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'S jgoroanising society , and preparing it for a Jarful crisis , this is the way that oar politijfops , economists , and philanthropists waste rteir time , in small and futile movements , ffhich are only redeemed from ridicule or ^ ndemnation because their originators are in e arnest- . talk about Education
Wi th , all our , there is no class that needs it mere than that class wbich is entrusted with the Government of the country . We wish they would go to school quickly ; but looking at the obstinate manner in which they shnt their eyes upon what is passing on the Continent , we must say we have gnall hopes—at present—of their speedy acquisition of even the alphabet of true political wisdom .
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eg' I hare receirei a letter from George Packer , of Birmingham , relative to an alteration inthe cottages te he hunt spom the Company ' s estate . I should hare published it this-week if I had receired it in time to admit of a ccmmeat , but I did not receive It tai Thursday noon , r am stlways pleased to recetre those re spectful communications , and I shall always respect folly answer them . It shall appear next week . P . OTJonioa . j . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the folio wing sums for the Defence Fund ( sent herewith ) , viz . . — £ I . d . £ M . & . ¦ from the Shoe- From Bagthorpe 0 3 2 makers' Asso- FromKirkby .. 0 3 0 cUtioa - 9 7 0 MrB & trn M 0 3 Mr Ball u 0 0 6 Mr Shepherd u 0 0 3 MrChiBindali 0 0 6 From Hew Has .
Mrs Perkins „ 0 0 1 ford « OU Jcuast HasHsr ha * received and handed to thaExe entire . 3 s 6 d « for Convention expenses' from G . Cavill Sheffi . ld . , j , a . Bsoce , Dundee . —Cox's Hotel , Jermjn Stree f , Hay market , London , g , K ., LiTerpooL—Three shillings . j , GainrrHS . — We hate given jour letter to the Directors . QcnT , BoIton-IeJfoort—Wefharehad something similar to the same air by us for soma time . and shall give it tig first opportunity . ^ ConrrAjjr Sca & kx . —In 1813 . j ( Buisr , Droylsden ; J . H-, Wandsworth , —We should , ' ssy Irish , unless the parent . either by apprenticeship , * crrestsl of premises , could claim a parish in England .
TBW XUiCHESTEft VICTIMS . IeoSis OuosHXa has received the following sums : — AFewFrieadsfromRooderlane , per Mr Grocott .. .. .. .. ' 076 Received on the Platform , per Mr Grocott 0 II 3 yf . W . F . M . «• ... . 093 Slscfcbnrn , perilr Armsiead .. .. 0 2 3 j £ r Bsssirr , Tatistoek . —Your commnnication Is an advertisement . Bemitfour shillings and sixpence , and it » b * u appear . J . S . A .. Halifax . — Articles and * remittances far the SoaTSMSS 8 rA * must be sent to this office . The business of the Directors is unconnected with our paper ; jjiiiMX . — Boxendale , Binns , and Edwards , are three consummate fools , to suppose I should ' delirer immediately * their unintelligible scrawl to tie party they
alluded to . The { fire waa its « immediate' destination . Ihe Dispatch or Iioro ' i w » nld hare been the best medium to represent the Chartists as ' a set qt nidle KBerentboobees . ' W- Itors . Ha Arras , Ashton . under-Lynet writes to Mr Julian Barns } aafollowa : —* I naTe receired your letter with the 4 s 9 d from Mr Phillips for Mrs M'DouaU , which I will transmit by this post , together with alimonies in my hands . I wish the friends of the Doctor and his ffcmilJ to send any saoney they hold , or may hereafter collect , direct te Mrs M'DonaU , at Mr FarraU's , Temperance Hotel , 64 , Bichmond Bow . Lirerpool . Tbe total amount of money I bare receired for Dr M'DonaU ' s defence sad for his family Is ££ > 9 s , all of which , with thte exception of tbe Asaton subscription , has been duly acknowledged in the St ax . " I send Mrs M'DouaU , tins week , the balance remaining in my hands . W . AlTKK " ,
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TO THE WORKING CLAbSSS . . ; « Wordiai ^ t *^^ : . si eroaUdwf of Ink .,.. ,,-., FtJlij—llka ^ w—Bj * a , sithpusii , prodtt « s \' , ' . That . whish makes , tioiuaDdj , perhapV mullenf taiik / :.. ;;; . % , ; , ' ¦ v ; ¦" . .. . ; . ' . " bi » st .. . . '' .: MEMOIRS OF CITIZEN CATJSSI 1 ) IERE . * THE FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION . T {\ mnn KTrvT . TT-rxT / -. ^ . t I . " « T ? C !
Brother Proletarians , A remarkable work hujojtiMned fron tho pob . liahiog establiflhment of Mr Bentley : —The * Memoirs of Citizen Cawtidiere , Ex-HrefKt of Police , and Repretentatite of the People . , The same of Marc Cicshidisbi is well known to the readers ef this journal . Eren before the Revolution of Febrnaiy , CiDiBiDUBK ' i name wu familiar to the Democrats of this country . The night the news reached England of the first appointments of officers under the Republic , I read the list of Republican functionaries to a crowded meeting ef English aad 'fereisn * Democrats , and I wall remem . ber that on reading the nomination of Citizen CaubnsiEBi te the prefectahip of police , the meeting gare three enthusiastio cheers . The subiequent conduct of the Republican prefect justified that applause .
