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ADDRESS TO BRITOKS . BS 6 EO . iWEBDEtX . Britons J who have felt the flams "Which in all ages burai tha same , In bosoms tyrants ne ' er can tame , Kor subject to their wills I To yoa my muse doth bow appeal , ¦ Who ' ve in your breasts s heart to feel , "When tyrants do the commonweal Perplex with various ills .
TFho ' s he would shrink from Freedom '! causa When tyrants do it sore oppoie , Contaminatiog all oar lawa With shameful viUftiny ? The wretch who is a wiliiag slave , Unworthy Is e'in of a grave "Within the land he will not sava From hateful tyranny . Bat those who battle for the right , la Freedera ' s oft unequal fight , Thtir hittory fills ns with delight . Their actions when we read .
Then let us strive to emulate The actions of the trely great ; And let ui not for Freedom wait TiU number'd with the dead ! But let us do what good we can To our oppreiced fellow-man ; For life it is bnt a short span-Then let us nee it well . And what can we much better do , Then raise up those who * re sunken low , With mush oppression , want , and woe , "Which makes this earth a hell . Then let ns raise the cheering cry , Reverberating from the eky ; The funeral knell of slavery— . Most hallorr'd Freedom ' s name .
Curs d be the man who loves to rale Above his brother ; and the fool Who meanly will become the tool Of tyrants , eurse the same . But bless and cheer , where e ' er he goes , The man who will abide the blows "Which Tyranny upon its foes Deth always strive te lay . Thenlat us like brave Ehhett die , Or like poor Fxost in exile lie : But ne ' er succumb to tyranny , Let come whatever may . Then , Liberty ! shalt never die ! Thy' lion heart and eagle eye * "Will live to all eternity ,
Whea Slav ' rj ' i reiga is o ' er . And then the demon , War , shall cease To blast the olive-branch of Peace , And nations sunk asjlow as Greece Be greater than b ' sfore . And all mankind will ties appear One common brotherhood s » dear , Kor country feel of country fear , "When all tbe world is free , Then ev ' ry nation will rejoice—For Freedom is the wise man ' s choice ; And there will burst from ev ' ry voice The watchword—Libebti ! RfAk £ t 7 fJ
FELONY . Under the new Gagging Act 'advised speaking ' is felony . ' Who are the Felons !—Ob , not we "Who plead for Poverty ;! We , who claim the rijht of man-Equity republican ; "We are not felonious , wa "Weald discourage Felony . "Who are the Felons !—Answer ye , Rabbers of Industry ! Ye whose laws are fraudfullies , — Ye whose acts are felonies , — "Whose vile breath were Freedom ' s hearse-Had your will such pewer to curse . Who are the Felons f— Never wa
Who speak aaviteoly . Though your pestilential breath Sentence us to worse than death , England ' s heart and English sense Hold us clear ef your offence . "Who are the Felons ' —Who but ye , Gaggers of Liberty f Theaghyonr honourable House Totes Truth ignominious , Yet shall Public Speech be free , Spite of the law of Felony . Stand forth , convicted Felons!—Ye Ex-liberal Ministry ! Ye who stale the patriot ' s name For a ehabbyJWhigling ' a game—Ye who in reforming guise Keep a fence for Tyrannies ,
Felon!—Thine own ancestor That same brand of' felon' were ; Hurder'd by such laws as thou O ' er his grave iuvokest now . Thou hast Russell ' s name , but he Sharetb . not thy infasay . Take thy name of 'felon'back ! Public scorn is on thy track . Scorn , on which thou devest to eall , Hails thee to thy shameful faU . Fool ! that think ' st to stay the sea "With thy petty infamy . Sr AITACDS _^^_ , £ -, ~~~
KATIOSAL SONS FOR THE PEOPLE . Ars , — 'The Fizhtrmtn , ' from the opera of MasBniello . The sun the eastern sky is rounding , The morning mist fast clears away , The nation now in gladaess sounding , Bids welcome to tha new horn day ; The voice of freedom loudly cries , My sons ! my sons ! in mercy rise !' Then up , up , up , the hour is near , To strike for home and England dear . The despots in their councils tremble , When men fur right and justice stand , And masses in their strength assemble , To conquer for their fatherland ; A glorious spirit thus we show , That tyrant souls can never know ; Then up , up , up , the hour is here ; Strike—strike—for home and England dear .
Why , why consent to perish under Slavery ' s curse , or bear the wrong ? Burst , burst at once the bonds asunder , Fear makes us weak and courage strong ; Resolve the deed—one rush— 'tis done ! Great God ! the fight of freedom ' s woa 1 Huzza ! huzza ! one thrilling cheer , For Kikdbed , Hohe , and Englakd dear ! London , April 27 . John Skelton ,
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FRATERNITY . By prophets told , by psalmists suag , Preached on the Mount by lips sublime , The theme of every sage's tongue For twice a thousand years of time : "What happy progress hast thou made ? What bliss to man hag flawed from thee ? "What war and bloodshed hast tboa stayed ? "Whatpeace affirmed ! F * ateb » itt I Alas ' the years have failed to teach The obvisus lesson to mankind ; A myriad preachers failed to preach
Conviction to the deaf and blind . Still do we rush to furious War , StiU to the slayer bend the knee , And still , most Christian as we are , Forget thy name , Fsatexsiti . Aud shall we , crammed with mutual hate ? , Despise our neighbour for a Saw ? And sneer because he promulgates Before he understands thy law ? Kb ! let us hail the word of might , Breathed by a nation of the free ;—Thy recognition is a light—Thy name a faith , Fsatebhiit .
The preacher may belie bis creed , But still the truth preserves its flame The sage may do a foolish deed , Yet wisdom shares not in his shame . Be scorning hushed—he cavil dumb-Whatever evils France may see , "We'll look fur blessings yet to come Ia thy great name , Fs . ates . sitv . Puvpet-ShOK .
