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FRANCE , The French Gorernment has broken faith with Abd-el-Kader . It has announced to him that it ean-EOt consent to his going to St Jean d'Acre on any terms , and that with regard to Egypt , it must first sea whether the Pacha trill agree to receive Lira . The Royal speech . has excited indignant comments in the lecture rooms , and among the rest in that of 3 & . Michelet , so illustrious for his literary works . Although this took place in the absence o ' f the pro . fessor , and without his knowledge , yet the minuter of public instrnction , if . de Salvandy issued an order to close tae lecture-room and suspend the course of tbe professor .
The debate on the address was opened in the Chamber [ of Peers on Monday , by Count D'Alton Shee . who made a long speech attacking M . Guizot for his foreign policy . Speaking cf Switzerland , he said the real question at issue in that country was one of politicial , and not of religious liberty . It was in this view he looked upon the question , for as a mere religious question it conld be of no interest to him , ' who was neither a Christian nor a Catholic ' He concluded by alluding to the movement in Italy , aud expressed a hope that the Liberal ? , ' if at some future time they ^ should find the burdens imposed upon them by their oppressors too heavy ; if they found their indignation stronger than their prudence , and their patriotism dearer to them than life , that they should then renounce their processions , their hymns , and their canticles , and , instead of offering their necks to the axe as victims , should take their arms in their hands , and die as martyrs , fighting against their oppressors . '
M . Mesnard , formerly an ultra-conservative , made ¦ a . most eloquent speech in favonr of electoral reform . The debits was continued on Tuesday .
SPAIN . OurBayonne correspondent informs ns that General Espartero arrived at St Sebastian on the 4 th instant . He was received by the people of that place with the utmost enthusiasm . The Queen is seriously ill . Salamanca is to . be impeached on charges of malversation . Gen . Amettler has been banished from the capital to Yittoria .
PORTUGAL . The Cortes was opened by the Qneen on the 2 nd inst . A royal decree has restored the two Cabrals to their former office of Privy Councillors . The civil governor of Lisbon has Issued a decree for the complete and effectual disarmament of the people . The authorities are authorised to make forcible entry into any premises , by day or night , to search - for arms . On the morning of the 27 th nit , the armed police and regular troops surrounded the markets , and -seized hundred * of peaceable citizens to force them -to serve in the army . These trabappy victims cf all -ages , from sixteen to sirty , were crammed into the penal prisons . ; . Ktjieoueed Issijrbbciios . —The Paris National , ¦ on the faith of a letter from Op & rte , states that Sa da Bandeira had left Lisbon , to place himself at the head of a troop of 500 men , which had been gathered together in the interior of the provinces . SWITZERLAND .
Public order is gradually recovering its influenc * in Switzerland , and the army raised for the suppres sion of tke iriaHrrectian of the small cantons is being
disbanded . . The workmen of Heidelberg , in an address to their brethren in the popular association of Berne , lately published in a ilanheim journal , after expressing t ' aeir sjmpathy with the triumphant cause , proceed 3- foVx-ws : —* We a ' so , in ourobscurity , in monarchic \ rennanT , beheld with delkht tV -ull sun of liberty ii .. L . - , wh ; . / u wis : soouc « , ! :-ht- ^ * V arro tbe ^ peopI * ... " . Upon the ruins of tr- powers that were yon wiii foasd the eaapire o * jibsrty , of equality , andot fraternity . ' They conclude— ' We hope to see realised , in a time not far off . an alliance of all the societies of workmen of Switzerland and of Germany ; the common object which we have in view—namely ,
to emancipate the people from the ties of oppression , political and social , can only be attained by a firm alliance of interests in every quarter . ' Similar in spirit , and almost identical , was the reply of M . Druey , tbe deputy ferYaud , to the invitation to the late Reform banquet at Cbalon-en-Saone : — ' Gentlemen , ' he writes , ' your cause and ours is one and the same ; we sympathise with you , as you have sympathised with ns . On both sides of the Java it t > eeomes the question to carry out from the domain of ideas to that of facts , the grand principles of the liberty , equality , and fraternity ot men—principles wbich-form the happiness as well as the glory of communities . The point is to make the rights of the masses" triumph over the privileges of tho few , to cement more and more the holy alliance of the people cf all nation ? , and to enlarge their
sovereignty . There was a grand banquet at Lausanne on the 1 st instant , to celebrate tha triumph of the Fe « deral cause . The deputies for the canton were present . The ladies of Lucerne have presented to Colonel . "Zie § Ier , in command of the troops of occupation , a superb vase of flowers , in testimony of his excellent and noble conduct .
ITALY . The political agitation proceeds in Italy , nor can even the despotism of Austria suppress It . A circular , clandestinely printed , had been lately distribnted in Milan , reminding the population that in the Amerieau struggle for independence , the people Toluntarily abstained from the use of tea , with a view to damage the revenue of the British government . A like course was recommended to the population of . Lombardy , with regard to tobacco , which constitutes sji immense source of revenue to the
Austrian government . This was followed by a general abstinence from smeking . On tbe 3 rd , a violent demonstration took place . The people attacked and disarmed several military posts , and the troops being ordered to fire , several of the people were killed . The news of the entrance of the Austrian troops into Modena had produced a great fermentation at Leghorn . On tbe evening of the 27 th ult . the people in a mass proceeded to the residence of the governor , and demanded arms with loud cries . It was net without difficulty that the tumult could be appeased . The cav before a similar commotion had taken place
at Florence . Oa the -5 th of January the inhabitants of Milan came to a resolution to taboo the lottery , as they have already done tobacco . Every person who purchaser a lottery ticket will be treated as an outcast from society .
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . By ihe arrival of the packet-ship Mersey , we learn thatia C niress on the 20 th nit ., Mr Calhonn moved that a day be fixed for considering his resolutions , which are , as has been stated , to the effect that the conquest and annexation of Mexico would be hazardous to and subversive of the republican institution of the States , and declaring against tbe adoption of any policy which would lead to consequences so disastrous . It was understood after a discussion that the first Tuesday in January was ^ agreed upon as the day for the opening of the discussion upon these resolutions .
The news from Mexico is of great interest . Santa Anna having issued a proclamation to the provisional government at Queretaro , calling npon them to organise a force of 50 , 000 men , for the purpose of renewing the war , a pronunciamento in his favour had been made by the military at Queretaro . lie had left Tehuacan on the 22 ad of November , and had assumed the command of the army at Oajaca . Tbe new presideat-general , Anaya , is said to be in favour of peace . The most important news from the Capital is the arrest of Generals Worth and Pillowr and Colonel Duncan , by order of General Scott . They are charged with reflecting in an improper manner npon the general-in-chief of the American army .
