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description of the "Eig ht Honourable Gen-JS _gman , " as a tin ietfle Hod to Sir _Bobbbt Peel's tail , was a proof that the arrow had -Tied home ; tiie illustration was felicitous , and Jerhaps , when Mr . _Gooibodbit and others , f ee that the independent members who have Solved to make the bishops honest in spite _^ themselves , and to cleanse their hands from % st " filthy lucre" in wliich they are so Si of dabbling , they will think it better to " let sleeping dogs he . ' One more illustration of this tendency has obtained publicity during the week . It shows _Ihat snuo * nooks and corners there are about « .. _ .... — _.- -- ,-
_-the Church , ana now tenaeny its nursling fathers p lace their own oftspring in these comfortable and downy neste . There is , it _app ears , in one of the Ecclesiastical Courts , a _^ _jore ofScewthatis , an office the holder of -which has absolutely to do nothing hat to sign the receipt for tbe salary quarterly—tiie name ofthe office is a long one , as if to compensate for the nullity ofthe duties—Registrar of the Canterbury Prerogative Court . Its income is iust £ 12 / 00 ° a year ! £ 230 15 s . a week .
¦ _Wl 9 * a day , Sundays inciuaea , ior aorag _-nothing' When . Archbishop _Moobe held the a _^ , _actjno- in accordance with his right , he _i ominat _^ _Uiistwosons to thepost One of these sons now lives , and holds other Church _-orcfenncnts , amounting in aU to £ 15 , 000 a _L-jt Theother died , and in the days of Archbishop _SDHOX he filled np the vacancy _xvifh the name of his son , Lord _Latsteebuhy , then abov of ten or twelve years of age . A vacancy _burred again in the time of Archbishop Bowley , bnt he , with a conscientiousness rare among _Bishops was so struck with iheiniquitv of the affair , that he made no nomination When the present Archbishop—Dr
_Si-jikee—lately- was elevated to the primacy , therefore he found the vacancy , and like i a true Bishop forthwith presented his son to it , who Lord John _Stjsseu . duly described io the House of Commons , as <' ayounrr gentleman at present studying in the _Temyle . " We do not wonder that the _laughter which followed this description was _tailed into cheers , when the Pbemeru concluded by a statement that this rank and nefarious job will not be allowed to be completed—tliat the office itself is likely to be abolished , and that young Mr . _Summer -willnot even be able to claim compensation forthe prospective showers of sovereigns which , once a quarter , were to rain down upon Hs fortunate lead . He has , however , the consolation left
to know , that his kind and pious parent meant to provide handsomely for him , and that , though he has missed it this time , there are yet many "fat things , " all of wliich will not pass "b y the " yonng gentleman at present studying in the Temple . "
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The Protectionists make an outcry now and then ; but they appear to lack any definite policy , and to "be afraid of a standnp fight Ministers and Free Traders reply to their _querolons complaints , or bitter _invec--Bves and angry menaces , with taunts . If ihey think they can beat them , why do not tbey try their strength on a formal resolution . ? But the Protectionists have not yet screwed their courage np to the sticking point . In other respects ,, the business is proceeding in a jog-trot fashion .
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The rickety financial policy of Ministers has exposed them to another defeat . The lawyers' Certificate Duty Bill has left them in a minority of nineteen , and the poor _Chax-CElion has postponed—we may almost say given up—his Stamps' BilL What a Government for " a nation of shopkeepers 2 " Why do not some of Lord Johs _' s City friends send him a clever junior clerk , or two , to pnt _matters to right in the Exchequer ?
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MONIES RECEIVED Fcb tab Week EsDixa _Tbursdat , Mat 2 , 1850 .
THE SOSESTY FUBB . Received hy W . Rims Accriugton , Shoe Mill Cd—Ifectraomhril-e . per C . Uinclicliffe ' 21—J . Barclay , leith Is —J . Shan-ell , Aberdeen Gd—Melton Mowbray , per Gideon Cook 6 s 2 d—J . Smith , _Limehonse , per G . Rowell 2 s Sdland Members , Bradford , per J . Connell 7 s 2 d—A . B ., _lMwlrar--li Is—M . B ., Ediubnj _* gIi Is—J . Wilson , Edinburgh _Cd-Xotliii- 'ljani , per J-Sweet 2 d—W . KneH , Klton Is . — Received by J . Harris—Mr . _IV-bus , _leeds 6 d—W . Maxwell , _leedsSsCd—J . Harris ls—T . Braithwaite ls—A . Onenls J . _Dotton ls—Bowarth _. near Keighley , per W . Greenwood Ss _Sd-Bolton , collected byBalph _Pord 5 s 6 d—W . P ., _ItadcEffe Bridge , per H . Hamer ls—W . P . J . IL , Hackney 2 s- ; Bath , perT . BohveH 10 s—Peterborongh , three Chartists , pro- E . Kcbolev 2 s 6 d—Iiverpool , a few Friends , per i . AnioM Ss—Three Chartists , Somerset _Ss—B , Gee , Bradford , per J . Alderson 4 s—Flasdressers , landerneaw , France , per J . Kobertson 11 -is—Northampton , per J . _stanner *> l 7 s lOd—John _Whiflev 1 ' 5 s . s . d . BfreivedbrW . Eider .. .. 10 2 2
F 03 MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Beceived by W . Hides . —Scholars , Democratic School , Halifax 5 s . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Seeeit-ed far Jobs _Abxott . —Haworth . per W . Greenwood 15—l & _n-liw-tse _. _perJ . Barnard las—Elde *** * ue , per Alex _Wrigiit lis—Pudsey , per T . Wade _JJ—Leeds , per J . Harris lis Wd-Collecied at Jolm-street , 11 12 s <** fd—Cards at John-street _IUs—Belper , per J . Dean 10 s—Mr . Partes _Is—Mr-Blaclcmore ls—Donations 3 * -is 7 Jd—Cards at the Office II 12 s . —Barnard ' s Inn , per J . Nixon Is . —per Mr . Harney i- ' . 6 d . Total-Ill 8 s id .
