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*" - « made ftr the people , not , the people for the ^ iSe EtotteJ tfho Md risk ed his all on the ^ "KaAes for the ' pepple . The people had reversed ^^^^ ons verdictv and gave an unmistakeable * - ^ nofwhoia they believed to be in the right . Sr hear ) What was the occasion of the U * » « , ««&« "Why the ingenious men employed te £ &» Jj * A ** & c , byWh fft ^ L »™ ed some six or seven francs a day , were ^ Ltpv must leave the orders , and go into the *** -nL to break stones at one franc a day—it Was r *? rt . Jcthe men would easUy submit to such & n 0 tliKeiy ^ The assemhiy that ordered it S 0 ^ Swte it ; and they were told if they did ^ BOt t Should be driven out of Paris-and BOt g tnerSurrecUon . ( Loud cheers . ) TVell . let -J * if « the peop le of Paris that we appreciate tune
03 maananimous enorts , oy giving cneers &** T' 0 000 electors who voted for the brave , for * f . r ^ d p hilanthropic Carnot , Tidal , and De jfltfloaC / , ^ einendons cheering . ) Jlotic- t TiiBsET then came forward and was Jci ^ - ! pj-olonged cheering . He said : Some i reeted Ld uiacedanote in his hands , asking gen ^^ Ja nv troth in the rumour that Ernest " liberated . " He had heard nothing of the Jonestf » Jes i ^ h fien very ill , and he ( the 6 ° i i La waited on several members of parlia-SP ^ " et t hem to intercede with the Home 100 x 1 J ^ -fnfavonrof Mr . Jones . Those gentlemen * TS £ * « b their aid to . the good work , and 18 « « vc '^ rl in trim to obtain , if possible , the res-«""* £ rf Mr Jones to his family . ( Loud cheers . ) ^ "JUi however , that thereport that their friend Bef ( ivariibem was premature . Would to S vS &^/ Heaaear . ) Commenting MrWard ' s speech , the speakerexposed the non-° ^ T uttered by that gentleman concerning inataiormer
^ nhvsical force . " su . wmmasara ¦ pSvsonal Government in Prance had been estair-Wl but had not brought the Charter in this nrrv So ; but that was because the middle ^ sea « ave their support to the "Whigs in opposi-^^ fnthe Chartists ; and because also the Provi-^ ° i Government itself—at least a majority of its 810 h ers—betrayed the Devolution , aud thereby jaem Zr . tnA thenrosress of freedom in every country P ? 2 £ Mr . Ward had carped and cavilled at ^ frvthm " ' done by . the Chartists towards getting rt ! Charter and intimated that he would envltm them as to the course they should pursue . Well Mr Ward ' s notable plan to get the Charter easier " the Chartists to -join a movement which *^? fnr its obiect a great deal less than the Charter . Si lSrffir an < iPcheers . ) Mr . Ward had read
tdth ereat gusto a paragraph from the Democratic IS . ( the speaker ) stood by' every word of Sat paragraph . He still advised the people not to cfer factious opposition to the middle class reformer : but he also advised them not to join that class nor anv class or party that would not adopt the principles of equal Justice embodied in the People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Ward had jnade Teat use of the name of Mr . O ' Connor ; but ^ fith all respect for that gentleman ' s talents , services and patriotism , he ( the speaker ) must say fie had no faith in the Chartism of men who voted indefinite resolutions in favour of what they called «« fall . fair , and free representation . " The "Whigs
in the time ofthe Reform Bill also advocated "full , fair , and free representation . " He ( the speaker ) demanded something more definite before he could me his confidence to any set of men . ( Applause . ) lir . Davis had already commented on the proceedings in parliament during the last week . He ( the speaker ) called their attention to two bills at present before parliament ; the first was a hill introduced by Sir John Partingdon , which proposed to enact that any boy or girl under sixteen , accused of stealing property worth less than a shilling , shall , en the decision of two magistrates , be liable to be fioggeil . This was a most infamous measure . Would not Cobden and others , who had been
foremost in denouncing the women flogging Austrians , laise their voices against the flogging of their own C OUUtry-women . He said women , for females - . above fifteen years of age were more than g irls . It . might be said this hill would only affect young thieves and prostitutes . "What made thieves and prostitutes ? The present infamous state of society . Jf p ersons were to be flogged for stealing less than a shilling ' s worth of property , then ( he said ) let all -thieves , big and little , be flogged who had robbed the people to the extent , not of more shillings , hot millions of pounds . ( Great cheering . ) The Other bill he had alluded to had been introduced into the House of lords by the Earl ol
Harrowby . It was designed to prevent the rgale , or even the delivering of a newspaper , or ^ periodical , from twelve on Saturday night till twelve <> n Sunday night . ( "Shame ! " ) The poor man would also be prevented from obtaining even a potato , or any vegetables , tea , coffee , or sugar , < fcc , after xhs hours of twelve on Saturday night . (" Shame ! shame ! " ) Meat and'fish would be . allowed during June , July , August , and September , —but then only till nine in the morning . While the poor man was to be thus restricted , under the seventh clause , the nobility and gentry might have goods delivered at their habitations until ten in the jnorninz , all the year round ; namely , meat , poultry ,
fish , pastry , fruit , and ice . ( Renewed cries of " Shame '") The penalties are five shillings for the ¦ first offence ; twenty shillings second offence ; not more than forty shillings for the third offence ; after the third , then every separate article sold would become a separate offence , and render the offenders liable to the heavy cumulative penaltiesviz ., 20 s . for every separate * article sold or delivered —which , if not paid , the magistrate might issue a distress warrant against the good ' s ; If not sufficient goods to cover the distress warrant and expenses , then to commit to some common gaol or house of correction , for any time not exceeding three months . Should this measure become law it would
he necessary to form an association to protect those who would feel it a duty to break such a tvrannici law . ( Loud cheers . ) He congratulated them on the victories gained by the Prench democrats . The Ordermongers were furious , and were conspiring to crush the Bepubliean press , destroy Universal Suffrage , and subvert the Republic ; but these very means would ensure their destruction , and give France to the rule of the Bed Republicans . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The •*« honest and moderate" scoundrels desired to drive the people into an unsuccessful insurrection , that
they might murder every man who was known to be a Socialist Democrat . ( Hear , hear . ) "What did ihey think of the atrocious words of one of the organs ot the Trench Government , the Patrie— " Do not despise the sword . Contempt of force is foolish The enemy vfitidn must be destroyed . The sword is holy J" [ Expressions of execration . ] He would advise the denunciators of "bloody democracies " if they had any virtuous indignation to spare , to expend it en these assassin Ordermongers . ( Great cheering . ) After some more remarks , the speaker resumed his seat amidst prolonged and enthusiastic applause .
