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^gaY^_ 1848. ^ THE NORTHERN STAR. 7
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INDIA. jbe arrival of the Ovexland Us.il...
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THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN PRANCS
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THE CHARTIST AND LAND MOVEMENT. The Germ...
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The magistrates of Hereford have £«*« »«...
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NOTES OF A JOURNEY FROM O'CONNORVILLE TO...
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Piles, Fibtdi*, and BEABiNos.nowt*. A Wo...
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GREENWICH. GREAT MEETING IN SUPPORT OF T...
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^Gay^_ 1848. ^ The Northern Star. 7
_^ gaY _^_ 1848 . _^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 7
C Olonial Ana Jm-Eiin
_c olonial ana _jm-eiin
India. Jbe Arrival Of The Ovexland Us.Il...
INDIA . _jbe arrival of the Ovexland Us . il we _Isara that _P / gsrdingewas about to quit India . IP te _sdrices ia the Delhi Gazette from Persia describe _^ _inait ion of that kingdom as most disastrous . _& _KEYDLUTI _05 IS SICILY NSD _KAPLES . _e issurrection in Sicily , announced in our last , is tri-* i * j , gCt . General Tiale , Military Governor of Palermo , C ilia ted at the position in which he had been placed , _^ L rigorous attempt on the 14 th to enter the town . 155 tbis purpose , he sent forward a strong column of _* & ot * 7 c * ralr f * wJ _* leh made vain efforts to opea a
. cage f ° _'tself , and become master of the Msqueda _f \ . The people , wishing to avoid as much as possible C _effasion of blood , waited for the first shock with ifgce . After having sustained the fire of the assail' tbey replied by discharges of musketry , grape-shot , e _rj _grt _' _uhry , which made drtaaful ravages in the ranks _Jtne Royal troops . The cavalry , in particular , was ctirly cat to pieces ia this sanguaxy conflict . The son j general Tiale , a captain of cavalry , was mortally - _^ bbq ed . The column soon beat a retreat ; , leaving nu . _aerour . victims on the field of battle .
£ fer since the _I 3 th Jan . the insurrection has speedily » sised _grousd . After a series of combsts , often deadly , _rte _sUttoTity of the gOTemment having entirely ceased { 0 fce r . -cogntssd throughout the _toit-n a kind of organi . | Saon was established from the very force of things . On _jie s _' g bt of the Htb , the fort of _Castelmars fired bullets _o _poiJ tae tow n . No notice , no signal , hid warned the ih . / _jgfIlEi TS part of the * population ofthe impending danger ; oo del 3 V bad been gr * uted the different consuls , in order to sll ° them , time to secure the safety of their country _, _jgjjj . Oa the nest day the commander of the English _ttesmer , the Bull-Dog , vainly endeavoured to obtain from the king ' s lieutenant the suspension of the bosife ardment . On the 15 th the _shells still continued to sbo *« down npon tne town , when the French consul , if . Bresson , thought it his duty to make an appeal to
tis _celleigues , in the interest of the French and of husasnity . Conjointl y -with the consult of Sardinia , SwitfeT l & _ud , the United States , Prussia and Russia , he re . _psired to the-palace , and requested the Duke de _JTsjo to order the bombardment of the town to cease . After _along parley , the _DakedeHajo gave a written promise _tjjat he pranted suspension ef arms for four and twenty tours . Oa the 16 ih all the Trench residents who were able to resch the harbour . were embarked . The news _^ hich arrived from th e inland par t of the _islaudjgave fresh courage to the insurgents , by the announcement that gll the vicinity of Palermo was up in arms . Bulletins—Band-biils . which were _renswid at every instant—kept op the agitation of thepopnlation _.
Among the events which signalised these days maybe mentioned the capture ofthe garrison ofMontereal p , Bear Palermo , by a society of Benedictine monks , who had joined in the insurrection . The reports of the loss _© f life vary , snd are , probably , very uncertain . Itwas said that ofthe troops two hundred were killed , and some fifty or si _* tj of the insurgents . On the ISth , certain paltry concessions from the _govsrnment were brought from _Saples and rejected with scorn by the patriots , who insisted npon nothing Bhort of the constitution , of J 812 . Nothing _ceald exceed the _fontempt with which the king ' s decrees _were treated at _Pa ' ermo—they warned them dawn iheir euus .
These events excited gn > at agitation m _Naples . Bevolatieaary placards were published , containing such Ian . _gesge as tbe following : —* Away with words _andmode-MtiSDj and let DS come to facts — let us take _armi knives , stones—let us show that we are not vile , n _. _vr robbers , and that we stir in orler to have justice ; and , since he will not do us justice , let us seek it _aurselves . People cf _Naples , you were the first people in tbe times _OfMssaniello , are you now only become vile , and _wlU not another _Masanlello rise Up to _fffifl the people ! To arms , to knives , to stones ! Long live the people ! _Tjosg live Pio Kono ! Long live _Hasaniello ! Death to « ril government 1 *
Uewt next arrived of the revolt of the entire province of Saleroro . Then followed the ereicing- information that all Calabria was in one blaze of insurrection . The concessionary decrees of the ISth only excited utter eontempt . The King then published an ordonnance , declaring sn smnesij ia favour of all _persons in the kingdom _ge-ained forpelitica ! offences , including all the members Ol tbe _eslebrated family of Komeo . ' Later accounts state that the Jesuits have been expelled the kingdom . Neither this nor the amnesty , however , satisfied the people , intoxicated with the reports ofthe successes in Sicily , and resolved to extend at ¦ once tbeir demands , ia proportion to tbe power they had _acquired and to the impotence of the government , with One voice they demanded not only a large constitutional reform , bat solid guarantees for its faithful execution .
