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ygBBUVBY 5, 1848, ^^^ THE NORTHERN STAR....
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THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN FRANCE. THE B...
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TEE CHARTIST AND LAND MOVEMENT . The Ger...
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The magistrates of Hereford have decided...
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NOTES OF A JOURNEY FROM O'CONNORVILLE TO...
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Keighlby.—The inhabitants of Keighley ha...
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Piles, FistuZ/E, and BEABiNos-nowtf. A W...
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Ygbbuvby 5, 1848, ^^^ The Northern Star....
ygBBUVBY 5 , 1848 , ^^^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 7
Colonial Ano Tforwpv
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Ikdia. Bv The Arrlv.Il Of The Overland M...
IKDIA . Bv the arrlv . il of the Overland Mail we learn that T ori Ilardinge wan about to quit India . T ,: V . e advices iu the Delhi Gazette from Persia describe he condition of that kingdom as most disastrous . THE REVOLUTION IN SICILY AND NAPLES . The insurrection in Sicily , announced in our last , is tria inp bsiit . General Yiale . Military Governor of Palermo , T-uUlUisted at the position in i * hich he had been ^ placed . m ade a rigorous attempt on the I-ith to enter the town . j 0 r this purpose , he sent forward a strong column of
• fifan trvand cavalry , which made vain efforts to opes a passage for itself , and become matter of the Maqueda rate . The people , wishing to a « -oid as much as p -ssible the tfmsioa ot blood , waited for the first shock with sUeace . After having sustained the fire of the assailants they replied by discharges of musketry , grape-shot , and artillery , which made dreadful ravages in tbe ranks nf the Roy al troops . Tbe carolry , in particular , ncarlj cut to pieces la this sanguary conflict . The son of General Yiale , a captain of cavalry , was mortally grounded . The column boor beat a retreat , leaving numerous victims on the field of battle .
Ertr rince the 13 th Jan . the Insurrection has speedily ( nined ground . After a series of combsts , often deadly , tie authority of the government having entirely ceased to be r . cofnised throughout the to * n a kind of organi-£ ation was established from the very force of things . On the Bight of the Uih , the fort o ? Cistelmars fired bullets u ? on the tow n . No notice , no tigml , had warned the ia . offensive part of thejpopulation of the impending danger ; co dilay had been granted the different consuls , ia order to allow them time to secure the safety of their countrymen . Oa the next day the commander of the English steamer , the Ball-Dog , vainly endeavoured to obtain from tbe king ' s lieutenant the suspension of the bombardment . Oa the 15 th the shells still continued to shower down noon the town , r . hen the French consul ,
M . Bresson , thought it his duty to make an appeal so bis collesgues , in the interest of the French and of humanity . Conjointly with the consult of Sardinia , Switttrland , the United States , Prussia and Russia , he repaired to the palace , end requested the Duke de Majo to order the bombardment ofthe tonn to cease . Afier a long parley , the- Dukcde Majo gave a written promise that he granted susptnsion ef arms for four and twenty hours . Oa tha 16 th , all lb ? French residents * bo were able to reach the harbour were embarked . The news which arrived from the inland part of the island gave fresh courage to the insurgents , by the announcement that all the vicinity of Palermo was up in arms . Bulletinshand-bills , which were renew , d at every instant— kep : np the agitation of the population .
Among the events which signalised these days rosy be mentioned the capture ofthe earr son of Honterml- ' , near Paleim- ' , by a society of Bsuedictinemoi-. ki , who had joined in the in ? arrecti < d . The rej orts of the loss efliie vary , and are , piobubly , v ^ ry uncertain . It was said tbat of the troops two hundred were killed , and some fitty or sixty of the insurgents . On the ISth , certain paltry concessions from the government were brocght from Naples and rejected with scorn by the patriot ? , who insisted upon nothing th ^ rt cf tbe constitution , of 1 S 12 . Nothing csuld exceed the contempt with which the king's decrees were treated at Palermo—tbey ra > a * ned thvm d « vm their guns .
Thesf events excited gnat agitation m > . iple * . Revolutionary placards were published , containing nich language as the following : —* Away with words and moderation , and let us coma to facts — let us take arm * , inives stc-R ; s—let ns show that we are not vile , nor robber s , aud tbat we « tir in orJrr to have justice ; and , siuce he nil ! not co ue justice , let us seek it ourselves . People of Naples , you were the first people in the times of JIasanieilo , are you now only become vile , and will not aiio : her lEasaaiello rise up to free the people ? To arm ; , to knives , to clones ! Long live the pCOplf ! Long live Pio Nono ! Long live Mcsaniello' Death to evil government !'
Newi next arrived of tbe revolt of the entire province of Saleroro . Then followed the exciting information teat all Ca'abria was in one blsa * of insurrection . The concessionary decrees of the ISth only excited etter eontempt . The King then published sn orionnance , declaring an amnesty is favour ofall pir'ons in the kingdom ce-ained forpelitical offences , including all the membetS of the clthrattid family of Romeo . Later accounts state that the Jesuits have been expelled the kingdom . X-. ither this nor tbe amnesty , however , satisfied the people , intoxicated with the reports of the saccesses in Sicily , and resolved to extend at once their demands , in proportion to the power they had acquired and to the impotence cf She government , with one voice they dttaanded not only a large constitutional reform , but s < -lid guarantees for its faithful execution .
One fact deserves mention ;^ general run been made on theRoyilBap . kat Kaplts , which is under the guarantee of the Kin ™ snd gcv < rnmtnt—while not asouhas been withdrawn from the Bank at Palermo , which is cade- the guardianship of the people . Thus even the monevocracy are beginning to see where power and ho-UTOr are to "be found . Letters , from Paris , oi Wednesday ' s date , announce the Prcclimtition of the Constitution of 1 S 12 for Naples and Sicily , which took place at Naples on the 29 th ult . ' It will be well to bear inmind . ' says oar correspond'nt , * thatitis the Constitution of 1812 , and not that of 1 S 21 , that bss been proclaimed , and that it was prepared in Sicily unri it the auspices ff the British Government ; and further , that his Majesty the King of the Preach , who resided there at ibe moment , actually assisted in fra . n-ing it . This constitution provides for the establishment oi two Cbitrabers ( Lords and Commons ) , and is in factcopied from tbat of Great Britain .
From Rome we hear that tho civic guardl are in gnat glee , each man being allowed to take his firelock hom ? , and hang it ever his domestic lares A marching [¦ illalion of 5 , 000 men is beine organised to start at a moment ' s rotice frora Rome to any point of the ik-onti r . The young lads f . nd hojB of Rome , to the number of several handreds , are to be seen after school hours undergoing the drill exercise , nnder th * e iKstmctions of an old Piedmontese veteran , Colonel PaEtrier , In the church of Santa Croce , at Plorence , a solemn oijge wa « sung on the 19 th for the souls of the slain in the streets of Milan .
