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      j ^^ pPr ^ GRE SS-DUTY OF T flE ., < # ? * PEOPLE- - .-. "fL-^ r & EDITOB OF THE NORTHER ^ WARj gj ^ hjour columns last week I ; rjbserved an ^ ncement , which , notwithstan ^ g recent "C p hsof the cause of tiepw ^ startled me a * JJ deal , as I dare say it did « xort ofyour readers . jJjJrO'Connor ' s letter , he r / omisesthat , atno dis-» jt fennd 1 here SHaU ^ a bmlt paper , advocagg the cause of , and fe lted totheinterests of the ^ ug cl asses !

      -flTell may the people rejoice in their undaunted ^ jmp ion , whOj ' javing headed the noble army of jpjr iyrs in the cause of the people—having endured . persecutiont and all the horrors with which class leg islation can-surround those who oppose its iniqjitousdecrees , can glance backwards on his long unicquited toils , and now look forwards to that bri ght future which he has so nobly won ; and , * reading his history in a nation ' s eyes / congratulate himself and ftem on the prospect opened out to their view . As one of the « signs of the times , ' the establishmeat of a daily paper on Chartist princi ples is a great fact . May the people duly appreciate it ! aiay they see , to the fullest extent , the imperative necessity of giving their aidinsnpport of their own

      ganse . That cause is in their ownhands-THE mople are in the ascendant—hnt I would remind them that they must put their own shoulders to the wheel if they would derive all the benefit they ought from their past triumphs . The land political is , indeed , thickly sown with corn , and promises a tjoodlv har-Tfist , but if they would eat the bread of freedom , they must take the trouble to reap , and thresh , and grind the grain . What glorious prospects have the events of the last year opened ont to the peopie ! Hitherto , in every land , oppressed by their rulers , even from the

      wry earliest ages of the world ! Now , choosing fcr themselves their own legislators , and by that very choice of men so worthy of thehigb trust , proving , to even their enemies , thatthe day has come when the voice so long subdued must be heard , and the labourers of the land are worthy of the rights they claim . How different has hitherto been the aspect of the straggle ! How unhappy the condition of the labourers ! How have their lives been made bitter with hard bondage , to fulfil the capricious desires of some ruthless taskmaster—as the pyramids , those eternal monuments of kingly oppression , testify -or even sacrificed b y thousands , till fruitful fields

      were converted into lakes of blood , to gratify the love of glory ( 2 ) , of some one no wiser er better , hut only more powerful than themselves ! Through the early ages of the world , when Greece and Rome flourished , down through the lapse of ages , to a period no more distant than 1830 , the ' same state of things continued to exist , with comparatively few modifications . Still were the people slaves and bondmen-still did they , at intervals , arise against their-unnatural masters ) and , wresting

      from their enfeebled bends the sword of power , inflict a bitter retribution for past injuries . The dates in Rome—the Helots in Greece—the peasants of Germany—the Jacquerie of France—onr own countrymen under Cade , Tyler , and others—all by force of arms , and heated passions , inflicted cruel punishment on their oppressors , yet failed to obtain any permanent relief against their iniquitous deeds . It frequently happened , indeed , that the evils which had goaded them into insurrection were greatly in-Creased when the excitement was over . Bv deeds

      of lawless violence they had given the armed executive power over them , and that power was used to crash the rebellion and the rebels at once . But it has not been by such desultory and aimless efforts that the people of England have achieved their recent victories . Theirs has been a glorious conquest—for they have fought not for men , but for principles , and they have taken a position on the battle-field from which no enomy can dislodge them . But if your readers owe much to themselves , thev are yet more indebted to the Press . For ten years

      has the Nvrthern Star fought their battles ; communicated to distant parts of the empire the proceedings of each isolated body of Chartists ; informed them of the events that transpired to aid the cause of Freedom in our own and other lands ; been a rallying point for all who desired to see the dawn of tiiat bright morn for which we have so long looked . The Northern Star has been the cord uniting the bundle of sticks—separately they might easily have been destroyed—so united , it was ahke impossible to break and to bend them .

      But though thus far the people have triumphed , I would remind them , sir , how much remains to be done . They have advantages their fathers scarcely dared to dream of possessing—let them improve these advantages . The agitation of ' 39 was necessary to ronse the people into activity , but such agitation would now be ont of place ; not the less , however , should they labour for freedom . In personal and political union , in the collection of funds , ( those necessary sinews of war !) in all legitimate measures for forcing the representatives of the Commons into the House of Commons ; in all these branches of lheir duty they should labour earnestJv ,

      for they have pledged themselves to transmit to their children the pure birthright of Freedom , of which they themselves have been so long deprived . In this noble work how much have they now to encourage them . Seven years ago , O'Connor , then , almost their only friend , was in his felon ' s cell at York , and nothing but his own upright heart , and love of the principles for which he was persecuted , to cheer bim in his sufferings . And now he proudly takes his place in the leeiskture as the champion of

      liberty—and by his side a goodly phalanx of men advocating the cause of the people ; men who will , I trust , prove their honesty by their cordial co-operation with the most popular man of onr timesthe member for Nottingham . In the next parliament we shall see G . Thompson , CoL Thompson , W . J . Fox , Pearson . Williams , and others , and , last not least—Finsbnry ' s pride and England ' s glorythe noble-minded Suncombe , that steady friend ol the oppressed , and uncompromising enemy of the oppressors .

      Nor must we forget the battle fought by those Chartists leaders who , bad every Englishman his birthright , would now be members of St Stephen ' s . Never can we forget'tha triumph of Harney at Tiverton , when that crafty and noxious statesman , that wily politician , Palmerston , was , to use the ghrase of the limes , compelled to go through his paces , by a man whose sound understanding and principles alone—unaided by any foreign aid of

      wealth , station , or power—made him too dangerots an antagonist to bo even reported by the venal and corrupted press . Has not the result of the general election been in eveiy respect favourable to the cause of the people ? But a very few tears ago , the principles which must now be heard and advocated in the Bouse , caused the oanishirent of Frost , Williams , and Jones as bebels . Ay .-itwasfor * rebellion' they were torn from home and fatherland . Rebellion , dark , dishonouring word !

      Whose bane ! a ! bhsht too oilI has stained Tbe noblest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal , ever lost or gained ! How man ; a spirit born to bless , flathBUfikbeneathitewitheringname , Whoa bnt a day , an hour ' s success , Had waited to eternal fame . Truly , the people have cause to bless the name of ban , their friend and champion , who has so many years devoted his tune , his thoughts , bis purse , his all , to their welfare . "Well may they support Mr O'Connor . Well may the men of Nottingham boast of their bloodless victory . Well has O'Connor performed his duty ; but the people for whom he has struggled have much of theirs before them .

      What that duty is Mr O'Connor ' s last letter will teach them . Itis in union , in combination , in supportlag their daily and weekly press , in obtaining signatures for the National Petition that they will find tieir strength . Long oppressions sometimes cause bloody revolutions , but little benefit results from them , and such desperate efforts must be frequently renewed . The oceans of blood that flowed in France bnt fifty years ago has not sufficed to purify her from her corruptions . Again and again , since that period , has she witnessed the horrors of civil commotion , yet , even now , she is on the eve of insurrection . It is the quiet silent force of intellect , Of truth , of moderation , which is all successful , which produces changes of opinion , rather than revolutions of partv .

