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15 ** —^^^^^^^^^^^^ » ^^ m ^ Trtist progress-duty of the cba * " people . ^ THK EDITOR OF THE KORTHBBS STAR . Sfllr -ln 5 our columns last week I observed an ^ jooncemor tt which , notwithstanding the recent Jnp hs of the cause of the people , startled me a ^ d de al , as I dare say it did most of your readers , ^ jr O'Connor ' s letter , he promises that , at no disjrtt period there shall he a daily paper , advocagg the cause of , and devoted to the interests of the ^ ting classes ! tfellmay the people rejoice in their undaunted
jjampion , who , having headed the nohl e array of jjartyrs is the cause of the people—having endured jetsecution , and all the horrors with which class leg islation can surround those who oppose its inigjitons decrees , can glance backwards on his long unteqnited toils , and now look forwards to that hri ght [ otare which he has so nobly won ; and , ' readinghis history in a nation's eyes , ' congratulate himself and Stem on the prospect opened out to their view . As one of the signs of the times , ' the establishpent of a daily paper on Chartist princi ples is a peat fact . May the people duly appreciate it ! pay they see , to the fullest extent , the imperative ne cessity of giving their aid in support of their own
jaose . That cause ism their ownhands- the people , « in the ascendanU-but I would remind them that jiey must put their own shoulders to the wheel if thej would derive all the benefit they ought from their past triumphs . The land political is , indeed , thickly sown with corn , and promises a goodly bar ! test , but if they would eat the biead of freedom , they must tale the trouble to reap , and thresh , and g rind the grain . . "What glorious prospects have the events of the last year opened out to the pbople ! Hitherto , in eray land , oppressed by their rulers , even from the
very earliest a ges of the world ! Now , choosing fcr themselves their own legislators , and b y that very choice of men so wor th y of thehigh trust , proviBfr to even their enemies , that the day has come « nen the voice so long snbdned must beieard , and tie labourers of the land are worthy ef the rU fe ftCy ? TC IT , f erent has Mthe rt ° » een the ispect of the struggle ! How unhappy the condition Utter with hard bondage , to fulfil the capricious de sres of some ruthless taskmaster _ as the pyramid / jhose eternal monuments of kingl y oppression . testiiY _ or even sacrificed by thousands , till fruitful fields erted into
« re conv lakes of blood , to gratify the Jove of glory (?) , of some one no wiser er better , but only more powerful than themselves ! Through the early ages of the world , when Greece and Rome flourished , down through the lapse of ages to a period no more distant than 1830 , the same state of things cont inued t o exist , with comparatively few modifications . Still were the people dares and bondmen-still did they , at intervals arise against their unnatural masters , and , wresting from their enfeebled hsnds the sword of power , inflict a bitter retribution for past injuries . The slaves in Home—the Helots in Greece—the peasants of Germany—the Jacquerie of France—our own
eotmtrymen under Cade , Tyler , and others—all bv twee of arms , and heated passions , inflicted cruel punishment on their oppressors , yet failed to obtain any permanent relief against their iniquitous deeds . It frequently happened , indeed , that the evils which lad goaded them into insurrection were greatly increased when the excitement was over . Bv deeds of lawless violence they had given the armed executive power over them , and that power was used to crashthe rebellion and the rebels at once . But it has not beeH by such desultory and ahnless efforts fiat the people of England have achieved their recent victories . Theirs has been a glorious conquest—for they have fought not for men , but for
principles , and they have taken a position on the tattle-field from which no enemy can dislodge them . But if your readers owe much to themselves , they ae yet more indebted t o the Pbess . For ten y ears has the Northern Star fought their battles ; communicated to distant parts of the empire the proceedings of each isolated body of Chartists ; informed them of the events that transpired to aid the cause of Freedom in our own and other lands ; been a rallying point for all who desired to see the dawn of that bright morn for which we have so long looked . The Northern Star has beeH the cord uniting the bundle of sticks—separatel y they might easily have ken destroyed—so united , it was abke impossible to break and to bend them .
Bnt though thus far the people have triumphed , I would remind them , sir , how much remains to be done . They have advantages their fathers scarcely dared to dream of possessing—let them improve these advantages . The agitation of ' 39 was necessary to rouse the people into activity , but such agitation would now be out of place ; not the less , however , should they labour for freedom . In personal and political union , in the collection of funds , ( those necessary sinews of war !) in all legitimate measures for forcing the representatives of the Commons into the House of Commons ; in all these branches of their duty they should labour earnestly , for they have pledged themselves to trausmit to their children the pure birthri ght of Freedom , of which they themselves have been so long deprived .
In this noble work how much have they now to Encourage them . Seven years ago , O'Connor , then , almost their only friend , was i n his felon ' s cell at York , and nothing but his own upright heart , and love of the principles for which he was persecuted , to cheer him in his sufferings . And now he proudly takes his place in the legislature as the champion of liberty—and by his side a goodly phalanx of me n advocating the cause of the people ; men who will ,
I trust , prove their honesty b y theircordial co-operation with the most popular man of our timestoe member for Nottinghaa . In the next parliament we shall see G . Thompson , Col . Thompson , w . J . Fox , Pearson . W illiams , and others , and , last not least—Finsbury ' s pride and England ' s glorythe noble-minded Duncombe , that steady friend of the o ppressed , and uncompromising enem * of the oppressors .
Ivor must we forget the battle fought by those Chartists leaders who , had every Englishman his birthright , would now be members of St Stephen ' s . Never can we forget the triumph of Harney at Tker ton , when that crafty and noxious statesman , that wily politician , Palinerston , was , to use the phrase of the Times , compelled to go through his paces , by a man whose sound understanding and principles alone—unaided by any foreign aid of wealth , station , or power—made him too dangerous an antagonist to be even reported by the venal and corrupted press . Has not the result of the general election been in every respect favourable to the cause of the people ? But" a Tery few years ago , the principles which must now be heard and advocated in the House , caused the banishment of Frost , Williams , and Jones as
rebels . Ay , it was for ' rebellion' they were torn from home and fatherland . Rebellion , dark , dishonouring word ! Whose baneful blight too oft has stained The noblest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal , ever lost or gained ! How many a spirit born to bless , Hath soak beneath its withering name , Whoa but a day , an hour ' s success , Had waited to eternal fame .
