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      J . J . C .-All tight . Mr . Wiiie , Busby . —It terminates on November lOtb . Mr . S . Ibvke , Newtovrn , Ayr . —Five years . Au . Lettem for the N . C . A . Greenacres Moor , must be addressed to Mr . J . Cooper , secretary , news agent , Yovk-» hire-street . \ i " •• ^ Oldliam . —It is contrary to our rule . Mr . E . Scuoixr , Peterbor » ugh We have the number you require . How shall we send it ? Mr . Jcde , Newcastle , begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for th * Victim Fund : —W . Boss . 6 d . T . Hays , 6 d . ; J . Pigdon , Is . ; T . Forest , Is . ; J . Browu , Gd . ; M . Jnde , Cd . ; T . Nesbit , Cd . ; T . M'Farliine , 7 d . ; Balance from last subscription , Is . " id .. —Total ; 6 s . 8 q . deduct Post-Office order and stamp , Sd ; Balance , 6 s . Idsent herewith as per order . It . II . F ., Castle Eden . —Sour shillings each insertion . ¦ To sec « re the work enter it at Stationer ' s Uall . Mr . G . Toomeb , Wedmore Tour letter was not received

      at this office . How was it addressed ? Notice to the Fhiends oi ? Dr . M'Douaix . —The subscribers being a Committee appointed to receive subscriptions for the support of our well-beloved patriot —Dr . M'Douall ' s family , in returning thanks to the democratic public for the timely aid already aftbrded them insogoodaeause , beg ; to remind them that the time is now rapidlj approaching when that bold defender of the people ' s rights « vill be free . AU contributions willbe UmnMully received by , and made payable to , Astobew M l'EE , freasurer , 6 , Augustine-street , St . Martins , Liveruool ; John Wadwu , Chairman ; James Mekchi , Geokoe Roblvso . v ; James Sedlip , Secretary . Leicester Ch . uitists . —George . White has received from tho Leicester Chartists the sum of 10 s ., for which he returns them his thanks . He also received 10 s . the previous week , to be divided with Messrs . West , Donovan , and Mrs . M'Douall , which has been duly performed , and a receipt returned to Mr . Francis Kivk , the seeretary , ' 3 . KERsiuw , Oldham—Yes ; General Bern has been in London .

      B . Ciusstos , Edinburgh ^ -Received . In a day or two G . J . II . mil reply . John-Ajixott . —We are informed that a . friendly meeting , for am benefit of this untiring worker in the democratic cause , will take place on Monday evening next , at the Two Chairmen , Wardour-street . We trust that Mv . Arnott s friends will rally around him . > lAKCHEsTER . _ AVe have received a communication from ilr . Jackson , stating , that a member , of the Manchester Uiartist council is recommended by the 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 tllQ name of the Lecturer , but no one in this Office can read it ; the gentleman , therefore , must be nameless fov this week .

      The Ioithebi .Biu Saturday; October 6, 1s49.

      THE IOITHEBI . BIU SATURDAY ; OCTOBER 6 , 1 S 49 .

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      MINISTERIAL , COLONIAL , AND FOREIGN POLICY . ROMAN AKD HUflGAEIAN EXILES . The Whig Ministry are sndly in want of a principle . Mr . Diskaeli in his last oratorical display before the Buckinghamshire squires and farmers , eloquently expatiated on the inestimable value of a simple and straightforward principle of action to public men . B y its aid the crooked becomes straight , the doubtful certain , and the obscure palpable . Difficulties vanish from before the march of such men , and animated b y a well-grounded confidence in themselves they are strengthened by the confidence reposed in their intentions and actions by others . In the course of Mr . Disraeli ' s public career the worth of such a guidehas , no doubt , been frequently experienced . Having since its commencement traversed from

      one extreme of the political world to the other , it maybe presumed—or at least hoped—that he 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 . Mv . Disraeli that we have to do on the present occasion , but with the Foreign and Colonial Policy of the Russell Cabinet . It is a series of glaring contradictions and political anomalies which « ive unequivocal evidence of the absence of any

      clear , decided , or consistent principle of action on the part of the Government by whom it is perpetrated The ouiy solution of the riddle we can imagine is , that those two departments of the Government are conducted upon totally opposite principles ; that Lord Grey , the Colonial Minister , is actuated by absolutist and 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 will allow him .

