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    • UBtKAL iSUVJlvs* o.n VoLmC.5. ''"tlEOLOU^ AND SOCIAL PROGRESS,
    • OBSERVE.
    • :iIE WARRINGTON "CONSPIRACY" CASE.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MARCH 27,1847.
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      * The Northern Star. March 27, 1347

      * THE _NORTHERN STAR . March 27 , 1347

      Ubtkal Isuvjlvs* O.N Volmc.5. ''"Tleolou^ And Social Progress,

      _UBtKAL _iSUVJlvs * o . n VoLmC . 5 . _''"tlEOLOU _^ AND SOCIAL PROGRESS ,

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      In one thick Octavo Volume , cloth boards , 5 s . Cd . ; in 11 Parts at 63 . eacb ; or in 55 Penny Numbers , the MEMOIRS OF SERJEANT PAUL SWANSTON , Written by himself , and never before published . This is the complete Life of a Soldier in Portugal , Spain , France , America , Ireland , and Great Britain , from 180 G to 1825 . The Camp , the March , the Skirmish , the Battle , the Victory , and the Defeat ; tbe Siege , the Forlorn Hope , the _Tlunder , the R iot , the Ravage , the Military Heroism , and the Moral Crime ; the fulness of one day and the hunger of another ; Liberty and Hope , Captivity and Despair , were parts of the Author ' s every-day life . Memorials of bis most adventurous Comrades are also recorded ; with many new details ofthe Duke , his _Campaigns , Officers , and Soldiers , wbich has never appeared in any otber Work ofthe kind .

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      IMPORTANT TO PHOTOGRAPHISTS . AN application was made on the 22 nd _September , to the Vice-Chancellor of England , by atr . Beard who , acting under a most cxtracrdiuy dclusun , considers _himseif tint sole patentee of the Photographic process !) to restrain MR . ESERTON , of 1 , Temple-strtot , and 148 , Fleet-street , rom taking Photographic Porti . _uts , which ha does by a process entirely different fron . etndvery superior to Mr , Beard ' s , and at one-half the cl _^ rge . His Honour refused the application in toto . So license required to practice this process , which is taught b y Mr . Egerton in a few lessons at a moderate charge * Alt tho Apparatus , Chemicals , dsc . to be had as usual _mbls Dei > ot , l , Temple-street , _Whitefriiirs ,

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      JUST PUBLISHED , No . 3 , ( price od . ) of THE LABOURER , Monthly Magazine of Politics , Literature , Poetry , tc Edited by FEAK _006 O'Connor , Esq ., ahd Ebsest Jones , Esq ., ( Barri 8 tcrs-at-Lnw . ) Thc Democratic Movement _inthis country heing _whollj deficient in a monthly organ , the above magazine is eeta . blishcd t <» Temedy this deficiency . Placed by lownesfi of price witlim the reach of all , yet . equal to its more expen-Rive competitors , it embraces thefollowing features : — 1 .-THE "LAND AND TIIE LABOURER , or thc progivess and p . _ishion of the National Lund Company , and all interesting facts connected with tho culture _andiiroduce of ithe soil , ! . —THE TOOK MAN'S LEGAL MANUAL , ( by an eminent IillHtlistcr , ) giving all _noceesary legal information feir the express use of allottees on the land , and the _working classes in general .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To he had at the _Atrttem Star Office , 16 , Great Wind Kiill Street ; and of Abel Heywood , Manchester .

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      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC _INSTITUTION . Mr James Russell , ( lute of Covent Garden and Drurylane Theatre * , ) gave tho first of a series of " Reading * frora _Shakspeare" at this popular establishment on Thursday last , in which he was _emln-sntly successful _^ The subject chosen was the » Merchant of Venice . " Three scenes were given . Tbe first , where _Bassanio applies to Antonio for big assistance , to enable him to try bis fortune with Portia secondly , that with Shjlock when applying to him to grant tho loan on Antonio ' s _stcurity * , and thirdly , the trial scene . Mr _HusBell accomplished his task with much ability and judgment . He kept the characters perfectly distinct , and varied the intonations of his voice to suit _thediife-rtnt speakers . The readings were listened te with much attention hy the audience , and there were repeated bursts ofapplause , ¦ which were unanimously given at the conclusion .

