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INDIA . By tha arrival of the Overland Mail from India , * a learn several failures have taken place , end the c ommercial news is generally gloomy . In fJoomstjoT ft * urawgents were increasing , and a f ^ ca of three-native reeimenta waa about to march a gainst them , but tha difficulties ef the country render success very doubtful .
FftANCE . H . SaOMt has been re-elected to the presidency of the Chambers , and all the ministerial candidates to the secondary ofncea . The business of the Chamber of Deputies commenced on Monday . The bills for tie reform of tha postage system and the reduction cftb . euu . ty oa salt were brought in . The Reform Banquets are going on . The goremrjttnt has dismissed Professor Berard , dean of the faculty of Bedicine , for having written aletter to the conductors of a Reform Banquet , approving of the movement . The Princess Adelaide d'Orleans , sister of Ring jjOtus-Philippe , died at the Tuillerieson Friday morning , she was born oa the 23 rd of August , 1 T 77 , and bus therefore in her seventy-first year . STJBSBSHSR O ? AHD--K , KAXttR .
Abd-el-Kader has surrendered to the Duke of Ansale , on condition that he sheuid be sent to Alexandria or St Jean d'Acrev -. It appears , however from an extract of a French correspondence published under the directions of the government , that there is some doubt if the Cabinet will ratify this MQihtaou , aotuat it is possible that , in spite of this condition , Abd-el-Kader may be retained a prisoner in France . Itappeare that Abd-el-Kader , having : surrendered on the 21 st , was shipped off from Oran for Toulon on the 24 th , on board the Asmodee steamer , along with mnety ^ wq persons who form his suite . The illastr . ous Emir was overpowered—not beaten . His last w & s , perhaps , the most brilliant of all his achieve dents . With a handful of faithful and devoted adherents , he ia the night ofthe llth and 13 th ult . at-Itcked the Moorish , camps and routed the . immense
sfmy they contained , but , overpowered by numbers , aad hemmed in on all sides by hourly increasing issssss of Moors , he was gradually pushed back on the frontier of Algeria . The weather had been frightful , which impeded military operations . On fiie 2 ht of December ths fords of tha Moulonia became practicable , and the baggage and the families of bis braye companions proceeded towards the plain of Triffa , the resolve of Abd-el-Kader having been to see them , in safety in the French territory , and then cut his way through the Moors with such ef his adhereats as should dare to follow him . He threw himself into the country of the Beni-Snassur , ' eays the Duke d'Annate , ' and sought to again take the road to the south , which the Emperor of Mbfocco had left free ; but , surrounded on : that side by cur cavalry , he trusted to the generosity of France aad surrendered , on condition of being sent to St letn d'Acra or Alexandria '
SPAIN . There have been certain changes in the existing CaJriuet , which is supposed to be on . its last legs . The Mobswg Post broadly insinuates that Queen Isabella is suffering from the effects of slow poison ; sad again that she is about to abdicate . It is more than hinted that a certain old gentleman at the 5 ! uillieriesis responsible , botb . for tbe Queen ' s illhealth and her contemplated abdication .
SWITZERLAND . The activity of the agents of Austria in exciting the Catholics ofthe Grisonsand Tessin to renew the struggle is so glaring , that it is plainly exposing Switzerland to another civil war to disband the army while these machinations ara continued .
. ITALY . The accounts which , we receive from Rome leave no doubt of the fact of tha Pontifical government having assumed a system of government very different from that proclaimed by his Holiness on hk accession . On tbe 23 rd December , at eight o ' clock in the morain ? , the Auatrians vacated all the posts in the City of Ferrara , and withdrew into the citadel and the barracks of St Domemco and St Benedetto . Some of the Italian papers state that the evacuation of the city of Ferrara by the Austrians was complied with on condition that the Pope should put a stop to the Liberal movement in his dominions . Austrian troops have taken possession of the duchies of Parma and Modena . Large masses of Austrian troops are advancing to the Italian frontier .
The King of Sardinia has written to his Holiness i £ e Pope , desiring him to recall the Jesuits from his states . Letters from Naples , " jof the 23 rd nit ., state that the general in command ofthe Swiss troops in the service of the King of Naples has written to his Majesty , stating that he and the troops under his command are ready and willing to keep faithful to the oath which they took on entering the service , to spill their blood , or lay dowa their lives in defence of his Majesty against foreign enemies , but that they will not fight on his aide against his own subjects . GREECE AND TURKEY . The difference between the governments of these countries has been adjusted .
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . The President's Message will be found in another column . General Taylor broke up his encampment at ^ Walnut Springs , near Monterey , on tbe morning of the 8 th of-November , and with his staff , and General Wool and staf £ returned homeward . On the 17 th of November there arrived at Vera Craz from the city of Mexico ( under charge of General Harney ) a train of 600 waggons , with a quantirr of specie , and 3 , 500 men , rick and wounded ; amongst the latter was General Shields , who had distinguished himself so -much in the late battles near Mexico . " -
.-.. The road from Mexico presents a most complete scene of waste and desolation . At the approach of an enemy the inhabitants ofthe small -villages abandon their houses and ran to conceal themselves m tne woods . Nearly all the ehurchea nave been turned into hospitals or stables for the troops , and the bells of all tbe churches at Guanajuato have been pulled down for the purpose of easting pieces of artillery .
Total Loss Of Her Majesty's Steamer
TOTAL LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER
AVENGER . The Pacha , which took out thelndian mail in afcead of the Erin , has returned from 3 fa ! ta , She briD £ S newfl Of the total loss of her Majesty's steam frigate Avenger on the Cerilla rocks , on the 20 th of December . Three officers , a surgeon , and five ofthe crew only are saved . The Avenger is a steamer of the first class , of l . Ui tons and 650 horse-power She was built by Sir W . Symons at Devonportin
1345 , and was put into commission for the Mediterranean station on the SOtb of last November . We subjoins list of her officers : Captain C . B . Napier ( son of the admiral ); Lieutenants Hugh'M . Kinsman Frederick Marryat ( son of Captain- Marryat } ., Francis Rooke ; Master , William Archer ; Second Lieutenant of Marine Artillery II . S . Baynes ; Surgeon James H . Steele ; Paymaster and Purser Ya . IentineA . Haile ; Assistant Surgeon Bernard Delany ; Second Master William Betts ; Clerk Henry J . S . Walker . _ . ¦
Further Pabhcclass . — Tbe Pacha , Captain Olive , has just arrived . She left Southampton , on the 9 th , with the Indian mail id lieu ofthe Erin , which received damage during the lata dreadful gale , and was obliged to return . The Pacha reached Gibraltar on the 17 th December , and left again the same- evening for Malta . H . M . ' s steam frigate Avenger left Gibralter five hours before her . On the 20 th , the Avenger was seen from the mast head ef the Pacha . This , was at 2 p . m . The Pacha arrived st Malta on the 22 nd , and lefton the 24 th for England . On the evening of the 25 th , she was signalled by a Frencb man-of-war named the Lavoisier , and Captain Olive was informed by the Frencn eaptam that the ' Avenger was wrecked on the evening ot the 20 th , on some sunken rocks known as the Cerilla Rock , about thirteen miles from toe Island ef / Jaipf * . and which must "haYe happened within a
few hours after she bad been seen . from « " * »¦* kead ofthe Pacha . The Pacta immediately aocompanied the Frencb man-of-war to the scene of tne wreck and picked up portions of it , which she now haWb « J Itaroeaw all on board tbe Avenger perished , except three oEcers , the surgeon , and five if thecie « - . whe escaped in ibaattoTunis . It was « t Tunis that the French man-of-war heard ofthe wreck . land from . whence she immediately went out to render assistance , and while attempting it met with the Pseh / i .
