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April 8,1848. . THE NORTHERN STAR - 3 "
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"We give another translation of the •Mar...
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CHORUS OF THE GIRONDISTS. (Koarir poar l...
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THE 'NORTHERN STAR.' AS AcaosTic. The fr...
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HonrswooD.—The silk weavers in thisneigh...
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TUE IRISH STATE FROSECUTIOKS. The follow...
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THE LONDON REPEALERS. The union between ...
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To the NeNUMosisr Ofkratitb Cordwaissbs ...
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TO THE RIGHTHON. LORD J. RUSSELL. Mr Los...
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MONDAY , A?»il 3. HOUSE OP LORDS — Invas...
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April 8,1848. . The Northern Star - 3 "
April 8 , 1848 . . THE _NORTHERN STAR - 3 "
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"We Give Another Translation Of The •Mar...
"We give another translation of the Marseillaise ' and' _ilonrir pour la Patrie , 'from the pen of Ebkesi J qszs : — ( From The Labourer for April . )
THE MARSEILLAISE . _SSlKSnATED BT ££ _ICKST JOKES . Sons of freedom ! break jour slumbers The day of glory ' s drawing nigh , Against us tyranny ' s red _numbers _R-ar their bloody banner high _. Rear their bloody banner high . Hark 2 hirelings fierce for brutal strife , Far and near sound war ' s alarms _. And outrage ia your vert arms , Tbe hope—the partners of your life . To arms ! brave citizens ! Array each * gallant bandl _Hirch on J march _, on ! yonr tyrants' blood Shall drench the thirsty land . "WVll march ! we'll _mirch ! our tyrants * blood Shall drench the thirsty lfiBd !
"What demand their banded minions ? ' _* What dares each despicable king ? -Amid the _Ssp of Freedom ' s pinions , Hear tbeir rutty / etters _riag , Hear th » ir rusty fetters ring . 3 ? or us ? Tis but an insult _vaia That shall _arouss onr hearts the more , Vie broke their manacles before , * _YreM dash them into dost again . To arms ! brave citizens , etc . Shall aa alien crew conspiring , Hake laws to b ' . ight a freeman ' s hearth ! Shall the mercenary hireling _Tre * d all our manly pride to earth ? Tread ail our m _tnly pride to earth . -Great God ! shall mighty millions cower And ' neath a yoke so paltry yield , Shall peHy _deepoie basely widd A nation ' s strength—a people ' s power t To arms ! brave eitixrns . etc .
Tremble , tyrants ! traitors ! tremble , _TlBgUB spots of the factions few J Plot , conspire , betray , _dissemble , _TTou . shall nut escape your due ' Ydu ghull not _escape your du _?! _^ _i . r we ' ll b * soldiers oae and a 1—If hundreds dia—fresh thousands stand—Every death reemiu a bind ¦ _"Vo _^ ed to _crnah yon or to fall . To arms I brave citizens , etc . An ? now , like _warriors—gallant-hearted _, Learn by turns to strike and spare—Pity thoss whom faction ptiterj , JLnd would be with ns , did they dare !
They woul _4 be with us , did they dare Butf » r those despotic knaves , Vfiio make them play the minion ' s part , And t ar their bleeding country ' s heart , _Oaward—onward , o ' er their _graTesl To a _* ms ! brave _ciiisins . em . < 3 h j ! dren of each hallowed martyr ! Kindle fresh the kindred strife"'Mil thtir ashes Freedom ' s Charter Shall set the seal upon their life . Shall sec ths seal upon their life . Iiess eager to survive the brave Th = n to partake their honoured rest , -Now d 3 re the worst—and hope the best , -Bit never—never dig a slave . To arms ! Irave citiz _.-ns , etc . Oar country ' s _saersi love inspires _^ _FreeJom!—those who fight with thee ! . Fur the lan _3—for the land of onr sires , The hotie _aaii birthright of the free !
Tbe Some and birthright of the free ! Fxzbt , with us Freedom—at tby voice 'Victory hail 3 onr strong career , Till _stricken tyrants dying hear "Tue liberated world rejoice ! To arms ! brave citizens ! array each gallant band , March oa ! siareb . on ! your tyrants' blood _Sh-ill drench the thirsty _lanS . We'll inarch ! we'll march ! our tyrants ' blood Stall drench the thirsty land .
Chorus Of The Girondists. (Koarir Poar L...
CHORUS OF THE _GIRONDISTS . ( Koarir poar la Patrie . J The cannon are calling in thunder T _** : e high-hearted children of Franee _, . An . _l rending her fellers asunder _. Sec her citizen soldiers advance . CHOBCS . To fall for liberty ! _Tof-dl for liberty ! Ts the fats the _mostaoble—most worthy the free Ziet us _mih like a vast inundation _. On those who would keep us in thrall ; Let ns show _tbein _, united , & nation Can battle and conquer them all . To fall , & c .
Up _holding the rights tnat y ? 6 cherish , Away ! to the scene of the strife ; _JLitd soon shall eur enemies _perisls _. Or ask on their knees for their life _, lo fall , & c . To urns , then , each gallant _avenger , The wrongs of our land ta redress ! Then on I for where thickest the danger , The soldiers of freedom shall press . To fall for liberty . ' To fall for _liberty ! Is thefate the most noble—mest worthy tke free
The Chartist Tricolour. 3t Slf2ed Fenj. ...
THE CHARTIST TRICOLOUR . 3 T SLF 2 ED _FENJ . _-EIX . Se our true _eas _' . gn in tho sky , lis folds the breezes stir ; The rallying fUg for liberty , Th * Chartist Tricolour ; Displaying in its varied sheen , The red , the while , with Erin ' s green . One tint doth the bright beams _display Whichli ; ntelh np the sky—The herald ofthe coming dsy , When sun-rise fresh is nigh ; And as she rises fair aad free , To be the sun of Liberty .
One , tbe white foam that _crtsts the ware , W _& eR winds and tempests play-White as the saiis of gallant bark That cleaTeth on her way—Hsy Freedom cleave her way along- , As s _-rsight her course , as pure , as strong , Th- beauteous mantle of the earth , When Sprin ? time gaily cooes—When _grasi blades dance with wind ia mirth In all their quiet tones—A ? glad—as pay—may we soon be _Bcsfeath oar flag of Liberty . Then wave our _eus-gn o ' er the land , From theLizird to the Perth—Com * , all of Freedom ' s gallant hand ,
From East , West , Sonth , or North—Aud as ye see our banner fly Salute the flag of Liberty . Salute it ! aU ye nations round , When we our fljg display-That flag is with more glory crowned Than monarch ' s best array . _Obeissnespsy ! ye tyrants , for Itis oar Chartist Tricolour .
The 'Northern Star.' As Acaostic. The Fr...
THE 'NORTHERN STAR . ' AS _AcaosTic . The friend of the weak , The stern foe of might , E _arbins-tT of Freedom , H erall of L'ght , S xpossr ot Errer _, _« E _xpounder of Bisht , 5 otle _dtffuder of N _atnife ' _s just laws , O nran and j _. _urual 0 f Labour ' s good cause , R enegedes * Mirror , R _eforsurs' true pride , T he Democrat ' ,- Shield , Tbe patriot's guide , H ater of tyrants and the H ard hearted knave , _E Ttr supporting E ach _down-trodden _slavef , R _egister of wrongs , Recorder of mind , S ational l"a < 5 er _, If one like it we find ; , S tar of D mocracy , S hine round the world , T ill _kinL' * . pritsts , _and class , T o oblivion are hurled , A wake , KO W , je _slnves , A rise . NOW , and b- . E esolvsd NO W to conquer , R est not till you ' re FREE , Jobk Aexgtt , Somers Town .
Honrswood.—The Silk Weavers In Thisneigh...
