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      ' he sources of information already in possession of the-Jurase , and suggested the propriety of waiting for the production of a new report which was in preparation . , Sir R . PitEt recommended ^ that , after a few more days' experience , a committee should sit for the minor purpose of devising improvements in the new hall ofthe Commons ; but disapproved of the motion for a miscellaneous inquiry . The house divided' For the motion .,,, 55 Against 85—30 Lord Lcectesascx of Ireland . —On the order for the second reading of the Lord Lieutenancy Abolition ( Ireland ) Bill ,

      Mr . Grattas moved that it be deferred for six month . " , arraigning not only this measure as a breach of faith and an invasion of the rights ot the people of Ireland , but the whole system of administration in that country , which was breedin * a spirit of alienation there . ° Mr . G . A . Hamilton observed , that Ireland would net er cease to be England ' s difficulty until there ws a complete change in the system of legislation arid administration for the former country—an assimilation ef the principles of law and

      administration of the two countries . He reviewed the provisions of the bill , which , after great consideration , he felt it his duty to oppose . Mr . M . O'CosKHi likewise opposed the Bill , the arguments in favour of which he endeavoured to refute . If the abases in the office of Xord lieutenant , and its expense , were arguments for its abolition , they would extend to all government . This hill did not merely deal with an office ; if it passed , it would be the first blow to the connexion of Ireland with this country .

      Colonel Dckse protested against tbe measure as most injurious to Ireland , which bad derived no benefit from the Union , and would suffer more from tbe transfer of her seat of government to England , this measure being only a commencement of the scheme of centralisation . The source of tbe corruption of the Irish government was Dowcingstreei . He should give every possible opposition totheBUL Mr . Roebuck said , the question was , whether the office of Lord-Lieutenant should be abolished , and whether that alteration would be for tbe benefit of the government of Ireland ; aud he asked tbe house

      to deal with this question not with reference to the past , but to the spirit which now actuated this country towards Ireland , which he denied to be hostile . What good did a Lord-Lieutenant do for Ireland ? Had not the Castle of Dublin been a scene of petty intrigues , and , instead of a Secretary of State with real power and responsibility , were there not now two powers—a Lord-Lieutenant in one house , and au Irish Secretary in the other , —the one in the Cabinet and tbe other out of it ? How could the remedy of these evils , the consummation of the great measure of 1800 , and giving the Irish government an Imperial character , possibly injure Ireland ?

      Mr . Co . vollt supported the measure , which was only following out the views of Mr . Pitt , and removing an obstacle to a complete union between the two countries , the benefit to Ireland from the "Union of 1800 being neutralised by a separate and distinct Executive . Mr . Grooan opposed the bill , suggesting various evils which might result from it , and combating tbe few arguments which had been adduced in favour of a measure , which he contended had not been called form Ireland .

      Lord J . Russell said , the objections offered by the . opponents of the bill were not really objections against tbe measure , but sere almost all directed against the legislation by tbe Parliament of the United Kingdom , and , if good for anything , they were in favour , not of maintaining the Lord Lieute nancy , but of abolishing it . The centralising tendency imputed to this measure , connected with Imperial government was no argument against its policy , and his belief was that by this change the legislation for Ireland would more and more resemble that for England . This measure . was intended for the benefit of Ireland , and had been under consideration ever since Lord Clarendon went there .

      After a short struggle and a division Lord Jobs Russell gave way to a call for an adjournment of the debate until Monday next . Other bills were advanced a stage , and Sir W . Somervole had leave to bring ia a bill for taking an account ofthe population of Ireland . The bouse adjourned at one o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , Jose II . HOUSE OP LORDS . —On the motion of tbe Earl of Carlisle , the Court of Chakcert ( Cotisrr Palatise of Lascasieh ) Bill was read a third time and passed . Colonial Goversjiems . —The house having gone into committee on tbe Australian Colonies Bill , Lord Mosteagle moved an amendment , enjoining the immediate establishment of double chambers in the respective colonial legislatures . Earl Guet was convinced that Australia did not at present possess the materials out of which a duplicate chamber could be constructed . Lord Abikgeb supported the amendment , which was opposed by Lord Ltttletos and the Earl of Sr . Germans . After some remarks by Lord Wodehocse in favour of Lord Monteagle ' s suggestion , their lordships divided : —

      -- For the amendment 20 Against 22—2 Their lordships were occupied during the remainder ofthe evening with considering the successive clauses of tbe bill , which were passed up to clause 24 inclusive . Lord Littleton moved the insertion of a clause empowering the Governors of New South "Wales , "Victoria , Tan Diemen ' s Land , and South Australia , with the advice and consent of the Legislative Councils , to repeal all , or any part of 5 th and 6 th Victoria , and 9 th and 10 th Victoria , relative to the sale . of waste lands in those colonies , and any orders issued by Her Majesty in Council in pursuance el such acts or either of them , and to make further or other provisions for th * management of the waste lands , and the appropriation of the money derived from such sales .

      After some discussion the motion was rejected by a majority of 10 . The Bishop of Oxford , in a speech of great length , moved the insertion of a clause regulating tbe Church in the Australian Colonies . Earl Grey , the Bishop of Limerick , and the Earl of Habrowet opposed the motion , which was supported by the Bishop of Salisbury . The motion was ultimately rejected . The house then resumed , the report was brought up , and their lordships adjourned at a quarter before oae o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Speaker took the chair , at twelve o ' clock , iu the New House .

      Satiosal Gallery . —Lord J . Russell moved tbe appointment of a select committee to investigate the condition of tbe National Gallery , and determine the best means of preserving and exhibiting the works of art , which might become national property by bcqueathal or purchase . Agreed to . Extra-Moral Lvtermests . —The consideration in committee of the Metropolitan Interments Bill was then resumed , and jlauses from 30 up to 54 passed . The further committal of tbe bill was adjourned to Friday next at twelve . The Drainage and Improvement of Land Advances Bill was read a third time and passed . The house re-assembled at half-past five .

