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    • POVfcUTY NO CRIME. ^ .
    • TI1K NORTHERN STAR SATDUDAY, JUNE 5. 1847.
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      1 METROPOLITAN DEMONSTRATION 8 ( tain » t t . ie ACCURSED NEW POOR LAW , md in favour of ANEW A . ONE « i <> rt in aw » nHm-e mm th- wants , treting * . bitntu , •»«• nisiom * of theHr > itih Nation , will beheld Mtho UllO'VS AND ANOHOR TAVERN , STRAND , on ToiiD * f Evkmko , / on * 6 , 18 » 7 . THOMAS WAKLEY M . P ., w : ll be p ropowd to ¦ he rhair » t 8 <»' cl » t k | rccisely . ' T . S . DnnromW . M . P ; L-. rd JohoVannersW P .: Sir B Ha'l . HP . ; » . W . Hhrvey , Esq .- SirDeLaev Evani M . P ; B . Pifwli . Mr ; W . B . Fe rand , M P : B Onstlr . E ^ . ; B . B . CaW-ell . M . P .- Chart , g Cochrane , E « q . ; Ciiarks Lusfnngton . B-q . ; « nd Iht Membewof the Executive Committee , wiil be present and addren tte meeting . Men of Lon . o'i aitend and « l" > w jour hntrtH of InhamanH y , Tyranny , and Oppression .

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      Ti1k Northern Star Satduday, June 5. 1847.

      TI 1 K NORTHERN STAR SATDUDAY , JUNE 5 . 1847 .

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      NON-INTERVENTION ! ENGLAND AT WAR WITH THE PEOPLE OF PORTUGAL ! Bitter expprience has laught tbe people of this country the hnll twness , falsehood , and hypocrisy , o ; that pitiful factioii _ ihe Whi gs . Never yet did the ) make a promise that they did not break ; never » pledge that they did not falsify ; never was a principle professed liy them Uiat they did not violate , and do tlirir liesi to liring into contempt . Tlieii clamour for " I ' eform " was followed by deeds o damnable delusion and dark depravity , as "Coercion " ami " New Poor Law " Bills testify . Their ranting for " itelgiuus Liberty " has been ever followed bv

      sc ' semrs tending to strengthen Chureh-craft , and to insult proscrilied sects . More recently , " Educatinn" and " Sanatory Reform" have fallen under ths withering curse of Whi g patronage . "Justice for Ireland " was long the factious watchword , by the use of which they tiaffieked in Irish credulity , until surprised by the famine , they proved their utter incompetence as rul'rs by their impotent measures of "RelW . " In the present , as in the past , the Whigs have shown themselves imbecile meddlers with every work they have undertaken , and hypocritical traitors to every principle thsy have enunciated .

      But if there is one fraud blacker than the rest in the list of their irredeemable offences against truth honour , and honesty , that one pre-eminent plaguespot is , their hypocritical use and blood-staim d violation of the policy entitled by themselves , Non-intervention . " In 1830 they proclaimed that Non-intervention was , and would be , the basis of their foreign policy , yet they were scarcely well seated in power , when they engaged this country in a " little war" with Holland , not fortmS purpose of securing the liberties of the Belgian people , but to

      place a Cnburg on the newly-erected throne of that country . They encaged in left-handed wars for the purpose of putting down the " legitimate " claimant of the SpanUh Throne , aud ousting the actual possessor of the Throne of Portugal . Nevertheless , they pretended to act upou the principle ot ' ¦ Nonintervention . " and , in proof thereof , pointed to Poland and Italy , where they had allowed Russia

      aud Austria to drown in blood , and crush by force , the patriots who had attempted the redemption of those counlri ; s . Their next exploit was the driving of ibrahim Pacha out of Syria , compelling the Syrians to accept the anarchial rule of the Turks , instead of the organised despotism of Mehenict Alia change for the worse . The slaughter and destruction at Beyrout and Acre strangely illustrated the vaunted policv of Non-intervention !

      But the conduct of the Whi g Government towards Affghanistan capped the climax of their duplicity aud criminality . Aff ghauistan was a perfectly independent country , yet the Whig Government presumed to interfere in its affairs , despising the 'icojrie ' s chosen Prince , and imposing upon them a detested creature whose power was only maintained by British bayonets . But that came to an end—a frightful end—as eveiy one knows . Goaded

      to despcrauon , the Affgbans rose against the British ar i y and their princely tool , aud annihilated both . A large army was totally destroyed . But one man and a few loumen lived to tell the tale of England ' s disgrace , aud the wretched end of England ' s sons and soldiers . The bleaching hones of the hapless victims of a ri ghteous retribution , whitening in their thousands the gloomy passes of Afghanistan , proclaimed the true interpretation of Whi g Nonintervention . "