HonrswooD . —The silk weavers in thisneighbour-In » d have for a long time bsen suffering the direst oppression from a few unprincipled employers , in the shape of reduction in wages . Some of the employ era admitted the redactions on certain fabrics were un-¦ _warranted ; the men believing this to be trne , called a meeting _, formed a committee , 2 nd appointed a deputation to wait on the manufacturers with a list of prica . tn which many of them agreed ; they also invited the manufacturers to meet , and in connexion with tbeir workers , form a list of prices . This has been _rejrcte . 1 , and tha committee , in vindication , have issued a spirit ? d _address to tbe trade . There is not a _class of workmen _wh- > have _suffered more than the silk weavers . Uuskisson brought rain on them first , bv _taking off the greater part of tha protective duties , and Sir Robert Peel has given the trade itg death blow by his free trade measnreB .
Abuse of Chlceofokh . —We regret to annoance 1 tie death of Dr _Andercen , of _BirfeeDhead , _wiio ex . 1 pired last . Wednesday . He was in his nsnal state of 1 health ( which was delicate , ) till within a week ago , _^ _when chloroform waa administered to him for the i _pwpo-s of rendering tho extraction ofa tooth painless . Within forty-eight hours a rash of _oiooi to the I _\ _osg _ a threatened _iast & afc death .. —Liverpool Mtrcvr _^ .
Tue Irish State Frosecutioks. The Follow...
TUE IRISH STATE _FROSECUTIOKS . The following are the resolutions adopted at tha meeting ofthe Irish . Repealers held in Farringdon HaU . Mr T . 0 ' Mahonv in the chair . Moved by Mr T . Daly ,, seconded by Mr J . Lindsay : That we deliberately at ? opt the prosecutions of W . S _, O'Brien , E-q . M . P ., John Mitchel , and Thomas Francis Meagher ; and we tender to thos & gentletnen our deep and heartfelt gratitude for having asserted , iu the teeth of English law , the right of self-government ; aud we hereby promise to sustain them in any aud every effort that they may make to break down English dominatien in Ireland , which brings nothing _t- _> her inhabitants but starvation , shame , pestilence , and death . ' Moved by Mr J . M Lean , seconded by Mr Maher : —
That the spirited , manly , and efficient conduct ef ths onncil of the Iri'h _Cotifedi ration , sines the arrest of O'Brien , Mitchel , and Meagher , entitles them to ths admiractot * of ever _^ hirer oi Ireland ' s _Independence _; and we pledge oursrlves to support them at every risk and sacrifice , in their noble straggle with their country ' s oppressor ? . ' Moved by Mr Fi ' _zjibbon _, seconded by Mr Laoncy : — That we hail with inexpressible delight tbe
determination of our countrymen to establish a _National Council , and as it ts more than _probable that tho Eng . lish government may resort to violent and coercive means , lor the purpose of i rushing t _* * _s glorious spirit which has arisen in our _long-oppressed fatherland , we bel _' eve it to be the solemn aa J imperative duty of every Irishman , aud friend to Ireland ' s cause , to prepare them * Selvss _. forthwith , with arms of some description or other , in order that they may ba prepared to do fur Ireland what Irishmen shonld ia '
Moved by Mr Kenny , seconded by Mr Dowling : — That at tbis time , when the courage , virtus , and p & triotism of the Irish people are about to be put to tVe test , ic is the _opinion of this _meeting that all _wks are determined on 6 eekiDe their regeneration , should abstain , as much as possible , from the use of intoxicating drinks . ' More than 2 000 persons adopted the above resolutions unanimously .
The London Repealers. The Union Between ...
THE LONDON REPEALERS . The union between the Repealers atd tha Chartists of _Lr-ndon is now settled , and the two parties have cemented that union for the avowed purpose of _eatabfahiug the _rights ofthe unenfranchised in Great Britain and Ireland against the evil effects resulting from cla-a- ! e _; islation . On Sunday last , a large meetins of Irish Confederates was held at the Green Man , Berwick-street . Mr R . Hus _^ ey in the chair . Messrs Reynolds , M'Carthy , _O'Mahoney , and _Glass , addressed the meeting-, and one of the speakers alluding to the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones—it wa _* _i heartily responded to by the rreeting ; showing that the feeling is not cnivfined to
englishmen , but th » t Irishmen feel wi h them , and denounce the illegal conduct pursued _towards thoaa men b y a _oadr / overnrnen _^ In the coarse ofthe evenin ? , a deputation , _consistine of Messrs Handley , Mils , and Wilkes , from the Chartist ? , for the purpose of asking the _meeting to send two delegates to the Metropolitan Council of Chartbta to arrange matters for the _forthcoming demonstration , was received with loudeheers . The deputation naving addressed tbe meetis' ! on the subject of their mission , amidst loud and deafening cheers , ( for Repeal and ths Charter , ) Messrs _Ghiss and Hussey were then _appointed to attend the council . The _meetinff , which was a _crowded ens , then broke up . _giving three cheera for tha _uloifions union between the oppressed of both countries .
On M * nday evening an aggregate meeting of the Irishmen and friends of Ireland of Westminster , was held at the Working Man _' _a / Temperance Hal 1 , _Carteret-street , Westminster . The hall was crowded to _snff'ication , there not _bsing less than between four and five hundred persons present , and abjut a 3 many being compelled to leave for the want ot _rcsoramodation . Mr Wm . Spiller was _called ta tho chair . The first resolution recommends union among all classes of Irishmen . Tha second resolution strongly condemned the eonduet of the _goverament in Ireland , and thoir determination of standing by Ireland in the event of bloodshed . The third resolution advised an union of _ths working classes of _b- < th England and Ireland against class legislation , and to
prevent the destruction of the rights of labour . The resolutions were moved and seconded by Messrs _M'Sweeney , D iscoll , Geoghegan , Daly , _M'Cleaa , Walford , O'Mahoney , and several Englishmen spoke to them , and tbey were carried amidst deafening acclamation , aud the whole of tha speeches breathed the true spirit of democracy , and evinced a determination to be np and doing , if required . Mr Dixoa attended from the Metropolitan Council of the Charti . _tts , and addressed the meeting ; he said that he always advocated the right of Ireland to a parliament . Messrs Rsadina and Walfotd wfere then appointed to attend tbe Chartist council on the next day . The meeting then broke up , _givine three cheers for Union , ( to repeal the Union ;; for Repeal ; the Charter and the brave Frenc ' a .
A large and enthusiastic meeting ofthe Irishmen , of Wappin ? , was he'd on Sunday last , in the large Temperance llall , Mr Looney addressing the meeting , atgreat length , and a determination was evinced , by the men of Wapping , to be up and doinij . A committee was then formed to carry out the organisation of this important district , and it was strongly denied , by many , that the eeal whippers . as a body , had enrolled themselves as special csnBtab _' es ; they said , the thing had been magnified to suit the base intentions of a base government . _David's Club , 83 , Dean-street . —On Monday
_evening , a crowded meeting of the Club was held , when two delegates were appointed to attend the Metropolitan Chartist Council . The greatest enthusiasm was displayed . Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity are now the order of the day . Monday next will show to the _opnressors of tbe Rights of Labour that a union—a listing union—has been effected _between the Repealers and the Chartists ; the days of the base , brutal , and bloody Whigs are numbered , and the men of no property will teach the men of property that they _havedotha to perform as well as rights to protect .
Repeal of _thbUnisn . —The adjourned discussion on this subject will take place on Sunday morning next , in the Library of the Working Men's Temperance Hall , Carteret-street , Westminster , at halfpast ten . ilEETiKGSpas THE E _^ _ciso wj * ES . —Sunday t Green Man , Berwick-street . _^ Oxford-street ; Ball ' s Head , Vere-st _* _-eet , _Linsolns inn-fields : Victory , _Newenhamstreet , Edeoware-road ; Druid ' s Arms , Greenwich . Monday : 83 , _Dean-atreet , Soho ; Working Man's Temperance Hall . _Carfcfret-street , Westminster . Wednesday and Friday : 83 , _Deaa-street .
To The Nenumosisr Ofkratitb Cordwaissbs ...
