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      ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE . The foBowiBg singular case came before tlie Castlebar board of Poor Law guardians a few day 3 since . An old man applied for admission to the "workhouse , whose appearance and manner and style of speaking denoted evidently that he nad belonged to , or mored in , the ranks of respectability before adverse circumstances bad reduced bim to bis present distress . The Earl of Lucan . —TVhat is your name ? Applicant . —My name , my lord , is Michael Fitzgerald . I was born in tbe vicinity of this town , in the village of lEnolla . I have moved through every phase of fortune ; and , from having been once the possessor of wealth and opulence , 1 have come by a sad vicissitude , brought on , indeed , not by my own conduct , bnt by the miseondnet of others , down to theposition -which I at present occupy . The Earl of Lncan . —Indeed , how was that ' .

      Applicant . —The incidents of my life are extraordinary , my lord , yet may be briefly told . In my youthful days , being desirous to travel and push my Ibrtnne in a foreign land , I left Ireland for the island of Madeira , taking "with me a cargo of such Sood * as I tboaeht would be -disposable , on remunerative terras . IMv Irishes and expectations were not then disappointed . Change of scene and the new climate invigorated mv spirits , and the enterprise in which I had embarked proved most profitable . Re" olvingto settlepennanently in Madeira , 1 employed nil my available capital in pursuing the trade which 1 had found so beneficial : ana only a few years had elapsed , when the profits of mv engagements so accumulated ,

      as to leave me at length in pos ? es > ion of an immense fortune . The Governor ofthe island , whose acquaintance I had the opportunity of making , ad-¦ rfsed 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 , 1 assented to his proposal , but took ibe 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 £ 7 « V . » 00 . WJiea iiie agreement was thus closed . 1 converted all the merchandise then in mv -warehouses imocash , a .-

      soon -as a cheap acd rapid sale permitted ; and with ample funds I proceeded first to Ireland , and after"wards to England , to purchase all ports of plants and seeds and implements of husbandry . With a large cargo of these I returned to Madeira , and soon after began the culture of the fields . to a great extent , according to the terms of tlie Go-rernor ' s treaty . Nothing could have gone on more auspiciously than our first agricultural essay ; and 1 am now enabled to boast that 1 was the first man who introduced into that island the cultivation of potatoes . But , my lord , to be br ief—the Governor was withdrawn from the island , through the influence and intrigues of -fiiose persons -vviio deriviiur a profitable trade from the imp : irtaiion of provisions , and ttIjo were ,

      i-onseouently , averse to the proceedings I was engaged in . The result was , _ that I was compelled to desist , after iaving all my own funds expended in the manner related , and without any further prospect of inilenuiincatiou than the fulfilment of the Governor ' s agreement . To see myself justified , 1 went to Portugal . Tne Govt-mor , vrilo made xhe 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 claimants . Some delay having taken place in my getting the compensation to which 1 was entitled , and which was thus approved of . I went to Mr . "Ward ( who w-t > then Charge a Affaires in PoniHal } , reqniriu ^ of Mm 10 see nie justified . Mr . Ward gave me orJv promises of compliance .

      It wn 5 publicly stated , some time ago , that a large remittsiice ofmoney had been sent over by the King of Portugal for the purpose of comx > ensating the British ckumajats . I wrote frequent )? on the . sulyi-ei « f my t-laim to the Duke of "Wellington , but at length I recei-red a note from Ms Grace , statins that of the many letters of mine to which I had in my last commuiiieanons referred , he had received not a single letter : thus it was apparent that the conductors of the Foreiirn Post-oSce are the greatest robbers that ever lived . 1 am aot aware that th- suppression of my letters took pla- ^ e in consequence of the rost-oihVe espionage of Sir James Graham ; . but this mui-h there i > reason to suppose—that in the money remitted from Portugal , the Duke of Wellington made the feat great gap —> sreat laughteri—by applying an aiormous port ion of it xo hini ; -elf . J » lo not tllink

      thai Sir Robert Peel would act thus ; he seems to be a weH-meaning , honest man . { Pit'newed laugLter . j Mt principal object in eomiD £ hen * , at present , is to get the opportunity of making the inju > tk-e to which 1 have --fen subievtvd public and notorious —> o that it may . at lenslk . reach tiie authorities , aud imluntiiem to grant me retire * -.. If tW maxim be truv , that the people are best governed where the principlv prevails i ' : at an injury done to the meanest subject i > an . injury to the ¦ whole community , snrely ii applies to my ni » e in an especial manner , and the ]> « . ib ] ie should insist , and ihe Governim-iii > bould determine , that iL . v "vronss to vrhk-h 1 have h . ? en so Ions subjected should , at length , give way to impartial justice , asd to the "pavment ti « me of those moneys whirli ¦ were r « nrrted from Portugal for my indemnlficn-&jh . according to my claim , as acknowledged by the Kiri « r .

      The Kar 3 of Lucan . —With reference to your claim * . the cent . " - men ofthe press , who are now present , may assist you more than we can ; the province of the board oi" guardians b merely to consider the propr iety of yo \ ir admission . Tl : c claimant withtlrea-. Mr . It . Ornu-by . —He is a fine old lYiiuw , and , however rich he may have been formerly , he setnis poor now . I think we ought to comply with his applicatiun . Admitted . ^

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      MEETING IN Alii OF FATHER MATIIEW . A densely crowdeil meeting was ire ! 'I ' m the spacious school n « jni > of the Briii ^ h and Foreign School Soetcrv . t i-i ^ rge-street , Bermondsey , on Tuesday evening , ! " ¦ ¦ - ¦ , -mber 3 rd ., to aid in relieving-the irrvat Apo ^ tl » of Temperance frum his pecuniary embarrassment— -. results of his more than Herculean labour in th ? ¦ _ - ^ 'd "work of man s redemption fro m vicious habit . Every nook and cranny of the building was filled , l > n the platfyna we ob-ercet ] F . Lalor , Esq . ; — MarrtN ? , Esq . ; — Norton , E > u . : -Feanrus O ' Connor , Es ! j .: the lle \ . Mr . Butler : the Rev . Mr . Bowman : the Rev . Mr . Coleridge ; the Rev . Mr . Smvtii . Wtslevan mmisier . froai Colelie ^ lt-r , & * -. -in —> -it i » . . 1 . " i * i » _ i Yhv Mb rTtKE theinvitation oi" ihe

