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gjiSTAJiLibUiSD in Leeds in 1837 , and since then the J-i leading Provincial Journal in the Kingdom , is now published at No . 340 , Strand , London . The object of the Proprietor in establishing theAbrtftern Star was to furnish a fearless and faithful organ for the representation of the Labouring Classes , whose interests fl'Olll time immemorial have been shamelessl y neglected . The removal of the Star to London lias enabled its conductors to supply the reader with the latest intelligence , as well as the most interesting news ; in consequence of which its number of readers have materially increased in the Metropolis , and its country circulation can be equalled by few , even the most extensively circulated Metropolitan newspapers . From the extensive circulation of the Northern Star , together with the fact that it is read by all classes of society as the organ of the movement pnvty , Advertisers will find it to be a medium of communication with the public at large worth notice , Books ar . d Publications for review must be addressed ( post paid ) to the Editor , 340 , Strand , London . Adverisements and orders for papers to be addressed to Feargus O'Connor , 340 , Strand , where all communications will be punctually attended to . The following extract from the Xewspnjcr Stamp Returns for October , November , and December , 1 S 43 ( since which no returns have been made ) , show that the Xorlkern Star is far at the head of many old-established London Weekly Journals : — IVOKTflBERIV . STAR 117 , 000 $ Rews of tho World .. SG , 000 United Service Ga-Record .. 83 , 500 zctte .. .. .. .. 19 , 500 Bxaminer .. .. .. 71 , 000 Patriot 60 , 000 ^ . J GGflM Spectator 18 , 000 ltti-k-laiife Express .. 51 , « 00 Era 41 , 000 3 ablet , 45 , 000 John Hull 39 , 000 Observer 41 , 000 Watchman 33 , 000 N ' tlas 37 , 000 Age and Argus .. .. S' . ' . SOO Nonconformist ., .. 30 , 000 Sentinel 20 , 000 3 cll ' s Kcw Weekly Journal of Commerce 13 , 500 Messenger .. .. 22 , 500 * # * Observe tlie Office , 310 , Strand , Londou .
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The following Books are published at the Northern Star office , 340 , Strand , and may he had of all Booksefters and News Agents . CHAMBERS' PHILOSOPHY REFUTED . Just published Price l ' ourpence ( forming a Pamphlet of OS pages demy Svo ., in a stiff wrapper ) , THE THIRD EDITION OF A FULL and COMPLETE KEFUTAXION Of the PIIILOSOPIIY contained in a T 11 ACT recently published by the MESSKS . CIIAMBEHS , of Edinburgh , entitled the " Employer and Employed . " This valuable little work contains the most complete defence of ihe demands of the Working Classes for their fair share of the enormous wealth created OyJIii-Chinory , as well as a justification of Trades Unions , The numerous appeals that have been made to Mr . O'Connor from nearly every part of the kingdom for the publication , in pamphlet form , of those Dialogues that have recently appeared in the Star , have determined him to gratify what appears to be the almost unanimous wish of tho Labouring Classes , "The Employer and the Employed , " * * by Feargus O'Connor , # # beats anything even of its author ' s . —&onomUt .
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mmmmqgBMil i ' ' ~~~~~ " ^ \ N . U . —The above work inny still bo procured in uum bers , price 6 d . each . " I have , within the lastfcw months , visited every par of Prance , and I declare that I have seen more misery in . one street in Dublin than in all Prance ; the people are well clad , well fed , and merry ; ijiey are nil employed on Small Farms of their own , or on equitable takings . — Side Lo > xi Ctoncurry's Letter ir ^ Morn ' mg Chronicle , OcU 5 th , ISiX " Although we feel no deslro , in the language of the proud Peruvian , in contemplating : what we hope to rejoica in , the contentment , prosperity ,. ;!? : !] comfort of our fellow men , toi . 'Sf ] aim— " This , thi-.: is wy work ; " nor is our objecty . as Jlr . O'Connor declares , his to be , "that each man who is willing to work isay be independent of every otiier man in the world for h : 3-. daily bread , " yet we can with much pleasure rrecogiiise . in the book before us a pOWOtill iustrumcut for nuUa& . iu developing in man a vaueh-iiii f W desiiay-than lie uas hitherto attained . "ih' O'Connor shei vs eleavly , what will soon be apparent to all : who reflect deeply , that . we are not left without the msaus of obtaining not only all . that is physically raquisite . for man ' s progress , but also that we may veadsly-prodice wbat is apparently dcsiwWc ; lor none who carefully peruse this worfe cf . u doubt that a system of gnuilL farms , held , by active ^ ar . d industrious labourers , would amply reEuim , in exclianj e forhsalthful exertion , far mci' 3 than i 3-r /!( yiisite to pne-ierve physical strength . : "Healso stews thatsciucthinsjmore than tliisisxequisito to ensure fi appinesa ,. for ho says iu imgc 121 , "I faal convinced that n mil can . place no reliance whatever-upon hisMlow maa , or a , community of men , whcnciveuni-, stiu » ccs opexuite upon liis . or their minds , the iutlucuce aiui eft ' ect of wr , ich would . be stronger than any abstract ; ^ notions ofjoe 1 r . ee . re ;' . instaiice . if a community , of labouring nvak purchase . a quantity ' land , and liirelaj bour for itsiwjitivatiou ,, h « r * 'cver just their intentions and \ pure tUeis-wi otivtts , tfiuy . will nevertheless feel theu \ selve& justified ii ! i raising tha . price of the land , according to the - improved Talue conferred upon it by the labour of the lured wo « 3 r , nan . This . power of steadily trenching upo » the rights of others is . one of the greatest disadvantage . igainst wliiich the labourer has to contend ; aud thoa * hired by a community , at the end of twenty years would be in not etter condition than they were at starting , while the ecsiKD mnity of proprietors would have increased the i-ahiii of their property twenty-fold ; that is , they would havero ' obed thosu . labourcrs , by whose industry the value < vas increased , of nineteen , shillings in the pound . " " fh ese remarks are powerful arguments in . the sphere in wni eh they are . written , and if examined i : i their relation to the universal , they confirm the testimony tha "Tbe earth is . tho Lord ' s , and all that therein is ; ho round world and they that dwell therein ; " for , ttfte r partaking fi'eely bf what is good lor each order of ere ation , any self-appropriation , by whatever parties indv > ! gud in , is from evil , and « ill produce its . consequence , uumely , vico . erhne . and misery . ' We caa . sti'O : i £ ly recommend Mr . O'Connor ' s work to our readers , . containing a grout amount oi ' psnctlcal information or .-. agrieulture , which should be most popularly diffused . " —nConcord ' um Gazette . May be had in Four Numbers . price Sixpence each ; or neatly Vcuud in Cloth , Two Shillings and Sixpence . Also , Price Fourpence each , Xv . mbers I and II oj . THE STATE OF IKELA 2 TD . ' By A 3 . TJ 1 CB O'CONNOR , No man < -an understand the position of Ireland , or tha bcari-ag . of Irish questions , who is net conversant with this perfestpicturo of Ireland ' s conditiau , the causes of hep degradation , and the remedies for her manifold evils .