To the _NeNUMosisr Ofkratitb _Cordwaissbs o ? the Cut of Lo ? do . v _, —Fellow _Workmen : The time has now arrived when it is essentially necessary that we should ba united , and occupy a position that shall enable us to make ourselves heard in the expression of our _srongs and ia the demand of our rights . "We . in common with tbe ' working _elass ia this _country , have either been loo supine , or have confided too much to the delusive prescriptions of political quacks , false economists , and class legislators , until an eruption of the _soehl elements has burst out in revolutions , wide spread and mighty in their effects and consequences , shaking the whole fabric of civilisation , and pointing to a new order of thingsin the umversal reverberations of continuing pealB of
moral tbnnder— Equity , Justice , Fraternity , and Protection to Labour , in security of employ ment and fair remuneration , have darted their electric and exciting influences through every domicile of wretchedness , arousing the moral and mental energies of millions _^ hitherto degraded and impoverished , even to d' _stitution _, whilst _producing _abundano _* _) for _tyrants to luxuriate upon ) , whose united loud responses to the enfranchisement of labour , peals a knell to claw distinction . Thus a new era is opened for the exercise of the energies of _nnited bodies of _opera-Utps , fir ( _utaicing and securing in peace those rights which have elsewhere been seized and con-S' _* mmated through blood and tears . There i 3 an eff _trt now being mads in London , in the cicst legitimate way , far the redress of labour ' s wrongs , it is our dt » ty to be at onr post , ready to render such
assistance as circumstances may require—bat divided and strangers to each other , we shall be a blot in the list of trades , unprotected and undeserving protection . Every man should aet in the present erisis as though the interests of his trade and his coantry depended npen his own individual exertions—every voice we _rs quire to fill the gTand choir , and chant the bold stramB of onr _h- > ly demand . Friends , we _ca'l for jour fraternity ; we ask you to _fratcrnisa only in the way of fluty to your own order , your trade , and in yonr own locality . Ours is not a political society , yet it is _impossible to shut our minds' eye to the _effscts which political _cireamstanee 3 have upon our eTery interest—we roust no longer be lethargic when questions press with vital importance to us . To those who haTe deserted or neglected , or who by adverse _circumstance * - * , have been driven from or unable to
continue in society—the men who hive _Btoodstedfast and true , who have borne the brunt and tail of its _preservation , rail upon yon , and they have no selfish end in view . When tha men who are beat remunerated give their energies to succour the raost oppressed , without any advantage accruing to themselves , excepting those advantages which we think we see gleaming in the digtance , of a banny . Eooial _regenerate —this is true fraternity . The offer to re-enter is now offered to all for two shillings and sixpence , oa the following nights only : —April the 10 th and 24 th , and May the 8 th , at tee _foliating _housei i The HoIq in the Wall , Chancery-Ian * > White Hart , FetterlanB ; Ship . _Ivy-lane , Newgate-street ; Golden Lion , Fore-street ; _andDirJ , Lone-alley .
NoinsGHAM . —The authorities fira Making ns all Bpecial _cosstabis ' _j ; I sappos 9 toieep _tkemsaJyes ia oruer _«
To The Righthon. Lord J. Russell. Mr Los...
TO THE _RIGHTHON . LORD J . RUSSELL . Mr Losd _, —Allow a humble artisan to whisper Into the ear of a philosopher—a mite _smang the millions to remind a _statesman of _sublets which his high poeitioa in the politic *! heavens , and bis sole occupancy with ths interest of the wealthy dagoes , leads him to undtrralue anJ ( _Msttma _, namely—tha deplorable condition of the _w-rk ' raj ; classes—tho ri _; Kts > they claim , the wrongs th * y suffer—and the pressing _necessity of _restoring _) them to the one , and relieving thtm from tho other . _Wnoerer is not in the fall _possession of eqdal _SOfiial and political rights , is a slays- Whoever is not equ _$ l in all _retpects before the laws ,, Is a slave . That body oi men who aro debarred by law from the status of citlz . 'n . ship , una _* F a theocracy , autocracy , aristocracy . Con ? titU
tional monarchy , or a republic , and treated in th 9 administration of ihe laws as sa inferior order—a ' blatant beast' that must be chained and _muzzled—aro slaves , Tbe chains may be invisible , and the mrzzio gilded , to the apprehension of the _untutellectual ; tliey may be _hugged with delight by fawning sycophants ; borne nilh suppressed anguish by the fortunate few , who though subsisting comfortably at present , live in constant dread that the same soc ial ruin and physical suffering which is overwhelming tbeir relatives and neighbours , will one day be _tht-irs ; but all are now opening their eyes to the feet , that skill , patient and _persevering industry , sobriety , even for lengthenei years , are no guarantees againtt dismissal from employment , the breaking up of their homes , tho loss of their little dil , find _'healtrDfltire
of vagrancy _orpnupcrism . Formerly , it wbs the worthless , thriftless , drunk-n ( portion of ttheir class that sunk to this wretched condition ; now , as the caprice and cupidity of capital dictates , the honest and Industrious multitudes are drivrn into _circumstances oi misery and demoralisation . They enquire the cause—they discover that they are slaves . They discover that self interest ia the governing principle of man in all tho relations of social life . That they havo never receired a single benefit from legislative action , but such as was intended to s ive a four . _fold advantage to capital . That they hare be . n removed ia masses trom _agricultural to njaDu / _acinring labour , with the avowed purpose of _bringlr . g those in tho laiti < r industrial _department to a minimum of wages in _prosperous seasons , and to starvation when the markets
wero glutted ami sales could not be effected , T hat every encnunig ment had been given to the capitalist , in tbe laving of labour by new inventions of machinery , & o . while no provision has been made for the sons of tell , but the itgradation of a pauper prison , and tha no less prostrating doles of pro e ' yting charity , whereby they have been compelled to Brll tfielr consciences for a warm blanket , and _jeopardise their souls b y hypocrisy , for a cwt , of _roal . They discover lh 3 t thceursed ' competitive system , ' while it _increases the country cess and poor rates , adds to the bankrupt list , crowds the insolvent courts , and'brings the employers of labour down even below their own level ; _overcrowds the labour market w ' nh juvenile workers ; enables _unprincipled speculators
to reduce the proGt of trade to the Injury of hon' . at and upright employers , and compeU thera to pract _' ee tbe _samo suicidal system , tvh . rtby the workmen and tbeir families are turned adrift _tostarvf _, and tbo ' apprentices ' as fast as their time _expirns _, let loose upon the world a « vagabonds , or subsist as they can on the ov _» r-taxed and _wcessarily meagre charities of their trade . And , lastl y , they _cooelude _, tbat with o population increasing , as it is said , at tha rato of 1 , 000 per day , this waa between iibocb and _ciPtTAi . must soon come to a crisis , as it Iirb done in France . For tbat revolution , my lord , differs from each of the preceding ones ; and if you , as do tbe journals in tha aristocratic interest , ieok on it merely as the triumph of one political creed over the other you make a fatal mistake .
A great prelate , my lord , has said ' All actions have their appointed result , _eitbfr hero or _hereafter . ' There is a law of retribution in all Nature . Things good in _themsilree . _becomo evil by _oxcoss . The eternal ord _& e of the universe la secured by the maintenance cf an equilibrium . The centri '' _ujr . al and centripetal _fj-rces keep planets in their trackless paths around their present sun ; the disturbance of this order would wreck a world At in tha natural , so ia the moral and Boc ' al world injustice committed byprince , peer , orpeasant by govern . ment , the bourgeoisie , or the mob—will bring its own re . _tributary results .
My lor * , although the working _Masses , and those _Iramediateiy above , but fast merging into the vortrx _] whioh is swelling them up , are slaves , thty are equally as much justifk'd in asserting and di _matidinp their righu , as were the mail clad barons , who on ihe field of _Runnyinedj ex . torted Magna Charter from King John ; as were the _earncs : _Puritaaa who dethroned tha tyrant Charles and proclaimed the C jmmonwcalth ; _*< . were ths Whigs , who _» j ; cted James , and enacted th 9 Bill if Rights ; as wtre the middle class Reformer ? , who , under the guidance of the _Wfeigs , used 'thomob ' te start and run down _tht-lr game ( as the 'Squires do their dogs , ) and thus carried the Ref-rm Bill ; as were the Corn L \ " Repealers , who under pretence of gettin ? ch ; ap bread for _th-j poir , but , in reality , to take advantage of it for further rcduciag the worker ' s miserab ' e pifance of wages .