DEBT DUE TO MR . NIXON . _Hewired by W . _Eidek . — Aceringtan , Shoe Mill Cd—Scholers _, Democratic School , Halifax 03 . FOR MRS- M'DOUALL . Beceired by W . Bides . —J . Barclay , Leith fid—Scholars , Democratic School , Halifax 10 s . FOR MRS . JONES _, _fleceircd by W . Bideb . —J . Barclay , _Leafh Cd—P . Parr , fiaddifie Bridge , per B . Hamer 6 d MONUMENT FUND . _Keceited by Johs Absott—Greenwich , per Mr . Bligh :- 6 d . ' . WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Beceived by W . Kideb . _—Sottingluinr , per J . Sweet 5 s . _NATIONAL VICTIM FUND .
Eecuved by Jons Absott , Secretary . —Collected at the _Jvo Qwnueu , Wardour-street , Soho 5 s Sd—West End _nemeiis' Men Meeting ; at the King and Queen , Foley _f ireet , per Mr . Mareden , ISs 5 d—G . J . M & ntle , Wolver-• - _^ _niiton CiL
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_Cot £ h . vjiexx Istebmesx Bat . —A public meeting _* as held on Monday afternoon at the Craren Hotel , - _^ aven-street , Strand , of the objectors to the pro _tons ofthe Government Interment Bill , for _' the ? Mpose uf . concluding arrangements preliminary to a future public meeting on the subject , when the ¦ Jul and its clauses shonld he considered at length . Mr _. __ James Wyld , M . P ., who was called to the chair , condemned the bill , as tending to establish a _^ t sjitem of centralisation , as likely to tax the _People tc an enormous extent , and to interfere with we rights of individual industry . The bill also provided for the compensation of the metropolitan V ™ _* gy _, and as they would be legislated for by a 3 J " those gentlemen would no doubt net a great
V ™ more than they would if they were paid by a _{" " "F of parishioners , and tbe inhabitants of tbe _metropolis wonld consequently be unduly and unnej * ssanly taxed . Whilst powers were given to the Board of Health to compensate the clergy of the established church , for tbe vast body of dissenters _* ho had some vested rights in burial grounds no compensation was proposed . The bill did not really get rid of intramural interments , for faculties mi _«* ht be obtained to buiy in vaults in freeholds even _' in the metropolis . Mr . Soden , Mr . Nicolay ,- Mr . Andrews , Mr . Healey , churchwarden of St . _Pancra-- - , " and other gentlemen , addressed the meeting . They - " _^ tended that the bill ought to be strenuously re _nte d ; tiat parties ought to have full control over " " sir own cemeteries ; thatthe new scheme was a _S 1 * 0 ? 3 job from beginning to end ; that it would _•^ ptdy foil as a sanitary measure ; that it outraged _^ _" " _"•^¦ "eling iri a manner that wa 3 disgraceful to *?• * " ciri _lised country , aud that it would be an invafor
_*** - of parochial rights . The intention of the _•^^ ent to provi de houses of reception dead _JeJJS _* - Previous to interment was the subject of a tiatf h _^ ' " 18 si _* » severalgentlemen contending _foid-lh ° _- _® cers appointed By the Government & oa _rt I _* P ° ° f tating persons deceased _flJtiz _[^ oasea their relatives _immedtately after _^( j _^* was out of their bodies , to _theanaojance 8 _^^ " ' the * sorrowing friends . Mr . Hargreave _Uo ™ _™ vedf and Mr . _5 odes seconded a resolute -flaE * for _^ appointment of x committee _ThetZr , Jc : ' its present _objectiOLablesbape : _jjj _^^ _wa _u 1 waadopted , and arrangements were _£ " _** - _* V » w _noidin g a public meeting on an early day we ptu _^ _pose f _awatening public attention to _^ _oono-oous powers , privileges , and exactions _^ nt tobe _ctmferred by the Government bill , the ai _^ _if- * ° i to _*& persons _deaitoui of promoting _Wem of extramural _•** _epattu » in which the _AlfiS _? _^ lwial pacfice
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THE CROSBY HALL _CONCLAYE . _YICTORY ! ' ¦ _¦'' , _" .. _' TRIUMPHS OF THE FRENCH DEMOCRATS GLORIOUS RESULTS OF _UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . !! Brother Pbolbiabiajss ; I have often before advised yoii , tihat "Wesscd are those who expect nothing , for verily they shall not be disappointed ; " and when , in my letter , published in the . Star of the 20 th ult ., I appealed to the Pariianientary- Reformers to adopt the princi ples ofthe People ' s Charter ,
and thereby rally to their standard , the working daises pledged to support that measure in its entirety , I had but little hope that that appeal would have the wished for result . 1 was , however , scarcely prepared to anticipate so signal a failure as the Crosby -Hall conclave proved to be . The shearing of swine is proverbially unprofitable , butnot more so than calculating on an honest and energetic -move ment for reform , nnder the leadership of Sir _Joshna "Walmsly and his friends . The whole history of the Crosby Hall conclave , may be summed np in a sentence : " Great cry and little wool . "
I have denominated the persons who assembled at Crosby Hall , a Conclave . ' - " To the title " of * _* _¦ * Conference , " self-assumed , they had ho claim . All popular bodies _hithe-ftomeeting under that name , have met together upon'ihe authority of popular election ; whereas the body under notice , consisted of a few members of Parliament , the members of ihe council of the National Reform Association , and a mob of lesser notorieties , who assumed the title of delegates , but who delegated themselves , or attended on the invitation of the council . "Without going through the entire
list , let me call your attention to the " Metropolitan delegates . I find set down for London the following names : —Thomas Morland , W . li . Coupland , Thomas Clabk , Philip M'Grath , Edward Miall { Nonconformist ) , J . W . Linton ( Learfer ) , Samuel Harrison , E . T . Salisbury ( Art Journal ) , Daniel Carr , John P . Bow-ring , John Marchant , and G . Kielle . By whom Thomas Clark and Philip M'Grath , and their fellow delegates were nominated _,, and when and where elected to represent London , the records ofthe Conference saith not . If in the multitude of councillors ,
there is wisdom , the " great Wen" was well provided for . In addition to Thomas ClarK , Philip M'Grath , and Co ., representing all London (!); Aldersgate was represented by Edward Lane ; Bermondsey , by John Harris , Henry Harris , and Henry Elkingtbn ; Bishopsgate , by JohnHoppe , Henry _Batenian , and William Volckman ; Bloomsbury , by Robert Langslow ; Bethnal Green , by Joseph Green ; Covent Garden , by Richard Burnet ; Cheapside , by J . C . Hardy ; Clerkenweli , by Wm . Parmer and A . W . Hurst ; Camberwell , by Wm . Edwards ; Hoxton ( St . John ' s ) , by
Thomas Hall ; Hoxton , by William Fontaine , Rer . E . Vaughan , and James Baker ; Holborn , by William Dixox , and Thomas Paris ; Islington , by George Foskett , John Jones , and J . W . Harfcer ; King ' s Cross , by James Bathgate and William Benbow ; Limehouse , and Poplar , by T , E . Bowkett ; Marylebone , by G . Beacon , J . A . Nicholay and B . Seaward ; Portsoken ward , by David Parker , J . G . Rhoads , and Thomas Rhoads ; Shadwell and Radcliff , by W . E . Corner ; Southwark , by Thomas Walker , and five others ; Shoreditch , by J . H . Pickford _, and G . E . Boggis ; St .