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ENGLISH DEMOCRACY AND IRISH REPEAL . FEARGUS O'CONNOR IN PARLIAMENT . VIEWS OF THE CONTINENTAL PRESS . The Refobmb . Paris paper , says , in speaking of the Irish Ccercioa Bill , Mr John O'Connell has found a forraidable rival in Mr O'Connor . This great derao-¦ craiii leader has placed himself at one bonnd at the head ef the Irish party . It was he alone who fully opposed the Coercion Bill . It was he who lead the opposition . It was he who opposed every clause , and retarded to the utmost the passing of the bill . It was he who concentrated in hie speeches the whole spirit of tbe opposition . It was he , in fine , who , for the first time sines 1835 , brought forward a motion for Repeal , which no other Irish member vreuld have done .
The Irish members have bowed to hii leadership with bnt * bad grace . Whigs in their hearts , they 3 jafc ? the demoeratie energy of Mr O'Connor . He ttill no longer allov ? them to make Repeal a sordid cry of faction . The real Repeal members , however , -cannot do without such a leader as O'Connor , and are obliged te submit , although , they try to undermine his growing popularity in Ireland . After the session , Mr O'Connor will probably make the tour of Ireland , to re-create the agitation , and found a true democracy . No doubt he will succeed , and in less than six months be the recognised leader of the Irish people . . , ... Uniting thus the guidance of the democracy in the three kingdoms , he will be placed in a portion stronger than any agitator , including O Connell , has ever yet occupied . TasBECissza Gkbmas Gazbttb of the 9 th inst ., in an article entitled
, _ _ FSASGTJS © "COHSOI ! A ND IHB IeISH PEOPLE , dispatiates at great length on Mr O'Connor a address 2 a the Nokthbbs Stab of the 1 st mat ., and observes « This address ought to be re adand . treasured by every democrat . The results of this raagnifieent address SttSi sho » thpmsalveg witha po ? erfal influence jui soon snow « Fearg [ a 0 . Connor fa tIie man that Ireland wants . He hasthe wealth , of millions truly
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at heart—their welfare is , with him , no empty cry , no mask to get government patronage ; 'la Ms address he shows the Irish , people how . for { Jiirteen year ? ,: H hag been , led by the no ? e by Daniel O'Connell . the pelifical thimble-rigger , with the c * 7 of' Repeal . ' He places in its proper light the conduct . of John O'Connell , his father's political heir , and who , like his father , sacrifices millions of credu * Ions Irishmen £ p his personal plans and interests—bnt all the fins vtoxte and hypocrisy of John O'Connell will be insufficient to wipe away the stain he has contracted in the Coercion Bill' Debate . This address must open the eyes of the Irish people , and it will then spurn the knot of shara Repealers who laugh in their sleeves at their credulity *
' But the address has greater importance still , as emanating , not only fram an Irishman , bnt also from an English Democrat and Chartist . He shows with a clearness that must carry conviction even to the most obtuse , the necessity for a dose union between the Irish and the English working classes ; and that Repeal can only be successful for Ireland when joined with the Charter . He further points to the fact that the English Chartists petitioned to the number of three and a half millions for Repeal—that they have now again petitioned against the Coercien Bill—and that the oppressed of both countries musfcstand or fall together . ' . The Colocse Gazette observes , in allusion to Mr O Connor , his motion for Repeal * and his address in the Star : —
'Descended from the oldest aristocracy of Ireland , sav ! tracing hisnedigree to the remote and chivalrous kin » s of Green Erin ; intimately connected with the misfortunes of his country , through the sufferings ef his more immediate ancestors ; constantly busied with her present fortunes and her future prospects , O Connor stands before ns , a specimen ef tho ? e men whoremind us at once of past glories and of future hopes ; and from whose lips we receive with equal pleasure the traditions of the former , and the prophecies of the coming times : * * . . * 1 Parliament sees with terror that Daniel O'Connell has found a successor in his countryman , Feargus O'Connor , who once more brings forward the question of Repeal , and whose indomitable perseverance bodes a mora formidable struggle than that waged by the deceased O'Connell .
• In his speech on Reppal , O'Connor described the history of his country with appalling accuracy . He described the fall of his royal ancestry . He narrated the sufferings of his noble hearted and betiayed countrymen . As you hear him , ihe crushed Catholic writhing in hwhlcod , the war-cry of a hundred revolts is recalled to your memory—the whole history of unhappy Erin , all the woes of the' Niobe of nations ' are spread before you . * * . . * 4 The first number of the Northern Star for this year contains an admirable address from Mr O'Connor to the Irish people , recommenfling the Charter as a necessary concomitant with Repeal , since the one , without the other , would he incomplete . '
"We hava received copies of the following Dutch papers : —Ds Burger ( the Citizen ) and the Batavian Courier , both published at the Hague , containing columns of the proceedings of the English Chartists and the Fraternal Democrats . The editor , M . Adrien van Bevarvoorde , appears to be a talented , eloquent and energetic defender ofthe principles of Democracy The Reforms of Monday last contains a translation of the address of the Fraternal Democrats to the workin ? men of Great Britain and Ireland , published in onr last number .
ARREST OF M . CARET , THE FRENCH COMMUNIST . M . Cabet , chief editor of tbe Populaire , has been arrested on a charge ot 'illicit combination . ' and of * swindline . ' He wss about to emigrate with his followers to America , there to found an Icarian republic , and on his return to France from London , which he has recently been visiting :, was seized by the emissaries of the French government . The Rejobme says : — M . Cabet has preached peace for five or six years ; he has always denounced revolutionary tendencies , and branded the journals , clinging to the old traditions of our forefathers' liberties , as violent & zi seditions . Notwithstanding this , he has been accused of Illegal combination , and this founder of a future colony has been arrested on a charge of ' swindling , ' founded , no doubt , on the voluntary contributions of the intended colonists .
We believe this accusation to bs merely a vile attack onM . Cabal's propaganda , and the charge to be made ont of fear that his emigrating scheme was bat a mask to cover the preparation for a revolution . Be it as it may , we h » e not his patifie doctrine , nor his emigration scheme ; bnt we behold in him an injured citizen—and , therefore , we defend him . He has written the following letter > - TO THE ED 1 TOS OT TBE HBFORHE- - Six , —Again I have become the victim of a monstrous persecution , that threatens the entire pres « . Two hours after my return from London , where I had been conclud . ing arrangements ofthe highest importance , relative to a project of colonisation in America , a Commissary of Police , with a s ? arch warrant from tbe Judge of St Quentin , has seized all ray vouchers ( a hundred , ) correspondence , and accounts , under pretest ef an accusation , not only of illegal combination , but also of swindling !
They assert my project of colonisation is only a pretence , either to organise a revolution , or to swindle the Icarians . I cannot describe my indignation . The judge has ordered me to be taken to Paris , where I shall pro * bably be placed in confinement , and on my arrival , ill and fatigued , be thrown into prison . The editing ofthe PorULAifiE has thus become almost impossible . By these means a great , emancipating enterprise will be jeopardised , and we shall be subjected to Incalculable losses—of millions , perhaps—which might have been earned by the poor Icarians . But I hops I shall be protected by public opinion and the press ; and , if I stand alone , I shall know how to defend myself against this odioui persecution . Receive my fraternal greeting . Paris , January 5 th , 1848 . Cabet .