      As one great " means to this desirable end , J Welcome with all my heart the promises held forth of a daily paper , and wish The Democrat and its ToMe projector all the success they deserve . I am , Sir , faithfully yours , PHILODEMQS ,

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      . CAPE OF « GOOD HOPE . Papers from this colony to the 30 th ef Jane , announce farther conflicts between the Kaffirs and the settlers . In one affair in which the British troops . were engaged , the Kaffirs obtained the victory , and the British were compelled to retreat .

      FRANCE , . / he Paris journals deny positively the alleged suicide of theson of the unfortunate Duchess de Praslin announced ia our last . The French nobleman who attempted , to kill his mistress is the Prince wT «^ ' , ^ r 8 dit ! lr y P " Franw . M «» o * tbe « te Marshal Dav-mst . 4 The Gazette of France tumowacea the delivery of a no . e by the Sardinian ambassador to the Minister of foreign Affairs as follows : — ' In case His Holiness - V' ™ ,. - ehonld claim tbe armed assistance of his Majesty the King of Sardinia against Austrian invasion , His Sardinian Majesty will coa-Muer _ himself bound not to refose tbe Sovereign pontiff that assistance , it being his duty , as an Italian Power , to cause tho independence of aU the states of the Peninsula to be respected , as guaranteed by the treaties of Vienna . * . .. ' . ;• - .. The National states that a Reformist dinner wss

      given at Rhcims on the 31 st ult ., at which more than 400 electors were present , together with MM . Leon Faucher and Perignon , deputies . A Small Revolution . —On Monday and Tuesday the Rue St Honorg was the scene ' of tumults which caused some alarm . A master shoemaker had given some work to v workman , for which he was to receive 3 f . ; but , when themantookit home he refused to pay more tban 2 f . 50 s ., on the ground that the work was badly done . The workman . then went and assembled some of his companions , who examined the work , and declared that it was well executed . But the master still refused to pay , whereupon the workmen loudly expressed their dissatisfaction . This caused a crowd to assemble , consisting chiefly of

      workmen , and it increased rapidly every moment . Threats were uttered against the master , and at length stones were thrown , which smashed the windews of the shop . An attempt was also made to break in the shop front . An omnibus was seised , and the people were about to upset it , when detachments of soldiers and , municipal guards dispersed them . On Wednesday evening the crowd again assembled . The municipal , guards had ; to interfere repeatedly to prevent the street from being blocked up . On Thursday evening the people assembled in greater force . " At nine o ' clock a patrol of the National Guard entered the Rue . StHonoife , and was greeted by boatings and furious cries . On arriving near the Pont St Eustache it was so much pressed by tbe mob that it was obliged to seek retuge in the

      guardhouse of the . Mumcipal Gnard . All the shops in lha vicinity were closed . The Horse Municipal Guard occupied all the streets from the Rue de 1 'Arbre Sec to the Place du Palais Royal , and the foot guards and police traversed all those streets . On Friday there was another assemblage , which was only dispersed after repeated charges by the municipal troops and police , horse and foot . On Saturday the people amused themselves by singing the ' Marseillaise . ' During the week the Republican party had been arduously engaged endeavouring to calm : he popular effervescence , and owing principally to those exertions , quiet appears to have been restored . The journals teem with the complaints of persons beaten or otherwise maltreated , and even imprisoned by the police , without theslightest evidence of their connexion with tbe rioters .

      SPAIN . . Namez has . completely failed in his attempt to form a ministry . If accounts received from certain quarters can be fully credited , the Queen has displayed a firmness and resolution which must fill with despair those who imagine that she can be made the mere instrument for the aggrandisement of the family of the King of the French- La Presse guarantees the following report of the audience which , Narvaezhad at the palace at midnight , on the 29 th ult .: Nabvaez .- —Will your majesty deign to inform me ef the resolution to which your majesty has corns ? ^ Queeh Isabella . —What ! The resolution I have taken ! When the list you presented to me contains only the names of my enemies ! N . —The list is competed exclusively of men Known for their attachment to the threua and their devotion to the person of jaur majesty . Q . I . —I tell you that most of them are my enemies .

      X . —Will your majesty tfcwi deign to select a cabinet , and inform me oi those whose accession to office would be agreeable to your majesty ! Q . I— . 1 reject all that yon have proposed , and I am going to invite the Frogresistas to office . N . —Yonr majesty , doubtless , forgets that the Progresistos are by tradition , by position , and by system , the most dangerous enemies of yonr throne , and tha adversaries of jour prerogatives . Q . I . —I forget nothing . My resolution is taken , and in the worst case I shall , as apis alter , retain the present ministry . . JL—Your majesty will permit me to observe that it is not necessary for me to return to Paris . Q . I . —It was not I that ordered yoa to leave it . U . —Then my mission is finished i Q . I . —Perfectly finished , and you may retire . The Moderados are furious at the failure of Narvaez , and the more so as it was unlocked for .

      The Gazette of tho 1 st , publishes decrees of the Queen , accepting the resignation of M . Pacheco and his colleagues , with the exception of Senor Salamanca , Minister of Finance , and Senor Sotelo , Minister . of Marine . Other ordonnances follow , giving the formation of the new Ministry : —vis .: General Fernando Fernandez de Cordova , War ; Senor Patricio de la Escosura , the Political Chief of Madrid , Interior ; General Ros de Olano , Public Works , Commerce and Public Instruction ; Senor Antonio Caballero , Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , to the portfolio of that department ad interim ; Senor Salamanca retains the office of Finance Minister ; and Senor Sotello that of Marine . The posts of President of the Conncil and of the heads of the departments of Foreign Affairs and Justice are not yet filled up ;

      The contest in Catalonia continues to be characterised by acts of the most brutal cruelty oa both sides . Massacre succeeds massacre , by way of reprisal , with frightful celerity . Five Carlisle , all severely wonnded , have been sbot at Gerona ; they were obliged to be carried from the hospital to the place of execution . At Mataro , a dying Carlist and a boy fifteen years old , who had been pardoned a few days-before , have likewise been sacrificed to the infernal system of retaliation established by that butcher General Pavia . At Lerida . it may be said that tbe government authorities shot s corpse , for the Carii-t shot on the occasion was insensible , through the effects of poison he had taken , when he was shot .

      The Journal des Delats mentions that a royal decree , dated tbe 2 nd of September , has been published , which authorises all political emigrants , without exception , to return to Spain , aud annuls all prosecutions commenced against them . The decree merely forbids CarUsts from residing in Catalonia , Aragon , or the Basque provinces . General Manuel de la Concha is to replace General Pavia as Commander-in-Chief in Catalonia . It was rnmonredin Paris on Tuesday , that the agent who had preceded Namtzia his journey to Madrid from Paris [ via Valencia ) in 1813 . h > d just been despatched by Quten Christina from the French capital with a million arid a half of francs ( £ 60 , 000 ) in gold for Narvacz , destined , to bring about a military revolt in his Savour .