Mr . Gerald Massey said , the meeting was ostensibly called to discuss the proceedings in parliament , but he did not look at the daily papers , as he did not expect to find much there to interest the people . Mr . Massey then proceeded to show the productive nature of our country , and the poverty of our people . England was called the " Glory of Eurrounding nations , " but with all her show , she was rotten at the core , and might be blown away l > y the first hurricane of revolution . ( Great cheering . ) The Charter was very good , but we wanted something withit—oursocialrights . The capitalists
were the great bane and curse of the nation . In 1 S 4 S , kings and priests were kicking about , but the capitalist coald buy up both kings and priests . The remedy was Co-operation , Chartism , and Socialism united . ( Loud cheers . ) They had already established a tailors , a printers , a shoemakers , and a provision store . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Massey concluded a highly poetical speech which elicited hearty applause . Mr . B . O'Bries suggested that landlords and capitalists should be both included in the condemnation , as without landlords there would be no capitalists . ( Cheers . )
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and " . e meeting quietly dispersed .
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Embezzlement At Manchester.—A Man Named ...
Embezzlement at Manchester . —A man named William Moreland was brought up at the Manchester Borough Court on Tuesday , charged with embezzling several hundred pounds from his employers , the Messrs . Blundell , coal merchants . Messrs . Blundell , who carry on business under the name of Jonathan Blundell and Sons , have an ofiice in Oxford-street , Manchester , which some time ago was under the superintendence of the prisoner , whose duty it was to obtain orders and collect money owing to the firm , transmitting a weekly return of his receipts to Mr . "WoolfalL the chief manager of the firm , at their office in Liverpool It is supposed that several large sums of money so collected he has appropriated to his own use , Mr . Keswick , the chief superintendent of police at Manchester , called Mr . Howarth and
^ h " . Bronghton , coal-merchants , as witnesses , * ho deposed to havino paid at different periods 'during 1847 and 1848 , sums amounting to £ 17412 s . io the prisoner on account of Messrs . Blundell and Co . Mr . TVoolfall proved that the prisoner had « ptback £ 5312 s . of this amount ; representing it S 3 still owing to the firm by the parties from whom ho had received it . —Mr . Beswick said : On the 10 th January , 1 S 49 , the prisoner ' s employers , having began to suspect the embezzlements , sought an explanation , but the prisoner absconded and left the country . A warrant had been obtained against nun in February , 18 i 9 , but he was not apprehended a nal very recently . —The prisoner was committed «> the sessions , where it is expected several other cases of a similar character to the above will be | rpved against him . TJie total amount of his dekSed ' " ds ** * * ' ** « iB » tea tf several
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LXX 5 . " Words are things , and a small drop of ink Palling—like dew—npon a thought , produces That which makes-thousands , perhaps millions think . " ' bthou .
TIVE LA FRANCE ! « HOLT ALLIMCE" OF THE ORDERMONGERS TO DESTROY THE REPUBLIC . Bbother Proletabians , Of twenty-eight contested seats , eighteen have been won by the Eed-Eepublicans ; an unmistakeable augury of that still greater and conclusive victory which will be gained by that party at the next general election ; unless , indeed , they are driven to have recourse to other means than the ballot-box , and thereby achieve an easier triumph .
That such a contingency may arise , is very probable , seeing the desperation ofthe several factions o £ Ordermongers . It appears , that in the first stage of the panic , occasioned by the triumph ofthe Parisian Reds , the miserable Frinca of Specials proposed to resign his office , and secure his precious carcase , by beating a retreat to his congenial haunts—the hells , and brothels of London . From that step he was dissuaded b y those , who using him as a tool , were afraid of the crisis his resignation would necessarily have caused . Trembling in their skins , and shaking in their
snoes . the chiefs of the Ordermongers hastily assembled . All declared their determination to withstand the " barbarians , " and give their hearty support to the President Special ; curious enough , however , Mole , Thiers , and Brrryeb , declined the responsibility of taking ofiice . Mole p leaded old age , —a hoary and impenitent sinner , is the saddest sight under the sun ! Thiers pleaded the state of his health—the lies he has told , and the blasphemies he has uttered against liberty , having
afflicted him with & cancer in the tongue . Berryer , the legitimist , appears to have been the most honest , ( if honesty and royalism can have any connexion ) , seeing that he demurred to engage in the service ofthe Rupublic , as he openly desires its destruction . The conspirators , however , cordially agreed that they must all unite more closely than ever , and enforce more rigorously than ever , the system of compression , to keep down the dreaded Eed Republicans .
The Chiefs of the Ordermongers having refused to take office , the Ministerial crisis , which had existed for at least , forty-eight hours , only resulted in a mere chopping and changing of the third-rate tools , and puppets , who have for some time past done duty as Ministers . The . fact is , that Thiers and Moie are afraid to take ofiice . They are hated , not merely by the Proletarians , but also by the great mass of the loitrgeoisie , and their seizure of the reins of power would vastly accelerate the inevitable doom of the existing system . Before taking office , Thiers , Mole and Co .. desire that Buoxataute , and his
Ministry of coatemptiblesj should make all smooth , by annihilating the Republic Press , aud destroying Universal Suffrage . Could these acts of treason be accomplished without causing a new Eevolution , France / gagged and chained , would offer an easy prey to the designing villains , who would then step in to restore Monarchy , and re-establish therewith all the enormities -which , it has been the object of sixty years of Revolution to destroy .