      Rausgate axd Margate Harbours . —Mr . Macktssos moved for leave to appoint a select committee "to investigate the revenue , condition , and expenditure of Ramsgate and Margate harbours . " After some discussion two divisions took place , one pn a motion by Sir G . Pechell , for adding Dover harbour to tbe subjects of inquiry , which was negatived by 71 votes to 60 . The original motion , for appointing the select committee was afterwards carried by a majority of 78 to 47 .

      Home-made Spirits . —Lord Naas moved tbat the house should resolve itself into a committee to conaider the present mode of levying tbe duty on homemade spirits in bond . Home-made spirits , the noble lord . observed , paid duty when manufactured ; for spirits when taken out of bond . The former , therefore , were subject to an unfair disadvantage in being obliged to pay the duty upon the quantity invariably wasted by leakage , and evaporation , in stored . The morion was seconded by Lord J . Stuart .

      Mr . ' . WiLSO-V stated tbat the differential duty , amounting to 4 Jd . per gallon , allowed upon homemade , spirits , was originally designed to counterbalance the loss of wastage , and was amply sufficient to make the account even . . The . Chancellor of the Exchequer , on rising , was interrupted by loud calls for a division , which he attributed to tbe impatience of the opposition members to snatch a majority by coming to a vote at a moment when their benches were designedly l > etier , filled than those of his side of the house . He explained the danger of loss tbat would accrue to

      the exchequer from any alteration of tho present mode ef assessing the duty at the " wown ' s-end . " Taking" the differential duty allowance into considcratipn ^ he denied that the manufacturers of British spirits had any just grounds for alleging a grievance . rWithin the last few years the consumption of colonial spirits had experienced a very slight increase ,-, while that of home-made spirits was larger by more than { 100 , 000 gallons , proving tbat the dealers ; in the latter had suffered no injury . The house divided—For the motion 85

      Against 53 Majority , _ 32 This result , involving a defeat of the govern ment , was hailed with vociferous cheers by tbe opposition . ' The house then resolved itself into committee , Mr . E . B . Roche in the chair . Two resolutions , embodying the spirit aa the ad-

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      dress of Lord Naas , were then moved by Mr . Forbes Mackenrie , with the object of founding a bill to give effect to tbe principle . The Chancellor of the Exchequer wished the committee to treat these resolutions as he had always desired a ministerial bill to be treated , v « ., to give leave for the introduction of the measure at once , without implying any pledge of its subsequent treatment , and reserving all discussion until the bill came definitively before the house . .

      This suggestion was adopted , and tho resolutions were ordered to be reported on Friday . Isdiah Railwats . — Lord Jocxlw moved for lopies of all papers and correspondence not already before parliament , having reference to Indian railways , and especially to the Madras and Avcot line . The noble lord enlarged upon the importance of facilitating the construction of lines of railway intercommunication in India , dwelling chiefly upon the encouragement they would afford to the production of cotton in that country .

      Mr . Wilson , speaking on the part of the government , expressed his entire concurrence with the motion and purpose of the hon . member . He had himself taken measures for procuring information on many points of Indian railway enterprise , which it was their sincere desire to foster . Mr . Aglionby and Sir E . Colebbooke having added some remarks , Mr . Hume gave his testimony to the extreme value that railways would possess in India , and complained that the government had allowed tbe Madras line to fail for lack of encouragement .

      Sir J . C flonnoBSE concurred in approving the motion oi Lord Jocelyn ; but exonerated the ministry from any share of blame on account of the failure ofthe Madras railway scheme . After a few words from Mr . R . Maxqles , the motion was agreed to , and the papers ordered . Mr . Ewart , on account of the lateness of the hour , postponed the motion of which he had given notice for leave to bring in a bill for abolishing capital punishment . Tbe hon . member added , that he should bring forward his measure upon the first opportunity . The house adjourned at eleven o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , Svsz 12 . HOUSE OF COMMONS .- On the first order of the day , for going into committee upon tbe Land-Lonn asd Tenant Bill , Colonel Smiaoup moved that it be deferred for six months , with a view of defeating the bill , which was supported by Mr . S . Crawford , who , however , did not think it went far enough . After a brief discussion the amendment was negatived upon a division by sixty-five against twentytwo , and the house went into committee upon tbe bill , the clauses of which were agreed to .

      i Court of Chancery Bill . — Mr . Turner I moved the second reading of this bill . It dealt , he said , with Chancery reform ( of the necessity of which he expressed himself plainly convinced ) upon an entirely new principle , one that would simplify and assimilate the pleadings in all cases , and do away with the delay and expense which brought opprobrium upon the court ? The Solicitor-General would not oppose the bill , of much of which he decidedly approved . He had himself a bill before the house with similar objects . He complimented Mr . Turner upon the care and ability he had bestowed upon the subject , and hoped , in committee , to render much of the bill available for legislation . Mr . Page "Wood supported the bill- which was read a second time . The Burgess Lists Bill was , upon an amendment moved by Colonel Sibihorp , rejected .

      Tenements' Rating Bill . —Mr . Halsey moved the third reading of this bill , which was strongly opposed b y Mr . P . Scbofe , Mr . HoiCR , aud other members , and supported by Mr . Baines . Upon a division the motion was earned by ninetyfour againstfifteen . Mr . Cockburn having moved a clause saving to the occupier of a tenement of whicb the owner had paid the rates all privileges and franchises to which he would have been entitled bad he been rated . Sir J . Graham urged that as this was an important alteration , and as they were on the verge of six o ' clock , its consideration should be postponed . The debate was accordingly adjourned until that day three weeks , and the house then adjourned . THURSDAY , June 13 .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . —University Commission —Lord Monieaglr moved for copies of letters and communications relating to the intended University Commission . The noble lord hoped the government would be disposed to falter in their ceurse , aud wait until parliamentary interference was asked for by the Universities themselves . After some discussion tbe motion was agreed to , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-County Courts Extension Bill . —The house went into committee on this Bill . A division took place on the appeal clauses proposed by Mr . Crowder , which were negatived by 108 to 25 . The bill passed through committee .