One fact deserves _mention ; a general ran has been made on the Royal Bank at _Naples , which is under the guarantee of the King and gcTtrnment—while not a _faunas been withdrawn from the Bank at _Polerao , which is esder the guardianship of the people . Thus evea tbe _BODtJOCrBcy are _btginningto see where power and honour are to be found . Letters , from Paris , oi _Wednesday ' s date , announce fee Proclamation ofthe Constitution of 1812 fpr Naples end Sicily , which took place at Naples oa the 29 th ult . ' It will be well to bear in nsind . * savs our _correspondent , « _thatitis tbe Constitution of 1812 . and not that of 1821 , that has been proclaimed , and that it was prepared in Sicily onder the auspices cf theBritish Government ; and further , tbat his Majesty the King of the French , ¦ who resided there atthe moment , actually assisted in framing it . This constitution provides for the establishment Oi _twoCbambtrs ( Lords and Commons ) , and is in fact copied from that of Great Britain .
Pros Rome we hear that the civic guards are in great gke , each man being allowed to take his firelock home , and hang it over bis domestic lares . A . marching battalion of 5 , 000 men is being organised to 6 _tsrt at » moment ' s r . _etice from Borne to any point of the aronti- r . The young lade and boys of Beme _, to the number of several hundreds , are to be seen after school hours _nadergoinff the drill exercise , under ths instructions of au old _Piedmontege veteran , Coloael _PafetfteF . In the church of Santa _Croce _, at Florence , a solemn dirge wa « sung on the 19 ih far the sonls ofthe slain jn the streets of Milan .
Letters from Turin announce tnat the King of Sar-< Sjaia bad ordered an entrenched camp lo be formed on tbe heights ef _Valenza , upas , the Po , in _ordtr to defend the country against any attack of the Austrian troops , and to hold _alsa ths government at Hiian on the < _s . ( _ivtte against a possible invasion of the Milanese by the _Piedasoateaa troops- This camp is to consist of 30 , 000 men . Austria is preparing for war . In Milan alone S 0 _. 000 troops are quartered ; in Terona 10 . 600 . Letters from Milan of tbe 22 nd ult ., announce that orders from _Viensa had commanded the arrest of about fifty persons be ' _onglEg to the higher classes of society , amongst others _Cssare Caatu , the talented author of the' Reformation in Europe , ' wha however effected his escape ; the Marquis Rosales , president of the TJmen rjlub ; Couat Cssar Battaglia , the _joung
Marquis Cssar Soncino _Staropo , and some others . _Sesales bas been _plteed in the dungeons of Santa Margarita ; Battaglia and Soneino hare been sent away from Milan under escort . Their destination is a . mystery . In the Bumber of arrests already effected are those ofthe MarqalBfilippo Yillani , Count Fertusalli , and Count Ercole Durini , formerly an _ofiicer in the Austrian army . Upwards ot 400 of the most determined patriots of the working class have been _arreted ; of these 180 of the youngest and most robust were conveyed to TrieBte , to be employed on board the ships of the Imperial n » vy , and the 220 remaining have been transported , without even the form ofa trial , to Styria and Moravia , where thay are doomed to work as galley slaves . The regiment of _Giuley , which _acqnfwd such a disgiactfal notoriety in the massacre of Gallicia , is one of those _quartered at Paris .
Great excitement prevails at Venice . Two elegant and accomplished young countesses , _Giustintani and _Bentivosiio , _conceived tbe bold and bsnevolent design of demanding alms in person for tbe families of the dead and wounded , killed at Milan by the Austrians . The who ' e city was struck with admiration at tbis _proceeding , and in the evening no sooner had they arrived in _theirloges at the Fenice , than the whole theatre burst forth ( in the middle of one of Cerito ' s aerial steps ) into the mest unequivocal _demonstratlens of satisfaction .
The applause was loud and prolonged , much to the discomfiture of tbe high authorities who were _eye-witoasses of this sodden and unexpected approval of tbe noble act . The day after the husbands of these two laditsweve summoned to the police , and . requested to gire np the money thus collected , and the list of the names of the donors , which tbey promptly refused . Count Beniivoglio was summoned a second time , and bis answer was , 'The six thousand franca are on the road to Milan , and the list ofthe contributors has been destroyed . '
PRANCE . The discussion on the Address drags wearily en . The principal subjects discussed have been France and _Snitseriand ; and the principal speakers , Lamartiae , Thiers , _JJarrot and Guizot . Tbe three former in opposition to the government . K . Thiers and his friend M . _Odillon Barrot appear to have disappointed and displeased many of their parti . bees ' Ton display humanity , and you talk with horror , MJ the Republicans , ' ofthe _bwbarding and burning of Palermo ; you . who were Mia _^ _er of the Interior of France in April , 188 i , when _Ljobs was In Insurrection ; you , who told General Araara . the Commander ofthe troops in that city , aad who _hesitate d tofunonaie < jr bombard it , to throw Lyons into the Rhone lineoessaryi '
RUSSIA . The atrocious Autocrat has been sick bat is—worse luck-better . His Cz & rship was understood to have communicated to all concerned , bis high displeasare at the revolutionary a * peet wbich the affairs of Italy bad assumed , and Ms advice that tie march _ofLitenliwj in tbat Peninsula be opposed . The intrepid Schamyl was still _barsisfng thB Russians in the Caucasus ,
The Number Ofbaet-Mot Sugar Manufa^Ea A ...
The number ofbaet-Mot sugar manufa _^ ea a operation in France , on the lstultime , was 366 ; and tha quantity ef sugar manufactured , or lying over since last year , was 30 , 903 , 439 kilogrammes .
