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    • THE -lOBTEESS S.TAS. SATUssBJAY, AUGUST 4i IS49.
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      What H Ably Does. One Irisii Measure Has...

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      BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD _LAtfD AND '¦ BUILDING SOCIETY . On an Advance your Kent is Saved , —you become your own Land and Householder . Patrons . —T . S . DoscoJBE , Esq ., JLP . T . _Waklev , "Esq ., "M . P . B . B . Cabbell . Esq ., SLP . L . J . Hassakd _, E » q ., M . P . Bankers . —Tlie Commercial Bank of London ( Branch ) , G , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden . _XobAmi Q _$ tt . —So . 13 , Tottenluun Court , Sewltoad , St _Taucras _, London . _—Dasiei . WuvuAJt _Runr , Secretary . Aheaxoed is Three _Slci-ions . Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . Fun Share .. .. £ 1 * 20—payment of 2 s . 5 d . _*§ Week , or 10 s . 6 d . per Month . llalfSliarc .. .. CO — 1 * 2 _i — 5 3 — _Qu-u-ta-Share .. .. 30 — 0 74 — 2 8 — Applicants arc requested to state in tlieir form the Section they desire to he a Member of . So _Scevevo-is * , _-Soacr-roBS * ; or _IIew-mption Fees . —The present Entrance _tve , including Certificate , Utiles , ix ., is 4 s . per Share , aad "is . lid . for any part of a Shave . Price of Rules , including Postage , ls . 01 _WECT 3 . Is ** - —To _cnaul-j members to build Dwelling Ileuses . , 5 th . —To give to Depositing Members a higher rate of In-« _nd . _ To afford ihe means of purchasin-: both Freehold _*«*•* _** _" _« is yielded by ordinary modes of investment . _^ irL . oc » l , _nl < _l 1-rr . _iierties or Land . 6 * I * - —" o enable Parents to make Endowments for their and Leasehold _lrci-urtits or L _^ _no . _QSMxen , or Husbands for their Wives , or for Marriage _-jrd . —To advance Mortgages on Properly Held Dy Settlements _, members . " Ill—To purchase a piece of Freehold land of _sufficient 4 th . —To enable Mortgagors being members to redeem value to give a legal title to a County Vote for Members of tieir Mortgages . Parliament . ? £ _c-a- > . v L—Bv joining Oris section every person in toivn or country can become the proprietor ofa House and Land in Ins own ne _^ _iliiurUood , vathout being removed from his friends , connexions , or the present means himself and fanuly mav have of gaining a _livelUiood . * Sec-oo > -IL—To Rase a capital by shares to purcnase _Lstates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into allotments from lialf _^ m-aere upwards , in or near tlie towns of the various branches of tlie society . The property to be the bonajide _nx-ehold of the member after a term of years , fvom tlie date of location , according * o his subscriptions . Sectios 111 . —Saving or _Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest smaU sums , receiving interest at the rate offive per cent per annum , on every sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . _^ B . £ _Z wili be advanced to the members of the first Section in November next , when all persons who have and mav become membtrs for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or hefore the 4 th of November next , and who pay six months ' _sutecrip-dons in advance , or otherwise , will be eligible for an advance . ALSO , a IHE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . Enrolled pursuant to ' Act of _l'arhament . Tims securing to its members the protection of the law for their funds and _la-o-ieitv L ™ _- _* _aIisetl to extend over the United Kit-g < H > m , with the piirilege of appointing Medical Attendants , Agents , * c . An _op-rortunity is now _oilereo to healthy persons , up to Forty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing _Iiij-itufions in town or country . " _LoNDOS _Oftce . —13 Tottenham Court , XewRoad , St . Pancras ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) . ' ' ** Daniel V . _' ieliam Kuffv _, Secretary . Fetrma . —T . S . Dcscombe . Esq ., M . P . T . _AVaklev , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., M . P . P . O'Cossok , Esq ., M . P . L . J . _Uansabd , Esq . Li ths short space of Five years these societies have paid the following _hjnefits to tlieir memhers . SCMMA & T OF € LA 1 MS . £ S . d . Sickness and Superannuation .. .. .. .. 3 , 486 14 7 Aeeoueliments .. .. .. .. .. 1 , 1103 0 0 Funerals .. .. .. .. .. .. 904 19 Loss by Fire .. .. .. .. .. 55 2 0 £ 5 , 449 14 -Present Capital funded in the BanK of England .. .. £ - _* , iS 6 * io 5 These _Sudeties are in six divisions or sections , for tbe Members to receive the followingUeneBts according to then- Subscriptions : — Fibst i'insio _* f . I Foueth Division-. Entrance _according to age , from 5 s . to IDs . Monthly Con- ! Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . Gd . to 8 s . Cd . _--nburcu-u _I-ir Sickness aud Management , 2 s . 7 d . j Monthly Contribation for Sickness and Management , I Is . _Jd . £ s . _O . I Allowance , In 3 " c 5 _cns 5 =. per week .. 0 38 ¦ 0 j £ s . A Member ' s Funeral .. " 20 ° 0 . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto Wife ' s or . Nominee ' s ditto _.. .. 10 0 0 , Member ' s Funeral .. 10 0 0 "Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. -- -- 20 O ; Member ' s _TATfe or Nominee's ditto .. .. 5 0 0 I _« ssbyi'ire , from .. .. £ -5 0 0 to 20 0 0 \ Wife ' s Lying in 10 0 Suparannualio _* i . i ) _sr week 0 6 0 j Loss by Tire , from .. .. £ 5 0 ( J to 10 0 0 Second _Uivisioj * . Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 "Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . Cd ., to 9 s . Gd . j Fifth Division . Monthly Contribution _&> r _Sickiwss and Management , Entrance , according to age , from os . lo Ss . Monthly Con-2 s . Id . tribution for Sickness and Man _* igemeiit , 3 s . Id . Allowance iu Sickness , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance ia Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. .. IG 0 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. .. COO Ditto Wife ' s or Xor _aicee _' s ditto .. .- S 0 0 Ditto Wife's or . Nominee ' s ditto ' . ' . Y , 3 0 0 ¦ Wife's Lying-in _^ .. 1 la 0 Wife ' s Lying-in 0 15 0 _lossb y _l'ire , _i-oni .. — £ _a 0 0 to IB 0 0 Loss b y _Fh-e .. .. .. * „ ' .. 500 Superannuation , per week _.. .- .. 0 5 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. . 0 4 0 Thuo _Dxv-sios . Sixth ]) ivisiosf . Entrance , according to age , from is . to 9 s . Monthly Con- Entrance Monev .. .. .. .. 030 tribution for Sickness and Managcn-eut , ls , 7 _dT ' Montlily Contribution - ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . 0 10 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 011 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 7 0 Member's _l-unercil .. .. .. .. 12 0 Ol Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. . 2 10 0 Ditto Wife's or _Koaiinee's ditto .. .. 0 0 0 No Levies in _' this Division . "Wife ' s Lying-in 110 0 _IiO-ssbyPirc , from .. .. £ o 0 u to Id 0 0 Levies according to the demands on each division per Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 quarter . S . B . —The difference in the two Societies is , the Patriots have an Accouchment benefit , the Patriarchs have not that benefit , therefore do notpay levies for it _g-S * Applications fur _A-jcnnes requested from all parts ofthe country ; information for appointment of _Aceneies can "be obtained by letter , _enclosii- ! -: a _postage stamp . . Dlank forms and _inform-inou for the admission of country members can he obtained by letter , prepaid enclosin " _threepostage stamps , to _D-soiiis . _Wiu-iAii llun-r , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , Sew ltoad , St . Pancras . °

