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      formation of the practices mentioned by Mr . Wafcley ha leached them ; tkat Mr . Parker had been directed » make inquiries on the spot ; that I had had an interview with ilr . Parker , ukoverbaVy reportedto me the resuUoflas imtiSgaliam ttatios * of the inmates of the workhouse Of dq >« i ? e < J appetite had eaten meat off the hones ; that when the jatardians heard of itthey directed an investigation bv their medical man ; that the other workhouse Officers had been enjoined to he careful to prevent inmates of depraved appe tites gaining access to the bone Store . If I say that the assistant-commissioner made this communication orally , thatwuT . possibly suffice . Tlds report must not he p roduced . It must be treated as if it had never been made . "

      And so the report was shelved ! After this exhibition of Machiavelian statesmanship , we should imagine tlie real value of the " official explanations" of the Home Secretary will be folly appreciated by most people . It is , however , gratifying to "know that on a division , the government , in spite of all this tergiversation , fraud , and suppression of evidence , were beaten ; that a committee of inquiry—not only into the conduct of the subordinates in these infamous proceedings , but of the commissioners—was appointed . This unconstitutional authority , which has hitherto acted as though it was practically indispensable , is now called to the bar , and must plead its own defence . "We only hope that its judges will be

      men of clear heads and determined courage , able aud willing to sift the crafty statements which will be made « i la Graham , and of resolution sufficient to ¦ withstand all the arts and blandishments of power , should it attempt the suppression of the facts disclosed during the investigation of the committee . The Poor Law Commissioners and the Home Secretary must not be permitted to pass scathlcss , by throwing out of employment such understrappers as "M'Doegal and Parker . They were , as long as there was no public outcry , both considered excellent Officers iu their respective stations . The law and the commission , out ofwhich such abominations originate , must both be swept away .

      The case of Fkost , "Wixuams , and Jones was brought before the Commons by Mr . Do-combe , on Tuesday , in a practical and exhaustlessspeech , worthy of bis reputation and bis position as the representative of the working classes in Parliament . The matter itself is so fully discussed in another part of our columns , that it is unnecessary to say more than allude to it in this place . "We have also given a very full account of the debate in our Parliamentary columns , from which our readers will be able to form their owu judgment as to the animus of the two great parties , with reference to Chartism . Certainly , though the Conservatives may be as unfriendly as the "Whigs , they are more decoronsin the expression of their antipathies .

      The state of Wales , with respect to education , was brought under notice by Mr . Williams on Tuesday evening , in an elaborate speech , and . was replied to , oa the part of the government , by Sir J . Graham , who expressed great anxiety for the promotion ! of educational and social improvement , not only in that , but all other districts of the country—and upon his promising a qualified compliance with Mr . Wn .-tjams ' s motion , it was withdrawn . The other business transacted has , up to the time of our writing , been of minor importance . There has been much talk , not without its value , we admit , as preliminary and preparatory to actual legislation , but still not of that character to warrant any special notice .

      The Protectionist party during the week appear to have been stricken with panic ; and though several of its members most valorously gave notice of amendments in committee , somehow , when they came to the point , their courage , like that of Bob Acres , oozed out at tb . eirfinger ' s ends . Mr . Liddell withdrew his threatened opposition on ihe timber duties ; and the redoubtable Mr . Miles , who was to have made a stout fight on maize , contented himself with entering "his solemn protest" against its introduction . Sir Robert is evidently " too cunning of fence" for the " Country party ; " and we doubt not that some of them , like the valorous hero above mentioned , wished they had made the discovery

      sooner , and so been saved the disgrace of defeat Lord G . Besotce is the only remaining champion in the field at present , though opposition is threat ened from other quarters at future stages . Still the general belief now is , that the measure wiil pass more rapidly to the " other place" than was at first anticipated . " Time is working wonders ; " and if it is not thinning the ranks of the Protectionists , it is , at all events , rendering them less loquacious . Sir Robert Peel has taught to other Ministers that may follow an important and most valuable lesson . Iu politics the motto of a statesman should be , " Be bold!—be bold ! " There is no need of the warning , "Be not too bold !"

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      Faosi , ^ iixiams , akd Joses . —Brother Chartists , —The motion of the boa . member for Finslmry is for the present lost—not so much ( as may be gleaned from the debates ) because the " house" did not think them fit objects of mercy , as because the * ' house" was evidently of opinion that the case should be left in the hands of the Minister , friends , permit me , therefore , to suggest to you the propriety of immediately adopting memorials to the Home Secretary , Sir James Graham , on behalf of the Welsh martyrs , on the simple ground ( and that ouiy ) , that the time and suffering endured by those men have pnrgtd their crime , and vindicated the majesty of the law ; and forward them to tlie member for the berough or county in which the meeting is held , for

      presentation . ioun truly , Edhi . nd Stallwood . — llarcb 11 , 1616 . Teteeas Patbiots' and Exiles' Widows' and Children ' s Kcjids . —The second quarterly public meeting -was fctld ia the Hall , Turiia ^ ain-lane , last Sunday afternoon ; Mr . Julian Harney in the chair . The balance sheet for the quarter shewed that the total zeceipts for the two funds amounted to £ 21 , being nearly douUe the receipts ef onr first quarter ; the account wiil be found in another part of the Star . I beg , that if there be the slightest error in any part of it , the parties discovering the error wiil notice it publicly . Pursuant to the recommendation made and approved at the public meeting , we agreed , in committee , on the following Tuesday night , to remit vxtk'y assistance to the

      recipients from the funds . At present , we judge that we cacnot remit them sufficient for a subsistence ; but I feel sure , from the noble example already set , that these funds will soon be rendered amply sufficient for this desirable purpose . Mrs . Roberts , of Birmingham , will now , also , have such weekly aid as we think can be afforded ; and the stated recipients from the two feuds wiil , therefore , in future be six persons , with their ianulies . 1 beg to state , now this second step is taken , that there yet remains another to be taken , in order to carry out fntty the design 1 formed in prison . That is , to confide the management of these funds to the Executive . I beg it may be understood that I shall ( through some one or more of the London delegates to the next annual convention ) cause that proposition to be laid before our yearly assembly . I am of opinion

      thit all relief funds belonging to our body ought to be administered by the Executive Committee . These two fends , however , had first to be created ; and their creation wa ^ a legitimate subject for philanthropic efforts by any number c-f private persons , But I am too much alive to the necessity of a compact csiox for Chartism , in every sense of the word , to desire to separate the management of any fund or business from the hands of the Executive , that may tend to strengthen their influence . I trust this stutimeut will meet a hearty response from every thinking Chartist . My only receipts satee the quarterly meeting , are 2 s . Cd . from W . F . I ' . ofLiveqwul . Sly brethren , having beguuso well in this cheering course of philanthropy , let us not grow slack or " weary in well-doing . "—Tuohas CoarEB , Secretary , 181 , Blackfriar ' s-road .

