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frcsti hostilities e «» FKA . KCE . Cbolssa !—Three eases of decided Asiatic i S « are said to have shown themselves on Sunehol eio 1 ^ " F aubourg St Germain , in Paris . * «• ^ e Reform banquets continue , greatly to the an-« ce oftbeGovernment . ^ " " foe Count Mortier , French ambassador at Turin , . , .. nas been of late in Paris , on leave of absence S , Sfflhis P *^ . haB b €€ a <*<*«*«* ™ » n attempt to « -Wssinate his children . He has been arrested , and S K * nalonI L ^ ° - ¦
1 < * Tticn > e « j 0 C 5 T pressor J—the Journal dts J JLa of Tuesday , contains the following announce-Z « fnt :- 'C ° Bresson , Ambassador from the rl tort of France to the Jung of the Two Sicilies , has X > M * S * P 8 , De ww foand " Ms bed at six o '< o * clo & » a the morning of the 2 nd inst . bathed in « Ms blood , with a large wound in his throat , supposed to ( oh avebeen inflicted with a ra » r- ' It appears that $ the Connt committed suicide on the morning of the D « j fld inst He was walking about bis apartment
l daring the night until four o ' clock , when . { all at once . i ! ihe fall of a heavy bod y was heard . The Countess I Bresson ran into his room , and found him lying in 8 a pool of blMJO ^ which flowed from a frightful wound J jn thetbroat , effected by a razor , which was found J doseto bim . Instant alarm wa « eken , aad almost j immediately the surgeon of the British Legation ar-. jived , but the Count was already dead . Count Bres-, son was the notorious agent of Louis Philippe and Christina , at the time ] the Spanish marriages were flmtracted . :
BELGIUM . On Tuesday afternoon , the ordinary session of the Belgian Chambers was opened by King Leopold in person .
SPAIN . Ministerial intrigues , police-concocted * conspiracies ' and courtly mummeries , form the news ofthe o-eek from this conntry . Espartero has received orders forbidding his return to Spain . So ends the liberal' farce recently performed . SWITZEBLA 2 HX On the 30 th nit , the council of state of Lncerae declared that canton and its capital in a state of sK e . A militaiy tribunal was established in the town , the ordinary administration of justice being cnspended .
The Catholic college , Corpus Catholicmn , ofthe Grison * . has sent a petition to the Pope , to pray him to r . call tbe Jesuits frem Lncerno . Two federal military tribunals hava been establishrd to sit , one at Berne , and the other at Zurich . The Borgomaster Forrer , deputy of -Zurich , with the rank of Colonel , ^ was appointed grand judge at Berne : and M . Casimif Piyffer , of Lucerne , was to fl ] a like office in the tribunal at Zurich , On the 1 st instant further reinforcements of the troops ofthe Sonderbhnd had arrived at Lucerne . Two battalions of infantry had marched from Lerme , TJnter wald . and TJri : a battery of six pieces of heavy artillery , and two companies of carbiniers bad also arrived . Three powerful steamboats have been established on tbe lake of thefonr cantons , for the
espeditions transport of the troops between canton and canton , to such points as may require their piesence . The cantonal government of Tetsino had suspended its functions temporarily , bavin ? established a council of war invested with the most extensive powers , with a military tribunal , of which tbe chief seat was to he Lugano , bnt which had powers to delegate commissioners to all districts of the canton , as circumstances might require . A letter f rom Bale of the 4 th says that tbe Anstrians had closed the passage of the Splugen , which forms the chief communication between tbe canton of tbe Orisons and Lombardy . The people of Zurich are animated with the greatest enthusiasm . They have come forward spontaneously with offers to provide for the families of those who are summoned to the
field . The Hefretie of tho oth states that two Bernese citizens inFribourg had been found hung ' and diseratowelled . The following axe the details given by ikt journal : — An act of tbe most atrocious barbarity which has jostbeen committed at Dirlaret , a village well known fjrits fanaticism and its mendicants , has excited the axt heartfelt indignation throughout the whole com-Ecaity . Two younr natives of Berne , Scbeidigger and Zander , tilers , by profession , in the canton of Nenfcbstel , were called to arms , and left here immediately , ia their uniform , to answer the appeal of their conntry .
Ja passing through the village of Dirlaret they were percarei bv some of the inhabitants , who ' immediately thronged * round them , crying , ' Down wiih the Bernese . ' lbs unfortunate youths were immediately seized , concacted before tbe presbytery , hanged . andjdiseaibewelled . We have no words to express the indignation excited by this atrocioas act , committed on two youths who were pissing inoffensively , and who could at most have been arrested as prisoners of war . We are told the troops of Benie are so exasperated that they can with difficulty be iept in order . Ia any other circumstance we should lave recommended forbearance , but in presence of such sa infamous , dastardly murder , wa can but say : — ' Soldiers of B » rne , revenge your brethren J '
The Grand Council of Bale came to a resolnt ' os , pa tbe 6 th , to * famish the contingent against the Soaderbund called for by the Diet Theifofe Ga zette of the 6 th announces the departed from Zurich of the Russian Ambassador , Bvnn de Krudener . He called on the Burgomaster , 31 Zehnder . to inform bim that , as civil war was on the point of breaking ont , he quitted the Swiss territorv by order ofthe Emperor . Bebse , Nov . 4 . —The Diet held an extraordinary sitting to-day . It met at fonr o ' clock . The object ofthe sitting was to consider the propriety of passing a vote for the carrying into effect the decrees of the Ket against the Sonderbnnd by force of arms , the isaing of a proclamation to the army , and of a oanifesto for the purpose of showing to Europe the legality of tha part taken by the majority of the Diet against the minority .