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      GOLDEN HAT _MAPvT . A Good and Fashionable Hat is of the utmost Importance as regards Personal Appearance . ~ THE PUBLIC WILL DO WELL TO VISIT ECKEPvSLEY 'S CELEBRATED HAT MART , _TVherc thev may lie suited in every respect both as to Price nnd Quality , -AT _ECKEJtSLEI'S , 25 , CRO WS-S TREE T , HALIFAX . Observe ' —The _Larire Golden Hat over tin * donr

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      ' . HUNGARY AND THE COSSACKS ! ¦ ygr Ev £ nx _russos _tvishixg to _uxdekstaxd tiie _ohioi . v of -ne aiioiitv jivuga & xaj _: _strvcole , _snOTJL **) HEAD SO . IO . OF THE " _DEirOCKATIC KEVIEW . " BOW READY WITH THE MAGAZINES FOlt AUGUST , Xo . HL of THE DEMO CHAT IC REVIEW Of _DitlTISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY

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      THE _CHEATEST S ) rnOS _TSSS . TCBLlSutD . Price ls . Gd ., A _aen- aa-J elegant edition , with Steel Plate of thc Author , of _PAiSE'S POLlTiOAL WORKS .

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      RTTPnniES ErTECTUALLT CCHED " _IvrnTC-UT A TRUSS !!! TYEt . _GUTHREY having heen eminently ¦ * - ' successful in the cure of ruptures , _n-owvuft ' ers Ms * "M ** dy to the public . Di every case of rupture , however desperate or long standing , a cure is guaranteed without the use of any lra 3 s whatever . It is easy and simple in ¦ us e . perfectly painless , - » nd especially applicable to both sexes of all : _^ es . « jent free on receipt of 0 s .. b y Post Office order or stamps , hy Dr . Hesht GcmEEr , _« , ' _Ampton-¦ j _^ _eet , Gny _- _a-iun-roau , London . At heme _dailv , Ten till One . . Dr . < _S . iiss received _testhnonials from all the most erai-¦ _ne- _it ol the z- _^ _-jity , as wall as irom hundreds of patients ¦ w ho have 5 « en ca 7 ea . _-aud his discovery beio » used at tlie nospifcis in _England and on the Continent . _i-Ta -- _vfiiiioMi gu- t « u . tee of its efficacy . - ¦ -- ¦¦ _jch

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      OS SALE , A Focra-AcaE paid-up shake - * - * - - Terms reasonable . _Apj-nsajions . past paid , to be addressed to Mr H _ps-t ,

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      ri-iIlE REA _. L CAUSES OE THE X Poverty and _De-jradation suffered by the masses in all European countries is—private property in land ; the sliuttius out of the working classes from the advantages of national credit ; a resivicte-l and usury-breeding currency ; and thc want of an equitable system of exchange _a-moij' * the wealth producers . _JJelieving these facts , the _Eclectic Club , meeting at 72 , _Uewman-itreet , earnestly invite public attention to the political and social " _HEFOEMEIV Price , One Penny . Published every week by Tickers , Holywcll-street , Edited by J . U . _O'Bbiev , E . A . ; who also _dcvelopes the same views in lectures every Friday CTeiiin _™ , at thc Institution , John-street , aud at 7 * * , _Jfcwma-a-street , on Sunday evenings , at eight o'clock . .

