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    • THE WOKTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1841.
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      ^ "'IeYERLEY MINSTRELSY ! ID KDITOB OF THS JfOBTHKKX STAB , -closed Ton the following Teraes , not with I bir % Sm aStW p 058 " eitier Bterlin * merit fP ^ t ^ dmimstaiicei in wfateb they *» ere eom-^ J ^^ f a ^ V n . y friend * at lea * , cohe red p » £ .., * B proof that my » pWt is not yet broken fcise ^ ' gj ^ Hnons amonnt of my part , present , to ^ -SJZstea suffering * , undeserved and nnpreoe'dfftoo * sufferings in reality are . It also baa is ^ T ^ pjod purpose to myself already j that ia , * - » uthfT have done , a few hours ( about I 3 s * CS ? l «^ t < wetl ) er , in their composition ) which haa ^ 'JiTnylaougbto for that period from being more PtffS ! ^ ioied . I intend the verses to answer the 0 & 5 ££ i t " I * 8 « Braes . " —E * fmci / ron letter fijT * - ****

      SPIRIT OF FREEDOM ! _ jz-dom ! thon deignst to dwell £ ^ Sin hi . ceu 7 SlSiS ioiiowiaftoheKtj iwSthta thy influence diTine , fSStet . » exna « Ue « intad , » rheer the donyeon - B dismal gloom , £ ^ i ^ t by tyrants for hia tomb . fatt ' of freedom ! -when woes oppress , 5 ^ Mends desert , and foes distress ; Vwrn * misfortune threafning lowers , Screws mark the ps ^ ing hoars ; h ? i 0 i to know that in bu cell , £ i ? L thTsame spirit that breathM in TeH S ^ » Vanaee , aaddidbuni JloWv bright at Bannocibnrn .

      bjriS of freedom ! be ever nigh . ? Tben the pm'd »« om heaves the sigh ; ££ 2 tean tf woe each other chaae , n-La tbs p&lriof' grief-wam face j JSrf wffi otherssh ^ , Fiotbea grie& his bosom ¦ bled ; kjt nrtr for sorrowi all bis own ^ ererfdi , or yet has shown . irinx cl beefier '• *» eTer foand * , SSl hbdvi ad this bosom wonnd : n-STeri * ^ tboes more dear than life , Jr . mxto ( iuio-1 ^ widow'd wife : lirr ^ " ttr heaTenly influence shed , Sad ii » belplcss snffareri head , troire fi * iw ^ with joys tt com e , ^ rid freedoB once more bless my home

      r- rth&T . V ™* ' ± J ^ rp lieed band , yjr jpread their errors through the land * , tad the ductile mina astray , L in , from troth ' s delightful way . < fcii nperstition ' s blighting gloom , r ? & ndsi ' s energies the tomb , j ^ els , feir sprite , before thy ray , £ si ' openias up * glorious day . inrn these dungeons may enclose ^ taferiag patriot and hi 3 woes ; ji arpJaa fh'M to poverty driven , jj wife deprived of all bat heaven ; * 3 S * idoT swsil—thai orphan * , cry , iSatdiB ? incense to the siy ; ta m the eppressor bring a rod , ^ -raiii of an averging God .

      • jihb , «* ael po **^ . b . er bands may stain VA blood of freedom ' s martyrs slain ; fe sully dare the deadly strife , tic * freedom may be bought with life . Ta , "" a ! while million souls inherit , jjsdom , thy never-dying spirit , ITfcKb bow ngbte up mj dungeon ' * gloom , ftngameact to be the patriot * , tomb . Ta , niB all arts will tyrants find Jicmej ) or bind the human mind ; Ii { award , with resistless force , lie stream of mind sha ! 3 hold her course . 33 ytsy ean stop tiu Kjin ? sun , jam his appoinwd race u > am ; El th ? y the ocean ' s wares can stay , 2 sr masda : ewe Ehall ne ' er obsy .

      BOBEBT PBDPIB . BeTedej House of Correcuon , 15 : ii Feb . 1541 .

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      A Brtsikd ' s Philosopht ; oa omjs law fob thk Rich and apothkb fob the Poor . — " It is because man ' s law is not God ' s l » w th&t I stand here upon the mountain . Were laws equal and just , there would be few foaztd to resist them . While thej are unequal and / unjust , the poor-hearted may submit and tremble ; the powerless may yield and suffer ; the bold , the free , the Btron / j , and the determined , fall baek upon the law of God , and wage war against the injoitice of mas . If yon and I , baron , " he continued , growing excited with the heat of his argument ; " if you and I vrere to stand before a court of human justice , as it is called , pleading the same cause , accused of the same acts , would our trial be the same , our sentence , our punishment ? No { all

      would be different ; and why t—Because you are Bernard da Rohan , [ ride Lord Cardigan ' s case , ] a wealthy baron of tbe land , and I am none . A name would make the difference . A mere name would bring the Bword on my head and leaye yours tinwounded . If so it be , I say—if such be the world ' s equity—I set up a retribution for myself ; I raise a kingdom in the passes of these mountains , a kingdom where all the priTileges of eartb are reversed . Here , under my law , the noble , and the rich , and tha proud , are those that must bow down and suffer ; the poor , and the humble , and the good , those that have protection and immunity . Go , ask in the peasant ' s cottage ; -rait the good pastor ' s fireside ; inquire of

      the shepherd of the mountain or the farmer on tbe plain 3 : go , ask them , I say , if under the sword of Corse de Leon they lose a sheep from their fl-jck or a sheaf from their field . Go , ask them if , when the tyrant of the castle—the lawless tyrant , or the tyrant of the city—the lawful tyrant , plunders their property , insults sheir lowliness , grinds the face of the poor , of wrings the heart of the meek—ask them , I say , if there is not retribution to be found in the midnight course of Corse de Leon—if there is not punishment and justioe poured forth even upon the privileged heads abote . "—Mr . Jamet ' s Corse de Leon .