Truly , the people have cause to bless the name of Km , their friend and champion , who has so many years devoted his tune , his thoughts , his purse , his alji to their welfare . Well may they support Mr O'Connor . Well may the men of Nottingham boast of their bloodless victory . Well has O'Connor performed his duty ; but tie people for whom he has ^ toggled hate much of theirs before them . What that duty is Mr O'Connor ' s last letter will | each them . It is in union , in combination , in support-Big their daily and weekly press , in obtaining signat u res for the National Petition that they will find
•« ir strength . Long oppressions sometimes cause ™ ° ody revolutions , but little benefit results from *« in , and such desperate efforts must be frequently woewed . The oceans of blood that flowed , in *** we but fifty years ago has not sufficed to purify * j * frem her corruptions . Again and again , since ™« period , has she witnessed the horrors of civil ™« ttotion , yet , even now , she is on the eTe of in-^ r tiom It is the quiet sflent force of intellect , ° Yf ™ ft i of moderation , which is all successful , * 5 ™ produces changes of opinion , rather than re-* wutionsofnartv
. As one great means to this desirable end * I ofT ??™* all my heart the promises held forth SL papoi udwisl 1 The democrat and its ^ projector all the success they deserve . f I am Sir , faithfully yours , '" PmLQDEXQS ,
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Science in Somerset . —At the recent electien , the well-known Mr Crosse , of Broomfield , was actually hooted at by some of the farmers present , who consider that' ha deals with the devil . ' One farmer was heard to say , 'lie has raised the devil at his cursed house four or five times to my certain knowled-e , and the last time he was near setting the place on fire . I believe he has not tried it on since , hut there is ao going near his house after night fw his vagaries . ' ; , 4 8 ( ' ™ ABLB Dairy . Mr W . Smith , of Ellel , soldtoMrLivesey , ef Preston , a few days ago , 38 cheese , the produce of 13 eowa in 38 days . The weight ff l ^^ f ^^ pnc eflgs . per ewtv , giving a total oi f , % i 12 a . va , ... ¦
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' ¦ : JERSEY AiFPAIES . - , , . ; S , » -Tou r \» n . *^ ™ i ™ "H m » . signed'T R R ? pef ° f the 28 th ult . contains a letter writer prJtemls ' tha " h ? 1 ° Je " ° y ***>> in whIch " ** misBioners will uf . J" ? ™ 6 eB P P O 8 ed b * t ! ie . <*>»• Wand . It ahoia l ^ T ™* U th ? intW 88 t 8 of thB nora . it of the mal £ tT \ 7 * T aieai ia either * > , «<« near !* ,,,, iA er lp ?? wIll <* he wrote , or else , that be is nearly alliedt 7 1 ue wrote , or eiso , mat '
. « himBoIf ; forno man knl . ° n 80 Mhe ««>« uptlenists ' law , and the Z £ ? the ini < l »»<"" *™<> ^ th « ^ dwriS ^ . ^^^ eBembUngJu . tice , SE 5 S heiB *' tliM ^ > oved ' KmjJohnar ^ f ! : * P « tended conatituti . ns of lYfcsai ^ t b ^ f " ge ^ . manufact »« db , a parish priest . e ^ KS ^ t £
sslspss slpsafi ZtJZ . ' ' theCOnfld ~ ¦*• PHbliW do 2 . 'Throwingopen the bar . ' Now there are six advocates appointed b y influence , without any regard to their education ; only three plead , the other three being ig . norant or incapable . .
3 . The adoption of the English language . ' Now we hare a barbarous patois , as incomprehensible to a Parisian as to a Dutchman , although it Is styled Norman-French . ¦ Englishmen are now charged , tried ,. and coni ticted , in a tongue unknown to them . 4 . 'Trial by jury . ' This is far preferable to having packed ' party jurats , so ignorant as to be compelled to have motives lor their decision ( which they come , to before they hear the case , knowing of which political party the clients are ) prepared for them . ¦ : 5 . ' Tho abolition of the honorary , and the substitution of a paid police . ' Nothing is more necessary than this . At present the honorary police are shopkeepers , spirit dealers , and tavern keepers , who wink at allkindB of vice and depravity , leoause they profit by it . These men will only act to serre their friends , and make use of their influence to punish and endeavour to crush their opponents ; entering into combinations , and having a club to meet at . If a murder were boins committed in the
streets at night , they would not Uare their beds to quell a disturbance . : ., , ¦_ .. .. ; . - 6 . The establishment of s Court of Bequests / AH the island is favourable to this . < . - 7 . ' The assimilation of the Criminal law to that of England . ' This is rendered very necessary from the fact , that there is no Criminal Law in Jersej '—( Fi < fe Commissioners ' report ;) A » d the only guide tlw ignorant jurats bare got , is the old Norman Uw , which allows the plucking out eyes , tearing off limbs , branding , and the pillory for very slight offences . " : .
Theie things nave loDg been called for by the inhabitants The authorities have treated with contempt all their humble petitions and memorials ; and far from attempting any reform , th « ir object is to maintain things as they are , for the sake of tho < loaves and the fishes and all the opposition to ohango proceeds from these ! men . It has now become an axiom In . the Island , ' Tbat there is no security for life , liberty , or property in Jersey . ' I could adduce hundreds of cases to prove this , -Eren a jurat of the court ( E . Mialle , Esq . ) , has publicly declared , ' there was no justice to bs obtained in Jersey . ' Many snch opinions-1 ceuld quote , were I' not trespassing too
largely on your columns . The Monthly Laa Magazine has declared that , 'Of all the sinks of corruption that ever existed , the Island of Jersey is the most monstroas , the most revolting , and tho most flagrant ; ' aud another equally high authority says , « The spirit of party has poisoned the very fountains of justice , equity is unknown , law is despised , and impartiality a virtue , whose name is never heard . To expect a reform of these crying and manifold abuses from the local legislature , would be a ridiculous expectation . The purification of this Augean stable , can only be effected by the British Government , and the loyal subjects of the island will hail their vigorous interposition with joy and gratitude . '
That interposition I am glad to say has been aeoorded , for in addition to the Criminal Commission , the govern , ment is pledged to the issuing of a commission for enquiry into the civil law ; and no doubt wo shall have a clean sweep of all the antiquated cobwebs flinch have been collecting for ages ; and this , thanks to the sweepiog of an excellent broom—the Jersey Kew 3—which has toiled early and late , through good report and ill report , in ef . feeling changes for the benefit of the persecuted and the oppressed . To the . A ' euis , therefore , be inscribed all the honour and glory of tho reform .