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CAPABILITIES OF THE SOIL . TO THE EDITOR OP THE KOBIHEHN STAR . Sig ; That the most timid may not longer despair , and that thoss who are Land members may take encouragement , we hare to request you will give insertion to the following : —About two years ago , Mr James Finlay , msson ( a sterling Chartist ) , purcbss & d a piece of land , one acre and a quarter in extent , at a place called Sw & ejley Gove , close to the village of Iveston , in ths county of Durham . In the memory of the oldest inhabitant tbe plot in question had never been nnder cultivationand i' » surface was entirely covered by stones and
, briers , there being scarcely any soil perceptible upon it . At the commencement of the last year Mr F . unri ^ . v-i —to all appearance—the almost fruitless taak ef bringing one fourth of an acre of this wilderness under tillage , and with what success may be gathered from tho etatement below . Having got this stony heap ready for seed , Mr P . put into it Swedo turnip seed , and there is now to be eeen upon this once nseleis piece of land , 7106 turnips , that , at a very low estimate , will averaga 4 lbs . each : This gives 17 torn , 3 cwt . 3 qrs . and 4 lbs . ; and which at the low price of £ 1 per ton , or 1 J 3 . per 14 lbs ., gives for this crep , £ 17 Ss . 9 d .
The produce of an aero under such circumstances , therefore , would bring to the occupier £ 68 15 i , for one single crop . So much for land that i « of no use under tilUge . After this fact , who that is an occupant upon the Company ' s estates need fear starvation . Yours , & c , Astiiout Scojsb , Joseph Simpsos , John Gboqoik , Thomas Cabb . Lead Sate , near Iveston , Durham .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OP SCOTLAND . FELLOW CoUHTBTMElf , Remembering the noble struggles of our country in favour ef civil and religious liberty , and anxious to perfect the work of our' fathers , we feel gratified in bsing able at this moment to lend a helping hand to our friends ia Edinburgh , in establishing an organ for the support of those principles which have been banded down to us as a bulwark against the encroachments of aristocratic pride , and th « selfish ambition of onr oppressors . Friends , we feel that the exertions ef ' the Chartists of Edinburgh to e & tabUsa the Wkeelt Express as a supporter of Chartist principle * will be hailed by the country with shouts of applause . The establishment of the Edisbcsgh Expeksb is of vast importance to us in this part ofthe country , set ing that the corrupt and venal press has so long misrepresented tho principles of the
Charter , and the honest endeavours of the working men to emancipate themselves from their present state of political and atrial bondage . We would only remind y oa , ia proof of this , of how the ; have treated the Land movement , either in mUrepresentlng our motives , or cunningly and treacherously bnrkln ; our proceedings . Friends , we admit that former journals have been started in Scotland and have fullen te tho ground , but not for want of support , so long as they were honestl y conducted . Generally the aim of those journals was to supsrsede the Nobthebh Stas , and to destroy the confidence reposed in Mr O'Connor , But no sooner were their intentions discovered by the working men than those journals became numbered with the things that
were . But we have more confidence in the Chartists of Edinburgh and the proprietors of the Wzrsi . x Exracss . They are persons who have stood by tho movement through prosperity and adversity , and are zealous sup . porters of tha Nobtbebs Sta * . We require a Scottish organ , as it is impossible for the Stab to contain every , thinj done in connexion with our movement . We grant tbatltaaa done more than any other journal ever did , hating eombatted the united press of England , Ireland , and Scotland , in defence of labonr ' s rights . But still assistance is wanted in this part of tha country to aid the Stas in its crusade against « nr enemtss , and we bops that in every locality steps w'Jl be icmudiately takes to insure the sueeese of the W ^ belt Exkiess , and show to our opponents that we are . able and willing to
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support the press , if it honestly advocaio 9 or claims and represent onr interssts . Men of Scstlao . d . -form your clubs , and ^ send your or . ders early , as . the few first weeks of tbe new journal ' s existence will be the most critical , We are , fellow countrymen , Yours , oa behalf of the committee , John Bbian , James Smith , Glasgow , DcacAN Ssebbinotoh . January 3 rd , 1848 . P . S . —Orders will be reeeived by ' . Thomae Reid , at the Land Company ' s meetings , Dyers' Hall , Cbarlotte . lanp , every Monday evening , or at bis residence , Pebblescourt , Main-atreat , Brldgeton .
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TO THE MINERS OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . Fellow Men , —A few weeks ago I appealed to you , through Ihe medium of that patriotic journal , the NORTHERN Star , relative to the neetisity of again being or , gaaised for the protection of your labour , and to secure more and better protection for your personal liberty . That appeal , I am preud to say , hag been responded to in a very handsome and energetic manner . V > ry many have been , thereby , led to inquire into the way the Lsw Fund is intended to be conducted , and very many hive paid down their shillin g , and enrolled themselves sb members thereof . To those who desire to bo made no : quainted with tho mode of carryiRg out the plan , I be ?
to state , that so soon as 1 , 000 members are enrolled , and the entrance mon ' one shilling per quarter , paidinadvance , then the committee will be chosen to enter into such arrangements with W . P . Roberts , solicitor , as will enable tbat gentleman to take proper steps to keep an agent in this neighbourhood , and to attend himself personally , when necessary ; but parties ought to bu aware that the sooner tbe number is made up , the better to them . I would say , let us have a long pull , a strong pull , and a poll altogether , without which the results are too well known . Yours , & c , M . Jpdb .
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DEATH OF A PATB 10 T . TO THE EDITOR OFTHE NOETHBBN STAB . Sib , —It is with deep sorrow I have to record In yout journal of this day , the death of Mr Thomas Sidaway , which took place on Monday morning , the 3 rd instant , at Salisbury , in the county of Wilts . The deceased was a Radical of the old school , " and d disciple of Mr Henry Hunt , of whose principles he was an ardent and talented admin r . Ever since the memorable massaere in Peterloo , in 1819 , ho has devoted his time , talent , and cash , towards spreading' those sacred principles contained in the People ' s Charter .
The deceased was a resident for nfteen years in the city of Gleucester , and carried on an extensive business as a nail and chain manufacturer in that town , where Faction , after a battle of ten ye & rs , succeeded in compelling him to emigrate to France , to seek tbat existence abroad , the kind and Christian middle classes of Gloucester denied him at home . Mr Sidaway was a member of the Gloucester Political Union ia 1830 , where he stood almost single-handed in dt fence of Radical reform . He was the last member -left in that body . The deceased was the proprietor ofthe Magnet , Unionstreet , and was the founder of the Cbnrtist Association , for wb ch he was a doomed man . At the general election of 1810 he df dared his vote for Prott . Williams , and Jones , which , of course , was refused .
