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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, DECEMBER T. 1«44.
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      ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE . The foflowiag singular case came before the Castlebar board of Poor Law guardians a few days since . An oid man applied for admission to the workiouse , whose appearance and manner and style of ^ peaMng denoted evidently that he had belonged to , ormoTed in , the ranks . of respectability before ad-Terse circumstances had reduced him to his present -distress . The Earl of Lncan . —What 13 your * name ? Applicant . —My name , my lord , is Michael Fitzgerald- I was born in the Ticinity of this town , in the villaee of Mlnolla- I have moved through every phase Ox fortune ? and , from having been once the possessor of wealth and opulence , I hare come by a sad -vicissitude , brought on , indeed , not by my own conduct , but bv the misconduct of others , down to thepodtion which I at present occupy . The Earl of Lucan . —Indeed , how was that t _

      Applicant . —The incidents of my life are estraor-< Hnaanr , my lord , yet may be briefly told . In my vouthful-days , being desirous to travel and push my fortune in a foreign land , I left Ireland for the island of Madeira , taking with me a cargo of such goods as I thought would be disposable , on remunerative terms . My wishes and expectations were not then disappointea . Change of scene and the new climate invigorated mv spirits , and the enterprise in which I had embarked " proved most profitable . ResolvingTosettleperniancntly in Madeira , 1 employed aD my available capital in pursuin ? the trade which I had found so beneficial ; and only a ? ew years had elapsed , whea the profits of my engagements so accumulated , as to leave me at lensrth in possession of an

      immense fortune . The Governor of the island , whose acquaintance I had the opportunity of making , ad"rised me to turn my capital and attention to the cultivation of land , whereby agricultural produce could be provided internally , without being- compelled , as was then the case , to import from America the provisions requisite to support the planters-on the island . "WelL my lord , I assented to his proposal , bnt took the precaution of making him enter into an agreement with me to indemnify me for any expense or casualties I should incur , by the grant of £ 75 , 000 . "When the agreement was thus closed , 1 converted all the merchandise then in my warehouses into cash , as soon a > a cheap and rapid sale permitted ; and with ample funds I proceeded first to Ireland , and

      after"trards to Enjrland , t-o purchase all son . * of plants and seeds . an « l implements of husbandry . "With a large cargo of these I returned to Madeira , and soon after began the culture of the fielus , to a great extent , accenting to the terms of the Governor ' s treaty . J \" oihing could have gone on more auspiciously than our first agricultural es = av ; and 1 ani now enabled to boast that I was Hie first iria -n who introduced into that island the cultivation of potatoes . But . my lord , to be brief—the Governor was withdrawn from the island , through the influence and intrigues of those persons who deriving a profitable trade from the imputation of provisions , and who were , consequently , averse to the proceedings I was engaged in . The re-ait was , that I was compelled to desist , aftor

      havimr all my own funds expended in the manner related . and without any further prospect of indemnification than the fulfilment of the Governor ' s agreement . To see myself justified , 1 went to Portugal . The Governor , who made the agreement with me , laid my claim before the King , and his Majesty was pleased to approve of it , and to direct that my claims should be liquidated along with those of other British < 3 aimante . Some delay having taken place in my getting the compensation to which 1 wa 3 entitled , " and which was thus approved of , 1 went to Mr . Ward ( who was then Charge d ' Affaires in Portucal ) , requiring of him to see me justified . Mr . irVard cave me only promises of compliance . It was publicly stated , > ume time ago , that a large

      remittance of money had been scni over by the King of Portugal for tie purpose of compensating the British claimants . I wrote frequently on thp subject of my claim to the Duke of TFeUiuglon , but al length I received a note froni his urace , statins : that of thp many leners of mine to which I had in mv last communications referred , he had received not a single letter : thus it was apparent that the conductors of the Foreign Post-oStv are the greatest robbers that eTer lived . 1 am not aware that the suppression of my letters- took plan ? in consequence of the Post-office espionage of Sir James Graham : but this much tiered reason to suppose—that in the . money remitted from Portugal , ihe Duke of Wellington made the first creat gap —!> rreat laughter )—by applying an enoTOio' 05 portion t » f it to himself- -1 < lo not think that Sir Robert Peel would act thus : he seems to be

      a well-meaninc , honest man . < Renewed laughter . > Mj principal object in coming here , at present , I < t <> set the oppornmity of making the injustice to which 1 liavc been subjected public and notorious—so that ixmiy . nt length , reach the authorities and induce them to znmt me mires * . Jf the maxim be trap , thai the people an- l > est governed wliere the principle prevails ti-st an injury ' . kme to the meatiest subject is an injury to the whole community , surely it applies zo mv cztse in an espeeial manner , and the public should insist , and the Government should determine , that the wrongs to which 1 have been > o long subjected should , ax lenstk , eive way to impartial ju > tice . and to the payment to me of those moneys which were remitted from Portugal for my indemnification , accoruing to iny claim , as acknowledged by the Kin ? .

      The Earl of Lucan . —With reference to your claims , the ireiitleineii of the prvss , who are now pri ^ sent , may assist yon more than -we can ; the province of the board of guardians i = merely to consider the propriety of your admission . The daimani withdrew . Mr . G . Ormsby . —He i ? a fine old fellow , and , however rich he may have been formerly , he seems poor now . I Thini- we oiurLt to comply with his application . Admitted .

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      MEETING IN AID-OF FATHER MATHEW . A densely crowded meeting was held in the spacious sciipol l-oom ? of the BritisiTand Foreign School Society . George-street , Bermondsey , on Tuesday evening , " IV ^ eniber 3 rd ., to aid in * relieving the great Apostle of Tempenm-t from his pecuniary embarrassment .- *—ihe results of his more tnairHerculean labour in the £ t— - work of man ' s redemption from vicious habits , rlvt-ry nook and cranny of the building was nlled- ' 'n the platform we o . ^ erved F . Lalor . Esij . ; — JJMiv . E « q . ; — Norton , Esq . ; Feargus O'Connor . Y . -..: the Rev . Mr . Bntler . : the " ltev . Mr . Bowma ; - \ the Rev . Mr . Coleridge -, the Rtv . Mr . Smvtli , Weslevan minister , from Cok-hf-ster , Ac .