      PobucJiIbbabies and Museums Bill . —Mr . Ewart moved the going into committe on this bill . Colonel SmiHOBP opposed the motion , consider ing that it was better to provide the people with food and with manly amusements than with rubbishing reading . After a discussion , in which Mr . Hume , Colonel Chatterton , Mr . Spooner , and other members took part , the house divided , and Mr . Ewart ' s motion wascarredby 8 7 to 21 : but the committee was afterwards adjourned to Wednesday next . Marriages Bill . —The house went into committee on this bill . Clause 3 being put ,

      Mr . Rounbell Palmer moved the insertion of words to prevent any member of tbe churches affected by the bill , who should contract marriage with a wife ' s sister , from being exempted , by the bill , from any spiritual or ecclesiastical censure or punishment to which he mi ght otherwise be exposed by reason oi such marriage , and to prohibit any sentence for restitution of conjugal rights from being pronounced by any ecclesiastical court in any suit between the parties to any such marriage . After a lengthened discussion Mr . R . Palmer ' s amendment was negatived by 145 to 103 ; majority , 42 . Colonel Chatterton moved an amendment to tbe effect , that Ireland be excluded from the operation of the bill .

      After considerable discussion the committee divided , when the amendment was negatived by 132 to 114 ; majority , 18 . The bill was then reported . The General Board of Health Bill went through committee . * / The other business having been disposed of , the house adjourned at twenty minutes to two o ' clock . ( From our Third Edition of lost weelc . ) FRIDAY , June 7 . HOUSE OF LORDS . — Expedition to Cuba . — Lord Brougham asked for . information respecting

      the American piratical expedition to Cuba . The Marquis of Lansdowne said that it could not be denied that the expedition had taken place , but that the United States government had done all in its power to prevent it . Several bills were forwarded a stage , and their Lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — The house met at twelve o ' clock , and was occupied during the whole of tbe morning sitting , in committee , with the Drainage and Improvement of Land Advances BUI . The house re-assembled at five o ' clock ,

      National Gallery . — Col . Rawdon having put some queries touching the condition ofthe pictures in the National Gallery , Lord J . Russell said that in the course of next week he intended to move fot * a select committee to investigate some information which , had lately come into the hands ofthe government on the subject of the gallery , and which included a further report from , Ihe gentlemen , who had been instructed to inquire into tbe condition of the paintings . Resignation of the Lord Chancellor . —Mr . Stuart complained tbat , according to the rumours in professional circles , the great seal was to be placed in commission .

      Lord J . Russell admitted the truth of the rumours , but observed that tbe arrangement was temporary , and would endure only while tbe government were deciding on the course to be adopted as to the separation of the judicial and tbe political functions of the Lord Chancellor . The noble lord promised to inform the house of their determination on this point upon Monday , tbe 24 th inst . Metropolitan Interments Bill . —The house then went into committee on the Metropolitan Interments BUI , which was resumed at the 24 th clause . The discussion upon a variety of verbal amendments to the subsequent clauses occupied the

      remainder of the evening . The 20 th or compensation clause , was the principal subject of debate , and more than one division was taken upon successive amendments , for reducing the sum to bo paid to the metropolitan clergy for each burial in the proposed extramural cemetery , which the government had fixed in the bill at Cs . 2 d . Considerable majorities were recorded agamsfc the amendments , but tllO Olljectors persisting the clause W ! , ultimately postponed , and the chairman reported progress , upon the understanding that the committal of the bill was to be proceeded with at a morning sittinc on Tuesday next . b °

      A division took place upon th e question ofthe morning sitting , which was affirmed by 123 votes to 26 . The Judges of Assize Bill , consisting of a single clause , passed through committee . Tbe bouse adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock .

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      <• Come one come aft . this rock shall fly , From its firm base as soon as I . " TO THE ciARTISTS . Mr Friends , I now address you from Edinburgh ; yesterday we had a Conference , which sat from twelve to two , and from three till nearly seven . The delegates were W . Lindsay , for Aberdeen ; Brown , Glasgow ; M'Kinon , Paisley ; Bremner and Burkitt , Edinburgh ; Rev . Mr . Duncanson , Falkirk ; Campbell , League of Progress , Edinburgh ; Davis , Democratic Tract Society , Edinburgh ; and Feargus O'Connor . Yoa will see the business performed , in the " . Star . ' . ' At night we

      had a meeting in the GRAND Waterloo Rooms , crowded to suffocation ; Mr . Lindsay , delegate for Paisley , in the chair . Your young friend Tomlinson , the Rev . Mr . Duncanson , and your humble servant , were the only speakers . I shall not say . a word of my own speech , but I may tell you that those of Tomlinson and the Rev . Mr . Duncanson , delighted the audience . In the palmy days of Chartism , I never had such a reception J and at tho close of the business a vote of confidence in Feargus O'Connor was carried amid vociferous cheers , clapping of hands , and waving of hats . When tbe business was

      over , and a vote of thanks given to the chairman , I enrolled twenty-six Chartist members , who took out their cards , and paid one shilling each . It was a soul-stirring sight to see the real enthusiasm of the men of MODERN ATHENS . The Conference again met at twelve to day ( Tuesday ) to adopt an address to the Chartists , for the purpose bf putting down all disunion amongst their leaders . In the " evening , I am going to meet the OLD GUARDS of Gorgie Mills at a tea party ,

      and then in public meeting ; to morrow ( Wednesday ) I shall be in Carlisle , and Thursday , atNewcastle ; Friday , Sunderland ; and Saturday , at an out-door meeting ofthe miners ; and perhaps you may he glad to learn , that the cheers of the working classes have quite recruited my health and strength . In next week ' s " Star , '' I shall address another letter to Lord John Russell , giving him a true and faithful account of what be may expect if he longer withholds the people's rights by a packed Parliament .