      ~ Hxv . . B , on ' - conimhiee , took tLe chair ; he said , that at a meeting of tli > - Cixamiuev : of tht Tem " i > eraiice S-oi-iety , it was res ^ lvt-ti that a public meeting should be convein-d . azsd that r-ubscrij'tions should be entered into in aid Fatijir-. - Mctbew . il > t * true and - « levi > itt 3 « i ]> o ^ tlf of tc 2 jir ^ -i : ; re . The creditors of p " : ttl ) - - -r Mathew did not pri-a * iheir demands nntil it was announced that he "was uhnnt to sail for Amerira , to adininistfr tbe pl € - > i 2 t- !•> the inhabitants of ihc New World « _ hi-ar , heaJ j : lisen they did pn * s- > : and it thn > Ij « 5 ijjji-Bejasaary to sit !» -c-riVK- meaii ^ to enabli- Father Matht-w to pay his ciei-N . Tme . Father Mathcw "WS 5 a ' " atholic priest ; but lie was n «> t a -i- < inrian . He < 2 ; --i !;< - ' lo » k at Tuap . V ^ ait . or the rut or roluur of his < -u . "t ; enough f « r bici tLat mnn was- imj > n- ~^< fi vrirli t ; s- ima ^ e of bis Redeemer . : uid Father Matin-w held liiiu in revt-renc-e as one *> f th < - - ^ i \ . -at human fiunijv . No one had a better opportunity of knowing

      the evils of intem ]> er . ince than father Mathew . Hi > duties , in iLe Confessional , had made Him tbort > u < rhly acquaint- ^ with them . I ili-ar , bear . * Father Matliew had exhausted hi * own private jx ^ ourta- ^ . : imI ) xir-TO-o-e : ! largely of l \ w In-oiheiv . who wero di-tillcr * . arA wL .. . fr » jin tin- i » Ss of ibeir trade by tl ; e boh Faibfr "; . ^ xertioiiS might truly br said I- > be jnanyrtoiiw t-au--of total : »>*» uneni-L \ ' lli-ar , hear . ) Tbe peoj » l < iin > l oilier If- ^ ' -erv . all « l" wli' ^ ni . m » n «> r i < - ^^ . had an ew to sell > hear , bear ) : hence . 1-aiber Mathew , Li siiislenes . - of purpose . Lad n <> equal , illear , hear . ) Before the temj » eran ( -c movement the U «* v . Theobald Mathew was a man of considerable wealth in the i-itr of Cork—universally resj > ei-u-d and adored . ( Cheers . > What had he not done for the Teetotallers ' . "W hat sacrifice on tiieir part would t-ver repay the debt ' . Then Wt all fireely an-1 cheerfully s . ulj > t-ri \ x * . for tnat "was The only means of enaliliiisr Father Matthew to propagaie the gran ]» iinciples of Tenipt'rancc , east , south , i-orth , and wt-su ( Loud cheers . >

      Ms . Floezstim : Lalou moved a resolution in favour Of the object . Tie Rev , Mb . _ SinrH Wesleyau minister , in seconding ihe znotiou . said : —Father JVIatiiew was an humble instrument in the hand * of a hijjbcr power . Talk of Howard ' s humanity in visithiu the lazarettos and the prisons , what was his philanthropy "when compared with that of Father Mathcw , who dosed the doors of all those places . \ Loud cheers . ; A good name was far better than riches . Father Mathew had a good name ; and better siill . deserved it . ^ Cheers . ) Fatlier ilathew had traTelletl in his mission far and wide ; and whererer he went , virtue and peace followed in his footsteps . ( Cheers . } ^ Titbout insinuatins a word acainst any of Ireland's agitators , she had ' no regenerator like Theobald Mathew . ( Cheer * . > This would be deejJy ' engraven on the tablets of everv right-thinking man ' s mind , be he English i-r Irish . Talk of Repealing the Union ,

      indeed : where was there a greater Repealer than Father Mathew ? Had he not repealed the union between 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 the great and good Father Mathew . ( Loud cheers . ) He had heard some-say ( and he had no doabt of their honesty in so saying ) that they -should not assist Father Mathew because ofthe effect his labours had ; and others because of the religious tenets held by Trrm . He . envied not , but pitied the littleness of sneh men ' s minds . ( Hear . ) The temperance canse -was iftrt- sectarian , but advocated bv men of all sect * SX& parties , both political and theological . ( Cheers ) . Then let all subscribe the means of setting Father liathew free-fand allow "hini to " go 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 the man who would keep his fellow-man out of his political 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 ; First flower of the earth—first gem of the sea . "

      The Chaibmas 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 , bat his fellow-townsman ; and he 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 ^ uiirman , the motives which actuated Father Mather in becoming the apostle of temperance ; they were both moral and relispous . ( Cheers . ) As a private gentlonian and as a Wrrister , he ( Mr . 0 ' 0 . ) had had ample opportunities of testifying to the fact

      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 he had no doubt but that lie would willingly bear the additional weight their humble efforts might inflict on him . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . O'C . ) had often said , "Let there be no drunkards , and there will be no tyrantB . " In most countries there were ministers of crime and ministers of education : and be hoped the time was not far distant when they would have such a man as Father Mathew attached' to the Ministrv of England .

      I Cheers . ) Father Mathew was above all prejudice , above all sectarianism , and was , therefore , well qualified to be the di ^ burser of charity . ( Loud cheers . ) He iMr . O'C ) would not attempt to mix up politics with the object of the meeting ; but be thought it would not be irrelevant to say that whether Toryism was rurbt , whether Whiggism was right , whether Radicalism was right , or whether Chartism was ritrht — ( loud cheers ) — Teetotalism had yiven all minds to think , ears to hear , and understandings to iudse of that which was right . ( Great cheering . ) Irishmen would noiv \> e able to take advantage of passing events , and make the green isle of their birth t-o be indeed their own , their native land . And

      " Breathes there a man with soul so dead , AVhu never to himself halh said . Thi .- b nn own—my native land ?" \ Loud 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 creastest ornaments of society . ( Loud cheers . ) If lie 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 cheerine . ) Was it not horrible to read in the papers

      of the crimes caused by drunkenness I Tyrants feared a soberTpeople . Witness the conduct ofthe Imperial despot , the Emperor of Russia , in putting down the advocacy of teetotalisni in his dominions by a few catholic priests . Why did he do that ? lie feared tliat with a sober and united j > eop ] e 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 Matbew was about to > et sail for America Had he been there , the late disgraceful riots and destruction of Catholic property would doubtless have been prevented . ( CheeJ * . ; They had seen do doubt , in their walks about town , a great number of different

      kind > of animals and binU confined together m one large case , living in perfect security and harmony together . They were called the "happy family . " The sex-ret of their happiness was , that they were all well fed , and , therefore , had no ner-essity to eat each other . Well , Irishmen were now united . They were now sober ; they have now minds ; and by a risrht direction of tbo . se minds thev will posse . s > enounh to cat , to drink , and to wear ; and they will lkM > onit ? . also , oive united , liappj" family , with Father Mathew a * their recognised head and founder . ( Great cheering . ) lie would not longer detain them ; for , with their chairman , he admitted that ¦ " \ V « ird > aiv but witui

      Actions- s ] R-ak Ihv mind- "' TeeioLaii ^ ni be luoked on a . - * the means of raising Ireland from a poor , pitiful , degraded province , into die exalted station of one of tbe nations of the earth . Mr . ' ' "Connor resumed his scat amidst loud and longcontinued applause . The re ~>> li > uon w ; us carried unanimously . A collection w ; i » then made . The chairman anuuunced the amount to be £ 1-3 4 s- tkl . Mr . F . Lalor said that the subscription list would be kept open for a week , and that the llcv . Mr . Butler had kindly consented to bceonie their treasurer . ( Cheers . ) Mr . U'Con >" ob then rose , and paid a marked tribute of res-pect to the Catholic priesthood in general , and to the Rev . Chairman in particular , in moving " The best thanks of the meeting to the Rev . Mr . Butler ^ for his excellent conduct in the chair . "