George ' s East , by T . S . isiicholls ; Stepney and Bethnal-green , by J . Dean , and J . Hackman ; St . Luke ' s , by S . Allan ; Tower Hamlets , by William Newton , and six others ; Westminster , by J . W . Bainbridge _, and two others . I can understand that Wiluam Dixon represented the well-known "No . 144 , High Holborn , " but I have strong doubts of his having been honoured with the suffrages ofthe shopocracy of that important thoroughfare . I can understand also that Thomas
Clark , Esq ., and his friend M | Grath , represented as much of London as is comprised in the aforesaid " No . 144 . " To pretend that they represented anything beyond that , is an assumption as opposed to fact , as would be any pretence on their part to represent all Europe . The other gentlemen whose names I have here enumerated , base their claim to the title of delegates on a foundation equally " groundless , and equally opposed to that right of popular election , of which they assume to be the only wise and virtuous advocates .
Their mode of coming together might have been pardoned , had the labours of the «* delegates " tended to unite the middle and working classes , for a real reform of the electoral system . That union was only possible by their adoption of the princip les of the Charter . Hitherto the Parliamentary Reformers have been tolerated , but not supported by the working classes . By ignoring principles held
sacred by the masses , the _JteformerB , notwithstanding all their agitation , have failed to elicit the sympathies of those masses , and consequently have lacked both that moral and physical force which the toiling millions alone can confer . The movement never has been national , nor is it likely to become so while ita leaders eschew the principle of Universal Suffrage , and thereby deny the political existence of a large section of the nation .
Instead of hastening to abandon the false policy upon which tbey have hitherto acted , the "Little Charter " men have deliberately chosen to persevere in the vain attempt of seeking national support for -sectional objects . The character of the conclave was foreshadowed , in the long address read by the President at the commencement ofthe proceedings . The intimation thatthe delegates had met , not forthe purpose of decidino- upon the nature and extent of the measure of Parliamentary Reform to be attained , but forthe purpose of merely
deliberating on practical measures , " * for carrying out a previously adopted scheme of representative improvement , " showed that the conveners of the Conclave had made up their minds to burke all propositions intended to make the movement really national , by the adoption of democratic principles . This intimation was followed up by the election of a burking-committee " of seven gentlemen , appointed to arrange the business ofthe Conference . " Of the burking doings of these gentlemen I shall speak presently .
The proceedings of the Conclave bore but small resemblance to any " Conference" that I ever heard tell of . The bulk of its members , instead of deliberating , seem to have assembled principally for the purpose of listening to a few great guns , whose main theme was their own astonishing prowess and _progr-ris iu the great work of reform . The " unadorned elo quence" of Cobden—the modest luminosit y of Bright—the frigid expediency of Hume—and the superannuated twaddle of Colonel Thompson , were enlightened by the complimentary _facetiousness of Messrs . Kershaw and Fox , who flattered the " grave and reverend
_signiors " on their good looks and phrenological developments ! ! The latter _gentleman also made a remarkable declaration , which must not be lost sight of , as it at once illustrates the character of his patroM , _themillocracy , and enables yoa to form a just estimate of the worth of hia advocacy of popular questions . That declaration was to the following effect ;—"That it was not to be expected that the V wealthy would subscribe so liberally tothe _"fonds of the present movement , as they did ' to the Anti-Corn Law League , when manu"facturers put down their hundreds to-day , "in the nope of making their -thousands to" morrow , " I must _rwnind you , my _£ _»«!» ,
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tbat the gentleman who made thiB acknowledgment , was the retained advocate' of that League of _MUWords _, whose selfishness be now unblushihgly avows . Tou _iriuat remember that the much abused Chartists proclaimed the same truth , at a time when , for the sake of his own " big loaf , " this " round , fat , oilymanof God , " was in the habit of holding up his paymasters as model patriots ,. and fitted by their civic and social virtues to be the saviours of England from oligarchical misrule and landlord-thrall . There were some sensible _thinirs said bvMr .
Dawson , of Birming ham , who repudiated the cant about f protection to property , " and expressed his disgust at the reiteration ofthe sham-alarms , consequent upon the " Tenthof-April-Demohstration . " The Daily News repeals Mr . Dawson to '" Bave said that '* "Haying conversed with a farmer , who " threatened to lower the wages of . his la" bourers , he ( Mr . Dawson ) replied , that he " hoped that if he did so , he would soon find " himself burned in his bed . " I have no objection to join chorus with Mr . Dawson in
singing--• As long as millions shall Dow down , To ask of thousands for tlieir owii ; . : And thousands coldly turn oway , And to the millions answer ; . 'l * ay - - _' . _' So Jong the fearful reigu shall be Of Captain Sisivgdiul his family . ' But I must whisper to _MK Dawson that , if the torch is to be used to teach humanity to
employers of agricultural labourers , the same . appliance might be used to enlighten the minds , and warm the hearts of those pf the manufacturing districts , who are quite , as-ready as the bull-frog farmers . to heap up wealth by buying labour in the " cheapest , " to sell it in the " dearest market ; _'' _thereby acting _, on the p rime article -of their Mammon-worshipping . creed— " Lord love you ! we are all for _^ ourselves ih this world !" ¦
Resolutions in favour ofthe formation of local committees—the distribution of tractstbe employment of lecturers- _^ the extension of Freehold Land Societies—the preparation of a "bill" embodying the association ' s scheme of reform—the formation of local registration and election committees , & c , ore . — -were adopted by the " delegates . " These resolutions were aii based on the assumption , thatthe association ' s programme of political principles was perfect , and had the . sanction of the people , and , consequently , needed no amendment ; a fatal error ( if not something ' - worse than a mere error ) and surety for the continuance of popular apathy—so . far , at least , as the f'little Charter" is concerned .