      PORTUGAL . Lisbon tetters ef the 23 rd ult . announce the appaintntene of tha new Ministry , which was composed of—M . Antonio de Azevedo Mello e Carvalho , Minister of the Kingdom and President of theCounoil ; M . Francisco Antonio Fernandas da Silva Ferrae , Minister ef Ecclesiastical Affairs and Justice ; Baron da Lnz . Minister of Foreign Affaire ; M- Marino Miguel Fracaini , Minister of Finance ; M . Joao F . Periera de Mello , Minister of Marine and Colonies ; and Baron- de Arcsofalla ; Minister of War . The new Ministry is denounced as Cabralist . Costa Cabral himself . has returned to Lisbon , and is hand and glove with the Queen ; His return te power is thought to be not distant . -

      FGUITS OF IABS PALMEBSTOB ' S P 0 LXCT . The Revohioao , among other savage acta of reaction on the part of tha royalist troops , relates the following : —The column oftbe major of infantry , Eugenio , had marched from Coimbra , In the direc tion ot the Sierra de Estrclla ; and , as they had to pass the night at Scudcmil , they set apicqnetto guard the bridge , under the command of Manuel Freyre , captain of the 4 th regiment . At nine in the evening , five citizens , who had served in the ranks of tbe revolution , came by on their way home to their houses . Thejr were seized and conducted to the guard-house . While they remained there they were not mblested , bnteariyin the morning they were taken into a field , where fire graves were opened . Now assured of the fate which awaited them , they implored permission to see their families , or . if that were denied , they asked the Spiritual succours of religion . Their entreaties were disregarded ; and presently they were all hanged on separate olive

      trees . In the district of Guarda a man and his son were apprehended by a force headed by Margah and were afterwards murdered in cold blood . In tbe town of Vidigueira , province of Alemtejo , two ladies were leaving a house in company of tbe parish priest , and were all three shot by the patrol composed of four soldiers of the battalion of Beja ' The ' same paper brings an account ot the murder at the Charneca of Veudas Novas , of Senhor A ntonio de Panla Roberto , commander of the moveable battalion of Evora .

      Accounts have been received in Lisbon ef a fearful tragedy enacted in a village in Alemtejo—tbe Algarve battalion , er- rather a detachment from it , being ? resisted in an attempt to tack the village , murdered fifteen of the inhabitants . From Tavira ( Afgarve ) the English vice-consul writes for protection : an English resident of ' sugwm' Wlttiw tad &» taw entered by tbe au & o

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      ntiw , and everythingjin / the place smashedlto ^ IHMl , ^ - K ^";« » V * eTJ * ' - ,--i . '' . fC-v ,-y '' .- - ' - - ¦ ,--S-t » .-,- ' J-i---trt ;» - **¦*> - ¦ Trom Ilhavo , in the district of Aveiro ,. I Jearn that on the 14 th ult . an unfortunate member of the Patulea , named Gonfialves de Oliveira , was assassinated at nightfall in the public street . He had left Oporto with Count das Antas ' s expedition , and had subsequently been imprisoned in Fort St Julian . The assassins ( skid to he Cabralists ) after killing him cut his head in pieces ! They are known / but a reign of terror being established in the district no Oca dares molest them , and the authorities appear to eye thou * proceedings with indifference .

      GERMANY . The Polish trials at Berlin drag their slow length along . Lola Monies has been created by tbe King of Bavaria Countess de Landsfield . A peasant insurrection has broken out in Carinthia .

      SWITZERLAND . In the sitting of the Vorort of the 28 th , the deputy of Lucerne presented a formal protest against the validity of the decrees of the Vorort of the 20 th , 23 d , and 30 th July , although theyhad been adopted by a majority of twelve and a half cantons ; and that the council of State of Lucerne would resist their execution by every means in its power . Letters from Berne 01 the 3 d instant announce that , after . a discussion which lasted two days , the

      Diet decided—first , that the question of the Jesuits was a federal one ; and second , that the cantons in which that order existed should be summoned to dismiss them , and that those in which there were no Jesuits should be forbidden to admit them under any denomination whatever . That resolution was voted by 12 cantons and two half-cantons . The representatives of Lucerne , Schweitz , and Yalais respectively protested in the name of their constituents , and declared that they would maintain the Jesuits in spite of the injunction of the Diet . •' . , ,

      It was reported that the commander-in-chief of the troops of the league , the ex-federal Colonel Ulrieh de Salis Soglio , hail been arrested in thecanton ef Tessino , on the territory of which he hadventured to make awonnoisance of the ground , with a view to the construction of works on the frontier . The decision of the Diet to dismi ss from the federal service all the officers who took service with tho League was carried into complete execution . Convoys of gunpowder , and munitions of war , coming from Germany and passing through the canton of Zurich to that of Zug , had been seized , and sequestrated by tbe cantonal authorities of Zurich , in accordance with the late resolution of the Diet , passed after a like seizure in Tessino .

      ITALY . The Italia , in a supplement , gives the following from Bologna , August 23 : — . ' The universal desire of the citizens has been acceded to . The Pope prepares for defence . Troops constantly arrive , and are distributed ih ' three points of observation ; , one at the defile of St Gallo , by the ' Reno , oh the road from . Bolognn to Ferrata ; the second at Castel Franco , between Bologna , and Medcna ; the last at the defile of Bastia , by the Reno , near Argenta . Forli and Ancoaa are two more centres of operation , tor the concentration of troops .- 'forming a line of observation along the Adriatic . All the intermediate towns , between Bolognaand thetwoformeraredefehded by the National Guard , already in active service , and inspired with tbe greatest enthusiasm .

      A letter from Rome of the . 25 th nit ., published in the Semaphore of Marseilles ' , says that the town of Permria has offered to tbe Pope 2 . 000 volunteers , and 609 muskets . General Bentivoglio , an old soldierof the empire , ColonelsBini , Boccanera , Major Provincial ! , and other , officers . having served under the empire , had left Rome on the 24 th to reconnoitre the ground for establishing . * camp . Before their departure these officers were personally received by his Holiness , who addressed them at parting thus : — Gentlemen , * said he , ' the sword is drawn , and we must not return it to the scabbard without disputing

      inch by inch the ground which belongs of right to ns , and until we recover what we have lost . I hope that my brave soldiers will justify the confidence which their country and , their sovereign reposes in them . ' It is impossible to describe the enthusiasm excited by this address , which , with the vapidity of lightning , was circulated through the city . The Pope was excited to the , highest pitch' of Indignation oh beinginformed that Count D'Ahesperg , who commands the garrison at Ferrara , is the same who had so atrocious a share in . the massacres of Tarnow .

