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    • X<*. TAILORS. . By aimrotoiH-n ,f H'.r Majesty Queeu^na and H* JJ u Ji..«»i iiiffhni'Ss PrmceAIbert.
    • LATEST NEWS.
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    • THE NORTHERN STAB SATURDAY, MARC El 31> IS49.
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      4 The Northern Star March 31, 1849.

      4 THE NORTHERN STAR March 31 , 1849 .

      X≪*. Tailors. . By Aimrotoih-N ,F H'.R Majesty Queeu^Na And H* Jj U Ji..«»I Iiiffhni'ss Prmceaibert.

      X <* . TAILORS . . By aimrotoiH-n , f H ' . r Majesty Queeu ^ na and H * JJ u Ji .. «» i iiiffhni'Ss PrmceAIbert .

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      rrmr TOVDOX ^ ^ PAEIS SPRING T idiMMKH F . iinON Sfor 1 St 9 , by Messrs . BEN-¦ iTMiV » S \ I > : imdO * ¦ . Ii Hart-street , Bloomsbury ^ uare , ? AMl > ^ ^™ ;^ , , BERGER , Holywell-stteet , iT ... Lured ih" LANDSCAPE , a correct view m the ^ . / iiSl d Gardens . London ^ I * ***** C £ ^ p » . the most mauiiifiwnt 1-lace mEnr 0 P * ^ fi ^ fa & vJ bwc wfll he itcrananiea with thejmost *™ a * 6 ? £ M * and fo 6 hio . uil . lc lire * . Riding , Prock «* ** 3 &** J-MtaiM , both double and angle-hreMted ; Hussars t , r Youth ' s nraudJaikets . p lain and wiflxsfartsi * _ angle ana Sehr ^ H , ! Dress . Morning ^ Wj" £ S . also the m . * t fashionable »«•! newest st | le Hahtt Pattern . .

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      iH-tli SALE , OXE OK TWO PAID-UP FOUR ACRE SHAKES . l'rk « £ 2 U's . each . Afv U t « A . B ., - *» , - < J «» t Warner-street , ClerkenvreU , Xondon .

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      LASH AXI > COTTAGES . COTTAGES ^ CONSISTING OP TWO small r . HMiis « n the ground floor , ** i & fifty feet front aze bv « i : o hundred fi * et of garden ground , may now be iadoii- 'LeascsSir ever" at £ 4 par ssnum . Additional land ( ven fertile ) may also be liad ia the next field but one , at the rate «> f £ 4 per acre , also - " -for ever f but £ 2 ]> er am- - "uly will Ik- charged for the ifirst three years of Ihe tenu . UwaJc-cajiitnl . water deUeieuB and abundant . Tithes and rates : about six shillings per acre . The stipulated rrat ^ v « f * ouise , never fo be raised , and the tenants to have the right-uf redeeming them by entirely volustaby lss-r . 'j . Mevrs .

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      GREAT BARGAIN . TO BE SOLD , FOR THE LOW SUM of Twelve Guineas , a FODR-ACBE ALLOTMENT ( includiiu : Scrip ) , drawn in November , 1847 . The purchaser will lie entitled to early location , and can have the scrip transferred toliis own naine on receipt of the cash . Inuuwliafo Application to be made to Mr , T , CM 8 S , 144 , 3 Iijh JJoMrani , J « undvn .

      Latest News.

      LATEST NEWS .

      TILE WAR IN ITALY . DEFEAT OF THE PIEDMOSfTESE —ABDICATION OF CHARLES ALBERT , KING OP SAltMXlA . Li the sitting of the French National Assembly on Wednesday , M . Odiilou Barrot , the Prime Minister , ascended the tribune and read the followin important despatches : — " 5 iciz , . March 27 . — The Consul of Prance to the 3 dinister of Foreign Affairs : —Charles Albert , after havinir abdicatcdiu favour of the Duke of Savoy , passed throuffli \ ice on the 26 th , at eleven in the morning , on " his way to France . The Piedmontese army lias been beaten at Ifovarra , but its honour is safe !"

      " Trnix , March 2-5 . —The Minister of France to the 3 Biusi <* r of Foreign Affairs : —The army has been forced back to the mountains of Biela and Borgo Tuanoro . The Austrians occupy Novarra , VerceSi , imd Triuo . Tlic King has abdicated and fled . The Duke of . Savoy has not yet written to Turin . The g overnment has requested Mr . Abercrombie and me to apply for au armistice to cover Turin . IVc have placed ourselves at its disposal . Turin is tranquil , and everything is disposed to remain . " Having read the despatches M . Odillon Barrot addressed the Assembly , and said that he felt it to ie his dmy at once " to declare that the French Government was determined to preserve the intesritv of Piedmont .

      Mysteltlol "*-? Tragedy 1st Liverpool. L...

