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      8 Ttlt)M « Tar Uctober 6, 1840

      tTlT ) M _« UCTOBER 6 , 1840

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      PORTRAITS OF FEARGUS _O'COSSOR , ESQ ., M . I- _* . ; THOIUS _SLLXGSBY DUXCOMBE , ES < J . ; AXD ALL TIIE OTHER PATRIOTS . MB . SAMUEL _BOONHAM , has on J- » - » - Sale a large stock of that _spienaid _lithograpliic portrait of the People ' s Champion . P . O'CONNOR , BsQ ,, M . T ., by Air . T . _iLu-r-x . Also a few dozen of that "beautiful steel _en-a-ai-in ;** of the _M-encss of T . S . DUKCOMBE ESQ ., M . P ., -wliich he wishes to dispose o £ Portraits of all the other PATRIOTS , and Boohs of every aescnption . fonrai-ded to anv _purtv , hy maldiig application t 0 J * Mnud Boonham , Hi , _Iligh Holborn . S . B . —The _Korduni siar _news-ia-Mr , forwarded to all parts ofthe Kingdom , hy enclosing five postage stamps , or 5 s . Cd . per quarter in advance .

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      TIIE LASD ! THE _LAXD ! I TO BE SOLD , OR LET FOR A term of three or five years , the Right of Location to a four acre allotment at O'Connorrille . For particulars inquire of Thomas Martin Wheeler , _O'ConnorviUe , near _Kctanansworth , Herts . All letters to contain a postage stamp for reply . T . M . IV . has a vacancy for one or two lads as hoarders , or for a single man or woman as a lodger . For terms apply as ahave .

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      CADTIOX . "D TJPTURES _PEREA _5 _JENTLY CURED _xi WITHOUT A TRUSS . '—Da . _WALTOX DE KOOS , 1 , Ely-place . _Holhorn-lnll , _london , still coniinuts to supply the afflicted - _* _riUi his celebrated cure for Single or Double _Ruj-itures , tiie effisaey of which is uow too well estahlished to need comment . It is easy in application _^ a _* _acauses no inconvenience . Will be sent free on receipt of 6 s . 6 d ., liy Post-office orders or otherwise . Dr . De IL has a great number of old trusses left behind hy persons cured , as trophies of liis immense success , -ivhieh he will readily giveaway to those who need them , after a trial of this "remedy . y . R— * Cnqu £ ry will prove the fact , that tliis is the only remedy known , all others be ' u . g spurious , useless , ana dangerous mutations , against which sufferers arc especially cautioned . Hours . —10 till 1 ; and from 4 till 8 . Mrs . Hill , Deal— "I am quite cured of my rupture , and now return my sincere thanks for your attention and are . "

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      HALSE'S SCORBUTIC _DROTS . A SURE CURE FOR SCURVY , BAD LEGS , AXD IX 1 PDRB BLOOD . Another surprising cure hy means of llalse ' s Scorbutic Drops . _DTXLAEATlOX OF TBE CUAMDUSS OF BEE . VT , DEVON " . We , tbe undersigned , solemnly declare , that before Thomas Ilollins , ( one of our parishioners } commenced - taking "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops , " he was literally covered with _lai-ge running wounds , some of them so large that a person might have laid his fist in them ; tbat before he had finished the first bottle he noticed an improvement ; and that , by continuing them for some time , ie got completly restored to health , after everything else had failed . Hehad tried various sorts of medicines before taking "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops , " and had prescriptions from ihe most celehrated physicians in this country , without deriving the least benefit "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops" hare « ompleteIy cured him , and he is now enabled to attend to Ids labour as well as any man in our parish . From other cures also made in tins part , we strongly recommend "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops" to tlie notice of the public . Signed hy John Elliott , sen ., Lord of the ilanor ; Jons "ilissvsG , _VfiLUAM Peabse , _Hekst _Goodjun , and Abthcb IiAXGwobtht . —June 21 st , 1 S 43 .