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      _QOilERS _TOWJS _BEAJSfCH OF THE O Katiomd Land Company . Tlie shareholders of tliis branch aie requested to attend _a-jencral meeting onSunflay evening , August alii , at the _BvicWaycrs' Arais , _Tonbiidge-street . Ktw-road , on important business .

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      RECEIPTS OF THE _f-iA T ! 0 _rJ A L LAND COMPANY , For ths Week Ending Thursday , August 2 , 3 S 49 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ _•* . d . _i _' ottlngham .. 0 2 0 C . Howl .. 0 10 lynn .. 0 12 0 J . Vigors .. 0 5 0 Rochdale .. 10 8 _Binninsham .. 0 7 3 £ 2 18 11 ClLChatuiu .. 0 3 0 ex > _o _^» XI 0 NIES ESCEIVED POR THE _FCfE-CH _& SS OF MATHON . G . IL , Leeds .. 10 0 0 1 ' . S ., Leamington 2 i 10 0 J . B ., _Farri-igdoa 109 0 0 £ 1 U 10 0 TOTALS .

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      Mr J Mathias —We Cannot Insert Your Addr...

      Mr J _Mathias —We cannot insert your address until ' we know you are . authorised to receive subscriptions by the Chartfsts ofthe east of London . . MB . MATHIAS Scragg , secret * " *} - to the committee at Stockport , has received one shilling from W . Moms , of Tmtwsde ,. ftrMr . John West . - . , „ . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , vi * . * -F _<* f V _' TI _^ 1 _? - _' -F ? J m n A > l _- BurL'm . lsGu * ; Mr . Bichardwii , Gd j Mr . _Broivn , Sd ; Thu Colonel Hutchinson , Ss .- _—tpz Macnamaiu _' s _Vefesce Fond . —Mr . II . Hawksley , bd ; Two Friends , ls ; Mr . Cliipmdalc , 6 d . Fob Coffai" and _OraE-A-From the Colonel Ilutchinson , Ss ; hmg of the French , 7 d ; Victoria Tavern , New Lenton _, 8 s ; itancliffe Arms , ls ; Seven Stars , os ( id ; Eagle Tavern , Is ( id . The Kim - dale ChabtistI-eisoseks . —y . e arc very sorry that ores' ; of matter prevented the publication of the letter of Messrs . Leach , White , Donovan , and West , in la . tSaturday ' s Star . It appears in this day ' s paper , in our 7 th

      liar The following letter arrived too late for us to comply with the writer ' s request . We trust that his colleagues , or , at any rate , some of them , will yet follow his sensible course ; better late than never : — " Dkab Harnet , —Will you oblige me by omittinj , ' my name , when you publish the letter of the Manchester Council in the Northern Star , as I cannot , after your judicious remarks in the last number of the Star , conscientiously subscribe to the contents of the before mentioned letter . Hoping you will grant tliis request . —I remain , vours , in the cause , John _Jackso . v , secretary . — P . S . for the satisfaction Ofall parties , you can make this public through the medium ofthe Star . J . J . _—Hcyrod-su-eet , _Ancouts . M . Ki Heywood . —We cannot answer your question . The Gommcsicatioks from Dorking ; 1 J . Brook , Huddersfield ; 1 ) . Robinson , Paisley , ic , must stand over . _CnAHTEttviiitE , Falkirk , and 13 iusTo * ' .--It being impossible to find room for the letters from those places , wo have forwarded them to the Laud l > irectors . Poex & v—Several poetical contributions have come to hand , for which wc cannot find room .

      we hear that William Winspear , one of the victims ofthe " Powell" plot , who was sentenced to two years' impvisonment , has received a free pardon , and the fine ( £ 10 ) remitted , on his entering into suretios to keep thc peace for five years-P . B . IlALtETT must apply to tlie clerk . The Editor has nothing to do with the advertisements .

      Me , George Henry Smith, And The Lilrlld...

      ME , GEORGE HENRY SMITH , AND THE lilRlLDALE PRISONERS . Last week I handed the letter of George Henr y Smith , which appears in this week's "Star , '' to the printer for insertion . It was sot up in typo , as was also a letter from the Kirkdale Prisoners , but both were withheld for want of space , and so much were our columns pressed upon , that the " Parliamentary Review" for the-week did not appear in the First Edition . I state this much for my own

      satisfaction , and now I beg to state that I have received a most impertinent letter from Mr . Smith this week , threatening to bring an action for libel against me for the publication of the complaints of the Kiiidalc . . Prisoners . My answer to that is , that lie may do his best —or rather his worst—and if I had not promised him to publish his repl y , and if that reply "was not iu type , not a -word of it should appear . * Feargus O'Connor .

      Portrait Of Kossuth, The Kmc-Arim Chieft...

      _PORTRAIT OF KOSSUTH , THE KMC-ARIM CHIEFTAIN . _"YVo havo . succeeded in procuring a life-likeness of the noble _Kossuxn . It is now in course of progress , and specimens , to which a fac simile of the autograph of the Chieftain will be attached , will bo in the possession ol our Agents on the 18 th inst .