An Old Inhabitant . Jersey , Sept . 4 , 1847 . [ We have broken through our asual rule in publishing the above anonymous letter . In the event of further correspondence , 'Au Old Inhabitant' must supply his address . ] ¦ -
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THE FOOTWAY THROUGII HOLLAND PARK KENSISGTON ' TO THK IDIIOB OF THB NOhtbBFNSTAR . Dear Sib , —The question as to whether the ' footn-ay before Holland House shall ba closed , is to be decided on the eleventh of October n « t , at the Sessions House , CUrkenwell-gr » en , when the magistrates , in Quarter Sessions assembled , will , In all probability , decide against tho public—the public being so indifferent to the question , that that magistrate must bo a patriot indeed , ( and have a thankless task , indeed , ) who would plead for them in this case . 1 have strove hard to ante the foot , way in question , and , I believe , have done my duty . The press has also done its duty ( as it always doeB in such cases ) , but all the people care fori ? , to grumble . I have effwert to unite them in a committee , for the pur . poso of making such arrangements with Lord Holland
as , whilst they would not interfere with the proposed improvements of his lordship in front of Holland nouse , would not deprive the public of the footway in that direction ( which has existed for above three erntu . nM ) , I have offered to pay all expenses that might be incurred ; and have appealed to tho people to come forward , but thoy will not do so ; th » yare acting in this easo as they acted ( ay , and are still acting ) In the mso of th « Enclosure of Child ' s Hill , at Hendon , and the Kilburn thoroughfares to Primrose Hill ; and , as in tho case of those most outrageous invasions on publte rights , they are denouncing the authors of such wrongs , without , Tor one moment , reflecting that they themselves are , in reality , the parties who are most to blame , because
they have in ttner power tho means to abolish the wrongs complained of , but will not make use of them . Let the people act more and talk lesB , and there will then be Borne hope . of them ; but let them continuo to act as they have done , in this and other cases which I could name , and they will drive all but enemies from th « n . As I hnv « repeatedly stated , I do not bolUve Lord Holhnd to be a bad man ; and I had hopes , that if the proposed committee could have been formed in Kenalngton , the footway in question might have been preserved ; as It iB . it must go th « way of all other ri ghts Englishmen &o ,, were once possessed of , for , as Lord Stanhope truly observes , ' It is is impossible to help thoso who will not also help themselves , '
Ab It may be asked why I , as secretary of an Anti-Enclosure Association , do not bring this qneation before tV . e committee of moil « u »»* wva » ii , I answer , that I AM do so ; and that any pirson Is at liberty to do io , at th » giMtinge which we kold each Monday sight , at the Princess Royal , Clroue-stmt , Now-road , but It is not to ka sxpeeted that a committee in Marylebone would have half that iaflnence in this easei which a committee in in Kensington would kave had , ' Kowevor , I have < ont my beet iu this affair ; lei those who have not done st , do so ere it is too late , or cease to tomplain , Tours , for public rights and public patriotism , . Tnn Sbcbetaky or tdb . Webs London Cbntbaii Anti-Bnclobu be Associate Marjlebone , S » pt . 5 tb , 1817 .
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. WILSON , THE SCOTTISH MARTYR . TO TUB IDiTOB OF . TUB N 0 RTHBHN UTAH . Sib , —Having seca in the'N trOern Stor of August 2 $ th last , a very able article respecting the monument which has been erected in the Necropolis , at Sight Hill , ' near Glasgow , to porpetuate the principles of freedom , and the memory of Bardie aad Baird , and a suggestion that something of a like kind ought to be erected to poor old Wilson , I beg to submit to you tho following fads respeet > ing the cass of Wilson . A few friendsto the good old cause In Lennox Mill , 0 amp 9 ie , andGlasgow , « xerted themselves in the way o ! a subscription for the purpose of getting up a monument la the church-yard here , OYir the grave of James Wilson . What was considered a sufficient sum haviag been ' subscribed , and mo opposition toitB erection being anticipated , a atulptor was engaged to put it up , and a eommittee formed here to see the work carried into execution . The night previous to the day sn which it was intended to lay the foundation , th «
committee , to their , great surprise , learned that the Rev . William Proudioothad culled upon the sexton , and instructed him not to give up the keys of the gate for the purpose of allowing the monument ' stoaes to be taken inta tho eburcrt . jard . Part « f the . wmaiMee waited Hjwnth * rev . gentlemen , » o ascertain the fat * , and , having learned from himself tbftt the veport WS 8 correct ; we wdeavoured to reason with the ieV . parish minister < m the natter , stating that it would nst takt up any more ground , nor be a greater iBounbranve than th « : mouamenta already erected in tha ehurch-jard . But'tlM Durial . groBQd was too small for the parish of Avbndnle , and those already erected would be taken dowa as aoou ai the ground was needed , aad that wrald nst suit the purpose for which the committee wished to erect this one . ' We than offered to place , tb « monument upon aside , or in an angle of the « hureh-jard , where it could not annoy or encucobes any perioa ; but ' a ^ bttwas tea ^ lj bwtile , ' he BaM , 'to all mim
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ments . ' But the fact is . it was the prlneiple , and not all monimentB . 'that faa « as hostile te . Finding tbat we eouU not make any favourable impression upon th » rev . genflernaa , the committeo had no alternatiw ist to search for a Bite for th « moaument . ' - : The l » mb in which James Wilson was born , and where be resided th « whole of hi . life , until he was for . ibl y taken away , ou the Oth April , 18 M , having , since bis execution , fallen Into decay , was concluded th . moBteI . gible spot . The committee , therefore , made a purchase of it ; with . he baok ground attached , and upon this tha monument to perpetuate the principles of freedom ; a » d the memory , of James Wilson was erected , theugh man . . unfinished sta le . The monument is not eompl e « e , beeauBe th . co » mi » tee are in waat of the one th ng neeifal . . Wehave expeaded between forty and hf y pouadBapon it and I presume that it wouldrequirb thirty pounds to finish it , *
I have given you a relation of the simple facts con . nected with this caBe , and I leave it to you to make the B ^ ry . ;; If you can stir up any of the friends of freedora ; in .. England , Ireland , or Scotland , to contri . bute their raite towards the completion of James Wilson ' s monument .: yon will for over oblige th « Wilson Monument Committee , and ] ' . ¦ ; ¦ ; Your very humble servant , r .- « ''?; . . ' ,- ¦* , JoaM w > "o » , pr « 5 « . Findlaj ' s Land , Waterside , StratUaven , : . ¦ . lL : August 31 st . 1847 .... ' ..
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.. ' ; ' ... ' ¦ ¦ CHARTIST POLITICAL ECONOMY . ¦ . ' . r- T 9 MB tEE CLIFFOBD . Si * . r-W your letter in the Family Times of Uutwcek contained nothing more than the general abuse of Mr 0 Connor , in which you bo liborally indulge I serl . ouBly assure you that I should not trouble myself to m v \ . ' i ? " y 0 Ur lette ' &' »> DgUv sentenoo of comment . «/ j \ , nOr has b ^ le ? ' f Ulea t 0 tne libellous slander of design ngscribhlerB , ' . well as the abortions of men whoimuU him in Ignorance of his true Intentions , men who condemn what they do understand , and In maay oases mistake a single part for an entire fcheme What may be your intentions I know not ; but of this fact I am pretty confident , that Mr O'Connor can set down yeur slander on the eredit side of the account , and lose no thing In the settlement of the Mil : ;
You represent Mr O'Connor as having said thei other day , at the Newton camp meeting , that the only way to obtain cheap bread was for svery man to grew his own . ' From wbibb Btatement yoa infer that the political econoroy . of . thb Chartists would , if in full operation , cnuse the ' weaver to desert his shuttle and take to ploughing , whilst the husbandman « kips from the farrew to the loom , or busies himself with the spinning . jenny , or else goes , back to the primitive wheel whioh manufactured thread for our ancestors , itc' ' , I am not aware that Mr O'Conuor ever proclaimed any « uch a system . I do not find It in any report of the Newton meeting that I have seen and I think it would have been but an act of justice to have favoured the public with your authority , and to have quoted the
entire sentence orparagraph containing the words used , and such other parts of Mr O'Connor ' s speech as bore correctively on the subject at issue . You have not adopted so honourable a course , neither have you re . ( erred to the writings of Mr O'Connor generall y , ' or taken any notice of the practical land experiment propounded by that gentleman , which experiment , in all fairness , will be . admitted by all parties an the best test of Char , tist political economy . There are . such things bb inverted commas used by writers for the press ; they are useful , and inquiring readers prefer the proper use ef them , I might write the quotation from scripture , 'There is no God . ' The reader would say , Why not give the statement in full ?— ' Th » fool hath said in his heart , there is no 6 od . ' The sense is immediately changed and the true meaning rendered plain .