      Ajtaiu in power , the Whi gs have already within twelve months exhibited two characteristic illustrations cf their precious princi ple of " Non-intervention . " They have again betrayed Poland , and are now coercing Portugal ; crouching to the Tsar , they bully the 1 ' ortiit . uose , and in both instances disgrace iheir conntry . If there is any common sense in the phrase " Nonintervention , " it must mean that each nation should be left to the management and settlement of its

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      own affairs , without being interfered with by ai . jr other nation . Well , CracW was an ' independent state , its independence guaranteed " for ever" by the parties who contracted the treaty of Vienna , England being a principal party thereto . The Republic of Cracow has not merely been interfered with , its independence has been annihilated by an act of intervention and brutal tyranny on the part of Russia , Austria ; and Prussia . Did the Whig Government forbid that

      intirvention ? No ! But Lord Palmerstonprotented . He sent paper pellets to Vienna , which were received with all imaginable politeness . Mettermcli knew that the Whigs were not in earnest—that they , were too much in love with despotism to heartily sympathise with the Cracovians . The " protest" was intended merely to humbug the English people j and the three Powers , " very well understanding that , very cuiib < sten > ly treated it as a sham .

      Any interference in behalf of Poland would have been necessaril y an interference in favour of the people and liberty , and , therefore , not at all iu acctirdince with the sympathies of the aristocratic Whi g * .. Accordingly , the principle of "Non-Intervention" was appealed to as sufficient reason for declining any interference beyond that of tbe paper protect . But , behold , how different is the conduct of the

      Whigs when despotism is iu danger ! The people of Portugal , weary of the falsehood , treason , and cruelty of Donna Maria , rise in arms to compel her to a due fulfilment ot lier engagements , they are on the point of complete success , when the British Government engages in a CONSPIRACY with the French aud Spanish Governments for the purpose of crushing the popular movement by FOREiGN FORCE , And restoriug the Queen to the full exercise of her destructive authority .

      The Portuguese Queen hits pnssed through nearly every possible stage of tyranny and treason to her people . She was hardly seated on her throne—a throne wen for her by enormous sacrifices—when s > he commenced frittering away all that was of value in the " Charter" she had sworn to uphold . Atlengtli , when liberty was almost entirely lost , the Sep . temurist movement compelled Donna Maria to accept a modified version ot the Constitution of 1820 , instead of the mangled "Charter . " The Queen now swore to uphold tbe " Constitution , " and

      fulfilled her oaih by conniving at a revel * , got up by the tax-eaters for resuscitating the defunct " Charier . " The notorious Cahrals triumphed , the " Constitution" was strangled , and the " Charter" — changed greatly for the worse—substituted . The Cabrals established a grinding tyranny , under which every law for the protection of public liberty and personal freedum was viol&ved , ami the people given over to the plundering exactions of tax-eaters . Excessive taxation at length produced revolt , the peasantry rose in arms throughout Portugal , aud ,

      with the certainly of a popular rising in the capital , the Queen gave wav , dismused the Cabrals , and appointed the Palme'la Ministry . The overthrow of that ministry was accomplished by the vilest means , no less than a midni ght plot . The chiefs of the Ministry summoned to the palace on pretence of business , were there informed that their services were no longer needed—that their successors bad been appointed , and themselves were prisoners until sueb'timeas the army had secured the triumph of the counter-revolution . This was accompanied bv

      the suppression of the public press , the " suspension of the guarantees '* of personal security , and the establishment of martial law . What had been hit of the restored " Charter" was again ut'erly violated , and a despotism established more perfect than that of the Russian Autocrat . A popular outburst iiu-( netliateiy ensued . The Duke of Verceira , who had been sent to Oporto armed with full powers to repress any mauifesuiious of popular discontent by military violence , was himself arrested by the people , and has since been kept in durance vile . For the

      last eight months civil wa <* has raged in Portugal , Many hundreds have perLheil in l > attl <; , the dungeons hdve been crowded with victims , decrees have been fulminated threatening deaths to all who should be ound opno .-ing tbe lioyal despotism , and in many instances tbe most brutal murders have l > een perpetrated , sanctioned by these decrees . Anarchy and despotism conjoined have desolated tbe land from end to end . At length the Queen , deserted by halt the army , with the entire steam navy captured by the forces of the insurgent Junta , her own troops

      paralysed iu sig ht of Oporto , a body of the insurgents menacing Lisbon it self , that capital secured from a popular explosion only i . y the cannon of the English fleet , pointed against the people ;~\ n ibis humiliating posit on the Queen aud tier viilanous confederates must have speedily succumbed , or fled the country ; the people must Iwve triumphed and achieved their deliverance—when , lo ! foreign force intervenes , condemning the Portuguese nation to slavery , and restoring to the she-tyrant her justlyforfeited power .