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More announcements of deaths , { paid for ) bare appeared in the obituary of the Times during the last few days , than for many years past . Extekbitx C 0 . sTLic-aiTi 05 s .--A number « *»» linrhouEoand a large lndependentchapel Bare been burned to the ground near Axminster . . . „_ Uti Clarendon ' s agricultural lecturers , have been generallyreeeiTed with favour in the districts of Ireland to which they have been sent . GssKiL Eef * b « ro , Duke de la Victoria , left bis return
London , on Thursday , December 30 th , on ° The Papal government has constituted tha Diario diifcma iteofiicialjournal , which will be conducted by editors appointed by tbe secretary ef state . It is stated to have become much more difficult to obtain recruits fe * the army since tbe standard or i-sight has been raised half an inch . Thepapers from the United States , by the Britanth b , announce the death ; » t &* S e { 85 > t / fisa " eeilor Kenttho celebrated American jamt .
, The BoxcisrxB CHEOwcu Bsysthatan excavator , working in the neighbourhood of Sheffield , has thirteen wives sow living , in various parts ot tne country . . t . ,, ; TheiDfluenzaisnow extreaelyprevalentta Algeria Ell oa tne nDrtiiCTB erast of Africa .
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( From tur ParisCorrtspanderit . ) The French Chambers ara now open , and we shall vary soon have the pleasure of seeing what effect the Reform agitation has had npsn the- ' SSS ' iatUfied ' members of tha majority . We shall « ee whether they will he satisfied , too , with the manner in which Guizot has exposed France In the Swiss question to tho ridicule of all Europe . Why , this fat , corrupting and corrupted , stock-jobbing , swindling , bloodsucking , and cowardly majority , are the very men to swallow iown even thatto sty ' amen' tolho trick which Palmarston , in return for the -S panish marriages , played ou hie worthy colleague Guizot—to declare that never was France so great , io glorious , so respected , to « satlsfisd '—as at this very moment .
Aad it it at this very moment that all tho papers of Paris , frem the Debits to tho . Kefoims , discuss , aa openly as can fee done under the circumstances , the eventuality consequent upon the death of Louis-Philippe . The Dibati , afraid of seeing the majority splititself up , warns them every day that this inevitable event , when . ever It takes place , wilt be tha "goal for the general rendezvous of all political parties ; that republicanism / communism , ' anarchism , ' ' terrorism , and so forth , will then break from their subterraneous ca . Terns , to spread desolation , horror , and destruction ; that Francs will baloit—liber ty , B » fetJt property will t »
lost , unless the friends of order ( M . Gmsotand Co ., of course ) keep them down with a strong hand ; tbat this perilous moment may occur any day ; and that , if M Ghkot is not supported ia office , all will be lost . Ths other papers , tha PssssB , tha CoHBTiTOTlOSHKt , the SlECK , en the contrary , Bay that qnite the reverie win take place , that all the horrors of a bloody revolution will overran the . country , unless that abominable corrupfor , Gufcot , aha !! , at the moment of tho king ' * death , have been replaced by their respective political heroes , by M . de * Girardin , M . Thiers , or M . O . Barrot . The Radical papers discuss the question from another point of view , as we shall seety sad by .
Thus , even the Dibits agrees indirectly that * satisfled' Franca only awaits the proper moment for proving her dissatisfaction , in a manner which tbe frightened conrgwis imagination of tha Debits depicts mo ? t ludicrously to itsterrified reason . This , however , doss net Hatter to the ' satisfied' tw « hundred and twenty . flve . Thsy-have a-legio of their own . - If the people : are « atis 6 ed , then there is no reasen for a change of system . If they are dissatisfied , " why , then , their very dissatis . faction is a reason to stick more to the system ; for if oalj one inch was abandoned , there would be a sudden eruption of all the horrors of revolution . Do whatever yon like , these bouiv / esis will always draw the condu-* io ' n from it that they are the best roleM of the country .
Nevertheless , Guizot will give a small bit of reform . He will add to the electoral list the ' capacities , ' that !» , all persons possessing ; a university iegreo , lawyers , deetors , and other such humbugs . A glorious reform , indeed ! 6 . it this will guinea to disarm the' Progressive Conservatives , ' or , as they call themselves new—for , in want of something else to do , they change names every quarter— -the Conservative opposition . And it will be a ready stroke for H . Thiers , who , while sending his second , M . Dnver ? ier de Hunranne , on a Reform banqsetting errand , slily prepared bis refortn . plaa , with which he was to surprise the Chambers , and which wai tquslly the same as the one now to be proposed by bis rival . Guizot .
There will be a deal of crying , shouting , and noisemaking generally in the Chambers ; hut I hardly think U . Gaizet has anything serious to apprehend from his faithful two hundred and tweaty-five . So-much for the official world . In the meantime the Reform banquets and the polemic between the National and the Refoexe have continued . The allied oppositions , that is the left centre ( M . Thiera's party ) , the left ( M . Odillon Barrot ' sparty ) , and the ' sensible Radicals ' ( theKATioHAt ) , had the banquets of Castres , Montpal . lier , Keubourg , and others ; the uHra-DemocratB ( tbe Refoshb ) , had the banquet ef Cbalon . The chief speaker of tha banquets of HontpeUier and ' Xeubourg w & s if . Garnier . Pages , brother of the well-known demo , crac of that name , deceased a few years SgO . But M .
Garnier-Pageg , the yoanger , is far from beiog like his brother ; he totally lacks that energy , that courage and never compromising spirit ' which secured so prominent a position to the deceased leader of French Democracy . At Neubourg , M . Garnier-Fages , the younger , eame out with assertions proving bim to be entirely ignorant of the actual state of society , and consequently of the means of improving it . While alt modern democracy is based upon the great " fact , ' that modern society is irreparably divided into two classes—the t > our ^ eoMt « , or possessors of all means of production and all produce , and the proletarians , or possessors of nothing but their labour to live upon ; tbat the latter class is socially and politically oppressed by the former ; while the acknowledged tendency of modern Democrats in all conntries is
to make political powerpass from the middle classes to the working classes , these latter constituting the Immense ' majority ef tha people—in the face of all these facts , M . Gamier boldly asserts tbat the division of the people into middle classes and working classes does in reality not exist , that it is a mischievous invention of M . Gnizot ' s got up to divide the people ; that in spite of Gnizot be recognises that all Frenchmen ate equal—that they all participate of the same life , and that he recognises in Trance none but French citizens \ According to U . Gamier-Pages , then , tbe monopolising of all lriitru . dents of productions in the hands of the bourgeoisie , which abandons the proletarians tothe tender mercies of the economical law ef wages , reducing tha share of the working men to the lowest level of food , is an invention of M . Gnizot ' s too- ! According to him , the whole of that desperate straggle now goisg on in all civi . Used countries of the world , between Laboor and Capital , a struggle the different phases of which are marked by
coalitions , trades' unions , murders , riots , and bloody insurrections—a straggle whose reality is testified by the death of the proletarians shot at Lyons , at Preston , at Laugenbielan , at Prague , this straggle baa been carried on upon no better groands than a lying assertion of a French professor ! "What else do the words ef M . Garnier-Pages mean but this ! 'Let tfeecapitalists continue : fo monopolise all powers of prodaction—lee tho working men continue to live upoa the merest pittance , but give him , as a compensation for fcis suffering , the title of s citizen J' Ay , H . Pagas would under certain-circum stances , and with certain restrictions , perhaps , consent to givs tbe people the suffrage ; but let them never think of profiting by the gift by passing measures which would essentially alter the actual mode of production and dis . tribotton of wealth—which would , in course of time , " give to the entire people the command of the productive powers of ths country , and do away with all individual « employers ! ' The IUeoskb waii perfectly right in at ) ling this honourable gentleman a Tmrgeois radical .