Yes , my lord , if John was a tyrant , who for curbing the turbulence of his _noblea was oppostd by them with arms ; if the Stuarts wits fi _/ _raats . with their Star Chamber , their _illegalarresis , their religious bigotry , thtir doe : _rtc ; e of' Divine right to govern wrong , ' & c . _; if tbe _oligarchy wert tyrants , in their opposition to the claim of tbe mercantile nnd _Iraiing orders , for aa extension of the Suffrage ; then they , too , are tyrants who deny those liberties So ethers , which by both moral _BEd physical fores they obtained for themselves . Yeu , my lord , and your party , _bxve taught tho lessons to the people—history has _taughtit— . ihe boasted , but in . complete , 'Constitution' teaches it—your 'Reform
Revolution' practically _exhisitea it ; that resistance to tyranny is a Briton ' s right-- ' . hat ' political offence * , ' as they are called , are not to bo classed with criminal that rebellion of ' right against might' comes not in tho category of crime—that offences which arise out of a struggle fer an equal participation in political and social _priviUgss , haTe no moral turpitude , _Theso _doctinea have made an indelible impression on tbe minds of the escluded million ' , who are fully convinced that tbe pretended 'virtual representation' of thu peoplo by tho _preseat system is a palpable falsehood , and that « it ib impossible for those who live on the profit of labour to represent the labourer . '
Allow rae to call your attention to the following facts : Six millions of men , standing in the ranks of labour with eighteen © r twenty millions of women and children , of whom they are the natural protectors and guardians are shut out of the gates of tbe constitution , and are _sneeringl y told , in language _^ tantamount to that of a negro song : — ' It ' s of ao use knocking at the door any more You're not good-looking , and y & _u shan ' t eome in . ' All these men are considered to ba ' arude rabble
rout , ' not worthy to utter their complaints , or _dtHiand justice from ' an _aes & mbly of ths first gentlemen in the world . ' Most of them are _struggling for an independent and _honearablo existence ; thousands of them are literally starving ; yet , with few exceptions , and when their con . ditlpn is mentioned with feigned _compaassion to bolster up some sinister _measure of political economy , to inrich the _cspltalist , their heart-rending cries for work that they may have food , are heard . with cool iodiff _rence , replied to with bbter irony , and their ftw advocates Interrupted with sneering cries of' Oa ! oh ' . '
The social wretchedness of these waves is treated as an endemic ; the canseB of that forlorn condition as a miasma , irremediable and _liremovaMe ; tbe speech from the throne sometimes aff . c s to pity , at other _ti ' m' _-s to commend these patients of misrule , for their ' unexampled patience md pious resignation to the inscrutable Will Of Providence . ' Politicians aver tbat It alwnysbas been so , always will , aud tbat & 12 hopes of s radical cure are chimerical . The ministers of the benevolent Jesus , forgetful that his system of _raerals , bis plain and unmistakable apophthegms , inculcate not a partial bot an entire _n-. lief to human miseries—not a sectarian and proselyting charity , tu : such as that exhibited ia his
admirable pirable or _his'ory of tbe Good Samaritan—dare ta ntUr that Gad ordained the poverty cf man , and , by plain logical consequence , that he is the author of all the tquilor . vies , crime , ignorance , of which _povirly is the main _Jcanse , and which are always its concomituntB . Tbe government treats their outbursts of desperation as symptoms which are best allayed by a due administration of grape . 6 hot , musketry , and rockets ; and if the cries of his famishing children , and the _murmuring of his wife , should stir the bile of some poor weaver to harangue his brother _unfortunates about their common muieriep , they try ihe chilling influence of a felon ' s cell on his orcited cranium , or Introduce him to the taming discipline of a chain gang .
Amidst all this mass of suffering humanity , my lordnotffith & _tanding the taunts about thoir inability to con . duct th tie- own affairs , their ignorance of what Is best for th < mselvos , and the ncceBsiy tbat tbe _cnpitalistorders should have the same care arid compassion for them as the wolf has for the lamb—there are Eien , who , ( like Drew , ths blacksmith , tbat wrote a prize essay by fire light on a bellows oa his knee , amidst the squalling of his little ones , ) can m & sttr the most deep and metaphysical subjects . There are nun who can work out somo of the most difficult problems In Euclid ; who study the mechanical powers and their adaptation to tbe work of production ; who walk the _Hoaveus with the astronomer ; dive into the arcana of nature with _tba
chemist ; soar into the _regionB of fancy with the poet ; who study man in _thephysiologieal , psychological , moral , and social aspects of his nature . 'Soar supply of intellectual and moral eduoation , by the late _extension of the means of instruction—faulty and sectarian as it iswill increase their number , and givo a moral power to the _maBsss , which will heave up the crust of _so- _'iety , like somemigbty vo lcano ; bury the asinine bray _« rs at the _peoplb's miseries among th _& petrescent remains of former worlds , and elevate to the seats or these Insolent _popinjrtys _^ zoen careful to understand the condition of the people—to consult their wishes—to produce by wise and salutary measures an equipoise and consolidation of tbe claims of all .
Thera are men read y to do all tbis , my lord , sy , in year own ranks of society , men that commiserate tlie e & ndition of starved , _sonl-tortureo , dying _lub-ur—th ~ t hear its waitings—that are above the paltry selfish pro . _judtces of their order , and aro firm in the conviction tbat the only way to . preserve its existence ,. and make it permaaeat in society is , to 'do justice and love mercy . ' Ay ,: and there are men cmong the slaves themselves , WhO have _loollsd death In the face so steadily , 86 C 0 u « _stantly , as to penetrate the black veil which _shtoujs it , and _eonolude . tbat thej have , two rights—fe l ( it—to die- *
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and if society _deprlm them of the former they can at least risk the latter . ISark it , my lord , this is all that is iett to hundrede-a HnscriDg death by _starTatlon-o speedy quietus by a _Soviet ' s musket , or a _suioide ' _s grave . It _tvill soon eoraa t < j this : jou must save the P ° _P'f— slflu gh'er them w & _mi they rise in despair—er tall with your ordfr amldsc ., he wrcck an ( 1 rulBg of „ Constitution _i „ which _you-giory . The . dikes , tbe cm _bankmunts of society , nre saturated by an ocean of discontent ; it is rushing into the foundations of the social
fabric ; the onoe solid End compact basis of society is _becoBiiiig a shifting quickeand ; The modern Bibjlon is Invested ; its rulers aro at ease ; they curl the lip ; they laugh _toscarn the coming _hurricane ; the handwriting is _nevertheless upon ibe wall .. Anon a 'Gideon' shall _aille » his « barle y cake _» bIu . 11 overturn their tents ; his 800 lomp . _bearcrs shall strike pale panic into the hearts of the 100 , 000 mercenaries that man its _w alls Th < re is possibility—awful probability—i « all this , Thwo is no magic in the word ' finality . ' Britons aro not impetuous —they bide thtir time .
Hoist your old _standard , my lord— ' _Retrenchment Econ omy , and _Rtf _. irm '—add to it , * the _Rights of Labour , ' and be _assured that nothing less than ' _Universal Suffrage ' will satisfy the people . _Brcuso the candour ef one whoso name to know , 1 tbee ic matters not Te whom related , or by whor _* begot . ' An Educated _Autisav _.