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Also , price 2 s . Gd ., S < CQr . d Edition A , SBIUBS OF LETTERS FROM FKABGUS O'CON . HOH , ESQ ., BAMUSTER AT . AW , TO DANIEL Q'COXJfELL , ESQ ., M . l \ -, Containing a review of Jlr , O'Connell ' s conduct duringthe agitation of the questiOB . of Catholic Emancipation ; together with an analysis of 2 ii ? motives and actions since he boeal « 6 a Member of Parliament , The whole forms a complete Key to the political actions of Mr . O'Counell , and reconciles all the apparent contradictions in the acts of one of the greatest agitators of the present day . This edition contains , the confirmation of T . Attwood , Esq ., of the principal , charge brought by J [ r , O'Connor against Mr , O'Connc ^ i
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All persons desirous of completing their sets of the LANCASTER TlilALS , may yet do so , as few copies still remain on hand . roHjBAira oy popular characters . Portraits of the following distinguishe . ' persons , from steel engravings , aud executed in beautiful style , may be had at the Northern Star Office , 310 , Strand : —Large size—T . S . Buncombe , Esej ^ Jil . l * ., Iiichard Onstler , Robert Emmu . it , John jfrost , Dr . H'Uouall , and Fcargus O'Connor -, plate of tlie Trial of Frost and others at Monmouth ; plate of the Firft National Convention , and plate of the . P « oeessi . ou . a . cco \ nj > RRjisvg the National Petition of 1842 to the House of Commons . The price of the above portraits and plates is one shilling each . Half-length portraits of the following distinguished characters may be also had at the Star o } fice , price sixpence each : —Andrew Marvel , General Arthur O'Connor , William Cobbett , Henry Hunt , Richard Oastler . Tliwim Attwood , James Bronterre O'Drien , and Sir \ ViUiant Moleswortli , JJart . The above portraits liavo l > e&U given at different times to subscribers of the Northern Star , aud are allowed to > ba tlie most complete- collection ever presented with any newspaper .
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Price Two Shillings . FIFTEEN LESSONS on the ANALOGY and SYNTAX of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE , for the use of adult persons who have neglected tho study of Grammar . By Wm . Hill . Fifth edition , revised and amended . The Lessons In these v orl £ > are intended solely for the use of natives . Tliey are divested , therefore , of all those hair-breadth distinctions and unnecessary subdivisions in Analogy , which , if at all useful , can only be useful to foreigners . The science of Grammar is disentangled in them from the folds of mysticism which have so iong enshrouded it , Thu absurd and unmeaning technicalities which pervade all other works on Grammttrarueschanged for terms which have a definite aud precise meaning , illustrative of the thiugs they rc . firu « uUt . The . Tarts of Speech are arranged on an entirely new principle , founded on a philosophical consideration of the nature of language . Th * necessary divisions and subdivisions are rationally accounted for , and the principles of Universal Grammar demonstrated so fully that the meanest capacity may understand them as clearly as it undel ^ auds tliat two and two make four . In Syntax , tho formation of Hie English language is exclusively consulted , without any unnecessary reference to other languages . A majority of thu numerous Rulesgiven in most Grammars are shewn to be little butter than ; S . heap Of Senseless tautology . The necessary Rules are demonstrated upon rational principles , and illustrated by a variety of examples . By thtiuse of the fifteen lessons , and the accompanying exercises , any one may , in a few weeks , acquire a good knowledge of Grammar , without any of the disgusting ' drudgery which , under the present system , previ nts nin& out often from ever acquiring a knowledge of Grammar at all . "A competent Grammatical knowledge of our own ; I auguago is the true basis on ¦ which all literature ought to > rest . "— ¦ Bishop Lowth . '' Afr . Hill is evidently an original thinker . lie attacks with ability and success , the existing system of Englisil Grammar , and points out the absurdities with which it i » encumbered . Justly condemning the too frequent practice of making pupils commit portions of Grammar to memory a'fitasliB , he iiKuuuuns that the only proper way to the memory is through the understanding His but justice to him to say that , in a few pages , he gives a more clear and comprehensive view of the structure ¦'' the EnglisV . language than can be found in sonvv v / elaborate works . "—litewtyji Gastite . ' - "Mr . Hill has discharged his task iv-f ! i c inWorab ' s ability and no person can peruse his iin . ;> ' s with i \ ny . thing like attention , without obtaining a clear y . r . 'l .-. ni ! :-eient estimate of the construction aud laws of Ills' venuicular tongue . "—Leeds Times . "A concise philosophical and lucid exposition ot ' . tho principles on which tl- language of Milton and Shak « spcare rests . "—l > rad '' o > d Observer . " It is calculated to give the student a correct idea ol Grammatical construction—of the analogies of the language—and of the nature of the various parts of speech . It is simple , but not mean ; cicar , but not difi ' use ; aui there arc few works in which the first principles of Grammar are better explained or more ably followed up . "~ w York Chronicle . " The method he has adopted to convey his lessons is the least repulsive to a learner that we have yet 6 een , not excepting that of Jlr . Cobbett the whole seems to be intended as a mental machine to abbreviate the labour of the mind . " —Glasgow Liberator .
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COMMEMORATION OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . Tlie famons 22 ud of September , 1792 , the day from tfuch the establishment of the French Republic dated , iras celebrated on Monday last , September 22 nd , by a publifc supper , holden in the City Chartist Hall , Turnagaia-lane , where some of the leading Democrats of UlOSt of the European nations commingled together in fraternal uuiou . Two hundred and twenty-four persons « at down to supper , but this number was greatly increased iu the coarse of the evening , during the greater _ part of which the Hall was crowded . There can be no doubt that , had proper and timely preparation been made , at least a thousand persons would liave assembled .
3 Ir . Thomas Coopib , the Poet o £ Chartism , who liau beeu unanimously and enthusiastically called to the chair , proceeded , after the removal of the cloth , to introduce lhe first toast . It was . he remarked , the only proper . first toast for all really Democratic assemblies , and ought ever to be placed in contrast to the introductory loyal toast of monarch-worshippers . Time was , even within the recollection of many in that company , that a Duke of Jforfolklost his Lord Lieutenancy for proposing this toast at a dinner of the aristocracy and gentry ; tut Dukes of Norfolk it seemed , had how- ceased to sin in that alarming and horrifying manner . He would -siy no more than that ue was proud awl glad of the honour done him , in being selected president of the feast , proud and glad to see so many talented and brave patriots of other lands around him , and , above all , proud and glad to he supported by so many of the true-hearted and unswerving among bis brethren , who had with him home the burthen and the heat oi the day , in the great aud suffering struggle foi Chartism .
The Chaikhjn then gave , — "The People , the on ' j . source of Tower . " Ms . Skelton , who was warmly received , said , I do not Hunk , sir , that any here will be likely to dissent from the toast you liave called on me to respond to- We are all of the people , the long cheated and oppressed people ; slaves indeed , slaves in soul would we be were we to hesitate to acknowledge this toast . ( Cheers . ) I am delighted to see so many persons of various nations assembled to commemoratu that " Great Pact , " the Trench Republic of 1702 . Our chairman , the author of
that splendid poem , " The Purgatory of Suicides , " is a living proof of the greatness of mind to be found in the ranks of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) Our talented guest , Mr . Weitling , a German refugee , celebrated throughout Germany and Switzerland for Ms cldvalrous advocacy of communism , is another proof of the master minds belonging to labour ' s class . ( Great cheering . ) I trust that the day is coming when the l « ople , having the power to make the laws , and form the institutions , will become really sovereign ; and Democracy prepare the way for that social equality aud general happiness which -1 have a fervent faith will yet prevail . ( Cheers ) .