The Democratic Movement In Prancs
THE DEMOCRATIC _MOVEMENT IN PRANCS
THE BANQUET AT DIJON . { From a Correspondent ) A Reform _Banquet was lately celebrated at D'jon , and of all the manifestations of the French patriots which have been held , this may be regarded as one of the most important and the most imposing . More than thirteen hundred guests assembled around the Democratic standard , aad eagerly listened to the noble speeches of those orators whom France and Europe bo much admire . Ail those orations—stamped with the impress of the purest love of liberty , and of progress—dictated by the prophetic enthusiasm , which a just and holy cause ever _inspires , struck dumb the eaemles of popular emancipa . tion , and revived the drooping hopes of those who have faith in France , and in the providential missloa which
she is called on to fill in the world ' s history . No ; France , which in her time has destroyed the hjdra of privilege snd of prejudice—France , which , has ehed so much blood for tbe cauBe of the people , whom she has rescued by dint of firmness and of sacrifices , will not new _abandon that cause , again menaced , and _ingloriously bend her head beneath tbe impious yoke which would attempt to impose npon her perjury and treason . _Snitseriand has conqaered the enemy bj her innumerable popular , and _heart-stirriBg associations , which constitute , ao to speak , a body full of life , and of good faith ! To a certain polat _, the Referm Banquets are , or will became the popular societies of Francs . Era long they will have their centre and their ramifications—their aim openly avowed , and clearij laid befere tbe masseB ; in short , forming an organisation which will treble tbeir strength , by giving to them the power and unity necessary in s common oanse .
At the moment in which Prussia interposes in Switzerland , by _approring ofthe rebellion at Neufehatel , and in threatening the Diet—at the very moment in whieh the powers are endeavouring to find a fitting arena for their mediatory negotiations which no oue requires , and from which the Swiss would easily pass , numerous voicos , people frem all the countries of Europe , felicitate tha Federal Diet npon the measures which sbe has adopted , and breathe aspirations for the triumph of the goad cause . The addresses which bave emanated from Germany , are already so numerous , that the majority of tbe journal * now content themselves with merely alluding to tbem , Neither at Dijon was Switzerland forgotten ; and tbe sympathies of the French people , expressed hy the orators as the _banquet , will produce amongst ourselves all the tff-ct that could be anticipated . "When the people bear and understand , their strength redoubles , and their
courage augments . On the St , is a affairs , M . _Dekontet . expressed _himself in the following terms : — ' A few Steps from this spot , behind those mountains which we behold , a drama is enacting , which thrills every heart . Harkl to the < : _lash of arms—to those unexpected warriors—it is Switzerland which has _arisen—trisea for her independence—arisen like Prance in ' 93 . She also haB found her Hoehe and Carnot _. in that popular Senate , the expression of Democratic power . Yesterday that nation so small , that an ogre of a Cabinet thought to swallow her up at a mouthful , behold her now defying two or three powers , wbo pause in astonishment . Tbe hordes of Metternich mark the scene , and our governors , acting with that tortuous diplomacy worthy ofthe causa which they suppert , empJoy secret intervention , and con . stitute themselves the abettors of the Jesuits . If they appear to hesitate , it is merel y because opinion has ef
pressed itself on this grand question ; it is merel y because the principle of fraternity , and of the sovereignty of the people , has made its _pewerful voice to be heard ; it is perhaps because that army which they intend to march to the frontier , might possibly meet its doom en touching a land of liberty . They wish by a monstrous perversion of principles and of facts , to make us the abettors of a faction every where reprobated . Ah ! let thim , if tbey * o will , mingle themselves with the remains of that Fratorian guard , which they were so happy one day to behold conquered by the peeple . They at least remained _steadfast to their faith . But yon ! you go to stipulate tbe price of your iniquitous bargain with the executioners of Galliciti Tou yield « p your honour aad your arms to the Jesuits , yonr allies encourage your new friends , and kiss the handles of their swords . But enlightened France—the France' of the people—touch it not on that _peint . _, Her genius will never lend tbe strong hand for the destruction ofthe liberties of her fellow citizens , ' "
At the democratic toast , 'To Swltserland and her _Independence , ' M . _Baune spoke as follows : — . 'Citizens , —Three dajs ' _^ march scarcely separates us from the generous nation which combats for equality against ariBtecracy . We are , so to speak , witnesses of this straggle , tbe issue of which will not bs doubtful between the immense majority , which rests on equity , and tbat rebellious minority which prays for tbe sword ofthe foreigner . But _everywhere the new coalition threatens this ancient land of democracy ; diplomacy digs her subterranean mines ; the Jesuits relight the torches of fanaticism ; the Austrian troops block up on the north , on tbe south , and to the east , the Swiss _frontiers , and boldly avow their sinister _intentioas . They watch for a reverse in order to smother the cries of liberty , which ,
for six year * , annoyed tbe masters of Austria upon their throne ; Now Metternich fears that Italy will understand tbem , and rise as one man to respond to the call . Doubtless , in case of an invasion , our _herois friends would recommence their history , and wonld find upon their lefty mountains , and in their deep defiles , names reoowned as those ofDonerbuhl , Linpen , and & _Torai I Nevertheless the despots are united , —against them , tha Swiss might still perish ; but jet no loDger be able to conquer for tbeir country . Does not the dead body ot Poland , resting beneath its bleeding shroud , testify that _devotisn may sometimes fall powerless beneath the force of a well organised military power ! Shall we suffer our most ancient ally , that reBowned repablic that old 'transalpine Burgundy , to be swallowed np by
