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THE MIDDLE CLASS MOVEMENT . UkCIIK « ^« f ^^ SS ^ M ^ CHABiEE . -On TnesdHy weekam fo pinsuince of 8 Rqaii >« t ! oa -. wne ^ * Honse of colder T » P ^^ te'SiS of fos ^ * R 5 S . % h ° v Ball- Snu Trianff Pirlia . nente ? AI * . " l » *«« «* *>* . * ' - ««« 'be ( Sees ; Ffr * f a iid investigation wm the esrenduure o the danntrr , with a vie w to its dumnniion ; a national ~ L for the expense ? of the roar ? and such other reforms a' may tend to the weK&re and prosperity 0 J thec-natry so tot by promotin ? public confidence , and restoring trade to a healthy condition , all classes may bs enabled to live happy and comfortable in their respective stitws' The meeting assemb'ed at the Town Hal ! , and the mayor , J . _ W . vkea , Esq .. preside * . Resolutions in accordance with the declared object « f the matins were moved by Mr Hanger , Mr Stirop .
BOH . the RW , J- Bennett , Air Sharp , and others . Oa the second ie . olutionbe . es proposed . Mr B . P * wy moved the following smeEdment :- That tne xpeetuK hold ? tf'at it is the right of every man . 21 Years of age ( or however else a n . r . n might bs fit-fined ) to have a Tote—an equal vote with every o'her raaD , if unc--nvicic : 3 < f crima , and of gane mind , tfl vote for a member of parliament ; and ihit it is aUo the rif ht of every man to sit ip . that parliament whom a majority of such electors may select . ' The Rev . J Tnrlind Bro * n sreoaded the amendment . _ The amendment was carried by avast majority , amid loud cneerJsgandckp / nDg of Uai . d 4 . _ Mr D ? nnis , to whom the cest reso ' . utieu had been intrusted , then csrae forward , sad said that , since an adverse r ^ soliition had bsea come to , it woul-i ill b ? come them ( the
req uisionist ?) to submit farther resolaJiocs to tbf meeting , aad he would leave to the majority the farther cosdast of the proceedings . ( Expressions of disapprobation . ) Mr HolloweJl , a Chirtist , theproposed— ' That it is the opinion of this meetins that , in order to s ' tve effect to the amendment ju *' Carried , Vote by Bailot , Annual Parliaments , Equ »! Electoral Districts , and Payment of Members , should be added . ' Mr Munday seconded tfee proposition , which gave rise to some discussion , bnt was ultimate ] v put and carried unanimously . Sir Munday then p ' r ( rpo 5 € d that the relation * bs embodied in n
petition , to bs signed by the mayor on behalf of thr raeetins , to be sealed by the town seal , and forwarded to the town members for presentation . Mr Barker . Chartist , seconded the proposition , which was carried nnaniraosslj amidst the cheers of the Chartists , the suppcrters < if Household Suffrage taking no part in the proceedings . Mr Bros-n then propessd a vote of thank ? to the mayor , which was carded by acclams lion ; Sir Latchaore addin ? his conviction that the course propo . ed presented the only means of averting Eneh scenes as they bad had in Paris . The Mayor IlSTing returned thanks , the meeSine broke np .
Hull . —At a very numerously attended meetin ? , held in Hull , on "Wednesday , an association was formed to be cslled the Hull Reform League , ' to cooperate with other associations formed and forming at other largs towns , for the purpose ot obtaining Household Scffttge , Vote by Ballot , Triennial Parliaments , and Equal Electoral Districts . SnsDEELiSD . —In compliance with a requisition , pretty numsrously signed , a public meetieE of the inhabitants of . Sun'derlaad , was convened by the Slay or , and held- in the Athecsesm Hall , in that toroagbj on Friday evening , the objesb being to take Into consideration the question of parliamentary and'financial ' reform . Mr William Mordey presided . The first motion , comphinin . 2 of the excej 3 i ve amount of taxation- sunns ]]? raised from the peo ' ple in this country , was proposed by Mr Thomas
Thorep-Eon , seconded by Dr Bowman , and carried unanisonsly . Mr Hills proposed the next resolution , ^ hicb . attributed the results stated in the preceding resolution to the fact that the House of Commons did not sufficiently represent the people , and expressed the satisfaction of ih ? - meeting at the intention of Mr Hume to bring under discassioH the state of the representation , and to propose certain measures for amending it . Mr Robson baring seconded the motion . Mr Diokenson , better known as ice 'Manchester Packer , ' came forward and proponed the whole of the points of the Chart « r . Mt ¦ Williams opposed this proceeding as injudicious , under the circumstances , and , after sorae discussion , Mr Dickensra ' s amendment was withdrawn , and a petition , founded upon the above resolutions , was adopted . Tiiemeetisg , which wag very numerous , thenssparated .
Deeby —On Friday evening , in pursuance of 3 requisition very numerously signed , a meeting of the inhabitants of D ^ iby was convened in the Guildhall , by the ru- ; yor , in sapporfc of tfee new reform movement . The hall , -which is an extensive build . ina with a large cilery at one end , was crowded to excels . Amonps * . those present were several alderden and mernoers of the tiwn council , Eeveral leading manufacturers , end a number of professional men and tradesmen . The follewing resolutions r > ro posed by the Rev . N . Jones , Mr Sturgeon , the Rev . "W . F . Poile , and Mr Biggs wera adopted : —
That the fundamental principle of the British constitution recognises tbe right of the people to a fall and fair Sepresentation in the House of Commons ; and tint , in the opinion of this meeting , the House of Comaons , es at present constituted , does not fairly represent thepopniation , the property , the industry of the cauntry , from which has arisen great and increasing discontent in the Clings ef a large portion of the p = op ! e . ' That this ' mee ' . iag approves oftfeemotioa of which Ht Same has given notice , for placing tke parHementary BaSrsge on a more just sni cqnal basis ; for giving voters the protection of the ballot ; for limiting tbe duration of parliaments ; and making a mora equal apportionment of members to the popalation . Ifc was agreed that the chairman request W . Evins E q ., to present copies of the foregoine reso-Iutioas to Lord John Russell , and to Joseph Hume , Esq . M . P ., and after threa cheers had been given for reform , the meeting broke up .
MiinsTa . fE—Oa Tuesday week a large public meeting was held in the County Assembly rooms . Ctarie 3 Ellis , E ; q , one of tbe borough justices was tailed to the chair . Mr Whiting moved , and Mr Arkenll secaaf ei , th p following resolution : — That this meeting pledges itself to use every possible exertion to obtain an Extension of the Suffrage to all persons occupying a separata tenement for a fixed period ; the Ballot ; Electoral Districts , in which the number of representatives shall ba regulated by the amount of population ; asd the shortening of the
duration of Parliaments , to a term not exceeding three years . '—Jlr Box contended for Universal Suffrage . The Rev . H . Dabney and Mr Fejgns * on alsa asfipered eloquent spseehes in gspport ot Universal Suffrage , but for tb . 9 sake of unanimity declined to pwpose any amendment . The resolution wa 3 adopted frith the addition of a clause in favonrof the abolition of the Property Qualification for Members of Parliament . Otber resolutions in accordance vrith the object of the meeting were tdopted , end clieers for R « - foom and the Charter C 3 ucluded the proceedings .