The CaiiKMis then spontaneously sang the Chartist Tersion of "Rule Britannia , " the whole company most enthusiastically joining in the chorus" Spread the Charier through the land ! Xet brethren brave and true join heart and hand I " The Chaiksan , in introducing the second toast , observed that it vras emphatically the toast of the evening—that which was the peculiar exponent of the cause for which they -were met , and while he would be bold to say there was , he believed , but one individual present ¦ wh o was a more ultra aud thorough-going admii er of the celebrated men to Be named in connection with that toast than himself , he had now the high pleasure of saying that that individual , admired and valued as he knew iim to be for his unswerving course , would speak to that toast—the sentiment was : —
"The solemn memory of the honest and virtuous French Republicans of 1732 : may that equality which they desired , and for which they livtd , laboured , and died , have a speedy resurrection in France , and extend its reign tliroughout Europe . " Mr . G . Jclian IIabney , who was received with cheers , again and again renewed , said , —There was a time , Jlr . Chairman , when ihe holding of such a celebration as this would have subjected the parties assembled not only to the scorn , the sneers , the abuse , and the persecution of the privilnged orders , hut also to the violence of ttfe ignorant and misguided people , who were led by their rulers aud priests to regard the French Revolution , as something terrible ana hellish , to he looked baek upon Kith horror , aud spoken of with execration . ( Hear , hear . )
Host present will remember that not long ago , whenever a detuaud was made in this country for the repeal of any bail law , or the enactment of any good one , forthwith the howl of " Jacobinism ! " was raised by the opponents of all progress . Whether it was proposed to reform the Parliament , reduce taxation , educate the people , or do anything else that at all savoured of progress , the "French Bevoluiion , " "Reign or Terror , " aud all the rest of the Taw-head and bloody-bones phantasmagoria were sure to be Draught out and duly exhibited to frighteu the big babies iu breeches , who as yet had not learned to think for themselves . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) That time is past ; stiil , I question whether we have yet learned to read aright the history of that great revolution . It would is very « asv for me im responding to this toast to mouth
a few dap-trap sentiments about libgrty , equality , the rights of man , the coalition of the European kings , and the doings of Pitt and Brunswick . I might dilate on all these topics , and possibly might win applause for what would probably pass muster as an exceedingly liberal speech . I mi s fe do all this , and yet very conveniently for myself shirkthe grand queition . The grand question , it appears to me , the solution of which the French Revolutiuu had for its mission , wa 3 the destruction of inequality , and theestabUshmentof institutions which should guarantee to the French peopla that happiness which the masses are , and ever have been strangers to . ( Cheers . ) ISow , tried by this test , we have comparatively little diffi-Cultr iu arriving at a fair estimate of the men who figured OU the stage of the revolution . Take Lafayette , for
instauee , as a specimen of the Constitutionalists ; and he , perhaps , is the most favourable specimen of that party 1 couid name . Few men have enjoyed more popularity than Xafojette . In his youth we find him leaving his country , ' and generously embarking in the American struggle against English tyranny . The great work of Amer ican liberation biing accomplished , he returned to France , aud shortly afterwards we find him one of the foremost men in the revolution which now commenced in Ids own country . Again , ia his old age , we see him the most popular man in France , called , after the three days , to the veritable dictatorship , aud , like our Warwick of Old , unmaking and making kings with his word . Lafayette enjoyed , throughout Europe and America , a greater impulariry than perhaps any other man of his
thlle ; ami that popularity he would hare deserved , if his conduct hauocen consistent with Ms first aets in the re-¦ colutiou . But Lafayette was never the friend of equal ) ty . ( Hear , hear . ) True , atth « outset , he gave up his feudal privileges , and renounced his title—and thus far lie did welL Placed at die head of tha popular foreo , the idol of the middle class , aud commanding the affection of even the working class , he was for a tune regarded as the ehampivn vf the revolution . But he halted when ho should have advanced . The working men soon found out thai all that tlic destruction of ths bastile and tha abolition of feudal privilege * had accomplished , was the curbing of the power of the king and the aristocracy , aud increasing the power of the middle class . But the people were not content with this—they demanded liberty and
lights lor themselves ( cheers)—they -wanted what we want—a veritable equality . ( Loud cheers . ) When Lafayette saw this , he turned Conservative , and was a revolutionist no longer . It was he who proposed the adoption of martial law , to authorise the shooting and sabreing of the people , iu the erent of any tumult , at a time , too , -when the peaple were suffering under absolute famine ; and under this martial law , Lafayette himself superintended the outchery of the people when asssmbled in the Champ de Mars , on the 17 th of July , 1791 , to petition the assembly against the reinvestiture of the king with supreme power , afterhiSshanicfulfligbttoVarennes . Subsequently Lafayette dared to menace Paris with his sword , andproposed to shut up the public clubs by armed violence . After the 10 th of August he strove to excite the soldiers under his
command to march againstParis , hut they , better patriots than he was , refus . d , and he then fled , and renounced the revolution . Yet La&yatte was perhax « the best man of all tlie constitutionalists , but neither he nor his party come within the compass of our toast , for they were not evsn republicans in name . They professed to recognise the sovereignty of the people , at the same time that they divided the citizens into active and inactive , confining to the payers of direct taxes , whom they called active citizen ., the right of the suffrage . In short , Lafayette and the constitutionalists were mere "Whigs , hut little , if anything , better than the men who lumbugged us with the Reform Bill . ( Cheers . ) Xext come the Girondists ; and this is the party generally upheld as the " honest and Tirtuous republicans , " but I
jnust differ with Hose who hold that opinion . It is impossible to refuse them the tribute of our admiration for their talents ; tlie eloquence which distinguished the leaders of this party , accompanied in some instances by stern integr ity , as in the case of Roland ; by heroic de votion , as in the case of Hadame Roland ; and by fiery enthusiasm , as in the case of Uarharoux ; these qualities extort our admiration . -And we cannot , at least I speak far inyself—I cannot read of the shocking and untimely end of a Madame Roland , or the philosop her Condorcet , without intense emotion . Still tlie Girondists were not the man to whom the i ^ op le could look to rescue them from social slavery . That there were good men amongst the Girondists , cannot be doubted—that they were honest to their own convictions , nay he admitted . That many of fhem were ignorant rather than guilty , may he charitably Ixjievea , though to Deliev < . tfn 3 we must believe it only of those who perished - , for w ( . -jje to judge of the party by
those who survived what is commonly called the reign of terror , " we should he forc » to the conclusion that a baser gang never existed . These survivors of that party aided in destroying the constitution of ' 93 , established ¦ Qxe aristocratscal constitution - ' 95 , consp ired with the other aristocratic factions to (^ terminate the real Iienublicans , and finally helped to viace France under the tyranny of the military usuiperxapOieon ; ( Hear , hear . ) The eloquence of the Girondists j , as been highly lauded ; lnit we stern and uncomprot . ^^ Democrats cannot consent to admire them simpl y because tl « J were eio-< raen t . Indeed , if we were to > i 0 so , we should award the highest honours to lhe corrupt and aristocratieal Mirabeau . tVheu the people , ri < 5 , ior liberty , bureau , ; the shackles of fourteen hunrfrti years' slavery ,, afando'iedt ueirhomes to combat aga * si ihe domestic conspirator , and the fonftn invader , they Ka ««*« ** £ ikW more than tlw el * f * - 'Bt inches a 8 u&ie _ A 0 . < - ; theories of the Girondists to su-tda them . J .-iyau ,