The events of May induced Catjshdhbx to threw up the office of Prefect ; he also resigned his seat ia the Assembly . In the month ef June he was reelected to the Assembly by an immense addition of votes over those he bad received en the occasion ef his first election . This triumph Increased thehatred of his enemies . The eventaof June afforded themapretext for glutting their thirst for vengeance . Cactsidiik * was singled out for special denunciation in the infamous report prepared by Ooiuoa * Babbot ' s Inquisition . The counter-revolntioaiits designed the destruc tion of Lidbtj Rollin , Lome Blaxc , and Cavssi-DiKK ; they , however , shrunk from proceeding te extremities against the first-ismed , —the two others
shared the vote of proscription passed by the Assembly on the night of the 25 th—26 th of August . To avoid the wearisome . imprisoiment preceding trial , which Basses , Rasfail , Sobbhh , and their feUow-sofferers have suffered , both Louis Blanc and Caujsidikb * withdrew front France and took temporary refuge in tiis country . Though no longer permitted to serve their beloved country by taking part in the duties of the Assembly the illustrious exiles have not been idle during their sojourn in this island . The readers of this journal are aware that the rabid speeches and writings of the
intriguer Thebbs , directed against the rights of the working classes , have been replied to by Lows Bunc in a small but eloquent and ably written work , prepared by the author in this metropolis . On his part , OiUssmiKU has been not leu industrious , as the two volumes of his 'Memoirs , ' also written in this metropolin , abundantly testify . The first fifty-eight p & ess ef Vol . L are devoted to a narrative of the events of the Revolution of the 21 th of February , and a description of the state of France previous to the Revolution . Passing over this portion of the work , I hasten to the day of Loins PHTLippx ' a overthrow .
Gitisen Caussronss took part in the attack on the Chateau d' Eau , and waa amongst the first of the people who entered the Tuileriee . Like others , he stopped before the stepsof tbe throne , and describing his refleotions at that moment , he says : — 'My thoughts wandered to my brother murdered at Lyons in 1834 . It was on the steps ef tke altar of Christ that he fell , struck by three b « Ue , «&& eittt-Joua bayonet wounds in his body ; and his corpse , relinquished as a prey to a maddened soldiery , was Boon little mere than a tissue of bloody shreds . ' The Examiner in quoting from this part of the work , omits this description of the horrible murder of CaussnHKBx * s broiher . Had the Examner been reviewing the work of some German aristocrat in whioh was described the popular execution of Lekssaa or l . ATOUB . that vile "ffhigiournal would have
quoted every word , and added its own measureless denunciation of the ' murderers . ' But the English Press-gang have no pity for murdered democrats ; on the contrary , they would have exulted , if in June last , the yet living Causstdiibi had met the fate of his heroic fcnt unfortunate brother . Garingontha wreck of royalty , Citizen CaussbiIiri tells his readers that the Tuileries became the grave ef his animosity against his former persecutors . This says much for bis kindly disposition , but not so much for his judgment . Pardoned tyrants never forgive those who pardon them . To discard personal animosity is certainly a characteristic of nature ' s nobility ; bnt the animosity whieh a patriot eatnrally entertains towards tyrants should be cherished until such time as the tyrants have been rendered utterly powerless for further mischief , and , more , have been compelled to make atonement for
their past crimes . ... , . T It may be said that the revolution rendered Louis Philippe powerless for further mischief . I am not sure of that . On the other hand , I am sure that Gmzei , Tbtsbs , Beobaud . and the rest of the intriguers and conspirators against the human race who surrounded toe throne of Lotus Praiarra , are yet power ful for evil , and I fear their power will yet be greater . The Provisional Government having been ap . pointed , Causbimbb-c was placed at the head of the Police . SeBBiaB was appointed his colleague , but doea not appear to have acted after the first days of the Revolution
. .... It is due to Citizen Caushidiibe to note his declaration , that he only consented to take office in consequence of the earnest entreaties of the people . He ados : — ' It has always beea my real and sincere desire to keep aloof from all the trammels of place . For seventeen years I had been one of the foremost in the breach , without any ulterior views of personal advantage . I may honestly aay , that I made every possi-Ke sacrifice for my cause : The realisation and adoption of my political principles , were , in my eyes , the noblest recompense . ' ¦ *¦ Cit Caseaaxst im
Installed in office , ' zen - mediately took steps to eeearo an abundant snpply of provisions for the capital . A reduction in the price of bread of course gave general satisfaction , and greatly contributed to the preservation of order . Citizen CAUssrotERt's police measures and regulations appear to have been generally of a highly praiseworthy character . The re-formation ot the police fore © onder the name of Montagnards , exhibited his admirable qualifications for the office he filled . During his administration the streets of Pans were safe at night , cases ef robbery were rare , and in the space of three months only one murder was committed . Wkei the disorganisation caused by the revolution is taken into account , this state of things the extraor
mast be admitted to have been more - dinary . Even Causmmbm ^ barest enemieshaye been forced to acknowledge the ability Le exhibited m ensuring the social safety of the capital . ^ . . CifesnCAOSsnasBK writes eloquently u » praise of tbe magnanimity of the Revolutienuts of February ; but . with all respect for him , I most protest that I coi-ifer the laid - magnanimity to be s > subject for lamentation rather than panegyric . Ho tells his readers that the King and the orinces were auwed to escape without any notice being taken of them , ft waa not till the 27 th of February thatordera were aiven to issue warrants for the arrest of Guizot and the other ex-Ministers . Theex-Prefeotaoknowledgea that he conld easily have prevented their flight , but .. MartM * in do an . because , as he says , like the
people , he had goldendreams of the future ; and , therefore , could afford to forgive . the past : This fatal spirit of ' moderation' has been the ruin of the Kepublic : Gtnzorand fau gang liad been for years the plunderers and oppressors ef the ^ French people . To noaiatain their unholy' sway , tbeylwd consigned thoMands of patriots to dungeons and ieath , Th * had provoked the straggle ef February with the view of having a pretence for -nassaenng the people ; and had the Monarchy triumphed , blood wouw have flowed on the scaffold , and umrerial proscription would have been the doom of the patriots ... Such enemies of the pnhlio welfare deserved the punishment which tyranta should never escape . . Sneh intriB * "w « Tnuaa , and suon brigands U Boobatjd , ahould have been driven from the soQ of th Republic ' i