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Natiosal Ltoepssdskt Osder of Odd Fellows . —The members of tbe Fuller ' s Glory Lodge of the National Independent Order of Odd Fellows held their second anniversary ; since they joined the National Order , on Good Friday , at the Lodge House , Holts Arms Inn , Birches , near Rochdale , when an ample repast was provided by the worthy hoEte 63 , Mrs Taylor . This l » dge seceded from the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellowa in January , 1847 . Notwithstanding the present depressed condition of the labouring classes generally , the lodge is rapidly increasing both ia members aud wealth . All tbe theatres in Paris have either been mined er closed by the revolution , except the Theatre Franeais , where Mdllo Rachel ' s performance of the Marseillaise draws large houses . On Tuesday , a yellow p lacard was stuck a ? in Paris , on which was printed— ' Workmen , take good care of your arms and ammunition , for the revolution is cot finished . '
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The Stat meeting of the Protestant Repeal Association ft & a most numerously and respectably at . fended . It v ? w addressed by , Mr Fergusen , a barrister , and a gentleman favourably known in the literary world , as also by Mr Ireland , a barrister , in excellent speeches , and promises to become a powerful and influential body . Several other arrests have been made in Dublin ef persons who were practising drilling and rifleg hosting . The stealing of lead" ! rom houses has become Terr general in Cork—the thieves baring , it is supposed , a ready sale for it among parties who cast it into bullets . . The recent arrests in Cork hare jeopardised the safety of the magistrate ( Captain White ) who committed tha riflemen for trial . The following narrative appears in the Cohstitction " : —
Aesong the Utters left en Thursday , by the lettercarrier , for Captain White , Justies of the Peace , on tbe delivery of tha mid-day Ball , was tho following : — « Cork , April 28 , 1848 . ' Tyrant Whits , —It teems yeu are , at tha present crisis as ambitious for notoriety as you wire in they *» r of your shrievalty , when you entrapped the poor simpleten , the aged Rtger Heffornan . But , villain , yoa have had a l « ng time to repent of your svll doings , and yet have not—your days are numbered . Tou had a narrow escape seta * time age , and wire anxiously waited fer by thrse determined men , but , fortunately for yoa , a different way homo f * rredy » n the * .
' You will hare the hardihood to appear again in hostility to the people . Beware ! death has not the terrors for the stricksa dowa and oppressed people that It had some twenty » r thirty years past , and itis not impossible that poor Roger's persecution and death will be avenged by shortly ridding the world of you , a tyrant and uarspsnting villain . 'This Is no hots—cettlt year temporal affairs—lbs titse is short— tyraats oust he got rid of—an accursed government cannot protect you frosa tist people ' s wrath . If you are looking for plaee by your opposition to tha people , you will find it in the warmest oornir of hell , for thither will the people etnd you . « William HErriBWAW Mitchell , ' One of the Eueaits ef Tyranny , ' Willias Preston White , Esq ., PatrlcVs-hill , Cork . '
" Tbe letter is written in a good hand and the history of Roeer Heffernan many will remember . In 1802 Captain White was sheriff—in 1822 ho received tha commission of the peace for the county , with a request from government that he would give his assistance in the repression of violence and the restoration of order . In that year the Whiteboys were abroad in lsr £ e numbers , and committed numberless atrocities , and Heffernan , who kept a small grocer ' s shop in the SouthMaln-stfeet , was eharged with supplying them , by sale , with gunpowder and ball . Captain White , as a magistrate , paid a visit to the ebon .
Heffernan denied that tHere was any powder on the premises . A search , however , proved that the denial was false , and all that was found Captain White removed . In the evening he paid a secsnd visit , and caught Heffernan selling ball and powder to a number ef country people . Under Heffernan ' s bed he found a barrel of powder , with a goed supply of balls and . flints . ' - For this offence Heffernan was tried at a spesial commission ( Baron M'CIeland and Mr Justice Moore presiding ) , found guilty and sentenced to be hanged . The county , however , becoming peaceable , the sentence was commuted , and Heffernan was transported for life . "
The movement in favour of Repeal by the Romish bishop and clergy of theunited diocese ef Waterford and Lismore , is set forth as follows in the Waterford Chrsniclb of Saturday : — - "Wo can stats npoa authority , that yesterday , at two o ' closk , a meeting of our clergy was held ia the vestry of tbs > aathedral , where a strong address to the 8 ovareign was unanimously adopted . It contained three principal points : — - ! . It bore unequivocal' evidence of th « - loyalty of our clergy to th « person and throne of the Sovereign . 2 . It reminded HerMajtsty of tha imminent peril in which her crown would eeonbt placed , if she doss not- now listen to the vsiee of tha people ,
justly indignant at the awful wrongs they have sustainsd . 3 . It solemnly assures Her Majesty that nothing ean atone for those wrongs or satisfy the jast demands ef the people , but the assembling in Dublin ef the Irish Lords and Commons , to legislate for this in . sulud nation . Oh ! when will the base , thebratalised , tho bloody Wir ' gs , give sar to these seasenable warnings , and desist from the policy which placesin jeopardy the crown of our beloved Queen , aad the lives of our still aiore baloved people ? * A oas verrons . ' This ! e . psrtant doenraent will , ere tho weak shall have elapsed , bear impressed upon it the sign-manual of every priest in our diocese .
Sigks op Povebty . —Tbe consumption of exciseable articles has net latterly improved in Dublin , which speaks ill for the condition ef the middle and poorer classes . In the article of sugar , for instance , which should enter so largely into consumption at the present remarkably low ' prices , the total deliveries from the custom house for the past six weeks have been less than 900 hogsheads , while in the correspsnding periods of the three previous years they were respectively 1 , 556 , 1 , 586 , and 1896 hogsheads , showing a decline of 100 per cent , in the present as compared with the past year . State op the Coustby . —There are inthe gaol of Limerick four hundred prisoners , notwithstanding the clearance it must have had in commissions , assis ' , and quarter sessions . Of these one hundred are under sentence of transportation for variens periods .
The Repeal Association met on Monday . Mr James Delaaey , T . C , in the chair . The police were present takins notes , and some curiosity was felt as to the tone which the speakers would assume at this , the first meeting under the Crown and Government Act . The speeches were of the usual calibre . In the course of the meeting significant indications were however given that the daya of the O'Gonueila are ended as popular leaders . Rent £ 30 .
SHE ' PIKE ' TRADE IN DUBLIN . The reporter of the Mossing Chronicle says : — TJr ? ed by curiosity I recently visited the establishment of tbe celebrated David Hyland , who exhibits on a sign-board * pike maker to the Castle ; ' and I confess I was rather surprised to find that the statements which I had heard asd read with regard to the open and undisguised sale of tha ' national weapons , ' were far from being eiageerated . At the moment I happened to call , the shop , which by the way is not very capacious , was completely crowded , and outside were congregated several individuals awaiting their turn to be supplied . Bavins ? expressed a desire to see a sample of these essential Hibernian implements of warfare , Mrs Hyland , who was busily employed as door-keeper te prevent too great a
pressure of customers—a task which ahe fulfilled with as much fidelity as a due regard to her interest would permit—kindly made way for me , and gratified my inclination by showing me several samples of these trul y formidable implements of destruction . It appears that the original medeof constructing pikes , thatiswith a small hatchet on one side , and a croak on the other , has been superceded , and tbe modern one is simply a spear , something like the sergeants' halberts some years since in use in the British army , but much Hnger , tbe blade being about eighteen inches in length . Mrs Hyland informed me . 'in answer to a question , thather husband had about sixteen men at work in this peculiar branch of Irish industry , tnd that each man was able to tarn out frem six to eight pikes per day ; there are , accordingly , close oa 600 pikes weekly circulated by this factory alone .
