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THE ^OSTHEHK STAE SA.TUBDAY. NOYEMBEB30.1839. THE ^OSTHERK STAE
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The ^Osthehk Stae Sa.Tubday. Noyembeb30.1839. The ^Ostherk Stae
THE ^ OSTHEHK STAE SA . TUBDAY . NOYEMBEB 30 . 1839 . THE ^ OSTHERK STAE
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2 HKMENGEHAM COALITION MEETING . "We beg to direct particular attention to ^ proceedings in the Tora-Hall of Birmingham , whlchtrill be fonnd in tki 3 day ' s Star . It appears that fee rotten rump e ? the old wait-a-while faction , have atlength discovered that they are but a cumbering fcmk , condemned to wallow in their filth , "when I fegaltml dt'Doenisr sJiPMjrt . as in other places , fiae sassy crew find thai Tory weaKh and Tory orgr * - \ afes&Sscis abacs to orsrwaelm thani ^ an £ -wiufe "grating ? maa sad "Waxwics . gaoi s £ u . reesand -with lbs cries of his wounded and tha-moans of ihe
m&sn . ttey . TrtJo wera tee fcnntsHian aaci whap- ers-3 » c £ thsHsedhKata 3 » " have SLeBseeiless aa « iaciiT t » ssk fee i » ODie to prefer their hydra-j ; aeaded tjnzaj to tiia snud a-headsd demand ' of the 'GoTern-SSS , je £± i cases . < his ainSut rrrsni jg 'Preferable 4 o a Corporation ^ f irresponable ty . ants . The Corenmeat ofic ar , althon ^ i indemnr tiy may await "Msjaaresi act , jet has bot one tyrant to serve ; * rhSe lie corpc rate body seek neither indemnitynor justincaticn , Taia gloriousl y portray their ; r
TiHaayin the * Jhape of rewards to '« ieirminions . ~ Doe 3 any man ia B irmingbzm snppo ? 3 . that a police-force WBnld bo id- » a mid in tne - execution of its duty * Mltt file 1 xaitor . Musiz , ' . han even under the Are of a- - ~ filajt GoTernmr ^ t ? No ! but , on the « aubuj , «¦ ^ rporwe-wxaEg- ^ es would be turned inte * c 2 Efiil tf &noes—is wo /;> has © bsained the MayoriSa&timfasn . trexenery would gratify his further ¦¦ hTHmv throuei . tay i instrumentatey of his new « B 3 »» iefBree .
Wfcr it eaL 2 ce ere ? the people of Birmingham to « Scw » powiJ » av jetina to be defiled by Mb loathflB 9 BB presence ! ' rThy did they not hiss him , hoot liautol halloo " Bull-rinpr LoTKrT ! " "Colliks !" aad .- ** "WaxwkJ ; y » jn i ^ ears 1 Why not ask him if he sffll had the sample of the right sort of muskets , which i te offered the men of Perth at twelve ^ uflings « nv i Bixpenc * each ! The correspondent of ¦ &B Times * ills us that he bore the Hushing honours so thicMy " neaped xrpon him , ia the shape of popular iB&jpa 5 Wa , Tri £ h resign ation and fortitude . Aye J meZMS&i ; eoraretb . amoltitude of sins , so will the &ak et « Bee oarer taa treachery of Pbtltp Henry
SSbJKS . aad xmsscus jji'u physical force champion i » tile 7 j » aai scorn ot an indignant people . What ! ¦ ft * K at ti 'RtwirrnarhgTr . snite with the monsters ^ k& £ sre flcatsisisd the TirtnoHS Lotett * and CsSrixntoa cold damp dungeon , for a less offence 4 hsVa £ ha £ -af winch she or&ve Jtcssell proved . the 4 » -Major 4 « be gaUiyi No ! - ' AsweS db ; titaiaab waii e » a ? ar unita . ^ a » Bocte triih fee cat . or tie latk -with tnekile 1 "
*^ a o ^ wt nf thASft flnn ~<«~ iT . J . ^ Vr T , rtTg f t £ ^ 3 ^ ttcac . « f th e haif-ieemed Wou pond , is , if pos-^ Ue , t © wfreeh themselrea with the waters of Badig ^ Hsa . Bu t no : wa hare been too often de-4 Bnd a § sin to trust ! Tcey but require the power
-te aJjusa It ; and if ice arm them , "we nh ^ Tl te o \ a « m oppressors . . If a BTmTiaT insolent attempt should be made ¦ fco entrap the Badicais into an expression of approval &a any police force , let them bear in mind that by * aacB « ung either , they acknowledge the principle . 3 * t t 3 aeza » thsrsiore , npon the next occasion that ^ pBBKste ztedf , in fne lost place propose their own rttllllilll lnl Ilii in man more ihsi evary "Wiig do ^ i £ bmLding , mad , this being done , let them -ften proceed to traasact their own busmess without » feei » e ether to Whig or Tory .
We take the reDort of-feaiEset 5 !» fisar the Sun ^ fwspxpet , *• "••'< f * i , although { no great reliance can £ e * I = £ 5 s spon it , bespeaks > busnee in &vonr of ^ wTicalffimj while there were ample means and good ¦« P 5 » rtanity of gairiTag tm nneguiTocal triumph . Ve beg to < iirect particalar aiteatian . to theBuuily -asdTmcoBjpromisingfipeechof Pcssell , therecomaendstioas in which , if followed , would make -the ^ asn of Birmingham independent of both the t& . v iians . Upon the whole , we thank our friends for ifce skirmish : it proTes that Birmingham is yet what jfee / Bogiii to be—imongst tha foremost in the regeflmizBc zssiEB .