      Two recent occurrences will illustrate our meaning , and , at the same time , show the different spirit by which these two Ministers are actuated . When the Roman Republic was infamously and disgracefully evushed by the superior arms aud resources of Republican France , a number of the gallant men 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 was the signal for the infliction of so many calamities upon the doomed inhabitants of Rome .

      Mr . More O'Ferrall was for many years a constant supporter of the Whi gs in Parliament , and had the reputation of being what ia called a Liberal . For one or the other of these merits he was promoted by Earl Grey to the Governorship of Malta . It mi ght have been expected that from such a man the unhappy refugees—professing like himself the Roman Catholic faith— -would have promptly aud liberally received that shelter and hospitality which England boasts of always extending to all who seek them .

      But the Liberal Whi g Government did not give them this . The unfortunate exiles arrived at Malta , in overcrowded vessels , in the sweltering month of July—at a time when the climate of that island is almost intelerabl y hot . Many of them were suffering from the effects of wounds received- in the sacred cause of liberty—many were enfeebled b y want , and stricken by poverty , for the 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 Lazaretto , in order that they might es

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      cape from the vessels in ^ luch 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'Fehrall quitted the island for the purpose of amusing himself and recruiting his own

      precious health in a more northern climate . But lest any of his subordinates might be actuated by more hu mane feelings than himself , he left strict orders that anymore 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 of the " liberal " O'FerralIi . 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 have excited at the Bame time a universal burst of

      execration against the wretch who "dressed in a little brief authority , "—has thus dishonoured the country ho 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 aud occupy that part of the Lazaretto , called "tho Sicilian Hospital . " Those who were in hoalth , wcro many of them without shirts—many without trowors—all suffering from want of food . TIiohg who wore ill were " stretched on imiUroswon of tho

      coarsest quality , fnlod with straw of tho wtrst description , in many ciisgh too narrow and short" to allow tho body to repose . " " shrivelled arm had scarce the vemxury strength to dislodge the numerous flies already settling on their victims . ' The " gaping wounds of others —who might have beon long since cured under proper treatment' '—met tho eye of the visitors —and they " saw the loathsome vermin crawling over the bodies of many—some of whom the 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 of the unhappy fugitives were cared for , and relieved . The infamy—the shameis reserved for the Governor , and the Government under whom he acted ; for , it is said , that O'Feurall did this in obedience to orders from the Colonial-office ; and the statement is apparently borne out by 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 the Radical Members of Parliament , absolutely ventured to justify his conduct .

      Now , who were 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 the French Republic itself ; and which Joseph Mazzini has shown , in his masterly state documents , to have had the confidence aud support of the whole population of the Roman States . That the defence of such a Government against its assailants was a legitimate one , was a point upon which there was , we believe , no difference in this country ; and public opinion was equally decided as to the

      shameful injustice of the French campaign against Rome . But the iniquity of that campaign was not completed until the genius of More O'Ferkall added the 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'Feuraxl were not so tender hearted . Their victims were kept broiling on the open deck of a pontoon , or stewed in tho close hold of a coal bargo , under the iutense heat of a Maltese July . What a splendid Whi g illustration of the old Whig toast , " Civil and Religious Liberty all over tho World ! "

      This is the way in which political refugees are treated by the Colonial Minister , and his understrappers , when they fall iuto their clutches . Now for the policy of tho Foreign Minister , in a somewhat similar case . _ The combined armies of Austria and Russia , aided , it is to be feared , by internal treason , ultimately threw the " shadows , clouds , and darkness" of defeat on the cause of

      Hungarian Independence . After a series of victoriosunrivalled in history , its brave aud highspirited defenders were compelled to fly before the . overwhelming power arrayed against them . v Kossuth , Dehbinsiu , 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 . Tho Christian reposed faith in the humanity , honour , and hospitality , of the Mahometan . There was not even the common tie of religious feeling etw

      been those who sought , aud those who granted succour and safety . The confidence was nobl y repaid . The monarch of a despotic country 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 hi adversity . Tho 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 , Ms ancient foe—who has long looked with a covetous eye on his empire , and hungers fov Constantinople as a winter capital—demanded the surrender

      of the illustrious exiles . Certain death , accompjiuied by every indignity that the ferocious and despicable Despot of the North could have invented , Avould have been thenfate , had they fallen into his 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 fo e might be the consequence , they have defied the Czar and his brutal Muscovites , and the consequence of their refusal is , that diplomatic intercourse has been broken off , and a war may follow .