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- — ' - ¦ - 1 ' ^ ^ Steel , and equality , " was the demand of the people ( Cheers . ) Bread for their famishing families , steel with which to beat back the cohorts of the surrounding despots and equality as the end of their labours and the reward of their sacrifices . ( Great cheering . ) The Girondists however , regarded the people , to quote the words of Thomas Carlyle , as mere " explosive masses to blow up bastiles with "—to he used as tools and treated as slaves lh ; y hesitated between Royalism and Democracy , vainly hoping to cheat eternal justice by a compromise ! Fatal mistake for them . They fell , and their fall was merited . The men of euergy trampled them do wn—the people swept them away . Of the several sections of the party of the Mountain , I shall only say that I find none of them but Robespierre aud his friends worthy of any commendation . ( Great cheering . ) The greater number of the
ilountamists were brigands , who , only anxious to obtain tor themselves the spoils of the Revolution , cared nothing for the people by whose toii , suffering , and courage the revolution had been achieved . These desperadoes , using the language of Ihef rieudsoi e < iuaUiy , and for a time siding with themagainst theConstitutionalists and the Girondists , so soon as they had acquired power . exhibited themselves in their true characters , and henceforth stood the avowed and deadly enemies of equality . By this faction Robespierre was overthrown and assassinated , and St . Just , Couthon , and all the leading friends of tliat incorruptible legislator , were doomed Xn . death . Hot content with de . stroying the friends oi equaiity , the assassins loaded their names iviih the most infamous calumnies , hesitating not to charge upon their victims the very crimes which they themselves had committed . I know His unfashionable
as jet to regard Robespierre in any other light than as a monster ( hear , hear ) : but I believe the day is coming when a very different view will be taken of the character of that extraordinary man . ( Great cheering . ) I would not deify Robespierre ; I do not hold him up as having been all-perfect ; but to me he appears to have been one of the very few of the leading characters of the revolution , who saw what were the means necessary to adopt to extirpate political and social wrong . I liave not time to comment on the charactersof the indomitable Marat , and that magnificent embodiment of republican chivalry , St . Just . JSor have I time to speak of tho excellent legislative measures that characterised the energetic rule of Robespierre . I have said that the day will come when justice will be done to his name . ( Cheers . ) There are indications that that day is fast coming . Take , tor
instance , the work of the member for Canterbury , 'the "Historic Fancies , " iu which , though absolute justice is not done to Robespierre , still there is an approximation thereto , I direct your attention particularly to tlie celebrated poem , « Tho Jacobin of Paris , " which , it appears to me , paints to the life tho feeling entertained by the working , veritable Democrats towards Robespierre . [ Mr . Ilarney here repeated aportion of the poem , which elicited enthusiastic applause . ] Who that has read the history oi the revolution can forget the memorably mournful words uttered by Robespierre , whett overwhelmed by the conspirators in the Convention — " The republic is lost ! The brigands triumph ! " Fenare the last words that history records of fallen mea so pathetically grand as these . In as few words as Cajsar employed to relate his victory , is expressed the
history of the heaviest misfortune that ever hath befallen the human race . But , to me , the belt proof of the real character of Robespierre , is to be found in the universal regret felt for his loss by the honest democrats who survived him—b y those too amongst them , who , mistaking his intentions * had been seduced into favouring his destruction , but who , when too late , bitterly ruedj their folly . Babeuf was one of these , ths originator oi the famous conspiracy known by his name . That conspiracy had for its object the establishment of a veritable republic , in which the selfishness of individualism should be known no more —( cheers ) 1 ; in which , private , property and money , the foundation and root of all wwng and evil , should cease to be —( cheers ) ; and in which the happiness of all slieuld be based upon the ' coiamon labour and equal enjoyments of all . ( Great
ohsering . ) These glorious men pursued their glorious Object to the death . Babeuf and Darthe sealed their beiief with their blood , aud Buonarotti , through years of imprisonment , penury , and old age , persevered to the last in his advocacy of the great principles which we this night dare to vindicate . Xor should I omit mention of tnose heroic deputicsRoninu ^ Soubranj ^ DuroyjDuquesnoy and their compatriots , who , condemued to death by the traitor aristocrats of the Convention , heroically slew themselves in front of , aud iu contempt of their assassins , performing this self-tragedy with a single blade which they passed from hand to hand . So much for the first part of the sentiment , The second part demands but a few words from me , as it will be best spoken to by th » French patriots who are present . That the principles of equality will hare a glorious resurrection , I cannot doubt ; indeed , that resurrection they have already had , not merely in the shape of Republicanism , but Communism , for Communist societies , I believe , cover France at the presiut
day ; but that I leave to my friend Dr . Fontanie and his fellow-countrymen to speak of . I rejoice much that those worthy patriots are here . They will witness to-night proofs of the absurdity of the tirades uttered against the English people by the war-press of France . We repudiate these national antipathies . ( Clioers . ) We loathe and scorn those Barbarous clap-traps , " natural enemies , " and "national glory . " ( Loud cheers . ) "We denounce all wars , except those into which nations may be forced against domestic oppressors or hostile invaders . ( Applause . ) " More than that , we repudiate the word " foreigner" —it shall exist not in our Democratic vocabulary . ( Oi'eat chesting . ) We may belong to the English , or French , or Italian , or German section of the European family , but Young Europe is out common , designation , and under its banner we march against tyranny and inequality . ( Prolonged and enthusiastic cheering . ) And no \ v I conclude , calling on you in tlie words of one 0 ! Germany's noblest poets , Ferdinand Freiligrath , to do hooiage to the men of the past : —
" Charge your glasses , brimful , to the hearts that were true , boys , To the cause that they lov'd , when the storm fiercest blew , boys ; Who had wrong for their portion , but won right for JOU , boys . Drink to them and the right , and to freedom through right . " ( Enthusiastic applause . ) Mr . Moix , one of the patriotic hand of "Young Germany , " sang , in an energetic manner , the Celebrated Marseillaise Hymn , iu French : tlie fine bass voice of the voc-olist gave great effect to the piece . The CiiiiEiiAN then gave the nest toast as follows : — " Young Europe . Repudiating the jealousies and national antipathies of the past ; Uiiiy the Democrats of all nations units in a fratemsl phalanx for the destruct ion of tvrauay , and the universal triumph of equality . "
The Czaibhan said he had much pleasure iu calling upou their German friend , who , exiled from both Germany and Switzerland for his principles , had sought aud i ' uuviJ refuge in this country . He called on Wilhnm Weitling to address them . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . W £ itung , owing to his inability to speak English very fluently , read the following address , which it will be seen was enthusiastically applauded ; — Friends ! This meeting is a . testiinouy of that common lceliug which warms ev « ry man ' s breast , the feeling of universal brotherhood . Yis : though we are educated to difl .-r one from the other iu the use of sounds as the natural means to express and communicate this inner feeling to each other , though the eschaage of this feeling is hindered by the differences of language , though thousands of prejudices are united and directed by our common adversaries