Those whom the Gods mean to destroy they first drive mad ; and it is evident that such is the present position of the ruffianly Ordermongers . If there was a last chance left for those scoundrels saving themselves from the punishment due to their manifold crimes , it was by their adopting a policy of conciliation , and resolving upon a course according with the allegiance they owe to the Republic . Rut , blind to the teachings of History , insensible to the lessons of experience , unconverted by the handwriting on the wall so strikingly made manifest by the Paris election , the impenitents
aud impitoyobles havo sealed their own doom , by engaging in a " war to the knife , " not merely against the Reds , but against also the very foundation of their own temporary authority . Tes , their organs in Paris , and in London , have announced , that all shades of the Ordermongers are agreed , that Universal Suffrage must be destroyed . " There is no other way / ' say they , . "to save society / ' The hypocrites mean that there is no other way to save their own unholy usmv pations ; their cunningly devised system of chicanery and fraud , by which they extract
their wealth and luxuries from the plundered producers . Rightly , " Society" is a term only applicable to a state of things in which all would labour for the common good , and all reap the natural fruits of such labour . But the so-called " society , " existing at present , is a name for a state of things in which the mass of the people are helots , and the rest idlers , or employed at work inimical to the interests ofthe wealth-producers ; in which lazy drones , and brigand wasps , by the cunning devices of rents , profits , and taxes , suck the
honey from the working bees . Not to destroy , but to establish a veritable state of society—a state based on the righteous law—Do ye unto others as ye would they should do unto you , is the mission of the Red Republicans . To conserve the present system of robbery and murder , and oppose the triumph of a just and , therefore , veritable state of society , is the work to which the Ordermongers have pledged themselves . They will fail ; and their recourse to Treason and Terror , undisguised usurpation and sabre-sway , will but hasten their downfall , and ensure their destruction .
Behold the programme of these conspirators , as vouched for by their London organs : — The Ordermongers propose to 1 , Raise the caution-money of the public journals from 24000 , to 50 , * 000 francs 2 , Impose a stamptax of four centimes on each journal ; 3 , The transportation to Algeria of all persons convicted of belonging to secret societies ; 4 , Modifications of Universal Suffrage . It is at present all but impossible to establish a democratic journal , owing to the large amount of the caution-money ; it will be thoroughly so , should the amount be ^ raised
to the enormous sum of fifty thousand francs . While the caution-money is intended to prevent the establishment of new journals devoted to the Democracy , the imposition of the proposed stamp-tax , is designed to kill the democratic j ournals at present existing ; or , at least , to so reduce their circulation as to render them comparatively powerless . Of all forms in which Democracy can present itself the enemies of justice most dread its development in the shape of a free and honest press . The guilty wretches , like Macbeth , appalled at the appearance of Banquo ' s ghost , cry , with whitened lips , and gasping breath ,
"Take any shape but that ! " Hence , in all countries , the means employed by the enemies of the people to fetter or corrupt the press . In Russia , the knout and Siberia ; in Austria , courts-martial and dungeons ; in France , gagging laws of the most tyrannical description ; aud in England , the Taxes on Knowledge . This last device is the most cunning , crafty , and diabolical © f all . Wherever the censorship exists , there is nourished a hatred of the ruling powers which , sooner or later , is sure to result in an explosion fatal to the tyrants . Wherever that censorshi p is enforced by atrocious punishments—as in the case of Russia—the Government is made
odious , not merely to every one of its own people not absolutely steeped in brutishness , but also to the mass of mankind . A war against Russia—that is , against the Russian despotism—would be hailed , by the people of Europe generally , with a display of enthusiasm not witnessed since the time of the crusades . But observe how difierently works the system , of press restrictions , eatabuBlie 4 b y the
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rulere of this " nation of shopkeepers . '' Jfominally , the Freedom of thePj ^ ss . is enjoyed by Englishmen , and m , in reality / enjoyed--like all other good things in England—by those who are rich enough to pay for it , The Press is free enough , for the aristocracy and middle classes ; but they have a monopoly of that freedom . . The mass of : the people " cheated ''—to use the wordg of Otway" with a show of liberty , which yet they ne ' er must taste ' of / ' find themselves almost as much excluded from the benefits which the Press sltould confer , as they could be under a Russian censorship . What matters it to the
Proletarians that no' censor ' s scissors deface the London dail y journals , when not one of those journals but is the enemy of the political and social rights of the masses ? Of the weekly newspapers , only one other ( the " Weekly Tribune'' ) , besides this , can be described as being really devoted to the cause of theveritable people . Withoutcheapnewspapers —and especially cheap dail y newspapers—the people are worse off than they would be if the Press had no existence . As regards foreign affairs , while two or three of the daily , and some ofthe weekly , journals give their support to the
"Moderatereformers , " and liberal shams of the continent , the most influential ofthe dailies are the champions of every truculent tyrant ^ and every system of oppression , fraud , and privileged crime . The most Pandemonical incarnation of Milton ' s dreams pales before the consummate villany of the masked assassins by whom the Ordermongering journals of this country are directed . " Foreigners' '—having been assured that we possess a free press , judge of us by the " Times , " and the very name of our country stinks in the nostrils of the nations who
confound the English people in general with the ruffianly articles of our "free press . " This very design of stifling the Democratic Press of France , by a stamp 4 ax , was first suggested and urged upon the French tyrants , by the infamous daily j ournals of this Metropolis . Several months ago the "Morning Chronicle " remarked that French statesmen were , after all , but wretched bunglers , compared with those of England , who , by a simple tax , effected more in the way of making the press anti-democratic , than could be accomplished by the most Draconian laws . " Continue , "
observed the ' Chronicle / "to permit an unstamped press in France and you will have cheap journals , and the extension of Socialism —no matter how severe the laws , for there will be no lack of fanatics ready to defy all pains , and penalties , even martyrdom . But let another course be taken , let the stamp be re-imposed , and the cheap journals forced to rise their price , the poor will be unable to purchase them , and they will perish . " And when , three months ago , it was rumoured that the French Ministry intended to bring in a bill to impose a tax of four centimes upon the journals , Lord Palmerston ' s organ , the liberal " Globe" set forth tho real aims of
the French Ministry in the following terms : — i One of the objects of the bill is evidently to check the circulation of the small Democratic-Socialist journals , most of which are sold at one sow ( about one halfpenny English . ) It is by the loioness of their price that these journals have become dangerous . With a stamp duty of nearly one sou they could not be sold for less than two sous , and this increase would diminish their circulation one half . " As to the Times , I need not say that it has all along denounced the Democratic press of France as a pest to be got rid of by any means . Immediately after the triumph of the Parisian Reds —before even the votes were proclaimed at the Hotel de Ville—the correspondent of the Times announced the intention of Buonaparte
and the Ordermongers to propose a law to fetter the Pres a la Anglais . Indeed , the first announcement made to the French people of the intentions of Buonaparte and Co ., was conveyed to them on Saturday last by the arrival of Friday ' s " Times . " In spite of the most diabolical laws ; almost daily seizures and weekly prosecutions ; in spite of enormous fines and sentences of imprisonment—amounting to even a score of years iu the case of more than one democratic editor ; in spite of wholesale " suspensions" during a " state of siege'' twice proclaimed in the course of a few months , —the Republican press has lived , flourished , and undermined the power of the betrayers and brigands , who for the present afflict France with their rule . What force
could not effect , is now to be attempted by the British system of taxing tho press ; and connecting with journalism a system of property qualifications . Disastrous for the French people , disastrous for the Human Race , would be the results were such a system firmly established . But that no one need fear . These desperate attempts of dying tyranny to prolong its existence , are the sure precursors of the monster's final and fast-approaching doom .