In the course of the second day ' s sitting , Mi * . Reynolds claimed the attention of the conclave to state that he had submitted , certain resolutions to the "business { burking ) committee , " ' with , the _indention of moving their adoption , but that the committee had returned them with an intimation that they did not consider themselves competent to entertain them . Mr . Reynolds added , that lie
" took it they were summoned there for the " purpose of a Conference ; but as yet there " had not been a semblance of a Conference ; " and the idea of bringing some 180 gentlemen " together for the purpose of making and " hearing 1 speeches , instead of deliberating , " appeared to him extraordinary . It was to " give practical effect to their meeting that he "begged to propose the two following reso"lutions : —
1 . That this conference is fully impressed with the force of . the numerous practical . . ' objections to a sufirage based on a rating qualification , and especially recognises the flagrant impolicy and gross injustice of excluding any male adult from the . exercise of that franchise which is a natural and rational right , inasmuch as those who perform the duties and bear the burdens of citizens ought to be represented , while no section of the community ought to be governed without being represented '; and therefore this conference is of opinion , that the programme of the National Parliamentary and Financial . Reform Association should be so far altered as to base the right of _suffrage upon ' a claim tobe registered , 'instead of ' a claim to be rated . '
. 2 . That this conference , entertaining the most earnest and sincere desire to behold the rights of the working classes properly defended and their interests effectually represented—and believing that tiicse aim ? can only be accomplished by affording an opportunity for men of the highest intellect belonging to the ranks of labour to attain an entrance into the people's parliaments—recommends the addition ofthe principle of ' payment of members' to the programme ofthe National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . [ The following additional _resolutiou had been submitted to the committee , and was handed to the
reporters—; 3 . That as the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association and tho Council ofthe National Keform League have severally appointed Deputations to wait npon the Conference and expound the views of those bodies to the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association , the Conference decides upon receiving and hearing the said Deputations . ] A . Mr . Tillett , of Norwich , one of the burking committee , opposed the consideration of the above resolutions , observing that" If Mr . Reynolds , or any other gentleman " considered that the principles ofthe associa-44 tion were unjust , or unwise , ifc ivould be his 44 duty to withdraw . ( Hear , hear . " ) The
¦* Conference " rejected Mi * . Reynolds ' s resolutions " by an overwhelming majority . " Had the resolutions , proposed by Mr . Reynolds been adopted , the programme of the " Parliamentary Reformers " would thereby have been assimilated to the Charter ; with the exception of one of its "Points , " that of "Annual Parliaments . " The speakers of the Parliamentary Reform Association , when addressing audiences containing a large admixture . of Chartists , are in the habit of declaring that so far as they are personally
concerned they approve of the principles of the Charter ; but they sacrifice their own opinions to conciliate the prejudiced portion of the middle classes . If sincere in this declaration , why did they not seize upon the opportunity afforded by Mr . Reynolds , to make a clean breast of their Chartist sympathies , and endeavour to . convert the middle class , through their " delegates , " to the sound and wholesome principles sanctified by the advocacy of all true Reformers , from the time of Major Cartwright to the present hour ? Even at the "Conference" some of the
" delegates gave expression to sentiments which morally bound them to give their support to Mr . Reynolds . Mr . Bright , for instance , observed tbat— " The change sought " by the Conference should have that con" firmation of public opinion , that when " once established there could be no cavilling " at its injustice or danger , and no attempt to " retrace the decision to which the nation had " come . " The kind of change that would be
accepted in that spirit was indicated by Mr . _Thwaites , who observed , that , "For himself it was pretty well known tbat he was an uncompromising advocate of Manhood Suffrage . He believed that to be the only basis on which the question could be satisfactorily settled" _^ Mr . Thwaites is perfectly . correct as regards his belief , but exhibited sad inconsistency in not raising his voice in support of Mr . Reynolds ' s resolutions . Mr . Thwaites is an "
uncompromising" compromiser ! But where were the champions of the « ' whole hog' '—the '' entire animal ;'' the men who shouted down Joseph Sturge and his friends , with the thundering chorus— " Name and all ? " Where was Wiluam Dixon , * member for Holborn ? " Where was Phillip M'Grath , the " member for London ? " And
where , oh , where was his colleague , the immaculate Chartist , Thomas Clark ? . Echo answers " Where V Of course the members for all London , and Holborn into the bargain , can each reconcile his conductto his conscience _. Some consciences , like india rubber , have the property of stretching , or like gutta percha , can be moulded as convenience may dictate , and are warranted to wear well , ' *; under any variety of circumstances !