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      THB COLOSSEUM . The proprietors of this very attractive and highly entertaining exhibition bave reduced the prices of admission _. The whole of the six splendid exhibitions are open to the public , cither day or evening , at two shillings , thus rendering it one ofthe _cheapest entertainments in London . The Panorama of London by night is included with a host of other attractions . We hail with much satisfaction tho liberal efforts of the management to place within the reach of all an entertainment so highly desirable . Once create a taste in the minds of the million for rational aud refined amusement , and we are certain a full shave of patronage will be liberally extended to those who devote their talent and money to the cause of public _instructioo .

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      _ExTEXSIVB _ROBBBBT BY A SOIJCIIOr ' s Cl . ERK .--0 n Thursday information was received by thc police that Robert Shephard , a young man in the employ of Messrs Hodson , _Concanew , and _Noyea , solicitors , _Linceln ' _s-inn , had absconded , tailing with him 43 _ii in gold , and two 30 / . Bank of England notes , which he was entrusted with to _taho to a banker ' s in the City . ' He iB described as being five feet ten inches in height , thin , and Dale complexion , and a reward of 501 is offered for his _ttpprelittsit n _.

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      THE UND AND ITS CAPABl _LIHts . _NoTTof THE LABOURER , _JuBtpublished , contains a Reprint of Mr . F . O'Connor ' s Letter , in the "Northern Star " of January 39 tb , demonstarting tbe certainty with which nn allottee may « upport himself and family , and accumulate money , on a " Two Acre" allotment . The very general demand that wns made for the paper contnining the above letter has induced tlie Editors to reprint it , after careful revision , in the March Numberof the Labourer .

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      NUMBER IV . of "THE LABOURER" ( Price Co . ) , Which will he published on April lst , will contain an elaborate Treatise on the NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK , IK ITS _KELATIOK WITH THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . ft _Published at the "Northern Star" Office , Ifi , Great Windmill-street , London ; and may be bad of all _Heok-Hellers .

      Observe.

      OBSERVE .

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      All questions , connected with the management of land , and touching the operations of building , cultivation , & c , to be addressed to Mr . O'CoNNon . Lowbands , Red Marie . Ledbury , Worcestershire . AU communications of Agents ,, and all matters of ac count , to be addressed te Mr . W . Rider , "Northern Star Office , " lfi , Great Windmill Street , London All Applications for magazines to be made through Mr . M'Gowan , Printer , as above , % _&• All reports of meetings holden in any part of

      :Iie Warrington "Conspiracy" Case.

      : iIE WARRINGTON "CONSPIRACY" CASE .

      The Northern Star Saturday, March 27,1847.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MARCH 27 , 1847 .

      _Nohthbrn Star _Ofpicb . _Fbidat . We have received a communication from Liverpool announcing that the trial ofthe Newton mechanics on the charges contained in the monster indictment , wo-Id come on this afternoon , or to-morrow ( Saturday ) . A full report ef thc trial will appear in our next number .

      Tiie Present Crisis. Now That The Great ...

      TIIE PRESENT CRISIS . Now that the great Humbug of the week has passed hy—now that the working classes have lost a day's employment by way of a boon from the " Church and State "—it behoves us tojrevert to the opinion of the country as to the gross act of blasphemous superstition of which our Legislature has heen guilty . Our denunciations of that act havebeen fully verified by the unanimously expressed opinion of the working classes ; who here , again , have proved themselves vastly ahead of tlieir rulers in enlightenment and

      common sense . Government must be two centuries behindhand in intelligence , if they think that they can blind the people by such tricks as this mockery of a Fast . It would have done in the dark ages , when the faults of the legislators were fathered upon God ; or in remoter times , when every illgotten bantling was ascribed to a Pagan deity . But men have learned to reason from cause to effect—and Famine , the bastard chihl of evil laws , bears plainly on its face the stamp of its ignoble origin—a cross-breed between the Tory and the Whig . The homoeopathic plan of curing famine by fast not having succeeded by a miracle ,

      since manna is not dropping from tlie skies to-day in consequence , naturally leads us to consider what will be the future growth of the hydra-headed monster . Little , indeed , can be the confidence , either in the good intention or in the wisdom of a ministry , that resorts to similar expedients ; and were it not that we have faith in the sense and determination of the people , we should be compelled to consider the prospect before us as dark indeed . It must be evident to all , that nothing can be expected from any party now holding the balance of governmental power . There was a time in which the masses might