... The following are the resolutions proposed by the committee , and were adopted by the usual majority . The Federal Diet— „ , 'Considering that , by the resolution of the 20 th of July of the present year , the separate alliance ef fisseren cantons of Lucerne , TJri , Sehwytz . TJnterwalden , Zag , Fribouxg , and Valai ? , was declared incompatible with the provisions of the Federal compart , and was consequently dissolved ,. that the above lamed cantons had been rendered responsible for the oteemtionof that decision , and that the Diet reerred to itself the power , if the circumstance should reqiire it . of taking ; ulterior measures ; 'Considering that the deputies of the Cantons * ifca compose the Sonderband have aliready dedared , in the sit ting of the 22 nd of July , that they do not recagnise that decision ;
' Consid riflg that the abovementioned cantons as * eu before the 30 th ot July as after that date , have sale extraordinary military preparations , raised Sddfortifkatfens , procured arms and ammunition form foreign countries , evidently with the object of asking opposition , even by the force of arms , to the execution ofthe decisions taken by the Diet ; Considering besides , that the same cantens have I lid no attention fr > the decision of the 11 th of August , by which they were seriously warned ta abaain frem all that might trouble the public peace , hat that after , as before that resolution , they ^ have acted contrary to the decisions ofthe Diet , oycon-Grueling redoubts and _ continuing their extraorffiittry military preparations ; „ * authorities
' Considering that access to the barged with the giving of instructions , and to the ^ dtgamnde , of the cantons in-question , has been Kfcsedto the federal representatives named by tne Di't ; tbat the propagation of tbe conciliatory pre-« Wation—a proclamation dictated in a spirit of CMf-deral friendship—has been forbidden almost * * errwhere , and that in the canton of Lucerne that » et has been eves assimilated to a crime with comsuatory penalties ; ' Considering that the propositions of conciliation * ade since thattime have been repulsed by the same Sfrai state ? , and that all the efforts made for the Pnpose of bring ing them by pacifio meansi to the ree ? nition and the accomp lishment of the federal & tfes which they have strorn to fulfil , have re" sained fruitless ; . ,. . .. . a „_*„ . ' Considering that the deputies of these cantons WSnthekh Of October , the Diet , as well as
^ capital of the confederation , and taw oy raw *« , u declarations made at thesametime , and the « EhrJ ^ Soritions which havei been tta «> ^ tt-me beTdded to it , they have placed them-^ es in a state of open war against the confederation'Making application ofthe articles , 1 , 6 , andS , of Kte Federal Pact , resolve as follows ; * Art . l . The rekotion of the Diefv dated the > of July ofthe present year , with respect to > tbe R ation ofthe separate ^ S ^^^^ Sof Lueeme . TJri . Sthwyte . Unfcnwlderj , Zug , ^ b surg , and Valais , ahaU be put in execution by - 'Irt'fTne general in-chief of theFederal faoops » tlstPfd » irti riu » PT « wiinn of ttus resolution .
. 'Art . 3 . The Diet reserves to itself the power to ^ ethsnlteriorandneeessarymeasmrea . J Art . 4 . TheFederal Directory is rettured to eomfMtxie irithout delay , the present resolution , to ^ VasxA in ^ hief of the Federal army . to the Sfferal Council of War , wi to all the govemmeBts wantons . ' 4 irechumtlonJotieSwis a d » to & i
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manifesto to the nations , ' were then nnanimnnalw adopted . Tne tttttBg-tben . tenBinated !™ ff pS had a long conference with Mr Oehsenhain «« * i ^ r ^ ning ^ il W ^ a offer of mediatioa was made on the part of the British govorament , but that the president declared
COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTIf mva ZSSTJ P ^^ P *^ between the troops Ot the ™ f K « i ? M ld t lb 6 canton , jf Te " lin' ' . Theaction wasofhttle importance in itself , excepting in as far as it is the first Wood shed in the civil war jit commencing . Tha Zurich Gazette of the 6 th says- ' Iatelligenee arrived hut night , that on the 4 th tho troops of Uri entered the territory of Tesino , and that a combat took tlace near Airolo , between tbe outposts , u which two of the officers of Uri were killed . ' -
ITALY . Cardinal Ferretti has retired from office . He is succeeded by Cardinal Amat . Instead of evacuating Ferrara the Austrians . are making preparations for ist permanent occupation . * If a letter from Rome is to he believed / says the Cbiwfifutt ' ormel , * the Duke of Lucca being exceedingly short of money , has not only disposed of his duchy , but sold his gallery of pictures to a rich Englishman . Unfortunately , the duke ' s agent , it is said , after having touched the price , has fled to America , ' ?
Some few Mfonas' granted by the King of Sardinia , have excited greatrejoicings at Turin . The festivities began with a general illumination , followed the next evening by a torch-light procession . On the 3 rd inst . the King left for Genoa , accompanied oat of the city by thousands of peopleshouting 'Longlive Charles Albert , long live the King of Italy ; long live reform and Pius IX . ' The police had their arms reversed , and very few gendarmes were seen in the streets . In the evening the theatre was illuminated , and songs in honour of the King were sang by the acton and the audience . Festivals and rejoicings have taken place at Novara , Alba ,
Carmagnola , Mondovi , Pinerajo , Cirie , and other places ofthe Piedmoatese dominions . In the letters from Naples there is nothing to qualify the information already received . The same picture of unmitigated * * vspptism , military ttibnn » l ? , arbitrary taxation , and a despairing and impoverished people continues to be presented . Several youths have been barbarously shot by General Nunriante . The execution took place at Gerace on the Snd of October , the anniversary of the day on which Nuuriante ' s father had Marat shot . This coincidence winds a blood ; wreath round the temples of the present general .
The Manifesto Of M. De Limabtine. (From ...
THE MANIFESTO OF M . DE LIMABTINE . ( From our Paris Correspondent . ) Ton recently published this curious piece of workmanship . It consists of two very distinct parts : political measures and social measures . Now the po-UticaX measures are , one and all , taken from the constitution of 1791 , with almost no alteration ; that is , they are the return to the demands of the middle classes in the beginning of the revolution . At tbat time the whole of the middle classes , including even the smaller tradesmen , were invested with political power , while at present the participation in it is restrained to the large capitalists . What , then , is tbe meaning of the political measures proposed by M . de Lamartine ? To give the government into tbe hands ofthe inferior bourgeoisie , but under the semblance
of giving it to the whole people ( this , and nothing else , is the meaning of his universal suffrage , with his double system of elections ) . And his social measures f Why they are either things which presuppose that a successful revolution has already given the politica l power to the people—such as gratuitous education for all ; or measures of pure charity , that is measures to soften down the revolutionary energies of the proletarians ; or mere high-sounding words withontany practical meaning , such as extinction of mendicity by order in council , abolition of public distress bylaw , a ministry of the people ' s life , & c . They are , therefore , either totally useless to the people , or calcal & ted to benefit them in such a degree only as will assure some sort of public tranquillity , op
they are mere empty promises , which no man can keep—and in these two last cases they are worse than useless . In short , JA . de Lauuxtine proves himself , both under a social and a political point of view , the faithful representitive ofthe small tradesman , the inferior bourgeoisie , and who shares in the illusion particular to this class : that he represents the working people . And . in the end he is foolish enough to address himself to the government with the demand of their support for his measures . Why , the present government of the ereat capitalists will do anything but that . Tbe Mforme , therefore , is perfectly right in attacking , though with a deal of good will , and recognising his good intentions , tbe practicability both of bis measures , and his mode of