      MYSTEltlOL "* - ? TRAGEDY 1 ST LIVERPOOL . LivEiii'ooi ., \ Vei > sk 3 i > ay . — The inhabitants of [ Liverpool have this day been thrown into the greatest state of ahum and excitement b y one of the most Iwrriblc and cold-blooded murders ever remembered 10 have taken place in this town . The deed was perpetrated at mid-day , in one ofthe most respectable and thickly-populated districts of the town , and for atrocity is not exceeded , and for mystery , as yet , not equalled , by the late tragedy at fitanncld-haii . The scene bf the murder is the Louse Xo . 20 , Leveson-street , off Great Georgesquare , occupied by Mrs . Henrichson , the wife of Captain Honriehson , who is in the employ of Mesa * . Jaiues Aiken and Son , and master of the ship Duncan , at present at Calcutta . About twelve o ' clock tod . iv , a boy na »> - « W } £ ^ & mS uatf , Yikd is IS thi' t . 'lpioy of Air Youlton , of Leveson-street ,

      On pasping Captain Henrichaon ' s residence , heard a loud and deep moaning , which was often repeated , and feeling sure that something was wrong in the Louse , be immediately ran to the police officer on duty in a neighbouring street , and gave the alarm . Two policemen at once liastcned to the spot , but on their arrival there the alarm had become so general , in consequence of the moaning inside the house inereasiiiir ,-ihat they found the house had beenalready entered . The persons who first entered the house { for on knocking at the door no admission could be Obtained ) did so by breaking a window in the front parlour ofthe house , having first looked through the window and seen three bodies lying on the floor weltering iu blood , their moans at the time , being of the mostpitiablc description . On the arrival of the police they were of course let into the house bv the four men who had first

      entered . A few minutes afterwards Mr . Martin and Mr . Plater , surgeons , were in attendance , and seeing that life was not extinct in the three bodies , they gave orders for them to be at once conveyed io the Southern Hospital , which was accordingly done . The other parts of the house were then searched , and in the back cellar was found the body of a child lying on the floor in a . pool ot blood , with Its throat cut , aud being quite dead . The three bodies found in the front parlour were two women aud a child , and they were all lying surrounded hy pools of blood , but the murderer had not used the same weapons as he had done to the other child . They were all dreadfully beaten about

      the head and body . On the forehead of one ofthe females ( rcco < rnisi * il as Mrs . Henrichson ) there had ween a dre «« ffiil blow inflicted , the forehead being laid open a depth of two or three inches , and there were also several deep wounds on other parts ofthe Lead and face . The other grown-up female ( the servant residing with Captain and Mrs . Henrichson ) lad also received similar wounds on the head and face , as also severe blows about her eyes , both of which were black and swollen up . The body ofthe child { . Mrs . Hciirichson ' s eldest child , a girl about seven or eight years old ) also presented a most dreadful appearance . The poor little creature's Lead seemed to have been beaten to a jelly by the inhuman ruffian , and the wonder is that life was not extinct .

      The front parlour , where the three bodies were discovered , was iu tlic greatest confusion . In the middle of the floor , on the carpet , -was a pool ef blood , near two feet square ; and another pool of Llood of similar size was near to the parlour door . Trow , the different positions ofthe bodies , it would appear that the attempt was first made on the lives ofthe servant arid children , and that at that time ( as other circumstances elucidated ) the unfortunate 3 Urs . Henrichson was out at the market , and met Lcr fate immediately upon her return home . The following explanation renders this fact extremely probable . The parlour fender , and the appearance of the fireplace generally , indicated that the servant was attacked whilst in the act of cleaning the firesaid that the eldest child

      grate , was near to her at the time , for they were both discovered lying close to each other iu the middle ofthe room , whilst the body of Mrs . Henrichson was discovered close to the parlour door , her bonnet lying berride her head , and a quantity of potatoes were scattered about . A poker was also lying by her side . In the parlour and diffcrentparts of the house wore seen large drops of blood , and the poker and a ahordwere covered with blood , the poker being much bent , probably occasioned by the force of blows ; and the bottom part of the shovel was broken . Part of the tongs was found in the parlour , and they likewise in the same way wore besmeared with blood marks . The tongs had evidently been broken to pieces duriner the

      progress ofthe inhuman butchery , and had been used in different parts of the house . The three surviving , victims were conveyed to the fcouthernJIospital , and a * the servant girl although in the most precarious state , was in I condition to give evidence , Mr . Eushton , the stipendiary magistrate accompanied by Mr . Jamieson , his clerk , attended to take her deposition . Tho whole affair is involved in the deepest mystery The rooms ofthe house were completely searched , and mtl . e bedroom ofthe supposed murderer who lodged last sight with Mrs . Henrichson , a towel was found , on which he had wiped hia hands after the horrid deed . A drawer in Mrs . Henrichson ' s bedroom was found forced open , and a small box which Lad contained some jewellery , had been broken ppen ,

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      THE CHEirEST XDlTlOX EVER rOBLISKED . Price Is . CO ., A ntir and elegant coition , with Steel Plate , of the Author , of PAIME'S POLITICAL WORKS . Xow Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . Just published , No . HI . Price Sixpence , of THE COMMONWJEALTI : A MONTHLY RECORD OP DEMOCRATIC , SOCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS "THE COMMONWEALTH" wSlbe the Representative # f the Chartists , Socialists , and Trades' Unionists , in the Monthly Press . cosTEvrs : 1 . What is to he done with Ireland J 2 . The Weaver ' s Daughter . 3 . Extinction of Pauperism . 4 . Popular Cause in Europe . 5 . Social Effects of Peasant Proprietorship . 6 . The Hero . 7 . E * rents ofthe Month . Communications for the Editor , Books for Review , tie . to he forwarded to the Office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , Loudon . Sold by J . "Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternosterrow , Loudon ; A , lleywood , Oldliam-stveet , Manchester ; and Love aud Co ., 5 , Xelson-street , Glasgow . And hy aU BookscUers hi Town and Country .

      To The Democrats Of Great Britain. There...