      Ssost , \\ illums , asd Joses . —Sir , —After seeing the report of tlie reception of Sir . Buncombe ' s motion in favour of " Frost , -Williams , and Jones , " I thought there could be but little chance of their return until wehad shown to Parliament and the country that we are determined , by obtaining the "Charter , " to have it in our power to grant , noi ask , for justice to them . JTow , to carry out that object we must have money , ami knowing that " example" is better than " precept , " lenclosc half a sovereign for die Executive ; and if tlie ¦ woikicg men of England -will subscribe for the same purpose , I shall not despair of yet seeing the "People ' s Charter" the law « rf the land . I am , sir , jours truly , a working man , P . W . B . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., A ' orOern star Office . F . S . —This shall not be the last by many , if the Chartist working men will give likewise . Commercial-road , East , March

      12 th . 1 S 46 . T . Eetts . —The lines arenotpoetry . J . "White , Leamington . —Next week . 3 ) . Eoss , Leeds . —The report of ihe first and second day ' s proceedings of a Conference , commenced on Monday , March 2 nd , ought to have been received at this office some time before mursday , M < irchV 2 th . When received , our columns were so far pre-occupied with the debate on Sir . Buncombe ' s motion , and the particulars of the Polish Insurrection , as to render it iuipoEsVble for us to do anything with the report this week .

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      Ihe SIiseks AND Oosbeives . —\ ie gjve follow ^ precisely as it came to hand . Wc make no complaint of the conspiracy therein described , yet we have little doubt that the miners , the working men who have been mafie the victims of it , will demand asatisfactory explanation from their delegates . Indeed we have been warned more than once lately of what has been going on in certain quarters , but we abstained from noticing it until goaded by the very parties who treacherousl y forbade communication with the Star , and then taunted us with neglect . The following letter will speak for itself : —Sir , inrcfeience to the letter that appeared in the Star of last week , written by Martin Jude , I think a few remarks are necessary , lie says , " the just and proper inference is , that had any account of the said strike been published in the Star , those individuals would not have come to supplant tho miners now on strike . There can be no doubt that such would have

      been the case with respect to the individuals in question , but it is also very questionable whether the publication of such things do not bring upon the parties the very evil they desire to prevent . " "Now , I have yet to learn why the publication of this strike , if calculated to prevent seven knobsticksfrom coming , would not also prevent seven hundred ; why did not Martin Jude explain himself ? He also says , that it was not through any ill feeling towards the Star or its conductors that it was not published . Sow it is evident , by bis letter , that he was acquainted with the resolutions passed at a delegate meeting held in Bolton , about a month since , when the Star was secretly burked . I know of several that gave it up in consequence of this meeting . 1 took Stars iu for two colliers , and they have given it up ,

      and they took them in for the use of two lodges , not one of whom knew anything concerning the tesolutions passed with reference to the Star at Bolton , although they sent a delegate . Now , what would you infer from & U conduct ! Why , that the leaders of the colliers' movementhave conspired against the Star—for what reason they know best themselves , but they cannot prevent others from guessing . Sir , by publishing this letter you will oblige your well . wisher , Richard Hamer , rtauclifie-bridge , March 8 th . —P . S . I am not a miner . The resolution passed at Bolton , was not to send their proceedings to the Star . Thomas Mills need not be angry , his poetry shall be yet used ; he has not been ill-treated , but really other matters of vital importance pressed on us to its

      exclusion . T . Casev , Greenwich . —Yes , Mr . O ' Connell voted for what was called the mitigated Coercion Bill that was passed in 1835 . George FkaScis , 'Wilts . — We really cannot give opinions upon title deeds aud marriage settlements . A . B . C . We think the least he can do is to take the mother the money for the support of his child , as we presume he went to her to jet it . Edward HoDGKtssojr , Bolton . —All persons required to work unon land purchased by the association will

      receive timely notice . J . Losgboitoh . —If he will have the case of "Susan " written out clearly and shortly , he shall have our opinion , for we deem the case one of great hardship . E . Ford , Limehocse . — Sir . O'Connor will have much pleasure in opeuinj their Hail for them , also in appointing the day , and in assisting them to keep ii open . John Tobdolf . —Yes , Halls are built by shares ; if he will apply to Sir . John Murray , 10 G , Travis-street , Manchester , he will send him a copy of tlie rules .

      Sahcel Pais , Osmseibs If he will apply to Mr . Murray , as above , he will receive the required information . Me . O'Cosnob and the Ballot . —Mr . O'Connor begs to acknowledge most kind and respectful communications with reference to his address to the electors and nonelectors oi Edinburgh , requesting a re-consideration of his views from thefoliowingsocietiesand individuals : — from the Leeds Council , through Mr . Wm . Brook , secretary ; from the Chartists of Hamilton , through J . Park ; from Wm . Sykes , Holbeck , near Leeds ; from Thomas Wild , Oldham ; and from Sunderland , from William Dobbin , a most feeling and pathetic letter , showing that the ballot would be the most valued of all the provisions for the poor dependent voter , who has ever been Mr . O'Connor ' s especial client . In answer to these several respectful communications , Mr . O'Connor begs to return his thanks to the

      applicants , and say , that the letter of Dobbin alone would have been sufficient , while the several taken together would induce him to give , though a shorter not a less plain , answer than he has already given to Mr . Cooper . His answer then shall be simple , straightforward , manly , and unmistakeable , which is , that he now sees that a Chartist Parliament alone should hare tlie power of deciding whether the principles of the Chatter could be as well or better carried out by the ballet ; and , therefore , he b .-gs to subscribe himself as an advocate for that point which , if the applicants will take the trouble to read his address again , they will find that he only meant to resist , under the present representative system , and merely gave an opinion that with a Chartist constituency it would not be required . We think it would be well if all persons challenged by public opinion would take the same early aud straightforward mode of meeting it that Mr . O'Connor has done .

      Jaxes PovteuI . —His copy o f the Farming Work , together with his letter , has been handed over to Sir . Wheekr , to be forwarded to him , and the sums he speaks of are all acknowledged in last week's Star . The SIusdebed Seebv . —We cannot forego the pleasure of publishing the following letter , which we have received from our frieud David Pott , ot Birmingham , as the best answer to the hypocrites who would persuade the Irish people that the English Chartists have no sympathy for thtm . We expect , through their means , to see the wife and children of the murdered Seery comjortably settled in a farm of their own , purchased with the English Chartiss' money . The following is theletter of David Pott . We have a right to expect that the chairman will read it at the next meeting held at Conciliation Hall , and , indeed , such course , if adopted long ago , would have intimidated the minister from his rascallv attempt to coerce Ireland : —

      "Birmingham , March Uth , 1 S 40 . To Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Dear sir , —The enclosed order is made payable to you through Mr . James Smith , Ship , Steelhouse-lane , and is for the widow of poor Seery , who was murdered in Ireland on the evidence of an Orange tyrant , and found guilty by an Orange jury , for thepurpose of assisting in coercing poor Ireland . May it be the means of creating that feeling in the breast of every peasant in Ireland , as shall drive such bloodthirsty rascals from their native country . Aye , and it soon would be the case if it was not fortliai Judas O'Connell . By inserting it in the people ' s paper as foilows , you will much oblige the Chartists of this locality , D . Pott : —Chartist meeting at the Ship , per David Pott , 10 s . —24 , York-street . " St . Geo 30 e ' s-stbeet , Northampton . —The 14 s . Cd . acknowledged last week was acknowledged under the general head " Executive , " because all the expenses of the late Conference comes from the Executive fund , aud is acknowledged under that general head .

