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      XBTTEBS $ BOM TOE MOUNTAINS . XXSfc X SES . 1 S& t > P XXTTEBS yUOM A 2 I OLD 31 AH XS THS ^ GBSTBT , TO X 1 OTTSG MAS IS DUBLI 5 . X&rvm "tSiB Beauties of tke 'Press s" ^ aseferfion 0 / crfjrisa / ArliSes , Essays , 4 "C-. «*** originall y ¦ appeared in ibe P&ESs" neirspaper , established in Ireland 6 y ArUmr O'Connor , after Vie forcible suppression of the Kcrthera Star ojr flie Gooersaaozil lEriFS U . If theheartof 3 Ir . PittisBskard Msm ^ ee as ma-Hgnsct , aas Ma Isltnts as mischieTOa * as sesiepax ?^» ¦ writers suppose , sackjiaj ^ tEm as I have described in lajrfcnner letter , ins "well adapted to bis disposition and congenial to bis talents ; and may £ ave iniKbed new TirnleDCs In its passage through the medium ef Ms scrimocicnia mini We "sriB consider * fae cb 5 fcT-goverjHXta "Both -which he las faYoared Irefasd , In -sucb . ft < crE 0 r 7 mar . es ., asif "we "snare to look at pictotsin a

      gallery . The name of < jrreovBleis ominous to the BeSSsh empires it imports the oppression , -esSamiiy , im £ alienation ol its ^ s ^ 2 Bd «« aes . Had tbs iioble-ce « sin of the preaier teen ss firm and resolate , in the £ irtetion of tiiestonn , ss is had Iran skilful and seddions , in the aaiHBg of fee 'wiijawxnd , Shs -country tad borne t ££ tiinony \ Ii 6 e America } to the ^ epsta&igi&xits aad zoajmnnttiBg lands of & fesnvllle . Tbe tsoaatry seemed to tl ?> ave underpressure , like the palm . It bad manifested seme predilection for freedom ; zed in the glorious = ssra of the "Vohujteera , obtained from ffcs fears of ttie sister cauntiy , or , perhaps , Irom hfit ^ ttStice , fcC * relaxation ol amneiit rigours , 1 Ehe gentry had , on that occasion , Tanged feemselves

      fey jtbe tide -of the popnlace ; all this -was . imputed to Ireland , not ss righteousness , fcat as unpardonable guilt . The -common modes of ixgoriitg the country stemedi * be insnfScent ; Betr sonressof corruption Treretolw opened ; new modes of estsaugiEg the « naioerMy * rom the people -were to be devised ! it appeared to be an effectual expedient , for this end to increase dissipation , extraTaganse , and consequent embarrassmeat , " among the higher orders of the community . £ . yoangnobleman "was selected ITor the station c £ chief governor , dfesolute in his manner of life and profuse in bia itabits of expense , Penrfle leiiJy , and tboaghtJeas intemperance , ranging thro * eyery iotsx of sensual indulgence , Trere Joined , in Mm , "aitb the gloss of youth , a ¦ benignity of temper , and a gntSoas sna-nty of manners , that coroperated Trilh his esalfcsd = aik and jstnaiion , to Tender tice contagions and folly ffisbionablB . SSjes was the sratocracy ofirelsiHl COSfapteS and enslaved , and jsenseless revelry and minons expense , the sure pledsies of

      political prosfitntion , "were ¦ nni ? ersaily difisennnated . ! Ehis nobleman's disposition was , I believe , naturally good and upright ; but bja temper , his cbaacber , and pleasurable porsnits £ tted Mm to beccais the prey of ^ a "TiDlHit and grasping faction , -ffho pressed continniaiy 43 n Ins salt and pliant natoe , and p « S 3 Bded an inconfHtexaie and belierrisg man , that they alsne porasssed "Q » golden secret of gorennnent , ¦ while th ^ flittered iiia ; lndolenoe » idJoveof pleasure by promising = to relieve Sum of all Sie cares of Adminstrstion , and to resign him -to the unmolested enjoyment of liis faTonrite ainEBejnents . Sow commtDced the motley gorsmmeni of « lfiria snd aid-de-caapfl ; and the aggrandizement of an indiTidnsl , a family , « nd z faction , the most hatefnl an ^ Jjated Bda eonn&y ever produced , Bat let bb tread lightly « a Qie a ^ KS of the deceased . This nobleman tad many - ? iitoes ; bis disposition iraa generous ; his good . qualities 'were all bis o ? n , ina fanlts -were moEtly those of bis advisers—jEt he iras the aneon-« aous Introment of inoasible mi ^ nfif to this land .

      Behold % different j-Twrw ^ jCT . Plodding , vrithoot a ieafi far business ; ^ dons , -withent a tTste for pteasara ; fosd of company , * vithont -good manner * , or gosd aiaiBrejjoyless , yet dusapated ; anil , yet eccentric . He acnght to promote , at the same instent , tiro discordant -ot ^ eets— the increase of public prcfCgacy by the ertenilan of prrsaio lrarory , ind the enlargement cf a slendez forttrne by pemrnoos accnmnlation . He nnitrd the jedda and-vanity ef fixe insolent uneducated nobleman , Trith fhft TTK »« -n-nc »^ y-nrt Tnlgarity of the illiterate lowiornpes ^ ant , or ibe scriveners clerk . He was & man ¦ fr » VB Jnm for a 31 in all , most eminently gifted by nature , and accomplished by art , to excite contempt and

      iatted . ! Ehe conduct of the person 13 fflT 8-now described , -was such as one might naturally have expected . He reposed las entire confidence in a man ill-informed , violent , raeh , lancorons and vindictive . THb measures "was chatacieriEsd by strange inconsistency—an odious mixture of tyranny and -weakness—irritation unprovoked , and concession "without conciliation . At oce moment ? Vi -spjjols aristocracy -of the country , -with the £ rs £ la"w ETithority of the land st their head w ? re brought forward , to pledge their lives cn 4 fortunes in support of the Prciesfavi Asoatdaiicy ! A few -weeks Tolled sway ; and behold this golden image of adoraiaon , this Proleslanl Ascendancy , laid prostrate « £ the feet of the multitude . Now religious feuds "Were fomented by high autkority , in tbs Northern parts of this island , at least , no solicitude was shewn ij these wb . o bid the power of repressing on * raie at the eojnsseacanent , to employ the mezES -eriach 2 isy