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      TRY ERE YOD DESPAIR . HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . CURB OF ASTHMA . Extract of a Letter from Mr . Benjamin Mackie , a respect . able Quaker , dated Creenagh , near _Lough-dl , Ireland , dated September llth , 1 S 4 S . B ** srEcrna ) Fwesd , —Thy excellent Pills have effectuall y cured me of an asthma , which afflicted me for three years to such an extent tliat I was obli ged to walk my room at night for air , afraid of being suffocated if I went to hed by co-ash and phfegia . _Besi-ies taking the Fills , I rubbed plenty of thy Ointmenti nto my chest night and morning . — { Signed ) _BaaAJas _Macsbs . —To Professor Hoiioway . CURS OF TYPHUS FEVER WnES SUPPOSED TO BE

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      TIST OF BOOKS AND SHEETS JJ HOW POBLWinSG BI B . D . COUSINS , HELMET COURT , 337 § , STRAND , LONDON , ( late of Duke-street , Lincoln ' s Inn . )

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      ¦ _O'CONffffOR VILLE . HARVEST HOME ! -THE ALLOTTEES OP O ' CONNORl VILLE , announce to their friends that their annual _-n-Tvwtfllome Dinner , will ! take place on _Mosoav , Octob ** _b ¦ _KE F _* One O ' clock precisely . Dinner _Tiekots , Is _W _* each ' may be had of Jlr . C . W . Smith , No . 0 , on the Estate . v b _^ CossoR , Esq ., M . P ., the Directors , JoliAs IlABSEr _,-nt V ot _* , cr _ftiends , are invited and expected to be present .

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      RUPTURES . EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS ' . —All sufferers from single double Ruptures of every variety , however had and _longstanding , may be permanently cured by Dr . Barker s _wmedv which has been established several years , ana acknowledged hy many eminent , members of the _profl-s-ST be the only efficient one extant . It is applicable to 5 sexesof all ages , easy and painless in use , and certain * ,, » ff .. _of Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind hy persons cured , as TROPHIES of the immense success of this remedy , which Dr . B . _willwillln " lv eive anv requiring them after a trial of it . Sent post-• _VpS with full instructions , on receipt ofGs . in postage _sHmns orby post _* -office order , by DR . ALFRED BARKEN . Medical Hall , 108 , Great Russell-street , Bloomsbuvy-square , London where may be consulted daily from-ten till one mornintr ; fonr till eight evening ; Sunday , ten till one . Medical and Surgical Advice , GRATIS to thept _» r , on all d ' _erases .

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      RUPTURE S PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . —Two years' experience in hundreds of cases of every variety of single and double rupture , in both sexes , and in many cases of a desperate nature , proves that DR . BOOTH'S REMEDY is unfailing , not a single instance of failure having occurred . It is most simple , and easy in application and effect , and is _cWKa " _* . _* _; - " tiously guaranteed a cure in all cases . —Authentic Testimonial : — "It is now ten months since I used your remedy for rupture , and I am glad to say I have gone through every sort of exertion without the least re-appearance of it . " —J . Mastebs , Mill-street , Bedford . The remedy is sent , post free , with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of Gs . by Post ) Office-order ( payable at Holborn office , ) or postage stamps , by Br . JAMES BOOTH , 14 , Hand-court , Holborn , London . _Lfttteva -af _ta-juiTj HWKt enclose twelve stamps for a reply .

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      _y < sg- No . 0 , of the Democratic Review costai" _** s A HIGHI . V-INTEBESTING _JUlHUTIVE , AND EXPLANATION , of theevestsor "The Thirteen th of Junk . " Bv Victor Co « siDERi- * _ti , Representativk or ths People . NOW M 5 ADY WITH TnE MAGAZINES FOB OCTOBER ,

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      THE CHEAPEST EDITIOX EVER rUBLlSUEU . Price Is . Gd ., A new aad elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of _PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of Mr , O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , Loiidoti ; A . Heywood , _Oldluun-stveet , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , A ' _elson-street , Glasgow . Aud I ** , all Booksellers in Town and Country *

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      J. J. A—All Right Mr. Wyxie. Busby.—It T...