the monarchs at the gates of France : The time is past for barren wishes and vain protestations . It is by acts that we must assert our political faith . Let us be ready , if necessary , t _» seal with our blood the holy dectrine of the union and fraternity of the people ! Burgnndians , you are worthy to gi _* e to France , and to bequeath to history , a memorable example ! Let us be the first to preclaim bere , in the midst cf the people , that the independence of Switzerland ia placed under the safeguard ofthe French Democracy . And should the executioners of Gallicia dare to sully by their hateful presence the Helvetic territory , —let us be ready to repel them . Let each of us leave this spot , officer or soldier of tbe _swred battalion , which will uphold justice against violenceright against tyranny . The _tbrobbings of you ? patriot
hearts will answer , that everywhere , throughout oar noble France , we shall be understood snd united . The satellites ofthe monarchs will quail at the sight of onr flag . Is it not the Bag of our illustrious fathers t Are we not the sons of these volunteers of ' 92 and ' 93 wbo , at the sound of the Marseillaise , conquered coalesced Europe ! I know that the deserters of Ghent still dream of the noion of the Holy Alliance ; but I know also tbat this crime will remain as a dream before onr resolutions , approved of by the united country . It is-silence and the too easy _acquiescence of the governed , which _eneourage the ! audacity of _gorernments . Let public opinion be heard , ' ami tbe * system' itself would he compelled to blush for tbe shameful aid secretly furnished to the Sonderbund . Louis XVI . attempted in vain to stop the ardour of young men who offered tbeh ? _snoida to the insurgents of tbe English eolonieB . Public opinion _manifested itself , and tbe fleets aad troops of tbe crown
consecrated the birth of that republic which , then feeble , now commands a continent , and covers every sea with her _ref-sels . Asd _CharleB X ., that mind representative Of legitimacy , was he not constrained In his turtt Id hail the regeneration of Greece by the thunders ofthe cannon of _Navarino ? But tbe soldiero of France will never be found in the ranks of the Hely Alliance . We know that the guns of our brave array were armed alone against the auxiliaries of Brendt aud of Szela . Let our Swiss brothers listen to our ardent vows , and remember oar sacred promises . May they accomplish , in the calm of power , tbeir work of strength aad moderation . Let them knew that , on the approach ofthe foe , our bodies will serve with their bodies , as tbe last rampart of liberty , — that our vcices , united to theirs , will send forth a supreme appeal , which , in awakening the people , will shake the world , and crush the oppressors to dust . Tbe projects ofthe coalition will not succeed , _eltizens ; the Alps are nigh to heaven , and this time France is not far distant . '
The Chartist And Land Movement. The Germ...
THE CHARTIST AND LAND MOVEMENT . The German _Losdon Newspaper , ( Deutsche _loiiDOHxa Zeitukg ) ofthe 28 tuult ., in alluding to the Democratic Movement in England and Ireland , g 3 jS : _« Since Mr O'Connor ' s return to Parliament an unwonted energy seems to pervade the Chartist _ranhS , Great meetings are being held all through tbe country , and though formerly persecuted by tho O'Connell party , Mr O'Connor is daily gaining more adherents in Ireland . It is supposed that after the
present > es 8 _ion he will make the tour of Ireland , hold grest _meetings for the purposa of explaining Chartism aud uniting the people of England and Ireland for their common good . * * * Tbns'Mr O'Connor , as leader of both peoples , will become truly formidable to government , more so than ever O'Connell was * , and what he was not , he is _nnptrfcaasable . His great pride is to say with truth that he never eat a meal nor ever travelled a mile at the public expense ; but , on the contrary * has sacrificed hislarge fortune in fhe popular cause . * . ' * . * Land this
Adverting to the Company , paper says : The _English middle classes dread this splendid movement , and try every possible means to injure it . That would-be-radical counting-house organ , the Dispatch , thinks to crush the movement in attacking O'Connor ; but just the reverse is . _theresult--since O'Connor always silences the _musketry with h j twenty-four pound ahot . The Proletarians of England , _aiready _-enthuaisstio for their leader , have beel strengthened in their affection , _andeverywhere _tiiBV cry * " ¦¦¦* « We'll rally aroua d _, bhn again and again . '
The Magistrates Of Hereford Have £«*« »«...
The magistrates of Hereford have _£ _«*« _»« , bushes are agricultural produce within the meaning ofthe turnpike act ? , and are consequently exempted from toll when they are not intended lorsale . It has been computed that tiie land of the globe ; would be equal to the support of fiftjs _« ¦ ¦ tune * numberof its _preseutinhabitanta , or might Bua » m a , population of fifteen thousand millions .
Notes Of A Journey From O'Connorville To...
NOTES OF A JOURNEY FROM O'CONNORVILLE TO THE CHARTIST ESTATES OF MINSTER LOVEL , SNIG'S ENu , MOATE , AND REDMARLEY . " ¦ • c \ ii « > - ' ¦ Gbntlb RiCadbr , —Did you ever , on a bright January morn , with a light heart , and a lighter pocket , start on a pedestrian tour , your cheek glowing with the bracing air , your heart bounding with the thought of novelties to he admired , and the company of friends to be enjoyed ? If you have not had this good . fortune , you have a pleasure yet in store . Accompany me in thought , and enjoy this pleasure by anticipation .