      In our foreign intelligence the . reader will find a copy of the protocol agreed upon between Palmersion and the Plenipotentiaries of France , Spain , and Portugal , by which it will be seen that ati English and French fleet , together with a Spanish army , are to be employed in subduing the Portuguese patriot :-, and restoring the supremacy of Dunua Maria . This protocol is based upon the foulest falsehoods . It is

      therein set fonh that "the Junta hail refused to put an end tu the civil war . " The Junta showed the utmost readiness to accept the mediation offered by the British and Spanish governments ; the Junta , however , very properly required that the terms ol settlement should he couched in plain aud explicit terms , and that certain guaranteesshuuld bn given , such as the ackowl . dgement of all contracts entered into bv the Junta ; the dismissal of the

      Palace-intriguers ; the garrisoning of Lisbon and Oporto by the troops of ih < : Junta , &c , &c . The Junta felt satisfied from past experience , that unless these guarantees were obtained , it would be impossible to bind the Qieen to any settlement . The moment she was freed from the terrors of organised insurrection , that monir iu would she , as she has always hitherto done , break through every engagement , oath , and tieaty , tu glut her hut fur vengeance and re-establish her darling despotism .

      These guarantees the Representatives o , f ( he British and Spanish Governments refused to accede t »; they , therefore , and not the Junta , are respvniible far the coutiuuance of the civil war . Every body knows that diplomacy is tbe art of political lying , and Palinerstoii ' s protocol is a precious specimen of his proficiency in that disreputable attainment . People of Great Britain and Ireland , we appeal to you against this atrocious conduct on the part ol your (?) Government . You are reproached by tin nations of the continent with bring stlfuhl y indifferent to all that concerns the welfare of other nations , and that reproach wiil be justified if vou tamely allow

      the present Ministry to plunge this country into ; war with the people of Portugal , for the benefit u . the tyrants of Portugal . That war , though it ma ) not affect your persons , will affect your pockets : every shilling ( if the cost of this Ami atlhck unot the Portuguese will have to be paid by you . If ym will have nothing to do with forei gn politics , fote ' gi politics will ha > 'e to do with you . as the presen ENORMOUS TAXATION aud GIGANTIC DEU ' i sufficiently testify . That DEBT was contracieii and those TAXES first imposed upon you , . bccaun you stupidly allowed your class-rulers to make wan in your name , for ths purpose of keeping the va ' tions in slavery . Will you allow your aiistucratii

      rulers to play the same game again ? Can it be possible that Victoria , while profess in « deep sympathy with the starving people , —o shown by limiting the palace ftinkies to a pound v 11 second " bread daily ¦ •( l ) , ~ can it be possible aftc

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      this evidenct - pf- Her Majesty ' s humanity and unilai .. thropy , that she Jias sanctioned this war upon the people of Portugal because the Portuguese Queen ' s husband is a Ctfbiir ^ a relative of Prince Albert »? Can it be posiible that the Queen of Great Britain and Jrik ** i kn ° win tUt thousands have died of fatolne , a . nd that at this mo . ment thousands are languishingi « W ^ W' can »* be possible that she would approve of itie wasl ^ ot nation ' s resources , at the cost of the staring people ( for the purpose of maintaining a worthier Qufien » and a crew of needy German cormorants' In f " oppression and plunder of the Portuguese rttfioV ¦ We will not believe it ; we must impute this wi&di aggression wholly to the despotic instincts of tftf mock liberal , but basely hypocritical Whigs .

      A word to the electors and non-electors of Marylebone . Your fighting Commodore has run from his scat in Parliament to take command of the fleet sent against against the Portuguese people . Only a few months ago Sir Charles Napier delivered a thundering oration against tbe confiscators of Cracow , yet he now takes command of the natal force intended to act in support of the confiscators of the liberties of the Portuguese ! He is now out of Parliament , keep him out , and so punish him for his shameless inconsistency . What are the Democrats of Marylchone about ? As yet there is not a candidate in tbe field worth a bunch of dog ' s meat . Let a people ' s candidate be found forthwith who will pledge , himself to stand by England ' s " PEOPLE'S

      CHARTER , " AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN ALL OVER THE WORLD ! Again , and yet again we appeal to the People against the British Government ' s War against the People of Portugal . If the House of Commons really represented the commons of this country , Palmtrston would be IMPEACHED . As it is , the people may do their duty . The Irish Confederates in London have been the first to set a noble example in protesting against this Wah . The Chartists everywhere should " pronounce" likewise ; and the People generally should wash their hands of this disgraceful and foul aggression .

      Between the " Holy Alliance" of the North-Bast , and the " Quadruple Alliance" of the Sontli-West , the nations are crucified . 0 ! for the hour when they too shall unite , and the tocsin sound for thei deliverance !