      gam advantage out of the discord of party and the weakness of some individual faction : this is the case no longer . Landed and monied interests see the necessity of coalescing against the people ; and thus , while , on the one hand , ths array of opposition is increased , on the other hand , thc question of the ultimate solution of the difficulty becomes Jess complicated . There is nothing like a good opposition . Men then know what they arc about . While they are yet doubtful as to who is a friend , and wbo is a foe , they will be _paralysed in their actions , from the fear of wholly estranging a half-friend , or

      turning a supporter into an enemy . \ v e are relieved from this difficulty—we know who arc our _friends , and who are our enemies—and , what is better still , we have learned at last , that allwho are not for us are against us . This is an important lesson , since it precludes the possibility of that temporising and time-serving which has ruined so many a public movement . We have learned that it has come to a struggle between the rich and poor , and a struggle , not for imaginary rights , but for the RIGHT TO LIVE . This , indeed , simplifies tbe question , and those who once called Chartism a

      " hungry howl , knew not the fearful prophecy contained in their words . It was at first the indignant cry of an oppressed people for their rights ;—woe to those who are turning it into a ¦¦ hungry howl !" They tell us hunger will break through stone walls , and yet tbey forcibly take the food from the mouths ofthe famishing , and sleep amid dreams of security in palace , barrack , and store . Meanwhile they are feeding thc public with something more than M . Soyer ' s soup—they are feeding the public mind with a fresh catalogue of wrong and insult , under which patience would be as much a mockery as violence

      would be unwise and to be deplored . But there is a medium course—there is such a thing as an organisation of national power , combined with an expression of public mind . Governments have used such means to frighten oppositions , and enforce a political delusion—they can bemore efficacious in the hands of the people when enforcing a political truth . And be it remembered , that every year , nay , every month , weakens the popular strength . Slavery is a dangerous thing , inasmuch as its habitude enervates , and makes a man feel , think , and act like a slave . At firs * aman will struggle indignantly , but after a time he grows desponding—at last indifferent , and he will say to himself , ' It is all very bad , hut what can be done ? " May the people of this country

      never be reduced to such a state ! What is to be done ? To act like men ! To pour petition after petition into the House , with constantly increasing signatures ; to hold suchdemonslrations as shall baffle factious opposition , and to take our stand at every hustings in the empire . Let us do this , and without violence , peaceably , quietly , and in the utmost order , that great revolution may be effected , which shall replace the worn-out constitution of faction , by the great principle of the Charter . Meanwhile , let us not forget that the enemy is constantly undermining our camp . Famine is slaughtering the people by hundreds of thousands , and thc ceaseless and fatal sapping of emigration is going on in the dark . In opposition to this , the Land Company is progressing , it is true , with unexampled success ; but in times

      like the present , every man is wanted at his post ; every hand should be ready for the helm and the sail , to steer the vessel of the State through the shoals of Onopoly and past the rocks Jof "Prejudice , Once more , then , we exhort the toiling millions not to lull themselves into apathy , under the idea that things can •' right themselves . " Things did not make themselves wrong , but were made so by

      Tiie Present Crisis. Now That The Great ...

      'he men whose interest it is to keep them so . It is the interest of the landlord and the farmer to keep their labourers at 6 s . or 8 s . a-weelt wages , and to keep down the country population . Itis the interest of the factory-lord to grind his slave even stil lower , and to overcrowd the factory labour-market 1 it is the interest of the State Church to keep the people blinded and ignorant , in order that they imiy submit to the three _class-harpies . These three causes have heen long at work—the effect we see to-day in famine and misery ; they cannot stay the

      downward tendency of their government , if tlicy would , for that would produce a reaction , and upset all . They are , therefore , compelled to go on as they begun—to nail the colours of Finality to thc mast , and to fight their vessel to the last . Now , then , the question is reduced to this—are the people to proceed from bad to worse , and miserably perish—or are they to subvert a social organizat ' on , pregnant with such terrible results ? The answer is obvious—how ? we have already shown—the

      avhbn ? is equally plain . Next year the People will he less able to produce an impression than this one , —if they let the present time pass by in inactivity . If , on the contrary , they now prove themselves equal to the crisis , next year will see them on the way to victory . In a public movement much depends on knowing when to wait , and when to act ; for , as the poet says , There is a tide in the affairs of men , Which , taken atthe flood , leads on to fortune _.

