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L-Earsus Asd_?H£ Interest. ^.J-Tasb Eeno...
_l-EARSUS ASD _? H £ INTEREST . _^ _. _j-Tasb _eenoWigecttbtiy Ho _answer'bur questions . _•?»(? n » t ** eff »| _ing tomethiasj abont the _tnsney ie _^ _. Mrued as interest on the large sums [ _antnwtsd _^ _sl _^^ ndsi which lai _?» * nms _araby him said to have _S » b * '" ! _i -j , _tbebanter ' s hands . Our queries were so W * _**^ d our exposure ofhis dabbling withthe peot * ° * n > v so complete _, that he could net afford to pass 5 e _-s _W-Tl _, _sflence : and _a-though' he has not manded _V _& _'Sh , his _' _answer . _' -nay , thonghhe has made eon . lim _^ _? w j sure by Ms very _admis-dons-still , even the _fitf _* _Mt eaofbisinatnateddupes _wouldhaveaugursd * s" * _"Jfwis not rigbt , bad he passed over our _searchinj ft « _i * bcut notice . So to say something be was _««**?« r " _onfess himsrlf to be any thing but a fair-deal iinrcdi _* " . _-, !& clean-handed _'traa-rurer . ' He has .
- * ' . Srd to _mjstily and bewilder ; and that _myEtafica-^ lia renow about to examine and cleamp . In the _** W * . be pleads -guilty * to our main chaijre . He first **! y _, e confesses he has not-from the first hour of \ _& * _SSnce of hie nefarious Land-lottery-scheme to the _^ Stance- **** ' accounted for we angle penny of in-1 * 1 ? : ' « m st have accrued _ on the many thousands of ""«** , ' _Jacedin his bands , it be hss bad these fends _f-fj la the bank , as he represents . He has not-he _con-** - fr * has not-aceoanted for one penny ef thatinter-- * "tfle has p ublished six balance-sheets since the month est- " , _-j-5 _, and in not one of them has he placed one "rot" * - interest to the credit of tha subscribers , to _ifi he was pretending to account , though every one of _^ balance-sheets sets forth that « all their money is in _fhuifc' To this charge be pleads * Kuflty f and what _£ ; « _cuse ? Tbat * np to _August 14 th , 1847 , the major
* \> ofthe funds were mvested in land , labonr , and f _** L _asia't asth-ycame into tha treasurer ' s hands . ' _iJ _' lLfcat if that were erea so , there was the minor part _^ . fajids in the _banSsiii' hands : and _anthat portion ?]~ wonld be sime interest , and that interest ought to _2-bcen given up , Feai _? us ; It is na excuse for a pil . ¦ * L , treasurer to tell ns that his -dlferings have net been . jS _") If he p ilfers at all , he is not honest ; and if he _Sfas small sums , he will make away with large ones if Chas the chance . But it is not true that up to August ttto , lS _17 , ' the major portion ofthe funds were invested _Sisfld , labour , and stock , as fast as they came iato the _Ljsrirers hands ; ' that is , if Feargus ' s balance-sheets Sat truly . He _foigets that he bas given us data where . 5 $ ! to test Ms statements ; and that data we are about _J ose ia 3 manner that will make Feargus and his * _ex-—je'look very queer . By his balance-sheets it appears £ _^ tfcebe- ~ an to lodge mouey lathe London _Joimt-Sto-lc the 4 th ef 1815 which date he
_KiuJ- -sn _September . , on tfv « feep " ac « d £ 923 . 12 s . _Oid . there ; and he continued , " _a _' _tjaes , roaHng such lodgments nntil 6 th of Dec _, _£ _< $ , at which date be had lodged in ttw aggregate « _js _£ 50 . 12 s . Sid . He had withdrawn during that period _jdy £ 4 , 55 ( 1 ; so there was left in the bank on that date a" die balance-sheets ai « to be belieTed ) the 6 um of «*" 0 . l 2 s . Sid . Then the sixth balance-sheet , published _jctlie 4 th of September , 1847 , sets forth that , after all _-spnents had &« n made , from December 5 th , 1816 , to ic juit llth , 1847 , _titere remained in that bank the sura . _glil , 3 lt > . 15 s . Sd . in addition to the former sum of sj » 3 * J . 12 s . 3 W . ; making a total in the said bank at that *[ j _» eoi £ 30 . 5 H . 5 s . _9 { _d-5 and in addition to this , there wa « j _ijOiaccordiBSto that said balance-sheet ) £ 6 , 031 . 16 s . yd . - _&«& in the -Gloucestershire Bank , making a total in the ' ii 0 fbai * kersof £ ' 3 S , H 31 s . 3 d . Therefore , Feargas , _. _jb-majorpartof the funds' prior to ' August 14 th were got -invested in land , labonr . and stock , as fast as they _jgne into lie treasurer ' s h . inds . ' They werein the banks , _jstat interest—if your balance-sheets were not al ! fudge 2 , 4 fraud" ! That _interest you woald receive , if those
_jjsdswaeia the banks , and thai interest you ought to jive p « n np 1 But , tben , our straightforward treasurer _cjjs , that when he * made up Ms balance-sheet -on the ' i of _August Jast , the banking accounts were not _set-^ a ; ' but that since that date , namely , on the 15 th _October , 1 S _47 , there is entered in the London Joint StoekBank | . > i ibe sum of £ ls 9 Ss . for interest ; and in tbe _Glon-( _gterslnre Kank boot the sutnof £ f Is . ; making in the _sheathe sum of £ lS 810 s . for interest up to October 15 tb ! _#£ is this alii Is £ l 3 S 10 s . all that is to be turned up ' _j-jaterest on sums making in the aggregate £ " 6 , 543 ! and ton periods varying from 25 months to four months ! Is is * all * Ko , Feargus , it won ' t do . ' Ton must'fork ont ' fe tter than this . Let us see what yon owe , and then we _j t _aii te in a better position to talk to joa a little more j - * 3 * i t this paltry £ _i "> S 10 s . Toa tell us in _tfiis same nswer" which we are now _examiniug , that joa receive _jserest on deposits in banks after the rate of five per est We have gone through yeur balance sheets , and _risSe a table of the several sums yon have represented as l _« Dg lodged in the London Joint Stock Bank , aad _calcu-Ised the interest from the date of lodgment up to this _eos lsth of October last . Here it is : —
DEPOSIT IS BAKE . _Jsteof Amount length oftima Amount of _IiJiment . in months . Interest . 1 S 45 . * 5 jt . 4 .. £ 925 12 02 25 £ 96 2 ll VfT . 1 .. S 91 4 2 23 70 15 9 1 * 46 . Jss . 31 .. 1 , 6 * 3 4 9 .... 22 154 IS 0 -iril 9-1 _^ 2 au 0 18 144 1 6 & -lS .. 3 , < i 21 17 4 15 188 16 3 * 5 ! v 25 .. 500 0 o 15 SI 5 0 _V-v . 3 .. 1 , 050 0 0 11 47 16 8 V-v . 26 .. 1 , 200 0 0 11 55 0 0 IS-. 3 .. 2 , 555 0 0 10 106 10 0 _ 63 O 0 19 2 17 0 « 03 1 7
W 1 _THDBAWAL 9 . 1518 £ s . d . . Months . £ s . d . _3 fer 1 * „ 2 / J 00 0 0 ........ 17 ........ 70 16 8 _;« . 5-3 , 050 0 0 M ..... 10 ........ 43 5 0 114 1 8
1545 1s17 £783 19 11 Ss. 5 To Oct. 15.—A...