Men sitting in the Crosby Hall conclave , * and calling themselves Chartists , were bound , by the principles they professed , either to have supported Mr . Reynolds , or to have moved more perfect resolutions having the same end in view . - Specially bound were Messrs . Cure , M'Gbath , and Dixon , to follow that course . Thoy know themselves suspected of
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falling away to the 'Charter ; while ; on the ( rtherhand , ; tbey _|*( iad _procl-iimed _themselves the onl y worthy , exponents ' of Chartism , They were bound to disprove the one , and do their best to prove the _other- _^ to disarm suspicion , and justif y their ' own '' attempt at separate leadershi p . _;;; _Miv _^ Reynolds _kflorded them the opportunity of so doing . Doubtless : they can --or . could if they would—show good and sufficient reasons :, for , their silence , when public duty commanding them to speak out , their lips were , notwithstanding , sealed . '
Later m the day , Mr . Clark found his tongue ,-when moving , _il-. That the council ; be " respectfull y requested to prepare a Bill * con" taining the plan of reform proposed by the " Association , . with a view to its introduction "in that shape to _/ Pariiament ! _£ ; Mr . Clark , who : is renowned for .: his _mbiesty- —was too bashful to speak for the CHARTER '¦; happily he overcame his blushing timidity ' ; when called upon to take the initiative in giving . birtli tb the "Little Charter , " in the form of a "Bill , " intended to supersede THE PEOPLE'S
CHARTER . ; ' At the soiree held at the London Tavern , the chairman ( Sir Joshua Walmsley ) introduced "Thomas Clabk , Esq , " as " a veritable representative of the working classes !!! ' •" . It is a pity but that Sir Joshua had attended tho meeting at ' the NationalHall , last evening ; had he done so , he would have witnessed , the members for all ' . 'London , " and " Holborii " in addition ; denounced as the enemies of . the classes they impudently assume to ¦ represent . He would have seen those men powerless in a meeting convened by themselves , to appoint
even their own chairman , carry their own rcsolutions , ' orbbtain a moment ' s hearing , even in "Holborn ,- ' except through the intercession ofthe men who bo ; ably exposed their political backsliding . In their arrogant conceit , MeS 3 V 8 . Claiik , ' MjGiiATri , and Dixon , imagined themselves capable' of dividing tho . Chartist party , instead ; of which they , have only exhibited their - own :, impotency " . Traders in politics could ' not commit a greater mistake .-Dishonest in principle , ; and ' blundering in tactics , they stand condemned ' in thb estimation of the working classes , and valueless for the purposes of their respectable patrons ;
In last Saturday ' s Northern Star , Mr . O'Connor argued that , even withtho Walmsley extension of the Suffrage , and Triennial Parliaments , without ' the Payment of Members , " you would have as corrupt , "if not . a more corrupt Parliament . than you have " now ; " while , on the other hveii ,.. Payment oi Members-even with Triennial Parliaments—would enahle the working classes to " elect honest and up" right representatives from their own order . " An unanswerable argument for Mr . Reynolds ' s second resolution . Unhappily , Mr . O'Connor did not give expression to that argument— -and other ' arguments he might have employed—in the " Conference ' : " an oriiission I _unfeignedly regret , both for his own sake , and for the sake ot the Chartist cause . Mr .
O'Connor entertairis thehopo that , as the Parliamentary Reformers have added " No Property Qualification" to their little stock , they may go further , and , " erelong , adppfthe whole hog , bristles and " all . " Mr . O'Connor very just !* ' adds _£ - " Mind , 'however , this must be done by argument , and hot " by violence . " Mr . ' . ' Reynolds would bave tried argument , but was burked ' . "While the association was in a provisional state , it was , doubtless , competent for tlie council to make the'important addition of "No Property Qualification" ' to tbeir fundamental principles . Henceforth , so importiint a step must , be the act of a " Conference ; " and , judging by the proceedings of tbe recent conclave , it is hardly likely that any such body will bo convened until April next . Clearly , then , sound policy dictated support . of Mr . Reynolds ' s resolutions , Tbat
support might have been rendered without in any way committing the supporters to " a regular flare up . " Mr . O'Connor may assure hirriself that his best friends regret his silence on an occasion so important to the interests of Chartism . The brow of every real Chartist must have crimsoned from a painful sense of humiliation , on reading in Mr . O ' Connor's postscript , that every member of Parliament on the platform was invited to address the meeting / with the single-exception of himself . The " respectables" make no attempt to conceal tlieir mortal aversion , for the Parliamentary representative , of Chartism . Why , then , does Mr . O'Connor persist in sharing the company of those who take no pains to disguise their bitter dislike of both him and his party ? In the case of an obscure individual it would matter nothing to tho people ; but Mr . O'Connor ' s humiliation is the humiliation of us all .
I regretted to read , in Mr . O'Connor 3 letter , renewed allusions to . the disunion of the working classes . Mr . O'Connor is deceived . ¦ There is no disunion * , although the wen who surround and mislead him , have done their best to create division . Had any other men taken the same course , Mr . O'Connor would have" denounced them as New " New Movers , " and invoked against the offenders the thunders of popular censure . I have not forgotten the denunciations launched against "William Lovett ; yet , now tbat Mr . O'Connor ' s chosen friends attempt to create a new faction under the patronage of the same William Lovett , he singles thcrii outfor praise as " morally and politically honest , and ornaments
to their class and to society . " In the letter from which the preceding words are quoted , Mr . O'Connor intimated that , " solong as disunion existed , be . would not lend his name or countenance to cither party . " In coming to such a determination , Mr . O'Connor must havebeen blind to the fact , that the little knot of seceders have no more claim tobe considered a " party , " than the _celebrated Tooley-strcet tailors had to constitute themselves the " ' People of England . " That gentleman must have forgotten , too , that be does belong to the recognised Chartist party , and that to refuse to that party his ' name and countenance , is calculated to occasion that division , which he assumes to exist , "He that is not with us is against us . " Mr . O'Connorlast week , assured the friends at Hanley ,
that ho was " resolved neither to be snuffed out , nor extinguished . " The only man . who can " snuff out , " or " extinguish" Feargus O'Connor , is Peargus O'Connor _himself . In quitting this subject , I must express my thanks to Mr .-Reynolds , for his bold and straightforward conduct at the late Conference . I was not the first to welcome that gentleman to our ranks ,-but I will not be the last to pay him a well-deserved tribute of applause . I never before gave utterance to a word in praise of Mr . Reynolds , but I consider that , by moving his resolutions in the midst of the Crosby Hall conclave , he performed an act which entitles him to the thanks of every true democrat , and the approbation of every member ofthe working and unrepresented classes .
