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TO THE ENGLISH AKD IRISH CHARTISTS.
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•pjflE*sDS axd Fellow Co.xtrtmex, Before...
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KOTICE TO DEPOSITORS. Hereafter, all Pos...
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JOB HSS JOKES. IIC-IVED BT W. 5IDEB. Was...
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EXECUTIVE NOTICE. Letters hive been rece...
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Souih Lokdos Chabttst Hall.— Mr Thompson...
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TO HENRY DRUMMOND, M.P., AND JOSEPH HUME...
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To The English Akd Irish Chartists.
TO THE ENGLISH AKD IRISH CHARTISTS .
•Pjfle*Sds Axd Fellow Co.Xtrtmex, Before...
• pjflE _* sDS axd Fellow Co . xtrtmex , Before you read this letter you will have learned that the remnant of the British Constitution has been suspended in Ireland , " and that fhe meaning of the Suspension of the H abeas Corpus is , that the Lord-Lieutenant of _Ireland may give orders for the arrest of _wh omsoever he pleases , and that the persons so arrested cannot appeal to the Judges of the land to secure their release upon bail .
They need not be charged with any crime , but they must linger in their _dungeon at the -fill of the Autocrat- This right of Habeas Corpus , and the right of being armed , are considered the great bulwarks of the British Constitution , hut both rights have been abrogated in Ireland : " and perhaps your English blood , and y our Irish blood , may thrill with horror , when you learn that out of 656 constitutional rep _ _ iita .. vfis of the people , only eight Irish Catholics and two Irish Protestants contended s _^ ainst , and voted against , the measure . Their
names should be chronicled ; they _are—Callaghan , Fox , Devereux , Scully , Greene , Reynolds , Sullivan , Fagan—Catholics ; Crawford and O'Connor , Protestants . And I believe that had it not been for my resistance to the measure in the first instance , that it would have passed amid the plaudits of the House . And you will scarcely be surprised at the abrogation of the constitution in Ireland , when I tell you that as far as an independent Member of Parliament is concerned , it is also suspended in England .
M y speech was called _rebf-lious and treasonable , " and I believe few men would have stood the hurricane of disapprobation with which it was received . But that is legitimate , because although I hare never interrupted _& ny man in that House , yet I concede the same right to Members of Parliament that is contended for at public meetings , namely—the right of expressing approval or disseHt . But what I complain of is , that on Monday I received the _folloffii uT letter . _* — Sib , —For God ' s sake co not publish yoar speech in the -H _' oetherx Star , as it was delivered in the House of Commons , for if yon do you are to be prosecuted as a Felon , under the new Act . ( Signed , ) A Dx _ cirr e .
"" Now all will remember the discussion which took place in the House of Lords , relative to the publication of speeches made in the House of Commons , when Lords Brougham and Campbell both gave it as their opinion that if words spoken in the House of Commons of a felonious nature were published , with the view of making an impression upon the public mind , that such publication would come within the meaning of the Act . For these reasons you will not read my Speech as delivered in the House of Commons , because , apart from the warning of the " Detective , '' I have received unequivocal assurance that the desire and the wish of the Government is , to strike a blow at Chartism by the conviction of the Chartist leader _.
This , I trust , will be an answer to some of my enthusiastic friends , who are anxious that I should he amongst them just now ; and 1 beg of them to keep the case of poor Vernon in riew , who was convicted for attending at what was called an illegal meeting , at which he did not speak , and then they will see the facility with which the minions of Government may . urn a perfectly legal into an illegal meeting , aad yet some of my enthusiastic friendsurged on bythe taunts of Government employes —would consider that I best discharged my duty by thus hazarding my liberty , and
jeopardisin _*; their cause . However , as my family and myself have been scattered over the face of the earth—some prematurely consigned to the cold grave ; others having spent more than half a century in banishment , others in VanDiemen ' s Land nnd Colombia ; and as I am the last and remainder of that stock in this country , and as here I have borne my fair share of persecution , it is not to be expected that I will jeopardise my liberty , and hazard a cause which is dearer to me than life itself , by feeing made the victim or the tool of the sus-_ ept . b-.-itv and credulity of others .
S _* rank has tyranny become , that I even fear to ask a question as to the treatment that the Whig victims are now receiving , least my interference may increase the rigour to which they are subjected . But of tbis you may rest assured , that I am not an inattentive observer of passing events , nor shall I fail to turn ; them to the best account . Mv enthusiastic friends , who imagine that
enough never can be done for them , would have had a taste ofthe delights of office held under them , had they witnessed the treatment that I have more than once received in the House of Commons , in defence of their cause . And I now tell thera , as I haye told them before , tbat I would rather be found slain amongst the ranks of those contending for freedom , than living , promoted and honoured , in the ranks ofthe oppressor .