1545 1 S 17 £ 783 19 11 Ss . 5 to Oct . 15 . —Average * _Jlonths . £ 21 , 31912 6 SS 5 0 0 £ 1 , 138 19 11 "fere , Feargus , that tells a pretty tale when put along-• aejour £ 129 Ss . 1 . " Tbere are all _thelodgmentsin one _T-ifc- and if yonr balance sheets are not the Teriesc _fnuds ever palmed on a cheated and robbed ' proprie-• " ¦ j , " all the sums we have set forth from these ba" sace sh'ets were in that Bank on the loth October last , _OKptftigthe two withdrawals for which we have given -cn credit . And what is the result ? That on that said L " ta of October , upwards of a thousand pounds was due _raiTou for interest accumulated in that Bank , while jsa only talk of giving up £ 123 Ss . 1 Feargus , it was not si-bout a _purpose that we put the question se often , -There is the money F We repeat it . We do more : we , t-fi jon a _** ain tbat vou must * fork ont . ' Tou shall have
ssrest or ease nntil you do so . Pretty come off , truly , lit jou should realise £ i , 13 S los lid , as interest on fe monies entrusted into your hands as' trustee '—la par _onej , and gi ? e np only £ 129 9 a . 1 Where is the s * , Feargus I We bave not , on the present occasion , s" _anything aboat the interest due from you for deposits _iihe Gloucestershire Bank ; nor on the sums that must inebeen realised by your dabbling with the people ' s saey in the _purchase of Exchequer Bills . We have only s forth from your own _acconnts , the sums you say - rein the London Joint-Stock Bank , and shown _theini-ts , « liat 50 a must have received on those Earns , accordi ? 10 your own showing . _Again we askyou , Feargus , _ife-sferte money f Not the interest on the Exchequer 32 s , or on the sums in tbe Gloucestershire Bank : for : _fes- we will trouble you about on another occasion ; but * c i = k , where is the money realised from the London _Ijat-Stock Bank—the £ l , lSS 19 s . lid . ! -Where is it , _S-iMuf ? * Shell out , ' man , and be henest , when you are
Reply. Dearest, Dearest, Eddy.— Qaiming ...
REPLY . Dearest , Dearest , Eddy . — Qaiming the privilege of old and intimate _ajnaintana-ship , I shall find it my duty—inked I sball—to place you under necessary _re-Sraint if you continue to make an ass of _your-$ f , by exposing yourself to universal ridicule . _^ Wit , why not try Parr ' s pills , as I _counted vou ? I fear , as to all who read it , that Jttirlast exhibition smells strongly of Josh . _^ the "Lucky Boy . " Why , dearest , will _p-5 associate with such degraded and envious _* mps ? and why give that naughty Feargus - " fi a triumph and snch a hearty laugh at " _inrfiilluJ
' Dearest , I am out of patience with you—that _jlam—Conldn ' tyou understand , you fool , that _$ ety single sum of which you have demanded M per cent interest from Feargus , belonged " ¦ _* _le account of ihe former treasurer , and te _•*& se credit there still stands a large credit j ? the Bank , and to whose credit , and not to _'tar-rus ' s , the amount of interest with which ' . j--Jcharge him will be acknowledged ; and * _f me tell vou one more fact , and which is i % —that , " during the whole period of that _^ _pect able gentleman ' s treasurership , Mr _^• _Pl Roberts ? , that though he had money of _i _*? own in the same Bank he never drew one
* - *" l ! ie upon his own account for a farthing . _^ M , lovey , let me show the financial ij-Dder that Josh , has brought you into . He _^ _'t distinguish between a current account _"** -a deposit _^ account ; upon a c urrent _ac-^ t . that is , an account against which the de-Ntor can draw at his pleasure , the Bank pays _^ one per cent , interest , whereas , from the j * _foe of money , _Feaigus , as a depositor , lodged * * _fe sums , for which he got five per cent ., but _« h he could not withdraw under TWO % TflS . Now , then , spooney , whatjeomesof | " ' r arithmetic and your 800 L interest , which , * Untouched for the whole period to which - J - have brought your balance , would not
- M _$ ih a current account have amounted to _h f ) _l- _? But as you are totally ignorant of Iv _Se matters let me instruct yon in one itr * " _* of the banking system . If to your jf . - _'rent account you lodge * ] 0 W . on the 2 nd of If Sary and withdraw it on the 30 th of Si r _* \ you would receive but one shillingand _gijitpence interest for the whole time , where-| | _? _tf Vou _ijajjj } t on the 1 st of January , one | jr _* ° oner , and ivitlidraw it on the 1 st of _If-Htwo days later , you would hare received if 0 _fillings , or three months' interest , because W _h _™ akesno _fa'teon of months , whereas _* % j - l " acconnt vou receive the stipu-; ff interest from the day you lodge to the _; i _^ you draw . Tiie difference between the
_^ _Yj _^ tothe banker of a current account C / _* deposit account is this , that as regards a _% / ent " -ccountbe lias trouble in keeping that _^ _"jit _^ and can ' t calculate the certainty of r _= culatuig upon it , whereas tbey can specu-
Reply. Dearest, Dearest, Eddy.— Qaiming ...
late to a certainty upon the deposit account which cannot be withdrawn . Now don _* t you wish you hadn't burnt your fingers , as well as your nails , b y thus allowing the "biographer and calculator "—Josh—to make a cat ' s-paw of you . Still , in the hope of restoring you to a state of sanity and quiescence , I will subscr ibe myself , Tour disconsolate and broken-hearted Friend , _^
•The Fraternal Democrats' Assemblikq Ir ...
• THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS ' ASSEMBLIKQ IR LONDOIC , TO « THE DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION FOR PROxMOTING TflE FRATERNITY OF ALL
NATIONS , ' . ASSEMBLING IN BRUSSELS . Bkjtheb D ** M 0 _CTatT 8 . _^ -T 6 ur address of date the 26 th of _Member , 1 UT , was received at a public meeting ofthe memberi and friends ; _ of this society , holden on the 29 th ultimo , ia commemoration ofthe glorious , though ill-fated , Polish _Irumrection of 18 S 0 . Yonr delegate , eur esteemed friend and brother , Dr Marx , mm inform , you of the enthusiasm which hailed his appearance , and the reading ot your address . Every eye beamed with delight , every voicb cried * Welcome , ' and every hand was extended wit , h all the warmth of heartfelt fraternity , to receive your representative .