A law to transport members of secret societies may be made a frightful instrument of proscription . A Chbnu , and a De la Hodde , have only to swear , that any man , or number of men , belong to secret societies , and if a jury will convict , the work is done . Under such a law , worked by the police agents ofthe government , shoals of citizens , guilty of the crime of Red Republicanism , may be torn from their homes , and consigned to death by torture in Algeria . It is impossible to discuss the intended modifications of the suffrage until brought forward in a definite shape . Enough , that any modification will be a violation of the constitution , and treason to the Republic . The constitution declares , that the
suffrage is , and shall be , universal and direct . Any curtailmentjOr the substitution of indirect for direct suffrage , would be treason ; and if perpetrated , or e ? en attempted , may the doom of "traitors , " fall with pitiless severity on the betrayers of their country , and enemies to their race . I pray my readers to take note of this fact—a fact confirmed by the history of all nations—that , altkough while the privileged classes are loud in their declarations of " loyalty , " as long as institutions and laws are framed and worked for their own exclusive benefit , none are so ready as themselves to turn " rebels " on finding that there is even a chance of those institutions being employed to afford protection to
the masses . Crouching to the people after the glorious revolution of February , the privileged classes of France dared not gainsay the institution of Universal Suffrage . Presently , finding that the people were as foolish as ever , in holding out the hand of reconciliation to irreconcilable foes , the said privileged gentry set about scheming and conspiring to turn Universal Suffrage to their own account , . acting on the ignorance of tne peasantry , they were successful in inducing the people to stultify themselves , by returning a majority of royalists to the first assembly . Even that assembly did not dare to refuse to inscribe the right of Universal Suffrage on the tablets of the constitution . The " 10 th of
December" followed , when the people committed the terrible mistake of electing that imperial ape , Louis Napoleon instead of Ledru Roixin , or Raspatl , Such a suicidal use of the franchise encouraged the privileged conspirators to hope that Universal Suffrage might be made the means of perpetuating their power , and even establishing a more grinding tyranny than France has known since the reign of Louis XIV . The election of the second Assembly , which resulted in greatly strengthening " the Mountain , " shook the confidence , but did not absolutely dispel the hopes , of tho aristocrats . Those hopes have been finally shatteredby the late elections , llie
, Ordermongers no longer doubt that which must be evident to all Europe , that if they permit the continuance of Universal Suffrage , the general election of 1852 will result in giving the majority to the Red Republicans . To prevent that consummation " so devoutly to be wished " for by all the peoples of Europe , tho " friends of Order —the " honest and moderate" traitors-are at this moment in full conspiracy against the Constitution . A few months ago , they were loud in their praises ol Universal Suffrage , because , so far , Universal Sufblicanism
frage had enabled them to persecute Repu in the name of the Republic . Now , they denounce Universal Suffrage as an accursed thing , to be got rid of by fraud , if possible , and by force , if necessary . Finding tbat Universal Suffrage threatens to , ere long , deprive them of the power to play the part of tyrants , thoy forthwith turn rebels , and inake war upon the right to the exercise ol which , they owe their present political existence . Since the foregoing remarks were written , further information of the conspiracy of the Ocdermongers baa been made public through the medium of the , ? -fip 8 B £ fc tW jownal of this , day ( Thursday ) ,
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* ^^* S ' renoh ministers are inW Jff ™ S ? ? with ' the chiefs of the legislan ^^ M ^*^ ^^*^ agreement of all , pre "ft J 0 h ^ Suffra S ' c-. <&> . In addition to the measures above commented on , it appears that the conspirators are manufacturing a bill affecting JUr }; n ? ^ ° -ft the n » mber of voters necessary tS M ^ ° K . gUlIty : .- a biU t 0 abol « h not merely ortllLli « Ilcmeet , n g s , but even electoral meet-S ! sortof AHen ' « U . Besides these avowed projects , " rumours are circulated " -by ¦ a !!* , twV £ Wory , no doubt , to actual deeds , that the National Assembly is to resolve itself into ^ Constit uent Assembly , and in this new character to revise the Constitution ; the revision to include the prolonging of the President ' s tenure of office the establishment of two chambers instead of one , & c ., & c ,
Thus , day by day , the designs ofthe rebels become more clearl y revealed . The worst has yet to 11 J 1 i ! beIieved that these treasonable acts will drive the people into premature insurrection . Ruonapartb , TniEKS , Mole , Guizot , and the rest of tbo - infernal , gang ( any milder epithet would not adequately describe them ) calculate . on such a result , lhey hope , they pray for it . Why so ? Because should an insurrection explode , and should the people be conquered , the assassins in power will put into execution their long cherished project-that of consigning tho Proletarians to a second St . Bartholomew massacre . I tell you that the design of the lienus , who at present dominate over France , is to slaughter every known Democrat aud Socialist . In proof of this I could , if I had room , quote a column or two of the most diabolical outpourings from the Ordermongering journals , but I must confane myself to two or three linos only , from the Government journal , the " Patrie •" - —
m , a ™ J ? J despUe the swora - Contempt of force is foolish . HOLY . " V mUSt beKESTI «> i : £ I > . The sword is A word to the Chenus of Clutrtism . Behold a fit subject lor the lightning of your indignation , the thunder Of your wrath . But you are silent . You speak out only to denounce " bloody democracies . " So be it . The people will judge you . For my part , I swear , that so long as I can wield a pen , I will unmask the criminals who force the people , in spite of themselves , to defend by vfolence those natural rights which thoy desire to develope by moral means alone . If blood should again flow in France , on whom will rest the fearful responsibility ? On whom but the conspirators who are at this moment plotting to destroy the last vestiges ofthe liberties achieved by the Revolution of February ? Worso still , those conspirators , as I have shown , thirst for the blood of tho democrats , and desire to drown the Republic , in a red sea drawn from the people ' s veins . '