      Idd in their lends , for Hxg preservation of public order , Kow ^ hs Epirit of rigorous «> gr « iion teean to « iEVEk > pe itself—a large Etdde ¦ btub made tQ the perpetuation cf grieraBce ! End abuses , aud the denial cf even the poor consclation of complaint , by the Convention B 01 , -srfcicb , however S may be justified on the plea of necessity , inflects a severe -wound on the precious sights ef Essembimg and pefifioning the Throne or the 2 * siBameEi . Had this man been permitted to resn&in longer in Ireland , Jbsdie had been already cast—Jha disorders of the constry had reached their crisis . He " was caBsd avray—and the evening lustre of faded 2 > eaniy attenced bis drpaitute ; yet , * thongb recalled , be ciperiencfcd such s reeeptioa from a benign snS sneious roaster , as plainly sb&vrsd that his conduct in this country "was not un pi easing to the British Cabinet , or the British , since it did not preclude him from the sunshine cf bis royal sissier ' s approbation and conn-• jprTatr ^ He consoled himself with the golden har-Test , from a sale of reversions and a lucrative

      siaecure . The noblEman "who -was now nominated thief gover ~ nor , -was ardently expected in this country , ss the messenger cf peace and good will among men . He was not » Tainfcd . gata&ster , or 3 beggarly ineumhrance of the -peerage . -He did not solicit the Viceregal aitnation to lepair a rained fortune , or to accumulate a new one ; for fise inaiiitasnBBceof 3 barren title , by the plnader of a trasted province . The cigaiiy Teas forced" npon hisi ; 1 » accepted it "with a procd cosdeseensien ; h . B relinquished bis home , and bis domestic habits with regret Prom blm rational and ? ocd men expected the most £ alutsry and laaSng messEres . They « aw , that he posaest anch a large stake in the country be came to govern « s rnnit powerfully lead bim to Beek and promote its true interests—beczussin the prosperity of thiB

      nation , his own is closely implicated . This nobleman pondered iis irayl > £ fare him ; ha teat&fced to aecspt tie cfesxge , lvks a Tnam , -who ctnmfsiscacjy ff& its -weight aruixinporcincs . andmeanl to perform bis dniyfoitlifnlly . Be bad the leaders of the 1 nih opposition in London ; -wiUi tbem 2 ib consulted ; he stipulated for specific measures and plenary powers . Doubts , delays , negotiations , sad exploutions sucreeded ; at length the firmness of Lord P . Eeemer * to prerail He supposed himself , and this country , too , supposed bim , tobe invested with authority tmuBttal , ample , and adequate to the pacificatien of Ireland . He came orer fall of btnsvoVnt and patriotic aims . The proposed system ol this nobleman -323 to have branched out into two grtat fines of conduct— -the Teforming of invetesala abases , and tie TExaovsl of illiberal and ttnconstitutiosal complaints ;

      but—OsLeBSxzH ' lerxis Tisstc icodzm fedo , neque vitro esse sinent Host soon , "how fatally -were ibe golden hopes < f the lav . ca blasted 1 The redress and itform prt-jr ^ ted by iHs nobSemsn , and those -who acted -with him in tiris * OBB £ ry . required , and indeed of necessity bronght with them , the removal from power cf z bajBe a ^ n obscure fiicUan , obnosions to all good men ; a faction -which , wiciiont personal -dignity , or Vb& t aght of wealth or tal fT » rB . 2 iad grown old and rich in pewer , by the br ^ stst arts end fee most ^ arrnpt insiuBstion ; ia < J lerdci it ovc ? the i £ sd -Bithout co&txol , and Epread its trcu ' s&d and « r-t 2 adtd roots , in ths dark , e ? ea to V * s feastiaeai of

      « f tfce Brl' ^ ib Throns . diMTrispVl ptioens "s ^ to exspes-d this faction , was not only if quisle to tfce safety sad permanency cS Lord IL ' a adminittravion , but was - sonifies due to the outraged feelings cf an oppre ^ ed and insulted people . K « w wasfrii tne fores cf the msx-ins of hospitaiiiy , snd the ideas -of a tvy-& ^ jste En ^ Hil : iatt rest , which . I mentioned in the ccm" meBceaiEt o- tbtse is&XiEza . The menaced { action ba ^ address to ztp ^ ssta ? ttemsd-sea as Ibe moss E ^ auneh fdtn&s of tits Engliti interest ia tJils couctry . Lord F . ¦ was reeiovdd , and liis itxret and grautude of the people ibiios ^ S . iis sood intentions .

      It -ass plainly seen on what principle Lord ? . -was recalled , li "iras no other than tbe ptrpetuaiion of the men and the measures which bad Tendered Ibensople of &is country dissatisfied . It was teen , that the Ksstefl £ u £ aon , -winch had degraded tfce aristocracy , and made the bpnturs of the Crown ehe&p and disj ? racrfai in Irtlaad , by an openBaieofpeerages , and bad boldly avowed inflia seat of Legislature , and in the face of iJm -world , tsai Tfcnality and conoption wtre , aad ought Jo be , £ he ruling principlea aadaclive « n ^ nes « f sciainisiratJon ; it urss seen , fiiat this -wretched and 3 tnnens cstsi bad found pro « ectoTs in tiat closet which iatb-exetoat cfmsjesty , sad thefcnown ssyl&m of evtiy princely Tirtne . A melancholy foreb * ding told u ? , tnat the successor of I < ord P . would come to frown the warm aspirations nf the people into alence ^ -and like the 1 yron snes irecdhisg of&he Sorih , shut all their bads from hlvmnn .