P . EF 0 RAI MEETING AT NEWCASTLE . Jl public meeting , to tike into consideration the Elate of the representation asd the adoption of mea . sures for it 3 reform , convened by the Mayor , on the requisition of 3 iO inhabitants , washoldenon Mondav last , at the Gaiidhall , whica wa 3 crowded to excess , and numbers aiuld not obtain admission . Tie Mayor ( 5 . Lowket . E § q ) , havine taken the chair , the follgwing resolution , on tbe motion of the Scv . G" Harris , seconded by Mr Rettcasile , was adopted : — ' That this meeting 13 of opinion that the House of Commons , as at present constituted , is an zmfaithfal representation of the people of thi 3 realm . That , in oonseqaenca , elas 3 privileges have been up . held—immense uEtaecesssry expenditure has been incurred—and ranch injustice has bsen entailed . '
MrGso . Cbawshatmoved the next resolution : — That whilst the meeting haiU i ? itu pleasure the general movemeat throughout tbe kingdom for the advancement ef Parliamentary Reform , and views vrith great satisfaction the proposal which Mr Hume fa&s given notice otin ^ pirliement—it yet feels called apon to express its conviction that the only satisfac tory basis on which this question can ba settled is that of the adoption of the principles of Universal Suffrage . ' Mr Crawshat said : I am perfectly , indeed painfully conscious that Itake uponmyself agreat responsibility in advising , ss I am about to do , the adoption of Universal Suffrage—( immenEe cheering )—aa the proper basis of the representation of the people of this
country . But I have that profound conviction upon the subject that I think I should incur a much heavier responsibility if I did not come forward to express it . ( Cheers . ) It is my opinion that the adoption of Universal Suffrage will be the only permanent guarantee for the maintenance of social order . ( Hear , hear . ) It cannot be necsssary for me to prove to & man whohss not ft vote that he ought to have it . There are plenty of persons to do that with much more efficiency and with much more energy than myself . I would rather appeal to that great bo dy which constitutes the great majority of the constituency , and by whota the House of Commons is chiefly elected—to that part of the people whosepower 13 based upon that change in the institutions of thi 3 country , which is known as the Reform Bill . I would ask them if they recollect the means by which that
601 was carried . ( Hear , hear . ) It is that bill which bs given ihetn the power they have . Did they efcSaia i £ themselres ? Thej certain !/ did something towards it ; but were not the millions drawn out to show . their strength ? ( Hear , hear . ) Now it has always appeared to me , if not unprincipled at least 'improper , to call upon men to assist fa obtaining a right which is nofc to bs jfanted to themselves . It was promised them that they should fiava farther reform from that bill . I ask whs with common sense sup-JWS 3 S that they would have exerted themselves , if they *** S ? ^ Peesed gac b a result . It is my opinion waft ueronta & mistake » gu pprcrtiDg it until tney SJ ? I $ *« " * P 88 of farther measures . Indeed I uunfc it uMjonauteut and mean iu anv man to appeal to apronusenans public meeting for support upon any ^ ect unless he U prepared to give UntveSal Suffc » ge . < Heer . hear J It » PPe » a time to be calUag an PKgBlK force to do that which , ought to b « don ! by
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regular means . I am so wearied with the kind of sgication that we have had , that I shall not be satisfied now without a thorough reform of the represent *; - ,,,, I am not willing to keep on trying to f- ^ tj t . " measures npofi the governing ^ hen yon are coniir . ysily kicking a fc ^ . rnment about , yr > a Io 3 e all re-3 ? eit for it . 1 tiling a government % ' uould represent the i ^ '"J ^ ot the people ; but should act independently and not have to adopt rjieasures because they are continually being csarcp . d to do so . I can see no deliverance from this state of things , but in "Universal Suffrage . _
Mr Georgb CsriRLtos seconded the resolution , and in the coarse of his speech said : Let , then , the inMligent working mep ., show their independence , and assert their claim to the suffrage—a suffrage based upon man as man , and not on hia ox , or ass , or house—becinso wan was made in the image Ot God was capible of thinking and actiDg for himself , and ' as an intelligent and responsible bnng , was destined for a higher scate of being , and that being eo , I'e wag fully capable of exercising hisright in the representation of his country . ( Applause . ) the table 1 !
Mr Lauk'x then mounted , anwas received with loud applause , « nd cries of ' Well done Charlie . ' lie observed that sixteen years—a _ large space in the life of man , but a very smallspace in the life of a nation—had elapsed sicca the passing of the so-called reform biil ; and they were tbeB assembled that day in that place in consequence ot ths universal dissatisfaction respecting it , to demand a better reform bill . ( Applause . ) At the time that measure passed into a law the Whig ministeia promised peace , retrenchment , and economy . Peace—they had redeemed their pledge by wars in India , Syria , Chins , Asia , and Africa ! Retrenchment and economy—they hftd redeemed their pledge by increasiue the navy and army , and latterly , by coming into
parliament for an additional sum for the national de . fences . ( Hear , hear . ) They had thu 3 increated the national expenditure , the national taxes , tbe national debt , and on all points had left unfulfilled and unredeemed every pledge they then gave to the peop [ g , ( Applsnse . ^ Bacaoretban all , they badadded aoo'her impost , called tbe income-tax , atax hitharto deemed a war tax , and of a ' peculiar inquisitorial character and nature . cApplause . ) They had then contrivf d t 9 associate around them the idea of peace , plenty , and abnndance . '—these they promissd , as a a compensation for the sacrifices and sufferings of war , but none of these hsd been realised ; while , in stead , in a time of most profound and luxuriant peace ' . they felt all the burden and taxation of a
heavy war . ( Hear , hear . ) But had they not sufficient compensation -when they recollected their glorioui victories—when they shouted in gong the glorious battles of the Nile , chaunted Trafalgar , and cheeriully read in the newspapers ths commemoration of the 18 th of June . Glory , however , as far aa they considered it in a national sense , they , had , but aafortunately they must also remember taey had to pay eight hundred millions of money for it . ( Hear , hear ) It not only cost them eight hundred millions of borrowed money , bat they had likewise entailed upon them a greater debt than any nation had to pay since the world began ., ( Hear . ) That , then , was the legacy their ancestors left them , and it would have tobe upheld so long as there remained a surviving
skeleton of an Englishman to pay . ( Applause ) Bnt what was the consequence of such a state of things ? Why , universal discontent throughout the threi kingdoms . Tne Chartists in England and Scotland were organised , and the people in Ireland demanded separation from tho 3 a proud Englishmen whosaaotrer and tyranny had driven tl e a almost t ) rebellion Sir Larken then , adverting to the late famine in In land , and to the immense sum of m' 119 England had to pay to the impoverished and st-atvingfpeopie of that unhappy country , showed that an aiijait and tyrannical government was always an exoensire one , while acting on the contrary principle , it wascheap , and produced peace and plenty . Referring
to the Reform Bill , he ssid , that all partieB had been disgusted at it ; Heciuse the aristocracy possessed as much power as before it was passed , and that every ministry could cemnnnd its majority to any extent it pleased . They might , iadeed , feel disappointed , bnt that was foolish on their part , seeing that the effect of tbe Reform Bill was predicted to them . ( Hear , hear . ) There conld be no doubS but that bill at first presented much that was popular and promising to the people ; but before it passed through the ordeal of both hou ; e 3 of parliament , it waa shorn of its fair proportions , and when it came forth it was changed materially in its character . He briefly described the alteration effected in it . and contended