      Sheltos . —The £ 1 € s . from Shelton , announced in last j Saturday's Star as for the National Charter Association , should have been announced "for the late Convention . " The Oldhah Election . —Deab Sib : I have great plea , sure iu informing you that we came off victorious as far as the public meeting went on Saturday evening . The friends of Mr . Cobbett and Mr . Fox laboured hard to get the show of bauds , but it was " no go . " Both parties stood obstinate , and would not come to any terms with us . AVeofFered to giveupMr . Ilalliday and go for Fox , if the friends of Fox would consent to support Mr . Ha ' . liday the next vacancy , but ' they would not . Then we offered the same to Mr . Cobbett ' s friends , but ihev likewise refused . We then made up our minds

      to stand or fall by our man ; this took place previous to the meeting-. Mr . Fox was proposed first , and Sir . Cobbett second , aud then Sir . Ilalliday , who was put as an amendment to Sir . Cobbett , when a forest of bands were held up . For Mr . Cobbett , betwixt twenty and thirty hands were held up ; Mr . Fox had more . Sir . Ilalliday had au overwhelming majority over both put together . Colli parties are at present determined to go on iu opposition to the decision of the meeting ; we shall therefore lose no time in bringing the nonelective influence to bear on the electoral body . "We are determined to carry Sir . Ilalliday into the house the next election : This being the case , I hope you trill not disappoint us on Easter Sunday . Wc are

      calling the old committee together on Wednesday , and if they will uo : go with us for the return of Mr . Halliday , weshall then call a public meeting and elect a eew one , and get as many of the electors with us as possible . — I am , dear Feargus , yours truly , Wm . Hamek , sub-secretary . —Oldham , March S , ISii . —To Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Stbatfobd on Avon . —Any person wishing to join the Land Society , may do so by applying to Mr . l ' aine , shotiuaiar aud news agent , Sheep-street . &¦ The great lesgtli at which we have reported the debate on Mr . Buncombe ' s motion for tlie restoration of the exiles , and the very lengthy account we have given of the Polish Insurrection , compels us to withhold several communications till next week .

      Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . SHARES . fee xa . o ' connos . £ s . d . Ashton-uiuler-Lyne , per E . Ilobson 2 17 G Exeter , per Frederick Clark 2 5 0 liilstun , per Joseph Linney .. .. .. Bolton , per Edward Jlwurkinson .. ,. 3 8 J 0 WLpin , per Thomas I've . " . 12 8 4 Derby , pcr Win . ChacdL-r 4 1 « 0 lUudlcy , per Joseph Bowden .. .. 3 14 ° Plymouth , per E . Robertson 5 0 0 Dudley , per W . Rankin 4 1-5 < i Oldham , per \ V . Hamer 2 0 « Sunderland , per W . Dobbie 3 » 0 Abraham buxey , Ashford 2 18 G Coekeniiouth , per George Peat 8 11 <> Slacck-i-iield , jn . r John Warren 5 0 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet „ .. „ 8 14 * Joseph Ilubiusou , Kivkb y-in-Aslineld , per J . Sweet ' , / .. 2 13 C T . A . .. .. .. „ > # o 12 4 Glasgow , . Mother Branch , J «' o . 1 , per John Cam "

      , »«¦ " >« .. „ 4 0 8 John Smart , Broinbani .. .. # > .. 4 4 S Salford , per John Miilington .. " " 7 14 9 Birmingham , per Walter Thum .. " " 500 Radford , per J ames Saunders ., " , " 4 2 * 6

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      Slanchcster , per John Sfurray * ., „ „ 1 $ U 1 Alva , per John Uobertson „ H 3 4 0 f Mr . Murray requests us to state that tlie cause of the srtWll remittance from Manchester this week , is iu conseqneuce ot the whole of the building trades in that town being out oU strike . fzi . d . d The money ariSounced from Bnry in last week ' s Star should have been from Rndchftc . LSVI FOB THE L 4 ND CONFXBENCE . FEB MB . o ' COSJHOB . Exeter , per Frederick Chuk Q j 0 Bolton , per E . Hodgkmson 0 „ 9 Alva , per John Robertson .. ,. .. 0 1 0 LEVI FOB DIBECTOBS . PEB MB . o ' CONNOB . Bolton .. » •• 0 3 4 Abraham Doxcy , Ashtord

      RECEIPTS OP THE CHAltTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . SUABES . FEB GENERAL 8 ECBETABV . £ S . d . £ S . d . Staleybride .. .. 10 0 0 Bath 2 « 0 Stoke-sub-ilamdwi 0 10 Isb .-im 0 2 8 Lambeth .. .. 17 5 0 Hcbden Bridge .. 3 0 j ; 1 " James Marsh .. 0 2 G Mr . W . Vox .. .. 2 4 !) Sir . J . King .. .. 014 Norwich .. .. 028 Reading .. .. 500 Leicester .. K 2 0 0 Tower Hamlets .. 4 8 « Dunfermline .. 014 Westminster .. 4 16 C Preston ( O'Connor ' s Warrington .. .. 1 16 4 Brigade ) .. .. 333 CABDS AND BOLES . jj & Mcrthvr , per Mor- Ilebden Bridge .. 004 gan 0 10 Derby 0 1 0 Westminster .. 0 0 10 Lambeth . .. .. 006 Secretary .. .. 0 1 6 $ - £ LEW FOB THE LAND CONFERENCE . —*_ Colne 0 0 6 Derby .. ., .. 010 Hcbden Bridge .. 0 A 0 LEVY FOB DIRECTORS . Colne 0 16 Holbeck .. .. 010 Slertbyr ( Morgan ) 0 0 5 Preston ( O'Connor Devues .. .. 008 Brigade ) .. .. 010 Dudley .. .. 006 Derby 01 S Coekcrmouth .. 008 Plymouth .. .. 00 11 Ebbatum . —The 2 s . 8 d . acknowledged last week from Sheffield for the Executive , should have been for Levy . Several small sums for levy were also acknowledged , which had appeared in a previous Star . f II Notice . —On and after Saturday , ilarch 21 st , all communications for Sir . Wheeler mu-. t be addressed to him at the oliice of the Chartist Co-operative Laud Society , S 3 . Dean-street , Soho . Sub-seeretaries are requested to copy the above address . T . SI . Wiikelee , Sec .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PEK MS . O ' COKMOB . Church Greslcy , per Richard Hawlcy .. .. 0 10 0 Bolton .. .. » 0 5 0 Boulogne , per David Reul 10 0 Halstcad , per It . C . Payne () 1 0 James Edie , Kincaple , by Cupar , Fife .. .. 020 FOB THE WIDOW OF THE SlACCflTERED TEEEV . PEB Mil . O ' CO . VNOB . From the Chartists of Birmingham , meeting at the Ship , per David Pott n 10 0 NATIONAL ANTI-MILITIA FONn . PER J 1 H . O ' CONNOK . James Sweet o 0 3 William Brown 0 0 3 William Dunckley n ft G Robert Cupitt g 0 t Robert Glover .. .. „ „ .. 0 0 ( i MarkRevill 0 0 3 Sunderland , per Henry Ilains 0 13 HiewirU Town , Fustian Dyer .. .. .. 0 0 Z 6