The Chartists do not desire to return to the primitive state of agriculture and manufactures . They know that , man is a progressive being , and they say , and justly too , that , if tfae landlords have doubled their rents in a period of thirty years , if ona man ; by the aid of ma . chinerj , can , in the cotton trade , do as much work as one hundred and fifty men formerly did ; if our shipping multiplies , and our trades increases we have a right to reap the benefit in fair proportion of all auch improvements . We have investigated the question fairly , we have asked the government to aid us , and , fiuding that we do not improve in either health , ar wealth , we have , Tesolved to club our pence together , buy land , build cottages , and improve our condition by every possible means in our power , so that , as far as possible , we may reap the fullest advantages of improved civilisation . ' Return to the primitive state , indeed ! I would recommend you , sir , to visit tho estate at Lowbanda , and mark tho
agricultural operations of that Industrial colony , —there you will see the most improved agricultural machinery you ever beheld , and observe tho good results of associative labour , centralisation turned to its truo account , bringing blessings upon nil concerned . Never forget this feet , that the directing mind of nil is Mr Feargus O'Connor whose character you 89 heartily abuse , and whose praetices j ou so heartily culegiso in the following statement , quoted word for word from your letter : — ' Truly to promote the people ' s welfare is to multiply the sources of industry , and instruot the working classes in the best means of turning them to account ; for , hitherto , they neither know what is best for them , nor if they did , are they in the leaBt acquainted with the means of securing it to themselves . Tho people want knowledge—the knowledge that will reveal to them all the good of which their condition is susceptible , and , ' at the same time , point out the course by which It is to be reached . '
Now , suppose Mr O'Connor , on behalf of the National Land Company , buys one hundred aud fifty acres of land , which lately found employment for a farmer and say four labourers , with five to each family , being in all , tweuty . fivo individuals . Mr O ' Connor divides the land intoSfty allotments of three acres each , each allotment occupied by an allottee ; and , again , suppose a family of five for each three acres , there are one hundred and fifty individuals maintained whilst the increase of pro . < 1 uce Is incalculable . AU the families live in comfortable housen , and tho building of these houses have found em .
ploy men t fer a great number ot workmen , who otherwise nould have been idle , increasing the poor rates or filling our gaols . Doos not this 'truly promote the people ' s welfare , multiply the sources of industry , and instruct the working classes in the best means of turning them to account ! ' Truly , Mr Lee Clifford , you require to go into the country to have the cobwebs blown from your intellect and clear the London fog from your eyes , in order that you may at once observe that you teachChartlst political economy in theory , and Mr O'Conuov does the greater act of realising yosr theory in practice
I now call your attention to Bomoof the statements in your third paragraph . Is laudation of Mr Oobden and Mr Bright yom say : < They ara the true friends of the people , who enlnrg « tlie fldd of their employment , aud facilitate ( be acquisition of the necessaries of life . It is tho grossest stupidity and folly to Inculcate into their minds that political rights ani privileges are desirable apart from all social improvement . ' You are right ; so-• ial and political improvement ara inseparable , and , If you will refer to Mr O'Connor ' s speeches and writings , yeu will discover that yours is but the faint echo of his teachings to the people . His land scheme is social , its effects soeial aud political ? He facilitates the acquisition of the neeessariet of life—not by quoting the prices of wheat at DantoicovNew York—speaking largely of experts , and repealing impart duties , but adepts the very simple and natural process , of sowing wheat and barley
in England , planting cabbages in gardens , aud giving working men from all parts of th « tountry some chance of tutting them on their ewu aecouat . Not so stupid a thought , after all . Or if , a « you say , Mr O'Connor ' s notions are antiquated and ridicalous , < bc ., the relation between you and him , is a plain one , you enunciate what ho practises , fttl Uave never heard of him at any time bjteMngto « tte » p aBd good bread , to political and so-• iul improvement , on tht wntrary , for suoh desirable objects he has spent—tho best part of aa active life . If snch be the mental bllndneu , or designing villainy , that makeayou exclaim , . 'Iknow of no weight . of scorn too great to Be heaped on snch a won , ' ¦ the public will have bo diffieulty in finding the proper words U write a full , leagtb poikroit ef your knowledge , designs , and practises . The hnmble , plain men , Ik * labourers of -England , who intuitively know the character of JohH Bull , will , in their very simplicity , always cHscriBinate tb * properties of
Jackass , . I am glanyt > tt proalse vrayonre-pinknw entire 'five paints , ' and expNss a hapa that you uaaj remember the sixth " ; and phased with the pointed manner you have descanted oh Chartist political economy , I will endeavour to make it a point to read your disquisitions , and if I be not disappointed , it Is possible that I may point out the sentiments of which I approve or disapprove . Your adviae to Mr Buncombe I think exceedingly opportune , and as we all understand each other , Mr O'Connor aud Mr Duncombe being best able to make the arrangement relating to tfae People's Demonstration on the opening f the New House of Commons , there is but little doubt that both gentlemnn ' will prefer walking to the House of Commons , rather than to march through ' Coventry , ' with the P < tmify Timwand Lee Clifford . Samobl Kidd .
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— «•> THB ANTI NATIONAL WRONG ' LEAGUE . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NOBTBBBH 8 T&B . Sib—I saw in the Star of the 28 th of August , a letter from Henry D Griffiths , calliDs upon the Chartist body especially to form an Anti National Wrong League , * upon a suggestion of Mr Gammage , I suppose of Nor . thampton . Now , sir , in my view of the matter I see no reason for such a step being taken ; Is sot the present organisation quite sufficient for the purpose , if supported with thai zeal with which it ought to be I Have we not the National Charter Association already in existence , with an efficient executive directing its operations , and has it not fulfilled everything that conld be expected of i » , as the general election fully testified ? Have we not also the Central Election Committee , able and willing to give every information and assistance in preparing for elections , if ejfcientty mpporitd * What more would Mr G . have , or what more could he have ?