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- ~ - ^ ~ . STASIS TTiTATJl-Kn . ] T ¦* r 3 fa tlaB ! nmjfwidch shown haw life , hoaotff , and Skvcaee aze to be ( Vtfpnned . - wiien o ^ y «« K ' W » ii tejfceiBjadkioualy attacked , -win nofe , it ii presumed , ~> e ^ hoa ^ tt in fenoj to that . hWp ) i HiefcPBwfa . ^ bow te -4 ^ ad ~ oar Ian inporsuit ngnta . "—Frtfate to Jint + ta . hzofSteUTrimU . - JTsaat thesboTO tifle , we are aboai to present
ma reaoera with a saaasDary of the principal State 5 n ils , or &osa proceedings which iiave been instdtett d on lie part of the Grown against the subject . We intend to giTe bo much of historical description as ay cause the main facts to be more intelligible -Snd i TStracticTe . "We shall intersperse the dicta of 3 nd& .- \ , the remarks of Counsel , the appeals of Urisoit TSjiriieneTerihey can be adapted with any drass&fQ to the present nines . The custom
-HBa is } jad to poHfccsl prosecutionB ( for which we Aould . tosb . read B ^ e * secatioas ) -will be pl&ici ^ ^ Sfelope cL sad tiaa is of no sasH importance , - M ^ Etoi B fflcns commoa l&in . Of tie true characters of r . iea « we shall be better enabled to judge , « hen we beadld their demesaoar in adTershy . as in $ K ) E £ erii f j in weakness as in ecrensth : when we i&oM thi am , ^ aserted by frieadfl , oppressed by foes ; kftted by aisiona . cxaihed by tyrants , we * b » n JeKji how soaa nan have been belied and held , up iftsoatexit ] " « £ traiioTB . who are entitled to uairersal ¦ aaiiriJlftw * a oabiota . Tha Judges aadCouasel of
« &er days will also be Been in their proper light ; &e fencer , \ . ^ cse d&ty it is to incline aJways to the JHQoeenee of the accused , hare freouently assumed ^ k tbacommt -nceciEnt of the triaitbat he was guilty , ia& . itave ~ Acted r on snch assrmpfcicn as a certainty . Tl lfiyhaTerfien harrassed the unhappy prisoner by perplexing questions , by continual interruptions , by marked disfaronr ; they hare sometimes refai * d to act oa the comniDnest principles £ f JQBfice , to ex lend to the accused those privileges , which were dec lared his right by former statutes .
» idwhich were c penlyallawedtohisaccnserS j-though fksu omce has « n rer been only to apply the law , as mktodf fermtd y t « the sUteof facts before them , -ibey barest tines dared to create arbitrary roles jad maxims , wide ^ had no icunuaaon in precedent < # r zesGon , bat wa " * based only on caprice and # rashy . Though ti » jury alone are to jadge of the jflu&B , the judges h » Te too often assumed this ^ aty to ihemaettesa udthuB dacidedboth on law and fret . Tiey haTefret menfcly admitted eridenee , that cbculdhsre beenreje eted , and summed np ihe testir jmmy witii flagrant p . irtiality .
Txom tbese triali we may also learn how Jb&sous has been the conduct of lawyers ; » any of whom have twisted and inzsed the law from , its true a ims , Tn » lring its decrees fte BeTOrest fces to innocence and Tirtue . S ^ meaos of . * senseless qu ibbles and false reasoning -feey bata n \> de * & ** criminaL wtecaisforb ^ den SHtther by dh ine eommani . is , nor hnman ^ enactments Abj hare degn ^^ ^^ 1 irof « aon sad used erery art , of winahna . " ^ o ^ iaad « ra ^ inad * « a » boid ^ » tf for the ad ^ inc eanHnt ^ jnsfiee , set &r the jrverraMon of pt * > ^^ ** ^ detraction of # » iaooeeat , for t ^^ 0 WQ interest , aad for the
fkftkerance of such \ leagns , v the powoe&l and wealthy mi g ht desire * ° see ojried Into , affect ! Bow of ten , alas ! ias & ^ ^^ ° ^ iasfitatiwis , trial ly jary , l ) eenperTerUdin . *« * tribmul wone than the gtar Oiamber , or the In ^ ^ isitJon- That body of jaen , which has been Bnmm'ooed to decide on the fires and fortunes of their fellow-beings , to hear * ttentirely , to pronounce impartially , _ to speak w ihe tnt&t , the whole truth , and ifoihing bjittheinith , " Jus ioo frequently : been influenc' ^ d by tJie opinions ^ flie Judge , or the falsehoods 0 / the Counsel , or fite 1 will of &o Crown , or by prei ^ cea existing jBinnrithargmt cImb .
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'The notice of trials of an ? joiant date is Tery limited J , and there are few set forth with much particularity in the collection . ^ which we possess , until the time of Elizabeth . The first is that of Thohas a Beckett , A ^^ ty ^ op of Canterbury , and Chancellor of England . ^ t ^ e &m ? l of Hesm the Second . He was ' . araJgned for High Treason because he wonl <^ no t o ^ a summons from the Monarch . Sr , indefinite were the bounds of treason , and so T ^ tOimited . "" tlie kingly power ! BecketTj howe ^ or would not submit to civil jurisdic-«" t > n , Srom which all ecclesiastics claimed ex-^? * ££ * ££ 2 ^ £ ^^
emption , and merely a fine of his moveable goods was imposed . He was afterwards murdered \ at the altar by four of the King ' s Knights . In ' the reign of HincBT-the Third , Hubert de Bcbgh , Earl of Kent , was tried on charges brought by the King . Among many friTolons crimes , he was accused of gaining the Royal affection by enchantment , and sending the Prince of "Wales a jewel , which he had stolen romthe Treasury , and which I rendered the wearer of it invulnerable . Experience j has Eince taught tnat no enchantments are needed : to recommend favourites to a weak Prince ,
and that the only jewel which can render royalty invulnerable , is that gem above all price , the love of the people . Matthew Pabis says , thai Hubert sufficiently proved his innocence to all who heard him , in spite of all the exertions of the King to establish his guilt ; but yet . to appease the King ' s ¦ anger and rancour against the Earl , it was adjudged that ne should resign to the King four of his castles . Hence the King was at all events reasonable in his anger against his former favourite , as like bo many who change their opinions , he gained by iL Piers Gaveston and the two Despexcehs ,
favouri tes of Edward the Second , suffered without the formality of a trial . The Bishop of Hereford was tried for treason , but saved himself by denying the jurisdiction of a civil tribunal , and throwing nimself under the protection of the Archbishop of Casterbcrt . All his temporal possessions , however , were forfeited to the King . And now the weak Monarch himself was to experience the inconstancy of fortune , and to teach by his example , that it is better and safer nof to rule , than to rule with folly and caprice . The Par ' -iamentaereed that the person
of the King was not sufficient to govern ; that he was incapable of the duties incumbent on his exalted fetation , and that therefore he must resign his " power , rather than exercise it to the ruin of his country . They declared that he had violated that oath by wbica hs was bound to "do right to all , " and that therefore he had forfeited all title to the allegiance and esteem of his subjects . He was imprisoned , and as the deposing of a Monarch is only the preface to his death , he was shortly afterwards murdered by his keepers in Berkeley Castle .