Tha Ultra-Democrats had , at I said before , only one banquet , bnt it was a bumper , and worth a dozen of the coalition party . Mors than two thousand citizens sat down to dinner at Chalon-sur-Saone . The National had been invited , but very significantly had not come . The men of the Reeokht , accordingly , had it all their own way . H . Ledrn-Hollin , who hsd been designated by the National as the chief of the ultra-democratic party , here accepted this position . He explained his position and the position of his party , by relating in & brilliant abstract , the different phases of French democracy since 1789 . He then justified himself against the attacks of the Katiohaii , attacked thstpap «* in turn , and proposed . a jury of democrats to "be nominated from all parts of France ^—one-half by either party—to decide between the Rifosse and the National . And now ( be said ) , after
having settled this home affair , would it not he a good thing if the French democracy entered into relation with the other democracies % There is at this moment a great movement going on in Europe amongst all the disinherited , whosuffer by heart or by hanger . This is ths moment to console them , to strengthen them , and to enter into communion with them . Let ns , then , hold a congress of Democrats of all nations , now , when the congress of kings has failed ! There is one republic in Europa , which just now has secured in its own territory the ascendancy ot democracy—there is Switzerland , a country worthy of seeing the Democrats of all nations npon its free soil ! And thus , citizens , let me conclude , by coupling to my toast ; * To the Unity of the French Revolution , * tbat other one , The Union of all Democracies , '
This speech excited lend applause , and it merited it . Wo heartily rejoice in M . Ledra-Rellin's oratorial suecess at Cbalon , but at ths same timr , mast protest against an unguarded expression , which , we are sure , has been said without intention to hurt , M . Ledrn-Rollin says , that the moment has arrived for French Demoerats to console and to strengthen the suffering working nun of other nations . Ths Democrats ef rw cotmtry , we are sure , want consolation from whomsoever it be . They admire the revolutionary pride of French Democrats , hut they take for themselves the right to ba quite-as proud and independent . The four millions of English Chartists certainly are strong enough to do their own
work for themselves . GIsd 88 we are to see the French democracy take up with enthusiasm the idea of a Democratic Congress , and an alliance of all democracies , we expect , before all things , a perfect reciprocity and equality . Any affiance , which should not recognise this equality as its foundation , would itself ba anti-deaoeratic . We know however , too well tie profoundly denoerafic sentiments of the men of the Rbfoehe to doubt of their perfectly agreeing with us ; we only wish them to drop , for tha interest of oar common can * e , certain expressions , which ft * from ( Upraising their real sentiments , ara an inhsritancsjfrom the time when tbe Naxiouav , attm represented ths French Democracy .
At the same banquet , M . Flocon spoke to the toast :-'The Bights of Man and of the Citizen . * He read the declaration of rig ht , ofthe ™ ° " \ Z % T » £ cTo ! he declared to be , up to this day , the faithful afaiMrt of true Democratic principles . To this , what he called the true Frencb principle , he opposed thepr . sentsystemi d moHsyoeraey , which pl aceamannpon a lower level than even cattle / because man is o ver abundant , and costs more than &¦ gives in nature when lib labour la not requixtf This system , from the country ia which It first arose , hs called the IngUsb system . But lo , be aaid , wfcU * the English principle is introduced into thefatbarlandW the revolution , the English peop le themselves strive to thrgw its yoke off their ehoelders , and writs upon their
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eauners the glorious motto :- — 'Liberty , Equality , Fr * . » tarnlty I' Thus , by one of . those painful turns , of which history « ffers mora than , one example , the very nation which first gave truth to tho world , f * lten back Into darkness and Igno . ^ nce , would soon be obliged to ask from its neighbours tha revolutionary traditions which itself could not conserve . Shall it ever come thus far with net No , never , as . ' long as there are Democrats like you , and meeting * l ! ke thia ! No , we nevttf will prop up-the worm-eaten frame of those Bngllsh iustltutiaasj which the English themselves will n » longer support !
( No no !) Well then , to your tents , 0 Israel ! Every one of you rally- round his standard * Every one for his faith ! Here , on our side / Democracy with her twenty , five millions of proletarians to free , whom she greets with ths names of citizens , brothers , equal and free . men ; there the bastard-opposition , with her monopolies and aristocracy of capital I They speak ot reducing tha qua . Hficatlon by one half ; we . we proclaim the rights of inan and ofthe citizen J ( Loud and long-continued applause , which ended by the whole meeting singing the Chant du Depart . ) "We regret not to havo room for giving more of the speeches delivered at this splendid and thoroughl y Democratic banquet .
At last , tha Betobhe b »» forcea & 6 NATloMAIi to enttr into a polemic . The former journal , in decla . ring its adhesion to the principles announced by if . Gamier-Pages , at the Montpeltter banquet , in a speech on tne French revolution , a * tha same tlma disputed the righto ! men , like M , Garnler , who had sacrificed the int erests of Democracy to M . 0 JiUon Barrot and the middle-class opposition , to act as the representatives of the principles of the Revolutio n . Thi » ' L ' T , , out a reply from the National , 5 n whicl » ledru-RoIIm in his turn was attacked . " The principal points of accusation against the Nation Ai ' were * " » support of the bastiles around Paris , by which tnB inheritance of the revolution was placed under the control of twelve
bundred pieces of cannon . 2 nd . Its silence last year , upon a pamphlet of M . Carnot , ja whic b he engaged the Demoerais to join tho Left Centre and tha Left , to g : t them into office as soon as possible , to drop for tbe moment the Republican principle , and to agitate for an extension ofthe Suffrage within the limits of tha Charter . M . Oernier Pages , the younger , had about tbe same time announced similar principles ; the pamphlet declared itself to be the expression ef the opinion not of an individual , bnt of a party in the Chamber . . The RssoaiiE attacked both M . Gnroier ' s speech and H . Carnot ' a , ( son of tho celebrated member of theiConvention and Republican minister of war , ) pamphlet , and tried to provoke the NaxioKal to a declaration . But the Natioval remained
silent . The Repohuc rightly .: declared that the policy proposed by both deputies . would tend to nothing bnt to place the Democratic party wholly under the control of M . M . Thiers and Barrot , and break it up entirely as a distinct party , 8 rd . The National following up in practice during tha Reform banquet agitation , the policy proposed by M . Carnot . 4 th . Its virulent and calumniating attacks nponithe Communists , while proposing at tbe same time no practicable or effective re . medy for the misery of the working people . The dispute has been going on for a week at least . At last the National retired from the eontest , after having conducted it in a very improper manner . It has been regularly beaten ; bnt , in order to mask its defeat , it finally accepted M . Ledro ' s proposal of a Democratic jury . I- - .-
-We can only declare oar fall adhesion to the part the Refobuehas taken inthissffair . Ithaasaved thehonour , independence , and the strength of Frencb Democracy as a distinct party . It has maintained tbe principles of tbe Revolution , which were endangered by the course pursued by the National - It has asserted the rights of tbe working classes in opposition to middle-class encroachments . It has unmasked these bourgeois radi . cals—who wonld make the people believe tbat no class oppression exists—who will ' not see the frightful civil war of class against-class in modern society , —and who have nothing hut vain words for tho working people . The Refobme by keeping up this contest , until it has succeeded in forcing its haughty rival to break silonce , to wave , to retract , to explain ; ond at last to withdraw , —the' RarosME . we say , has well merited of Democracy .