" Brother Proletarians , I am sorry to havo had __ to occupy so much space with comments on a subject for the . most part'distasteful , to the exclusion of a topic on whieh I could have written with unqualified pleasure , but which I must now dismiss in a few lines . ; Of course I allude to the glorious triumphs of our French brethren in thc elections ofthe Democratic candidates ) for the Seine and Saone-et-Loire . Since the elections ofthe IOtli of March no event has transpired in Europe of equal importance . The Socialist-llemocrats elected in March , for the Saone-et-Loire , wero unseated on a party quibble . I predicted their re-election , and that prediction has been verified . Greater" signification , however , is attached to the Parisian victory . You may
remember , that on the occasion of the election of Carnot , Vidal , and De Flotte , the discomfited Ordermongers consoled themselves by affecting to regard their defeat'as being occasioned by a temporary and peevish hostility to the government . Tbe _Tiines' correspondent assured the readers , of that lying journal , that within cight-and-forty hours after the 10 th of March great numbers of the Parisian electors were repent _' ng , in sackcloth and ashes , of tbe votes they had given to the Red candidates , and wero only anxious for an opportunity to retrace their steps .- and rally to the side of "Order . " That opportunity they have had ; Vidal , elected for one . or the Departments , as well as for Pittis , decided to sit for the former , and thus
occasioned a new election in the capital . The Moderates , at first'brought forward , as their candidate , Foy , who , though beaten on the 10 th of March , stood next' fo Do Flotte on the poll . This selection was made in the interest ofthe _Orleanists , to the small liking 6 f the _Buonapartists , and to tho litter disgust of tne Legitimists . As a natural consequence , the innst admired disorder reigned in the camp of the Ordermongers * for these three factions , though agreed in their hatred to the Republio , most furiously hate , and desire the destruction of each other . Still circumstances forced them " to affect a virtue , though they have it not" For
without union , or , at least , a leagued conspiracy , they kro ** tbat they could . not even postpone the fate that awaits them . Inspired by this sentiment , they cast about for a man" qualified to combine the votes of all sections of the " partv of order . " Foy was set aside' and , in his stead , they nominated an ignorant shopoorat , a man avowedly of no politics , and whose only claim to the suffrages of tne people of Paris was grounded on the fact of his having aided in shooting down the despairing insurgents of June ' 48 . To manufacture for bim a reputation , all kinds of romantic and ridiculous stories , concerning the heroism of himself and his family , were circulated by his _paironv Ml the _iniuenoo of the go-
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vomment , _\ ofthe ' mil _^ aristocrats , and the . Legitimist , ' _OrleanUtVCiina _Btionapartist press was employed to ensure thiB return of ' the redoubtable Leclerc . On the other Iiand , the Reds nominated 'tho ' celebrated Eugene Sue , whose name is associated with the . most successful' _literary' productions of this generation . Studying the condition of t . fie people , for literary purposes , he , some' years ago , was induced to turn from the worship of systems , productive of the misery , ignorance , and viceof millions of his fellowcreatures ; to the all-saving creed of democratic socialism . In his Wandering Jew , Martin the Foundling , and Mysteries of the People , he has laid bare the causesof social evils , and ably pointed to the remedies . One sentiment from his Writings is said to , have gone far in deciding his nomination as . the bamlidate of the Red Republicans— "NO ONE
HAS A RIGHT TO SUPERFLUITIES , WniLE OffiERS WANT Till ! * _NECESSARIES OF LIFE . " For this sentiment Eugene Sue bas'been fearfully abused by those wlio uphold the heartless usurpations of tho rich ; a sentiment which , however , must command tho applause of every friend to humanity _and'justice . .., ' . ' , ' :.. . Tlio Rods engaged in the struggle under terrible disadvantages . Their electoral meetings had scarcely begun when they were suppressed by tbe Government , and all attempts to canvass for their candidate were rigorously prohibited . Some thousands of the working class , who were without em ployment , were expelled the city' The new electoral listwhich
, enmo into operation since the 10 th of March , showed a diminution of upwards of twenty thousand electors—the disfranchised _belonginsr mainly , or entirely , to the popular party . A new crusade was commenced against the press The polico autocrat , Carlier , issued an ukase , forbidding the sale of thc Opposition journals . The hawkers were _authorised to sell only those of the Government . The ' opposition papers— --wherever found—were seized , and the vendors punished . Under these circumstances , tho ' Ordcrinongers fondly calculated on a triumph . Imagine , then , their disappointment and rage on finding themselves beaten—more signally beaten than thoy were at tho Mnich election . *
Eugene Suo bas been triumphantly elected' by a majority of _moreNthan eight thousand votes oyer his competitor .. ¦ "'•" ¦ - Great is the dismay of the enemies ofthe people , both in . France ond throughout Europe . Since Monday last , meetings of the scoundrelocracy have been nightly held : at the Elyseo _, to consider what next ? - But , as tho Times remarks , legality is on the side of the revolution , and an anti-legal demonstration on the part of Buonaparte and his advisers may involve them in ruin : That villanous _' _Jonnial , the London Globe / is strongly urging the ' French Government to abolish Universal Suffrage . Some such move maiy be anticipated j then will come the _struggle inthe streets—a struggle which I fervently pray may result in the destruction of its provokers —the traitors in-power . •'' - ' ¦• ' ¦ ; .
I must defer further comment on this subject . In the mean time , Jet" roe inform my metropolitan friends , that on Tuesday next a public meeting , convened by the Fraternal Democrats , will be hold at the Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square , to congratulate * the democracy of Paris on their glorious victory . Of course the Hall will be crammed by true and Btaunch democrals _, who , with heart and voice , will echo back from the Thames to the Seine the battle cry of the peoples of all lands , —VIVE LA REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUEETSOCIALE
L'AMI DU" PEUPIE . May 2 nd , 1850 . . ' . P . S . —The final struggle is at hand . A royalist commission has been appointed by tho" French Government to prepare an electoral law for the limitation of tho sufirage . That law has been already prepared by the government , and if sanctioned by the committee , and adopted by the Assembly will disfranchise one-third of the French people in the aggregate , and one half of those living in towns . The government journals are doing their utmost to
provoke a conflict . The Patrie speaks thus of the people . V- " We are surrounded bv cannibals . If they remain in thoir lair they must bo _EXTINGUISHED ; if they come out they must bo CUT TO PIECES . " Mark this—The Daily News reports that disturbances of a serious kind havo taken place at Chateau-Renard ( Bouches-du-Rhone ) . The President ofthe Republic : had dissolved the Socialist Municipal Council . The Socialists prevented the election ofthe new one , bearing down the soldiers , who would not act !!! | L'AMI DU PEUPLE . May 4 th , 1850 .
[Now, When The Reader Peruses The Above ...
[ Now , when the reader peruses the above letter , I ' think he must como to tbe conclusion that I allow my Editor greater liberty than any other Proprietor of a Newspaper would . I not only tolerate abuse of others , but I sanction falsehood of myself ; and as it is onl y right to inform you , that the letter in question was read to me before it was inserted , and if it had not been for the allusions made to me , I should not have allowed the criticism upon others to have appeared , because , as I stated some weeks ago , I would no longer allow the " Northern Star" to be made the vehicle of personal accusation and recrimination . However , as it is my wish to meet statements of every description , let me now show the error into wliich the writer has fallen .