. Edward III . ascended the throne and found that his subjects were plundered and mal-treated by MoRxniERj the paramour of the Qjieen of Edwabd the II . The King determined to punish this man and seized him in anapartment adjoining that of the Qneen . She entreated them to spare her "gentle Mortimer'' but he was speedily condemned by the Parliament to suffer a traitor ' s doom . One article against him is curious as showing the treatment of Ireland Iven at that time . It charged him with having " caused the late King to agree to the mounting of " 200 Irish Chevaliers or horse , being of those
that killed the great men of Ireland and others , who were in the King ' s faith , whereas the King ought immediately to have revenged their deaths ; rather than pardoned them . " Mortimeb was hung without being allowed tomakeanyanswerto the charges preferred against him , and for this reason , hi 3 judgment was afterwards reversed ; a kind of posthumous payment , which can be of no benefit to the creditor , and has the same cifect , as would be caused by the settlement of the Duke of York ' s debts with the executors of those men , who died in -poTersy tlrrongh their debtor ' s thoughtless extravagance .
In the reign of Richard II , . John Wickxiefb was proceeded against for heresy . This extraordinary man first dared to oppose Ecclesiastical extortion and to preach against the vices of the church ; he was animated by the spirit of true piety and sincere patriotism , and only failed . in " "being a Reformer , in consequence of men ' s minds not being sufficiently advanced to entertain his doctrines . We find that one charge against him was the following : — " He said that tithes , or tenths , are pure alms , and that the parishioners may , for offence of their curates , detain and keep them back
and bestow them -upon others at their oven will and pleasure . " Wickliffe has since been reverenced as the father of the Protestant Church ; why has not thi 3 opinion been submitted to , as well as others entertained by him ? There is no doubt but that it is a tine one , and that tithes were originally pure alms , which assertion is proved by the Bible and by custom . Among the Saxons , at a period when the proper use of these charitable oblations had in some measure degenerated , we yet find a , third of the
tithes appropriated to the Bupport of the poor . Of course the "Church" did not relish those broad hints , and hence they proceeded against the bold innovator for heresy , a term which seems to be used for any word or deed , that offends the clergy ! "Wonderful to relate , Wickxote escaped th « fury of the storm , which he had raised , and his name remains as a memorable instanoe of one , who , having attacked the manifold abuses of the Church , evadad the wrath of men , who can often prosecute and persecute 'with more zeal than they can preach .
Maay noblemen abontthis time combined against the evil advisers and profligate favourites , which the E £ Uy monarch had gathered arovnd him ; they began by impeaching Michael de la Pole , chancellor , and though nothing material was alleged against him , such was the interest of the conspiring barons , that he was condemned , and only escaped fhe consequences by flight . The insurgents , with the King ' s uncle , the Dake of Glo 0 cesieb , at their head , next accused by name the Archbishop of York >
Robert Verb , Duke of Ireland , the Earl of Scfy oix , and Sir Robkkt Teesilian , Lord Chief Justice , together with Sir Nicholas Brehbre , Lord Mayor of London . The two last-mentioned were executed , the rest saved themselves by flight . At length the Duke of Gloucester himself was remoyed from all share in the conncil , and he immediately began to plot against his royal nephew . He was , however , arrested , and was shortly after smothered in a prison at Calais , many of his friends being executed in consequence of a servile Parliament
consenting to a revocation of a general pardon granted some years preceding these events . Thus this cruel and foolish king could first ensnare his subjects by a feint , and then destroy them by a trick ; bnt aserere retribution was at hand . A charge consisting of thirty-three articles was drawn np , and fonnd valid against him , at the suit of his Parliament ; one of the accusations ran ftus : — "That he had imposed burdens on bis people , and nsed oppression and-extortion towards his subjects ; that he had said 'the laws
were ia his month , ' or ' all in his breast , and ' that the life of every one of Ms subjects , and the lands and goods efflll are the king ' s at his will and pleasure , without any forfeitnre ; which is utterly agaonst all law and costom ; thathe had nsed undue influence at elections , both in the case of sheriffs and representatives ; . andihat he was guilty of perjury , as-he fcad violated the oath , which he took at his coronation , and which he was bound to obey . " He was afterwards murdered in the castle of Pomfret .
Ia 4 he time of Edward IV , the Duke of Claresce , toother to a * King , was arraigned before the House of Peers , and Edward himself , as the accuser of hxs brother . From Buen a combination , what could be expectedi Though the offence was merely an exclamation , he was found guilty of treason , and ¦ was privately drowned in a butt of Malmset Dur ing the unhappy period of the Civil wars between the Yorkists and Lancastarians , indietments , impeachments , and executions . foUowed in quick succesaonj the formality of a trial m 8 generally dis-
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pensed with , and even when a jury was W summoned the whole proceedin ^ was b ut a moekery of justice . The same ; remarks will ap ^ ly to the blood-stained : times of Henry VIII . ; the name of the . King as prosecutor was suff . oient to insure condemnation , and death always followed in the train of a state trial . The reign was begun propitiously by the punishment-of Empson and Dudlet , two narrowminded , cringing , lawyers , who had offered themselves , as the instruments of tyranny and cruelty . Emfson * made a strong appeal and certainly showed that he had acted according to the commands of the late Xing , bufhe should have remembered that the universal laws of reason and of nature claim obedi-??*» -deven when ^^
ence before those formed by human beings . The Judges told him , that he should find punishment would follow the stretching a ' lavf , which in itself was severe enough , to the common and poorer sort of people , from whom he exacted most unjustly . " The Duke of Buckingham , having openly inveighed against the profusion and ambition of Cardinal "Wolsett , was impeached ; tho substance of his crime being , that he had consulted a fortune-teller concerning his accession to tke crown ,
and had affected to make himself popular . He was doomed to a traitor ' s death by a jury consisting of a Duke , a Marquis , seven Earls , and twelve Barons . "When the sentence was pronouncing against him , and the High Steward came to mention the word traitor , the unhappy prisoner could not contain his indignation : —• ' My Lords , " he cried , " I am no traitor ; and for what you have now done against me , take my sincere forgiveness ; as for my life , I thinkit not worth petitioning for ; may God forgive you and pity me . ";