      J . J . a—All right Mr . Wyxie . Busby . —It tevminates on November 10 th . Air . S . Ikvlne , Newtown , Ayr . —Five years . _ALtLEnEiisfor theN . C . A . Greeuacrcs Moor , must be addressed to Mr . J . Cooper , secretary , news agent , Yorkshire-strceti J . _U , Oldham . —ft is contrary to our rule . "Mr . 13 . _Scuoixv , Peterborough . —Wc have the number you require , lloiv shall we seud it ? Mr . Jude , _"Newcastle , begs to _acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for the Victim Fund : —W . Ross _, ( id . ; T . Hays , 6 _' tl . ; J . _I'igdon , Is . ; T . Forest , ls . ; J . Brown , Cd . ; M . Jude , « d . ; T . N ' esbit ; Gd . ; T . M'Favlane , _, 7 d . ; Balance from last subscription , Is . ? d . —Total : Gs . 8 d . deduct Post-Office order and stamp , 3 d ; Balance , Gs . id ' sent herewith as per order . li . Ti . P ., Castle Eden . —Four shillings each insertion . To secure the work enter it at Stationer ' s Hall .

      Mr . G . Too . ver , Wodmorc . —Your letter was not received at this office . How was it addressed ? Notice to the i ' _aiBsns of Da , _U'Douall . — The subscribers being a Committee appointed to receive subscriptijns for the support of our well-beloved patriot —Dr . _M-Douall ' s family , in returning thanks to tlie dcmocia-tic public for tlie timely aid already afforded them iu so good a cause , beg to remind them that the time is now rapidly approaching when thatbold defender ofthe people ' s rights will be free . All contributions will he thankfully received by , and made payable to , A _****> iu _**> Y M ' Fee , Treasurer , G , Augustine-street , St . Martins , _Liverpool ; John Waddell , Chairman ; James Mekceii , Geokce _Ttoismsos ; James _SedlifJ Secretary . Leicester _Chaiitists . —George White lias received from tlie Leicester Chartists thc sum of IDs ,, for which hc returns tliem his thanks , lie also received 10 s . tlie previous week , to bs divided with Messrs . West , Donovan ,

      and Mrs . M'Douall , whieh has been duly performed , and a receipt returned to Mi * . Francis Kirk , the secretary , J . Keksiuw , Oldham . —Yes ; General Bern has been in London . It . _Cua-vs-cw . * , _Edijibar- * * * . —• "Received . In a day or two G . J . II . will reply . Jons Anxorr . —We are informed that a friendly meeting , for the benefit of this untiring worker in the demijoratio cause , will take place on Monday evening next , at the Two Chairmen , Wardour-street . We tcust thai My . Arnott ' s friends will rally around him . _MAVCiiESTEtt . —We have received a communication from Mr . Jackson , stating , that a member of the Manchester Chartist council is recommended by tlie said body as a Lecturer , and that he will in the course of the next few days visit Sunderland , Newcastle , Edinburgh , and Glasgow . Mr . Jackson has written the name of the Lecturer , but no one in this Office can read it ; the gentleman , therefore , must be nameless for this week .

      The I0ethem Stab Saturday, Ov'fober Ti, Ts4».

      THE I 0 ETHEM STAB SATURDAY , OV'fOBER ti , tS 4 » .

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      MINISTERIAL , COLONIAL , AND FOREIGN _POLICr . ROMAN AXD HUNGARIAN EXILES . The Whig Ministry are sadly in want of a principle . Mr . Disraeli in his ' lasfc oratorical display hefore thc Buckinghamshire squires and farmers , eloquently expatiated on the inestimable value of a simple and straightforward principle of action to public men . By its aid the crooked becomes straight ,. the doubtful certain , and the obscure palpable . Difficulties vanish from before the march of

      such men , and animated by a well-grounded confidence iu themselves they are strengthened by the confidence reposed in their intentions aud actions by others . Iu the course of Ms . Disraeli ' s public career the worth of such a guidehas , nodoubt , beeti frequentl y experienced . Having since its commencement traversed from one extreme of the political world to the other , it maybe presumed—or at least hoped—thathe has at last found a certain anchorage for his own political faith—and therefore feels competent to the safe pilotage of the party which has recently sworn allegiance to him as its leader . It is , however , not -with Mr . Disraeli that we have to do on the present occasion , but with

      the Foreign and Colonial Policy of tho Russell Cabinet . It is a series of glaring contradictions and political anomalies which give unequivocal evidence of the absence of any clear , decided , or consistent princi ple of action on the part of the Government by whom it is perpetrated __ The only solution of the riddle we can imagine is , . that those two departments ofthe Government are conducted upon totally opposite principles ; that Lord . Grey , the Colonial Minister , is actuated by absolutist aud despotic views , while Lord Palmerston , the Foreign Minister , has at least leanings towards a- constitutional and liberal policy , which he gratifies in his own peculiar department as often as his colleagues wilt allow him .