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DEMOCRACY AND THE RIGHTS OF LABOUR . PUBLIC MEETING ! IN EWNBUR 8 H . A pablic meeting of the working-classes of Edlaburgh was held in Adam Square . Hall , on tbe evening of Wednesday week , for the purpose of adopting energetic measures to bring out the Wsrs & r Expbess newspaper , on tbe broad basis of genuine democracy . Mr Jamss Cohhinq was called to the chair . Mr John Grant then rose and addressed the meeting , He called attention to the notice in tbe Exfbess of last Saturday , anneuneingtheintentionof the proprietors to discontinue the publication of that journal , and stated that a number ef the most influential democrats of Edinburgh had entered into arrangements with Messrs Harthill to produce the paper on their own account , starting it at once on the principles embodied in the People ' s
Charter . He stated , likewise that tho reading-room , in 279 , Huh-street , had beeu secured , where tbe Exfbess wonld in future be published , and would afford facilities for supplying the public , nith every paper of the day . The responsibilities of the parties bting extremely heavy , Hr Grant impressed upon the meeting tbe necessity of every effortbeing made to secure a wide and extensive circulation for an organ tbat wonld truly represent the Wants and wishes not only ofthe working population of Edinburgh , but of every part of the United Kingdom , The new proprietors oftheExPBESs were fortunate in securing the services of a well-known , talented , and able advocate of the rights of the people , and had every prospect of making a hold and firm stand in defence of genuine democratic principles . The speaker concluded amidst great applause .
Mr Alex . Gsaur then very briefly addressed the meeting , af'er which Dr Alsx . Hunteb , F . R . C . 3 . E ., came forward , and was received with tbe most enthusiastic applause . The honoured gentleman entered boldly and eloquently into the question of the rights of labour . He considered the working classes as the true and genuine base of the social fabric , and the aristocracy as merel y the apex . The apex could not exist without the base , aad hence , according to 'firstprinciples , ' the working and toiling
millions were the only real wealth and genuine support of a nation ' s prosperity and happiness . The "Wseklt Expbebs was brought forward to enunciate and enforce this doctrine . It was to be , in truth , the child of the NoBTBEBN Stab , the only journal , in fact , that truly and properly . reuected tbe perfect embodiment of genuine democratic principles . The doctor then enlarged upon the grievances of Ireland , and contended for repeal of the union as a matttr of right and justice , and concluded a brilliant and eloquent address of an hour ' s duration amidst loud and prolonged cheering ,
Mr John Cockbdsn said that the spirited efforts ofthe gentlemen who had come forward in support of the Exrasas deserved the highest encomiums , and begged to move that the thanks of the meeting be recorded to them for their spirited and praiseworthy undertaking . Mr Cdthbebtsoh , baker , seconded the motion , "Xll parties bad their particular organs and exponents . The High Church party were represented ; the Free Kirk had their organ ; and the Excise traders hadmnde a bold and successful effort to be heard . But the moat important portion of the community—the labouring classes—were completely unrepresented and misrepresented . They were entirely at the mercy of every journal whethertheir
voice should bs heard or not ; and until the Expbiss was started , tfeere was no cbannel . through which the sentiments oftbe working classes could be conveyed to the public . . With regard to . the cause of the journeymen bakers of Edinburgh , he gratefully acknowledged the incalculable service which had been rendered tbsm by tbe Wxixlt Expbess ; and in every . part of Scotland whore he had been as the delegate of the Bakers' Union , that paper was received with the utmost enthusiasm . Hr CathbeitsoB concluded an ' energetic and eloquent speech by hoping that too Weeklt . Ejpbzss would meet tbat support it merited , and resumed bis seat amidst general applause .
Dr Hdhtib , on his own behalf , and on behalf of the other gentlemen who co-operated , with bim In undertaking tbe heavy responsibilities connected with the Exp bess , returned thanks in a speech replets with cordial good humour and sound democratic principles , A number of gentlemen then came forward and regis , tered themselves as subscribers , for the Weekly Ex . fbess ; and after a vote of thanks ' to the chairman , the meeting separated . '" - ^ : ;
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Woolwich . —Ah Officer scabbed bt a Sentry . —A very lamentable casualty oeeurred at Woolwich , in connexion with the death of the late Colonel Peebles , of the Royal Marines who expired . oh Monday morning . It appears that at the moment when Colonel Peebles was suddenly seized with tatal illness , his son , an officer in one of the regiments of the line , who was home on a visit to his parents , rushed out of the house in a state of great excitement to procure immediate medical assistance for his father . On passing hastily out of' the gate of the Royal Marine Bavracks , he was challenged by the sentry , and in his eioitemeutvp ' aid no heed to the challenge , but p assed on through the gate . The ' sentry imagining it wassotnesoldier who wanted to get out of tho barracks , attack at bim with hie bayonet , which pierced the back of Mr Peebles' neck , inflicting a very serious wound , the consequences of
which will be doubtful for some time . £ KocHXBiER .--At the Rochester Quarter Sessions on Satnrday last , held before J . Espinasse , Esq ., Recorder , among : the prisoners for trial was one Edward Darling , an agricultural labourer , twenty years of age , charged with stealing a drake , value 2 s „ the property of George Harris , ef Finsbury , of which he . was found gnilty , and proof having been adduced of two former convictions j the learned Recorder told the prisoner tbat he consiuered him aiar too dangerous person to be suffered to remain in this country , and sentenced him to ten years' transportation . On the sentence being pronounced the prisoner tittered aloud cry and fell heavily on the floor : ; and at the gamemoment a loud cry was heard from another part of the court , from a widowed mother , who exclaimed in an a gony of despair , ' Oh ! my bpj , my boy , * and in this state both mother and sen weracarned out of
Some ides may be formed ofthe style m which the Turkish Sultan confers gifts , wiea Am Joiom that he is said to have lately given the Grand Senator £ 30 , 000 , merely as a alight in # k of hia satisfaction .