      TO THE DEMOCRATS OF GREAT BRITAIN . THERE will be DISPOSED OF , by SUBSCRIPTIOX , on the principle of the Art-Unions , TWO BEAUTIFUL PLAIDS , OP O'CONNOR AND

      BUNCOMBE TAttTAXS . They are of the finest quality , are suited for the wear of either Ladv or Gentleman ; and will lie , for inspection , at the shop of Mr . Kichaiu * Bobkitt , stationer , 177 , Fountain Bridge , Edinburgh . They wiU be forwarded to the successful subscriber hy such conveyance as lie may desire . The ubscriptioa Sale will take place in Ross ' s University Temperance Hotel , 59 , South Bridge , on the 21 st of March , at Seven o ' clock in the Evening . l ' roceeds to he given to the Victim Tuuds of England and Scotland . Subscriptions : —Sixpence each , to be paid or remitted in Postage Stamps or Post-office Orders , to Mr . Burkett , as above .

      S . ii . —The Committee o the above beg leave to inform those who feel interested for those who are now enduring imprisonment for thetr advocacy of the rights of man , Quit we have postponed the giving away of the prizes tiil the 4 th of April , knowing that uieu & s are much wanting to alleviate the distresses ofthe wives and families of the victims . Be not apathetic , but remember it is to lighten the sufferings of those who are now suffering for manfully advocating our principles . On behalf of the Democrats of Georgie MUIs , Richasd BuMtrrr .

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      Mr . J . IIj . tioj . % Huhne . — You should pay the postage of your letter , when you want gratuitous advice . Mr . Bumett , Edinburgh . —Too late . Jobs Ladd . —We were compelled to omit the latter portion of your letter , it being chargeable as an advertisement . Thomas Ormeshee has received for the Kirkdale prisoners : Swineshead Clough , near Todmorden , per Richard Barker , 17 s lid ; llatcliffe Bridge , per ltichard Ilamer , 5 s 6 d ; W . B . It . ( from a few young men ) lis Gd . [ We have not room for a long list of Id , 2 d , and 3 d subscriptions . If the hook is signed hy the treasurer , it wfll be sufficient guarantee for the integrity of the collector . —Ed . N . S . ] J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt ofthe following sums , sent herewith , viz .: —For MMIoball's Wett of Emioh — From Kirkhy , Is 3 d ; Mr . Lees , 3 d Fob Defexce Fund . —Mr . T . Fox , 2 d ; Mr . Smith , Cd ; Mr . Brown , 2 d . For Victim Fund . —Mr . Lees , ( id ; from the "Colonel Hutchinson , " 5 s ; From Hyson Green , Is lud . Mr . Ktdd ' s letter , through press of mutter , is unavoidably postponed . The New Yeah ' s Gifts . —The friends at Bolton , Bilston , and Chippenham will please to apply to the Laud Office for what is awarded tlicm . John Anson * , Sec .

      To Agents. The Agents' Accounts Will Be ...

      TO AGENTS . The Agents' Accounts will be rendered this day , which terminates the quarter . Subscribers will know the reason why they do not receive the "Northern Star" in certain places on the following week ; as we have detennined that those who are in arrears , and continue to trade with . Mr . O'Connor ' s money , shall do so no longer . We endeavour to be punctual ourselves , and we are now resolved to have none as Agents who are only punctual in sending promises .

      The Northern Stab Saturday, Marc El 31&Gt; Is49.

      THE NORTHERN STAB SATURDAY , MARC El 31 > IS 49 .

      Happy Land. "Happy Land" And "Merry Engl...

      HAPPY LAND . " Happy Land" and "Merry England "" have , of yore , been sweet phrases in the Englishman ' s mouth . There w as" a time when "Church anrl" Xing " " was the rallying crywhen the Tillage church was the rallying point —when the village parson was the honoured pastor—when each villager p lied his own shuttle , worked athis own loom , milked hisown cow upon the common that has now been stolen , cherished his partner , and loved his children , because he was co-partner with the master who employed him , and because he saw the full value of his labour stamped upon

      his handiwork . Then , he rallied to the cry of " The Church is in danger ; " then he was ready to enlist in the service of his King and even volunteered to become a DUCKER , or , if necessary , the executioner of Jacobins . And why ? Because gaunt want and famine never stared him in the face , threatened to separate those whom God had joined together , or to drag him from the fireside and family-board , and commit him to the tender mercies of a Poor Law Bastile . No ; in those days there was a

      pretext for loyalty , when the villager or the cottier had his share of the common landwhen the laws , though feudal , were mitigated in severity , it did not require fatted bludgeonmen to enforce the edicts of the privileged . Then , the National Fund , extracted from the land for the maintenance and support of the poor , was the nation ' s Exchequer , and constituted a capital to supply the industrious with raw material to compete against the master in the market .

      Was it wonderful that England should then he happy—that lei * people should be merry and loyal to the laws that so protected them ? But now , alas ! how changed the scene . The landlords have stolen the land , the capitalists have stolen the Exchequer , and both have monopolised legislation : The staticians , tho PoliticalEconomists , and Reformers ofthe day , would point to the improved condition of the working classes since those times , but they invariably fail to remind them of the fact , that the improvement in the middle and upper classes has gone , on with ten-fold , nay , a thousand-fold , speed .