The names of your Committee excited the applause of our members . The human race owe a debt of gratitude te your councillors far their services and sacrifices in the cause of Liberty . An Association which includes in its ranks tbe heroic General Mellinet , and the glorious and incorruptible patriot , _"LeleweU , * mi 8 command the confidence of the Democrats of all nations . For ourselves , we accept your proffered alliance with feelings of unspeakable pleasure . Our pociety has existed for more than two years . _Taking for our motto
'Allmenare Brethren , ' we bave laboured to unite the friends of veritable liberty belonging to all countries . Ia England our efforts have created a brotherly feeling on the part ot that great body of the British people , the Cbartists , towards the real reformers of all other lands . Our manifestoes have circulated in Franee and Germany , with the happiest results . We have laid bare the atrocitiesof the tyrannical governments of Europe towards Poland and Portugal . At a moment when war between England and the United Statesappeared to bs imminent , we appealed to the people of both nations against the madness or wickedness of their government , and exhibited the folly and crime of national wars fer territory , or that phantom folly ef the hideous past called - gloiy . ' We spoke not in vain . We biow that our words largely contributed towards the creation of a brotherly feeling between the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon family .
On the occasion ofour late anniversary , ( the 22 ad of September , ) we recommended the calling of a Democratic Congress of all nations , and we rejoice to learn that you have published a similar proposition . The conspiracy of kings shonld be met by the counter-combination ofthe peoples . Whenever the Democratic Congress may assemble , you may rely upon the English Democracy being represented thereat . It must be the work of yonr society in connexion with ours to assemble the representatives of our brethren throughout Europe . Your delegate , Dr Marx , will inform . you of the _arrangements we have entered into with him to render effective the union of the two associations .
The oppressed people ofthe several European countries may propose to themselves various _mides of ac complislung their emancipation "; they may differ as to the peculiar forms of the free political systems they seek to establish , and they may not agree on the social reforms necessary to render liberty a reality ; on these points , unity of sentiment and action may be neither possible nor necessary . Bnt there are two pointsof agreement for the Democrats of all countries , namely , the sovereignit of ihe people , and
the _j-sa-tbrsiiy op natk > _k 3 . That the actual power of thestate—tlte power to make and amend the political andsocial institutions of society , shall be vested in the entire people , is demanded by Democrats of all lands . . AD Democrats , too , worthy ofthe name , acknowledge that the interests of the feopl _* - of all countries are the same , and that all nations should aid each other ic their struggles for justice- These two principles—Popular Sovereignly and Universal Fraternity , may , therefore , bind the veritable Reformers of all countries in one invincible phalanx .
Earnestly hoping the success of your association , and the welfare of its members , we tender to you our fraternal salutation , and pledge to yeu our aid in promoting the triumph of the glorious principles our respective societies are established 10 propagate . We are aware that it is to the veritable people , the Proletarians , the men whose sweat and blood are poured out daily under the slavery imposed upon them by the present system of society , we are aware that it is to these we must look for the establishment of universal brotherhood . It is ( he interest of
landlords and money-lords to keep the nations divided ; but it is the interest of tbe Proletarians , everywhere oppressed by the same kind of taskmasters , and defrauded of the fruits of their industry by thesame description of plunderers , it is their interest to unite . And they will unite . From the loom , the anvil , and the plough , from the hut , the garret , and the cellar , will come forth , are even now coming forth , the _asostles of fraternity , and the destined saviours of humanity . HURRAH 70 R * _* 0 £ UOCR 1 CT . HURRAH 70 S THE
_FRATEB-OTT OP _SAXIOXS 1 Signed by the secretaries and membera of the committee—Geo . Joiiaj * _IIabi-ht * i £ =. _? £ f- _* _* _- * - _*** _-. Thomas Clark ) J . A . MiCHKLor , l p I . Berkard , / ' Cam . Schappbb * ) / - _„„„„„ _Joseph Mau f Germany , Lotus Oborskt _, Poland , J . Schabelitz , Switzerland , Peter Holm , Scandinavia .
Woodstock.—A Box Started To Death Bt His...
Woodstock . —A Box Started to Death bt his Father . —For some days past the most painful sensation has prevailed in this town , in consequence of a report which bad been circulating , that a hawker , named John Haband , had starved his son ( a lad about twelve years of age ) to death . An inquest was held on the body of the lad , when the following facts were elicited : —Ann Cutler said she knew the deceased , and during the past fortnight he had complained of pains in Ms inside . A few days before his death he told _witness that he had not had any food for several days . lie said there was plenty of bread in the house , but _f'at his father would severely beat and kick him if he touched it . - The father was in the habit of going out all day and night , and leaving the boy without any food ; he was also in the habit of beating the boy most unmercifully . On Thursday last witness went to Huband ' s house . The boy was lying
on some _strawon the floor , and appeared to be dying . Witness told his father that he _hadstarved the child te death . Mr George Coles , surgeon , Baid that on Thursday afternoon , in consequence of information which he received , he went to Haband ' _s house , and saw the boy lying on the floor . He ( witness ) examined him , and considered he was suffering from want ot sufficient food . On thefollowing day the boy was taken to the workhouse , where he died the same evening . Witness did not order him any nourishment when he saw him , because hisfather haddocks and eggs in the house at the time . The cause of death was starvation . Several other witnesses deposed to the brutal and inhuman conduct ofthe father . It was also proved that he was in the habit of earning upwards of £ 1 per week . Thejury unanimously returned a verdict of manslaughter against Jobn Huband , and thejury made out a warrant for his committal to Oxford gaol to take his trial at the
ne xtassizee . _Surcme of a _Gsutleuax is tne Daimasket , — On Tuesday forenoon Mr Frederick Rowle , a gentleman occupying apartments at No . 7 , Haymarket , destroyed himself by catting his throat , under the following circumstances : —The unfortunate gentleman had been occupying the apartmentsi about a month , and from his habits , was supposed to be a gentleman of independent property . On Tuesday mornin' _-, about nine o ' clock , as was his usual
custom , he rang for his boots , intending , as was supposed , to go out . Shortly after , on the servant going up with the boots , the unfortunate gentleman was found lying upon the floor with his head nearly severed from his body . In his right hand was firmly grasped a razor , the handle of which was fastened with tape , so that it should not slip ., Mr White , _sureeon of tbe Haj market , was immediately in attendance , but conld render no assistance , the deceased , in his opinion , having been dead upwards of half an hour .
Justice For England And Ireland. The Peo...
JUSTICE FOR ENGLAND AND IRELAND . THE _PEOJLK'S CHARTER . _IMPORTANT PUBLIO "HBET 1 _NG . On Monday evening last , every nook and corner of that spacious placeof public meeting , the National Hall , High lioiborn , was crammed to excess long before the hour fixed for taking the ehair . Mr O'Connor , M . P . for Nottingham , waste have presided , but his attendance in the House of Commons being necessary in -opposing the Irish Coercion Bill , the honourable gentlemau could not attend the meeting . At eight o'clock , Mr George Julian Harney was unanimously called to the chair , amidst loud demonstrations ef applause .