      It is stated in the Italian journals that Minardi , the spy , has been surrendered by the Tuscan government to the Pontifical authorities . Large bodies of troops had appeared on the line of the Po from the Venetian territory , the destination of which was not known . They had passed through Padua and Rovigo with a large train of ammunition waggons . The municipal council of Ancohahad voted a subsidy of 2 , 000 scudi to the government , towards the expense of arming the civic guard ; a like sum was voted by the Chamber of Commerce of Ancona . The Jews and the merchants met , and offered to make up whatever might be deficient of the sum necessary to provide arms . Three of the chief citizens were sent to Rome to make these offers to the

      government . The Swiss troops demand to be placed foremost against the Austrians . The superior clergy make voluntary contributions for arming the national guard . The population in masses , including the peasantry , offer themselves as volunteers . Sardinia , which haa protested . against the occupation of Ferrara by the Austrians , has now , says a contemporary , a population of 5 . 650 , 363 persons , and an army , for a time oi war , of 100 , 000 men . Her navy consists of twenty-eight vessels , five of which arc 60-gun frigates . Important , if Tbub . —The Roman Advertiser , of the 28 th ult ., has the following : —

      It is « aid that an answer to the protest of the legate of Ferrara has arrived from Vienna . The Emperor declares that , tho occupation was ordered by Radetzfey alone , ' who had , however , been invested with the power cf judging when it might bo right and necessary te take such a step ; 'that this proceeding is not considered an infringement of the rights of the Sovereign . Pontiff , but is a right vested in the Emperor by the treaty of Vienna ; that if bis Holiness is of a different opinion , Austriaconsents te have the matter referred to an arbiter at the choice of the Holy Father . A treaty between the . court of Russia and the Pope has been signet ) , by which tbe recurrence of the persecution of members of the Romish church in Russia will be prevented . A letter from Toulon says : —

      The Neapolitan frigate Stromboll has Just arrived here from Naples , which she quitted on the 22 nd , hound for Marseilles . According to private letters events had assumed a very serious appearance in the kingdom of tbe tiro Sicilies ; the insurrection had made great progress , and tbe troops of the government having been de * feated in different encounters , showed at that time some hesitation . Several towns were in the power of the insurgents . A letter from Naples , in the Semaphore of Marseilles , states that the King has set a price npon the heads of tbe chiefs of the bands of Calabria , and that they have replied to ife by a proclamation , in which they offer a reward of 3 , 000 ducats for the head of General Statelb , who has teen ' sent against them .

      According to letters from Leghorn of the 27 th nit . a plot has been discovered in that city . It was formed by the Anstro-retrograde party . 'It was intended , by attacking tbe person and house of the American Consul , to furnish the Cabinet of Vienna with a pretext for intervention . The conspiracy was defeated by the vigilance of tho patriots . The Grand Duke of Tuscany has created a council of stale to which he has assigned very important functions . Although there be nothing of a representative character in this body , it constitutes nevertheless a great advance in the direction of constitutional reform . The Grand Duke has declared his intention to abolish the penalty of death . Letters from Rome of tho 30 th state that the matrons of Rome , of the highest rank , have taken to embroidering scarfs

      as prises for the best marksmen in the' musket exercise among the nationals . 'A report is currently believed in Kama that Lord Minto has been appointed aud is oa his way U that city , as British Ambaasador . It is tmlieved that the King of Naples and the Grand Duke of Tuscany have sent the same declarations of adhesion as the King of Sardinia . The latter prince has sent , as a mark of his approbation , tbe grand cross of St Maurice and StLazurus to Cardinal Ferrerti . ' Popular demonstrations took place at Pisa on tho 26 th and 27 th ult ; , to celebrate at once the institution of the council of state , the creation of tho civic guard .

      GREECE . A letter from Athens announces that a skirmish took place between theinsurgentsand the government troops on the 20 th , m which Grizioti was seriously wounded . The number of killed and wounded , on both sides , is said to bo considerable . POLAND . Cracow . —Trade is completely paralysed with us . Thepublic mind is a prey to suspicion and distrust , and the future appears uncertain . The peasantry is equally discontented , and an explosion is to be dreaded , should the conscription be set in -vigour . We receive news from Poland , which speaks of fresh conspiracies , a report which seems confirmed by several arrestations which have recently taken place on our frontier . —JoumalAUemand de Francfort .

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      Semes is SoMKRsar .-At the recent election , the well-known Mr Crosse , of Broorafield , was actual ly hooted at by some of tho farmers present , who consider that'he deals with the devil . One farmer was heard to say , 'He has raised the devil at bis cursed house four or five times to my certain knowledge , and the last time he was near setting tho plaoeon fire . I believe he has not tried it on since , but there is ao going near his house after night tor his vagaries . * A Pbohmblb Daibt . Mr V 7 . Smith , ef Ellcl , sold to Mr Livesey , of Preston , a few days ago , 38 cheese , tbe produce of 13 cows in 38 days . The weight wasl 3 | owt ., and the price 62 a , per ewt . j giWff a total oi £ 4212 a , M .

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      ' JEBSET AFFAIRS . Rn T V IH * Kivtm 0 P * M ' '' » 0 ' BMBBlf lifAa . " lCned ~ T T » ! ° « 2 ^ hult - oont « lns a lettM E . JV J ' MlatiB 8 t 0 Jer « J affairs , in whkh the muZIZ » , that m chan 8 e' 1 Proposed by the Com-SS n ^ ' ? be ^ "ious ' to the inurests of the Hn « nt „ f * k ° «>« Jour correspondent Is either ig-% T « iS * T , tt 8 r u P ° n whkh he wrote , or else , that tm . rfTS * " t 0 ' BOtoneot the ' corruptlenisls ' ? iw I- ^ l ° ? knowi" 8 " > 6 iniquitousstate of the l ^ M ^ itl « "t MOCe : ° « " > J «« OB resembling justice , ?^ „^ t n ;* ^ train heKaiooaV ' Your correspon dent speak , of ' Chartered rights and liberti < * tmt 2 ^ mn * « f these , for * has been proved , ST ? f PUtC ' th 8 t the i" ** " ** constitntions 0 / Mt * . M ^ ' 0 r 3 ery , manU ^ .. 1 , 1 . 1 « . » . an ni , cienecoBy of thene coastitutlons « ,,. L . * T al ' y 0 fflce l 0 th 9 E « h * q „ er . W have aused inauuieg to be made for It there , bnt ithas beea mUfa B- '—Commiuloneri ' Jieporty

      To show that the recommendations of tbeCommlisloners were perfectlyjust ^ I will , as concisely as possiole , state their suggestions , and the necessity for them : — 1 . The abelitton of the present court and the appointment of three judges . ' At present we have 12 jurats , men chosen from among the country clod-hoppers , who know as mnoh about law as the man in the moon ; men who invariably gWe their decisions from party motives , decking one day that is bhcfc , which the day before they decided was white ; mcn who have repeatedly , to their faces , been railed jgnoiant and despicable , and men whoiatneltojal Commissioners have emphatically declared- ' have not the confidence of the public , nor do they deserve it . ' ' ' ...: ¦ -, ¦¦ 2 . 'Throwing open the btr . » Kow there are six advocates appointed by Influence , without any regnrd to their education ; only throe plead , the other tbrsebeingig . norant or incapable , ; ; 8 . ' * The adoption of the English language . ' Now we have a barbarous patois , as incomprehensible to a

      Parisian as to a Dutchman , although it Is styled Norman-French . Englishmen are now charged , tried , and ' convicted , in a tongue unknown to them . ' i . ' Trial by jury . ' This is far preferable to hating packed' party jurats , soignorant as , to be compelled to have motives for their decision , ( which they come to before they hear the case , knowing of which political party the clients are ) prepared for them . 5 . 'The abolition ofthe honorary , and the substitution ofa paid police . ' Nothing is mora necessary than this . At ' pre « Kt ; the : honorary , police are ' shopkeepers , spirit dealers , and tavern keepers , who wink at all kinds of vice and depravity , because they profit by it . . Thosemen will only , act to serre their friends , and ' make use of their , influence to punish and endeavour to crush their opponents ; entering into combinations , and having a club to meet at . if a murder were bcins { committed in the streets at nigkt , they would not have ' their beds to quell a disturbance .

