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_Da ' _^ 5 nSTPR 0 GRESS-DU * EY OF THB "" PEOPLE * 10 10 THS EDITOR OF THK NORTHBBN STAR . " iw _Sntr-to your _^"" _o 118 last -week I observed an ( _DUjajDuncement , which , notwithstanding the recent _imj _^ _maphs of the cause of the people , startled me a _> d good deal , as Idare say it did most of your readers . _Mija Mr O ' Connor ' s letter , he promises that , atno dist art period there shall be a da ily pAPEa , advoca 5 _ttiflg the cause of , and devoted to the interests ofthe _rIcwocldnE classes !
" i Well may the people rejoice in their undaunted Echampion , -who , having headed the noble army of tBSrtyrs in the canse of the peop le—having endured epereecution , and all the horrors with which class _ilegislatioa cau surround those who oppose its ini-« juitous decrees , can glance backwards on bis long unifeqnited toils , and now look forwards to that bri ght future which he has so nobly won ; anrJ , ' reading his ihlstory- in a nation's eyes / congratulate himself and : them on the prospect opened out to their view .
As one of the ' signs of the times / the establishment of a daily paper on Chartist principles is a great fact . May the people duly appreciate it ! may they see , to the fnllest extent , the imperative necessity of giving their aid in support of their own came , Thatcauseisin their own hands-the people are in the ascendant-hut I wouldremind them that tbey must put their own shoulders to the wheel if _ftey-Kould derive aU the benefit they ought from _tbdrpasttriuinphs . The land political is , indeed , thickly sown with corn , and promises a goodly harvest , but if they would eat the bread of fieedom , tbey must take the trouble to reap , and thresh , and grind the grain .
"What glorious prospects have the events of the last year opened out to the _PEOPLE ! Hitherto , in every laud , oppressed hy their rulers , even from the very earliest ages of the world ! Now , choosing fif themselves their own legislators , and by that very choice of men so worthy of thehigh trust , proving , to even their enemies , thatthe day has come when the race so long subdued must be heard , and the labourers of the land are worthy of tbe rights _fcey daim . How different has hitherto been the aspect ofthe struggle ! How unhappy the conm _' thm of the labourers ! How have their lives been made bitter with hard bondage , to fulfil the _capriciousdesires of some ruthless taskmaster-as the pyramids , ( hose eternal monuments of kingly oppressiontestify
, _^ or even sacrificed by thousands , till fruitful fields were converted into lakes of blood , " to gratify tbe love of glory (?) , of some one no wiser er better , but only more powerful than themselves ! Through the early ages of the world , when Greece and Rome _Nourished , down through the lapse of ages , to a period no more distant than 1830 , ths same state of things continued to exist , with comparatively few _modulations . Stfll were the people slaves and bondmen—still did they , at intervals , arise against their unnatural masters , and , wresting fiom their enfeebled hands the sword of power , inflict a bitter retribution for past injuries . The staves in Rome—the Helots iu Greece—the peasants of Germany—the Jacquerie of France—our own
countrymen under Cade , Tyler , and others—all by force of arms , and heated passions , inflicted cruel _p-mishment on their oppressors , yet failed to obtain eny permanent relief against their iniquitous deeds . It frequently happened , indeed , that the evils which bad goaded them into insurrection were greatly increased when the excitement was over . By deeds oi lawless violence they had given the armed executive power over them , and that power was used to crash the rebellion and tbe rebels at once . Bat it lias not been by such desultory and aimless efforts that the people of England have achieved their recent victories . Theirs has beea a glorious _conqeest—for they have fought not for men , hut for
principles , and they have taken a position on the tattle-field from which no en ? my can dislodge them . But if your readers owe much to themselves , they are yet more indebted to the Press . For ten years has the Northern Star fought their battles ; communicated to distant parts of the empire the proceeding-, of each isolated body of Chartists ; informed than of the events that transpired to aid the canse of Freedom in our own and other lauds ; been a rallying paint for all who desired to see the dawn of that bright morn for which we have so long looked . The Northern Star has beea the cord uniting the bundle cf sticks—separately they might easily have htm destroyed—so united , it was ahke impossible to break and to bend them .
Bnt though thus far the people have triumphed , I would remind them , sir , how mnch remains to be done . They have advantages their fathers scarcely dared to dream of possessing—let them improve these advantages . The agitation of ' 39 was necessary to rouse the people into activity , but such agitation would now be out of place ; not the less , however , should they labour for freedom . In personal and political union , in the collection of funds , ( those necessary sinews of war !) in all legitimate measures for forcing the representatives of tlte Commat into the House of Commons ; in all these branches of their duty they shonld labour earnestlv ,
for they have pledged themselves to transmit to tbeir children the pure birthright of Freedom , of amen _, they themselves have heen so long deprived . lathis noble work how much have they now to scat-rage them . Seven years ago , O'Connor , then , _dmost their only friend , was i n his felon ' s cell at IM' , and nothing but his own upright heart , and _ove of the principles for which he was persecuted , s cheer him in his sufferings . Aud now he proudly akes his place in the legislature as the champion of liberty—and by his side a goodly phalanx of men firocating the cause ofthe people ; men who will , trust , prove their honesty by their cordial
_co-opefcUoa with the most popular man of our timeshe member for Nottingham . In the next _parliament we shall see G . Thompson , Col . Thompson , 1 . J . Fox , Pearson , Williams , and others , and , last 4 * least—Rnshury _' s pride and England ' s glorylie noble-minded Duncombe 7 that steady friend of ii oppressed , and uncompromising enemy of the _pressors . i _-for must we forget the battle fought by those Artists leaders who , had , every Englishman his Mi-right , would now be members of St Stephen ' s . lever can we forget ths triumph of Harney at _Tiwton , when that crafty and noxious statesman ,
tis wily politician , Palmerston , was , to use the ptis . e of the Times , compelled to go through his p & _, by a man whose sonnd understanding aud _ptici ples alone—unaided by any . foreign aid of "" _aUh , station , or power—made him too _dangerois _antagonist to be even reported by tho venal and « cn _£ _Aed press _, las not the result of the geueral election been in ev-y ; respect favourable to the eause of the people ? -Be a very few years age , the principles which must atr-be heard and advocated inthe House , caused _ttfbanisa-rent of Frost , Williams , and Jones as _iBELs . Ay , it was for ' rebellion' tbey were tern _frtu home and fatherland .
Rebellion , dark , dishonouring word ! _Whose baneful _blight too eft has stained The noblest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal , ever lost or gained ! How many a spirit born to blesB _, _ Hath s _^ _beaeathits withering _aacif , Whoa bnt a day , an hour ' s success , Had wafted to eternal fame . rnly , the people have cause to bless the name of _** _a their friend and champion , who has so many _Wto devoted Ms t * ine , his thoughts , his purse , his * l _»* o their welfare . Well may they support Mr 0 Connor . Well may tbe men of Nottingham boast f & eir bloodless victory . Well bas O'Connor per-< ° uied bis duty ; but the people for whom he has ( trc cgled haremuch of theirs before them .