These Ordermongers are very far from being fools , and must know , that tho lesson they are at so much pains to teach the people , will not be forgotten by their pupils . Woe to them if the Proletarians , on the occasion of their next victory , act upon the formula of the " Patrie" —that , to save France , "the enemt within must be destroyed ! " . 1 . It is my earnest prayer that tho French people —the noblest people on the face of this earthmay bo saved from tho dire necessity of again appealing to force in defence of their rights ; but should it be otherwise—should the traitors in power bring about civil convulsion , then may they reap tho full and richly-deserved reward of their diabolical treason and atrocious crimes . The Steele , of Wednesday , contained the following ;—
Yesterday mornmg , at eleven o'clock , pickets of the Gendarmerie Mobile were marched to the prisons of the Afcbaye and Cherche-Midi , in order t « form an escort for the soldiers who are to bo transported to Africa for their Republicanism . From the prisons these unfortunate men were taken to tlia terminus of the Lyons Hallway , by which they proceed to Chalons , and thence by the steamers on the Saone and the Rhone to the Mediterranean . Several of the barracks ofthe capital have furnished their contingent : among others that of the 30 th ncj-lment , from which a sergeant-major , a corporal , and a private have been removed . At the moment when the men left the Abbaye the ' people assembled , bourgeois , and workmen , and eagerly deposited in the kepis of the soldiers aU tho money they could collect , and which , though tha quarter is a very
poor one , amounted to a very considerable sum . The hawkers who were in the streets presented the men with some of their merchandise ; it was a general outburst of feeling . Some cries were raised of' Vive la Ilepublique . ' Think you , the comrades of these men transported to Africa for their republicanism are indifferent to the sufferings of their brothers ? Not so . Reflect on tho scene above described ; connect therewith the deputation of soldiers to deposit immortelles at tho graves of tho buried combatants for Republicanism ; and , lastly , remember the votes given by the military majority to the Red candidates in tho late struggle . Reflect on these facts , and , Brother Proletarians , you will not doubt of tho ultimate and speedy triumph of the good cause .
, Vive la France 1 Tive la RErnunquE—Demo CRATIQUE ET SOCIALE ! L'AMI DU PEUPLE . March 21 , 1850 .
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Merthyii Tvdvil.—A Meeting Was Held Last...
Merthyii Tvdvil . —A meeting was held last Sunday evening to take into consideration the propriety of adopting a petition , similar to the Manchester petition , and all tho members were of opinion that every branch , throughout tho kingdom , ought to do tho same . The secretary had instructions to write to SirBenjamin Hall , to know if he would present the petition to the House of Commons , for the members were not aware of any other member of that house who took such delight in presenting petitions in connexion with the Land Company , particularly if they came from the grumblers . A very large portion of the Land members are completely cast down and their hopes vanished , by reading the notice in the Star , of Mr . O'Connor's intention of winding
up the affairs of the Land Company ; but they are still in hope that he will commence a new company , and not bother the despotic government with legislation , for they have greater confidence in Mr . O'Connor than all the governments of Europe put together- but the only mode of clearing the Company of all the poisonous scorpions is to wind upand we are of opinion that nono of the above characters will join the next company , for every branch have had a chance of knowing them . A subscription , has been commenced hero for the Honesty Fund , and next week we shall remit tho amount subscribed . Wc trust Mr . O'Connor will pay us a visit during his intended tour this spring . Cheltenham . —At a general meeting of members
held at the Temperance Hotel , at which an united feeling of honour and respect for Mr . O'Connor prevailed , and at which a motion that the Company bo wound up was negatived by more than two to one , the following resolutions were carried : — " That we have the utmost confidence in the ability and integrity of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and the practicability ) of bringing the National Land Company to a successful issue , and respectfully request that he will do his best to get the Company enrolled , before he seeks for power to wind it up , and that ho will on no account transfer the property of the Company to other hands without the consent ofthe members , as we fear , that in the event of his so doing , the hypocritical fourth estate ( the press )
may make a handle of it for the purpose of dotenng us from starting another , which wo hope to do if they will not let us carry tho objects of this Company out . " " That we petition the House of Commons to legalise the National Land Company , instead of passing . 1 bill to wind it up . " " That the members and other friends be requested to subscribe , and invite others to do the same , to make up the loss to Mr . O'Connor in tho late trial for libel , and that tho meeting adjourn until Monday evening next , at eight o'clock . " Leigh . —At a meeting held on tho 18 th instant , Mr . Roylance Ilamblett in the chair , the following resolution was proposed , seconded , and carried unanimously : —" That this meeting , considering
tho position of tho National Land Company ' s affairs , is of opinion that they should be wound up as soon as possible , and respectfully request Mr . F . O'Connor to use his best endeavours for that purpose , feeling confident that it cannot be brought to a successful issue if carried on ; and further , that it is superfluous to continue the services of the whole of the Directors . " Lambeth . —At tho last monthly meeting of the Land members of the above branch , held at Mr . Side ' s house the following resolution was passed unanimously : — "That we call on the four Directors , Messrs . Doyle , Clark , M'Grath , and Dixon , to resign at once , seeing that their services are not required any longer . The above resolution was passed on Sunday evening week last . I requested Mr . Side to send it to the Star for insertion , and we were surprised at not seeing it published . We suppose Side did not send it . —II . Edwabds , 3 , New
Weston-street , Snows-fields , Bermondsey . '—[ The above is tho only copy of the resolution which has reached this office . —En . N . S , Kirkaldy . —At a general meeting of members , held on . the 9 th inst ., in the Meal Society's Hall , Links , tho following resolutions were agreed to : " That as tho Court of Queen's Bench is—to all appearance—determined to resist the complete registration of tho National Company , thereby retarding its progress to a successful issue , we , the members of the Kirkaldy branch , earnestly call . upon Mr . O'Connor to wind , up the affairs of tho Company , and thereby relievo , himself of the heartless persecution constantly levelled at him by our oppressors . " " That while we desire the dissolution of tho Company , we are perfectly satisfied as to the practicability of the small allotment system , so nobly advocated by Mr . O'Connor , and are convinced , that with a more limited number of persevering progressionists , that patriot would soon demonstrate the value of free labour when applied to tho cultivation of the soil . " - •« That £ 1 be sent
Merthyii Tvdvil.—A Meeting Was Held Last...