      Once upon a time , John Hanson , of Huddersneld , waited , as one of a deputation , upon the celebrated Frank Place , the Free Trade tailor . The object of the deputation was to impress upon the tailor the deplorable condition ofthe working classes , as compared with their order in olden times . " What ! " ( said the Free Trade tailor ) "Can you complain of the present times ? Did your father or your grandfather wear such a silk waistcoat as you sport ? " John had not a ready answer , and the deputation was rather flabbergasted . But he might have replied : — " True , sir , but

      neither your father nor your grandfather ever sat with bis feet on a Turkey carpet , in such a room so furnished , and , though idle , surrounded with luxuries , supplied by the labour of others . Neither did your fattier or your grandfather wear such a waiscoat as this , because , according to the then price of the necessaries of life , my father and grandfather received five , yea , six times as much for manufacturing this article , as I can now earn for the same work . Your father and grandfather ,

      and the fathers and grandfathers of your class , did not drive in their carriages from their rural mansions to their city shops , to make unlimited profit of the labour of my father and grandfather by mere superintendence . My ancestors of old , as well as your ancestors too , had the power to elect those who made the laws by whom both were governed , and then , being upon an equality , if I was poor , the law supplied me with raw material to employ my labour , and thus compete with other

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      manufacturers in the market , instead of , sz nowy compelling me to be one of an unwilling idle competitive reserve , for your class to fat back upon ,, as the means of reducing the profit ! of my order , ' ' Few , save tho emaciated OLD GUARDS —the old and honoured Hand Loom Weavers with straight grey hair , emaciated frames , am dejected countenances and tottering limbsremember those good old times 5 hut , honou ; and thanks to them , they are our school masters , and from them we have gleaned al the useful and practical knowledge that w < possess . England , then , was happy England merry England , and Englishmen proudly chaunted the good old English

      song" BRITONS NEVER SHALL BE SLAVES . " But , though melancholy the task , let «; pourtray England and Ireland as they are , England inundated with pauperism , while industry is called upon to replenish the Exchequer , to he expended upon useless armies , navies , drones , officials , placemen , pensioners , and fatted bludgeon men , to hold the starving in subjection : Man competing against his brother to secure the scantiest means of subsistence ; thousands , yea , hundreds of thousands , seeking the means of expatriation 01 transportation to some foreign land , as the means of preserving a miserable existence for another hour of misery , while the Land of then

      country is calling for their labour ; gaols full of political offenders—bastiles full of unwilling idlers—streets full of paupers—the inventive mind of man full of device for the substitution of the mechanical and artificial for manual labour—the cottage full of woe—and the proud Englishman driven to tho dread alternative of starving or living in idleness ( as a prostitute ) upon the wages of his wife and little children , sweating in a rattle-box , while care grief , and sorrow urge him to kill his grioi in the gin-palace or the beer-shop !—Tributary to all , dependent upon all , his alternative is mendicancy , the bastile , the gaol , the transport , 01 * the gallows .

      Who can read the long and melancholy catalogue of trials for murder , reported during the present assizes , without coming to the conclusion that that system which provokes , nay , encourages it , is vicious , execrable , damnable , aud should be abolished ? Then turn to Ireland , the graveyard of England , that sea-bound dungeon , and what do we find there ? The Land all but depopulated —the peasant ' s cottage levelled to the ground —workhouses so full that pestilence is daily increasing—shipowners unable to supp ly a sufficient TRANSPORT MARINE of crazy

      barksto consign victims to a foreign land , or a watery grave—prisons so full of industrious men , called criminals , that the British Minister is compelled to seek a new colony for the reception of system-made rogues — political offenders abounding to an inconvenient amount : —the expression of opinion , even to the amount of sympathy for the sufferings of the oppressed , suppressed — landlords Hying , but still loyal — farmers absconding —labourers starving — one grave containing hundreds , we presume upon the principle of political economy — criminal laws increasing in severity — landlords refusing

      to pay sixpence in tho pound to alleviate the distress they have caused—parsons of an alien church living sumptuously in the midst of this destitution , while the pastors of the Irish flock are all but starving from the poverty of their tribe , the electors so reduced by death that even the Whig Government , in its liberality , is compelled to propose a measure to substitute living for dead voters ; the country swarming with red coats , and the efficiency of the loyal Catholic police , the greatest boast of the English Minister—whilst the Saxon Viceroy can spare time to visit the British metropolis to have the honour ofthe GARTER conferred

      upon him as tho reward for his Irish services . Now , in sober earnest , we would ask , whether the rulers of these countries reall y hope to govern a people thus impoverished—thus plundered aud driven to dh ^ 'action , when they may prefer death in a £ y shape to the endurance of that lingering torture imposed upon them by the injustice of class legislation ' ? We have-always shown the impossibility of maintaining a pampered alien State Churchin Ireland upon the fruits of Catholic industry ; and although the argument may hold good in England—that the possessors of property hold

      it subject to Church tribute ; yet the same argument docs not apply in Ireland , inasmuch as the Irish people look upon every Protestant steeple as a badge of conquest and as wo have ever contended we still contend , that Church property , like poor ' s rate , is the property of the people , and not the property of the State , as the people now constitute no portion of tho State , or of the landlords or parsons : and presently the plundered people , both of England and Ireland , will begin to

      reflect upon the fact , that the amount of propert y thus usurped , for what is called religious purposes , but , iu reality , for giving strength to a pampered aristocracy , and supporting a vicious system—would be more than ample to locate every unwilling idler upon five acres of land , and a comfortable cottage ; while the improved system would insure an abundance of work for labourers in the artificial market ; and then , when that great and good work is accomplished , the English people may boast a " Happy and Merry England "—they may

      g ; " BRITOXS NEVER SHALL BE SLAVES . " and the Irish , instead of banishment , may secure a happy home in fatherland—may speak without the fear of a dungeon or the transport , and the labourers in both countries will he the first partakers of the fruits of their own industry .