_^ rightly shone the san on leaving O'Cbnnorvillei tinging , with its _heautifa ? hue ? , the eere and yellow foliage which the mildness of the season had left on the delightful woods by which it is snrroanded . A few minutes walk brings us into Newland Park , a pleasant spot , purchased some years back by an army tailor from London , but now unoccupied . The footpath crossing it leads , through a beautiful avenue o f yew trees , to the village of St Giles Chalfont . These rare old yew trees , what associations they call forth ? What contrasts to the New "World I had just quitted . They speak of Harold , the Saxon , and hi 3 _Norman foe ; they recall the days of _CresBy and Agsncourt ; the haughty baron and cmr once bold peasantry are present to the mind's eye . Scarce an
ancient mansion but our provident ancestors deco * rated its approaches with this national emblem of warfare ; not a churchyard bat had this sacred resource consecrated to the defence of the country . _Wouldthatwehadnowa national weaoon , war and oppression would then vanish before the glance of our armed people . A few minutes walk brings y oil to the churchyard , where the firBt prominent object that meets your eye is seven tombstones belonging to a family named _Bwdshaw . Tou read the inscriptions . The age attracts your attention . One 90 , another 71 , _W , G 9 _, 60 , 59 , 59 . and two _juniorg , 28 and 28 . Read this , ye toil-worn slaves of the North . Ye , whose years are short , that ynnr employer ' s gams may be great . Read this , yc grinders of Sheffield—ye weavers of Norwich—ye _stockingers
of Leicester—ye bakera of the metropolis—and think not these were tombs of an olden date . They ran _§ e from 1825 to 1845 . Return , then , to a natural state of life ; inhale once mere the pure air , and your days shallbelong in the land . Within half a mile of this village , is an experiment making by a German , of the name of Bohn . He has built about eight cottages , containing two rooms each , and ene four-roomed one , independent ofthe house where ho resides . The houses are far inferior to those at O'Connorville—costing under £ dQ . eacb . They have a small garden attached to them , and about two acres of land to each , about a quarter of a mile distant . The land is inferior in quality to ours . The rent much higher , and they have no aid money
allowed , neither have I the greatest faith in the paHy conducting the experiment—but such ia the desire for the land , thatmost ofthe houses are occupied ; and , as fellow workers in the caose , we wish them * God speed . ' They will have map / difficulties to contend against , but the greater will be their satisfaction when they overcome thera . Passing through Chalfont , and the villages of Households and Seergreen , I arrived at Beaconsfield , a spacious market towns , on the high road to Oxford , distant twenty-three miles from London . _Diverging thence from the main road ( having to visit Reading ) , I passed through the village of Woburn , with its pretty green , affording abundant food for the poor man ' s stock , andi thereby , increasing his moans of
subsistence . Ala 9 ! that so many of theBe vestiges ofthe time when the land of tbe nation belonged to the people ofthe nation , Bhouldhave been _allowed to disappear , to increase the farms of those who were already burdened with more acres tban with brains . Here the Messrs _Venables have some large paper mills , and tbe village altogether bad a flourishing appear ? ance . I also observed several acres laid out in allotments of a few poles each , but the method of cultivation said but little for the agricultural skill of the tenants ; and I must here remark that during a fortnight ' s ramble , I did not gee any gardens so well cultivated as onr allotments at O'Connorville . In the country villages no apparent attention was paid to them . The shoemakers , tailors & c in the
_suburbsof the town I passed through , seemed decidedly in advance of , their agricultural brethren . From Wobarn it is five miles to Marlow . Here ia an _elegantsuspension bridge over the Thames . Attbefoot of the bridge , is St Margaret ' s Church , abrick structure , but a model for elegance and purity of style . In the distance is _Bfaham Abbey . These architectural beauties , the Thames , roaring and foaming as it falls over the weir into the stream below , and the v " , bounded by a range of hills covered with magnificent trees , form a picture such as it has seldom been my lot to _gazs on . Towards- _nighfall I reached Reading , the home of my parents , where a fond welcome was mine . A day's rest and enjoyment , and the reader will accompany me to Oxford . City ef
spires—once far-famed seat of learning—truly many and glorious are the associations connected with thee . You view its prineely colleges , with their ivy-crowned domes—its sequestered cloisters , with tbeir elaborate , yet fantastic , decorations—its stately halls , rich with the biblical _treasnres of agesand ponder over its having been the misery of many of the great and learned men who have 9 hed lustre upon the English annaJs , from tbe days ol tbe great Alfred to tbe present time—each stone , eaeh tree , its every feature , receives and "imparts a veneration that its present position , either in learning or politics , would not accord to it . At Oxford , in company
with Mr Doyle , we attended a tea party and ball , in commemoration of one of their members being successful at the late ballot , and the evening ' s entertainment proved that a strong democratic character can be sustained , even when surrounded by priestly intolerance and fawning sycophancy . Honour , I say , to the good and true men of Oxford . ' From Oxford to Witney is ten miles . Witney is notedfor its blanket manufactories , but , owing to the _badneaj of trade , nearly all tbe hands were out of employ , and the inhabitants informed us tbat if many had not been employed on the Chartist estate , the distress in the town would have been awful .
From "Witney to Minster Lovel is about two and a hall miles , of a gentle ascent . On the right yeu pass a large building , intended for the reception of those aged , infirm , or undisposed of slaves , whom the state of the money market , or our relations with America , or China , or any relations but those of justice or humanity , render valueless to their " masters , and who , crowded here like slaves in the hald ofa slave ship , await until hunger , fever , or madness , send them to another world—or , haply , until some change in the markets furnishes them with anew master , from whom , by dint of servility , they may beg leave to toil , in order to eat their daily bread . What a contrast to this is the spectacle that , in a contrary direction , meets your eye . _TAere
Labour has erected her refuge for the destitute , inviting a comparison between that and the government refuge opposite . Would that such a contrast . could be shown in every union of parishes in the kingdom . I had formed some idea , from Mr O'Connor ' s letters , of the gigantic operations , now carried on for the purposes of the society , but the reality was far greater than the anticipation . Miles of road are formed , where none heretofore were known . Quarries for building materials are being successfully worked , where none dreamed of . their existence . Lime-kilns are in full operation . In fact , every possible operation is carried on . that can in any way save the co 3 t ot carriage or material , a due regard being had to the qualify of thelatter . Eighty houses