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MONDAY , A ?» _il 3 . HOUSE OP LORDS — Invasion os Lomiubdy . —Tho Ear ; l of _AblbdeEn rose to put a question respecting the entry of Sardinian troops into _Lombardy . He said ; _Thapollcy of _Austiain _I'oly moy have been good or bad , but certainly it _wosnotnggrfsulre ; there was erery reason , on tho contrary , to suppose and apprehend that the aggression would precetd frum tho other cido . The State of Italy rendered this probable , and this probability was increased , and must have b en increased ( n the mind of every man who recollected tbo anoiont and con . _Btnnt policy of the house of Savoy . It was the miU ' m of one ofthe princes of that home constantly to bare it in view that Lombardy ought to be considered as on art ! _, choke , to be oaten 1-ai by leaf ; but King Charles Albert
seems to fancy that he bas so good an appptite that he ought at once to devour the whole plant , ( A laugb . ) But , be this as it may , it is to bo observed that , amidst ell the convulsions _whlchwe have _witnetsed around us , _convulsions mest _untzamplt-d nnd portentous , tbe King of Sardinia is tho first power who has directly controverted the pubiie Uw of Europe . ( Hear , hi > ar . ) Ho has _thoug ht right to command hU troops to ent < _-r the territory of a neighbouring , friendly , and allied power , without ths slightest _pretext ofa grievance , without any provocation , an 4 without any complaint or reason assigned whatever , and also in dir ct violation of engagements by which he as well as this country was solemnly boun 4 . ( Hear , hear . ) I think , my lords , th » t this first violation of _public law should not _pasi _altostether unnoticed hy those who deairo to preserve the peace of Europe . ( Hear , ) 1 do not wish , however , to be _misunderstood . 1 have nothing to say to the endeavours of the people of Lombardy to shake off the power and dominion of _Aun .
trla . That is their own offiir . If they _nucceed in this endeavour , I only _bope that they may find themselv < _sas happy , and as _prespuroun a « they will be more free , than under the government of Austria . But your _JiTdshlps are not to suppose that this endeavour is made against an usurping power , or that the Austrian _Government is to ba htld as a government of _uturpatlon . Lombardy has been under the _dominion ofthe family of Austria for three _centuries ; and since the peace of Utrocht has bt en _positively assured to Iho Empi'ror and his family by all Bur Ape ; t herefore these arc not dominions which the K _* ' _ng of Sardinia , who has himself received great ncces . s ' ons to his territory only the other day , can consider as having beeu usurped by the house of Austria ' ( Hear , hear . ) Ho concluded by ashing whether her _Mfjestj ' _s government had at auy time declared to the _govtrnment ef Sardinia tbat any aggression in violation of those engagements by which tho King of _Sardinia as well as this country were hound , would not be viewed by Great Britain with indiff _^ ronce f
_TheUarquls of Lansdowne said , that though _tliia country was not bound by any treaty to _osBtst tie Austrian government ia the defence of Lombardy , yet h « r _Msjegty ' s govtrnment had thought ic _rijbt to instruct their minister ta express their hope and _coofidenco that _tn tbe present alarming and _aglta'ed state of all the countries in that part ofthe world , bis M » jesty tbo King of Sardinia mig ht be advised to preserve a perfect _neutrality , _Htf _coul-1 only say in conclusion that the entry of the Sardinian troops into Lombardy had been n > ade not only without the concurrence , but against tho advice of ths British government , nnd in the _faes of instructions sent to our representative at Turin , Lord Stanley wns deeply impressed with the propriety of referring as littlo as _possible al tbe present
time , either in that or the other house of _parii < mtnt , fo wh :. t was passing in other countries . ( Hear , hear . ) But ho could not help saying , that be had heard with much _saHsfacklon the statement that her Maj . _'Rty ' s _gorernraent had thoug ht it their duty to represent to tho Kin ? of Sardinia thulr desiro that ho should not put himself at the heid of any expedition for the invasion of Lombardy . Lord Aberdeen had , ho _** ev « r , very pro . perly taken the opportunity of pointing out to the _hcuso and the country that an example of aggression had b en set , which , if fellowed up by other powers , might be attended with very dangerous consequences . ( Hear . ) He believed there was no man , either in that or the other house of parliament , who would not recognise the doctrine which had been bo _finely and fully laid down by
_hir Majesty's _government of the right of any nation , in connexion with the _sovtrelgn authorities of tbat nation , to introduce any internal reforms , any modification of their constitution , which tbey should conclude to be for their own national advantage —( hear , hear )—and that there was no justification for any _othtr nation , from the remote fear of probable consequences , _interfering with the internal affairs of that nation with an armed force . ( Hear . ) Bat if that doctrine were fully admitted , and if in deference , probably , to their own _seBse of right and prudence , the government of Austria bad abstained from any _attimpt to interfere with the _affdrs of Naples , Sardinia and Sicily , then Austria had shown an oxamplc and a reg ' ardfor the rig hts of other parties which might have been expected to save her from _sn armed invasion
on the par of Sardinia . ( Hear , hear . ) It was a dangerous doctrine to admit the right of any other nation , from sympathy with the supposed grievances _andinjurieo i . flicted upon another , to enter it with tho avowed object of overthrowing the reigning _jower . ( Uear , hear . ) And if thera was a country in iho world whose eseential Interest it was to ribut and reject this doctrine as to the right of Interference , it was this country , with its wldfi . _sprcad and outl y ing colonial possession * . ( Hear , he » r . ) It ef all others , therefore , should most strongly protest against tho attempt of any country by foreign force , whether on the part of the sovereign against the people , or on tho pirt of the people against tho sovereign , to interfere with tbe internal affairs of other states . ( _H-ar . ) He did not understand his noble
_fri-nd to have asked hirMf _^ sf } _'s _government to inter _, nose bv force , or In any way to assist Austria , but he understood his noble friend to call their attention to the fact tbat amid the universal convulsion of the statos of Europe , aud admitting the ri * ht of all to modify their own constitutions , this was tho first instance of carrjing out tbe dangerous doctrine of _propagandistn , which , if not condemned by the public opinion of Europe , might lead to invasion , by tho more powerful and active , of the riahts of the leBBer pi ) _wers- ( bcar )—for he believed that _unleBBitwasputdownbytbe general _fenso of _Europo and the civilised woild , even the best efforts of h » r Maj sty's government , supported as tbey would be , without reference to polit ieal feeling , would be utterly _unavsll . ing towards preventing the spread ofa sanguinary war throug hout Eorope . ( Hear . )
A discussion then arose on the _subject of emigration to Canada , and after disposing of some unimportant business , their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —After tbe reception of petitions and conversations on a variety of subjects , arising out of questions put to members of the _gevercmenf , Oa Lord John Rusaell moving the order of the day , Tuts S _* mH _ov Ibt . ls . hd , was brought forward by Lord _Jocelvn , He said , the attention of eiery member of that house , and of the public , had been call d within the lost few werkB to the language and conduct of
certain individuals in Ireland , and no was sure tbey bad all seen with _Inolgnatlom and disgust —( loud cheer _*)—tl ' . o language of those mischievous and traitorous men—( renewed cheers)—avowedly with the objuot of overturning the institutions of the country , and levying * war on Her Majesty ' s Crown , by _excltin ' _, ; to overt acts of rebellion Her _Mijesty ' _ssubjacts in tbat country . ( Cheers . ) With similar feelings tho people of this loyal country bad seen tbat men had been found id Ireland so devoid of their own and all national honour , ia to be at this moment _seekinj , he believed , in a foreign country , the arms to carry out their traitorous objects , ( Hear , hear . ) If he were not the representative of an English const ! _, tuency , he should have called tho attention of English members to tbe effect such language us had bsen used