      6 . 'T he establishment of a Court of Requests . ' All the island is favourable to this . .. 7 . ' The assimilation of the Criminal Law to that of England . ' This is rendered rery necessary . from the fact , that there is ^' n ' o Criminal Law in Jersey '—( Vide Commissioners ' report . ) Asd the only guide the ignorant jurats flave got , is the old Norman law , which , allows the plucking put eyes , tearing off limbs , branding , and the pillory for very slight offences . - , ¦ .. ... These things have long been called for by the inbabi-, tants . The authorities hare treated with contempt all their humble petitions and memorials ; and far from attempting any reform , their object is to . maintain things as they are , for the sake of the 'loaves and the fishes ; and all . the opposition te change proceeds from these ' men . It has now become an axiom in the island , ' That there is no security for life , libertT , or property in Jersey . ?

      I could adduce hundreds of caeea to prove this . Even a jurat of the court ( E . Mialle , Esq . ) , has publiely declared , ' there was no justice to bo obtained in Jersey . ' Many such opinions I could quote , were I not trespassing too largely on your columns . . The ITonthly Law Magatsint has declared that ,, ' Of all the sinks of corruption that ever existed , the Island of Jersey is the most monstrous , the most revolting , and the most flagrant ; ' and another equally high authority says , ' The spirit of party has poisoned the very fountains of justice , equity is unknown , law is despised , and impartiality a virtue , whose name is never heard . To expect a reform of those crying and manifold abuses from the local legislature , would be a ridiculous expectation . The purification of this Augean stable , can only , be effected by the British Government , and the loyal subjects of the island will hail their vigorous Interposition , with joy nnd gratitude . '

      That interposition I am glad to say has been accorded , for in addition to the Criminal Commission , tho governmeat Is pledged to the issuing of a commission for en quiry into the civil law ; and no doubt we shall have a clean sweep of all the antiquated cobivcbs which have been collecting for ages ; and this , thar . ks to the sweeping of an excellent broom—the . Jersey , Kews—which has toiled early and late , through good report and ill report , in ef . fecting changes for the benefit of the persecuted and tbe oppressed . To the News , therefore , be inscribed all the honour and glory cf the reform . . Ah . Old Inhibit &* t . : Jersey , Sept , 4 , 1847 . [ We have broken through our msunl rule in publishing the above anonymous . letter . In the event of further correspondence , 'An Old Inhabitant' must supply , hia address . ]

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      The Footway Through Holland Pabk,. Kensi...

      THE FOOTWAY THROUGH HOLLAND PABK , . KENSIXGTON . TO TDK EDIT 6 B OP THE NORTHBPNSTAB , . Deab Sib , — The question as to whether , the footway before Holland House shall be closed , is to be decided on the eleventh of October nsxt , at the Sessiens House , Clerkenwcll-green , when the magistrates , in Quarter Sessions assembled , will , in all probability , decide against tho public—the public being so inuinVrenttothe question , that that magistrate must V a patriot indeed , ( and have a thankless task , indeed , ) wbo would plead for them in this case . 1 have strove hard to save the footway in question , and , I believe , have done my duty . The press has also done its duty ( as it always does in such cases ) , hut all the people care fori ? , to grumble . I have effered to unite them in a committee , for the purpose of making such arrangements with Lord Holland ,

      as , whilst they would not interfere with the proposed improvements of bis lordship in front of Holland House , would not deprive thepublic of the footway in that direction ( which has existed . for above tares cenhttin ) , I have offered to pay all expenses that might be incurred ; and have appealed to the people to come for . ward , but they will not do so ; they are acting in this case as they acted ( ay , and are still acting ) in tha case of the . Enclosure of Child ' s Hill , at Hendon , and tbe Kilburn thoroughfares torPrimrose . Hill ; and , as In the case of those most outrageous invasions ou publio rights , they are denouncing the authors of such wrongs , without , for one moment , reflecting that they themselves are , in' reality , tbe parties who are most to blame , because

      they have in thier power tbe means to abolish the wrongs complained of , but will not make use of them . ' Let the people act more , nnd talk less , and there will then be some hope of them ; but let thtiu continue to act as rhey have done , in this and other oases which I could name , and they will drive all but enemies from tr . « m As I hove repeatedly stated , I do not believe Lord Holhnd to bo a bad man ; and I had hepes , that if the proposed committee could have been formed in Reusing , ton , the footway in question might have been preserved ; as it is , it must go . ths way of all other rights Englishmen , & c „ were once possessed of , for , as Lord Stanhope truly observes , ' it is is impossible to help those who will not also help themselves . '

      As It may be asked why I , as secretary of nn Anti-Buclosure Association , do not briaa this question before tVe committee of MnA awi >*« tt »» v I answer , that I shall do so ; and that any . ptvson Is « t liberty to io so , at the nestings which we Bold each Monday Bight , nt Hie Princess Royal , Cirone-strett , New-road , but it is not to fee expeeted that a committee in Msrjrlebone would have half that influence initlits : < xK «« hith : a committee in in Kensington would have bad , , However I have done my best in this affair ; let those who have not d « ne t « , do so ere itis too late , or cease to complain , Tb ' virs , for publio rights and public patriotism , TBS SbCBETABY OF TUB WEBS LOHBON Centb & Ii Aim . Esu . 08 u . Absocutiob Ifaryjebone , Sept . 6 th , 1817 . . -,..-. .

      Wilson, The Scottish Martyr. To The Idit...