Letteis from Turin announce tbat the King of Sardinia had ordered an entrenched c & mp to be formed on the heig hts of Valenza , upan the To , in order to defend the country against any attack of the Austrian troops , and to hold also tbe government et Miian on the qui vire against a possible invasion of the Milanese by the Piedmonteae troops . This camp is to consist of 35 , 00 a men . Austria is preparing for war . In Milan alone 30 , 000 troops are quartered ; in Terona 30 . C 00 . Letters from Mi : 2 n ofthe l 2 nd Bit ., announce tbat orders from Vienna had commanded the arrest of about fifty persons be ' orifirg to the higher classes of society , amonjss others Cre ^ are Castu , the tahnttd author cf the " Reformatir-n in Europe , ' who however effected his e csg- ; the Mmquis R'isales , president of the rnif . u Club ; Conat Cajsar Battaglia , the young
Marquis Csessr Sone-no Stompo . and soma others . Hosales has been placed in the dungeons of Santa Mar . garita ; BattaL-lia and Soncino have been sent away from Milan under escort . Their destination is a mys . tery . In the number of arrests already effected are those of il . e Marquis pjlippo Villani , Count P-rlu ! alli , and Count Ercoln Darini , formerly an officer in the Austrian ar : ny . Upwards of -5 C 0 < d the mo ^ t determined patriots of tht working class have been unwed ; oi lhiJelSOi . f ihe joungpst s : cd most robust wire convejed to Trieste , tobeen-plo ^ ed on board ths ships oi the Impfiiai navy , and the 220 remaining have been trans : orted , tviihi-nt even the form of a trial , to Styria and Moravia , where thay sre doomed to work as galley slaves . The regiment of Giulay , vcbich a < quirid such s . di == r & c « ful notoriety in the mtssacre of Gallicia , is one ot" tfcotc quartered at 1 ' avia .
Great tjciteroent prevails at Tenic ? . Two elegant and acs-osiiplished joung countess , s , Giustininni and Bentivtiglio , conceived tjebold and benevolent design of deiiieriditig « : n . s in person for the famiSifs of the dead ar . n kou'did killed at Milan by the Austrians . The who ' e city was struck with admiration at this proceedi 6 g , and in the evening no sooner had th * y arrived in their lojes at the Frnice , than the whole thea'r = ; burst forth ( in tbe middle of one of Cerito ' a aerial steps ) into the most unequivocal demonatritiens of satisfaction .
The apphuK-wa : loud and prolonged , much to the discomfiture of the high authorities who were eye-witnesses of this sudden and unexpected approval of the noble act . The day after the husbands of thtse two ladies were summoned to the police , and requested to give up the monty thus collected , and the list of the names of the donors , which they promptly refused . Count Eentivcglio was summoned a second time , and his enswer wss , 'The six thousand francs are on the rosd to Milan , and the list of the contributors Las been destroyed . '
FRANCE . The discussion on the Address drags wearily < n . The principal subjects disenssed have been France and Swttz- rland and the principal speakers , Lamartine , Thiers , JSarrot and Gnizot . Ihe three formtr in opposition to the government . if Thiers and bis friend M . Oiiilon Barrot appear to have disappointed and disp leased many of their parti-Bars 'Tou display humanity , and you talk with horror , mv the llcjrtiUicanB , « of ihe bombarding and burning oi Palermo ; vou who were Minister of the Interior ot France in April , ISSi , when Lyons was in insurrection ; von , « ho told General Araard . the Commander ofthe troops in that city , m 4 who hesitated to cannonade or bombard it , to throw Ljoni into toe Rhone if necessary !'
RUSSIA . The atrocious Autocrat has been sick but is—worte luck-Letter . Ilis Czarship wag understood to have comrnucicated to all eonccrned , his high displeasure at the revolutionary aspect which the affair * of Italy haJ assumed , and his advice tbat the march of Liberalism in that Peninsula be opposed . The intrep id Scbamyl wa § still harassing the Russians in tbe Caucasus ,
Thenun;Ber Of Beet-Root Sugar _ Mannfact...
Thenun ; ber of beet-root sugar _ mannfactor es in operation in France , on tbe 1 st ultimo , was 30 G ; aad the qsamitv ef mgar manufactured , or lying over . ' uce last year , was 39 , 903 , 469 kilogrammes .
The Democratic Movement In France. The B...
THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN FRANCE . THE BANQUET AT DIJON { From a Correspondent ) A Reform Banquet was latel y celebrated at D'jon , and of nil tho manifestations of tha French patriots which have Been held , this may Ve regarded aa one of the most important and the most imposing . More than thirteen hundred guests R ? stmbled ar „ und the D . mocrarc stundard , and eagerly listened to tbe noble speeches of those orators whom France and Europe so much admirs . All those orations—stamped with the impress of the purest love of liberty , and cf progress—dictated by the prophetic enthusiasm , which a just and holy cause ever inspires , struck dumb the enemies of popular emancipation , and revived the drooping hopes of those who have faita
m France , and in the providtHtial mission which she is called on to fill in the world ' s history . No ; France , which in her time has destroyed the hjdra of privilege and of prejudice—France , whtch has shed so much blood for the cause of the people , wh < m she has rescued by dint of firmness and « f sacrifices , will notnowab * ndon tnatctuse , again menaced , and Ingloriously bend her head beneath the impious yoke which would attempt to impose upon her perjury and treason . Switzerland has conqnered the enemy by her innumerable popular , and beart-stirrinc associations , which constitute , so to speak , a body full of life , and of good faith ! To a certain point , the Reform Binquets are , or will beceme the popular societies of France . Ere long they will have their centre and their ramifications—their aim openly avowed , and clearly laid before the masses ; in short , forming an organisation which will treble their strength , by giving to them the power and unity necessary in a common cause .
At the moment in which Prussia interposes in Swiiz-. rland , by approving ofthe rebellion at Nenfcbatel , and in threatening the Diet—at the very moment in which the powers are endeavouring to find a fitting arena for their mediatory negotiations which no one requires , and from which the Swiss would easily pass , numerous voices , P' -opIe Imb all the countries of Europe , felicitate the Federal Diet upon the measures which she has adopted , and breathe aspirations for the triumph ofthe goad cause . The addresses which have emanated from Gei . many , are already so numerous , that the majori'y of tbe journals now content themselves with merely alluding to them . Neither at Dijon was Switzerland forgotten ; and tbe sympathies of the French people , expressed by the orators as the banquet , will produce amongst ourselves all the eff . -ct that could be anticipated . \ Vbtn the people hear and understand , their strength redoubles , and their courage augments . .
On the Swiss affairs , II . Dejiontet expressed hims If in the following terms : — ¦ A few steps from Ibis fpot , behind those mountains which we behold , s drama is enacting , which thrills every heart . Hark ! to the clash of arms—to those unexp ? c : ed warriors—itis Switzerland which has arisen—irisen for her independence—arisen like France in ' 93 . She also has found her Eoeke and Carnot iri that popular Senate , the esi ' ression of Democratic power . Yesterday that Hvtion so small , that an ogre of a Cabinet thought to swallow her np at a mouthful , behold her now defying two or three pewers , who pause in astonishment . The hordes of Xfetternich mark the scene , and our governors , acting with that tortuous diplomacy worthy ofthe cause which they snppert , employ secret intervention , and eonstitute themselves tbe abettors of tbe Jesuits . If they appear to hesitate , it is merely because opinion has ejej pressed itself on this grand question ; it is merely because
the principle of fraternity , and ofthe sovereignty of the people , has made its pawerful voice to be heard ; it is perhaps because that army which they int < nd to march to the frontier , might possibly meet its doom on touching a land Of liberty . They wish by a monstrons perversion of principles and offsets , to make us the abettors of a faction every where reprobated . Ah ! let tlum , if they so will , mingle themselves with the remains of that Pristorian guard , which they were so happy one day to behold conquired by tbe p'ople . They atleast remained stealfast to their faith . But you ! you go to stipulate tbe price of your iniquitous birgain with the executioners of Gallicia Yon yield up your honour and your arms to the Jesuits , your allies ; encourage your new friends , and kiss the handles of their swords . But enlightened France—the France ! of tbe people—touch it not on that psint . Her genius will never lend the strong hand for the destruction of the liberties of her fellow citizens '
At the democratic toast , 'To Switzerland and her In ' -ep . ndence , ' M . Bacne spoke as follows : — ' 'Citfztns , —Three dajs ' . march scarcely separates us from the generous nation which combats for equality against aristocracy . We are , so to speak , witnesses of this struggle , the issue of which will not be doubtful between the immense maji rity , which rests on equity , and that rebellious minority which prays for the sword ofthe foreigner . But everj where the new ceali'ion threatens this ancient land of democracy ; diplomacy digs her subterranean mines ; the Jtsuits relight the torches of fanaticism ; the Austrian troc ps block up en the north . on the south , and to tha east , tha Swiss frantiers , and b'ddiy avow their sinister intentions . They watch for a ' rercrse in order to saother the cries of lioerty , which .