The next proceedings were against Catherine of Arragon , whose fading beauty and approaching age created doubts in Henry ' s inind as to the validity of their marriage ; doubts , that had never occurred while she was young and handsome . The obsequious Parliament enacted that to deny the supremacy of the King over tho church was a capital offence , and under this act suffered the learned and truly religious Sir Thomas More . This extraordinary man had been created Chancellor , but gave up that high office rather than concur in the breach with the Church of
Rome . The austerity of his virtue , and tho sanctity of his manners had in no wise encroached on the gentleness of his temper ; and even in the midst of poverty and disgrace , he could preserve that natural gaiety , which was probably inspired by conscious innocence . One Rich , solicitor general , undertook to play the part of spy , and managed to draw from the prisoner , while in the Tower , that the law which established the king ' s supremacy was like a twoedged sword ; if a person answered one way , it would confound his soul ; if another , it would destroy his body . On his trial he concluded an eloquent address
with these words . "You have charged me with being silent , when asked concerning the king , but no law in the world can punish any man for his silence , seeingthey can do no more than punish words and deeds . It is God only that is judge of the secrets of our hearts . ' ? He maintained with great force and energy the importance of obeying the Ki > g of kings before an earthly monarch . Of course ho was condemned , but the king by his pardon on this occasion changed the crnel sentence against traitors , into
beheading . On hearing of this mercy v More said" God forbid the king should use any more such mercy to my friends , and God bless all my posterity from such pardons . " His natural cheerfulness attended him to the last ; when he was mounting the scaffold , he raid to one ,, " Triendj help me up ; and when I go down again , let ma shift for myself ? ' He told the executioner— " You will never get credit by beheading me , my neck is so short , " then laying his head on the block he said , "Stay till I put aside my beard , for that has never committed treason . "
How vile must have been the Judges to have Buffered men to be found guilty of heinous crimes when nothing criminal was proven ; to have admitted evidence , that could not in any way establish the overt act of treason , to which albne the prisoner has to reply—to which alone the Jurors ought to attend , and to have construcd-the law , so as to extend its rigor , intended merely fo ^ offences of the blackest dye , to faults of the slightest description I How unjustr-how cruelly unjust , were the Juries , to be influenced by prejudice , by fear , by threats ; to know , as they must have known , that the unhappyfellowbeing before them , was innocent of all offence , and
yet to destroy his life , his fortune , and his fame , as if they had been baubles easily recovered ! How servile and blinded must have been the people to have allowed a tyrant to dictate to them , what their laws , what their punishments should be ; to have suffered a Parliament to enact measures , for the ruin and destruction of good and patriotic men ; and to have endured the" disgrace and pain ; of Seeing their best friends perish on the scaffold , when neither justice , nor the public good , demanded the sacrifice ! Yet will all this be Te-enacted now ^ if the lenergy and prudence and patriotism of the people do not forbid .
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; - . . THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE . The avowal , by the Queen , of her intended marriage with the young pauper prince has , of course furnished matter of gossip for all the newspapers that have been since published . This is nsually a dull season of the year for the factions . They are severally , during the recess , rusticating ; and , not a few of them , revelling in the wealth which their abuse of public offices obtained by pertinacious dishonesty , procures for them . During this period of the public inactivity of their patrons the Whig and Tory Scribes are glad of any god-send which may be
bandied , like a shuttle-cock between children , from side to side for the amusement of their readers ; and truly this tacking of a husband to the tail of the Royal petticoat has been made the moBt of . The Tories have bespattered their Whig brethren in iniquity with abuse most rancorous and virulent because , in the announcement of the Royal purpose , no anathemas are hurled at Papal superstition and idolatry—no sympathising shudder manifested at the creeping rise of Popery—no bloody manifestoes , filled with Law Church bigotry . The Whigs return the abuse with interest on all these and like matters of no interest or importance to the people ;
while both parties occupy their columns with most edifying descriptions and speculations regarding the personal appearance , accomplishments , and amount of favour in the eyes of bis Royal Mistress , possessed by the fortunate adventurer ; and both parties , as on every other occasion which could afford a pretext on which to rob the people , are equally lond and perfectly unanimous , in asserting , the duty of John Bull to down the dust'' handsomely , to buy new coats and braeches for the young sprig of Royalty , who , they all agree , should be provided for " as becomes the dignity of the nation by which he is adopted . "
Now we are plain folks , and lore common sense views of things . We see neither reason , sense , nor justice m calling on the nation , which is admitted to be , just now , in a state of unparalleled distress , to drain its coffers of that which is , in reality , the sweat and blood of millions , for any such purpose as that of fitting up the wardrobe , the household , or the stable-yard of any foreign adventurer , wheflier prince or pauper , or whether rejoicing in the favour of the Qaeen or not .
We do not join in the coarse ribaldry of a London contemporary on this subject . We think the Queen has as much right to enjoy her own choice in the matter of a husband as any other woman , and therefore , however strong out national predilections , we make no objection to the fact of his being a foreigner , so long as he is her choice . We think poverty no . disgrace to any man ; much less would we treat it as a crime ; we , therefore , see no reason why Prince Albert , though abeggar , should not make an excellent husband for the Queen , if she loves him , and can fliink
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so . W < j have ^ a ; mort al hatred : of all -those ''¦ frip ^ peries of high lift ^ by ; which the ; finer fpeungs , ani more chaste affections of the bouI are blunted and reversed . ¦ ; '¦ . , - ; : ¦ - .,. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ; < V In wkatspever tMngB affect human natnre and human happiness in general , we can make no differehce in our estimation of the rights of Royalty and '¦ tho se 6 f subjects ^ We do not recognise the right of any Bubject to blame the Sovereign for exercising , in a matter of so much impprtance , that same right of free choice and judgment which the law guarantees to himself .