that ichad failed in consequence to give to the peoole a full , fair , and free representation- The time , hwever , had come , when such a state of things must be swept sway , and this otild only be done , not by making the House of Commons aborough-mongering parliament—not by representing any section of the people-but by makin £ it in reality the voice and repr-sentitive of the people . ( Applause . ) They muBtEot , on the present- occasion , look for half and half reform—they must not concede their rights , or make any sacrifice on the altar for any pretended claims of gratitude . Absolute rights they had , and the man who rcas not willing to . assert , aad boldly demand tlnm . deserved to be a slave for ever . ( Applause . ) For his own part , he was astonished
that any man should now come forward , and ask the people to be satisfied wish Household Suffrage What right had any one to offer a no 3 tram when they have full and legal rights to demand ? ( applause ) and that without any inquiry respecting the wishes and sentiments of the peop ' e . What right had any man to do so , without first , consulting the people ? And were it cot that he recollected the services of Mr Hume , he certainly should have spoken oui with some freedom regarding his conduct . He therefore repudiated the idea of Household Suffrage , for in receiving this measure , it was virtually recognising parliament as the source of popular rights , while the people , and the people alone , were the true sonrce of all legislation , because they derived their rights from
God and nature , and they possessed them anterior to all parliaments or constitutions . ( ApplaiseO They therefore must be decided for Universal Suffrage , in order that they might obtain a fall , fair , and free representation of tho pepple in the Commons House of Parliament—any thing short of this would but lead to disappointment and a delusive system of reform . ( Hear , hear . ) They bad once been deluded , it was therefore their binding duty to see they were not again ; and in doing ; so , they must remember that all who were opposed to Universal Suffrage were in heart their enemies , for they belonged to that party who were interested in the pre 3 ent system of corruption and patronage , and in the continual misery and degradation of the people . ( Applause . ) There was .
therefore , no other means by which tfee people ronid escape from their enemies than by adopting this measure . ( Applause . ) Many said it wae impossible to grant Universal . Suffrage , bat he would say to the people what Nspnleon said to his soldiers— ' impossible ' -sras a word not found in the ^ ocabnlary of a soldier ; and bo he ( Mr L . ) would say it should not be found in the vocabulary of a politician or of the people . Another argument he would advance in favour of the extension of Universal Suffrage was , beeaase it would bs a lever and fnleram to enable them at any future time to gain the remainder of their rights . Let them do what they could now ; for if the argument in favour of Household Suffrage is giod , thenitig equally so for the farther extension of the franchise . If therefore the people wanted anything at present to help them , ifc vras more power .
( Applausa . ) They could not have too much en the side of the people , because they were interested in their [ own affaire . ( Hear . ) Too much already was in the hands of tbe aristocracy , but there could never bs too much invested in the hands of the people . ( Loud applansQ . ) It was true they were on ' y begin . ning ta organise , and tbe straggle might last for years ; but then if they startled at that why they might also do the same at Household Suffrage—for thatmeasureasyet was but just propounded—and were they to shrink before that , ' a thing scarcely half made up , and that so lamely , that the very dogs bark at it as they pass by . ' ( Loud laughter and applause . ) Let them but use the present timo for action put forth every power they possessed , and the day was not far distant when they would possess their rights as freemen .
A memorial to the House ef Commons , embodying the above resolutions , was then unanimously adopted . A vote of thanks to the meyor closed the proceedings .
MEETING IN ST . PANCRAS .-ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER . On Monday , a meeting of the inhabitants of St Fancrasw&sheldinthe vestry-rooma , for the purpose of ajdisg the movement now in progress for effectuating the following political reforms : vie ., shortening tke duration of Parliaments , extending the franchise . Voting by Ballot , and the establishment of Electoral Districts . C . E . Wag-taff , EBq , the senior churchwarden , presided , and the room , which is calculated to hold 2 , 000 persons , was densely crowded , as was also the gallery . On the platform , addition
m to the borough members , Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir B . Hall , wa 8 a large number of vestrymen . « T ] ll f f * i 1 mG ? - upropoaed th 9 firs 6 resolution :-JSh ? P r PUUO ? of thi 8 mating , the Commons SnfoB ° ST 11 * does n - "PK ""' «« " * the opimoBs , the feeknes , or ¦ the interests of a large majonty of the Bntisfi nation , and that this majority on whoa fails , with most disproportionate ^ d increasing pressure , an enormous burden of taxation , has no voice whatever either in the control of that burden , or any other legislative enactment ' Mr Bab-ves , vestryman , seconded the resolution .
Mr RuprsT , who declared himself a Chartist , denounced the borough members , both of whom he charged with beingstrong supporters of the Gagging Biil—a charge which elicited from the Cbartista present lond groans against the honourable mem . bers . Lord D . SiciB ? said , he attended tint meeting at the wish of his constituents , and he begged to tell them that he agreed in the necessity of great and sweeping reforms , (( fieers , and crie 3 of ' Universal SaSVage . ' ) He came there to spsak oat in defiance ofear bill is referenced ' open and advkedgpn ' x inff . >
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( Laughter . ) tt femeantt 9 Wink no question . He te » | M ^' Mn theta , in the first place , that he and * ' uon . ' colleagHO had been most . disgracefully misrepresented by the gentleman who had hat spoken , and he thought , when the Chartists themselves knew the fac ' s , they would rot consider him ( Lord D . Stuart ) a very great enomy of theirs . He told tb . 5 m fairly t iat if Mr O'Cennorhad brought on bis motion of the 10 th ofAprilfor tbe Charter he would uofchave supported it . ( Groans . ) But he would tell them what he wculd do , and what he was prepared to have done , and that was to have moved , as an amendment , that which the prayer of the National Petition demanded—namely , to ba heard by counsel at the bar of the house should be granted . ( Cheers . ) With regard to the conduct of his hon . colleague and
himself concerning the odious ' Gagging Bill , when that bill W » 3 first brought in , he ( Lord D . Stuart ) told the government that tie surest way to secure protection to the crown was to win the affections of the people . ( Cheers . ) Ho and _ his colleague had voted againBt the bill instead ef in its favour . He was for an extension of the suffrage to that which he believed to be a full , fair , and tree representation of the people . Ho viewed it as monstrous that small boroughs , like Harwich , Lyme , and other places should send as many representatives to Parliament as the creat borough of Marylebone , with a population of 350 000 , nnd as large as many of tho great capitals of Europe . The abolition of such a system , and the fair division of the country into electoral districts , would bo a sure way of abolishing corruption .