setting about having them carried . ' Certainly , " says the Reforme , ' these are high words , revealing a mighty heart , a spirit sympathising with the eause of right . * The fraternal feeling is panting visibly under tbe cloak of words , and our poets and philosophers will be excited by them into enthusiasm similar to that produced npon Periclean Greece by the sentence of Plato . But we have not now anything to do with Pericles , we live under the reign of Messrs Rothschild , Fulchiron and Dachatel , that is under the triple incarnation ef Money , blockheaded Fear , and Police ; we have for a govern ment , profits , privilege , and the municipal guard . Now , hopes M . de Lamartine tbat the league of consolidated interests , that the Sonderbnnd of dollars ,
place and monopoly , will surrender and lay down arms at his appeal to national sovereignty and social fraternity ? Why . for good as for evil , all things in this worldareconnected—one keeps np the other , nothing is isolated—and that is the reason why the most generous programme of the depnty for Magon will pass Ukeperiumed zephyrs ot summer , will die like empty trumpet sounds , as long as f hey shall bear the mother-stain of ail monopoly—feudal violation of Right and of Equality . And this league of the privileged classes Is particularly closely united at this very moment , when the governmental system is the prey of convulsive fear . As to the institutions he proposes , the official country and its leaders call snch things the sweetmeats of philosophy : Messrs Ducbatel and Guizot will laugh at them , and if tbe depnty for Ma $ on does not look ont elsewhere for arms and soldiers to defend
his ideas , he will passall his life at making fine words and no progress ! And if he addresses himself to the million instead ef the government , we tell him that he follows a false route , and never will win over to his system of graduated election , poor rate , and philanthropic charity , neither the Revolution , nor thinkirgmen , nor the people . The principles , indeed , of social and political regeneration have been found fifty years ago . Universal suffrage , direct election , paid representation—these are the essential conditions - of political sovereignty . Equality , liberty , fraternity—these are the principles which ought to role all social iastitutions . Kow , the poor rate is far from being based upon fraternity , whilst at the same time it is an insolent and very impotent denial of equality . What we want , is not English middle-class expediency , but quite a new system of social economy , to realise the right aad satisfy the wants of alL
A few days after appeared the second manifesto of M . de Lamartine npon the forei gn policy of France . In this he maintains that the peace system followed by the French government after 1830 . was the only convenient modeof action . He covers by pompous sentences the infamous manner in which the French government first excited Italy and other countries to rebellion , and afterwards abandoned them to their fate . Here is the forcible reply of tbe Reforme to this buttermilk manifesto : —* M . de Lamartine sacrifices the legitimate and only instrument of freeing us—the holy war of principle—to a theery of peace which will be a mere weakness , a lie , and even an act of treason , as long as the relations from people to peop ' eare based nnon tbe Dolic ? ef diplomatista , and t | e ego .
tism of governments . No doubt , peace is tne ultimate necessity of civilisation ; but what is peace with Nicholas of Russia f thedhsemboweller o f whole nations , the hangman who nails infants to the gallows , who carries on a deadly war against even hope and reeoUeetion , who drowns ia her tears and her blood a great , a glorious country ! For mankind , for civilisation , for France herself , peace with this mad-man of a Jack Ketch is cowardice ; for justice , for right , for tbe revolution , it is a crime ! What is peace with Metternich , who hires hosts of assasins , who confiscates for the benefit of crowned epilepsy the liberties-natious ? What is peace rath al . those little Cssara of Europe , ruined debauchees or villauous bigots who reign , to-day for the Jesuits , with
to-morrow for the courtezan ? What is peace . tha aristocratic and meney-mongering English government , which tyrannises the seas , which kills liberty in Portugal , which squeezes money even out of the rags of its people ? Peace with these Jews , these poison-mongers , we repeat it , is , for a country in revolution , cowardice , shame , crime , moral desertion , bankruptcy not only of interest but of right and honour . ' The other Paris papers have equally expressed their dissent from M . de Lamartine ' s programme in different respects . He continues , however , illustratine its principles ia his paper , the Bien Public of Mac-m . We shall in " a few months , be enabled to judge what effect his new move will make npon the Chamber of Deputies .
Death Of Mb Gsobgb Wisuicd. —This Wellkn...
Death of Mb Gsobgb Wisuicd . —This wellknown dramatic artist , who for so many years held first rank in his profession at the Theatres Royal Drury Lane and Corent Garden , expired at his house , the White Hart Tavern , Oxford Market , on Saturday , the 6 th instant . The immediate cause of his death was a rapid consumption , acting on a constitution enfeebled by the exercise of his pro-Tfcey are shipp ing potatoes on the banjp of the Trent , in LincohMhiie , for Manchester . « ,
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TO THB YEEITABLB CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAW . ' Hereditary bondsmen { know ye not , Who would be free , themselves must strike the blow . '
Bbsthbek , The bass arid nslignaat attempts of ewlatn portion , of the press of tbe profitoeracy , to repress or damp ths ardour of tbe people in their struggle to emancipate themselves from tbe fangs ofthe vampires of capital , is a Hibjset of more imparlance in a political than social view , and demands the most serious and immediate attentton of all those who look for the amelioration of tbe condition of the masses , to the enactment of jost and ( qual laws , and the establishment of institutions better adapted to the requirements of society , and more in accordance with the progress of civilization .
It is not in the power of all the printers' devils In the kingdom , no , nor their less guilty contemporaries la another place , to stop the onward march of the Land movement , and it is at once amusing and consolatory to know , that th « only effect ef their puny aad futile & ttatks is an increase ofthe funds , and an acceleration to the speed of the people ' s plough ! So far then we are safe , and our enemies may fret ' and fume their fill , they will soon find that their eccdpation is gone , as regards tbe land , '; bat they will not rest here , their conduct in this matter is a sure indication of what we may ezpeot in tbe way of obstruction to onr political emancipation ; and I think it is time that we were buckling on onr armour , ' to face . the rude world , ' for depend on it we shall require all oar strength to support our champions
in their herculean task , we must not be mere idle spectators in the combat ; the shield of honest consciousness , and the lance of truth , will not be sufficient to turn asids the fiery darts of expiring faction , nor the shafts of ridicule which will be burled on their devoted heads frem all sides of the arena . We taust provide them with the armour of public opinion , and surround them with a strong phalanx of the hardy sons of labour , whose freedom is tbe prize to be contended for , aad whose especial duty it is to demand for , themselves and th « ir country , those rgbts and immanl . ties of which they have been so long and so onjtisily deprived , and through the lack of which tbe country Is re . duced to a state of langulshment , which ill accords with her vast resources—the prey of the monopolist , and the sport of faction .