The _Chairman prefaced his speech by reading a catch-penny _publication he had received from Aberdeen , whioh purported to be a full , true , and particular account of " a dreadful duel' fought between F- O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ,-and Mr Joshua llobson , in Hyde Park , London . The account stated that Mr O'Connor had been attended to 'thefield by Mr Roberts and Mr Harney , and tbat Mr Hobson had had Mr Ardill for his * second . ' That Mr Roberts gave Ihe word -fire , ' when immediately Mr O'Connor fell into the arms ofhis friend Harney , mortally wounded by a shot from Hobson ' s pistol . Hebsonand Ardill immediately , made off , and had been seen starting by the Dover Railway , in the direction of France . The , police came up , and Messrs O ' Connor , _Hamey , and Roberts were taken
into custody . The account added , that the authorities had ' refused bail for Harney and Roberts . ' The reading of this hoax , accompanied by the , chairmatfs facetious remarks , excited considerable merriment . Tho chairman said that whereas , according to the veracious statement be bad just read , Mr O'Connor had been dead four or five davs , hecoald assure the meeting that Mr O'C- was about the jolliest looking ghost ever seen . . ( Roars of laughter- ) The chairman then read the placard calling the meeting , and said her Majesty in her late ' royal speech' had expressed her admiration of the patience with which the sufferings of the labouring classes have been generally borne . It was no doubt very easy for her Majesty to admire the patience of other peeple under affliction , so long as she had no part in that affliction . ( Hear , hear . ) There were
two animals admired for their patience , the donkey and the Englishman . . ( Laughter . ) A costermenger would over-work , over-load , aid under-feed , his poor brute , and by way of encouragement allow his victim an illimitable supply of kicks , cuffs , and whippings ; but the unfortunate beast was the very model of patience , and so earned his master ' s ' admiration . ' Just so with the Englishman . He would work twelve , fourteen , sixteen , or eighteen hours a day , when he could get work , and when not , patiently starve . The Englishmen built palaces , and patiently occupied a garret or a cellar . He wove broad-cloth , and patiently wore fustian rags . He manufactured warm flannels and rich silks , but patiently saw these comforts and luxuries monopolised by those' who toiled not , neither did they spin , ' realising the lines of
Shelley—* The seed je sow another reaps , The wealth ye make another heaps , Tbe robes ye weave another wears , The arms ye forge another bears . ' ( Cheers . ) The destitution in the metropolis was appalling . Hundreds were homeless , without a shelter for their heads . He had himself seen , on more than one occasion , more than one score of human beings huddled up against the wall of St Martin ' s workhouse , with no bed but the cold hard pavement , and no covering but the dark _surtain of night . Immediately facing that workhouse was a huge barracks , and oneend ofthestreet ledto the rear of the National Gallery . The barracks was misappropriated to the lodging of a numerou body of men , in a state of
mischievous idleness ; and the Gallery , though not misappropriated , was certainly not so well appropriated as it might be , by giving shelter to the homeless . He was not opposed to picture galleries and museums , he wished there were more of them , but he asserted that before they built palaces for inanimate pictures , and stuffed tigers , monkeys , and mummies , they were bound to see that every man had his own cottage , and every family itsown fireside . ( Great cheering . ) Then there were the palaces . St James ' s . Eew , Kensington , Hampton Court , and "BriRhton _. neTer tenanted by the Sovereign , but inhabited by the beggarly relatives of the haughty aristocracy . He wauld make those hornets turn out , and make way fer the industrious bees , at present deprived of their legitimate hives .
( Loud cheers . ) The chairman next commented on the miserable condition of the labouring classes in the _manufacturing districts . He referred to the statements published by Mr Marsden in last Saturday ' s Stab , and to a letter he had received from Sutton-in-Ashfield . From that letter it appeared that not only were the people starving in hundreds , bnt that scores were being dragged to gaols for poaching , and that the Earl of Scarborough ' s keepers beat the suspected poachers with flails , breaking their limbs , and tearing the flesh from their bones ! ( Expressions of great indignation . ) The chairman , after some comments upon the tyranny of the millocracy of the north , said he knew it was _unfashionable in that
hall , dedicated to the service of genteel Chartism , to say anything in censure of the middle classes ; but he would say that those classes were responsible for the miseries of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) The middle classes had elected the present House ol Commons —« house which would give ' soft-sawder ' to the English , and military law to the Irish , but would do nothing really calculated te improve the condition ef either people . ( Cheers . ) Bad a ? Russell and his colleagues were , they were yet far better than thc majority of the law makers . He believed the feeling in the house to be generally that of disappointment , that the Coercion Bill for Irewas not a more 'base , bloody , and brutal' measure tban it was . He believed there was no atrocity
which the government of ' 98 was guilty of towards Ireland but would he sanctioned by a majority ef tbeir present middle class legislators . ( Hear , hear . ) Could they doubt that when they saw the present measure supported by the very gods of that very hall , orator Fox and Dr Bowring ? ( Cheersand hisses . ) They had heard much of the eloquence of Orator-Fox , who had been described as a sort of Demosthenes , Cicero , Chatham , Mirabeau , Patrick Henry , and Lamartine , rolled into one . They had been told that if he did not set the Thames on fire with his eloquence , he would do something , equally astonishing ; and he ( the chairman ) thought the orator had done something to astonish even his most demented admirers , when , at the outset ofhis legislative career , he had voted forthe coercion ot Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Dr Bowring was the patron of the genteel friends of Poland . The Doctor poured out
eloquent denunciations of the Autocrat , yet he gave bis vote to those whe would fetter and persecute the Poland ofthe West . But then , Dr Bowring was a great friend to peace—by the by , the preaching up of ' permanent and universal peace , 'was rather a queer way ef regenerating Poland . Only let there be permanent and universal peace , and they might assure themselves of the permanency , and , perhaps , the universality , of the despotism ef Russia . Well , the Doctor being in love with peace , was , of course , dreadfully shocked at poor Paddy ' s ill manners in refusing to die ' aisy '—( laughter)—and so the peaceloving Doctor supported a bill to enable the Whigs to declare war against the Irish people . The Whigs proposed to disarm thc people , and to place them entirely at the mercy ef their tyrannical landlords and those ruffians , the police , compared with whom , the Russian Cossacks were gentlemen—tbfcy proposed
* Make a solitude and call it peace , ' and tbe Liberal Dr Bowring , the Free Trade Dr Bowring , the pro-Polish Dr Bowring , supported the Whigs with his applauding 'hear , hear , ' and his vote . ( Shame !) He had talked of measures of relief , of turning useless palaces into homes for the homeless . But it was not charity tbe peopl e wanted , it was justice . ( Cheers . ) It was not pity they asked for , but their rights . ( Lond cheers . ) A petition , praying for measures necessary te ameliorate the condition of the people , would be submitted to