      Two recent occurrences will illustrate our meaning , and , at the same time , show the different spirit by which these two Ministers arc actuated . "When the Roman Republic was infamousl y and disgracefully crushed bythe superior anus and resources of Republican France , a number of the gallant mon who had taken part in the glorious struggle for Roman liberty and Italian nationality , sought refuge at Malta , a British dependency , from the infuriated vengeance of the despotic party , -whose restoration to power

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      the signal for the infliction of so many _balamitios upon the doomed inhabitants of R ' M 0 ItE O'FebRALL was for many yeare a constant supporter of the Whigs in Parliament _, and had the reputation of being what is called a Liberal . For one or the other of these merits he _. _ras promoted by Earl Grey m the Governorship of Malta . It might have the

      been expected that from such a man nnhappy refugees-professing hke himself the Roman Catholic faith-would have promptly -. nd liberally received that shelter and hospitality which England boasts of always extending to all who seek them . But the Liberal Whig Government did not aive them this . The unfortunate exiles arrived at Malta , in overcrowded vessels , in the sweltering month of _July-at a time when the climate ofthat island is almost intolerably not .

      Many of them were suffering tram tne _enecis of wounds received in the sacred cause ot liberty—many were enfeebled by want , and stricken by poverty , forthe same reason ; they were one and all sternly refused a landing on the island ! They craved , then , as a boon , that they might be sent to prison , or shut up in the L azaretto , in order that they might escape from the vessels in which they were stiflingly pent up , and enjoy at least air and repose . The Whig Governor returned a stern negative also to this request . He would not allow even two of those most severely attacked by illness—or a boy of fourteen—to be landed and relieved .

      Having thus done a deed which will stamp his name with eternal infamy , this More _O'FeRRALL quitted the island for the purpose of amusing himself and recruiting his own precious health in a more northern climate . But lest any ofhis subordinates might be actuated by more humane feelings than himself , he left strict orders that any more refugees who might arrive were to be treated with equal or worse cruelty . More did make their way to the

      inhospitable rock , under the control ofthe " liberal O'Ferrall . Their treatment was made public last week , by a Maltese journal ; and while the recital must have drawn tears , from the most hard-hearted—it cannot but haye excited at the same time a universal burst of execration against the wretch who " dressed in a little brief authority , "—has thus dishonoured the country he so unworthily represents , and trampled on the holiest feelings of humanity .

      The last comers by the Peloro , were allowed by Colonel Rice Jones—the senior officer , to land and occupy that part of the Lazaretto , called "the Sicilian Hospital . " Those who were in health , were many of them without shirts—many without trowers—all suffering from want of food . Those who were ill were " stretched on mattresses of the coarsest quality , filled with straw oftho werst description , in many cases too narrow and

      short , to allow the body to repose . ' "lite shrivelled arm had scarce the necessary strength to dislodge the numerous flies already settling on their victims . " The " gaping wounds of others —who might have been long since cured under proper treatment' '—met the eye of the visitors —and they " saw the loathsome vermin crawling over the bodies of many—some of whom tho fate ' of war had deprived of a limb , and by all of whom tho luxury of a bath was unattainable . * -

      Private charity was aroused by this lamentable tale , and the most pressing wants and sufferings ofthe unhappy fugitives were cared for , and relieved . The infamy—the shameis reserved for the Governor , and the Government under whom' ho ' acted ; for , it is- said , that . O'Ferrall did this in obedience to orders from thc Colonial-office ; and the statement is apparently borne out hy the fact that , instead of his being dismissed with disgrace from the position he has dishonoured , Lord John Russell , the Premier , has , in reply to a remonstrance from tho Radical Members of Parliament , absolutely ventured to justify his nnndiict .