e . ... „ ,.. . Because the enemies of the Revolution were not crushed , the Republic is already gone in aU but name , and the name will , in all likelihood , not long
Because the enemies of the Republic were spared , the founders of the Republic « e already in their paves , orin chains , Tor exile 1 The natural result oi a half-rsvolution . . ,. . The archives of the secret police were , of course , overhauled by Citizen GitjesmaBB , and he came at the names of many of the ruffians who had for yean supplied the ex-Governmentwith ^ formation of the Xeiincs and designs of the Republicans . In chapter VII ., is r iwtvan tecount otthe * dueevery o the treason , and the mmasking of the infamous lSLhoddb . This miscreant , it appears . i > new in
" ^ ¦ The needy villain ' s home / ' where he attacks the Republie and the Republicans nTliWejoS . ' Miserable devih Why does he not ribtet himself ? Rope is cheap enough . He betaTeven toeone virtue of Judas Iboabiotlae courage to put an end to his infamous ex-Ch » ter VH . also contains an exposure of another scoundrel-the villain Cms ** , on whoselyingevidence was principally grounded the charges preferred aeainst OATjEBTDiBaB by Odhmh Babboi ' s Inquisition . The value of such evidence will be estimated by the readers of this journal , when I state fliat CHjjru rivals our notorious Powm . Condemned to eiaht years' hard labour at the galleys , for desertion and theft , that punishment had been remitted by Loots Pmorrx ' a police anthoriewon thonnderatand-• ne that ha iChhtj ) would tarn political spy . He did S and when unmasked by Caobhdixbb , he confessed that he had acted , not only aa a spy , but also as an
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eowtproBocafcttr . He was set at liberty on conajtifo otJ « ving . the . country , and he did . leave for Belgium , bat KMrned again . Once more" arrested , he was agam liberated on the same conditiona , and he went to Germany , bat , like a > bad shilling , he again returned . Thirsting for revenge , the wretch took advantage , of ike events of 'June . ' to furnish-lying denunciations againstCAtisuniiBs and others who had laid his character opehto the public . 'Atthisvery moment CHSirtris in . the enjoyment of his liberty , and oongratulates himself in comfort on the result of his denunciations , '
• If , ' says Citizen Causbidiibx—* If I dwell upon these facts , it is to point ont to the working classes bow parted they ought to be , and of the great importance it is to them to ascertain the moral worth of those who seek to lead them into the path of danger . ' Citizen . Caussidisbk gives a sad description of the incapacity and treason of certain members of the Provisional Government , and the division which reigned in the councils of that body . ' The love oi talk reigned supreme there , ' is his emphatic condemnation of the Provisionals on the occasion of his first visit to their sittings . ' It appears , that at the very outset Albert wished to resign , observing toCaumdiebs— 'Matters do not to on well here ;
I leek as if I was one too many . ' Caussidibbb dissuaded his friend from resigning , but it is now to be regretted that the real Republicans did not retire from the Government the moment they discovered the actual designs of . their colleagues . Had that step been taken there would have been another struggle , in which , ia all probability , tbe bourgeoisie would have been oonqaered , and real Democrats placed in power . Dopoki ds i'Etjbx , Abaoo , Marie , and the rest of the majority , opposed the proclamation of the Republic . It is said that on the 24 th of February , Gabnibr . Paoxs wrote the following " note to his friend Lion de Mallsyillb , ex-Vice-President of the ^ Chamber of Deputies : — - '
* Th * foals , you must know , hare just proclaimed a IWpuMlf , Prerent the Duchess of Orleans rromappterins ; ,. The moment Is not proplttous . ' The question of the Organisation , of Labour ex : cited a division still more . marked and decisive in the councils of the Provisional Government . The working ' men surrounded the Hotel de Ville , and demasded the establishment of a Ministry of Labour . This demand , ably supported by Louis Blanc , was violently opposed by Gabkbb Paoes and Luurkss . Loins Blanc threatened to resign unless the wishes of the people were complied with , when Abaoo entreated his ysnng colleague not to
separate himself from the Government , adding the appeal , 'Do yoa wish us all to have our throats cat ? ' ' The people below , ' says Cawsuhsbs , ' now began to grow impatient , and made the butt-ends ot their muskets resound on the pavement . ' It was necessary to do something ; accordingly MABRASTand Garnicb Paoss proposed the formation of the Commission of Workmen , to sit in the Palace of the Luxembourg , with Louie Suae for President ) and Albebi , the workman , for Vice-President . The celebrated decree , which I have often quoted , was signed by the whole of the members of the Government . When Mabbast took' the pen to sign it . he exclaimed— ' It is very strong ! It is very strong V
It was II . Marie , who , in hU quality of Minister of Public Works , organised the National Workshlps . It was he also in bis quality of member of the Executive Commission , -Who ordered their dissolationy for moat of these nun hastened to undo the little work they had done while under tbe influence of the people . The Commission of Inquiry ( Odillon Barret ' s inquisition ) accused C aossisicbv ef having taken an ao . tive part in the events ot the 17 th of March . Far from denying the charge Citizen Caussimkbe glories—as he well may—in having been the prime mover of that magnificent manifestation of democratic opinion . - On the occasion ef that manifestation , Laharzink addretsiag the delegates of the people assured then , that there were no troops in Paris , and that tbe Government had never even dreamt of recalling them to the capital . He aided' The Republic wishes for no other defender from within than the armed people . That is the truth . Tell it to them . '
Yet this same Lavubtink afterwards declared in the presence of Odiixoh Babbot * s Inquisition , that he had done all in his power to effect the return of the troops to Paris that he might oppose them to the Republican workmen ! Perdition seise the hypocritical traitor- ! ., In reviewing the acts of the Provisional Government , Citizen Catjsiisiibb comments on the measures which he holds should have been adopted , but which were not . AmosgstthMemeasnresheiooludes 'Civil ( or Home ) Colonies' for the most necessitous families . The readers of the Nobthbrh Star will agree with the following observations . ot Citizen
OAUMlSlXBXtThe possession oftbe soil should have been made the property of these who cleared and cultivated it , onthe payment of an equitable proportionate' rent , which would reimburse the State for its prisssry expenses in supplying agricultural tools and building materials . Colonies of this description , conducted with prudence , cannot fail to succeed . They would tend to recall a portion of the population to agrioultnral labours , which have been so neglected , and so badly managed . A ' o citizen can fall into atjeelpoverty wit * five or tix acres to cultivate . The toil cultivated ttiith industry , emslMet tin real wealth of a eotmtrjj , .