      It is to be lamented , that during the Ehortappeas ance ef iord P . abo « cur iionzon , the splendour of bk ^ ood intecUons asszlsd tits public ^ ye . ThegrafiaaJe of a geneross-nation , fail of isuguine expeetatlo&e , and ^ mfcudasSesestinients-of loyalty to tlTtar sovereign , Tres anfiapatea . "A Tabtvas irersj prsvailed among as snd 3 a gss T * sid pBrojcyEin cf ackntftrleggnjent , Jot lenEfiis premised to be eopterreC , the supplies TFfet& prorcstly glinted j -vsst pr-efwrscoss were made for 2 » ome Gcfenca , and up fcctfoaidf ^ ranig assistance of men and mosey intuited lv sM Sdtaifl in ker wild crusade ij . ssnss tfce liberties cf Fnascs . I ^ JS * ' < tfcst ths 'W 2 rclaneBrof't 2 ie ^ pa" 4 Jc veel vsxb intoxicated at their Pi ^ is , fcj HbB va ? ns : c 3 of tbe crssifct of pow . 1 , befx 3 Tatli 6 cbaBce ! pj : cfci = ? ils-ir lips . Bui certainly it - *« csia h 3 « esaitdibia tea t >? pc-ai >> s si 5 H » b 8 i « , who

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      then managed frj lord P . in Ibe Hoture of Commons , had thsybeea less conaaent and precipitate ; it would have been happy for the country bad they paused and "waitedi Co that redress ami ! supply might have ad-ro&oed hand in hand . Borne doubt , some hesitation , aoEie « aution , was suggested by one 01 two of the mem « burs ^ bn t how were they treated ? The fac t-was , that ce * ain distinguished » eml 3 rs tS ? opposition , one in psrticular , whose eloquent exertions in bar cause , -well Reserved the liberal gratitude of an admiring coantry , did not for a moment I 0 S 8 sigfet of their own principks , the principles by which they had grown in the esteem of the people—tbey - were ws 5 z : d with all flie spMt of alarm that infected England , and worked up themselves to ft * l tbe lymphatic terrors of a Burke , and to possess an unlimited approbation of the present wicked aad disastrous -war i

      IfwaB plainly seen that the derated xihffraoter who should socssed to Xord Filzwlllkm , at tfcis eventful sat -opprobrious period , -would -come over manacled ¦ withinstructions asd bound to move in trammels ; that he vouM be taught his lesson like a scbool boy , and commanded to-do all which Mb predecessor vrould have Jtft acdon& ? and to leave undene ; all-which his predecessor-would hare done—in fine ; thst Hie new Chief Governor most sell ^ and -coaamit bimaelf , tody and soul , by importunity to tire Joal fiend of fcha * factsoa whicfi bad rode the harassed land , like an IncubuB , to tbe verge of -a precipice . Yet » SToblemau was found who " -willingly devoted himself , and -with a hardihood equal to tiiat « f CurHta . plunged into a fulf of peril . A

      private tutor , 01 Mayor -de iPetais . -was assigned to this Yiceroy , Faineant , as the Governor of our Chief Governor , a man of some-character for a resolute temper snd political dexterity . How 4 id the new administration prepare to meet a disappointed and irritated nation ? Kotwith lenient measures of conciliation , but with unmerited-chastisement , and tbe menacing brow of stem defiance .. Pains -were at first taken by the Bight Hon . Secretary to disseminate an opinion , that the old task-masters of Ireland -were allowed no influence in tbe councils of tbe : new cabinet ; but the close and intimate-connection which subsisted with that party , did not at any time allow tbe most . credulous to give implicit credit to this assertion , and it soon became impossible to retain- the mask .

      I have premised this rapid sketch of some past administradons , that you might tbe more easily comprehend tbe rcope and rm-gimB of the present system . With one solitary exception von perceive th&t an adherence to tbeEngllBb . interest , S 3 itis universally called , is tbe ruling principle in them alL It is under a pretence of -maintaining this interest ^ that a set of men equally deficient in talent and in honesty , block up tbe avenues to the castle , retain those j who axe entrusted 'With tbe helm of Hub country in a state of siege ; keep hvnest and moderate men at a distance ; stigmatize the warning voice of truth and sincerity as the guilty murmur of discontent and faction , and prescribe many of the most zsalous friends and supporters of monarchy , who have been marked out as disaffected persons , because tbey will not express a blind and implicit confidence in tbe -virtue and abilities of tbe present Ministry . I am years , MOKTANDS .

      The Kortheen Star. Saturday, July 1, 1843.

      THE KORTHEEN STAR . SATURDAY , JULY 1 , 1843 .

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      THE PROSPECTS OF OUR CAUSE . Oob Glasgow correspondent , vrith the shrewd penetration and cool-beaded good sense for which Ms countrymen are famed , takes the following retrospect of tbe state of Chartism in bis district : — " To those -who bare paid close attention to all the circumstances connected with tbe Movement from its commencement , it must have been clear that a calm would inevitably follow the storm of August last . Tbe people ; were duped . Advantage was taken of their ardour in the cause . Those whose only object was to live npoa the movement

      through ingenuity and falsehood , succeeded for a time ; aad as a natural consequenoe the en * thusiasm of those who bad been victimised was turned into bitter disappointment . In almost nineteen cases ont of rfivery twenty these were our best men : however , matters are now promising to assume a healthy tone once more . Many who for sometime past have ; remained inactive are again rallying round the standard of our country ' s freedom and the poor man ' s only hope . " We take this to be a most accurate and welldrawn picture of the ** state of things" not only

      in Glasgow , but through the whole country . The spirit of the people is rising above the - ** heavy blow and sore discouragement" which it received from hands who were indebted to the people for their power to wound . The object must now be to prevent a similar relapse : to go on steadily , and consistently , and soberly for the time to come . ' We hope this may be done . It depends ! on the people ' s own prudence . They shall not lack the best counoel we can give them : and they have never yet known us either to give rash counsel , or to " run away" from the consequences of our counsels , — having led them into a ditch , and left them in it .

      Oar success is In our pradenoe and our perseverance . We hare great pleasure in reiterating Mr . O'Cossob ' s cautions to the people in bis letter of this present week . They are necessary , and must be attended to . Had our counsels been heeded in August last , tbe "backening" which ! our agitation has received would have been saved . There are plenty of such fellows as those O'Connob speaks of , hanging upon the people ' s skirts . There always have been . We know one skulking scamp who lives on the movement—who has long lived on it—and who , thongh an excellent workman with a good

      trade , vniUnol teori ; who has left more than one situation , for no other reason than because he preferred living on the people to living byhi 3 01 m labour , and who , on tbe lBih of August last , assembled a Bumbir of poor fellows , —who ; thought bim honest and valorous enough to bs a leader , —on s certain moor ; and after having given : them a most exaggerated and lying statement of the doings at the Manchester Conferencer said 1 Now the first thing you must do is to go and fire the Mayor ' s house "; and after a psrtion more of Ilka good advice , be appointed them to meet him there at four

      in the afternoon of the same day , having in the meantime " beat np" tbe surronnding i villages and mustered a force of at least four thousand , when he would be there to consult with them , to lead them , and " go to work . " Tbe poor ¥ eHow 3 went away to the neighbouring villages ; they ** beat np " for recruits ; they mustered a good many hundreds ; they kept their appointment on the moor ; bat there wasno leader ! his courage had oozed out in the meantime . ' and he had sought the safety of his own seamp's-csrease by getting out of the district ; while , instead of the valiant Chartist leader j they found