» hat that duty is Mr O'Connor ' s last letter will _^ them . Itis in onion , in combination , in _support-* 5 tbeir daily and weekly press , in obtaining _signaj _^ for tbe Nifional Petition tbat they will find J ** strength , long oppressions sometimes cause r _^ ytevolntions , but little benefit results from _jr- _^ _and such desperate efforts must be frequently eoetred . The _^ _g _^ 0 { _^^ t flowed in ] _*** but fifty yean ago has not sufficed to purify \ Zt- her corn _» ptions . Again and again , since _J « penod , has she witnessed the horrors of civil _jJjMtt _an , yet , even now , she is on the eve of _in-JZ «? on- Itisthe quiet silent force of intellect , wm of _moderatiouwhich is all successful
, . , _^^ _Pniduces changes of opinion , rather thaare-* SiLLT - _* £ _t n 5 eaas to ftis _& sirable end , 1 «* 73 ? i _¦* -- heart the Promises held forth « _iS _^ , w _^ , rish rAe Bemcni and & * _" * Btojector all the success they deserve . 1 am , Sir , faithfully yours , _rmwrnaies ,
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• _b ; : cape of good hope ; Papers from this colony to the 80 th of June an-? ™ _f <« farther conflicts between the Kaffirs and tiie "tenter-win one affair in which the British troops were engaged , tbe _. Kaffirsobtaiued the victory , and me British were compelled to retreat .
- v _; - _Vv : , ; FRANCE . niA' f _™ _J _** raab deD I positively the _alle-red _sui-S _£ 5 T of * _$ " _wiwrtunateDacheas de Praslin , announced ia our last . The French nobleman who attempted to fall his mistress is the Prince lii _^ M _W"P «« y peer of France , son ot the _tate _MarahalDavonst . _i . . : _? D * _Go _^ of France announces tho delivery of a note by the Sardinian ambassador tothe Minister of _foreign Aftaire as Mows :- « In case His Holiness Pope _pios ix . should claim the armed aseistance of hia Majesty the King of Sardinia against Austrian invasion ' , His Sardinian Majesty will c 6 B - auer himself bound not to refuse the Sovereign Pontiff that assistance , it beine his dutv . as an
Italian Power , to cause tho independence of all the states ofthe Peninsula to be respected , as guaranteed by the treaties of Vienna . ' ' The National states that a Beformist dinner was given at Rheims on the 31 st ult ., at which more than 400 electors wera present , together with MM . Leon Faucherand Perignon , deputies . A Sum . RkvoLOTioic . —On Monday and Tuesday the Rue St Honors waa the scene _^ of tumults which caused some alarm . A master shoemaker had given some work to * workman , for which he was to receive 3 F . ; but , when . themautook . it home he refused to pay more than 2 f . 50 c , on the ground tbat the work was badly done .. The workman then went and assembled some Of his companions , who examined
the work , and declared thatit was well executed ., fiat tbe master still refused to pay , whereupon the workmen loudly expressed their dissatisfaction . This caused a , crowd to assemble , consisting chiefly of workmen , and it increased rapidly every moment . Threats wero uttered .. against , the master , and at length stones were thrown , which smashed the windews of ; the shop . . An attempt was also made to break in the shop front . An omnibus was seized , and the people were about fo upset it , wheu detaohments of soldiers and municipal guards dispersed them . On Wednesday evening tbe crowd again assembled .. The municipal guards had to interfere repeatedly to prevent the street from being blocked up . - Oh Thursday evening tbe peeple assembled in greater force . At nine o ' clock a patrol of the National Guard entered the Rue St Honore , and was greeted by boatings aad fhrions cries . . On arrivine
near the Pont St Eustache it was so much pressed bythe mob that it was obliged to seek retuge inthe guardhouse of the Municipal Guard . AU the shops in the vicinity were closed . The Horse Municipal Guard occupied all tiie streets from the Rue de I'Arbre Sec to the Place du Palais Royal , and the foot guards and police traversed all those streets . On Friday there was another assemblage , which was only dispersed after repeated charges by the municipal troops and police , horse and foot On Saturday I the people amused themselves by singing the * Mar ¦ _eilbuse _/ During the week the Republican party bad been _arduou-uy engaged endeavouring to calm the popular effervescence , and owing principally to those exertions , quiet appears to bave been restored . The journals teein with the complaints of persons beaten or otherwise . maltreated , and even imprisoned by the police , without the slightest evidence of their connexion with the riaterst ¦¦
; , spain . Namezbas completely , failed in his attempt to form a ministry . If accounts received from certain quarters can be fully credited , the Queen has displayed a firmness and resolution which must fill with despair those who imagine that she can be made tbe mere instrument for the aggrandisement of the family of the King af the French . La Presse guarantees the following report of the audience which Narvaezhad at the palace at midnight , ou the 29 th ult .: _Naxvaiz . —Will yonr majesty deign to inform me ef tie resolution to which your majesty bas come ! . _^ Queer _Isabeua _.- —What ! The resolution I hare taken ! When the list you presented to me contains only the names of my enemies ! K . —The list is composed exclusively of men known for their attachment to the throne and their devotion to the pcKon of yonr majesty . vy _.-. _r . Q . I . —I tell jou that most of them are iny . enemi e * .
N . —Will your majesty then deign to select % cabinet , and inform me of those whose accession to office wonld be agresahle to yonr majesty * Q . I— . 1 reject all that yon have proposed , and I am going to invite the _Progresutag to office . If . —Your majesty , donbUess _, forgets that the _Frogresistas are by _tiaditian _. by position , and by system , the most dangerous enemies of your throne , and tha ad versaries of your prerogatives . Q . I . —Iforget Hothinff . My _reselation is taken , and in tbe worst case I shall , as apisaUer , retain the present ministry .
' K . —Tour majesty will permit me t j observe that it is not necessary for me to return to Paris . Q . I— -It was not I that ordered yoa to leave it . ~ N . —Then my mission is finished ? Q . I , —Perfectly finished , and yon may retire . _TheModezados are furious at the failure of Narvata , and the more bo as it . was unlocked for . The Gazette of the 1 st , publishes decrees ofthe Queen , accepting the resignation of M . Pacheco and his colleagues , with the exception of Senor Salamanca , Minister of Finance , and Senor Sotelo , Minister of Marine . Other ordonnances follow _.
giving the formation of the new Ministry : —viz .: General Fernando Fernandez de Cordova , War ; Senor Patricio de la Escosura , the Political Chief of Madrid , Interior ; General Res de Olano , Public Works , Commerce and Public Instruction ; Senor Antonio CabaUero , Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , to the portfolio of that department ad interim ; Senor Salamanca retains the office of Finance Minister ; and Senor Sotelio that of Marine . The posts of President of the Council and of the heads of the departments of Foreign Affairs and Justice are not yet filled up ;
The contest in Catalonia continues to be characterised by acts of the most brutal cruelty ou both aides . Massacre succeeds massacre , by way of reprisal , with frightful celerity . Five Carlists , all severely wounded , havebeen shot atOerona ; they were obliged to be carried from the hospital to the place of execution . At Mataro , a dying Carlist and a boy fifteen years old , who had been pardoned a few days before , have likewise been sacrificed to the infernal system of ' retaliation established by tbat butcher General Pavia . AtLerida , it may be said that the government authorities shot a corpse , for the Carlist shot on tho occasion was insensible , through the effects of poison he had taken , when he was shot .
The Journal des Debate mentions that a _^ yal decree , dated tbe 2 nd of September , bas been published , which authorises all political emigrant- ); without exception , to return to Spain , and annuls all prosecutions commenced against them . The decree merely forbids Carlists from residing in' Catalonia , Aragon , or the Basque provinces . General Manuel de Ia Concha is to replace General Pavia as Commander-in-Chief in Catalonia . It was rumoured in Paris on Tuesday , that the agent who had preceded Narvaczia his journey to Madrid from Paris { via Valencia ) in 1843 . h _> d just been despatched by Queen Christina from the French capital with a million and a half of francs ( £ 60 , 000 ) iu gold for Names , destined , to bring about a military revolt ia his favour .