rather to oppose than to promote a better understanding , an universal brotherhood ; yet , notwithstanding all these obstacles , that strong , charitable , and salutary feeling cannot be extinguished . ( Cheers . ) That feeling that attracts tte sufferir to his feUow-sufferar , the struggler for a batter state of things to his fellow-straggler . ( Cheers . ) Those also were our fellow-strugglsrt whose revolution we this night commemorate ; they ^ fffo were animated by the same sympathies which bririjjtnj togrther , aud which possibly may lead us to asimfti , and let me hope , a more successful struggle . ( Loud cheers . ) In times of movement , when tbe privileges of our native adversaries run great risk , they cunningly try to lead our
prejudices over the frontiers of our national fatherland , representing to us that the people there are opposed to our common interest . What a trick ! What a fraud I But , reaocting coolly on tha matter , we know very well that our nearest enemies are amongst ourselves in the midst of us . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) It is not the exterior enemy we have to fear ; that poor enemy is dealt with like us ; like us he is compelled to work for thou . sands of good-for-nothing fellows ; like us , ha takes up arms agsinst any human society because he is forced to do so by hunger , by law , or excited by hit passions nourished by ignorance , by the mock fighting of his cunning master , ifatioual rulers represent mil- brathrMi as cruel and rapacious ; hut who are
more rapacious than they who govern us to be instructed in the art of war , who for their own privileges excite and conduct us to war ? ( Cheers . ) Is it really our common interest that necessitates war ? Is it the interest of sheep to be led by wolves to fight against sheep likewise led by wolves ? ( Loud cLeurs . ) They are themselves our most rapacious enemies ; they have taken from us all that is ours , to dissipate it in pleasures aud debauchery . ( Applause . ) They take from us what is ours , since all they use is produced by us and ought to pertain to those who produce it , and to their wives and children , their aged and their sick . ( Loud cheers . ) But see hou bvjtheir cunning Manoeuvres all is stolen from us , and accuiiiulatcdfor a crew ofidle consumers . ( Cheers . ) Is it possible then to be more robbed by a foreign enemy
than by our own homt-enemies ? Is it possible then that the people can ba more murdered by them than by our cruel money-own , who rob us by their stock-jobbing , money dealing , and speculating ; by their currency and bankruptcy , by their monopolies , church and land rents , who by ali these means rob us of the necessaries of life , and ca use the death of millions of our working fellow brethren , to whom they leave not even potatoes enough to live upon , ( Great cheering . ) Is it not , therefore , clear enough that those who are all by money aud nothing without it , are really tlie enemies of the working people in all countries , aud that there are amongst men no other enemies of the human race than the enemies of the labouring and working people . ( Cheers . ) Is it possible then that we could be more stolen from , and murdered iu
a time of political war , than we are now , 111 a so-eallvd state of peace ? National prejudices , bloodshed , and robberies are then encourage : ! by us only for the sake of mUUavy glory ? What has «\ iv interest to gain tVom iueii stupid glory ? ( Cheers . ) What , in fact , liave we to do ' . viiJi it , wlun our iajerest and oav Iviter lW ! i : i ; js are oppasvd to it / . ( Cheers . ) jlust we not at ail times
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— P-y the costs ! ( Appiaus ' e , ; Must no not work and bleed for it « ( Re ' newtd applause . ) What interest can we liars in all such bloodshed and land robberies , except profiting by such occasions for turning round against the robbery and murder-breeding aristocracy iu all nations ? ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) It is only this aristocracyalways this aristocracy—that systematically robs aud murders . The poor people , led by them , are but their forced and ignorant instruments chosen from amongst every nation—those the most filled with national prejudices , those wishing to soe all nations everpowered by their own nation . But bring them here into this meeting , and they will understand each other , and shake hands
with each other . Even in battle such scenes happen frequently . Thus it has been told by eye witnesses of dis . pcrscd corps of Russians and French , and of Austrians and French , in the battle of Austeriitz , who mixed disorderly in the stream of the flight with each other , and behaved as good friends , marching-, plundering , eating , and driuking togetlier 4 till the sound of the tvvunyftt again called them on either side to do the work of death and destruction . If before a battle the advocates of liberty and love were permitted to address the ranks of their brethren , there would be no slaughter ; on the contrary , thcro would be a friendly meeting like ours . 0 1 could we but hare iu a battle-field such a meeting , we should have soon done with all these Wood and marrow Bucking
interests who now oppress and plunder us ! ( Great cheering . ) Such , friends , are the sentiments of that universal feeling whose warmth , concentrated in the focus of universal brotherhood , kindk-s a fire of enthusiasm which will soon entirely melt away the hindering icemountains of prejudices which have too long kept brethren asunder . [ Mr . Weitliug resumed his seat amid longcontinued cheering . ] Dr . Bemuch Fontaine , of Faris , who was received with rapturous applause , said—Citizens . ' My speech must be necessarily brief , as I cannot speak very good English . It giTea me pleasure I canuot express to find the English Democrats meeting to commemcrate the French Republic . I respond most heartily to the noble sentiments of Jlr . Julian Havney . I assure you that the French people do not look upon the English people as their enemies . If some of the French journalists write against the English Government , they do uot write against the English people .
The government of England is hateful throughout Europe , because it is the government of the English aristocracy , and not the English people . ( Cheers . ) The French Democrats , so far from being the enemies of the English people , really desire to fraternise with them . ¦ ( Loud cheers . ) The Republicans of France did not-figlit for France only , but for all mankind ; they wished to establish equality , and extend its blessings throughout the world . ( Great applause . ) They regarded all mankind as brethren , and wnvred only against the aristocracies ol other nations . ( Cheers . ) I cnu assure you , citizens , tliat the principles of equality liau epi'uiig into renewed life . Communism is advancing with giant strides throughout France . Communist associations are extending all over that country , and I hope that we shall soon see a grand confederation of the Citizen Democrats of all . natious . tomakERepublicanGoramunismtriumpliautthi'ough the whole length and breadth of Europe . [ Dr . Foataine resumed bis seat amidst long-protracted cheers ]
The Chaiujun then called for " three cheers for Young Europe , '" which was responded to by thxee " roof and rafter-ringing" shouts , with ' one cheer mons . " The next toast given by the chairman mifa" The immortal nienior ; of Thomas Paine ,, tho great teacher of freedom , to the American and French Republicans . " [ This toast was . received with enthusiasticand repeated chetrs . ] 3 Ir . ltore ElPixr responded , and said Thomas Paine perfectly unfisrstood tliat so long as kings and priests ruled , there could be nothing like well regulated liberty . ( Cheers . ) , He well knew that the priests held the victims
while bloated kings gorged on the spoil . ( Loud cheers . ) He ( Mr . Bufty ) gloried in commemorating the fame of such a man . Well did Paine know that so long as the peopU were taught by the jackal ! priest , that despotism would be triumphant , and that the people could be nothing bettev than a herd of slaves . ( Hear , hear . ) As a disciple of Thomas Paine , h * felt that until tho people possessed the courage to shake off- the trammels of priests aud kings , they never could be free . ( Cheers . ) The Americans , although thiy had a President to » ule over them , were not free ; could any -nation be free that sold human flesh and blood for gold ? ( Loud cheers . ) He had much pleasure in responding to the toast .