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THE WHISTLER'S WHISTLE . TO THE EMTOR Ot THB HOBTHKH STAB . Sib , —Should jou think tho following worthy of space in your valuable paper , I shall be very mnch obliged . It will be fresh in the memory of the readers of the Stiu and the readers ofthe MAucnEBTaa Examiheb too , that the excuse the * WhistUr' made for not meeting Ifr O'Connor in public discussion in Manchester was , his want of eloquence . ' Now mark , the ' Whistler' has Just concluded a course of lectures on ' Ireland •/ and has announced another course on the < French Invasion . ' I may hore remark , in addition to tbe title of 1 Whistler , ' he has ' added another , viz : — 'One who has handled a musket . ' I thUk It wonld have been more euphonious if he bad called himself' One who has handled a musket to murder his fellow man . ' The fact of
his having delivered a coursa of lectures , and being about to commence another , proves that he hag sufficient eloquence to address a public audience , when pounds , shillings , and pence , are to be pocketed . The 1 Whistler , * having found his eloquent tongue by de . lirering the . above dise ' nurses , has given a stimulant to the National Land Company ; in Manchester upwards of one hundred and fifty members were enrolled last week . The National Land and Labour Bank has made even greater progress in Manchester than the Land Company , aa the following facts will testify : — £ . s . d . Dec . 6 th Deposits for Manchester 11 0 0 Bo 18 th 23 15 6 Do 20 : h 62 18 6 DO 27 th 107 8 C
£ 205 2 6 The above sums have been transmitted by me on behalf of tbe depositors . The above facts prove that the National Lsnd and Labour Bank in Manchester gains confidence j and that tbe shareholders ot the National Land Company in Manchester are determined to support the Land and Labour Bank is the same way that they have supported tbe Land Company . Let the Land mew . bers in other towns and village do likewise , and by this means they will do more towards convincing trades ' unions , sick olubs , and oecrei order * , of ths stability of theLand and Labour Bank than ' aU tho lectures delivered in the kingdom can do . I am , sir , your obedient servant , J . L . Alcoce , Deputy to tbe depositors of the Land and Labour Bank . Manchester District .
P . S . —On Wednesday , December 29 » b , 1817 , we enrolled fifty-two now members ; on Thursday , December 39 th , forty-six ; on . Friday , eighty . two ; making a total in three successive nights of one hundred and eighty new members . The National Land and Labour Bank is the great topic of tho day in Manchester . The first week in 1848 haa "witnessed more than the whole deposits . for December ( for the Manchester branch ) . The amount for thin week Is £ 381 . 15 a . Now I think the above f iCts are serioua considerations for ' Josh . ' I hope I may be allowed to present tbim . as a Now Year ' s gift , to the firm of the' Whistler , ' ' Josh . ' and Co . J . L . Alcock .
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THE NATIONAL PETITION . 10 THE T . D 1 T 6 S Of THE KoBTHKBK STAB . Sib , — Willyou allow me to address a few lines to the Ch artist public . I have been nine years a subscriber to your honest and noble Stab , and likewise a close ob . server for more than twelve years of the public conduct of its really brave and honest propristor ; and most happy am I , with thousands more , to bear witness , that neither paper nor proprietor has ever gone frem the path of justice . Did Mr O'Connor evrr betray ust No ! Then why ahould we betrny him ? we do'betray bim , ftw we are too negligent of the cause we profess to admire and struggle for . There bive ^ been many eoggesliom thrown out with respect te the National Petition , foi the best wa y to obtain signatures . Now , my plan is
not a new one , but I will tell you with what success it has baen tried in a government place where Chartism was never heard of except by the calumnies of the pressgang . At the time of obtaining signatures to tho last [ treat National Petition , I was at work in Sheerness in Kent , and with tbe assistance of a good man , a Mr Harrisonba was then above sixty years of ago , —we sent to Mr Cleave for one sheet , which hold two hundred names , thinking of going from house to house with the petition headings at night when we had done work , and calling for their signatures the following night if approved of well . Mr Horriaon , ; io hia part ofthe town , got the two hundred names in four nights ; we sent for more sheets , and got six hundred , making eight bundred signatures in a place where the real truth of Chartiem was never known except what 1 could drive into
their heads , in going for signatures from house to house . A few words more and I have done . In last week s Sta * . there is an address on behalf ef Mrs Jones , I shall give my mito ; about twelve months since I was in a raffle at sixpence per member , with the understanding that I would make , up the waistcoat to fit the winner without any further charge—the committee at first passed a vota of thanks for my present , although I want'd no vote for doing my duty . I told them I merely wanted to set an example for those that could afford it to giva a better article for Mrs Ellis or some
one else that stood in need of assistance . Hearing no more about my article for about els weeks I went to Dean-street Roema , and to my surprise was toH that it was not worth raffling . E . ther curious , an article that I make up for ten or twelve shillings is not worth having ; but the best of all was one of the committee told me it would cost ten pounds in trouble and esp nse to have it done , they most have taken me to be a fool . But they who know mo must be the best judges of that . — My thanks to Messrs Harney and Stallwood , thoy did assist according to promise to get a raffle . I subscribe
myself one that is willing to assist my Yellow slaves ' . J . B . Mebbt .
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MR KYDD' 3 TOUR . 10 THE EDITOB OF THE NOBTHEBH STAB . Dsab Sib , —For the past fortnight nay labours have been confined te Newcastle aud surrounding districts , including North and South Shields . Taenoticeablofeaturts of these meetings have been the attention of my hearers , and tbe remarkable apeeches of the chairmen oftbe North Shields and Alnwick meating * . The former , a gentleman of acknowledged respectability—a plain Northumbrian , possessing a strong instinct of common sense , and a man of close observation , —his remarks on the conduct of the press were extremely terse and pungent , ' Men ot Shield * , I thank you for the honour confcrred on me . I wish to say a few words on the newspaper press . It is the daty of tbe press to protect the pub-He interests—it is the duty of the public to watch the
, press . I read more than two or three newspapers . If I read a statement which my own observation assures me to be untrue , I write to that ^ paper ; If the editor refuse to publish tbe truth , I refuse to subscribe to his paper ; if this practice was general , truth would bfl £ *• neral party Interest and prejudice would be discarded , —nawspapera would be the'monitors of the people and the recorders of truth . Men , I call on you to follow my humble example , —never wait until Other men will say your actions are right , —discard the very name of policy , —do right , aud rightful effects will follow , ' I wish some of those wiseacres of ring and glovo gentility had heard this plain speech . The remarkable passage in Mr "Stall's speech , chairman of the Alnwick meeting , was " the following : — ' I have been for many years a Whig , and omi , for y ars , tbat I thought Mr O'Connor a tool of the Tories . All I read and heard from my friends
made me think that Mr O ' Connor was a Tory in disguise , but tbe promulgation ef the Land Plan taught me my error . I was wrong , ignorantly wrong , and before my fellow citteens who have known me for years , I own my error . Mr O'Connor ' s Land scheme is above suspicion ; it shows that he desires the independence of tbe people , and knows that an industrious peopla is a coun . try's greatness . I am no longer a Whig , —all party distin ' ctlons are errors in judgment . " I am of the people and for tha people . ' Both gentlemen are practical gardeners , —understand the value of the land , —and being praotical men , reason from facts , and place tho question of land and its capabilities beyond cavil or dispute . The Alnwick meeting was held in the theatre on tho first of Jasuary ; admission twopence ; despite these drawbacks , the meeting was numeroU 8 , and comprised in its numbers many of the most - rational minds of the old borough .