My own countrymen , especially those in Manchester , cannot have forgotten the years of trouble , of persecution , and of danger _. that it has cost me to bring about a union of the Irish and Eng lish working classes , . while now some of them , who were then opposed to that union , and resisted it , are holding back , fearful of even expressing a mild opinion . Even Irish Members in the House of Commons draw the
distinction between the treatment of English and Irish prisoners , one Member having actually taunted tbe Government with not having transported some of the Chartist _prisoners , while those prisoners are now suffering punishment worse than death or transportation . They are upon prison fare , on the silent system , and in the felon's dress , and , until I was aware of the fact , they were compelled to pick oakum like
felons-Good God ! is this a state of _things-to be endured , and are one set of men to be treated Tike thieves , whilst those who consign them to degradation secured pre-eminence by violence and the preaching of revolutionary doctrines ? My friends , tbe Government has made a dreadful onslaught upon the Press of Ireland , ind I believe vou can well imagine the delight it would afford them to victimise the onl y paper in England that dares to avow the pure democratic principle . Perhaps you are not aware that Lord Arundel and Surrey ,
Mr Drummond , and Sir Benjamin Hall , frequently honour me with reading extracts from the Northern Star in the House of Commons ; and that Mr Hume , as far as unconnected words will admit of abuse , attempted to heap mud upon me for proclaiming the rights of labour . But although I have long borne these insolent taunts I am consoled by the hope of the realisation of a former prediction , when , in speaking of Ireland , I said , "Though a dark cloud has brooded over my country , yet in the , distant horizon 1 see the dim shadow of liberty
and my heart gladdens . " " In my < xtacj I exclaimed , can it be , And 3 voice responds , Union and Liberty . " And may that union be now so perfect as to insure the freedom of my country , is the fondest hope of my heart , and I have only to implore of the enthusiastic and brave , whilst 1 do not ask them to abate their ardour , not foolishly to try to precipitate me into useless and unnecessary danger . They may rest assured that of all the felons , that felon who has resisted tbem so long would be their dearest prize , vhile my countrymen and the English
Chartists know , that not only frem the day I entered Parliament , but | f _ m the day I was born , I have neither said a word , nor written a word , given a vote , nor done a single act which has been hostile to the interest of Ireland or to the working classes of England . And if prudence would permit the disclosure , I could submit to them - ome facts which I have used forthe safety of others , and with which , one day , I shall arraign the W _. % Government . Now , my friends , all these things which you force from me , hut make mejmore odious to the Government , and while you talk of the facility
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of packing juries in Ireland , you have never cast a thought that there is no necessity for packing juries in England , as the whole list contains a long catalogue of oppressors , whose interests are supposed to be hazarded and jeopardised by the growing spirit of Democracy . Now I will suppose a case . Suppose I was arrested to-morrow , and arrai gned before Chief Justice Wilde and a middle-class jury , and charged by Tom Snooks , a policeman or detective , with having been present when Jack
Styles made a seditious speech jdo you think that any more evidence would be necessarv , or do you think that if a hundred witnesses ofthe most unimpeachable character came forward to prove that I was at the Land ' s End when that speech was delivered in London that it would be an answer to the evidence of Snooks ? Not a bit o f it . The Chief Justice would tell the Jury tnat if I wasnot there , I ought to have been there , that he trap was laid for me and I ought to have gone into it .
I have said as much as the Gagging Bill will allow me , and in conclusion I have only to repeat my former pledge ; that I commenced this movement with the people and for the people , and with them and for them I will remain in . it to the close , but the persecution that every member of my family has endured , although it has not relaxed my ardour has increased my caution . I remain Your faithful friend and countryman , Feargtjs _O'Coxkor .
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_flB-fY _ n _ _jlt AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL . VOL- XL No 562- LONDON , SATURDAY , JULY 29 . 1848 . _^ _J _^ T _*!^™* _^ * rive _Smllmspj nnd Sixpence per Quarter
Receipts Of The Nation&I. Land
RECEIPTS OF THE NATION _& I . LAND
_COT & _-P & BY , FOR THB WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , JULY , 27 , 1818 . PER UR _O'COKKOS . _IH-. BES . £ _ . d . Pershore M 10 6 Bolton -, 5 6 0 Croydon „ 4 9 6 Preston , Brown 5 0 fl Westminster - > 1 15 6 Newport , Salop 0 _ o _Pol-jhill .. 3 17 0 Teignmouth .. 5 0 0 Bridport .. 0 2 2 Hanley „ lis G Marl _ inch m o 14 0 Henry Smith „ lie Seaham ., o 18 0 Heniy _Gelden .. 0 7 6 Malton .. 1 17 9 George Martin 0 * 0 Nottingham , Thomas _Tilley .. 0 7 8 Sweet n 0 2 0 Alfred Wood „ _d 2 « South Shields .. 4 16 0 Thos Thornherry 0 5 o £ 38 19 7
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Land Fend 38 19 7 Expense Fund 1 18 6 Ru...
Land Fend 38 19 7 Expense Fund 1 18 6 Rules 0 2 S 41 0 9 Bank „ .. . 1 U 13 6 JE 155 _ 14 3 Wts , DlXOH , _Chsistofheb Doils , Thos . Cues , ( Corres . Seo . ) Fai _ r _* G _ i _ , ( Fin , Set ) , )
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Kotice To Depositors. Hereafter, All Pos...
KOTICE TO DEPOSITORS . Hereafter , all Post-oSce orders should be made _payable to Thomas Price , at the Bloemsbury Money Orderoffice , in-tead of St Martin ' s-le-grand General Postofiace . All who have not sent in written vouchers to be _exchanged for printed certificates , are requested to do bo without delay . Xlie ha-f-jearly _Intereit due on the 31 st day of Decernber , aud 30 th Jane , is added to the principal in the sereral accounts , in accordance with the BanI- Rules , and bears interect as fresh deposits . T . Psics , Manager .
Receipts Of Liberty Fund, Romford,' Cara...
RECEIPTS OF LIBERTY FUND , Romford , ' Cara Wellingborough 0 10 0 Fides * _ _, 0 19 0 Oldham , per T . Greenwich _„ 0 10 2 Trestram .. 0 2 6 Limehouse , Re- Newcastle , per publican .. 010 0 M . Jude -, 0 13 1 Uxhridge , per Ashton , per Dr Mr Redrope .. 8 5 8 M _* DoaaU ~ 2 0 0 Merthyr , per J . Manchester , per Morgan .. 10 0 T . Onnisher _ 5 0 0 Holmfirth , per Todmorden , per H . Marsden . 0 7 0 R . Close - 1 0 e _JTorw-. b ., per E . Barnsley , per E . SpriHgall m 1 0 0 Dalby .. 0 14 1 Northampton , Swindon , per W , per W . i _ nn . Burton .. 10 0 day ( No . 1 ) n 0 10 0 MarkincI-, ANorthampton Mitchell .. 0 10 ( No . H 0 19 0 Chippenham , S . Dalston , per A . Robbeck .. 0 0 6 Leach .. 0 5 0 _ 16 8 - _^ _-B-a- __ _a--B > Johk _ - _«(_ . _ -: , Secretary .
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JOB HSS JOKES . IIC-IVED BT W . 5 IDEB . Washington Bri- Kilmarnock , per gade , per _T-x M . Gilmour .. 0 2 4 Daniels ' ~ 015 0 Noi thampton , Hr Te _ ian , per W . Mundy - 0 . 6 ditto -. 0 10 Paid _ r J . Simpson -, £ 1 4 10
Executive Notice. Letters Hive Been Rece...