This state of things ought not to be , there ia no neces . sity for it , other than the apathy or cowardice of tho many , and the arrogant domination of the few ; and , therefore , it ought not . longer to be endured . ' We have waited toa lone , and too patiently , for relief through the nostrums of political quacks . We have been electrified by one set , m « s-merised by a second , guB-vanised by a third , and so on , till we are compktely ns . u ? ea . ted , mi well nigh poisoned , and so it will be to the end of time , unless we at once put an end to the various jngples that are practised upon n . < v and tell them to 'Throw their pbys'C to the dogs , we'll have none on't . '
We have told tbe oppressor , ana tbe state doctor , lonz « go , tbat we know the nature and th * source of enr afflictions ; and I but reiterate the " oft asstrted truth , when I tell them now , that we also know the cure , and that ie a very simple one , and though It may not be written in their pharmacopeia , we can and will show it then , ia a little treatise on domestic medicine , entUlsd The People ' s Charter , * and that we demand ths right to apply it for our benefit , seeing that they are too ignorant , or too dishonest to adopt it . But whilst I tell the oppressor and his tools these truths , I mutt honestly confess , that we are highly culpa ^ bis , inasmuch as we have been for so long a time calling apon oar Heresies , to help us but ofthe mire , wi'hout ¦
recollecting that God helps those that help themselvss . ' An 11 now tell you , my brethren , tbat we Ought at 0800 topntoor ' shonlders to the wheel , and set about our workia good earnest , let Dr Bowrinr spent Free Trade froth at Brussels , and arrogantly assume an honour to which he never was , and never will be en . titled ; letDr Epps rant about our dependence on the middle classes , and others preach education as a test of fitness for the exercise of the franchise—heed them not ; but let us unite as one man , and demand the restoration ofthe right to a share in making the laws by which we are governed , and which have such a direct lnQaence oa tbe well-being of ourselves aud favailie ? , and over ths arrangements of tbe serial community by which we are surrounded .
Itis said , that 'for a nation to be free , 'tis sufficient that she wills it , ' and 1 am often told by some of our best' friends—that we do ' not deserve the franchise , because we have neither the courage to . demand It , nor the energy and perseverance necessary to the prosecution of our claims , let us then immediately rally and hoist the banner of the Charter , and proclaim to the world , that we do know our rights , and knowing dare maintain them , I have witnessed with some degree of anxiety , the praiseworthy efforts ef our brethren in various parts of the country , to resuscitate the dry bones of Chartism , —
and I am glad to see that by the hearty response of several portions of tbe huge mass—there is every indi . cation of their speedily coming together , and I hope that as we have bad some repose , we shall recommence the good work like giants nfresked , and that WO shall never cease onr exertions , till we have Obtained our freedom ; and then myfrieods with Free Trade in legislation and agricultnre , we shall be able to avail ourselves of the advantages of a free cc-mmerca with the brethren of other lands ; to appreciate the blessings of rational education , and acknowledge no class , but that of the human family . .
But a serious question arises here , —how is this organisation to be effected * We have been of late so much occupied with the agitation of the Land movement , that we have sadly neglected our Chartist funds ; and without something being done in tbat respect , we can make but little progress in the ris ; ht direction . Let us then set about remedying the evil at " once , by every member of tbe National Charter Association subscribing one shilling [ to the general ' fond ; and let all wfco can pay it at once , as a year's subscription ia advance , and those who cannot do so may pay by a penny a week or more if they think proper . Let the various sub-secretaries transmit the sum collected at tbe end of this month , to our honorary secretary , Ur O . Doyle , at tbe Land Office , until such time as we can carry out the suggestion of Ur O'Connor , as to a convention to be held in London , when everything could be properly arranged to secure an energetic and effective agitation .
Meantime , the first instalment of onr subscriptions would enable our excellent secretary to take such steps as may be necessary tothefurtherance of onrobjects , aad what with the ' Old Guards , ' and the great amount ef young talent that has grown np amongst us , I do not despair of seeing , by next Christmas , such an array of strength as will not only silence the lying scribes , and hypocritical pbarisees , but what is of infinitely more importance , convince tbe nostrum mongers of either fartion of our firm determination to be free . lip , then , my brethren , and to the work at once , the time is auspicious , —nay , ' tis the very nick of time ; the disastrous state to which the country has been reduced by class-made laws , demands tbe most serious consideration of all ranks and degrees of men ; and it is our especial duty , who are so deeply involved in the question , to insist on the adoption of such measures as will have a beneficial effect on tbe condition and welfare of every portion of the community .
In conclusion , allow me to observe , that in thus offering my opinon , I have got no egotism to gratify ; nor any ambition beyond the public good ; and if my suggestions do not meet with your approval , I can only add , that having offered tbem with the best Intentions , I shall be ever ready to follow any plan tbat shall appear better calculated to work ont those great principles , which we believe te be essential to the redemption of oar country , the redemption ot the world , I am , fellow labourers , Tour brother Democrat . Kov . 2 ad . Hstrav Ross .
The Rabid Dispatch. To Tbe Bditoh Of Tbe...
THE RABID DISPATCH . TO TBE BDITOH OF TBE N 0 BTHBRN STAR . Sib , — By a reference to a late number of your jour , nal , I perceiye that a gentleman of Edinburgh professes to be willing to give a premium of £ 50 , for the best essay on ' Hydrophobia , as it affects the human subject . * I conceive , sir , that had the gentleman offered a premium for the discovery of human subjects infected with this dreadful disease , I would very soon be in possession of his money , by simply pointing bis attention to ( he rabid editors of certain newspapers , who for some time past have been frothing and spitting tbelr envenomed saliva at tbe fair fame of a man who is invulnerable to their attacks , and against certain
principle ! advocated by him , which they themselves admit would be beneficial to the people , if carried into eff- ct . They differ , it would seem only with the man , and not , as they pretend , with his measure ; and , from a careful investigation of the predominant symptoms of their disease , I may be permitted to conclude , that these poor infuriates are either very envious or very dfrhoaest ! Amongst this ' bedlam'of ' mad caps' I may be justified in specially noticing the editor of the Weehly Dispatch ' . There can be no doubt , sir , tbat this animal—this speciuvn of the genus bermo , is in a rabid state ! ' Stark , staring mad' —he would sting like a' Tarantula , ' could his fangs but reach his intended victims ; be ought certainly to be placed under restraint , and the ' strait waistcoat of public censure be lsced abont bim ; for ,
although his venom is innoxious to those who possess the antidote of truth , still , for his own sake , be ought to be prevented laying violent hands on his own existenee , as it is certain tbat death—eternal and political death , must soon put an end to his f urore and bis sufferings- , aufl , when that hour shall come , I will be guilty of an act of charity towards his remains , for I will write his epitaph ; sad marble as bard as his own adamantine heart , which beats not responsive to the sufferings of the poor , shall record his fame , which may , if be do not repent , be somewhat la the stjle of the following t— Here lies the old and mad Dispatch , In Tarrares he't met Ms match ; Whilst on earth his course was evil . Be hated good , and sen'd the D 1 .