for six years , annoyed the masters of Austria upon their throne : Now Melt * , rnich . fears that Italy will understand them ; and rise as one raan to respond to the call . Doubtless , in case of an invasion , our heroi : friends would recommence their history , and would find upon thtir lofty mountains , and in their deep defiles , names resownrd as those of Donerbuhl , Linpen , and Morat ! Nevertheless the despots are unit-. d , —against them , the Saiss might still perish ; but jet no longer be able to conquer for their country . Does not the dead body of Poland , resting ben * nth its bleeding ehroud , testify that devotim may sometimes fall powerless beneath the force of a well organised military power ? Shall we suffer our most ancient ally , that renowned republic that old transalpine Burgundy , to be swallowed up bv
the monarchs at the gates of France ! The time is past f-.. r barren wishes and vain protestations . It is by acts that we must assert our political faith . Let us be ready , if necessary , t » seal with our Wood the holy doe ^ ine of the union and fraternity of the people ! Burgundian ? , you are worthy to give to France , and to bequeath to history , a memorable example ! Let ns be . the first to preclaim here , in the midst cf the people , that tbe independence of Switzerland is placed under the safeguard ofthe French Democracy . Aud should the executhmjrs ef Gallicia dare to sully by their hateful presence the Helvetic territory , —let us be ready to repel them . Let each of us ltave this spot , officer or soldier of the sacred battalion , which will uphold justice against violenceright against tjranny . The tl . robbings of your patriot
hearts will answsr , that everywhere , throughout our nobl ; France , we shall be understood snd united . The satellites of the monarchs will quail at the sight of our fl . ijr " . Is it not tbe flag of cur illustrious fathers ? Are we not tbe sons of tiicfe volunteers of 9 ' 2 and ' 03 who , at the sound of the Marseillaise , conquered coalesced Europe ? I know that the deserters of Ghent still dream of the ut . ion of the Holy Alliacce ; but I know also that this crime will remain as a dream before our resolutions , approved of by the united country . It is silence and the too easy acquiescence ofthe governed , which encourage the audacity of go \ eminent * . Let public opinion be heard , nni the ' st stem'itself would be compelled to blush for the shameful aid secretly furnished to the Sondtrbund . Louis XVI . attempted in vain to stop the ardour of yi . ung men who iffsvtd tktir swords to the insurgents ef the English colonirs . Public opinion manifested itself , and the fleets and troops of the crown
consecrated the birth of tbat republic which , then feeble , now commands a con tinent , and covers every sea with her vessels . Ar ; d Charles X ., that blind representative of legitimacy , was be not constrainpd iu his turn to hail tbe regeneration of Gre < ce by the thunders cf the cannon of Savarino ? But the soldi ! rs of France will never be found in the ranks of the H * l ; . Alliance . We know that the guns of our bravo arn : y were arjied olene against the auxiliaries of Brecdt and of Szela . Let our Swiss brothers listen to our ardiut vowe , and remember our sacred promises . May tbey accomplish , in the calm of power , their work of strength and moderation . Let them know that , on the approach ofthe foe , our bodies will serve with their bodies , as the last rampart of liberty , — that cur viices , united to theirs , will send forth a supreme appaal , which , in awakening the people , will shake the worlJ , and crush , tbe oppressors to dust . The projects ofthe coalition will not succeed , citizens- , the Alps arc nigh to heaven , and this time France isnot far distant , '
Tee Chartist And Land Movement . The Ger...
TEE CHARTIST AND LAND MOVEMENT . The German London New . tafeh , ( Deutsche Iomioser Zeitctg ) of the 28 th ult ., in alluding to the Democratic llovrmtnt in Englard and Ireland , says : — ' Since Mr O'Connor ' s return to Parliament an ' unworitcd energy seema to pervade tho Chartist ranks . Great meetings are being held all through the country , and though formerly persecuted by the O'Connell party , Mr O'Connor is daily gaining more adherents in Ireland . It is supposed that after the pres' -nt ' . session he will make ( he tour of Ireland , hold gre-. tme e tings for the purpose of explaining Chartism and uniting the people of Englsnd and Ireland for their common good . * * * Thus MrO'Connor , as leader of both peoples , will become truly formidable to government , more so than ever O'Connell was , and what he wasTjot , he is unpurchasable . Ilia oreat pride is to say with truth that he never eat a meal nor ever travelled a-mile at the public expense ; but , on thecontrarj , has sacrificed bislarpe fortune in the ' opu !« r cause . * * - *
p .,. Adverting to the Land Company , this paper says ; — ' The En- 'lfah middle classes dread this splendid movement , and trv evory possible means to injure it . That would-be-radical counting-house organ , the Dispatch thinks to crush the movement in attackinc O'Connor ; but just the reverse is ; the resultsince O'Connor always silencea the musketry with his twentv-four pound shot . The Proletarians of England already enthusiastic for their leader , have been strengthened in their afrection , and everywhere they crv : ••¦ 'Ve'II rally arcun . feim again and again . '
The Magistrates Of Hereford Have Decided...
The magistrates of Hereford have decided that bushes are agricultural produce within the meaning of the turnpike act " , and are consequently exempted from toll when thev are not intended for sale . It has been coraguted litafc theland oftheglobe tvould be equal to the support of fifteen times the number of its present inhabitants , or might sustain a population of fifteen thousand jailiions .
Notes Of A Journey From O'Connorville To...