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . FEU GENEBAL SECBETABV . Hr . King .. .. 0 011 Leicester ( profits Marylebone .. .. 030 on 6 ' tur ) .. .. 012 exiles' restoration idnd . Westminster .. 041 Mr . T . Salmon .. 0 0 G Milne ' s Book .. 0 C 11 Mr . ~ Vf . Salmon .. 0 0 G City locality .. 050 Carlisle .. .. 010 0 Teetotal Carpenters 0 3 6 Somers Town .. 050 City Chartist Hall Mr . Moore .. .. 0 1 o ( collection ) .. 037 Mr . II . Statlwood .. 0 0 « Raffle , Marylebone , Mr . Tobin .. .. 050 per Godwin .. 0 10 0 VICTIM FDND . Carpenters' Hall , Manchester .. .. .. 100 EXILES' WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' Fl'SD Carlisle .. .. .. .. .. „ 0 7 6 AKTI-MIL 1 TIA SOC 1 ETI . Leicester .. .. .. ,. .. .. 050 Mr . Piekersole , Lambeth ., .. .. 0 ' 1 G Mr . Fielding , Marple 0 5 0 The balance-sheet of the National Charter Association wiU appear in next week's Star . Thomas Mabtin Wheeler , Secretary .

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      SECOND QUARTERLY ACCOUNT Of the income and expenditure of the Veteran Patriots' Fund , and Exiles' Widows' and Children ' s Fund : quarter ending -Sunday . March S , 1816 . INCOME . MOSEY SUnSCSIBED FOtt THE TWO FUXOS JOINTLY . Marylebone Chartists ( being a sum ori- £ s . d . ginally collected for Afr . Cooper while in Stafford Gaol ) 0 1 0 Mr . Weir , Hamilton , Scotland 0 4 0 Mr . George White , Bradford , "Yorkshire 0 10 Mr . Edward Bradley , Leicester 0 10 Mr . Robinson , Camp , Present 0 ' 2 0 Mr . Gray , BuraJey ( collection ) ... ... OU 0 Mr . Robertson , Plymouth ( per Mr . Roger O'Connor ) 0 7 6 Mr . Pearce , London ( collection ) 0 o C Chartist Seaman , Stockton ( collection ) ... 0 0 11 Mr . Simms , London ( collection ) 0 7 6 Mr . Warren , London ( collection ) 0 3 S Mr . Dear , London ( from . G . Ii ., 2 s . Cd . ; Mr . Loft , Is . ; Self , to make up a balance iu committee , Gjd . ) 0 & Oi Mr . Weir , Hamilton , Scotland 1 0 0 Mr . Simms , London ( collection ) 0 G U Messrs . Brooke and Fox , Dewsbury ... 1 2 0 John Hornby , Stockton ( collection ) ... 0 2 0 Chartist Seaman , Stockton-on-Tees ... 0 1 0 Mr . Wheeler ( from Lower Wailey , 10 s . ; Brighton , 7 s . ; Mr . Wells , 8 s . ; Mr . George , Is . od . ) 115 Female Chartists of Rockdale ( per Mr . Mitchell ) 1 10 0 Collected by Mr . Shaw : Dr . Bowkctt , Is . ; J . Watkinson , Is . ; W . Ellis , Od . ; S . Brewerton , 2 s . 0 { d . ; R . Marsden , Preston , Od . ; Rev . J . Scliolefield , Manchester , 10 s . Od . ; Mr . Heywood , ditto , as . ; and at Bradford , as follows : —W . Cnarnock , Od . ; W . Rouse , 6 d . ; J . Jackson , Gd . ; R . Sutcline , Is . ; J . Charlesworth , l , s . ; II . Hodgson , Od . ; T . Ilalliday , Od . ; II . Milnes , Is . ; J . Dcwhirst od . ; J . Rvecroft , Gd . ; G . Watson , Od . ; Roebuck Inn , Is . lOd .... 1 10 1 * Mr . Burley , Manchester ( per Mr . Roger O'Connor ) 0 2 0 Mr . Brook , Little Horton , near Bradford 0 14 8 Mr . Lawner , Tunbridge Wells 0 10 0 Chartists of Carpenters' Hall , Manchester 10 0 Mr . Dennis Wilson , RatcliUe 0 4 11 Mr . Sliackleton ( being the remnant of a sura originally intended for a West London Chartist Hall ) 0 14 5 Mr . W . Flower , Brighton 0 7 3 T . S . K ., Birmingham 0 5 0 Mr . Gray , Burnley ( collection ) 0 12 2 Mr . Wheeler ( from Cheltenham , 7 s . ; from Sunderland , as . ) 0 12 0 Mr . Edward Mitchell , Rochdale ... ... 1 00 Mr . David Polt , Birmingham ( collection at the "Ship" ) ... 1 0 0 Mr . Reynolds , of London ( collection ) , 5 s . Sd . ; Mr . Dear , Od 0 G 2 Box at City Chartist Hall , Turnagainlane : Dec . 7 th , 7 s . Oid . ; Dec . 14 th , 4 s . ; Dec . 21 st , 4 s . ; Dec . 28 th , 8 u . ; Jan . 4 th , 2 s . Sd . ; Jan . 11 th , Sid . ; Jan . 26 th , 3 s . Sd . ; Feb . 15 th , Od . ; March 1 st , Is . 3 Jd . 1 5 3 'J Mr . Weatherhead , Kcighley ( per Mr . O'Connor ) ... ... 10 0 £ 10 _« 7

      INCOME OF THE VETERAN PATRIOTS * FUND . Half of the foregoing joint account ... 9 14 91 Balance in hand at close of first quarter 0 3 10 Mr . Matthew John , Merthyr Tidvil ... 0 2 0 Mr . T . Carruthers , Carlisle ... ... 0 7 0 Chartist Co-operative Land Society , Birmingham 0 G 0 Chartist Seaman , Stockton-on-Tees ... 0 2 0 £ 10 Ifi _ l * 1 SC 0 ME OF THE EXILES * WIDOWS * AND CHIXDKKS ' S FU . ND . Halfef the foregoing joint account ... 9 14 ® h Balance in hand at close of first quarter 0 2 1 Chartists of Carlisle ( per Mr . Wheeler ) ... 0 7 0 mjji

      EXPENDITURE . Mr . Thomas Preston , Jan . 5 th , 15 s . ; Jan . 20 th , 30 s 2 5 0 Mr . Allan Davenport , Jan . 5 th , las . ; Jan . 20 th , 10 s 15 0 Mr . John Richards , Jan . 5 th , 15 s .: Jan . 20 th , 10 s 15 0 Mr . Thomas It . Smart , Jan . 5 th , 15 s . ; Jan . 20 th . 10 s 1 5 0 Total expenditure of Veteran Patriots ' Fund £ 0 0 0 Mrs . Ellis , from the Exiles' Widows' and Children's Fund , Jan . 5 th , £ 2 15 s . ; Jau . 20 th , £ 2 10 s . ... £ 5 _ _ ° _ Whole income of Veteran Patriots' Fund for second quarter ... 10 10 1 J Whole expenditure of ditto ... ... 0 0 0 Balance in hand ... ... £ 4 10 U Whole income of Exiles' Widows' and Children ' s Fund for second quarter ... 10 4 U Whole expenditure of ditto 5 5 0 Balance in hand £ 4 19 4 j

      The Polisb! Inswtrection. M The Followin...