      The Rev . Mr . Bi-tler , on the invitation of the COmmiTtee . took the chair : he said , that ata meeting of the ¦• emmittee of the TempermiM- Society , it was resolved that a puuli- meeting - ^ lould be cravened , and thai subscriptions should be entered into to aid Father Mathew , the true and devoted aj > ostle of tempenrjee . The creditors of Father Mathew did not prsss their demsud > mm ! it was aanouaced thai he wa > a ' uout to sail for America , to administer the ttlirdjre to the inhabitants of the New World ( hear , liearj : then they did press ; and it thus became neeesjiUj to subscribe means to enable Father Mathew to pay his det / L- - True , Father Mathew wai a Catholic priesi ; but lie was cot a sectarian . He did not look at man ' s trait , or the cut or colour of

      Ms coat ; enough for him that loan was imprvssed witii tl : e image of his Redeemer , and Father Mathew held hiiii in reverence as oae- of the treat human fainilv . Xo one had a better opportanity of knowing the evil- ( £ iatempe .- ^ iiitT .- than Father Mathew . lii . s duties , in the Confessional , ha ? l made him thoroughly acquainted with them . iHear , hear . > Father Matlii-w had exhausted his r ? wn private n--ources . and borrowed lanrely of his brothers , who were di > fil ! crs . . and wjio . from iLe los * of their irade by tla- holy Father ' s exertions , niiclii truly be said to l » e martyrs to the tau » e of totiil absiinence . I Hear . h > uir . i The ¦ DeoTiii' liad otlier leauers , all t > f whom , moro or Ivsa .

      had an eyt to self i hf ^ r . ln-ar ) : heniv . Father Math- ? - * -. < n singleness of purpose , had no i-qual . ( Hear , hear , i Before the teinj « enmcc movement the Rev . Ther . tiald ilathew v » as a man of considerable wealth in the city of Cork—universally respected and adored . ( Cheers . ) What hadhe not done for ihe Teetotallers t "Whnt saericce on their part would ever repay the debt ' . Then let all freely and cheerfully subscribe , for that was the only means of enabling Father Matthew to propagate the great principles -of -Temperance , i-ust , south , north , and wt-t . f Ijjud cheers . ) Mb . Floeestixz LiiOB raoved a -resolution in favour of the object .

      The Rxv . Ms . Smtth , "Wesleyan minister , in seconding the motion , said : —Father Mathew was an humble instrument in the hands of a higher Bower . Talk of Howard ' s mnnanitv in -risitins the lazarettos and the prisms , what was his philanthropT when compared with that of Father Mather , who dosed the doors of all those places . \ Loud cheers . ) A rood name was far better than riches . Father Mathew had a good name : and better -still , deserved it . ( Cheers . ) " Father Mathew had travelled in his mission far and wide ; and wherever he went , virtue and peace followed in his footsteps . ( Cheers . ) ^ Without insinuating a word against any of Ireland's agitators , she had no regenerator like Theobald Mathew . ( Cheers . ) J This would be deeply engraven on the tablets of everv rizhi-tMnking man ' s mind , be he English or Irish . ~ Talk of Repealing the Union , indeed I where was there a greater Repealer than

      Father Mathew ? Had he not repealed the union Letween the stomachs of his countrymen and the filth called whiskey ? ( Laughter and applause . ) Father Mathew ' s debts were stated . to be £ 5 , 000 . "Was ever so great a change effected at so small a cost ? Englishmen and Irishmen , Catholic and Protestant , should compete for the honour of relieving ihe great and good Pather Mathew . ( Loud cheers . ) He had heard some say ( and he had no doubt of their honestv in so saying ) that they would not assist ^ Father Mathew because of the effect his labours had ; and others because of the religious tenets held by him-¦ He envied not , but pitied the littleness of saehTnen ' s minds . ( Hear . ) The temperance cause was not sectarian , but adrocated bvmen of all seets and parties , both political and theological- ( Cheers ) . Then let all subscribe ihe means of setting Father Midhm free , and allow Turn to ^ o forth , sowing the

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      good seed of temperance . He thought Ireland was m a far better condition to enjoy political freedom than when in her drunken state ( hear , hear ); and shame on tlie man who would keep his fellow-man out of his poli tical rights . ( Cheers . ) That meeting was called on to aid Father Mathew , and if the assembly wished to see peace on earth , and good will toward men , they would set the Apostle free . Thus would the poet ' s words be realised , and Father Mathew ' s country become" Great , glorious and free ; Pirst flower of the earth—first gem of the sea . "

      The Chmrmax announced Mr . Feargus O'Connor to support the resolution . On that gentleman ' s rising-he was greeted with every demonstration of enthusiasm . When he could proceed , he said that he appeared at that meeting because he had a duty to perform . Father Mathew was not only his countryman , but Ms fellow-townsnian ¦ and Le therefore deemed it a duty to do all that his energies were capable of to relieve such a man from difficulties . He could well understand , from the observations that fell from the chairman , the motives which actuated Father Mather in becoming the apostle of temperance ; they were both moral and religious . ( Cheers . ) As a private gentleman and as a barrister , he ( Mr . O'C . )

      had had ample opportunities of testifying to the iact that an alarming amount of crime sprung from the vice of drunkenness ( hear , hear ); and hence he thanked Father Mathew for going to the bottom of the well . He thought they were there that night to add to the labours of that good man ; and lie Sad no doubt but that he would wifiinglv bear the additional weicht their humble efforts might inflict on him . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . O'C . ) had often said , " Let there be no drunkards , and there wfl ] be no tyrant * . " In most countries then .- -were ministers of crime and ministers of education : and he hoped the time was not for distant when thev would have such a man as to of