      TUESDAY'S CONFERENCE . The Conference met at twelve o ' clock oh Tuesday , when the following address was presented by the Rev . Mr . Duncanson ; its adoption was moved by Mr . O'Connor , seconded by Mr . Burkitt , and unanimously adopted ; after which , a hearty vote of thanks was given to Mr . Duncanson , for his address and his exertions in the people ' s cause . Some other business was then transacted , when a unanimous vote of thanks were given to Mr . O'Connor , and the Conference separated , in tho greatest harmony , it being agreed upon that a Conference should be held in Aberdeen , June , 1851 , and that delegates he-appointed in different localities and exchanged as lecturers every three months . Here follows the address .

      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT

      BRITAIN AND IRELAND . THE ADDRESS OP THE SCOTTISH DELEGATES AT EDINBURGH , IN CONFERENCE ASSEMBLED , 10 rn JUNE , 1850 . Friends , —The great cause of democracy has obtained another impetus by our meeting in Edinburgh . Our numbers were not great , but our spirit was unity . Much that refreshed the mind and pleased the heart , was brought out by the several delegates assembled from the various quarters . In the midst of the many cheering—' the many satisfying — the

      many heart-inspiriting details , there was one which distressed our feelings and damped our spirits—one , which , although existing , is not unremovable ; and , which we hope and earnestly wish will he speedily , and for ever removed . We allude to certain differences of opinion and animosity of feeling that exist among those who have taken a lead in the Chartist movement , who ought otherwise to have been united , heart and soul , in working out , with the greatest possible expedition and success , their own political interest , and those of their fellow-men .

      That difference of opinion may exist is not only possible but probable , and our movement would he a strange exception to the past history and present notices-tbat we are receiving of other movements , if division of opinion did not exist . All men are not equally old—all ore not equally educated—all have not the same mental organisation—all have not occupied the same circumstances—and how can they come , on all questions , to the same precise determination ? Gentlemen , we do not expect—for the expectation would he futilethat you will all see with the same eyes , hut we certainly do expect that you will all labour

      unitedly in the same good cause . Is the cause of Chartism to suffer at the hands of any of its friends ? Surely , not ! That it has suffered for their animosities is a recorded fact . We allude to no particular strife—we mention no name—hut we take up all strifes , and all names , and we say such things should not be . Is there not enough of opposition to our principles in the country ? Have we not many enemies ? Are there not some—nay manythat do rejoice in these divisions , and would foment the same to the utmost of their power ? but are they friends to the cause ? No ! Every sincere friend will lament such divisions , and do the utmost

      in his power to heal them up . It is the earnest desire of the Scottish delegates , now that circumstances are grown brighter without , that there should be no dissension within , assembled as we are within sight of a pillar sacred to the memory of the noble , the magnanimous soulstwho fell iu the cause many years ago , but whose memory stands rivotted in every Scotchman ' s mind , and indelibly impressed on every Scotchman ' s heart , tbe necessity for union—for action—for concentration becomes intensely strong . Why should not all submerge their differences in the great cause ? if all strive to be leaders where is the body ? and if all is body where are the leaders ? there is a necessity for

      both ; let us mark this ! While we rally round principles , —while we make our central points great ideas , let us never forget to view with admirationto mark with deference—and receive with gratitude the labours of that man or of those men , who enunciate those principles best , and work out those ideas into the greatest amount of happiness ; This is well—this is manly—this is rational . What gives our enemies power ? Disunion . What will increase it ? Disunion . What will annihi * late it ? Union . Let only the masses learn their power—know their power—concentrate their power—and their chains are broken ; but let them dissipate that power in division , and thev aro

      weak as water . Let us study tho past—let us learn from the present—and lot us know that the future will yield no other lesson than the past has given and the present gives , viz ., that " union is strength . " What is the mi g hty ocean—what the whirlwind—what the cloud that covers the face of heaven—what the avalanche—what the thunder storm—what the volcano ? are not these and all their mighty effects the result of union . And what is -the tornado of public opinion—the tempest of public indignation—but the accumulated power of accumulated wrongs bursting on the heads of those that gave them existence ? If such a power is to bo gained , mighty sovereign , overwhelming it can onlv

      bo obtained by doing the magnanimous act o " f sinking all past differences . What man that wishes well to thfl ^ cause of Chartism would not shako tho hand of friendly amity over tho past ? "Whv embitter the future ? Why sow division ? Why enkindle hostile feeling ? Is it proper—is it wise—is it patriotic ? Wo wish to lose no friends ; we wish to sacrifice no man ; we desiro to keep all we have got and gain more ; but necessity calls upon us ; Chartism calls upon us ; our country ' s good calls upon us ; to separate from friends who will

      m-o-tract strife and . continue division . Wo wish for peace , but your " voice is still for war . " What is to be done ? Let this course be done , viz ., the abstaining from all hostile attitude and foelinc and all is peace . b . It is possible you may have been injured , severely injured ; it is possible that what you say is true all true , but can it not be passed over ? to evr is lmman , —could you not perform tho liberal greatsouled act to obliviate the past , and set your-^ fn „ o ;* gai x ' withal- your former ardour and impetuosity , to carry forward the cause in whicb

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      your energies were previously embarked ? Wtthink that this is not merely possible , but that you will do it , and tbat our ears shall hear no more , and our eyes" see no more , and oui hearts be pained no more , with private or public appeals on questions of personal wrong and Iniury . AH men have injured , and all men have been injured . What good purpose can it serve —nay , what injury will it engender , to hav < - these things constantly paraded before the pub lie ? It can only serve to raise parties on botb sides , and the cause of Chartism to perish between them . Awake ! we say , awake ! we have had enoug h ofthe gloomy ; let tho lethargic sleep , anil the diseased action of the past give way to the

      healthy tone ot the future . Our cause advances What was a little cloud , now covers tho heavens ; what was small , pent-up , po werless , is becoming mig hty and gigantic ; the little babethat slept in its cradle only a few years ago , clothed with infantine weakness , and only rocked into coming age and strength by tho enlightened and liberal few , haspui on herculean pro portion and muscular limb , is being cradled into full maturity by the brawny arm oi toil , and the blistered hand of stalwart strength . Shall we arrest its progres ? No ! we shall agrw to disagree , and disagree to agree again ; we shall forbear with each other , and forgive each other ; wo shall go on , unitedly , to spread the principles ol mine democracy and Chartist doctrines . All thiit