NOTES OF A JOURNEY FROM O'CONNORVILLE TO THE CHARTIST ESTATES OF MINSTER LOVEf-, SNIG ' S ENU , MOATJE , AND REDMARLEY . — in Gentle Reader , —Did you ever , on a bright January morn , with a light heart , and a lighter pocket , start on a pedestrian tour , your cheek glow ing with the bracing air , your heart bounding with the thought of novelties to be admired , and the company of friends to be enjoyed ? If you have not had this good fortune ,- you have a pleasure yet in store . Accompany me in thought , and enjoi this pleasure by anticipation . * ^ Brightly shone the sun on leaving O'Connorville , tinging , with its beautiful hues , the sere and yellow foliage whieh the mildness ofthe season had left on
the delightful woods by whieh it is surrounded . A few minutes walk brings us into Newland Park , a pleasant spot , purchased some years back by an army tailor from London , but now unoccupied . The footpath crossing it leads , through a beautiful avenue of yew trees , to the village of St Giles Chalfont . These rare old yew trees , what a'sociations they call forth ? What contrasts to the New World I had just quitted . Theyspeak of Harold , tho Saxon , and his Norman foe ; they recall the days of Creasy and Agincourt ; the haughty baron and our once bold peasantry are present to the mind ' s eye . Scarce an ancient mansion but our provident aneestors decorated its approaches with this national emblem of warfare ; not a churchyard but had this sacred
resource consecrated to the defence of the country . Wonld that we had now a national weapon , war and oppression would then vanish before the glance of ourarmed people . A few minutes walk brings you to tho churchyard , where the first prominent object that meets your eye is seven tombstones belonging to a _ family named Br . idshaw . You read tho inscriptions . The ape attracts your attention . One 00 , another 71 , 70 , 69 , 60 , 59 , 58 . and two juniors , 28 and 18 . Read this , ye toil-worn slaves of the North . Ye , whose years are short , that your employer ' s gams may be great . Read this , ye grinders of Sheffield—ye weavers of Norwich—yo stockingers of _ Leicester—ye bakers of the metropolis—and think not these were tombs of an olden date . They
range from 1 S 25 to 1845 . Return , then , to a natural state of life ; inhale once mere the pure air , and your days shall belong in the land . Within half amileo'f this village , is an experiment making by a German , of the name of B > hn . He has built about eitrht cottages , containing two rooms each , and one four-rooaied one , independent ofthe house where ho resides . The houses are far inferior to those at O'Connorville—costing under £ 30 . each . They have a small garden attached to them , and about two acres of land to each , about a quarter of a mile distant . Tbe land is inferior in quality to ours . The rent much higher , and they have no < iid money allowed , neither have I the greatest faith in the party conducting the experiment—but such is the
desire for the land , that most ofthe houses are occupied ; and , as fellow workers in the cause , we wish them ' Gud speed . ' They will have many difficulties to contend against , but the greater will be their satisfaction when they overcome them . Passing through Chalfont , and the villages of Households and Seergreen , I arrived at BeacimsSeW , a spacious market towns , on the high road to Oxford , distant twenty-three miles from London . Diverging thence frora the main road ( having to visit Reading ) , I passed through the village of Woburn , with its pretty green , affording abundant food for the poor man ' s stock , aud , thereby , increasing his means of subsistence . Alas ! that so many of these vestiges of tne time when the land ofthe nation belonged to the peoofthe
ple nation , should have beenallbwed to disap . pear , to increase the farms of those who were already burdened with more acres than with brains . Here the Messrs Venables have some large paper mills , and the village altrgether had a flourishing appearance . I also observed several acres laid out in allotments of a few poles each , but the method of cultivation said but little for the agricultural skill of the tenants ; and I must hero remark that during a fortnight ' s ramble , I did not see any gardens bo well cultivated as our allotments at O'Connorville . In the country villages no apparent attention was paid to them . The shoemaker . " , tailor-, & c , in the suburbsof the town I passed through , seemed decidedly in advance ^ of their agricnltu .-al brethren . From Woburn it is five miles to Marlow . Here is an
elegant suspension bridge over the Thames . At the loot of the bridge , is St Margaret ' s Church , a brick structure , bat a model for elegance and purify of * tyle . In the distance is Bfcham . Abbey . These " architectural beauties , the Thames , roaring and foaming as it falls over the weir into the stream below , and the view , bounded by a range of hills covered with magnificent trees , form a picture such as it has seldom been my lot to gozs on . Towards nigbfall I reached Reading , the home of ray parents , where a fond welcome was mine . A day ' s rest and enjoyment , and the reader will accompany me to Oxford . City of spires—once far-famed seat of learning — truly many and ' glorious are tho associations connected wiih thee . You view its princtly colleges , with their ivy-crowned domes—its sequestered cloisters , with their elaborate , yet fantastic , decorations—its stately halls , rich with the biblical treasures of agesand ponder over its having been the misery of many
of the sreat and learned men who have shed lustre upon the English annals , from the days ol the great Alfred to the present ^ time—each stone , eaeh tree , its every feature , receives and imparts a veneration that its present position , either in learning or politics , would not accord to it . At Oxford , in company with Mr Doyle , we attended a tea party and ball , in commemoration of one of their members being successful at the late ballot , and the evening ' s entertainment proved that a strong democratic character can be sustained , even when surrounded by priestly intolerance and fawning sycophancy . Honour , I say , to the . ^ ood and true men of Oxford . ' From Oxford to Witney is ten miles . Witney is noted for its blanket manufactories , but , owing to the badnesi of trade , nearly all the hands were ont of employ , and the inhabitants informed us that if many had not been employed on the Chartist estate , the " distress in the town would have been awful .
From Witney to Minster Lovel is about two and a half miles , of a gentle ascent . On the right you pas-s a large building , intended for the reception of those aged , infirm , or undisposed of slaves , whom ihe state of the money market , or our relations with America , or China , or any relations but those of justice or humanity , render valueless to their masters , and who , crowded here like slaves in the hold of a slave ship , await until hunger , fever , or madness , send ttem to another world—or , haply , until some change in the markets furnishes them with anew master , from whom , by dint of servility , they may beg leave to toil , in order to eat their daily bread . What a contrast to this is tbe spectacle that , in a conti ary direction , meets your eye . There
Labour has erected her refuge for the destitute , inviting a comparissn between that and the government refuse opposite . Would that such a contrast could be shown in every union of parishes in the kingdom . I had formed some idea , Irom Mr O'Connor ' s letters , of the gigantic operations , now carried on for the purposes of the society , but the reality was far greater than the anticipation . Milrs cf road are formed , where none heretofore ivere known . Quarries for building materials are being successfully worked , where none dreamed of their existence . Lime-kilns are in full operation . In fact , every possible operation is carried on , that can in any way save the cost of carnage or material , a duo regard bsin ^ - had to the qualify of thekitit-r . Eighty houses
are er < cted , six others were being commercd ; but when Isay eighty houses , you can scarcely conceive the eround these stand upon , tbe distance from the first house to the last , or the immense labour necessary in pi eparing footpaths , < fcc , to the same . A portion ofthe estate Iic < en each side the high road to Cheltenham ; on the one side the hors < s are built in tbe farm of a crescent , with the school , a magnificent building in the centre : on the other side , ' the property stretchesdown to the water ' s edge , neir which stands the old farm house with its numerous barns , outbuildings d ; c , which have been converted into stables for the Chartist horses . Another portion of the estate lies on both sides the road to Bn ' ze Norton , the hou-es forming one continuous street , upwards of