      That the people are prepared , that the public mind is alive to its true interests , is proved by its manifestation at every fresh act of legal injustice , or government absurdity . Such has been the case at the solemn mockery of " the Fast ; " on which occasion four overflowing public meetings were held in one-day , in London alone . Nor has the country

      been more backward in denouncing this insult to common sense . Such being thc public mind towards a religious mockery like the one alluded to , we are encouraged to believe they will no less protest against tlie 8 _» d reality of that legislation , which has given rise to misery it thus insults ; and that its authors will have to answer ( or their HIGH THEASON—not to the Sovereign , but to the

      PEOPLE .

      Scotch Justice ! Atthe High Court Of Jus...

      SCOTCH JUSTICE ! Atthe High Court of Justiciary , Edinburgh , on Tuesday last , James Falconer , Angus Davidson , Daniel Sutherland , John Young and John Main , were charged with " mobbing and rioting to prevent the shipment of grain" at Burghead Harbour , eou ntyof Moray ; and also with having assaulted the procurator-fiscal and a superintendent of police . The prisoners , no doubt advised thereto by their lawyers with the view of mitigating punishment pleaded guilty , with the exception of Falconer , who did not plead guilty to the charge of assault . The

      prisoners legal advocates showed that they had previously borne unblemished characters , \ vere peaceable and hardworking fishermen ; that some of them had families depending upon their industry , and that even that test ( in Scotland ) of a poor man ' s " respectability" —regular attendance at public worshipwas not wanting . as certificates frora ministers residing in their locality testified . Everybody in court supposed that a short imprisonment would be the utmost punishment inflicted on the prisoners , when Io ! the judges having retired to consider their sentence returned into court , and sentencing Falconer to eighteen months' imprisonment , sentenced the other four to be each transported for seven *

      years ! This infernal mockery of justice is enough to drive peaceable men mad . The - ' Edinburgh Weekly Register " states that " everybody in court heard the severe sentence with amazement ; and many persons shed tears . " For our part we are not at all inclined ; o the melting mood , by reading the account of

      this judicial outrage . This atrocious jtidgment , this base , bloody , and brutal sentence , should rouse other feelings than those of mere pity for the victims . These ruffianly judges should be held up to public execration , and the whole strength of Scottish opinion be exerted to compel a reversal of the sentence , and the consequent degradation of these pitiless executioners .

      When the canting scoundrel of a planter was Hogging his slave , and at the same time lecturing the poor nigger on the heinousness of his offences , poor Sambo , unable to stand the double infliction , hurst out with " Oh ! Massa , Massa , when you floggee fbggee ; when you preachee , preachee ; but no preachee and floggee too . " The poor Burghead fishermen had not merely to stand the flogging , sentence of seven years' transportation , but also the preaching of their precious judges . Lord Mackenzie declared— " He never read an indictment which

      made him more ashamed of his country . " His countrymen may retort , that they never heard a sentence which made them more ashamed of tlieir country ' s laws . This "lord" added that _'ijf the military had been present at the riots , it would have heen the duty of the authorities to have ordered the soldiers to fire upon the rioters ! " Lord Medwyn concurred ; and the Lord Justice Clerk added that " sentence was inflicted ' that others might hear and tremble . ' He was determined to uphold the authority and the dignity of the law . " Of course ,

      uphold the dignity of thc law , though that law be Draco ' s , and written in blood . Crush , oppress , beat down the starving poor , break human hearts , but uphold the authority of the law 1 Plunder and starve the multitude , deprive them of the corn they have sowed and reaped , and if with famine before their eyes they attempt to resist your robberies , why then uphold the dignity of the law ! If your soldiers are at hand , shoot the " rebels" as you would rabid dogs ; if they are uot at hand , give them the " law , " doom them to worse than death , consign

      them to herd with felons , to drag out-years of misery , to he torn from all the endearments of home , to the a _^ oiiy of knowing that tlieir families have become outcasts with almost a certainty of becoming criminals , and so make more work for the law ! Do this , just judges ; do this , worthy executioners of the pitiless will of the property-holders . Why should you not ? you are strong , and might makes right . You arc strong , forthe millions you outrage are ignorant or apathetic , bearing with your usurpation , your tyranny and cruelty , and , therefore , deserving the stripes with which you scourge them .