are erected , six others were being _commenced ; but when _Isay eighty houses , you can scarcely conceive tbe ground these stand upon , the distance from the first house to the last , « rthe immense _labDurnecessary in pieparing footpaths , _& e „ to tbe same . A portion of the estate _liej on each side the high road to Cheltenham ; on the one side the houses are built in the form of a crescent , with the school , a magnificent buildingin the centre : on the other _side _/ the property stretches down to the water ' s edge , neir wbich stands the old farm house with its numerous barns , outbuildings & c , which have been converted into stables for the Chartist horses . Another portion of the estate lies on both sides the road toBrize Norton , the houses farming one continuous street , upwards of
a mile and a half in length , with a cross street branching therefrom ; truly it seems a town in itself . Each _housej' s nicely finished with every requisite for domestic convenience , and in external decoration they far exceed any cottages I have yet seen . The land is considered the beat in the neig hbourhood , and , with the exception of a small portion by the road side , has an exceeding great depth of soil . During our stay here the hogs , which Mr O'Connor has been fattening with the bsrley grown oi the estate , were killed , and I never before saw animals bo fat of their size , * they tursed out even better than the pur . chaser anticipated . The manure made by tbe hogs , cows and horses islone of the most advantageous ofthe Company ' s co-operative results , the benefit to the allottees will be great at . a comparatively trifling amount of increased rest . Mr Cullingbam . the
superintendant kindly showed us ever the whole works , and explained the various operations yet to he performed . The land , I may state , will not be cropped by tbe Company , but having been twice ploughed will new lay exposed to the fertilising-action of the weather , until the allottees . take possession . ' Whilst here I visited the ruins of Lovel Castle , for strange as it may sound in the ears of some , we axe now the actual possessors of a once famed ba _* _-oniaI manor . The castle is quite a ruin , but the space it covers StlOWS that it must once have . been an immense _, structure . _lilies about half a tni _' e from the estate , on the banks of the river Windrusb ,, and ia the scene of . that most celebrated ef all English romances ' The Old English Baron . ' ' It is also the scene ofthe Bongof the _'Mialetoe Bough , ' where Lord Lovel ' _s bride is suffocated in the old _oakfn
chest . It closed with a _spring and dreadful doom , The bride lay clasped in a living tomb . The baronial castle is fast vanishing , the very same of Lovel has became extinct . The _Lorrfa of Minster Bleep , in their narrow tombg . Tradition ia
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growing forgetful alike of their honours and their crimes . A now era has dawned , a mighty enchanter has waved his wand . The Windrusb , that six months aR _™ 1 B flo ! _, ltuda through the estate to the mighty Thames , tag seen a village , a town , rise on its banks , taking the place and the power of these frowmng battlements , and proclaiming that the la & t remnants of feudalism are now destined to fall by thehands of those serfs whom the enchanter is fast changing into free men . Yes , the days ot Feudalism in England _ are for _erer eone . Mav the ecmA
veoman talie the place of tho serf whi _' le enjoying the independence of which he knew not , and those comforts of which he _wasiri ignorance . May he preserve that love of home , that respect for local and national associations , which were the ' sfcron- 'esl _safeguard of the nation in the days of old . The land is now echoing the shouts of national defences . A contented peasantry attached to dwellings from which no tyrant landlord can eject them , a peasantry who can look on the home of their _he-wts and pay 'here will we live , here will we die , ' would be worth whole armies , however disciplined , in the event of an invasion . The soldier looks with comparative _indifferences the land of his birth , 'twas a harsh step-mother to him ; the vicissttudes of war have kept him in perpetual _estraffgement from it ; by constantly . journeyinjf to
and tro ne ceases to have any idea of local association , _^ to be acted Upon by the feelings and sympathies of home . The camp becomes his rountry , his brother _^ soldiers become his fellow-citizens , and his loyalty is given to his favourite _generaUnd * aot fo his country , or his king ; contrast such an array with amihtia composed of free men , men having an interest in their native land , a stake in the hedge ; but until that day arrives let no chicanery of the government , no fali > e colouring on the part of the press , tempt one Charti . t to swerve from the 'No Vote no Musket' cry . Thi 3 digression having trenched upon my space , I must conclude my notes in the ensuing Stab . _Tuoma 9 _Mausik Wheeler . O'Connorville .
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_Keiohlby . — the inhabitants of Keighley have suffered a severe loss in the death of John Miller , curator of animals , & a ., who died on his passage home from America , where he had been collecting rare specimens of birds , reptiles , _inaects , & c . Though only a working man and labouring under the disadvantages of poverty , and a very limited education , he displayed a skill and shrewdness in the . pursuit of his favourite study , which stamped him as a man of very superior abilities and natural talents . Through a strong desire to explore different parts of _North America in quest of birds and other natural curiosities , he contrived to save a few pounds hy dint of rigid perseverance and economy , and railed from Liverpool on the 17 th of September . 1846 . in pursuit
of his favourite _^ object . lie remained in America about fourteen months-, eight of which he spent about St Loui ? , in killing and preserving animale , supporting himself during that time by preparing and selling specimens amongst the inhabitants . The assiduity with which he followed his pursuit , and tha variety of climates he had to encounter , brought on an illness , under which he laboured Bix months , gradually growing worse ; in which condition , he embarked at New Orleans for England , and died after being about a month on tbe passage . The specimens of curiosities he had acquired , consisting of birds , insects , serpents , and other _thines , have been
brought from Liverpool , and it is the intention of his friends to exhibit them with a great quantity more to the public , for the benefit of the widow and family . It is to be hoped that the lovers of natural cario ities will remember that he has died in extreme poverty , and left a widow and seven children , who were fondly expecting his return , . when they received the news of his death , and the : burial of hia remains in the Atlantic Ocean . The committee of tho Keighley Mechanics' Institution have _generousl _] granted the use of the hall and tbe gas for the exhibition , which commenced on Saturday laBt , Jan . 30 th . and will cdntinueopen for a week .