them . It would be well to adopt that petition , but he warned them not to hope for much . ' Blessed were they who expected nothing , for they should not be disappointed . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) No ! said the speaker , you will get nothing from the House of Commons in the shape of justice , until you reform that House . ( Cheers . ) You must rally forthe Charteronce more . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) You have waited patiently too long . You must now be up and doing-. Awake from your sleep , and burst your fetters . Inthe inspired language of Shelley , I cry to
you-* Rue like lions after slumber , In _uuvanquisbable number , Shake your chains , to earth like dew , Which in s'e * p had fallen on you . Te are M AN YI They are FE W !' ( Enthusiasticand prolonged cheering . ) Mr _Ci-AHK _, who was received with loud cheers , said the meeting had heen called together by the Chartist Council , to adopt a petition to _Parliament , ( a body for which the meeting had doubtless the moBtprofuuncl re . epect . ( _L-iuglittr . ) Before the petition was submitted torthe meetinff , bebergedto more the foHomng resolu-
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_tion ?— ' That this meeting -dews with f-elings of deep commiseration and alarm , tho _wretche-loess t _« which masses of the operative and labouring daises of Great _Brtt & lu and Inland have been _reduwd _, ani al o tho depreKioa of the interests of those oth _« r classes who are engaged iu the distribution of wealth , and lu' eonducting tho commerce of the cou-ury ; and this meeting _bulie-riag that tbe misery and ruin wbich tbey have thus to deplore , has been caused by a monopoly of those aational resources which , if properly cultivated aad fully developed , would have rendered such a state of things impossible , aad made commerce certain . This meeting is of opinion that steps ought to be Immediately taken by the present government to unshackle the Industry of the country , and open up those sources of rialidnal
wealth and Individual _Independenos which are known to _eiistin such profusion In these Islands ; and this meetinghereby pledges Itself to adopt such means as will induce , this or some future government , to adopt mea . euros to open an unrestricted « eld for the profitable and honourable employment of all who wish to live honestly by their own labour . ' Now be expected to see thai resolution unanimously adopted . It asserted that labour sbould be free and unrestricted , and if it were the great distress and privation , their chairman haded eloquently described as existing in . this metropolis , aud as he could bear witness was equally frightful in the north ef England , would cease to be . ( Cheers . ) H 6 was opt there to propose any interfertnee with what was called 'the rights of property . 'but he . held _mevertke ' ess ,
that property should be a secondary consideration , compared with human life . ( Loud cheers . ) Were human life more cared for , property would not be a whit less so ( Hear , hear . ) The resources of tbe British nation were _moit ample for the employment and sustenance of all . There were sufficient means to employ all who desired employment , therefore no one who was willing to labour should he permitted to _starro . ( Hear , hear ) They were frequently told * there always were rich and poor , and always would be . ' How , if for argument sake , they admitted that , did it not seem strange that tbe poor should be those who produced everything , and the rich we ' re those who produce nothing ? ( Loud cheers . ) The people have shown through the glorious National Land Company —( great applause)—that the theory oi the
resolution was perfectly practicable . ( Loud cheers . ) Measures of amelioration should always precede coercion . ( Great applause . ) And he thought the life of the Irish landlord was still more secure than that ofthe Irish peasantry —( hear , hear)—who had been allowed to perish by thousands on the way side— - ( hear , hear )—henoo he could not sufficiently admire the patriotism and judgment of Feargus O'Connor , in resisting coercive measures altogether . ( Immense applause . ) He was sorry to Bee the views taken of ths . coercion question by some of the press called lfberel ; for instance , that truly liberal paper the Weebxt _DisrATon . ( Laughter , groans , and leud ehouts of * Burn it . ') He wat sura that tbat meeting , by their unanimoue ' y adopting the resolution , would Show their abhorrence of the Whig treatment of their Irish brethren . If there was to be suffering , it was the creators ofthe misery , not the martyrs of their misrule ,
who should endure the misery . ( Loud cheers . ) Tbe working classes had nothing to do in the creation oi panics , they neither ruled the Banks of England or Ire laud ; neither did they regulate the prioe of cotton in the Liverpool market ; neither would he charge the government with desiring a panic , but they nevertheless had heen the means of bringing it about , by locking up from the people that great saurce of employment and wealththe Land . ( Great applause . ) But he did think the working classes deserted a portion of the blame , as well as the middle classes , since they had not done all tbey could ; when journals abused them and their Irish brethren , they still gare their support to such journals . Still the working classes had done much , through tbc National Land Company , to put their theory into practice , and would yet do much more . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Clark concluded amidst load cheers , by moving the resolution .
Jfr Jonw _Fvsieli _, in seconding the resolution , said hewas happy to find that another opportunity was about to be afforded to the people of agitating for that darling object—the'Charter '—and he yet hoped to seeitob . tained daring the Whigs'stay in office . ( Hear , hear . ) They had heard that coercion _was . once moro proposed for the Irish people , but ho thought that meeting would agree with him , that justice would award the means of employment and remuneration for their labour , instead of coercion . ( Loud cheer-, ) The speaker proceeded to address the meeting at considerable length on the sufferings of tho people , and the justice and necessity of the Charter . His remarks were much _applanded .
Mr H . _HETUEBiKoro ** , in supporting the resolution , said : he took great interest iu the proceedings of the meeting . He agreed with one of the previous speakers , that the working classes were greatl y to blame for having go long quietly endured _the- _' r wrongs . He contended that those who would not work should be the beggars , but at present it was the very reverse . ( Hear , h * ar . ) At the present time , the large firms were discharging two . thirds of their hands , and was it not aBhamethat the working men should bave to beg for leave to toil " ( Hear , bear . ) He considered the Land and tho principle f co-operation , carried into manufactures and trades , to be the only means of putting an end to the present state of things . ( Cbeers . ) Hewas for tbe Charter—as the right , the just right , of every man . He denounced the attempt to coerce Ireland . He agreed entirely with tht principle laid down in tbe _resolution , and had , therefore , come forward to give it his support . ( Lo * d cheers . )
Mr _Waifsbd after avowing himself a democrat , an »? highly eulogUin-- Mr O'Connor , moved the following amendment : — ' That this meeting is of opinion that no measure can , or ever will , benefit the . working classes , whilst the present drinking customs are encouraged bv those classes ; this meeting , therefore , pledges itself tn use every means in its _power to remove thc greatest curse inflicted on a nation . ' The amendment was seconded from the body ofthe meeting . Mr T . Clark said he had been a teetotaller for more tban seven years , yet he felt bound to call on his friend to withdraw his amendment , as being ill-timed and out of place . The question was then put to the vote , and the original resolution carried almost unanimously .