. PORTUGAL . Lisbon letters ofthe 23 rd ult . announce the _appaiataKnt of tha new Ministry , which was composed of—M . Antonio de Azevedo Mello e Carvalho , Minister of the Kingdom and President of the Council ; M . _Franoisco Antonio Fernandes da Silva Ferrat , Minister ef Ecclesiastical Affairs and Justice ; Baron da Luz , Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M . Marino Miguel Franzini , _MinisterofFinance ; M . Joao F . Periera da Mello , Minister of Marina and Colonies ; and Baron de Armofalla , Minuter of War Thenew Ministry is denounced as Cabralist . Costa Cabral himself . has returned to Lisbsn , and is hand and glove with the _Queen . HiB return to power is thought to ba not distent .
_FBUITS OF COBO _PAiMERSTOS ' S _FOUCY . The _Jtevohtcao , among other savage acts of reaction on the part of tha royalist troops , relates the following : —The column of the major of infantry , Eugenio , had marched Irom Coimbra , In tho direction of the Sierra de _Estrella ; and , as they had to pass the night at ScudomiJ , tbey set a picquet to guard the bridge , under the command of Manuel Freyre , captain of the 4 th regiment . At nine in the evening , five citizens , who had served in the ranks ofthe revolution , came by on their way home to their houses . Tbey were seized and conducted to the guard-house . While they remained there tbey were not molested _. butearly in themorning they were taken into a field , where five graves were opened Now assured of the fate which awaited them , they implored permission to see their families , or if that were denied , they asked the spiritual succours of religion . Their enfartatiea were disregarded ; and presently they were all banged on separate olive
In the district of Guarda a man and his son were apprehended by a force headed by Maroal , and were afterwards murdered in cold Wood . In the town of Vidigueira , province of Alemtejo , two ladies were leaving a house In company of the parish priest , and were all three shot by the patrol , composed of four soldiers of the battalion of Beja . The > ame paper brings an account oi the murder at the Chanieca of Yenuas Novas , of Senhor Antonio de Paula l _^ berto _. wmmander of the moveable battalion of Evora .
Accounts have been received in Lisbon ef a fearful tragedy enacted in a village in Alemtejo—the Algarve battalion , er rather a detachment from it , being resisted iu an attempt to sack the village , murdered fifteen of the inhabitants . From _Tavira'AIgarva ) the English vice-consul writes for protection : an English resident of _'susfieissa" p _? _ii ; _ka _ia-j hii _lisus _mismi by * _iv . tuU » o
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litte _* ' , and _everything ia , the placo smashed to _pfecra . y ' : _' \ . ' _:,: ' _.- ' : ' '""' ¦ _v ";' w , ;; : ' . Vv ; From Ilhavo , in the district of . Aveiro , ' I . learn % _tt on the 14 th ult . ah unfortunate member of the _PatUlea _, named Goaoalves de Oliveira , was assassi nated atnightfall in _thepublicstfeet . , He had left Oporto with Count das _Antas ' s expedition , ' and had Bubs * gnently been _imprissned in Fort St Julian . The assassins ( _ukid tote ; Cabi-alists ) after _,, killing him cut his head in piebes \ They are known , but a reign of terror being established in' the district no One dares molest them , and the authorities _appsar to eye their proceedings with indiflcrehce ., " ;'"" . '
Germany ; ' ; . .... ' _. : ' :. The Polish trials at Berlin drag their slow length along . ' Lola Montes has been created by the King of Bavaria Countess deLandsfield ; A peasant , insurrection has broken out in Carintliia .
SWITZERLAND . In the sitting of the Vorort , of tho 28 th , the deputy of Lucerne presented a formal protest against the validity of the decrees of the Vorort of the 20 th , 23 d , and 30 th July , although . they had been adopted by amajority of twelve anda ' half cantons ; and that the council of State of Lucerne would resist their execution by every means in its power . . Letters from Berne ofthe 3 d instant announce that , after a discussion which lasted two days , the
Dietdecided-first , that thequestion of the Jesuits was a federal one ; and' second , that the cantons in which that order existed should be summon ed to dismiss them , and that those in which there were no Jesuits _shouldbe forbidden to admit them under any denomination whatever . That resolution was voted by 12 cantons and twohal & _cantons . Ths representatives of Lucerne , Sch weile , and Valais respectively protested in the name of their constituents , and declared that they would maintain the Jeatuta in spite bftteinjunctioh ofthe Diet . _"" _.. .
It . was ; reported that the commander-in-chiefpf the troops of the league , the ex-federal Celonel _Vlrichde Salt ' s Soglio _. had been arrested in tbe can ton of Teisino , on , the territory ; ' 6 f which he had ventured to make a reeonnauanea of the ground , with a view to the construction of works on the frontier . The ; decisien of the Diet to dismiss from the federal service all the officers who took ' , serviee with tba League was carried into complete execution ., Convoys ; of gunpowder ,. and munitions , of war , coming from Germany and Basaing through the canton of Zurich to that of Zug _. had been seised , and sequestrated by tbe cantonal authorities of Zurich , in accordance with the late resolutionof the Diet , passed after a like seizure in Tessuio .
ITALY . , The _/ fofi ' a _. in a _supplemenli' givcb the following from Bologna , August 23 : — ' The universal desire of th _» cttizen 3 has been acceded fo . The Pope , prepares for defence . Troops constantly arrive , and are . distributed in three points of observation ; one at the defile of St _Gallo , by the Reno , on the ' road from Bologna to Ferrara ; the second at Castel Franco , between Bologna and Medena ; the last at the defile of Bastia , by the Reao , near . Argenta . . Forli and _^ AncoHa are two more centres of operation , tor the concentration of troops '; - forming . a line of observation along , the Adriatic * AU . the intermediate towns between : Bolognaaad the two former are defended by theNational
Guard , already in aetive service , and inspired with the greatest enthusiasm . .: . ' . . _< _,,, ? A letter from Rome of the 25 th ult . ' , published in the Semaphore ofi Marseilles , says thatthe town of Perugia has _ofiered'tolthe" Pope 2 , 000 volunteers , and COO muskets . General Bentivoglio , an _^ old soldieroftheempire _. _ColohelsBinijBoccanera _, Major Provinciali , and other officers having served under the empire , had left Rome on the 24 th to reconnoitre the ground for establishing a camp . Before their departure these ofBeers were personally received . by his Holiness , who addressed them at parting . thus : — * Gentlemen , ' said he , ' 'the sword is drawn , and we must not return it to the scabbard without disputing
inch by inch the ground which belongs of right to hs , and until we recover what we . have lost . I hope that my brave soldiers , will justify the confidence which their country and their sovereign reposes in them . ' It is impossible to describe the enthusiasm excited by tbis address , which , with the rapidity of lightning , was circulated through the city . - : The Pope was excited fo the highest pitch of indignation on being informed that Count _O'Auesperg , who commands the garrison at Ferrara ,. iB tho same who had so atrocious a share in the massacres of _Tarnbwi "" __ . ¦" : _;; ' , .. ' _Z ;" _,,: ! . _.,. '' : < :. _, ., ; It is stated in the Italian journals that Minardi , the spy , has been surrendered by the Tuscan government to the Pontifical authorities .
Large bodies ef troops bad appeared , on the line of the Pofrom the Venetian territory , the destination of which was hot known . They had passed through Padua and Rovigo with a large train of ammunition waggons . The municipal council of Ancona had voted a subsidy of 2 , 000 _sendi to the government , towards the expense of arming the civic guard ; a like sum was voted by the Chamber of Commerce of Ancona . The Jews and the merchants met , and offered to make up whatever might be deficient of the sum necessary to provide arms . Three of the chief
_citizens were ' aent to Rome to make these offers to the government . ' The Swiss troops demand to be placed foremost against the Austrians . Tbe superior clergy make voluntary contributions for arming the national guard . The population in masses , including the peasantry , offer themselves as volunteers . ¦ Sardinia , which has protested against the occupation of Ferrara by the Austrians , bas now , says a contemporary , a population of 5 . 650 , 368 persons , and an army , for atime ot war , of 100 , 000 men . Her navy consists of twenty-eight vessels , five of which are 60-gun frigates .