      Father Mathew attached ^ Ministry England . ( Cheers . ) Father Mathew was above all prejudice , above all sectarianism , and was , therefore , well qualified to be the disburser of charity . ( Loud cheers . ) lie l Mr . O'C . ) would not attempt to mix up politics with the object of the meeting ; but he thought it would not be irrelevant to say that whether Toryism was right , whether Whiggisin was right , whether Radicalism was right , or whether Chartism was right — ( loud cheers )—Teetotalism had given all minds to think , ears to hear , and understandings to judge of that which -was right . ( Great cheering . ) Irishmen would now be able to take advantage of passinc events , and make the green isle of their birth to be indeinl their own . their native land . And

      *• Breatht-s there a man with soul so dead , Who ijt-vrr to binist-lfhath said , This ir ujv obtj—mj native land : " ( Lvud applause . ) There was not a greater difference between a live and a dead cat than there was between a drunken and a sober man . \ Loud laughter and applause . ) Sobriety and honesty were the two greasiest ornaments of society . ( Loud cheers . ) If he had the formation of the rules for a new colony , he would exclude the brewer , the distiller , the banker , and the lawyer —( loud laughter and cheers)—because , wherever those parties existed there was sure to be division , vexation , misery , drunkenness , dissipation , destitution , wretchedness , and death . ( Tremendous

      cheering , j Was it not horrible to read m the papers of the crimes caused by drunkenness i Tyrants feared a sober | people . Witness the conduct of the Imperial despot , the Emperor of Russia , in jutting down the advocacv of teetotalism in his dominions by a few catholic priests . Why did he do that ? He feared that with a sober and united people all Russia would not be able to keep Poland in serfdom . ( Loud cheers . ) There was not in existence a better priest , or a better citizen , than Father Mathew . ( Hear , hear . ) Their excellent chairman had told them that Father Matliew was about to set sail for America Had lie been there , the late disgraceful riots and destruction of Catholic propertv would doubtless have been prevented . ( Cheers . ) ' . They had seen do doubt ,

      in their walks about town , a great number of different kinds of animals and birds confined together in one large rage , living in perfect security and harmony together . They were called the "happy family . " ' The secret of their happiness was , that ¦ t liev were all well fed . and , therefore , had no necessity to oat each other . Well , Irishmen were now united . They were now sober ; they have now minds ; and by a right direction of those minds thev will possess enough to eat , to drink , and to wear ; and * they will become , also , one united , happy family , with Father Mathew as their rccognisi'd head and founder . ( Great cheering . I He would not loneer detain them ; for . with their chairman , he admitted that

      •• \ V ., r < ls are but wind : Actions speak the mind . " Teeiot : \ lii . m he looked on as the means of raising Ireland from a poor , pitiful , degraded province , into the exalted station of one of the nations of the earth . Mr . ( . ' 'Connor resumed liis seat amidst loud and longcontinued ajjpLiase . The resolution was carried unanimously . A collection was then made . The chairman announced the amount to be £ 1-3 4 s . ( id . Mr . F . Lalor said that the subscription li > i would !*¦ kept open for a \ vt < ek , and that the liev . Mr . liutler had kindly consoled to become their treasurer . ( Cheers . )

      Mk . <>'(' i » - > oe then rose , and paid a marked tribute of respect to the Catholic priesthood in general , and to the Rev . Chairman in particular , in moving ¦• The best thanks of the meeting to the Ilev . Mr . Butler for his excellent conduct in the cliair . " Mb . Laloh rose , but gave way to the Rev Mb . XMTTn . who seconded the motion , declaring the Catholic priesthood to be part and parcel of the great human family . lie claimed for them the liberty he claimed for himself—the liberty of worshipping his Ciod in the way most agreeable to his own conscience . ( Cheers . )

      The motion was carried unanimously and with ereat acclamation . The Chairman brieflv reported . Three cheers were then given for Father Mathew and i > uld Ireland ; and , at the request of the Rev . Mr . Butler , three cheers and one cheer more for Feargus O'Connor , the - ' man of the people , " as the Rev . gentleman designated him . The meeting then dispersed , evidently satisfied -with the proceedings of the evening .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , DECEMBER T . 1 « 44 .

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      THE MESSIEURS CHAMBER-- * " , A > 'I > THE THEORY OF WAGES . Tjiz vsrbolesale philosophers of Eiliijburjdi , the 3 Ie > srs . Cha » beb . s , ha-n- recently published a tract , entitled " The Employer aniVth * Employed , " in v . hich . tlif ^ be * tow much pains , in " A Familistr J > inloaut bt-nveen a Mr . Jamxs ?> mith , a factory mil ) owner , : md a Mr . KiCHAXD Jacksos , a cotton spinner , '" to pro » e that » = Capital i » the g ^ -d . .-o it Should bf worshipped bv the ¦ wo rking claries ; that Labour is a dependant thing ; and that the emplmeJ owes un incalculable amount of rjr-j . tit > td < to tlir employer whi- " condescends" to give him ¦ w ork . The exposure of the weaknesses , the frailties , the

      iiicon >] stenrie >_ the intemj > erance , and the improvidence of Hit- norkxns rl : » sse ^ . —a 3 ) of which are roDSrquences of o ; . j > rt-s .-ion ^ i : cl misrule rathir than ch : ira < -ieristirs of a d « -t il > - < ll ; . ir . i } . r « . ^ iujr ]< voj > 1 < - —ar < - the ]> i > iiit > at which the anvusof . Mr . Ssjth , " the Capitalist . " art- shot : while poor JiCKsox . a kind of passive instrument in Smith ' s hands . i > . after tin- maiii : t-i of the many •¦ oM farmers , " whose liie-1 'injr prciudices we are told have been destroyed in a > i :: slr "' dial' > rJ < - with some sasrnciou ; - free trader , " so stunn . il b-i th < - ' jrinchrlnilnp and eo'trincinn rea > oiiing of Mr . SjijTn . as in make him appear , if not a hasty convert t <> tL < -o ] ii ; i ><^ nj ' ! hi * : i > ii- »^ oiii > i . to bt- at ] - _ -ast so shaken in hi ? old beiie ! as v > leave little doubt of his after