EXECUTIVE NOTICE . Letters hive been received from many ofthe must important district , of England and Wales , giving favourable accounts of the progress of the movement generally . The great question for the ' present is efficient organisation , and from reports that reaoh us every day , we have reasons to believe that the elements of a gigantic movement party for tha Charter exist in this country . One thing is plain—tha _Ruesell Ministry are breathing their last , and the present House of Commons is imbecile for good , and powerful only for evil . Such a parliament cannot govern . The bre-king up of parties is inevitable ; and , therefore , the collecting and husbanding of our strength is wisdom .
During these past ten dayB , important meetings have been continuously held in London and districts and our colleague , Mr M'Crae , has gone to Scotland , to cement the bonds of union on both side , of the Tweed river . We deem it advisable to issue no address . Next week we shall address our friends at length . We have received numerous applications for missionaries , but the state of eur finances prevent as complying with the requests of onr friend .. Let no Whie servile or Tory journalist rejoice at this announcement . We cannot put our handB into a fund
for secret service , by which to make an impression on the' Times , ' and astonish the' SpEc _. ATOBa— surprise the ? _ _t _ aK _* -B . s' of the' C _ u . on . cl _'—and have our office filled with official Dispatches ; ' but we cando _greater things : we can move England and _Scotland from Land ' s End to Land ' s End , and will awaken the dozing minister , one of these mornings , to such a cry for the Charter as will make him wonder at the meaning of the oft-misquoted phrase— ' Voxpopuli , vox d'i . '— The voice of the people i 3 the voice of God !' Signed on behalf of the Executive . Samuel Ktdd .
Souih Lokdos Chabttst Hall.— Mr Thompson...
Souih Lokdos _Chabttst Hall . — Mr Thompson will kctura on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Subject : 'Man , his sooial aud political rightB . ' „ .,, Tower Hamlets Vicru- Committee —All persons h _» lding books or monies on behalf ef the above , muBt bring them in on Thursday evening , at eight o ' _cluck , at Perry ' s Coffee-toase , _Shor-ditch . A meeting for special business will be held . J . II . Shepherd will deliver an address on the present aspect of tbi times , at the Hoyal United Friends , Tabernacle-walk . Hoxton , on Monday eveninat eight o ' clock
g . . . , , A Meetins of the Chartist s-cretarie 3 of London and district , will take place in the Assembly-rooms . _Dean-street , on Sunday morning , at ten o clock The Charxbb fob Ej-gland and _Repeal fob Ireland —A public meeting will be held at the Theatre , Milton-Btreet , on Wednesday evening next , at 61 __" is ° -UJBT . —Tbe localities tot having eent _dtleeat-S " to the district committee are requested to meet at HaUiday ' s Coffee-house , Hoi born-hill , on _Wednesday , at eight o ' clock .
To Henry Drummond, M.P., And Joseph Hume...
TO HENRY DRUMMOND , M . P ., AND JOSEPH HUME , M . P . Sirs , —I perceive b y the reports in the daily journals , that on the occasion ot the Parliamentary sacrifice of the Constitution' on Saturday last , both of you vented your spite and spleen against the honourable member for NottiEgbam , by falsely and foully assailing the Northern Star . You , Henry Drummond , M . P ., maliciously and untruly charged Mr O'Connor with publishing in this journal , ' along column of advertisements of blasphemous and obscene books . ' and recommending tbem lo the readers of this paper .
To this accusation , I answer that Mr O'Comior _, who is the proprietor of the Northern Star , is totally ignorant of the character ot the advertisements inserted until the publication ofthe paper ; and is certainl y guiltless of ever having reviewed or recommended any book—good , bad , or indifferent . The' long column' must be either Mr _Cousins ' s or Mr Watson ' s advertisement—or , perhaps , both . I have looked down both advertisements , and I here deny your slanderous assertion , tbat a single obscene book is to be found iu the list of either publisher . In Mr Watson ' s list I find political , theological , physiological and educational works . In Mr Cousins ' s list I find political , theological , and medical works , with the addition of certain novels and
romances . But , I repeat , neither list includes any work on which could be founded your disgraceful libel of * _obscenity . » Messrs -Watson and Cousins are incapable of publishing obscene works , and , therefore , have no occasion to advertise such publications . As to your talk about ' blasphemous books , ' all sensible men will value that talk at its true worth , as the ravings ofa bigot or a hypocrite . You doubtless consider yourself an orthodox Christian , and . like the Pharisee , thank God you are not as other men are , but you should remember Byron ' s definition of orthodoxy and heterodoxy . ' The first , ' says the poet , ' is my doxy , the second is another
man's doxy . ' Your' doxy * is , probably , heterodoxy to Messrs Watson aud Cousins . You " would hardly venture to denounce Lord Brougham as a blasphemer , yet that personage could not hesitate to avow he has read the writings of Hume , Paine , Godwin , Volney , Diderot , Mirabaud , _Eousseau and Voltaire ; and if Harry Brougham may read the wr itings of these authors , why not Harry Smith or John Jon _ _s , who have equally as good a right as his liberal lordship to ' prove all things ard hold fast that which is good . ' Some of the above-named authors have extorted the lavish praise of the ex-Chancellor . If Lord Brougham may eulogise Voltaire as worthy of ' a lasting debt of gratitude , ' *
surely the Northern Star may _adverse the great Frenchman ' s works . Do you , a member of Parliament , stand in need of being taught that ' blasphemy' is an undefined offence , which the professors of every religion think themselves at liberty to charge upon the professors of every other religion ? Are you so ignorant as not to know that the founder of Christianity was crucified and Stephen stoned , as ' blasphemers ? ' That Luther and Calvin were blasphemers to the followers of Rome ? That Dr Kalley , a Protestant minister , was recently pro secuted and persecuted by the Portuguese authorities of Madeira as a ' blasphemer ? ' And , lastly , can you be blissfully unconscious of the fact that
you , Henry Drummond , M . P ., are a blasphemer ' in the eyes of Jews , Turks , and Hindoos ; and even all Christian sects but the one you associate with ? I am afraid , however , that I cannot credit you with mere ignorance . It is often said of certain persons , that they are not such fools as they look , and my impression is , that you are not nearly so demented as judging by your speeches some people might imagine . You know that in the enlightened assembly , of whicb you are a member , your fellow-legislators (!)—all 'honourable' men—are ever ready to bait a Cbartist ; and that to set them barking and
biting the ' cry' of blasphemy' is just as good as any other . Were you merely a bigot , you would intro duce a law to suppress the « blasphemous' books , and punish the authors or publishers by fine , imprisonment , torture or death — the good old way of vindicating ' the glory of Gcd . ' But that you will not do ; you are wise enough to see that the good old times cannot be restored , so you vent your spleen , by meanly assailing a gentleman whom you hate for his popularity—that popularity being gall and wormwood to you , and such as you , who are detested by the great mass of the people .