Mr P . M'Grath rose amidst great applause , to move the adoption of the petition . He said parliament was now assembled , and it was the duty ofthe peoplo to in struct that body , and the council convening this meeting had resolved tbat even Lord Jobn should not go unacquainted with their views , and hence they had prepared the petition , which he bad the honour to move for their adoption . But where were the representatives of thc press on this occasion ? he . ' _saw one gentleman , be did not know what paper he represented , and there was their friend , the reporter of their own paper , the _NoamiiBN STAB . ( Great cheering . ) He regretted Mr Walford bad pressed his amendment . Had it beeu put in another
shape , he ( Mr MGrath ) should have supported it , —( _cheers)—although he by no _meaoi thought teetotallsm the only remedy . ( Cheers . ) That far-seeing statesman , Lord John Russell—( Laughter )—waa again bring _, ing forward his universal Whig remedy for Irish wrongs , coercion , and how was it received by tbe houso ? Why , even John O'Connell expressed bis adulation of the ministry , and the majority of tbe so called representatives of the people supported it . True , a small , but patriotic baud opposed it . ( Loud cheers . ) The working classes who could feel for and sympathise witb their Irish brethren , must be up aad doing . With that view he had to submit the following petition : —
To the Honourable , the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament assembled . The petition , adopted by a public meeting of the working classes of the metropolis , held at the National Hall , Holborn , on Monday , Dec . 6 tb , 1817 , _Shk-vEth , — ' That your petitioners belong to that class of tho people , whose only property is labour , and who there _, fore suffer more from the imperfect legislation of your honourable bouso than any other class in the community . ¦ _« Tbat your petitioners , in common with myriads of their own order , both in tbis conntry and in Ireland ,, have been for some time past , and are at present milking most severely from the effects of that depression in trade , which has cauced your honourable house to assemble at this unusual period of the year .
' That your petitioners , considering it to be tho in . _tentjon , as it is manifestly the duty of voir honourable house to apply the wisdom of your honourable bouse to a searching inquiry into the causes which , have pro duced so much wretchednoss amongst your petitioners and their class ; and so much ruin and insolvency in the class immediately above them ; with a view , not merely to provide a temporary expedient ; but as far as poBiible a permanent remedy ; your petitioners b ? g to call the attention of your honourable house to a mode of providing against fature similar calamities .
' Your petitioners are of opiaion , tbat any proposereffectual remedy , based upon theidca of a mora extended foreign commerce will prove fallacious ; your petitioner being fully convinced from long experience , that one os the radicals defects of former legislation has been tool great a reliance upon that source of employment for the people , ond too little attention to the profitable develepoment of the Internal resources of these _islnndu J yourpetltioners being _stiongly imbued with the convic tion that , bad this latter source received as much ot the attention of your honourable houso « _s the former , the United _Kingdon would not now bo as it . is , a reproach to those who have hitherto had the management of the affiiirs of this empire . '
« That yonr petitioners beg to oill the attention of your hoaouMble houso to the very unprofitable and im . poliiic manner iu which the land ef the country is di vided ; tbe groat extent of the farms ; the tenure upon
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which they are held ; and the insignificant amount of labour employed in their cultivation ; beiDg in the opinion of yourpetltioners some ofthe principal causes of that surplus labour , which even , when trade Ib iu its most flourishing condition , is known to exist ia this country . ' That your petitioners do not ask your honourable house to interfere witk . what are called the rights of property ; bat , ' they are . of opinion , that it is tbe duty of your honourable bouse to employ national property in a manner the most profitable to the natlen ; and your petitioners , therefore , remind yeur honourable house of the ten millions ef acres of common land originally granted for tbs especial use of the . common people ; nearly the whole of which has passed from tho nation into the hands of private individuals ; and thos bave the common people been deprived of tbe only heritage l'fe them hy the wisdom of tlieir ancestors . '
' Thatyour petitioners are aware tbat the transfer of the common lands from the poor to the rich , was made fur the ostensible purpose of promoting the interests of the former ; as indeed are all such measures which receive the sanction of your honourable house . ¦ That your petitioners cannot help stating toyour honourabla house that in their opinion all acta of paTliament which authorise the enclosure of common land , and their appropriation to private and ; wealthy individuals , are acts of spoliation aad fraud , and ought to be imme . diately repealed . . . . . . .. _yyh _/^ . : _^ _. : ' Your _petitioners ate of opiaion , " matihad these com . mon lands been retained by the state , and leased tothe working classes in convenient quantities , and upon equitable terms , the word pauper , as applied to labourers would be comparatively unknown- ; and the term for the maintenance of tbe poor would not have been , _aslt is , a stigma to the institutions of the country _.
* That your _petitieners have to complain that legislation for their claBS hitherto , has been more to punish them for the infraction of laws made for the _protection of property , than with . a view to foster their in . _austry ; and your petitioners da not now approach your honourable house forthe purpose of requiring legislative protection for their labour ; on the contrary , they are of opinion that labour , when free and unrestrained' can protect itself ; but your petitioners feel , that to talk to them about the freedom of labour whilst its sphere is limited by the soil , il an insult , aod cannot be likened nnte anything more absurd , than providing a man with the necessary tools for the completion of a piece of work , and denying him the material for such purpose .
' That yeur petitioners feeling convinced that as long so many of them aro depending for their daily bread upon the uncertain and _prccariou * commerce ofthe coun . try , the casualties of which will subject them to periodical suffering , such as they are at present enduring ; pray your honourable house forthwith to repeal all acts of parliament authorising the enclosure of common lands ; and your petitioners are further of opinion tbat such lands should be leased to the working classes upon such conditions as will remunerate thestate , and upon such a tenure as will secure the occupants from government Interference .
'That your petitioners cal ! upon your honourable house to appoint a commission to inquire into , and report upon the date of each grant of common land ; and as nearly as possible , tbe amonnt -upended by each of tbe present occupiers , in reclamation , improvement , & c . ; and in each case where the amount so expended exceeds the benefits derived , compensation to be made to the individual in possession ' ' That your petitioners deeply sympathise with the deplorable condition of their fellow subjects in Ireland ; and are of opinion that if the wisdom of yonr honourable bouse cannot devise , witbout delay , means of employing the peeple , the fearful calamities of last year will recur with renewed intensity ,
' That your petitioners beg to remind your honourable house , that there are immense resources yet undeveloped in Ireland ; tbat among theso may be numbered five millions of acres of waste lands susceptible ef cultivation ; that your honourable house has tbe power without injury to any party in the State , to reclaim this land and convert it into a rich national domain ; thus opening up a profitable field of employment for tho people ; the productions of which would insure us ngainBt that famine and pestilence , wbicb are desolating the labour _, ing community of the Sister Island . / That your petitioners would intimate to your honourable'house , that the ' present is net the time to pursue a temporising policy ; we are in the midst of a crisis truly awful ! Justice calls loudly for sound , prompt , and _subftnntiiil measures of _relief at your hands ; you bavo ia abundance at your disposal the means of granting such measures , and thereby preserving thousands of your fellowcreatures from untimely graves !