      . Mk . Ljllob rose , but cave way to the Rev Mr . Smyth , wbo seconded tbe motion , declaring the Catholic priesthood to be part and parcel of the great human family . He claimed for them the liberty he claimed for himself—the b'berty of worshipping his God in the way most agreeable to his own conscience . ( Cheers . ) The motion was carried unanimously and with irreni acclamation . The Chairman briefly 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 Fearfjus O'Connor , tbe " man of the people , " as the Rev . gentleman desitrnated him . 'The meeting then dispersed , evidently satisfied with the proceeding * of the evening . ¦¦

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      TI 1 £ MEs > IEfK > CHAMBERS ' , AND THE TUEOUY v > F \ T . \ i- £ s . Thl \> ln . lv » . tle plukisopln-rii of Edhibur ^ ii , the iles . ir ! -. i * hambers . ha ^> rect-iith j > ul > li > h < - ' 1 a tract , entitli-ii ' Tht Ei ]!]> i " . M-r : ii !>! i ! it Em | ' ! "i' ' 1 . in which they h r > to « much ln-i % vt-vH u Mr . J . ms Smith , a fac !>> r \ mill umirr , and a Mr Richard Ja ' Kson . a I' / . tyn > j » : nni-r , " t > j )> rovt that a _ ~ Caj . itai i . ~ iL tfml . i-. j it >! i ^ ul « i 1 > . vtur $ hip ]> rd b \ th « 'jrkiu _ ' < la-.- - _ - > ; that Labour L- : i d > - ;> iirdant tliiu ^ ; and

      that ll . t- eiii ' i ] n > t'i ] uni-j an Uic : iU-ii ! : il > li- amount ui - ) -, i '" iii t ~ i '_ to Ui- i-m ; J . ) vr wl . n c «> : i < U-sr--in ]> " t' > uivt- hiin > M . rk . Ti :- i- \ 5 . .-. irt- . ; " tli > \\> akiiv- *•• -. Un fruiltic 5 -, thi ::.- - > r . < isi . nrji -. i }; - ; nTv ! : i ;>' . r . ir . co . a : i « l the Jiupr'tiid-.-jn-. rf iin HurKinj : davi- ' , — : ;!' : » f wliich an .- i-. jIim-. iui-ih . ts uf iijij . r < .- !» -i < iii ::: id iui » ruK- rather llnu charaiten > iir > <> f a n n-iii-iUj : mj . rv > - . i : i _ - j-i-t . plt—ar .- lit * [ n . itit .-. at uiiicfi the : trrv > w-. « f Mr . Smith , '"the t .: i }> iuili > t , ' '; ir > - > liut : \\ liilc j > ' > oi Jirs-o- \ . is kimJ « f ]> a--- « ivi- i ? i » trumeriT in Smith ' s i-urnls . i ~ ri ' -. fT iln- Tvann « -r uf !!)•• inauv " ( ilJ fanii' : "> . "

      whosilift -J ' . » n _ ' j'ilji . 'Jji :- ? » u- arc I - ' ¦] liu . c h ¦<¦ : ! < lr- > ir «< jic'l in a > i ! i ^ K- " Jia ] ' > xuc «! i ! i > ' > iiiv sagacious free trailer , " » o > Tn : ini <\ \> y in . o'ertchtlini- ' -j and c-jn ^ iticiivj rt .-a » ouiuj » of Mr smith . a > : ¦• inaki- hm . appraT . it" nut a hasty convert i ilu-opinion :. •¦! " hi- an ! a , ' uiiist , t'j b < - at li : ist s . > ? hake ; i in iii > old !> -. lii-: : - Ju le ; r . t . littlsr duubt of his aftvr c > r ! - ii-r-ion . Tlit- hurr ; anl } i ; :-.: U of iinitial ! i ; i- > pre . clu < li-l tlitjMjysilfiiiJy < j ; an tai lirr n . jtiiv utthi > , tlu- rrn ^ -t wil \ and insidious bi .. « that ha * Iki-ii aiim-J i » t thv iiit . t-r .-st oi the w . irk . iu ^ chi »» 'js since tin- tuviuorubK- jjamphlet oi : 1 ji iiotibh- auJ ilynUf Ilt-veivnd Baptist S » zl . The > ul > .- > i : i-.- < 3 null will » ho « , h »« t- \ er , that the subject wa « i , ni- wliich thos * c » uutctvd with tht M-n- vm- not likeh

      to pass ovtr in = iU-iicc ; while it alsu limits oar comm eiu ¦ ju tliv inirt in th « - jnvsnit number of the S 7 ar . From that noir it will bv scrn that Mr . O'Consok proposes to Jeal rlaK ) ratt-lT with thv " dialogue : " aud therefore w »• shall roniint- our n-mark- t" some of it > most glaring absurditie * . follii-s , and iiicoii ^ isteucie ? . It is a fact , |> crhaj > = n"t gen ^ ralh known , that Chad kick , of l * <* or I ^ iw -notoriety , is tlie bosom friend of tlit .-ilt-. wr . -. Chajuiies ; and therefore we niaj infer that he has K- « ii t ) it-ir instructor uj > -jn a treatise which is evidently intondrd as an auxiliary u > the present starvation system . The " dialogue " opfu = « ith the recital of Mr . Ssiith ' s ma ? ica ) ri * c in the nurld of manufactures , and the fascinations of the prcat things that he has accomplished t ) V soDrietj , attvinion . perst- % crancf , and travel—not

      forgetting a few . instances of unparalleled good luck , and one of a verv successful marriage , which appear to have so completely "flahergasUd " poor Jacksos as to have rendered him an easy prey to his judicious instructor ! Smith inspires Jacesos with a larg-e amount of self-esteem ; and ¦ ivould assure him that all that he ( Ssiunh ) had so successfully accomplished was equally within the reaeh of tbe man Jackson . 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 ; " "there is such a deal of stuff talked of , that it is so long before ouegets at the truth ; "or "I confess it is rather strange I n ^ var heard such explanation before . " Here we quite ascree ivitri Mr . Jacksojl We much doub : thai it had been his lot , or that of an ; other

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      man , to hear so much " stuff" talked , as was conveyed to him by Mr . Smith . The blow aimed at Trades' Unions is ominous at the present moment , if taken in connection with the letter of Mr . Duncombe 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 tkntrn all Labour combinations , and of strengthening the hands of Capitalists .

      to the eud that all the benefits arising from the fsotec . T 10 N of Capital , and from the gratitude of the employed may-be fully developed . This is the aim and end of tin : " dialogue ; " and many cases drawn from the situation , of Dublin , Belfast , Bandon , Nottingham , and other towns , though wholly irrelevant aud unconnected with the question at issue , have been luggud in as arguments in aid of that blow which will assuredly be aimed at the last remaining rights ofthe working classes .