Excepting , perhaps , Mr Sillett ' _s book , on farming , I am not aware that Mr O'Connor has ever recommended any book to the readers of the Star . 1 alone am responsible for the censure or applause bestowed upen any book reviewed in the Star . For anything I know Mr O'Connor may never look at the review columns , and certainly he knows nothing of the reviews until the publication of the Star . I do not spare censure when I think censure called for , but on the other hand I do not , and never will , hesitate to applaud and recommend a really good and clever work , even though it should not be shaped according to the fashionable orthodoxy ofthe day . I am content to * Seize on Truth wherever lound , On Christian or on Heathen ground , ' Believing with the poet , that—* The flower ' s < - ! vlne wherever . igcow » , '
You , Henry Drummond , M . P ., proceeded in your speech to assert , that ' the hon . member for Nottingham had in his journal advocated the principles of M . Proudhon , wbich went to deny the right of any property . ' I shall simply reply to this , that you have asserted wbat you knew to be an outrage on truth . You went on to say , " He ( Mr O'Connor ) had in the course of certain articles published in this journal , said , addressing the people , ' The land is yours , and one day or other you will each of you have your share of it , when _, you shall have acquired sufficient knowledge and strength to assert the principle tbat the land is the people ' s inheritance , and that kings , and , priests and
nobles have stolen it from the people , and only hold it through their ignorance . " I cannot at this moment call to mind where you bave found this extract , or whether there is any foundation for your imputing it to Mr O'Connor . Any way I will say that Mr O'Connor need not be ashamed of it . For my part , I should be only too happy , could I acknowledge myself its author . But can you not see , O wise M . P ., that in charging Mr O'Connor with the sentiments just extracted , you have contradicted a preceding charge ? In one breath you charge Mr O'Connor with advocating
principles which go to ' deny the right to any property , ' and in the next breath you charge him with teaching the people that the right to possess the land is naturally theirs , and tbat they will recover their property in the land as soon as they have acquired sufficient knowledge and strength to assert their right . For my part I declare my belief that this is most wholesome doctrine , and that whoever preaches it does more for the advancement of mankind than such statesmen (!) as you will effect though you should legislate (!) for a thousand years to come .
Yes , I declare—I echo the assertion of a great principle , a principle founded in eternal right , that THE LAND IS THE PEOPLE'S INHERITANCE , AND THAT KINGS , AND PRIESTS . AND NOBLES HAVE STOLEN IT FROM THE PEOPLE , AND ONLY HOLD IT THROUGH POPULAR IGNORANCE ! I do not court persecution , but under any circumstances this principle I will maintain . It is not against property I war , but against the fraudulent appropriation of national property , by the plunderers and oppressors of the people .
_Towards tbe conclusion of your speech , you , Henry Drummond , M . P ., said : — ' The hon . member for Nottingham in these articles , attacked the verv tenure of propertyi and sought to destroy society as it now existed . In one of those articles the hon . member for Nottingham said , " For myself , 1 freely-avow tbat I have no respect for society as it is at present constituted . ' Civilisation' means illrequited labour and a bastile for the millions . 'Civilisation' is a huge lie—an organised hypocrisy . Banish ' civilisation . ' ( Hear , hear . ) " Thus you
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are reported in the Morning Herald . If the report is correct , _\ shall show you to have been guilty of a wilful perversion of facts . In the first place you knew tbat Mr O'Connor had nothing whatever to do with the Address in whicii the passage you professed to quote occurs . I can truly assert and prove that Mr O'Connor could not have seen that AddresB until the Star of Jul y Sth was published , and very likely even then did not notice or put himself to the trouble of reading that document . You could be under no mistake as to
the parties responsible for that Address , it being headed as an ' Address from the Fraternal Democrats to the Working Men of Great Britain and Ireland' and si gned ' G . Julian Harney , Secretary . ' I leave the public to pronounce judgment on your conduct in asserting that « the hon . member for Nottingham , said , & c , & c * The hon . member did not say , & c , and is not answerable for the sentiments you have ascribed to him . Those sentiments are mine , and the words are mine , and I glory in avowing tbem .
Here is a correct copy of the passage you have misquoted : — 'We ( the Fraternal _Demoorats ) frankly avow that we have no respect for society aa at present con _stituted . ? Civilisation' means ill-requited labour starvation , gaol- and _bastilea for the masses . To the millions civilisation is a huge lie , an organised -bypwriiy . -Perish such civilisation . ' The word siicii is in italics in the original . 1 must now trouble you Henry Drummond , M . P ., to turn to the report of your speech on Hume ' s Reform Motion , as published in tbe Morning Chronicle of June 21 st , in which you describe ' society as at present constituted , ' and the ' civilisation * of the present day in th . following words - . —
' In the first place , they must consider who were the persons making these demands . He waa sure that the greatest portion throughout the country at the present moment were persons who , from various causes , were suffering great distress , and he believed that there was no distress which a man waB capable of suff _. ring equal in pain , both to body and mind , to that of seeing his family around him starving to death ( hear , hear ) , whil . t he felt that he had the ability to support them had he but the means . ( Hear , hear . ) Many gentlemen must remember
that passage in the first of our modern poets , who when he would describe the aome of human suffering , takes the caBe of Count _Ugolino , and there de . scribes much such a scene as that to which he . had adverted . Many gentlemen had also read no doubt , the very painful accounts whioh were published not very long ago , detailing sufferings of such a nature that they had nearly destroyed aU the finest feelings of humanity—that had gone even the length of leading mothers to contemplate and provide for the death of Bome of her children that she might have somewhat more to give the others . '
This is your picture of' civilisation , and if you had the heart of a man within you , you would cry with me , ' PERISH such CIVILISATION !' But there is this difference between you and me . I belong to the working classes , and have known in my own person the sufferings of the working classes ; you belong to that privileged minority who thrive by the sufferings of the people . Is it true that you are related to the Duke of Athol , the too celebrated lord of Glen Tilt ? Is it true that you are brother-in-law to the Earl of Kinnoul and the Bishop of Rochester ? These are , for aught I know to the contrary , all'honourable men ; ' but not the less deeply interested iu society as at present constituted , and that ' civilisation , ' which according to your own showing , dooms the masses to horrors rivailing the miseries of Count Ugolino .