      conve . The hurry and buslle of removal has precluded the j *>~ sibnirr of an earlier notice of this , the most wilv and in-idiou ? blow that has been airat-d at the interest of tlie workia-. ; classes sinrt- the memorable pamphlet of tlie n » tablc and Hoiible Reverend Baptist Noil . The subjoined note will show , howe \ er , that the subject was one which thosw eonnt ete < l with the Mxr were not likelv to pas * over in silenc > -: -while it also limits our comm ent on the tract in the ^ resent number of the . * tar . Fro m that not ? it will be seen that Mr . O'Conxob proposes to deal elaborately with the - dialogue ; * " and therefurc w c shall confine our remarks to some of its most glarim , ' absurdities , follies , and inconsistencies .

      It i > a fact , perhap s not generally known , that Chad v ick , of Poor LfX-x ijtoriftv . is tht- K . soin friend of the Messrs . Chambers : and therefore ne ma } infer that he has been their instructor upon a treatise which is evidently intended as an auxiliary to the present starvation system . The ' dialogue " opens with the recital of Mr . Smith ' s magical rise in the world of manufactures , and the fascinations of the gTeat things that he has accomplished by sohriety , attention , perseverance , nnd travel—not forgetting a fe « instances of unparalleled good luck , and one . of a very successful marriage , which appear to have so completely "Jlabcriajt-id " poor Jacksos as to have rendered

      him an easy prey to his judicious instructor 1 Smith inspires Jacksox with a large amount of self-esteem -, and would assure him that all that he ( Smith ) had so successfully accomplished was equally within the reach of the man Jac&son . And hence we find each alluring prospect laid before the employed met with the becoming observation , or response— " why , I confess I never saw it in that light before f "there is sach a deal of stuff talked of , that His so long before one gets at the truth f or "Icoufess it is rather strange 1 never heard such explanation , be fore . " Here v . e quite agree with Mr . jACiSos . We much doubt that it had been his lot , or that of any other

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      man , to hear so much " stuff" talked , as was convejedto him bv Mr . Smith . The blow aimed at Trades' Unions is ominous at the present moment , if taken in connection with the letter of Mr . Dun combe to the Trades of Sheffield ; as the manifest object of the tract is to convince the middle classes generally , as well as the satisfied portion of the working classes , of the necessity of putting doion cXL Labour combinations , and of strengthening the hands of Capitalist ^

      to the end that all the benefits arising from the pbotec . tion of , Capital , and from the gratitude of the employed , may be fully developed . This is the aim and eud of the " dialogue ; " and many cases drawn from the situation of Dublin , Belfast , Bandon , Nottingham , and other towns , though wholly irrelevant and unconnected with the question at issue , have been lugged in as arguments in aid of that blow which will assuredly be aimed at the last remaining rights of the working classes .

      Mr , SMITH is professedly a " free-trader ; " although , through Mr . Jackbox , he proposes some startling considerations for reflection , and the answers to which must come from others . For instance , he tells us that the result of a strike in any district has usually been the removal of the " concern" to some other district , where the capitalist might yvork unshackled by the rules or regulations of the employed . Now , this is one of those unjust privileges which we have contended against -, and as the only means of meeting which , we have proposed uniform regulations through National Trades' Onions ; so that the migrating Capitalist , who flies from justice in one district may be met by a similar code of laws ill that to which he may remove—thus giving to Labour the same protect

      tion that Capital enjoys . Mr . Smith is compelled to admit that wages are regulated by the number of " hands " in the market : and he takes our standard for illustration . He informs us that fifty in a thousand being unemployed , will inevitably regulate the wages of the nine hundred and fifty at work ; and that the magical inventions , improvements , and alterations , between " brisk" and ' slack" trade , have a never-ceasing tendency to augment the competitive unemployed reserve . Thus , fifty in the thousand may constitute the surplus to-day which a new invention put into operation may augment to a hundred to-morrow : and a change from " brisk " to " slack" trade may further augment until tli' employed become the minority , and the unwilling icJK i- » the majority .

      Now , to deal with such a case , —uot at all an unprecedented one , —should be the object of every friend of the working classes , and of every well-wisher to society . When the idle reserve consists but of one in twenty , or fifty in a thousand , by gocxl regulations the employed could withhold then- competition from the Labour market . As nineteen men employed about what they are all required to do will receive more wages than twenty men doing the work of nineteen , it is the interest of the nineteen at work to support the one in idleness , rather than to allow his labour , reduced in value , to be brought into competition with those at work . This principle may *

      perhaps , apply to so large a reserve as one in ten ; but thebe we fear its efficiency ceases ; and where isolated Trades * regulations fail , tben a geseb al si stem should step n to prevent the Labour maTkct from being prejudicially glutted . Mr . Smith , while evidently looking for legal controul to destroy Trades' Unions , not only eschews politics altogether , but further assures us that " wages cannot be regulated by law ; " and although Mr . Smith induces Mr . Jackson to put the question , he must have been aware that while he denies thu power of equalizing wa ^ es bv law—in which we fully concur—he is throughout contending for protection for Capital .