He confessed that he preferred Triennial to Annual Parliaments . With re gard to Vote by Ballot , his ( the noble lord ' s ) opinions were in favour of open voting , but when he found that a man could not fairly exercise his spinions without protection , then he said he was for the Ballot . If Household Suffrage was proposed , he would vote for it-Sir B . HAixsaid , he believed those who knew Dim as a member of the House of Commons , had never found him giv « a vote which was not in favour of the liberties of the people . They had before them fonr distinct propositions , namely , that there should bs an extension of the suffrage ; that the suffrage should be shielded by the ballot ; a shortening of tne duration of parliaments ; and the establishment of electoral districts . Now although he ( Sir B . Hall ) had not enlisted under the banner of any member of the House of Commons , in every one of thes 6
pro-DositioDBhe most cordially concurred . ( Cheers . ) He , like his noble colleague , did tot mean to say that these measures should be finil , but he supported them as he had frequently done other measures when he considered it wa 3 a step in the right direction . Although ho had not attended the meeting the other day at Hall ' s Riding School , it was not that he was inattentive to the interests of tho people . Dew engaged in passing what might be termed a trivial measure of reform , namely , the abolition of the Ratepaying Clauses Bill , which by perseverance they succeeded in carry in ? . He ( Sir B . Hall ) originally brought in that bill with Mr Duncombe , aad after beinp defeated several times they had at last carried it . Thi 3 showed that he was no enemy to progreesive reform . The honourable baronet , at some further length , expressed his concurrence in the objects of the meeting , and was loudly cheered . —The ri ? 80 « lution was carried unanimously .
Mr B . Dbli , a member of the Society of Friends , proposed the next resolution , and said , whi lst be admitted the principles of the Chartists to be just , he called upon that portion of the meeting to aid the attainment of the present rroposed amendment . He moved— ' That this meeting recognise , as an incontrovertible principle , that whoever is required under any government to perform the duties , bear the burthens , or undertake the responsibilities , of a man , is entitled to a voice in the choice of his governors ; and this meeting is of opinion that , under a wise arrangement of details , embracing a due regard to the legitimate influence of wealth , intelligence , and num ' jers in eleotoral districts , the time has arrived for demanding a , change in our representative sys « tem based on this great principle . ' Mr Clarke , of Kentish-town , seconded this resolution .
Mr Verkon , a Chartiet , moved the following amendment : — ' That , as the time for aradical change in our institutions ha 3 now arrived ; as no party can obtain any great and bsneficial change without the aasiBtatioe of the working classes ; as the working classes have been and are the principal sufferers and the oldest reformers ; and as the People ' s Chatter is the only just sufficient measure of reform ; this meeting proclaims its determination to adhere to the principles contained in that document whole and entire . Warned by the treachery of the reformers of 1832 , this meet ' n ; is determined to make no compromise , but to make the interests of labour the first consideration ot the state . '
Mr M Rab seconded the amendment , and Mr Bird , Mr Gillies , and other peisons , Bpoke ia its support . Shortly before six o ' clock , the question was pufc , and tbe amendment was declared to be carried . The veetry ( which had convened the meeting ) declined proposing any further resolutions , and the proceedings terminated .
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THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . The following are the rules adopted by the new association : — THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . Thia nsnneiation has for its
OBJECT the mutual enlightenment of ita members , and tbe propaganda Of tho principles embodied in the eociet / 8 motto— ' Equality—Liberty—Fraternity !' In accordance with these principles wo renounce , repu 3 iatof and eoademn all hereditary inequalities and distinctions of' caste ; * consequently , we regard binge , aristocracies , and classes monopolising political privileges in virtue ef their poBsaflsion of property , as usurpers end violators of the principle of human brotherhood . Governments elected by , and responsible to , the entire people , Is oar political creed .
"We declare that the eartb , with all its natsral productionB , is tbe common property of all ; we , therefore , denounce all infractions of this evidently just and natural law as robbery and usurpation . Wo declare that the present state of society , which permitB idlers and schemers to monopolise the frnits of the earth and the productions of industry , and even condemns man ta BOCial 6 lavery , destitution , and degradation , is essentially uDJnst , That tho entire fruits of labour should coastltate its reward is onr social creed . We condemn tbe ' national' hatreds which have hitherto divided mankind , as both foolish and wicked ; foolish , because no one can decide for hinnaJf the coun . try of his birth ; and nicked , as proved by the t ' euda and
blood / wars which have desolated tbe eartb , in Congoqaencc of these national vanities- Convinced , too , that national prejudices have been , in all agoa , taken advantage Of t > y tho people ' 8 0 ppre 3 B 0 rS , to sot them tearing the throats of each otber , when they should have been norhiog together for their common good , this society repudiates the term 'foreigner , ' no matter by or to whom applied . Oar moral creed is to receive our follow men , without regard to country , ' aa mamhera of one family , the numa < race ; and citizens of one commonwealth—the world . Finally , we recognise that groat moral law , 'Do unto thy brother as thou wouldst thy brother shsnld do unto thee , ' as the great safeguard of public and private happiness .
SPIES , 1 . —That any person desirous of joining the aooiety mu 6 t be proposed by two members at any one of tho regular meetings , the proposers being held responsible for the democratic principles and moral character of the per 6 ou thoy nominate , The person nominated to be elected or rejected by a mojority of votes of the members present at the next succeeiing meeting . 2 . —That democrats rosining out of London , known to , or possessing the confidence of the society , ia « y , if desirous , become members , Bubjaet to the tarmB of elec tlon set forth above . 3 . —That to defray the eipcnsos of ths oooioty members sball contribute a sum cf not less than one shilling annually . 4 . —That a comailttso of seven , consisting of the general and assisting secretaries , treasurer , and four members , shall be appointed annually .
5 . —This association , having been founded oa the 4 th ef May , 1848 , the day on which the French Republic was proelaimed by the National Assembly of France , will hold its annual festival on the anniversary of that evermemorable day , when the officers of the ensuing jear sball ba elected . The following persons were elected the Committee of the Association ;— ' O , J . Harney , secretary ; T . Ire . land , treasurer ; E . Gill , assistant oecretarj ; ' j . Over . ton , C . Keen , W . Baitromp , and J , Arnott .
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Both Hohn 3 Bad . —a poor tailor , in the following Bketch from the Nbw Orleaks Crescent Cur , fared bo better on one horn of the dilemma ' , than theothe ? : — ' Will you pay me my bill , Sir V said a tailor in Charteress-S'treet to a waggish iellow , who had got into him about a foot . ' Do you owe any body any thing , Sir ? ' E ^ ked the wag . ' No Sir , ' said the tailor . 'Then you can sSarito watt ! ' and ha walked off . A day or twe afterwards the tailor called again . Onr was was not at his wits' end yet ; so , turning on his creditor , he says , ' Are you in debt to any body ?'
• Yes , Sir , ' sava tho tailor . ' Well , why the devil don't you pay ? ' Because I can't eet the money . ' 1 That ' s just my case . Sir ; I am glad to see you can appreciate my condition ; give us your hand . ' Robberies at the Royal Academy . —On Monday information was received by the police that several works of art hid been stolen from tha Royal Academy , principally statuettes of small corapassi Amongst the missing articles are a round marble medallion of a female head , and the bust of a man about nine inches high .