Impobtakt _, i _* _Tnus . —The Roman Advertiser , of the 28 th ult ., has the following : — It is said tbat an answer to the protest of the legate of Ferrara haB arrived from Vienna . The Emperor declares that the occupation was ordered by Radetzky alone , ' who had , however , been invested with the power cf judging when it might be right and necessary to take snch a step ; ' that tbis proceeding is not considered an infringement af tbe rights of tbe Sovereign Pontiff , hut is a right vested in the Emperor by the treaty of Vienna ; that if his Holiness is of a different opinion , Austria con-Bents to have the matter referred to an arbiter at the choice of the Holy Father . A treaty between the court of Russia and tbe Pope bas been signed , by which tho recurrence of the persecution of members of tbe Romish church in Russia will be prevented . * A letter from Toulonsays : —
The Neapolitan frigate _Stromboli has jast arrived here from Naples , which ebe quitted on the 22 nd , bound for Marseilles . According to private letters events had assumed a very _serions appearance in the kingdom of the two Sicilies ; the Insurrection had made great progress , and the troops ofthe government bavin- been do . feated ih different encounters , showed at that time some hesitation . Several towns were in tbe power of the insurgents . A letter from Naples , in the Semaphore of Marseilles , states tbat the Bang hits set a price upon the ' heads ofthe chiefs of the bands of Calabria , and that tbey have replied to it by a proclamation , in which they offer a reward of 3 , 000 ducats for the head of General Statella _, who has been sent against them .
According to letters from Leghorn of the 27 th ult . a plot has been discovered in that city . It was formed by tba Austro-retrogradc party . It was intended , by attaching the person and house cf the American Consul , to furnish tbe Cabinet of Vienna with a pretext for intervention . The conspiracy was defeated by the vigilance ofthe patriots . ' . The Grand Duke of . Tuscany has created a . _eouncil of slate to which he bas assigned very important functions . ' Although there be nothing of a representative character in this body , it constitutes _nevertheless a _gteat advance in the direction of constitutional reform . The Grand Dake has declared his
intention to abolish the penalty of daatb . Letters from Rome of the 30 th ateto tbat the matrons of Rome , of the highest rank , have taken to embroidering scarfs as _prizos for tbe best marksmen in the musket exercise among tbe nationals . A report is currently believed in _Remo tbat Lord Mintohas been appointed and is oa his way t * that city , as British Ambassador . It is believed tbat the King of Naples and tho Grand Duke of _Tnsoauy have sent tbe same declarations of adhesion as the King of Sardinia . The latter prince has sent , as a mark of bis approbation , the grand cross of St Maurice and _StLazurus to Cardinal Ferretti .
Popular demonstrations took place at Pisa on the 26 th and 27 th ult :, to celebrate al once the institution of the council of state , the . creation of the civic guard .
GREECE . A letter from Athens announces tbat a skirmish took place between _theiosurgentsaud the government troopson the 20 th , in wbich Grizioti was seriously wounded . The number of killed and wounded , on both sides , is said to be considerable . POLAND . .. ... Ciucow . —Trade is completely paralysed with us . The public mind is a prey to suspicion and _disteust , and the future appears uncertain . The peasantry is equally discontented , and an explosion is to be dreaded , shonld the conscription be _setiu vigsur . Wo receive news from Poland , which speaks of fresh conspiracies , a report which seems confirmed _byseveralarreetations which have recently takes place en our frontier- —JownaiMemandde Francfort .
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- _Sctehci- ik _Souebsbt . —At the recent election , tbe well-known Mr Crosse , of Broomfield , was actually hooted at by some of the farmers present , who consider that' be deals with the devil . ' One farmer was heard to aay , * He has raised the devil at bis cursed house four or five times to my certain knowledge , and tbe last time be was near setting the E laoe on fire .. 1 believe be has not tried it on since , ut thtre is uo going near his house after night far his vagaries . ' A Prohtabu ! Daibt . Mr W . Smith , of Ellel , sold to Mr Livesey , ef Preston , a few days ago , 38 ! cheese , the produce of 13 eows in 38 days . The weight [ was 19 $ cwt ., and the price 6 _!& per cwt ., giving a total vi £ i 2 42 * to .
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: ¦¦¦ _¦;; _:- ; _- _^ . _v _< ::. 3 E _*^ ET , AFFAiK _^; . ' - :: _^ ' _' ¦ _-. . ' ; , '' . -. Tp IIM _ttjTOB Ol ? THE NOBTHBKN BTi » . _^ _)' ' ; , _iS-VTb r 0 ( *•¦ •»* _.- _"Montains a letter S J V «; 'A , _" ! ati 8 8 t 0 J _«« y affairs , in which the _rSon _^ t _-H _^ _clianges proposed _Iv . ' tke . Oum-. SS Ti f _> in Jurlous * 9 - thi interests M tbe _^* _- ;„ _A ; _BhOWStb _^ J ° f < _,- ' _- ; "P' ) ndent _^ _; ia : eitherig-£ 2 ? i ™ _Kr- "Jp _*^ ° wMch ne wrot 9 ' or oUo . that _himLtf _P aUled _* - ifBotone of , the ' _corruptienists ' _S _^ u ° ? a knowln _8 the iniquitous , state of the _£ Z . _MW _^? _^ * _* _¦'¦ ¦» .- _«*» ' , resembling _jaitlce dent speak s of ' Chartered right , and _UbertUs , ' bnt Jersey . PP « _"w * 8 none of these , for i it has been proved , _bejpnd all d _. spnte , that th , pretended _constituti . ns Of ? _iff . « t _? _Tf ' _"y _' . ma , " , _fact-- _"a byaparishpriest . . _itUsald that _^ n _^ ncient cop _, of these constitutions _•*» •« ; *• _¦«» . Office in the _Bachsquer .- * ffe hav _« _saused . inquiries to . : b > made for it there , but it has been missing . _—Commfsjfoneri" Report . _. ;
To show that the recommendations of the Oommii . " _T . t _^ reperfeC . tWun ' will , as concisely as possible , state their suggestions ,- and the necessity for tbem :- . ' 2 * , t * b 9 y-lon <> f _^ e present court _anS the appoint _, mentof _ttreejudge .. ' At present we havel 2 _jnrau > eft _chosenfrom _arnong the _countr , _eiod-hoppers who know as mttoh _^ abou t law . a , the rhan in the moon 5 men who invariably , give their decisions from party motives . - de _citing one day tbat is black , which the day before they dwidwlwas white ; men who have repeatedly , to ; their faces , beon caH « _d-i norant , and despicable , and men whon ths Royal Commissioners have emphatically declared— 'have not tbe confidence ofthepablio , nor do they deserve It . ' . t _., -,..: , 2 . 'Throwingopen the b « . r , * Now there aro six advocates appointed by influence , without any regard to their education ; ouly three plead , the other three being ig . norant or incapable .
¦ . ¦ 8 , ,. f ( The adoption . of the English language . '/ Kow we have a : baibaronspatoi ( , as incomprehensible to a Parisian as to a Datchtnan , although it is _stjled Norman-French . _; Englishmen are now charged , tried _^ _and convicted , in a tongue unknown to them . 4 . ' Trial jby jury . ' . This is far preferable to having ' packed' party jurats , so ignorant as to be compelled to have , motives for their decision ( which they come to before they hear the case knowing of which political party the clients are ) prepared for them .
