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HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT . _CTJRS OF _FISTUr-OoiJImES . and _, _tletjiusy . Extract of a Letter from Mr Robert _£ _«!« _£ * we _, Stokesley , dated , September Srd , 1817 . To _Proles _^ or Holloway . _scho olmaster of ibis _Sin , -yr _Thompson , _Katonal _h . _, his _^ * _Ti _^ _hdfA _onNCahalf _, and has r _^ who had been bad for _.-reeje „ f _y 0 Ur pills and _^ _T J ? _££$ _' _» _M- con " _"tutio _' n ; . / pleurisy ointment . He is «*¦? _" _£ 0 f matter in the chest , end 5 ' . andI ended -n three fistulous sores whieh _dw-2 _^ ea _«¦ _£ quantities of | . u » . when he was indued to _S vour pills and ointment , at this date _hewasaf-pa-VZlTil a ovine couditioa * . the stomach rejected _every-Sitnok Your p ills and ointment had the effect of coin _^ ete ' v _curing both the couch and stomach affections , lis strength and flesh arealso restored , his appetite _« eeri , ana ~ a'fW * ti . m Rood . There is every prospect that a little forth _Jcontinuanc * of _, cor medicines m" finish the cure . _C & ii'ntd ) _ROBKUT C-LVEST .
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SCCRTY AXD IMPURE BLOOD . _ASOTHES MOST _IXTBAOSDlNASr _COfiE BT MtAXS OF _HALSE'S SCORBUTIC DROPS—The _ollownuv case has excited so much interest , that the Guardians of ¦ the p " . risU of Br . nt , Devon , _have considered it their duty to sie ; n their names to the accompanying important declaration . It is well worthy the notice of the public : — _« We the _undersigned , solemnly declare , tbat , before Thomas _llobins ( one of our _p-irisliiuuers ) , _Cuninmicud taking _Halse's Seorfcstic Drops , he was literally covered with large rtmninc wounds ( some of them so large tbat a person might have laid his fistin them ) , timt before he iad finished the first bottle he noticed an improvement , and that by _continuing them for some time he got com-
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Feakcf . —At a meeting of the Electoral Club ef fie district formerly represented by M . Thiers , in _thg Chamber of Deputies some of the ardent frier . ds of that gentleman proposed him as 3 candidate for _" . _^ atiacal'Assembly , but ho w & z not welcomed with so much favour as was M . Beriver . Though SLIT- e _- 80 f M * ™ ers _were not _QiiC 3 tioDed ,. tbe _Bolft _^ fnn . meetin S was to submit him to a hf _^ _lffjfeS _^ " _-gF for _alW-£ _tf their furnaces . c p _* _frsra the _cbimneya
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ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PSEES ON _TffH HEALTH AND _SHOETENS THE BUfiATION OS" H _& UAN LIFE _IWiBSTBATED W 1 TB > DHZROnS _CoLOBBED _EBOBA' 1 * lSOS . Just Published , in a Sealed Envelope , price 2 e . fid ., or free hy post , 3 s . fid . _CONTROSL OP THE PASSIONS ; a Popular Essay on the Duties and Obligations of Married 'Life , the unhappiness resulting from physical _impediments and defects , with _directigns for their treatment ; the . abuse of the passions , the premature decline of hevlth , and mental and bodily vigour ; indulgence in solitary arid delusive habits , precocious exertions or infection , inducing a long truinef disorders afieeting the _principxit'Or _^ ans oi the body , causing _cims _impress , mental asd nervous debilitv and indi | c ! . ti 8 i , with remarks on _BeBorrhtea , c ieel , stricture , and . syphilis . Illustrated with Coloured Engravings and _Ctses .
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A BERNETIIY'S PILL fer the KERYES and MUS / Ta . CLES . —The _Proprietor of these Pills is a medical man . Thc brother of a patient of his _applied to Mr Abertifcthy for advice . He gave him a prescription , and these pills are prepared accurately fr « mitli % tprcscri _\> ti « n . The patient ' s complaint was a nervous one , and it was utterly impossible ior any one to be in a worse t ndition than he was ; muscular power was also lost in somoparts , and Jds le . gs fairly _tottered unier him . He had a box « f the piils prepared , and tke effects were all but _mirni'u lc . us ; f > r not only did the _nerromsuess leave him , but muscular powtr returned to all _yarts _deficient-of it . The proprietor has since tried them on buadreds of his
11 Ob Fas—Tan S0&3iee5 Flutbeiusiag With Thk People. — On Wednesday Week This Place Wad The
11 Ob FAS—Tan S 0 & _3 IEE 5 _FlUTBEIUSiaG WITH THK People . — On Wednesday week this place wad the
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scene ot trait excitement , in . consequence of the f udden _removal of the soldiers out ot this ! place to Dublin . On Saturday week , the great meeting fo eject a _delegate to sit la the Convention _irashe'd . When the procession moved past the barracks , _fr e cheering was answered by tbe soldiers appearing at the windows , waving their hats , caps , and handkerchiefs , and ci 3 _ppiog their hand 1 . This alarmed the _author ties and a removal was the result . The _psoilehcai : ngnf the intended removal , met to the numbtc of 5 , 000 , headed by a large _tricoloured banner , and _tscT _^ ed the soldiers to the railway s _' ation , cheering all th j way . On tbe return a great meeting was hkld in tue market place . George Webber _adlressed the assemblage in a speech , oi great length , and the meeting quietly dispersed to their homes .