      There has been no case of judicial wrong perpetrated in Scotland since the trial of the Glasgow Cotton Spinners equal to this villanous sentence of the poor Burghead fishermen . The tone assumed by Mackenzie and Co ., in passing sentence , maybe fairly placed by the side of the bloodthirsty speeches of the rascally judges who doomed Muir and Iiis companions to banishment and death ; or

      by the side of the brutal jibes of the atrocious Abiuger . We trust that , even before this number of the Star is published , some member of Parliament will demand inquiry into these proceedings , with a view of procuring the nullification ot the sentence ; if not—and we have no faith in Scottish Parliamentary patriotism—we trust that Mr Duncombe will take up the matter and bring this case fully before the British public .

      " Stand ' s Scotland where she did ? " In days gone by wehave witnessed no mean exhibition of public spirit in that country , and we trust that a revival of that epirit will now be shown . We appeal to yoii , working men of Scotland , to rise frora your slumbers , and come forward to the rescue of your bretb

      Scotch Justice ! Atthe High Court Of Jus...

      en . We know you , _a „ d knowing , hon 0 tt 7 * Z > your many virtues ; but there is one serious - _^ chargeable to your account , yon too tamely _bea T ills you might relieve yo urselves of , and too ,, ' * ' * submit to oppression which you might cast off v _'' if you ave men worthy of the proud name _£ _*• _resist this cruel injustice perpetrated bv ' tyranls in the name of "law . " Meet and _L- _' _^ f or instant redress , demand the exercise of th _^ prerogative forthe fico pndon of Ule _J _^^ fishermen . That no time may be lost , let the _s" _^ tish Democrats take the initiative in rousin ° _. ' ' attention . Our columns are at their service _^ i necessary , we donbt not that other EnglishV * 1 _* be forthcoming . Lettherebenodelay- ' * ' " '' Nora's the dnv . nni" _»»' _. ( tin * ,,... _ _..

      Parliamentary Review . In Spite Of The A...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . In spite of the anxiety and earnestness _niij . i , Ministers press their various Irish * meastires gress is extremely slow . Legislation , even of th * stop-gap kind we have , by no means keeps pace with the progress of misery and abuses in Ireland . \ _x - quite clear tbat the opposition offered by the Jay , lords to almost every _elause ot the Poor Law whu threatens , however remotely , to compel them to support the destitute will prevent it from hei _,,. discussed in thc House oi Lords till after Easier , The Waste Lands Reclamation Bill , the only other really valuable measure ol the lot , small as thit value may be , has not yd been introduced into

      thi-House of Commons . Up to the present time all that tlie Government and Legislature have done is to pass a few temporary measures , imperativel y called for by their own previous blundering , _j n . tended to correct , as far as possible , the effects of their own ignorance and incompetency , and to forward nearly to their last stages , those _por . tions of the ministerial programme which go to benefit the landlords , and to pour into their coffers the money wrung from the industry of Great Britain . The position which these landlords have

      assumed in these _circnmstsncpa ie lie- nn ... / . „ ., ¦ , . assumed in these circumstances is by no means & a enviable one . Their selfishness has been quite as obvious as their rapacity . They have striven with i courage , and perseverance worthy of a better cause to defeat erery clause which had a tendency of a permanent character in the Poor Law ; to prevent the enactment of out-door relief , even under the exceedingly limited and modified regulations proposed hy the ministry ; and , lastly , so to levy the rates as to secure , as far as they can , their own immunity from payment . The true object of their

      opposition to the plan of rating proposed hy the Government is to enable them to drive the poor into the towns , and leave them ultimately dependent on . the national treasury , as they are at present . The effect of past ejectments , and the present refusal of relief in the purely rural divisions of the country have produced , even under the existing Poor Law in Ireland , a most unequal pressure , being in some places only 6 < 1 . in the pound on some rentals , and 6 s . on others . In fact , the landlords expel the hunger and fever-stricken