from the local funds to the Honesty Fund and thir we increase that amount by individual subscription and that a notice of the meeting be sent to the Northern Star for insertion . ' ! r : ""? Coventry . —A general meeting of members was held on Friday evening , March the 15 th , to take into consideration the present position of the Company , and to adopt means to aid theHon eatyFund-Mr . W . Gutteridge in the chair—when the following resolutions were passed unanimousl y ;—Moved by Mr , Hosier , seconded by Mr , Garlic- — " That notwithstanding the attempts to crush Mr . O ' Connor , and ruin him with expenses , we , the members of the National Land Company in Coventry , still have tho most unbounded confidence in that
gentleman ,, and , if possible , hold : him more dear for the unprecedented persecutions he has been subjected « to on our behalf , and are determined to do all that lies in our power to sustain him in his glorious work of elevating the oppressed labourers of this country from a state of slavery to comfort and independence . " Moved by Mr . Gilbert , seconded by Alexander Yates , — " That we beg most respectfully to differ with several branches as regards the board of directors . We cannot unite in censuring the whole of them for the act of one man . We believe that , as far as the Land Company is concerned , they have done all that men could do , and have atood by the Company through good
and evil report , and . now to attempt to stamp them with the . impress of impostors , and to call upon them . to turn into the street , because the affairs are coming to a crisis , is unjust in the extreme . " Movedby Alexander Yates , seconded by Thomas Hall , — "Thai while we cannot agree with several branches in their wholesale denunciations of the directors , we hereby enter tmr protest against turning the office ofthe Land Company into a shop for the publishing of the most dastardly , and malicious attacks on the character of one of the noblest advocates of pure unscilied democracy , G . J . Harney . " Mored by Alexander Yates , and seconded by Thomas HaS— " That the above resolutions be sent for insertion ; in the next number of the Northern Star / ' Our friends in Coventry will perive that the
ce appearance of the address of the directors in the NorthemStar , of the 56 th inst ., rendered mmecessavj the latter part of the-second resolution for the determination ofthe directws to wind up the Company , and puts or * one side all- further discussion on tho matter . A collection was entered into , and the secretary was aisthorised to send ten shillings to the Honesty Fund as a firsS instalment ; and tho committee announced that they had paid six weeks in advance for the larare room lit Knapp's Temperance Hotel , to hold inch- meetings on every Friday evening , at seven o ' clock , where they invite every Democrat residing in or near Coventry to attend . Wm . Hosier , Secretary . P . Sv—I here with enclose an order for 10 s . for the Honesty Fund , as a first remittance ; and 2 s . Id . for Mrs . M'Douall ' s Fund ; per Mr . J . Gilbert .
Dissolution Of The Land Company. To The ...
DISSOLUTION OF THE LAND COMPANY . TO the editor of the northern star . Sin , —Ever since it was known that application to Parliament was to be made to . pass a bill to dissolve and finally settle up the affairs of the Land Company , the members of this branch have been setting their minds to work how they could best do justice to themselves and the persecuted projector ofthe scheme . In order to avert the calamity of placing Mr . O'Connor in a position in which he cannot carry out his darling project without having again to fall back upon the people , and in doing which it is not very likely he would succeed . The members here are all but unanimous to make a present of their shares in the Company to Mr . O' Connor , and this they think would convince the world that the people of our country will do justice to those who
labour for their benefit . Some few , indeed , I may say , a good many , are of opinion that something ought to be done for Dr . M'Douall and Mr . Ernest Jones ; but the general opinion is , a recommendation of them for Mr . O'Connor ' s consideration is only necessary . I have gathered this information from individual members , and I have reason to think from the tone and temper which has been expressed , the first meeting held by the branch will show that it will not allow the aristocratic House of Commons to make a cipher of Mr . O'Connor . I thought it right to hand you this note , in order to make known the opinion of the members here ; I hope the same will be general ; and if such be acted upon , it will give the enemies ofthe rights of the people such a blow as will suffice to alarm them for the coming hereafter . Yours respectfully , Aberdeen , March 18 th . John Smart .
The Honesty Fund. To Mb. William Eider. ...
THE HONESTY FUND . TO MB . WILLIAM EIDER . Bury , Lancashire , March 18 th . Sin , —The enclosed you will perceive is a postoffice order for 12 s . od ., which we send you for tho Honesty Fund ; lis . 5 d . are the contributions of a few of the Land members of this branch , and the remaining is . is the contribution of T . Gillcbrand , near Bolton . The almost unparalleled trials and persecutions which' Mr . O ' Connor has had to endure many years , especially those relative to the Land Company , prove that the designs of his enemies are " To ruin him with expenses ;" and also , if possible , to destroy
his popularity with the working classes . But in our opinion , those trials , & c , prove Mr . O'Connor to bo a real and disinterested patriot . We , therefore , deem it our duty , to earnestly call upon the land members , and Chartists generally of this town , to come forward and join us with contributions to the above fund , and thereby show his enemies that we are determined to prevent them from accomplishing their designs ; also , that our confidence in Mr . O'Connor is not in the least shaken , and that we are capable of distinguishing the disinterested patriot from such a mercenary trader in politics as a Bradshaw . For the Contributors , John Jones , News-agent .