EXTBiOBimr tEY _Rbyelatiok _Respectito a Mur der . —Tee Laie Mr _Schopieis . —The _Manchesiks _Tjmk 3 of Saturday says - . — ? It -waa rumoured last evening that information had beea obtained respecting the _mj-flteranus disappearance , eight _yeari _a-jo , of Mr Charles SchoBeW , builder , of _Srery-3 treet , whose body was _sab ' _sequently foand in the river IrwelL Tbe story told is , that a person in _iis last moments had made a _confeB 3 iGti tothe effect that he and his son were together on the night of . tiie 10 _ih of February , 1840 , m a place named , and that Mr Scho-¦ _Seld entered and joined their _compaaiy , under
cir-¦ _enaistances that induced hfm ( the father ) to strike _Schofield . The Uow proved mortal , and ta conceal tha Udy they hid it in _aeellar for about eight days , and _afterwrrds threw itin ihe river , It will be recollected that _MrSchofieid , on the night of his death , bad been with a party celebrating the-Queen ' s marriage , and that the body of the _unfortutaate gen tleman was not recovered for a month afterwards , when an icquest was held , whica resulted in au open verdict of" Found drowned . _'—We forbear to give _furiher _particulars , under the _^ circumstances , as the facts will probably be made linonn more in detail . '
Bastiles . —A specimen of union _worlthonseism was exhibited to the writer as follows : —A _yonng man of decent appearance , bis fingers _beimeared with tar , presented himself for inspection at a ccffte _h-juse , and , complaining of fatigue stated that he had bern toiling eleven hours at _teizing oakum in _Bsthcal-green workhouse , and the result of that day ' s labour was— ' Tell it not in Gatb , ' but read it with horror—3 § d _, ! ' Britons never shall be _sl-ves _!'— Qierj . —How does this barmtniEe with ' L'barty , Equality , Fraternity V _Pbesto . v . —At a general meeting of the boot and shoe makers belonging to tbe National Trades' _Association , it was resolved , they should meet in future on thc first _Tiresdav in each month , at the bouse of William Lid . _? d < No 10 . Russell-street .
¦ -—¦<¦&-—• — An Address To The*English ...
¦ - _—¦<¦& - —• — AN ADDRESS TO THE * ENGLISH , SCOTCH , AND ' IRISH . Men of England , Scotland , and . Ireland , mark , read , and learn , by the glorious victory of liberty gained by the _enlightened , bold , an < 3 _; geiierous people of France , who have set an example worthy of imitation hy every nation in the world , 'by dethroning and releasing themselves from an _ungnateful and tyrannical monarch . Every man of sense—every man of principle—every man who is a well wisher to his country , cannot but feel deeply indebted to that brave nation , who have conquered fill those difficulties which , but a few months back , appeared insurmountable ; not only have they _conqueredtbeir own tyrant , but have also generously offered a help _, ing hand to tbeir English , Scotch , and Irish
brethren . Who can refuse such a generous offer ? Who cannot wish for Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity ? Who is not disgusted with an aristocratic and extravagant government ? Who is not tired of an exorbitant and indirect taxation ? Now is the time for every voice to be raised . Now is the time for all to join in one bond of unity , and let all minor differences sink into oblivion , and unite , first , in peace , and demand your rights ; and if they cannot be ohtained hy such measures , then follow the noble example of yonr French brethren . The man who will not listen and accede to this , is not only a fool , but a knave ; he is blind to his own interest , and encouraging a licen tious government to pick the pockets of his fellow countrymen .
Prepare , every one of you , for a great national change , either by peace or war . Suffer no longer an oligarchy , but let every _clas-s have its own representative . Let every one be rewarded according to his industry and metit . This cannot , this will not be , till the den of thieves is rooted out , and England is governed by experience , knowledge , and wisdom . Now is the time—agitation has commenced ; letit continue till your rights ave obtained . You have justice and reason on your side , and steady perseverance will gain yon the victory . Royalty and its followers tremble—Royalty and its followers will fall , and great will he that fall . Well way Royalty and its supporters sympathise with a fallen crown , when they have walked in the same path—arrived at the biink of the same precipice , and will shortly descend with the same rapidity as the base object of their undeserving pity .
Men of England , Scotland , and Ireland , are yon aware of the amount 5011 pay on _evwy article you purchase fur tlie commou necessaries of life ? I presume many of you are not . For every £ 1 spent in tea , you paj 10 s . duty ; tor every £ 1 spent in sugar , 6 s . duty , for ev < ry £ 1 spent in soap , 5 s . duty ; every £ 1 spent in tobacco , 10 s . duty ; for every £ 1 spent in beer , 4 s . duty ; fur every £ 1 spent in spirits , I 4 s . duty ; for every £ 1 spent in coffee , 8 s . duty . From this brief statement you may easily form an estimate of what you annually pay towards an extravagant government . No doubt you would like
to know what becomes of the money , and i _. is rig ht you should know * , and it affurds me great pleasure to give you as ranch information on that subject as time and space will allow : — Civil Liit £ 392 , 165 Princ-Albert 30 O ' . IO Queen _l > iwai _* er 100 0 _H 0 D _. ike ot Cambridge 36 885 K _* neofItinover .. ; ... 27 , 205 Ki . « of Be _^ _ium 50 , 000 _Duthess oi _li . 'nt 30 . 000 Duchess of Gloucester 1 G 000 Pi _inccss Sophia _1 G . 00 O
But this does not satisfy our grasping Royalty . In the first place , his Royal Highness , Francis Albert _Augusms Charles Emanuel , Duke of Saxe Cohurg : and Gotha , in addition to his annual stipend of £ 30 , 000 for being husband to the Queen , is 2 . _Rodent of the kingdom on demise of tht Queen , durinsr the minority of the Prince ol Wales . 3 Member ef ber Majesty ' s Host _Hoaourable Privy Council . 4 . Field Marshal of the army , for which he-receives an annual stipend of £ G 205 . 5 . Colonel of tho Scots Fusiliers Guard , about £ 2 , 000 per annum . _e . _O-Jone ! of tha _Reyal _ArtilLry Company ; annual emoluments unknown . 7 . Knight of the Most Noble Order of the _Gurter . 8 . Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Nobis Order of the Thistle , 9 . Kuightef the Illustrious Ordir of St Patrick .