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      census winch our readers see cm unified in an * tber part of this paper . But they . are leaning on a broken reed . How can falsehood resist truth ? ft qw can armed power strike when its opponents ire p-aceable ? How can Law punish when nothing illegal is done ? There lies our strength ! Thence comes our victory ! Nor can the instruments ol Monopoly be much in love with her position ! Witness the case of a man recorded in this number o > our paper , who , though so employed , was forced to steal to save his family from starvation I Ay '

      the elements of all power are in the hands of the people!—they need but to be used . Surely working men > : can no longer be blind to their future p rospects . The famine was a godsend to Governro& ? ti since they fathered their faults on it . The promise of a good harvest seems another godsend to the Government , since they interpose it as a shield between tlrnnselws and popular indignation . It g ives them time to surround the people with a mesh of steel . It gives them time to organize their power thus that the remotest li . il" of the vast machinery are connected by the fineness of the mechanism ! Bui how disappointed they wii' be when ? hey find it

      cannot be used ! When peace defies violence ; when prudence resists excitement , and wisdom baffles fraud . Let tbe people proceed as they are proceeding . These preparations of Monopoly shows its fear and weakness ; — reveal our deii'rmination and power . Let as go on strengthening our elective influence , and seat a CHARTIST OPPOSITION in the HOUSE . , Let us go on streng'hena'g our organization , and thus take from Monopoly its power of intimidating radiviiluals . Let m go on holding great meetings through the country , to rally those who are yet undecided—and who but wait for tt display of our power to join us heart in hand . Lei' us cultivate UNION AMONG OURSELVES and \ we shall triumph over the "DIVISIONS" of the enemy !

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . TEN HOURS BILL . — IRISH POOR LAW IRISH LANDED ESTATES BILu . ¦— DESTITUTE : RELIEF BILL .-COLONIZATtOS . The two remaining stages of the Ten Hours'BIH in its passage through the Houoe of Lords have been got over , and the Bill only now awaits the Royal sanction to become the law of the land . The opponents seem to have been thoroughly satisfied by the decisive majority against them on its recent reading , ay neither in committee nor at the third reading was there a word' of opposition or the slightest

      discussion . This great and important measure received the final sanction of the Upper Houee as easily as a parish highway bill . It is true that' tfte noble head of the house of Baring complained' that its third reading had been harried , and thus deprived him of | an opportunity of saying a few ** laeU words" of ! opposition , but we imagine Lord Ashbupton did not jin reality , feel 1 any serious annoyance at having j missed the chance of doing so . As his-abject was : merely to keep up appearances , what he did say will answer his purmKe quite as well as < if he had

      made a speech , whieh would probably have been like all his other speeches—six and one-tentft on one side , and five aml nine-tenths on the other—even if the preponderating fraction of reasoning * or bias , had' not been more minute than that we Have supposed As it is , the great strupgle of oneithird of a eenturv has achieved its legislative consummation The Ten Hours , Bilf is henceforth taken out' of the fist of those vexato qmslioe , which agitate society and ' furnish topics for the hustings and IKS ' public press . It is even part and parcel of that

      mvsterious thing " tbe British Constitution , " and ia-ffenced roundby legislative sanctions , as awful and as power f ul as those which consecrate Magna Cbarta or the-Bill of Rights . Fbr the sake of the oppressed and ' over worked millions , to whom theis law will secure due rest from toil ; . for the sake of that equalisation and better distribution of labour , which is one of the great requirements of modern times ; for the sake of the probable comparatively un reqnent recurrence of those periodical panics which resnlted from the old svstem of unregulated lahour , and for

      the sake of the health , the intellectual progress and'the moral improvement which may ba fairly anticipated among the fwt ' ry workers , a 3 one of the inevitable consequences of greater leistwai we heartily congratulate all who have aided in carrying this most important , and , as we believe , most beneficial measure . But its influence will not stop with » he direct advantages it will confer . It gives to the reformer , who is labouring to achieve other necessary changes , another of those encouragements to pprseverance of which history is already full , hut which , whenever they occur , are always welcome and heartinspiring . In thfi success which has finally crowned

      this long-prntractcd agitation is contained a guarantee that no cause which has a sound principle f or its foundation , and the benefit of the community for its object , will fail if its advocates he true to themselves , and persevering enough in thrlr exertions . The Utopia ' s of the day become the commonplaces of to-morrow ; and , among other ehanges > tha t extension of political privileges , ennjoinrd with a commensuratel extenMve and unsectarian system of national instruction , which now se > ms to tie " wise men of this generation an impracticah ' e dream , " will by-and-by take their place among tbe recognised institutions of the country , as quietly as the Ten Hours' Bill has done .