      Now , who wore the parties thus treated { They were persons' who had supported a Government- solemnly and deliberately installed in office by the recognised Legislative Assembly of the people . A Government whose claim to power was superior to that of tho French Republic itself ; and which Joseph Mazzini has shown , in his masterly stato documents , to have had the confidence and support oftho whole population ofthe Roman States . That the defence of such a

      Government against its assailanis was a legitimate oue , was a point upon wliich there was , wc believe , no difference in this country ; and public opinion was equally decided as to the shameful injustice of the French campaign against Rome . But thc iniquity of that campaign was not completed until the genius of More OVFerrall added tho finishing touch . The French allowed the Refugees who took that direction to land at Marseilles , on the

      simple condition of continuing their journey at leisure , and so getting beyond tho frontier of France . Earl Grey and More O'Ferrall were not so tender hearted . Their victims were kept broiling on the open deck of a pontoon , or stewed iu the close hold of a coal barge , under the intense heat of a Maltese July ., What a splendid Whig illustration of the old Whig toast , " Civil and Religious Liberty all over the World ! "

      This is the way in which political refugees arc treated by tho Colonial Minister , and his understrappers , when they fall into thoir clutches . Now for the policy of thc _FOREIGN Minister , in a somewhat similar case . Thc combined armies of Austria and Russia , aided , it is to bc feared , by internal treason , ultimately threw tho " shadows , clouds , and darkness" of defeat on the cause of Hungarian Independence . After a series of victories unrivalled in history , its brave and hi ghspirited defenders were compelled to fly before the overwhelming power arrayed against

      them . Kossuth , Demrinski , Bem , and others , whose names will go down as precious heir-looms to posterity , fled to the nearest shelter . They took refuge under tho protection of the Sultan of Turkey . The Christian reposed faith in tho humanity , honour , and hospitality , of the Mahometan . There was uot even the common tie of religious feeling between those who sought , and those who granted succour and safety . The confidence was nobly repaid . The monarch of a despotic conntry appreciated the virtues and . the motives of those who sought his protection , and

      treated them with the honour and respect which noble minds will ever show to greatness and goodnesss in adversit y . The sincerity with which he did this has , moreover , been subjected to a test so trying and severe , that he might have been almost excused if he had broken down under it . Russia , his ancient foe—who has long looked with a covetous eye on his empire , and hungers for Constantinople as a winter capital—demanded the surrender of thc illustrious exiles . Certain death , accompanied by every indignity that the ferocious and despicable Despot of tho North

      could havo invented , would have been their fate , had they fallen into iiis hands . ¦ Despite the magnitude of the risk incurred —despite all the political considerations which backed the demand of the Autocrat—the Sultan and his Government have nobly and firmly refused to surrender those who trusted to their honour . Although aware that a war with a powerful foe might bo thc consequence , they have defied the Czar and his brutal Muscovites , and tho consequence of their refusal is , that diplomatic intercourse has heen broken off , and a war may follow .

      In this case , however , Lord Palmerston ' s department came into play . Our ambassador to thc Porte , Sir Stratbokd Canning , has throughout advised and supported the Turkish Government in its refusal to give up the Hungarian exiles to the double vengeance of Austria " find Russia—yet these exiles wore guilty

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      of precisely the same offence » _«™ ,. _™> sought shelter at Malta . Thei fortunate differenci was , that they asked refuge from Mahometans instead of Christians , and came under Palmerston ' s influence , instead ot tiiat oi Grey and More O'Ferrall . If Russia persists in picking a quarrel witli Turkey in this case , we aro bound , as an old ally , to support the latter . France , also , is bound by treaties to do so : and we infer , irom the very decided course which the * Foreign Office has taken in the matter , that Lord Palmerston , at all _events , is not inclined to shrink from the duties these treaties impose npon England .

      But will the Grey or despotic party allow such a policy to bo carried out ? It is clear , from Epsseu's undignified and miserably concocted reply to the remonstran ce in the Maltese case , that he is one of tbat party . Rumours have long heen rife about intrigues for tho purpose of ousting Palmerston from the Cabinet ; and we all know that but for thc refusal of GREY to join a Cabinet of which he was to be a member , a Whig Ministry would have been formed in the winter of 1845 . The facts we have narrated , respecting the conduct of the two Ministers in very similar cases , will enable our readers to determine for themselves as to which ought to be deprived of official

      authority ; but these are not thc only tacts which show that the Grey influence is in every way baneful and prejudicial to the best interests of the country . At home , the Exchequer is mismanaged by a brother-in-law of the Colonial Minister — abroad , there is scarcely a colony whicli is not in a state of incipient or open rebellion , _imder his sway . The policy of the Cabinet , under the diverse influences which operate upon it , is inconsistent in itself , dishonourable to the nation , and fatal to its interests . If Parliaments were what tliey have heen , an impeachment wonld follow the infamous affair of Malta . As it is , the curse of feebleness and want of principle has