Pbrkhablk Goods . —An old woman called lately at a shop to purchasa some oranges , in the coarse of conversation she stated that she had just got off ono » f her daujhter 3 . On the shopkeeper congratulating her on the event , shagave a significant shake of her head , adding , ' I may weel be glad , sir , for tho » are just like thso oranges—they dinna dae to to lane kesQit . '
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THE LONDON REPEALERS . Tbe createst aDxiety is displayed berfi as to the probable result of John Mitol&fa { rial . The London Confederates to n n ^ r , kra Mtohelitog , and their bro-( her dcr ;; , oraM—Ibe OhartiBta—are not behind thorn in tUat feeling . Tne SourawARK Repealers and Chartists . —On Sunday evening last , a numerous meeting of the Renealera and Chartists of the Borough , was held at the Bull's Head , Bull ' s Head-court , Tooley-street . Mr Cornelius Tierney in the chair . Among the articles read from the various journals was the letter of Mr Fear » ua O'Connor to John . Mitohel from the Norihrbn Star , which was received with the moat rapturous applaueo . Ihe chairman then "" ^''*^*^^^^^^^^^^^^ - ^ ' * ' '
8 ta'ed that over two pounds had been subscribed to the Defence Fund of the Irish patriot , and that the committee would take their subscriptions on Sunday next . —Mr Win . Dunne then proceeded to adddress the meeting . He commented at great length upon the conduct of the government with respect to the state persecution in Ireland , the effect of which had placed Repeal in tha ascendant . Public opinion had beaten stronger governments than the preeent , and public opinion would restore to Ireland her long lost nationality , in spite of all the hellish machinations that may be brought to bear against her . Mr Dunne resumed his gent amidst the moat deafening applause . — Mr Cullen then moved the following resolution : ¦—' That this meeting viaws with exultation the escape
of the Irish patriots , Messrs O'Bnen and Meagher , from the despotic tyranny of the English government , and hereby consider however great that victory is to the Iriah people , that that victory will be shorn of its principle value in the estimation of the friends of Irish freedom unless such victory be accompanied by the acquittal of Mr J . Mitchel—the uncompromising enemy of oppression in Ireland ; and that we shall continua to subscribe from time to time to tbe Defence Fund , to defray tbe expenses incurred by opposing a corrupt government . '—Mr Readingseconded the resolution in an able speech . —The resolution was 6 poken to by Mr Collins , and carried unanimously , Mr Langer ( Chartist ) , in a speech replete with eloquence . said , if Mitchel was couvktad , nu onslaught would
be made on the leaders of the English people . He would not take the Charter without Ireland had the RepeaU ( Cheers . )—Mr Murray ( Chartist ) said , that although the letter of Mr O'Connor to John Mitchel had been read , he should read it again , rb many who were present had not heard it . ( Cries of 1 Read it , read it , ' and great cheering for O'Connor . ) The letter was apain read , the meeting standing up and cheering several minutes . He said that letter had emanated from the warm and enthusiastic heart of an Irishman , who was the leader of England ' s toiling millions , and in whom the greatest confidence
was placed . He was glffd a union existed amongst them . Be had been at Greenwioh that evening , and a reciprocal feeling existed there between the Chartists and Repealers . The speaker then detailed the Flan of Organisation to be adopted by the Chartiets throughout London and its environs , and he hoped they would have the Repealers to a man with them . They intended to have a largo hall iu the south of the metropolis where they would , as Repealers , advocate the Repeal one evening , and , as Chartists , advocate the Charter on another . Let the working classes of England , Ireland , and Scotland be united , and success was certain : The meeting than adjourned .
Greenwich . —A large meeting of Repealers and ChartiBta was held at the Druid ' s Arms . The proceedings of tbe late trials in Dublin was read , and the letter of Mr O'Connor to John Mitchel was also read , amidst vehement cheering . Speeches were delivered b . v several talented advocates in the Charter arid Repeal cause , when a deputation wa 3 appointed to wait on the South London Chartists 6 n Tuesday evening , to assist them in carrying out the organisation of the southern district of the metropolis . The Robert Emmktt Club —A crowded meeting of this club was held on Menday evening last , at the large Temperance Hall , Cable-stre 3 t , Wapping . Mr John Wood in the chair . The letters of John Mitohel and Devin Reilly having been read from the United
Irishman , which were received with loud cheering , tho chairman proceeded to address the meeting upon the importance of a union between all classes of working men . Ifc was their duty to be watchful asd determined , for the government intended to attack the small remnant of liberty left in England , if possible , through the person of that uncompromising patriot , John Mitohel , and it behoved them not to relax in their efforts for the advancement of the principles of liberty in the mother and sister country . Mr Jones ( an Englisraan ) said , he had been engaged in the late Repeal agitation , and had , up to the last few weeks , followed out the moral force policy of the Lite Liberator . But , in the words of that great man , he believed that ' England's difficulty was Ireland ' s
opportunity . ' He ( Mr Jones ) believed thatIrehnd ' s opportunity bad now arrived , and he went heart and hand with the Confederation . The sacred cause of Engliflh liberty waa being fought at the present moment in the jury box in Dublin : ( Loud cheers , ) Mr Jones ' s speeoh was received throughout with immense cheering . —Mr John Cuatin said , he should now read to the meeting , from the Northebn Star , a letter from Mr O'Connor , tbe chieftain of Chartism , toJohH Mitchel , the Irish lion . [ The letter was here read . ] ( A . voice : ' Bravo , honest Feargus , ' ) Here the meeting rose en masse , giving three tremendous cheers for Mr O'Connor , which made the building ring . Ifc would have been well for those
who have lately tried to disparage the exertions of that gentleman , to have been present and witnessed the honest enthusiasm of his countrymen . Mr Custin then read the correspondence between the Dr Doyle Club ( Dublin ) and Mm Mitchel . The answer of Mrs Mitchel elicited the loudest applause . Mr Custin then urged upon the meeting the necessity of union , and said , from the intensity of interest that existed throughout that diatrict . that their meetings would be held for the future oa Sunday , Tuesday , and Thura . day eveninga . The meeting then separated , giving three cheers for Mitchel , Repeal , and the Charter . There could not have been less than 400 persons p resent .