      The -Lobteess S.Tas. Satussbjay, August 4i Is49.

      THE _-lOBTEESS S . TAS . _SATUssBJAY , AUGUST 4 i IS 49 .

      A New El Dorado. Almost At Our Own Doors...

      A NEW EL DORADO . Almost at our own doors , and within the confines of the home empire , a region has been discovered , tlie wealth of which far exceeds the value ofall the gold placers of California . Strangely , too , this almost illimitable wealth has , hitherto , been considered a grievous drawback from the natural value of the country in which it is found . Everybody has heard ofthe "bogs" of Ireland . According to the best authorities one-fourth of Ireland is bogand numerous have boon the plans for its reclamation from a state of sterility , all of which have been abandoned on account of the cost andthe supposed hopeless nature oftho undertaking .

      "Wonderful , however , are the powers , great thc virtues , . of . modem science . These dreary and valueless wastes have been discovered to contain a great number of articles of the utmost value . B y a cheap and easy chemical process the bog ' is converted into carbonate of ammonia , soda , vinegar , naptha , candles , camphiue oil , common oil , gas , and ashes ! The 0 'Glomus Mahon threw anew light on the Irish question on Friday , se'ninght , ' when he introduced this subject . It was a welcome relief , even from its novelty , to the oft-repeated platitudes , empty declamations , impracticable suggestions , and querulous complaints Avhich usually go to make up an Irish debate . It is , indeed , quite a novelty , and a high treat at the same time , to find the Houso of Commons considering practical business .

      Apparcutly aware that the scepticism of ignorance is not easily removed , and that nothing short of ocular proof will serve the purpose with the majority of those ignorant ofthe magical changes effected by science , the O'Gokman Maiion provided himself with a candle , made from tho bog . It was pure as the purest wax—in fact , a superior kind of spermaceti , and when-lighted , gavo a beautiful clear white flame . It was curious to see Ministers and Members handing round the discovery , and to watch tho doubtful , puzzled , yet half-convinced air * with which they listened to the recital of the facts we are about to recapitulate .

      An eminent chemist , named Owen , has , in conjunction with a Mr . Rhys , turned his attention to the chemical composition of these bogs , during this last year or so , and has discovered that thoy will produce all the articles we have already enumerated . Ho called the attention Of tllQ 0 _'GcOUMA . N MAHONtQ tl \ C subject , with the view of having it brought before the Government and Parliament , for the benefit of Ireland . That hon . gentleman seemed to think that such marvellous statements required corroboration , and , therefore , called on Lcrd Ashley for his testimony on the matter , whereupon his lordshi p rose and

      Gave his cordial testimony ihat a more religious or highminded man than Mr . Owen it had never been his good fort-duet' } _kuow . Thc statement just made by the hon . member , however incredible it might ajipear , was not a theory , and Mr . Owen sought no reward save that of promoting the welfare of Ireland . Tlie statement _trliicli'lie had to make to the Ilouse was as follows : —Tho extraction of 100 tons of peat in Ireland would cost 8 * . ; the labour of chemically converting it-ivo-ild ' cost about Bf . ' more ; unci the product would hc tlie following substances : carbonate of ammonia , 2 _, C 02 _lbs _., value 911 . 10 s . 2 d . ; soda , 2 , 1181 b- * ., value 81 . 10 s . Cd . ; _vi-iegai _** _, COOlb . ? ., value Tl . 10 s . ; naptha , thirty gallons , value 71 . 10 s . ; candles—that was , the stuff of which candles wereconstructed-GOOlbs ., value 17 * . 10 s ; campliincoil , o * 00 Ibs ., value 51 . ; common oil , SOOlbs ., value Zl . 6 s . 8 d . gas , to the value oi" ' 61 , and ashes to the value of li . 13 s . ; total value 1 ) 11 . lfis . 8 d .. It appearedthen

      , , , _A . _n ... _?! .: 1— .-.. ... » *' ™ . Vi- ! caIc " lon- tlmt for Ml . expended in raw material n ? _l ™ « " ~ ° _„ ,, a W 1 ( , ° _ro-U'gin . _»« d say 201 ., a- return of more than m . would be realised . And these were not mere theoretical results . * > _* r . Owen had already operated upon hundreds and hundreds of tons of peat , ' and he was ready to stake his character and his fortune , upon the accuracy ofhis experiments ; and the advantage was not confined to the extraction of the substances in question from the peat . When the superincumbent layer of that sub-Stance was cleared away , the soil beneath was found to be fruitful beyond all expression , having been for ages absolutely saturated with ammonia . IIo did not wish , entire as was his confidence in Mr . Owen , that the House should accept the statement which it had just _heard--athout a certain degree of reservation ; hut if only one-half of the results which he had indicated were to be realised ,. tho eflect would be mostcxtraordiuary and beneficial .

      The essential value of this statement is , that it is not a speculative one , hut the result of actual experiment ; and , also , that the calculation , as to the price of the various articles , is in every instance considerably below the present market price . __ This , however , is judicious , because if capital should be largely attracted to this manufacture of bog into so many articles of general use , tho increased supply would inevitably cause a fall in their exchangeable value . By tho present calculation , the oil from Irish peat can be given at 40 / . a ton , which now costs the manufacturers of this country Qol , a ton . The iodine which now costs 17 / . a ton , could bo purchased for ol . *• and there would be au _equaireduetion Jtt oil > -J articles , ¦ K

      A New El Dorado. Almost At Our Own Doors...