10 . Great Master ot tho Moss Noble Order of thu Bntb . 11 . Lord Warden of the Stannaries ; emoluments unknown . 12 . Chief Steward of the Ducby of Cornwall , in Cornwall and D- von ; emoluments unknown . 13 . Member of tbe Prince of Walts _' s Council ; emoluments unltnown . 14 . _Itm-gEr and Master _Fnrcater of tho Forest of Dartmoor ; emoluments _nnknonn . 15 . Doctor of Piiil _isopby , by diploma , in a tin case , from the University of Bonn .
IC Doctor of Civil Law , from tho University of Oxford . 17 . Chancellor ofthe _Ueiverslty of Camtridge . 18 . B ncher of tbe Honourable Society of _Lincoln _' e Inn . 19 . Governor of ChriRt ' _s Hospital . 20 . GjverBor of the Chartir Houso , 2 ) . Livery Man of London . 22 Fellow of tbe Royal Society , 28 . President of _ttieSaciety of Arts . 24 . Fellow oftbe Society of An _liquar'es . 25 . President of the College of Chemistry . 26 . Patron oftbe Brltiah and Foreign Institute . 27 . _President of the Fine Arts _Commission . 28 Governor of Windsor Castle ; emoluments _un-ItDotvn . 29 Constable of "Windsor Castle ; emoluments un-\ _izx-twn : 30 . Banger of Windsor Great Park ; emoluments _unknown .
I will now return to that very fortunate woman , the widow of the late hing , commonly called the Queen Dowager , who , in addition to ber annual stipend of £ 100 , 000 , has also other emoluments which are unknown ; as Ranger of Bushy Park , and Mistress of St Catherine ' s Hospital . This alone , my friends , is royalty . I will now give you a short account of some of the salaries of the royal supporters : — Three Eoglish Secretaries of State 15 , 000 One Irish Ditto Ditto 5 , 500 Seven Under Ditto Ditto H _. _UOO _Bev . nL _^ r _ds Commissioners of the _Treasury 12 200 Their Sicretaries 4 , 000 Sis Lords ComtBissionere of the Admiralty 10 000 Tbeir Secretaries ... ... - 3 510
Post-Master General 5 000 TbeSecrcary ., , 2 , 000 _MrRoivland Hill 1 . 200 The Solicitor 2 500 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 5 , 000 He has also _apensionus Ex-Chan . ce'lor oflreland , an _effi- _'e ho held for about twtnty . four hours 3 , 700 Chief Commissioner cf Woods and ForeRts „ 2 , 000 He Is also Commissioner of
Greenwieh _Hospital 12 . 0 I < ord President ofthe Council 4 . 80 O He is also ono ofthe Indian Board 1 , 500 Chancellor of the Exchcqaer ... 5 , 000 He is also ono of ihe Board of Control 1500 Ke _alao hol < l & other _offiees _ntaount . ing to about 4 000 Master ofthe Mint 2000 _Payraasttr General „ , ... 4 _^ 00 Ho la also one of the Board of _Patrol ¦ __ 500
Lord oftbe Privy Seal 3 _^ 80 He _iejilso one of the Board of _Control _ _isofl Brethren , of tbe Urivteta Kingdom , the foregoing are only a few to whom _ you pay immense salaries fer doing- nothing , set forth just to give you a _eiii _^ ht idea of the extravagance of your government . No doubt , you feel _an-rious now to know _tiow each of these aristocratic leeches _speeds your bars ! earnings . A great part of it is _qjeutin gidng sp _. _' endid banquets , _and sueh like noble _eatertainszents . Oue of them sometimes -will not coat this liberal _nation Jess than £ 100 ; _090 . Who enjoys it ? Royalty and its supporters . Who pays for it ? Tlie Jai _' iourar , the tradesman , the artisan , and the profe _* sio u—ia fact , all _daseee ci the community excepi ihe aris
'tociuteyexcept men at wealth and property , who do notyng more than Jay down one shilling to your s hilling , aad that shilling is returned to them again : _w _^" enormous interest , by way of government _sai . _iriei ? . And tliese men are men of immense private _, _property . Many of them are worth hundreds of thi '* * sands per annum . These are the men you are pa )'" ing to legislate for your country . These are the * men who share your hard earnings , For these men you are compelled to pine yourselves , your wives and your families . Arouse , then , I beseech you ' from that torpor in which you , your fathers , your grandfathers , and great-grandfathers have slept for so many generations , and join hand and heart in gaining your own just and lawful rights . But dehv no time . The storm has begun . The wind has blown , which has made the castle walls to shake and one blast more Trill level them with the ground '
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I must now give you a few-words on the present representatives of the Hau 6 e _*< _if Commons-you will then see at one glance _tihai , until you are represented by a different class , -there will be no chance of just leg islation . In our ( present House of Commons , or , more properly .-speaking , House of Aristocrats—there are 658 members , to represent tbe people of the United Kingdom . Out of that number 206 are the sons , heiKi presumptive , grandsons brothers , nephews , cousins , and near connexions by marriage of coroneted members of the House of _holds . ' - Of these 266 , three-fourths have invariably voted as Tories against tbe people , and for the aristocracy * , and out of the -whole number , there are not more than 150 that stand free to vote as the
people wish ) and for the people ' s interest . Ought these things to be ? Are these things to continue } If 80 » 1 cannot _understand the feelings of mankind . Before concluding the subject of aristocratic government , I _Eiuat simply ask you , ' Do you think our present Prime Minister , Lord John Russell , a proper person to advocate tbe cause of a poor m a tradesman , or a professional man ? Certainly not—for he has ever lolled in affluencenevei known the duties ofa profession—the anxiety and losses of trade , or the miseries of a destitute cottage . What ( hen is this g reat man fit for ? He is fit to represent the aristocracy—to support their extravagant and licentious propensities—to attend the Royal Banquets—and to p _^ ck the pockets of an indusirious people .