      ready for their reception a body of police , whom tbey very wisely spared the trouble of dispersing them , by making off as fast as possible . ; What connection , or whether any connection , might have subsisted between his getting oat of the way , and the police getting frjto the way , we neither know nor care : bnt this we know , that tbe fool-braggartneEs which leads a man to love " splntter asd splash ; " the craveu-heartedness which makes him cesert the men be h&s brought into danger , and the black villainy which would induce Mm to Bell them if he could get a bidder , are

      very near relatives . They are like pleasure and pain—almost the shadow of each other ; when one is Eeen you may be sure the other is not far off . If the people wish success for their cause they must trust no man who has anything to say to them that may not be said in the hearing of the whole world . They must have no secret proceedings—no matters to account for which cannot be explained . \ They must trust no man who fears to take the consequences to which he would invite them—who shrinks from the

      nodding of his own plumes . They must trust no man who * h ? H in any way suggest to them a going beyond the law—or any measure which must lead to it if persisted in . They must ensconce themselves in the firm enclosure of high principle , strict justice , increasing vigilance , watchful penetration , and cool perseverance . If tbey do this we Bhall then rejoice &at even the Strike Plot and many previous matters have had-tneir uses in the opening Of their eyes , and we fhali consider oar cause in a much more hopeful condition than wehave ever yet seen ft . ;

      Js is time that cur organisation had some attention paid to it . We see that Mr . O'COHNoa recommends the election pf a new Executive . Several bodies of the people have also urged the necessity of this course . We b « . n > e certainly that-if we do have a new Ezeccirre , ire shall have one who will

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      organise the people , instead of living on them . We are for no more paid men , except a Secretary ; who mast ] bare some little qualification for bis office . For our own part , we think the adoption of a plan of organization Bhould precede the election of an Executive . "We have no organization , nor we never h&vVhad one . It is high time we should . We neverj Bhall be able to have one , untU we can get into a position to take advantage of the law instead of having always to evade it . We caa never do this , In the present state of the Uw , without making the basis of our Society wider , and its objects

      more comprehensive , and , at the same time , more speciBc , than wo ever yet have doae . This may be dose as well as not ; and this is the * thing for the people to consider before they elect an Executive ; Organization is a subject of the last importance to tmr movement . We have by us a number of communications from a great variety of talented , shrewd men in tbe Movement , which We have TeServea ) , Sot , the purpose of bringing them at one view before the people , that they maytake into consideration ? the multitude of counsels , and , if possible , extract ! wisdom from them .

      We shall next week give all these communications ; n otjitjn&y be , in the words of the several writers , but j in as small a space as possible , bringing their ideas before ibe people—and we shall hereafter give our own view of the whole matter : of the form which our society ought to assume—the objects it ought legally to have—the organization and government it thus may have—and the results which must flow from them if rightly carried oat . We hare no

      purpose to : dictate on the matter ; bat we scora the * ' cry" of dictation . " The people have a right to our opinion , and they shall have it . They ma ; set what estimate they please upon it—that shall not prevent our giving it them . We live not to please them , but . to servo them ; with their own aid when we can , ' because bo much the more efficient does our service then become ; but without , when we honestly believe them to be " standing iu their own light . "

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      "REBECCA" IN WALES . In another part of this sheet we have inserted , from the Times , extracts from a series of articles , which have appeared in that journal ; and which are worthy of serious consideration . To them we invite special attention . In that paper of Wednesday there is another from the pen of the same writer , revealing more of the causes that have led to the strong manifestations of dissatisfaction with " things as they are" lately made in Welshland . His details are most important ; Showing ^ as they do , the effects of the " Free-Trade Tariff" upon the prices of agricultural produce .

      And we must remember when reading those details , that what tbe writer describes as the effect in Wales of the Free-Trade" measures , is , in minature , what has taken place all over the kingdom * Before the next winter is over , it is much if we don't see " Rebecca" in other places than Camarthen ! The farmers of England can not pay their share of the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year taxation , with fixed rents and tithes , and increasing rates , while wheat is at 6 s . a bushel I butter at 6 % d . per lb ! cheese at 2 \ d . per ib !! and two-year old cattle , which used , only'two years ago , to feteh £ 8 each , selling now for £ 3 !!! Rare "Free Trade , this ! Rare for the

      taxeater !! But if ibis state of things be not soon altered , " Rebecca will have a roving commission ; and we shall bear of her doings nearer home than Carmarthen in Wales ! And how can they be altered , but by " repealing the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year taxation ; and re-adjusting it on the principle of equity and right ? But who , of all our " Statesmen (!)" , dare propose such a measure ? Who , amongst them all , dare tackle it 3 Who dare to propose to ; deal with the dhbt ? Who dares advocate an Eqoiiablb Adjustment 1 Which of them

      wishes any such thing ! No one ! The £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year will continue . The low price of agricultural produce will continue also ; for it is impossible to get prices up again , save by an utter failure of harvests , or by . an issue of One Pound Notes , inconvertible into Gold 1 And who dare propose to take that step ? Who but crack-skulled Axtwood aad Mttmz , of Birmingham 1 Dare Peel propose it I Shade of Gobbktt haunt him if be does ! Where is the GmdibomJ 0 3 what a "feast" we will have !

      Lowness of prices must continue . Nay , prices must get lower . It is the spirit of the age" to reduce them . But Tithes are a fixed burden on the Land . Rents cannot be reduced , because of the w Mortgages / ' and the " Marriage Settlements ;" Rates host increase ; the " recklessness" and " don ' t care what they do" will increase also ; and " Rebecca" will have " plenty-to-do" I 1 1 The " Free Trade" Tariff will play up before it is done with , unless the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year be reduced to £ 4 , 000 , 000 . This it most assuredly will not be ; and THE THING will either have to go to pieces ,

      like a ship upon the rocks ; or the " recklessness " of " Rebecca must so operate on tbe fears of our Statemen , " as to induce them to give way , not only on the Poor Law , but on all our fiscal arrangements , and " final" state of the Representation ! " If , " to paraphrase the language of the Times ; "if manifestations of popular vengeance should induce our ' Statesmen'to look the difficulties of THE THING fully in the face , and apply the only adequate remedy , the time may come when we shall have to thank even ' Rebecca and her Daughters '"!! If they should not have this effect , nothing can sare THE THING from destruction .