      Mr . Smith is professedly a " free-trader ; " although , through Mr . Jackson , 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 till' removal ofthe " concern" to some other district , where the capitalist might work 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 regulitio > is through National Trades' Unions ; so that the migrating Capitalist , who Hies from justice in one district may be met by a similar code of laws in that to which he may remove . —thus giving to Labour the same

      protection'that Capital enjoys . Mr . Smith is compelled to admit that wayes art regulated by tbe number of " hands " in-the market ; and he takes our standard for illustration . He informs us that fifty in a thousand being . unemplny ed . will inevitably regulate the wages of the nine hundred and fifty at work ; and that the magical inventions , improvements , and alterations , between " brisk " ari'l slack" trade , have a never-ceasing tendency to augment thv comj > etiti \ e unemployed rcseni ' . Thus , nftj 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 the employed become the minority , and tin- unwilling idlers the inajoritv .

      Now , to deal with such a case , —not at all an unprecedented one . —should be the object oft-very friend of the working classes , and of every well-wisher to society . When the idle reserve consists but of one in twenty , or rifty in a thousand , by good regulatbMs thy employed could withhold their 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 « ork 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 rcscni as one in ten ; but theke we fear its efficiency ceases ¦ aud where isolated Trades regulations fail , then a GESEKA . L ststesi should step n to prevent the Labour market from being prejudicially ^ lurti-d . Mr . Smith , ivhile evidently looking f . > r legal controul t . » d .- > troy Trades' Unions , not only csclu-Vs politics altogether , but further assures us that " wages caimut be regulated by law ; " aud although Mr . Smith induces Mr . Jackson to put the question , he must have been aware that while he denii-s the | K )« or of equalizing wanes by law—in wliich we fully concur—he is throughout coutt-ndiiis for pbotection for Capita ) .

      "VViiat we have to ask of Mr . Shitii is this ;—as Ik- hits admitted that thv sorj . lus of Labour in the market has n tendency to reduce w-H ** ; and as he admits that Labour i » Capital , why \ nt -. z :. t > t proposed a rcmt ' ily for all ttose trils JcJiicA he admits arise from the rivriry of iiuisters , the wprfciwii '' . J of trade , and the irregvloritu of detnand and Supply f We HAVE PBOP 09 ED TFIE LAXD ASTUfc REMEDT : and although Mr . Smith speaks ajipronntilp of Emigration ' he doi-s not venture to recommend if as a " remedy . " Hitells us , indeed , that " society ba . s done much for the poor in the erection of hospitals , infirmaries , " and so forth He would , we i > resuint-, have added workhou-. es , had not

      CuADWirK . who we further presume personated Jackson , reminded him , with a nudge , that that would be " letting the cat out of tbe bag . " Mr . Smith is against i-arly marriages , —but is in favour of peopling other clinics . Hi- tells us that " as our forefathers came here from other countries ; he sees no reason why we should not folio" their example , and go to the places from whence they cume . " So that " multiply and be fruitful" is a diwne maxim which appik-a to all the world except Great Britain . Emigration , education , and \ entilation arc Mr . Smith ' s only specifics : —Emigration , without telling us where to go , Oi how to get there : —Education , the advantages of which

      we shall give in Mr .-Smith ' s own poetical lunguagv . He says : " 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 wor-hl formerly supposed to be dull and miserable is seen n > abound in beauties , and a new BELisn is given to lx-ISTESCE , HOWEVER DBUDGINli Bt Tilt OCCUPATION . HehidtfS . I cannot sympathise in the idea that working ' men are to be pitied because they labour . Labour is not an c \ 'il . but u positive blessing ; it is onlv injurious when carried

      to excess . Flere , ihen , we loam that the chief value attached to education by Mr . Smith i » , that it may reconcile the slave to his ' drudgery" by presenting scenes of bliss and bt-ntitudcirAic / i If cannot hojK to enjoy . ' Hare Air . Smith , Incomparable Mr . Smith ' . Philanthropic Mr . Smith ; Ventilation , "' tbe remaining specific , Mr . Ssiith tells us " mu ^ t be done by law ; " aud , 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 tbe wurkiiis cl ; i >« r > ' ;

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      they were at " liberty " to vote 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 peremptorilymade , on Mr . Myles's Sugar Duties question—whichejided 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 his measures

      however much ' against the grain " those me asures might be : and that consequently there has not been any real opposition for him to contend with . He has indeed hitherto been lord paramount : able to say , " Go ; aud Ue goeth : come ; and he cometh . " Now , however , the aspect of affairs promise to be different . Now signs of real opposition appear to be setting in . The "farmer ' s friends" are finding out that the measures of Peel tell woefull y agaitist them ; that stock for the market , ready fatted , brought in by hundreds in a week from abroad—fed on foreign grass , foreign hay , foreign rape , foreign cake , and foreign corn : brought over

      by foreigners ; " driven " on our own lands b . r foreigners , aud sold iu our own markets by foreigners , who thus pocket all the proceeds , employing none of our labour but to kill and prepare the carcase for the retail market ; the "farmer ' s friends" ftnd out thata « this is not to their in-Wrest ; that neither their grazing land nor their capital is employed ; that the stock they have is consequentl y depreciated in value ; that their ' estates " are melting out of their grasp . and consequentl y a growing feeling of dissatisfaction and uneasiness is manifesting itself on every hand , which threatens to become reallv formidable to the Minister , and v \ hicli , before this , he has si-on < -.- » ll < ii- * to fo : > r- : Lml ilr .-: nl

      1 Ins feeling , so likeU to result in real opposition to Peel , whose mi-anUres have engendered it , daily receives force from the operation of the Tariff' i ,, other articles of food besides beef ; and especially from the thousands of barrels of American flour that reach our shores , after having bvun smuggled across the St . Law relict-in to Canada . Nor are the shii < loads of cured beef and pork ; the thousands upon thousands of lbs . of cheese ; the heaps of fruit and other garden produc- ; the vessel lowls of hay that arc constantly reaching us , without their effect . These all tend to make the " farmer * who whUtlv at the plough , " open their eves , turn them up in wonder and astonishment , imd

      feel jiny thing but grateful to Uie man ivlio has exposed them to such unequal competition as a means of relieving them from difficulty ! It was from this section of Peel ' s army that we long since said danger to him would arise . On the first promulgation ofthe Tariff scheme , Mr . O'Connor pointed out what its operation on the landed interest must inevitably be ; that it rould only have the effect of rendering comparatively valueless English gra / . ing farms ; that it wouliiimpose the nece . isity of further and 'better cultivation of the cultivable lands ; that prices must necessarily depredate : that rents would assuredly be affected . - , and that the " fanners nlio whistled at the plough" would rebel against , and turnout , th .- "fanners who whistled at Downing Struct . " How truly is all this coining to pass . Flow soon-tlie prediction is in process of being fulfilled !