      - _^ _TlhTn , atthe moment when it is most _nflSed-vhen English cap italists are looking fo Snd to see in what way _^ y may mos safely invest money , and at tne same time benefit the country , we have a discovery which-if vigorously carried out-wdl do more n five veaJs to banish pauperism , disease , dleness , mid misery from Ireland , than all the e 4 S s of Cabinets or Parliaments could do fo , _aT century . Only think of fifty square the of oil ofthat dimen

      _S _^ SS up : ocean - 2 ; tofa / nothingof tho iodine and he vino « rar ! The every-day demand for . tbe whole of these articles , ¦ and the manner in which an increased consumption might be promoted in other countries , by their exportation at reasonable prices , opens at once an almost inexhaustible market , in which the capitalist and the labourer may each immediately reap a rich reward . Speaking of the exceedingly moderate prices by which a return of upwards of 350 per cent , is to be gained iinn-n the outlay in this matter , we may

      mention , that Mr . O'Connor states that he should be glad to give 51 . for tbe ashes—for agricultural purposes — which are set down at 1 / . 13 s .. only . ¦ But , in addition to tlio large and profitable Labour market which ihe discovery opens up for immediate occupation , there must be taken into account the immense accession of fertile territory which these chemical processes will place at the disposal of the Government and the people—the insane and cruel crotchets of the Emigr ation-mongers are effectually demolished . There will bo no need , for centuries to como , to expatriate the population to foreign shores , in search ofthat bread which can be created at home by their own honest

      industry . It will be as real an augmentation to our arable surface , as if a slice of Australia , or New Zealand , or Wisconsin , fifty square miles in size , had been cut off , brought over here and snugly joined to our own shores . The Question presents itself in a shape which is sure to attract so eminently practical , and , withal , so speculative a race as Englishmen . We noticed particularly the earnest' attention which Mr . Bright paid to the details ofthe statements we have given , and also that close conversation succeeded between that lion , member and Lord ASHLEY at its close .

      The Q , UEE" ** r is about to be received with triumphal arches , flags , shouts , and all the usual unreasoning clamour and silly pageantry -which accompanies . _l'Oyal visits . Poor Paddy , forgetting his potato rot—his rebellion—his expatriated friends—aad the decimation of the population—will throw his ragged arms about and vociferate lustily in acknowledgment of the honour conferred upon him . We have no wish to detract from the ceremonies or the popular enthusiasm with

      which a Royal visit should be accompanied , and especially in the case of a Queen who has by hor judicious public couduct , and especially by the excellence of lier domestic virtues , acquired thc personal respect of every class of tho population . But we do say , that whatever honours may , or ought to fee paid to her as a Sovereign , a thousandfold greater are due to the man whose intelligence , scientific knowlodge and persevering industry , has thus opened up for Ireland a source of- immediate and permanently increasing prosperity .

      Parliamentary Review. After Sitting Prec...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . After sitting precisely six mouths , Parliament was prorogued oh Wednesday . The hurried anil helter-skelter style in which it rushed through husiuess during the last three weeks , was the very antipodes of the listless , lazy , do-nothing spirit in which , it dawdled through the first three months . Previous to its opening great things were expected from it in the way of Financial Reform . If nothing very large-could he immediately effected , it was , at least , believed that the Financial Reform party would

      make a vigorous fight on behalf of the famous Ten Million Budget of Mr . Cobden . There waa noise and vapouring enough made about it out of doors , aud , according to the newspaper organs ofthe party , the foundation was certain to be laid for unimproved and really economical financial system . What is the result ? The po 2 > ular party , par excellence , in their own estimation , have utterly broken down ; they have achieved nothing , cither hecause they were not in earnest , or because thoy were ignorant of the manner in which

      their energies could have been successfully directed towards tho accomplishment of the end in view . Mr . Cobden , himself , made a hesitating half-hearted speech , in which his out-door budget dwindled into a vory ordinary motion about reductions as soon as thoy we ' re practicable , his supporters caught the infection , and so during the Session the Taxation Question has been really shelved—there have been *• - talks" about it , but that is all , and of these talks not a few originated from the Opposition and Tory benches . One of the latter concluded

      with a division in favour of economy—a victory which its professed advocates have yet to achieve . Yet if tho eighty members or thereabouts who are supposed to constitute the Radical party in the House of Commons , were in earnest , nothing would be more easy than for them to enforce real economy , and efiuct immediate and genuine reductions . Such a large section' oftho House , by availing itself of every legitimate and constitutional mode of stopping all other business until the money question was fairly gone into _^ would soon bring any Government to its knees . Instead of doinji as

      was done this Session , voting tho Supplies piecemeal , and waiting patiently till near its close for the annual statement ofthe financial condition , of tho country , thoy mi g ht havo insisted that it should havo precedence of all other business , and if they were sincere in their belief that 10 , 000 , 000 / . could really be saved , they oiight to have shown that sincerity by proposing those reductions , and resolutely dividing thc Ilouse upon them in every possible shape and form . This , however , thoy have not done and consequently we are fairly j ustified to say that their Parliamentary campaign has been a complete failure .