' In conclusion—we implore with the fervencies of philanthropy ! we call upon you with the solemnity of justice ; to prove your abilities to meet the exigencies of the times ; and for op . co to give your sanction to mea-SHres really beneficial to your poverty _strieken and downcast fellow creatures . 1 And your petitioners as ia duly bound will ever pray . ' Here then , said tbe speaker , are the remedies we propose : —There were in Ireland five millions of acres of land called waste , At snch a crisis as tbe present , tbe people ought to bs put in possession of that land . ( Loud cheers . ) If it were for a railway that land was required , private property would not stand iu the way . ( Hear , hear . ) It would be taken , and the owner compensated for it ; and why not so in the present case , when so
many thousands are starving for the want of it ? ( Hear , lunr . ) Wby should not tbe parliament decree tbat those five millions of acres of waste lands were henceforth public property , devoted to the profitable employment of tbe Irish people . ( Immense applause , ( At fire acres to a farm , thero would be one million of profitable small farms , which 1 st at the rent of one pound per acre , would produce a rental of five millions per annum to thc government _. Had not the practicability of such a scheme been fully illustrated by the working of the glorious Land Plan . ( Great cheering . ) Yet with tbis fruitful element of wealth lying idle , the Irish had beeu reduced to beggary—and had received alms from all nations ; even tbe black slave who wis denied the _bleBBinge of personal freedom , out ofhis stock of provisions , hadfurniehed food
for tbe poor , unfortunate , starving sons of Erin . ( Great applause . ) Heaven bad been mocked , and Ireland insulted ; her soil had been fruitful , and her starving sons had seen the fruits of their labours exported from her shores , to feed in luxury her wealthy absentees . Ireland ' s genial soil had now sent forth an abundant _harrest—yet behold her sons were again famishing for want . ( Hear , hear , ) Ho was one of those who held the opinion that not a hat sbould leave England , so long as tbere was a _hetd without one—not a coat , so long os there was a back that required one ; and as regarded Ireland , not a potato or a pig should leave her shores , so long as a single person on that soil was in need of either . ( Great applause . ) He had heard Free Trade eloquently advocated , but still he believed that tbe Chartists were the only real Free Traders , as tbey were for sweeping away those two
great tax traps—the Customs and Excise—and they were f _* r trusting for a government revenue to a tax upon ' tba land . ( ImmcBSR applause . ) ne believed it was far better for them to trust to their own resources , to cultivate their own soil , than to look to either Russia or America lor ai breakfast ; as it would give employment to the poor , and spread the advantage of comfort and happiueasfrom the labourer to all other grades of society . Then , he said emphatically , put tho people on the land , ( Great cheering . ) And this was only calling on the parliament to do rm act ofjustice . There was the land , and the petition clearly pointed out the _mpuns to effect that purpose , The speaker showed the immense quantity of land called Crown Land , and called on the meeting to adopt the petition . Mr M'Grath concluded an eloquent speech of great length , amidst enthusiastic and oft-reiterated applause .
Mr Jas , Grabbei seconded the adoption of the petition , which was put and carried amidst the _loudeat acclamations of the meeting . Mr Staiiwood moved , — 'That thc petition just adopted be signed by the chairman and forwarded to Mr O'Connor for presentation to the Honse of Commons , ' which was seconded by Mr Almond and carried unanimously , The Chairman then introduced—Ernest Jonfs , who was received with protracted applause , and after alluding to the benefits accruing te the cause from such meetings , proceeded to move the following resolution : —
• That whilst this mooting approves of every attempt to bring under the notice of parliament the immense social wrong to which thepeopleare subjected , and syrapathlse with overy effort made to remtdy them , they are , nevertheless , of opinion , that any reform short of that proposed by the People ' s Charter , will not secure full and ample justice to all elasses , and , thtrofore , we pledge ourselves to ceaseless efforts to obtaia the en . actment of that document as thc law of tho land . ' ' I look upon this Hall , ' continued the speaker , ' as a tribunal , and you ( addressing the meeting ) _» b a British jnry . Before you , then , as ahumblo advocate of ths people , I arraign our governments of the design of
decimating the people—tbat a tew rich may reign over a nation of emaeiatcd slaves . ( Cheers . ) Machinery i _» rising in perfection and amount—deer parks and preserves are increasing— and new paiaoes and mansions are insulting the misery of tlio people . Mark , then , thplan of aristocracy _; few hands will work their machinery and create their wealth ; few eyes suffice to watch their game , and tend their flocks ; let the mllllon semlgratelet the millions dio ! thsy are In tbe way—their _numbirs are an obstacle , therefore , the aristocracy » f land and money slowly murders thorn .: We are a commercial na . tion , theyery ; _maohlnery will give us wealth to buy our luxuries , —while famine and emigration are removing opposition , ( Hear , hear , and _eheers _. ) I will not
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destroyed , —but I will endeavour to show on wbat grounds I have made so serious an _accusation , -The speaker then showed how the government bad originated Irish misery , sending , from time to time , commissions-to investigate the state of the country—and , after each report , instead of remedying the evil , adopt _, ing the most skilful measures to aggravate its _txTecbs ; ' until , at last , one million perished of hunger in oneyear—while the fever . _stricksn emigrant ship and the open grave awaited the survivors . ( Loud cheera ) : The speaker next adverted to Scotland — and , showed how tbe clause had been decimated—how tbe peasantry bad been evicted—thoir eottages actually ; pulled down and tbeir _wheatfields destroyed , that the '
aristocratic savages of Eng land might turn tbe country ; to a hunting ground . Her Majesty , in her bunting ex .. cursions around _Ardvickie , might have seen the grey stone foundations oi those cottages . ' _( Sbamo . ) To give some idea of the extent of those forests , ho wonld tell tbem that that of Lord Breadalbane was sixty miles long by _forty-one broad ! ( Shame . ) Where now ara the gallant clans ? Asks Polo and Stevenson—seek them in the _Canadas and on the Mississippi ! ( Hear , hear . ) Thus , continued the speaker , they have stricken the weakest and most distant first—tbe outposts of liberty / Ireland and Scotland , are being taken , these once de . _stroyed they will be more tban a match for tbe Engiisb ( people , and , closing in on tbem , say : 'Now it is your turn ! ( Hear and cheers . ) Mr Jones then traced _tho-.
effect of _gorernment policy on England—and how it mo- ' _ritably tended to general ruin—aud called upon bis . ' hearers to stem the torrent of oppression , and at onoe manfully to say : 'Down Monopoly ! ' ' Perish Class . Legislation ! ' « The Charter and no Surrender 1 ' ( Loud _cheering . ) But how are wo to gain the Charter ? Not by sitting still ! Not by _patlenee and submission ! Rally ' your millions ! Organise your movement ! You ca-i— , the millions are there—and every man who is injured , if he has a soul beyond slavery , will join yonr rankr _* . ( Hear , hear . ) Recreate yourmoraland physical force— : the one witbout the other Is folly . Do not think I exhort you to violence . By no means , Break no law ~ _. transgress no statute . But , if jou want to preserve the ' peace—to prevent outrage—and repress violence , you must be strong enough to punish those , who would com- ;
mit It . Heat , assured , when a man is about to strike another—if on looking at that other ho sees he is no bigger and stronger than he , ho will turn his fist into ? . n open hand—and say : ' My . dear friend ' , I _^ wieh you a very good morning . ' ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Thus , wheB the Jittle Whig pugilist on tbe Treasury Bench , Lord _JohniRussell , _preparesjto strike a blow at the Chartists , if he finds they are strong enough to knock him off his perch of place , pension and patrenage , ten to one but what he throws up bis cap and cries : * The Charter for ever ! ' ( Great applause . ) The speaker then al . luded to tbe organisation ef tbe metropolis , and forcibly impressed on his bearers the necessity of creating a great movement in tho very seat of aristocratic power , —und in all peace and legal order , let them see what tbe Charter was from tbe windows of St Stephen ' s , Buckingham Palace and the Horseguards . ( Protracted cheering . )
Mr Tapps seconded the resolution which was carried unanimously , Mr Lucas , after paying some high compliments to , Julian Harney , as an old Chartist in , tbe days of danger , moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was seconded by Mr Ernest Jones , and carried by acclamation . The . compliment having betn acknowledged , threa cbeers wero given forthe Charter ; three for Ireland ani Repeal ; three for the Land ; and three forFearguj O ' Connor , and tho meeting was dissolved .
