine . From 12 to 20 pieces of solid timber were

      united together , forming ono compact body . Agnmsfc this piece of wooden breastwork Mr . M'Cartey . opened tho battery of his piece of ordnance , and in lest than ten minutes the whole solid breastwork was- utterly demolished and shivered to splinters by the powerful and rapid succession of discharges upon it . The simplicity of this invention is ono of its most ' sitigular features , in which respect it much resembles-the anecdote told of Columbus and the egg . " Cau you make thisegg stand on one cud ? " said Columbus to die , Spanish grandess . They tried and faiied ,. Columbus instantly took the egg , indented ona end , and then easily made it stand erect ou , tho tabic . They regarded his feat as a farce , fstmi . its simplicity ,

      whereupon he observed , " Jtou trunk it now so easy after it is done . " It is exactly sawith this wonderful invention . The secret of it is known and . recorded : in history from the time who David went forth with sling and stone to eonrtat tho pvoutl . GwlvMi . The principle of this new invention is simply a inodU fication of the principle of tho sling ,, applied to-machinery , in connexion with a . tube or- gun , throwing out a discharge of balls . The machine is . so-constructed that on putting in at one end the balls to bodischarged , a rotary motioais produced by means of sv crack , and , by a few its ^ Ul revolutions ,, each ball receives a force and momeitum equal to-that communicated by any quantity of guuoowder .. When this has been done a slide starts and , allows each ball to

      escape in succession Iran thechaiabsrintoatube ^ when they are thrown toalmoskany distance and with unerring aim . This ingenious invention , for which a patent has been takea out ? A Washington , and which ought to be purchas'td , is worth 500 , 000 dollars—nay , even millions , to tie American government , in the present crisis of its . alfairs . By means of such machines , placed in the forls at the narrows capable of discharging any number of balls of any calibre , the whole combined fleets of Europe could be torn in

      pieces and annihilated before they could reach tha battery at New lork . When we rellcct upon tho astonishing revolution in the art of war which such a species of ordnance is calculated to produce , and the means of defence which it is capable of supplying , it is to be expected that the President and Congress will takeua this matter , and have an armament prepared on this principle , which by its cheapness , ita efficiency , and power as a means of defence is beyona all that has ever been conceived or seen in the tvoria I hitherto . It is a revolution at once . —Aw lorn

      ! Herald . j There were fifty cases of felony tried at the : Ivirk-1 dale sessions , last week , the amount- ot piojerty ' stolon being under £ 101 j Large shipments of potatoes are taking place fiom I tho Isle of Man for the Liverpool niaikct .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 31, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31011846/page/5/