_Wabhington . —Wheat _Djbdliho Machine , —On Monday evening week , a publio meeting was con vened to witness the performances of a dibbling machine , invented and constructed by Mr Conway , of this town . The placard , calling the meeting , stated that one man with the aid of this machine would be enabled to perform as much work a 3 thirty men by the present mode of dibbling wheat . It is generally admitted by practical men that dibbling or setting wheat is not only the best , producing the most profitable crops , but effects a great saving of sped . The only objection against dibbling , ascoropared with the present _* yitem of broad-cast , being the enormous amount of labour absorbed , and that labour of a very cramped and painful _nature . Considerable opposition
has been manifested towards the inventor on account of the placard stating , that with this raaohi _» e one man would be enabled to perform the woik of thirty men by the present mode of single peg dibbling , but this objection was at once removed , when the inventor showed that by tbe use of this macbineand the consequent introduction of a general system of dibblins wheat , instead of sowing it ' broad-cast , ' it would give employment to six men where one only < is _employed at present , the immense saving effeoted in the item ofseed more thnn covering the additional cost for labour . Thus , it will he seen that this machine , instead of throwing men out of work , will open up a new source of employment , while it will be found ol great advantage to farmers and corn-growers . An experiment was made in the room to test the practi cability of the invention , when it was found that Mr Conway , by the aid of bis machine , performed in twenty-five seconds as much work as took two
expert _dibhlers seven minutes and a hall—thu 3 _proving to a demonstration that it will do all that tho inventor says it will . The meeting was quite astonished at the novelty , and easy working of the machine , as it requires no stooping , the man working it while standing in an upright position . After Inspecting the machine , the meeting came to the following resolution t— ' That it is the opinion of this meeting that the wheat dibbling machine invented and constructe d by Mr Conway , will answer in a remarkable degree all the purposes for which it was invented , And is a very important improvement upon the present system . ' Mr Conway stated tbat itwas his intention to hold himself in readiness to visit any locality whose members might feel disposed to witness the working of this machine , as it will be found a great acquisition to members'belonging to the Land Company in the management of thejr allotments . All letters to be addressed to Mr C . Conway , Scotland-road , ( Warrington , ) Lancashire .
Public Supper at _Ashion-vndbr-Lyi'e . Io c ? lebrate the Anniversary of the Birthday of Thomas Paine . —On Saturday , the 29 th of January , at six o ' clock in the evening , about one hundred of the disciples of Thomas Paine assembled in the Chartist Association room , Bentinck-street j to celebrate his birth . The large room was very tastefully ornamented , and mest splendidly decorated with all tbe political portraits ol * our age ; at the head of which shown most conspicuously a convention of Elihu Palmer , the American blind philosopher , Thomas Paine , Richard Carlisle , Rev . Robert Taylor , Mirabeau , Voltaire , Volney , Condorcet , Franklin , Joel Barlow , _Bressofc , Marquis de Chatelot , and Geor ( _.-e Washington , —at the other end was a conclave of
about three yards by two , in one elegant gilt frame , of all the Star portraits , with the People ' s Charter in the centre , with the immortal Hunt supporting it on the right , and Feargus O'Connor and T . S . Doncombo , E ? qrs ., on the left . After the assemblage had nnburthened tha tables of their ¦ cumbrous weight , whioh consisted of roast heef and potatoes , that true democrat , Mr James Hyson , was called on to preside , supported on his right by that veteran in tbe cause of liberty , Mr Charles Walker , aged 84 years , and William Bedford , editor of tho _Ashtomaw ; on tbe left , we saw Mr William Aitken , schoolmaster , James Taylor , president of the _association , Samuel _Radclijfe , agent , aBd Mr Ernest Whitworth . schoolmaster . The chairman opened
the business in a very neat speech , and conoluded by proposing , ' The Sovereignty of tho People , ' which was drunk by all present , upstanding and uncovered , and ably responded to by Mr Richard PilliDg . The next toast was ' The Immortal Memory of Thomas Paine ; ' ably responded to by Mr W . Aitken . The nest toaBt given was ' A Landed Democracy , and may the plan propounded by Feargus O'Connor , Esq . and the Chartist Executivelead to the destruction o f the law of primogeniture , —a better _cuJtivafetf native land , and a greater state of happiness for the _IndnstriouB of tbe 3 e Islands ; ' responded to at great length by Mr William Bedford . The next _toast . wa * The Barons of Runnymede who forced the tyrant John to sign Magna Charta ; and may the Baronii of the present age emulate _thiir deeds ; ' responded to by Mr James Taylor , in a very energetio speech ,: who was very ably supported by Mr Charlea Walker , who
spoke at great length on the present Charter . The " next toast being ' The Democratic Members of tbt _< House of Commons ; ' responded to by Mr John Alexander Steuart this toast was very ably supported by Mr Samuel Andrew , of _Charlestown . The next toaBt was 'The Immortal Memories of Henry Hunt , William Cobbett , and all tho illustrious dead of every nation who have contributed to the cause of Freedom ; 'responded to by Jeseph Taylor , and supported by Mr Samuel Walker , who gave an account of the rise and progress- of Chartism in h i owb town . , A number of patriotic songs and recitations enlivened the proceedings until a Iato hour , when after a rote of thanks to the ebairman _,- ~ three cheers for the Land and Charter , —three cheers f r the veteran Charles Walker . ~ the company broke un very highly gratified with the evening'a entertainment . : ¦ i
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Piles , Fibtdi _* , and BEABiNos . nowt * . A Wonderful Cure by « Abernothy ' _s Pile Ointment . ' —Kobt . Witherhall , of Claphanvcommon , Surrey , hud been _serera ! years afflicted with piles and fistula ; , besides s gonoral bearingdown of the most painful nature . Ho had tried all in . ternal medicines for that complaint without deriving the least benefit . He was _advisoiby a friend to purchase a pot of 'Abernethy ' s Pile Ointment , ' and on tho first up . plication found great relief , and by _urfngthrce 4 s 6 d . pots was completely cured , and has not had a -return _^ which is uow _elght-ien months since he used tbo ointment ,
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GREENWICH . GREAT MEETING IN SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER AND TO AID THE RETURN 0 F A CHARTIST MBMBBK FOB THE BOROUGH . A mo 3 t enthusiastic publio meeting was held In _tbatfplennid amphitheatre , tbe Lecture Hall , Royal Hill , on Wednesday evening , January 2 Gth , in support of the above objects : _and ' notwitbstanding the severity ofthe weather , there could not have been less than eight hundred persons present , amongst whom we noticed many of tho electors , who _appeared much interested in the proceedings .