      What m- hare to ask of Mr . Sxitii is tiiis : —as In- has admitted that the surplus of Labour in the market has a tendency to reduce " • ¦* ; and as he admits that Labour is Capital , u-Aj / lui : , \ z not proposed a remedy for aU those crils trhich he admits arise from the rivalry of matters , tlie oapridoHsnrfs of tratle , and the irrfpuliiritv of < l + > naftd antl SUppl'l t We HAVE PBOI-OSED THE LAND AS THE REMEDY ¦> and although Mr . Smith speaks approvingly of Emigration ' he does i-. ot venture to recommend it as a "remedy . ' He tells us , indeed , that ' society has done much for the poor in the erection of hospitals , infirmaries , " and so forth ; He would we presume , have added workhouses , had not

      Chadwick , who we further presume personated jACKSOt ^ reminded him , with a nudge , that that would be " letting the cat out of Die bag . " Mr . SstiTn is against early marriages , —but is in fa » our of peopling other climes . He tells us that " as our forefathers came here from other countries , be sets no reason why we should not follow tluir example , and go to the places from whence they came . ' ? So that " multiply and be fruitful "' is a divine maxim which applies to all the world except Great Britain . Knii-^ r ration . education , and ventilation an- Mr . Smith ' s only , spfcific * : —Emigration , without telling us where to go , or

      how to get there : —Education , the advantages of which we shall give in Mr . . Smith ' s own poetical language . He says r " I know of nothing so well calculated to assuage the hardships of one ' s lot as a habit of reading instructive and entertaining books . The mind is expanded ; a world formerly supposed to be dull and miserable is seen to abound in beauties , and a N £ W BELisii is gives to ex-15 TEMCE , aoWEVEB DECDC 1 KG BE THE OCCUPATION . Besides , I cannot sympathise in the idea that working men arc to be pitied because they labour . Labour is not an evil , but a positive blessing ; it is only injurious when carrh-d

      excess . Here , then , we learn that the chief value attached to education by Mr . Smith is , that it may reconcile the slave to his " drudgery" by presenting scenes of bliss and beatitude which he camwt hope to cnyjy . ' Itare Mr . Smith , ' Incomparable Mr . Smith . ' Philanthropic Mr . Smith i " Ventilation , " the remaining specific , Mr . . Smith tells ua " must be done by law ; " and , in fact , the simple right to breathe fresh air , is the only privilege which our philosopher appears to think can be conferred by law upon tho working classes . '

      We are anxious to M-e Mr . O'CosaoE ' s travestie j > f the " dialogue" between Smith Utt <* i / . iJ . a !;* t , ami Jackson iht oonr- rtt < i slave ; and offer the subjoined letter us our apology for uot entering more fully on the subject : — Deab Hobson , —Say by return if you can spare me room this weeli to bury Chambers ' s tract ? If I am too late , I shall expect a larger grave for it in next week ' s . " - 'tar . It is the worst , and far the weakest , of the " Free Trade Dodjfes" that I have Jet seen ; worse , if possible , than Baptist Noel ' s rigmarole . Yours very truly , Fzjsors O'Gonnob .

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      they were at "liberty" to tote for the mitigation of the atrocities of the Factory system ; but they were speedily commanded to undo what they had done ; and like dutiful slaves , they obeyed . True , there was a demonstration of "independence " of controul and a " bouncing " show of resistance to the unreasonable demands of the Minister , personally and peremptorily made , on Mr . Mvles ' s Sugar Duties question—which ended in the reversal of the vote of the " firm , " undevi ating " jump-Jim-Crow sticklers for " pure representation . " True all this : but equally true , that hitherto Peel has been able to coerce his supporters into the support of hu measures .

      however much " against the grain " those me asures might be : and that consequently there has not been anyreal opposition for him to contend with . He has indeed hitherto been lord paramount : able to say , ' ' ( rO ; and lie goeth : come ; and he cometh . " NoWi however , the aspect of affairs promise to be diffevent . Now signs of real opposition appear to be setting in . The " -farmer ' s friends" are finding out that the measures of Peel tell woefully against them ; that stock for the market , ready fatted , brought in b y hundreds iu a week from abi'oad—fed on foreign grass , foreign hay , foreign rape , foreign cake , and foreign com ; brought over

      by foreigners ; " driven " on our own lands by foreigners , and sold in our own markets b y foreigners , nlio thus pocket all the proceed * , employing none of our labour but to kill and prepare the carcase for the retail market ; the ' farmer's friends" nnd out that all this is not to their interest ; that neitheT their grazing land nor their capital is employed ; that the stock they have is consequently depreciated in value ; that their ' estates " are melting out of their grasp ; and consequently a growing feeling of dissatisfaction and uneasiness is manifesting itself on every hand , which threatens to bee e really formidable to the Minister , and which , bffure this , he lias seon cause to fear and dreail .

      This feeling , so likely to result in real opposition to Peel , whose measures have engendered it , daily receives force from the operutiou of the Tarift" in other articles of food besides beef ; and especially from the thousands of barrels of American flour that reach our shores , after having buen smuggled across the St . Lawrence into Canada . Nor arc the ship loads of cured beef and pork ; the thousands upon thousands of lbs . of cheese ; the heaps of fruit and other garden produce ; the vessel loads of liay that are constantly reaching us , without their effect . These all tend to make the "fanners who whistle at the plough , " open their eyes , turn them up in wonder and a . stoni . shnietit , and

      ieel anything but gmtijul U > the man . who has exposed them to sueii unequal competition a . s a means of relieving them from ditnculty ! It was from thi > section of Peel ' s army that we long since said danger to him would arise . On the first promulgation of the Tariff scheme , Mr . O'Connor pointed out what its operation on the landed interest must inevitably be ; that it could only have the effect of rendering comparatively valueless English grazing farms ; that it would impose the necessity of further and better cultivation of the cultivable lands ; that prices must necessarily depreciate .- that rents would assuredly be affected ; nnd that the ' farmers who whistled at the plough" would rebel against , and turu out , the "farmers who whistled at iJowning Street . " How truly is all this coming to pass . How soon the prediction is in process of being fulfilled

      Though the " agriculturists" would not at first see how they were to be affected by Peel ' s Tariff : though thev could not see that a duty of i > nly £ 1 a head was a premium on the importation of foreign beasts : though they could not discern that with a duty on foreign tallow—a duty oil foreign hides—a duty on fitn-ign horn —u duty on foreign hoofs—a duty on forehfn hair—a duty on foreign bones , aH of whifh artklea »¦ .- wiularh nn < l ue ^ 'tStirily import—the admission of a beast , WITH ALL THESE THINUS IN IT AND ON IT , at £ 1 dun . was < i l > omii ( " the importer : though the agriculturalists could not at first see this , nor believe it when it was pointed out , \ it they an- no « beginning to feel the efftHt : and , by re-action , they are about to reach the " strong ' Minister , inducing weakness in the hitln-rto imulnerable iilaef .