But , if I mistake not , this Mr Griffiths along with Mr Gammage belonged to th at then skinned party who followed the fortunes of O ' Brien and Co ., and therefor * knowiHg their former aots , I would humbly advise the Chartist body to receive any suggestion of the kind witk great caution , and after mature consideration , coming from such a source . As you , Mr Editor , have justly r « . marked , ' ouca bit , twice shy . ' I renumber , at the time of getting up one of the National Petitions , these same sort of gentry found fault an 4 objected to what they called the Introiuctlon of ? Extraneous matter , ' alleging that the minds of . the people might ba diverted from the Charter ; but now I find there is no such fear , for there is a long list of wrongs enumerated , all to be redreesed , and of course that redress to be agitutid for . I admit all those named to be wrongs , but then let thorn occupy
tho 6 amo place in the estimation of the Chartist body as the new poor law or auy otuer bad law sought to be abolished ; that is , when any other party takes them up , give them assistance , but keep by tha present organisa * tion , and if Mr Griffiths , or any of the same c ! &bs be jAa reformers they pretend , let them come before the people in sincerity , and own at once they were misled ; as , in my view of the matter , to do as he suggests would be as much as to say , that we had been wrong and they wera right ; a thing that I , at least , and as far as I can see , the Chartist body , are not prepared to admit . In con * elusion , I would say , let all who see national wrongs , join the Rational Charter Association ; and then , having gained the suffrage , all grievances can be redressed . And to the Chartist body I would say , hold fast by the present organisation . Tha Charter and No Surrender ! A Constant Reat > e& , September i , 1817 ,
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. — . — - < p— . THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS ; The monthly meeting of this Society took place on Monday last , at the German Hall , Drnry-la " ne . Ernest Jones was called to the ehair . After the minutes of the previous meeting had been confirmed , Samuel lvjdd and some other membera vsjere elected .. On tho motion of Julian . Harkby and John Arnoit , it was resolved : ~ That the society ' s annual baaquet take place on
Menday , the 20 th of September , that being a more generally convenient day than the 22 u <] , the society ' s anni . versary , . A oeramittee , consisting of C . Keen , T . Clark , C « Schapper , J . Arnott , and J . Overton , was appointed to make the necessary arrangements . A discussion then took place on the Swiss and Italian questions , and continental politics generally . Stirring speeches were delivered by Carl Schiipper , Henry Ross , Thomas Clark , Christopher Doyle , and Julian Harney . Finally , on the motioa of T . Cj , ark and J . Abbott : —
Ernest Jone 3 , Carl Schapper , and Julian Harney , were appointed a committee to draw up a manifesto in the name of the society , on tho present movements m Europe . The said manifesto to be submitted to the members im adoption at their annual festival . The supper will take place in the German Hall , Whit * ilarfc , Drury-lane . A number of pooulafi advocates of Democracy aro ahtaily fhdaea to attend .
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. " ' *¦ — -. IRISH CONFEDERATION . Oa Snndaf evenrnjr , the 20 th nil ., a laago $ nd respectable meeting of the Young Inlanders of tho metropolis was hejd at the Green Man , Berwickstreet , Oxford-street . Among those present wera several of the staunch advocates of the late reieal movement in this metropolis , who were compelled , from the turbulent conduct of their leaders , toJ ave that body in disgust . Mr T . Daly was eolled to tht } chair , who called upon Mr Fitzgibbon , who read ' se . veral extracts from the Irish papers . E . Kennedy , Esq ., barrister-at-law , read the report of the couneil of the Irish Confederation , on whieh he ably commented . Mr Kennedy , cm concluding , { handed ia hia own subscription of £ 1 . After an able ' address i
rom Mr M-varmy ; mr iiussey , in an able speeeh . alluded to the Tablet . He said , though it : was a Catholic journal , it was afooutaa bigoted as any is this metropolis . It excluded all reports n coaneotion with the Young Ireland party , whilst its columns wero open to the proceedings « f the hucksters of Concihation Hall . The Tablet never was a si ™ cere advocate of Repeal . Several resolutions were tnen passed , the purport of which were to collect information and call Young Ireland meetings over lliir i ? ' 4 ^ . committee wae then appointed , and Mr Kennedy , in the most handsome manner tendered the use of his chambers for the committee to meet m , which was at once accepted . The meeting then separated .
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Amdlksidb . — ' So crowded , ' says a correspondent , 1 have been the inns and lodging houses here , that the Bishop » f Lincoln , who was staying all night , was necessitated to sleep on the floor . '—iV ^ on Guardian . [ Bishops are surely at a discount now-adays , or some layman would hare given up hrs bed rather than see a 'right reverend father in God ' put UP with such lodgiugSJ . _ .,:... , V Gentleman 8 ( TTw ok aob , ih . bb- ^ ot a , vebt bad log by Holloway ' s Pills and Ointaeni-llr Richard Stonher residing at Saxnmndharo , SufiWh , had a bad Lee which ho waB apprehonBive would tost him his life , althou gh attended by ar » eminent surgeon , y « ttb » danger became so great that It was deemed . ecessary to use Hollowav ' s Pills and Ointment under the surgeon's in . snection by these celebrated remedies al » n » a perfeet cu 7 cww effected in a few wcelis . The- » g «» ftWs gentleman makes the euro most extraordinary . Heh weH known , and tlw fact may bo inquired into , as be Is eve * now a Clerk to ths Commissioners of Twte ,
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . " Papers from this colony to the 30 th « f June an Dourjce further conflicts between the Kaffirs and the settlers . In one afiair in which the British trows ' o re « ga 8 ed , the Kaffirs obtained the yictory , 3 the British were compelled to retreat .
„ , _ v . .. FRANCE , rid . ^ rA JDU , rnals de Positively the alleged sui-Snli /? of * ¥ ^ fortanateDacheia delrariin , SS& ^ « 0 « 1 . «\ . The French noble man who iW , f ° ^ " mistress . is the Prince ifissfis Si of Fmce ' Mn ot the not ebvfe ^^ anee annonnce 8 the * N « f » ? K *?! Sardinian ambBMrfor tothe Minister of & P ^' 38 tf ° **' - ^ case His Holiness S&JfS .- ?; . * 011111 claim the Mmed »• ArSr ? ^ . Ma 5 e ^ Kin S Sardiniaauainst . Austrian invasion , His Sardinian Majestj will cohiwffT * * ^ d » ot to refnse the Sovereign p ontiff tbat assistance , it being his duty , as In Italian Power , to cause th » independence of all the
states of the Peninsula to be respected , as guaranteed by the treaties of Vienna . ' , The National Btates that a Reformist dinner wjs gwen at Rheims on the 31 st ult ., at which more than 400 electors were present , together with MM . Leon rancher and Perignon , deputies . ¦ A Sicau , Revolution . —On Monday and Tuesday the Rue St Honore" was the scenejof tumults which caused gome alarm . A master shoemaker had given some work to i workman , for which he was to receive 3 f . ; but , when the man tookit home he refused to pay more than 2 f . 50 c , oh the ground that the work was badly done . The workman then went and assembled some of his companions , who examined the work , and declared that it was well executed . Bnt
the master still refused to pay , whereupon the workmen loudly expressed their dissatisfaction . This caused a crowd to assemble , consisting chiefly of workmen , and it increased rapidly every moment . Threats were ottered against the master and at length stones were thrown , which smashed the windew ? of the shop . An attempt was also made to break in the shop front . An omnibus was seized , and the people were about to upset it , when detachments of soldiers ' and municipal guards dispersed them . On Wednesday evening the crowd again assembled . The municipal guards had to interfere repeatedly to prevent the street from being blocked up . On Thursday evening the people assembled in greater force . At nine o ' clock a patrol of the National Guard entered the Rue St Honorfe , and was greeted by hoetings and furious cries . On arriving near the Pont St Eustache itwassomuchpressec
by the mob tbat it was obliged to geek refuge in the guardhouse of the Municipal Guard . AU the shops in the vicinity were closed . The Ilorse Municipal Guard occupied all the streets from the Rue de l'Arbre Sec to the Place dn Palais Royal , and the foot guards and police traversed all those atreete . On Friday there was another assemblage , which was only dispersed after repeated charges by the municipal troops and police , horse and foot . On Saturday the people amused themselves by singing the ' Marseillaise . ' During the week the Republican party had been arduously engaged endeavouring to calm the popular effervescence , and owing principally to those exertions , quiet appears to have been restored . The journals teem with the complaints of persons beaten or otherwise maltreated , and even im . prisoned by the police , without the slightest evidence of their connexion with the rioters . SPAIN .