      Though the " agriculturists" uould tint at first see how they were to be affected by l \ , l ' s Tariff : though they could not sec that a duty of .. nH £ 1 a head was a premium ( ill the importation of foreign Leasts : though thvy vovJaI not discern that with a duty w ) foreign tallon—a duty on foreign hides—it duty on foreign horn —a duty on foreign hoofs—a dut-y on foreign hair a ditty on foreign buiiM , ullo / irlWi art irks id regularl y ami necessarily itnjiorl—the admivsi < in of a beast , WITH ALL THE * K TIllNUS IN IT AND ON IT , at £ 1 duty . was a . <> onvs () tlie importer ; though the agriculturalists could i ) "t at first-. " ' e tlii-, nor t «! i . i < - it when it « as pointed out , Ji't tllty are now beginning t .. feel the effect * ,-and , by rc-actinu , they are about to reach the ¦' strong ' Minister , iiiducing . ' wc : ikut'Ds iu the hitherto invulnerable plllCf .

      The storm is brewing . The " uliistl' -i-. at the plough " ari- x'atheriiii U [> 1 jr a rif , r ht . TIu- . v feel that tli £ y hav e been sacrificed . Tiny rliscowr that I'e .-1 has u * vd them against themselves . They U-am that he , jrood-naturedlv , took them out of their . dt-ptb , knowing that they would then , like swine , ' out their own throats with their u « n pettitoes . " They are twciims , inoreoi t-r , that the steps they have thua been deceived into taking cauitot he retraced ; that the old Tai ill' cannot be itched ; that the I ' auailn Cnrn Rill cunnut be repealed ; tlmt the blow iiifHcted on their order by the- > c tueaaures must be cudurtd ; anil they are therefore ;» ei > iri » : 7 to iletmiml somcthinq in their turn

      ivh ' osh thtill sar . rifice someb- ) ' !;/ ilse ' The omcessiw d < : tMiiJ << i froin Peel is the Malt-t-ix . The " cry " f . jr it is being ^>> l up . It is making "head-way . " Farmers and landlords are associating for the purpose of pressing the demand on the Ministers , and on their "friends , " the ivprrseniativcs . It lias already hecuine so formidable as to cause alarm in Dow-ning-sUvet . I'eel knows that it" tbe " civ " Ix-comi-s any thing like general , lie must eillur yield tn it , i > i- ; o oi < f . If the farmers take the matter in hand in eurn < -st , as they from appvarunccs seem disposed to d ... they will operate on their "friends" -tin- members for Counties and Agricultural

      H <;)* oiigli . s ; Ctnt \ if only our half o < l '(¦< Ts orilhuiry supl » ortur » are detaeln d from bim en thi . i qitest ' ton , his fate is Sealed ' . That they will be so detached ma . \ be reasonably expected : for interest vv ill dictate tha * Ciiurse to them . In the repeal of the Malt-tax , tin v sec an itttiufdi'itii buii'dt : and thoy will be dis , )> osfil to secure it- This measure is not like the Tariff—prospective ; distant ; dubious . It might be matter of speculation as to what would be the effect of a ineiisure v \ hi « -h would take some fi \ .- jcars to dcvelope its full operation : but as to what would be tlu- effect ot ' a reinal oi'Un- Malt-tax there can be no dispute . That tax

      amounts , with the expenses of excisemen uu'l collection , to . some £ 1 , 111 ) 11 , 111 . 11 ) annually : and the I'lii-ct uf the repeal would nsKiircdly be to leare tlmtnnn i ) i tin pirki-ts of iff eonzrtnrrs nf wilt , to be fetched out again may be , it' 1 'eel could ciivct it ¦ but there it would be , < i 11 ¦ of fat .-. i .. r tintime . The i-tYect of the r < " \ ieal uf this monstrous t . is , on the f ' ar / ner who grows tin- barley ho gets in . i'le into malt , would be direct : for all that I . e . now has to add to thv cost of producing the barley would be sued to him ; and he would also enjoy the benefits arising from increased consumption , tbrouK-h 'he

      increased nieiUls of the people to eullsuiue . The benefits and a 4 v : ci . tage » of such r .-pe . il are therefore api > ulvut—manifest—^ uigilile . and we may t ' ully expect that they will by energetically sought for . It is true thut I ' cel cannot atVor > l to give up the tax . It is true that hi miiuot iio without . the " amount . " It is true that if he hi-c > £ 4 , 0 i > 0 , UOO , mo ! only Will lie luivc to bid ( arc well to his " surplus , " but enjoy the company of . a -tremendous defie-it . It i . s true that without the Malt-tax , tin- Queen wiiulil Ih- \« tl « nsvr oi' having to > jo sliort : Prince Albert ' s allowance" be reduced ; the "pretty mi-ses" on the

      liension list be without " i | uarterage , " and tlu-fuii < lholder without dividend . It is true , till this : but what of it ? The agriculturalist will say , " what have I to do with that . ' State necessity was pleaded when the interest of the cultivators of the soil hail to be . sacrificed ; and my necessities , arising from the operation of your uwn rieeeing measures , have made it impeniti . e that 1 seek for relief at whatever cost . The repeal of the Malt-tax will be an immediate relief as far as it goes . The repeal of the Malt-ta . v I can enforce from you , or break you up ; ; uiU , therefore , that repeal I must demand . "

      And thus will begin the battle of the lands and the funds . Thus will begin the contest between the holders of tbe soil and tbe livers out of the taxes . God speed it ! and the Devil nid it ' . What , then , cau'l ' eel do ? Can he keep the "fanners who whistle at the plough " quiet > . Can he blarney them over ? Not if the " beasts , " continue to come ! Not il the cheese , and pork , and beef , and poultry , and eggs , and flour , and hay , and candles , and fruit , and vegetables , continue to come . And that these will continue , according to season , no one can doubt . All the elements then , are at work to g-ct the " cr $ " well " up . " Peel , therefore , hits to prepare to meet it ; and thus arises the first real difficulty he has had to contend with . It is ono which he will be a stateman 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 follow . ug 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 occasions of Cabinet Councils . The opinion of Bell ' s Weekly Messenger is therefore worth attention . He says : — | Au ex craordinaiy Cabinet Council was hold during the past week , the business of which was considered so important by the Premier and the Secretary of State , that all the Ministerial Ministers uf the Council were present . Tiie mutter of '/ ' scusst'jii turned upon the probable em-

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      barrassment of the Mln . * * ^ from 'the two important subjects how so generally occupying public attention : — first , the association gettin . " P * n tne country to obtain the total or partial repeal o ? i Malt-tax ; and , secondly , the measures which are to be ^ 'rought forward early in the next session for the relief of tL ' labouring community . We fear w ^ must add , thirdly , tV question whether the Property-tax shall cease on the 1 st , of Anril next - or shaU be continued for another two years , < , r > ln other words , as long as Sir B . Peel ' s AdniinistratioJr shall continue ; for if it be continued for another two j ears , we f « el convinced that we shall be permanently fixed mth it On the question of the " farmers' defeer . it . " froin tne