It is not my wish to excite you to physical farcefar from it . It is not my wish to prejudice you against those who call themselves your superiorsfar from it ; but it is my wish to show you that you arc now living under a tyrannical government , burdened with vexatious taxes , for the sole support of a licentious , pxtravagant , and over-reaching aristocracy ; trany of you may , perhap . _* " , at ( he present time , be ignorant as to the benefit you would derive from a legislative change ; but yon need not remain long
in ignorance , you have many very eminent men on _yoiir side daily advocating your cause at thc risk and inconvenience of every personal comfort . Attend their demonstrations—converse upon them—reason with your own mind—consult your own principles and the natural sense which Providence has given you , and a few weeks will plainly show that a national change is essentially necessary for your domestic comfort , and the prosperity of your native land .
Believe nie to he , my dear fellow countrymen , Your sincere well-wisher , A Liberal-minded Englishman .
To The Right Honourable Lord John Sussel...
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD JOHN SUSSELL , M . P . My Lord , —At this critical period of my life , I cannot rest any longer without addressing a few lines to you , sincerely hoping they mav find you in good health and spirits as they leave me . But now to business , as I do not wish to detain you any longer than I can help , knowing you are Prime Minister of tbe United Kingdom—an office you have fulfilled much to the dissatisfaction of every sensible person in Her Majesty ' s dominions . I understand you are therefore to " be dismissed from that _honimranle anil profitable situation in April next . I must say , I think this is coming rather too hard upon you , considering at that time vou must deliver
in your accounts , and you have a long and awful _settling with conscience -, how you will balance I cau form no idea , although I am an accountant by profession , For , in the first place , _yourself and your predecessors have been robbing millions of people for rears , and you hive only told us how part of the money has been spent _. aud that has been divided between your royal mistress , yourself , and your colleagues . Now , my Lord , do be kind enough to tax your memory in the same manner you have done ' . he _pei p ' e , and no doubt you will be able to inform me where part of it is gone to . If you do not comply with this request in the next number of the Northern Star , I shall begin to think you deserve prosecuting for
obtaining money under false pretences ; it will also lead others to think that their money has been applied to private purposes . It is an old saying , ' you should , lay hy for a rainy day , ' aud t fancy your poor old grandmother bas taught you that very lesson—and if she did _. _' she was none too honest , otherwise she would have taught you how to have taken care of your own , and not to ' luve robbed nations . Consider again , my Lord , that millions _ha-ve sunk into their graves in the prime and vigour of youth , from no other cause than bad legislation , Does not your blood run cold in your vr-ins _, when you thick of these horrid murders ? Think again , there are thousands of fatherless and motherless
children , left unprotecU > d on the wide world , and all through that wicked govemment of which you are the head . Although , my Lord , you cannot deny having literally pined millions to death , you had the audacity , the other night , to stand up in the house , and in reply to an honourable member , respecting the hospitality shown to that execrable tyrant , now christened ' King Billy Smith , ' to say ' that you should always sanction that hospitality and sympathy towards an unfortunate individual for which England had for ever been famed . My Lord , I hope you will excuse me dictating to you , but you made a mistake ; it was not Billy ' s misfortune , but misconduct . I should have thought a man of learning , like
yourself , would have been able to distinguish the difference between those two words , and also the merit and demerit to which they are respectively entitled ; but however , time is precious to us both , just now , for you are at the head of a go \ ernment and I expect to he in a few weeks , for although you have had so much political experience yoa are quite incompetent to govern this empire ; it is a pity I did not take the office of Prime Minister years ago , as it would have been the means of saving millions of poor wretches from starvation , and have been millions of pounds in ihe pockets ot those left behind . Now , my Lord , I shall only dissect one speech of
yours , which I think will be ? sufficient to show you , that I am as fit for tbat honourable office , and even more so than yourself , This speech you made on the 13 th of March , in reply to the learned and hori . member for the West Riding of York ( Mr Cobden ) , on the Income Tax question : in the first part , you observed , ' That you had heard the most opposite and strangest reasons urged for the support of an amendment which embodied no principle , but which was a mere amendment for the purposes of embarrassment . ' Pray , my lord , on what principle was your favourite tax first iounded ? On the look-out " and
take-care-ofyourself principle , I presume ; but you . have gone rather to far , aud you must be either a great fool , or a great rogue—I beg your pardon , my lord , I make a mistake , I mean both ; and for fear you should ask why , I will tell you , to save me the trouble of writing- another letter on this subject . You were a fool to suppose the people would sit down hy such a base imposition , and you were a rogue to desire them . Now this is what I call plain English , and coming out like a man . In the same speech , you ask whether it is possible to make such reductions as to enable the House to dispense with the Income Tax after the present year , and that you thought it necessary for the sake of the credit of the