      To the following article we direct the attention of every one who is anxious to know of the causes that are bringing the Farmers of Wales into the field of fight , with arms in their hands , to upset toll-bars , and pull down Union Workhou&es . He will soon see , that something more than filling Wales with troops , must be done , to enable the Farmers to pay Taxes Tithes , and Rent , and live , with Wheat at six shillings a-bushel ! "Since my last communication to you on Saturday night , I have met numbers of Rebecca ! tes , and conversed with several respectable farmers engaged in the outrage at the Carmarthen workhouse on Monday last . One intelligent farmer , who informed me that be was

      actually inside the workhouse gates when the dragoons charged amongst them , and who got outside in tbe confusion , stated to me that he was compelled , most unwillingly , to go there ; for , having refused to join one of tbe toll bar expeditions , he had his stable fired , and a threat was held out to him that if he did not join the procession on Monday lost , his house wonld be destroyed . He accordingly did join tbe procession , but refused to disguise himself by turning his coat and blacWng his face , as they -wished him . His statement fully bore oat my first communication to you , that the distress of the email fanners is at tbe bottom of all tbe miscnief . By his account , never over well off , they have now , by Kite deprttialion of prices , AND THE

      UNABATED AMOUNT OF RENTS , AND TITHES , AND TAXES , and tbe increased amount of poor-rates and tolls , become at last hopdem and utterly reckless . 'I wo years ago , ' said be , * the price of oats in this county was 2 s . 6 d . the Winchester baahel , now tbe farmer can only get Is . 6 d- and Is . 8 d . The regular price of barley was two years ago 4 s . a bushel , and sometimes tbey were enabled to sell it as high as 5 s . and 5 s . 6 d . ; now they can only get Ss ., and were frequently compelled in winter to sell it for 2 s , 6 d . a busheL Tbe average price of wheat was about 8 s . a bushel 1 now the price is 6 b . ; butter , which used to sell at 8 ^ d . and 9 d . per lb ., is now selling at 6 ^ d . ; chees e / wnVch UBed to fetch 4 d . per lb ., now sells at 2 £ d . Two-year old cattle , which two years ago used to fetch £ 8 a-piece , are now selling at 60 s ., and you

      may pick the very best for £ 3 . Colts rising two years old , which formerly readily fetched £ 8 or £ 9 each , now cannot be Bold for more than £ 3 . ' This state of things be attributed partly to the operation of tbe New Tariff , bnt principally to the depressed state of tbe Glamorganshire iron works throwing numbers of men out of ' employment , and decreasing the amount of agricultural produce required . Whilst the tithes , which have been very generally commuted in this county under tbe late Tithe Commutation Act , and which , were calculated on the former price of agricultural produce , XOVF KEMAirr A tlXED BURDEN UPON THE LAND , Hie price of produce being decreased one-third and sometimes one-half ; and rents hatb not fallen in any DEGREE -WttATEVEB . The constqneuce is , to quote his own expressive words , * THE FARMERS

      ARE GO 1 N&TO NOTHING , EVERY ONE OF THEM ! THETiARE GETTING RECKLESS , AND DON'T CARE WHAT THEY DO 1 On Monday last , said he , ' great numbers of them from thejhills joined tbe mob and precession into Carmarthen , armed with scitbes fixed on sticks , and guns and weapons of all

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      kinds , hundreds and hundreds of them ; but they listened to tbe advice of . a respectable farmer , who addressed them , and prayed them , for God ' s sake , to leave them at one 'jf the tillages they passed through , or he could not ceil what would have been the result when the BoVafem attacked them . ' But their chief and prominent cause of grK Vance ' is tbe toll-bar tax . Itis now tapQBuible to get to Abergwilty , tat ia&tance , a distance of six mile * front where we were then standing , without paying three turnpikes—a tax on the farmer who goes there with bis cart and two horses with bis market produce of 9 d ., when ' often , ' said he , « the fanner her not 9 d . in his pocket to pay it With ; it is too hard ; we can't beat it . '

      " The landlords also must now begin to feel the depression . Another ; farmer informed me that he wr * the steward of a landowner of Carmarthen , who owns an estate of nominally £ 4 , 000 a year rent-roll , but who , said be , for the lasts two years , baa not received the greater part of bis rents ; be is a good landlord , and did not press bis tenants ; but , said he , 'if he were now to distrain for them , be would get nothing , unless ke sold their cows , which they live by , and their wording horses . '

      " I endeavoured ta ascertain the cause of the attack on the workhouse of Carmarthen from several of the faroetB , and from some who were even present at it Generally they said , ' Oh , we did pot intend it at all , but were urged forward by the Carmarthen mob . ' One farmer who appeared perfectly impartial , and very intelligent , and of whom I asked the cause of the unpopularity of the workhouse , told me , and from all I can gather I think it is the truth , that the poor of Carmarthen are opposed to the New Poor Law because they are badly used ; that they have not enough food ; that they are separated from their wires and families , and kept as in a prison ; but tbe shopkeepers and farmers of the pariah , who bave tbe rotes to pay , uphold it because they pay less poor rates . ' I myself , ' said he , ' saved last year £ 27 in peor rates , which I paid lees than I

      did formerly for my farm close to Carmarthen , and generally poor-rates for tbe town of Carmarthen are twenty per cent less now than tbey used to be ; but , said be , ' I have another farm , at some distance from tbe town , in another and rural parish , belonging to the same union , in which the poor-rates are more than doubled , and the farmers there compUia that the management of tbeir own poox ia taken out of their own bands , and that they a * e compelled to pay others to do this duty for them . But why should I , as ratepayer , ' : said be , < wish to pull down the workhouse , which be ? only just been built at the cost of the ratepayers ? There is nn sense in doing that But it was the poor farmers , who are grown reckless and can pay nothing , and do ' not care what they do , led on by the Carmarthen mob , who were ready to pull down tbe workhouse , or do anything else . '

      " Tbe country , in the day time , appears perfectly quiescent . At night ; however , the small farmers on the hills assemble together and appear pefectly orga * jnjzsd for any mischief ; and those farmers who hive a stake in thecountry areafraid that INCENDIARISM WILL BE COMMON 1 ' "On Sunday the Earl of Cawdor and Colonel Powell , lord lieutenant of the county of Pembroke , arrived here at tbe request of the Government

      ' "A budy of marines are marching from Pater to Newcastle Emlyn , anii Colonel Love is disposing the troops In various parts ef tbe county , so as to be ready to march on asy part attacked . ! ' " Yesterday tho troop of tbe 4 th Dragoons marched from here to Newcastle , and I believe it to be tbe commanding officer ' s intention to ta continually moving the trolops about , so as to prevent tbe insurgents frdm knowing at what spot they may find them .