Narvaezhas completely failed in his attempt to form a ministry . If accounts received from certain quarters can be fully credited , the Queen has displayed a firmness and resolution which must fill with despair those who imagine that she can be made the mere instrument for the aggrandisement of the family of the King sf the French- La . Pratt guarantees the following report of the audience which Narvaez had at the palace at midnight , ou the 29 th ult .: Nabvaez . —Will your majesty deign to inform me of the resolution to which your majesty has come ! ^ . Qoeen Isabella . —What ! The resolution I have taken ! When the list yoa presented to me contains only the names of my enemies ! S . —The list is composed exclusivel y of men known for their attachment to the threne and their devotion to the person of y « ur majesty . Q . I . —I tell you that most of them are n > y enemies .
S . —Will your majesty then deign to select a cabinet , and inform me of those whose accession to office would be agreeable to your majesty ! Q . I— . 1 reject all that jon have proposed , and I am going to invite the Progresistas to office . S . —Your majesty , doubtless , forgets that the ProgresiEtis are by tradition , by jrosition , and by tystem , the most dangerous enemies of your throne ^ and the adversaries of your prerogatives . Q « I . —I forget aothing . My resolation ig taken , and in the worst case I shall , &b a pis aUer , retain the present ministry : N . —Tout majesty will permit me to observe that it is aot necessary for me to return to Paris . Q . I—It was not I that ordered you to leave it . N . —Then my mission is finished ? Q . I . —Perfectly finished , and you may retire . The Moderado 3 are furious at the failure of Narvaez , and the more so as it was unlooked for .
The Gazette , of the lat , publishes decrees of the Queen , accepting the resignation of M . Pacheco and his colleagues , with the exception of Senor Salamanca , Minister of Finance , and Senor Sotelo , Minister of Marine . Other ordonnances follow , giving the formation of the new Ministry : —viz .: General Fernando Fernandez de Cordova , War ; Senor Patricio de la Escosnra , the Political Chief of Madrid , Interior . ; General R 03 de Olano , Public Works ,. Commerce and Public Instruction ; Senor Antonio Caballerp , Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , to the portfolio of that department ad interim ; Senor Salamanca retains the office of Finance Minister ; and Senor Sotello that of Marine . The posts of Presidentof the Council and of the heads of the departments of Foreign Affairs and Justice are not yet filled np ;
The contest in Catalonia continues to be characterised by acts of the most brutal cruelty , on both aides . Massacre succeeds massacre , by way of reprisal , with frightful celerity . Five Carlists , all severely wounded , have been shot at Gerona ; they were obliged to be carried from the hospital to the place of execution . At Mataro , a dying Carlist and a boy fifteen years old , who had been pardoned a few days before , have likewise been sacrificed to the infernal system of retaliation established by that butcher General Pavia . AtLerida , it may be said that the government autho rities shot a corpse , for the Carlist Bhot on the occasion was insensible , through the effects of poison he had taken , when he was shot .
The Journal da Pebats mentions that a royal decree , dated the 2 nd of September , has been published , which authorises a ll political emigrants , without exception , to return to Spain , and annuls all prosecutions commenced against them . The decree merely forbids Carlists from residing in Catalonia , Aragon , or the Basque provinces . * ~ ~ General Manuel de la Concha is to replace General Pavia as Commander-in-Chief in Catalonia . It was rumoured in Paris on Tuesday , that the agent who had preceded NarvaezU his journey to Madrid from Paris ( two Valencia ) in 1843 . h : d just bee'i despatched by Queen Christina from the French capital with a million and a half of francs ( £ 60 , 000 ) ia gold for Narvaez , destined to bring about a military revolt iu his favour . ¦•
-PORTUGAL . Lisbon letters ef the 23 rd ult : announce the spp « int * ent of the new Ministry , which was composed of—M . Antonio de Azevedo Mello e Carvalho , Minister of the Kingdom and President of the Council ; M . Francisco Antonio Fernandea da SiWa Ferrat , Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Justice ; Baron da" Luz . Minister of Foreign Afcirs ; M . Marino Miguel Franzini , Minister of Finance ; M . Joao F . Periera de Mello , Minister of Marine and Colonies ; and Baron de Armofalla , Minister of War . The new Ministry is denounced as Cabralist . Coeta Cabral himself . has returned to Lisbon , and is hand and glove with the Queen . Hia return to power is thought to be not distant . FBU 1 TS OF IflBD PAIMEBSTOK ' s POLICY .
Tho Kevctucao . among other savage acts of reaction on the part of tha royalist troops , relates the following : —The column of the major of infantry , Eugenio , bad marched irom Coimbra , in the direction of the Sierra de Estrella ; and , as they had to pass the night at Scudomil , they set a picquet to guard the bridge , under the command of Manuel Freyre , captain of the 4 ih regiment . At nine in the evening , five citizens , who had served in the ranks of the revolution , came by on their way home to their houses .. They were seized and conducted to the guard-house . While they remained there they were npt molested . but early in the morning they were taken into a field , where five graves were opened , fcow assured of the fate which awaited them , they implored permission to see their families , or if that were denied , they asked the spiritual succours of religion ... Their entreaties were disregarded- and presently , they were all hanged on separate ' olive
trees . . . - In the district of Guarda a oan and Mb son were apprehended by a force headed by Margal , and were afterwards murdered in cold blood . In the town of Vidigueira , province of Alemtelo two ladies were leaving a house in company of the parish priest , and were all three shot by the patrol composed of four soldiers of t he battalion of Bei a The ^ same paper brings an account of the murder at the Charneca of Vendas Novas , of Senhor A ntonio de Panla Roberto , commander of the moveable battalion of Evora . .