I thank the proprietors ofthe MANcnKSTEB EXiUiNXK for their industry and z"al in advertising tho National Land Bank , by sending copies of tbeir newspaper almost universally to dissenting ministers and public readingrooms . Such a course gives to our project a publicity tbe Stab alone cannot accomplish ; and as tho National Land Bank has been a leading feature ot my lectures , 1 find the Examihbb advertisements beneficial . I here , with send you a copy ofthe Newcastle Advebt ISEB , con . ' tainlng a report of a lecture delivered In Newcastle , — the report la quite correct , but is , of course , a mere Out . line , with one or two errors in figures which do not alter its general tenor , I thank the reporter for his kindness , I at present pass over the editorial remarks , as I hare
sent a Bote to the editor , informing him that I will , on an early day , lecture in one of the principal halls inthc town ; the subject will then be re-opened , and I will then review the strictures of the ADVSBTissa In full . My friends will , I hope , be satisfied with this assurance . It is not always wise to reply to aa epponent hastily , and as there is no novel or original view of the question broached , I wait for the future comments , and will re view all the objections in a separate artlele . I thank Mr Morris , Gardener , Preston , for his candid and valuable letter on the capabilities of tha soil , and BSSUfe bim I will use It wben the fitting time arrives . I may add that the National Land Bank excites much Interest in the north of England . I arrived from Alnwick this morning by railway
And am , as over , yeurs fraternally , Newcastle . , Hmvto KlUP . January 2 nd , 1818 i
THE CHARTIST LAND SCHEME . ( From the NEvrcisTtB AnvsaTisEB . ) . MrS . Kydd , one of tho National Land Company ' s lecturers , addressed meetings In Mr Judb ' o Long Room Cock Innj Newcastle , on the evenings of Tuesday ana Wednesday last . Tie subjects treated l y him were , we capabilities of the soil—the beutfits to he derived from a full developementof our natural resourc B—the general
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employment of our surplus labourers iu axriculturil pursuits—and tha Chartist National Land Plan—Land and Labour Bank , as established ry Mr Feargus O'Connor Mr K ydd said tbat the great difficulties the working classes had to conttnl with wore insecurity of amploymant and tha want of profitable remuneration . The condition of tha people waa at this hour the alt absorbing question—it had at last forced itself oa the notice of our legislators , and all parties acimitted , as by common consent , that a starving population , ' in-1 creased poor rates , ruined shopkeepers and reduced manufacturers , did not constitute true national greatness , snd were in no way consistent wllh an advanced and improved state of civilisation . The admission of
the evil was the firat step towards a remedy . Though the admissien of tho disease , however , was universal , the causes which produced it were not so generally admitted . Between the years 1811 and 1811 , we had had Ih England , an Increase of our population of not less than forty-nine and a half par cent . ; and , according to tho returns of tho relative numbir . i employed in agricultural pursuits in 1814 , as compared with 1841 , there was shown a decrease in agricultural employment of 287 . 000 ptraons . During this period we had an immense manufacturing developemsnt , The giant mindsof Watts , Stephenson . Arkwright , Hargreavts , and others , had
given to England an increase of the powers of production unequalled in the history of the past , and such aa even ths poets of the six teenth century did not even dream of . Our country had by this facility of production rhren In the scale of nations , so far as manufactures were concerned , and for some time this increase of commerce found profitable employment for ourpeople ; but In the progress of European and American civilisation the improvements in mechanical power had become the property of the world . This was as it should be ; for mind was as universal as light , and to arguo that other nation j should not be encouraged in manufactures , and reap the full and unrestricted benefit of all
improvements was absurd , and not less ridiculous than to affirm that one-half of the inhabitento of the globe should have the advantage of the sun , raoon , and stars , and the other half to live in tho mists of perpetual darkness . Such results , however , materially changed our international relations , and affocted the internal condition of our industrial population . Tho cost of every requisite f , r the comfort and maintenance of a family hnd fallen one balf ~ , bmd stuff * , butcher's meat , aud , in fact , nearly every kind of agricultural produce excepted . The bread stuffs represented the landlord interest , which still remained high in price . Cottons , calicoes , & c . , represented the working man ' s interest . Here , then , we had , as it were , a bird ' e-eye yiewof tbe whole case , ( hhor nations had become our
manufaeturlng rivals ; home competition , added to foreign competition , had reduced tbe labourers' wages . The tffects were registered in ourferer ho spitals and churchyards . The interest of the landlori and annuitant , however , had increased ; in Ie » g than tnenty . fiva years the Jews had doubled their fortunes and the landlords their rents , and that , too , at a time when land did not find its proportionate share of employment for tho increase cf population . And had land found Its proportionate share of employment , instead of **;'"* ' 5 n the ? ear 18 « . ^ ' he enumeration , 4 , lsv , 77 , > persons employed in agricultural pursuits we should have had 6 , 591 . 276 persons se employed—being an increase over the number now employed of 2 415 591 . He thought , therefore , that it was plain that if tha land
of this country had found a proportionate share of employment , relative to tha increass of population , we should not now have suffered from dull trade , and we should have had but little to fear from want of the necessaries of We . Thomas Carlyle bath quaintly said , that life was a constont repetilion of the active verb ' to do . ' There was a yolums in the sentence ; and it seemed to be a auicL dal national policy to allow one man , able and wilting to labour , to remain idle , from a want of employment . Better let a man produce and consume than consume without producing . Pioduction and consumption were a nation s greatness ; consumption without production a nation s woakne . es . Yet we had millions of men idle and starving , and millions of acres of land profitable , If cultivated-millions of labourers half fed , and millions of acres ; of land half cultivated ; reminding us that land and labour constituted the rude elements of all property . Having thrown out these general viewg , the lecturer prol ceeded to observe that the National Land Company offered to those
joining the association a cottage and two , three , or four acres of land , with an advance of £ 15 £ 22 . 10 s „ or £ 30 . sterling to begin operations with ; the money paid to secure the eame being £ t , 12 s „ £ 3 , 18 s „ and £ o . 4 s . ; tbe £ 2 . 12 s . being the property qualification to entitle tho shareholder to poisesa a cottage aod two acres , and so on in proportion ; five percent of interest being charged as rental b y tbe company , and paid by tbe allottee . The allottee had it in hia power to buy his holding at . tn-enty years' purchase . Thus , if the rtnt of a cottage and two acres of land was tan pounds per yearby paying to the directors of the company the sum of two hundrod pound ., the property becarao an independent freehold , the same as if the party possessing the cottage and land had bought It In the ordinary way of business ; and after such purchase the connexion feetweeen the company and the allottee ceased . II , on the other band , tbe allottee continued to pay the rent so long as the conditions of agreement were kept , no party could turn bira out of hia holding and no insreaac of
rent could take place . It might here be properly asked —What became of the rent paid , seeing this was a join t , stock company , the capital originally paid by the subooribers or members , being the first purchase money ? He answered , the same was paid into thefnnda of lh > society , to redeem the fee simple ofthe estate ; and after deducting tbe aliquot parts , aa cost of management the remaining portion waa paid into the Redemption fund so they would see that the paying a rent went , in the first case , to buy land to enable the company to locateits members and after the location of'allits numbers the profits so arising must cease ; the company bavin ? accomplished its object must also cease ; and the land and houses would of course become the bom fide property of the possessors . In the course of two years the Nations !