fThe toast was honoured by the company rising uncovered . ] The CnAinjuir next gave" The memory of Washington aud Franklin ; of William Tell , Hofer , aud Kosciusko , and all departed but immortal patriots of other lands . " Mr . Washington Wilkes ( said to be a grandson of the great John " Wilkes ) responded in an energetic speech , which was loudly applauded . The CiiAiiouN then gave" The memory of Wat Tyler , Hampden , and Algernon Sidney ; Pymand Elliott ; Hilton , Byron , and Shslley ; Cartwright , Cobbett , and Hunt ; ShoYl , ihe hero of Newp jrt , and all other virtuous Englishmen who have fought , written , or spoken for libartj , and left us tlitir glorious example!—may we aspire to follow it . " Mr . C . Bolttell responded iu an able and eloquent speech , which was received with much applause . The Chaiejian next
gave"The memory of Wallace , Muir , Palmer , Hai'gavot , Skirving , Gerald , and all other patriotic Scotchmen now with the dead ! " , Air . Coop £ R , Socialist lecturer , responded by a briel speech , eulogising tue , memories ol the Scottish patriots , particularly the men who might be considered as the founders of present political movements in this country , Muir and his compatriots . Those men were enlightened , virtuous , incorruptible , and brave . ( Cheers . ) They showed in their private lives th « ir faith in the principles they avowed . Great had been the advance of knowledge
and mental freedom since the time of Muir and his friends , and it only required that they should exhibit charitable feelings towards all the good intentioned , to make the principles of Muir and his brethren universally popular , and successful over all opposition . He was glad to see the London Radical Reformers holding this meeting . So long as they wora exclusively Chartists , he had but little hope of them , but now that they came out as Democrats , now that they began to talk about the land and universal brotherhood , he lvas with them . ( Loud cheers . ) The next toast given from the chair
was" The memory of Robert Emmett , Lord Edward Fitzgerald , Theobald Wolfe Tone , and Grattan , and of all other patriotic Irishmen departed . " J £ r . T . M . Wueeieb , who was received with loud cheers , said he had always from childhood cherished the warmest feelings of esteem for those great men to whom the toast alluded . These men had lit the spark of liberty in that unfortunate country Ireland , and , despite the efforts of interested agitation , the embers would yet bo fawned into an unquenchable flame . ( Applause . ) Yet these greal aud good men had been declared rebels and traitors ; yes , they were rebels against despotism . This meeting sympathised with such rebels , and hoped the day was not far distant when such traitors ar . d rebels as Emmett and Fitzgerald , would be found in every town , village , and hamlet in L-. l . rjd . ( Craat cLceriug - . ) 1 lie next sentiment was" Health and the speedy return of our beloved but suffer ing exiles Frost , Williams , Jones , and Eilis , and all political exiles . "
Mr . Wit . Rider , who was warmly received , said it is with minglod feelings I rise to respond to the sontiment proposed—feelings of pleasure to know that our age nud country can boast of having produced a band of nature ' s nobles , whoso love of liberty has been proved to bestronger than their love of life , ( Cheers . ) Men , wliose names and dwells of patriotism will live in the remembrance of their countrymen , and stand prominent on the page of history , whan those of their adversaries will be forgotten , or only remembered to be execratvd , and held up as examples to future generations of that state of declension and depravity to which human natura may be reduced , when vitiated by ambition , or invested with arbitrary and irresponsible power . . ( Loud cheers . ) But while feeling proud of having had such men in our ranks , there arise feelings of unutterable vain at the thought
of their present condition . These patriots have fallen the victims of tyranny—the Ml monster has driven the iron into their souls , and sits smiling at the torture under which his victims writhe . Those patriots are no longer with us , encouraging us by their example , imd directing us by their council . Their eyes no longer behold tlie scenes of their childhood—their homes are desolate—the oppressor has rent asunder the closest ties of naturetheir wives are bereaved , and their children fatherless ( hear , hear ); aud to aggravate the poignancy of their grief , the widows and the fatherless knew that those who once were their partners , their protectors , their comforters , and their supporters live , tut live not to themthey are suffering deaths m : iny in a felon ' s land , far beyond the mountain and the wave . ( Cries of shame . ) To describe tbe agony which must tear the minds of the
exiles , and those they have left behind , is a task I will not attempt to perform—I ask , why were those patriots expatriated from their fatherland ? What crime had they committed ? Kone . They had souirlit to establish peace on earth and good-will among men . ( Cheers . ) 1 should like to hear the lawn-sleeved gentry say if that's blasphemy—if it ' s a desecration of the professed religion of the country . If it is , then tlie soonor we turn infidtJs till : better , in my opinion . ( LouilclieeKS . ) TlittcsAks toltl the rulers of the land to undo the beaTy burden , and let the oppressed go free . Will tho ermined judge shy that is a violation of tbe law of the land . If so , the sooner our courts of justice are converted into slaughter , houses the better , if it has buconie unjust to sptali agninsi injustice . ( Cheers . ) Talk of their crimes , indeed ! why , their failings have ever leaned on virtue ' s side . The bead and front of their offending was their unceasing
and determined opposition to the iniquity unblushmgly perpetrated by those who sit in higk places , and their unwearied exertions to free the laud from that worst of all curses—tho curse of despotism—which is the most noble and most sacred work in which man can engage , seeing that liberty far transcends all other mundane blessings , its intrinsic worth being such that one day , vea , one hour of its enjoyment is worth a whole eternity of bondage , ( Great cheering , ) It is well that we should remember the captives oil all occasions , and it is well we should desire their return to the land of their fathers , to the bosom oi't '; eir families , and the society ot their friends . Uutwehave a duty to perform towards shem of greater moment than merely wishing their welfare and tilth' return to their native soil . Tlmt duty U to use every available mean to obtain "their deliveranceand their restoration to their huaios—to weary the powers
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unit ba with ourfrequent importunities until we constrain ti . em to recall tho exiles . In this we must be united , and we ihall be strong ; and should the Pharaohs still harden their hearts let them beware of the Bed Sea ! ( Louvl applause . ) The Chairman then gave ~« " Health to O'Connor mid Duncombo , and all other in . corruptible advocates of the People ' s Charter , and may it soon become the Ian- of the land , ' so thnt our fatherland may once more become 'Merry England . '" The intended speaker having been obliged to depart from the lateness of the hour , the mewing , at tlie suggestion of the chairman , gave three thundering cheers in honour of the toast . The next toast was"Health to John llichards , J . It . Smart , Thomas Ereston , Allen Davenport , and all our living ' veteran patriots : ' may we not only tread in their steps , but gratefully discharge our duty to them . "
Mr , SrairLwooD responded , paying them a . marked compliment for their consistent conduct aud unflinching advocacy of the cause of democracy . The next toast was "The mothers of England ! may they live to seo their clildreii inherit the blessings of the People ' s ClliU'ter . ihe maids of En gland ! may they soon find it impossible to getUusbanns who ur « not Chartists . Our wives i . may they be the happy mothers of childretthat . shall , maintain the Charter when it is won !" This was drank with all the honours and responded to by Mr . J . Siuw in a humorous and appropriate spaaeh . ilr . Jems , iueney then proposed ,. "thehealth and long life of tins chairman ; may he live to witness the consummation of our hopes , aud preside ut a . similar festival to this m celebration of the triumph of'Young Europe . '" The sentiment was honoured with three tremendous cheers .