As to you , Joseph Hume , M . P ., a few words will suffice . You followed the member for West Surrey , and declared that' the paper from which the hon . gentleman had quoted was no credit to any one . ( A laugh . ) * * Any paper which pandered to the passions of the multitude by propagating such doctrines fully deserved the term profligate that had been applied to it . * * And the men who propounded such doctrines , and held out such dangerous principles to the ignorant and unthinking should be shunned by all persons , and scouted from society . ' Thank you for nothing , Joseph . It is no fault of yours that the means at present employed to crush the independent Irish press have not before this time been put into
requisition to destroy the only public journal in England , which such shoyhoys and political charlatans as you stand in awe of . Are you not a wretched counterfeit of a ' Reformer . ' when , acknowledging as you do , that English misgovernr aent and Whig treachery are the prime causes of Irish disaffection , you nevertheless , with a hypocritical whine , declare yourself ' placed in the painful position of supporting her Majesty ' s government , ' in strangling ' the constitution , ' and handing over Ireland to the rule of the sword ? Both the hon . member for Nottingham and this journal have earned your hatred , by exposing the humbug of your Reform dodge , and , therefore , you join chorus with the West Surrey sage in raising a howl against ' the dangerous doctrines' of the Northern Star-,
On so notorious a ' brown-bread . ' sham-Radical as you , Joseph Hume , M . P ., I do not think it necessary to waste further remarks . I beg to remind you , Henry Drummond , M . P ., that on the occasion of your election at Guildford , on the 6 th of August last , you said : — ' I was born a Tory—and I stuck to Toryism till it became as dead as a door nail . ' You went on to say : — ' Whigism is as dead as Tory _, isra , ' and you added : — ' It has been determined that class-legislation shall come to an end—in that
determination I join . ( Loud cheers . ) * * * There must be perfect equality for all . No one class shall domineer over another , or be domineered over by another . ( Loud cheers . ) ' This speech gave me some hopes of you , even though * born a Tory . But my hopes have suffered shipwreck , and I am afraid you have sadly disappointed your constituents and that the cheers will not be so ' loud' the next time you address a Guildford audience . Oh !—as Burns says when addressing the Deil : —
' 0 wad ye tak a thought an' men . ' You read the _Northern Star . Good . That is the one hopeful feature of your otherwise deplorable case . Read it attentively , reflect on this letter , learn to speak the truth , eschew the shocking habit of bearing false witness against your neighbour , and you may yet redeem your character . If , however , these words of warning are too late , if you are resolved to persevere in the road to ruin , the best fortune I can then wish you , will be—that tbe next election for West Surrey , may leave you politicall y , like Toryism , ' as dead as a door nail . ' G . Julian _Haiiney . Northern Star Office , July 27 th , 1848 .
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_Wbst Bromwich . — Mr Linney , of Bilston , attended a public _meei ing and formed a branch at thia place , on Sunday evening last . County op Durham Organisation . —On Saturday , July 22 ad . Mr Byrne lectured at Trindon Grange ; Sunday , July 23 rd , at the camp meeting , Coxhoe ; Monday , July 24 th , Little Chilton Colliery ; Tuesday , July 25 th , _Kelloe . Greenwich District . —A speoial _general meeting of the above district will be held on Tuesday evenin ? , August 1 st , at the Druid ' s Arms , Straight's Mouth , for the forwarding the organisation of the district .
Thb Chartist Localities ani Land Branche _* , who have issued shares for tho ' Daily Paper , ' are requested to send delegates to the Dispatch Ale and Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleet street , on Sunday , August 13 _' . h , at three o ' clock , to bring the paper out as soon as possible . —The Paper Committee for the Whittington and Cat , ara requested to meet on Wednesday evening next , at eight for dine o ' clock . — The _m-mb-re of the Land Company aro requested tc attend a general meeting , on Tuesday , August 1 st , and to bring their cards and books . A General Mebtino of the National Land Company will be held in the Wilberfoice Rooms , on Tuesday evening , Augnst 1 st . London . —A general meeting will bo held on Sunday evening , July 30 _ _, in the Temperance Hall , B ! _anket-tow .