      fallen alike on People and Parliament . Ab _tothethreatening aspect of affairs between Russia and Turkey , it is probable that a short time will make public the decision of our Government on that question . On Tuesday a numerously-attended Cabinet Council was held , being , Ave believe , the first since the close of the Session of Parliament . It is stated by the " 7 _'* -W to have been summoned by the direction of Lord Palmerston for the dispatch of serious business ; and the number of Ministers present proves that they concurred with the Foreign Secretary in his estimate of the importance attached to the recent occurrences

      at Constantinople . The " Daily _Netos" andthe " Morning Chronicle" intimate that the course pursued by Sir Stratford Canning has been dictated more by his own feeling of personal friendship for thc Sultan , aud his sense of what is due to the honour of the country he represents , than by any positive instructions for such emergencies ,- and the Ministerial journal distinctly states , that the despatches received from him were the sole cause of the sudden and special deliberation of tho members of the Government , who were , at an unwonted season of the year , drawn from their various places of retreat to attend the meeting of Tuesday .

      It is to bc hoped that the result of these deliberation- * has been to throw the weight of England on the side of justice and humanity . If Turkey is assailed by the Muscovite , either for the gratification of revenge , or under the pretext of demanding the extradition of the Magyar fugitives , with the view of pushing its long cherished designs of aggression upon a feebler power , our ambassador ought to bc empowered to assure thc SULTAN _, that the ancient ally of his country will support him in the struggle ; and at the same time notice of that intention should he given to tho Czar ,

      backed bythe immediate order of a fleet to the Black Sea ,. France is equally bound by treaty to support Turkey ; and though thc President of the Republic is a relative of the Emperor of Russia by marriage , and has given abtindaut proofs of his readiness to become a servile tool of the Northern Autocrat , ia the hope thereby of being aided in his attempt to become an Emperor himself- —yet we cannot believe that the tone of public opinion is so thoroughly debased and corrupt in that country as to allow it to be dragged atthe tail ofthe wouldbe monarch . - It has been his own fate also

      frequently to claim the very shelter andhospitality , which Russia demands shall bo denied to Kossuth and his noble compatriots . It is but the other day that he was lounging about thc West-End of London—an exile , whose entrance into tho country lie now governs , was proscribed . . If he forgets that fact , and becomes the tool of despotism , it will , in connexion with his ill-omened Roman policy , seal his fate in this generation , and stamp his character with posterity . His position is by no means assured , and fall when he may , thc retribution will be too signal and merited to permit one feeling of compassion for his overthrow .

      But France must follow England in this question , no matter what may be the selfish interests of Louis Nap oleon ; and if these two powers fulfil their solemn obligations to Turkey and the world by interposing between the "Northern Bear" and his prey , wc have no doubt that the savage and vindictive tone ho now assumes will subside into an apology for having mistaken his real position in Euro " - peau affairs .

      Deplorable State Of Ireland. According T...

      DEPLORABLE STATE OF IRELAND . According to tho newspapers a few weeks ago Queen Victoria was a worthy successor of Saint Patrick , and effected cirresponding miracles by her visit to Ireland . The ' snakes and toads , " the venomous reptiles and unclean beasts of modern times , vanished before the sunshine of her regal countenance . _Bisotry was shamed out of the Island . Party spivi ' t was buried iu the "tombs ofthe Capulots , " and henceforth , all wero to _woi'k lovingly together for the elevation , improvement , and welfare of "tho gem oftho sea . "

      We confess that our faith in such marvellous and sudden national transformations is by no means strong , and that the outpourings of loyalty , and the reciprocal compliments which were bandied about , under the stimulus of tho Royal holiday-makiug , appeared to us in the light of an exuberant overflow of blarney , got up for a state ceremonial , when everybody was put upon his best behaviour , and " was expected to "do the amiable" hefore the visitor . They have taken cave to indemnif y themselves for the brief respite from mutual hostilities . Royalty had scarcely settled itself in its distant Hi ghland home , ero tho old plagues were let loose upon the land . The Babel of

      angry tongues once more arose . The Orangeman asserted his right to shoot Papists—thc Paddy MeKewus to form secret societies , and to carry off the crops without paying raitthe landlords to clear their lauds ol thc human vermin who encumber them , and to seixo the produce of their tenants' labour , heedless of aught but tho legal claims tbey had upon that produce . Mutual forbearance and concessions , with the view of laying tho foundation of some mutually-advantageous arran gement for the future , seems to ho scouted b y till parties . They all stand upon thuiv ri ght—or what seems to them such . The problem , how to regenerate Ireland , appears as far from solution as over .