      The amendments made by the Lords on two o ' the . Ministerial Irish measures oecupied the Commons during the greater part of Monday night . The fate of these amendments , and the conduct of the Ministry with reference to them , afforded another instructive commentary on the nature of Whig statesmen , and of Whi g policy . As the Irish Poor Law went up to the Lords , it proved for levying ratts on i he Union at large , whe » even they exceeded 2 s . 6 d . in the rental of any particular district . This would have to a considerable extent put an end to

      the clearance system , or to the driving of the destitute into town districts , because the landlords , bv being called upon to contribute to the rates above 2 * . 6 ( 1 , conid not have escaped the consequences of these fjectments , and would still have been liable to the support of the poor . This , however , did not suit the ' Irish Party" in the House of Lords ; and they , therefore , passed an amendment by which the rates will , in fact , fall on the electoral divisions . The amendment is very ingeniously contrived for the landlord ' s object . It provides that no pers » n

      shall be considered resident in an electoral division "less he has occupied it tenement in it , or usually slept iu it for 30 months during the three years previous to his application for relief . It creates ' two kinds of settlement—one on the Uniou , and another in the electoral division ; anil oucp a man is more than six months away from the place where he has lived all his days , he ceases to belong to that division , and must live at least 30 months iu sume other place before he acquires ' ai-y ri ght to a sef tlerne itgain . According to Sir J . Graham , most of the speakers in ihe House of Commons , and even

      the confessions of Ministers themselves , the real elFi'ct of ibis clause will he to encourage the landlords to turn the pauperUm ' on their estates adrift . It will , most probably , flow to some open townshi p or town district , which will become a met e sink of destitution ; it will he impossible to raise rates la support them in that division , and one of two things « ill happen , either the poor victims of laaOlord rapacity will he sent over here in shoals , in , t | ie way ihey have already been sent this year to . Liverpoui ov ihe means of supporting them in Ireland wilj hnvc to be taken from the Cons-olidaimi Fund , to the

      luno of 2 , 000 , 000 annually ; the landlords mean ' while will escape scot-free . It will he seen nt onc I »» Y tffectually this neutralizes one of the graud "

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      ¦> . ; . « : objects of " the bi / Tn ^^ poverty of Ireland shall be supported bv the ^ of her land ; and , also , that it virtuall y info , ^ the privileges of the House of Commons , b V ?* that House alone is empowered to pass mrj ^ and tax the people . But , though all this C'V ''" admitted , tie Whigs , could not serew their J un to the sticking-placc , and say so t 0 afe ^ ships . They were certain the law would not ! " *' wdl with this plaguy hitch , and full y expected ^^ they would have to mend its rickety I ratiu w , "" ' session , but for the sake of peace , ( q , .. ° ! " and of getting any Poor Law at all , tbfiy ^^ tent to "eat humble pie , " bow down in Sutj | n . ° to the Lords , and surrender up the privileges ^ Representative House as another sacrifice ^ sacred shrine of Irish landlordism . This mode in which they legislate where the nnJ " " rW a ^ a concerned . 8

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      HUCBLLiNEnUi . t ^ ever ul communications received late last weakvrora lo-tt umuitii ' id ti . roujjli want of rt . uni . We mstit or nuti e in tlie prtst in number ml of tlie said communications worth publicity . STou . BBinok .-Iii consiqueiice of bad management in tin ; dohvty of the NwiheiuSt :. r , " some of our fiiemli not ^ ct ting ittiilneur nud-d . iy on the Sundaj , it i * my det . iral . le to h ve an » Beut thr .. ugh nlium tlie "Star " limy l ) B liait an surly kb nine i . ' clock on Nuurdaj uiorn . mi ; . Oneofoul- lo .. (? -t > i < diind zealous frauds , in the ciiusi-11 Uiaiti ! . m . > is kndly offered to take the agency unit Rive t- u profits to the Cliurtist Association ; tho reni ers « t ilie " Star" are , therefore , risque fed to atfeudal this ftovUiiig Mun ' a News aud , Rwdinir . rootu . on Saturday , Juaesth . at eight o ' clock * to giro their orders to the

      uewl . v . upiioinu'd agent . w Tavlob , sub . Sec . to thje Land Company . The Lowbands , Kstate .- To tf . B i&itor .-Dear Sir ,-l fc j- l great | . le » $ ure in tnking up my . pen for the jiurjiobtt uf isivinjf ; . n $ information to tlioso ol my fellow men , who . like myself , are labouring lo , wtricato themselves trout klatvsu Uoudaje . l . withanarUoffrioiuia , inato a trip to , tit * tied Marlej Estate , on Sunday , May 2 inJ « wlitii \\« were most noiiderftiljiy surpri 6 e " d at ciiu aplienrunv « oulic | ilacc . Wo eould scarcely belii-ve * own eyes in bi'hnUUug this ucat mid ctnveuieut eut « tsiRes now in course if srfvtua ) . ff e aim were sgreifably Mii-prisi-d t .. Hud on * friend , Mr F . O'Couuor , who 1 « H us as a kind father would hi » tliiltirui from i-late to-Vhicc ; niving u » « itry " neematy iufoi nmUuii . Ho WHlkcd with us to » i « arly all the cuttages , pointing \ utthe iilttiMti > tntt « $ of the situation , Uie dt- ) ij , Mtul