      will benefit tho mind , all tbat will expand tbe intellect , all that will refine the heart , all that will make man politically free , physically happy , intellectually great , and morally pure , shall form our creed , and constitute our confesssion of faith . Let the Charter—the bill of our rights , and deed of our emancipation—stand in the foreground—let it be the grand rallying point , but around it let us cluster information on all subjects ; let us endeavour to raise the people at once to political , intellectual , and social greatness , convinced , as we are , that these combined can alone give a permanent , consolidated , and happy state ' of society . Now let divisions cease ; let all personal quarrels come to an end . We have caught but a glimpse of the

      grand future ; let us hasten forward to its full realisation . Let us mark in man ' s mental power aiid capability , his lofty , intellectual , and physical destiny , and let us not arrest bis onward progress or his upward flight . Let us use the platform , tho pulpit—let us cause the Press to teem with publications—let us employ lecturers—let us circulate tracts—let us rub our minds together—let us know that these are a great intellectual machinery , a mental hone , a vast grinding stone , to give brain to tbe masses , and edge to their souls . Let us not differ on small matters ; let great principles be our object . Why should there be two bites of a cherry ? let us swallow it at once ! Let our earnestness of intention be marked by our

      jjreatness of purpose . Let us read to other nations the lesson that we are truly great , and permanently great , only in the rapid and constancy advancing development of our intellectual power ; let us show them , that political influence can only be truly useful when coupled with intellectual strength , and let us seek to fire them with a sacred enthusiasm , to emerge from any darkness that may becloud their intellects or block up their way ; let us teach them the lesson , that the power of their foes finds its basis in the ignorance of the people , and that so soon , and only so soon as the people grasp intellectual strength , will they truly and permanently grasp political power . That the people nave made vast progress in

      intelligence within the last few years , is the curfew that tolls the knell of departing despotic sway ; it is the power that will soon set to rights the wrongs of the past—the errors of ages shall be swept away by its influence—the excrescences that have gathered on the body politic shall be excised with unsparing bandand the towering aristocratic institutions that have been built on the ignorance and consequently powerlessness and insipidity ofthe masses , shall find their appropriate . place in that unredeemed darkness from whence they emerged . The change may be noiseless , but it will be complete ! We wish well to all classes , but our wishes are too vast , too benevolent , too expansive , to allow one class to rule dominant over another ; if all are engaged for a

      common good , let all enjoy the common benefit ; if we are to be associates in labour , let us be associates in results ; if our skill , our power , our sweat , our toil , is to turn the rough materials ef nature into tbe polished luxuries of life , wby should we live in cellars and struggle on in poverty ? Is there here proper division , proper distribution ? Surely society , constructed on such principles , is rotten in its basis , and corrupt in all its workings . Never until there is a reconstitution , and a more equitable constitution and distribution of material good between the employer and employed ; the ruler and the ruled shall , with the under current tbat is moving society , be stopped , or the upheavings of noisy powerful commotion below , cease to

      tear up society , and widen tbat chasm already broadly yawning between the employed and the employer , the ruled and tbe ruler . Let the working classes know their grand mission is to enlighten each other , and set themselves to it ; every step is onward , all in this direction is upwards let the Lethean waters cover the past—letits bickerings , its animosities , its invectives be buried in one grave—entombed in a common oblivion—sepulchred in eternal forgetfulness—and let hope ' s brightest ray light up the future . We have reached , fellow democrats , the object of our wishes ; it has been to pour oil on the troubled waters , and we hope it will serve to soften

      down the existing billows , and save the agitated surface from being lashed into a storm . We say surface , for we believe the agitators have never penetrated deeply into the movement , and tbat they have not touched its core we are certain and sure of , and the thing they never can . The movement is too deeply based—it is too much inwrought with the lives , the rights , the liberties of tbe people to be shaken by any sectional disturbance , or even central agitation . So mighty is the movement—so true and just its claim—so strictly is it connected with our country ' s good , and the benefit of unborn generations , that were the present leaders to leave the field others would seize the reins and lead the

      masses on to victory . There is no time to lose—there is no opportunity to fight each other ; we want alike the time and the inclination—we have need of all the Intelleetual energy we can bring into the field—all the good feeling we can throw into the movement—all the time we can devote to its general or its most important parts—all our present union of heart and soul ; influence and money is too little , we want more , and cannot suffer what we have to be abridged . Away , then , with party strife ; be men —bepatriotic—bo friends , and let the country again be unitedly rallied from the Land ' s End to John O'Groats , on tbe great question—the Charter , and all its political immunities and benefits , and No Surrender . Wm . Linpsby , Chairman . I trust that the above address will have the desired effect .

      GORCIE-MILLS . On Tuesday I attended a meeting at G-orgie-Mills . I arrived there at five o ' clock , and walked about the works where the men were engaged , for a considerable time , and then over twenty acres of ground , cultivated by a Mr . Milier , and when I come to give you a description of the rent he pays , the number of hands he employs , and the profit he makes , you will laugh at my ridiculous calculations as to the value of land , when I inform yoa that a Chartist of Gorgie-Mills pays £ 26 a year for one acre and three-quarters of land . I , together with many others , drank tea with

      a fine good Old Guard , named Clarke , and he entertained us most cheerfully and most hospitably . ¦ In the evening we had our , meeting in the School-room , which was crammed ; we had a noble veteran OLD GUARD in the chair , and I never had a more hearty and enthusiastic reception . They liked and applauded my speech . Your young friend Tomlinson followed mo . I did not hear him , as I was obliged to leave , but I am told that he made an admirable speech . The following is the Address with ^ which I was presented , and which , if possible , weds mo more dearly to the GOOD CAUSE : —