_Marylebinh—A lecture will bo delivered on Sunday evening , July 30 th , at the Coaoh PainterB Arms , _Ciroua-atreBt , New-road , at eight o ' clock . Mr S . Kydd will deliver his second lecture in the Hall of the Literary and Scientific Institution , Great CatlUle-. treet , Portmftn Market , on _WedneEday next , August 2 nd ,
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- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . ( Concluded from the Eighth page . J Mr P . _ktnolds thought it of little importance whether thiB unconstitutional measure extended to September or to March . His opinion was so strong against the principle ofthe bill , that if it was proposed to pass It for seven years be should h' _-l be inclined to divide the house upon it . ( Great laughter . ) They might laugh , but he could assure them that the proceedings of that evening would be received' in a very different spirit in Ireland . When it reached Ireland that on a Saturday they assembled , and in a few hours suspended the constitution of that country , and that when he , as one of the represents tiv _.-t-f Ireland , made an observation tending lo convey Ills strong opposition to the rue-sure , instead of receiving
any sympathy he was laughed at , what were the feelings of the peopio of Ireland likely to be ? He would advise those gentlemen who were in the minority not to trouble hon . members by voting again on the question . ( Cheers . Though he entertained great respect for the hon . member for Middlesex ( Mr Osborne ) , he must say he was not prepared to go with him nt present in any attempt either to modify the provisions ofthe Dili or its political existence ( a . ar , hear . ) Hia belief was , that in lieu of being called a Bill for the Supension ofthe Habeas Corpus Act , it would hereafter be called a Bill to Facilitate the Repeal of tha Union . He had promised to give no factious opposition to the measure ; that promise he was prepared to Keep ; and he called upon other hon . members not to Insist upon another vote . ( Cheers . )
w £ 2 £ . J _S ? if he had _wma witb the lion . mem . ber for Dublin-Mr Reynolds ) , that the passing of this measure would accelerate the Repeal of the Union , he would have voted for it . After some further discussion Mr Osbobnz withdrew his amendment . The Bill then went through committee , after which the _nouse resume _^ , and the Chairman reported . The Beport Was then _brought up and received . The bill was then read a third time and passed , immediately after which the house adjourned at a quarter to seven o ' clock . HOUSE OP LOKDS— MONDAY , July 24 . SUSPENSION OP HABEAS CORPUS ACT ( IRE
LAND ) BILL , Mr Bornal and other members of the House of Commons brought up this bill , The Marquis of _Lansdow . vb sal ., before the house pro . ceeded further in its ordinary business , he would call attention to an act just sent up from the other housebeing an act to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act in certain oases in Ireland until the 1 st of Alar _ , 18-19 , and he begged leave to move that the bill be read a first time . The bill having been read a first time , The Marquis of Lanbpownb _, in moving the suspension of the standing orders , that the bill might pass through all its stages in one sitting , caUed attention to the fact , that three days had not elapsed since the
subject of the rebellious movement in Ireland was incidentally discussed on the motion of Lord Qlengall , without bringing overwhelming proof as to the character and ex . tent of that emergency under the pressure of which their lordships were called on to legislate . In Meath , Cork , Waterford . Tipperary , and Kilkenny , the club shad taken practical pos _. e _. _Bion ofthe country . Sinco the Lord-Lieutenant had proclaimed Dublin , Cork , and Waterford , the _ackaowledgedleaders of the conspiracy had gone from town to town , and county to county , for the purpose of reviewing tbeir forces and ascertaining the extent ofthe power on which they might immediately rely . ' He moved that the standing orders be dispensed with , that this measure might pass at _osce . He ventured to promise that without delay it would receive _HerMajestj _' _s assent .
After a discussion in which Lord B-. oucH _ . _ t , the Earl of Wicklow , andthe Harl of Elienboboogh took part , The standing orders were then _ tpeud _ , and the bill was reid a second time , passed though committee , was reported , read a third time , and finally passed in about two minutes . The Health of Towns Bill passed through committee , and their lordships rose at a quarter to seven , no doubt congratulating themselves on having got through a fair piece of work for an hour and three quarters Bitting . MONDAY , Jdlt 24 th . HOUSE OP COMMONS .-Alakm in LiVEB _ 0-.-Mr Caedwei _. l presented a petition Irom Liverpool , signed by all the authorities and respectable inhabitants of that town , praying for the extension of tbe measung for suspending the _HAbeas Cornug Act to that town . The adjourned debate on Mr _Keoqh ' b motion relative to the striking ofthe juries in the recent triali in Ireland for sedition , was resumed , and after a discussion negatived without a division , The house then went into a committee of supply on the army estimates , and several sums were voted .
The Incumbered Estates ( Ireland ; Bill was then read a third time , and passed . TUESDAY , Jo _ 25 th . HOUSE OP LORDS . —The house met at twelve o ' clock , when the Royal assent was given by commission to the Habeas Corpus Suspension ( Ireland ) Bill . The Marriage ( Scotland ) Bill was read a third time , and passed . HOUSE OP COMMONS . — The Colonies . —Sir Wm . Moleswobth brought forward the following motion : 'ThRtlt Is the opinion of this house that the _colenial expenditure of tbe British empire demands inquiry , with a view to its reduction ; and , that to accomplish this object and to secure greater contentment and prosperity to the colonists , they ought to be invested with large powers for the administration of their local affairs . ' Mr Hott seconded the motion . Mr Hawes replied , and the debate was adjourned . WEDNESDAY , J-LT 26 th .
HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Mv R . M- Fox withdrew his motion on the Parliament of Ireland . The Waste Lands ( Ireland ) Bill was withdrawn . The Sale of Beer Bill went through committee , and the house adjourned .
Dr. M'Douall. To The Editor Op The Mobth...
DR . M'DOUALL . TO THE EDITOR OP THE MOBTHEBN STAB . Dsar Sib , — I thank you for your notice and remarks on my arrest and the condition of the _prisonera and their families . I hope the country at large will respond . There are one or two things regarding m . case wbich I shall mention- I wonld not have been arrested at all had it uot been for Robert Newton , constable of Ashton , who was uncommonly annoyed at some ofthe Ashton lads refusing him admission to the meeting . He then importuned the magistrates , but only two Whigs , Buckley and Lord , could be induced to sign the warrant , and go fearful were they on the oross-examination ofthe ' oat getting out of tho bag' that they impartially allowed Mr Roberts to question Newton as to what ocourred
betwecn them , but , at the same time , cautioned him not to answer . I was confined in & n underground necessary , commonly called a cell , without any _ventilatiou , from four o ' olock on Sunday morning until ten o ' clock on the Monday morning following . The window waa the size of a sheet of Bath post paper , and admitted three rays of the sun , which , illuminating tbe particles of dust , seemed like three long thin webs of gossamer . They did not represent the trinity of King , Lords , an . Commons , but that of nature man and liberty—upon which I spun many cheering thoughts and arguments . . U __ ed aa I have been all my life to the open air , I need not say that I felt horribly oppressed , especially when the water was heated in the pipes which run through the cell for the purpose of warming the vagrant prisoners in winter . I remonstrated—greater heat waa applied until the pipes became too hot for
tae touch of any hand , save that of an iron or copper smelter . I stripped , eoat , waistcoat , and , finally , _troweers . I fe't suffocated but I saw that any further complaint would be a triumph to the enemy , therefore 1 patiently submitted to an extreme hot bath , removing to the furthest corner , near tho door , the little trap in which was carefully bolted , so that not a breath of air Bhould oome in . Thia little trap _. door , I knew , waa open to the thieves in the cells ranging beyond mine , _ferl'heardrthem concoct ing and arranging their plans , witnesses , and evidence with each other . But for one of the little panes of _glaaa , the half . is . of one ' s hand , being broken in the small window , it would have been death to a person so much accustomed to the free breeze of heaven as I have been . As it was , the enemy succeeded , for I must certainly admit that although the Blind lost little of its elasticity the body was most woefully debilitated .