THE H 0 V 2 . UEHT . The alarm , whether groundless or otherwise time alone will tell , keeps a fast held en the publia mind . The government preparations continue to be carried out on a scale which indicates the danger to be near , and imminent . The officers at the Custom-house have received directions to prepare permanent accommodation for the quartering , in that building , of eighty soldiers . In addition to this precaution , a psrty ' of military is under arrcs on the roof of the Bank of Irehnd . Trooos are also stationed in a
house of business in Dame street , contiguous to the Lower Castle Yard , and the splendid mansion of the Earl of Charlemont , in Rutland-square , is reported to have been surveyed , with a view of being partially converted into a temporary barrack . AH the regiments in garrison were addres-s : d on parade last week by their several commanding officers , in . pursuance of an order issued by Sir Edward Blakopey , and strictly cautioned to abstain from taking part in any political demonstration whatsoever , whether for repeal of the union or any other purpose . ' ( From our own Correspondent . J
CHiSTI'M 1 H IBEUKD—THB OEANOEMER—PBOTESTAHT BEPEAIKS — GOVEaNHEKT TBEPABATlONt — TBS ' UNITED 1 BISHHAS . ' Dublin , April 23 rd . Though no striking event has yet marked our' progreEa ' . in Ireland , still the country , frem shore to shore , is like one vast volcano , ready to vomit forth the fire and lava , for many a year working within its hearing bosom , Itis wonderful , indeed , the march of nationality . . As I have just saii , the news of the past week . beicg nothing particularly important , what would be looked on three months age as singular aad extraordinary is now regarded as a matter of course . Nothing is spoken of now but Irish independence ; scarcely anything is practiced but pike making , and target shooting . England would do well to disarm the people of this country by more persuasive msass than Gagging Enactments aud oppression .
This week , mo » i likel y , the provisions et the new Bill , for the security of the Crown and government , will come into effect in this country , It wilt hasten the crisis at all events . The leaders of tba movement hurl defiance at the foe , and vow that nothing but death shall stop their toagues or restrain their pen ? . But I think the day for paper warfare as well as for speechifying , is nesrly terminated in Ireland . ' , ; , ' Six months ago the very name of Chartism was . odious to Irish " ears polite . ' A Chartist was looked on as little better than a thief or a highwayman ; and though , as I often stated in former communications to the Stai , thousands of Irishmen loved and respected Mr Feargus O'Connor , still thousands of others of his countrymen
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considered him as no better ' than a traitor to Triih liberty , and the leader of & hordarif cat-threats and brigonds . Hark tha change at present . This day Chartism is hi ghly popular in Ireland , and English . Chartists are recognised as warm friends of Irish freedom , and the only genuine advocates of liberty aad social reform in Great Britain ; and Mr O'Connor , he is this moment , nest to Smith O'Brien , the most popular maaia Ireland , There is not a doubt of tbis . Go where you will and you hear him spoken of la the highest terms— . in every eluV and at every meeting his conduct is applauded—in every tap . room aad at every convivial gatherlag of tha true-hearted he is a toast , aud bam . pers are emptied to his success and prosperity . I knew this would come to pass , I said so , months ago . Timeand R little ^ me . too—has verified my predictions .
Another singular * sign' Is to be found in the move , ment making by thousands of Protestants and Presbyterians in the right direction . Ay , tens of thousands of these " fiae fellows ere now ready to march afrsr the green flag . I know this to ba the fact . This I could prove ; There is a good deal of tbe old Orange and no . Popery spirit still alive , no doubt , but the government jaay be quite assured that they caa ao longer calculate on a ' Protestant garrison ' , in Ireland . Protestant , istn will not feed hungry tradesmen—Protestant atcendaaey is a poor substitute for food and raiment for wretched wives and howling children . Oh , gentlemen ! itis sow ' nogo , ' with you , Irish Protestants are no mere the spooneys of by-gone days . They will no longer starve for your convenience . The } will have ' Ireland for the Irish'of all denominations , and when the day of trial comes you will cry'for their aid in vain .
The Protestant Repeal meeting will be held in Dublin tt an early day , and people look forward , anxiously , to the " course which this Association means to adopt . Tn Drogheda a Protestant Repeal Association Las been formed also , and that body held an adjourned meeting on last Wednesday . The chair was filled by Thomas North , Esq ., es-Mayor ( under the old corporation ) . A resolution , calling for a domestic parliament , was adopted by upwards of 200 protestaat gentlemen and mechanics , whilst on ' amendment' admitting the distresses of the country , but vapouring about' Church and Constitution' and tho glories of former ascendancy , he ., could reckon oolyjforty supporters ,
The Roman Catholic clergy , too , are once more awake . In general they deprecate war until put to the last » stremlty of self-dsfenee ; but are resolved to pot their shoulders ^ to the monst « r ' wheel ' now so rapidly in motion . In some dioceses the bishops and priests have already met in conclave , and adopted addresses to the . Queea , praying [ for a domestic parliament aad other measures for the amelioration of Irish misery . They seem to eschew the notion of petitioning to parliament any more but will make ono strong , earnest , and final appeal to her Majesty .
In some of tbe northern towns and villages the remnants of the defunct Orange lodges are trying to ' stir up , ' but the » fforts they make only render them more ridiculous , and prove tbat , as an Irish foweb , Orange , ism is no more . Wherever the attempt at revivification has bean made , the most signal failures have been the results . Irish nationalists have notv little to apprehend from Irish Orangemen , They are an undone party , and undone for ever . The govarament still is busy making defences against the gathering storm , More horse , foot , end artillery crowd into our city . Every public office is a
barrack , Dublin looks like one gigantic encampment . Itis said that the small detachments of military are to be called in from the country towns , and concentrated in the principal cities , as Limerick , Cork , Waterford , ' Galway . In the country the ' rebels' will have nothing to figU / or , therefora it is considered unwise to leave small parties of soldiers to furnish tergets for rebel riflemen , or rebel [ pikes . This is certainly prudent ; but nbat will they do with the police scattered in parties of Jive or tie over the country ? or how will they protect the Catholic and Protestant 'loyalists' in remote situations ? This is a poser . I would like to he * r tho reply .