      Jliniterial ranks , the Messenger says : Afl to the movement getting up for the repc ' ^ ° ^ Malt-tax , it touches the Ministers iu more points tL one , and all of ; these very sore points . Sir Robert Peel holds his office almost entirel y by the support'of the a . ( rrietlltK . " body . Thus , any division of this body , which should Impair its strength , and give him only a fraction of it , instead of its united force , would inevitably be fatal to his Ministry . It couW not stand a month under any considerable defection of the county and country members ; tlie union of the Whigs , Free-traders , and Radicals vvotddl theu outweigh the numerical amount of that portion of bis party in the house which he ivovv derives from vnvm 6 «> - vemment influence . Under the Kefonn Kill this latter

      influence has indtsed been reduced to within a very small compass , as was sufficiently proved by the defeat of the Whig Ministry , who possessed all this Government influence to the very last . Now , this Malt-tax Repeal Association is producing this division amongst the agricultural body . Hence the great degree of alarm which obviously exists in the ministerial ; ranks upon the point of this agricultural association to obtain the total or partial repeal of the Malttax . It is junderstood that the Ministers cunnot 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 : a-nd secondly ,

      if not to bei supported by the Government itself , whether it may be Jeft what is called an open ( tiiestton ; that is , that the agricultural members of the Ministry may vote upon it as they please . It is understood tlmt the great parliamentary leaders ofthe agriculturists are themselves nearly equally divided upon the subject . We know enough of Sir lfobert Peel to indulge no expectation that he will give way to any considerable extent . Xo one , indeed , better understands , or more uniformly exercises , tbe system of expedience compromises , ami what the French call thv jutte milieu ; but no one is more impatieiit under any thing like iin opposition or personal independence amongst his own pnrtv .

      There , theu , the difficulty is ! There it exists : and Peel must grapple with it . Hut it is nol the only one . There are the " measures for the relief of the labouring poor . ' It seems the time is , at length , come when that question 1 must be considered . ' Thank Uod for it ! The speech of Lord John Iltussoll , at the close of last session , when he declared that " the- labourers had not their fair share of this produce of their hands , " and that " legislation must secure this for them , " has acted as a tpvr to the " doiiutliiiig" Cabinet . They feel that they must now- do something . What that something i . s , we shall in due time be made acquainted with . Certainly we shall not biiwuiitU' as to what it mav be . All we

      uaie to do i . s to point the question out , as one of real difficulty for Peel to grapple with . lie will be a "lucky" man indeed , if he produce " measures" on this head that vVill satisfy generally . If he satisfies the poor who need relief ami protection , he will have the propertymen—those who would a . thousand times over sooner acrifiee a man than a hare—at him open-mouthed , joined by all tlie traffickers in human sweat of every degree . If his measures " satisfy" the "lords ofthe soil and tbe loom , " they will run great danger of being solemn nwtkevivs of the misery-enduring slave , aiul be met !> y thllt 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 off by contrast as the-better "humanity-monger" of the two ; so that Pee ! soems likely to h ; ne to cook a " pretty kettle oi fish . " It will be well Tor him , if he gets his dish served up without-his lingers being burnt .

      Next session brings on again the question of the Income , Tux . ;• ' To be , or not to be ; that ' s the question" tlie Commons will put to the Ministers . The Ministers , we apprehend , must say " to be ' . " Then for a tight . . 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 bt'Dii for the £ 5 , 000 . 1 ) 1 ) 0 , bLs deficiency " would have been woeful . How can lie dispense with it \ But of what avail >\ ill s > ueh a representation be to faction ? They want Peel but . To put him out a good " cry " is needed . It is possible that the repeal of the Income Tax may become such " cry ; " and i . o doubt but the "hangers on on providence" will try it . Whether they will succued or not is another question ; but it is not unreasonable to

      suppose that many who voted for the " odious impost " originally , to get the finances out ofthe Whig mess , will oppose it nine , ou the ground that , as there is a " surplus , " the neeest-ity for a war-tax in the time of peace has ceased . All things considered , then , Peel has his Work . He meets Parliament surrounded by dittn ult questions , full of difficulties themselves . It i * not improbable that lie may be upset . The chances are decidedly against him . It behoves ( he people therefore to be prepared . If Peel goes out—a dissolution follows . The next dissolution , come when it may , ought to sec twenty real representatives of tbe people returned . To this end the people ought to work : and to that vwrk vie call them . " Be ye ready . " ;

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      " Glory . * - ^—A Fact k > b I ' incu . —A iiristol friend , Mr . W . H . Clifton , solids us the following : —Let it be " it-ad , marked , ; learned , and inwardly digested" by all who intend to ' -list" and tight for glory : —Passing oue evening through I Old Market-street , abyut two mwiitlis ago , I was stvuck with tbe appearance ot ' a wretched being , who , like aghusi . cruvvledalon ~ the streets barvfoot iint ) almost naked . He was a man of colour ; and from the costume ( white ) vvhivli lie wore , contrasted with his dark features and Heslili-ss i ' orm , inspired the beholders with an involuntary feeling of horror . He was begging , by his manner , ; but spnke no words . In tbe reflection of a light which hi-curried suspended from his neck , I fancied I

      perceived something glitter uii his breast , and imagining it to' be some Indian curiosity , I stopped and aduresseil Him , at the same time placing my hand gll the article vvliieli had attracted my attention , When to my surprise ^ and I will add , to niv « Rhame , I discovered it to bi—What ? Hear it—You who employ men to do muni , r in roll ] blond . ' He . ir if , mighty Eugl .-iiul , and boast of your " fifo .-y—it w , is a " Wntdioo V ^ ihil . '" A-toiiisheil . I aslv , . 1 " where lu- ^ ot it . or was it his own . '" i" Yes , " >> ir , he replied in exceedingly jr <» od Knjlish . -: •• Hov \ | v , Ujr \ N ; VS VOu iv soldier ' . " I enquired . " 1 en years" was the answer . " Have you any pension '(" "No ! " i " When where you discharged ? " "After Waterloo . " " Wha . t did \ ou _ ' .-t on lc : tv ing ' " "Tlie

      same as ' all others who left then , " he replied ; " which was , if I remember ri ght , a few mouths' pay , as hbj , > d Mt'jue'l . " " V )> : it is your n .-iiiie . and vihat n- ; , ini < nt < li < l you seno in > " I ; is \ im 1 . " You can see , ^ ir , here , " said lie , as Mo turtii d t ! u edge of his " . jl / jrh" . ? l « i-l < jr . " upon wliich I rv : ui ( 1 forget the Christian name ) , but " liishop , ( . Jrumnur , ij ' . uh Kegt . " ' ! ' . Hy this time a , number of jii rsuiis hail collccti ( I i-ouim ! the poor wretcA , from whom he received tokens of sympathy and relief . Not beii ( g able to resist the teiuptutioti to comment on tin humiliating scene of a stranger , who hud fought for Eng-lan-V ' - u-lory ; . me whobon- the badge of brav cry on his l ^ : n — tarwiigin the streets , in . niv of Englaiul ' s gn-ati ' st < ities , I commenced vmtii . g mv feelings