      The Cowobts of Heathens : Town Gardens p Japak . — 'fhe front of the better class of houses is occupied by a large portico and entrance , where the palanquins , umbrellas , and shoes of visiters are left , where servants and persons on business wait , & . C . ; and which is connected with all the domestic offices . The back of the house is the part inhabited by the family ; and it projects into the garden triangularly , for the benefit of more light and cheerfulness . These gardens , however diminutive , are always laid out in the landscape-garden style , with rocks , mountains , lakes , waterfalls , and trees ; and

      uniformly contain » family chapel or oratory . Absurd as such would-be pleasure-grounds may seem , when confined in extent , as must be the garden even of a wealthy householder in the heart of a city , this intermixture of- verdure nevertheless contributes greatly to the airiness and gay aspect of the town itself . And we are told that the very smallest habitations possess similar gardens , yet more in miniature , sometimes consisting of what may be called the mere corners cut off from the triangular back of the house , with the trees in flower-pots . —Manners and Customt of the Japanete .

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      PUBLIC TEA PARTY , IN THE FORESTERS ' REFUGE , STALYBRIDGE , TO CELEBRATE TriE RELEASE OF THE REV . J . R . STEPHENS . - The large Hall was tastefully decorated . The applications for tickets had exceeded the expectations of the managers so far ' that they were obliged to set the tables a third time , before all ¦ v isitors had been supplied . Mr . Stephens entered the room , and was loudly cheered , and took tea with the list party . The arrangements reflected great credit upon the managers ; and the females especially were very industrious , in tryiDg t « make every one as comfortable as circumstances would permit . After the joyous assemblage had regaled themselves , the tables wer « removed . Mr . Hash * , having been called to the chair , introduced Mr . Stephens to the meeting ia a short eulogistic speech .

      Mr . Stephens , on presenting himself , was saluted with hurrahs , clapping of hands , and other marks of esteem ; after the applause had subsided , he commenced his address by thanking his friends around , him for their hearty expressions of welcome . Being once more at home amongst his own , he was bold in speaking of himself . ( Hear . ) Their chairman , when he called him their tried friend , their undaunted friend , and their suffering friend , was wrong in one little word , namely , their suffering friend . He considered he had suffered nothing , when he thought of the cause m which he had been embarked , and which led him to prison , where he had spent eighteen of the happiest mouths of his life . And those who had sent him there had dont

      him the best and kindest turn . He said that when Captain Williams asked how he was , he told him to give his respects to Lord John Russell , and tell him that be thanked him for sending him there ; and tell him also that he made a very great mistake in sending him there ; that , had he let him alone a little longer , he should hare given very little trouble . He ( Mr . S . ) said he wa 3 nearly worn out , but now he had made him a mm again . He did not think it any test of public sympathy and respect to see thousands paradiDg the streets to welcome their friends home . He , for bis part , thought little of flags , banners , and bands of music on such occasions . He had previously made up his mind to come alone into \ snton . He would walk , and have an opportunity

      of seeing with his own eyes , and he would willingly have suffered eighteen months imprisonment rather than miP 3 what he had seen in walking from Ashton to the Foresters' Hall , at Stalybridge , from men , women , and children , when returning from their work , and appearing so anxious in offering their dirty hands to shake with his clean ones , for , said he , his were likely to be so , because he had d » ne no work for eighteen months . He had put into his hands a Manchester paper , in which it was stated that he was coming to Stalybridge to join a tea partv , and in the same paragraph it wa 3 asked whether the p rison had damped his enthusiasm , and whether the police would be needed . But he ( Mr . Stephen *) would tell his friend of the Afanchester

      Ttrr . es that had his council been followed there never would have been any necessity for the policemen , for either Ash ton or Manchester to bludgeon the people into submission . He had told the people , and the Manchester Times , and the Manchester Guardian , and the Morning Chronicle , that if they were determined to pass the New Poor Law Bill , that they would need an army to enforce it , and the fruits were now just what he said they would be . ( Hear , tear , and cheers . ) The speaker then at great length defended himself against the attacks which had been made in the press , which called him a madman , fire brand , and revolutionist , &c &c , and saia that those wbo called him such certainly did not know him : he believed there never was a man more

      calm , more cool , nor kinder than himself , ( hear , hear , ) and likewise stated that his work of agitation began in the clo .-et . The first Bhake of the haDd he had in Manchester was from a policeman who knew-kim , ( although he , Mr . S ., did not know the policeman , ) and welcomed him back again . H 6 then advised the people not to be deceived by the advice which was sometimes given them relative to going to America ; they must not imagine that when they were going { here that they were going to a free country , and argued that we should endeavour to better our country rather than leave it . He glanced at many points which more concerned himself and Ms ovra congregation , than the public at large , and at times broke out in tremendous declamation against

      ; he New Poor Law Bill , the Factory Question , and the Rural Police , until he came to the remarks upon the Chartists and the Charter . He said that he might correct an idea that had gone abroad . He asked whoever . heard him aay that he was a Chartist 1 He defied any man to point to a single line where they might conclude that he was a a Charti 3 t . He never was a Chartist . He was not a Chartist then , nor ever would be . But though he was not a Chartist himself , he took that opportunity of stating that he would always support their right to be Chartists . They ought to have the Charter : be himself could live happy under the Charter . Things could not be worse than they were if it was obtained . ( Hear , hear . ) On hia way thither Kb saw

      a child who saw him , and who said , " Hey ! there is Stephens , God bless him ; but we must have the Charter . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) Whatever might ba thought of his politics , he always held that the entire people should be fully and fairly represented in the House of Commons' Congress , or where they wished . They might call that good Chartism , but they might take it for what they liked . Since he had been in prison , he had lost a brother , child , and father by death ; " the latter occurrence , that offhis father , had been signalised by a display of unlookedfor sympathy on the part of Lord Normanby , who kindly , and without solicitation from himself , granted him permission , from the dungeon , to tollovr the remains of his father to the grave . He , therefore , took that public opportunity of publicly , through the press , expressing his gratitude to Lord Normanbv . though he wag his political opponent to the