5 , 'The abolition ofthe _honorary , and the substitution ofa paid police . ' Nothing is more necessary , than this ' . A . t _prestat tbe honorary police are shopkeepers ; spirit dealers , and . tavern keepers , who wink at ail- kinds of vice and depravity , because they profit by if . These men will only act to serve their friends , and make use of their Influence ; to punish ! and endeavour to crush their opponents ; entering into combinations , and having a club to meet at . If a murder were being committed in : the struts at night , they would not leave their beds to quell a disturbance . ¦ -.- ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ jt ¦ _,- . ' _- _-.. :- _.-- i ¦ - -
8 . 'The establishment of a Court of Bequests . ' Ail the island is favourable to th ' _s . . .:. ' , _•; . ;• . -...:, .. ,. 7 . 'The assimilation of the Criminal Law to that of England . ' This ls rendered very-necessary from the fact , tbat thtre is no Criminal Law in Jersey '—( Fide Commissioners ! report . ) And the only guide tin ignorant jurats hare got , is tbe old Norman law ; which allows the plucking ont eyes , -tearing off limbs ; branding , and the pillory for very slight offences . - ¦ - '¦ . •;•• ' -v .--. .. . These things havo long been called for by the inhabitants . ) The authorities have treated with contempt all their humble petitions and memorials ; and far from attempting any reform , th * ir object is to maintain things as they are , for the sake of the ' loaves aud the _fi'hes ; and all the opposition to change proceeds from these * men . It has now become an axiom in the island , 'That there is ho security for life , liberty , or property in Jersey . '
I could adduce hundreds of _etees to prove this . ' Even a jurat ofthe court ( E . Mialle , Esq . ) , bas publicly declared , 'there was no justice to ba obtained in JerBey . ' Mnny such opinions I could-quote , were I not trespassing too largely on your columns . The Monthly Law _Afagazine has declared that , ' Of all the sinks of corruption ' thut ever existed , the Island ot Jersey is the most monstrous , the most revolting , and the most flagrant ; ' and another equally high authority says , ' The spirit of party has poisoned the very fountains of justice , equity is unknown , law is despised , and impartiality a virtue , whose name is never heard . To expect a reform of these crying and manifold abuses from tbe local legislature , ' would be a ridiculous expectation . The purification of this Augean stable , can only be effected by the British Government , and the loyal subjects of the island will hail their vigorous interposition with joy and gratitude . '
That interposition I am glad to say bas been accorded , for in addition to tbe Criminal Commission , the-govern _, ment is pledged to the issuing of a commission for enquiry into the civil law ; and no doubt we shall have a clean sweep of allthe antiquated cobwebs wbich have been collecting for ages ; and this , thanks - to the sweeping of an excellent hronm—tbe Jersey News—which has toiled early and late , through good report and ill report , in effecting changes for the benefit of the persecuted and the _oppressed . Te the A ' ewi , therefore , be inscribed all the honour and glory of tbe reform . AM OM > _iHHABITJkMT .
Jersey , Sept . 4 , 1847 . - [ We have broken through onr nsiial rule in publishing thc above anonymous- ' letter . In the event of further correspondence , ' Au Old Inhabitant' must supply his address . !
The ' Footway Through Holland Park, Kens...
THE FOOTWAY THROUGH HOLLAND PARK , KENSINGTON . TO THE EDITOB OF THB _NOSTHESNSTAB . _Psia Sib , —The question as to whether the footway before Holland Honse shall be closed , is to be decided on the eleventh of October next , at the Sessions House , Clerkenwell-grsen , when the magistrates , in Quarter Sessions assembled , will , in all probability , decide against the public—the public being so indiff . rent to the question , that tbat magistrate must be a patriot indeed , ( and have a thankless task , indeed , ) who would plead for them in this case . 1 have strove hard to Bare the footway in question , and , I believo , have done my duty . The press has also done its duty ( as it always doeB in snch cases ) , bnt aU tbe people care for i . _« , to grumble . I have offered to nnite them in a committee , for the pur . pose of making such arrangements witk Lord Holland , as , whilst they would not interfere with the proposed
improvements of his lordship in front of Holland House , would not deprive the public of the footway in that direction ( whieh has existed for above three tenht riw ) . I have offered to pay _r \ 1 _expensiB that might ho incurred ; and have appealed to the people to come forward , but they will not do so ; they are acting in this case as they acted ( ay , and ore still acting ) in the _oase of the Enclosure of Child's Hill , at _Hendon , and the Kilburn thoroughfares to Primrose Hill ; and , as in tbe case of those most outrageous invasions on public rights , they are denouncing the authors of such _^ wrongs , with _, out , for one moment , reflecting that they themselves are , in reality , the parties who are most to . blame , because
they have in thier power the means to abolish the wrongs complained of , but will not make use of them .,. Let tbe people act more , nnd talk less , and there will then be some hope of them ; but let them continue to act as vhoy have done , in tbis and other cases which I eould name , and tbey will drire all but enemies from thorn As I have repeatedly stated , I do hot beluve Lord Holhnd to be a bad man ; and I had hopes , that if the proposed committee could have been , formed in Kensington , the footway in _question might bave been preserved ; at it is , it must go tbe way of , nil other rights English _, men , iso „ were ones possessed of , tor , as Lord Stanhope trnly observes , ' it ia ia _impotsibloto help _tboso who will not also help themselves . ' ' . ' . , _-
As it may be asked why I , as secretary of an Anti-Enclosure Association , '* io not bring , this question before tke committee * _f nek * s 9 o * ha _ _tea , I answer , that I shall do so ; and that any person ts * A liberty to do so , at tbe meetings which . wc Hold each Monday Bight , at the Prinoes 8 Royal , _Clrous-etrett _, New-road , but it is not to tw _expeeted that a _cowmittes in _JJarrleboue would _haro half that inflnence in this _tese whieh a committee iu in Kensington would have had , However , I have done my best in this affair ; let those who have not done so , do so ere it ls too late , or _oease to _tomplain , ¦ Tours , for public rights and public patriotism , Tna 8 BCEET 1 RV or thb West Lokdon CflMTBAI _, ANTI . ENOiOSO » E _AflSCOlATWH Marylebone , Sept . Sth , 1817 .
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. WILSON , - THE SCOTTISH MARTYB . TO THB _IDITOB " OP THB NORTHERS STAB . Sib , —Having _aee » in the Nsrthe . it Star of August 2 & a last , a very able article respecting the monument which has been erected in the Necropolis , at Bight Hill , near Glasgow , to perpetuate the principles of freedom , and the memory of Hardie aad Baird , and a suggestion that something of a like kind ought to be erected to poor old Wilson , I beg to submit to you the following facts respecting the case of Wilson . A few ft iendeto the good old cause in _loinox Mill , _Campsie , andGlasgow , _« xerted _themselrn in the way of a subscription for the purpose of getting np a monument ia the chhrch . yard here , over tbe grave of JameB Wilson . What was considered a suffieient sum having been subscribed , aud no opposition to its _ereation being anticipated , & _asulptor was engaged to pnt it up , and a committee formed here to see the work carried into execution . The' night previous to the day en which it was intended to lay tiie foundation , tbe
committee , to their great surprise , learned that tbe Rev . William Proudfoot had called upon the sexton , and instructed bim not to give up the keys of the gate for the purpose of allowing the monument stones to be taken into the _oburoh-yard . Part of lbs _cemmlttee waited upon tba rev . gentlemen , to ascertain the fact , and having learned from _himselt that the . report wm correct , wa eadeavonred to reason with the rev . parish minister on the matter , stating tbat it would net take up any more ground , nor be a greater incumbrance than tha _mohsments already erected in the church-yard . But' the _burial-growd was too small fov the parish of Avoadale , and those already erected would be taken down as soon as ths ground was needed , and that would net suit tbe purpose for wbich the committeo wished to erect tbis one . ' We thon offered to plaoe the mon » . ment upon a side , or in an angle of the church-yard , where it could not annoy or encumber any person ; hui i _»* L h « na * _liiti-vtl ' _rf ¦ _iOiUlc , ' hi , said , > t „ _* _U _aiiw * .