      In this ' case , however , Lord Palmerston ' s department came into play . Our ambassador to the Porte , Sir Stratford Canning , has throughout advised and supported the Turkish Government in its refusal to give up the Hungarian exiles to the double vengeance of Austria and Russia—yet these exiles were guilty of precisely the same offenc e as those who sought shelter at Malta . The fortunate difference was , that they asked refuge . from Mahometans instead of Christians , and came under Palmerston ' s influence , instead of that of Grey and More O'Ferrall .

      If Russia persists iu picking a quarrel with Turkey in this case , wo are bound , as an old ally , to support the latter . France , also , " is bound by treaties to do so : and we infer , from the very decided course which the Foreign Office has taken in the matter , that Lord 1 aljierston , at all events , is not inclined to shrink from the duties these treaties impose upon England . r But will the Grey or despotic party allow such a policy to be carried out « It is clear , from Russell ' s undignified andmW , Mv

      concocted reply to the remonstrance in the Maltese case , that he is dne of that party Rumours have long been rife about intrigues for the purpose of ousting Palmerston from the Cabinet ; and we all know that but for the refusal of Grey to join a Cabinet of which ho J'as to he a member , a Whig MifofrjZS have oecn formed in the winter offi The facts ve have narrated , respecting Conduct of the two Mjnisto in m J ^ S ^ SjA

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      enable our readers to determine fov themselves aa to which ought to be deprived of official authority ; hut these are not the only facts 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 which is not in a state of

      incipient or open rebellion , under 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 they have been , an impeachment would follow the infamous affair of Malta . As it is , the curse of feebleness and want of principle has fallou alike on People and Parliament .

      As to the threateningaspect 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 , we believe , the first since the close of tho Session of Parliament . It is stated b y the " Times" to have been summoned by the direction of Lord Palmeuston 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 tho recent occurrences at Constantinople . The " Daily News" and the

      " Morning Chronicle" intimate that the course pursued by Sir Stratford Canning has been dictated more by bis own feeling of personal friendship for the Sultan , and 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 solo cause of the sudden and special deliberation of the 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 be hoped that the result of these deliberations has been to throw the weight of England on the side of justice and humanity . If Tuvkey 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 be empowered to assure the Sultan that the ancient ally of his country will support him in the struggle ; and at the same time notice of that intention should be given to the Czar

      , backed by the immediate order of a fleet to the Black Sea . France is equally bound by treaty to support Turkey ; and though the President of the Republic is a relative of the Emperor of Russia by marriage , and has given abundant proofs of his readiness to become a servile tool of the Northern Autocrat , in 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 iu that country as to allow it to be dragged atthe tail of the wouldbe monarch . It has been his own fate also

      frequently to claim the very shelterandhospitalit y , which Russia demands shall be denied to Kossuth and his noble compatriots . It is but the other day that he was lounging about the West-End oi London—au exile , whose entrance into the country he 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 Avhen he may , the 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 Napoleon ; and if these two powers fulfil their solemn obligations to Turkey and the world by interposing between the "Northern Bear" and his prey , we have no doubt that the savage and vindictive tone he now assumes will subside into an . apology for having mistaken his real position in European affairs .

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      DEPLORABLE STATE OF IRELAND . According to the newspapers a few weeks ago Queen Yictoria was a worthy successor of Saint Patrick , and effected corresponding 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 . Bi gotry was shamed out of the Island . Part y spirit was buried in the "tombs of the Capulets , " and henceforth , all were to work lovingly together for the elevation , improvement , aud welfare of " the gem of the 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 the Royal holiday-making , 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" before the visitor .

      . They have taken care to indemnify tlieinselves for the brief respite from mutual hostilities . Royalty had scarcely settled itself in its distant Hi ghland home , ere the old plagues were let loose upon the land . The Babel of angry tongues once more arose . The Orangeman asserted his right to shoot Papists—the Paddy McKewns to form secret societies , and to carry off tho crops without paying rentthe landlords to clear their lands ol the human

      vermin who encumber them , and to seize the produce of their tenants' labour , heedless of aught but the legal claims they had upon that produce . Mutual forbearance and concessions with tho view of laying the foundation of some mutually-advantageous arrangement for the future , seems to be scouted by all parties They all stand upon their right—or what Beems to them such . Tho problem , how to regenerate Ireland , appears as far from solution as ever .