The Chahumn returned thanks , and proposed three cheers for ihe People ' s paper and Democratic organ , the Northern Star . Three echoing , shouts testified the unanimity of the assembly . The greater part of the asssmbly then retired , but sinking was kept up by those who . remained , for some timelonger . "l ' ouug Europe" was not unfairly represented at this festival , there being present English , Scotch , Irish , French , German , Swiss , Spanish ,. Polish , and Italian Democrats . Besides theso , we know at least of two others being present , the one a . nntive off Hungary , the other of turkey . The last of Tthese ,. Mi ! i Simmoneu ( the Turkish Democrat ) sang several patriotic songs in different languages . A number , of Italian patriots also sung in concert their national ; hymn , ^ answering to the Marseillaise ) , and altogether the fraternal harmony of the meeting was admirably sustained throughout the evening .
ilr Mizzisi , the Italian patriot ,, would have attended , had he not been prevented by unavoidable absence froia London .
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IMPORTANT STRIKE AT DERWENT lLm WORKS , DURHAM . . The gross and wnblushuig . avarice of the propristors of the Derwent Iron . Woi > ks has induced the . 311 . to reduce the wages , of the iron stone miners ia their employment , from time to time , until they Jiaye at k'n » tli brought tliem down to within a few points ol actual starvation . About « i fortnight ago , wiiisttlie men were contemplating an advance of wages , one oi the owners was scheming a further reduction , ! ay disallowing the mca any payment whatevw foi the most laborious part of their labour—the . getting ol imujgks , ov balls oi iron-stone oi' an infWpr quality . Thu strike thus created between capital and labourbetween those who driuk wine and tkosc who drink water ~ be . twet'n those who are idle and Uvo sumptuously every day , and those who too } , almost incessantly ,, and barely exist on the meanest and scantiest
iare- ~ bas produced itaiiafcuralcomcciiioucos , acessatiou from that labour , the fruits ci' which aro insutncient to keep up the strength of fclje toiler on one day io resume his dreary task on the succeeding one . The indolent occupier of tho mansion lias placed kiiuseif in array against those who are the support ot him and of it , aud has doue this , in such a reckless and painful manner , that , to use his own language , we think "is not creditable to bis judgment . " Me ought , if lie had judged tightly , to have known from experience that labour is , the source of all wealth : and that the labourer is worthy of Ins hire . If this pampered son of fortune has i ' allcd to learn these simple maxims , the " positive" step be lias how taken may in its results produce a "creditable" reformation in his "judgment . "
frequent meetings of the men have been held during the strike—sometimes three public meetings in one day—for the purpose of considering tueii ' position , and determining upon the best mode of united operation for their mutual advantage . On Wednesday last the men assembled in great numbers , consequent upon the excitement raised , by tlxc owner , Mr . Cargill , in his own propel person , accompanied by Mr . Wliitfield , his viewer , and assisted by a powerful body of the Durham rural police , having commenced turning the iron stone mhws , tiieir families and effects , out of their houses . A meeting was immediately held at the stone quarry , Black Hill , at . vlrich Mr . Jones presided . Addresses were delivered by Messrs . Hardy , S \ v , i ]]< w , and Kolk , caoli of which
was responded to by the unanimous and hearty cheers both of the housed and houseless sons of toil . Cheeks indeed they were , and alike imported confidence and determination to the multitude assembled ; and consternation and awe to the civilized tribe of ejectors —• master , viewer , police , ifcc . &c—who paused for . some time , and inquired in amazement of each other , "Wn . vs next ? " Various resolutions were also passed unanimously , all of which were calculated to put down tyranny , exalt the working man to his proper rank in society , aud to sustain the miners in their present struggle . In oi'dei that there should be no misunderstanding . about the ^ consequences of the illegal acts of Mr . Cargill , his unauthorised and summary ejectment of the people , and stoppage of their wages , notice of
action ior trespass in each case , was sent and delivered into Mr . OargiU ' s bands . That some effect was thus produced , is evident . The process of ejecting \ vi \< suspended about two hours ; a partial recommencement ensued ; and , after a short interval , it was discontinued altogether . The workmen are iu high spirits , and are nobly supported by other operatives . The masons , carpenters , smiths , potters ,, colliers , and others , have come forward voluntarily to the support of the iron stono miners . They hare become convinced that it is not one trade oniy , but all who live by their labour , who must unite iu one lirm and trulv ilTOsistibla bond , ' ere labour can receive its due reward , or those who labour the just consideration due to their utility .
Two men have been charged and committed to Durham Gaol , for—some say—Uiotj . ng , but were subsequejitiy bailed . The charge , however , cannot be sustained . About sixt y others have been summoned to answer varjous charges . We have no doubt but the magistrates of Lancaster will maintain the hkrh character they deservedly obtained duringthe colliers ' strike of last year , for strict ijirAUHALixy , and will see the intense provocations to a brunch 01 the peace practiced by Mr . Cargill and his form , upon those who , but ior the excessive exactions on their industry nould have been contented and happy .
The men continue their meetin g s daily . The masters wish tbcm to believe they are " softening down . Ihey have given the men to understand that they are not bound to the strict terms of Mr . Car < 'iU ' s letter of the 22 th hist . They Dave proposed to the men that they shall go to the pits , and resume tkeir work for a fortnight ; ' at the end of which , they say they will give satisfaction to each and every man , ov he shall be at liberty to leave their employ : but the men sec plainly through this fliirsy coverin" to their interested design , and say to each other , " > t is only a scheme for the purposes of keeping the furnaces in
action until they procure other men to supplant US ; they know the immense Joss that will ensue if the furnaces " go out ; " and it is this certain , great , and positive loss , they are scheming to avert . " We understand that W . P . Roberts , Esq ., is retained to protect and defend tiie right . In better hands the men could not commit that most important fTniV r * i m - ' i ly a"d Pl"aisc ™ -thy exertions on . 1 1 ° « , " ? us iui "'"" s are without a pprallel in the legal profession . Long may he live to pswevcre in his patriotic course , with that eminent success which has ever attended him """ >«»••
Our latest accounts state that another immctw meeting was held on Wednesday , at which the men disp ayed the same cool and determined vigour whic has hitherto characterized this straggle for the meS ot living by the due remuneration for their labour
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Accident at toe Railway Terminus , Losdos BninoE . —On Sunday eight , between ten and eleven 0 clock , a man named Richard Garvey , aged fortytwo years , was brought to Guy's Hospital with his skull fractured , and in a state of insensibility ,, arising from injuries he had received under the following singular circumstances : —It appears that Garvey is cmployedat the railway terminus at London-bridge , as an engine-table turner . At the corner of Bcrmondsey-street , Borough ,, closely adjoining to the railway , is a public-house , called tho Hat and Feathers , ami between which there is a space of about three feet in width . In order to -accommodate the men atwirk on the line , the landlord of the house hr . * .. hitherto allowed them to enter it by one of the atti&jvindows , the men slipping from the railway on to tha sill of the window , and thus avoiding the trouble of going down
to the street and entering in the usual manner . Notwithstanding tho-. height of the windows is upwards ol forty feot from tueground , and the width of the intermediate space , thev had the temerity constantly to avail tliemsclvea-of this novel mode of entrance , and hitherto fortunately without accident . On . Sunday night , shortly afteu ten o ' clock , one of ths . scrvants o ' f thcpublic-houschaviDg occasion to go into , the backyard , was surprised to hear the groans < of . some one apparently in . great pain . A light was procured , and Garvey was found lying on the Hag stones quite insensible , and covered with blood jasslstanco . was procured and he . was conveyed to the hospital ,. . Not the slightest hope . . is given of his . recovery . No one knew how the unfortunate man came in that situation , but it is supposadithat he was attcn . 1 ptiu 3 . to . get into the house by the , window , and Jsad fallen upon the pavement beneath .