      10 FBAROUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ ,, M . P Govgie Mills , Juno 11 th . Dear , Honourbd and Rkspectki ) Sin , '—We , tho Democrats of this place ,, hail this important occasion with inestimable joy and delight . An occasion which has honoured us with the presence of one , whom all true lovers of justice and humanity cannot but admire , ono who has so long , consistently and ardently strove , iu defiance of every danger , to emancipate his follow men from the political and social thraldom to which ho has been so long subjected , Sterling , patriotic , and philanthrop ic sir , your years of untiring zeal and disinterested devotion to tho advocacy of tho rights of labour-your straightforward and manlopposition to the tyrants and

      y spoliators of the human race—p lace the working classes under a debt of everlasting gratitude for those valuable services . We , therefore , gratefully acknowledge you as our noblo and manly leader , and hope that your invaluable life may bo long spared you for a blessing to the human race . Go on , noblo and admired sir , in the great and good cause stand by the helm of the good old ship , with the Charter proudly floating at her mast-head , and let us battle beneath her , until victory ' s gale doth waft us over tuo wreck of class misrule , and land us safe in 'tho port of happiness , wherein we may partake of that glorious feast—Liberty . e > Come , lovers of liberty , round and . i'ound , Your voices will raise with a joyful sound ;

      <• Come One Come Aft . This Rock Shall F...

      You toil-worn millions rejoice with a cheer , Your day of redemption is drawing near ; Unfurl your banners , and proudly them wave , To honour the worthy , the nohle , ana brave ; Go echo the tidings , o ' er woodlands and hills , The Hon of freedom is in Gorgie Mills . We hail our great patriot with raptures of joy ; Vile tyranny we hope he will livedo destroy . In the House of Corruption our cause he maintains , Undaunted . and fearless of prisons , orchains , like a rook on the ocean surrounded with foam ; Our great Garibaldi , the hero of Rome , May Heaven protect Wm from troubles nnd *»»; Is the Democrats' prayer of Gorgie Mills ,

      We are , dear , honoured and respected Sir , In behalf of the Democrats of this place , Yours fraternally , J . Chalmers , Wm . Sommkrvimb , Alex . M'Donalo , Pmn M'Neil , Wm . Meohan . To-night I address the men of Carlisle ; and all the meetings that I have . attended has increased , if possible , my affection for the working classes .

      CARLISLE . On Wednesday night we had a most splendid meeting in Carlisle . The Athenaeum , a large and commodious place , was crowded to suffocation—not room for a child . A fine veteran OLD GUARD , Mr . Nichow . — a Teetotaller for thirteen years—took the chair , and made a most admirable „ and eloquent address , defining the state of the different countries of Europe , and the cause of English poverty , which he properly attributed to ENGLISH DISUNION . I gave them a speech of an hour and a half , which appeared to give general satisfaction ; when the following resolution was unanimously and most enthusiastically carried , with several rounds of cheers : —

      ' * That the thanks of this meeting are hereby tendered to Mr . O'Connor for his hitherto steadfast and undeviating advocacy of the principles contained in the People's Charter . We also assure him that he has our unbounded confidence , and , so long as he acts in the same straightforward manner , that confidence he will retain , in spite of open foes or pretended friends . " v . > ' I am now at Newcastle , and I am told that we are to have a bumper . On my arrival , I

      received a letter from Robert Wilkinson , which , to my great mortification , will prevent me from visiting the good men of Sunderland , to-day ( Friday ) , and will also prevent me from being at the miners' meeting on Saturday , but I promise soon to make up the loss . After the meeting to-night I start for London by the eleven o clock train , in order to assist the factory operatives with my poor power ' in the SHOW BOX ; and I feel convinced that the miners and the men of Sunderland will feel

      satisfied with tho conrse I am upon principle compelled to take . Perhaps my friends will be glad to learn that my tour has given me increased health , spirits , and hope .

      NEWCASTLE . Last night I attended a splendid meeting in Newcastle , at eight o ' clock . Our old friend Martin Jude w » b in the chair , the whole audience appeared to he more than gratified with ray speech ; at the conclusion of which the following address , which had been unanimousl y adopted , was presented to me by the Irishmen ' s Association .

      * o mnous o'conkob , esq ., m . p . Honoured akd Respected Sir , — We , the Irish Democrats of Newcastle-on-Tyne , in public meeting assembled , have resolved to address you as one of a brave and chivalrous race , who sacrificed both life and property in the cause of our beloved , but still oppressed country . We would be unworthy of the name of Irishmen , did we fail at this moment to express to you our deep sense of gratitude , for the honourable and disinterested appeal to tbe Chartists of England , in behalf of our organ , tbe Irishman ; scorning minor self-consideration , you have come nobly forward to relieve the last breath of our disaffection , and to rouse the dormant energies of a down-trodden and despised people , and urge the hereditary bondsman to burst his Slavish fetters and be free . But , sir , your noble deeds shall

      not die , tbey shall live in tbe affections of Irishmen , and the name of O ' Connor , coupled with the names of our glorious martyrs and exiles , shall be marked with honour and esteem in the brightest pages of Ireland ' s history . Accept , honoured sir , this tribute of respect , gratitude , and sympathy , from our countrymen in exile ; influenced by the teachings of tho Irishman , we shall continue - 'to work for our country honestly and fearlessly , we shall contribute our mite in feeding the watch sentinels of liberty , and cherish within our bosom the stern principles of Mitchel , so unceasingly - promulgated by the Irishman ; and you , the brave veteran patriot * who have so nobly battled for the rights of both Saxon and Celt , we shall onwards to freedom ' s goal , till within the sunshine of our own green hills we may with our Saxon brethren sing the " Hosannah" of nations free .

      Signed on behalf of the meeting , James M ' jSallv , Chairman . Michael M * Cum , a < jh , Secretary . A vote of thanks , and a vote of confidence in me , was passed amid tremendous cheering . London , Friday morning , I am now in London , having left Newcastle and travelled all night , in consequence , of having received the subjoined letter from Egbert Wilkinson . Ever your Friend , and Uncompromising Advocate , Feargus O'Connor .