      Meanwhile the Island , with all its noble capabilities , drifts rapidly to destruction . In every department the inquiries of staticians disclose a fearful deterioration in the condition , of the whole people . Large districts are depopulated and l ying waste , and a criterion by which to try the state , both of the a gricultural and commercial interests of the country , has been just supplied by an article in the Duhlin University Magazine . " The quantity of money circulating amo ng a people is at all times a

      fair test of their industrial condition , and of the general position of the country , whether that money be principally paper and silver , as in Scotland , or nominally gold , and paper redeemable in gold , as in England ; whether metallic or purel y symbolic ; it is evident that so long as money is the representative and measure of all exchanges , the amount in circulation affords the best indication of the extent to which production and consumption can proceed .

      In this respect Ireland presents a steady and fearful diminution of producing and purchasing power . At the beginning of 1847 the total issues of all the banks in Ireland amounted to 7 , 515 , 414 ? ., against a sum in gold and silver bullion of . 2 , 608 , 0122 . In less ; nan two years the total issue of hank-notes has gradually and progressivel y fallen , until it does not exceed 3 , 833 , 072 * ., against au amount in bullion of not more than 1 , 687 , 778 ? Ihe entire circulation of the country has contracted to half its amount ; and the gold aud silver bullion , which the banks are compelled to keep b y Peel ' s Irish Banking Act of 1845 , as a supp o se d , guarantee for the couY « tUbilit

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      of their ^ ' ^ Dee ^ ed ^ e 7 bnwTfiftr or upwards of a million sterling fifth . The worst feature in the case is the * , l hS ? h ° ff ebb or * & * tMSft Had there been any oscillation \\ m ?~ u i ' justified the hop / that Sal 7 | i 2 atom was attributable to casual and & ating causes ; but the tables published S article referred to , demonstrate connlJ- 7 that the decreasehasbeen contfnuoustS portionate during the whole period selected \ L comparison . The inference , ther efore feflf J the state of things indicated by tS ' ?** organic-that the vitals of tlxo nation M wasting , and that unless the deadl y influen 2 ,

      wmen operate upon it are arrested by boldT ^ national remedies , it must speedily falling i , state of collapse and death . a The state of this countiy in 1847 vW Peel ' s act of 1844 put the screw upon Win dustrial interests-raised the price of discounts till the best paper was practicall y worthl ess and the value of gold was inordinately aug mented—may give some idea of the conse of such

      queuces a diminution of the circulation as has taken place in Ireland . The artificial scarcity of money created b y that measure caused an industrial collapse iu England ' Mills stood still-commerce was suspended except on condition of ruinous sales-an < i bankruptcies were gazetted by scores Wi 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 tho neci

      c or tlie nation , and allow it to breath again . But in that case onl y 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 entira currency had decreased to the extent of one half ? Imagine the number of hands out of employment—the shops closed and desertedthe properties worthless to their owners and unsaleable to others , -which such a fact implies—and then conceive the feelings of those subject to such a state of things , and who sea no prospect of this drain of the 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'Connellthe dull , prosy and feeble inheritor of areputation which was bankrupt almost before the grave closed upon its owner—proposes to reopen the spouting shop of the Repeal Association . Fudge ! If his father , in the plenitude of Ins 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 immediately available resources were so much larger than they now are , is it likel y the mere trader upon his ideas at second-hand , the borrower of a popularity not his own , will be able to effect anything for it ? j »

      Mr . Duffy calls for hel p from the Priests . Fudge again ! He has no faith in them—and they have as little in him . Ireland will never be regenerated and made socially and politicall y free by the priesthood . They are inevitably , from all their associations , and the whole nature of their training , the subjects of a foreign power . They may not be devoid of au

      instinctive love for Fatherland—but they are linked to it by none of the family and domestic ties , which , in the case of other men , clustor round 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 of Ireland—would , most certaiuly , be opposed by thorn .