      Their exertions in favour of a moderate and limited amount of Parliamentary Reform have been characterised b y the same want of earnestness and determination , and of course with the sameresults . If Mr . Cobden means to maintain his position as a leading public man he must show more courage and generalship than he luisdone this Session . There is already a verv general impression abroad , that the Anti-Corn Law agitation " used him up , " and that bavin" * su cceeded with his one favourite crotchet , he has not another valuable or practical idea in his head . Be this true or false it will become tho duty of the party of which he is one of tho leaders , and of which Mr . Joseph

      Hume is the nominal head , to deliberate seriously during the recess as to the means whereby their energies can be more practicall y and successfully directed next year . The Protectionist party , first under a kind of Triumvirate , aud latterly under the leadership of Disraeli , has as completely broken down as their Free Trade opponents . Lord George Bentikcic ' s ' earnestness , energy , perseverance , and industry , infused a degree of animation and vigour into that party last

      year , which , at least , made it respectable . But with tho great Protectionist Chief tho galvanic fluid whicli stirred it into activity , has departed . The dilletanti Marquis of Gkanuy , prosy old Mr . Hekiues , and epi grammatical sarcasticMr . _Diskaeli , areno substitutes for the hold and sincere man , whose own deep arid-unquestioning faith in his political creed , warmed Others into sympathy and respect . At present Protectionism is a nullity , and tho Memhers . v-he professedl y represent it must bo content to bo nulhtics in Parliament , until they can find

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      another " cry ; " or-what h W _^^** " cause" worth working for . Indications are not wanting that this may be the case the fact that low prices of agricultural produce must , in future , be the rule in this counUy , w clearly perceived by the more advanced ot tne partyf Thoy see , also , the inevitable corollary , that it will be impossible with , a diminished income to bear their former heavy local and public burdens . The great majority o them need not be dependent upon _Ooitft favour , or Ministerial patronage ; and , it tliey form an independent Country party , and ngnt for economy in the National Expenditure , thoy will be useful to the nation , and do good service to themselves .

      , As to the _X-eelite party , it appears to be in a state of decomposition . It is rumoured tbat , during the recess , some Ministerial alterations will take place , whicli include the displacing of some of those now in office , and the addition of a few of the more prominent members of Sir B . Peel ' s last administration . Now that the question of Protection is finally settled , the others , if tliey cannot bring their minds to go and thud

      over to the Whigs , and p lay second fiddle to what thoy consider inferior men , had better fall back upon the Country party , where their practised administrative habits , and powers of debate , would no doubt make them readily welcome , As for the Chief , hunself , it seems at present that he » quite serious in his intention to decline all future responsibilities , and be content with the Ministerial character he has already written for

      himself in the page of history . This brief glance at the policy and position ofthe various parties in the House ot Commons , is necessary to point out how much of the blame for the barrenness of the feession just closed is due to the Government . It is quite clear from the analysis we have hastil y presented , that they had no serious opposition , no real obstacles to contend with , as far as Parliament was concerned , Lord John and his Cabinet had all the ordinary influence which patronage and power ever confer on their possessors . They had a remarkably ductile and industrious Parliament , willing to

      do anything they were told to do , and quite delig hted when anything like work was set before them ; the times demanded large practical aud constructive measures , but the curse of incapacity is upon the Whigs—thoy can neither create nor take advantage of opportunities and means for promoting the public advantage and prosperity . With the single exception of the Navigation Law , the Session , so far as Ministerial measures affecting the general condition of the empire are concerned , may be truly written nil . Even that solitary measure , which was a remanet from last year , was in danger from the

      lukewarmness of the Government , and had they not been spurred on somewhat sharply by the Pcelites , the probability is , that it would have been made an " open question , " and so hung up for another and another Session . On the policy of the change we give no opinion beyond this , that if Free Trade is to be the ruling principle of legislation in this country , it is better that it should be fully and fairly tested , in order that its advocates , in case of failure , may have no excuse to fall back upon . That is their position now , and that is almost the single act by which tho Session of 1849 will be remembered in

      history . . As to the Irish p olicy of the Session , it has been a series of blunders ; not quite so expensive as tho former blunders of Russell & Co ., but quite as hopelessly wrong and melancholy in their consequences . Yet great things were promised and expected ; the attention of the country and of the Government had been painfully called to the magnitude of the miscry , and the destitution of Ireland , arising from defective social and political institutions ? After having disbursed in one year Tek Millions sterling , as the penalty for our former neglect of this paramount question , itwas

      supposed that during the recoss Ministers would have prepared some measure ' , or measures , having in view the future permanent improvement of that country . AVhen Parliament-met , however , it was found , the Ministerial brains were" addled , and could hatch nothing . They proposed , as soon as Parliament got into working order , their usual resort in such cases of mental destitution ; having no ideas of their own , they think it is just possible they may find some by calling a . Committee of Members to their assistance , they iiithemeauwhile continuing to receive the pay for the work they do not perform . Everybody will remember that was Sir Chakles Wood ' s wav of

      discharging the duties of Chancellor of the Exchequer ; to one . Committee he entrusted tho Nav _* y and Army , and . to another the Ordnance : the drudgery of going into details was too great for that most worthy Baronet , aud so he pocketed the salary , while the patient and unrep ming Committees fagged through the work . In like manner Lord John , having nothing to propose for Ireland , suggested the appointment of Committees of both Houses , which was agreed to . But apparently impressed with the notion that the caso was after all too