Land Company bad increased to forty-two thousand mem bers—had in their possession not less than two thousand acres of land , and had located eighty members ; and if the society received from the working classes the support anticipated , they would in a few years not only comronnd the attention of the public and the pres * but would force their ease upon the attention of the propertied classes and government of this country . It was a noble task to solve the enigma—What could bo done for the people ? And it was a fact not less noble , that the oppressed and injured people were setting themselves to the task , trusting to their own provident habits and self-reliance in preference to public charity , or the forced concessions of the mistaken few , yielded gradgingly to the maddened and clamorous many . It was
worthy of remark that the allottees on these estates con . atsted of nearly all trades , and it was astonishing to observe the cose with which they changed from sedentary habits of life to work as out-door labourers . Ho believed this waa partly attributable to their improved health from out-door labour—partly owing to their inde . pendence of character—but chftfly owing to the fact that they felt they were working for themselves and reaping the reward of their own industty . The estate of O'Connorville was cultivated by shoemakers , silk-weavers , and frame-workknitters . practical gardeners and plough , men , and all seemed nearly alike successful . All managed their pigs and their poultry well : —tbey dug and planted their potatoes—sowed and reaped their barley . And the Nottingham frame-work knitter was quits
as good a kitchen gardner as the practical ploughman . The estate of O'Connorville also illustrated the increased value of land when divided into smaller allotments , aa compared with land cither let or sold In large allotments ' . The estate of O'Connorville cost , we believe . £ 25 . per acre : and the sum of £ 30 . or £ G 0 . had been regularly paid as a premium for the psssesslon of two or three aero allotment ? . The estates of Minster Lovel , and Lowbands had In the ori ginal purchase coat more ; but he had ao doubt that tha increased value would bear a relative proportion , Land thickly popu . lated and in small allotments would always rise In value—the increase of population and increase of capital alone producing such a result . The NatUnal Land Company brought land in the wholesale market and divided
it Into small allotments , brought the pppulation fr » m other districts to live thoreon , and thereby raised the value of land in its market value—enhanced tho value of it te the possessor—and increased Its intrinsic worth te the community . This was therefore , a clear system of Increased gain to all parties , and was itself an answer to those who said the sch « ma was a bubble , for so long as money was invested in a sure end iadestruotible undertaking , raised in value—and capable of being reproduced at will—so sure could that capital be used advantageously for all practical purpostg . Mr Kydd alluded to the capabilities oftbe soil b y a reference to a series of practical-experiments , some of which ba read from Chambees's Infobhation fob tdb People , and concluded amldat the applause of his bearers .
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ONE OP THE ' DISPATCH' GANQ . TO THB EDITOB OV TBB HORTHBBM STAS . Dbab Sib , —I perceive amougst the notices to correspondents in the Dispatch a letter from an individual , who rejoices in the coRnomen of 'Mr John Fields , shoe maker of Ilantwich , Cheshire , ' and who , it appears , is still ambitious of being a fool . Notwithstanding the many disgraceful attempts he has made to render himsslf conspicuous , but without success hitherto , perhaps he may Suit the vitiated taste of the ' Licensed Victuallers ' organ . ' Now for the statements made in tho above paper . Some members of the Land Company , and the public generally , might be led to suppose tb & t the said John yields was the very * immaculate Incarnation * of innoconcy . honesty . and patriotism , whereashis wonderful
production is a tissue of falsehoods from tho beginning to the # nd . Be styles himself a victim to the tuna of £ 5 , ¦ Now we'll try to jog his memory . Does be reool . lect being at Crewe upon two" several occasions , not twelve months back , whan Dr M'Douall wao lecturing at that place , and after asking leave to put a question or tw o > but instead of doing so , £ ^ ia « r i nto a Job ;? r % malor * about the oft confuted attacks upon Mr O'Connor ' s balance sheets , and hew much bosses ' and other things' coaacs ' and asking the Doctor for hie money hack , when' he afterwards told his companions that ho kuew the- ' Direotors would not return ths money , ho ionly wanted to soe what' tho doctor would say , I ask the ' immaculate ' John If . be remember ? tWo respectable peiaona , each ofteiing him the coet j of his shares end five per cent upon them , and he
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Would not part with them ; and does he not , likewise remember an offer made throngs . the Orene secretary i <> tbe same effect 1 and does not he remember saying he did not want to part with his scrip , but tbat ho would . take J 65 . 10 s . for it ? And if he could sell at that price , would take out fonr shares immediately , thus empowering himself to question the conduct of the directors at any time , and attend all meetings be could , and prevent as much as possible , persons from joining . Poor Gtbblnl Very lik « a victim , mora liks a whale tor h \ s swallow . Now tbe people about this neighbourhood arc quite a atis « tied concerning the character of . this creature but be might pass where not kaovvn as one of the Dispatch ' s ' respectables correspondents , ' and Mr O'Connor ' s poor victim ; whereas , if all be true ( and it baa net been denied
by him as yet ) we hear of him , he is in his own sphere , one of the most despicable and domineering tyrants . Accordin g to current report , this patriotic John was a policeman or constable in the south of England , daring a turn . outof agricultural labourers , and his conduct was so bad , fey the use of a long ttuncheon upon tho poor defenceless operatives of the soil , that not less than twenty-oae warrants were issued against hira , and he waa obliged , and glad to sneak away ; Then he speaks of poor men , like himself , beinj humbugged b y Mr O'Connor and his assistants , out of their moaey . It appears , that had his shares been bought at his price , bt ) didn ' t mind being humbugged again to tho
tunc of £ 5 . Gs ., levies , Ac . Vfh y , 'Johnny Mon , ' thou art growing imbecile and doting . He , no doubt , recollects the turn out of shoemalcurs In Manchester , whan , he was employed in cutting out for . and lodging tho knobsticks in Parsonage-lane , in tbat town ; and when that would not do , went to Ayr in Scotland , likewise to London and Nantnich , to procure shoes , & c , at tho lowest prices , thus ruining the poor shoemakers of Manchester . Surely , John , you would not do thia business for nothing , and should not be so poor as you style youraclf , and after being duped once want to sell out and be duped again . But perhaps you have been licentious and extravagant , or tbe curse of the toadeater and
tyrant follows you . Hoping , Bear Sir , you will . give poor John this tasty mouthful for his large mallow iu your nest , I beg to subscribe myself , One , who until the despicable conspirators * an shew better cause why not , wishes to continue Mr O'Connor ' s 'Victim ' . '
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TO THE MEMBERS OP THE LAND C 0 MPANT OF BISHOP AUCKLAND DISTRICT . Bbotbeb Lakdsmin , —Now that our glorious Laud Company has finally closed , I would address a few lines to you on the subject of the agitation of those * God-like and noble principles embodied in tbat immortal docu < ment , the People ' s Charter . For some frock ' s back , I have saen in the Star notices of delegate meetings held in Newcastle , Durham , Shields , and other pihces . Tho men cf those towns are up and at work ia earnest , white we of this district ara looking on with apathy . Others are doing what they can towards our emancipation : and
while it reflects credit on them , it brands us with shame . Brother 'Landsmen , ' shall this continue , shall it be said that when our neighbours are up in the cause of liberty , we stand looking or with our hands folded , or sneak behind like cringing cswards , and when they have nobly struggled for freedom and won tho victory , shall we , with blushing face ? , accept tho boon from their hands 1 ' Never , never , ' methinks I hear you cry . ' We will to work , and as wo hope to share in the general happiness tbat will follow the peopla's triumph , we . too , will bra » a the battle ' s strife and share the conflict !'