a mile aud a ralf in length , with a cross street branchim : therefrom ; truly it seems a town in itself . Each liouse | is nicily finished with every requisite for dernestic convenience , and in external decoration they far exceed any cottages I have yet teen . The land is _ considered the best in the neighbourhood , and , with the exception of a small portion by the road side , has an exceeding great depth of soil . Durit ? g our stay here the hogs , which Mr O'Connor has been fattening with the barley grown oi the estate , were killed , and I never before saw animals so fat oi thtirsize ; they turned out even better than thepurchaser anticipated . The manure made . - by the hogs , cows and horses islone of the most advantageous ofthe Company ' s co-operative results , the benefit to the allottees will bs great at a comparatively trifling amount of increased rent . Mr Cullinel am , the
superintend ent kindly showed us over the whole works , and ex : kined the various operations yet to be performed . The land , I may state , will not be cropped by the Company , but having been twice phnmhed will now lay exposed to the fertilising action of the weather , until the allottees take possession . Whilst here I visited the ruins of Lovel Castle , for strange as it may s-: und in the ears of some , we are now tbe actual possessors of a once famed baronial manor . The castle is quite a ruin , but the space it covers shows that it must once have been an immense structure . It . Iies about half a rai ' e from the estate , on the banks of the river Windrusb , and is the scene of . that most celebrated of all English romances ' The Old English Baron . ' It is also the scene ofthe song of the ' Misletoe Bough , ' where Lord Level's bride ia suffocated in the old oaken chesti
It closed with a spring nnd dreacTful dooai , Tho bride lay clasped iri a living tomb . The baronial castle is fast vanishing , the very name of Lovel has become extinct . The Lords of Min-Bter Bleep in their narrow tombs . Tradition is
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S rowing forgetful alike of their honours and their C rimes . A new era has dawned , a mighty enchanter has waved his wand . The Wmdrush , that six months ajio flawed in solitude through the csta ' . e to the F ? r , fbames , bas seen a village , a town , rise on its banks , taking the place and the power of thuse frowning battlements , and proclaiming that the last I ? mnan s of feudalism are now destined to fall by the hands of those serfs whom the enchanter is fast changing into free men . Yes , tho days of Feudalism in England are for ever gone . May the good yeo man take the place of the serf while enjoying the independence of which ho knew not , and those comforts ot which he was in ignorance . May he preserve that love of home , that respect for local and national associations , which were the strongest
safegvard of the nation in the days of old . Tho land is now echoing the shouts of national defences . A , contented peasantry attached to dwellings from which no tyrant land" ' ord can eject them , a peasantry who can look on the home of their hearts and say 'here will we live , here will we die , ' would be worth whole armies , however disciplined , in tho event of an invasion . The soldier looks with comparative indifference on the land of hm birth , 'twas a harsh step mother to him ; the vicissitudes of war have kept hira in perpetual estrangement from it ; by constantly journeying to and fro he ceases to have any idea of local association . Or to be acted upon by tho feelings and syraof
patlues home . The camp becomes bis rouncrr , his brother soldiers become his fellow-citizens , and his loyalty is given to his favourite general and not to his country , or his king ; contrast such an army with a militia composed of free men , men having an interest m their native land , a stake in the hedge ; but until that day arrives let no chicanery of the government , no false colouring on the part of the press , tempt one ChartLt to swerve from the ' No Vote no Musket * cry . This digression having trenched upon my space , I must conclude my notes in the ensuing Statu Thomas Mahtin Wheeler . O'Connorville .
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Keighlby . —The inhabitants of Keighley have suffered a severe loss in the death of John Miller , curator of animals , & c , who died on his passage home from America , where he had been collecting rare specimens of birds , reptiles , insects , & c . Though only a workine man and labouring under the disadvantages of poverty , and a very limited education , he displayed a skill and shrewdness in tbe pursuit of his favourite study , whieh stamped him as a man of very superior abilities and natural talents . Through a strong desire to explore different parts of North America in quest of birds and other natural curiosities , he contrived to save a few pounds by dint ol rigid perseverance and economy , and ' sailed from Liverpool on thelTib of September , 1846 . in pursuit
of his favourite object . He remained in America about fourteen months ; eight of which , he spent about St Louis , in killing and preserving animal ? , supporting himself during that time by preparine and selling specimens amongst the inhabitants . The assiduity with which he followed his pursuit , and the variety of climates he had to encounter , brought on an illness , under which he laboured six months , gradually growing worse ; in which condition , he erabarked at New Orleans for England , and died after being about a month on the passage . The specimens of curiosities he had acquired , consisting of birds , insects , serpents , and other things , bare been
brought from Liverpool , and it is the intention of his friends to exhibit them with a great quantity more to the public , for the beneBt of the widow and family , . It is . to be hoped that ihe lovers of natural curio ities will remember that hehasdiedin extreme poverty , nnd left a widow and seven children , who were fondly exiecting his return , when they received the news of his ' death , and the burial of his remains in " the Atlantic Ocean . The committee of the Keighley Mechanics' Institution have generouslj granted the use of the hall and the gas for the exhibition , which commenced on Saturday last , Jan . 30 th , and will continue open for a week .
Wauringtok— Wheat Dibbling Machine . —On Monday evening week , & public meeting was convened to witness the performances of a dibbling machine , invented and constructed by Mr Conway , of this town . The placard , calling the meeting , stated that one man with the aid of this machine would hn enabled to perform as much work as thirty men l \ the present mode of dibbling wheat . It is gencraiy admitted by practical men that dibbling or selling wheat is not only the best , producing the most p \ ofitable crops , but effects a great saving of seed . The only objection against dibblin ? , as compared with the present system of broad-cast , being the enormous amount of labour absorbed , and that labour of a very cramped and painful njiture . Considerable opposition
has been manifested towards the inventor on account of the placard stating , that with this machine one man would be enabled to perform the woik of thirty men by the present mode of single peg dibbling , buf this objection was at once removed , when the inventor Showed . that by the use of this machine and the consequent introducti 6 n of a general system of dibbling wheat , instead of sowing it' bvnad-cast , ' it would give employment to six men where one only is employed at present , the immense saving effected in the item'of seed more than covering the additional cost for labour . Thus , it will bs seen that this machine , instead of throwing men out of work , will open up n new source of employment , while it will be found of great advantage to farmers and corn-growers . An experiment was made in the room to test the practi oability of the invention , when . it was found that Mr Conway , by the aid of his machine , performed in twenty-five seconds as * much work as took two
expert d ' ihblers seven minutes and a half—thus proving to a demonstration that it will do all that the inventor says it will . The meeting was quite astonished at the novelty aud easy working of the machine , as it requires no stooping , the man working it while standing in au upright position . After inspecting tbe ' raachine , the meeting came to the following resolution : — ' That it is the opinion of this meeting that the wheat dibbling machine invented and constructed by Mr Conway , will answer in a remarkable degree nil tho purposes for which it was invested , and is a very important improvement upon the present system . ' Mr Conway stated tbat it was his intention to hold himself in readiness to visit any locality whose members might ; feel disposed to witness the working of this machine , as it will be found n great acquisition to members belonging to the Land Company in the management of their allotments . All-letters to be addressed to Mr C . Conway , Scotland-road , ( Warrington , ) Lancashire .