      2 , Northumberland Court . Honoorbd Sir , —I beg to apprise you that the Factory Bill of the government will be brought up on Friday , the 14 th , when Lord John Manners will submit to tbe house his important amendment , whicb , if carried , will make it an efficient Ten Hours Bill ; and hearing that you are in Scotland , and knowing that you are anxious to confer this blessing on the women and children of England , we beg io submit to your consideration the propriety of your attendance in the house . I am , Dear sir , on behalf of tbe delegates , Your obedient Servant , June 10 th . R . Wilkinson .

      Dr. M'Douall's Release From Prison. To T...

      DR . M'DOUALL'S RELEASE FROM PRISON . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —I have the joyful intelligence to communicate to you of the release of Dr . M'Douall from Kirkdale Gaol , this-day . Please to intimate , in the same notice , that the Doctor ' s Testimonial Committee request all monies subscribed for that purpose , to he forwarded immediately to Mr . Andrew M'Fee , 6 , Augustine-street , - St . Martin ' s , Liverpool . I am , yours truly , Liverpool , W . L . Costine . June 12 th , 1850 .

      ! ®%Rvtifit Mtuiqtmt. The Executive Comm...

      ! ® % RVtifit MtUiQtMt . The Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , met at the Office 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , June 12 th . —Present , Messrs . Reynolds , Davis , Grassby , Miles , Stalhvood , Milne Brown , and Arnott . Mr . W . Davis in tho chair . A communication was read from Mr , Gill , relative to tho late delegate meeting at Hebden Bridge . Tho Secretary , was instructed to write to Mr . Williams , who acted as Secretary to the

      delegates , and from whom all information relative to that subject must be obtained . The Secretary reported that the subscription cards for Democratic tracts were now ready , and can be obtained by application at the office . The auditors reported that they had examined the accounts from tho period of the Provisional Committee taking office ,- until tho election of the Executive , and found them correct . The following resolutions were then passed unanimously : — " That a metropolitan delegate council , consisting of members of the

      Association , he immediatel y called into existence . " " That each locality be empowered to send one delegate , and any locality having thirty or more members , shall bo permitted to return two . " " That the first meeting of such council he held on the first Sunday in July , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , at the City Chartist Hall , 26 , Golden-laue , Barbican . " ' - That the several localities in and round London , he hereby requested to proceed at once to the election of good and proper men as delegates . '' A letter was read from West

      ! ®%Rvtifit Mtuiqtmt. The Executive Comm...

      Bromwicb , announcing the formation ( 7 * locality , and enclosing six shillings aa J . » first contribution . Arrangements were tv made for the meetings at the South W Hall , on Monday , and also for the John-l meetings on Tuesday evening , and the < V ' mittee adjourned until Wednesday even ?* Juno the 19 th . % PMKRBOROuan . —The following * esolution 8 » unanimously passed at a meeting held at e a "? ley ' s , on Monday evening :- " That tho beittki

      of this meeting are aue , ana nereby given tnT , O . Reynolds and Mr . J . Harney , for their » and advocacy ofthe People ' s Charter- alsnT their bold and manly defence of the French r other refugees , who have had to flee their * " * countryand seek shelter from their and the S " pie ' s enemies , in this and other countries for , ?*?* advocacy of the cause of the Proletari ,. ? « That Mr . G . Reynolds and Mr . J . Harney R responded with respecting the holding of aC . W camp meeting on an early day , and that thev u •* vifced to attend the same . " ' - »•

      STAMBniDOE . —At a meeting of members * u on Sunday afternoon , in tneir meetine rn Quarry street , High-street , after the enrolment t several new members the following resoluti were unanimously agreed to : — " That we a £ 1 to the Chartist Executive for cards . ¦'_« *? - * a subscription list be immediately opened for P wife and family of Dr . M'Douall , and our J } 9 friend Hooper . " - " That in future the * Sj meeting be held on , Tuesday evenings instead n ? Monday evenings . " - " That a democratic dinner bo held in the Chartist meeting room , on StaWbri' ! Wakes Monday . ' * S 8 The Society for Democratic and Social Pnn » , oandism met at tho Teetotal Hall , 41 , Tottenham " court-road , on Thursday evening , June 13 th v Cotteral in the chair—when Mr . J . B . UruTm * elected secretary , and Mr . Wood treasurer It w » resolved— " That meetinfa be held every Thur Ja »

      evening at tne above Hall , and the suburban A \ t tricts—Camberwell , Wandsworlh , Kennin £ ton lIam mersmith , Bow , & e ., are requested to communS with the secretary , relative to holding meeting forming localities , & c . " After the transaction of other business , the meetuig adjourned until Thu « day evening next . The secretary ' s address is J b Leno , printer , 4 a , Johnson s-court , Fleet-street Stockport . —A members meeting was held on Sunday , the 9 th instant , at the Association Room for the purpose of receiving the report of the dele ' gate meeting held at Hebden Bridge , on Sunday " the 26 th of May ; Mr . Bridge in the chair . Soma routine and financial business having been dianospd

      of , the delegate , Mr . Williams , delivered in his re . port , which was adopted , and the following reaolu . tion passed : — "That we send in our adhosion ( a * the Provisional Committee , and forthwith send or cards of membership . " Greenwich . —The council of this town have issued the following address in the form of hand bills , in virtue of resolutions adopted on th e 15 th of April last , at which time they were appointed : — " Fbuow Men , —In virtue of the above appoint , ment , we venture to invite your co-operation to carry out fully the all-important objects of the National Charter Association . We feel confident that our movement contains the germs of future

      national well-being . No other political movement ofthe present day { however widely disseminated or supported by , the opulent classes ) presents sa many claims to public confidence as the one we have the honour to represent . It is supported , extended , and managed , by working men , who havo stood nobly forward in the cause or freedom . Thet * are some parties who object to working men managing any movement , Is there objection reasonable ? Surely not , when we can refer with . pride to the fact , that the whole country is dependent on our order for the constant and regular sup ply of all the comforts and elegancies of life—it is their matchless and untiring industry—their ener .