It is said , too , tbat the national schoolmasters are to be armed by government ; each man to be supplied with a musket , bayonet , and ammunition ! . This , surely , must be a hoar . There is not a more anti-Saxon body of men in Ireland than the national schoolmasters . Last Thursday night a great deal of alarm prevailed in Dublin , arising from an unusual ' turnout' of the military in our . streets , On that evening aa extraordinary meeting of the various Confederate clubs was held ia their respective club rooms , on business of more thaa usual importance . This was too much for . the ticklish Clarendon . The military were marched in imposing numbers through the streets . The Castle was 'occupied'by a large reinforcement of the 49 th , whilst the Bank , the College , the Post-office , and Customhouse , were garrisoned by strong bodies of the 55 th and Slst Infantry .. Thero was no rush on the Castle , however . St George ' s banner floated as usual ia the morning breeze .
The Ukited Ibisuhak goes oa gloriously . They say itis ' making » fortune'for its proprietors . I hope so ~ -may it do them good . They deserve well of Ireland , and it argues volumes for Irish spirit to see the people so generously supporting the fearless advocate—the out-spoken herald of freedom and nationality . Oa last Saturday the number of copies issued is said to have exceeded 20 , 000 , a great proportion of which was for England and Scotland , In Dublin they sold at a shilling a copy . Bravo , Mitchell More power to your United Ibishsuh !
The'bulletins' from tbe provinces are still more frightful than " ever . Evictions go oa now by wholesale , whilst wretches die in tke various hospitals and poorhouses by huadreds per week . The Galway Meecoet , speaking of the ravages of famine aud disease , calculates that , in six months more , tha population will not exceed three and a half millions !! In six months more Ireland will be a nation , or she need aire Utile about the number of her population !
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THE RUSSELL FAMILY One of the delegates , in his speech to the people at Sennington Common on Monday , ( old them that Lord Wm , Russell , in the reign of Charles I ., lost his ht-ad in maintenance of the principles for which the meeting of the day was called to uphold . I am afraid the Lord W . Russell in question , had no such virtue or patriotism , as we shall presently show . The Russell famil y sprang out of the Reformation , and enriched themselves to a marvellous extent out of the plunder of the Church , which was then the church of the poor . When the Stuarts afterwards threatened the Rsformation by a restoration of Popery , the Russells became alarmed for the fate of their ill-gotten possessioas ,. aad sided with the Parliament who were opposed to their designs . But from tho great number of cavaliers who fl iclced to the standard of the King , his power was considered to be much greater than
any power whieh could be brought against him , and that eventually the parliament would be overpawered . The Earl of Bedford became frightened , aad at tho eleventh hour went over to the king from the parliament . The king indignantly repudiated his services , and when tbe earl returned to the parliament he was sneered at , and with the utmost derision and contempt was condemned by them for his treachery to their cause , and so had fallen the Eirl of Bedford for his duplicity and treachery to the king on the one hand , and the people on the other , This king was ultimately beaten by the parliament , and lost his head . Then came the Commonwealth ; after which same the restoration of the Stuarts , in the person of
Charles II ; Tho Tories having intrigued with General Monk , succeeded In gainiag over the army , and thus was accomplished the restoration of the Stuarts . Charles II . tried all he could for the restoration of Popery ; and tbe Russells , ia the person of Lord Wm . Russell , tried all they conld against it , In fear of again baviag their illgotten booty brought into danger . In this struggle Lord Wm . Russell lost his head . The country must see that tbe death of this individual had no coaaexi .- n whatever with the cause of popular liberty , and yet tbe people have for years—aay , for a couple of centuries—been (' eluded by this family into the belief that one of its members lost his head in struggling for the liberties of the people , So much for the death of Lord W . Russell .
Not very many yearsafter this , another of the Russells came on the stage ia the person of tha Duke of Bedford , who figured in the days of James . This duke had been horsewhipped in public , by aa attorney named Humphries , which was said to have been done v . ith equal justice , severity , and perseverance . Tho king was told the French had a drubbing from Hawke , but not understanding the word' drubbing , ' asked Lord Chesterfield for an explanation . 'Here comes the Duke of Bedford , ' "ho was just entering the room where the king was , said Chesterfield , 'be can give you a hotter explanation than I . can . ' . . There was hardly a corner of' tbo king ' s dominions , in which his life was not in denger seme time er other . Every town which ho was obliged to pass he did so stealthily .. He was feared and hated by the people , that his life was frequently in danger , and
his palace was often attacked by the populace . Hia avarice and ambition knew no bounds , and he disgusted the whole nation , peers and commoners , with bis political duplicity and treachery . He was opesly charged with sellirg for mpn » y tbe interests of England toFrancf , and the people ho grossly plundered , insulted , and oppressed , and he bo badgered , teased , worried , and paralysed the hln ? , his master , by tbo application of the moat disgusting epithets to him in his presence , and without any justification , that when he departed , the king long sufferedirj the most pitiable convulsions . Tbis man was like the secretary of Claudian , who abused his trust and the infirmities of his master , and plundered the citizens of Rome to enrich himself ; but not like him ia his exit for the otner world , for he was permitted to die a natural death , while the avaricious and tyrannical Roman was made to die by his own hand .