Accounts have been received in Lisbon ef a fearful tragedy enacted in a village in Alemtejo—the Algarve battalion , or rather a detachment from it , beiny resisted in aa attempt to sack the village murdered fifteen of the inhabitants . From Tavira ( AIgarvo ) the English vu&consul writes for protection : an English resident of ' suspicjoas' politics Jttd Ms tow entered by tte
autborittas , and everything ia ; the place Smashed to pieces , - --- ¦ - . - .. . ' .. ¦¦¦ " . ' ' .. '' - ¦ -: " ^ Fromllhavo , inthe district of Aveiro , I learn Bat on the 14 th ult . an unfortunate member of the Patulea , named GoBgalves de Oliveira ; was assassinated at nightfall in the public street . He had left Oporlo with Const das Antas ' s expedition , and had 8 ubsfqueatly been imprisoned in Fort St Julian . The assassins ( said t * be Cabralists ) after killing him cat his head in pieces ! They are known , but a reign of terror being established in the district no o . - . e dares molest them , and the authorities appear to eye their proceeding with indifference .
GERMANY . . The Polish trials at Berlin drag their slow length along . Lola Montes has been created by the King of Bavaria Countess de LandsSeld . _ A pe ' asaut insurrection has broken out in Carinthia .
- SWITZERLAND . In the sitting of the Vorort of the 28 th , the deputy of Lucerne presented a formal protest against the validity of the decrees of the Yorort of the 20 th , 23 d , and 30 th July , although they had been adopted by a majority of twelve and a half cantons ; and that the council' of State of Lucerne would resist their execution by every means in its power . Letters from Berne otthe 3 d instant announce that , after a discussion which lasted two days , the
Dietdecided—first , that the question of the Jesuits was a federal one ; and ' second , that the cantons in which that order existed should be summonedto dismiss them , and that those in which there were no Jesuits should be forbidden to admit them under any denomination whatever . That resolution was voted by 12 cantons and two half-cantons . The representatives of Lucerne , Schweitz , and Valais respectively protested in tht name of their constituents , and declared that they would maintain the Jesuits in spite of the injunction of the Diet .
It was reported that the Commander-in-chief of the troops of the league , the ex-federal Calonel Ulrica de Salis Soglio , had been arrested in the canton ef Tessino , on the territory of which he had ventured to make a reconnaiicmee of tha ground , with a view tothe construction ef works on the frontier . The decisien o f the Diet to dismiss from the federal service all : the officers who took service with th » League was carried into complete execution . Convoys of gunpowder , and munitions ofwar i coming from Germany and passing through the canton of Zurich to that of Zog , had been seized , and sequestrated ; by the cantonal authorities of Zurich , in accordance with the late resolation of the Diet , passed after a like seizure in Tessino .
ITALY , The Italia , in a supplement , give 3 the following from Bologni , Angust 23 : — 'The universal desire of the citizens has been acceded to . The Pope prepares for defence . Troops constantly arrive , and are distributed in three points of observation ; one at the defile of St Gallo , by the Kfcno . OB the road from Bologna to Ferrara ; the second at GaBtel Franca , between Bologna and Medena ; the last at the defile of Bastia , by the Reno , near . Argents . Forli and Ancona are two more centres of operation , for the concentration of troops , forming' a line of observation along tho Adriatic . All the intermediate towns between Bolognaand thetwoformeraredefended by theNational Guard , already in aetive service , and inspired with the greatest enthusiasm . : - :
A letter from Rome of the 25 th ulti , published in the Semaphore of Marseilles , says that the town of Peruaia has offered to the Pope 2 , 000 volunteers , and 600 muskets . General Bentivoglio , an old soldierof the empire , ColonelsBini , Boccanera , Major Provinciali , and other officers having served under the empire , had left Rome on the 24 th to reconnoitre the ground for establishing a . camp . Before their departure these officers were p ersonally received by his Holiness , who addressed them at parting thus : — ' Gentlemen , ' said he , the sword is drawn , and we must not return it to the scabbard without disputing
inch by inch the ground which belongs of right to us , and until we recover what we have lost . I hope that my brave soldiers will justify the confidence which their country and their sovereign reposes in them . ' It is impossible to describe the enthusiasm excited bj this address , which , with the rapidity of lightning , was circulated through the city . The Pope was excited to the highest pitch of indignation on beinginformed that Count D'Auesperg , who commands the garrison at Ferrara , is the same who had so atrocious a share in the massacres of Tarnow .
It is stated in the Italian journals that Minardi , the spy , has been surrendered by the Tuscan government to the Pontifical authorities . Large bodies ef troops had appeared on the line of the Pofrom the Venetian territory , the destination of which was not known . They had passed through Padua and Rovigo with a large train of ammunition waggons . The municipal council of Ancona had voted a sabsidy of 2 , 000 scudi to the government , towards the expense of arming the civic guard ; a like sum was voted by the Chamber of Commerce of Ancona . The Jeiv 3 aud the merchants met , and offered to make up whatever might be deficient of the sum necessary to provide arms . Three of the chief citizens were sent to Rome to make these offers to the government . The Swiss troops demand to be placed foremost against the Austrians . The superior clergy make voluntary contributions for arming the national guard . Tho population in masses , including the peasantry , offer themselves as volunteers .
Sardinia , which has protested against the occupation of Ferrara by the Austrians , has now , says a contemporary , a population of 5 , 050 , 368 persons , and an army , for a time ot war , of 100 , 000 men . Her navy consists of twenty-eight vessels , five of which are 60-gun frigates . Important , if Tbub . —The Roman Advertiser , of the 28 th ult ., has the fallowing : — It is said that an answer to the protest ot the legate of Ferrara has Arrived from Vienna . The Emperor declares that the occupation was ordered b y Itadetzky alone , * who had , however , been invested with the power cf judging when it might be right and necessary to take snch a step ; ' that this proceeding is not considered an infringement of the rights of the Sovereign Pontiff , but is a right vested in the Emperor by the treaty of Vienna ; that if his Holiness is of a different opinion , Austriacon . seats to hare the matter referred to an arbiter at the choice of the Holy Father .
A treaty between the court of Russia and the Pope has been signed , by which the recurrence of the persecution of members of the Romish church in Russia will be prevented . A letter from Toulon says : — The Neapolitan frigate Stromboli lias joat arrived Hera from Naples , which she quitted on the 22 nd , bound for Marseilles . According to private letters svents had assumed a very serious appearance in the kingdom of the two Sieilies ; the insurrection had made great progress , and the troops of the government bavins been do . feated in different encounters , showed at that time some hesitationi Several towns were in tho power of the insurgents ¦ ¦ ;
A letter from Naples , in the Semaphore of Marseilles , states that the King has set a price upon the heads of the chiefs of the bands of Calabria , and that they have replied to its by a proclamation , in which they offer a reward of 3 , 000 ducats for the head of General Statella , who has been sent against them . According to letters fronv Leghorn of the 27 th ult . a plot lias been discovered in that city . It was formed by the Austro-retrograde party . It was intended , by attacking the person and house ef the American Consul , to furnish the Cabinet of Vienna with a pretext for intervention . The conspiracy was defeated by the vigilance of the patriots .