      to the liyVstuiulers ; but one of those minions of tyranny who aiv Only brav .- when women or drunkards aiv to be staled , stepped lorwardand ordered the poor creature to ¦• aort ( . „ , " ¦• Thert , " 1 crierl , then is England look at it . " And now , I repeat , whatthyik you of the " oiji-ii" of poor Kishop ' . Hide your heads for shame , ye aristocrats , who drain the life-blood—; but spurn the heart tliitt bleeds to uphold you in your injustice ! Wm . Tnoni'E , JSolton . — Newspapers can be posted to Ireland tit any ilole , free of charge ; to the United States of Ahhi-ua within seven days of publication , 0 U the lm \ - ment of - ZkX . ; and to France within ' the same time , for id . Mil . Bl . AsDELL , Si : T ) oN-i . \ -AsiJFiiljD . —Yes . anv one rated

      to tlie relief of the pour , ill any amount , small or large , is liable to the Highway Kate , andean be made to pay . Mil . tiTALLffuoD requests us to state that he received 4 s . for the . miners—per Mr . Mov—from the . Lambeth Churtists : , and that he has foinurded it to their treasurwr , Mr . Martin Judc . Mb . John ; Clakk , district secretary for the Newcastle miners , has receiv ed the following sums , collected for tbe miners of Durham and Northumberland , which be desires us to notice : —London , per T . Alldis , £ 3 ; neighbourhood of Newcastle , per II . Ingliain , L's . lljd . ANDREW Mackinzie . —Alva . —Received : his suggestion shall be attended to .

      To the Loyehs of Fbdedom . —Capt . Francisco Margarit , a Spanish refugee , and one of the brave defenders of Barcelona , in the [( evolution of 1 mA and 1 S 44 , and also at the fortification of Figuera until its surrender to General Attinelkr . having arrived in London , and being desirous ut this critical juncture to join his compatriots in Spaini it is earnestly requested th * t tbe several localities ^ and those sympathizing with him , will furnish the necessary means . Subscriptions will be thankfully received by Thos . M . Wheeler , ii ) . Strand ,-or at the London District Council , Turnagain-lunc , " oo Sunday afternoon . Subscriptions to be of av ail . must be speedily remitted to the above places .

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      vicTiua . From the Cap of Liberty , Brighton , per W . Flovfer • . . . . 0 2 < MINEES . From the Cap of Liberty , Brighton , per T 7 . Flower . . . ... 1 8 JEJfKIN MOKGAN . From tbe Cap of Liberty , Brighton , per W . Flower . . . . . 12 6

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      INDIA AND CHIXA . Mork Slatoiiter . —The news brought fwrn India t > y the mail of the 1 st of December , which has reached liy extraordinary express , is not remarkable . The only place in which any disturbance of the general tranquillity exists , is at Kokpore , where the Rajah , being a minor , the government has been administered by various agents , who , by acts of despotism and oppression , drove the people into resistance . This Rajah tainf ; allowed by the treaties to maintain 1 , 000 men , his forces were sent into the provinces to put down the rebellion . The insurgents soon routed them , and then retired into the mountain fortresses . One

      ot them , Samunghur , was taken by storm on the 13 th 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 the insurrection . The storming of the fort of Samunghur 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 lost about 500 men at Samunghur and near it ; yet their resolution to defend their properties and their rin-hts seems to be unshaken . The Madras and Bombay ( Governments were exerting their utmost influence to put an end to those commotions .

      Sci . vde . —The intelligence from Scinde states that perfect tranquillity prevails there . Sir Charles Napier had adopted the plan of marching the troops away from the rivers' banks during the time when the exhalations from the mud while drying rendered their residence there exceedingly dangerous . Sickness prevailed to any remarkable extent in only four regiments . Sir Charles Napier was , it was said , about to proceed to Upper Scinde , in order to make effectual arrangements with the tribesmen , Poolajee , and along its neighbouring mountains . Tne Punjab still presents the same picture of dk .

      traded councils . Ueera Singh , the Prime Minister of the young Lahore Rajah Dhuleep , has not terminated his disputes with his uncle Ghotkb-Singa Troops were prepared on both sides , but the Minister has sent sonie agents to try the effects of negotiations Nothing positive was known ofthe results at the time oi' tlie departure of the steamer . Heera Singh is wily and crafty , ami may succeed in overcoming the stivu : rth of Ghoohb , although the latter is now animated by a wish " , to avenge the death of his brother Suchet , who was slain through the machinations of the Minister .

      From-Bombay the chief points are the conviction of the infamous Aloo Paroo , for being implicated in burning the merchant ship Belvedere in Singapore harbour . This scoundrel appears to have made a practice of burning ships which he had insured , and of which Hve or six were destroyed within four years Another subject of interest in Bombay arose from the commitment for trial at the December criminal sessions of Thomas Braithwaite , the master of the ship Neptune , from Liverpool . He , it appears , treated the steward with great cruelty , and actually gave upwards of 200 lashes to a French lad on board for some supposed . offence . The case of tliis boy was brought forward by a French merchant , named Roussac , who received every assistance from the magistrates . The trial of Braithwaite , for his cruelty , was loudly demanded by the public of that Presidenev .

      r noM biNo . u'ORE we learn that an English expedition had been sent to attack the piratical tribes on the north-west coast of Borneo ; it consisted chiefly of hei" Majesty ' s ship Dido , Captain Keppel , and the lion . Company ' s steamer Phlegethon , which went up the river Sukarran . The boats were at first repulsed ; but , being reinforced , they returned and demolished the fortifications , and took above sixty guns . The ship Ceylon , D . Ferguson , master , from London to Bombay , was totally lost on the morning of the 1 st of October , on the northernmost reef of the Laccadives . The captain and crew arrived safe in Bombay . The ship Brilliant , from Calcutta to Bombay , was lost on the loth of October on the point of Saugui" Sands : the crew were saved .

      Tnu Mossoox had terminated . The fall of rain in Bombay was under six inches , and fears were entertained of the want of water next spring . In the interior of the country tlie fall , though not great , W 08 seasonable , so that no apprehension was entertained of that most dreadful scourge—a famine , which is periodical in India .