Tubsdat Evekixg —The hall waa crowded to suffocation . Articles from tko Irish journals were read , and able speeches were delivered , and the greatest enthusiasm waa displayed , and several persons were enrolled ss members of tho Confederation . Davts Club . —The members of this club held a crowded meeting on Monday evening last , at the Assembly Rwms , Dean-street . The chair was taken at eisjhfc o ' clock . Articles from several Irish journals , breathing the pure spirit of nationality , were read atnidat the loud huzzas of as brave and determined o . body of men , as ever mot together in London . Mr T . Daly and other persons addressed the meeting in bold and energetic language , which was
received amidst the most rapturous applause . A Mitohel steel pen was exhibited to the meeting , which TOI very mUOU admired , from the taste ot the work manabip displayed , and a brisk deuaand was the result . A deputation from the Irish Democratic ) Confederation in the City , waited upon the club , offering them their assistance ta get up an organisation of tbe expatriated sons of Erin throughout the metropolis . The matter waa postponed till Friday evening , when the subjeot will be fully entered into . The meeting then adjourned till Wednesday evening . Curban Club . —The usual weekly meeting of this body , was held on Sunday evening last , at the Green Man , Berwick-street , Oxford-street . Mr P . Nolan presided . The proceedings of the late state prosecutions in Ireland were read , and ably commented upon by various speakers , and tbe letter of Mr O'Connor to John Mitchel , waa read from the
Nortiikrn Star amidst deafening cheera . The meeting was addressed by Messrs Ilussey , GlasBe , and Ringrose , in able and eloquent appeals , breathing democratic ardour and a love of Irish nationality . The meeting thea adjourned # 11 Sunday evening next . Liree meetings of tho Taeobald" Wolfe Toae , the Daniel O'Connell , and the Honest Jack Lawle-s , Club 3 were held during the week . Meetings for th e ensuing week : Sunday , Temperance Hall , Cocklane ; Green Man , Berwick-Btreet , Oxford-street ; Bull ' s Head , Bull ' s Head-court , Tooleygtreet ; Druid ' a Arms , Greenwich ; Temperance Hall , Cablestreet , Wapping ; Monday , Assembly Rooms Deanstreet ; Tuesday , Temperance Hall . Cable-street , Wapping ; Wednesday , Assembly Rooms , Daanstreet ; Thursday , Temperance Hall , Cable-s : reet , Wapping .
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THE NE « V REFORM MOVEMENT VERSUS THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . A public meeting was held at the Literary and Scientific Iostitatioo , J * hn- » tr « 6 t , Fifz-oy . 2 qu . ire , on Monday evening , Maj 22 nd , to consider the ilouge hold Suffrage Movement put forth by Joseph flame , M . P . and others . Mr . Mitchell waa unanimously called to the chair , and gave it as hi * opinion that the people should stand firm to their Charier—( loud cheers)—but at tho same time not obstruct other parties . ( Cbeers ) He concluded by reading a Petition * stored ¦ with , facts and abounding with useful statistical matter , which petition is about fco be presented to the House by the member for Bradford , Colonel Thompson , from which we give the following ;—To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ire-Ifflld , in Parliament assembled , _ ~ - _ _ _ _ __ » n n i ~ i m * *
Sueweth , —That jrourpetittoaers approach your hon . ouroblo house with a deep Benae of tho advantages de . rlvablo from a free , fair , and full representation of the people ; convinced that the exclusion of any class from ths franchise U both uojvwt in priaolpla and pornicioua in Us consequences , and that in order to protect tbe rights and interests of all classes , your honourable beuEO ought to be the exponent of the wants and wishes of all portions of tho nation . That your honourable house does not represent the nation , or any considerable portion thereof , is evidenced by the following facts , which your petitioners submit to your serious consideration . The number of males above twenty yeara of age amounts to 7 , , 503 ; and the number of reglstared electors amounts to 1 , 083 , 677 .
Your honourable house will perceive that of the adult malo population six out of every seTon are by law altogether excluded from any share in electing your honourabl » houso as the representatives of the nation . Great as U this disproportion between tho oafranebfsed and unenfranchised classes , It sinks into utter inslgnificance compared with tho fact that 329 members , being a m&jerity of your honourable houae , represent coastituen . cies whose aggregate number on the Registry amounts to not mora than 158 , 772 ; and that such majority ban been returned by less itea 90 , 000 electors J showing to your honeurable house thitthongh the registry contains a comparatively large number of electors , yet one million of the whole cumber are eut-wdghed by the ferementioned 90 . COS electors .
Your petitioners further BUhmH , that the privilege of returning members , held by email aad insignificant places , is subversive of the just principal of political equality , and a gross violation of the rights of the people . Your petitioners beg to call tho attention of your honourable house to the following comparative table : — Of ten small constituencies , « aeh r « lurning two members , and ten large constituencies , each returning two members , No , ef Electors . No . of Eloetora , Thetfard ... 214 W . R . of Yorkah . 3 fi , 365 Knaresboro .., 242 South Lancashire 23 , Andover ... 243 Tower HamletB 18 748
Marlboro' ... 262 Llrerpool ... 17 . 004 Richmond ... 283 Marylebone ... 15 , 662 Harwich ... 295 Finsbury ... 83 , 921 Chippcnham ... 303 Westminster ... 14 , 572 Tavtstock ... 315 lambeth , „ 13 , 885 Lymington ,,. 318 Manchester ... 12 , 341 Cockermouth ... 319 Middloser ... 13 , 781 Twenty members - — - Twenty members — to a total of ... 2 , 794 to a total of 182 , 209 Frora the above statement it appears that the united Constituencies of sixteen members nearly equal in number the united constituencies of 329 members , tbe mojorltj of yoor honourable house , the numbers being , 16 members to 155 , 537 registered electors—329 ditto to
158 , 772 ditto . Either anJer such a sysUtb 6 ti 6 elector at Thetfard Is proaumod to be north 168 electors of tho West Riding ; or else Thetford having two members , the West Riding Bbould have 336 . Tour petltionera'farthor expose to the attention of your honourablo house 8 mass of corrnpt ! oa perjury , drunkenness , fraud , and violence , proved by late Parliamentary Reports , disgracoful to the nation , calculated to destroy all respect for a body elected by such criminal means and converting a sacred right into the mere appanega of same aristocrats family , or the mere mer cantilo speculation of some boroughmongerfag trader Your petitioners would particularise amoDg such reports those of Lancaster , Carlisle , Yarmouth , Aylesbury , Lyme RegU , and Harwich . The report ef your commhtee oa the last mentioned placo proves that so less than £ 8 , 700 was actually paid , and that £ 2 , 000 remained
to be paid by the successful candidate at one clec'lou , the number of voters for such candidate being only 182 ; that thirty-three of these voters received In direct bribes the sum of £ 3 , 000 ; and that there were more persons in Harwich holding government appointments than there were voter * on the poll . All these evils your petitioners believe to be dlr . 'Ctly referable to the limited number of electors , which holding out temptations to the uelfisbnesB and cupidity ef electors , bo enabling unprincipled candidates discreditably to possess themselves of legislative power , and introducing to your honourablo house a large proportion of mere place-hunters or dependents upon family er class interests ; so large a proportion that yonr honourable house at this present time oont&iss 49 placemen , 88 naval and military officers , 76 patrons of Church livings , 22 East and West India proprietors , 38 railway directors , 77 barristers , and 182 bobs , sons-inlaw and brothers of peers .
Your petitioners seek for every man not under sentence for crime , the possession of the oleetivo franchiso ; the Ballot , in order that the franchise may be used conscientiously , and not be made a matter of sale ; Equal Electoral Districts , instead of the present Parliamentary boundaries ; the abolition of all Property Qualification for the elected , ia order that no impediment may exist to the free and unbiassed choice of the electors ; and , to diminish the temptations io bribery * Annual Electioos , and tha Payment of a fixed sum to Members for their services .
Your petitioners feel great humiliation that while countries hitherto the most despotio have obtained a free proas and freedom of epoech , tbo press of this country is Btill subjected to a heavy tax , and ireedom of speech hindered by netv and uncalled for enactments of restriction and coercion ; and that while other countries hitherto debarred from liberty are obtaining the rights of freedom , no wish has yet been shown by our rulers to extend the franchise to tho great majority of this country . Your petitioners therefore pray that your honourable house will Immediatelyeaaot the People '* Charter , in order effectually to remove the grievances complained of in this petition . And joor petitioners will ever pray , &c .