      The storm 1 . 1 bruwmp . Th-- ¦• whistlers , at the plough " are gathering tip fora fight . They feel that they hau : been . sacrificed . They di . scoier that }' eel has us . ti them against themselves . They learn that lie , g . ooi ! -uaturedly , took them out of their depth , knowing that they wuuM then , like swine , " cut their own throats with tluir own pittitoes . "" They are conscious , nioreowr . that the . stops they have thus been deceived into taking cannot be retraced : that the old Tariff cannot be iwivcd ; that the Canada torn Kill cannot be repealed ; that the blow inflicted on their onler by these measures must be endured , a « d th-Kii nre therefore prewiring to detfviiul mtnethimj in Uieii'turn

      i" / iii' / i fhall saerijio' firnwlHMly ( he ' The roneessian dvinandtfl from f ' i el is thr MnU-Urx . Tlie " CTV " for it U being got up . It i . s making " hentl-way . " Farjm'j \« nnd landlords arc associating for the purpose of pressing the demand on the Ministers , and on their ¦ ' friends , " the representatives . It has already become so formidable as to cause alarm in Downing-street . Peel knows that if the " cry " becomes anything like general , he must either yield to it . Or yo out . If the fnvuu-rs take the matter in hand in earnest , as they from appearances seem disposed to do , they will operate on their 'friends" the members for Counties and Agricultural

      Boroughs ; and if only one Italf of Peel ' s ordinary supporters are detsveheil from him on this question , his fate is sealed ' . That they will be so detached may be reasona !> l \ expected for interest will divtatc that course to them . t ; i tlie repeal of the Milli-taX . they see an it . imediate ht-mfit : a . nd they will be disposed to secure it . This measure is nut like the Tariff—prospective ; distant : dubious . It might be matter of speculation as to whnt would be tin effect ot a measure which would take some five years to develope it : * full operation ; but ns to what vjoulil be the effect of a r ^ nvul « . t ' tlu- Mult-tiix thvw can bv no dit > putc . That tax

      amounts , \\ ivh the expenses of excisemen and collection , to some £ 4 , W ) 0 . 0 "l > annually : and the effect of the repeal would assuredly be to le-ave that rum iu thep-irk-elsoftlH <• ' . »< - siimfra of -mill , to be fetched out again may be , if Peel could effect it : but there it would be , spite of fate , for the time . The ert ' ec-t nf the repeal of this monstrous tax , on the farmer who grown the barley he irets made intd malt , would be direct : for all that he »<>«• ha- to add to the cost of producing the barley would be s . awd to him -, aii' -l be would also enjoy the benefit ' arising from increased consumption , through the increased means of the people to consume . The benefits

      unu advantages of such repeal are therefore apparent—manifest—tangible : and wo in ay fully expect , that they will be energetically sought for . It is true that Peel cannot afford to give up the t : i \ . It is true that he cannot do without the " amount . " It is true that if" he loses £ 4 , 000 . tKM , not onh will he luoeto bid farewell to his surplus . " but enjoy the company of a tremendous deficit . It is true that without the Malt-t : iv the Queen would be in danger of having to go . short : Prince Albert ' s " allowance" be reduced ; the "pretty misses" on the

      pension list be without " quarterage , " and the fundholderwithout dividend . It is true , all this : but what of it ? The agriculturalist will say , " whatha \ el to do with that ¦ State necessity was pleaded when the interest of the cultivator * of the soil had to be sacrificed ; and my necesxili . s , arising from the operation of your own Heeeing measures , have made it imperative that I seek for relief at whatever Cost . The repeal of the Malt-tax will be an immediate relief as far u . s it goes . The repeal uf the Afalt-Ut \ I can enforce from you , or break you tip ; and , therefore , that repeal 1 must demand "

      And thu » will begin tile liattk- of the lands and the funds . Thus will In-giu tlie contest between the holders of the soil and the livers out of tile tuXes . God speed it !¦ and the Devil ; ii < l it . ' Wlwt , slim , can Peel do ' Can he keep the 'fanner . ' who whistle at the plough " ( juiet ? Can he blarney them over' Sot if the "beasts" continue to come ! Not it the cheese , and pork , anil beef , and poultry , and egg > -, and Hour , and hay , and candles , and fruit , and vegetables , continue to come . And that these itill continue , according to season , no one can doubt . All the elements then , arc at work to get the ' cry " well " up , " Peel , therefore , has to prepare to meet it ; and thus arises the first real dinieulty he has had to contend with . It is one which he will be a statema-n and a tactician indeed , if he surmounts with power unimpaired .