TO MR . W . MDER . Sin , —I send you a post-office order for 19 s . 2 d . ; os . to bo acknowledged from the shoemakers ' society , per E , Sharland ; the remaining portion was collected at a general meeting of Land members , when it was thought , that as our first subscription was so small , if this could be acknowledged in the Star , with tho list of names paying it , others in the town might be induced thereby to follow their good example . Salisbury , Is . ; Collins , 6 d . ; Alger , Is . ; Shurmer , Is .,- Hiscox , Is . ; Maisy , Is . ; Bragger , Is . ; Oakey , Is . ; Stone , Is . ; Thornton , Is . ; Steel , Is . ; Lawrence , Is . ; Willoy , Is . ; the remainder by friends . Subscriptions received at the Temperance Hotel , on Monday evenings , at eight o ' clock . Yours truly , Cheltenham , March 10 th . Jons Hemmis .
TO peargus o ' connob , ESQ ., M . r . Esteemed Sir > —I enclose a post-order for seven shillings , for the Indemnity or Honesty Fund . It is the joint contributions of tho persons whose names are affixed to this , all of whom are ( with one exception ) members of the Finnieston branch ofthe Land Company , men who believe that to a philanthropic and patriotic mind , such as your own , nothing gives greater consolation , under persecution , than the sympathy of these with whom , and for whom the persecuted has acted . In token ,
therefore , of our hatred of tho injustice and persecution , of which , we believe , you have-been made the victim , in your late action against Bradshaw , we desire to give expression to our sympathy , and to contribute our mite towards supplying the drain caused by that particular one , of the many " force-pumps " that are unjustly made use of , for the purpose of " squeezing the accumulations out of what thousands would willingly adopt as their " grand reservoir , " provided they had aught they could cause to flow into it .
Wo desire , also , to express our most unbounded confidence in the Land Scheme , and likewise yourself ; and , can assure you , Sir , that that confidence has never yet been shaken ; on the contrary , every ordeal through which our enemies havo made you pass in reference to that scheme , has , to our mind , by bringing you into the more immediate proximity of such characters as Bradshaw , Roebuck , Pollock , and Co ., only served , by the glaring contrast , to make tho dissimilarity between great and little minds the more annarent . And . as regards the
winding up of tho Land Company's affairs , the opinion held by our members is , that for the sake of getting rid of the malcontents—somo of whom prooably did at first—deceive themselves by extravagant anticipations , it should be wound up , and then allow all who would voluntarily agree , and pledge themselves to carry out tho object for which the Company was established , to do . so , if the great propoundor of the plan would consent to continue as its conductor .
The names of tho individuals who sent this mifco , and whose sentiments are embodied in the above , and their respective contributions areas follows : — Robert Langumir , Is . ; James M'Lonnan , lsk ; John Black , 6 d . ; David M'Lennan , Gd . ; James Young , 6 d . ; James M'Donald , Is . ; John Walker , Is . ; John M'Arthur , Cd . ; John Donnelly , 6 d . ; John . Shearer , 6 d . I am , Sir , yours respectfully , For tho Finnieston Branch , John Walker . 1 , Stanhope-place , Anderston , Glasgow , 20 th of March , 1850 . TO TEAnOUS O'CONNORESQ ., M . P .
, Most Honoured and Persecuted Fiuend . —As a member of the Land Company who has paid all dues and demands for four acres , it is my duty to help you to pay the debt which has been incurred by the mock jury and trial with the proprietor ofthe Nottingham Journal . It is the debt of the members m iwU as ywwj and I hope thoy Trill p * iy it like
The Honesty Fund. To Mb. William Eider. ...
men . I am but a . workihg man , and send you £ 1 for the Honesty Fund , for my share ofthe expenses . Yours truly , Leeds . \! George Shaw .
¦" • . V.. , : Tremendous Conflagration ...
¦ " . V .. , : TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION NEAR THE LONDON DOCKS . , One of the most fearful conflagrations that has visited the eastern portion of the metropolis for some years broke out on Wednesday morning , abouj ; nait-past two o ' clock , in one of the largest sugar r & w „ Ii i ! £ andon ~ -viz - > the property of Messrs ; S ^ W ^^ - > situa & £ St . George ' sirl , 5 ° l % S nway- The premises were of SfriST ! ?* ' and 0 » ginall y ^ comprised three £ iSMT " heD 3 e 3 , % » m J * w stories in height , and were surrounded by boiler-houses , furnaces , cooperage , offices , and other baildbw required in the refining aad manufacture of au-aY Shortly after two o ' clock some ofthe workpeople perceived alight in tha forther extremity of the factory . An alarm was instantly raised , and on that part of the nremises in which tha H . ™* wt 1 . —
seen being opened r a strong body of flamas was found raging within . Every effort was made at the moment to stifle them ; but in consequence of the inflammable nature of the stock , they rapidly extended to Other parts of the floor . The brigade engines from the neighbouring station in Wellclosesquare was Quickly brought to tbs spot and got into operation , and also those of the adjacent docks . Their exertions ; however , were bis * of little service in controlling the fury of the destructive element ; floor after floor'became one vivid mass of fire , and the whole metropolis was illuminated by the huge sheets of flame whfeh rose high into the air from the blazing pile . Nearly every engine in the metropolis was brought into service , in endeavouring to
supj press the ravages ef the destructive element , and to ¦ preserve the two adjoining sugar-houses , which be longed to the firm , which , like the former towered above all the otherbnildings in the neighbourhood . Before five o ' clock this second house had aharfed the fate-of the former oney . and there being a third refining house attached tb-the premises , apprehensions were entertained tliafib would also fall a sacrifice . For several hours it had been exposed to the greatest beat , and twer or three times tho upper floors'had ignited . Thebrrgade , however , took up a strong position for the" preservation of this property . There being not ? the slightest chance of isavingr any thing from thesoalready fired , the brigade itook possession ofthe floors-of the remaining buildiing ,- and in a masterly manner kept the flames at bay . They brought the hose to bear on every part of the building , which was ailed with machinery and
a largesuock , and after the most incessant exertions it was-preserved . The Catholic chapel in Virginiastreet has not escaped . During the day the firm endeavoured to ascertain the origin ofthe disaster , but nothing accurate could be-learned . One thing is known , , however , that it broke out in that part of the place-considered most free-from fire , no portion oftho boilers , machinery , or flues beim ? npar it . On Thursday morning , about two o'clock , another outbreak occurred on these premises , the smouldering fire amongst the ruins having ; burned into one of the sugar houses which were-preserved on the previous day . -A considerable time elapsed before the firemen succeeded in suppressing tlie flames , and not until much damage was done . The origin of the first outbreak continues in a-state of mystety . As yet the firm have been unableto ascertain the exact amount of property destroyed—it iu , however , upwards of £ 50 , 000 .