' Memento nori . ' I have , sir , for some years , strongly inspected the sanity of the Dispatch . I thought so at a time when I
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; ... , , ^ ^ , proposed a vote of censure' upon his conduct towards the masons oa strike at thsXew Houses of Parliament / and the adoption of that vote by a large , meeting , of the inhabitants sf tafs qlty ^ ded to conflrm my opinion , I tboughtsowhen I heard him denounce Chartlsm . becausc Mr © Connor was a Chartist , aad- for tbat reason only ! -for hu abus e ofthe Fraternal Democrats and their oflioers ; fsr his Billing ., gate 0 n the Irish , and recommendation to the government to re-vnact the' Cromwell ' massacre in that country . fwu . feolUb attacks upon the hand Company , and exposure of bis utter ignorance of the subject ; for his duplicity in pretending to be tbe friend of the people when his acts prove the contrary ; and shall 1 allude to his opposition to , the establishment of . moral reforms whsn they militate against the Interest or the middle elasses , aad are intended to benefit the poor ; aud last , not leastlike all other rabid animals
, who cannot bear the exhibition of a drop of water , for his opposition to the Teetotal movsment . Hs has such a horror of the principle , that he would sooner see poor men spending their money on gin , to feed the tax caters , than that tbey should save it to purohnss land with whereon tbey might grow bread to feed their hungry families . The JDispoM is a precious specimen of a reformer . What does hs reform ? Echo answers—what ? True , he is always mouthing about kingcraft and priestcraft—always abusing old women who visit Exeterhall—but it would be wiser for bim to set about pulling down the ratten edifice than to be eternally talking tbout it . we want votes for the people , and he knows that by such a lever onl y will corruption be removsd , not by words can it be effected ; therefore , ; if the Dispatch ever intends to be honest , it is time for him to lay by his fellies , and learn to be vtise .
I would just observe , that for several years of my youth , I was resident in tho neighbourhood of Mr O'Con . nor ' s estate in Ireland ; and from my knowledge of that gentleman , and from all I evar could learn of his cha . racter , tbe statements of the ' Whistler ' are contempt , iblrf falsehoods . I have angle 1 many a time clou by his mansion , have been in conversation with tbe peasantry and the inhabitants of E . nnitkillta , Ballanur , and Dunmanway , and I never yet heard Mr O'Connor ' s name mentioned save with respect ; and I can testify to the general good opinion of those who have the best right to be acquainted with his character . I say this much because I know the Whistler' and others SPEAK
falsely - , and however humble my testimony to Mr O'Connor ' s virtue may bo , I trust all parties ' will believe my assertion ; when I inform tbem I do so from a feeling of jutttlce only ; but I would beg to assure tbe DiipoM , that this is not the testimony of a hired spy , neithsr am I a ' paid agent , ' but simply a lover of justice , who would sooner havo the pleasure of shaving the Dispatch's head , and applying a blister to it to restore bim to reason and to honesty , than the pleasure of scalping him to discover tbe morbid influences of his brain . I am , sir , your most obedient servant , Bristol , Kov . Cth , 1817 . W . H . Ciiftom .
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THE IMPORTANCE OP NATIONAL ORGANISATION . TO THE WORKING MEN OF SCOTLAND . LETTSS II . Brbthbek , —I am not one of those who are continually talking about the great advantages to be dsrlvtd from a onion of the working and middle elasses of society , because I have ever been convinced—1 Who would bo free , themsrives must strike the blow , ' It must not be imagined , however , that any true reformer can repudiate such a union , when it oan be effected ' in sincerity and in truth . ' But it does not necee . sarlly follow thatthe worklngclatses are to , stand sttl > until such a thing shall occur , or that the people enu by
themselves do nothing to advance the progress ofDemocraty , I ever held th * opinion that if the people themselves—the unrepresented roaasss—vreru fully alive , to the vast importance of tone liberty , and were firmly Htuted in a national confederacy to obtata their just rights , no power on earth could long withstand the energetic demands of a really and truly united people . I have not , therefore , indulged in useless lanentatioas about tbe backwardness ofthe middle classes , but I have often lamented , and do still regr t , tbat the people themselves have hitherto been so indifferent to their own best interests , so callous and apathetic in thsir own cause , thatnotone tithe have ever done their duty to the movement .
For this apathy and indifference , the local aSSBQOJR lions—though th » y hava done much , vsry mnch , to advance the movement—have been , In many cases somewhat to blame . The committees have never attached that importance to our local associations , which alone can command success . We have often been quits cantent if we could induce a pretty large number of working men to connect themselvss , nominally with us , by simply taking a card of membership . W « have been qnite sa . tlsfiadif we could obtain as mnch cash—and very often , too , by forced subscription , from the peeketsof afew—as would just defray currsnt local expenses . We hare never
inculcated the imperative necessity of having a reserve fund , of regular payments , and regular attendance at our local gsneral meetings , We have ' nsver laid it down as a fundamental rule , tbat our income must always be above our expenditure . Tbe cause of much local contention , I believe , has been the . indiscriminate admission of all parties into our business meetings , and to all tbe privileges of membership . ' It has often happened that the fUddl Of the association have bean voted away by men who never osntributed a single shilling , One great error into which we have often fallen , has been tae transacting of purely business matters at the general meetings of tbe association .
I have known as association meet week after week to transact matters of basiness , so unimportant and comparatively insignificant , that I would scarcely have troubled wen the committee with them , theymight safely have boen left to the judgment of the secretary . We have never reflected that ths great bulk of our members are very often but the temporary converts of agitation and excitement , and tbat they rtquire other matters than mere nnimportantbusinsss transactions to induce tbem to attend our meetings . There must be food for tbe mind . All matters of a purely business cast should be left entirely to the committee . This committee sbeuld be elected by regular paying members alone . Men should be chosen in whom the members have full confidence .
The business meetings ofthe association should be once a quarter , and not- oftener , except oa very important matters requiring the sanction of a general masting , which should be specially called for the purpose . The associations should also , as a very important auxiliary to the movement , have either weekly or . monthly meetings , according to the resources of the locality—for the delivery and discussion of lectures , essays , dec . ; for reading and discussing the news of tbe week , and any local occurrences of sufficient importance should alto be commented on . To these , meetings—at which ne association business whatever should be transacted—tbe public should he in . vitod . There they would have the principles of the Chartists fairly explained , and have full liberty to state any objections .
The lectures and essays on moral , physical , and political science , would have the never failing tendency to command a good attendance ; and suppose this did not at once bold good , by conducting these meetings as tbey onght to be managed , we would remove the complaints which are justly made in many cases—thatthe members can be better employed at home in private study and self-culture , than by attending for hours transacting business which ought to be left entirely to the com . mittee . If men attend our meetings solely under the Influence of excitement , it is plain tbat they will abandon them when this temporary excitement subsides ; but if we can draw men together to partake of' The feast of reason and the flow of soul , ' this intellectual stimulus will be a permanent attraction , an invariable source of pure' delight . The discussions—properly conducted—would be tbe means of improving many ; and would be the means also , of making men more ready to express their opinions on public occasions when necessary .