Public Supper at Ashton-tjnder-Lvne to c ^ le brute the Anniversary of the Birthday of Thomas Painc .--On Saturday , the 29 th of January , at six o ' clock in the evening , about one hundred of thedisciples of Thomas Paine assembled in the Chartist Association room , Bentinek-street , to celebrate his birth . The large room was very tastefully orna . mented , and most splendidly decorated with all the political portraits of our age ; at the head of which shown most conspicuously a convention of Elihu Palmer , tbe American blind philosopher , Thomas Paine ,-Richard Carlisle , Rev . Robert Taylor , Mirabean , Voltaire , Volney , Condorcet , Franklin , Joe ) Barlow , Bressot , Marquis de Ch . itelot , and Georpe Washington . —at the other end was a conclave of
abniit three yards by two , in one elegant eilt frame , of all the Star portraits , with the People ' s Charter in the centre , with the immortal Hunt supporting it on the right , and Feargus O'Connor and T . S . Dunc . 'imbe , Efqrs ., nn tbe left . After the assemblage had unburthened the tables of their cumbrous weight , which consisted of roast beef and potatoes , that true democrat , Mr James Hyson , was call d on to preside , supported on his ri « ht by that veteran in the cause of liberty , Mr Charles Walker , aged 84 years , and William Bedfird , editor of the Asuio-, \ mn : on the left , we saw Mr William Aitken , schoolmaster , James Taylor , president of the association , Samuel Radcliffe , agent , and Mr Ernest Wbitwortb , schoolmaster . The chairman openci
the business in a very neat speech , and concluded bv proposing , ' The Sovereignty of tho People , ' which was drunk by all present , upstanding and uncovered , and ably responded to by Mr Richard Pilling . The next toast was ' The Immortal Memory of Thnma * Paine ;' ably responded to by Mr W . Aitken . The nexC toast given was ' A Landed Democracy , and may the plan propoundeelj by Feargus O'Connor , Esq . and the Chartist Executive lead to the destruction of the lair of primogeniture , —a hotter cultivate ' native land , and a greater state of happiness for th < - Industrious of these Islands ; ' responded tout great length by Mr William Bedford . The next toast w . u ' The Barons of Runny mede who forced the tyrant John to sign Magna Charta ; and may the Baronsi ol tho present age emulate thsir deeds ; ' responded to by Mr James Taylor , in a very energetic speech , who
was very ably supported by Mr Charles Walker , who spoke at great length on the prasent Charter . The next toast being ' The Democratic Members of the House of Commons ; ' responded to by Mr John Alexander Steuart ; this toast waa very ably supported by Air Samuel Andrew , of Charlestown . The next toast was 'The Immortal Memories of Henr . v Hunt , William Cobbetb , and all the illustrious dead of every nation who have contributed to the pause of Freedom ; ' responded to by Joseph Taylor , and supported by Mr Samuel Walker , who gave nn account ofthe rise and progress of Chartism inh i own town . A number of patriotic songs and recitations enlivened the proceedings until a late hour , when after a rote of thanks to the chairman , —three cheers for the Land and Charter , —three cheeva f r the veteran Charles Walker . —the company broke up very highly gratified with the evening '* enter tainment .
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Piles , FistuZ / E , and BEABiNos-nowtf . A Wonderful Cure by ' Abernotliy ' s Pile Ointment , '—Jiobt . Witherhall , of Claphamcommon , Surrey , had been several years afflicted with piles and fistula ) , besides a general hearingdown of the most painful nature . He had tried all internal medicines for that complaint without deriving the least benefit , fie was advised by a friend to purchase n pot of 'Aberncthy ' s Pile Ointment , ' and on the first application found great relief , and by usingthrie 4 s . 6 d . po , ts was completely cured , and has not had a return , which is now eighteen months since he used the ointment ,
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GREENWICH . GREAT MEETING IN SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER AND TO AID THE RETURN OP A CHARTIST MEMBER FOR THE BOROUGH A most enthusiastic public reeling was held in that splendid amphitheatre , the Lecture Hall , Royal Hill , on Wednesday evening , January 2 C > h , in support of the above objects ; aiul . notwi ' thstanding the severity ofthe weather , there could not have been less than eight hundred persons present , amongst whom we noticed many of the electors , who appeared much interested in tbe proceedings . At half-past seven o'clock , Mr Ebnest Jokes was called to the chair , amidst loud cheer * , and in an aeldress of considerable length ably argued in favour of equal representation , and called on tho men of Greenwich to rally again in favour of their representative and their representation . The chairman was frequently interrupted by thunders of applause , and concluded his address by calling on
Mr Samuel M Guwan Ktdd , the people's member for Greenwich , who rose amidst every demonstration of popular entbushsm , and thus nddrescd the meeting : —Mr Chairman and citizens of Greenwich , our friend Mr Jones has introduced me as your representative , and certainly I am morally the exponent of the political views of the majority of the citizens of thisboroufrb . At the late election , Mr Fisher , the returning officer , declared on the day of nomination , tha '; Samuel Kjdd and David Salomons , were duly elected . Admiral Dundas and Mr Barnard demanded a poll , and at that part cf the proceedings , the free choice of the people waa interfered with , class legislation , with all its attendants—fear , bribery , and intimidation , were resorted to ; the result wap , the ! election of Mr Barnard and Admiral
Dundas to sit in the Commons' House of Parliament ; not indeed to represent the wishes and interests of the people by the exorcise of moral means , but legally and unjustly to 'disfranchise the boroughand in effect to represent themselves and a small fraction of the community . This glorious old thin ? called the British Constitution , establishes law in opposition to morals , and the distinction between me and my opponents is the following ;—Mr Barnard and Admiral Dundas are by force and fraud your misnamed representatives ; I am , by the voice of reason and the standard of justice , morally your representative—they are the men ofthe fraction—I am the choiee of the people . And I will now briefly allude to some of the leading questions of the day af-I ' ectine your interests , and the interests of the com .