Ba it so , then , all you huve to do is to resolve , to determine to establish the Charter Association in this district without delay . We must make a beginning or remain as we are . Let onr commencement be now . Let those who are favourable to the cause instantly hold correspondence with each other . I , for one , am willing " to engage in the struggle , and give all the help I can towards the furtherance of our principles . My house is open to all those imbued with the same spirit . L « t us commence , then , and co-operate with the menol Newcastle and othtr places ; let us organise our nssociationfii
get up our meetings , and' agitate our principles in earnest , and in ordor to the better aecotnplichmtntof our object , let us form debating societies and mutual improvement classes . This will be a great aid in bringing out dormant talents and ablliti < s , and I have no doubt the spirit of freedom will awaken once more in the * Bishop Auckland district . Having thrown out these , few remarks , I hope some more t dented indivir ' u d wilt take them up , improve , ani bring them before the public from time to time , till an agitation is begun in this part of the country that shall end only with the achievement of our lost rights .
I remain , brother Landsmen , Tours , in the cause of Freedom , Old Shildon , Jan . 2 . John Paskee »
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TO THE MEMBERS OP THE JOURNEYMAN STEAM ENGINE , MACHINE MAKERS , AND MILL WEIGHTS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY .
' Truth ' s beams begin to penetrate the mind ' s horizon . And to dissipate those clouds of error hitherto so dense . That man could not perceive e ' en common sense . ' Gemtlemen , — Whenever anything new is ushered forward to lbs attention of mankind in general , and especially to one class in particular , a natural curiosity Is excited ; and some , with a self-sufficient smile , and others , with a vacant , idiotic stare , can at once fie the result , without giving themselves the least trouble to become acquainted with its true nature and design . From such weakness arises all that error in judgment whicb leads men to censure and condemn what they taanotluUj understand . The officious Henry Schby has placed in our bands tbe December Trade Report for 1847 ; pub « lisbed also a report of an Executive Council meeting , held November 27 , 1847 , for tbe express intention of suspending those branches that have deposited their funds in tbe National Land and Labour Bank . Henry Seleby
has once more vomited bis spleen against the Land and its supporters . This said production ho has appended to tbe December trade report ; and so determined is H . Setsby of conducting this affair after his own fashion , that be prepares the manuscript , and superintends tho printing and posting ot tho report himself ! So voiy clever is Mr Selsby . ' that he has achieved all this without the knowledge of the Executive Council , or the committee appointed by them to superintend the printing . Now , Mark ! Selsby is instructed by the Council to present oil matter for the press to the priuting committee , for their approval . If approved of , it ia tha duty oil ihaF < : om » mittue to place tbe manuscript in the hands of the printer , and see the work properly executed . But Mir Seleby not wishing the matter to be interfered with , has thought proper to violate the Executive Council ' s instructions , and treat their crdtrs with contempt , and yet this Selsby had the audacity to tell you that he had written it 1 for tha Executive Council !'
The printing committee asserted to the members of ths Manchester 3 r 5 branch , tbat H . Selsby had not consulted them in * ccerdance with rule 11 , although he makes use of the plural number , ' wo ' at least twenty five times , and speaks of himself in the tbird person 1 Tbe printing committee denounced the general secretary for bis want of candour , and his baseness in attempting to palxa . off tbat illegal document as being published with their approval . The Manchester 3 rd branch ( seeing the enormity of the case ) have appointed a deputation to lay the matter before the Executive Council at their next mealing . -Tip curtain is now drawn , aud II . Selsby stands the convicted scribe . Penalty £ 1 . — See minutes of tbe last delegate
meeting . Every member who has read tbe ruUa of our society , ' knows full well that the Executive Council hava not the power to- suspend any branch of our body , neither has the decision of tbe tranches en tbe banking question given them any each pewer . The council has not presented the suspending of the Derby and tha two Manchester branches , to the members of the whole society for their decision ; until this bo done , Henry Seisby ' s hash goes for nothing . I particularly invite every member to read attentively tbe first portion of Seisby ' s address , because it ia calcu lated seriously io affect tbe wages of you nil . Then ask yourselves't ' -te following questions : Can this man , after writing this , fairly represent our interest t Is he abott $ to become a candidate ih the masters' association ? It fea
a tool of ths masters ? In writing the above , I wish it to be understood that £ have no motive but to prevent the delinquent , Selsfey effecting tbat which the master class would give thousands of pounds to accomplish , namely—the annihilation of tha mutual confidence of trades' unions : the certain preluda to dismemberment and ruin . Ah Old Mancue & teb Member , January 3 rd , 1848 .
Libbbatiir Of Working- Men.—The ' Iron M...
LiBBBAtiir of Working- Men . —The ' iron men of Birmingham , ' aa they were wont to be called , have just signalised themselves by an act of nobis liberality , which is perhaps without parallel . Aa will be seen by the following brief account of tha meeting of the weekly board of the Queen ' s Hoa « pital , held last week , thecommitteoof the' Artisans ? Penny Subscription Movement , ' originated entire ^ by working men , presented the magnificent sua « £ £ 024 183 . 9 d . as a new year ' s offering towards the funds of the hospital . At the same board the tandical and surgical officers paid over the sum of £ 342 ., fees from pupils . .
Malice and Theft . — Some thieves last week broke open the hatches of the Dispatch , Dover and London trader , lying in the Dover harbour , stoJoa quantity of spirits , and then set fire to the cargo in two parts of the hold . The fire in the fore part fc * . came extinguished , ft appeared , by a cask of nudum bursting over it , but tho one that had been Jit «* the after part of the vessel was burning when r & a captain went on board in the morning ; and UaUa short time more elapsed before it was dlSCOVemJ theTesael Ond cargo would have been totally cwsumed . aa tho fire waa rapidly advancing in tna < %
rection of a cask of over-proof spinte . . From three to four hundred shipwrights in North and South Shields have been suddealy thrown ouUf employment , mainly , it » supposed , owing to & a pressure of tho times .. , " . ., _« ., Two largo fireshaTerecftntiyoecuwea ^ in tha ^ a ! nity of Reading , and another at Wendover . Ajg Aylesbury , it is feared , tbat an incendiary spirit pre veils among the labouring population , Jenny Lind will be without a rival in London next season , as Glial will boat St PetersburEu , and fll boui , beinga contralto , docs not c « mo into C 0 H 2 ? fift tion with her .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08011848/page/7/
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