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ments . ' -But the fact-is , 'It was the ' principle , and not 'allmonnments _. 'thathe » aihostile to . Finding that we could ' not makVanyiSTourahle impression upon the rev . gentleman , the committeo had no aIternativ _« 'bHt ' to search for a site tor thc _raonutnen t . ' ¦'" : " " " ' v _' The _hcuae in whioh Jamei Wilson' " was born ' _/ arid _where'he resided the whole of his life / until he was forcibly token _-away , on the Dih '; April , 182 »; having , since his execution , _fallsn into decay , wag conoluded the most eligible spot .- « The coinriiittce _, _thereJb ' re , made a purchase of it , with the baok ground attachedrand upon this the raonumf ' nt to perpetuate the principles of freedom and the _memory of James _Wihon _wacereot ' ed ; though in an unfinished state . ' The ; monum » nt te nj > t complete , because the committee are in want of the one thing _needfel . We have expended between forty and fifty pounds npon It , and I presume tbat it would require thirty _poands to finish it .
I have given yau a relation " of the simple facts cori . nected with this case , and I leave it to yoa to make the story , _Ifyoa -can " stir up any ofthe'friends of free _, dora in BD _^ lani * , Ireland , or Scotland , to contribute their mite towards the completion of James Wilson's monument , ' yon will for over oblige the _Wilion Monument Committee , and " . ' - ' Your very _hnmbio servant , _- •'¦•' " ¦' ' _""'•* -.. - ; ' JoHn Wii , soN , pr «« . Findlay ' s Land , Waterside , Stratbavi-n , * August 3 l 8 t , 18 t 7 .
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. CHARTIST POLITICAL ECONOMY . ¦ _-.- _¦! ; , : _; : TO MB IBE _CttFPOBD . - ' - ¦ ¦¦¦ - ¦ ¦ . Sia ,--Ifyour , letterintheJ ;' om ! _ly 5 P _"« i « of last week contained nothing more than the . general _abuie of Mr O Connor , in . which you , so liberally indulge I _serlpusly assure you that 1 should : not _tronble'lmj _. elf to _**!*'" _, on Jour letter a < . single sentence-, of . comment . MrO . 'CeBnorhas been long used to the libellous slander of designing scribblers ; as well as the assertions of men who insult him . in Ignorance of his true Intentions , men who condemn what ; _theyi do understand , - and la many casts _mistaken single part for an entire scheme ..: What may . be your intentions I know not ; but of this fact I am pretty confident , that Ur O'Connor can set down yeur slander on the credit side of the' account / and lose nothing in the ' settlement of the bill ;
. ' You represent Mr O'Connor as . having said the other day , at thoKewton camp meeting , 'that the only w » y to obtain . chtap bread was for . overy _: man to grew his own . ' From , which statement yon infer that the political economy of tbe Cbartists would , if in full operation , canse tho'wearer to desert his shuttle and take te ploughing , whilst the husbandman skips from the furrow to the loom , or busies himself with the spinning-jenny , or else goes back to the primitive wheel whioh manufactured thread for our ancestors , & c . ' - -wi : — - ¦¦ I am , not aware that . Mr O'Coniiorever proclaimedaBy such a system ., I do not find it in ariy report-of the Newton meeting that I have seen , and I think it would imve been _^ butan act ofjustice to have ; favoured the public with yonr authority , and to have quoted the
entire sentenoe orparagraph containing the words . used , and such ' oth « r parts of Mr O'Connor ' s speeeh as : hore correlatively' oh ' the Btibject at issue . You have not adopted so honourable , a courso , neither have you _reterred to th ' e ' _writings ' of Mr O'CAnnor generally , or taken any notice of the practical land experiment propouuded by that . ; gentleman , " which experiment , ; in all fairness , will be admitted ' ' by , all parties as _thehest test of _Chartist _politkaiecohoniyV . . There ' . are such things as , inverted commas ' used by writers ' for the -press ; they are useful , and Inquiring readers / prefer the proper use . of thera , ; I might ' . ' write . ' . the quotation from _soripture , ' « There ' s no God . ' The reader woiild 8 By , Why not give the statement in full ?— 'The fool hath said in bis heart , there is no Clod . ' The sense is immediately changed and the true moaning rendered plain , . . ' .. . ;¦ . ,,.
The : Cbartists do not desire to rcfnrh to the primitive state of _agtlenUnreand mannfactures . ] _Tbeyinow that man- is a progressive . being , and ihey , say , and justly too ,: that , if tbo landlords have doubled their rents in a period of thirty years , if one man ; by the aid of _maohinerj , can , ' in the cotton trade , do as much work as one hundred and fifty men foimerly did ; if our shipping multiplies , and our trades increases we have a right to reap the benefitiii fair proportion of aliauoh _improtements . We have investigated the question fairly , we have asked tbe government to aid us , and , finding that we do not improve in either' health . or weulth , we hare resolved to club our pence together , buy land , build cottages , and improve our . condition by every possible means , in our power , so that , as far as possible , we may reap the . fullest ) advantages of improved , civilisation , '• Return , to the primitive state , indeed . ' I would recommend you ,. sir , to visit tho estate at Lowbands , and mark the
agricultural operations of that industrial colony , —there you will see the most unproved agricultural machinery you ever beheld , and observe the good results of associative labour , -, eentrali 8 ation turned to its _truo account , bringing , blessings upon all concerned . Never forget this fact , that the directing _miad of nil Is Mr Feargus O'Connor , whose character yon so heartily abuse , and whose praetices jon so heartily eutegiso in the following statement , quoted word for word from your letter : — ' Truly to promote thc people ' s welfare is to multiply the sources of industry , and instruct the working classes in the best means of turning thorn to account ; for , hitherto ,, they neither know what is best for them , nor , if they did , are they in the least acquainted with the means of stowing it to themselves . Tho people want knowledge—the knowledgethnt will reveal to them all the good of which their condition is susceptible , nnd , at tho same time , point out the course by which It is . to be reached . '
Now , suppose Mr O'Connor , on behalf of the , National Land Company , buys one hundred and fifty acres of land , which lately found employment for a farmer and say four labourers , with five to eaoh family , being in all , _twenty-five individuals . . Mr O'Connor divides the land into Sfty allotments of three acres " each , each allotment occupied by an allottee ; and , again , suppose a family of fivo for each three acres , there ore one hundred and fifty individuals maintained _whilstthe increase of pro-( _' uce is incalculable . All the families live in comfortable honseK , and the building of these houses hare found
employment for a great number of workmen , who otherwise would have been idle , increasing fte poor rates or filling _ourgaols . Does not this 'truly promote the peo . pie ' s welfare , multiply the sources of industry , and in . _structthe working classes in the best _menns of turning them to account I * Truly , Mr Lee Clifford , you require to go into thecountry to have the cobwebs blown from your intellect and clear tlte London fog from your eyes , in order that yoa may at once observe that you teachCnartlst political economy in theory , and Mr _^ O'Connor docs the greater act of realising yo « r theory in practice .