Mr T . Shorter , in coming forward to move the following resolution : — 'That this meeting is of opinion , that no amendment of our representative system short ] of Universal Suffrage , will be satisfactory io the people of this country—that this meeting , therefore , trust that whatever may be the specific terms of Mr Hume ' s motion , ha will provide for giving the vote to every adult male of full age and unoonvicted of crime . ' Mr" Shorter ridioulod tho idea of giving tha suffrage to a house and refusing it to a man . He trusted the people would never oonBent to strike the Chartist banner until it had waved triumphantly in tho People ' s House of Parliament . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr W . J . Linton , in aeoonding the resolut ! on (
called on the people to remain firm until universal right—universal justice—that is the People ' s Charter —thall prevail . Mr Qt . de would support the resalutiod , although hs did not think the people had an ' inherent' right . Mr IIetherinoton , in a very humorous address , which elicited loud laughter and great applause , complimented Mojsra Kydd and Erneafc Jones , and tho Cbartiet body , on their conduct at the recent county meeting ; and in centradiotion of the last speaker contended that man had an inherent and inalienable right to the suffrage ; to use the language of that Igreat man , Thomas Paine , he held it ' by virtue of his existence , and his person was his title deed . ' ( Great applause . )
Mr Watson also supported the resolution , which was put and adopted by acclamation . On the motion of Mr Mookb , a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman and the meeting was dissolved .
* The above petition ia printed and published for distribution , and may be bad of Mr Watson , Qasm ' e * head Passage , Paternoster-row .
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• We cull thf chokett , ' Uvrv RoLUs -Lcdru-Koiifn was born in 1807 ; and alter going through , the usual law Bttuhu ^ preparatory to taking license as ba rrister , entered tho Palais de Justice , as advocate before the oeurt of Cassation , To the labours of his protession , he added also liicwy enterprise as be »» J ° » a «» . Biderable time editor of the Journal » u r ark , and proprietor in part of the Reforms . It was especially in this latter journal that he exercised bis pen on various subjects tearing on the politics ot governthe
ment ; to which he was as little partial as anyof other reformers , disappointed in thei deceitful turn of thinjs after and notwithstanding tke revolution of 1830 . In Juno , 1841 , the elder brother of Ganuer-Pages died , leaving the electors of Mans without a deputy . Ledru-Rollin &Ureesed to them & dlfl . course , at which the government took umbrage , and which was honoured by % process before the assizes . Nevertheless , Ledru-Rollin was elected by \ io VOtea ont Of 131 , the ehetors expressing thus their sympathies for the reformer , and their disgust at this new proof of the backward tendency of the government . Ledru . Rollin entered the Chamber , and , taking his place at the extreme-gauche , represented those ultra * radical opinions which characterised his journal , the Rbformk .
Gkoloqy . —I never heard of secondary formations without pleasure—that ' s a fact . The ladies , you know , are the secondary formations , for they were formed after the men . —Sam Slick .
WHY MBITEBNICH H 43 LIVED SOLOSG . As toads will live a fiundredjoars in atone . In a dark system nourished , he has grown
HDMAN BCBDENS , The motion foraa inquiry inta the' burdens upon land' has not been made tHs session . This is lucky for the Iriah landowners , as theyprobably wonld have beea the firat to be removed . O ' CONNELL AND IHK BHBARESE 8 . ' I travelled with them in the Calais packet to England in 1 W 3 . I left Douai on the 21 at of January in that year , and arrived in Calais the very day the new 3 arrived that the King and Q , ueen had been guillotined . Tho packet had several English ea board , who all , like myself , seemed to have been mad © confirmed aristosrats by the sanguinary horrors of the revolution . They were talking of the execution
of the King and Queen , and execrating the barbarity of their murderers , whea two gentlemen entered the cabin , a tall man and a low one—theBe were the two Sheareses . Hearing the horrible doings at Paris spoken of , John Sheares said , We were at the exeotttion . ' ' Good heaven ! ' exclaimed one of the Englishmen , ' how osa'd you have got there V ' By bribing two of the National Guard to lend us their uniforms , ' answered Sheares ; ' we obtained a most excellent view of the entire scene . ' ' But , in God ' s name , how co ild you endure to witness such a hide * OU 9 spectacle V resumed the Englishman . John Sheares answered energetically—I never can ferget his manner of pronouncing the words— ' From love of the cause !'
THE PALL OF METTBRNICH . ' In mercy help ! help the bawildercd blind Surprised by tempest , and infirm by age ; From every quarter yells tho whistling wind-Say , where shall he find refuge from its rage ? The trust ; bridge , whose time-worn arches bora Such crushing weights , must now yield to the stream : O ^! hfrlp blind Metternich he doth implore , Aad his poor old pet dog , Aneien Regime , ' Where is Ler , l Castlereagh ? long dead and gone ; But Wellingten , Btaunch friend , aay where art tbou ? Ye English Tories , have jour hearU tuxn'd stone , That ye are deaf to my distresses bow ? E ' en Aberdeen betrays the faith he swore , R-jgurdlesB whether I may sink or swim—Oh ! help blind Metternich he doth implore , And his poor pet dog , AmUh Regime . '
The Eagle ' s wing d—the blind one shakes with fear r Adieu ambition , bonoars , and rewards ! For , Io ! tho system which he loved to rear Tumbles around him like a houae of cards-All gulf'd at once—the feudal sway ia o ' er , His policy fas finds is all a dream . ' Farewell , blind Mfitternieh , thy reign is o ' erfiiou ' rt banished with thy dog , Anckn Beg ' ms—' We bad not brought the sentence to an end , Ere , washed from the old bridge oh which he stood ,, Himself and worn-out dog —his slow-paced friend—Yfere swallowed up by tho surrounding flood . Tbere , sank some hundred fathom deep and more . They lie together ' neatb the rushing : stream , Confounded with forgotten things of yore-He and bis old pet dog , Aneien Regime , Puppet Show ;
Am Objection * Remved . —16 has been objected to Universal Suffrage , that its adoption would entitle numbers of ignorant peraons to have votes . But ia not ignorance even now represented in Parliament ? An Orator Abroad . —It was stated in the House of Commons the other night , tliafc there was a great deal of discontent abroad . The speaker in one sense went too far , for there is plenty of discontent at home . Rotal Notions of Human Value . — ' I once heard him ( Geortio II . ) sav he would much sooner forgive
any body that had murdered a man , than any body that cut down one of his oaks ; because an eak was so much longer growing to a useful size than a man , and consequently , one loss would be sooner supplied than another and one evening after a horse Jiad ran away , and kilied himself against an iron Epike , poor Lady Sufiolk saying it was very lucky the man who was upon him had received no hurt , his Majesty snapped her very short , and said , ' Yes , I am very luoky truly : pray where is tbe luck ? I hare lost a good horse , and have got a booby of a groom still to seep . '— Lord Hervey .