Had the trap door been opened a stream of air would bavo flowed from thence to the small broken square , or vice versa , or had the fire been quashed and the trap shut 1 might have done better . The specials on Sunday night broke the monotony of ray solitude by trying to break in . I had a long ohat at the trapdoor with them , which they opened . They ordered the heat to be lowered . It was increased . I ordered them home , as all was , and would be quiet , and on being _summOBOd up , and express ing the same , whilst in the presence of my triend Aitken , before a magistrate , they was allowed te return to their wiveB and families . Bat mark this , a
guard of two policemen was posted over their room , whilst they remained , lest they Bhould _cime again to my cell , and say ' all was d—d tyranny . ' T _. I 0 trial you hsve reported , bnt you have not been informed that my witnesses broke down , confuted , and demolished the police evidence . The same two magistrates who _signbd the warrant , commtttbd me . Not another magistrate would have _anything to do With it * There was a bloated blockhead , a halt idiotic being on tke benck , who wore a red coat , and who violated all the rules and regulations ofthe Bervioe _^ as well as the manners aud conduct of a gentleman . Who he is , I should beglad to know , especially the root from whecca he sprang .
I will defend every inch of ground at Liverpool assizes , provided those localities which have no prisoner to defend , will supply Mr Roberts andmyselt with the mean *' , _Aehtun will do its duty . The trial will be vcrj expensive—for solicitor , counsel , and witnesses must all bo paid . The question then _i _ , will the people prevent me being sacrificed ? They have it in their power to say no , and it rests entirely with them to deoide whether I am better in or oat of _pxison . There ia no time to lose . The whole
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quesllon binges on tbis—Can I _n take do _ toy wit . n «_ jei or not ' —Can I secure poid counsel or io' ?—Oan I pay my solicitor or nit ? -Oa the solntioa ' of these questions hangs the lute ot Sir , Yours most _. incereJy and respectfully , P . M . M'Douall . ' P . S . —AH aid ond assistance to be forwarded to William Aitken , schoolmaster , Ashton > under-Ly _ , Lancashire . —The assizes begin on the 17 th of August , at Liverpool . _qae- _» on binges on tWs-Cau / take _doirn toy wit . DUHe T or not ?~ Can 18 CCur « roid counsel or ro' ** — Can I pay my solicitor or _ni-t ? -Oa the solntion ' of fr . hp on _miAi-Hnno _Vi _ _n--o t \\ a t .. f _>_„ 4 _> * *
Metropolitan Meetings, And Gq. Vernment ...
METROPOLITAN MEETINGS , AND GQ . VERNMENT PREPARATIONS . THE IRISH REPEALERS . A great meeting was held on Tuesday evening last , at the Milton-street Theatre , City , in supp . re of the Irish League . At the oowmenwment every part of the houso waa crammed , and _severa hundred persons who were unable to gain admission , continued to congregate in front of the theatre . The i w _ s states that' this gave seme alarm to the neigh _, _oours . and lor fear any attempt to disturb the publio S _ __ r _u made _» tho _whu'e of the day and reserve police belonging to the city force were ori _„ n » tiT _^ _"J 41 . _^ contiguous station in Moor-Km .. 8 ° i _] _* 1 w 6 re a ! _so ordered in reserve , rnnn , _* nfti „ n Pe _ , . nd ent Le _* ' _**** -3 _™ eon _ to _ tc . ni-K _^ WIth Mr _0 aniel _Whit'k Harvey . _the-City _boTeqS _^ rr _• • _" rvice 3 ot kia _? en ahoui * nn _„ _ lhe M division were also in reserve , _ZL _? tt * th ( ! L diyi 8 ' ' _a > -n being ! " = With cutlasses , and were under tbo % _^ f _ f _SnPe"ate »_ ents E - ans and EuU Several office * cf the P divl . Un in PU _ clothe , were also stationed in various parts of the theatre , with instructions that , in the event ot any ; _ininff in the shape of an outbreak being recom . ? _»» _» lc 8 t 5 tntl communication was to be conveyed to Mr Superintendent Pearce , who would forward the intelligence to the Commissioner , at Whitehall . pJaee . In fact , the precautions taken by tho govern ment were of such a _' oharscter that if the least attempt had been made to walk in proce . sion through the _fltr-ets , or to create a riot , both must inevitably have failed . ' Mr Bond Hughes , the government report- r » was present . The chair was occupied by E . Kenealy , E _* q , barrister , the counsel for the patriot Looney . Resolutions calling on Irishmen to unite for the attainment of their national _riBaia , and in _apBTDval
of the club system for the effecting an organisation of the werking classes , were unanimously adopted The meetiEg was addressed by Messrs Kenny . Ryan , A . M . O'Connell , Barry , Maher , Shaw , and O'Cara . nagh . Cheers were given for the Charter , Repeal , and groans for Lord John Russell ; wben this enthuaiaatio meeting quietly dispersed . The police remained on duty in the neigbourhood until a late hour , but their services were not required .
THE IRISH LEAGUE , Enthusiastic meetings have been held by tha John Mitchel , the Davis , Red Hugh _O'Donnell , Robert Emmett and the Brian Boru Club ? , and a great number of members enrolled . Preliminary meetings were also held to establish new clubs .