      death . He also thanked them ( his congregation ) for their kindness towards him while in prison , in •» eouniary and in other matters . They had ministered to his waats , and he hoped the large number of sufferers then in prison would not be forgotten , or left unsupported by their friends . ( Hear , hear . ) He intended to work in the great vineyard of the Lord , as he had don » before . On Sunday next , be would preach at Hyde ; the Sunday following , at Charlestown , ABhton . He would work harder , if possible , than he had done . He would ever repose upon their prayers , their faith , and the heaven to which he and they aspired . While in prison he had not been quite idle : he had often asked himself what he could do for the general good 1 And he thought that if he -could pla « e permanently oh record bin views , it wonld be better calculated to ensnre his object than the delifery of local sermen » or lectures .

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      With this Tiew he had started a munttne . which he called thp "People ' s , " because it ir « for the people , with the people , whether rich or poor , Ugh or low and he wished to make the whole people one people . He bad Itarnt , since his release , and on credible authority , that all the imprisonment , all the Government prosecutions , and cruel treatment , and exorbitant bail , was the result of a bargain entered into between his old friends , the Corn La * repealing miUowners and the Government , that they would > nt dowu the Anti-Poor Law agitation and the Chartist agitation , if the Government would assist them in repealing the Corn Laws . But had they put down the agitation or the agitators ! ( No , no . ) Had they put Oastler down ? No ; there was

      he in the Fleet , inditing his Papers , happier than ever . Had they put Stephens down ? No ; there hs was that night , again before his friends , his church , and his congregation . Had they put down O'Connor ! No ; though in prison , he was as mighty as ever . Had they put down Oastler , O'Connor , and Stephens ! ( No . ) They had put them up better than they could have done themselves . ( Vociferous cheers . ) He saw nothing good as the result of all their imprisonment ; they had still bad times , they were likely to have worse ; and , before heaven , he believed God had given them up to a reprobate mind , to work all manner of unrighteousness , that they might believe a lie , a special affliction from God , wbo had and would visit them with vengeance . He had teen Oastler in London , and spent many happy hours with him . Mr . Stephens then reoommended his hearers to read the "Fleet Papers ;" and if they could afford to purchase-the " People ' s

      Magazine , to read that also . It was extensively read ia London , and he hoped was doing good ; but above all they muBt read the " Fleet Paper * . " People would say he was advertising his own book . ( Laughter . ) In conclusion , he hoped that they would not mistake him ; he knew it would be a work of prayer and a work of blood ; they must take the sword and not let it rust in the scabbard— "the sword of Gideon—they must keep it bright before the Lord "—for God had said that he would cleanse the land . He then exhorted his hearers to be up and doing , to pray more , to live to God more , to believe more , to give themselves up completely to God , to live for God and one another . He had given them his best advice , let them take it , pray over it , and he would with God ' s assistance and theirs , work for and with them , be would finally and affectionately bid them good night . ( Loud cheering . ) The Chairman then introduced

      Mr . Bradley , of Hyde , who was received with much applause . He observed that he had come with great pleasure , though very unwell , in answer to the kind invitation that had been sent him . Mr , Stephens had called him a consistent Chartist ; he was proud to assert that he was a Chartist , and agreeing with him that men ' s hearts must be changed before they would prac'iee justice to one another , he could not help thinking he might be bigotted , that Mr . Stephens was wrong and he himself was right , when he demanded for his countrymen their political rights , as contained in the Charter . He would himself feel ashamed , and he thought he would not deserve the name of a man if he was not a Chartist ; and though he had suffered eight

      months' imprisonment , he would never cease to work until it became the law of tbe land—he would assist Mr . S . in repealing the New Poor Law , the Rural Police Bill , and in shortening the hours of faetory labour , though he thought , lor his part , they never could succeed till they got the Suffrage , by which to protect and legislate for themselves as working men . ( Cheers . ) How were they situated at this moment 1 Were they no ; worse than they had been 1 He told them that unless they could obtain the Charter , they would become worse than they were then , though , God knew , they were low enough . It was his opinion that they , Jike the aristocracy and cotton lords , must have their interests represented in the House of Commons , or they sink

      immeasurably lower in the scale of social misery , and moral degradation . He wished them , oue and all , to cultivate a knowledge of one another , to sympathise with one another , and to struggle iu the great cause , until their efforts were crowned with success . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He would conclude , as he was in very bad health , and give way to another gentleman who would address them . ( Load applause . ) The Chairman then called upon Mr . Bairstow , who , in coming forward was received with deafening and protracted cheering , and on reaching the tribune from which he spoke , was shaken by the hand in the most cordial manner , by Mr . Stephens , upon which the cheering again commenced . Cheers were then given in rapid succession .

      severally for Feargns O'Connor , E ? q ., Richard Oastler , and the Rev . J . R , Stephens ; after the subsidence of which Mr . Bairstow spoke as follows : He did sot think , when be entered that building at a very late stage of tbe proceedings , that he should have been called upon to address them , but the argue eye of their Chairman had discovered him , and he must speak . He appeared there as an uncompromising Chartist , to blink nothing , or bate one of its immortal principles . ( Loud and long-continued cheering . ) A democrat , aye , one by birth , be would ever stand by and defend the democracy of man as embodied in the People ' s Charter , as the only lever for raising him from his present position ( Hear , htzr , and cheers . ) He maintained