in Ireland « _as likely to have on discontented Individuals here . He knew ' the large body of Htir MajeBty ' _s subjects were loyal and _faltl . ful ; yet , even In this oountry , such language could not be left unchecked without danger ; but ihe unnatural and tho dangerous state of affair a In Ireland would prove his best apology for the observations with which hehad prefaced his question to tho noble lord . Not that be apprelnnded any real danger to tbe institutions of tbe country in Ireland , He be lit ved that tbe throno of _otir btloved 90 _Vexeign , Btau' . ing unshaken amidst the shock tbat had overwhelmed tbe mast powerful _monan-hs of Europe , rested not on the bayonels of ber soldiers , but on the _loy & Uy _fitid
_affiCtions of htr people —( loud cheers)— the institutions of tbis country re & ted on a sound and broad basis , and it was satisfactory to know that the most enlightened Germans , _slrugglrog for constitutional feiodom , BhOWf d tbeir anxiety to ' follow the fxnmp lo wo bad set tbe ™ rather than that of any other nation , in the world . ( Hear , hear ) Fortunately , the design In Ireland was apparent ; but men _ml 8 ht be urged into open flCts Of treason against tbeir Sovereign by tho traitorous language of these _mUchltvous persons . T ' _-o danger , he ap . _prehended , wa ; to those individuals , and not to tho _In-BiltuiioiiB of tho stato . _Fortunatoly for Ireland , a nehle lord was at tho hi ado ? tbo government in that country aho had rallied _arosnd Wm the united support of Pro «
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_tustsntJ-and Roman Catholics . ( Cheers , ) _Hebolisved that tha & noble lord , by Ms ability , aad his courage , had ralltediround him all loyal men of all religious por * suasions _aoii all political _croeds . ( Cheers . ) But it had _beuu _aee & _'tfoat while that _nible lord bad stretched forth bis arm im _vindication of the law be bad been unable to put _astop _. to this treasonable language . The _continuance of _lanxsage such ns that must eventually lead t » hostile collision and bloodshed , and , although we might not fear tbo result , still the _consequence must bo de plored . ( Hear , hoar , ) With the recollections of past
conflicts , Knowing that years could not wipo out thc statu of blood shed in civil contest , in thc n » me of ( hose who wished war away from our shores—in the name of ail ber Majesty ' s loyal _subjects , he asked the noble lord at ibe head of the government , _woi thtr be thought tbat there was sufficient power vested iu tbe government to crush this rebellious _spirit , or whether bo did not think the time had come when Boma altera _, t _' . on should be mado in that law which _allowed the instigator to be at large while the victim of his inst _' -gation 8 _'ifferet ]; and when _Bomopoivcn ohouM be given to the executive gorornc _' _. cnt to meet with vigonr and effect whatwer emergency mght arise . ( Hear , hear . )
Lord J , RnssEii ,. —I rise , Sir , with considerable anxiety to answer the _quontion which tbe noble lord has put . Ic is quito ( rae that language of the naturo be ha ? described has been used in Ireland —language exciting the people to rebellion against tbe Crown—language exciting them to acts of violence against persons und property , with a view to _estaolish Ireland as a Separate nation— a nation independent . f the Crown of theso realms Such language may at some periods be passed over as tho mere _ravinj of a distempered fancy , and which can have no efface . Bat uafortuaately it is not so at present . ( H _^ ar _, hear . ) I _blirve that the effect whio _^ has been produced by that language may be atiribmed partly to the exciteable nature of those to whom it is directed , —partly to the very great distress which kas been fell by all classes now during three years—a distress which
naturally induces men to listen to any _desperate language ,- —and thirdly , to the great excitement which habeen _crested by tbe events which have _rrceotly tHktn place in Franco and somo other parts of Europe . But whatever may bo the the causa , it is certain tli & . t ih _& utterance of this language bas been followed by the manufacture of pikes —( hear , hear ) —by the formation o r no clubs , and by various other preparations , all oi which are op _» nly avowed by a part of the press 6 f that country to be with a view of stirring up civil war in Ireland , ( U < _-ar _, hear ) Now , Sir , I cannot but agree with iho noble li < rd tbat , _viewing these p _oeei dings os the ra isg nnd _insiiuation of civil _wsr , it is net co much her M . _ijcst _)' ,. Cvtrnnitn ! _- , not so much the _institutions of thecountry t ! _i » t nre in danger , ns tbe peace of Ireland , and the well-being ( f all _elassei , especially those who aro _encased in the occupation of trade and
commerce , in that couctry , ( Cheers . ) My belief iB , that those who have u « ed t _)* e language to _wbich I bave adverted have ({ ono to for tho purpose of raU _' . pg themselves , c * rcUfiB ol the _bloodshed and ruin which m » y ensue Sir , it is ,, however , a mo-t difficult nn' 2 most _delicau task for the _Lor-l-Lteutmant of Ireland to decide what is beat to be doBo _undT these circumstance's , T _'^ e noble lord _eppoiite has ( aid what I consider a just tribute tc the noble lord now at the head of tho government in Ireland , ( Cheers . ) I hope I need not assure tho bou < e , that while my n _^ ble friend is anxious to put down ( _liBaff . _ction enl rebellion , is is st the same time his w > _irm'st wish to listen to complaints , and to apply , so far as in his power , a remedy _< -r nn alleviation to any _distn s _« _es or evils that exist . With respect to tbo means cow at tbe disposal of tbo tov . rnment in _Irelnnd fer th ? purpose of meeting tbe _conspiracy to which I allude , my noble friend the _Lord-Litutenant has bten In _constant com .
munieation with my righthon , friend the Secretary rf State for the Horre Department and with myself , and he ban informed uo that , while on the one side there were evident pr & _paratiunii fo * _rtb & lllcr ., on the other side he hnd received the most gratif ying assurances ot loyal support— ( cheers )—from a great number of per eons , both _Protcstasi and Roman _Catholic ; _fromclergym-n of the one , and prK 3 _ta of iho other religion ; from all classes — _landlords and merchants — and , in fact , from a _largd number of persons of all parties and _clashes in the country , ( Cheers . ) The noble lord opposite must _fJtCUSO me if at the _present moment I dec'in » s < Dti )> g what further measures are in _conte-m _clarion bj the Lord L ' _tu'enant and her _Majesty ' s _jtoverrment iu Ireland , I truit he will _bn _Mtinfied nith tlio _ns'urance that boih in this country » n . t In
Ireland we have most carefully looked 5 n * o the law applicable to tho _ence— that we have entered into tbe moRt constant daily communication with ihe Lord . _Lieutenunt und that should he be of opinion that _furtlur powers are _necessary than those which bave yet been obtained by tbe _government , I shall then feel it my duty—being convinced that such measures as ho _wi-. y tsk can bo no mere than are necessary for the occasion—to come dowu to tbis house and a < k ibiB house to intrust the government of this country with such powers . ( Great _chesring , ) Sir , Lord Clartndou haa to consider in ani proposal he mav make , aud in any wish ho may _express , that if be _should appear—or if there sh ould be tbe less * semblance of his appearing , to favour one mllcious d- nomination more than another , or of lis f . _nvnuring _[ sny particular class of tho community above any other claw ,
he wpuld thereby _Ioso a great deal of that support which he has hitherto obtained—( cheers ) . —ahd whieh has proceedtd , as I have already ' _sairt , _fn-m _landlords an « i _clen-ymen ot the Protestant persuasion , _gnd from priests of tha _Bomin Catholic persuaf ion ; ali these bave joined in giving tbeir best uasistanea to him in tho maintenance of peace . ( Hear . ) Bui the noble lord may rest assured that it in the full determination oi Her _MHJ-sty ' _s government , having tbe utmost lonfidence in Lord Clarendon , ( hear , hear ) , and in his administration of public affairs , to do all that ia in bio power to _suprort the Uwiu Ireland , ( hear , hear ) , and _maintain the pe . _ice of that country ; and , _furthermore , that we shall not _shrir . k , should it prove _nfcessary so to do , from asking tbis hous _« for tbe grant of any farther powers that may bo requisite . ( Cheering . )
A conversation of some length and Interest then took place on the _Bubjsctof tbe dilatory proceedings of thi government in bringing forward a bill for the repeal ef the Navigation _L- _« W 8 , esp _.-cialiy after the allusion made to sueh a _measure in the speech fr < m the throne . It was terminated by a declaration from _L- > rd _Johh Russell , that before the Easter recess be would an nouuee the final views of tbo governsaent on tht subjeet . Jewish _Disumnms Bill . —Onthe question for going into committee on lht 9 bill . Mr Gouihg meved as an amendment , tbat ' so long , at least , es tbe House of Commons i zeroises the authority wbi ? b at present it does exercise over tbe _eslablisheri church , UO Jew ought to possess the franchise , much less be _allowtd to sit in that house . ' He _protested against the bill as an act ot national wickedness , vchieb was certain to draw down on the country the direct Vengeance of 6 od .