      urgent to wait for the results ofa protracted inquiry of that kind , Lord John directly after his motion had been acceded to altered his mind . AVithout giving the Committee of the Commons time to inquire , he rushed into its room with a plan cut and dried , aud desired them to pass resolutions in its favour , and recommending it tothe adoption of the House before a single word of evidence had been given . The advantages of this trick in Lord _Jontfs estimation , were that it shifted the responsibility of any blunders in the plan to the shoulders of the Committee from his own —the Committee , _howevev _, were willing to do

      anything he required them—they , therefore , most good naturcdly did "Jcddart justice" to Ireland . They reported first and inquired afterwards ! Such was the ori g in of tho famous Maximum Rate and Rate in Aid Bill , which according to Lord John was tlio only , and the very thing that Ireland needed . It was to produce au almost magical change iu the country—the influx of capital , the extension of agricultural improvement , the employment of Labour , and hosts of other material social and moral benefits were certain to flow from this vaunted measure . It was , in short , to open the floodgates of prosperity upon poor old Ireland .

      The House of Commons spent many weary weeks and months on the various stages of this wonderful Whig bantling , and . at last it was sent up to the Lords , who summarily cut out all its es sential clauses , aiid sent it back to * the Commons resembling itself in nothing but the name . AVell , Lord John quietly acquiesced in this virtual strangulation of his offspring—nay , like Mr . Toots , lie was rather pleased that he could do anything to oblige the Upper House - as to the loss of his darling measure , it was " not of the sli ghtest consequence , thank you 1 " Indeed , when he came to think of the matter , he really did not see that there was any necessity for it . He a is himself quite satisfied with the present Poor Law in Ireland- *'* !!

      But , in the name of common sense , if he was so , why waste so much of the time of Parliament with a Bill which was useless ? This is , I however , in short , the secret of the sterility oftho Session . Ministers do nothing during the recess ; when Parliam ent meets they rush into the House of Commons with all kinds of crude undigested Bills , which absorb the greater part of tho Session in licking into shape , and are at last hopelessl y abandoned as irredeemable , or thrown overboard by the Lords , on the plea that there is no time to consider them , It would be far better to put a stop to the farce altogether than to exhibit tho Representative System of Government ' in swell a ridiculous , and , at the same time , _degrading position as such conduct unquestion-

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      ably does . One Irisii measure has escaped thee "* dreary limbo into which so many of its bre- _* _- thren have fallen—the Encumbered _Estateats Bill . Much good is anticipated from it ; butfi remembering that a Bill with the same objecttt was passed last year , which entirely _brokeon down , or , rather , was so impracticable that ittS was never worked , we confess that our antici- _* - _** p ations are moderate—doubt predominates _^ over hope . A volunteer measure , introduced at the instance of the commercial interest b y Lordl . Brougham , has been carried , by which the }

      laws relative to Bankruptcy have been classified , amended , and reduced to a code . Prac- tical men say it is a great improvement in am important department ofthe law , in a commercial and manufacturing country . AVitht this Bill ends the list of the achievements of : Parliament and the Government for 1849—au . exceedingl y small quantity of broad for such a , monstrous lot of sack ! Were Ave to chronicle * their sins bf omission , and the number of im- portant measures rejected , we should try tbe s patience and exhaust the forbearance of thei reader .

      But if Parliament has boon standing still , the people have not . AVe believe that public opinion out of doors is fast ripening on many important questions—home , colonial , and foreign— and will ,, eve long , make itself heard and obeyed by the drowsy occupants of Downing-street and St . Stephen's . During the recess , we hope to see the process of public enlightenment carried on steadily and _judi _* ciously . In that alone is there any hope of effectually preventing the recurrence of such a miserable , barren , and purposeless Session _, as that to wliich we now bid farewell with as much p leasure as we get quit ofa nightmare . _. _J _^ _w _/^ _v _^^* _' _»/ _' _/^/ _- _¦ _¦ _^ _^ _^ _' _¦ _' _¦ _^ _, _** _- _' _¦ _' _•* _- _* _¦ _' _*****

      . Hungary. " The Hungarian Nation Counts...

      . HUNGARY . " The Hungarian nation counts on thc sympathy of every nation -ivliicli loves right and liberty responding to this Gl ' J ' . " -. COUKT TEIiEKl ' S _TllOTESXi TO TH ** "eDITOK OF THE SOUTHERN STAR . Sir , —Few nations have ever presented such a sublime spectacle to tbe - . vandering eyes of mankind , as modem Hungary , Liberty , after having been reraoraely driven from the civilised states of France and Italy , has taken refuge amongst tbe hunters of Transylvania-a people who , on account of their isolated position , have been considered little better than a cypher in the map of Europe , but now ,

      bursting like a " torrent from their primeval forests , not only threaten to fres their own country , but bid fair to liberate Poland and Gfirmany from the thrall of their ungenerous oppressors . The Hungarians have at all limes been distinguished for their indomitable love of freedom . For ages the tardy people stood as the bulwark of European Christianity , against the avaricious encroachments of the Turks , and although their efforts were often ineffectual against the overwhelming hordes of the Sultans , they have again taken the field against a more sanguinary enemy , and are how pouring out their blood like water , and perishing on the battle field by thousands , for the love of that freedom they so much , admire , but the

      blessings of which they have seldom tasted . It is salutary to think that the energies and aspirations ofthe Hungarians are now directed by a mastermind to a visible and attainable object . A warlike people called to the remembrance of thsir ancient glory , andthe unparalleled power of their ancestors , can no longer be the dupes of foreign dominion ; the lovely and immortal princip les of liberty are unfolded to the understanding of the Magyars , it has penetrated their inmost souls , and its intrinsic beauty has elevated their minds to such a pitch of solemn grandeur , that all the power of Russian barbarity will be unable to conquer .