But the majority , in the Provisional Government , treacherous to the oaase of . the Revglution , attempted none ot the measures whioh common sense might have dictated as indispensable ! both for the happiness of the people and the stabiHty of the Republic . The people , too , were not blameless . On tbe occasion of the election of officers of the National Guard , the people generally neglected taking any share in the ' elections , and reactionary names , in many instances , came out of the electoral urn , —names of men who would not have been elected , if it had not been for the apathy of the working classes / What wonder that' Only eix'weeks after the fall of Royalty , Royalists , Conservatives of the old regime ,
aristocrats of every description , already threatened tbe security of the Republic V Notice of the second and most interesting of these volumes , —I must postpone till next week . , . Bboibxr Prouiabians , Sunday next , the 10 th of December , is the day fixed for the French Presidential election . Before I again address you this great question will have been decided . The progress of events , aud calm reflection thereon , since I last addressed yon on this subject , have made no change in my ideas respecting the several candidates . My voice is still for Lxdbu Rollin . My earnest desire still is , that CATAi 9 NA 0 , LAMABnm , and * Mr Sfecial Constable / Buobafamb may be defeated ,
When , on a late occasion , Cavaiohao was put on his defence in the Assembly ; for his conduct in the days of Jane , he admitted that his plan had been to fight a battle—not prevent an insurrection , He argued that his plan had been previously discussed and approved of by Generals Bbdhau , Eobchai , and Lamobictxm . He added that if his plan bad been acted upon in the days of February , or July , 1830 , neither of tbe revolutions which ousted Loom Pmxippi and Cbableb X . would have been successful . Of course it must balinferred , that had he had the command of the troops on those occasions he would have acted on his ' plan / and would have slaughtered thepeople in the revolutions of July and February as . he did in theinsurreetionof June .
In the course of his speech Cavaionao stated that two million five hundred thousand cartridges were ex . pended by the troops in putting down the June insurrection . When the cannon balls ; grape shot , and bomb-shells , also' expended , ' are taken into account , in connexion with the ball-cartridges , an . idea may be formed of Cataigkao ' s ' plan , * and of the frightful mass ol mrder tor whioh he is responsible . Cavaiohao , ; . ' in replying to Leobo Roluh , avowed , in no obscure terms , that he totally separated himself front the veritable Republicans .: He need not have pat himself to the trouble of that avowalthe real Republicans , long ago , separated thenuelves from him , . € avaisnac is an assassin and a traitor . .. . .,
He plotted and perpetrated the butchery of the heroes of the barricades , the founders of the Republic , the starving workmen , whose cry was ; : 'Le Travail eu la Mort !' He has ont-PhUippedPniLiCTK . The cast-out ty i rant betrayed the Poles . But mere than one , two , or three peoples have , been betrayed by Cavaiomac and hia gang . Milan and Vienna rise in judgment against the traitorous brother of Godbfroi Ca-To sum np the measure of Cavaionao's infamy , let it be noted th at he has despatched troops to the Roman States to prevent the Roman people establishing a Republic . 1 ' ., .. "' His anxiety to ' protect' the Popx is an election
dodge' engaged in for the purpose of securing the co-operation of the priests . Cavaiohac ' 8 majority in tbe Assembly pretended to be horror-struck when they heard of the just execution of Rossi . Tet those yUlsins passed decree after decree condemning the working-men of Paris to slanghter and slaveryi When Oavaigsao defended his ' plan' for masMcring the proletarians of Pans , the Assembly applauded him to the echo , yet these sentimentalists are shocked when an enemy of mankii * meets his jusfreward . « 0 that la erery honest hand were placed a whip , To iaib fte rascals naaea through toe world !
Whoever wins , my earnest prayer isthatCAYAiaNAc may lose . Sweet are many enjoyments , bnt ; - ' Bering * •& a tyrant Is sweetest of all 1 * t . imartimb lately made a speeohto the officers ef theNatH < SJ t * tto ^ A- ? t t 'S the course of which he vindicated his claim ' s to be considered a good « Moderate . '" Hear him- 'Itode-Ste CitizensTl confess this crime , and boast of it . " . til more guilty than they aay s I ani not only n taJiv I have been so from the first hoar ofthe tOTOlutioV . ' Ton know what political [ moderation ' JS , loaknow tot a ? MpMcr * jto . fft -These
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| slk > ir % IW : juu ^ WAi « K &* % > havingftgreat horror of annoying , the . enemies of tn » SeopJe , has ho qualms of conscience about" mowing 6 " wn themBses- wit ^ graps ^ hot ;' ' 'NiBVAsz is a 'Moflerado- ! ' -- ¦' < - •; - ' •*• " ¦ " ™ - ¦ ¦ ¦ : ^ - * • . ¦ . ¦ - " ¦ s T £ ? [ PMiariDonftable , " 'Loma'NipoL ^ pARr t . 'bas not obtained my geod ' opinidn by his much lauded bnt very empty manifesto . ' Of his ddolaratlon of ' principles '—a hash for all parties-it tnay be truly said— J > ' ********^*^ "* ' ** ' *~~^ - '
-.-"Ms thU , ' tb that , Ms t ' other thins ; , 'lis everythingand hpfhlng !»' , . . If Frenchmen wish to maketbemielves ridiculous in the eyes of other nations , they will elest the' Special Constable /> ,. . J ¦ , „ : ¦ . ,:.. , A circular has this week appeared inthe French Democratic journals , from whioh I learn , that Lsdbu Rollin has been re-nominated the Democratic candidate , by a National Electoral Congress of Delegates frem Paris , the B-nlieu , the Corporations of Workmen , the Armj , and . the Departments . lUnpears
that the delegates , to the number of 300 , almost unanimously determined to support the candidature of Lm » bu RoLim , « who had signed the manifesto of the Mountain , and who bad pledged himself that his whole life Should be dedicated to tbe work of carrying ; Out the principles it contained . ' The circular is signed on behalf of the Congress , by the Abbe de Lamennais , president s Joly , the elder , Mathieu ( de la Drome ) , Fo 8 seyaux , . Baudin , Malapert , Imbert ^ - ^^ pH' c *** W * , Durerdier , Deville , Bnves , and Rooherfde Nantes . )
I regret that this decision of the Congress , which should be considered as final and binding upon all sections of the veritable democratic and social reformers , re disputed by the Socialist Damocrats of Lyons , who protest that they will vote for Rawail . This is sad work ; Had I any hope of the election of KMPAi * ,, I would rejoice at every vote recorded for hinr ; but i Have no such hope , and , therefore , votei for him I snail look upon as thrown awav .