      ; " In the mean time , every day brings freah accounts of gates being thrown down . On ? xiday night four yere pulled down within two miles ot Cardigan , and on Saturday three near Abergwilly . In fact , a general feeling of appiehension prevails that the destruction of private property will follow tha present toll-bar outrages . "A leaaea of eleven ; toll-bars on the Cardigan trust states , that ten of them have been thrown down . " : To the working people we have one word to say jd reference to these Rebecca riots . Let them alone . Have nothing to dor with them . Let the middle class men fight their own battles aud take their own risk . Those farmers : who now feel " the pressure

      of the times" are tbe very fellows who would have ridden , down , trodden down , and sabred dawn , you at any moment , in . any effort for your own . rights . They now seek to involve you in the meshes of this lawless struggle merely to make " cat ' s paws" of you . They will use you to work their mischievous purposes ; and then , whether their project hit or miss , they will lead themselves to Government for your destruction—and , as jurymen , will be the first to send you by scores to prison and to the hulks , for helping them . There is a marvellous similarity between these " Rebecca , " riots and the Strike Plot of last year in England . Be not befooled . Let the sorrow and misery of your Entlish brethren's

      experience teach you wisdom . Should any of your own rank and party tempt you to have any , tbe least , communication with " Rebecca , " be sure that those who do so are knaves or fools , or both at the same time . That " Rebecca" will progress we can have no doubt ; because we know that the hand of faction will not slacken its gripe ; and it is the nature of all evil to beget its like , though not always in precisely the same form ; but we bid the people note that they will never get good from , violence . In all battles the blows will come to their ehare , while their"friends " the middle olass sympathisers , will carry off the prizas , and add more blows to their portion . Thus it ever was , and thus it ever will be .

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      PARTS OF THE WHOLE . Wb are of those who seldom feel surprised at any detail of atrocity committed under the present system of society . A system to bo homogenous must have parts in oorrespendenee with its whole . The whole system of class legislation is one of rapine and cruelty . Its necessary results are an extinction of the moral feeling 3 and of all the attributes which should distinguish between humanity and the predatory tribes of the ferociefl 3 "lower animals ? superinduoing upon man their worst characteristics with all the fearful aggravations and refinements

      of ratiocination . Our knowledge of this inevitable working of the general principle , prepares us therefore so fully for the instances which meet us continually , that they lose much of the effect ; which they might otherwise produce upon our Winds . Snob tales of horror as are brought to light continually by the records of our Poor Law administration ; and the doings of our factory , farming , manufacturing , and magisterial lordlings , thongh they may excite our indignation , seldom call forth surprise . They are the sort ol fungi that will always rise while the ulcer is permitted to remain uncleansed .

      We have given lately some prime specimens of gaol discipline , dietary , and management at Stafford , Northleach , Knutsford , and other places ; we now add another sample at Carnarvon . A poor fellow named Owen Da ties was thus treated , according to the inspector ' s report ; from which it appears that : — " Ellen Davies called before the Inspector , deposes upon oatkthat her late husband , Owen Divies , a prisoner , complained during hia illness of tbe gaoler George's treatment of him . It was about tbe beginning and middle of his illness that he complained that be did not get tbe meat that was fit for him . " I recollect

      his sending me to Dr . Roberta , the surgeon to the gaol , to say that he , Owen Davies , was very ill , and bad great injustice done him in gaol ; that be took * great deal of physic , and had not euchfood as a sick person could eat ; that be did not think he should live long ; that he told me , with tears in his eyes , that George w&s starving him to death ; that he of ten said , when I waa attending him in the hospital' Ellen , if I die here , remember I die from starvation and ill-treatment at the beginning of my illness' In her cross-examination by Mr . Oaurgoher statements were not shaken ; she admitted that her husband had every attention daring tbe latter part of his illness , and every thing a sick man

      could fancy 01 requite ; but she added , 'If he had been half as well attended to at first , I think he would have been better . * The surgeon ' s evidence is conBrmatory of this statement He says : 'Owen Davies frequently complained to me of the treatment he met with from George . George had used harsh language to him , he said . I myself have beard George use harsh language to him : I have beard him say to bim , in my presence , ' He is a d—d rascal , and the greatest thief in tbe country . ' I recollect Owen Djwies saying to me , that he considered George's severity would be the cause of his death . After hit removal to

      the hospital he complained to me about tbe diet ; he complained frequently that he did not get the diet I ftadt ordered . I bad told George what Owen Dwies ' s diet we ? to be . About six weeks after Owen D-iviea went to the hospital I said to George , ' tbe man is dying , you should sot speak harshly to him / George replied , ' He is a great rascal * You say he is dying but he is a long time about it' HI Tbe surgeon adds : * I did ., ot enter these complaints in my journal , or report tfiein to the visiting justices . I consider that if I bad reported Owen Davies ' s complaints about George to the justices , it would only have exasperated him more against Owen Davies . "'

      Such is the statement given by Mr . Pigou , in the Morning Chronicle , in his letter bearing date Jun « 27 th , Mr . Pigoc adds : — " I understand the gaoler is to be examined on these charges , of cruelty to criminals and lunatics ; of illegal punishment and forced labour to debtors ; of drunkenness ( nine charges in and out of the prison ) ; and of a decided partiality to cock-fighting , at the Best quarter sessions , on the 29 th of this month ; that great interest is making throughout the county in favour of this exemplary gaoler , snd that the " Thrashers' ? count upon as great a majority in bis and their favour as their brethren in Cheshire secured for their champion , and against their chaplain , and as the Northleach " Thrashers" obtained for their surgeon .

      11 Thriee is he armed that hath his quarrel just ; and success is almost certain ; particularly as there fortunately is also a chaplain at Carnarvon as at Kautsford , who may be offered up vicariously for the gaoler ; thus making the precedents tally : for this gentleman , without the fear of the Rev . Mr . Brown ' s fate , has had the conscience to depose that ' he ( Owen Davis ) attributed tbe origin of bia disease very much to George' Vrn viclo . Let him noi repeat this testimony on the 29 th , or he may chance to lose his chaplaincy , and Mr . George may be confirmed in the exercise of his mild authority . "

      No doubt it will be so . Such gaolers as this Geoege are necessary to the system ; and while the system lasts there will be always plenty of them found to anticipate the bidding of the things who desecrate the magisterial bench . When the Charter becomes law , these atrocities will be no longer practicable ; for though the magistrates will then , as now , have power to control the gaolers , the people will have power also to control the magistrates , and thus keep all right .