      THE POLISb ! INSWtRECTION . m The following proclamation Abu deprec has been issued by the Provisional Governnleiii t \ T OniC . : —

      MANIFESTO OP THE POLISH GOVEMUEti'S Qi # THE GENERAS POLISH CAUSE . Poles I Tlw hour of insurrection has sounded . All dismembered Poland rises and greatens . Already our brothers of the Grand Duch y of Posen , of Russian Poland , and of Lithuania , have riaen , and in Russia combat against the enemy : they combat for their most sacred right , taken from them by force and fraud . You know well what has passed and is passing . The flower of our youth languishes in dungeons . ' . Our fathers , whose councils sustained us , are subjected to contempt , Our clergy is reviled . Whoever desires to live or die for Poland is

      destroyed , or pines in ; i dungeon , or is liable every moment to betbroivninto one . The groans of millions of our brethren , who perish under the knout in subterranean dungeons , and are sent away to ihe remotest cuds of the countries of our oppressors , submitting to all tho sufferings of which humanity is capable of enduring , have deeply struck and moved our hearts . They have taken away our glory ; prohibited our language ; interdicted the profession of the faith of our fathers . They oppose insurmountable barriers to the amelioration of our social state , arm brother against brother , and culumniiitc the most honoured children of our country . Brothers , one step mor « ,

      and Poland exists no longer . Our grandchildren will curse our memory for having left them nothing , in one of the finest countries of the world , but deserts and ruins ; for having left our warlike people in irons ; for having forced them to profess a foreign faith , to speak a strange language , and for having reduced them to be slaves of our oppressors . The dust of our fathers , martyrs of the rights of tho nation , cries from ihe tomb to avenge them . Children at the breast implore us to preserve for them the country that God has confided to us , The free nations of the world iuuteus not to allow our nationality to bo destroyed . God himself invites us , He who will one day demand an account of our stewardship . We are twenty millions ! let us riseai one man .

      and no force on earth can crush our power . We s-hall have such liberty as never was enjoyed on this earth . Let us endeavour to conquer a focus of liberty of a community , where each shall enjoy the goods of the earth , according to hismerit and his capacity , / . et there be no more privileges , but each Pole find full securitv for himself , his wife , his children , and let him who is inferior in mind or body , find without humiliation the infallible aid of the nation , which shall have the absolute property of the land which to-day is only enjoyed by some . Interests ( cluss interests ?) thus cense , as well as corm and similar rights and those who shall fall with arms in their hands for tlio national cause , shall obtain an indemnity in the land or national-goods . Poles ! from this moment we recognise not any difference . Let us henceforward be as the children of one mother—of justice ; of one fatherthe God who is in Heaven . Lot us invoke his aid ; he

      will bless our arms , and give us victory ; but in order to draw down his blesMiig , we must not sully ourselves by the vice of drunkenness , or any other infamous action ; let us not treat despotically those who have been confide'l to us ; let us not kill those who are without arms , nor such as do not think with ourselves , not strangers ; for tee fig ht not with people , but with their oppressors . In token of friendship let us mount the national cockade , aud take the following oath : — " I swear to serve Poland , my country , by council , word , aud action . I swear to sacrifice to her my opinions , my life , my fortune . I swear absolute obedience to the national government , which has been erected iu Craeow the 22 nd of this month , at eight o clock in the evening , in tlie house of Krjstot ' Mz , and to all the authorities instituted by the government . And may God assist me to keep this vow . "

      This manifesto shall be inserted in the government journals , sent into all Poland , aud notified in all the churches from the pulpit , aud in all the communities by placards iu public places . Louis Gorzkowski , Jeah Lissowsxi , and Alexandre Gbzeookzewski , CllAItLES GltZlGOllZEWSKI , Secretary of the Government . Cracow , Feb . 33 , IStG . Krystoforz was the residence of Joseph Peniatowski , during the campaign of 1809 , aud is held in respect by the Craeovians . Craeow itself was the cradle of the old Polish monarchy , and capital of thu kingdom under the Jagellen race .

      In addition to tho decree above given , it is stated by the Paris Dibats that other decrees were issued on the 2 itli , and among the names attached to them appears that of Count Potulicki . One of the richest citizens of Poland , Count Wcdzicki , an old soldier , has been named , it is said , Commander oi * the Guard of Safety of the Republic . Tlie provisional government lias taken the most urgent measures of defence , for on all sides Prussian , Austrian , and Russian forces were marching to crush the insurrection . The Austrian Colonel ilanfeldt , with 400 of the old Cracow militia , have passed over to the new government . It was said that desertion had manifested itself in the regiments Mazadulls and Bertotiili , and tiiat they had been sent away from UaUicia . It was the attempt to destitute this Colonel by tlie Austrian General , De Collin , which caused tlie militia to rise , aud forced Be Collin to retreat to Podgorze .

      The three Consuls of the Protecting Powers had retired into Gailicia and Silesia . Their houses were plundered during the first explosion . The insurgent force was said to be twelve thousand , armed with scythes ; but tlie scythe is tlie iiatiw . ai weapon oi' the Poles , and it was with this arm that they boat the Russians at Raduvia , under Kosciusko . The town of Cracow is an open town , without any defence , but an old castle on the Podgorze side . in Gallicia , it was said , on the faith of travellers , that the insurgents were well armed and furnished with cavalry .

      By Letters From The Austrian Frontiers, ...

      By letters from the Austrian frontiers , Lcmberg , Feb . 22 ; we have the following : — Up to the present , one hundred persons have been arrested as Lemberg ; the garrison has been reiniorced by three squadrons of hussars . The troops are kept constantly under arms ' , and under the strictest discipline . The report that the prison aud arsenal were attacked by the insurgents is not confirmed . Great excitement prevails among the people . Lemberg is populated by Germans , and by 30 , 000 Jews , yet they manifest great sympathy with the Poles . The revolutionary spirit has spread exceedingly amongst tin workinq classes .

      At Wadowizea Count Bobrowski has been arrested with four comrades . Ten new arrests have taken place '; among others MM . Poninski and Laninski . A report was current that a general insurrection had broken out in Poland , and that the Pope had sent a brief to approve of the insurrection . It is said that some of the insurgents have been tried by court-martial , and shot , at Lemberg . Vienna , Feu . 20 . —Tlie official papers confirm the retreat of General Collin , the Austrian representative . M . de Liemann is at Bkla . Part of the garrison of Olmutz arc under marching orders . The revolutionary spirit has gained the troops . Many death-warrants only await the signature of the Emperor . The events in Gallicia have greatly affected the Bourse . The slums of the Milan Railway have fallen from 22 to 2 D .