munity generally . Tho Navigation Laws were alluded to by all the candidates at the bite election . No gentleman soliciting your suffrage however , expressed a decided opinion on the question , but all of thesemen told you that they would consider tbe question and vote of course for [ your interests . From what I glean from the reports on this subject , I have rood reasons to suspect that the Navigation Laws wi I be abolished , and very probably your honourable members will vote hr their abolition—but how far » uch a course may be of advantage to your borough ia a question for discussion . It is argued by the free , traders that Englishmen can build vessels as cheaply as Russians , Dutchmen , or Americans ; but I put this plain question to the shioowners , sailors , and carpenters . How is it that a vessel trading to the
Baltic , requiring masts or yards , except in case of extreme urgency , does not e"efc the same previous to a tiling from England ? The answer is ready because true , they can be bad cheaper abroad . Where do we get pur timber from ? you answer the Baltic and America . It therefore costs us freight nnd duty more in price than it does the Russian or -itneriean , to which must be added wharfage , profits of timber merchants , insurance , « fcc . How then stands our relation with our foregin neighbours ? If we say to them free ingress and frea egress , free competition , we meet them on equal terms , and we must beat them or they beat us . The English sea men come on a level with the Russian , eating his coarse bread , and drinking water inslead of having good meat , good bread , and his share of groe . I am
told the Eoglish carpenter can work so much harder than the Russian , which simply means the English carpenter must pay higher taxes , and be in reality a greater slave than the Russian serf . Previous to the repeal of the Corn Laws , the orators of the Anti corn-law League informed the ship owners that a free trade in corn would i enhance the value ol shipping , by increasing the carrying trade , and the E .-iglish shipowner of course supported the League . ' Free trade in corn ' was then the standard cry' Cheap bread for tho people .- ' was the watch-wcrd of the party—*> nd iQ : » nuf ; ict « ring prosperity , and increased food wcro the promised result" . Neither of the results Inu-e followed . DrBowring , Mr Cob den , and Mr Bright , have not yet been able to show p ' ain men like John West , of Macclesfield , or Junes
Leach , of Manchester , the ability of the heavily taxed Englishmen , importing cotton from America , to comncte successfully with the . American , Well , say Dr Bowring and Co ., we must go on with Free Trade—repeal the Navigation Laws—whieh simply means , that the shipping interests of the country must be sacrificed ; not for tho eeneial good of the community , but for the advantage of a knot of cotton and woollen lord ? , resident in Yorkshire and Lancashire , who bid fair to be the rulers of this country , and whose tierce and reckless competition have ruined our manufactures—decimated our population—crucly maltreated women and cl . ildreH—nnd enriched themselves . These men clesin to extend their suicidal policy , caring not for tb < - effects on others provided the policy pursued be L neficial to
their own interests . The rise , progress worth , and power of the millocricy of England , nierh . ^ our consideration . Sixty years ago ihe roam : ' stores of England were spread over tbef co of i \ w country ; every town and village contained its shoemaker , tailor , blacksmith , « nd manufacturer . The ' woolpa' -k' is a common signboard in every old village and borough of the land . Enter these boroughs and villages now—look among the inhabitants—and you find the tailor , shoemaker , and blacksmith ; but where is the distaff , the representative ot the spinning jetiny interest ? You look in vain for the village manufacturer , but jet you see linens and cottons ticketed veny cheap—IVrnsy rotten things , manufactured in Manchester , Rochdale , or Bradford , by men who have centralised our manufactures in a
few towns , and because of the mechanical improvements of Arkwnght and Hargreaves , and their own shrewd calculating > eJfis ! ine $ !> , have amassed fortunes for themselves , and now ask all the other interests of the state to be ruined for their gain . Their ambition knows no bounds , and their acquisition of wealth seems but to sharpen their appetites for « ain , and increase their lust of gold . According to the income tax returns of 1814 . the value of property in Lancashire was £ 3 087 , 774 , and in 1843 it was - £ 7 ) 307 , 109 .. Onewouldthink that such an increase of wealth would surely satisfy tbe possessors , and ensure happiness and plenty for the people- It has , however , done neither ; tbe people are now starving for want of food—perishing for want of clothing . Tho roillowners demanding eleven hours labour
from factory children , or our country is ruined ; the last ounce ot flesh must be had from man , woman , and child , in order that our manufacturing Molochs may ride in carriages , buy up landlords , impoverish our shipowners , ruin our people , and then exultingly exclaim , ' England is the glory of the world . ' If the free traders be pressed hard on the repeal of ( he navigation laws , some of them nwy admit that it is necessary to sacrifice tho interests of the few for the sreneval welfare of ihe state . This sounds exceedingly palrintic . aiKi ' vje knoff something of its results . I' / heii JluekitiS'iu carried his free trade measure , reducing lhaimport duty on silks , it was considered necessary to have cheap silks , and cheap silks are , of course , a very excellent thing ; but let us see the efF . 'Ct on tho ailli weavers . In evidence given by J .
IMixkleburst , Jun . Esq ., before the select committee on the silk trade , we havuthe following questions and answers : — ' Question 11 , 413 : Do vou know any ins t ance of mil ! property being offered for sale ? 1 know an ipst . ance of a mill oviainal-y costing £ 0 , 000 or £ 7 000 , and was purchased in 1827 for £ 1 , 700 and I stated the fact to the Board of Trade in 1828 , or 18-29 ; a few weeks aijo I met the late pro . prietor in London , and asked him what that mill ¦ actually cost ; he said £ 7 090 , independently of machinery , costing him £ 4000 more ; and that that property which cost him £ 11 , 000 , was knocked down for £ 1 , 700 , and ab ^ nt £ 200 for the machinery . ' So mueh for the effect of free trade in silk onjtke possessor of property . Now for the wages of the weaver . In 182 fi the average wages of the silk weaver [ wjis
Ids . Cd . per week ; two years after free trade bein ; introduced weekly wages Gs . 6 d . Such a policy means cheap silks to the rich , and dear silks to the weaver ' s wife and daughters . True enough , says the freetrader , but ii is all for the good of the " state . Ihe duty was taken off glass-lately ; what an excel' erifc thing to have cheap glass ; ask the makers nf our fancy glass ornaments , and chey will answer ym , that Bohemian glass can be import ? d for less than they formerly received for wages . Free trade in boots , shoes , bat ? , fancy workboxes , musical instruments , & o . What adelisbtful thing to have French b'o-s , French hats , and French silks , and German musical boxes . Really Miss ' s bonnot fiis so well , so nea , and above all so cheap ; Master George ' s hat is perfectly charming , and Sir Roberta moroccoslippers pei-foetly delightful . What ofthe poor shoemakers , hatter ? , tailors , cabinet -maker , glass-blowers ,
silk weavers , & c ? Oh ! tbey are such excellent workmen ; can work harder than the French or Germans ; true enough they are very poor , but tbey are so indiiBtrious , really after all you see it ia all for tho good of the community . Now , I admit that in all legislation , the interests oi the minority should bo merged in tbe welfare ofthe majority , and suppose I gr « nt that Freo Trade is sound in principle under certain circumalancea—practical , for all hwslarejsimply regulations , cannot be immutable , but constantly subject ta change . I think the first great interest that requires consideration is the interest ef the'National DebfJAH money is valuable , not because of intrinsic worth , but because of the quantity of necessaries for the support of life that money can buy in the market . Every requisite of existence , food excepted , is not more than one-half its former price , whilst the interest of our National Debt has increased . Well ,
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then , what think you patriotic Free Prader ? II vcu propose a" adiustmen ' t of our National Debt . it would certait . h be a hardship for the poor annuitant , but it will be an act ol' justice to the nation , and what is sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander ; and if it he just to reduce the wages of ihe weaver for the benefit of the majority , it cannot be unjuat to reduce tbo income of the annuitant for the weiiave of the nation , besides the Jews have doubled their fortunes within Ihe last fifteen years , and it cannot be a wisely governed Stale that makes fortunes-for the few and famine for the many . Then there are the landholders , too , who have managed to shift tha greater share of taxation on the backs of the working classes : who have in a few years taken from the peo »
pie the common lands ; and made them private property . There is no act of injustice on record mora foul in principle than the enclosing and appropriation of the common lands ; to call things by their proper names , Legislative Enclo & uve Bills have been landlord robberies . Suppose we say to those men named landowners , you must refund , we tax you to support tbe poor of this country—the poor belong to the land and not to the shopkeeper—so to enable ua to trade freoly and profitably , you must find work for every man able and willing to labour , if not , you must pay for his keep out of your income . My l < "rd might think tbh demand rather oppressive , but remember you voted for Free Trade in silk , and it ia just to legislate for the true interests of tbe State ,