Butj while we accord to the Queen the same right to choose a husband that every one of -her male subjects has to choose a wife , we ^ do maintain that her right stops there . We do maintain , that the . conveniences or inconveniences of a pecuniary character which might ensuej are ; as much matters for the private consideratibn of the contracting parties as those which might arise out of their peculiarities of health ,: tiem ^ per , or constitution . The nation has nomore to do with the one matter than with the other . Tho Queen is provided for fair niorie ; munificentl y ; than any other constitutional monarch in the world . If she think her provision insufficient to maintain a
husband , let her act on the prudential maxim which must guide her under other circumstances ^ and look out for a husband who is able to niaintain himBelf . By the etiquette of aU society , no ihan is considered warrantable in aspiring td the hand of any lady , who is ' ^ reatiy ^ her ^^ inf erior in rank or wealth . Why should ^ Prince Albert form anexception to this rule 1 If his friends think him worthy to become the husbaBd of Queen Victoria , let them see to : tha " rigging of him out" in such style as maybe to her satisfaction ; and , if she be satisned , ho one else ought to complain . If ho be conscious of so extreme a state of poverty that he cannot afford even household decencies , and if his own friends , on the other Bide of the waiter , be unable to assist him , let
him act on Lord Brougham ' s principle . Let him husband his resources , and remain unmarried till he can afford to have a wife . Let the Queen reason like any other high-minded and respectable woman . If she love the lad , though I 16 . be . without the means of buying himself a decent pair of breeches , let her scorn his want of wealth , and invito him cheerfully to share " with , her .: This she has a right to do ; and this would be a noble deed —a deed worthy of a Queen—worthy of a highminded and honourable woman , such as few Queens are . But every farthing which may be voted by the Parliament , for the outfit , the after-maintanance , arid future pensioning of this young spark , will bo a dead robbery of the nation , for which every one of its promoters ought to be im > peached .
If the Commona represented tho whole people , then , indeed , they mig ht have a right to yoto away the people's money ; but under present circumstances , they have no such right ; though wo have no doubt that the thing will be done , the more readily , and with the less scruple , because they have no right to do it . Thus it has ever been . Again and again have we pointed attention to the fact that , however the factions might squabble
about the division arid appropriation of the spoil , on the expediency , necessity , and propriety of any project by which the people are ROBBED they never have two opinions . Let the people-take a lesson from this . Let thorn but be equally unanimous on vital points of policy ; let them insist upon the right of XTnivebsal Suffrage , with equal ardour and determination , and the power of their oppressors will vanish like a morning cloud , -before th'dsun . ¦[ . ¦ :- '¦ ¦ . ; . .. ; . ' . "' ; ' . ' : ¦ ¦ ' "¦ ' . ¦ ' y ' : : ; . '¦ - - '¦ ' \
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8 d . and Is . will apply also to letters between this country and China . . , ' ¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' - ¦ '¦ . ^ •* The . ratBs on . letters " conveyed by private ship between the United' Kingdom and countries comprised within the limitf of the Easf India Company ^ Chartorwill bethe present uniform rateforseapoatage of 2 d . oiitirards , and 4 d . inwards for letters not exceeding thq weight of t ^ liyeredat th 0 ports of departureor arrival respectively , beyond that weight an uniform rate of Is . per puuee will be taken as sea postage . When , however , such letters are ; posted or delivered at aiiy other place
than the port of arrival and departure , they will be liable to the charge of inland pdstage , ^ calculated according to the new scale of : weight in addition to the sea postage before mentioned . Letters transmitted by private ships between places within tie United Kingdom must be treated in the same ; manner as General Post letters forwarded . by the regular mails between such ; places , and charged with the same rates of postage , according to the scale of weight be * foro laid down . Letters . conveyed by \ private :: ships between (? reat Britain . andthe Channelislanas , ' and the Isle of Alan , must be treated in a / similar
manner . ..- ¦; .. - ..-. ; \ - . ; ' , - . ; : ; . - . - > :. - - . ~ "All letters that canpot be forwarded j owing to their exceeding the ^ prescribed weight , must be ' sent to the Dead Letter Office , in accordance with the esisting . regulations . ' ¦' •' . V ¦; : ; ' v v . This regulation is intended 1 as a preparatory ; step to the introduction of the general Penny Postage system , which is expected to coihe into operation about the middle of January . As the alterations will probably causo much incdnvenience and many mistakes at firsts we have taken ^ he preceding paragraphs from tho instructions to Postmasters , just issued , that the public may know what the regulations are . / ¦
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EEOST MD HXS 1 ELL 0 W PATElom The Whigs are going steadily onward in their work of murder . They are not easily to be divbrted from their purpose , though most ingenious in the invention-of manceuyicsby " which to divert attention from their several purposes of spoliatioa or siaughtor . With the marriage of the Queen as a pretty shuttlecock to toss up before such of : their middle-class supporters as might chance to have human heartSj tney go on preparing to complete the horrid tragedy of which there is not small reason to belieVe them to have been the
proximate as well as the remote authors , and in whfch they aro certainly the principal actors ; taking care , the management being in their own hauds , to cast themselves the heavy parts . ' : Deficient as we necessarily are of information on ¦ yy hictt relianQ ^ can . be placed respecting the real ¦ circumstances of the insurrection , we yet seo enough in the evidence which we have taken from the Lprir donpapers , and chiefly from the Government organ , to generato a strong suspicion that the UKSuspecting
confidence of patriotic men has been abused to their destruction , by the practised , hired , blobdhoundBof a murderous faction . We have already commeuted upon the character of the witnesses ^ and every day ' s proceedings does but strengthen our conviction that the people have been bought with their own money , and that a wholesale plan of ridding out the population had been unscrupulously determined on by those to whom the coolness , honesty , and growing intelligenceTof the people had began to assume a formidable character .
There are no bloodhounds upon earth so totally devoid of pity as a faction of oppressors grown frautie with their apprehensions lest the spirit of liberty and justice should " push them from their stools . ?'; / '¦ : ' . ' ¦ ' . " ,: ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦¦ . - .. . ¦ ¦ - . ; " There is no warfare so relentless as that which is carried on by the rich oppressors ; against their victims of misrule and , plunder , whenever the spirit of freedom becomes manifest . Hence the carnage committed by the hired cut-throats of those who commit murder by the sanction of the law , is always much greater , and seemingly enjoyed with
much higher zest j when they arc brought in contact with their unpractised , undisciplined , but oppressed fellow-countrymen , than when opposed fairly in the field of battle to their avowed enemies . This only can account for the horrible , the awful fact , stated in his evidence by the heartless minion of tyranny who commapded the Queen ' s forces at the battle of Newport , ; that even , after the attack was over , and tho people were dispersing With all possible rapidity , he still continued to shobt , kill , and wound aa ^ many ;' " 6 f . - tbem aspossible ; and that he did hot order his men to cease firing until he found thai they had nothing to aim at .
Is is possible to think of any more horrible , coldblooded atrocity jthau this conduct of a British officer ^ which has been lauded to the very skies by allithe villanous press in the pay of both factions , who , in the slaughter as in the robbery of the people , however they may disagree upon details > agree perfectly on its necessity and praiseworthin ^ ss ? A correspondent of a London Newspaper , who states himself to be an officer ,. has given , a fear&l illustration of the animus by which the arralge ^ inerita of the ruling powers for suppressing every rising of the spirit of liberty are guided , in , a comparative view of the carnage committed by the hired , cut-throats of he Government at Newport , and that in many of the mogt celebrated battles .