He was a member of tbe Unitarian connexion , and suffered aprosecution . for Church-rates in 1838 , His address at the Tolaey , or Town Hall , will be long remembered by the defenders of Church and State in the town of Gloucester . When in Franco , his mito and speeches wera always in defence of Right against Might . Ho was No . 2 in the National Land Company , Kouen branch . His card bears date May 19 { b , 1813 . On account of a depression of trade , he returned to England , and was eounting the days , numbering each day as one nigtcr-ljis emancipation— -he having purchased a share for a widowed da' : fhter ' , . v- Jr ., ' it' »* drawn last Ballot , and npon which he was prsparing togv > whtn the time for location arrived .
The deceased was only fifty-three years old , and has left o widow on a bed of sickness to deplore Irs lossalso two children , a daughter , and Mr John Sidaway , the lesturer . whoBeable and talented lectures in behalf of tho Land and Charter , have so often been applauded in Prance and England , The deceased was a Radical to his death . A few hours prior to his exit from this world , he requested his son to read from tbe Stab the speech of M . Bakounine , tho Russian patriot . He died without a groan , and gave up his spirit to his Maker . His remains were interred on Sunday , at St Martin ' s Church , Salisbury . He was borne to the grave by his friends and brother Land men , by whom be was much respected . His religious and political enemies bear testimony to the excellence of his character , and regret bis sudden exit from among them . COBEESPONDINT . Salisbury . January 10 ; h , NH 8 ,
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10 THE DEMOCRATS OF BIRMINGHAM , "WOL . TERffAMPrON . DUDLEY " , WALSALL OLDBURY " , BILSTON . AND SMETHWICK .
Bbotheb Chabtists , —Although to some of you I am well known , it is most probable that others ef you have n ? ver so much as heard my name . It may , therefore , be well for me to say that I am , and have for some time bean , a working man and a working Chartist ; that I took npon the present as the moat favourable epoch in tbe history of Chartism that has yet presented itself . Whig profligacy , Tory imbecility , and the known debility of the house of misrepresentatives , all combining in a very marked degree to give strength and power to any trntbful and firmly based movement on the part of the
mob , ' if that ' mob' will apply all their now latent energies to the glorious task of self-redemption . Your oppressors have might ; you have might and glorious light . They have yet had the power to oppress . You have now in tbe workshops of your minds the knowledge of truth , from which yoa may send forth such glorious sparks of democratic fire that shall inspire the hearts of yeur compeers , and strike fear to the hearts of your oppressors . These things may bs by you accomplished , and in order that we may be iu a state of organisation suited to the magnitude ofthe undertaking , I beg leave to submit to you the following propositions for discussion in tour several localities .
1 . The propriety cf reaching the seven localities I have named , into one organised district , with power to add to tbrfr nrnnber . 2 . "The propriety of sending one delegate from each place to a Conference to be holden in Smetbwlek . The business of the Conference to be to consider the advisibility of appointing a district secretary , whose wholo time shall be absorbed in lecturing to , and conducting the general business of , the association , subject to tbe control of the committee . I shall not offer one word of remark upon th * above suggestions , except that I earnestly hope , if adopted , a sterling Democrat will * oe appointed , —one well qualified K ? Vtbi : i tii' 3 discretion to discharge the duties which Will "devolre lit-OQ bim , and that ur > man will bo mora anxious to assist and support ajy ^ ^ o than Geokge Maetlb .
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Mr E . Robertson , _ of Plymouth , in addressing you last week , calls it an injustice for the majority of tho allottees on an estato to have the power of dismissing the teacher . It is , in my opinion , a wholesome and necessary rule ; for it is well known , there are many , who , without power , would fain ' lord it over their fel . lows' because they have education , from which it is nothing but just to infer , that such would be tyrants if vested with a little . brlef authority . I trust tho allottees on each of the Company ' s estates will always have sufficient control over their teacher , and , indeed , I have very little fear of a majority exercising it improperly . His reference to a atven years demand for eur schools ,
would lead me to believe that his calculations wera based on tha Malthusiaa doctrines ; but knowing , as I well do , tbat he ia no admirer of tbem , I am at a loss to discover how he has arrived at such conclusions . With more than a mudest doubt , be states , if the schools were rent free , * the'directors would not be overwhelmed with applications from mtn of real capacity . ' It may be so , but how is it that , at the present moment , with all the difficulties and injustice pourtrayed by Mr R . staring him in the face , there are men applying to the directors for the schools , some of whom ore not bis inferiors as teachers , anil more are hii superiors—men of many years' experience , with testimonials of their ability and worth as teachers—men who for years have conducted their schools on the same principles about to be adopted in the Company ' s schools—a purely secular education ; men who are so confident of their own qualifications as
teachers , that they have offered to undergo any examination , public or private , that may bo deemed requisite by the directors—men who have ever identified themselves with democracy , and struggled to spread its principles , without once attempting to domineer over parties with whom they wera associated , because these parties were not so highly educated as themselves ? Being psrsenaily known to thousands of tho Company as a teacher , has urged me to make these observations . It is well known , that in any city , town , or village in the kingdom where I have resided , I bare invariably received a proportionate share of business , which is the most convincing proof of real capacity , nnd
so confident am I of success that I am eager to receive orders from the directors to prepare for commencing my labours , perfectly satisfied that it is a holy and a whole , some doctrine , and a truly dsmocratic one—thatteacbers are liable to be brought to an account for neglect of duty , & c , with a full assurance that the mnjorlty of any bod y placed en onr estates will not condemn without a just cause . Faithfully yours , P . J . O'Bbiin , agent for E * eter , English mercantile and mathematical teacher , of nearly thirty years' standing , and Profesoor of mqsic .
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Why tJo you use sa much tobacco V said an Englishman to an Ataeriean , the other evening , ' Because I chews , ' flaaifca reply .
The London Confederallst?; Itis'tobe Dee...
THE LONDON CONfEDERALLST ?; Itis'tobe deeply regretted that Ireland'doesnot possess what can be called a truly independent journal—the undecided course pursued of Ja' . e by the Nation , has given great dissatisfaction to numbers of the Confederates in this metropolis , and Ireland never more required than she does at present , a journai having for its motto—* Fast principles . ' Great anxiety i 3 likewise displayed , now that the Cobk bouiHMW Reporter has fallen into the hands of the confederates , as to the line ef policy that will he adopted by that journal . All hopes of a reconciliation between the Old and Young Irelanders being now finally settled by the answer by Mr William Smith O'Brien to the Limerick trades , ' That he would have none of it . ' The 'Dwaino' idtimalum must now be considered as at an end .
• Ti J 1 Daniei ' O'Connell Club . —A numerous meeting ot the Confederates of Marylebone and iisvici mty , was held on Sunday efening last , at the Victory , Newonbani-street , EdgcwareToad . Mr D . Ilealy in the chair ; who addressed the meeting atsome length on the present alarming position of Ireland , and called on those present to rally round the Confeder . i tion . Several articles were read from the Irish and Other journals . Messrs Sullivan , E . Fit z ^ ibbon , and O Mahoney also addressed the meeting . Several persons having paid in' their subscriptions , tho meeting separated .