The intellectual condition of tbe peop le is susceptible of much improvement , asd now is the time to commence the good work , when there Is evidently athirstfor knowledge , a longing for intellectual acquirements throughout the country . I would also recomnend the establishment of libraries iu connexion with these meetings , so tbat « ur members after hearing and discussing a lecture or essay , might have a book along with them as employment for other spare hours , I would also recommend the establishment of a monthly manuscript magazine in each locality , to which every member would be at liberty to contribute . I am convinced tbat these auxiliaries are almost indispensably requisite in a movement such as the Chartist agitation , the object of which is to obtain the political rights of the people , by their own combined moral power .
Think for one moment how powerful are our foes , how well organised , and how determined injthelr purpose . Consider tbat they have tbe whole wealth of this mighty empire , and thn press almost of the entire world , in their service ; and they say , ' Will a disunited people , wbo refuse to subscribe one single penny each a week—who distrust er hate each other—who are drawn together at intervals by mere temporary excitement—will tbey be a'jls to overthrow the power of combined tyranny , with the world ' s wealth and power on their side ? That man must bemad who would venture theassertlon . '
We must not be s itisfied with generating a spurious and fleeting public opinion—the minds ofthe masses must be enlightened—the lore of liberty must be strong within them—the principles of Democracy must be indelibly eagraven en their very hearts—they must not only talk and promise , but they must promise aud perferm ; they must be ever watchful—ever ready . No man who refuses to subscribe one penny a week to support the cause , can really be sincere . I am aware that there are some , perhaps too many , who can but ill-afford even so small a sum , but there
are a great many more who oan grudge that sum to our association , even for such an important purpose as the political emancipation of their country , but who do never theless quite cheerfully spend every week , perhaps , ten times tbe amount in useless and pernicious indulgences . We must endeavour to save such men , to enlighten their minds , to make them thinft , to make tbem oftfor themselves , in their own-cause . We must draw tbem to our lectures , and snatch their hard-earned money from the destructive , the debasing pot-house , and teach them to do justice to their own cause , to their families , and to th emselvM ,
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Each member , then , who joins the association , should be obliged to contribute at the rate of one ' penny per week , I am aware that where this has been tried already , it has generally failed , but as I believe that this has been principally owing to the want ef an intellectual stimulus to attend our meetiEge , and tho fret that those who did not pay , were also admitted to the meetings of our local associations , and that proper steps were never taken to get np members' subscriptions ; when the causes are removed , the result will be more favourable . All members wbo ore able , should be called on to pay fer one . quarter In advance , when they join the association .
Ail who agree to pay up weekly , should never be allowed to run in arrears more than one quarter , and th es a notice should be sent invariably at the end of ever / quarter to all in arrears , to pay up by next meeting , or their names should be erased from the books , A number of printed notices of this description should be kept an hand by the secretary . In associations where a large number of members wereenUred , district wardens might be appointed , at whose houses , on certain intimated days , every week , the members might pay their contributions without putting themselves to any iacouvenience . These district wardens might call on all in arrears aad thus preserve regularity of payments ,
Another great evil into which we have often fallen , has been the want of punctuality in commencing our meetings , and the late hours to which they are almost Invariably protracted . I have known men excuse themselves for non-attendance , thus— ' Who would go there and stop till eleven or twelve o ' clock at night , when we must be at work by sit o'clock in the morning ? ' Now , tome , who feel the very great advantage gained by going early to rest , this was unanswerable . This must also be remedied ; all our meetings on ordinary occasions , must close soon after ten o'clock p . m .
If an animated discussion should arise after any particular lecture , and if time is exhausted , the discussion should be adjourned till next night of meetlufr . I have also often sctn a set of excellent roles adopted , both for regulating the proceedings of committee and general meetings , and every oae atthetlmeof passing these rules , appeared to be sensible that there was a necessity for abiding by them ; but , in a short time these laws were entirely forgotten , and never acted on . To remedy this , I ^ CVOUld Suggest that a printed copy of the rules should invariably bs handed to ths chairman of all meetings connected with the association , with instructions to him to see that tho rules were duly enforced .
Our meetings should be conducted with regnlarity ; and therefore , previous to all business meetings of local associations , the committee should draw out a programme of business , and then , after the whole ofthe business on the card had been duly disposed of , any member should be at liberty to make any proposition he thought necessary , I have often seen that men have been pressed to aeeept office , after tbey had repeatedly stated their unwillingness to act , ' and the result has been that these individuals have seldom , if over , attended meetings of committee ; and the whole business , and trouble connected with it , has been borne and managed by a few individuals b & rely competentfor tbe undertaking .
The electing of large committees I also consider to be a great evil , because many absent themselves from committee meetings under the impression that there will be a sufficient number present , ) suppose tbey are absent , seeing that there is such a large committee . Thns , it will sbmsttmss happen tbat out of a committee of twenty , there are not more than six or eight present . Thns , tbe proceedings of one half of the committee are not agreed to by the other , and have sometimes to be discussed over again , and other resolutions agreed to .
This might easily bo avoided by choosing a small number of men ia whom all the members had full confidence ; men who knew the duties they undertook , and agreedjto fulfil them willingly—energetically . All bnsiness matters should then be left to them , and they might be limited to the expending of one half , or one fourth part of the funds , on their own responsibility ; and only call special meetings , when business of great mement required the sanction of the general body . The weekly meetings should then be devoted to lectures , < to ., as already suggested .
With the reserve funds of the local associations , when nothing of more Importance presented itself , the associations mi ght procure some hundreds of tracts on subjects calculated to explain our principles , and improve the moral , soelnl , and political condition of the operatlve classes . They might also endeavour to purchase , or erect places of meeting with o portion of th « reserve fund . Every local association should also become subscribers to the . Nobtbebh Stas , a file of which should be ' nvariably kept , for future roference . Other publications of a similar nature should also b » procured and preserved , Of course the extent to which these suggestions might be aoted on , would entirely de . pend on the number of regular paying members in the district ; ' but with a very smallnumber much good could be done .
I have no doubt but tbat if our local meetings were conducted with punctuality , regularity , and energy , there is such a charm about intellectual enjoyments , our members would increase every week , I would have you bear in mind tbat one man who comes up regularly , attracted by tbe love of principle alone , and the third for knowledge , is worth a hundred who only attend through temporary causes , on whose energetic co-operation we cannot depend . Above all things avoid personal quarrels , contentions , on private character and matters of a personal nature . If it should ever happen that you are bound to investigate matters of this description—a charge ol one member against another , which only the mott serious importance can warrant the bringing up—this should be Invariably
settled by private arbitration ; a special committee chosen equally by tbe accuser and the accused , aad in no case should such matters be brought b » fore the general meetings of our local associations . Matters of this kind have done more barm to our local bodies than all tbe open attakes of Whigs and Tories together , If a brother have erred , it is the duty of Chartists in particular , and all men , to stretch a point ' to forgive him , Observe the law of kindness , and not the law of lextalionk , Kindness will disarm the most ignorant man in existence , but revenge enly begets hataed and retaliation . 'A soft answer turneth away wrath , but grievous words stfrrsth up auger . ' These are a few of tbe most prominent causes of the failure of our late national organisation , and if these are avoided , we will be sure of success .