      It is reported that General Collin dismissed the Commandant of the National Guard at Cracow . The National Guard , not approving of this measure , immediately joined the insurgents . Fighting commenced at once in the streets , and 2011 men of the infantry and half of tiie cavalry ( 140 men ) were slain . The troops retired towards the bridge over the Vistula , and part of them were cut off . The bridge has been destroyed , some spy by the troops , some by the patriots . At Cracow , and iu the neighbourhood , the patriots muster 12 , 000 strong , but very badly provided with arms ; thousands have nothing but scythes . Up to the present , the Russians have only been able to collect 500 men of infantry , and about 100 Cossacks , who have just entered the territory of Craeow . The insurgents seem determined on crossing the Vistula , beiow Oszwienezin , and on entering : Gallicia .

      In Volbnia , and northern Hungary , something is stirring , but as yet nothing of importance has occurred . The Senate of Cracow has retired with the Austrian troops to Podgorze . The whole territory of Cracow is hemmed in by troops . t Viknna , 2 Gth . —General Collin has received reinloreemeiits , and more are expected daily . The conspiracy extends from Thorn to tho Carpakiar mountains . A regiment has received orders to leave Vienna for the frontier . Two other regiments , one from Olmutz , the other from Tropau , are under marching orders . Tito two regiments Maznehelli and Bertoletti , composed principally of Poles , have been disbanded . * It- is said that desertions have taken place from the troops commanded bv General Collin .

      The following information is derived from letters received from Prussia and Saxony : — Bkiili . v , Knit . 27 . —The Minister of the Interior has received , it is said , the information that Mora-

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      * The following letter appeared in tho Daily News of Tuesday : — 10 S , High Kolborn . Sir , You state in your paper of to-day that " the two regiments Mazuchelli aud Bertoletti , composed principally of Poles , have been disbanded in Gallicia , " on account of the Austrian government being aware that they sympathised with the Polish national iusurrec tion . The two regiments , as even their names might indicate , are Italian regiments , and almost exclusively composed of Italluii !> . Hoping that the correction mny prove of some importance as evincing a symptom of the Italian feeling towards a brave oppressed people engaged in a cause identical vith our own , I remain , sir , your most obedient servant , i "March SI . * ' 3 os . Mazzisi .

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      slawki , the head of the conspiracy , had escaped from his prison , Silesia , Buesiau , lii ' iii- 27 . —Letters just arrived from Cracow say that the Austriansliavo been driven from Podgorze and Wielieska , and that the insurgents are gaining ground in Gallicia . According to news , dated Breslau , 3 rd March , Silad *^ ¦¦ The insdi ' gents muster 40 , 000 strong . Dbksden , 24 tb , ~ -M . Schrocder . Russian Charge d'Affiiires , who had proceeded to Weimar , has been recalled in all haste , as his presence was deemed necessary . The Universal German Gaulle assures us that the bombardment of Cracow has commenced . The number of arrests in the province of Posen alone is S 00 . v

      Intel igeiice received from Frankfort up to Jlic 2 itn ult ., state that on the 24 th , the victorious 1 ulish insurgents crossed the Vistula at Siepolomize , near which tliey were joined by numerous p ; irti * ans , and whence they proceeded to Wciliczka , in the hope ot surprising the Treasury of the Mining Administration . By tliis movement the commaml-. T of the Austrian forces ( General Collin ) was threatened on his left Hank , and was obliged to retreat still further from Cracow than Podgorze , and to fall buck on Mogilani and Wadowicc , where he was in hourly expectation of receiving reinforcements . A considerable quantity of snow had fallen during the two preceding days , and that circumstance , twgeiher with tho spread of the insurrection , had prevented any communication between the troops of the three protecting powers . It appears , by all accounts , that the insurgents found plenty of arms and ammunition in Cracow , and other sinews of war . All anxiety

      respecting the fate ol the Austrian and Prussian ministers in Cracow is now happily removed , a-t it is ascertained that the former safely escaped to Teschen , and the latter to Pru .-wnn Silesia . Numerous priests and monks are in the ranks of the insurgents . According to an account in the Frankfort Obcrpostumts Zeitung , a portion of tho Russian frontiers had at one time been invaded by the Poles , who had , however , been repulsed . It appears that two Belgians " jxre amongst the leaders of the insurgents . Several senators of Cracow , and tho bishop , were obliged , on tlie night of the 22 » d , to seek safety in flight . They have reached Vienna . Up to the 24 th the number of the Polish adherents was reckoned nt 20 , 000 . Martial law has been proclaimed iu tlie districts of Lcmberg . itzeszower , Buchina , and Tarnow . The last account from the first town was , that disturbances had broken out in the district ot Kolomcar , ami that large bodies of iusui'i'Wits had uiade their appearance in Sangccz ,

      i'iie Augsburg Allycmeine Zeitung , of the 2 nd inrt ., contains intelligence from Cracow up to tho 23 rd ultimo . It fully confirms the accounts already forwarded , that early on the morning of the 21 sc , the Austrian troops were attacked by the insurgents . The day of the 21 st passed off quietly , but on the 22 nd a very considerable number oi insurgents , led by tlie Polish nobles Patelski , D . uowski , Bystrzaj-. owski , and Wenzil , got possession of the castle . The above paper adds that the Austrians , on account of the overwhelming majority of their opponents , were obliged to evacuate the city , and that details of a frightful nature respecting the outbreaks on the Silesiim frontier had been received . It promise * further particulars on the morrow ( the 3 rd inst . )

      According to the Austrian Observer , the Polish Eagle was suspended over Podgorze , and tlie insurrection spreading in the neighbourhood of Tarnow , Bothnia , and Rzeszow , where , as stated by the above journal , Very distressing ( sehr belrubendc ) ' scenes had occurred , P . S . It is now ascertained that clie money-box of the mining administration at Wieliezka has fallen into the hands of the insurgents . Up to the 27 th no news from Warsaw had reached Vienna , via Breslau , during several days .

      The Deutsche AlU / emeinc Zeitung states that on the 23 rd ult . the western portion of Gallicia was in the possession of the insurgents , who , on the 2 oth , repulsed , with considerable loss , a company of the Breslau jager who had marched on the territory of Cracow . _ it is generally supposed that to-morrow ( the oth inst . ) the troops of the three protecting powers will march towards Cracow . According to the journal last quoted , a rumour prevailed in Breslau , on the 23 th ult ., that disturbances had broken out in Hungary . It is now certain , beyond the possibility of doubt , that the present movement is ^ or will be , a general one throughout ancient Poland . ¦ We take the following l'funi the German Universal Gazette : — .

      " Bkkslau , 25 x 11 Fku .-Oh the 23 rd inst . the insurgents attacked the Austrians at Podgorze , and are said to have driven them back into Austrian Silesia . Thus eastern Gallicia would be in tho hands of the insurgents . Up to the present t " se insurgents have had the upper hand agaiibt the Russia troop * in Poland . An insurrection is said to have broken out ut Lemberg , it is reported that the Jews have offered considerable sums to the provisional government , and to enrol tbeiwselves for the common cause . . At Cracow , wovm on horseback parade the stmts . the priests bless the arms of the men , and preach revolt . The provisional 1 ) ' government sent two detachments towards the Russian frontier , who took Some Cossack prisoneis , but it is said that the insurgents have been beaten by the Austrians at YYadoveza General Clopizki lias left for Dresden .