      eetic and unequalled perseverance to triumph , that has given to England her commercial importance It is to their general-intelligence and unparalleled ingenuity that we owe all the great improvements cf . civilised life—nay more , all the bright ornaments that have cast a halo of glory over Britain , and over the habitable world , inspiring bumanity with glorious resolves , with elevating , cheering , and ennobling thoughts , have risen from the working classes . ' Your demands are unreasonable , ' exclaims a second party . If fhey are so , we know it nst—fellow workmen , judge ye our demands : —We demand a national , unseotarian educational system ,

      We demand manhood Suffrage , and paid M . P . ' s , We demand fair wages and certainty of employment for every man willing to work . We demur to taxation without representation . We demur to the union of Church and State . We demur to a fictitious national debt . We are dissatisfied with the present Poor Laws , tbe Game Laws , the Laws of Primogeniture , and with a thousand other burdens , too numerous to mention , under which we are now groaning . Thus we appeal to all who are like ourselves dissatisfied , to assist in agitating for the sublime principles of the Peopkrs Charter , which , when practically carried out , will deliver us from class legislation—the source of those evils—and lead us to peace , plenty , and happiness . "

      Pattcrnai Nanu Aromuanv

      pattcrnai nanu aromuanv

      Ne Wcastle-Cpon-Ttne. —At Tbe General Qu...

      Ne wcastle-cpon-Ttne . —At tbe general quarterly meeting ofthe Newcastle-upon-Tyne branch of the National Land Company , held on Sunday , June 2 nd ; Mr . T . Forrest in tbe chair , the following resolutions were unanimously passed : — "That the directors be requested by the members of this branch , to issue a notice calling a conference at the usual annual period , and that the directors give the branches at least six weeks' notice when and where such Conference shall . be held . "—" That the secretaries of tbe various branches take immediate

      steps to ascertain how many members there is m each branch , that are willing to carry on the Company as originally intended , with a view of devising the best means that can be employed to re-purchase the shares of the dissatisfied members , so that the Company may be conducted to a successful issue . " —" Thatthe members of this branch respectfully suggest to Mr . Thomas Clark , the propriety of his resigning the office of a director of the Land Company , as tbe members of this branch have completel y lost confidence in that gentleman , and they also think that the majority ofthe members of the various branches throughout the country , have also lost their confidence in Mr . Thomas Clark . ' Whittinotos am ) Cat . —At the weekly meeting of members , it was resolved !— " That a vote of thanks be given to Mr . Davis , silk dyer , for the handsome manner in which he advanced the money

      for the London district to pay the delegates to tho last Land Conference . " Moved by Mr . Hodgson , and seconded by Mr . Carey : — " That we , the members of the above branch , considering that there has not for a long time been any statement of accounts ofthe above Company , are of opinion that such statement or balance sheet should be laid before the members so as to enable them to form some idea of its progress , and that we demand it accordingly . " Moved by Mr . Lawrence , and seconded by Mr . Stubbs : — " That as the decision ofthe Judges : of the Court of Queen's Bench is against the N > - tional Land Company being legalised , and as there i is no prospect of its being at present carried out ,, we , the members of the above branch , demand of I the directors to wind up the affairs as speedily as J possible , on Mr . O'Connor introducing a bill toPar- ¦ Jiament , as the only source now left to wind up tbe i affairs . " The meeting then adjourned until Sunday ,, the 16 th .

      Funeral Honours To The Late Thomas Prest...

      FUNERAL HONOURS TO THE LATE THOMAS PRESTON . The remains of this veteran reformer of more e than half a century's standing , were , on Sunday y last , June tho 9 th , conveyed to their last resting g place , Bunhill-fields Burial Ground , by a public c procession of his friends , compatriots , and admirers . 3 , Tho procession—composed or four or five hundred d persons of both sexes , amongst whom we noticed d many continental patriots , who were anxious to , c testify their respect to their fellow citizen—wasu marshalled by tbe young men connected with theie City Chartist Hall , and started from Benjamin- astreet , Clcrkonwcll , proceeding through Redid Lion-street , Cow-cross , Smithfield Bars , Barbi-iican , Cbiswell-street , Finsbury-square , and City-yroad to the burial-ground , Bunhill-fields , wherorc we observed , amongst other friends Luke Jamese : Hansard , and G . Julian Harney . The cofGn 5 c was covered with the red pall which covered thettf coffins of Williams and Sharp , and with tho

      beauti-tiful banner of the Emmett Brigade , attracted muchcl attention ; the windows , doorways , and footpathshi being crowded with spectators . Luke James Han-. nsard , Esq ., delivered a brief , but feeling address ^ over the grave , eulogistic of the many virtues ofo ; the late patriot whose remains they wove then eon-m signing to earth , who he said had been found faith-th ful amongst tho faithless , even under the moscjs ! trying circumstances , and who had perscveringlyzb put forth beneficial agrarian views in apamplflctlc — " the Preston Plan , " —which , had it been adopted , ed must base improved tlie social condition ofthe wholeoli labouring classes . Mr . Hansard dropped one ot o the pamphlets in the grave on the top of the coflin , tin as a memonfo that tho deceased carried his princiici pies to tlio grave with him , and tho mournful cere-re mony closed . The crowd dispersed , ro ^ rcttingirij audibly the loss of another faithful citizen , before ©!' ' tho advent of that democracy , in furtherance ot o which so many have lived , struggled , and died .

      Eniccibtiieat Winduullslve In Tlie Uiti Printed By Wilmam Rider, Oi'no. 5, Macclesfield-Streetree In The Parish Of St. Anno, Westminster, At The L'Riiitingtini

      eniccibtiieat Winduullslve in tlie Uiti Printed by WILMAM RIDER , oi'No . 5 , Macclesfield-streetree in the parish of St . Anno , Westminster , at the l ' riiitingtini

      , , - -Et, Haymarket, -Uot Westminster,F...

      , , - -et , Haymarket , -uot Westminster , fortlicl-roprietor , FilAKGUS O'COKKWKO Eaq . M . F ., and published by the said Whuam Hide ? , up , i the Office , in the saino street aud nnrish 8 . Uun ! i >) '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15061850/page/8/