Let us netjdelay another week , then , to organise . Oh 1 is it not a stain upon Scotland—tbat land which boasts of Wallace , of Muir , of Palmer , of Baird , of Bardy , and her patriot martyr bard ; of Burns , and ef Nicol , the poets of the people—that they are still enslaved , still apathetic , still unorganised ? Some will say tbat they are afraid of persecution , —that they despair of doing any good . ButI would ask such men , have you suffered one tithe of thopersecutioa ' suffered by your forefathers ! Men who were driven from house and home , —men who bad their beloved wives , and dear innocent children , butchered in their very sight , while their homesteads were in flames — men who were bunted over the wilds ,
the hills , asd glens of Scotland , like beasts of preymen who assembled in cares and valleys , under arms , to worship God according to the dictate of consciencemen who never did despair , —who endured hunger , thirst , nakedness , and all the pangs which men could possibly conceive—men who still persevered , men who ultimately triumphed I Are we so degenerate now , that there are men among us who grudge a single penny a week , 4 s . 4 d . a year ; who ' a . u . e . 11 under the petty persecution of being called destructives , levellers , * c , and of losing the favour of soma paltry overseer , 'dnstnp In a little brief authority , ' whose power fer evil is limited indeed ? ...... . ...
Whara men are actually llflblfl to rsal persecution I woiild not have them sacrificed by making a public show of their principles , but even these could contrive to lend us their aid . But with many this is but an in . vented'excuse ; with many it ia more tha fear of losing their so-called respectability , the dread of being called Chartists , than any ether poraecution that keeps them back . Let us show them by the orderly manner in which our business is conducted , by the justice of our cause , that this is a false fear—that Chartists ara honest aad honourable men , and tbat an honest man is tbe noblest work of God . I would recommend the working men ot Scotland to take advantage of tbe approsthing visit of £ . O'Connor and Jones , to re-organise their associations . Let public meetings be called either immediately before , or after their visit to each locality , for that purpose , throughout the nation ,
Let the movement be simultaneous ; and let the people understand well what is expected of them as members of the Chartist body . Use no clap-trap to catch men ; strive to convince them that they must persevere In the cause , and pay to support it , because itis their
duty . Send special inviUttoas to all trades and organised bodies of working men , to join yonr New Confederacy . The members of the National Land Company should move ta this matter they should belong to Ch 8 rt € r As . sedations above all others . They owe a debt of gratitude to Mr O'Connor for all he has done on their behalf and I am certain tbat he would consider himself amply paid , by seeing his children doing their duty to the cause . In tonus where no association of Chartists now exists , the Land Company should recommend their members to set about the formation of such without delay ; and in other towns tho members of the Land Company should strengthen tbe hands efthelr Chartist brethren , by becoming members of their association . lam sure if the Land Company were in danger , the Chartists would soon fly to the rescue . Let them both unite , let all the good and the true unite in the holy cause of universal liberty and human progression . ' All men are brethren '
The people are now ready to aid the good causs , for as men grow intelligent , so does their dsslre for liberty increase . I cannot help concluding with aa extract from { n favourite author , bteause I think there is more reason now than ever to exclaim—• God save tbe King and Kings , For if he don ' t , I doubt if men will longor . Methinks I hear a little bird tbat sings , The people by and by will be tbe stronger ' . ' Hoping that you wiU calmly censlder these few suggestions , and nsolve to act forthwith , 1 remain , brethren , Firm and faithful , Pro Patsu . November 1 st . 18 * 7 ,
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... A ^^ MK ^ W ^ . ^ P ..: 9 ^ 1 ^» ,,. \ »*¦ MB BDITO * OS THS UOBTHSBN STAB , SiB . — 'Tnere Is ah act in the Laird o' Grant ' s OShrt that no aboon eleven speak at oace , '— Scotch Proverb , | : Nine of the ' press-gang' have , with Ieprous ' vmom shot their shaffs of envy , hatred , and malice , against the bold and unconquerable—tha nobled-mlnded O'Connor . Nine weekly ' speakat . once' their flalHmeUs and abuse of him , through the columns of a corrupt , veaal , and time-serving press- but their poisoned arrows of abuse , their slander and misrepresentation falls harmless at bis feet .
They attack him with falsehood and cowardly insinaa . tions—tbey heap all manner of uncbaritableness on his head , and would gladly crush and destroy him , if they knew how—the will is evidently not wanting . But he Is m-rved and braced for the whole ofthe icrib . s ofthe press ; he Is prepared for the conflict , and courts not their favour , norfears their frowns . He needs not , nor is be overawed by their wrathful fahsinatlons . The rancorous TeRgesnea of his enemies he has boldly met ,, and repelled with tbe only weapon an honest man has need of—the bare and naked truth .
Every means , that baseness could suggest has been employed to injure tho character of Mr O'Connor , Nothing has been omitted whereby his enemies might abuse and vilify him . Foul calumnies and misrepresentations have been resorted to—and one Individual , who has more than once degraded himself , has been employed tovlsitMr O ' C . 's native conntry , and ferret out vhat he could respecting bis character ; but hebas signally failed to learn anything of him but what is worthy of a gentleman and a man of honour . Lies have
supplied Mm with what he could not otherwise obtain . Iu short , every means have been used that ingenuity could devise , or falsehood frame . And in defiance of all this opposition—in defiance of the power of a prostituted press , though their artillery and battering-rams have been levelled against him , he rises still with greater might and vigour , in proportion as he is calumniated and attacked . The sturdy oak is not felled with one or a dozen blows . When a trae genius appears in tbe world , yon may know him by this sign : ' that all the dunces are in confederacy against him '
What are tbe characters of the men , Ihe dunces , whonow stand foremost in the abUBB . Of Mr O'Connor ; wbo are now endeaveuring , with all their skill and cunning , to defame his character , and destroy the well-merited reputation he nowjenjoys ? I lay it down as a rule , necessary to be observed , that a man before he impugns the character of another , ought himself to be free from guilt and unimpeachable ; or , to use a proverb , 'Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones . ' Now , sir , ss I perceive in 'Lloyd ' s threepenny Trash' of
Sunday last , and as I have seen for weeks past , slander and abuse dealt out pretty freely to Mr O'Connor , through the columns of this paper , attacking bis honesty with unmerited severity and rancour , I just venture a few words by way of a gentle reminder Of days gone by . ' « A ll are not thieves that dogs bark at / and all are not as clear of crime who charge others with sinning , as tbey should be . Of all that I have an opportunity ofknowing a little about , none ought to remain so quiet as the proprietor of the above worthless paper .