JiO ? . URRAN Club . —A highly respectable meoting ot this club was held on Sunday evening last , at the I £ ? ' York-street » Westminster , and every available part of the large room was occupied . Mr Brown , amidst loud acclamation , was called to the chair . Articles from the Nation and other Irish journals were read , as also was the letter of the Dublin correspondent of tho Northern Star , which was received with loud and Ion ? continued Cheering . Mr Reynolds then addreaaed the meeting , and entered into the history of the late famine in Ireland at great len » th ; and said , that every means had been resorted to , but the ri « ht one , to stay the awful effects of that direful calamity . MrNolan having spoken , Mr Glass ( an Englishman ) , in the course of a lenathened speech , advocated the formation of a party in England to further the cause of Irish nationality , independent of any party in Ireland , and which would not be subject to tke restrictions of Irish law , which was a drag chain upon the Irish in England . He
should be most happy to put down his - ; 61 . ' for carrying out such an object , and he knew many others who would join in so laudable an undertaking Mr Wilkes ( an English working man ) said , it gave him great pleasure to listen to their j-roccedings . lie had been led to believe , from what he had observed at another club , that freedom of discussi n was not tolerated . He was not a Confederate as yet , but after what had transpired that evening , he was happy to say that lie , and several other English friends , would give them every assistance in the furtherance of their object . ( Mr Wilkes then handed in his subscriotion towards tho expense incurred by tho comnr ' ttee , and was loudly cheered . ) MrT . R . Reading , in addressing the meeting , referred to the Duke of Wellington's letter , and said that as there was every reason to believe that there would sonn be an augmentation of the army , he suspected that the aras wh ' ch the government robbed the Irish people of by their Algerine act , would be made use of in arming the additional troops raised .
Thk Davis Club . —On Monday evening last , tbe lecture room of thisclub ( 83 , Dean-street ) wa ^ ccowdwl to suffocation . MrT . 0 'Mahoney' ( Vice President ) in the chair . Several articles from the Irish journals , and the . ' rules aud regulations of the Confederation , were read . Mr J . J . Fitzgibboa said , that the Confederation did not tolerate religious diseusaions in their meetings ; that Conciliation Hall was sectarian , which disgusted all reasonable thinking men . In alluding to the Janus-like conduct of the Irish members on the late debate , ho said—that those who went into parliament on the £ 5 . qualification principle , had deserted the ' prinjiple . Where was Mr M'Tavish of Dundalk , who professed so much for Repeal on the huatioBs , and forgot its principles when his services wer ' e ' rnost- required ? ¦ And again , there was Mf . jor Blackball , who denied that'hc , w » b a Repealer when challenged . lie hoped tho men oi-Longford would treat him as he deserved . Then asrnin in ~ 8 iiT- A > r
Cecil Lawless , who only became a Repealer when x . % could obtain a seat . There was Nicholas Mahon and Henry Grattan , who had deserted the principles of his youth , and disgraced the tomb of his revered parent . lie could not paas lightly over the conduct of Morgan John O'Connell , who deserted Ireland in the eleventh hour , and falsified the principles of his late uncle . There must be a cause which time alone would reveal ; and what was more surprising , young Dan was not to be found when wanted to rescue his country from Whig domination and misrule . That a compact had heen entered into by the late Mr O'Connell—had not jet been denied by the declaimers of Burgh Quay . He believed that Mr O'Connell never
received a farthing by that compact , but he was aorry to say that many were waiting to have a lick at the honey spoon of the sweet Whigs . He believed that O'Connell damaged his reputation by entering into that compact , and that some of the brightest ornaments of the association seceded from him on that account , and laid the foundation ot the Confederation , which had not b « en - in existence scarcely twelve months , and its principles were making rapid progress . ( Cheers . ) Mr M'Lean said , that he had great pleasure to announce that in a short time a Confederate . Club would be opened in the neighbourhood of Semers Town . The announcement was received with loud cheers . Several other persona having ; addressed the meeting , it adjourned to the following Monday evening .
The Imsu Coercion Bill.-T'Ihb Westminste...
The Imsu Coercion Bill .-t'Ihb Westminster Dehaiwo Sccikti , Broadway , Westminster—The discussion on the Irish Coercion Bill was brought to a close on Saturday evening last , it having extended over six weeks . The discussion was opened by Mr Cathie in favour of Coercion , who Iound very few supporters , for as the debate proceeded , they got ' smaller by degrees aud beautifully leas . ' The opptv nents of the measure , among whom were Messrs . O'Connor , M'Sweeney , Walford , Reading , and Irvine , had it all their own way , for none of the facts brought forward by them were attempted to be answered on the other side . The question of the ' Charter'is the subject for discussion for Saturday evening , January 15 th .
Bristol— The members and friends of the' arm-Ro . Bra & b . Conledetate Club' are requested to attead the meeting to be held on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at Rebbeck ' s Coffee and Reading Rooms , No . 1 , Tower Hill , Old Market-street . Nottingham . —Annual Report of No . 1 Librart , Rnncliffe Arms , Sussex-street . —Your committee , in presenting their thirteenth annual report , is enabled to congratulate the society on the improved condition of the books . Having examined them leaf by leaf . and ret aired them , they are happy to state they are in better condition than on several former occasions ; but whether this is owing to greater care being taken of tbem , or having fewer readers , tho committee are not < vbie pooitiv .-Jy to answer , < : . ' . ' probably both . In
the financial department th ? y are not quite so suecesafiil as on bomo former years , but wiien they consider the commo . xia ! gloom ofthe last year , unprecedented in the annals of Nottingham , or probably the world , coupled with the high prices of provisions , it is almost a surprise to them they have succeeded so well as they have . Every new as will as old institution must be judged of by the results . The income of the library , wi ; h the items of expenditure for the past year shall be laid before you , in which you wi ll find a large sum for binding , part of which might have been saved had the books formerly been used more carefully ; they must again remindjthe members the books are their own , and request them earnestly to use them as such . Your committee
mutt now draw your attention to a subject that concerns us all more than some are aware of , namelythe education of the working classes . And here , let it be observed , they have a great difficulty to surmount and a duty to perform ; for ignorance , where learning and true science should predominate , is an enormous vice ; and they most earnestly request one and all to do all in their power to forward the views ofthe benevolent aud philanthropic founder of the People's College , to make it what it ought to bethe place where the working man might receive a sound ^ moral and scientific education , equal it not superior—to any other college in England . But it must be made to support itself , both for male and female students ; for however the minds of men may
vary in their different gifts and talents , and the me ? . H 3 of acquiring knowledge , we all come into the world ignorant of even surrounding objects , and our minds arc then prepared to become a void , or have the arts and sciences written upon them in a plain legible hand . The more the mind of man expands tho more he is elevated above the ignorant , and the more he is fitted for every station in life . Your committee feel it a duty to return their thanks to Mr Reid , Principal of the People ' s College , and Dr Small , of Derby road , New Itidi ' ord , for the very able lectures given in Nottingham , on the Sanitary move « ment . ^ This lm long been wanting ; should anyone doubt it , that happens to be more fortunate , let
them visit some of the back or low parts of even Nottinnham , and see the working man living amongst filth , crime , and want , the forerunners of fever , disease , and death and then let him aslt himself , if we have not been too long neglected ? To the higher and middle classes wo would say , 'Gentlemen , remember we are the root of tho social tree , and if that root is impregnated with poison and death , what is to become of the branches , the leaves , the flowers , and the fruit V In conclusion , when the condition ot the labourer is depressed , neglected , and demoralised , the other classes can rest upon no solid foundation . No . 1 Operatives' Library , Rancliffe Arms , SusssastreetNottingham 19 th January .