      that iu righteous claims were neither humbug nor moonshine ; and that the Chartists , instead of hunting a wild goose , in pursuing its acquisition , were solemnly and nobly working out their couatry ' B emancipation . ( Cheers . ) The ChartiBts , on the contrary , had broken the march of every fox , and wrung the Becks of the cackling geese , and rendered it for ever impossible that any agitation shall humbug the people under the pretence of repealing isolated bad laws , without giving them the franchise by which to cut down every obstruction to their unlimited freedom . ( Renewed chesra . } The people hated the Ntw Poor Law , the Rural Police Bill , and the accursed factory system . But they were fully conscious that it would be follv to attempt to repeal

      the one or correct the other without Universal Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) While the factory lord , the capitalist , and the landowner were omnipotent in Parliament , and the people were powerless , they might as well seek to stop the diurnal motion of the globe . They felt they were excluded out of the sphere of being and doing good—that the law never kiievr them till it branded them with criminality , and condemned them to imprisonment , banishment , exile , or death . The people bad become too wise to be pulled like puppets by the wires of leadership , and . guided by a resolute and indomitable adherence to principle , they would steer clear of the shoals and quicksands of expediency , till , lashed by the waves of progress , they reached the haven of repose and success . "Universal Suffrage and no surrender "

      was the inscription on their banners ; the winds of every breeze unfurled it ; they had nailed their colours to the mast , and they had sworn death to the man who struck them . ( Loud and hearty cheering . ) At this moment the chairman begged leave of Mr . Bairstow to desist for a short time , stating that Mr . Stephens bad been sent for by one of his members who was on the eve of death , and proposed that , before Mr . Stephens left , the audience should , by way of bidding him good uight , give him twenty rounds of the Kentish fire , which was responded to by the whole meeting in the most enthusiastic manner . Mr . B . returned , and , in a strain of thrilliDg eloquence , which carried all heartswith him , concluded amidst the loud and long continued plaudits of the assembly .

      The Chairman then briefly addressed the meeting ; after which , three times three were given for Mr . Oastler , O'Connor , J . R . Stephens , tbe Northern Star ( to which Mr . Griffin replied ) , and Mr . Bairstow . A vote of thanks wa 9 tendered , by acclamation , to tha chairman , who acknowledged the compliment in a short speech , and the meeting broke up just before Sunday , highly pleased with the evening ' s proceedings .

      The Wokthern Star. Saturday, March 6, 1841.

      THE WOKTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 6 , 1841 .

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      OPEN CONFESSION OF THE MOST FLAGRANT GUILT AND LONG CONTINUED PERSECUTION OF IRISH LANDLORDS . In our last number we laid before our readers a report of a meeting of Irish landlords , recently held in Dublin , and presided over by Ireland's only Duke , his Grace the Duke of Leinster . We have this week to draw more particular attention to the objects proposed , and motives for holding the meeting . Many of the early speakers would have given the complexion of patriotism to their intentions , while they would gladly throw a reil over the disasters and wretchedness which they admit to exist , and ot which they hare b « en compelled to confess themselves the perpetrators . A Mr . Napzb is the first speaker , and we again insert his speech : —

      " Toward * tbe conclusion of thi * gentleman ' s remarks , in alluding to the atate of the country , he observed that the h « use » of the poor people throughout the ctnntry , were literally worth nothing—they were net fit for habitation . In traversing the boga as a sportsman , many a time he had seen the game fall at the door , of the poor man , —thow wretched hovels were not fit for * the dogs over which be bad shot " Now this Mr . Napeb is , we understand , a Tory landlord , enjoying the small fortune of about thirty thousand per annum , while he confesses that , upon his own estate , he has to witness the destitution which he describe * to

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      be endured by Jhoae who make the otherwise barren surface of hi * land valuable by their labour . Can reproof be stronger than that which this gentleman thus administers to self and order , amidst the cheers of the delinquents ' . Good God ! human beings living in hovels in which a sportsman mould not put his dog . The bit of a speech which is most important for its folly is that of a Captain Dunmk , and which we reprint also : —

      "He resided In a district wnere there was , unfortunately , a large quantity of wasteland , which «« uld , with little difficulty , be reclaimed and made productive if the people only knew how to go ahout it < Hean hear . ; That they would at once eefe about It he had no doubt , if the means were given them ; for certainly the charge of a want of industry could not with truth be imputed to them . " , Here we have a most extraordinary jargon ; the Gallant Captain says , that the land would be reclaimed if the people knew how to go about it , and , in the very next breath , he eaya they would soon go about it , if the means were given them , and he admits that want of industry cannot be imputed to the Irish peasantry .

      The next speaker is Shahman Cbawfobd , and while we acquit him of all participation iu past acts of oppression , we regret that he did not , when such an opportunity presented itself , afarm a more extensive principle than tne mere collection of subscriptions to be divided among a little Squirearchy as agricultural premiums . The resolutions went no farther than this , while Mr . Chawpord very properly observed upon the prudence and justice of making a landed provision for every labourer . But while Mr . Cbawfobd merely suggested the propriety of adopting the principle , he went into the most outrageous and impracticable details for carrying it out , that could have been suggested to the mind of man . *

      Mr . Crawford recommends the allotment of an acre of ground to every labourer , and in his appropriation of that quantity he assigns three diBtinct duties or performances , each and all of which are founded upon the most fallacious data . He assigns a task for the man , for the land , and for the two little pigs , which none of the parties could possibly perform . In the first place he proposes that tbe man , after ten or eleven hours labour , for his master should

      amuse himself in planting a half acre of potatoes ; in cultivating and digging them , and in digging and cultivating a half acre of wheat . True , be assumes that the family will assist , but he well knows that the children of Irish labourers begin to work for their masters at the age of twelve or thirteen , till about twenty or twenty-one , when they marry and become housekeepers themselves . Therefore the performance of the required duty from the man is out of the question .