We now come down to the Russells of the present day , and wo shall look at the character of tbe man who now represents this f ( . mily _ that is , his public Cliaractertnat is , the character he cares nothing about : therefore , we are allowed the privilege of spaakiag freely of him , and about him , wi thoutanyfearofmolestatloawhatevcr . The present prime minister of England la now deputed to take care of tbe family interests—his own included . We now ask what the late Duke of Bedford , his father , UK him to live upon , and to support tke state and dignity of so near a connexion to the gueal head of the family , it the aw of primogeniture gave everything to the present duke ,, it would , appear that the public were to be hanied over to Lord John for hia patrimony , which he was to Vl f v , ad ffianB S 'ho beet advantage for himself . Hia lordship being industrious , took to his studies with great
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assiduity , and soon learned alltbe theotlss of state necroinan cy ; and when he entered parllaraeni , had only to see their practical workings with caw had attention . Soon as . be became well veried ia the th « oriea and practice- of the black art , he endeavoured to iaital himself iu power as speedUy as . posBiUo , He mounted upon the back of the people with the-most ' revolutionary teaching * , and ultimately became prime minister of England , and now the fruits of bis labour begin to flow in . Salary of minister , several thousands per annum , wiih t , reat out of sight advaatages , and Immense patronage . One place fell in , and he appointed his cousin , ayouug unemployed
lawyer , to an Income of . £ 13 , 090 per annum , in which Lord John himself might he supposed toharegons mora than halves . This place is for life , aad whether Lord John is in or out , ho will continue to take more than halves . There aro two tilings equal to a capital aum Invented in land , or in the funds , of more than £ 700 , 000 . It ia plain tbat tbe toil of the people was not a bad patrimony for the little lord ; and it is well known that he has sufficient riches now for a new peerage , whenever ho become ashamed to meet , face to face , soma sun whom ho has deeply injured by imprisonment or otherwise , in the House of Commons . O'Coanell had drivea Lord Stanley out of the House of . Commons under similar
circumstances . The House of Lords is a very convenient refuge for cruel and tyrannical statesmen , and ought therefore to bo abolished or combined with the Commons . Evtry man , woman , and child who lives or breathes . under the house of Russell lives in ignorance and bondage . By intellectual depression—by arming ignorance and brute force , they retain thtir own powir , and those , with whom they aro associated by equality of circumstancss . And It Is tn be hoped the day is hot far distant when tha poor artisan end the poor ploughman or agricultural labourers , will havo their minds sufficiently enlightened to know of their own fallen condition and that they must rise as men ready to dispute with their ancient master tyrants—the proud and pampered arist < oracy of England —• those rights God or Nature intended they should have as members of the same humaa organisation . ANOLO-BEETOn .
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THE GAGGING BILL MADE LAW HOUSE OF LORDS , Satitrda 7 , April 22 . The bouse sat to-day shortly after two o ' clock for the purpose of giving the Royal Assent to the Crown and Government Security Bill , and various other bills . At twenty minutes past two o ' clock the Lord Chancellor , Lord Campbell , the Earl of Shaftesbury , the Marquis of Lansdowhe , and the Marquis of Clanricarde , took their seats as Lerds Commissioners below the Throne , and gave the Royal Assent to the following bills : —The Exchequer Bills' Bill ,
• THE CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BILL , ' the Mutiny Bill , the Marino Mutiny Bill , tbe Borough Police Superannuation Fund Bill , Public Works Completion ( Ireland ) Bill , Leases of Mines ( Ireland ) Bill , and Kettering Small Tenements Bill . Their lordships , after disposing of other business , adjourned to Thursday , * . the 4 thof May . ..., . HOHSE OP COMMONS , — The Smukeb teok the chair at t < vo o ' clock . Sir G . G & bt moved tbat tbe house at its riiisg adjourn until Monday , the 1 st of May .
Mr M . J . O'CoiiNiLL did not wish to detain the house , as it was about to adjourn for the holidays , - but be felt be should not cischarge his duty , if he did not offer a few observations with respect to the state of Ireland , before the motion was agreed to . He wished , in tho first place , to express his regret at a portion of the address of the noble lord on Monday . ( Hear , hear . ) He alluded to the statement he had made at the close of his speech , that whatever wore his opinions with respect to the repeal of the union , ho was prepared to resist any proposition of that kind by force . -His expression had been thus miaterpreted in Ireland ; whereas what he ( Mr J . O'Cormell ) understood him to say was this—that if ho were met by argument ho should be prepared to enter
into a discussion of the matter , but that if force wore re . sorted to he should resist It by force . Ia bis opinion greatinjury could not fall io result to all parties in Ireland if any attempt were made to carry the repeal of the union , or any other political measure , by force of arms . ( Hear , hear . ) If the Irish people were insane enough to adopt violent measures , there would be one thing far more cruel and disastrous than success—the placing of the city in tho hands of an armed , reckless , and undisciplined mob . ( Hear , hear . ) Such a proceeding every lover of humanity must deplore . Still the state of the country was far from satisfactory , and he could not help declaring that the government had not introduced those
measures far tbe benefit of Ireland , which , owing to their conduct whilst in opposition , tho people of that country had a right to expect . They had sxpected a poor law suitable fer the country , but thsir expectations had not been realised , nndtho reclamation of waste lands , with other important measures , had been abaadoned . The difficulties which the government stated thoy had to contend with were of their ennoreatlng . Tho lion In their path was one of their own raising . The wants of Ire . land at this moment were rather more of a material than political nature . The people of Ireland wanted more employment rather than tbe extension of the franchise .
TkeVJsBEB of the Black Rod thsn appeared at the bar , and summoned the house ta the House ot Peers to hoar the Royal Assent given , by commission , to several bills . The BtBiKzn , accompanied by several honourable members , proceeded to the House of Lords , and having returned , Mr M . J . O'Conneix proceeded to state that he believed , that , notwithstanding the violent language btid by some parties in Ireland , thero was still a considerable fund of good feeling towards this country .