      That this matter of the agricultural " cry " is producing its effect in " head-quarters , " let the following testify . We take it from a paper devoted to agricultural purposes , and an ardent supporter of the Peel Administration . It is a paper that has been found to have " shrewdly guessed" at the intentions and plans of Ministers on for mer occasion * of Cabinet Councils . The opinion of Bell ' s Weekly Messenger is therefore worth attention . lie says : — JAn extraordinary- Cabinet Council was held during the past week , the business of which was considered so important by the Premier and the Secreta ry of State , that all the Ministerial Ministers of the Council were present . The matter of . discussion turned upon the probable em-

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      barrassment of the Ministers from ' the two important subjects now so generally occupying public attention : — first , the association getting up in the country to obtain the total or jpartial repeal of the Malt-tax ; and , secondly , the measures which are to be brought forward early in the nest session for the relief of the labouring community . We fear we ] must add , thirdly , the question whether the Property-Tax shall cease on the 1 st of April next , or shall be continued for another two years , or , in other words , as long as Sirj II . Peel ' s Administration shall continue ; for if it be continued for another two years , we feel convinced that we shall be permanently fixed with it . On the question of the " farmers' defection " from the Miniterial ranks , the Messenger says : —

      As to the ; movement getting up for the repeal of the Malt-tax , iutouehes the Ministers in more points than one , and all of these very sore points . Sir Robert Peel holds his office alniost entirely by the support of the agricultural body . Thus , any division of this body , wliich should impair its strength , and give him only a fraction of it , instead Of itsj united force , would inevitably be fatal to his Ministry-. It ; could not stand a month under any considerable defection of the county and country members ; the union of the Whigs , Free-traders , and Radicals would then outweigh the numerical amount of that portion of his party in the [ house which he now derives from mere Government influence . Under the Refonn Bill this latter influence has indeed been reduced to within a very small

      compass , as was sufficiently provedby the defeat oftheWhig Ministry , who possessed all this Government influence to the very lasi . i Now , this Malt-tax Kepeal Association is produciug this division amongst the agricultural body . Hence tlie great degree of alarm which obviously exists ia the ministerial ranks upon the point of tills agricultural association to obtain the total or partial repeaf of the Malttax . It is understood that the Ministers cannot give up this tax , and ? therefore they must stand the consequences . The main questions among them , we believe to be , first , Whether a partial repeal may be . conceded ; ami secondly , if Hot to he Supported bv the Government itself , whether

      it may be left what is called an open question ; that is , that the agricultural members of the Ministry may vote upon it as they please . It is understood that the preat parliamentary leaders of the agriculturists are themselves nearly equally divided upon the subject . We know enough of Sir Robert * Peel to indulge no expectation that he will give way tft- ' any considerable extent . No one , indeed , better understands , or more uniformly exercises , the system of expedience compromises , and what the French call tliejiute milieu ; but no one is more impatient under any thinit like an opposition or personal independence amongst his own party .

      There , then , thu difficulty is : There it e . vists : and Peel must grapple- ; with it . Hut it is not the only one . Theru are the " measures for the relief of the labouring poor . ' It . seems the time is , at length , come when that question ' must he considered ! Thank God for it . ' The speech of Lord John Hussell , at the close of last session , when he declared that ; "the labourers had not their fair share of the produce of their hands , " and that "legislation must secure this for them , " has acted as a spur to the " doivothing" Cabinet . They feel that they must now do something . What that something is , we shall in due time be made acquainted with . Certainly we shall not speculate as to what it may be . All we have to < lo is to point the question out , as one of real difficulty for Pet-1 to grapple with . lie will be a

      " lucky" man indeed , if he produce " measures" on this head that will satisfy generally . If he satisfies the poor ivho need relief and protection , he will have the propertymen—those jwho would a thousand times over sooner acrirtce a man than a hare—at him open-mouthed , joined by all the traffickers in human sweat of every degree . If his measures " satisfy" the "lords of the soil and the loom , " they ! will run great danger of being solemn mockeries of the misery-enduring slave , and be . met by that class with a torrent of scornful indignation . Then 'there will be Lord John Russell at his heels , anxious to trip him up , and set himself oft' by contrast as the better "humanity-monger" of the two ; so that Peel seems likelv to have to cook a " pretty kettle of fish . " It will be well for him , if he gets his dish served up without his fingers being burnt .

      Next session brings on again the question ot the Income Tax . " : 'Co be , or not to be ; that ' s the question" the Commons will put to the Ministers . The Ministers , we apprehend , must say " to be ! " Then for a fight . Then fora struggle . And yet how is Peel to do without it ? All the "surplus " he has had has been created by it . Had it not bevn fur the Ca . OOO . lKK ) , his _ " deficiency " . would have been woeful ; How can he dispense with it ? But of uhut us ail ssill such a representation be to faction ? They want Peel out . To put him out a good "cry" is needed . It is possible that the repeal of the Income Tax may become such " cry : " and no doubt but the " hangers on on providence " will try it . Whether thev will succeed ot

      not is another question ; but it is not unreasonable to suppose that ; many who voted for the " odious impost " originally , to }; et the finances out of the Whig mess , will oppose it now ' i on the ground that , as there is a " surplus , ' ' tin- »¦ ««(? for a war-tux in the time of peace has ceased . All tilings ! considered , the " , Perl has his ' work , lie meets Parliament surrounded by difficult questions , full of difficulties themselves . It i . s not improbable that he may Vie upset . The chances are decidedly against him . UUe \ io \ es the people therefore to be prepared . If Peel j ; oes out—a dissolution follows . The next dissolution , coliH'when it inas , ought to see twenty real representatives of the people returned . To this end the people ought to work : a lid to that work we call them . " Be ye

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      K . Dcjcke . vfleld . —We cannot advise . He should get all the facts of his ease together , and employ a solid , tor , if he wishes to prosecute his claim . An honest lawyer will tellhim what he thinks of the case . Gloet . "—A Fact foe Punch . —A Bristol friend , Mr . W . H . Clifton , sends us the following : Let it be " read , marked , learned , and inwardly digested" by all who intend to " list" and fight for glory : —Passing one evening through Old Market-street , about two months ago , I was struck with the appearance of a wretched being , who , like a ghost , crawled along the streets barefoot and almost naked . He was a man of colour ; and from the costume ( white ) yvhich he wore , contrasted with his dark features and tleshless form , inspired the beholders with an involuntary feeling of horror . He was begging by hia

      manner , but spoke no words . In the redaction of a light which he carried suspended from his neck , I fancied I perceived something glitter on his breast , and imagining it to be some Indian curiosity , I stopped and addressed him , at the same time placing my hand on the article which had attracted my attention , when to my surprise , and I will add , to my shame , I discovered it to be^—What ? Hear it—You who employ men to do murder in cold blood ' Hear it , mighty England , and boast of your " Glory" —it was a " Waterloo Medal . "' Astonished , I asked " where he got it , or was it big own ? " " Yes , " , he replied in exceedingly good English . " How long was you a soldier ? " I enquired . " Ten years" was the answer . " Have you any pension V "No ! " " When where you discharged ? " " After