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      THE FACTORY BILL , AND THE HYPOCRITICAL DISSENTERS . As we well knew , and stated at the first burst of holy indignation against the Factory Bill of Government , the battery waa nearly masked by opposition to the Educational Clauses ; while the real animus of the entire opposition was directed against the protection clauses , which the canting cowards dared not to openly attack . The Educational Clauses have been withdrawn entirely ; but the Bill is no more palateable yet ! It is as bad a Bill as

      ever ! The Mawworms and the Cantwells are as loud in their abuse of it now , as before their withdrawal . " Neddy ' ; " brother Patriot ; and the Rev . Mr . MxssiE . as tub-thumping corporal , still pipe their whistles lustily ; and Noncon . beats a small tattoo in concert , though he corrects one or two of the most dissonant of their false notes . Hereafter we we Bhall take the trouble of giving these " sings " one more pickling . For the present this notice must suffice ; just to inform them that we do " see them crawl . "

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      Me . O CoNNoas Visit to Huli . ah » Leeds . — When Afr . O'Conner wrote to Mr . West , of Hull , sat / ing that he 'could visit Hull on Friday next , it was under the impression that he would have to lecture , according to former arrangement , at Leeds , ' on Tuesday and Wednesday next . These lectures , however , have had to be postponed , till Monday and Tuesday fortnight , in consequence of the building where they are / o be delivered being undergoing repair . Mr . O'Connor will , therefore , not visit Hull until after he has been to Leeds ; and of which timely notice will be given in the Star .

      Victim Fitnd . —A balance-sheet has been forwarded , from Friday , May 26 th , to Wednesday , June list , from which it seems that the Committee have received , from various parties , £ 5 16 s . Hid . ; and that their disbursements have been £ 5 11 s . lljd . —leaving in the hands of the Treasurer , 4 s . &d . The Committee request all persons having out books to bring or send them in every week , ' on a Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock ^ at the Hall , Turnagaintane . Arthur Augustine Magee . —We cannot insert the

      address sent us from the Repealers of Carlisle / # Mr . O'Connell . It would be better suited to the columns of the Nation , or some other Irish paper The Northern Star gives as much intelligence of the Repeal movement as practicable ; but the *« - tertion of addresses such as this would exclude from it < t columns the reports of meetings , which are more interesting to the general reader . William Toibert , BieminQHAM . —We have a distinct knowledge of the language he quotes having been used by the Corn-Law-Repealing -Fitswii > - . Lixjt , in his place in the House ; but cannot aid

      him to the date . The same Fitzwillum has been enabling his tenantry to meet the Free ~ Trade Tariff caused low price of agricultural produce by increashig their rents I The reason assigned for this course on the part of the " noble" Earl is that tke electors of the West Riding rejected his son at the last election . Parliamentary seats and influence have , it seems , been purchased by low rents ; at least tke " Earl" seems to havedeemed them low . Unless , however , that Parliamentary influence is submissively afforded , the price is to be withheld .

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      MATERIALS FOR A CASE" AGAINST IRELAND . Tbe English Press are circulating the following as " a sample of the poetical effusions , now in very general circulation among the ' finest peasantry ' j" — "Then Luther's generation will take a speedy flight . And go Into Hanover ia lands of sweet delight ; Our enemies must cut their sticks , and leave this fertile land , For It was decreed that Luther ' s breed should fall by . God ' s command . Our clergymen they will attend , while blood 1 ana in ' their veins , And Erin ' s sons , with pike and guns , will ohnse them ' like the Danes . "

      Let not the reader laugh at this " weak invention of the enemy . " The Whig Irish Coercion Bill was justified ^ and PASSED , by a House of Commons , hariags majority of 200 . Reform members , on less grounds than the foregoing " poetical effusion" ! Lord Stanley was then Irish Secretary ; and he brought into the House the " official Red Box , " filled , as he said , with the evidence upon which he relied for the passing of the Bill which the Whig Government had prepared to put down the Repeal agitation . He opened his bos , aad produced his evidence . It consisted wholly and solely , of an old song !! than which the above " poetical effusion "

      contains a thousand times more " sedition , and a thousand times more " treason" and cause for alarm '! The " old song" game has been tried before ! and it answered ! On the evidence afforded by that " old song , " did the " Reformed House of Commons , " pass a law making it transportation for any one to be found out of his house ( cabin !) after sun-set !! and on the evidence afforded by that same song , did the English "Reforming" Press support the Legislative Reformers in their atrocious act against public liberty ! There is , therefore , more than meets the eye , in this " old song" story , now so industriously circulated .

      We have noted , most minutely , the great difference in the tone of the Whig press during the present Repeal agitation , from that which it bore in 1833 . Then ifc was treason . Then it was unjustifiable . Then it must be put down by the strong arm of the law . Now , it is not even condemned ; or , if so , in accents so mild , that they amount to an encouragement . What is the reason of the change ! The Whigs are out ! Were the Whigs in , the Leeds Mercury would again begin

      to sneer at " Kino Dan" ; and justify another Irish Coercion ^ Act ! The Wmos ark out ; and the Whig press gives the present agitation a sort of countenance , in the hope that it will eventuate in seating the Whigs again on the Treasury Beaches , where they know they will be sure of the aid of the Tories in putting the agitation down ; and ia sending the inflexible agitators to eool their corns in a dungeon , while the flexible and useful ones are rewarded for their labours !

      The only hope thb Repealers can hate fob success is to itEEP thb Whios outJ ! See what excellent oppositionists they make ! Look at the Arms Bill . That measure would have been through both Houses long since , had the . Whigs been in , with the Tories at their back to carry it ! Keep them in opposition 1 and you will thwart the Minister , and procure Repeal ! L .-& flie Wh'g 3 again into office , aad awayfeaos every hoot frr success !