      One Law F O R The Ri Ch An D Another For...

      ONE LAW F O R THE RI CH AN D ANOTHER FOR THE POOR . Not only ig there one law for the rich and another for the poor in this country , hut there is also one mode of making laws for the rich , and another mode of making laws for thepoor ; and of this fact we had ample and sufficient proof on Wednesday last , in the instance of two Bills submitted to Parliament-rthe one to secure the more easy conviction of prisoners —the other to secure the property of tenants from the lust of landlords . The Bill affecting

      the liberty , or , perhaps , the life of the poor man , contained fort y long clauses , with as many formal schedules , each complicathig the Bill , and passed through that honourable assembly , clause by clause , in less than two minutes ; while two words— "SHEEP" and " OIL-CAKE "—in the Landlord and Tenant Bill occupied the House for over three hours , the debate throwing Irish questions wholly and entirely into the shade ^—not an English landlord omitting to take his full part in the

      discussion . The object of the Landlord and Tenant Bill , introduced by Mr . Pusey , the member for Berkshire—a humane man and practical agriculturist—was to allow the out-going tenant compensation for money expended in building , and other improvements ; and inasmuch as the land , in its uncultivated state , is but a mere raw material , to which Labour is the most valuable capital that can be applied , nothing could bo more fair or just than that the labourer , or the tenant , if he employs labour , should be compensated for Ms expenditure .

      It is an extraordinary fact that , throughout the various discussions upon the Repeal ofthe Corn Laws , and upon the Irish sixpenny Rate in Aid , the English and Irish landlords , with an assumed generosity , philanthropy , and love of justice , have appeared in the character of advocates for their tenant-clients ; all thought of self was thrown overboard , and consideration for the industrious tenant alone constituted the g rounds of their opposition ; hut when they are asked to give a practical illustration of

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      thMir feelings for their tenants , then we find self" standing prominently forward . Wc are aware that tho question of Land , and ofthe mode of dealing with it by landlords , has not , as yet , assumed a prominent position in the mind of the-working- classes oi this country ; but , inasmuch as we wish to be before our time , and to use tho present as a means of foreshadowing tho future , and

      DOcause we feel convinced that ; those who have seldom or never seen a green field * have not yet felt the effects of Free Trade , we consider it our duty thus to warn them of- the coming evil ; an evil which never will be removed , and never can bo removed , until Labour —which cultivates the Land , and makes it valuable- ^ -as well as the Land itself , is represented in tho House of Commons .

      The ag ricultural labourers—as wc frequently predicted—are beginning to receive their share of Free Trade , in a reduction of wages from nine to seven shillings per week , or over twenty per cent . ; and every other class in the agricultural towns who depend upon the wages of the agricultural labourer for subsistonce , must experience a like depression ; and , finally , every manufacturing operative , every mechanic , artificer , and artisan will come in for his share ; aud , ultimately , the manufacturers , merchants , bankers , brokers , and shopkeepers will come in for their share ; for the poor—represented by the rich—may rely upon it , that

      those who have the power to make the laws will be the last to suffer , aud will obstinately persevere in this course of injustice and oppression , until the t rodden worm at last will turn upon its tormentor . England is now in a position that she never was in before . She is at peace with the world , and stands in no dread of domestic revolution , if tho angry passions of an insulted and impoverished people are not too far tried ; but there is a point beyond which human endurance cannot go ; and we would urge upon our rulers the necessity of stopping in their progress , ere they arrive at that crisis .

      Is it not anomalous—nay , monstrous—with tho admitted fact , that all articles of consumption are considerably reduced in price , that the salaries of paid officials should still remain at that standard at which they were fixed when those articles of consumption wcro some double , and some treble , then * present price ? In the realisation and practical working of the principle of Free Trade , is not the fact established , that there is one law for the rich , and ano ther law for tho poor , when wo find landlords justifying their tenants' reduction of agricultural wages , in consequence of the cheapness of food ? while the same landlords receive the proposition of Mr . Hume , to reduce the salaries of officials bv the same standard ,

      with a sneer . England—the rich maw of the world—is now open to the competition of the world , and the English labourer should never lose sight of the fact , that every manufactured article imported into this country , is a competitor against the labour of this country ; and yet , melanchol y to say , each trade , and each craft , has neutralised the power of all , by merely seeking protection for its own section ; whereas , if all crafts had manfully combined and honestly united , as their oppressors have , they would have been the last , instead of the first , to suffer .

      Have our readers perused the admirable speech of Mi * . Muni'z , in which he showed that Birmingham traders were advertising German manufactured articles at sixty per cent , lower than tho Birmingham manufacturer could supply them ? And have the Birmingham butchers , bakers , clothiers , hatters , tailors , shopkeepers , merchants and bankers , ever reflected upon the effect that this competion must inevitably have upon their trade ? No ; thoy have not , as yet , because those dealing in tho retail market have not as

      yet experienced the benefit of wlvysale reduction— they nia 'vholly at tic ' mercy of those who supply them ; until , at length , the grievance will become so general , that a majority of tho people will see tho necessity of becoming their own producers ; thus opening a wholesale market so large and general , that huxtors can no longer traffic in monopoly , by forestalling tho necessaries of life , and retailing them at a capricious price , measured by the narrowness of the traffic , and the necessities of the consumer .