Suicide By Iakikq Opium.—An -Inquest Was...
Suicide by iakikq Opium . —An -inquest was held on Wednesday , by Mr . Bedford , at Carey-street , Lincoln's-inn-fields , on view of the- body of Ellen Bryan , aged 25 , who committed self-destruction . withi opium . Theresa Merritt , No . % Chapel-street , St . Clement Danes , deceased ' s sister , said that on Friday night last , about ten o ' cloek , she was informed that deceased had poisoned herself . Witness took her to-the King ' s College-Hospital . Sh © was seen by two ofthe surgeons , vrho applied the stomach pump . She walked about-the hospital a short time , when she was conveyed to the station * house by the policemen , who were told that they were to walk her up and down the yard all ni ght , and not to let her go to sleep . The next morning , at eleven o ' clock , deceased was brought out of
the station-house . She was nearly insensible and helpless . She was taken to- the King ' s College Hospital by policemen . On arriving there she was carried up stairs - on a chair . Witness asked to be allowed to go up stairs to her , but was refused by the- porter . At three o ' clock a messenger calleck upon her , stating that deceased was dead . —Sophia Lyons , Kb . 6 , Clement's-lane , saw deceased aboutnine o ' clock on Friday night , when she swallowed something , which witness afterwards understood ) was opium . Deceased was much distressed about her child , six years old , the father having refused to < support her —Policeman , F 56 , stated that at the hospital he observed that he must have some one to charge the
deceased with attempting to destroy herself . Some one said that Mr . Steill would . That gentleman went to the station-houae and preferred the charge , and they ( the police ) were directed to see that the deceased should be walked about for several hours , and hot be allowed to go to sleep ; - When the police court was opened , Inspector- Black went to the magistrate , and reported the state in which deceased was , when she was ordered to be taken back immediately to the hospital . — Several policemen were examined , who deposed that the deceased during the night was assisted to wait about in the yard and in the cell , and that she was occasionally seen by the inspector ;—B . Slater , assistant to Mr . Lovett , chemist ,.. Glare-street ,
Clare Market , said that on Friday evening deceased purchased about twenty-five grains-of opium , which she remarked was to destroy rats . —Mr . W . P . Steill , house physician to the King's College Hospital , said that deceased was received at the institution on Friday night about eleven o'clock . He administered an emetic and the stomach pump . —In answer to questions by the coroner , Mr . Steill stated that he sent the woman to the police office because it was necessary that she should be walked about , and there was no means- of-doing it at the hospital . He had left directions at the station that she should be sent back to tho hospital if she became worse , — -The jury , after n short consultation , agreed to adjourn . The inquest was adjourned to Friday afternoon .
Appalling Accident at Ciiftov . — An accident of a most frightful character occurred on Tuesdaymorning last , by which a young lady , Miss Mary Craven , daughter of one of the most eminent solicitors in this neighbourhood ,, and only 17 years of age , lost her life . It appears that for some tima past Mr . Craven , with his- family , had been resi ding at Clifton , and this morning the deceased was called about seven o ' clock by her maid-servant , soon after which she wont out , as was her usual custom , and proceeded over Clifton Down towards St . Vincent's Hocks . The Down is on an elevation .
of upwards of 300 feet f on the summit of the wellknown Clifton Rocks , and commandsoncof perhaps the finest views in the world . It is , accordingly , much resorted to by visitors . Tho deceased must incautiously have approached too near the edge of the rocks , and she was precipitated to the bottom . She was seen in the act of falling by a woman named 3 > mma Edwards , who resides in a cottage under the rocks . Tho unfortunate lady , she states , endeavoured to save herself l ^ y catching at some projecting points of the rock , but her efforts were unavailing . Two men who were walking at the foot of the rocks also witnessed the accident , and hastened to her assistance , but she was quite dead . Her skull was complete ! /
beaten in on the right side , and her peisoa altogether frightfully mutilated . These dreadful accidents are unfortunately of but frequent occur * rence at this spot . It is noimiany months since we had to record the death-of ; a clergyman ' of the church of England , the Hew Mr . Hicks , who fell from the sama spot , called- ' <• Lion ' s Point , " antlwaskilled ; and a short time , before that , again , a young lady , shared the same fate . The Society of-Merchant Venturers have , erected large posts , warning persons against . . approaching too near the edge of She rocks , but , it-wouM be much safer if there weiie an iron railing running along tho summit of tho cliffs , as , amongst the- fashionable visitors who resort in such numbers to Clifton , there must
be many wholly ignorant © fi the localities , aud who are sometimes un / ortunatoly not aware of their danger till to late . — -A coroner ' s inquest was held on Wednesday opening at the Eownham Tavern , Hotwells , wiicaa ,. the iusy returned a verdict of ' ^ -Accidental -death , " and recommended tbat some precautions should be adopted by the authorities to prevent a r eourrence of such accidents . rniKSTca-vur . —At Kew Bramnton . near Chesterfield , on ihe 10 th inst ., the following protest was delivered by tho officiating clergyman of tho Established Church , against the burial of a young femal > who had been reared in the Latter-day Sain ts;— " In the name of God , I , John Hemdge
Jeb , o , incumbent of the Church of Brampton , do ht , reby protest against the use of the burial service v . sed by the Church of England , over any member Of the community called Latter-day Samti , or Mormons . And were I not in this case compelled by the laws of the land , I would not thus knowingly injure my feelings , and do such violence to my conscience . And I hereby declare , that I will not , in future , inter within the limits of my church-yard , any member of the said societv , ahd thus knowingly injure my feelings . This is my protest . " After this , the corpse was permitted to enter , and tt » service was performed bj the curate , mnch to ^ h » annoyance of the pious incumbent .
Tuk Taxes ox Knowledqe . —On Friday evening last , Mr . C . lushington , M . P . lor WestjMMtapjg presented a petition , signed by tho ;; ain | ij ^ lfflgTftcr the Northern Star Office , prayi n > Mr > 3 (>*^^^ of the newspaper stamp , paper , v /^ $ 0 &\ s § m & duties " - * % KSCT >& k
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 23, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23031850/page/5/
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