      prosjicit eaiU « me had from hU own d > or , Ac . W » niMtcd the stable , and a tiuer set of horns 1 ikW beheld in my life . The cuwi ar « equully fine . 1 mu » t say one w . rd tu tho .-e who question thu Btubiiity of- O'Connor ' s building . 1 am a carpenter , » nd linv « -, f " ionic j .-ar » , bi'cn in the eni ) ili . vmciit of oun uf t ' greatest buildm in the country ! 1 have had an 01 ' - iiortumy of witnessing some of the Lest et bui din . 'in the kingili . ni , but Mr D'Comiitr ' ssuruussei ullllw build prs I hare known in the er ition o ; small cottages V"P ta ? tu streiuun and tirinntss these cottages are nut tu \ A equalled b y any in the country . The woikmai . ship i * exei'iited iu a riiBt-rntu manner and does great tr ^ uitW tho . e empl yud . Yours frattiT . ailv , St"Urliiid-e , M » y 2 l , \ V « . uvwi . , CoN . NORTini . -To the Editor of the " Kortheni Mur . " 8 " ,-l have Just rottrued fr « a * visit tv tlie O'Coi >»

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      THE NEXT HARVEST . Every promise is given of a plentiful and ab » ndant harvest , and this promise is the head-pacifieator of England . Men bear their present famine a « d privations with greater patience , in the belief that a few months' will set all right , and that those who survive till the "grass has grown" will be able to fling eare to the winds , and Kve on the fat of the liand . We see in the redsmlancy of vegetation that whieh we beheld last year , and for many years , the

      fertility of nature , the beneficence of Providence , and the industry of man ; but , alas ! we see no guarantee of plenty for the poor , or bread for the hungry . Instead of lulling the people into a state of listless apathy , the signs of a good harvest ought to rouse tbem into energetic measures for preventing forestates and monopolists from again robbing Jthem of that which God is willing to bestow . Alread y the forestalled are iu the field , as witness the following , from the Western Luminary :- '

      S ? KGtrtA 7 inN in Corn —A farmer in this neichliourhood , who iaa lar « e grower , h : is sold all his vf licit in the ground at lCs . per btisliel , to be delivered between harvest and Christmas . Already the evil effects of pernicious laws are extending their blighting influence over the coming year , as witness the following : — Co « t os thb Gamb Laws . —From the very large quantity of game preserved on tho Duke of Marlhiirniush ' s estate at Blenheim , some of the corn- (» rowing land in the locality will not produce a bushel of corn to the acre Ilia grace lias some hundreds of acn' 9 of arable land in his occupation now unproductive , and which has not this season been cultivated .

      Already the anticipated supplies froia abroad are being forestalled in the same way , as witness the following : — Corn speenlarors are rapidly buying bs > tho standinn crnps in France , in order to have a command of the future markets , although this is expressly forbidden by the Fieunli laws . Already , then , the harpies are in the field to take

      the bread from the mouths of starving , children , and the working man lulls himself in the fond security that , because he sees plenty around him some of u will fall lo his share . It may be very near him . A pane of glass in a shop-window may divide him from the loaf ; it may be the thin brittle partitionbetween life and death—but it h there , and—ha dies ! When will he awake to a sense , of his poww —his moral power—his legal power—his irresistiWe

      power ? Brittle as that pane of glass are the manoplies that incase him—yet he moves not a fibre ! —he lifts not a voice , in the rescue ! Yet lie can * see the change ; the riddle of h ypocrisy is read ; a liltle time ago the famine was a" dispensation of Gwl ;" a little titr . e ago there was " nn food in the land ;" a little time ago it was" nature ' s fault . " Now the beneficence of God and Nature are too palpable ; evsii unblushing effrontery can no longer sav there

      is " no food in the land ; " perhaps the Archbishop will proclaim it has come in consequence of his prayers ! Now the Deity can no longer be made the scapegoat of 'Monopoly . Well , then , we ask , has oMnopoly given up the argument ? Does it admit there i 9 enough for all ? Does it say all shall have a fair share ? No ! It has recourse to another argument , the worst and last \ That argument is physical force !