      For these reasons , wc rejoice iu the efforts of Mr . Walton and his associates , to establish Homo Colonics , and tho principle of cooperation ; thus throwing all classes upon their own resources , and making the employer and the employed mutually dependent upon each other ; when the free labour market is opened for the free and unfettered exercise of man ' s industry . But , then , these experimentalists must not rely upon a Government loan for the realisation of their plan , nor do thoy need it .

      "God helps those who help themselves , ' and let the Trades of England—we mean the whole industrial population—HELP THEMSELVES , and then thoy will not need an application—to be followed by a refusal of funds . Wo shall not resort to the old system of measuring their love of liberty by a penny a week , or twopence a week—nor shall wc enter into a consideration of the effect to bo produced by the application of Trades funds—now

      uselessly expended in preventing strikes , and supporting unwilling idlers—to the purchase of land and the dcvelopemcnt of our national resources by the application of our national industry * . but we do invite them at this season of the year , when nature is budding , and the country becomes inviting , even to the artificial hothouse plant—to bestir themselves , to call a parliament of their order , to develop © their plan , and to invite the co-operation of their brethren in carrying it out ,

      It has been too much the system of the Trades to hold themselves apart and distinct fromtheFUSTIAN JACKETS , THE

      BLISTERED HANDS , AND THE UNSHORN CHINS ; they have sought a littledistinction by keeping their own particular questions and interests separate and apart , both in Parliament and out of Parliament ; they have feared the taint of Chartism . But wo are happy to find , however , that thoy have at length tacked the political question of tho Suffrage , to the social question of the Land , and we have only to z epcat our earnest hope that this recruiting party may , ere long , muster

      an amount of labour-support Avhich will make the labourer independent of criminal law , and landlord and tenant legislation . And , in conclusion , we would remind all branches of labour —that the workman depending upon the capr ice of his employer for his wages , and upon the caprice ofthe shopkeeper for the price of his food , has only had tho first and a very small taste of Free Trade ; and we would advise them—in order to avoid tho- death dose—to rally in time , ere the disease becomes mortal and incurable .

      Parliamentary Review. The Ministerial Mc...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The Ministerial mcasui * es on the anvil progress slowly . Apparently neither the Rate in Aid Bill , nor tho Bill for the modification ol the Navigation Laws , will reach the Upper House until some time after Easter . The last-named measure was expected to have served as the instrument of a defeat in the Commons . Mr . Gladstone , in his speech

      on the second reading , after enunciating a clear and consistent policy on the subject , which contrasted most f avourably with that of tho Government—gave the House to understand , that hi committee ho would propose amendments , founded on the views he had expressed . Accordingly , Friday night last was looked forward to with some interest . Expectation , however , was < Bsai ) poipted ; the anticipated

      Parliamentary Review. The Ministerial Mc...

      trial of strength did not take place ; but , instead of it , we had a somewhat curious and unexpected illustration of the mode in which party-tactics modify the conduct and policy of those who take a lead in Parliamentary affairs ; and , at the same time , another proof of the inconsiderate and ignorant manner in which our Whig Ministry conduct business . At the commencement of tho debate , tho PlIESIDENT . 01 ? THE BOARD OF TilADE rose Up and threw overboard some fourteen clauses of a Bill containing onl y thirty-two clauses in all . These clauses had rotbrencoto a point on which the Shipowners were strongly opposed to the Government . They enacted a partial opening

      of the Coasting Trade , aud would have permitted Foreign vessels to compote with our own for freights between Leith aud Newcastle , Hull and London , Clasgow and Liverpool . Of course , in the progress of the debate , such a proposition elicited much comment , and disapproval , from those who look upon our Coasting Trade as peculiarly a home one , aud who think that it is at the same time the nursery of those sailors , on a duo suppl y of whom our naval greatness aud superiority mainly depend . They argued—and , we think , not unreasonably—that such a case might fairly be made an exception from those sweeping principles of Free Trade , of which we hear so much now-a-davs . But tho Piiesidknt of tiik

      Boaki ) of Trade , and the Prime Minister , sublime in their lofty adherence to principle , and conscious of having framed a practical and a beneficial measure , would listen to no proposals for its alteration . On Friday night , however , as wc have said , the wind suddenly shifted . Mr . Lahouciiere informed the House that the Chief Commissioner of the Customs had informed the Government , that their plan would throw an insuperable difficulty in the way of collecting the revenue ; and , therefore , the Ministry had determined to abandon all that part of the measure relating to tho Coasting Trade . He took all the blame and responsibility of having introduced this impracticable scheme upon hhnelf , and he hoped that he should hear no more about it .

      This kind of conduct is so characteristic of the present Administration , that people have ceased to be surprised at it . To blow hot aud cold—to say and unsay—to do and undoseems their vocation , and they are wonderfully expert in it from long practice ; but it is no joke to the interests which are doomed to suffer from their reckless blundering and ignorant meddling . Surely , it might fairly have beon expected from the commercial Mi . msteh ofthe country that , before introducing a measure affecting so large a mass of property , and

      such a numerous body of persons , as the ships , sailors , and trades , engaged in our Coasting Trade , he should , at the very least , have ascertained that his scheme was a workable one . Even , if unpalatable to the shipping interest , it would , at all events , have shown him to be a man of business , whereas , he now stands convicted , on his own showing , of being not less ignorant of the practical working of tho measure , than reckless as to tho injury it might inflict upon the interests and property of those engaged hi this trade .