It is frightfully interesting , and will well repay perusal : — .. ' . - . ¦ ¦ ' ' - .. . ' . .: ¦ ' '' ? ¦ - ¦' ¦ ¦ .. ' . ¦ ¦ :. •'¦ '• ¦; . " The slaughter , the totally unnecessary slaughter , of the Chartists . - . at- Newport exceeds that on board of many celebratt-a Bhips of war in nearly all our most TOlebrated . battles in line , or actions between single ships . The fact which .- . I shall eatabUsh ia aatouriamg and shows the miseftble machinery of Government with respect to the mode of treating civil cdriunbtioiiB . The hardest fought battles at sea * url those of Camper ' down , the ; Nile , Copenhagen , and Trafjilgar , and lef us ^ i'i % 3 ° *** "rictorv & the first of June . We ? hull find that on board of the ^ 8 hlps ; thatbore the brunt act
1 t ^^ ' ^ numbera of kiUedand wounded ^ ere less tha ^ the men so needlessly slain cr mutilated at Newport , v At this place thirty soldiers killed twen ^ «» d mounded fifty Of the people . ! find that . ln ffie g « ^ Nile , mot our Ifneof S sbJpslostpnlyis killed , and less than 56 wounded . At Trafalgar ten of oUr 74 gun . ships , in divisions of f ^ each respectively lost only 1 ? , ; and 16 men killed . Each division suffering less loss in execution than ^ to ^^^ f ^^ U ^ un fortunate ^ P ^ ? *^ . ^ Camperdown four of the 0 battE
. ^ S ^^^ - *™* ^^^^ bad onlytbarty-ttiree men kiUed , the flagshipSunSn feKS ^ tr id * ^ nhageri , Jtord Tyson ' s flagship , lost , in kUled and wpunded , less than the killed alone at Newport ;\ Muchof « iat flghti from theshal-SSSrwAS 1111 ! 11 the frigates , and yet the whole oT them in killed and wounded , suffered ' a loss «^ F ^^ men moro ^ than that so strangely inflicted upon the Chartifits , faking . 8 ix ? 4 gun abips and one 80 ^ n ^ e divisio ^ of I ^ Ho ^ fleet . theStotalloss ^ Killed , exceeds by only one , the daughter Wuetr » ted
upon ine ^ nartista . W tMscd ^ rated ^ ttte , iicludinB S ^^ W ' * . **»?««* .--Wk three ships that bad nS fhoS ^* W ? W we have recently counted v ainongrt SSf ^ ^ ^ *** won ^ ^ 4 v ^ bf ^** * % ? "& !* suffered fa kiBed oily four , and to wounded only Bi , more than the recent Chartist rioter ? S ^ uF « f ^ ,, ^ tories over singSSSS line would equally illustrate my point aud ^ could ^^^^^ "by * reference to- taftiJJS military strmWaes m the Peninsula war » - ^
/ One / would ^ surely think that such afeast ; of blood ^ uldibetoough to ^ satisfy tnejiost sanguinary ap : petite . But j » oj the bloody" : Whigs ^ life the daughters of the horseleech , are still crying ^ S and ^ hilo- their hireling xninions of the press are fenmng ; the flames of apprehension and hatred in the middle class , from whom juries ire selected they ^ ave appointed ; k ^ Special ^ mniisaionto ^ J « J when ^ excitement shall be 2 ° ^^ wheu ^ her torrent of prejudice ahall - be rolline most f | arfully ^ nd follow up th e work of . Se ? by adding : judicial to m ^ ^ mS To j aako matters still ^ ^ ' ? ewes Him
mm ^ ' ~ 7 . ; ~ T" ? " •»« " «™ mote sute they ara not con ^^^ h hayinfe by a Special SmSS almost u ^ el y increased the expense and difficulty iSlIil Let all , however , who would estimate the / justice "
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dealt out by faction clothed with powetj readthefol lowing letter addressed by ihe Solicitor pfjfc . Frost to Lord NoaMiNBY on this subject :- ^ " Newport ^ MonmeuthBhire , ifor . ^ 22 . "Mv LoKti , —As tiiei solicitor . of ^ Blr . John Frost who haa been committed to her Majesty ' s jail of ' this county upon a charge of high treason , 1 have during tbelast ten days been engaged in this neighbourhood in collecting matter upon which MI ^ Frost ' s defence to thai ch ^ r « eisgTo ' nnd ed . ; :: ; ' - ., ' ,: ' : v ' : ; . ¦; : . : ^ . - ; - '"' ¦ . ¦' . ¦ ¦ ' :.. /¦ ¦ ; ... " It will be within your tordsblp ' s inowleage that on the day on ^ ^ whichvUt . Fios / b was ' " apprehended hia papers Men seized . Those papers . aref . very numerous , and as I am instructed , contain amongst them materiala esasntiai to be given in evidence in the course of him
defence . To render these iriaterijils effectual as evidence , it will become necessary to ensure the attendance of witnesses , some of whom reside in remote psrta of England and Scotland . I have made two application * w » , the committing inagtetrate » for permisaloh to examine , to take copies , and to make an- tadex of the papers so sei ^ d ; : but themagisteitc s with out , I believe , wishinft tothrow any impediment in the way of Mr Prbst ? full defence , ; have expressed aa opinion ( cleaiiy an erroneous one ) : that they bavo notthe power to comply with my request , ana they have referred me to your Lordship . To ; your Lordship I nowthereforo appeal , trusting that your Lordshi p will with alicdnVenient dear patch issue ^ those ^ inatructiona that may lead to my being afforded free access to the papers in question for the purposes / whichil have beforeesrpreisse 4 , ¦ ¦ ''
, ¦ . ¦ " * . ' It has , my . Lord , within the last few days been currentl y reported here that the Special Commissioa under which Mr . Frost and others are to bo tried will be Opened within the next month ; : f'rofeasional men , however ,, and I amongst them , cannot , and do not , give credence to that report . If this were to be bo , my Lord , the trial of ^ the accused parties would bo neither more nor leas -than a mockery of justice . The time afforded for getting up the defence would be far too limited 1 » enablei me , by the best exertiona of my- humble abilities ^ to : do niy duty by iny unfortunate client ; and I afaourd shrink frbm tb « responsibilty of attempting a : hurried and unmatured defence in a case involving the > ' . deepest interests of msih . ¦ . ¦ . ' . / - ¦ -: ¦ ^
: In addition to this , my Lord , the present excited state of the . public niind , operated upon by all the influence of anger and of reveDge , generated by the unfounded iand ; heartless . calumnies that have day by day been heaped , upon my unfortunate client , have de » r troyed , _ for . . a time , ^ ^ every chance and hope ot a fair and impartial trial And though deep and ¦ widely diffused as are the sympathies of the thousands \ rh . o as © -WaWhing with intense anxiety the result of those prosectitions . thoso syinpathies arehut partially felt ^ ^ anaongst the class of persons from which ajnry is , as of cburse , to be impannelled . ; ; : : \ ; : ; ¦ ; ;