      Meanwhile the Island , witli all its noble capabilities , drifts rapidly to destruction . In every department the inquiries of staticians disclose a fearful deterioration in the condition of thc whole people . Large districts aro depopulated and lying waste , and a criterion by which to try the state , both ofthe agricultural and commercial interests of the country , has been just supplied by an article in the " _Dthlin

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      Vmvemty Magazine . " The quantity _ofT _^ circulating among a people is at -ill r ? fair test of their industrial condition _T the general position of the coonfrv Vhti ° that money be principally paper and _silvp , * in Scotland , or nominall y gold , and _p- ' as deomable in gold , as in Engl and _^ _uLJ ' metallic or purely symbolic ; it is ev _- (! ' _° _™« so long as money is the representative an measure of all exchanges , the amount in ciit lation affords the best indication of the ov * to which production and consumption « 5 J

      In this respect Ireland presents a sto I and fearful diminution of producing and . chasing power . At the beginning of ml the total issues of all the banks in Ivelai 1 amounted to 7 ,-515 , 414 / ., against a sum gold and silver bullion of 2 , 008 , 012 / . _j n _? than two years the total issue of bank-not _^ has gradually and progressively fallen , _•* .,. «• - it docs not exceed 3 , 833 , 072 / ., against a amount in hallion of not more thani _. _WJTj _^! The entire circulation of thc country has con ' tracted to half its amount * , and the ' go ] , ] „] silver bullion , which the banks ave _< ioiii ]* , ]] e (] to keep by Peel's Irish Banking Act of 15345 as a supposed guarantee for the convertibility of their notes , has been reduced b y _two-fiftij or upwards of a million sterling , '

      The worst feature in the case is , thev- * . "* . _*<_ , been no reactive ebb or flow in the _circulation Had there been any oscillation , it mi ght lUvv justified the hope that this alarming - _"* im u ution was attributable to casual and lluct _* _- ! ating causes ; but the tables published in ti 1 (__ article referred to , demonstrate _conclusivch _* that the decrease has been continuous and pro | portionate during the whole period selected f 0 P comparison . The inference , therefore , is , that the state of things indicated by these facts is organic—that the vitals of the nation are wasting , and that unless the deadly influences which operate upon it are arrested by bold and national remedies , it must speedily fall iut 0 a state of collapse and death .

      The state of this country m I 8-J 7 , Av } , Peel ' s act of 1844 put thc screw upon our industrial interests—raised the _piice oi" _iliscouiits till the best paper was practicall y worthless and the value of gold was inordinatel y aiio _* . ' mented—may give some idea of the _cousel quences of such a diminutkin of the circulation as has taken place in Ireland . The artificial scarcity of money created by that measure caused an industrial collapse in England ! Mills stood still—commerce was suspended ' except on condition of ruinous sales—and bankruptcies were gazetted b y scores . T _^ country was , in fact , smitten with paralysis and a general outcry , from all classes , compelled the Government , by an extraordinary

      letter , to remove the strangling band from the neck of the nation , and allow it to breath again . Bnt in that case only 8 , 000 , 000 / . of gold was abstracted from our ordinary circulation for the purchase of forei gn provision ; , What would the effect have been if the entire currency had decreased to the extent of cue half ? Imagine the number of hands out of employment—the shops closed and descriedthc properties worthless to their owners and unsaleable to others , whieh such a fact implies—and then conceive the feelings of tiiose subject to such a state of things , and who see 110 prospect of this drain of thc life blood of the country being stopped—no prospect of tangible and substantial improvement " .