Thia led to a debate which terminated in tbe _amendment being negatived without a division , and the house then went into committee ' upon tbe bill , when several amendments were proposed and negatived , After the different clauses had been agreed to , a scene of considerable ) excitement occurred in consequence of _tbn indiscretion of Mr Liw in _proposing that the _report of the couim'tteo should not be received forthwith ( as ( a usual when no amendments are made In a hill , ) but should be _poetposed till Friday . Lord J . _Kuspell overwhelmed Mr Law with ridicule , and as Mr Law had l _» as < , d his opposition on his attachment to the church of E » g land , annoyed bim very _considerably by _regretting that the defence of that church bad fallen into such hand 9 . Mr Liw compluinod , in consequence , of th" want of courtesy bxhiblted t 6 sards hltn by Lord Jonn _Russei . 1 . but was afterwards pacified on bis lordship ' s declaring that , although be did not think his ( Ur Liw ' s ) conduct either v _« . ry wise or very discreet , he meant him person _, ally no _disrespi cr .
The report was then ordered to be brought up in stanfr . The house resumed . The report wns agreed to , and tho bill was ordered to ho read a third timo en Monday . The house adjaurned nt one o _' cleck . TUESDAY , APRIL 4 th , HOUSE OF LORDS —The Marquis of Low > osi > EBBy in presenting somo petiti- nt , seized tho occasion to express bis _unqualified approbation of tbo course pursued by the government in Irelaud , and to _dcclaso his full confidence in the urmneB 9 of Lord Clarendon , and iu the bravery (> f ths soldiery , ' should their services uafortunitely be required . Their lordships disposed of _uomo unlmpcrtaut business _, and _adjourned at an early hour . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Sir J . 0 . HoBHorsB , the rejected of Nottingham , having been returned r y tbe rotten _borough of _Hsmieb _, took the _oatfie and his sent ,
Mr F . O'Connok presented a petition from the chairman of a pnblio meeting held at _Nencastlo-upon-Tyne , prajing the bouse to address Her _Mujebty to grant a froo pardon to Frost , Williams and Jones , and all other political offenders . Tbe LATi Illeoai . _Ejictmiib is Gat / way Mr Sr _Geokog _, wbo » e name hud been mixed up with that of Mr Blabs in the Galway evictions , or _. terod into an explanation _iifhisconduot at an Irish landlord , for tho pur . pose of showing that he bad not done anything either illegal or illiberal towards I is tenantry .
In answer to Mr SmFbuD , Sir G . _Oatv said tbe government wero about to bring in a bill to meet such cases . The bill would provide that whatever might be the legal right of tbo landlord , nnd whatever the nature of the tenure , no _ijectment should bt put In force without due _notico being given to tho tenant , and slso with out due notice being given to tho board of guardians in cftsoB where the act of ejectment was _likoly to produce _extramcdestituMon . Tho bill would aho provide thai no _hous _s should be destroyed or pulled down at mid . night , even under legal right . _Tfeo bill was under preparation , but that was Us general purport _. ?
_Ibplani > .-, The 'Nation Newspaper —Mr B . Cocnrane wished to _eelc the right hon gentleman the Secre tary for Ireland whether his attention had been called to the following _puvagraph , which appeared In the last number of the Nation newspaper , published in that country , and , if so , v _» hethev it was tt © intention ofthe _government to proceed against tho editor of that paper t Tho _parcgi' & ph was this _: — ' Ireland ' s _neeasBlty demands the d . oBperate remedy < f revolution—it demands , ami will justify before God and all men _rially made iu Hi i . mage _, this last resource of nations long _opprsfaod . A revolution _mflafis a peaceful or _n violent uprooting ol » _oovernmsBt or an upsetting' ef society ; its busiuesB is in euro tho evils it cannot endure— = 'o cure t em as with
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little loss of blood aud time at Ue uican * of thu revolutionists and the nature of the opposition against thtm may allow . Th » continental nations all had their grtc ranees , but ours are immeasurably greater—tbey _sougbff tho right of matting , but we seek the righc of existence ; thay sought liberty of the press , but wo seek lioerty to live ; the renl alternative wiih _Irtland is decimation or _revolution , _Iiisewdmt to nil m-n ihat our torti . tt < ovtroment is but a club of _grave-di _^ _ers ; tbey foster poverty , and protect pestilence ; _fevsr , taxation , exile , death , all arise from their felonious taking away of rur
means of lite ; we arc decimated not by the w _= Jl of Got , but by the will of thu _TVhiVs ; obedienoo to a government which rules to rob and legislates to destroy is a hl _ b , crime , nlliance ' with it is a conspiracy against tbe nation ; votes of confidence in such _gorrrnincnts are d-ath warrants ; _keepisgordrrfor them is doing _undertaker's work ; aiding them ia tbe admtnistrati n of tbe > law is finiibfn if tff without accusation or trial fresh u y _« riadsofeur doomed _populace . ' He hold _Mr'Duffv , who > was the editor of that paper , to be guilty of holding _, most treasonable Janguflffe in that paragraph ,
Sir W _Soiieeviue said that h « had not Bten the ex _~ tract to which thc hou . member referred , and tbe ion . member ' s perusal of it was the first _notic-j of ft wide * he bad received , but he had been for some time in ther habit of reading in _productions from Ireland _lsnpusgo equally txtravagant . Of course be was not able to state what th ? intention of the government with respect to tbe paragraph in question was ; but no doubt the attention of the Lord Lieuteuant Sad been called t _<> it ; Her believed _evtrj thing would be left in bis hands , nnd tliat he would take such steps respecting it as he thought proper .
Ut F . O'Connob said , that seeing the lrarned Attorney-General in bis place , he wished to ask him _whether hia attention had been drawn to a letter publi-htd ia The Times newa _^ aper of that morning , in which it wa * _vaid thnt the government might be destroyed by _othr . r means than by open warf Aro , He thought that nothing in tbo United _Ibisumah , Naticw , or any other newspaper in Ireland , could exceed the language of that letter in barbarity , Tbo ATT ' . _aHEv-GEHiBALBaid , that if the bon . _gentlemsuhnd givtn him notice of his intention to put tha * question , he should have been prtptred' to _answer it , but be bad been engaged tbe wbok day in the House of Lords and hud not Been the lett _. r in question , ohd was , thumfurp , unable to give any opinion respecting it .
Episcopal _IUvences . —Mr Hoxsman moved ' that In the opinion of this _Iioubc , t _> e _dist-nctiou bolnecn the * _episcopal nnd common funds , _irstritting ihe _iippliratioa of the surplus revenue of the archbishops and _Luhopu ta * t _Isr _^ pal purposes , and permitting ro part of it , in any circumstances , to be applied to the relief of parochial _destitution , is iavxyvdi ' nt , and ought iintto be con * tinued . ' The hull , member after _sboivfng tha _necessity for tho adoption of the resolution , gave thc following illustrations of the _misupphcMion of the ecclesiastical revmucB ly tho cemmbsion to wbich the _muDiigemcnt ot these revenues is entru . ted , A strong and _gineraf . opinion prevui ' ed that in the recent a ; mini < nrati . n if cccli _s ' ast u 1 affairs , the _interests kf the _episcopacy hacV necn more-cared for ibon those of tin _pi-rocblal cJer _^ y ,
lie was b'mnd to believe that opinion well founded , ( Hear , _hfar . ) Let thtm compare the csnei _io-i of She * _P'irochial cl- rgy with that of the episcopacy . " At t"e _> presnu raomtii' tbrr « fftro no lees than _betwevo 4 OW and 5 000 parithes in which tho btneneed _clerg } rants had no house . What i : i « tnnce could be produced of a bishop not well _provldvd with a re . sidrncr ? The ecclesiastical _Cjmniieslonera had spent £ 40 , 100 in _providing clergymen with _houses , wbile tVey hod _espcrded no less than £ 140 , 000 on the palaces of the bishops , Abuve 3 , 000 of the bent heed _clergym-n bad _minmei under £ 150 ; tome evm had inc . mes ucdir £ 10 » year ; but by net cf Porliinivni the _incomes t _> f the poorest prelate approached ihat of a Secretary if _Siste . This
wan not nil ; hkviug _nuoh _incomus , _provided toe them , by act of _Parliament , hud tha bishops beon _content ? Had not an net of Parl'am nt been pi > Mod _, limiting the in- ' _conie af ihe 1 ) _skfp of Durham to £ 8 , 000 a year , but hael there not been _joars In which he ha < l _r-ceived jSl & _JlCO _^ £ 20 000 and even In one instance £ 20 010 ? ( Hear , hear , * nnd cries of' No , to . ' j Why , in _18 _i 3 he found that tha BUhcp of Durham _rvc-ivtd £ 37 , 161 , from wbich hehad to make a _payusent of _Jfelll OOl _) to the _Eoole . _inslieal Commissione r * , * nhjch lift the _Betiscome , _z-b l . _ebad v ti . ted it , at £ 26 , 000 a year , Ic was also kno _^ n that Iheincrmeo ' * the Bishop of Salisbury , which wns limited by not of Pathanumt to £ 5 . u 0 J , varied _frcti £ 5 , 000 to , In 1 S 45 £ 17 000 .