No worthier son of Franca exists than Rupail . His hour of triumph will come , but that hour is not yet . May it come speedily I At the 'Banquet Democratique et Social das Ecoles , ' Ltsdbu Rollw , in proposing the toast 'To the Politics ! and Social Revolution , ' said , 'Let those two words be amalgamated . Let us not say Socialism but Socialist revolution . Let-us no longer call ourselves by such . or such a name , for one alone can prove our union and our force ; let ns call eurselvqe Revolutionists 1 '
BRoiHia ¦ raoMiABUNB , you will say with rae Amenr •• : '; Ton will also join with me in earnestly praying that our French brethren may remember that ' Union is Strength / and act accordingly 1 . . Vivela RepuoliqwDemocraitqueet Sociale ! H likm dtj Peupjoe . December lb , 1848 . ,-,-,.,
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CHESTER SPECIAL ASSIZES . Cbestib , Wednesday . —The special assizes for the city and county of Chester commenced this day , before Mr Baron Alderson and Mr Justice Erie .
CO » friBA 0 T :, A « n MISDBMSANODB ; George Joseph Mantle , aged 22 , a carver , pleaded not guilty to a charge of having at Hyde , on the 8 th of August last , unlawfully conspired with others with force and arms to subvert tbe laws , to the terror of her . Majesty's subjects , , ¦ . The Attorney General ( Sir John Jervis ) , Mr Welsbyi and Mr Davidson appeared for the Crown . The prisoner conducted hia own defence . The Clerk of the Crown read over the indictment against the prisoner , whieh included the speech of the prisoner delivered at Hyde , The speech was read , in which the prisoner urged upon the people to resort to
physical force for the attainment of the Charter * He disregarded moral force , for it was of no avail , He ordered them to arm themselves with pikes and other arms . The speech went on to say that they did not want Prince Albert and the royal children , and that they weuld send them to Germany to make German sausages , The Queen's allowance was too much , and also that of the Archbishop of Canterbury . which was £ 75 . 000 a year . The prisoner then told those of his audience who were for fighting and using pikes , and putting down the government , to hold np their hands and give him throe cheers . The Attorney-General then rose to state the case on behalf of the Crown .
Thomas Brown , a police-officer from Hyde , was then examined by Mr Welsby . He said that in the month of August last he attended several meetings held on a piece of ground adjoining the Chartist rooms at Hyde . He was at a meeting ob the 8 th of August . There were abont 1 . 800 present . When he got there the prisoner was addressing the people . [ The witness here proceeded to read at great length from his notes ef his speech , whieh he took down after getting back to the office . ] The prisoner said that if they wanted the Charter , they must help themselves . He supposed they wished to know when they would get it , but that was . the very thing he wanted them te tell him . They might apply to Fe & rgus O'Connor that they wanted tbe
Charter , but they need not thick be could get it for them . Oh , no , it was they themselrea moat get the Charter , and muat be prepared to take it by force , for he could tell them that the tyrannical government of this country would never grant it them by moral force . No , no moral force for him , but physical force . He therefore desired them to arm- themselves and drive the tyrants from their seats . ] He said , down with the Church and ^ the State , and the government too , for they were the greatest onrae the people of this country had t » contend with . There was . only one way to get it without ( ham , and that was by physical force . If they were organised , let them see their strength with the bits of steel at the end of their staves . That was the way to get the
Charter . They wanted no Queen , receiving her — -a year . ( This witness did not hear the sum ) , nor Prince Albert receiving bis , nor the Archbishop of Canterbury with his £ 75 , CflO and odd' a . year . He would do it for the odd hundreds . If he had a wig on his bead , would he not make as good a bishop aa the Arohbiehop ol Canterbury . He then said . 'We do not want Jack the devil . ' He called Lord John Russell the devil , and said , ' Down with them all . ' They wanted no Queen , and Prince Albert ; they weuld put them in a bundle , along with all the little princes ; and send them to Germany . All that were for fighting and putting down the government , let them signify it by holding up their hands . —Here the witness said , nearly all the people held up
their hands . The . prisoner then told them- to think of what he had said . , Itwasa serious thing . Let them think , think , think—arm , arm , arm—or-Kani-e . organise , organise-as Dr M'Donall had told them . He also said arm and organise . The witness then further described the language the prisoner used in exciting the people to arm . Examination continued by Mr Welsby — The people went in procession'from the meeting , and on tbe following-Monday he saw another procession many of the people armed with pikes , and : several of them were those who had attended the meeting ontheSth , ¦ . The prisoner here contended that he was not apon his trial for having caused that meeting .
The Attorney-General—It is ineiuded in the genetal indictment for conspiracy , and to excite terror in themindsof the people-Examination continued—On the Monday ( he people went to the different mills and pulled the plugs out , and stopped the engines . ' The ' witness was here cross-examined at considerable length by the prisoner , as to whether he was sure he had reported his speech correctly . Witness would not swear that he had reported it in the order in which ; it was delivered ; He might have transposed some of the topics . The meeting was quiet , bnt when it broke np he was afraid of ( being ill used . Ther people kept him in the yard for fifteen or sixteen minutes , and would not let him go ; : The prisoner continued his cross-examination for acme time .