A ' H appi ( RorAt ) Family . —The Kins ( George II . ) never spoke of the Prince ( his son , Frederick , Prinoe of Wales ) , but a 3 a scoundrel and puppy , & knave and fool , a liar and coward . * Besides bi 9 bs ing . 'i scoundrel , ' he would say , with a sort of ludicrous half-pity in lmrage , ' ho is really such a fool !' Whenever this royal gentleman was angry , Lord Hervey tells us that his eyea would swell and widen with eagerness , and grow as red as other people's cheeks ; and never without these red swelled eyea did the name of his firBt-born pass his lips . To do the Queen justice , she did uot play second fiddle in Hub harmonious discovd , either with her huto or ^ the coarse expression she gave to it . ' My God , ' she ffOUld eXClsim ' popularity always makes roe sick ,
but Fritz ' s popularity makes me Tomit . At one time she calls him an ass , at another the most hardened of liars ; now he is a ' mean fool , ' now a' poorspirited beast , ' and now a ' sordid avaricious monster . ' It was her common prayer that she hoped , in God , she might never Bed him again j and on a par ticular occasion she was mere than commonly explicit , ' My dear Lord , ' she said to Hervey , ' I will give it you under my hand , that my dear first-born is tho greattat ass and the greatest liar , and the greatest canaille , and the greatest baaat in the whole world , and that I most Heartily wish he was out of it . ' Nor did the most amiable of her three daughters hesitate to chime in with epithets to the full as disgusting . While the mother curBed the hour
of his birtb , tbe daughter would grudge him every hour he continued to braathe ; and ' they neither ot them , ' adds Hervey , ' made much ceremony of wishing a hundred times a day that tne Prince might drop down dead of an apoplexy . ' Poor Fritz ! Happy family ! For Fritz ' s comfort it is at t-he same time to be admitted , that this intensity of disgust and hatred procured him the great advant ue ot being left altogether to himself . He escaped the snubbing which waa the daily recreation of the Kiog , and which impartially comprehended everybody from the Queen down to Hervey ; with the additional
advantago to the Q een that she was generally re-snubbed . Here is a very common scene . ' Whilst they were speaking the King came in , but , by go » d luck , aaid not one word ot the pictures : his Mi » jes * y stayed about fiv& minutes in the gallery ; aBubbed the Queen , who was drinking ehocolate , tor being alwayB stuffing ; the Princess Emily for not hearing him ; the Princess Garoliue for being grown fat ; tho Bake ( of Cumberland ) for standing awkwardly ; Lord Hervey for not knowing what relation the Prince of Sultzbaoh was to the Elector Palatine ; » nd then carried the Queen to walk , and be resnabbed , in the garden . '
Royal Mohautt . —It is not ho easy , with due regard to decorum , to describe his Majesty ( George II . ) in good humour with his spouse . H " i 9 favourite family occupation in those fleeting fits , was to relate the scenes of his happj loves when he was at Hanover or elcewhere , and give her Majesty exaot details of his amorous amusements with her rivals . Much 0 { what Horace Walpole had made known of thege astoundirg revelations has been hitherto bnt . half believed ; but no doubt can hereafter rest upon thew . And hero let us remark that in all Horace had related of the peculiar services of Lady Suffoik , and tbe uses made of thorn by the Queen , he turns out to have been greatly within the truth . The poor Queen ! Still eager to retain possession of har
huBband's bed , etill for his delectation making the most of her own fat charms , even concealing ( to her mortal injury at last ) bodily infirmities that she feared might awaken his disgust , she csuld . after all only autceed in her own dssires by pandering to hit appetite for other women . It would be almoBt toncl * ing , if it were not also both ludicrous and revolting , to observe the unavailable anxiety with which ebe clings to the old mistress , over whom she has esta-Wiaho' 3 her control , and opposes the introduction of s new one , tyith vhom success may possibly be more difficult . ' What ttoe devil did you mean , ' anys the delicate monarch oa one occasion , ' by trying •'' nakoan old , dull , deaf , peevish beast Bt&jaw plague me , when I had so good an opportunity of geting rid of her ! ' Tho deaf old beast waB Mrs Sowaroi afterwards L » dy Suffolk , who had outlived th > , wyft ' Hkiuff .
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Dabing Incendiary Fire near Ealing . —Shortly before one o ' clock on Sunday morning a hay-riok , on the premises of Mr White , a farmer , situate at Barrow Bridge , betwen the villages of Acton and Ealing , and about five and a half miles from town , was discovered to be in flames . The discovery was made by the policeman on duty ( T division ) , who immediately rafced an alarm . The inhabitants of both villages were speedily op the spot , but there being no water procurable for a distance of four hundred feet , and then only from a ditch , all endeavours to allay the flames were fruitless . The Chiswick engine arrived in a very Bftort time , with post horseB , but not having sufficient length of hose to reach the water was inoperative . The stack , which contained upwards of thirty loads of hay , continued to barn all day on Sunday , and even Mondav
Fortunately fcftH tho other ricks were placed at another part of the premises , or the destruction muBt have been far more considerable . The origin of the fire , which was undoubtedly the act of ? wi in . cendiary , is enveloped in muc ' i myatory , the portion Of the premises where the rick was placed being surrounded by a quickset hedge seven feet bigh , within whioh was a boarded fence of the same height , and from the examination of both , whioh was yesterday made , no mark or trace has been found on either tending to anew that » person had pas 8 ed over ; The entrances were all found locked when the tire was discovered . The fire fa the second of the same cnaraoter whioh has recfintly occurred in the eame neighbourhood , the former having besa a wheat rick belonging to Mr Johnson , of Ganaerebary . Mr White Is understood to to inauMd .
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The American Son advises Louis Philippe to go to America , to embark his sons in trade , or purchase them farms , and offers him o place for his grandson in the French editorial department of his journal . Passage of a Nebdlb through the Human Body . —Sometime in September last , Mr James Barker , of Kendal , on a r ' mt to London , while partaking of some boiled chicken , felt a pricking sensation in his throat , which he could only account for by supposing that he had swallowed a small bone , or a franmsnt of one . Tha obstruction appeared at Irat to remain where ifc had fixed , and for Bome time Mr Uarker Celt inconvenienced by it , but at length the matter was forgotten . A week or two ago the circumstance waa recalled by a needle , two inches long , making its way out of the flash of the thigh , whither it had worked itself during the eight months that had elapsed since the accident above related , when , of course , the dangerous little implement had
b ? en unconsciously swallowed by Me Harker •*• Westmoreland Gazette . Fire at the Ghnbral Posx office . — On Monday afternoon , between two and threeo ' clook , afire broke out at the General Post-office , St Martin ' slecGrand When firat discovered , the flames were issuing from the upper windows of the London district side of the building , fronting Foster-lane . Expresses were instaBtly dispatched to the fire brigade Btation in Wat ling-street , and eeveral engines were iDstantlv in at tendance and they fortunately succeeded in confining the flatnei to that portion of the baildine where to fl « broke out , which w « , together fi L confcnto , completely burned out . The portion of the building destroyed wa used as a booffler ' 8 Jo ' k shop , and it » conjectured that the fire oooarioaed by a sadden gut of wind ( tho windowa Bog SeS wafhng some of the paper shaving , towards the fire , &nd thus sat the mw ia a bka 3 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1472/page/6/
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