      According to correspondence from Mirnlicrg , Russian Poland is in movement , niui lightiiu ; has commenced botwevn the military and the people . At Wilna the populace were lircd on with grape—50 , 000 Russians are in Poland , and the soldieis have received orders to give no quarter . From Silesia , 1 st March . —At Cracow tho insurgents have shown the greatest respect for Prussia . Whilst the Austrian and Russian eagles were torn from the hotels of the representatives , and dragged in the mire , the Prussian eagle was respected , and an armed force was sent to protect M , Engelhardt , the Prussian representative .

      BATTLES BETWEEN TIIE POLES AKD THE AUSTRIANS . fFroni the German papers . ] _ The Frankfort Oberportuints Zeitung publishes the following correspondence , dated Vienna , March 1 . It must be observed that this journal has , from the commencement of the outbreak , shown itself hostile to the cause of the Polish insurgents : •—" Podgorze , F > . u . 27 . —Yesterday afternoon General Collin marched through this town from Wadowizc , with live companies of the Schwelling infantry , a battalion of the Fursienworth infantry , a corps of militia , a squadron of imperial chevaux ' legers , and a

      half battery . He arrived in front of this place at six this evening . The insurgents occupied the lirst floors of the houses and barracks , whence they fired on the Austrian troops as they stormed tlie place . Altera short resistance tho former abandoned their posts , and hastened over the oridge to Cracow . Several lives were lost . General Collin was attacked by another body of Cracow insurgents , whom he repulsed with the loss of eighty killed or taken prisoners . Several additional troops are expected here to-morrow . Lieutenant-Colonel Benedekt , at the head of the faithful armed peasants , attacked with effect the insurgents , who have alremly been repulsed beyond Wieliezka . "

      The Breslau correspondent of the Jkustche Allgemeine Zeitung states , under date March 1 , that an engagement had already taken place at Gdow between tho Austrian forces aud the insurgents , and that tho latter had been defeated . Gdow is about four German miles from Cracow , and lies on the high road to Lemberg . The same writer also ennouiices the approach of the Prussian troops along the frontier of Cracow , in the direction of Ueuthe and Plesscn , and adds that they were short of provisions . They were under the command of General Von Bradenburgh .

      Other accounts from Breslau , under date March . 1 , state that the provisional government of Cracow were actively engaged in placing the city and territory in a state of defence ; that no excesses were committed there by the insurgents , amongst whom were o'OOO men armed with scythes ; and that on the 20 th ult . twenty Austrian cannons passed tlirous . li Biala . . Intelligence from Posen in tho Augsburg Allgeweine Zeitung to the 24 th ult ., states that ' thc garrison had received strong reinforcements . All was quiet there up to that period . About fifty individuals , chiefs , belonging to the upper classes , were in custody . According to the Vienna correspondent of the above

      journal , the communication between Tarnow and Lcmberg has not been interrupted . Vienna papers state that four Rwisian infantry regiments were posted at Kielco , about fifteen miles from Uracow . The above named paper also publishes a correspondence from the Galliciau frontiers , under date February 20 th , according to which it was generally . reported that the patriots had burned " the town of Kolomaa . Much anxiety prevailed in Lemberg . About 0 , 000 patriots had collected in ths neighbourhood of Saudecz , ; i portion ol' whom marched into the Hungarian district of Arva . Numerous Poles , who had been living in Vienna , Prague , Brunii , & o . had left for the scene of the revolt .

      All Russian Poles living in foreign countries have been ordered by their government to return home , under the penalty of confiscation of iheir property . The Rhine and Moselle Gazette asserts that an ' insurrectionnry movement had taken place in the neighbourhood of lviiumeneU , in South Russia , and at Lublin . A later number of the Deutsche Allntmeine Zeitung states that the accounts respecting the defeat of the insurgents at Wadowize / icttl mm hem confirmed ; ami that , on the contrary , the Poles were gaining ground in Gallicia , and had been victorious in some encounters ( in eniqen Gefuhten glueklicli ucwescn ) .

      feiw : su , l'cb . 27 .- —The insurgents aro masters of about fifteen German miles round Cracow ( sixty-nine English ) . The insurgents treat the Germans with the greatest moderatim . At Cracow it is sufficient to wear a red and white cockade to be in safety . Tomorrow , the post organised by the insunieiits will commence communication with Prussia . Yesterday some Poles from Dresden were not permitted to vro " -

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      cJMJ ^ Hm——¦—» H m _ y _ r ^ TTT----- ^ " - ^ - g ceed to Poland . Gieze , inspector of | ioiice , supposing that the conspiracy was hatched in Paris , exacted all letters eomin :, ' I ' ri / m that city . T . ie director of ihe Port has laid a complaint . PncssiAK Simhia , Feb . 2 S . —Russia has so much to do in Lithuania , and on tho Prussian frontier , both cast and west , that no very considerable force can march on the republic of Craeow . Buksi . au , March 1 . —Tlie revolutionary government at Cracow have issued a new coin and paper money , _ Craeovia is divided into eleven districts . Each district is under thy care of a commissary . The government have taken the treasures of tho cathedral for the public good . It- is said the insurgents are gaining unuiml in Gallici . i . General kohr commands the troops . The insurgents have -Alread y been summoned to surrender , it is said that , the Prussian troops will nor , enter Cracow alone , but in companvwith Austrian and Russian troops .

      Prussian troops to the number of 5000 have left for the frontier . FnosTiKit or Poland . —Fresh troops arrive daisy at Warsaw from the interior of Russia . There are hut fetr regakir troops in the different towns ol Poland . " . f . i Austhia , V ' ikx . va , Feb . 27 . — The accounts trom Galliciaare still of an alarming nature . The insurgents arcadvancing to thenumiier of 10 , 000 . The Je . sisifs ' College at Tiirnow has been pillaged . Wc hear from Prague that Count . Thun has been arrested . It is certain that at a ball the imperial eagle fell amidst general applause . General Szenibcck , well known in the revolution of 1832 , is among the insurgents .

      STATK OF WARSAW . [ From the Journal des Debcte . ) A letter dated the Siith ult , from ivalish , a frontier town of Polish Russia , communicates a new ineidcut in the Polish insurrection . On the 21 th Prince Paskcwitsch received at Warsaw an cstafcttc from Baron de Sternberg , the Russian Consul at Cracow , informing him of the insurrection , and the retirement of the Austrian troops from the i ity . II-j immediately gave orders to the small body of troop- ' in . the province on the border ot the rermblic of Cracow lo move towards the frontier , and form a . iuuetion with all the Austrians . But on the same day a

      despatch from Siedlce informed him that the chief town of the old Palatinate had become the theatre of a sanguinary confliec between the troops and the inhabitants . The remarkable featuis is that this collision took place precisely at tho period fixed for the general insurrection . Siedlce is a considerable town , and was the pivnt of the operations of the Polish army on the rit-ht buik of the Vistula during the late war in Poland . Prince Pnskcwitscli is said to have given orders roniumeioHsainM . sat Wai . saw . ind in other par's of Poland . The people of Warsaw are in a state of apprehension difficult to describe . The troops aro confined to their barracks , and sleep in their uniforms , with their arms bv their sides .