, , SotraciSM . —It has been rightly observed * that in one point the Atheist is the most credulous man in the world , who believes the universe to . ke the production of chanoo . Addison says thera ia aot a more ridiculous animal than an Atheiai in his retirement . Tho mere light of the gospel cannofcsaire , no taore than the sun can enlighten ft man wfea & bom blind .
Trades' Movements . Ads?Ess ^ Op The Joi...
TRADES' MOVEMENTS . AdS ? ESS ^ op the joist' coMKnj HS ' 5 OF TIIS WEST BHD AND CiT * WOMSN ' 8 MEN , BELONGING TO TBS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION " OP DNITSD TRADES . Fellow Shopman * , —We live in anage ' of selfishness and co . opposition , and . dwell in a land of exaction « snd oppression . Each man , entirely iud . 'ff-rent to the welfare of his fallow creators , appeara only BOlicitouj to promote his own individual interest , evtn though it be to the ruin of his neighbour . It ia from this principle of self-love , that the knowing are taking advantage of the ignorant— the strong of the weak—tho rich of tho poor —and the poor ofono another ; which gives to the rich tho lion ' o share , aad to those who work [ ho hardest , and toil longest , the smallest waxes .
That some members of society should become poor , through idleness , imprudence , or estra » Bgancp , is not surprising ; but for whole cunv . iiunttics to become poor by industry , is monstrous . To labour and . want , and to labour in fear of still greater want even in the midst of abundance , is that which renders the condition ofthe British sh » emaker worse than that of the negro slave . The slave dreads no want of employment—fears no want of bread ; his master U bound by laiv and interest to provide for him and his family . The master oi the black is eompv-Hed by interest to use every means to promote hia health , and protonj :
his life , as he will have to keep hirn while flick ; bury him when dead ; and buy a new one in hia stead . It is otherwise with the journeyman shoemaker : hia master loses nothing either by his death or his discharge , but often gains an advantage by obtaining one in Lis placu to do more work for less wages . Itemfcrnber , the capitalists , as a class , have no sympathy for you ; their chief object-is to obtain from you the greatest possible amount of labour at the very lowest price ; whilst , by reducing wages , or decreasing the numbtr of their workmen , they convert every change and circumstance into profir .
See , then your condition as a body of artisans , an 3 ask yourselves what is ihe remedy ? and the unanimous response will be , —Association , OrgRnisation , and Cooperation . By association alone tan you successfully contend with the monster competition , For one momnut riflect on the miserable pittance , viz : —from pumps , 7 d . to welts , Is . pir pair doled out in nmny parts of tha metropolis , out of which thej . iurncjmaii has to provide tjrindery , candle , and keep his tool * in order ; vihat can he then have left for his family on Saturday night ? Is not this a lamentable state of things ' Yet this is not the worst side of the picture . About SomersTown and Bethnal Green , and the eastern part of the metropolis , a system of middle men has crept in , who employ a large
number of slaves to labour for them at such wages as enables them to serve the manufacturers with women ' s shoes at 15 * . per dozen ! By the effects of such competition tbe condi : ion of tho labourer is becoming worse and worse . The labourer has no protection but by orgauisation . The inonied classes are associating in every possible form and feamro to make more money ; thoy cannot make mors without its coming either directly or indirectly from the labourer . Tl : en nhy not the labourer organise to make his labour more valuable , by demanding better wages for it ? The ' organisation of labour , a question of intensa interest , must soon take the lead of all others , bucauso , for the mass of mankind , it is n question of lifd and death ,
Arouse yourselves , working men , from your apathy and inactivity ! bo no longer the willing slaves of tho unfcelipg roanufacturera , and tho tool of tbe merciless speculators ! The bettering of your condition lies iu your own hands . Tha condition of the working classes has become one of tha great questions of the age ; and if working men will bestir themselves , earnestly and en . thusiastically , to emancipate themselves , the work will be done . Then , sbopmates , let not this call be made in vain , but unite , under the auapiees of the Nation » r . Associjtion or United Tbades , and show to the country , and the world at large , that yon are determined so
longer to submit to the iron arm of capital , but that you are alive to tha instructions given by one of tbe greatest statesmen of the age—Sir Hubert Peel , i . e ., to taUe your own affairs into your own bands ; that whatever has hithtrto occurred to disunite you , shall be in future ob . viated ; that henceforth our motto shall to , ' Onward , and we conquer—backward , snd we fall 1 . ' Then will the clarion of your renown be beard throughout the laud , and you -. vill be blessed as benefactors by generations yet unbsrn , while tho approving voice of conscience will jjvell tbei ; entral symphony , and history will writs your names " VT ^« light i : i the book of immortality .
In order to-carry out the complete orgr . nijatlon of the metropolis , the coroiQit . Nic ' Apf the West Esd and City have united , and will .. liter ciumbers at Gd . each , ou meeting nights , at the King and Q . uecn , Folcy-atree ! - ; the Three Compasses , Little Marylebone-s ' treet ' , Mari'le . bone ; tbe Pish , Fisher-street , Red Lion- ; quare ; the Bull and Bell , Ropemaktr-street , Finsbury ; ibo Mdrquis ofGranby , Kensington ; the Chapel House , Chapel , street , PeritonviUe '; the Britannia , High-street , Hackney ; every Monday evening , at Ihe Globe and Friends , Com . mercial Road East ; and on anv day at N . Cannon ' s . 5 , Baker . street , Commercial Road East ; atG . Greenslade ' s , 21 , Allerton-street , Hoxton ; oral J . Smitnyes ' , Grinder , 27 , Union-street , Marylebone . By order oi the Committee , Tnoius Holmes , Chairman . Jambs Smiihvzs , Secretary .
WisiLATOsr Nailmaksrs . —ReceiTed on behalf of the IIotso Nailmakcra strike , Winlaton , the following subscriptions : — s . d , Winlaton Mill ... ... ... ... 6 6 Swalwtll Smiths ... ... ... ... 8 0 Hawk's Smiths , Gateshead ... ... ... S 3 Duiistan Chainmakera ... .. ... 5 9 Martin Juda , Newcastle ... .. ... a 6 Carlisle Nailers ... ... ... ... 8 5 Abbott's Chain and Nailmakera ... ... 10 0 Winlaton Smiths ... .. ... ... 8 7 North Shields Hailers ... ... ... 10 3 Tyzick ' s Chainmakers , North Shields ... 10 9 Paw's Chainniaiers , North Shields ... ... 7 Hi
Total ... £ 4 0 llj Winlaton . January 10 th . 1848 .