I have selected this man for the first exposure . Week aft # r week this paper teems with abusive and unfounded language against Mr O'Connor—a man whose character ' will bear the strictest scrutiny and closest investigation . Edward Lloyd , ' come forth thou slanderer , and let me see thy face , ' thou bast much to answer for—Immaculate Edward / « By their fruit ye shall know them . ' I have now lying by me a weekly newspaper called the Sailmy Bell ( now defunct I beUeva ) , heaving the date of December 28 th , 1811 , and I beg , for the information of the readers ef the Stab , to stats , that in the above-named paper there is acase of seduction—Mallet v . Lloyd—and that a certain Mr Mullett was plaintiff , and a certain Mr Lloyd was defendant , and that the plaintiff said to the defendant
these severe words : — Teu black-hearted villain , what have you done with my wife ? ' To which the defendant made answer— ' How do you like it . ? I have your yoaag wife . Ton can have my old one in exchange . ' And tbat a certain MrB , Lloyd had living with him at his house at Forest Hill , a certain Mrs M—— , and was seen atEpSOm races , arm > in-aytt together there . And that a certain Mr Cockbum addressed thejury in an eloquent speech for the defendant , and tbat the judge summed up , and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffdamages £ 750 , ( laid at £ 2 . 089 ) . v All this , Mr Editor , is on record ; all this has passed through a court of law .
At present I'll not inflict mors on your patience , but subscribe myself A friend to the cause , and a Chartist , J . Monk Ahbbosb , ' One who has whistled at the plough , but not with the flogged soldier . ' P . S . —1 have sent a copy of this to Lloyd ' s office , bnt don t expect it to be noticed .
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Stawohd . —Fbib Pardoh Gbaktxd . —At toe assizes , held in March last , a respectably connected person , named Thomas W & lley , was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation for an alleged violent assault upon the person of a woman named Rochell . Since Mr Walley ' s conviction , his friends have been exerting themselves to obtain her Majesty ' s pardon . Mr Hunt , solicitor , of Stafford , laid a statement ot tbe whole case before Sir George Grey , and requested further inquiries' to be made as to tho guilt or innocence of tbe prisoner . A re-inrestigation of the facts was mad ? , and tho following letter has been received by Mr Hunt from the Secretary of State : — ' Whitehall , November 2 , 1847 . —Sir-r-Secretary Sir George Grey having carefully considered your
application in behalf ef Thomas Walley , I have tbe satisfaction to acquaint you that , under all the circumstances of the case , he has felt warranted in advising her Majesty to grant the prisoner a free pardon . I " am , sir , your most obedient huttb ' e servant , S . M . Philijpps . —Charles Hunt , Esq ., Stafford . ' SuPBBsimoir ur 1847 . —On the day of the adjourned inquest at Coseley , on the body of James Cooper , who was supposed to have died from the effects of poison administered by a young woman , the brother of the deceased stated that the deceased , before bis death , imagining he was bewitched by the female in question , desired his brother to steal silently and alone , at midnight , into a churchyard , and take a handkerchief full of clay from a young
maiden ' s grave , to place under his head , to break the spell of witchcraft that the young woman hod cast over him . Accordingly the brother of the deceased went to a maiden ' s grave in a churchyard , at twelvei o ' clo « k at night , and removed the clay in a handkerchief , keeping his gaze during . the whole of the tin * e melted upon the sky , according to the orders of the sick man , under whose head he placed the consecrated earth , and who confidently expected from this mummery that he should speedily recover . TJnfortunately , however , for the credulity of the poor fellow , it did net break the spell of death which was upon him , for , in tbe words ofthe brother of tho deceased , ' It dain't do hisa no good , for soon after he died . '
Cbbwis Morchard , —Aileobd Oasb of PoiSOKISOi —The bounty Magistrates hare been again occupied with a lengthened investigation connected with the sudden death of Richard Fisher , at Cruwys Morchard . Our readers will recollect that a few weeks since , Ann Fisher , wife of the deceased , was committed for trial on a charge of causing ; his death by poison . On Wednesday week , at the office of Mr A , C . Sharland , clerk to the magistrates , at Tiverton , Thomas Leach , her reputed paramour , and Mary Hedge , her
sister , were examined on a charge of being accessory to the murder . The examination lasted from ten in the morning until eight at night , when botlr were committed for trial , and taken on the following : morning to the county gaol at Exeter , in the custody of Superintendent Harford , whose vigilance and activity in this case have been unceasing . Mr Tanner , the attorney for the prisoners , being absent in London , his clerk attended on their behalf , but was excluded by the magistrates—with such strict privacy whs theinquirjco & ducted .
The men employed m digging the foundation of theJNew Church at Jerusalem have had to maketheir way through forty feet of remains of ancient buildings , before they came to the solid ground . The number of unemployed at Blackburn continues undiminished . WORSHIP-STBBET . —Omnibus CoMnccToas . —Mr E . Garden was charged with assaulting Q . Hackman Tbe complainant , the conductor of a Camberwell omnibus , stated that he was hailed near the London Tavern on the Sethult . by the defendant and another gentleman , but npon stopping the vehicle they passed on and mounted the roof of another omnibus , on which they rode asfar as Shoreditoa Church , where the defendant got down , and , without the slightest provocationstruck
, him a violent blow , and knocked him down . Defendant afterwards kicked him so severely that ho was still sufferlng from the effects of bis violence . He called a policeman , but the charge was refused , —The defendant , in reply , stated that his-friend and himself , instead of jleldiug to tht complainant ' s endeavour to pronure them as passengers , got upon a rival omnibus , and they were immediately assailed with the foulest Invectives from the complainant , who cautioned tbe other passengers to take oare ef their pockets , as he knew them to be notorious members of the swell mob . The complainant s omnibus kept pace with that upon which he was riding for upwards of a mile , duri ng ths whole of which time ho continued tho « ame course of annoyance . On
reachins Shoreditoh Church his rohiclo stopped , and complainant having sgain pointed them out to tbe foot pas . sengers as thieves , defendant got down and struck him , though not so violently as had been represented , and be denied having kicked him at all . —Mr H . Pearoe , who was In the defendants company on the occasion , an * the driver olthe omnibus upon which they rode , wew then called , and confirmed defendant ' s acconnt of ths transaction In every particular , —Mr flammfii said that although , strictly speaking , the defendant was aot justt . fied ia taking the law into his own hands , he considered , as the complement had offered such gross and scandalous provocation in this instance , that the ehargs had been folly asuwered , and be should dismiss tbe com . plaint ,
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13111847/page/7/
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