country to a _*> k for the lax for three years longer ; now , my lord , you have made another great mistake , —it is not the credit of the country—no farther than self interest is concerned—that you care one fig about , therefore do not preach any more of that nonsense to me . I will at once suggest a plan , not only to dispense with the Income tax , but also to pay off the National Debt , whieh I shall lay before the new Republican Government as soon as things are settled , which I hope will be by the last week in May or the beginning of June . This , my lord , perhaps , will astonish _yoit , bnt it ! s no more odd tlian true . I shall now state it as brief as possible , merely to give you an idea of my
intentions;—/ shall reduce the property of every aristocrat in the United Kingdom down to £ 10 , 000 per annum ; but those who have been the . cause of so much destitutioa and misery , the whole of their property should be confiscated to tiie government , and such provision made for them as the statute shall enact , not _exceeding £ 100 per annum and iu case of any at tempt being made to deceive the government hy means of transfer of any real or personal estate whatsoever , the party or parties so offending will , upon the discovery ihereof , be transported for the term of then- natural life . Now , my lord , this is only one means I should adopt , and which I am sure cannot
you think _arburary , as you will never pine on * 10 . 0 per annum . I can only say , r wish I had it myself , or even half that amount , I _shouldii = t grumble , nor even wish to change p laces with the _, _nost wealth y monarch in the world . My lord , Ik 're is another sentence or two in the speech whicli ook _¦» __ ery black against you , and I must say , I do lot ti _^ iiik you bear that wise proverb in mind , — Alwavff _* ° thirik thrice before you speak once , '—¦ therwis Cyou would not talk of suppressing the ! ruth , wh . , c !> J ' 011 say y _° are determined to do- ' iut I am ii . i " ed t 0 thin > _t foil will then undertake . task you v ., _^ _* a We to . accomplish , for you
To The Right Honourable Lord John Sussel...
will have more than one , two , or three to chastise , if you once begin , for the voice of him to whom you allude is the voice of millions , —this , I think , will almost make you scratch yeur head where it does not itch . If , my lord , you are really ignorant as to the public opinion of your political career , you will know on the 10 th day of April next , for there is at this time a waggon making on purpose to carry it to your Hon . House ( the House of Commons ) , and which will be drawn by . nine horse ; , and headed by tbe father of all nations , ( Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ) , and many thousands of his dutiful children
will follow and precede this _wonderful vehicle . Now , my lord , as daddy tc- your colleagues , I hope you will be in attendance on tbat memorable day , and yield to public opinion and natural sense , otherwise I am afraid the two families will not * flery well agree ; in fact , I should not be surprised if your own children disagreed betweeen themselves , and remember— BirdB _fn their littlo ne » t ngree , And it is r sbamefut _sinht , ¦ When children cf one family _Fallou ' , and chide , and fight .
In short , you must not he absent under any circumstances whatever . I am sure you need not take any pills after this , for your disease is a hopeless one if this does not cure you ; your physician feels rather reluctant about disclosing to you what is really the matter , but I am not quite so' particular , so I will out with it at once;—it is what is called ' Black Heart , ' and as you are very bad there is no chance of an effectual cure , nevertheless I will give you a little advice : —Do not take a warm bath between now and the lO _' . h of April , for fear of _reducing yonr strength too much , as I have no doubt thc excitement on that day will have the same effect .
Do not forget to instruct your valet to prepare snme clean linen , and to bave it well-aired on your return home . I also think it would he advisable for you to go in disguise ; by so doing , perhaps , you may escape a few insults which unruly children are so often apt to indulge in ; hut to cut ( the matter short , if you think you really cannot hear the excitement , or do not feci inclined to come to terms with the National Father , your wisest plan will be to procure some hair dye , a travelling cap , and such like necessary articles , and pack up your traps and start . I am , A _LlBKrtALMIN-DF . D EkGLISIIMAN .
An Appeal To Her Majesty Queen Victoria,...
AN APPEAL TO HER _MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA , THE _GOVERNMENT . AND TIIE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND , IN BEHALF OF THOMAS PRESTON . The government , _thirty years sgo , haring most _unadvisedly employed Edwards as a spy , and believing his most false and wicked stntements , were led tu prosecute Thomas Preston for High Treason ; and although he was honourably acquitted , yet thc proceedings subjected him to & _ueh csiiense _? . and entailed such _hwes , ss _redoted him and his _family to the most _at-jer-t _poverty , from which they have been _suffering greatly for many years . Tbe writer of this _appe-1 being convinced that the _priru'ipl-s o f Thomas _Pr-fston are very similar t _«* ifi . _'seof Lord John _Rawc !} , Sir Robert Peel , and R- ' chard Cobden , E _.-q , addressed the annexed letter to them .