"I shall , perhaps , be excused . for calling your Lordship ' s attention to the , various inBtances in which criminal prosecutions have been suspended ^ and postponed , when public feeling has been strongly : excited . With those cases your Lordship must necessarily be far better acquainted . than I am , and of the justice of the ^ course pursued with reference to ttiose cases your Lordship Is for more capable of forming a just estimate than I may presume to be .: ;^ - ., ,. :. ' : ¦ v .- . '' - . ' ;^ -r :-.- ; ; ¦ - ¦ .-- ; ¦ .: ; . ' i "I abstain from further observation , feeling assured
by the experience of the past that your Lordship will upon all occasions exercise the powers with ¦ which you are invested , conformably witti . the claims and the dictates of justice axul human ity ; and that , regardless of the designing damotir of a hired and factious press , your Lprdship ; will : in the present case pursue that cQurse wKch you may consider > est calculated for p r <* tooting the ends of publ | c jtisUce ; and , . as a consequence > i of securing to tho- accusedi ^ --K > n the ; behalf of whsse rights f now address your Lordship-r-a full a " fair , and an impartial triat- - ¦ ' . ' ,. ¦ .. " : '¦ ¦ :. ¦ ; - ¦ - ' .:
"I have the honour to be , ; ' ' . ' ' /¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦¦ . ¦/; - . 'l VMjLyrdt ¦ ¦ :- -. . ;'" - ' " Tonr very obedient humble servant , .- . ¦ -.. ' ¦• L . - ; : ' -. . " . : : " : ' ,: ' -: ¦ '¦' ¦ " y ? . F . GEkea . "To theMostNoble the ^ Jfarquis ofNormanby ; ^ V Secretary of State , London . "' : !>; - Comment , on or tor this lytter , would beiis nselesB as impertinent . Mild ; arid ; gentlemanly inistyleahd language , it jet lays open , the true merits of tb > whole state and case , ; We ^ ask ; out ^ readers only to couple the facts made known in tMs \ letter witE ; the indigent avowal , ^ sewh ^ re glven ^ a Carlisle gournaVthat i . N atiejipx was ^ majq e sy THIS SAME J ^ MANBT , TaBOUifiH THE MEDIUM ; OF A Magistrate to ; bribe ain to give Evii > kNCB
against Pocroa Taylor . Let theffi , We say ; couple this With ^ the ^ withholding ; of ; : / Faosi ' 8 docu ^ m ^ uts from ^ Newport and the hurried issuing of ^ he Special Coinmission , fw the ^ mpck-tiriai of himGandhis co-patridtsj and thehlet themaskthems ^ lves whiether any time or any /' effort should be lost in ^ the endeavour to- snatch them from the bloody ; monsters' fangs ? : ¦' . ~ Mt . O ^ Connob , / is ; about ' , . tile business in good ; eariiest ; His , souH and ; energy iyand property are freely de ^ - voted , but he i * not all the country . lie -whole nation is deeply ihterested , ind ^ it behoves ther whole people to bestirthem to their-duty , ^ edifficulitiesaro of no ordinary charactered they axe not io be overcome \ vjthout aa eitra ^ in ary struggle .- > - 'V
The following IeytteVi reqeivied by Abv ^ Connob from Mr . Fkost ' s ' attorney , is BufficienV to evince how pressing i 3 the need for immediate exertion : — - . ;¦ ¦ - r - ;/;; V ' ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . / , ' - . ¦ . ^¦ •' -r : ¦/; 1 t ~ ^ ¦ concerned ^ solicitor for Mr , John Frost Mid others , who ^ are : at present ^ confined ^ ^ in ^^ Monmoutli Gaol , upon charges ; of sedifcionand high treason . iW J ^ T ^ Tt ; much of * h 0 warm interest yon ta& in Mr / Frost ' s behalf , and it is on that account Itafce Uie liberty of troubling you with this letter . I am in nn ties of
™ T ^ ° ^ >/ ^ kindred that subsist between myself and M * . Frost ' s family ; to exert d « S * means within my power for bis defence . I Bhall do ao St « nuously and indefatigibly , ^^^ and , rneed scarcely add , gratuitously . I shall be ready also to subscribe bind ' somely towards obtaining the best legal assistance to conduct his drfence . The expences , however ; of doing % J ? tT > ^^ " ^ ^^ «** inuividua afford to bestow . I have heard that you have kindly set on foot a subscription . May I ask you to let me know what success is likely to attend ' your generous
VI should be very glad to have the opportunity of a Personarm ^ w ^ rithVyou , but the ; distence betwe ^ s ^ m ^^^* to * iJ «^ £ w ^^ ? - ^ ^ . *<> attend as soUcitor SlSytl ^ ' . ^' r - ^ ^^« on T ^ Jf 1 % ^^ P ° ^ r 1 e ^ ert , till Wednesday oe Thursday next From thence 1 go to Mbninoutbf A letter , however , addressed to me , at "NeivportiMoZ WutWirer Will follow me at aU times in ^ * Sursl ^ ¦ I spent last Sunday and ^ Monday withifoFrost T am glad to tell you that he . maintainsmuchofhis ^ usual ^ wa ^ . ^^ * , TCsolutapn . Indeed , upon the whole , I thonghVMmin good health and smrite : -PnnS ,,
i trust in God his friends will rally round binvT * v " . Shouldyou , at any : time be going to London , upon Having a few days notice , I would contrive to meet you there . ¦ ¦' - .. ¦' .- ¦¦ . . ¦ , . .- ¦' . : .. ¦¦ _• . ¦ :- " ¦ . ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦;¦¦; ; . ; . " ¦ - ¦ v ;"; - . "iamvsir , : " ; 'V ; . -. ' - ;¦ " . - ^¦ ' , ¦ : > ' . ., '' Your obedient and faitbfulsem ^ : ¦? Bristol . NoK 23 rd ; isS ^ yl >< ^<^§ X J . Mt- O'Connok has engaged io meei & . Gkaoi ia London on Monday , to consult' and njake airrangements . Funds wiU be wanted : ^ bos ^ b life may depend on instant exerfion , Netd we say more 1 The eves or the ; waots wokld abe ^ x THIS MOHEOT , BPON THB WOBKINQ p EOptE OF TH 1 B OODStby , WA * CT ! W : ^ B « EHEB i OB K THIST BE DESERVING OP THE NAME W * EN » i
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^ ccjDENT . ~ pn ; Monday last , a party of ladies 25 w J ? % men went from this town to visit the S 3 £ u ^ S ° w «^ y Bridge , after which , on their J ?! k ! L : ° r i . ^^ of : ; ft * gentlemen tKougk proper to dismount from the canwge . and walk np the m io mn | rCross , arid on the carriage arriving at that P ^» ^ y ^ were again about to take their places , when :. tlie ^ orsea set off and upset the vehicle , tbiowin ^ the . driver into the road , and serionsly ^ 5 gMri Wildbutcherin thethighi oneofthe ¦¦ f