      Next comes the land ; and surely Mr . Crawfobd must know that there is not an acre of land in the universe , with any quantity of manure , muoh less with that produced by two little pigs , would stand an alternation of a greeu and white crop ; it is rank nonsense . But now we come to a consideration of the most important of all the duties , that assigned to the unhappy two little pigs , upon whom devolves the enriching process . Does Mr . Cbawfor * know what he said , or do those who cheered understand it ! Is

      Mr . Crawford aware that there aTe eighty perches of land in a half acre , each perch containing over thirty square yards , and that he assigned tbe poor little grunters the PHYSICAL impossibility of manuring no less than seven square yards per day throughout the year , and for potatoes , too , which require more manure than any other crop . We beg to assure Mr . Crawford that forty big pigs , much less two little pigs , would not , if they had nothing else to do , and had a dispensary at their command , perform the duty which he has assigned to the poor animals .

      He talks of straw , while he must know that pigs alone , of all other animals , never convert straw into manure , being , as regards their bed , the most cleanly of all animals . Indeed , in justification of the character of Irish pigs , we beg to relate a story which we heard from an Irish farmer . He had a sow with a litter of young ones ; the bow fell sick , and the farmer littered y ard and all with straw for warmth ; after three days' attempt at doctoring , he at last sent for the parish pig dootor , who , having taken off bis hat and coat , and having

      deposited them in a corner of the yard , over the straw , proceeded to the sick bed from whence he expelled the young brood , and when the visit was over and the patient was prescribed for , the Dootor proceeded to " don" his coat and hat , but lo , and behold , the well-trained brood had taken advantage of the doctor ' s coat and hat , which presented the only spot that for three days appeared legitimate greund for their purposes , and there they deposited a large luck-penny for the learned gentleman , as their share of the fee .

      We , therefore , protest at once , upon the part of the two little pigs , against the performance of the duty assigned to them . In fact , they must be the dirtiest little beasts of pigs on eartb , real Irish pigs , and worth their weight in gold ; as a half acre of potato ground manured by pigs would be well worth five pounds . Will Mr . Crawford send us a sow and boar of this manuring breed , and we promise any price for them 1 No ; but we tell Mr . Crawford how to get over the difficulty , and how to increase the comfort , while he diminishes the burden upon the man , the land , and the pigs .

      Let each labourer have an acre and a half of ground , and apply it thus : —a quarter of an acre of potatoes , a quarter of an acre of wheat , a quarter of an acre of vetches and kitchen garden , a quarter of an acre of meadow , and a half acre of grass , and then let us see what his produce would be—SCO stones of potatoes , thirty-five stones of wheat , milk , and butter , of a cow , and kitchen garden for bush fruit and vegetables ; then Mr . Chawfors may say that a cow , one pig , and the weeds of a kitchen garden , together with some little collected by the

      man himself , would manure a quarter of an acre well , while tbe ashes and other manure furnished by slops , et cetera , would afford ample quantity for a kitchen garden . Thus s quarter of an acre of freeh land might be broken up every year , and have a good skin upon it , instead of a continuous succession of potatoes and wheat , while the man ' s labour would be reduced to nearly one half , and to assist him in that , the cow would enable him to keep some of the children at home for help / while the poor pigs would be altogether released from their copious evacuations .

      The cow is the grand thing for a poor family ; and let us now see what our disposition of the land would afford . Three hundred stones of potatoes , thirty-five ditto of wheat , four quarts of new milk per day for seven months of the year , and eighty pounds of butter , or better than half a pound per day for the remaining five months , together with a little milk for seven months , eight quarts of sour milk per day for the pigs ; to this add garden

      vegetables , and thus , without any straining at artificial agriculture , but by the very commonest process , we provide for the poor man three times as much as he can earn by a whole year ' * toil ; he may eat his pig , which would , moderately peaking , give him two hundred pounds of bacon , or more than half * pound per day . That man would never let froggy Frenchman enter upon hia little paradise ; he would fight liko an Irishman , and die like a game Aock first .

      We must be understood a 3 agreeing altogether with Mr . Cbawfobd in principle , and therefore do we feel the greater jealousy and alarm , lest ridicule may . be cast upon it , from thr , absurdity of the details . A Scotch farmer once assured a neighbour that he had discovered an essence of manure , and that he could carry a sufficiency for five acres in his waistcoat pooket ; upoa which the neighbour replied , " Ay « , moQ i and na « doubt you nay carry tbe oropa

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      in the © the . " * " Now , we say nothing about the crops ; but we do th . ? k > hat . after the two little pigs had performed tb « ir ^ "t of the covenant , they would be very fto * drawn , % n < J would make but sorry bacon . The next speaker tf Mr . Gborgb Macastsbt ; and aa this gentleman haa Jet the eat bat of the bag , W 6 hen reprint his ooafeWott . He said : — " Improve the agricultural resource * of the country .

      and yea increase employmant among the labouring daises , and decrease the poor Dates , ( Hear , bear . ) It is the interest of the proprietors , therefore , to forward these objects ; tor there Is uo use "Minting the question —any persop that looks at the operation of the poor laws must see that eventually the proprietor must pay the rate . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Therefore , let the proprietors employ the people , and the / will not cave poor ratee to pay . " *

      Now , can anything be more beastly , disgusting , and flagitious , than Oras seeing landlords obliged to be dragged like badgera from a hole before any notions of justice , humaja » try or right , possess them . Here we are distinctly told , that the dread of a poor rate has forced these gentlemen to consider grievance , with which they admit that they have been familiar for years , witlnwrt making the slightest approach towards their redress , until alarmed by solfishness and fear . Thus ' ft erer has been , a » d thus it ever will be , with thtr lieb . — -they must fc « kicked into action .