      WILSON , THE SCOTTISH MARTYR . TO THE IDITOB OV THB KOBTBBBH STAB , Sib , —Having seen in the Northern Star ot August 28 tb last ) a very able niticle lOBpeoiing the monument which has been erected in the Necropolis , at Sight Hill , near Glasgow , to perpetuate the principles of freedom , and the memory of Hardie and Baird , and a suggestion that something of a like kind ought to be erected to poor old Wilson , I beg to submit to you tho following fuels respecting the case of Wilson . A few fiiendsto tbe good old cause iuLejnpxMill , CampsU , andGfIasgow , « xerted themselves in , the way of a subscription for the purpose of getting up a monument ia the church-yard here , ovir the grave of James Wilson . What was considered a sufficient sum having been subscribed , and no opposition to Its erection being anticipated , a atulptor was engaged to put it up , and a committee formed hero to see the work carried into execution . The night previous to the day

      en which it was intended- to lay the foundation , the committee , to their great surprise , learned that the Rev . William Proudfoot bad called upon the sexton , and instructed him not to give up the keys of the gate . for tbe purpose of allowing the monument stones to be taken into the church-yard . Part of ' the committee waited upon the rev . gentlemen , to ascer : oin the fact , and , having learned from himself that the report was correct , we endeavoured to reason with the rev . parish minister on the matter , stating that it would 11 st take up any mora ground , nor be a greater iacuHibranee than tbe monuments already erected in the ehureh-yard . But'the burial-ground was too snail for the parish cf Arondale , and those already erected would be taken down as soon a ; the ground was needed , and that wonld not suit the purpose for which the committee wished to erect this one . ' We then offered to place the monument upon a side , or in as angle of the church-yard , where it could not annoy or encumber any person ; but ' uo . twwaB decldedi * hostile , ' he eaty'to all BWuu

      Wilson, The Scottish Martyr. To The Idit...

      menta . ' But the fact is , it was the principle , and not lall monaments / tbat he was hostile to . Finding that we could not make any favourable impression upon the rev . genttnan ^ - ' tnt * committee ¦'¦ had no alternativt but to seBr « ateaa' *» for thenionuaient , '¦ ~" ' The house in which Jame ? ' rflison was born , ' and where he ' resided the whole of his life , unrilbe was forcibly taken away , on the . 8 th April , 1829 , having , since his execution , fallen into decay , was concludsd the most eligible spot . The committee , therefore , made a purchase ef It , with the back ground attached , and upon this the monununt to perpetuate the principles of freedom and the mtmory of James Wilson was crooted , theugh iu an unfinished state . ; The monument is not compleie . bccause tho committee are in want of the one thing needful . We have expoaded between forty and fifty pounds upon it , and I presume that it would require thirty pounds tofinish it . - ¦ - " - . '•' ' •¦'¦ : ¦ ¦

      I hare given yoa a relation of tha simple facts connected with this case , and I leave it to' you to mnko thb story . If you can stir up any of the friends of free , dom in England , Ireland , or Scotland , to contribute their mite towards the completion of James Wilson's monument , yon will for over oblige . the Wilton Monument Committee , and ' : Your very humble servant , JOHH WlI 80 N , pK «» . Findlaj ' s Land , 'Waterside , Strathaven , : August 81 st , 1817 .

      Chartist Political Economy. To Mb 1be Cm...

      CHARTIST POLITICAL ECONOMY . TO MB 1 BE CMFPOBD . Sib , —If your letter in the Family Times of last week contained nothing more than the general abuse of Mr O'Connor , in which you so liberally indulge I seriously assure you that I should not trouble ny self to write on your letter a single sentence of comment . Jfr O'Connor has been long used ( 0 tbe libellous slander of designing scribblers , ns well as the assertions of men who intuit' him In ignorance of his true intentions , men who condemn what they do understand ,. and in maay cases mistake a single part for an entire scheme . What may bo yourintentions I know , not ; but of this fact I am pretty confident , that Mr O'Connor can sot down yeur slander on the credit side of the account , and lose nothing In the settlement of the . bill . ' .

      You represent Mr O'Connor as having said the other day , at , tho Newton camp meeting , thatthe only way to obtain cheap bread was for every-man to grow bis own . ' From : which statement yoa infer . that .. the political economy of the Chartists would , if infull operation , cause the' weaver to desert his shuttle and take to ploughing , whilst the husbandman skips from the furrow to tho loom , or busies himself with the spinning jenny , or else goes hack to the primitive wheel which manufactured thread for our ancestors < fcc . ' I am not aware that Mr O'Connor ever proclaimed any such a system . I do not find it in any report of the Newten meeting that I have seen , and I think it would have been but an act of justice to hare favoured the public with yonr , authority , and to have quoted the

      entire sentence orparagraph containing the . words used , and such other parts of Mr O'Connor ' s speech as bore correlatively on -the subject at issue . You-have not adopted so honourable a course , neither have you re . ferred to the writings of Mr O'Connor generally , or taken any notice of the practical land experiment propounded by that gentleman , which experiment , in all fairness , will be admitted by nil parties as tbe best test of-Chartist political economy , There are such things as inverted commas used by writers for the press ; they . are useful , and inquiring readers prefer the proper use ef thera . I might write the quotation from . scripture , There is no God . ' The reader would say , Why not give the statement in full ?— ' The fool hath said in bis heart , there is no God . ' The sense is immediately changed and the true meaning rendered plain .

      The Chartists do not desire to return to theprimllive state of agriculture and manufactures . They know that man is a progressive being , and they say , and justly too , that , if the landlords have . doubled their rents in a period of thirty years , if one man ; by the aid . of machinery , can , in the cotton trade , do as much work as one hundred and fifty men ftimerly did . ; if our shipping mulr tiplies , and our trades increases we have a right to reap the benefit in fair proportion of all nuch improvements . Wc have investigated the question fdirly , we have asked the government to aid us , and , finding that we do not improve in either health er wealth , wo havo re & olved to club our pence together , buy land , build cottages , nnd improve our oondition . by every possible means in our power , so that , as far as possible , wo may reap the fullest advantages of improved civilisation . ' Return to the primitive state , indeed 2 I would recommend you , sir , to ' visittho estate at Lowbands , and mark the

      agricultural operations of that Industrial colony , —there you will see the most improved agricultural machinery you ever beheld , and observe tho good results of associative labour , centralisation turned to its true account , bringing blessings upon all concerned . . Never forget this fact , that the directing miad of nil Is Mr Feargus O'Connor , whose character you so heartily abuse , and whose practices jou so heartily eulogise in the following statement , quoted word for word from yeur letter : — ' Truly to promote the people ' s welfare is to multiply the sources of industry , and instruct the working classes in the best means of turning them to account ; for , hitherto , they neither know what is host for them , nor , if they did , are they in the least acquainted with tho means of securing it to themselves . Tho people , want knowledge—the knowledge that will reveal to them all the good of which their condition is susceptible , and , at the same time , point out tbe course by which it is to be reached . '

      Now , suppose Mr O'Connor , on behalf of the National Land Company , buys one hundred and . fifty acres of land , which lately found employment for a farmer and say faur labourers , with five to each family , being in all , twenty-five individuals . Mr O'Connor divides the land into fifty allotments of three acres each , each allotment occupied by an allottee ; and , again , suppose a family of five for each three acr <; s , there are one hundred and fifty individuals maintained whilst the Increase of produce is incalculable . All the families live in comfortable houses , and tho building of these houses have found

      employmentfera great number of workmen , who otherwise would have been idle , Increasing the poor rates or filling our gaols , Does not this 'truly promote tbe people ' s welfare , multiply the sources of industry , and instruct the working classes in tbe best means of turning them to account ! ' Truly , Mr Lee Clifford , you require to go into tbe country to have the cobwebs blown from your intellect and clear the London fog from your eyes , In order that you may at once observe that you teach Chartist political economy in theory , and Mr O'Connor , does the greater act of realising your theory in practice .