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INDIA . There have been some disturbances on the Boogtie frontiers , and in the Goomsoor country . The much * talkedof Ex-Rajah of Safctara died at Benares , on the 14 th of October . FRANCE . The Reform Banquets continue . One Jbas beea held at Amiens , attended by seven hundred gueafcs , at which M . Odillon Barrot took a leading part .
SWITZERLAND . Submission op the _Calais . —Close or thb War . — On the lbt inat . deputies arrived at Lucerne , from the Valais , bringing the submission of thatcanton to the Federal government . The Federal troops occupied the _cautOBa of Uri , Unterwalden , and Schwytz . In conformity with resolutions adopted in a popular meeting held on November 27 , the provisional government of Lucerno passed a decree on tbe 30 th excluding the Jesuits for ever from the canton . General Dafour has returned to Berne . The war is at an end .
GERMANY . _Anti-Jesuifc disturbances have taken place in Stvria . Berlin . — The Polish Tbials . —Accused and found guilty of high treason , aa originator , Liidwig von Mieroslawski , to be deprived of the rank of noble , to forfeit his possessions , and to have his head struck off by the axe of the executioner . ; The aarae sentence was passed on Wladislaus _Eusebiua v . Kosinaki , StanisIausFelix ' v . Sadowski _. Sevcrynv . _Elzanowski , Joseph Albrecht , Stanislaus Lodidzki , . Stanislaus Florian Ceynowa , Joseph v . I _' uttkammer Kleszezinski and Appollonius v . _Kurowski . Eighty-two prisoners havebeencondemsed to hard labour in a fortress ; some for life ; others for a term varying from twentyfive to eight years . Sixteen of tbe accused are sentenced to imprisonment for one year . The remaining 137 have been ordered to be set at liberty .
SWEDEN . The Swedish Diet was opened by the King _iu person , on the 23 rd ult . The ultra-democratic- , party has gained a complete asce ' ndany in the diet .
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Barnsley . — Democratic Confederates . — The conduct of Mr John O'Connell and the . _Jrlsli members in the House of Commons on the C . _tiejrcion Bill , has called forth the just indiqnation of the Irishmen in this town . Many of O'Connell ' s most zealous supporters have during the past week heaped curses loud and long on the head of the ' leader' of Conciliation Hall ; yet some say that Jack is but a half traitor , and that on thc second round he will pluck up and knock the many-headed monster down ; but the majority of the Irish Celts know him to be a cbip of the old block , and _nt-vcr will forget his letters , written to Lord Johu Russell , in oppositicn to Mr Scropc ' s intended measure of out-door relief / that would have saved the lives of _thousands—nay . a million—of tlieit
countrymen . The Irish Democratic Confederates assembled as usual , at Mr _Utlev's large room , on Sunday' evening . Mr Patrick Ward occupied tho chair , The debates in thc House ot Commons were read from the Star , and also the leading article , wliich elicited the . plaudits of the meeting . Mr Segrave denounced the conduct of the Irish members on the first reading of the damnable Coercion Bill for Ireland , and showed the unjust power it would place in the bands of the Lord Lieutenant to put down public meetings , by proclaiming a district in a disturbed state . He particularly referred to Mr Jobn O'ConneD , who said in Dublin , he would die on the floor ot the House of Commons sooner than allow his country to be coerced ; but ho believed John would be found to be equal to his father , who joined the hated yeomanry of Irelandin 1798 , and took up arms to fight a < jainst tho patriots of his country . —Mr O'Leary followed in a similar strain , and contended
that it was the duty of every Irishman to denounce the place-hunters of his country . The speaker then explained the leading clauses of the bill , and showed the evil effect it would have by bringing the peopleof Ireland in cotatact with the ruffianl y brigand police of that country . He considered it a more tyrannical measure than the Arms Bill . He concluded by moving , that the false liberal Irish members should be denounced by every lover of liberty , and particularly by every Irish democrat , as traitors to their country . — -Mr _Coyla seconded the resolution . —Mr Clarke , au _En-jlishraan ,: considered the conduct of John O'Connell , and the , Irish members , was base in the extreme . lie abhorred every measure of coercion , and would sincerely detest every member , whether English or Irish , who would vote on the side of thc government . —A vote of thanks , on the motion of Mr Deane , was given to the chairman , who in an appropriate speech returned thanks , after -which . the meeting dispersed .
The Fraternal Dhmocrais will assemble on Monday evening next , December 13 th , at the German Hall , White Hart , Drury-lane : chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . An Address to the people ot Switzerland , and an Address to the Chartists of Great Britain , will be submitted for discussion . y & - Members in town and country who have not yet paid their annual subscription of one shilling , due from the 22 nd of September last , are requested , to pay the same forthwith , _SALuoB-i . —A tea party in honour ol Mr O'Connor will beheld cn Christmas Day , in the National Charter Association room , _Bankstreet , Great Georgestreet . Tickets may be had atthe above room . The following gentlemen have promised to attend : —Mr Roberts , tho miners' attorney-general ; Mr James Cooper , and Mr James Leach . Tea on the table at four o ' clock . . _ . .. . _ .
_OLBHAM . ~ The niembore of the National Land Company of the Ol dham branch are hereby informed that the _half-year ' _a Jocal levy will be due on the 21 st instant ; also , those paid-up members who have not brought their certificates to the secretary are reqoested to do so , or they will not be entitled to tho nC _Rui- _* iAL . —The Demoeratic Confederates are in * crensing in number , and have been joined by the Westminster Repealers . A branch is about to be opened nt Walworth . Very interesting meetings of the' Emmett Club , ' * Curran Club , '' _Hussey-Burgk Club , ' and 'Davis Club , 'took place the beginning of the week . Petitions have been got up against the Coercion Bill . Mr O'Connor ' s conduct in Parliament has been tho theme of universal approval amongst his countrymen ; and the union of Englishmen and Irishmen looks woro promising than ever . [ The Repeal debate has caused tho curtailment of our usual report of tbe proceedings of the' Confederates /]
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 11, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11121847/page/1/
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