      In 1735 , the Irish House of Commons , beinj ? Protestants , passed a resolution- exonerating all grass land from the payment of tithe , and thus threw the whole burden of the Protestant church upon a pauper Cartholio agricultural peopie . In 1821 , Mr . Gocxbubw , finding the security of the parsons becoming weak , in consequence of this immunity , and the redacted price of grain holding out a premium for leavisg land in grass , passed bis tithe composition bill ,, fey which tithe was to be converted into an acreabie assessment upon all land , as well grass as agricultural . From 1735 till 1825 , every war was a tithe war ; and ' the grass Protestant and grass Catholic proprietors .

      shot , hung , transported , murdered , and destroyed every man who took part in opposition to tithes . The poor paid as high as 25 s . an acre tithe for potatoes ; 20 <» . for wheat ; 16 s . for barley ; 12 s . for oats ; and 83 . for flax ; and Berving the parson or proctor with more than three notices to draw his tithe upon the same day was conspiracy by Act of Parliament . So , when a poor man , or a combination of poor men , preferred allowing the parson to draw thoso tithes to paying the valuation three friendly Protestants were employed to serve notice to draw , and the parish wa 3 then declared in a conspiracy against the parson , and the military were poured in from all quarters to aid the church .

      This went on for nearly a century ; the Catholic landlord and lay impropriatora and magistrates being the greatest tyrants . But , when all was brought into hodge podge , and when the rich had to pay a little for their religion , then did lords highsheriffs , M . P . s , and squires , rise in open rebellion against the parsons , and cry " down with the church , and no tithes , " until at length they have for another bit transferred them , in the shape of rent charge , to the shoulders of the Catholic tenants ; and now the patriots being sopped like a furious watch dog , are mute once more . Is not this a case exactly in point with the present agricultural move , and has not Mr . M'Cartney put the saddle upon the right horse ?

      A Mr . Berkingham follows , and announces the appalling fact that sixpence a day is above the average price for mn able-bodied man in the West of Ireland ; and then comes a Mr . Watt , who , in detailing eome facts connected with the district of Thurles , in the county of Tipperary , which has always been the most disturbed part of Ireland , says , that within five years , encouragement has been

      given to agricultural improvement , and for that period there has not been a single criminal , whereas previously there was not a single year but there was a publio execution . 0 ! shameful ! horridt beastly ! and who were the murderers ! Why , the rascally landlords , of course , who should one and and all be hung up as acara crows , as a warning to those who may follow . The Irish deserve it for bearing it .

      We are sick of the beastly concern ! we never read a more disgusting recital than the whole affair ; and our readers will now do us the justice to say , I that howover our former paintings of Irish suffering j and lordly tyranny may have appeared high coloured , they become but a mere daub , when contrasted with the picture drawn by the gentlemen themselves . O what a row there is , when , aland shark , who has sent thousands to a premature grave , is finally sent after them . Landlords of th » Green Isle ! you have written your own history , with your own pen , and in the blood of your own countrymen , and we believe it true to the letter .

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      I ^ B'B ^^ ' ' ' DISHONOUR , DISGRACE , AND DISSOLUTION OF THE HOUSEHOLD SUFFRAGE PARTY ; THEIR PRINCIPLES AND THEIR ORGAN . MvsrERr and latitude to an almost unlimited extent sre , by a kind of prescriptive right , conceded to the press ; but , inasmuch as there must be always some implied , if not defined , understanding between those who write and those who read , it has therefoie been the immemorial custom , that the latter

      should only impugn the former when trick , disgrace , dishonour , or falsehood , shall be so clumsily veiled by Mr . Editor , as to make silenoe , or affected blindness , a charge of participation against the latter . In plain terms , the disciples of a newspaper , written for the higher or middle classes , value it exactly in proportion to its powers of aiding tyranny by falsehood ; but inasmuch as the least moral must be the most scrupulous , the moment the cheat becomes palpable and is detected , then is the cry of shame reechoed through the surprised ranks .

      If a party cannot rely upon its organ ' s veraoity , what influence can that party hold ia a state ; and if an organ descends to the disgraceful and dishonourable subterfuge of pandering to advertisers , and recruiting for quacks , at the expenceof truth , aud by wilful falsehood , what will it not sacrifice to preserve the support of the political portion of its readers ! We may answer principle , ' politics , party , and all at the shrine of Mammon .

      It is bad enough to manufacture editorial political quacks , and attach the signature " Chartist , '' as if coming from other parties ; that is a part of the mysterious license ; but to issue a wilful and palpable falsehood , as the Leeds Times has done , admits of no possible excuse . Never , then , has a more disgraceful occurrence come under our knowladge than that to which we are now about to refer .

      If honour is to be observed towards our p . olitieal subscribers , surely hoBesty should be obsp rved towards our advertisers . We expound ' our principles as an inducement and iavitatior 1 to the former , and exhibit our circulation as an iavitation te the latter . In the one we nay be v / et lealtus and unmeasured , but with the otha- r , leal has nothing to do . Tfte standard of trutf 1 is th « only measure which advertisers require * and to wbioh they are justly entitled .

      The Leeds lines has , then , ia the most unblushing and dishonest manner , added pt , lees than aine thousand five hundred to the a / uoant of stamps which the returns give to that p » . per , and , with the very returns from wbioh he prc feme * to qnoto before his eyes , and from which he quotes in these words : — The last STAMP RETURN S SHOW the weekly circulation of the Tit »« ato ' oe 1 , 673 ; and then the Leeds Times gives the gros ? . amount as 95 , 000 , while the Stamp Returns befor e his eyes give the return th « s : —

      Leeds Ttmet-i ^ ,, 12 , 300 ; - August , 12 , 000 ; September , 12 , 500 ; October , 12 , 00 # ; November , 20 , 500 ; December * V , , 000 ; making in -all 85 , 5 * 0 , and then the Time * , b » Vlng assumed this false and dishonest position * i > roeeed * to take its stand a * a

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      second-raUpapei , »» the NorthernStmr , not being * local paper , the 7 V " says , cannot be taken into the Yorkshire local lu ^ t for advertising pnrposes . For this we thank tht Briggate National ; th » Star is not a Yorkshire paper , nor yet an English paper , nor yet a National paper . , * it is an Iioperuri paper , and while the Times thus caters for quacks , by narrowing its circulation to a limited circle , what will the originators and supporters of the late " national" move say to their "toad in a hole V

      BeD while we never have catered for advertisements bat , oa the contrary , have refused many , and would Waeb raiher insert a good letter from a ' CHARTIST" Aand-Ioom weaver , am account of a Whig Com law drubbing , or a good missionary ' s lecture , yet w * heg io tell the Times that we circulate morewithintfcitiy miles of him than lie circulates all over the world-, « d we send more wngle paper to aristocrats taeVH . rV ?» who are obliged to take us as poison , thaa © no half of the Times' " circulation .