THE CHARTIST PRISONERS . A public meeting of the Chartists was held in tha City Theatre , Milton-street , _Cripolegate , fer the purpose , of bringing before the legislature and the public the despotic and inhuman treatment of the Chartist victims . Eight o _' cleck was the hour named fer the chair to be taken , but long before that time several hundred persons had assembled in front of tha theatre awaiting the opening of the doors . Shortly after the theatre was opened every part of the building was crowded , and information of the iatended meeting having been forwarded to the City Police Commissioner , Mr D . W . Harvey ordered a strong body of men to be in reserve at Moor-lane . Cripplegate , Garlic-bill , _Bishopsgate-street , and West
Smithfield . A great number of outlasses were for * warded during the early part of the evening to ths first-named station for the use of the men in _caso their service , should ba required . The mon were placed under the direction of Mr Inspector Darby . During the _afternoon ths Lord Mayor , several alder * men and members of the Common Council , with Mr Harvey , the Commissioner of the City Police , inspected upwards ef 600 constables in the Attillerygrouad , City-road ; and the men were bo perfeot in their ererahe that his lordship expressed himself highly delighted with their military movements . In oase any attempt at disturbing the publio peace should he made , either before the meetins began or at ita close , the Commissioners
of the Metropolitan Police had strong reserves ef mea armed with cutlasses at their several depots , snd the mounted men were also in readiness to aet at a moment's notice if their services should be required . The latter body was under the command of Mr Superintendent Williamson , of the T , or Hammersmith division . The whole of the fire brigade were also on duty , and communication was kept up between Mr Eogo , the chief officer of the N distriot , aad the _oity police authorities , in oase circumstances should arise to call ferth the interference of that body . A considerable number of the city and metropolitan police were also stationed in various parts of the theatre , ia plain clothes * , to take cognisance of the proceedings , and report the game to the government . Mr Denis
Dwaine was called to the chair , who read letters from Messrs Jone ., Williams , and Sharp _complaining of their 'felon' treatment in prison , whioh caused great sensation . A resolution , expressive of sympathy with the prisoners , and of bringing their treatment under the notice of the government , and also a petition founded on the spirit of the resolution were unanimously adopted . The meeting waB addressed by Messrs Beezer , Merriman , Shaw , and _Simmonds . We a _ gratified to learn that after defraying ex * _pensea there remains £ 6 for the wives and families of the _viotims . The police , both oity and metropolitan , remained on duty until an early hour the next morning , but no riot or disturbance of tiie peace was attempted .
IEELA . ND AND THE GOVERNMENT . A public meeting to consider the proceedings of government towards tbiB unhappy country was held on _Thusaday _oveniBg , in the John-street Institution . The meeting , and the fear ot the government will be best explained by the following acoount frem the Timbb ;— ' Eight o ' clock was the hour named for the chair to be taken , but long before seven o ' clock a dense mass of _persons had congregated io _frout . of _the building , and in the . pace of a few minutes after the doors were thrown open the institution became filled , literally speaking , to suffocation . The pushing and squeezing to obtain a seat , or even standing room , for some time before tbe ohair was excessive . The most effective measures were resorted to to suppress
any attempt at noting or disturbing the public peace . Tbe police of the E , D , F , and G divisions were in reserve at their . _ereral station-houses . A consider * able reinforcement were on duty in plain clothes in the immediate neighbourhood of Tottenham-courtroad . The new cutlasses , with saws at the baok , were sent in large numbers to the force , ' . and were worn by the men who were ia reserve at the respective station-houses . This new weapun will bo of immense advantage to tho force if anything approaohing a publio disturbance should be attempted—for whilst they serve all the purposes of a sword they are so constructed that if they onoe enter a barrier _or-plank , no matter how thick , soarcely a minute would be required to sev « r it , A sort of
telegraphic communication was adopted last Bight by the Police Coamiaaionera for _obtaining infermatioa if extra assistance should be required . Meu in private clothes were so distributed about that it required but one word te be given to the next maD , and the intelligence could have been conveyed simultaneously ovor the metropolitan district to the various super * intendenta _, who had each strong bodies of men wait _, ing in reserve . The same precautions were also adopted even , in the more distant districts , it having ba . n rumoured that a procession wonld ba attempted in the outskirts . The City polios arrangements were also most admirably carried out , Without sending an additional force tt _> patrol the streets _.
the men were placed on reserve duty in the stationhouses , and only required the word of command to march out and proteot the citizens . 'The crowd outside the place of meeting was SO great , that Superintendent Grimwood , of the E division , found it absolutely necessary to bring out a powerful body of men to dear the street ., TbiB was a work sf no little difficulty , but it waa accomplished with the greatest forbearance on the part of the _su * perintendent and his men . At ten o ' elook Mr Grimwood fiont a special messenger to tbe _Commissionera at Whitehall-place , stating that he had _succeeds in clearing the streets , and that nothing in the shape of an outbreak need be apprehended . '
. _. After Mr W . Dixon had been moved to the ohair , the meeting was addressed by Messrs Walton , M'Grath , Kydd , Davis , Thompson , and Kavanagb , and resolutions in favour of Repeal , and condemning the acts of _gsvernment towards Ireland , were unanimously adopted . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , three cheers were given for Ireland , and the meeting dispersed . The police were in attendance until oae o ' elook on Friday morning .
Knight-Bridgs.— A Meeting Will Be Hold E...
_Knight-bridgs . — A meeting will be hold en Sunday evening , at the Star Coffee-house , opposite the barracks , commencing at eight o ' clock . J . II . _Suefhbbd will _address a meeting at the Albion , corner of Willmot _ treet , _Betbaal-green , on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Lbicesier . —The shareholders of the Noi I branch of the National Land Company will meet at their room , 87 , Church-gate , on Tuesday night next , at half past seven . LrVF / BPOoii . —The Chartist Association and Land Company will meet in future at J . Farrell ' _a Temperance Hotel , 62 , Richmond-row , opposite _Comuastreet , to whioh house J . Farrell has _removed . Loughborough . — A Midland Counties delegate meeting will be held on Sunday , August 6 th , at the Wheat Sheaf Inn , Ward's-end , at ten o ' clock m the forenoon . Delegates from each locality are invited to attend , and to bring certificates signed by the president of their eounoil .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29071848/page/1/
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