      I now call jour attention to some of tbe . statements in your third paragraph . In laudation of Mr Cobden and Mr Bright you say : 'They are the true friends of the people , who enlarge the field of their employment , and facilitate the acquisition of the necessaries of life . Itis the grossest stupidity and folly to inculcate into their minds that political rights and privileges are desirable apart from all soeial improvement . ? i You are right ; soaial and political Improvement are inseparable , nud , if you will refer to Mr O'Connor ' s speeches and writings , you will diseover that yours is but tho faint echo of bis teachings to the people . His land scheme is social , its effects social and political 1 He facilitates tho acquisition of tha nesessarics of life—not by quoting the prices of wheat at Hanusic or New York—speaking largely of

      exports , and repealing impart dulses , but adopts the vary simple and natural process , of sewing wheat and barley in England , planting cabbages In gardens , aud giving working men from ail parts of the eountry some chance of eutting them on their own aicouat . Sot so stupid a thought , after all . Or if , as you say , Mr O'Conuor s notions are antiquated and ridiculous , Ac , the relation be . twcwiyon and him , is a plain one , you enunciate what he practises , fcrl liavencver heard of bim at anytime ebj ( « tin ? to . beep and good bread , to political and foetal improvement , on the contrary , for such desirable objects he has spent-llio best part of as acUre life . If such bc-the mental blindness , or deigning villainy , that makes you extlalm , I know of no weight of scorn too great to be hespedou suoh a wan , ' the public will have no difficulty in indi ' ng thepreper wo » d » , t » write . a fullleagth portrait of yeur knowledge , designs , and practises . The humble , plain men , the labeurers of England , who intuitively know thec haracter of Jolia Bull , will , in their very simpKtiiy , ' always dlsorlmSnaW ttw properties of

      jackass , lam gladjoa promise us your opinions oathe 'firo points , ' and express a hepe that yen may remember the sixth '; and pleased with the pointed manner you hare descanted on Ohaitist political economy , I will endeavour to make it a point to read your disquisitions , and if I be not disappointed , it is possible that I may point out the sentiments of which I approve or disapprove . Yonr advUe to Mr Buncombe I think exceedingly opportune , and as we all understand each other , Mr O'Conuor aud Mr Daneombe being best able to ma ke the arrangement relating to . the People ' s Demonstration on the opening of the New House of Commons , there is but little doubt that both gentlenmn will prefer walking to the House of Commons , rather than to march through ' Coventry , with the -Fatuity Ztomnd Lee Clifford , Sahoei Kidd .

      Chartist Political Economy. To Mb 1be Cm...

      But in Euuumd , the great moral triumphs which havo been « a ! " ^ . 'he late . elections , snd : which could not ba conoealed or kept iii thii ' darkby a jorrupt and hirel in *' press—are a sign of the times ^ a vroof that the democratic principlejs < making » iy » among the shopkeeplnj classes , aiid augurs much for the future . ; The nobl « example which the « Goed men and true' of Nottingham , have set to Britain , nay ' , to the whole world ; in returning our ' Old General , ' Mr . O'Connor , as thou ; , representative in Parliament , has done . muchfor tho ' cause of the people . It has placed' him" in a position tj »' set forth their ' manifold sufferings , ' and ; propound thehT rights , In tbo Senate . Houae ; to , . ring ' in ' the ears of , your oppressors your rights , and to . '; heap coals £ fit * on their heads , ' ' , ' . ' .... .. ; . ' . ' :: ¦ . '¦ .,. " "'" " : ' ' -,

      Then there is the eloquent , the humane Georga Thompson , for the Tower Hamlets ; Colonel Thompson , for Bradford ; W . J . Fox , for Oldham ; and others whoj are pledged to support the 'People ' s Charter , " returnai to the House of Commons . Men who are prepared to stand by , and support our honest , indefatigable , aad psr * severing chief , Buncombe , in the cause ef truth , equity , and eternal justice—and who will spend their every hour in the cause of suffering humanity . This is something to cheer the drooping spirits of the ' political slaves' of this eountry . '" ' .. ' . ' .

      To my mind , itis a strange anoma ' y that six-seventh ! ol the ' adult population of this enlightened , this / ree , this enviable England , should bo deprived of the rights of citizenship . When I see poverty and crime'is * crease en every hand ; when I see' the infernal bastila crammed with victim ? of a corrupt and vicious system j when Ihcar of my countrymen eating the carriwflith o £ deadanimahjwben l see all this , I cxclaim . in the wordf of our immortal Shakespeare—England ' ——— 'is bound in with shame , . With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds . That England , that was wont to conquer others , Hath made a shameful conquest of bersel / . '

      Isisnotso ! Has hot England ' made a shameful conquest of herself V Look at her ill-fed , ill-clad , illpaid tillers of the soil . Look at her over-toiled , ep » pressed , and down-trodden manufacturing operatives . It is high time something was done for the people . Wo havs brighter hopes now , when we have a few of the « rlgtifc sort' In Parliament ; men who will show « that taxation without representation' is tyranny , and founded on injustice , and ought to be supplanted with a just , equitable and humane system .

      There has been a suggestion made , which , if taken up by ' the working classes of this country , will lead to glorious results for the democratic . same and secure the re » turn , at the next election , of m ? n who would ba able , before long , to carry our principles triumphantly through the House of Commons . The ' suggestlonls this : —Wkera two men , holding the same prineiples , reside together , and occupy two five-pound houses , to agree that one of them should have the vote , and break a door through , and thereby make a connection between the two houses , which can bo done legally and constitutionally .

      If this had been carried out at Halifax , Jones and ) Minll would not havo lost their day . Would ' Tom Clark'bare been defeated at Sheffield J . Would M'Gratlt have been at the bottom of the polling list ! Would Sturgc have been defeated by a disgraceful coalltionS Would Julian Harney have beeii excluded by a trHckllHgr Palmerston ! No ; they would have been the M . P . ' soi ' those towns , and would have made the temporising , donothing Whigs , tremble for their tottering system . Working men—you have the power in your own hands , usel ( « ami your principles will ba triumphant . _' :- " , ''" Sign the National Petition , and let our' new members ? be supported and strengthened by tho signatures of up * wards or four millions , whose cry shall be ' The Charte * and no Surrender 1 ' , Yours , fraternally , A Youso , dut'Sihcbbb CHABlisy . Wakefield , Sept . 6 , 1847 .

      THE ANTI NATIONAL WRONG LEAGUE . TOTUBBDlTOB 05 THE HOBTHEBH STAB , Sib—I saw in tbe Star oi the 28 th of August , a letter from Henry D . Griffiths , calling upon tbe Chartist body especially to form an ' Anti National Wrong League , * upon a suggestion of Jfr Gammage , I suppose of Northampton . Now , sir , in my view of the matter I see no reason for such a step being taken . Is not the present organisation quite sufficient for the purpose , If supported with that zeal with which it ought to be ? . Have we n <* the National Charter Association already in existence , with an efficient executive directing Us operations , and has it not fulfilled everything that conld be expected of it , as the general election fully , testified ? Have we not also the Central Election Committee , able and willing to give every information and assistance in preparing fo * elections , if efficiently , supported ! What more would Mr G . have , or what more could he have ?