N _*> w , through the medium of the press , he appeals to Her Majesty _Q-ieen Victoria , the Gvetnmmt , and the People uf England , in behalf of _Thoma < Preston , that his case and circumstances may be fairly and _fu'ly considered , and that justice may be done to bis principles , to himself , and to his family . tETTEJl A 1 _> DBFSSEI > AND SENT TOTHE EIGHT HON , _1-OBD JOHN _KOtSPLI / , TBE _BnHT HON . SIB _SOBEM PEiL , _lSHRT ., ASD BlCUAlin _COEDEN ESQ _Gfntlem & n—SihCi 1 came to _Lnndorc , my attention has been dir _. cted to an _individual , eighty years of age , who was better _knoirn in the pOitica ) world thirty y _* _ara _strtce than at _present . Ho « as much earlier in tha anna of the Corn-law agitation than _yonrte'ves . Ho had laboured twenty _yi'ars in the causa before jou
_commpneti jour work . He was one ot those who laid ihe foundation on which you bave since built . Shall I add , that to him in part , perhnps , you m . $ be indebted for your rue and present high stations ! In the _wovds o f _Cirdinnl WotBey , I may add , ' Ifad he endeavoured to _serre G > d as sincerely as he _bns endeavoured to serve man , He would not have ao _Bii ( . ht .. d , nrglected , end foriaken hiin . ' In his behalf I uppoal , col 60 much to yonr _benevoiince as to your _justice . I uv \ y _tven remind you of the _.-febt of irratitude you may even owe to him . As firi 6 a 6 piiit _, and as vi ( roro « s n mind , _dwells in this ag < d man of eighty , as in any of you , so that _whenever he may come Into your presence , yo u will do well Mo rise up before tho heary head , and honour the face of the old man , ai . d 'ear thy God . '
This aged individual , whose cause I heve tee honour and priviH'o to plead , is Thomas Preston , who was tried for High Treason , but after _n protracted trial of nine days was acquitted , ap justly and honourably I believe , aa any individual could be that was ever brought into any court of justice . So far from meditating or planning evil _against the king or tbe country , I believe ho was , and still is , one of the most loyal _sul j _ets in tke Q _leen ' _s dominions ; and as such the Prime Minister will onlv be doing an act of justica , by pri seating him to the Queen ss one of the Fathers of Reform . As a _Cltrgyman , I look to one who is evtn higher than tho _hijrheat on earth , even to the K ' ng of kings and Lord of lords ; and I belli ve I am acting in conformity with His will , in thus br inging before you ihe aged Thomas Preston . I have tbe honour to remain , Gsniltmen , jour faithful humMe servant , He & bem Smith ,
8 , Buckingham street , Adelphi _, London , February 22 nd , 1848 Donations thankfully received at the residence of T Preston , 16 , FUld Lane , Holbornhill .
Equality, Liberty, And Fraternity. The F...
EQUALITY , LIBERTY , AND FRATERNITY . The following speech , delivered at the French Ropubiican Banquet at Freemasons hull , on the 27 th ult ., was in type last week , hut press of mater ompe'led its withdrawal from the report of the Banquet which appeared in the last number of the
_atAR . _Julutj Harney also responded to the sentiment , ' le Peuple Anglaise . ' On rising to speak he was received with irameusu applause . lie said : 1 feel greatly _bonfured in being permit- d to _tako part in the proceedings of this glorious festival . I speak to express the sentiment of fraternity which I _kmiw is cherished in tbe hearts of my countrymen towards their brethren , the people of France . ( Applause . ) One feature _dis'inauishes the present _Revolution—I will not any _Frem-h , but Eutopeau Revolution—( great _apr-lause ) , that ; the people of overy natiou are of the tiarae mind . From the Seine to the Vistula from the Togus to the Tiber , from the Danube to the Thames , one aspiration
arises from the _hearcs ofthe lons : oppressed _miUims —the aspiration for _Equality , LUierty , Fraternity . ( Great cheering . ) Equality ! . sublime- dogma ! At tbe birth and the death of man niture proclaims the _squalicy of the race . Tbe _children of the peer , : « id the children of tho peasant are born equally helpless ; itis surrounding circumstances that make the alterdistinctions of life . And ia death , although the rich man ' s remains may be born to the grave with all the pomp of artificial grief , followed by mourning coaches full of emptiness—the very mockery of woe ; although the sculptor's skill may be emp _' oyed to make the almost blushing marble proclaim the virtues ofthe deceased , which while living he showed t _& 3 litter Want Of ; and , on the other hand , although the poor man may have a dog ' s funeral ,
' Rattle hh bouer _, Over the stones , He ' s only a pauper whom nobody owns ' , —still at last both are equal in the grave , There ' the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are _atreBt ; ' there the mightiest monarch ia no more than the humblest slave . ( Loud cheers ;) But equality is now demanded by the people as a _life-Innji reality . In the declaration of independence , America proclaimed that ' Ail men are born free and equal ; ' but it has been _res-erved for glorious France to show that men are not only born but may live hew and equal . ( Great cheering . ) Thia Equality ia attainable , and without it Liberty and Fraternity are not attainable . So lone ss masters and servants
exist there can be no real liberty . Ttieoreticaily tlie white working men of America are free , but—to say nothing of the blacks—practically they are slaves . There gold supplies tho pla « e of force , and is itself the most grinding of tyrannies . ( _L-iud cheers . ) Without Equality there can he no real Fraternity . So lone * as one man monopolises _superfluities , and his fellow-man is in want of the commonest necessaries , it is impossible there can be a brotherhood of the two . Nations , too , must be equally free , or the tree will despise the enslaved . Could England continue much longer the refuge of destitute royalty , the homo of _kicked-out tyrants , the sanctuary of the accursed principle ot aristocracy , the temple ofa _manimon-sorgedbourgeohic _, the Lund where Labftur ' BSons and daughters shiver , hunger , and perish in the
midst of unparalleled Juxory and boundless wealth ; if this di ? graceful state of tniDgs could last , Frenchmen w . uld naturally and properly _despise my ewintrymen . But , thank God . Englishmen will _redeem their character , and will prove themselves worthy to link England ' s name with th . it of free and plonoas France . ' ( Tremendous cheering ' . ) The Equality I contend for may be established through the _emaacipation aud organisation oflab & nr , without injustice -to any man or set of men . If in the future _stages ef _& _o rev ' _fll _^ _ion _viokut conflicts of classes should take place , fon may assure yourselves that such _violeooe will no ' . * to fhe fault of the people . GJery to the _uawi of _France , who have again _taught the nations _fiew _ q struggle' for Liberty _—> o die for _Libexte-. and to . wrest front , tyrants tho _rights of
Equality, Liberty, And Fraternity. The F...