Mr . Eeynolds was a member of the Council of the Financial Eeform Association , and , therefore , was entitled to speak at the Conference . I was not a member of the Council , although I took out a card of membership , not as a , councillor but as a member of the Association , for the express purpose of speaking : and now hear the simple fact . No man , except * a member of the Council or an elected Delegate , was eligible to speak , unless he was appointed to do so b y the business committee .
It is true that there was a dodge inserted , allowing members of parliament , who voted for Mv . Humo ' s motion , to" attend and take part in the proceedings ; but , perhaps , you will be astonished when I inform you , that it was actually decided by the Business Committee that I SHOULD NOT SPEAK ; and , therefore , ' . I . was determined not to appear as an intruder . 1 did attend tho soiree , and , contrary to my wish , was called upon by Sir Joshua _Ifalmsley to address the meeting , and , if my speech had been reported , tho reader would have discovered , that , although the meeting was almost exclusively composed of the higher and middle classes , that-my speech was a NO SURRENDER speech for the whole animal . " ' X
Now , working men , I have no doubt that some of you are old enough to remember , that I was obliged to dismiss Mr . Hill from my service in consequence of his abuse of Dr . M 'Douall when he was absent from the country . "You recollect that I dismissed Mr . Hobson , which cost ' me more than £ 500 , for his abuso of the Somers Town Chartists ; and from these facts you will come to the conclusion , that I can tolerate abuso of myself ) while I cannot tolerate abuse of your order ; and I think you will draw the natural inference , that I tolerate what no other proprietor of a newspaper ever did . or ever would tolerate .
Now , let me remind you again , again , and again , that this _autagonism of leaders is above all things likely to destroy your movement and postpone the accomplishment of your principles , and therefore I now assure you , that it shall cease as far as tho "Northern Star" is concerned . Feargus O'Connor . ]
Latest From Prance. The Proclamation Of ...
LATEST FROM PRANCE . The proclamation of thc result of tho election for the department- of tho Seine , took place at the Hotel de Ville on Friday , with the usual ceremonies . There was a very large display of troops on this occasion , but the publio was wanting . The Democrats , obedient to the directionsof their -journals , kept away . There were certainly not 1 , 500 people on the Place exclusive of tho troops . The following is the official result : For M . Eugene Sue 127 , 812 For M . Leclerc .. 119 , 726 E . Eugene Sue was consequently proclaimed representative ofthe people for the department of Seine . lr The Democratic list of candidates have been returned in the department of Saone-et-Loire , by a majority of 18 , 000 votes .
Co-Operation.—Mn-Nrow.—A Few ' Oi The Wo...
Co-operation . _—Mn-NROw . —A few ' oi the working cIassbeingde 8 irous of carrying into effect the system of co-operation , called a meeting for the purpose of establishing a store for the sale of provi sions on the 22 nd ult . At tbat meeting thirty-four _, members entered , and the money paid amounted to £ 29 is . 6 d ., and on the following * _reek the number _ofmembersWeasedtofifty-A ; The total sum of money on the 29 tk was . £ 84 4 s . fld . Thus it will be seen that _fifty-eig fct- members paid the man of £ 84 48 . 0 ( 1 . in » week .
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Tub Pbovisional;Committee Ot Thb Nation*...
Tub Pbovisional ; Committee ot thb Nation ** ChartbbVAiisocution -met at . their Office , 1 Southamntou-8 i ! reet , Strand , on . Thursday- evening May ; 2 nd . f-Present . ' . Messrs . J . Arnott , Miles , Milne ,-. Stallwood , Grassby , Brown , and Harney . Mr . Mills in iithe chair . Letters were read from Brighton _.-Be ! per , Sntton-in-AsbSeld , Derby , Limehouse , Elderslie , & c , & c , containing cash , and other valuable aid . A deputation , consisting of Messrs . Shute , Pcavcey , and Gill , attended from the rratcrnal Democrats , to _request the use of Johnstreet Hal ) , on 1 nesday next , to congratulate tho French on _^ the election of Eugene Sue _^ which , was granted . . Mr . Reynolds sent an apology for nonattendanceand enclosed
, an address on the neces-91 J ty ? . _? r ' ? ' which was unanimously adopted . _Mcsbi-s . Arnott and Harney were deputed to draw up an _swl-Jvess to the members of the National Charter Association , enuneiatory of the close of tbeir term of office , andthe necessity of electing a permanent Executive . An . address was also adopted , appealing to tho Chartists to defray the expenses consequent upon tho defence of Mr . Yernon . After somo other business , the committee adjourned until Thursday evening next . _SiiErriELD . — -A second conjoint meeting of tha English and Irish Democrats was held in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Quccn-strect , on Sunday evening _Inst-i-Mr . Wm . Holmes in the chairwhen Mr . Buckley again addressed the members of both associations at great length ,, on the necessity of _imnu-diaio actio--. At the close of the address ,
Mr . Robinson moved , and Mr . _Lennard seconded , the following resolution , which was unanimously agreed to : _—* 'That a committee be _immediately formed , comprising an equal number of both English and Irish Democrats , for the purpose of getting up an out-door demonstration as early as possible . "" Tho following persons were elected to carry out the foregoing resolution : —Michael Buckley , George Cavill , Nathan Robinson , Patrick Law-Jews , Patrick Burke , "William Holmes , Michael Galley , Thomas Hague , John Lennard . On tbe motion of Mr , Buckley , a deputation was appointed to solicit Mr . Otloy to address the members next Sunday evening , in tho above room . It was also agreed that the above resolutions bo forwarded to the Northern Star and Irishman newspapers for insertion . Thanks having been voted to the chair , the meeting separated .
VV HiTTiKGTON and Cat . ~ -At a meeting on Sunday i ast a vote of thanks was unanimously given to Mr . Reynolds , for his manly conduct at the National Reform Conference . Cripplegate LocALiTr . —The following pers ' _-ns have been elected on the council at the City Chartist Hall : —Messrs . Young , llendls , Hockley , Hewett , and Quin . Financial secretary , Mr . Oaston ; and cot responding secretary , Mr . Kendrick .
The Finsbury Chartists To The Char- I Ti...