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      ^ SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONtfOR FOR THE EXECUTIVE . £ S . d . From Todmordeii . per R . Brook . . . 1 10 9 From the Cap of Liberty , Brighton , per W . Flower . . . . . . 0 3 0 From the Chartists of Stroudwater . . 0 7 0 From a Friend at Nailsworth . . . 00 CARDS . From the Cap of Liberty , Brighton , per W . Flower 0 2 4 VICTIMS . From the Cap of Liberty , Brighton , per W . Flower 0 2 * MINERS . From the Cap of Liberty , Brighton , per W . Flower . . . . . . 8 1 S

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      INDIA AND CHIX . V . _ _ m T Moke Slait . hter . —The news brought from India by the mail of the 1 st of December , which has reached by extraordinary express , is not remarkable . The only place in which any disturbance of tlie gene ™ tranquillity exists , is at Kolapore , where the Rajah being a minor , the government has been administered by various agents , who , by acts of despotism and ogpresston , drove the people into resistance . Thw Rajah bein ^ allowed by the treaties to maintain 1 , 000 men . his forces were sevvt into the provinces topw down tlie rebellion . The insurgents soon routed them ,

      and then retired , into the mountain fortresses . One of them , Samunghur , was taken by storm on the I 3 Uj of October , and a portion of the garrison who resisted were put to the sword by the British troops that were invited to aid the Rajah's agents in suppressing" *" insurrection . The storming of the fort of Samung hWi and the defeat of the body of insurgents that came to its relief , had in part lowered their courage , yet their demands were as forcible as ever . They had '< f ' about 5 <> t ) men at Samunghur and near it ; yet their resolution to defend their properties and their righ * seems to be unshaken . The Madras and Bombay Governments were exerting their utmost influence to

      [ iut an end to those commotions . - Sc ( : \ de . —The intelligence from Scinde states that perfect tranquillity prevails there . Sir Charles >* pier had adopted the plan of inarching the troops away from the rivers' banks during the time whcn tDe exhalaiions from the mud while drying rendered their residence there exceedingly dangerous . Sickness prevailed to any remarkable extent in only four rep * ments . Sir Charles Napier was , it was said , about to proceed to Upper Scinde , in order to make effectual arraiifferneHts with the tribesmen , Poolajee , and along

      its neighbouring mountains . . ,. The Pus j . ab still presents the same picture crt . abstracted councils . Heera Singh , the Prime Minister of the young Lahore Rajah Dhuleep , has not ternunated his disputes with bis uncle Ghotkb-bingn-Troops were prepared on both sides , but the M *^ " ™ has sent some agents to try the eflects of negotiations-Nothing positive was known of the results at the « n » of the departure of the steamer . Heera ^ S ^ wily and crafty , and may succeed in overcoming . «? strength of Ghoolab , although the latter is now animated by a wish to avenge the deatJi of his brotflw Suchet , who was slain through the machinations « the Minister . ¦ a - ¦

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      HOW ARE TIIE MINISTERS To MLKT PARLIAMENT ? The sivssioii of 1 S 4 . ) approaches . Tin- note of preparation has been sounded . The dav of meeting for " the dispatch of business " has been dulv Gazetted : and Ministers are deejilv engaged in the concoction of measures « her > vvith to meet the u-SbcmbKd legislators . The difficulties of 1 'eel are now commencing . Hitherto all , comparatively , has been plain sailing . Borne in , as he was , on the torrent of public indignation 1-t loose by Whi < r treachery and 'Whig baseness ; looked up to , a ^ he

      was , as the "only man of the in-comiug party at all able to lead , " he found himself in a position more independent of his supporters than any Minister that ever held the reins of power . lie was , in consequence , able to embody his own mind in his legislati * e acts . He was enabled to pans measures founded on principles , antl pregnant with consequences , which his maiu body of supporters had unceasingly and consistently opposed and dc . precated , —dragging them through the mire to their own ruin—their own declarations and predictions being thu witnesses . Never before was there an instance of an English Minister being able to do what Peel has

      done . Suspected , feared , nay , even dreaded by his own party : no confidence reposed in him by any one ; still was he throira up bj circumstances v \\ the surface of events , and enabled to use the power of the " great Conservative party" to the curbing of the arrogan pretensions of the Church ; the keeping from local power the rabid Orangemt-11 of Ireland ; the handing over ot the principles of protection to the advocates of Free Trade ; the passing of the new Tarift ' , with its admission of all food ( excepting corn ) at merely nominal duties . the -virtual Repeal of the Corn Law , in the Canadi an Corn Bill ; and the giving up of England ' s superi , oritv in the manufacturing market , in the legalising

      | of the free exportation of maclunerv . AU this Peel has been able to do , in spite of the opposition and hostility of his own friends ; and that too with comparative ease True , there have been faint signs of rebellion and dis - affection , but which onlv ended in showing the subserviency Of the Conservative party as a whole to a man they detested and hated . True , the Duke of Buckingham would not " swallow the leek ; " —but then he was choked off with a . paltry blue riband . True , there was much growling and grumbling amongst the " farmer ' g friends , " when they were required to pass the Tariff that doomed their estates to confiscation . , but then the " whip '" was exhibited , and , like thorough-bred spaniels , they " licked the hand that smote . " True , the " free and independent "' represeatatives' Jof " agricultural constituencies thought

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      4 THE NORTHERN STAR , j December 7 , 1844 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct516/page/4/