      The profligate press of this country , in attempting to palliate the atrocities _eommiited bythe _myrmidoms of the Austrian Kaiser , tries to deceive the public , hy asserting that the Hungarians are a people among whom the refirementsol civilised life have made little or no progress . v No dnubt the Hungar ians are far * from being a p "dished people _; but if they have not made such rapid strides in the art of dancing as some of their more scientific neighbours , they have preserved a gem which others have cause to regret the loss of—namely , a primitive love of freedom . The more civilisation ( m the ordinary sense of the word ) is introduced ) the more debased becomes the population ; the more a people are

      accustomed to the inventions , arts , and luxuries of a higher state of society , unless their minds are imbued ¦ jciih a deeper sense of moral responsibility , they have more reason to curse the gift . At all times ' a brutal soldiery are the worst of civilisers .. Few persons view the question of _Hungarian independence or slavery in its proper light . It should be remembered that a battle lost in Hungaiy is a battle lost in Britain * , that should the Hungarians fail ia their glorious attempt to resuscitate their country , they not only forge chains for themselves but rivet firmer the fetters of every nation in Europe . AU honour , then , to the brave people who , alone and unassisted , have bid defiance to the tvrants of the

      world ! The gigantic power of Russia has encircled their country with Turlar and Cossack lances , brought from the frozen regions of the north ; but thc Magyars , true to their principles , are exhibiting the might that' slumbers in a peasant ' s arm '—exemplifying to the world that a noble resistance may exist amongst a people destitute of everything but native intrepidity , and cheering mankind with the evidence that the feeblest who are determined to fight for their freedom , may contend against a power the most colossal with distinguished honour , perhaps wilh final victor }' . The details of the Hungarian war which have' reached this country , give sufficient evidence ofthe brutal policy pursued by

      kings . Think of * a people totally " unoffending , punished with all the honors of military violence . A people , because they possessed the courage to assert their freedom , must bs hunted , famished , and torn by cannon , and trampled by cavalry ; the fields which the labour of their hands have cultivated and fertab ' sed to be givfiH to the Stranger , and their free hearts and free limbs sunk into the degrading servitude of a Russian slave . Sacred justice ! is' this system of things to continue ? Are the wolves and jackals of society , who prey on the liberties of mankind , to be permitted to _repose in security and peace , while the patriot contending for freedom is to have nowhere to lay his head ? Englishmen , it is you , and you alone , who have tbe power , if you chose to manifest the will , to establish a new order of things ; unenfranchised as

      you are , you could compel the Ministiy to recognise the Hungarian Republicin a much shorter time than most people are willing to admit . Rely on yourselves , look no longer to France , her present conduct is a satire on Republicanism ; Prussia is a military despotism in the pay of Russia , while the Republic of Rome and the Rhine provinces are again writhing under the withering influences of feudal barbarity . 1 implore you , _th-en to cast off this shameful apathy and indifference . Remember courage , fortitude , and perseverance are the true elements of moral greatness , the indispensable requisites for _fom-ii-g a powerful opposition to tyranny ; and only by a stead y application of such , can you ever hope to bring into operation your own mode of acting and thinking . Your enemies perceive this ; they are united and powerful , and you disunited and powerless . Come on , then , be men ; above all , be conl

      _sistent ; exercise the keenest perception iu matters relating to yourselves , and be not driven off your course by sophistry , nor allow your faculties to be deadened by indolence . If you require a stimulus to exertion , think ' of the Magyars , who are-coverini *; the plains of Hungary with their dead bodies , fighting your battles and dying iii your cause . Surely this is sufficient to whet your appetites forthe arrival of the glorious time , when the crimson ftae shall float triumphant from the dark ' -waves of the Danube to the sunny shores of the Mediteranean . Barrhead , July 23 , 1849 . . . Robert WlNGATE

      Fouc-I.—Oa Friday Evening A Meotin« Of I...

      _fouc-i . —Oa Friday evening a meotin « of Italians resident m tho Metropolis was held at the Wei n Literary Institution , _Loicestei-s _quarb "Si- the ™ r _^ l _« _V ; f f i 0 US _^ _f Shed hi th ? pieseiit state of Italy , and of urging the Italian people to protest no longer against the Pope niSy but against the system of popery i _4 lf '' SS _mBmsm The _fohdfe _« , ! T ? * and _, othev _geatlemon . " _ThifflK tl 0 I \ > % agreed to - : famous inrS _? 6 cond ? mn _*** 2 _as tyrannical , in-Sri _^ . . antl : _fangohcal , the impious acts of _SS-Si _' -ri _^ _W * * _W _P atriots t 0 follow the throiii ! •? Je _f l hrisfc ' that of our _ancestors snare ami conspiracy against the liberties of

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 4, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04081849/page/4/