man . Glory to tho men of France , who in ikkv hoar of anarchy had the wisdom to appoint _agoremn ment—the ablest and noblest an the world _Glorr ' to France , where every man is a citiz _3 n , and ever \ n cit z » n a soldier ; and tho freedom , safety , _subsist tenre , and social _emancipation ofthe * miiJi 0 n <» _conslfT tute the principal care ofthe government . Giory _tZ the Proletarians of France , who bv _establishing Rcjc public based upon Equality , Liberty , _Frater-j _' ty , have ® broken the chains ol all pe » ple _* , and laid the f , iun _^ datioq of general happiness . ( The speaker _aatdownni amidst a perfect storm of applause . )
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To The Edltot*. O? The H6rtherr Star, Si...
TO THE _EDlTOT * . O ? THE H _6 RTHERR STAR , Sib , —1 tblnk it my duty to _stati , with reference too tbe gwfndh ' fl'r _tran / mction on tho part of Mr Campbell ' raanauer ofthe Mechanics ' and _General Coal Club Com !! pany , ( particulars of which appearpd in tho Stab or _lastt week under the police report of Cl _.-rkenweJJ _. ) that _thea Insertion of the name of this _cscablinhmeRt as _bankersu for tho company in their prospectu _* _. was quite unauthorised by me , nnd that no money whatever has been depo sited here on behalf of _ti * e said company . Mr Cawnbelll depwlted 2 .. ai . some time since in his private capacity but describing himself as ' _Manner of a Club , ' which f [ _returned to him as-con as I learnt tbe nature of _tho-h concern , and the use be had made of our n-ime . I am , Sir , your obedient Servant National _tan-3 and Labour _Bink . " _° ' MaD 85 er _' 493 , New Oxford . _s'r et _, London , 80 th March , 1818 .
The National Flag. To Thb Iditol*. Op Th...
THE _NATIONAL FLAG . TO THB IDITOl _* . OP THE _KOSTHEBN STAR . SIB _. _—A 1 ow me to _stt ri Kht a couple o « errors in myletter npon this _surject in last week ' s Stab . I am made to say , that « The _Rummit of the star may bear the _bonnetroufe- ' _itouKhttahave been 'he ' « nmrait of the i staff . Tbeothtr is not very important , _beinu merely _thGSiibstftu'fen , by your _cowposltof _, of suspending ( ot depending . In allusion to the tassel _attached to the staff . And , _wh'le I am _nr-on tbe _snVject , let me odd another _su-jppfition . The flag I proposed is one for three
_combini'd nation *—the _banntr of _u ¦» < . _& r & l govMument « _ciingresg . But ihe Scottish flag will remain as at present , _—Hao ; _vrJtb ihe addition in the upper corner , next the pole , " of the c imbined tiicoluur and stars , enclosed ia a border of silver , and _dlrpluj _irifr the lion rampant , an 3 _o'her national _oymbols , with its own star on blue ground * ., Tho same ai regards the EnR ' ish and Irigh ones . And ; aa you suggest that the Britibh and Irish tricolour should L be carried in procession on tbe 10 th . I would further * propose that it should be accompanied l . y the other * three ; for we in Scotland must _nl * o bare our own par _» i llament and establish our nationality , which is nit in- _, consistent ; with a closer , —a much closer union , —than . no _* v obtains bctircrn thc three kinirdom » .
As an after _thought , fc . < w would it do to _phca in the compartment of the combined flu ? , under tbe stars and on both tides , tho _national _fmblems ? The lion coachant on the rod ground , for _Enulend ; the lion ram . pant on the blue _grou-d . for Sotland ; both immeolately upon tbeir _appropriate fbitlds ; nnd a _golden harp ou tbe _ureen ground , for the land of British sympathy and Irish hop ? ., which would just be a tricolour _modificztion of the present British _st-. _n-lMrt ?—gorgeous , indeed , yet simple and natural , like a It-public ( excuse tho comparison ) , and eschewing all tbe _q-iarterinfja and bumbug of heraldry . And why not , if these hints do not seem the _thiBK—why not call in the assistance of your friend , Martin , as the French nation , in a idmilar case , obtained that of tho celebrated David . Tlio additional _cmblcmo I would also , of course , emblazoa en the _respective separate national _fljgs . Yours < Ssc „ J April 2 nd , 1818 . Siciikius .
How To Overthrow A Bad Government. Pbien...
HOW TO OVERTHROW a BAD GOVERNMENT . Pbiend _XTablbsi —I agree with yoa that the most va-| luuble information that one man can impart to his fel . low man , is ihe best and easiest rray of overturning a bad government ; _anrfT am proud fo say that I hare laboured for twenty eight _ytars in that avocation , first with Hunt and Cobbett . then in tbe unstamped press , and _sinte then for the Chirter , and my plan has alway 8 bem io do business with Chartists when and wbercover 1 could ; _r . _ad I , with yon , recommend it to be carried I _"utrvlth C : iartist ho * ii < » as much as possible ; but £ e id ? I have another plan to aid yours , a plan more effec | iuhI and easy to Vm _acteS _urjon I tavu acted upo - * tbat
plan ever since 283 *? , and I _shali carry it out until tbe _Caar'er _teenmes the Jaw of 'he land . My plan is , abstaining from all kinds of drink payina ' _tasus , and also tobacco . _Noir , J am a norbing man all these years , and am a better man thau wh < -n I took them . Now , friend _Ilaslim and brot er Chartists , considtr that malt alone _givr-s tothe _Esihtquer more" tban four aud a lisl ! millions , that and strong _drinlt furnishrs the Bxche . quer , _altogether , with _mnrs than £ 11 , 000 , 000 . annually , and that tobacco pays more then two millions annually , making _bttwian thirteen and fourteen millions paid for riming the fetters of slave ry . Then , friends , at once resolve to abstain from those useless _artfcles ; commence on the morning that thn National Petition ia presented , and that net will give double weight to the Petition and Becure the Charter . Hull , R . _PlBDEH _,
How To Overthrow A. Bad Government. To T...