      Mr . Lauoucheke , having thus thrown over his Jonaii , and lightened the vessel to save it from sinking , Mr . Gladstone followed with a long description of his plan , and a statement of the reasons which induced hiin to think it was better than that ofthe Government , and concluded by stating that , though he was fully convinced of its superiority , it was not his intention to move it as an amendment . Ho said he had no desire either to embarrass tho

      Government , or to delay their measure . Had he proposed his plan as an amendment , the probability is , that it would have been supported iu Committee by tho Protectionists , as a fairer one than the Ministerial measure , if they were to have free shipping at all ; but , on the third reading , they would have voted against the -measure as a whole . So Mr , Gladstone said ho had sgci : reason to fear that his proposals " would be supported by a number of gentlemen not accepting them with bona fide views , but who would employ 1110 as a tool to damage the measure , aud after having so employed , then they would leave me and my

      proposals on the third reading . " Not exactly relishing this prospect , and being more desirous of having the question settled in the way proposed by Ministers than not settled at all , he withdrew from any competition with their plan . This twin break-down , aftbrded Mr . Disiiaeli an opportunity , in tho course of the night , for pouring forth a torrent of sarcasm on tho "two right honourable gentlemen " who had thus " given up the children of their fond adoption . ' ' Messrs . Gladstone and Labouchere replied to the attack rather smartly , and with this " passage at arms " the Bill went through Committee at an early hour of the night .

      The Rate In Aid Bill Also "Drags Its Slo...

      The Rate in Aid Bill also "drags its slow length along'' in a most painful manner . It is evident from the shyness which Ministers evince on this measure , that they wish most heartil y they had never proposed it . It has raised an incipient rebellion in Ulster , and whatever may bo thought of the loyalty or the good feeling of landlords , merchants , manufacturers , and farmers , who have , one and all , proclaimed themselves determined to resist tho measure should it ever pass into a law , it is no pleasant prospect to Lord Jonx Russell to look forward to the alienation and open opposition ofthe onl y well-affected—and , at the same time , the most wealthy and powerfulprovince in Ireland . Besides , it would

      appear that , in this instance , also , the same deliciency of practical knowledge , and the same hasty , inconsiderate , and reckless spirit , has been at work . We have seen that nearly onehalf of the Navigation Law measure has boon excised , because it was , on the authority of the Chief Commissioner , of Customs , ' totally impracticable . The Chief Poor Law Commissioner in Ireland , Mr . Twisletox , is of precisely the same opinion respecting this Hate in Aid measure . After giving evidence of the strongest character against it before the Committee , and finding that his views were not attended to , horeliuquishedhis situation , rather than take tho responsibility of enforcing such a measure . This is certainly ominous as to

      the future late aud success ot the plan , should it ever pass into a law . Iu the meantime , Lord Jonx is trying his old system of largesses . By way of propitiating tho Irish members , and bribing them to hold their tongues , he proposes , on going into committee , to move for an advance of £ 100 , 000 from the Treasury , for the relief of the existing distress , on the security of the projected Rate in Aid . This shows , in the first place , that the ^ 50 , 000 lately granted has been already absorbed , and it is quite possible that—with the urgent pressure of extreme destitution on the one hand , and the tempting bait of Treasury gold , on the other — Lord John may succeed in detaching a few votes from the strong Irish party , who "have hitherto opposed the Rate in Aid . Apart from this speculation , however , we cannot help directing attention to the grossly unconstitutional nature of tho proposal itself . While the measure is yet under debate—in fact , while it has not passed through half its stages in the Commons , and has yet to be considered in the Lords—it is gravely proposed to advance money upon its security . Is this not dictating to Parliament , and fettering its actions in a very extraordinary manner ? What right has Lord John to as ' - sume thathis measure > vill reall y pass , especially in the face of such a strong opposition both in and . out of Parliament ? If it does not , tho security on which the £ 100 , 000 is proposed to be advanced will not be worth more than a bit of waste paper . If the Premier can devise nothing better lor Ireland than a series of Treasury advances , he had better give up his place altogether . The system is a costly one to this

      The Rate In Aid Bill Also "Drags Its Slo...

      country , aud altogether mischievous to Ireland , In the meantime , it is pleasant to get a glimpse , however transient or deceptive it may be , of better things in store . The "Times" announces that Sir Robert Peel is occupied for several hours daily in maturing and in working out all the details of his scheme for re-coloiiishigthe west of Ireland upon new principles . The country Jcnows enough ofthe Right Hon . Baronet

      to believe , that when he seriousl y betakes himself to such a task he will persevere with it , and produce a working and statesmanlike plan . . It is admitted on all hands that there arc great difficulties to be overcome , but there are none which can seriousl y obstruct a resolute and clear-headed man . Should Sir Robert ' bring forward his scheme , it will be the redeeming point of the present Session , and impart a loftiness and breadth of

      purpose to it , which no mere Whig Parliament will ever attain . The general understanding is , however , that tho ox-Premier is firmly resolved not to accept the responsibilities of that office again , and even were his plan adopted by the Legislature , it would require his personal superintendence to carry it out . No man could possibly understand it so well , or bo equall y well prepared to meet and provide for unexpected difficulties . If it would not

      bo against the etiquette in such cases for a statesman who has held the office of First Minister of the Grown to accept the office of the head of the Commission to which he proposes to remit the practical carrying out ofthe measure , it would bemostdesirablc ' that he should fill that position . He has alread y linked his name with all the greatest reforms of the day—whether as regards the relaxations of our Criminal Code—our religious exclusions or our commercial restrictions—and it would

      be the crowning glory of his career , the surest guarantee of enduring fame among that " posterity" to which tho Honourable Baronet , perhaps ^ more than any politician of the day , looks forward , if he could claim the honour of having converted a desolate pauperised , into a populous and prosperous , country ,

      Mr. Fagax Brought An. Abuse, Connected W...