I how call your attention to some of the statements in your third paragraph . Ia . laudation of Mr Cobden and Mr Bright yom say : hey arei ' tl ' e true friends o £ the people , whe enlarge the _flild of their employment , nnd facilitate tte acquisition of the necessaries of life . It is the grossest _tftnpidlty and folly to , _inoulcate into their minds that political rights and _privileges are desirable opart from all social improvement . ' . You are right ; so . # inl and political improvement ar * inseparable , and ; if yon will refer to Mr O'Connor's , speeches and writings , you will discover that yours is bnt the faint echo of his teachings to the peoplo . His land scheme Is social , its effeeH- social aiid political' He facilitates theocquisition of the _necessariee of life—not by quoting the prices of wheat at _DanHno or New York —speaking largely o . exports ; and repealing _imrwrt duties , _hnbaoNjpte tho very simple and natural process , of sowing wheat , and barley ond _giTiag
in England , planting onbbatfes in gardens , working men from all-parts of the country eomo chance of cutting them on their _cwn _Weowt . Sot . w stupid a thought , after all . Or if , as you say . Mr O'Connor . no . tions are antiquated and ridiculous , & c ., the relation between you and him , isap ! a _' o . one , ; y 0 h enunciate what be practises , « jr I have nover heard of him at any time _bjtcting to _crieap and good bread , to political and social improvement , on thc contrary , for such desirablo objects bo has _spent-the best part of nn actire life . If snch be the mental blindness , or _aeslgniiig _rl'lainy , that makes yon exclaim , Iksow of ne weight of scorn too great to be heaped on snoh a nan , ' the puWio will bave ne diffleulty _inUnding _theprcper . wordate writoa full _, length portrait ef yonr knowledge , designs , and practises . The humble , plain men , the _laborers of England , who Intuitively know _^ he character of John Bull , will , in their very simplicity , always _diserierinate the properties of
Jackass , I am glad yen promise ue yonr opinions oa the * fivo paints , ' and express a hope that yon may remember thc sixth '; and pleased with the pointed manner you bare _deM & nted on < fc &» tUt _pelitioal _eeenomy , I will endeavour to make it a point to read your disquisitions , and if I be not disappointed , it is possible that I may point out the _ceitlmcncs oi which 1 approve ov disapprove . Your advice to Mr Dmeombe I _^ think exceedingly opportune , and ds we all understand each other , Mr O'Connor and Mr Duneombe being boat able to make tbe arrangement relating to the People ' s Demonstration on the opening of the New Honse of Commons , there is but little doubt that both gentlemen will prefer walking to the House of Commons , rather than to march through ' Carflntry , ' with the Fmsihj _Sffeiesand Lee Clifford- _Samosi . Kidd .
March Of Democracy. To Ins J-Nrron Ov Sh...
MARCH OF DEMOCRACY . to ins _J-nrron ov she _mobthebn srAB . _Dbau 8 « b , — The rapid strides which the principles of _Demooraey aw new making in this country , and ltkowise in a great part of Europe , is highly gratifying to the progressive Reformer , and is calculated to inspire thepeoplo with new seal , with fresh enthusiasm , and a better hope forthe future . Tbe f park of liberty is kindled by a _vefetining Pope in Italy , while that bloodthirsty , that'dotard advises of an idiot _Kinj- , 'Mcttero ' ch , is making the attempt to stay the ( award march of
Freedom , ia Rw Italian States , by concocting a conspiracy to destroy tbe Fope , and has again , broken tbe _WwAy _** _*^ W » f * a , Vrj _toWng _possesion ot _ferrara by Austrian troops . Bat tbo firm _determination of tbe Pope to aeeisl » o tbe kst the attempt to ' _Polaudise ' Italy , has _innplred all lovers of liberty with strong hopes that Democracy wlH prove too strong for Dtspotism . 1 b j brave , indomitable , and persevering _Cireateiaus , who so nobly resist the attempt of-the . * Russian , ; Bear * to _imooge ibe yoke _eidesptrMnn e _* a free and _wrttepeoj . * - , makes one ' s beart pant for _iheiv liberty , which fhey are sure to gain . _Swterlaad is threat" ned with invasion . Spain is on tbe verge ef another civil war . America « earning on a nagu - nary , and de «« ahn ( f _wcragawst itwil . iit . a 3 , aid all is _s' _-i _** - - w _^ _a' * _-3 *
March Of Democracy. To Ins J-Nrron Ov Sh...
—— - — _ . _ " . " _"""^ ' But In England , the great moral triumphs which have been gained at the late . elections' and ' which could not be cohoealed . ork . pt . in the dark byl a corrapt and hireling press—are a sign of thetimes—a _. proof . itliat the _dhmooratlo principle , is _^ making . way' among the _sliopkeeping ola ' _ftsce , and augurs much for the future . — . _> : ¦ The noble example which the Coed men and tine '' if ! Nottingham , have set to Britain , nar , to the whole world , in returning our . 'Old General , ' Mr O'Connor , as-their representaMT * in Parliament , fc ' ss done muchfor the _feaase . of the people . Jt has : placed him In a position fo set forth their . ' manifold sufferings / mid propound ih ' eir right 9 , In tty Senate Houie ; to ring in tlie ears of your oppressors your ri _« hta , and to ' heapcoalaef fiw bii _tbeirheads , '
Then there is : the eloquent , the _Immnnc George thompion , for the Tower Hamlets ; _Oelond Thompson , for B ;» r 3 ford ; W . J . Fox , for OLibiim ; and others who are pledged to support the 'People ' s Charter / ' returned to' the House of _Commorja . Mm who arepreparid to stand by , nnd support our honest , _indtfatifable _/ iud per . seycriiig chief , Duneombe , in the cause of truth , ' equity , and eternal jusiice- _^ -and wbo will spend their . evcry hour in tho cause of suffering humanity . This is something to cheer the drooping spirits ofthe ' puliiical slaves' of thii . country . _.,-,. . . ¦' _.,- . ;• . ; . '
To my mind , itis a strange anoma ' y that six-sevenths of the adult population of this enlightened , this free , this _eneiflo _' e England , should be - deprived of the right * of citizenship . . When I seV poverty and crime increase on every _hend ; when I see the _infernal bastile crammed with victim _^ of a corrupt and vicious system { when I hear of my _roiintrjmtn'eating the carrion flesh of deiidanimah ; when I see all this . I exclaim _. in the words of our _Immortil Shnk . _^ _pesre— England , 'is bound in with Bbarae , ' With inky blots and rotten parchment _fcona ' _s , _" ,., ' . That England , tbat _/ was wont to conquer others , ' .. . _Halh _madea ' _shameful conqu » _st of hdrself . '
_Isisnotso ! , Has . sot England ' made » shamefal conquest of herself ! ' Look at her ill-fed , ill-clad , ill . paid tillers of the soil . Look at her over-toiled , op . pressed , and _down-troddeu manufacturing operatives . It ia high time something was done for tke people . Wo have brighter hopes how , when we have a few of the' « right sort' in Parliament ; men who will show ' that taxation without representation' is tyranny , _iindfoundtd on injustice , and ought to be supplanted with a just , equitable , and humane system ; :
There has beeu a suggestion madr , which , If taken np by tlie working classes of this country , will lead to glorious results for the democratic cause , and _jeeure the return , at tho next election , of men who would , be able , before long , to carry our principles triumphantly through the House of Commons , The suggestion is this "—Where two mep , holding the same principle * , rtside tegethcr , aiid occupy two _nve-pound houses ; to agree that oho of them should hare the vote , and break a door through , and tktreby make a connection between the two ' houses , ' which ean bo done legally and constitutionally . ~ ' at
:. . If . tbis ha _^ been _carriod out _Halifex , J ' ones an'd Miall would not here lost tbeir day . Would 'Tero Clark'have been defeated at _Sbeffitld t Would _' M'Grath have btcn at the , bottom o ( the polling 'list ' . ; Wonld Sturge have been defeated by a disgraceful coalition f Would Julian Ilarney have been excluded by a truckling Palmerston ! No ; they wonld have been the M . P . _' s oi those towns , and would have made the temporising donothing Whigs , tremble for their tottering system . Work _, ing men—you have the power in your own hands , use it , and your principles will be triumphant . Sigh the National Petition , and let our ' new members ' be supported and strengthened by the signatures of upwards ot four millions , whose cry shall be ' The Charter ? and no _Suvrender _( . '
Yours , fraternally , A YoDUQ _, BOT _' _SlttOEBB CUAM 1 ST Wakefield , Sept . _0 , 18 i 7 .