The 5 £ te , Sci . cb > kat Sjji , prom a Hrli , .. Sxbamrr . —The Elizabeth schooner , which arrived on Tuesday in the river , ofE'ilorsleyden'n , from Harwich , reports that the . body oi ' a gentleman was washed ashore ,. on-Friday , ]» _ st ,. n ! K » v V . ' altcsi-on-tho-Naze , on the Essex coast , wjiich ,. from a card found in the clothes , issupposed . to . be tlie person who threw ,. himself ovecboard . from the William Darky Hull steamer , while on a recent passage to London , tlio . whole particulars concerning which were made known . , by . the captain to th&Lord . Mayor , and which were-reported , in this journal . Ms name is believed to be . Mr . N ... Goie » of Norwich . . A watch and a purse , containing Jbetiwtcn £ 0 jnnd . £ M . were found in the pockets . Aiviuq . uest has been held on the body , a » d ,. adjoiirned , foi * the attendance of the relatives .
: West , jjnoMincn—Explosiox op FimuyMft—On fthursday . morning week , aboittscycn . o ' cl 9 Bk ,. a dreadjful explosion of sulphur tocls . place at Qrock Hay iCollicyy , Heatley-heath , in , a pit belonging to -Mr .. Bavis . The way the sulphur became ignited was from the tire drawing liow . n to . it ,, and the ex « plosion- shook the whole of , the neighbourhood for a Eiile round , and was felt by several , persons in Wodncsbury quite distinctly . It exploded live distinct times , and the flames blazed ahoTO the top of t ! ie pit for about thirty yards . . The pi 4 Is 1 S 7 yards
deep , so that the lire rose , about 217 ;? aitls in height . At the time the explosion , took , p ' hico twenty-seven men and hoys were in the pit ; and . heaving one explosion after another ,, the poor fellows thought all lopes of safety at ar * end . . Fortunately they were in a part of the pit whore the .- fire did not enter , which escaped by the shaft instead . Frightful as this explosion was ,, we are happy to state that only one poor man is burnt , and he was employed at the bottom of the shaft . . Jt is stated that it is many years since there was so serious aa explosion in this neighbourhood .
Disease amksost Cattix . —Wo regret to hear , that a disease , epidemic in its nature , and fatal iu its results , has broken out amongst cattle in the vici nity of Pcnrith . _ Inflammation is its principal characteristic , and its progress is so rapid as inmost cases to Tender impotent the skill of the veterinary . It has made t ' oarful ravages" among the stock of several agriculturists . Mr . Buustaad of U&ekUiovne Hall , and Mr . Hill of Eden ilnll , being amongst the principal sufferers of whom wo have henn \ . ~^ SavUsle Journal .
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UUUUJU , — -X 11 U HUAO JUUUMU& Ul U 1 U ijilllll Sooicty will be held at Mr . Sweets , on'Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock . A Camp Meeting will be held on Sunday next , on Littlctown-green ( not Ileolunondwike ) , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at which several members of the Executive are expected to attend , aud several other popular friends to the good cause . Olduam . —On Saturday ( to day ) -an entertainment will take place in the Working Man ' s Hall , Iloracdge , street , consisting of dancing , singing , &c , to commence at seven o ' clock . The proceeds , after defraying expensss , to be for the benefit of Mr . William
Dixou . On Sunday , September 28 th , Mr . Thomas Tattcrfa . ll , of Burnley , will lecture in the above hall —subject , " Tlie necessity of thu Trades uniting to allocate their surplus hands upon tho Land . " Chair to be taken at six o ' clock in the evening . Rochdale . —The shareholders of the Working Man's Hall aro requested to meet in the Chartist Room on Sunday morning next , at half-past ten . — Mr . David Ross , of Leeds , will deliver two lectures on elocution , in the Assembly lloom , Toad-lane , on Monday and Tuesday , 29 th and 30 th ; and on Wednesday , October 1 st , he will lecture in tlie same room on Sanatorv Reform .
Maxcuesieu . —Mr . D . Ross vvill-kctuvo on Sunday evening , at half-past six , in the Carpenters ' Hall . —On the Sunday evening following Ml ' r W , Jones , of Liverpool , will lecture . The South Lancashire Delegate Meetixc will bo held on Sunday , at ten o ' clock , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Oldham . Loxotox . —The Committee of the Co-operative Land Society hold meetings every Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock , in the office at the Working Man ' s Hall . ° BAnmEt . — The members of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society are requested to attend at Mr . ThomasAclam ' s , next Monday evenhiff , Sept . 20 .
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The South Stafjfobdsiure Misehs' Deleovtji Meeting was held at Mr . Henry Mojwtfs SlfS Inn , Wedncslicld-heath , on Monday last , September 22 nd ; delegates were in attendance from diflerent parts of the district , from whose reports tro leirn that a goodly number of members have beeo added willim the past iovuight , and things in general nut on u better appearance than they have for sometime previous . A good substantial dinner was provided at the Swan lor the members of the lodge , with a few other friends , who , after tho district business was concluded , walked in procession with a band of ' miiV £ at their head to Weduosfield and back . By this tin p dinner was ready , when eighty-nine stout and heartv sonsot toil sat down , and did ample justice tothp good things " smoking hot . " After 4 £ Mm £ Brown and Rnmsay addressed a crowded room full * on the necessity and advantages of general or ^ anisi ' tion and restrictions ; Mr . Robert Johnsonm the clm : r . I his has been one of the most enthusiastic meetings we have had for a long while , and , we trust will be productive of much good . '
Laxcasiiirk Mixers . —The next general delente mooting of Lnncnshiro Miners will take place " on Monday , the 6 th October , at the house of Mr James Lomas , Bull ' s llesd , High Lane , near Hazel-grove Cheshire . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock 111 the : ' oi'cnooon . A public meeting will also be held on the same _ day , which will be addressed by W . 1 ' . llobsris , Esq ., j jr . d other gentlemen . Tho " levy f ,, i * the fortnight , ii . ehuUng general contribution ' s , is is . Gd . per member .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 27, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1334/page/5/
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