Mr O ' Connor said : Had it not been for the wanton and uncalled-for acquiescence of the honourable member for Kerry ( Mr M . J . O'Connell ) in all the provisions of the WHIG TREASON Act , he should have confined his observations to the merits of that enactment ; but as , in his opinion , the greatest of all cruelties was the punishment of the child for the evil teaching of the parent , and visiting him with coercion for following what he had been taught in infancy ; what had been instilled into him in youth , and had grown with his youth ; and , therefore , while the lion , member would now ascribe the enthusiasm , turbulence , and disloyalty of the Irish , to the exciting speeches of those who had learnt their
political creed from the great master who held their confidence , moulded their minds , and swayed their doctrines , it may not , at such a crisis , and after such a speech , be inappropriate or out of season , to remind the hon . member for Kerry who , a « a pupil , sat oa the first form in the national school , of the teacher , his departed relative —( hear , hear )—and then the house would be able to judge of the source from whence the Irish people had imbibed theirphilosophy of sedition , and reliance upon physical force , as the ultimate means of achieving their country ' s liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) The late Mr O'Connell , who was a lip professor of moral force , told the peaceable people of Eng land to let him have a petition signed by
500 , 000 FIGHTING men , and to let the house know that the petitioners were determined to fi ght , and then their humble prayer would be attended to . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , that was moral force -with a vengeance . At the monster meetings in 1843 , the great advocate of moral force told the congregated millions that he had at his command a larger amount of p hysical force than any living monarch . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , that was moral force , when it served the Whigs . ( Hear , hear . ) The great schoolmaster told his pliant dupes tbat his arm was yet young enough to wield the sword in the accomplishment of Irish nationality . ( Hear , hear . ) , Again he swore , that he would rather see Ireland ' s streams running blood , and her green fields crimsoned with Irish gore , than see her linger under the yoke of Irish
despotism . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , that was the moral force teaching of the great master ; teaching tolerated b y the Whig Minister—because experience taught him that it would be turned to Whi g account . ( Hear , hear . ) . Wei ) , the effect of these speeches upon the susceptible mind of an oppressed and insulted people , was well known to the government , because the hon . member for Liskeard , ( Mr C , Buller ) had warned them that Ireland would remain in an incipient state of revolution during Mr O'Connell ' s life , anil would burst into open rebellion upon his death . Well , the government had this ample warning ; yet they made not the sli ghtest attempt to suppress this growing hostility , which they had fostered by patronage , till now they would brand as felons the pupils who had been thus instructed tn the art of moral
warfare . ( Hear , hear . ) Those at whom the TltEASON ACT was ; aimed would be equally cherished if they were equally treacherous and false . So much for the moral force training of the Irish mind , and now for a word as to the discipline of the English people . A noble lord , in another place ( Lord Brougham ) , gave a legal" construction of the Whig Treason Act , by which the proprietors , editors , and reporters of newspapers , who published the sedition spoken in that house , would be subjected to transportation for life—( laughter )—but he ( Mr
O'Connor ) invited any man of common sense to peruse the answer of the journalist , which appeared in the Times of yesterday , and he would see from the comment that the law of the journalist was more sound than that of the ex-Chancellor of England ; but let the opinion of that noble lord , and his pure devotion to the throne , now be contrasted with his opinion and devotion of former days . When tie ladies of the bedchamber erected the barricades against the right hoa . member for Tamworth ( Sir R . Peel )—( laughter ) --then the noble lord ' s loy-
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alty sunk below tbe freezing point , and he denied the right of her Majesty to have a choice in her own servants . ( Hear , hear . ) But to turn to the noble lord ' s opinion of physical force notions and his former notions of loyalty . That noble lord , when canvassing the sweet voices of the electors of the West Riding of Yorkshire * and when fired by the electrifying enthusiasm of the three GLORIOUS DAYS IN PARIS , told the assembled thousands of the loyal people of England that he hoped tho day was not far distant when all kings' heads would roll in the gutter , and become foot-balls for the amusement of boys .. . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , that was the moral force teaching that the English and
Irish peop le received from the dearest of Irish agitators , and from the keeper of the king ' s conscience . ( Hear , hear . ) Thus he showed that there was sufficient warning of the coming time and the way they met famine , pestilence , disease , and death , for forty-eight long years , was by martial law , coercion , suspension of the Habeas Corpus Ac ' , and all the other appliances at the command of a strong , an insolent , and tyrannical government . They rewarded the treasonable demagogues with patronage and the woolsack , when treason was a profitable commodity ; but now that the pupils could not be seduced , they were branded as felons . ( Hear , hear . ) Of all patriotism , save him ( Mr O'Connor ,
from the ardour of the paid patriot . (« Hear , hear , ) from Mr M . J . 0 "Connell . ) The lion , member for Kerry cheers ; but it applies to his relative , as it was his ( Mr O'Connor ' s ) boast to say , thathe . never had and never would receive a farthing for his services , public or private . ( Hear , hear . ) The paid patriot was a juggler and common showman , who , when he exhausted one set of puppets , replaced them with others to attract his gaping dupes . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He ( Mr O'Connor ) contended that bold speaking and violent speaking were as much an integral portion of the consti .
tution as that house was . Now , in reference to allusions made to the English press and its misrepresentation of Irish suffering and Irish violence , he would g ive the house a most striking instance . During the sittings before the recess , the servant one morning came into his ( Mr O'Connpr ' sJ sitting room , at his hotel , and said that a gentleman was very anxious to see him for a moment . A relative of the noble lord the member for South Staffordshire was present , as honourable a gentleman as lived . The stranger was shown up , and he would give not the substantial but the literal conversation . He said :
'Sir , I am going to Ireland as commissioner for the _____ morning paper , and I thought , perhaps , I might be of service to you . I am going to the disturbed districts . ' ' Well , ' said I , ' I suppose you will give correct reports , and I can take them from that paper . ' ' No , sir , ' he replied , ' that would not do , as I should send them the version that would suit their readers , and you the version that would suit yours . ' ( Hear , hear . ) Now tbis he was prepared to prove on the testimony of an honourable and hig h-minded gentleman , who at the time expressed his horror and disgust . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , those were the impressions under which that house legislated not only for Ireland but for England . He
would now turn to the apologetic speech of the hon . member for Kerry on behalf of the noble lord John Russell . Construe that speech as the house would , it was a declaration of war against the Repeal of Union , and he would prove it . Lord Althorp , when Chancellor of the Exchequer , declared that' if at any time a majority of the Irish people should desire a repeal of that measure , it would he the duty of parliament to concede it . ' ( Hear , hear . ) Well then , how now was that appeal to be met , either by transportation for life or by force of arms ; how , under the present reign of terror , could the voice of the majority be brought to bear upon that house after the warlike declaration of the noble lord ? He
told the house that not ' a majority only , but that nine-tenths of the people of both countries would demand a Repeal of the Act of Union , whatever the resistance may be . ( Hear , hear . ) For himself , be ever had been and he ever would be opposed to physical force , because he felt convinced that an united moral struggle would compel any government to yield to the wishes of an overpowering majority . ( Hear , hear . ) He was opposed to physical force , because be had ever found that the last shot of victory was followed b y the substitution of one despotism for another . ( Hear , hear . ) Such had been the position of France in 1830 , and although he was as much opposed to the principles