The A-M Iutional Wroho Lbagce..'. To The...
THE _A-m iUTIONAL _WROHO LBAGCE . . _' . TO THE _KDITOB OF TUB _NOBTHSBJl STA » . . . Sia—I saw in the Star of the _28 _» h of August , a letter from Henry D . Griffiths , calling upon the Chartist body especially to form on ' And National ¦ Wrong League , ' upon a suggestion of Mr _Gammag-.-, I supposo of Northampton . Now , sir , in my view of the mattir I ste no reason for such a step being taken . Is not the present organisation quite sufficient tor thepurpose , if supported with that zeal with which it ought to be V , Hate . we not the National Charter _Association _already in existence , with ah efiicUht _executive directing its operations , and has it not fulfilled everything that conld be expected of it , as the general election folly testified ' Hure we not also tbe Central Election Committee , able and willing to give every information and assistance in preparing for . elections , !/ efficiently _st' ppoked . l What moro would Mr O . bare ; or what more ' could'hei have ?
But , if I mistake not , this Mr Griffiths along with Mr Gammago belonged ' to that to _sfehwed party who followed the fortunes of O'Brien arid _^ Co ., and therefore knowing their _foim ' er acts , I wonld humbly advise tha Chartist body to receive any suggestion of the kind with great caution , and after mature consideration , coming from such a source ; As you , Mr Editor , bave justly remarked , * once Mt , twice shy . ' 1 remember , at the time of getting up one of the " > ' _ntioial Petitions , these _eame sort of gentry found fault , an J _objected to what tbey called the introduction of / Extraneous matter , ' alleging that the minds of the people might be diverted from the Charter ; but now I find there is no such fear , for there iB a long list of wrongs enumerated , all to be redressed , and of course that redress to be _agitawd for .. I admit all those named to be wrongs , but then let ( hum occupy the same place in the estimation of the _Cbanist , body
as the new poor law or any other bad law sought to he abolished ; that is , when any other party takes tbem up , give them assistance , but keep by the present organisation , and if Mr Griffiths , or any of the _aa ' me class be { he reformers they pretend , let them como before the people in sincerity , and own at once they were misled ; as , in my view of the matter , to do as ho suggests would he as much as to say , tbat we bad been wrong and tbey were right : a thing that I , at least , and as far as I can see , the Chartist body , are not prepared to admit . In conclusion , I would say , let all who see national wrongs , join theNational Charter Association ; and then , having gained the suffrage , all grievanoes can be redressed . And to the Chartist body I would say , hold fast by the present organisation . The Charter and No Surrender 1 A _Constant Beai > £ B . September 4 , 191 " ..
The Fraternal Democrat?. The Monthly Mee...
THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRAT ? . The monthly meeting ofthis Society took place on Monday last , at tho German Hall , Drury-lato . Ernest Jones was ealled to tlie chair . After the minutes of tho ' previous meeting had been confirmed , Samuel Kydd and some other members _veoro elected . On the motion . of _Jbuan _IIaunev and John Arnott , it was resolved : — That tho society's annual banquet take plaoe on _M-srt day , the 20 th ef September , that being a more generally convenient day than the 22 nd , the society ' * anni
versary . A cemmittee , consisting of G . Keen , T . Clark-, C . Scliapper , J . Arnott , and J . Overton , was appointed to make the necessary arrangements . _, ' _i A discussion then took place ou the Swiss and Italian questions , and continental politics generally . Stirring speeches were delivered by Carl Schapper , Henry Ross , Thomas Clark , Christopher Doyle , and Julian Ilarney . Finally , oh the motion of T . _CtADis _andJ . AnHOTT :- ' - Ernest _Joues , Carl Schapper , and Julian narney , w _, ere appointed a committee to draw up a manifesto in the name of the society , on ibe present _mortrnents in Europe . Tbe suid manifesto to be submitted to the members for
adoption at their annual festival . The supper will take place in the German _$ all , Whito Hurt , _Drury-laiie , A number of vopvla" advocates of Democracy aro already _flodged to attend _.
Irish Cdnfederat102*. On Sunday Evening,...
IRISH CDNFEDERAT 102 _* . On Sunday evening , the 20 th nit ., a iangc and respectable meeting of the Young _Irtlamicra of tha metropolis was hqkl at tbe Green Man ,-Berwickstreet , Oxford-street . Among those present were several of the staunch advocates of tha late _rcipftl movement in this metropolis , who were compelled , from the turbulent conduct of their leaders , _tolcgve that body in disgust . Mr T . Daly was _osilltd to tho chair , who called upon Mr Fitzgibbon , who read several extracts from the Irish papers . E . Kennedy , Esq ., _barrister-at-law , read the report of the council ofthe Irish Confederation / on whioh he ably commented . Mr Kennedy ,. on _concluding , ' { banded in
his own subscription of £ 1 . After an able address from Mr M'Carthy ; Mv _llussey , in an abU speeeh , alluded to the Tablet . He _ssid , thout ; h it was a Catholic journal , it was about as bigoted as any in this metropolis , lt excluded all _reports in . connection with tbe Youn _; - Ireland party , whilst its columns wore open to thc proceedings if the hucksters of Conciliation Hal " . The Tablet never was a sincere advocate of Repeal . Scveval resolutions were then passed , the purport of which were to collect information and call Young Ireland meetings over the metropolis . A committee was then appointed , and Mr Kennedy , in the most handsome manner , tendered the use of his chambers for the committee to meet in , which was at onco accepted . The meeting then separated .
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Amdlbsidb .- ' So cwwded _. ' . soys a _<^^ " * havo boen tho inns and lodging houses he e , that the BishopofLincoln , who was staying all _nnjh . was necessitated to sleep on the floor . _-J ™ Guardian . [ Bishops are sure y at a discount _now-adays , _w some lnymnn would have ftiven up his bed rather than see a ' right reverend father in God' put un with such lodging _^! . P a _flMTLMAtr fo ' tsAWor AeB _. _cunEO of a _pznt J * _fcifolfoway ' s Ms and O _. i tment-Mr _Richard _StllS _& 8 _SS _Vasmnndham , Suffelk , _hadu bad Tef _wMclfhewaa _apprehensive would cost him his life . aUhouffh attended by an eminent surgeon , yet thc danger beeame so great thatit wns deemed necessary tooso Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment under the surgeon ' s msnection by these celebrated _remcltee alone a perfect cure was effected in a few _wielss . Tho age ofthis _genttemnn makes the euro most extraordinary , Hew well Known , and the fact may bo _inquli-ed Into , as be is W » mm _u » i « 'lt to » h « _t'lumifeisieu _' _ii's _ufr « ri '' s »
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11091847/page/7/
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