Some further evidence was produced , which dosed the . case on the part of tbe crown , after whioh _ the prisoner . addressed the jury in his defence , in a speech which occupied two hours and a quarter in the delivery . He contended that the speech he delivered at Hyde was not illegal , and proceeded to argue upon tbe right of the people to freedemof speech , He denounced the conduct of government as merciless in instituting tho prosecution against him : and , after : asserting that ' the principles
embodied in the Charter were alone calculated to secure the political rights-of thepeople of this country , he concluded a very declamatory address by calling upon thejury to acquit : him of the crime with which he wascharged . :.-.,. ¦ .... The Attorney . General having briefly replied , The learned judge summed up the evidence , commenting upon it as he proceeded ; and pointing out the law on the various portions of the prisoner ' s defence bearing upon the charge against him . The jury , after a few minutes' conversation , returned * verdict of 'Guilty . ' Judgment was deferred .
. c CONSP 1 BAOT AT HTD * . . % : - . AmosArmilage , weaver ; James Brown , weaver ) Isaac Cheetham , ; coal-dealer * James . Hall , railway plate layer ; Jonathan Hindle , weaver ; John Ralph , machine . maker ; , James Shore , machine maker ; Joseph Shawcross , and Joseph Dose , labourers ; Peter Collier , collier ; Robert Markland , nail maker ; Peter Mattocks , weaver ; Thomas Sohofield , shoemaker ; Samuel Shaw , tailer ; Isaiah Cheetham , cotton-spinner ; Edward Wilde ( out on bail ) ,, and Charles Sellers' bobbin turner , were
, charged with having , st Hyde , on the 14 th of August last , unlawfully and . seditiously conspired to levy insurrections , riots , and tumults , and to overthrow the government of the country as by-law established , and , to carry out their plans , obtained large quantities of arms , ammunition , and ether weapons ,-and that they did riotously assemble , being so armed with guns , pistols , and pikes , and . oominit several breaches of the peace . . _ ,. ' ' '• . ¦ i . Daniel Lea , a cotton spinner of Hyde , and who BWd he had beena . CharUst five weeks before the 14 th ftt-Angnstlast , figured w tho government w »* wr .
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APPALLING SACRIFICE OF LIFE OB BOARD A SHIP . On Monday evening ' an appalling communication was made by telegraph to the authorities at ths Castle , from the Mayor of , Londonderry . — -The facts , as given in the Poor , are , in brief , that en Friday a steamer left Sligo for Liverpool , having on board 203 human beings , principally emigrants . She did not pass the bar until S aturday morning , when it came on to blow a severe gale . The captain ordered the hatches , companion , & o „ to be closed and battened down , leaving unhappily inadequate means of ventilation . In this state the passengers continued all day ana night , and the conaequenco was . , that want ef air / and the pressure of bo many human beings in the hold of a rather small steamer , caused
suffocation . The result has been the horrible sacrifice of seventy human Urea . \ The captain and crew are now in custody in Londonderry , awaiting ihe result of an inquest . It was the course of the steamer ordinarily to call at . that port on her way tb Liverpool , and the unhappy passengers were not permitted to escape on deck until the arrival of the steamer at Moville , within eighteen miles of Derry . . The following letter gives the least horrible , and it « to be hoped , the ti nest account , of this appalling disaster : ' , . . .. "Lonbohdebrt , Dae , 4 . —It appeared upon the . dvidence ef a very credible and respectable passenger , who was examined yesterday evening in the town-hall , that on last Friday morning the steamer
Londonderry pnt to sea it Sligo , bound for Liver pool , having on board . 203 bouIb , consisting of 174 steerage passengers , three cabin passengers , and the captain and orew-23 in number . Captain Johnston , who commanded the vessel , was unable to get over ths bar from Friday morning , until late in the evening , from want of water . About twelve o ' clock on Saturday morning a violent storm arose , upon which the captain , very injudiciously , put the while of the passengers into the steerage , and nailed down the hatches , which prevented any air or respiration whatever . From the g reat number of individuals huddled together , the heat and perspiration became so intense as to cause suffocation . The . unhappy sufferers , in this deplorable state , screamed most dreadfully , which does not seem to have attracted
the attention of the captain or crew , partly , perhaps , from the violence of the storm . The witness deposed that , seeing that nothing but death was inevitable , he resolved upon a new project . He ascended a short ladder , and by a great pressure , burst out one of the batches—and it must not be forgotten that either the captain' or crew pressed a tarpauling lightly round . the companion , which was productive of the whole result . Ths witness also deposed that httswgrel & tadto themate the state of the passengers , he in return told him that he cared not for the Irish rascals . At last the crew coming to the hatoheo , and taking off the tarpauling , the heat which issued out of the steerage was intolerable , and almost stifled them . The unhappy sufferers who survived were told by the crew that they were then in the river Mersey , and the fact was that they were-in
MoviUe Harbour—a small port , eighteen miles from this city—where they were left without any medical aid or inspection , until they arrived in this port on Sunday morning , about eight o'olcck . One young woman was found yesterday among the dead , and ehe has been recovered . There are Jiving , and being recovered , 102 individuals , who present the mostap . palling picture of misery and destitution ever witnegssd in this city , being , for the greater part , , ragged and poverty-stricken . It sppears that several of the persons . who are dead were bound for America , and bad a good deal of money on their person . There are still a host of witnesses to be examined . ' Out of a mass of reports and correspondence on the subject , the following sketch of the inquest held on the body of ene of the sufferers , is from the Bansbe of Ulstbe : —