      We did not lesve i \) for the Time * to find out that we were not . a mere "Toad in * hole ; " we have always taken pride and pleasure in declaring itrotrr& . ^ Ivfcs ; our readers will do ns the justice to say ttu 't we are never very noisy about " advertisers' wa rid do well to look here , " or in parading tb « stamp returns ; but , inasmuch as some fi « s « k deration has been forced upon us , and a » we may be safely mtid to hold the balaMe e * t -n between the advertising portion of the ceaumsi * y > not being an ai-fertreing paper , let us , wbifo «« r . hand is in , giv 9 a fair speenaen of the real state' o # Ik e case to that portion of the community whvliarvt ? . no other protection , or guarantee , than the word *> of the Editor for tfre expenditure of their mousy . .

      Tin Time * then calla itself tie- eesssa , ^ paper iq Yorkshire , by the returns . Now Ifeb us-m

      —No I . Northern Star , Hair a . XtTOtton and Twenty-cow ; TfeAoaancLr No . II . Leeds Mercury , two hundred and' fort , ' -two thousand , by its own , account . ' No . III . Leeds Iivtetligtncer , one hundred an ^ tnrenty- ^^ ix thousand .

      No . IV . Hull Advertiser , one hundred and eleyerpiJhonsand five hundred . No . V . Leeds Time * , eighty-five thousand , five hundred . So much for the other point of veracity ; and now , as nicety is th 9 orderof the day , let us just Tun the Times nicely through the twenty-six week goantlet , taking the first nineteen weeks , " and the last seven . For the first niaeteen weeks , then , that is , fo » the quarter oading in September , to the first week of November , inclusive , ' October being a five weeks month , and the first week ' s supply for . November , consequently had io October , and let us see how the matter stands .

      For those nineteen weeks , the Times had , by the return , just 49 fiQ % or 2 , 570 , instead of 3 . GS 3 , per week , while for seven weeks of November and December , the Time * had no fewer than 35 , 500 , or nearly one haJf . of the whole amount , supplied for the whole term ,, or in weekly circulation 5 , 214 ; and then the cur echoes the yelp of the bull-dog , and says , we make no average of the Intelligencer * because he has not made proper arrangements about bilking advertisers .

      Now can figures make facts clearer as regards the ^ dishonesty and falsehood of the Times towards advertisers , who are ,, in our opinion , in all cases were they can swear that they were governed by a bona ~ fide circulation , as stated in the paper which deceives them , absolved from the payment of advertisements . Now one word for the veracious Mercury , and here we are merely dealing between the advertising claimants as arbitrators .

      The Mercury says;— " We make no weekly average of the Ihietiigsncer ' i circulation , because a large proportion was supplied to that paper in the month of September . " Well , now , let us have like case like rule . In January , 1840 , the Mercury had l ° . , # 00 , and in December , 1840 , 45 , 600 . In January 1840 , the Intelligencer ' hid . 20 , 000 , and in December , 1840 , 45 , 0 » 0 . Now , surely , if 45 , 000 in December is more disproportionate to the circulation of the Intelligence * than the same amount is to the circulation of the Meroury , so is , upon the other hand , 19 . M 0 in January to the Mercury , than 20 , 000 in the same month to the Intelligencer , and may we not , therefore , have another January tale to tell upon the next returns !

      What , then , as far aa the justice of the case ia concerned , is the fairest rale t Why , doubtless , to take each year within itself , and what is gained in one will be lost in the other . Now , upon a comparison of the two half years , how do matters stand between the rivals for tbe second place 1 It appears that the increase of the Time for the last six . months over th « previous six months , throwing in . the 36 , 500 for seven weeks , ia

      just , —what does the reader think , —after all the splutter about the spread of the all-devouring principle , and the assurance in January , when both half years were expired , that the frequent changes of principle had produced an increase of 1 , 000 weekly t Why ,, just fifty-six weekly , and nomore ; or , in other words , fairly disposing of the 36 , 50 Oj according to the previous nineteen , weeks , a falling 0 $ of about 19 , 500 upon the hal £ year . So much for the truth , nicety , and justice .

      We make no comparison of our circulation wita the Briggate National and European Advertises * Tho whole circulation of Mother Goose , we should look upon as & mere casual increase in our weekly order . We make no mention © f the Monarch , noto&th * daily , not of the Prwrineial , not of the English , nor yet of the Imperial , but of the uniwrsal press , the great . WetMy Dispatoh ; thousand * are as

      spoiled sb « ets and the whole circulation of MtUmr Goose , would be to- the Dispatch as mere waste ? but we select the Whig Metropolitan papers , nearest ourmatohj as the school boys say , the Sunihu , Timer and ths Weekly &hronkte , and what do- we find there ! Why . just this , tint in the last six . months of th& year , a » compared with the pravious six mont !» 8 ,. the Sunday Timt $ has fallen off 1 ^ 060 . The Greeaaote Chronicle has fallen off 44 , 080 , and the Stor-haa inoreasad in tira same period S 4 . XT \ -SIX

      THfi ^ JSANBt . V this very great nicety is to be observed in the critical laymg in of stamps , —mind ,, we are only -Sfeakiog 0 ! the role applied toward others , —foitu-• ately our independence ' of ragamuffin advertisers relieve * ns of that portion of th » jealousy;—kut if each nicety is to be observed , 1 st us just t * eat th » Mtrewy&ni Times td another "test of a whole half years ' average . In the first quarter of the last year , then , as compared with the last quarter of the previous half-year , the advertising belli gerents stood thus : — Afercury-Last quartet of last half year , 132 . 0 W first quarter of present half year , 126 , 000 ; decline , ; 6 # 00 upon thirteen weeks .