      It is aware ol the consequences to be entailed by its own sinister intentions — . and , therefore , it Itreuares its powers to crush protesting human ty ; therefore the old Chelsea I ' eusioners are taken from their long repose , to earn " laurels' » that should never " grace their brows . " Therefore the Hampshire Telegraph informs us : — The Admiia'ty have ordered the men of the Dockyard battalion to be drilled 3 eveninus a week , that if p ossible they may be rendered < ffiVii-iit during this

      summer ; 1 500 stand of arms , and 800 cutias < es , and ijiiier r « 'qimiiii'H , Imvo bwn eent ir-m the Tower . Iho ¦ Hicoi' 8 and men at the Clarence Victualliii " lHid have formed into a hrWde of artillery , and will he instructed in the use of great jjuns iu buttery . and iu boats : It is smiled that ' he tirat master attendant and thu maetiT shipwright are tobu lienteiiai . tuolonels ; the second master ntteniiaut and the storekeeper and store receiver to bo majors ; the otlur officers of the yard , the clerks , &c . ( to bu captains ¦ nd subalterns .

      Therefore the United Service Gazette acquaints us with the following : — RkU'ival I * Troops . —The cavalry corps—tho hcad-qiiatim of wiiicli is now stationed at Pcirsiiili Uarraiks , Edinhurcli—w to inarch «> tuh in the middio <>{ 'June , and will b >> stationed at Newcastleipon-Tjtiu , Durham , and Leeds . This is « aid to be iwiusetl i > y an acpielunNumot ! some dixturbances iu lie West of-England . The 5 ih Dragoon Guard * , ¦ vim have until now filled these out-stations , will hrow out detachments to fnstflii , Bradford , and tx west ot Yoikshiiu . Manelie-t . T has now become

      lie depot of a squadron ( the . lltli Hu-sars ) . Siwt-¦ tud has m > loiif ! beui noted tor iis tranquillity that i is thought useless to keep cavalry in that , country vheii it is required in England . It has been liscoveml that cavalry is not . ; , d : vi > ttd for Noitu Britain , and a troop of the 3 ? d Dragoon Guards , vhich was btatitmed at Abtrtitcn , w . is latoly re-• alltd , and infantry sect in their place . In the north and west ot England they are the mlv branch of our servioo tuiitcnnactefficienlly against i molt . Tho 5 ih Dragoon Guards will tlirow out t detachment to tin- new barracks-at Preston .

      Delig hti ' ul preparations these for securing comfort uid plenty t » the famUhing people ! No doubt all hose strong meu are being cwicuntiateil to assist in calling the harvest I No douht they will secure a Mr and equable di- sUibution of its produce ! No lonbt , bucked Isy these , Monopoly feels self-secure , anil with a . light heart indulges in those vile ex-

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      By way of counterpoise , however , to this pU 3 j | i . mity , and ' as if for the purpose of stowing ih at . * . '" " are not utter cravens , they refnsed to n > sent t « t 7 amendments on the Landed-Estates Bill , which v , " £ 2 , 000 , 000 to the Irish lanillords , up m |() ai | ' ' the improvement of their own Estates . The orieir . ° t objects to he effected by this bill were the drai ,, ! and reclamation of iatid , to which th « L < ird , , | , iS a proviso that the money might also be cmpluve i for the erection of grist mills , aud other useful air ! cultural buildings . Nut an unreasonable adiJifi

      , n in its * If . one would say , and one whieh could , at all events , have led to litile harm , if Sir Charles \ v , |>! statement , that a million and half of the moni v j ] a . been already applied for ,, for the ori ginal olijp ,,,, But on this point the Ministry took their sland . am ] wiih a great show of valour and patriotism in the defence of the very privilege * they had shortly before surrendeiedjiliey negatived the Lords' amendm enu ; upon which a Conference was appointed between

      the < wo Houses , to talk over the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee . In a matter where the lardlorda , by indirect and circuitous , meihudj , are Hkely to plunder the country of two millions an . inually , for the support of that poverty which they luwe mainly cau .-ed , our excellent Ministry gave way ; but in another , where it is pos-iMe that ten swe / ity , or thirty thousand pounds mi ght have been wed tor the erection of useful 'building } , not con . tewp ated in the ori ginal plan , they would not badge an inch ! This J 9 swallowing a camel and strzessinving at a gnat with a vengeance !

      O » the same evening the Chancellor of fte Ex . clicrpw gi ve an account of Ihe condition of SVeland under the Destitute Relief or Soup K ^ chen A « t ,, » iich Sir Jawes Cwfeam truly dcserilied as by ao means * cheering one . While ihf-y fail' t »> ! wing forward a- singte- enlarged and prac lical measure lor the perroanenl improvement' o ; ih » cond&ion of tba Irish peopte , they are pr&-luselyliiviatiiu the expenditure of * money on schetnc * that are neither efficient temporary measures , nor of le-slig-litesJ imagiuabfa- future utility , tt is clear ; , that under tfie recklessly extravagant and improvi ^

      dentf policy hitherto pursued by- tfee government ^ that tlie sum aln-ady advanced for mere temporary reltePwilli no& sustain ths people untlf next harvest , and ' vrhenithao harvest ccmefi' we seernothing in any of tfi « meastne they havw propnsetf'which is at all calculated to afford tbe dtetiiute awl 1 impoverished peasantry either adequate employment ^ or adequate wage 3 » Irnslior t , as wehii ^ e before tell 1 occasion to remarki ont this- particular topic ,. the whole ministenal policy with , reference to < Ireland ; w a huge fallacy , and'must-result , asfrhasalrc&ffyresulttd so far as it > lias > gune , in doj » iiiiglrt &v& complete failure .