of Communism as any other man , he regretted to find the French government attempting to suppress by terror what would fall before opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) Persecution ever winged the arrow of the persecuted , and men began to side with the oppressed ( hear , hear , ) without canvassing their opinions as calmly as they would if judgment was allowed to take it s course . He would again cite the instance of the noble lord ( Beauchamp ) , who was attempted to be hounded on against the Land Plan . 'No , ' said that nobleman , 'if it is bad let it burn itself out ; if it is good let it succeed ; bnt let it
have a fair trial . ( Hear , hear , and cheers , ) He would now call the attention of the house to , the three leading propositions in the able , the eloquent , and statesmanlike speech of the hon . member for Buckinghamshire , on Wednesday last , on the subject of the invasion of a portion of the King of Denmark ' s territory by the King of Prussia , and ho would invite the close attention of the house to the arguments contained in that speech , and the prudence of granting concessions to justice rather than to fear . ( Hear , hear . ) The . three propositions of the hon . member for Buckinghamshire were . ( Order , order . )
The Speaker said , the hon . member cannot refer to a former debate . Mr O'Connor : Oh ! then I will raise three propositions myself . ( Hear , and laughter . ) And they shall be as similar to those of the hon . member for Buckinghamshire as words and merasry can make them . ( Laughter . ) The first is the fact of the King of Denmark , impelled by the moving genius of the age , having conceded a free constitution to his people , while the King of Prussia , who now so heroically invaded his dominions , was compelled to surrender to fear and force of arms what he had refused to justice . ( Hear , hear . ) The conclusion to be drawn from this fact is , that what governments
and monarchs tardily grant is ungraciously received , and , coming too late , but whets the appetite for further reform . The next proposition is , that it is improper for the noble lord , the Secretary for Foreign Affairs , to keep this house and- the country in a perfect state of ignorance as to his policy , until driven to premature action he is compelled to make a hasty appeal to a panic-stricken assembly . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , but see the exact parallel between the foreign and domestic policy of the government . Surely the voice of discontent abroad has been sufficiently explicit to convince this house of the dissatisfaction ont of doors , and yet the press and government have kept this
house in a state of perfect ignorance until panic was necessary to insure the aid of the affri g hted to suppress the voice of the discontented . The third proposition—namel y , England ' s obligation to observe the treaty . of 1715 . and 1720 as regards Denmark , that proposition the noble lord ( P « lraerston ) answered , as the right lion , gentleman , the member for the University of Cambridge had reconciled the inequality in the Land Tax , by showing that two inequalities made an equality , just as the noble lord had stated that he would wait to hear tbe resolution of France , who was a party to the treaty , thus establishing the principal that two violations constituts an ac t of national faith . ( Hear , hear . ) This was
the policy by which England had been governed by the Whigs , but it was his ( Mr F . O'Connor ' s ) consolation to known , that such a union between the middle and the working classes was being formed as would drive the Whigs from office , and once more reduce them to their proper dimensions ; and then , as the right hon . baronet ( Sir R . Peel ) had paid him ( Mr O'Connor ) the compliment of wishing that when the sovereign of his choice was on the throne , he would have the canfidence of his soverei gn—( Great laughter )—he , in return , begged leave to assure the right hon . baronet ' that his best services should be used for his promotion to the office of Prime
Minister , as he was distinguished b y stability and ingenuity , for those qualities which constituted the essential qualifications for the adviser of his Satanic Majesty . ( Great laughter . ) He regretted that the right hon . baronet was not present to receive this assurance of his ( Mr O'Connor ' s ) good intention , but the right hon . baronet appeared to forget that he ( MrjO'Connor ) once had stated if this bill passed , the Attorney-General would be Prime Minister , while every one in that house was aware of the existence of an important official , called the Attorney-General's Devil . ( Great laughter . ) Therefore , without any strange analogy the Attorney-General would rule the country , and the Devil would rule the Atlornev-General .
( Laughter . ) He would now , in conclusion , tell the ris'lithon . baronet Sir George Grey , that he and his associates were traitors to their sovereign—traitors t d their principles—traitors to the people—and traitors to the constitution .
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Sir G , Gaflrsafd the honourable gentleman had giv « n a right interpretation of the sentiments of his noble friend . ( Hoar , bear . ) He was most anxious to argue the matter in the House of Commons , and not to resort Co ferce i « cept force —ere arrayed against tbe gorern , ment . After the recess , no doubt , measures would be introduced by the government which would give satisfaction to every reasonable man in Ireland , as they will be calculated to remedy substantial grievances , NvrwHAt Linn CoMPiNr . —The Earl of Abumdec and Soibei wished to know when it was the intention of the honourable member to bring In a bill , leave for which b « had obtained , upon the subject of the Chartist Land Company . Mr F . O'Connor said that it was his intention to do so immediately after the Esster recess .
RErBESHNTATiow os thb PcortiZ , —Mr Hens gave no « tlce that be would , on the 23 rd of May , bring before the houso a motion with respect to the state of represents . Hon ot the people in that house , 11 a Cocb » ane ' s Dspdtatjow , —Mr J , Bclle * said , he had seen a communioatioa in one of the caorniag newspaper * , to thetffict tbat the Right Hon . Baronet tho Secretary of State for the Home Department had given his assent to a certain large procession taking place on Monday , to the Home Office , for tbe purpose of accompanying a petition . He wished to know whether sueh was the case ?
Sir Q . Geet . —In answer to the question put to me by the honourable member , I beg to state that I have seen this day a letter , signed by Mr Charles Cochrane , stating that there would ba a large assemblage on the day stated . I believe thoy hare been rated as high as 90 , 000 persons , who were to proceed , accompanied by fire large paintings , in proposslon to the Home Office , aud adding , ' that the Seorotaryof State had most comlderately dictated ha wonl « t offer no opposition to sueh precession . ' That allegation , I beg to state , is totally without the least shadow offbundation , and Mr Cochrane has been told , more than three weeks sines , that no procession whatever could be allowed , and that no petition could be received hy the Secretory tf State , if accompanied by a large number of persona ; bat if sent , in the usual way , to the Secretary
of State's Office , or brought by a small number of persona only , it would be received . Mr Cochrane was also informed that it would not be convenient to receive tbe petition In the Easter week , but that after that time , if presented in the usual way , it ^ would be attended to . In coassquenoa of th « appe » faae 6 of ihfc advorllssmsnta upon the subject , the Commissioners of Police have re . ceived instructions , which they are prepared to carry into effsct , in erder to prevent any procession from pass * ing through the streets , which would prove a serious in . convenience to the trade and industry of tbe public at Urge . I do not believe that any sueh number as that stated could be called together by Mr Cochrane , The
statement which thit gentleman has made with respect to my sanctioning tbe procession is totally without foun . da'ion ; and effectual measures will be taken by tho police to stop such proeession , if he should attempt to carry it out . With respect to the subject for which the procession Is ostensibly designed , fix ., that of the condition , of the vagrant poor , it is one well deserving of tbe most s < rlous attention ; and there is at present , under the con . sideration of tbe Poor-law Commissioners measures calculated to place that class & f persons in an improved pa > sltlos , under proper government . It it not necessary , how & rer , to the due consideration of this subject , that any such measure as that advocated by Mr Cochrane should he carried into effect . ( Hear , hear . )
Destitute Pooa ( Ireland ) Bili ,, —Sir G , Gbet ob « tained leave to bring in a bill to compel parties , before thsy evict , to give seven days' notice to the tenant , and the nearest board of guardians , in order that foofi and shelter may be provided for them . The house then adjournsd ,
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LOYALTY LETTERS . The Editor of the Tihesmvbb presents his eompliments to tho Editor of the Hoethhbn Stae , and begsto enclose several loiters on ' tho snbjoct of tbe late attempt to subvert tha throne , ' which arrived too lata for inssrtlon In tho Tihesbkveb ef today , and when he would be glad to s » o in the Nobthsbn Stab of to-morrow . Tho Editor of the TiKasERvsa feels that any delay in tha appearance of the letters would be highly culpable , at a time when one . half tho island is ready to blow up into rebellion , and the other half is bursting with loyalty . Tihsss & yse Office , April 28 th .