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LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND , IN TRADE UNIONS ASSOCIATED , ON THE NECESSITY OP A CHANGE .
Clothe it in words . —Shehez . Lbtxbr II . Fellow Countrymen , —We will now resume the consideration of the question to which we directed our attention in last week ' s Northem Stas . But before entering immediately upon it , suffer me to return my sincere tbsmka to the Editor of that very excellent journal , for the generous manner in which he responded to my request , of being allowed the free use of its columns for tho insertion of those letters . This done , we will now proceed to our task . And first let me premise , that in order rightly to understand our work , it will be necessary for us to lay down swno nian e ? r > vocedure . We must have
our beginninf-nur basis upon which to rai .-e the slructiirs ctijxi ' . nvination ; so , that as sre movo step by step in the prioress r . f" OU . - * - ' . r ) s >' . 'e may carry with us tho work of conviction uIm . ; . for' i wOBld make the necessity of a change so eio . tr , that their should be no' hinge nor loop to hang a doubt upon . ' I take it for granted that man is the source , viewed both in his individual and corporate capacity , froai whence the institutions of a country , be they whatsoever they may . have their origin , and by which their existence is continued . _ This beinjr the case ( and tho proposition is self-evident ) it follows that the first work of a pioneer in human progress should be an inquiry into the nature of man , as a
physical , moral , and social agent ; tor without a knowledge of the sources from whence all progress can alone proceed , how can it be possible that we should effect the object it which we may aim ? It is true we may obtain a change in the social or political institutions by which we are controlled , and we may call it by the old haekneytd nnmo of reform-, ws may fold our arms wish the self-satisfaction of having accomplished a general gtod ; but when the fit has passed , and wp return to the business of everyday life , how soon we discover our mistake ; and that this has hitherto been the case , I think a single glance at the past and present condition of our order will be amply sufficient to satisfv every working man . Proceed we , then , to the consideration of our
question , and don ' t be frightened at it , for their i » nothing difficult about the inquiry , when stripped of the mantle in which it has been enveloped by man making spiritualists and moral doctors , who hanging like so many leeches to the body of the nation , suck out its very life ' s blood , under the garb of spiritual and secular educationists . Education , indeed ! Who says education ? Why the sleek , greasy mouthed professor oi religion , who can laugh and laugh again , and cry and grow fat upon human misery , receiving in return a goodly stipend for practising a deception upon his poorer brother , willingly yiven by those who extract tha very breath from the labourer , well knowing that they are the teols necessary to enable them to keep up and continue their unrighteous traffic in human ilesh . Ay , human flesh ! for we shall discover , if wa carefully analyse the frand , that despite ail their professions .
the curse of slavery is still with us—a living , active , and thriving reality : and that tho millioi s extracted annually from our excessive toil , are employed to block up the light of tha understanding , rather than to develope tho natural virtues : hence we are poor and degraded ; rendered , by false teaching , mentally incapable of employing a strength of intellect necessary for our emancipation ; and thus , Prometheus-like , we are chained to the rook of despair to be devoured by bo many human vultures , who thrive only upon our sufferings . Awake then , my brothers , to a sense of your slavery , and endeavour to strike off the fetters which have hitherto bound you to this unnatural state of things ; come to the rescue of your order , endeavour to reorganise your numbers—redirect your power ; for that power is indeed great , if once wisely directed . Shall we then now determine to discover what is tight in principle , and morally dare to apply it for our good ; or shall we still continue the same old . ex ploded ,
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worn o ' ' impracticable course . I know that com * " ' „( , » ; Mi 3 t toll ycu , that we cannot fffset any ™™ rhS ^™ n ' '™ <> rard ~ Tb " Bow n-, o where SJ J 2 L r-SiEur „' ¦ ¦» change !«» . Oh ! if we the great Amenity m . - .,,, * it M b knew only the power tbat la £ - . hiects ' aves that impossible for U 3 to c $ ntiflud IB ? « ...,.. ~* ° we are . Examine yourselves tra C < j the pr 5 rtfip » s » which determine both slavery Sfsd freedom—you will find them within us . Are' w 6 eisalavtd , it ] 3 became we have not willed to' & e freemen . Can we not easily discover the natural instincts from whence originate our every thought aiid' action — whether good or bad ; our every institution , whether just or unjust ; - every system of society , however simple and compressed . Are not the attempts which we ara continually making to better our condition , so many evidences of the foreo of that internal power by which we are propelled externally , either progressively or retrogressively ?
It is by the examination of ourselves , then , in the fir st place , by which we shall be enabled to discover the sources of the good aad of vho evil ; nnd frora this we can proceed with safety to every question connected with the well being of humanity . Our every liope , tffori , t . ction , exerrion , am ! aim , is the attainment of happiness . Do we feel hungry , tha physical influence of that feeliim ' s proportionate to its intensity—and we shall lind the philosopher reduced under the circumstance of want to the level with the lowliest beggar , no room for any other thought or ' ccling but the satifyint ; of his natural want . Do we work , it is for this purpose . In whatever character wa view ourselves as men , or in whatever phase ns citizens , whether as mere savages in
the lowest scale of humanity , distinguished only by the extreme of ignorance , and whose principal pleasure is to revel in tbe luxury of human fl « sh , being mere canibals ; or , whether , having advanced a step in promos ? , we find ourselres chasing the wild deer and buffals across the prairie of the western continent , or entrapping them by our ingenuity , or engaged in the lowest menial occupations , either domestic , sedentary or agricultural—our aim is the same ; cr still advancing , we fiiul ourselves engaged in the accumulation of wealth by the many methods of civilised life ; in the enjoyment of every luxury at the expense of tho blood , muscle , and labour of
millions of our fellow creatures ; it is the one omnipotent law —the prolific source from whence arises the varioas forms of society which characterise tho nations of the earth . We , therefore , the wealth producers-the millions—are the base upon which nations can alone be built , and nothing bnt the want of knowledge on our own parts can possibly keep us , who are the most useful of mankind , in the degrading condition of slaves ; and the first evidence of our emancipation will be the devising of soma practical means to secure the fruits of our labour , the want of which is the cause of labour ' s sufferings , and to effect which is the anxious desire of A Twxhtt Teaks' Uxiowsr London , January 12 th , 1848 .
The Wili. Oy Ins Archbishop Of Yobk.—A P...