      , Leeds Times-lMi quarter of last half yew , 48 , 0 f 0 ; first quarter , of prestnt half year , 37 , 000 ; decline , ll . OfO , or nearly 1 , 000 a week . / ntellyencer-Lui quarter of first half ye » . 26 , 000 ; first quarter of last half year , 44 , 000 ; increase , 18 , 000 npon the thirteen weeks . We here take leave of the Briggate " National " and European Advertiser . We may have a w ord to »» y as to the

      dif&e-enee between consumption , and returns } a differen t * to which friend M ercury attaches much importance , ud afterwards take a review of the whole year ' * stock , stating the amount of stamps received , and the amount on hand at the end of each quarte * In future , we shall take but a yearly review of the thing : it is well enough for advertisers to bestow their time and space on catch-penny ; but it is rathe * hard that their falsehoods should force us to do likewise .

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      THE BRIGHTON CEAKTIST MEETING . Dai Sir , — 'Tis net in Vila , I treat , "is ask yoiii aid ia eaaaemost just ; Tsa & £ k of what we do complain , "STjai aid -weTraist ; ana IT ) explain . < X eoaise your readers know not yet , TiaS -we ' ve in Brighton a GazetU , A liiTah , paltry , Tory thing , Wikfc ever strives to have s flinr

      Aj thaee Tho oft require a friend , Their noblist actions to defend . Toail le : ih&ni knov , J speak the trntli , ial tia : soils "upstart dirty youth , Da , in is latest publication , Pa&as jo giTi some iaforatation 0 : tis gteii meeting lately held Aiiialo-srn Hall , to hive expell'd Lisa tie prqjecred " Poor Liw Bill , " 2 tdi pin which would conduce to ill ; Tie rkb , lis poor , did all agree , Ogfii £ aia from every clause be free ; 2 b BcgJaan did require it not ,

      stsate the poor were ne ' er forgot ; 5 a : the au-payen and the poor Wse happy , nor did change implore . & £ k , w good , tins aill agreed , iqate 0 ! psry , class , or creed ; 3 a soae there were , -who saw most dear , Sst fieaatatioa every year , Would aore aad more u " er England spread , rid tis * system ' s faiock'd at head , BjTCich the few the mUlionj rule And oace those they can ' t belool . lopitly do not intend , SererTy action to defend .

      lbs" Biii- 10 scout , ths " Charter" praiss WM | ooi _ tti : not the "Maisfcllaise ;" ? x imbiic objecu , when men meet , & 7 casEDi well be too discreet ; IsS wek they piac-d in curious plight . J moTe jseadinants , they'd a right ; *» ' -ssy'd a rhidrm * testy—partial , « s r- , a g&tg of slaves ta majahal , fcewfco-d &in by each pa ^ er-by , iuotoiaels , be fenn'd " Mos : High- " *»« ta » Secretory of Stale , ~? J *~ j a tha ° the people wait ; ?»* ransn » ho 8 e aid , no public meeting , fw hiOseno feCT hence sent greeting , r-r ** vll 0 '» c&U'd sedition-monger ? , ¦^ Ta cm the Whigs have burl'd their tlnnders . he

      ^ isecte would not receive , ^\ ?^ eD . Woodward , Reeve ; ; *• ° ^ "ame hi d been ^ withheld , ^ Uam « £ tue * . Uieyd be repell'd , f ^ ' ±£ 1 & £ iin ask him to call , * I » oue Busting at the " Ball , " r ^^ nd 5 bt Bbew ^ **** "werewund , rjutH 1 * P oa public ground ; ^ a Bash is true ; but would yon tire , [» tal w hieh I the most admire , j 2 , ?* rrtrai ^ or taste , or feeling , - * a personalises revealing . 5 " ^ . oa- laB | Tiage doth divide * £ , •^ Ja" < B « I " W « de t > 7 side ; - Ottsrl 111 nsto yon *

      ead" Cp jumped Mr . Alien 'B -. " Qlli ! ? OTt of hb camn S 4 ' to , &UHW& 0 { tlle maU ~ has a TeDdor ° * beer 00 ° aiii very frothy , and phk very queer . J ^ 3 btlea h » th both se nse and wit , r * ^ on neither I can hit , rj 1 « Srj it taateth qaeer , ' ^ Wem it Of AUen . bggj , *» I in opponent attack , «^ condn # * t > not hij lack vj ** Tbich nature doth withhold , S ~ 7 < j « ckik , or age unfold ; "" •" a ! could say as much far thaw

      Y ^ P ^ ssmple should disclose . VdiauTe to bear how for a sop » loryisn here ean spout , gf cokrtasn whenlthey ' re out ; aome wai nrell , and swear , they'd frighten , SSfS " * Chtliista •»* ot Brighton ; jT > " be rwern , that by their pranka , > T ^« auch increas-d the Chartiat raMi , £ *¦»» y ° "H «« k . " way roam » o Ux ij ? f ** » f tie Northern Star ? ¦ wi a distance , why reveal M ^^ rhict 70 U » J t « l J " wJSS ? " local p " - \ £ ?* il 011 ' . ita orbit doth Wm * .

      , JuSS . ** " * *<>* && maa . uSXV . * hi * i- » m- « T , ^ whS ^^* ' ^ aft kwL olt ^ kMTe « reproVd ; * W ^ L ? lrb 0 •**•* no p 2 ns / iS&asKiffu ^ SSSSSSiSSS . **>"•»*• U'Xlta .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct369/page/3/