      Who is to " bell the cat ? " Who will give us a remedy for such a fearful national crisis as these facts disclose ? John _O'Conn'KU — the dull , prosy and feeble inheritor of , _-i ioj . utation which was bankrupt almost before thc grave closed upon its 0 truer—proposes to reopen tho spouting shop of the Repeal Association . Fudge . ' If his father , iu the plenitude ofhis powers and the strength of his intellect , neither possessed the knowledge nor the ability to raise Ireland from poverty and degradation into an independent and prosperous nation at a time when its immediatelv available

      resources wero so much larger than they now are , is it likely the mere trader upon his ideas at second-haud , thc borrower 0 ? a popularity not his own , will be able to effect anything for it ? Mr . Duffy calls for help from the Priests , Fudge again ! He has no faith in them— -and they have as little in him . _IvoU-md * vffi wy er be regenerated and made socially and \\ qMcally free by tho priesthood . They are inevitably , from nil their associations , and the whole nature of- tlieir training , the subjects of a foreign power . They may not be . devoid of an instinctive lovo for Fnthorhmd—but they are

      linked to it by none of the family and domestic ties , which , in the case of other men , cluster rouud aud strengthen that primary instinct . They are vowed to the Church . Its power is predominant , and whatever measures would clash with its interest—in the regeneration _<* t Ireland—would , most certainly , be opposed by them . Within Ireland , therefore , the prospect of cifectual improvement is gloomy and cheerlessnor is the matter much mended when we look in other quarters—Political Economists , landlords , and lawyers iu England , raise a cloud of words from which no substantial result can

      bo expected . Every party professes to be wonderfully anxious for thc improvement of Ireland , but , somehow or other , they seem to act like a crowd when they rush to the door of a theatre—they choke _xip the passage , and while all struggle nobody gets in . The Executive Government is not to be thought of for au instant . Lord John and his Cabinet have boon three years in office , and ( luring the whole period not the slightest indication has been offered , either of txuy conception of thc actual evils of tho country , or the remedies by which they can be alleviated , and ultimately cured . A series of miserable peddling and paltry makeshifts forthe moment has _charactcris-cd

      their entire administration , _tmd looking at t .: e mental calibre of the Ministry , we expect _nothing else from it in future . "Who will show us any good thing . ' ' ' Who will strike on tho heart ' of the empire in a manner which will cause it spontaneously and simultaneously to _rosponil " Thou art thc man !"

      Cactiox To Seu.Eus Of Stajips—Uy The Now...

      Cactiox to Seu . eus of _Stajips—Uy the now Stamp Act , which will come info force on Wednesday next , tlie stamp -allowances aro reduced from 7 * per cent , to 1- } per cent ., in consequence of whieh reduction it has been suirg'estcd that sellers of receipt stamps should mako a chavfjc for the paper on which they are impressed , as for bill stamps . There is , however au act of Parliament , ' unrepealed , which will subject them to a penalty of 10 _f for every such offence . The fourth section of the 3 th of George IV ., c . 27 is in the following words :-'' And whereas it is highly improper that anv vendor of stamps for receipts sliould , upon the sale thereof , make any charge- for the paper upon which such stamps arc iropvessed , seeing that such raner is by

      this act directed to bo supplied gratis by tlie _Commissioners of Stamps ; be it further enacted , ilia ; if any person or persons , upon the sale of any _stnir-p or stamps for a receipt or receipts , shall make a : _* y charge for the paper whereon the same shall be impressed , or shall , under any colour or pretence whatever , demand or receive a greater price or sum than tlie amount of the stamp duty denoted by sucli stamp or stamps , every person so offending shall for every such offence forfeit and pay tlio sum ot" £ 10 ., to he sued for and recovered , levied , and applied in such and the samo manner as any _p'Mialfics under any other act or acts relating to - _tittitp duties , may be sued for , recovered , and

      applied _. By the Death of George TIexry "Ward , Esq ., of _Korthwood Park , in thc Isle of "Wight , a very large property will come into thc possession of " Non-nV tural Ward , " as he is termed , the once well known Puscyito member for Oxford Universilv , who subscribed to the articles of the Church of ' England in a non-natural sense , and who , like Mr . Newman , and unlike Dr . Pusey _, left the ¦ Church of England to join that of Rome , Thc Rev . Mr . Ward was destitute . of . money when ho left the Established Church , and has latterly been _livinir on £ 100 a-year , which ho obtained as tutor in a lloman Catholic family , lie is now possessed of property worth M 0 M 0 a-year .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 6, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06101849/page/4/