Suppose we next call on his Grace , the Bishop ¦— ¦ . — ,. saying your curate gets £ 100 per year—you saj he ia a very good Christian . What think you of giving * U 8 a share ef your income , and see if you cannot be a good Christian for something less than £ 10 , 000 or £ 12 , 000 per annum ? and say we go over the pension list , and in iact reduce all the national burdens that oppress the working and middling classes of societyand after having reduced our taxation , developed our industrial resources , established a healthy homo trade , our legislature may theu say ; Free Trade , cheap shipping , and all the rest of it , but without such reforms as those enumerated , all Free Trade means in practice robbery of the poor for the benefit of the rich . And the tendency of tbe policy is to
centralise property in the hands ofafewmen whowiH at no distant day possess both the land and quarries , shipping , and factories ^ of this island . This process goes on quietly , but rapidly in this country ; James Garth Marshal ) , the millionaire of Leeds , ia neighbouring land owner to Lord Brougham ; out manufacturers have their town and country restdencefl , and hear of an estate being sold—you will generally discover that the purchaser is a merchant or manufacturer . This new aristocracy . are more to be feared than the old feudal barons—they uxito calculation with cruelty—cunning with avaricecraft with ostentation—property with despotism . The old aristocrats are formal and outworn , imbecile for good , snd supporters of antiquated systems . The
new aristocracy are energetic and rich , tbey will neither support our charities nor patronise tbe fina arts ; their motto ia ' Every man for himsslf . ' They absorb the life's blood of our nation in chilly scihMiness , and make our morality dried and barren . Yet il the present system be not changed—these mushroom millionaires are destined to be our rulers , and England ' s working men their slaves . A number of , I daresay , very honest men are ^ now desirous of repealing the window tax , and really the window is a most cruel impost , and I should be very glad to hs . ir of its being removed ; but what says Sir Charles Wood , the ' national tax collector ? He says 'it brings a raillion and a quarter annually into the Exchequer and I cannot do without it . ' No , the Whigs never
can spare any money ; they have . I believe , added £ 8 . 000 , 000 . lately , to our national deot , and ta * about increasing the income tax . The Whip are darling boys tomanage thec « sh affairs , they retrench the pauper ' s gruel , and economise tbe digestive properties of our stomachs . The property and income tax , too , are poking things , they make our ' . ihopo keepers grow serious , and enable their bankers to know how far to give them credit . The return to direct taxation is compulsory on the part of government , but it will be a rare specimen of Whig economy to take the tax off light and put it on income . How liberal ! shifting the burden from the window to the leiker , but both com'ng from the pocket at last . This is certainl y the age of invention and
ingenuity , and the Whigs , true to the chemistry of the age , absorb all that is valuable in their profession and are of course in the advance guard ofthe light fintered fraternity , and manage the pick pook ^ c department in a very professional manner . Whan I appeared before you on the day of nomination , I did so as the humble advocate of great and noble principles . The Peeple ' s Charter appears to me as the national manifesto of tho people ' s rights , noi the-Magna Charta for a privileged order , but the mtxmum fppuli ; the great charter for all . My sup . porters have been often told that these principles
would lead to anarchy and confusion , to plunder and bloodshed ? I ask , where is the evidence for so flippant an assertion . Did not America—the o ; des t born of England—rise in rebellion apainst the mother country , and after a long , and to England an ia-Hlovinus struggle , succeed in wresting from a lip-iighty and beggared ministry a declaration of independence ? America established Universal Suffrage as the oasis < i her constitution , and I ask is property less safe ia New York than in London ? life less respected in Philadelphia than in Glasgow ? Every one koowa that property and life are as safe on tbe western as on the eastern side of the
Atlantic ; and in the free States of Switzerland , although on a late occasion suffering from internal commotion , yet the rights of properly and the liberties of the subject have remained unaltered , anil the brave men of the Cantons could be courageous in war and forgiving in peace ; whilst the stabil : ' "y of her institutions , "the comfort and independence of her hardy people , have been the subjects of praise and admiration from the days of Bacon to tbe records of the latest travellers . To protect property is the very nature of man . Is thero a fire in your warehouse , who endanger their lives to save your property ? the people . Ia there aaact of petty local despotism practised , who rebels " against it ? the people . Is there an act of . cruelty committed
wantonly against the weak , who sympathises with the injured and redresses the grievance ? the people . Is there an invasion threatened whom do you ask to defend you ?—the people . Whr » are the pdvtera of your bank—the mariners ' of your vessels ? In a . word , to whom do you entrust your lives and property ? To the people . Yet are you not assassinated—yetareyou not robbed ? And if England , with such a people , advanced and fast advancing in knowledge , is not fitted for self-government ? tell me why America exists , and Switzerland is still a nation ? It seems a waste , of time to reason with such an opposition . Tbe insulting accusation arises from ignorance or intention—if the former , the parties using it are Jo be pitied ; if the latter , they deserve not to be reasoned with . I observe you are to have a meeting in this hall , on the evening of
tomorrow , to aid the removal of the disabilities now pressing on the Jews . Well , Lord John Russell , who can play more than one line of character , in his speech in the House of Commons on that same question , declared his belief that tbe people of London were more intelligent than the members of the House of Commons ; and surely , after such a declaration , no supporter of his lordship will urge such an objection . On ' -y my Lord John is apt to change—the cameleon is a standard for light and shade compared to his lordship . The Whi ; i leader was clothed that night in the garb of Radicalism . The soul of John Ball seemed in the possession of ths last of ths Russells ; and ' his lordship , big with his love of ju 3 tico , appealed nobly to the honourable nlenibm of the thrice honourable hnuse , on behaif of the Jews , and asked who could interfere with God ' s judgment to man ,
Strike from his h : iud tho balansp and tho roa , Piejudgu his justice , be the God of God . flow sympathetic nnd patriotic on behalf of Go . d ' a Jews . Why nut extend the sympathetic chord to God ' s Christians . ? I hope your sympathies will not be encirekd by so narrow a creed ; all men are brethren , atid if your hearts pant to bursting for the Jew , remember , ljbeseech ofjydu . jthepoor Samaritan , whose heart is kind and feelings generous , but poor in pocket , and cannot , like the Rothschilds and Barings , boast of his millions , and command the services of great lords and rich commoners . My youth and poverty are objections raised by some of ray npporents . " Age is not always indicative of wisdom , nor is poverty of disgrace . But with all these objeo . tions against me , 1 will not resign in favour of-Mr Barnard or Admiral Dundas . The poor Chartist would not hold a seat in the satiate with a conscience so dead
to humanity as that of Admiral Dundas , the supporter nnd advocate of flogging . But who voted for hira ? The merchants and shopkeepers of this borough . Who then flogs the . soldier ? The drummer . Who order * the drummer to lay on the lash ? The colonel . Who aided to grant the power to the colonel ? Admiral Dundas . And who gave the power teethe Admiral ? The electors of Greenwich , Deptford , and v \ 'oulwich . Certainlv not unanimously , but by a majority . And as for Mr Salaraons , he is a Whig , and it would be treachery to liberty—treason to justice , to resign mv claim in favour of such a ' pplitician . I will at the next election wnlest this borough against all of them , still willing to give way for a better man-but no compromise . Remember the Charter ia the groundwork of tbe slrugsie-the right ot tne people to food and shelter in the land of their birth ; the motto of our
banner—There ' s a good time coming boys-a good time coming ; Aid it nil you can , every namau , every man , The Rood time coming . ' ' Littfc aids rbjhtlyglven , make the impu 'see ronger It will he strong enough one day , wa t alittle longer , ( Immense and long continued applause . ) At the con clusion of Mr Kydd ' s addressu M * Jomph Moroan . an elector of the borough , and the proposer of Mr Kydd at the late election , rose to move the following resolution : — .. , . That we , the electors and non-electors of the borqegh of Greenwich , in public meeting assembled , lading heard the principles held by Mr Samuel Kydd , bo lucidly , eloquently , and forcibly set forth on this and many occasions , do hereby pledge ourselves , individually and collectively , to use eyery tffort within our power *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05021848/page/7/
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