MO . I . TO TUB ZDITOa OP TUB TIHSSSBYKB . Sib , —Permit mo to pour out the overflowing gratitudu which flseda my heart for tha part you have taken in writing down the Charter at a time when every one , including our rsspeotable government , thought ' Chaos was come again . ' As long as this country is peopled by Britons , as long as Britoas rsjoice in their happy land , they must ever teeaa with gratitude to you for jour famous articles against those base disturbers of our country , who , under tho pretence of reforming tho laws , wish to spread anarchy and rebellion over tha land . I can nowhere find anything to equal your thundering statements and Miter invective .
' Nought but Csasar ' s self can h » his parallsl ;' and unlaso we look back te jour leading articles egsinst tho Raform Bill and tho Anti-Corn Law Ltague , I fear we shall find it difficult to match the style of argument , Th » beautiful manner in which you reduced the meeting at KenninKton Common from 206 , 000 to 100 . 000 , then thero were but 58 , 000 . and , finally , brought the remainder from 50 , 080 to 15 , 000 , is , perhaps , one of the best specimens of simple reduction in existence . It is saefc . as a ' timsserver' alone could accomplish , I am , with the greatest respect , Your obedisns strvaut , A Tiuesseveb Mtsl-if .
no . ii . TO THB IDITOB 0 ? THE T 1 ME 3 EBVE 6 . Sib , —I am an elderly lady . Y « u know we have lately proved ourselves a powerful body ; and , liks most of my class , I must own I have sometimes been ahraed when I hare had no occasion to bo so . Now , hotrever , I foel sure I hare causa to fear—when I see my sen ( a young mas of fifty , who was never known to hurt a worm ) walking up and down tho streets with hi » arm tied up as if be were going to be bled , and a tremendous bludgeon in his hand , I , however , place my confidence ia yourself and [ the Ministry , I know very aaeuy of them have exactly my feelings ' : aud though I
wish they had not brought that wicked man , Charles the Second , into their proclamation , still I shall put my trust in them . Porhaps they had reasons for doing as they did , I am a poor old woman , and don ' t like scandal ; but they do say that many of our nsbility are descended from the ' merry monarch , ' and a nasty hus . sey who used to sell oranges at the theatre . If that is true , it was a great stroke of policy . Your constant renacr , Abigail Whiggekv , P . S . —Why don ' t they revive tho Curfew Bell . I always go to bed at eight .
. III . TO TUB IDITOB OF THE TIHSBBBVEB , Sib , —At a time when all have acted wall , when the plans of tho blood-thirsty ( no allusion to thu Duko o £ W . ) hare besn frustrated , and order is restored , it is difficult to giva to all their due meed of praise , but though many others may bo squally deservlag , I cannot pass over insilenes , the conduct of the Thames brigade to whose care the safety of iho queen ef rivers was on the 10 th inst entrusted , It was thought very probable by the highest military authorities , that should tho Chartists not be allowed to cross over tha bridges on thoir return [ fro ' nf Kcnninjton Common , aa attempt would ba made by them to set the Thames on fire ; and a meeting of the Fishmongers Company , having been held , msasures were taken to frustrate this diabolical attempt at in . ctadiarism .
The whole of the bricks in the Thames Tunnel were therefore removed on Sunday night , and the patent fire brick substituted , so tbat should the bridges bo consumed by the burning waves , this valuable structure would be fire-proof , and afford a ready moans ol com . municiXtlon with tho south bank , Bodies of men armed with birch breoms , for tho purpose of beating out tbo flames , weie stationed along tha various wharfs , and at Custom House Quay there were also tho head quattsrs of tho blanket brigade . The floating engine was towed up and down the river all day , and sosmed to create great confidence amongst tho denizens ofitsbanVa in fact tbe precautions taken and tho steadiness of tho men , must havo convinced any person who had common sense , that an attempt to est the Thames oa fire could never have t \ e i . 'ightcst chance of success , and only bring disgrace on the promoters of so villansusa projsct , I am sir , your obodiont servant , Naitticps , no . IV .
TO THS CHIEF EDITCB OF THE TlMESEBVEa , Sib , —On Monday the 10 th , when the whele nei ghbourhood of Kennington Common was infested by the poor deluded people who call tiiemselves Chartists , my house—I , think I might sny tke bast in tho neighbourhood , ( tho dining rcosi i « 45 by 15)—w « s ocBupied by a company of the Royal Pinks , under Captain Flukes aqd Lieutenant Growker , lean therefore boar testimony to tbe diaclpHno of tho force at the disposal of tha government . Having come without previous notice , no preparation had been made , and we had only a plain joint for dinner , yet these two officers took their places at my table in the most condescending manner—praised my port wine , paid uncommon attention to Mrs S . andthe girit ; and behavsd altogothorin thumost easy gentle , manly wov . I also unders tood from my ssrvants that they had so ; tbe slightest complaint to mska against tho non-comrDif 9 . oned officers who occupied the kitchen .
Now , sir oisght wo not to ba proud of such an army , consisting of 5 « cft men as these ? An array to which I am shortly to bo allied ; for I may as well tell you that an announcement I happened to make after dinner about my giving oaoh of my daughters £ 5 . 000 down" seemed to visibly affect Growke ^ who complained of a head ache , and getaway into the drawing room . I have since heard my eldost girl say , tuutBha siali over blcis tho Chartists for bringing the Light Finks to Kennington , I am , sir , yours very sincerely , A Sxob .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29041848/page/3/
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