THE FINSBURY CHARTISTS TO THE CHAR- i TISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . ' United , we stand—divided , we fall . ' Brother Chartists , — -We , tho members of tho National Charter Association , residing in the bo--rough of Finsbury , beg leave to address you at this > important crisis . It is with heartfelt grief that wo witness parties , who have worked ko long with us in the holy cause of democracy , separating from us . We all know , from past experience , the folly—nay , the mischief—of disunion , •* Divide , and conquer , " is the game of our enemies . Drothers , ours is too holy and sacred a cause to be trifled with . Wo call upon you to rally around the old ship—the " Charter "—to nail the colours to the mast , . and swear never to lower them till the Charter becomes tho law of the land . We , call upon you to vallj around
the Executive Committee , by taking out cards of membership of the National Charter Association . You must look to your own efforts , if you arc really in earnest , to emancipate yourselves from slavery . Brothers , many of us remember the passing of the so-called Reform Bill . We had the bilL thc whole bill , and nothing but the bill ; and if we allow ourselves . to be deceived again , our children will have cause to curse our apathy . Thc members residing in the borough of Finsbury have taken a commodious room at the Old Dolphin , Old-street , St . Luke ' s , and call upon all true lovers of liberty to rally around them . ' ¦ Signed by the Council , on behalf of the locality , Mr . Ding , Mr , Jones , Mr . Poole , Mr . Feline , Mr , A . Fuzzes , Mr . Blake , Treasurer , Mr R . Fuzzen , Secretary .
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Bradford, Yorkshire.—A Meeting Was Held ...
Bradford , Yorkshire . —A meeting was held en Sunday , April 21 , at the room in Hope-street , when it was _rcr-olved , " Tliat we call on all the members to come forward and bring their strips and books , or cards , as the Company is about to be wound up ; and as we are about sending a return sheet to London , if they do not make , their claim they will not be returned . We give them from this day , April 21 , to the last day in May , and they must abide the consequence , as we are determined to give no further notice . We also call on the secretary of Pudsey , ' aud the members , to come forward , as we have received some information to convey to tbem from tho Directors . [ This letter was given to thc printer last week , but was accidentally omitted . —Ed . N . S . _}
National Land Company. Lambeth County Co...
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . LAMBETH COUNTY COURT .-Mat 1 st . Cokey v . _SuirsoN . —The plaintiff in . this caso was one Patrick Coney , and the defendant John Simpson , Secretary of the Camberwell and Walworth branch of the National Land Company . The plaintiff sought to recover the sum of 14 s . 2 d ., paid to the defendant on behalf the National Land Company , The case when first heard was adjourned until Wednesday , the 10 th of April , when Messrs . M'Grath and Dixon attended on behalf of the Directors , and after a lengthened inquiry , the iudce said he would adjourn the case for one month
before be gave judgment , as the case was before one of the higher courts . The parties received notice to attend at ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning , May 1 st , to hear thc judgment of the Court , but when the case was called for , the judge stated tbat since the case waa before him last , the legality of the Company had b een argued in one of the superior courts . He therefore , would not givo judgment in the case ; and , further , he had very serious doubts on . his mind as to the plaintiff recovering the money paid , indeed , there were many difficulties in the way to prevent bim from doing so .
Tne Printer's Account, To Tne Editor Of ...
TnE PRINTER'S ACCOUNT , TO TnE EDITOR OF THE K 0 R 1 BER 8 STAR . Sm , —I enclose you an order from a few friends to assist in defraying the Printer ' s Account for tha Convention and Assembly . I do think if a recom mendalion were coming from you to tbose _ who ex press themselves anxious to see their friends relieved from the embarrassment in which they hav _« been kept since 1 S 48 , to at onco become their own agents anil enclose one sixpence , or aa much mor _** _- as they may choose to give , in an envelope , addressed to you , and giving the name of the sender , and what it is to be applied to . This , in my opinion , would take away the excuses generally given , that tbey would be willing to give their share , provided some person would i accept it . Those who will not lake this small I amount of trouble , cannot be sincere in their pro- » fessions of sympathy , nor honest in principle , if tbej * - will not adopt some such simple anil easy mode of f liquidating those debts , whicb in a moral _senst all are bound to see paid .
I atn , Sir , your * - truly , . Glasgow . D . _Sherbisoton
To The English People. Fellow Countrtmen...
TO THE ENGLISH PEOPLE . Fellow Countrtmen , - — Mr . Stamford , ' the be Member for Reading , brought the question of of poisons beforo tho House of Commons , on Tuesday ** ay * night last , but they talked about examining ng Chemists and Doctors , who are both directly in- interested in the sale of Poisons—who live by tbem ! J ! I Yes , live by them !!!—There ' s a pretty Ilouse-of of Commons for you '—People of England 1 we em- rapbatically declare to you that you will ' never _,-er obtain any Reform until full justice be done to tha ; b « _people on the question ot Medical Reform ; the tbe Medical monster must be crushed , if you would be be successful ; it ia thc most tangible of all the the questions- —remember that . Yours , Ac , The Members op the British Colleob . eo « . New-road , London , May 2 . o *? Health .
Loam Societies . —On Saturday last was printed a _jdji parliamentary paper of twenty-one folio sheets , con- _sontaining nn abstract of the accounts of loan _eocie- _icio . ties to tho 31 st December last , by John Tidd Fratt rati Esq ., the barrister appointed to certify the rules e a © savings banks . From this _docui _& ent it appears that i \ at there are 100 loan societies , all of whicb ,, except : cept one in Wales , are . in England . Tbe number of _ap-f ap- ¦ plications for loans in 1849 was no fewer _tbaa . tbaa t 09 , 6-12 of which number loans _woi-e made tee t »»
60 , 710 . Secession to the Grkkk Chuucb . —The _£ ng "» ng "» Review asserts that the Rev . Will ' _iaa Palmer , M . A . M . A . _Feilow of Magdalen College , Oxf rt wlm some _tia © tnM _Bince joined the Scotch _Episcopalians , is & bo « t tot * total reconciled to tho Oriental church . " 1 he rev . _« entle » _enae _« c man , who has never _proce-ded beyond _deacbnWbri'i orders _^ n the Analican chvutch , of which he « r-is aona & _aoaM time ago one of the most ; advanced of tbe _TracbiriaKfctriMfch is said , on the same authority , to be at _isbue witfe ibitk 33 on au article of the _Nisenc Crced-the _proce _^^ _ww _^ M _oitheHolvGhqat ,
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