      people from their estates , and throw them in masses upon the struggling tradesmen and middle classes of the towns . The object of the Ministerial mode of rating , is to prevent such gross injustice as this , by introducing into their new bill a well-known principle of the old English Poor Law , and carried out by what were called " rates in aid . " When a parish became overburdened with paupers beyond its just share and capacity , it was entitled lo _ite-nand a rate in aid fiom the neighbouring parishes . It is provided in the present Irish Bill , that as soon as

      the home rate exceeds a certain amount in thc pound , rateable assistance may be demanded from the whole of the union . The landlords may , under such a regulation , continue their ejectments , but the " rate in aid" will reach them . Looking at the gruss inequalities which are likely to arise even undpr the proposed system , some members have suggested a national rate . The same opinion is held by

      many parties with respect to the support of the poor in this country -, but unless such a system was _accompanied by many restrictions and regulations , it would inevitably tend to the complete destruction of the principle of local self-government , which has been so valuable and important an element in the history and progress of this country , and which has been already too much infringed upon by the Whig English Poor Law .

      Limited And Inadequate As The Ministeria...

      Limited and inadequate as the Ministerial measures may be , it must be confessed that they are better than any of the suggestions hitherto made by the Irish members for thu benefit of their fellowcountrymen . Had Ireland possessed ten men with courage and intellect sufficient to have brought forward and urged au effectual , comprehensive , and practical scheme of reform , such is the present state of parties , such the awful and appalling nature of the calamity , and so great the pecuniary sacrifices demanded from England , that they might have

      reckoned with tolerable certainty upon success . But they have done nothing of the kind . Ministers are strong in consequence of their weakness . Incongruous , , defective , and petty as the plans of the Government ; are , they are positive masterpieces of wisdom and I benevolence , when compared with every project ori- ¦ ginaled hy the Irish members , who assume to be e best acquainted with the popular mind , and the e honour of specially representing that mind in the e Imperial Legislature , What have the O'Connells Is proposed wortliv of a moment ' s consideration ? ?

      Surely for the hundreds of thousands poured intoio the treasury of Conciliation Hall , some pains might [ it have been taken by the loud-tongued patriots who io there assembled to have prepared and urged earnestly _, ly and consistently , a systematic series of measures for or the improvement of Irelaud I Instead of that , thehe " Liberator" has fled to the Continent , and , _acconl-tling lo some accounts , from public life forfor ever ; and his successor , Mr John , either _ap-ippears in the liouse as the humble and _obequiousius slave of the Treasurv Uench , or the proposer of of

      crude , jejune , and impracticable nostrums * vihicn , cn are scouted as soon as uttered . Nor can the the " young Ireland " party boast much mo .-e of _theinew recognised Parliamentary leader . Mr Smith O'BrieMrieu ought to have been better prepared for the crisirisii than he is . The proposal for an Absentee TaiTa * might , iu connection with other measures , _havdavf been adopted ; but as a naked proposal , its rejectioitioi was cerlain ; and had it been carried , would havhavi produced very little , if any , benefit to Ireland . WiWi are not now speaking of the justice of such a tax tax

      but simply of the practical effects Of its ilupositiontion The landlords would have discovered a _htindreidre methods to evade it if imposed ; and after all , te , te per cent ., or 400 , 000 / . annually , from the estates ( es ( absentees is a mere trifle , when dealing with a stal stal of things which will take ten millions sterling _froi fron England this year , independently of the enormormoi voluntary contributions from all parts of the _empirnpin

      and the generous munificence which sends its larj lar | subscriptions across the Atlantic . Next year , w , n have every reason lo believe , the same assistaustau ¦ will be required - and such very paltry proposals als those now noticed , only show , so far as they mai mai fest anything , that poor Ireland has as little to hoo ho at present from her own chosen leaders , as she the b from Russell and the Whigs , in the way of _gener-ener _permanent , and radical reforms .

      The only novelty in the legislation of this wes w at the time of writing , is the introduction of a W a by the Government , for limiting the period of ealif e » ment in the army . Mr Fox Maule explained ned general principle of this bill to be , that the per , e pe of enlistment ought not to be so long as io dt to i men from entering , or to make them discoulenoule

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27031847/page/4/