      Within Ireland , therefore , the prospect of effectual improvement is gloomy and cheerlessnor is the matter much mended when we look iu other quarters—Political Economists , laudlords , and lawyers in England , raise a cloud of words from which no substantial result can be expected . Every , party professes to be wonderfully anxious for the 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 up the passage , and while all struggle nobody gets in . The Executive

      Government is not to be thought of for an instant . Lord John and his Cabinet have been three years in office , and during the whole per iod not the slightest indication has been offered , cither of any conception of the actual evils of the country , or the remedies by which they can be alleviated , and ultimately cured . A series of miserable peddling -aiid paltry makeshifts for the moment has characterised their entire administration , and looking at the mental calibre of the Ministry , we expect nothing else from it in future .

      " Who will show us any good thing 1 " Who will strike on the heart of . the empire in a manner which will cause it spontaneousl y and simultaneousl y to respond " Thou are the man !"

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      Caution xo Seukks op Stamps—By th © new Stamp Act , which will come into forco on Wodnesday next , the stamp allowances are reduced from 1 \ : per cent , to 1 J percent ., in consequence of which reduction it has been suggested that sellers of receip t stamps should make a charge for the paper on which they are impressed , as for bill stamps . There is , however , an act of Parliament , unvepealed , which will subject them to a penalty " of 10 ? . tor every such offence The fourth section of the Ota of George 1 Y ., c . 2 t is in the following words : — 'And whereas it is highly improper that an v vendor of stamps for receipts should , upon the sale thcreot , make any charge for the paper upon which such stamps are impressed , seeing that such-paper is by this act directed to

      be supplied gratis by the Commissioners of Stamps ; be it further enacted , that if any person or persons , upon the sale of any stamp or stamps for a receipt or receipts , shall make any charge for the paper whereon tha same shall be impressed , or shall , under any colour oi' pretence whatever , demand or receive a greater price or sum than the amount of the stamp duty denoted by such stamp or stamps , every person " so offendin <* shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of £ 10 ., to bo sued for and recovered , levied , and applied in such and the same manner as any penalties under any other act or acts relating to stamp duties , may be sued for , recovered , and applied . ' Tue pAMmis ov Pekis . —It is customary for the monarch to bestow money , food , and clothing upon the poor of I ' ekiu duvins winter . The Minister

      Cho-ping teen , formerly first magistrate or lord mayor of Pokin , who is of a very benevolent disposition , and a great favourite at Court , reminded his master of the annual bounty of 300 shili of rico for distribution , which was readily granted . Tho population of Pekin is very numerous , and notwithstanding the many means of earning a subsistence L ^ &wJ ? ' nill ? -ten T ths of the inhabitants tare from hand to mouth . In very severe winters , when labour ceases , the poor , as in Ireland , huddle together in mud hovels , which , besides the door , have no other aperture but a hole in the roof for the escape of the smoke , and live upon boiled millet and a little white cabbage . Many die of starvaition , but no further notice is taken of them than that a coffin is procured in most cases , there being societies expressly established to nmvid « f ™ + t £

      bunel of the poor . Tho misery frequently roaches a fearful height , such as the largest cities of the west scavcely ever witness , and thousands congregate , urged on by despair , to obtain by force a morsel of 5 ? I "' J . p « «» - J ** & quantities of congee then botfeci and tne wretches crowd around the public establishments to obtain a basinful , which supports them a whole day K « paupers show so much endurance as the Chinese they he down to die of starvation with the mosi th £ Liff ! \ l ^ T vefussed ' and confident h SSSnjSa ^ ° tei ' ribl ° * ° ' ^ LSw ?« ? ° ? ? 0 B ( 3 E HENBt Waud . Eso ,, o Uorthwood Pavk , mthe I 8 \ e of "Wight , a very faw tural Ward , " as he ls termed , the once well know Puseyite member for Oxford IM ™™^ kT ™

      ss&srJKXta aSteaftswsS IIW 1 T »? , ? Ih ? Jie left the Establishe Church , and has latterly been living on £ 100 a-yeai which ho obtained as tutor in a Roman Cathol ; [ Sjfc ^ * J * of property worl

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      ¦ _ l __ l . . ^ THE NORTHERN STAR . . October 61 849

  • 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/vm2-ncseproduct1542/page/4/