      MANIFESTO OF THE POLES TO TUB PRUSSIAN PEOPLE . Men of the Pkossias People , Your musters have onlercil you to he ouv - nemies . Let us , however , address you in tlie name of that which man holils most dear—in the name of his fvmily , of his pleasures , and of his ; duly . In the mime of'national honour , whose m-iblust attribute will always be that of he ' nw intrusted with the defence , at the price of our Woo . ! Mid our fortunes , of the rights jrivi'ii us by nature on oar native soil , but without ever fulling to i : ouseier . t : utt > ly respect them in others ; in the name of the faith , which sees in the events of the history of the world the hand of an eternal Providence , without whose infinite wisdom ( Hid firmer the subiiini'st tilings would , even under a

      terrestrial point of view , be but a frivolous jest and a contemptible gain . Your mast .-rs have ordered you to be our enemies ! Have you well weighed why ami for what end ? Have they done this with a view to your welfare , your honour , your position ninonvst nations at the present time and hereafter 1 Well , join us iu looking iiaelc seriously and without prejudice on the event } of tiie last seventy-five years , and s ; vy yourselves 51 ' a cryini ; injustice and without parallel , it' a revolting intrnclioii of all immortal and imprescnptable national rights has not b . en committed with the only object of niakinir away , by the destruction of a noble people , who , for s » many centuries , by glorious battles , served as a rampart to all civilised Christian Europe against Asiatic barbarism , to the Mogul power which it restrained , towards an easy subjection of

      all the East . Since that , under the reign of Peter the First , llussia joined the European system , the only aim of its policy , as shown by every page of its history , has heen the sui'joetion under its ? eeji ; re of two parts ot * th » world ; and where she could u .. t conquer by iurce of arms , she sought to obtain by the baneful tortuous eunmi'e ; of her diplomacy , or by the intimidation of the States whose weakness or bliiifiiiis . i gave them up to her mercy . On tlie south she advanced by measured steps towards the conquest of Persia and Turkey , and there it is that she presents to fascinated Europe the spectacle of an aggressive war against au heroic race of "Mouatainutvs , a war in which she is prodigal wiih an equal indifference of the blood of friends and of foes . Poland stopped ber way on the east . You are acquainted with what took place .

      ltussia would not sutler any harrier to exist buween her and Europe ; Piussiu and Austria , with a blind egotism , sacrificing the safety Mid the advantage c-f the future to the delusive advantages of the present , fell into the himw , overthrew tho barrier which sheltered them from their natural and most powerful cin .-my , aud Poland wa . « torn to pieces Hut so that there might not be any doubt as : o the real meaning of this hauitiiory act . the paviltionin ? was so made that "Russia was allnwed to take to herself a part out of all proportion of the iniquitous booty , whilst the others were compelled to bii saiislied with crumbs which fell from the luuFtt-r ' s tabic . If the crowned rubbers hud , after aecoinpi ' shiiur their nefarious tlami , acted towards each other according to the nhVs of common equity , every one of the three powers ought to have had a third of the whole boot ; . Quite the reverse—Prussia obtained by the first partition , in I 77-. one-seventh of the

      plunder ; by the second , in 17 !> 3 , one-sixth ; and by the third , in 17 i >' > , one-fourth . At the second , Austria was even wholly left out . Now , this iue- \ uality , which already meant enough , became still more remarkable when , in 1815 , Russia took back from Prussia and Austria a large portion of that which she had yielded ! o them in return for the assistance they had given her , so that Prussia now scarcely possesses one-thirteenth part of Poland . Hear ye this , one-thirteenth part of Poland ! but as the infamy of robbery cannot be divided , Prussia . iocs not the less hear in lull the opprobrium of having been an accomplice in one of the greatest political crimes recorded in the history of nations , Ye * , and the Prussian Cabinet did but add te the weight of its crime wheu it participated in the second partition , after having given the most formal assurances ofits assistance tuminst every attempt against the rights which it had so solemnly recognised to Poland .

      It has been pretended to ho maintained that the Prussia of the last century , as being a state but in its infancy , was to look only to its aggrandisement and extension of territory ; besides which it was , in fact , too weak to resist such an act as the partition of Poland , even though she had felt the meanness and injustice of it , so that she had uo other alternative than to see the booty pass into the hands of others , and take a share thereof for herself . This mode of arguing constitutes a sophism so much the more pitiful that it pve > upposes that , with the alteration of the policy of Prussia in respect to Poland , the system of the . Prussian alliances could , in other respects , be wholly maintained . If Prussia , faithful to its eagngenx-nts towards Poland , bad declared war sgainst ; Hussia , it would have had to abandon the coalition against the liberties and independence i » f France , of

      which she formed a part , and then , supported by Fren . e anil Poland , she would not only have been victorious over ltussia and Austria , but she would have escaped the shame of defeats , ft would have placed herself li » lf a century sooner at the bead of the German national unity , without the French Uepublic ever being abb ) to beiome an invading aggressive power . The victories gained by France over a coalition , to which Prussia belonged , after Poland had been partitioned , and its parts had increased the strength of the respective allied Powers , vhow the truth of this assertion ; which , howeutr , is to be drawn from the principle , that a political injustice is not only a crime , but also a fault ; and that tlie situation of Prussia , for founding the German unity , h so ebucly allied to its nature , that nothing less than so erroneous and iniquitous a jiolioy as that of Prussia towards Poland entdit prevent it .. before ulrcnuy half a century , from taking pes . session of so glorious a position .

      Whatever may be the veal weight of such an apology for measures taken under the iuiluence of past events , what is certain is , that under existing circumstances it destroys itself . Iniquity can never create a right . Piussin , who in the 18 th century laid the weight mi her conscience of participating in the robbery committed iu Poland , does no less in the 19 th than continue her crime , when , in violation of a neutrality called tor no less by the pivcepts of a wise , policy than Ivy the principles of national equity and of an enlightened humanity , she gives her assistance to a tyrannies ! and barbarian power to oppress a people whose only crime has been , in the defence of the most sacred rights trampled under foot , the having had recourse to the supreme remedy of nations and kings—to the strength oj arms . In its servile zeal for the Puissian despot , Pi ussia ( to quote only one example out of a thousand ) , in ISSi aud 1 S 52 went so far , at Elbing and at Vicbau , as to Siva ou poor Polish soldiers disarmed under a yohe which

      they had thrown off . Then Unwed the blood of unhappy refugees—on whose head is it to rest ? And , to show you the consequence to which the subserviency of tho Prussia ;) cabinet to views exclusively Itussinn , wo ask you , for whose benefit has the treaty between Russia and Prussia , relating to the giving up of deserters , been renewed ? Mutual ! as if a Prussian soldier could ever be mad enough to desert his colours to give himself up to the Kussian knout!—as if . in comparison to the misery attendant on itussian slavery , the hard labour at Spandau were not an enviable existence . Thus the whole benefit of the treaty is on the side of llus .-ia , from which she derived her means of increasing tlie weight < f her chains on lu-r victims , aud Prussians they were who obtained the honour of acting' as gaolers for Muscovite barbarity . Your masters have ordered you to be our enemies , aud seek to make jou friends of Russia . Is Prussia then now still so weal * that she must , for the sake of her own preservation , adopt a line of conduct averse even to her conscience and fci'liues of honour ? Docs she at this time

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 14, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14031846/page/5/