      The pe * ty anil inefficient character oft the Whi g nostrums-for Ireland found aw able cririe in Lord Lincolrsv-on * Ttiesday evenings in submittirg to the House his > motion for an eyended and' improved system of colonization . - His IiOfdship : very conclu * sively provednhatthe-real grieTanceof Ireland have not yet been , grappkd with , and that ail : that has bceen dwiois mere-humbug . So far we peifectly agree wiihtLord . Liucoln , and also thai some mean ' s must be taken to- provide work , and food for the more tliaiutwo-millions of persons who will he left totally destitute and idie tor at least Sewt'eisintha year . Ilis-Lordsliip proposes to do this by . nieansof

      foreign colnnization , i . n a superior plan to tiie mere excoriation ) of human beings which' hasheretolore b en cnrriodion . Wowe not prepared to deny that colonization may become iu the history- of nations a social necesiity .. We * see in theeconouvyof-the bee-> hjve , that when its busy inmates- become too * numerous , a swarm is- thrown off , to find inisome other quarter a home and tfie-means of self'suppwi-.. But , m the . bee-hive two things are always- observable ^ before " swarminif , " first Uiat there is & n-ail " surplus population ; " ami sec-md that all work , and all are entitled to receive a . fai ? share of the products of their toil . Is Ireland inahis con .

      dihon ? Has she really a « superabundant population ? Can there ho no work * no increased supplies of food found-for the Irish people in their own laiul ? These are the questions one would like to ask . before entering into any long dit > otig « ion about the propriety uf sending away to foieign lands a . whole people . Rightly looked at , the real strength of any and of every country consists in the number of its labourers . It is labour which istha ori ginal creator of all wealth , and « Mwy unnecessary subiraction from this invaluable reproductive source otw a ! th is , prima-fLvie , a p" ? itive lo-s to tha Commonweahb . We are , . ertainly , -I'lvooatcA of coloni&itlon as a means —»> the inemii

      of intioducitiB plenty . ( rosperUy , and ci > nt » ntmcnt ino- k-sland , > n- » tead ol the tamiue , peatileiu-e , mid vWspair , whu-U Uns for mmith- mtnt : <^ < h » ' unnntw country . But our cvUmiration would' commtna IN IRELAND , not m Canad « or Auslnttiit-. When we nad ^ fullys-et tiie Irish penile to work in 6 hedni .. in » ut ° its boL'H . tbe r > clamuiion of it * ciillivHble raa&tes , and thu be » . t > x eultivtttinn ot' the land mi « r iiwde'tilliite ; it would then be time enough to a-nd any " surplus pupuiatimi" abroad , bat , until then , nisaiiise it as the \ tn » y , any scheme tor that purpwe ismeivly an Uier ^ rin ol ' that inveterate 8 elfishne a .-ie / I npaeity , iulutwnt in aristovracv . which vi u ! d

      rMher , i \» it has done , decimate a n <> ti « n (> y Famine ! » r < . 'xviatrii \ ieit en . mane fr ^ rnitsiialive chores , than ( lerimtthe least iatntiueincnt . ot it » privilege * and HtJ . yineiitN . " Ireland tor tbe lrinh" wy we in tno I ) ksI . si n-e of th « . -8 w . ird *! Let us see us -oil utipulat ( I by free & » d indt pendant l > ib « urei's , at once iieaiitif ) in » itft-arfsceand adding to the wealth of i he country liy tbeir industry . When this isdone * we shali advocate foieiun eolonhKiiion , but nut till lien . Every Rhip load that is now transported , or that v . mil' 1 be under .-in improved * y » tiiu , can , in fuot , only bi-eimsid'ted a bonus tor ' the counteiiHiice of misiioveiHmentand oppreBsiua in the island from whence the exiles arc dratted .

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      ± . ' THE Np ^ kficRJ ^ SfA «* ¦¦ - - - ¦ — Junk 5 , . j 8 ! 7 .

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      Tlie other business of the week manifests an nmW' < i anxiety tu w . l through a Sewuu , whiuli , tiko the VV'hi f ; party , bin been full of prnf . ssions , ami bar n-n in uerfiirniiiiii : e !« . Come when iia clo ^ o may , iho curtain will fall before a listless , it not ( li ^ auatiud , audience .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1421/page/4/