      Mr . Fagax brought an . abuse , connected with the Irish Established Church , before an exceedingl y thin House on Tuesday night . Up to that time , the benches were pretty well filled , on a motion of Mr . Adderley , respecting transportation to the Cape of Good Hope . The colonists , not unnaturally , protested against converting , what Mr . Adderley styled " an unpolluted colony , " into a receptacle for convicts . Sir G-. Grey entered into an elaborate explanation , from which it appears that the usual number of transportable cases in Ireland averages about ( iOO or 700 annually . There were 2 , 000 additional cases last year , and , in order to get rid of the surplus , some 300 or 400 have been sent to the Cape . It is quite clear

      that this large addition was the result either of political excitement , or of the destitution caused by a season of famine , and , in either case , argued no inherent or confirmed criminality on the part of the individuals thug brought under the cognisance of the law . Sir George Grey , therefore , argued that tho " pollution , " if any , was not very great ; and added , that if the colonists should continue their opposition , the propriety of discontinuing the transportation would be considered b y Government . On this pledge the motion -was

      withdrawn , and , as we have said , the benches were nearly deserted when Mr . Fagan rose to make his motion . Its subject was the stipends to the clergy in a certain number of towns in Leland under the head of Ministers' Money . An analogous injustice exists in two towns of Scotland , namely—Edinburgh and Montrose , under the name of Annuity Tax . In Ireland , however , wc believe nearly GOO Ministers are supported by means of this tax , at a cost of about £ 15 , 000 a-year—and , as in Scotland , it is exceedingly obnoxious from its obvious injustice and the oppressive maimer in which it operates on the

      inhabitants of the towns who are subject to it . Mr . Fag . lv proposed to shift tile fc'irden on to the funds at the disposal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners . Mr . Grogan aud Mr . Napiku stood stoutly up for Old Mother Church , and all her abuses . It was the law —it was as old as Charles II . What would those spoliators be at ? Did they wish to destroy tho Protestant Church in Ireland ? Mr . Osuoune frankly responded" Yes ¦ " and he was backed by several other members who , one and all , declared that that church was a nuisance , and its abolition an essential portion of any really effective scheme for the regeneration of Ireland . Sir George Grey

      was very sorry to hear such censurable opinions . He quite agreed that the tax was most obnoxious and unjust in its operation , and would not defend it , but , in the meantime , he did not see where they could find a substitute for it , and therefore he would move the previous question . Of course the members representing the Anglo-Irish Church aud the Treasury hacks were in the majority , and Ministers' Money is left among tho ' list of causes which S 2 ) read disaffection and heartburning in unhappy Ireland . A swarm of small Bills have progressed through several stages , but none calling for any particular comment .

      Defeat Of Ministers. ¦ ¦ '-^ We Have To ...

      DEFEAT OF MINISTERS . ¦ ¦ ' - ^ We have to announce the cheering intelligence that Ministers were defeated upon two important divisions connected with Government liability to parties depositing their monies in the . Savings Banks on Thursday evening , A strong andvigorous attempt was made to screen some of the most nefarious practices connected with Irish and Scotch Savings Banks , and the Government was evidently , and not unnaturally , under the impression that the disclosure of frauds of

      enor-: : [ mous magnitude , connected with these institutions , would tend to shake the confidence of depositors , as contrary to the received impressions ofthe poor who invest their little all in Savings Banks . The Government was compelled to confess that parties so investing their money had no security , save and except in the honesty of the Trustees , who are not legall y responsible to the depositors—an announcement which we opine will have the eilecfc of destroying confidence in those institutions , heretofore supposed to be established upon Government security .

      In the different Savings Banks there are Thirty Millions of money , while the poor have no guarantee as to how much is placed to their credit , and to what extent the Government is liable . The Government struggled hard against the appointment of a Committee to inquire into nefarious practices conneeted with these institutions , although last year they were but too anxious to submit the affairs o ' f the National Land Company to the searching revision of a Committee .

      Hustisodotsshire. —Proposed Statue Of Ol...

      HUSTISODOTSSHIRE . —PROPOSED STATUE OF OllVKR Ckomwku . at St . Iyks . —Measures are likely to be taken by a committee at St . Ives , to appeal to the country for funds to erect a monument to the memory of the Protector . St . Ives was the p lace at which Cromwell resided at the commencement ol his public career , and his signature still exists upon tlic church hooks . Slepe Hall ( the site of his house ) has just been pulled down , and a portion of the inhabitants think that upon the spot the monument should be erected .

      Worcestershire . — Destructive Fire . —On Tuesday night , afire brokeoutat some works known as " tbe Braids , " between Oldbury and Dudley ' ^ manufacture carried oh is chiefly in steel and iron wares , and such was the nature of the conflagration , that at one period fears were entertained that the immense range of buildings and machinery wouw have fallen a sacrifice . By great exertions , ho « ever , the fire was got under , but the loss will , it » fcliered , exceed £ 7 , 000 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31031849/page/4/