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      "EXTENSION OF COMMERCE . " " HIGH WAGES ! AND PLENTY TO DO !" Every week : and day that passes over brings with it new instances of the affection of the people ' s friends among the middle classes , for the amelioration of their sufferings . Every body knows how full of patriotism and philanthropy tbe Extension of Commerce men have always been ! How anxious they have been to get the Corn Laws off , that the

      poor might have " cheap bread , high wages , and plenty to d > ! '' with what earnest eloquence their privations , under the depressed state of commerce , were set forth and insisted on . Well ; tbe corn laws are not repealed , but trade is better ; much better orders are brisk and mills are required to work full time ' , indeed we had it from a large tradesman but A week Or ] two ago , that "there never was a better trade than now . " And what do we

      now hear I of tbe philanthropists—the M cheap bread and high wages" men ! Why , that , having failed in their purpose of intimidating the Government through the Strike-Plot of last year , they are now seeking their " extended" profits in further reductions of the miserable wages of the operatives whose condition they bo pathetically deplore at public meetings . At a recent meeting in Manchester one of the speakers related the fact of Mr . "Cheap- 'Bread" Cobden having reduced his block

      printers to the tune of five pence in each one shilling and sixpence they earn !! This announcement excited a strong sensation of disgust at the conduct of the fellowj , who during his perambulations through the country has been professing the greatest sympathy for the starving operative ; ascribing all their sufferings to the Corn Laws and the tyranny of the aristocracy | Holding up himself and his manufacturing brethren as the very essence of philanthrophy ; and who , in the midst of all this hypocritical whining , unjustly deprives those who are

      dependant on him for employment of almost one third of their entire earnings !! At Leicester , it seems that similar proceedings are going on at the same time . On the 19 th instant , a deputation of workmen went , in a respectful and orderly manner , to the different glove manufactories , soliciting their owners to give the same rate of wages as agreed to iu the month of May last , which was a reduction of nine per cent , on the wages of last year . Messrs . Bailey , Cook , Wahner , Mills , Howe , Thorpe , Richards , Preston , and Brampton , all agreed to give the price : bnt on soliciting the Messrs . Biggs , Mr . William , the present Major ;

      —the concocterofthe "Midland Counties Charter "; the great " Reformer of the House of Lords "; the mighty agitator for a Repeal of the Corn Laws ; the supposed philanthropist ; the great teacher of equality ; tha man who , in 1832 , harangued tbe people on the 1 Reform Bill , and told them to prepare themselves to march to Birmingham : yes ; this man told jthe deputation "he should , hold no conference with them ; and if they broke the peace , by committing , acts of vagrancy , or anything else , he should punish them to the utmost rigour of the law . " The deputation wanted to reason with him . He haughtily returned for answer , " you have heard what I have said ; you kuow what I mean ; you can go . "

      Our correspondent , from whose communication we have quoted the foregoing setting forth of facts , tells us , that " the . reduction HE offers is about twentyfive per cent , less than the hands received last year ! " Other Corn Law Repealing firms were visited with np better effect . Thus has it ever been , and thus will it ever be while the infernal system lasts 1 No change of times for better ever betters the condition of the poor workman ; but he is incessantly made to put hia shoulder under the full weight of every extra pressure .

      Simultaneously with these proceedings of the ' friends of the working men" in Cheshire and Leicestershire , we learn from another correspondent that a Coal OwWr of Staffordshire notoriety—the identical same Coal Owner who produced all the disturbances , in { that district , of last year—and for which disturbances poor Cooper is now being immolated—has given jnotico of a reduction throughout his collieries of fourpence a-day !! bringing the poor wretches to wear- out their lives in the bowels of the earth , amidst sulphurous fumes , and surrounded by

      untold dangers , for eightebn-pence a-day ! While the Messrs . Grace , Car , and Co ., in another part of the kingdom—at their immense collieries at Reck * ington , in the Newcastle district—have perpetrated upon their men , We of the most heartless oppressions that we have ever beard of , even in the annals of" Friends to the poor" . This matter is deserving of a passing notice , and we entreat our readers to give it one . They' will all remember the awful explosion in the Kino Pit , recorded in the Star at the beginning of last April . Just at that time . these conscientious gentlemen had contracted with a

      number of workmen for twelve months ; the terms of the agreement being , that those poor men should on no account work for any body else during tbe twelre months ; and also that as many of them as should absent themselves from labour during that period , should forfeit to the masters two shillings and sixpence for everyday so lost . After the dreadful catastrophe of the 5 th of April , the men , of course , felt some hesitation at risking their lives until they should learn that the pit was safe ; they proposed , therefore , the very reasonable expedient of an examination by competent and

      disinterested parties . This the Christian-minded middle olass " friends to the poor" refused to accede to ; and the men have consequently been out from that time to the 22 nd inst . ; jteu weeks having been lost in the unreasoning , reckless obstinacy of tbe masters , and four more ia ventilating the pit to make it workable ; during all which time these poor men are lying idle , and tbeir philanthropic and Christian-like employers , who would surely ibave imprisoned them had they taken a day ' s work for any other party , refuse to give them a farthing of wages for their lost time ! We hear that the inen , who are all now at work ,

      intend to proceed against these fellows at the assizes for the amount of the wages due to them ; or rather for the amount of the 2 s . 6 d . per day profit upon their labour , which by their indentures they must have paid to Messrs . Grace , Care , and Co ., if the time had been lost by their fault : and we do hope most earnestly that they will be universally aided by their fellows in the struggle . Jt is only in united exertion that the people can Snd any efficient

      substitute for that juat power of action which they ought to have , and which they must never rest until they do have ; for until then will they always find their energies full tasked for the correction of the grievioas evils which the system brings into operation .

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      IRELAND AND REPEAL . We must refer oujr readers to our news columns for information of the progress of the Repeal agi " tation . Iu England , the matter is exciting serious apprehension and attention from all classes ; and the cry now is , not" what shall be done with Ireland 1 "

      but " what shall be done for Ireland ? " And though , in the debate on the Arms Bill , Ministers made no promises , and the Whig press are , of course , big with denunciation on the matter , we opine that , in all probability , the sincerity of Mr . O'Connell and the Repeal leaders will be tested ere long . It is impossible for things to keep as theyare : something must be done . And we shall not be at all surprised to find some means

      put m operation which it may be thought will serve as a sop to Cerberus . JThe people , English as well as Irish , will look anxiously on , in the meantime , and the result , if it be so , will shew the grade and status of the Irish mind . Of this may the Irish people rest satisfied : that no remedial measures short of Repeal , nor even Repeal itself unaccompanied by an universal participation in the right aad power of Government will reach , their wrongs and heal the crying wounds of their body , social and political ,

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      4 * THE NORTHERN STAR .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 1, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct488/page/4/