, , _ , - ^ j - _ — .. - _ ..-. * — - •¦»»» j m * m , «« av ««*« UA ) . vMV y > ir ^ f ^^ ii ^ W 1 ^^ Mr , Samuel Wbod , jun ; , 2 fcnt W * Sowerby 3 Bridge , near Halifax ^ was about returning home frohi Littleboroughj on Moaaaylast , in order to save time to get to his horse , mad ? over a Ipw wall near the wadsideV without j 5 Sf fwaw bf the distance she had to fall on the qther side , and was precipitated a distance of eight SuSSwfea ? ca ^ : ^* h ^ m
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REDUCED POSTA * SE . This important measure < M > mes into partial operation on Thursday ; on which day the postage of all letters which now pay more than fourpence will be reduced to that sum for single postages . No notice will be taken of enclosures , as at present . All letters will be charged by weight according to the follpwing scale ,: — " On lettefa iiot exceeding half an ounce , there will , be taken one rate of postage . . "On letters above half dn ounce , and not exceeding one Ounce , two rates of postage . " On letters above one ounce , and not exceeding two ounces , four rates of postage . * ' On letters above two ounce , and not exceeding
three ounces , six rates of postage . M On letters above three ounces , and not exceeding four ounces , eight rates of postage . " And so on in proportion . "After the first ounce no distinction is made between the outtce ; and a . fraction of an : ouncoi : A letter , for instance , which turns the ouncp weight , ia liabje to four rates of postage ; and a letter weighing a fraction above two ounces , is liable to six rates of postagp ,. and so oh . This ; regulation , however , will not affect the mode of charging French rates on letters to or from France , and through France , as the present system of charging French rates on such letters must continue in force , viz . ; a single French rate for each quarter of an ounce , exclusive- i . v
' The single rate of inland postage on all general post letters , transmitted between '; plaees in the United Kingdom , will be the uniform rate of id . except in those cases where the letters are at present subject to lower , rates than the : sum specified , ittd except in tho case of foreign letters . transmitted by packet , on which the rates of inland postage at present taken must be continued , although the charge must be calculated in botheases by weight , as before
mentioned ^ and hot by inclosuresi * ' Noinlandrate of postage ; will be taken onlettors between tho British West Indies , and the ' : United Kingdom , on those between Gibraltar j Malta , the Ionian Islands , and the United Kingdom . This last description of letters must , however , be addressed w riaFalm 6 uth /' or they will otherwise become subject to the present inland- rates , as they willbe forwarded through France , and be treated as foreign letters . - :. : ' . ' " ' : '¦ . . ' - ' '¦; ' '' ¦ ' " .
" Asi the rateio and ^ from ^^ North , America already is an uniform rate of one shilling for a single letter , the rate of -postage on letters convened by jpacket between the United Kingdom and all the British Colonies , ( with tho exception of letters to the East Indies , which are to be charged when they aire sent or received via Falmouth ^ ^ 2 s . 6 d . as .: at present , ) will be- an uniform single rate of one ehilling , advancing on all letters exceeding half an ounce according to the scale of weight already laid down . "No penny postage will hereafter be : charge upon letters passing through the General PoBt , except on those which are franked ; franks , howeverj will still be liable to the local rates of a penny
or twopence , as at present , when passing through penny posts in the countryj or the local posts of London and Dublin . ^ ; v ¦ ¦ ¦ " The additional rates heretofore chargeable on letters conveyed by the route of the Menai and Conway Bridges , that of Milford and Waterford , and the additional halfpenny on letters conveyed by mails in Scdtl 4 hd will be abolished . ' . 1 "No letter Which is not franked , or ; which shall not be either despatched by . or addressed : to a public department on the publio service , shall be forwarded when' above the weight of sixteen ouaces , with the exception of those from -foreign countries or the colonies , addressed to the United Kingdom .
whether they shall arrive by packet or by private ship , and deeds and parliamentary proceedings when addressed to the Colonies to be forwarded by packet . The letters will be delivered according to their address , but at the rates of postage to which they will be liable by the scale before given . With respect to deeds and parliamentary proceedings , they will be treated aceording to tne existing regulations , and will be charged with the rates ; they are at present liable to , except where those rites are higherthan they would be under the new system . Parliamentary petitions above sixteen ounces within the United Kingdom will be treated in a similar manner . Letters evidently intended to be franked , but which have become Gable to postage by wrong date . See ... &c . * must be forwarded :
even if aboye the weight of sixteen ounces , but at the rates already laid down . ¦' . ; : ; "All letters exceeding the weight of an ounce ( with the exception of Letters addressed to France ) , must have the postage paid in advance . Should the postage not be paid in advance , the letters must be charged with double the rates to which they would otherwise be liable ^ ' ; ; : < € The charge on ^ letters transmitted by private ships between the United Kingdom and places be ^ yond sea ( with the exception ot the Channel Islands , -thels'le / of Man , andiplaccs within - the limits of the East India Company ' s Charter ) will also be taken by weight according to tbjiB scale before given . The single rate of postage on such letters willbe 8 d ; when posted or delivered at tho port of departure or ar-Tiyal , and Is . when posted or deliTevea at any other place witWn the United Kingdom . These rates of
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1839, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1085/page/4/
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