• Derrt , Sabbath evening , at six p . m . —At six o ' clock this evening there were sixty-eight dead bodies carried out of the hold , and it was supposed then they were not all out . A coroner ' s inquest was held this afternoon , and from the evidence it appears that the unfortunate creatures were stowed down in the hold , and tb prevent the seawater from lashing into the hold , the hatches were put down ; and , it is supposed , to prevent the unfortunate beings frem making their way back again the batches were spiked down with a tarpanling , to the total exclusion of air , which must soon and most certainly , terminate in the death of all . After the inquest , the captain ( Captain Johnston ) , the whole crew , engineerenginemenand
, , all bands engaged on board ; were lodged in gaol , and most likely they will be examined before the magistrates to-morrow . The wretched survivors were placed in the Corporation Hall , and food was forwarded to them by order of the magistrates . To witness such a pile of dead bodies as one of the stores of tbe Scotch steamboat company presents , would wring tears from the most hardened , and almost frighten the spectator from the scene . We believe coffins are being prrepared for the dead . ' The following is the substance of the evidence of a witness examined at the inquest : — ' After remaining a couple of hours at the Pool , the vessel proceeded on her passage ; went below atone o'clock on Saturday morning by the command
oftbe captain ; waa the last man who went below ; after remaining half an hour below , began , to feel & great sense- of suffocation , occasioned by the large , number of steerage passengers in the forecastle without any ventilation whatever , . which was greatly increased bp the circumstance of one of the passengers having accidentally ignited a box of luoifer matches ; with the greatest difficulty , from weakness , and the number of people lying on and abont him , made his way to a place where . he got a little- air , whioh revived him sufficiently to enable him to force his way on deck ; he then found , that the companion had been completely closed . by a tarpauling ; on making his way to a seaman he was met by curses and ordered below , with threats
tnat no would otherwise be thrown overboard ; had great difficulty in getting the mate to go down , when they found a large proportion of the passengers suffocated . Witness then assisted them to get out all the passengers showing signs of life ; the vessel arrived at this port about nine Volook this morning , having arrived in the Lough yesterday evening , but was unable to proceed up the Lough . The captain was not to be seen for three cr four hours after the circumstances above alluded to were discovered . Livbrfooii , Wednesday- — Captain Coppin , of Derry , arrived here from that city this morning . He crossed over by the Belfast steamer last night . Hewas present when the dead bodies were removed
from the steamer to the sheds , and says that it took three hours and a half to do so ; and that , as putrefaction had sot in , the smell was so offensive that he had to send for spirits to give the men to keep them in a state of half drunkenness , . 'to get them to go below . The place in whieh the poor creatures met their untimely end was about twenty feet long , four * teen feet wide , and seven feet high . It had capacity for about thirty passengers , but so crowded was it that the dead lay four deep on the floor . Captain Coppin also attributes the suffocation to the fact of a tarpaulin having been thrown over the companion to keep the water , out . ' A little girl vas saved who was coming to her
father at Liverpool ; the rest of the family , nine in number ,, were with her , and all except herself perished . Strong men , as , well as women and children , were among tho victims , and their efforts to escape appear to have been great , one man ' s coat being torn completely from the sleeves in his unavailing attempts to obtain deliverance . Among the melancholy scenes was a father brought np with his child in his arms , clinging to each other w if the embrace of ( death had not reached them . There were also wives holding by their husbands , sisters seemingly fl ying for protection to their brothersrahd the last long lingering look of affection was stamped on their countenances when the stern Old haUdof 'taa . th had seized them .
The inquest closed on Wednesday morning ,, with a verdict of' Manslaughter' against the master and mates of the Londonderry steamer , in which seventytwo human beings perished by suffocation . The-followins is the verdict t— 'We find that death was caused by suffocation , in consequence of the gross negligence and total want of the usual and necessary caution ob the part of the captain , Alexander Johnston ; Richard Hughes , tint mate ; and Ninan Crawford , second mate ; and we therefore find them guilty of Manslaughter : and we further consider it our duty to express in the strongest terms our abhorrence of ihe inhuman conduct of the remainder of the seamen on board on the melancholy occasion ; and this jury beg , to call the attention of proprietors of steam boats to the urgent necessity of introducing some more effectual mode of ventilation in the steerage , and also . affording better accommodation to the poorer classesiof passengers . '
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A Fact wobxh Ricononra .- ' -There has not been a single robbery reported at the Sheffield police-office during the last week as having ' , been committed within the borough . Such a circumstance has never occurred before , within tlie memory of the oldest . officer of , tbe fojee ,
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!„ ., .. , ,. JVEST RIDIWS-BLEOllON . .-, „ ... . ; ,.-ThsDato : f Nof-isATWNirfTa - e writ has been received and proclaimed by'th ' e Under Sheriff : the 11 th instant is fixed for the nomination , the 14 th and l £ ; h for the poll . —Each candidate , is making a tour of the Riiing , asd addressing the people in the great towns . Sir Culling E . Eirdly has been at Sheffield , Bsrnsley , . Hurfdersfield , Bradford , and Wakefield : and Mr Denison atBarnaley , Bradford , and Wakefield , Neither candidate has much al « tered his electioneering position - —Earl Fitzwilliant has published an address in which he says , that ha
doea not intend te support Sir Culling . —It is rumoured that the Chartists inte & d to put Mr Julian Harney in nomination , and that Mr F . O'Connor , M . P ., will propose him at . Wakefield en Monday ««* ; : Mr Harney , who' is the accredited editor of the NoBiHKRN Stab newspaper , unsuccessfully opposed Lard Palmerston for the borough of Tiverton at the general election in 1847 . Of course , he will only be nominated in order that he , ; Mr O'Connor ,. and some other Chartists , may bare the opportunity of making Bpeeoh 8 S . —T ] MSS of Wednesday . j 53- Mr Samuel Kydd will be the Chartist oan « didate .