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      Maryleiioxe . —Death by I . vioxication . —Weclnes day an inquest was held before Mr . G . J . Mills , deputy coroner for Middlesex , at the Marquess of Granby , Great Marylebone-street , on tlie body of Charlotte Crop , aged 53 , a seller of watercresses . Mrs . Ann puniord , ot No . 2 , CliostovfieuUtreet , said deceased lodged in her house . About half-past six o ' clock on Saturdav evening , on coming out of her own apartnient , she tound deceased sitting on the stairs She

      spoke to her , but receiving no answer , she procured a light , and then found that she \ v ; is dead , or dying . Mr . Joseph , the surgeon , was sent lor . His assistant fame and oj-onounced life quite extinct . -She hud seen deceased about twenty minutes before , ( juite mtoxicated , in which state she had been ever since the previous Tuesday , without intermission . She was in the habit of getting intoxicated . The jury returned a verdict of "Died from the rupture of a vessel oi the brain , from the effects of intoxication . "

      >> iiiTEtUAPEL . —Death -from Destiti-tiov . —Wednesday ovcniiiff , Mr . Ua-ker held an inquest at the UoyalOak , Whhechapel-road , on the body of William Hall , aged sixty-three year- ; . It appeared from the evidence that , on the emting of Tuesday week , the deceased , who was evidently in great distress , procured a bed at a common lodging-house in Wentworthstreet , Spitaliidds . The next dav be coinplaincil of beint . ' very ill , and went to bed airain the fo ! lo > nnj day . He had no money to pay for that night ' s lodging , tlie amount of which was ' threepence half penny . Some of his fellow lodgers , although themselves very poor , pitying bis condition , subscribed the amount , and also gave him some food . On Friday he hecanie very ill , and was apparoutlv i » a < lri /)< r sfcitP , and

      said that he had received his death ' from a < - 'okl be had caught , wiien placed in the casual or vagrant ward ofthe Peckham Union , where he bad sk-pt for two nights , previous to coming to the lodging he then occupied . The deceased was removed to the workhouse , but died in loss than three hours atwr hi * ndnitviicm / Mr . Reed said lie had uiudo a ;* ' ' wntem examination ; he found inflammation oi the lungs , evidently the result of cold and exposure ; there was no disease to which he could attribute death , his bodily powers were completely exh austed * and there was no doubt that privation aud the exciteniont consequent upon his removal to the work * house in the state lie was then in had accelerated death . The jury returned a verdict of " died ti-offl natural causes . "'

      Inqiest XF . MI Watford . —On Saturday last anrfl ' quest was held by Mr . Osbaldiston , at the Artichoke Inn , Crossley-green , near Watford , upon the body « John Green , aged sixty , in the employ of Messrs-Dickeiwon and Xongman , of Croxley , paper makers whose death was caused by his foot supping . wJuf stepping from the masonry forming the bank of the lock on to the sill of the lock gates . From the evidence of tlte driver , whose duty it is to raise , « paddle ( or flood-gate ] on the towing-path side ot tne lock , he had just completed raising the paddle , wnen bo was astounded by the cry from the boatman »" go the paddle , " followed by a splash in the water . The driver instantly " let go the paddle , " an d proceeded across the lock in search of his mate , but as

      was nowhere to be found . He then hallooed to a man who had passed over a bridge close by , only a te ff , conds before , and with his help the body was louna . Every exertion was made by the two men to restore the body to animation , but in vain . Mr . ^^ surgeon , of Riekmansworth , was fetched aaspeea ^ , possible , but on his arrival' he pronounced ttie viu » spark to be extinct . The jury returned a ver ( T , Accidentally drowned . One of the jurors , adaref w » the coroner , said , that notwithstanding there < u « «" appear the slightest negligence on the part or t canal proprietors , or their servants , the jury . ^' ^ i . to suggest that an immediate step amxed w , j ^ last-beam , between the bank-side and the mitrt ^> of the lock gates , would be likely to prevent tne . ^ currence of accidents . The breasts ot the g 8 " */ ^ should farm an even superficies upon the ballast to facilitate crossing on a dark nig ht .

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      "W ' c are anxious to bee Mr . O'Cojiiior s traveytie of tin" dialogue" in-tiM'tru Smith t )< e capitalist , and Jackson lh-j c-mterted : ^ n ; and offer the subjoined k'tu-r as our : iii <» lojr * for nut i-nterin ;; inure fully on tin * subject : — Dear Hohson . —>; n li _ > return if vou eati span- me i-ooui : ) iis » rek to bur » Cliamln -n ' * trait ? If I am t (> o l : it < . I shall > -i |« v ; a lurgvr £ ra \ i- fur H ill next vnrek ' s ¦ - ' t < j , \ I : i > the wnrst . aud t ' : ir flu- weakest , uf the " r ' ne Trad .- D ^ d _' i- > " that 1 have \ vt si-en ; worse , if possible , than Bii'Ti ^ T Null ' s ryinar'ili-. Yuui > it-n trul , < , Flaroi s O'Connuk .

      HOW AHE THE MlNlKTEHs To MEET PARLIAMENT ' . Tin St-s ^ iijii of WO u ]! jvro : iehr * . Thv nuic of priiiaration l : a » bi-t-n suuude < l . The iia \ of met tin ^ fui " tho dispalfli uf business " has lucn duh Gazettid , and Miui ^ ti rs nic ( ii-tj > Jv t-nizu ^ al in tin- L-oncjitujit oi' measures wherewith to un-et the assembled legislator * . The ditfivulties of Peel are now eoinmeiuinj ; . Hitherto all , coniparativi-I \ , has beeu plaiu sailing . I'orue in , as ht-iiaj , oh the torrent of publii- indignation let loose by Whig trvachcry ai . l V . 'biij bareness : lu ^ ki-d iijj tu , as hi ; was , as Uif " inil \ man of the . iii-cuinin ^ 1 'urty at all able to lend . " lio found himself in a position more

      iiidrjx-iideiit of his suppiortL-r . i than anv Minister thit ever held the reins of pow « .-r . He was , in consequence , able to embody hi ? own mind in liis Ie ^ islati \ e acts . He was t-nabled to p : i * s measures founded on i > rincii < lis , and yrcgnam wivh TOnsojutncvs , whith Uis main boav of sup-]»; r : ers had unet-asin ^ h and eonsistently ojiposed and deprevateJ , —dra ^^ iun them through the mire to their own ruin—their own declarations aud predictions being : the witnesses ! Never before was there an instance of an En ^ ViKb Miuistt-r bein £ able to do what l ' ecl has done . SusiiceLL'd , fearud , nay , even dreaded b y hi * own party : no confidence reposed iu him by auy

      one ; still was he thrown up by circumstances on the surface of events , and enabled to use the power of the '" great Coh&rralivt party" to tbe curbing of the arrogan pretensions of the Church ; the keeping from local power tbe rabid Orangemen of Ireland ; the handing ovvv of the princip les of protection to the advocates of Free Trade ; the passing of the neu Tarifl ' , with its admission of all food ( excepting corn ) at merely nominal ' duties , the -virtual Repeal of the Goru Law , in the Canadian Corn Bill ; and the- giving up of England ' s superi " ority in the manufacturing market , in the legalising of the free exportation of machinery . All this Peel has been able to do , in spite ofthe opposition and hostility

      | of his own friends ; aud that tod with comparative * ase . True , there have been faint signs of rebellion and dis ' affection , but which only ended iu showing the subserviency of tlie 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 ' s friends , " when they vrere required to pass the Tariff that doomed their estates to confiscation ; but then the " whip" was exhibited , and , like thorough-bi'ed spaniels , they " licked the hand that smote . " True , the "free and independent ' representatives ^ " ^! ' ' agricultural constituencies thought

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . ! ______ December 7 , 1844 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct685/page/4/