HOW TO OVERTHROW A . BAD GOVERNMENT . TO THE _EJMTOB OB TBE _DOMHtHH 61 X 1 . Sib , —In peru « ing the letter of your Manchester correspondent ( C _Y . _Hiislam ) on the above suhj-ct , I cannot agree _wi-h his mode of proceeding . Were an attempt to be made by the _Bbopkccpevs and other parties to withhold the taxes , as he _suggests , it is ctrtain the _government would take measures to enforce payment , and it would ultimately lend to tbo vtry steps be is so anxious to avoid , I ara equally averse to arms , would any other means suffice ; but depend upon this , sir , the Rights of Man will never be granted , unites force is used ,
asd even that must be done thortly ; for if the public mind is once more allowed to sink into that apathy and l ; 5 tles ? _ness in which it has lulled for so maBy years , the Government will take due _precaution to prevent any future attack being marie upon thtm . Thera Is not a donbt of tbe _people ' s victory if tbey are but true to their leaders and tlieir cause , _Ttlurnl and intellectual power has already been tried too _lonjf _, _snd bas bad no more _iffect npon them than a bottle of _araoke in the wind . Ndiv , or m vtr , is tbe timo fnr _Ecglishmen to gain their rigbtB , It this opportunity pisses by , England will bs fi slave for ever . Your obedient _Servant , March 4 th , John Gilbebtsow .
A National Flag. Permit Mc To Reply To Y...
A NATIONAL FLAG . _Permit mc to reply to your _correppondent _Sicinius ,. r _. itb _nspict to a National _Caer'isc fl : i < r—that one _« _as agreed upon by the Metropolitan Delegate Com . raitfro , in conjunction with _ilie'Executive , at a commiiittu moeting _, on Thursday week . The fleg is as fol . _lowe : viz ., a _tricolour ; three stripes _vettical ; red next the mast ; whiti ; in the centre , and gre * . n to the fly : in the centre cf the white tbe cap of liberty , encircled with a wreath of laurel and _cak _, and tho words 'The People ' s Charter , in an outer circle . Tho arrangement for the rosette cilours nra us follow : —Red in the centre , white second , and green outside all . Trusting this explanation may he satisfactory , I remain , sir , yours , City of London . ALram _Fennell .
THE _NATIONAL C 0 _HVEHTI 0 N TO THE EDITOR OF TBS NOBTHEBN STAB . Sill , —An idea bas just occurred to me with respect t _© tbis _botty , which I am rain enough to suppose might bo usefully carried out . The Convention will be necessarily appointed b y the groat towns and populous districts ; but its belli a ti matt fee obeyed by tbe nation , as it hopes to be free . Now , for tho purpose of Identifying the less densely peopled _localities with the people's true parliament , I propose that _thesa be invited at special meetings , to Bind up adhesions tothe Convention— tho towns , and hamlets , and parishes , of Ireland more parti _, culary ; and _lurther , that the people In _theBo localities , as welt as those who actually eltct the delegates , should appoint from three to fire men of _opprored courage ,
known ability , an _^ tried patriotism , to bo named Councils of Tribunes j whose election sl > all be confirmed by the Convention , and who shall stard between it and the people—GOramunleate its _reeomuitndatfonfsto the public —and lead the people In carrying out its ulterior measures ; to constitute , In fact , a local magistracy for tho nation , In a former communication I told you there was much excltem & nt among the _peopla In this quarter . I h . ive just heard , npon undoubted authority , that an 1 _akrmltig' number ofthe agricultural labourers at our hiring fair , last Wednesday , esulfingl y and openly avowed their belief and hope , that in a _ahort time , like the mea of Prance , tiny would have soma BBy iu fixing ; the rate of their own _wsges , and from other
aources-I learn _enough to _couvIhcj mo that this educated , and intelligent , though terribly enslaved class , are for the nr < t time ready to move . No time vUght to bo lost ingetting into communication with them , and I do think that this chteriug fact ought to ba taken as » good omen . And _whllo iho Convention is sitting , the men of _Loridoji must rally round it by _frrquent deputations , and a guard if necessary . Deputations might also carry the countenance of the populations of several densely peopled _diatriets by the many _railways , of which the metropolls ia the focus ; and , above all , if the Convention adopt tho fl > ifr proposed by _Sicioius , or any other , it ought to float in ample folds , conspicuousl _y , from the roof of tho building in whieh the hopo of three nobis nations sita in Council . Dumfries , April 2 nd , I cm _jo _^ b &„„ _QnaTH .
A Thunder Storm Passed Over Liverpool Fr...
A thunder storm passed over Liverpool from the west on Sunday afternoon . It lasted about two hours , during the greater _portion of which time the electric fluid was very mid and almost incessant . The wires of the electric _telegraph were so much disturbed by the electricity io thu _atmoi-pliere as to prevent temporarily _ih-i working ofthe telegraph .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_08041848/page/2/
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