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REPRESENTATION OF LYNN . ' Lthh , Dec . 6 th . —The Tories 'design the seat ren « dered vacant by the death of Lord ' Geor / je Bentinck to be filled by the son of Lord Stanley . Chartist opposition is talked of . It is rumoured that Mr Julian Harney , Lord Palmerston's opponent at Tiverton , will be brought forward as a candidate , by the advocates of the' Six Points . ' „ CoBBBreONDBNT ,
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, Fatal Accident in . New Coventry Stbsbt from want of Light . —An inquest was held , before Mr Bedford , st the St Martin ' s workhouse , on view of the body of T . . Carrol , aged forty , a porter in Govent Garden ! Market . Deceased was crossing New Coventry , Street , Leicester Square , when an omnibus came up at a moderate pace , and before deceased could reach the footpath , the pole of the vehicle struck him in the back , and he was run over , by which he sustained such injuries as proved fatal within a few minutes . It -was . proved
that accidents were constantly happening in this locality from the inability of coachmen seeing the passers by until too late to pull up . . The inhabitants had frequently complained of the matter , but in vain Thejury returned the following special verdict : — *\ Ye find that the deceased met his death accidentally , but at the same time we cannot separate without expressing oiir deep regret that the want of proper light should be allowed to exist in so crowded a neighbourhood as that in wjiich the unfortunate accident happened , and hope that the matter -rill now be duly represented to the proper authorities , so as to prevent the recurrence of so lamentable an event . '
. The late Disastrous Firb in Gray's In * Lane . —On Saturday December . 2 nd ., Mr G . 1 , Mills , the Deputy Coroner , and a common Jury assembled at the workhouse . Little Gray ' s but Lane , for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the death of Mrs Thackeray the unfortunate female who , together with he * husband , perished' in the recent fire , but how it occurred could not be ascertained . The Jury returned a verdict , ' That the deceased was found
dead in the ruins of the house / and that her death was caused from burning and suffocation , but ho * the fire occurred there was not sufficient evidence to prove . '—An inquest was held before Mr Bedforft at the Plough , Carey Street , on the body of John Thackeray , who , together with his wife , lost his life at the fire which broke out . at No . 112 , Gray ' s Inn Lane , during the morning of Friday week last * After some evidence was gone into , the inquiry was adjourned to give time tor & post-mortem examina tion of the body of the deceased .
StticioB of a Boy , — . On Monday , an inquest was held at Camberwell , relative to the death oE Andrew Browning , aged sixteen years . Elizas Browning , of No . 22 , James Place , Kennington said the deceased , her son , was a boy of very irriU able temper . He had been confined to his bed for a lengthened period , and bad suffered great pain from continued illness , for which he bad been constantly visited by Mr Unwin , the surgeon , who gave noi hopes of saving the deceased . On Thursday week last witness left home to make a trifling purchase leaving the deceased in the care of a younger brother , and when she returned the landlady informed her that the deceased had been taking poison .
Witness proceeded " to the bedside , and found the deceased very pale and in great : agony . Witness had previously gWen him a penny to buy some sweetmeats , whicn she often did during bis illness " Witness asked him why he had been induced to take sugar of lead , and be replied , 'To ease my pain . ' Witness afterwards ascertain ^ that he bad sent his brother Robert , nine years of age , to an oil shop keeper ' s , who had supplied the boy with one pennyworth in a paper . The deceased was a strictlf moral boy , and in his sickness , by his own desire , had been visited by . two . clergymen . He was at times delirious , from the severe pains he suffered * ' Robert Browning tbe little boy who purchased the poison , stated that the deceased gave him a penny
telling him to go and ask for a pennyworth of sugar of lead for washing . The mistress' served witness , and told him not to meddle with it , ' for it was poison .. When he returned , the deceased asked for a little warm water in a cup , and told witness to leave the room . Witness bad no knowledge o £ what sugar of lead was . Mr J . R . TJnwin , surgeon , of Brixton Road , deposed that he was called to see the deceased on the day in question ; whom he found in a state of collapse . Witness knew what be had taken , and asked him why he had done so , when he said ' I am tired of my life . ' Witness gave him ast
antidote , which neutralised the effects of the poison , and caused vomiting . He never rallied , and died on the following day from exhaustion produced by vomiting and the effects of the poison , which had clearly accelerated his death . The woman who sold the poison was next called , and severely reprimanded by the Coroner for serving so young a child with such a deadly poison . Verdict , ' That the deceased died from exhaustion and sickness , produced by taking sugar ef lead , but what state of mind he was in at the time they had no evidence to prove . '
Electric Light . —An open air trial of the new Electric Light was made on Tuesday evening Nor 28 th , in front of the National Gallery-and Tra ' af gar Square shone , in its lustre as in the light of day . The Nelson Column was rescued from that obscurity which is congenial to its condition of premature desolation , —and which for one-half of time shrouds it from the exposure of impotence to which for the other it is doomed . If this mode of illumination can be brought practically into ' use , the pillar must be finished for * very shame . The old oil lamps so long beloved in the aristocratic quarter about Grosvenor Square , as an ' ancient institution , ' are now avenged : —what gas did for them it has now to
suffer from the new glory . The gas lamps looked as they need to look—like farthing candles in the sunshine . There will be no dim nooks and corners ia the metropolis if this « new light' prevail . -Half the ' mysteries of London' will perish in its beams . The second public experimental exhibition of the new electric light took place on Tuesday night upon the raised steps forming the entrance to the National Gallery and the Royal Academy . There was a large attendance of scientific gentlemen and noblemen . Upon the summit of the steps a kind of easel was raised , beneath which were placed the battery and a small lamp . About a foot above the battery was the li ght produced burning upon two pieces of charcoal , backed by a single tin reflector , and the light enclosed within a glass case . The
bght produced was of a most powerful character . The . easel on which the machinery was suspended admitted of being turned about , and as its' position ~ was altered . objects within several hundred yards ' , distance were rendered as clearly visible as in the light of day , and persons at a considerable distance beyond the Nelson column were enabled to " read a newspaper distinctly . The patentee stated that the light would be pai « ticularly applicable for lighthouses , and added that the light then exhibiting ( the expense of which would not exceed a halfpenny anhour ) , if placed at an altitude with the reflector above it , would perfectly illuminate an area of ten miles iu circumference and that it would be possible to produce a light which should illuminate an area of 100 miles .
Dkstrucivb Tire in the A very alarming fire broke Monday night , upon the premises Ann Owen , a linen draper and Seabright Place , Hackney from some unknown cause in building , aud , owing to the of the stock-in-trade , but few ere the flames had extended after floor , and destroying every aud the costly stock-in-trade whole of the inmates escaped the least persona ^ injury ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09121848/page/5/
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