The Grand Duke of Tuscany has created a touncil of stale to which he has assigned very important functions . "" Although there be nothing of a representative character in this body , it constitutes nevertheless a . great advance in the direction of constitutional reform . The . Grand Duke has declared lus intention to abolish the penalty of death . Letters from Rome of the 30 fch state that the matrons of Rome , of the highest rink , have taken to embroidering soarfs as prizes for . the best marksmen in the musket exercise among tbe nationals . A report is currently
believed in Rome that Lord Jlinto has been appointed and is ob bis way to that city , as British Ambassa dor . It is balieved that the King oi Naples and the Grand Dnke of Tu 3 oany have sent the same declarations of adhesion as the King of Sardinia . The latter prince has 8 ent , as a mark of his approbation , the grand cross of St Maurice and St Lazarus to Cardinal Ferretti . Popular demonstrations took place at Pisa en the 26 th and 27 th ult :, to celebrate at once the institution of the council of state , the creation of the civic guard . .
GREECE . A letter from Athens announces that a skirmish took place between the insurgents and the government troops on the 20 th , in which Grizioti was seriously wounded . The number of killed and wounded , on both sides , is said to be considerable . ¦ - ¦ . POLAND . Cracow . —Trade is completely paralysed with us > The public mind is a prey to suspicion and distrust , and the future appears uncertain . The peasantry is equally discontented , and an explosion is to be dreaded , should the conscription be set ia vigsur . We receive news from Poland , which speaks of fresh conspiracies , a report which seems confirmed by several arrestationB which have recently taken place en our frontier *—JournalMcmaudile Francfcrt ,
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MARGHOF DEMOCRACY . SO THE EMTOB OP ME NOMHBBN STAB , Dbab 9 ib , — The rapid strides whioh the principles of Democracy are newmahiBg in this country , and likewise in a great part of Boropo , is highly gratifying to the progressive Reformer , and is calculated to injpire thepaople with new aeal , with fmh enthusiasm , ' aad a better hope Sot the future . The spark of liberty is kindled by a refwming Fope in Italy , while that bloodthirsty , thai . tfotard adviser « f an idiot King , ' Metter . bioh , is mnfclig tbe attempt to stay the onward march of Freedom , in the Italian States , by concocting
aeon-Bplrncy to destroy the Pope , and has again broken lh » fctaty of . Vierti&a , by taking possession of Ferrara by Austrian tiMps . ' Bnt ' the firm determination of the Pope , tonsitt ' to ' lhe laBt the attempt to ' P l < r >!< Htt ' Italy , has inifittd all lovers of liberty with strong hopes that DemoMaoy will prove too strong for pispotiem . 1 ho brave inclemitaWe , and pereevering Ciroai&lauB , who to nobly resist the attempt of the ' Russia * Bear'to ; impose the yoke ef despotism « a free and rnfelepeoi Is , raaksB one ' s heart pant for their liberty ,, which they are sure to gain . SwitserlanaiBtbr ' eat ( ned with invasion . Spain is on the verge « f another civil war . America is earrjlng en a sanguinary , aud devastating w » t ' against . ttxj JiwioanB , and all h strife and contention . ^
But in England , the great moral triumphs vrhioh have been gated at the late elections ; and which conld not S concealed or fapt hth ,. dark by a corrupt and hireling press-are a sign of . he « me *_ a proof Ibat the tan * cr atio ; pr . lncipl 9 . s , . mnkinB . Way '_ ainon theshopkeepiw olassw , aud augurs ranch for the future Tie noble wamplc which the Gotd m 8 n and true' at Nottingham , have get to Britain , nay , to the whole world in returning our'Old General , 'Mr O'Connor , a 8 ttj » representative in Parliament , Jias : done much for the causeof the people . It has placed him in a position to se » forth their 'manifoldsufferings , ' and propound their rights , In the , Senate House ; to ring ii » . the ears eft your oppressors your rights , ' and to 'heapcoals effija on their h « ads . ' , ¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ . „ ' . .., . Then there is the eloquent , the humans . George Thompion , for the Tower Hamlets ; Colonel Thompson , for Bradford ; W . J . Fox , for Oldham : and others who
are pledged to support the 'People ' s Charter , " returned to the House of Commons . Men who . are prepared to stand by , and support our honest , indefatigable , and per * severing ohief , Duncombe , in the cause « f truth , equity , and eternal justice- —and who will spend their every hour in the cbubb of suffering humanity . This is something to cheor , the drpoping spirits of tha ' political slaves ' ol thU country . . : To my mind , it is a strange anomaly that six-seventhi of tho adult population of this eniightensi , this free , this mmM $ England , should he d . prived of the righto of citizenship . When I see poverty and crime increase on every hand ; when I see the infernal bastile crammed with victim * pf a corrupt and vielous system ; when I hear of my countrymen eating tht carrion flesh of dead animals ; when I see all this , I eselain . in the woi& of our Immortal ShakeBpearo-England - — ---- ' is bound in with Bhame , ¦ !? " ? blots and rottenparchment bonds
„ .. . That England , that was wont to tonquer ethers , Hath made a shameful conquest of herself . Is is not so ! Has not England ' made a shameful conquest of herself ! ' Look at her ill . fed , ill-clad , ill . paid tdlers of the soil . Look at her over-toiled , op . preiied , and donn . trodden manufacturing operatives . It is high time something wa « done for the people . We have brighter hopes now , whon we have a few of the ' tight sort in Parliament ; men who will show that taxation withoutMpresentation'is tyranny , nnd founded on injustice , and ought to be supplanted with aiust , equitable , and humane system . -:
_ There has been » suggestion made , which , if taken up by the working classes of Ihis country , will lead to glorious results for the democratic wuse , and Becure the re . turn , at the next election , of men who would be able , before long , to carry our principles triumphantly through the House of Commons . The suggestion is this : —Where two men , holding the same prineiples , reside together , and occupy two five-pound houses , to agree that one of them should have the vote , And break a door through , and thereby make a connection between tbe two houjjjs , which can he done legally and censtitutipnally . If this had been carried out at Halifax , Jones atad Miall would not hovo lost their day . Would * Tern Olark'havo been defeated at Sheffield ! Would M'Grath
have been at the bottom of the polling list ? Would Sturge have been defeated by a disgraceful coalition ? ¦ Would Julian Harney have been excluded by a trHckllag Palinerston J No ; they would have t >« en theM . P . ' sbi thoso towns , and would have made the temporising , donothing Whigs , tremble for their tottering system . Work , ing men—you have the power inyour own hands , use It , and your principles will be triumphant . Sign . the National Petition , and let our' new members ' be supported and strengthened by the / signatures of upwardB of four millions , whose cry Bhall ha ' The Charter and . no Surrender !' Yours , fraternally , ATODSO , BDI ^ SlS « EBB ChAHISX . Wakefield , Sept . 8 , 1847 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1435/page/7/
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