The Wili . oy ins Archbishop of Yobk . —A pronftfhow the modern pastors of Christ ' s flock walk in the steps of those who were taught to resign worldly goods in the service of heaveii . This will was made only six weeks before his death , and the original was deposited en the 3 rd instant in the archive * of the Prerogative Court of Canterl ury . Tha property' of his Grace is thus bequeathed : —The property he purchased at Cuifaam and Baldon , ia Oxfordshire , adjoining to the Nuneham estate , - ; devised tojhim by the late Earl Harcourt . he devises to such person as may succeed to the Nuneham eatete and lands , and to bo subject to tho devise in the wilL of tho late Earl , but to pay out of the Culharn property £ 40 annually ior the endowment of a school at Nuneham Courtney . The Earl by his will
empowered his Grace to raise £ 15 , 000 for younger children out of tho manors , lands , and estates . In pursuance thereof his Grace appoints £ 10000 to his daughteft Anne Harcourt . To his son George , his successor t & the inheritance of Nuneham and Stanton Ilarconrfi ho leives ail his household property , stores , winea * and consnmable articles at Nuneham , and everything belonging to him on the prernists ( not being heirlooms ) , he paying £ 4000 to the residuary personal estate . His Grace here observes that , 'it having beea the particular wish of our joint benefactor to whom we are indebted for that inheritance , tbat a desi park should be kept up there , I hope that my successor , from regard to hia memory and mine , will con « r 'iue in the park a small herd of deer , »\ ot leas thafi 2 !/ 0 , ' there bdiVA atpusjent about 400 ' The hooka
and pictures in his nib .. are to descend as heirlooms , with th r . ' . v-a ' uev . ''' -. the library at Nuneham he gives such of his boo . maps , prints , and drawings , at Groaveuor-s ' quare ana Bishopthorpe , of which there may not be duplicates at Nuneham , and the remainder he leaves to his son William . The Harcourt plate , which he describes to ba very extensive , and the pictures at Nuneham , aia heirlooms ; he adds to these the portraits of the Marquis of Stafford and the late Duke of Sutherland , which are at Bishopthorpe . The pictures wiohhis Grace found on entering tho palace at Bishcpthorpe 9 are heirlooms of the see of York ; and his Grace makes an addition to them of tho portrait of his late Majesty Kins ; George III . ( by West ) and his 0 WO portrait . Tha pecuniary bequests are as follows :- *
To his sons—Charles , £ 7000 ; Egerton , £ 6000 ; William and Frederick , £ 3000 each ; and Henry anr Francis , £ 1000 each ; and to his daughter Amies , S 7000 . To his grandchildren , namely—Lady Norrey % the six children of hia son William , tho seven chil * dren of his daughter Louisa , to Jane ( the daughter of his son Frederick ) , and to his own niece , Louisa Boethby , £ 1000 each . To others of his family lis Grace had made equivalent presents in his lifetime . To his trustees he leaves £ \ O , 000 for Edward , the eldest son of his son William Vernon Darcourfc , To the ministers and churchwardens of the respective parishes of Bishopthorpe , Sudbury , and Nuneham , £ 500 for eaoh parish to apply the interest annually at Christmas among the poor . To each of his servants a legacy ; and to his own personal man servant aa
annuity of £ 100 , and to his housekeeper £ 600 sterling , for their long and faithful services . All legacies to be free of duty . Ilia Grace concludes his will thus : —Infirmities , always more or less experienced towards the close of a long protracted life , have necessarily connected me more intimately with my dear son Egerton than others of my family , he having been with rre on all occasions , and to whom I am indebted for being relieved from various discomfitures , fo which my important station in the church and the highly responsible duties attached to it . must unavoidably have subjected me ; and he having t ^ t . ceasingly watched my wants , and anticipated my wishes , with an attention my heart fully appreciated , but were I toattempt to give utterance to , I should fail in so doing , I do appoint him my residuary
legatee and sole executor . Dated on the 25 th of September , 1817 . and signed ' E . Ebor . ' Witnessed by W . Gray , solicitor , York , and one of his olerks . Besides the prppertj in the province of York , his Grace died possessed of funded and personal property within the province of Canterbury ' which was estimated for duty at £ 80 , 000 . This venerable prelate , * in hia Oht ;> cir , had held the see of York for a period of forty ; . ; . ' ¦< , the annual revenue of which , bv tho lastretu ; us , . i - given at £ iO , Oii 0 ; upon his tra ' nslstir . n thereto irom the see of Carlisle-,-in December , 180 * 7 . he was then Dr Edward Venables Vernon ; bet on his subsequently acquiring the Nunelwu and Harcourt property , from tho late Earl Uarcouvt , Viscount Nuufhain ( which titles are now extinct ) , lis obtained tha Royal license to use the name of
liarcourt . West Londo . x Asti E . vcxositkb Association , —At the last weekly meeting of the committee of this association , at Clark's Kooms , 114 , Edgeware-road , Mr Pattenden in the chair . Mr George Wiggall moved , and Thomas Wiggall seconded , the following resolution which was carried unanimously : — ' That this association having started the great truth , that all public paiks should be lit up at nigV . t , instead of hein ? locked up , ( especially whtti — as it has been proved , bad characters are locked up in many of them all night , whilst well-disposed persoss , having occasion to pass through such park " , are denied admittance , ) and Her Majesty and Chief Commissioner of tho Woods and Forests . Lord Morpeth , having acknowledged such truth by
causing the entrances to the Bird-Cage Walks to be open all night , the lights airng such walks to be left burning ; and furthermore , causing gas to be laid down along that important line of thoroughfare through such park , which leads from Bsrkcley-street BiTkelcy-souare , Piccadilly , to the Bird-cage Walla aforesaid , it U ihe opinion of this meeting , that tha thanks of thir association are due both to Her Majesty and Livd Morpeth ^ for such re ^ gnition of a common s & nse principle , more especially when they iecoar . ised it at a time when the people , with that stupidity which is ever characteristic of Englishmen , "hen anything is proposed for their gocd , were tho first to oppose it , by predicting that the opening of public parks at nisht would ba productive of crime , which experience lias convinced them , existed only in thoir own imaginations . The thanks of this meet .
mg are therefore given for the services aforesaid , and with a hope , that ere . long the freedom granted to St James ' s Park , will be extended to every other public park , including Hyde Park , which . iwith Kensington Gardens in juxta position with it , forms each night one vast and intolerable enclosure , eight miles in circumference , in the midst of populous iowes . ' On the motion of II . D . Griffiths , the Queen and Lord Morpeth wera elected honorary members for the services in question , tbou < : h not without some opposition as regarded the election of the Q , ueen , it being deemed something extraordinary to recogmsa the services of royalty in that way . After a vote of thanks to Sir Benjamin Hall for his donation to the library , and the transaction of other busies ,, the meeting was adjourned till tho following Monday at half-past seven for eight .
A Hbayt Ska . —A dandy at Dover was lisping out his wish to cross to Calais , ' But / said he , 'I am terribly afraid of the consequences , should there be a heavy sea . ' ' You taay bo sum thoro will , said a bystander , 'for if you go there coold not be a greater swK in the Channel . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15011848/page/7/
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