      But , if I mistake not , this Mr Griffiths along withlfc Gammage belonged to that thin skinned party who followed the fortunes of O'Brien and Co ., and therefore knowlag their fotmcr acts , I would humbly advise tbe ) Chartist body to receive any suggestion of- the kind with great caution , and after mature consideration , coming from such a source . As yoa , Jfr Editor , hare justly remarked , ' onco bit , twice shy . ' I remember , at the thne of getting up one of the National Petitions , these same sort of gentry found fault an 3 objected to what they called the introduction of \* Extraneous matter , ' alleging thatthe miuds of the people might be diverted from the Charter ; but now I find there , is no such fear , for there is a long list of wrongs enumerated , all to be redressed , and of coarse that redress , to ba agitated for . I admit all those named to be wrongs ; but then let thorn occupy tho same place in the estimation of the Chartist body

      as the new poor law or any other bad law sought to be abolished ; that is , when any other party takes them up , give them assistance , but keep by the present organisa * tion , and if Mr Griffiths , or any of the same class be tho reformers they pretend , let them come before the people in sincerity , and own at once they were misted ; as , in . my view of the matter , to do as ho suggests would be as much as to say , that . wo had betn wrong and thoy were right : a thing that I , at least , and as far as I can see , the Chartist body , aro not prepared to admit . In conclusion , I would say , let all who see national wrongs , join the National Charter Association ; and then , having gained the suffrage , ail grievances can be redressed * And to the Chartist body I would say , holdfast by the present organisation . The Charter and No Surrender ! A COHBTANT REABBB . September 4 , 1817 .

      March Of Democracy. To Tbb Editob Op Tdb...

      MARCH OF DEMOCRACY . tO TBB EDITOB OP TDB NOBTHEBN STAB , Dba * S » a , — The rapid strides which the principles of Democracy are tow malting in this country , and likewise in a great part of Europe , is h'ghly gratifying to ihepMzresMve Reformer , and is calculated to inspire thepeople with new zaal , with fr » sh enthusiasm , aud a better hope for the fatare . Tho fparh of liberty is kindled by a reforming Pope in Italy , while that bloodthirsty , thai 'dotard adviser of an idiot Kior , ' 2 Ietter . niob , is mahlngthe attempt to stay the inward msrch of

      Freedom , in the Italian States , by concoeling a con * splraoy to destroy the Pope , and has again broken ths treaty of Vienna , by taking possession of Ferrara by Austrian troops . But the firm determination of the Pope to resist to the last tho atttmpt to 'PofaRAV Italy , has inspired all lovers of liberty with strong hopes that Dcmoeraey will prove too strOBg for Despotism , 1 ha brave , intlemitaele , and persevering CHrcaasIaus , who so nobly resist the attempt of the Russian Boar' to impose the yoke of despotism op a free and nsMe peorl » , makes one ' s heart pant fov their liberty , which they ore sure to gain . Switzerland is threatened with invasion , Spain is on the verge of another civil war . America Is carrying on a sanguinary , and devaitating war agalast th « ll « r 5 M » , Wu aU is strife ana tontenUon ,

      The Fraternal Democrats." Tho Monthly Me...

      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . " Tho monthly meeting of this Society took place on ' Monday last , at the Gorman Hall , Drury-lahe . Ernest Jones was called to tho chair . After the , minutes of tbe previous meeting had been confirmed , Samuel Kydd and some other members weja elected . On tho motion of Jolian Harnby and John ATttno-ii , it was resolved : — That the society ' s annual banquet take place on Monday , the 20 th ef September , that being a more generally convenient day than tbe 22 ud , the society ' s

      anniversary . A oemmittce , consisting of C . Keen . T . Clark , 'C . Schapper , J . Arnott , and J . Overton , was appointed to make the necessary arrangements . A discussion then took place on tho Swiss nnd Italian questions , and continental ' politics generally . Stirring speeches were delivered by Carl Schapper , Henry Ross , Thomas Clark , Christopher Doylo , and Julian Harney . Finally , on the motion of T . Cum and J . Absoit : — Ernest Jones , Carl Schapper , and Julian Harney , were appointed a committee to draw up a manifesto in the nome of the society , on the present movements in Europe . The said manifesto to be submitted to the members- 'fos adoption at their annual festival . Tho supper nil ] take place in the German Hall ; Whit * Hart , Drury-iano . A . number : of podWa * advocates of Domocraoy are al & aay fledgeu to attend .

      Irish Confederation. On Sunday Evening, ...

      IRISH CONFEDERATION . On Sunday evening , the 29 th nls ., a lajge 'j ^ nd . respectable mooting of the Young Irshndera of iha metropolis was held , at the Green Man , Berwick- ' street , Oxford-street . Among those present were several of the staunch advocates of the late repeal movement in this metropolis , who were compelled ! from the turbulent conduct of their leaders , to leave that body iu disgust . Mr T . Daly was called to ( ha chair , who called upon Mr Fit ^ gibbon , who readse * veral extracts from the Irish papers . E . Kennedy , Esq ., biu-ristci ' -ab-law , read the report of the council of the Irish Confederation , on which be ably . com * mentcd . Mr Kennedy , oh concluding , { handed in his own subscription of £ 1 . After an able address

      from Mr M'Carthy ; Mr Hussey , in an able speech , alluded to the Tablet . He said , though it was s Catholic journal , it was about as bigoted as any ia this metropolis . It excluded all reports in connection with tho Young Ireland party , whilst its columns were open to the proceedings of the hucksters of Conciliation Hall . The Tablet never was a sincere advocate of Repeal . Several resolutions were then passed , tho purport of which were to collect information and call Young Ireland meetings over theiuetropolij . A committee was then appointed , and Mr Kennedy , in the most handsome manner , tondered the Use of his chambers for the committee to meet in , which was at once accepted . ' The meet , ing then separated .

      Aiibmsidb.—' So Iwwded,' Says A Correspo...

      AiiBMsiDB . — ' So iwwded , ' says a correspondent , 'havebeen the inns and lodging houses here , that the Bishop of Lincoln , who was staying ail night , was necessitated to sleep on tho floor . '— Preston Guardian . [ Bishops are surely at a discount now-adavs , or some layman would havo given up his bed rather than see a ' right reverend father in God put up with such lodg & x ? . ] A Gentleman SfYsm ov aob , cure * ota voir bad log by Holloway ' s Pills and 0 , ntmentk-Mr Bicbari RtnnUer residing at Saxmundliam , SuffMK , had a bad £ which he « T apprehensive would cost him his life , aMouchi attended by an eminent surgeon , yet the dangw hccVmf so Ireot that it was deemed necessary to use Hollowav ' s Pills and Oiatmenl under the surgeon ' s in . meetiott bv these celebrated remedies alene a perfect cure was ' efleeted in a few weele . The ng « of this centleman makes - tho cure most extraordinary . He is well kiion-n , and the fact may be inquired Into , as he it even , now a Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11091847/page/7/