_Lnil _AsBLiV _, Mr _Plvmpthe , and Lord St , Macb _^ haviBc EU ' _iportcd Mr _Hursrnart ' _s motion . Sir ( 3 . _Gbi . \ , xpMuedhuw the _dintmctlon _between tha episcopal an . _l common funds _kad arisen ; bat dec ! ar _> 4 _hiastlf unprepared to n . nhtain its _permantnt-y , Tho resolution of Mr Hursman struck at the very root of tha Ecclesiastical _Commission , witbeut providing any substitute for it . If the abuses wero so great us Mr Hursman o ntended , he ou _^ ht not to nuettb _. m ry an abstract rciolution , ' but bj au act of Parliament _rmi-ri'iing them in detail . There w _» re at _presentln pt . pt . raticn by the _EQclesiitbiical _Conntis-iontrs _meafurts which would tff ct _considerable improvenunt in the mode of the recoipt au _4 management of tho _episcopsl funds , Hai mereforc should move the previous _quntton ou tho _reaoo luti n of Mr _Horsman , in _ortfer io prevent the I . oust from cming to a precipitate volo in ils favour , when it was not in po _.-sessioo of all tbe ' _necessury information .
Sir It , l . NGi . is und Sir It . _Peiz . supported the government _tiew of the cane—the latter , however , after _showing the great want of church accommodation , expressed himself fnvouruble to Mr Iloismun ' s objeit . but thought a bill better than an _ubstrtct _resolution , and tbat such & bill should be prepared by ihe government . Mr _Bright , with relerence to tbo alleged deficirncy of church room , said tte statements oa that _su ' _-jice were fallacious , becsuse . churchmen _alwfjs excluded from their r-poris the _sccomxiodution provided by dissenters . Vfith _refcpec _* to the _inromes of the bishops , be > said , if'tbey looked back to the _ttto last Ar .-hbih _^ p ) of York , it might be _eiiotvn that those two individuals , who lived a lung time , receiv < d more than £ 1 , 500 . 000 , of nearly _i _£ _- ! , 000 , 0 i ) 0 . Tbis mas either state money , or
money belonging to the churcb , andiu either case it _wa » _scandalous that in any religious establishment nt _utt vcr there should be such gross _misacpropriation of _thesa enormou . s funds , wbiUt there was a vast reass of _spl'it-Uil destitution in _alract every part of the _country . Under these _circumstancfs _, he was _suiufed with the coolness » ith which tbe nobl « loidat the head of the ( _jor _^ _rnmint said the other _nigl . t to the lion , member for _C-. ekermoulh , that it would be _i-atlsfni'tor _^ to b _' m to know that iho naw archbishop was to be limited to . £ 13 , 000 a yesr . It wae insinuated last year by thc right hou . member for Ripon that bishops , tfer all , vere not so fcitrd worked , _> . hd yet here was an instance of an archbishop _rrceivlpg about three times ai much as tbe Prime Minister .
H _* believed that tbe nolle lord at the bead of _xovercment would net live so long os au _iircbbia _* _. < p , if ho contiuuud to be 1 _' iimo Minister . ( _Liuahter . ) If thera _ftae any class of _Individuals easily _situated with re _.-pect to temporals , with work slight aud pay eicecdieg , ic waa those comfortable gentlemen who sat en the _btnch of b ' _sliops , He found tbat they had a strong _, _dispo . _sitien always to go with tbe government ef tho day , aud he believed ic was a point ef etiquette with _ti . rm never to change tl . e ' v seats , but always to sit on the _earse side as tbo ( Xfcutire goremmenC Ho _considtre d—snd the opinion wa » & Uo vtry generally entertained in the country—that tbe existence oftbe bench if bishops had not ouly been aufavourable to iho _pro-ress t f public lib . rty—( bear , hear , )—bat aho to the C ristian reli }; l . jn itself .
Mr OLaPSTONE _dtfeLded tha bishops , who , eccori . j » g to his account , are a very active , very _hard-wi-iked _, ami very poorly paid , body ol meu . With respect io the motion , although , he agreed with Mr _IloiMnuu thos ttero oiight to be no insuperable barrier to _prsveot -ho application af tho surplus of tha ecclesiastical funds ro tha _mit'g _^ tion of parochial destitution , yet he _oljected to the * declaration ofthe principle that no part of that surplus should be applied to tbe formation of new bishoprics . His opinion was , that , if tha _government fouud . 'd new bishoprics from lime to time , wherever it was ascrr . ained that there was oh opening tor tbem , it would only be pursuing a sood and wise economy .
Lord J . Uussfll said , it h ' . d occuir < d to him that thero were many things at pr _jgent in the Church which required reform ; but he could not form a definite opinion upon the mode of _accomplishing that reform , until ho had consulted the new Archbishop ot Gaiittr ' _oui y _^ Other reforms muat ho introdu ' -ed with that for which . Mr Ilorairan row called ; Bind he had not as yet niai ' eup his miad , nor would ho moke a _declaration t f hia plan to tho house until he hai had a full conference- with the _Aruhbithopof Canterbury , forthe improvement til thoviews which he n « w entertained . Mr II ; . me declared _hi 3 hostility to the formation of ary new biMiopncB . It any such _ineaiure _weva proposed , ic _wottld ba a question _whelhir we ha _^ not too m « ny bishopricsalrcuuy . , That question _hr-d been _ratsidlasc session ; asd it would bo tbo woret policy for the cliurch to renew it again _. The motion was ultimately withdrawn , on the understanding that tho government aro to tuke the mattt *
up . Public Works ( Ibelakd ) _.-A conversation of _coni-i _^ rrable duration took place on a motion of Colonel Dunne , forthe produc ion of a masB of _returns , showirff the _expenditure undertaken by the autlnriiy tf 'ba _B'Jard of Works b Ireland , under tbe act 9 aud 10 Vic , c . 107 . The , _Cruaenioit of the _UxcaruuKa stated , that hia only objection to the production _> . of theso returns _wasy that they would be very voluminous , very useless , and very expensive , for they would cost several thousand pounds . Colonel Dtf . vifE agreed to withdraw bia motion , and ta move for a return of the expenditure iu a particular barony which ko would select _.
Polasb . —Mr C . _Anstiy moved— ' That a dutiful _jdiress be presume to Her _JA . ' _yt-ty , on the _orcasiop of ( hen cent important _pollt ' _cil events in _Austria , p . _iland _^ and Prussia , und prajing II-. _* Majesty that she will not eou ? ent to any tew _terrisoiial or _otherj _!* j »»« _4 meril _5 jj conscqutnt ou such events that dots Wv _^ _rS _^ _gtalaVjtod secure t 9 the Polish people thtir lS _^ _fe _^ _J _^^^^ _Mi _^ i independence , ' ' _A-f « _% _^ 5 _T * .. _~^ _Wv " 'Mi' _/* _cy _MuAwSS ' - ¥ Mr Osborne _Branded tho ml -Bw | f « _fjfiLA _^ _rasWMai time remarked , that there w _^^^ _ft _yVm _^ _jaa present . V V _^ i _?^ _W The house was then counted , _ofeuf _^^ b . r nv _««* pvb r . _mainid % it _utoou sDJ _% pe » _rapaPnE V & _0
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_08041848/page/3/
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