At half-past seven o ' clock , Mr Ernest Jones was called ' to the chair , amidst loud cheers , and in an address of considerable lengih ably argued in favour of equal representation , and called on the men of Greenwich to rally again in favour of their representative and their representation . Tho chairman was frequently interrupted by thunders of applause , and concluded his address by calling on Mr Samuel M'Gowan Kydd , the people ' s member for Greenwioh , who rose amidst every demonstration _| > f popular enthusiasm , and thus addresed the meeting : —Mr Cha 5 rman and citizens of Greenwich , our friend Mr Jones has introduced me as your representative , and certainly lam morally the exponent of the political views ol the majority of the citizens ol tbis borough . At the late eleotion , Mr Fisher , the returning officer , declared on the day of nomination , that Samuel Kydd and David Salomons , were duly elected . Admiral Dundas and Mr Barnard de . manded a polland at that part of the _proceedinra
, , the free choice of the people waa interfered with , class legislation , with all its attendants—fear , bribery , and intimidation , were resorted to ; the reault Wfl 9 , _theJ election of Mr Barnard and Admiral Dundas to sit ih the Commons'House of Parliament ; not indeed to represent the wishes and interests of the people'by the exercise of moral means , but legally and unjustly to "disfranchise the _borough—Jind in effect to represent themselves and a small fraction ef the community . This glorious old thing called the British Constitution , establishes law in opposition to morals , and the distinction between me and my opponents is the following : —Mr Barnard and Admiral _Bundas are by force and fraud your misnamed representatives ; I am , by the voice of reason and the standard of justice , morally yonrrepre . sentative—they are the men of the Fraction—I am the choice of the people . And I will now briefly allude to some of the leading questions of tbe day af . _Meeting your interests , and the _interests of the _obm-.
munity generally . The Navigation Laws were ah hided toby all tbe candidates at tho late election . No gentleman soliciting your suffrage however , expressed a decided opinion on tho question , but all of these men told you that they would consider the _question and vote of course for . ' your interests . From what I glean fn . m the reports on this subject , I have food reasons to suspect that tho Navigation Laws wi . l be abolished , and very probably your honourable members will vote for their abolition—but how far such a course may be of advantage to your borough is a question for disoussion . It iB argued by the free _, traders that Englishmen can build _veasek as cheaply as Russian ? , Dutchmen , or Americans ; but I put this plain question to the shipowners , sailors , and carpenters . How is it that a vessel trading to the
Baltic , requiring masts or yards , except in case of extreme urgency , does not get the same previous to sailing from England ? The answer is readv because true , they can be had cheaper abroad . Where do we get our timber from ? you answer the Baltic and America . It therefore costs us freight nnd duty more in price than it does the Russian or . lmerican , to which _muat be added wharfage , profits of . timber _merchanto , insurance , & c . How . then stands our relation with our foregin neighbours ? If we say to them free ingress and free _egreis , tree competition , we meet them on equal terms , and We must beat them or they bpat us . The English seami n come on a level with the Russian , eating his _coaise bread / and drinking water instead of having good meat , good bread , and his share of grog . I am
told the English carpenter can work so much harder than the Russian , which simply means the English carpenter must pay higher taxes , and be in reality a greater Blave than the Russian serf . Previous to the repeal sf the Corn Laws , the orators of the Anticorn-law League informed the 3 hip owners that n free trade in corn would , ¦ enhance the value of shipping , by increasing the carrying trade , and the English shipowner of course supported the League . ' Free trade in corn' was then the standard cry' Cheap bread for the _peopled was the watch-tr / rd of the party—and manufacturing prosperity , and increased food were the promised results . Neither ofthe results have followed . DrBowring , Mr Cobden , and Mr Bright , have not yet been able to show plain men like John West , of Macclesfield , or Jimes
Leach , of Manchester , the ability of the heavily taxed Englishmen , importing cotton from America , to comnete . successfully with the American , Well , say Dr Bowring and Co ., we must go on with Free Trade—repeal the Navigation Laws—which simply means , that the shipping . interests of the country must be sacrifieed not for tho geneial good of the community , bnt for the advantage ofa knot of cotton and woollen lords , resident in Yorkshire and _Lancashire , who bid fair to be the rulers of thin country , and whose fierce and reckless competition have ruined our manufactures—decimated our population— cruely maltreated women and children—and enriched themselves . These men desire to extend their suicidal polioy , caring not for the effects on others provided the . policy pursued be beneficial to
their own interests . The rise , progress , worth , and _potver of the millocraey of England , _^ merits our consideration . Sixty years ago the manufactures of England _wers spread over the face ofthe country ; every town and village contained its' shoemaker , tailor , blacksmith , and manufacturer . The ' wooh pa _.-k' is a common signboard in every old village and borough of the land . Enter these boroughs and villages now—look among the inhabitants—and you find ' . he tailor , shoemaker , and blacksmith ; but where is th _« distaff , the representative of the' spinning-jenny interest ? Tou look in vain for the village manufacturer , but yet you see linens and cottons ticketed very eheap—flimsy rotten . things , manufactured ia Manchester , Rochdale , or Bradford , by men who have centralised our manufactures ih a
few towns , and because of the mechanical improvements of Arkwright . and Hargreaves , and their own shrewd : _calculating se ) fishnea 9 , hav 8 amassed forturies for themselves , and now ask all the t other interests of the state to be ruined for . their gain . Their ambition knows no bounds , and their acquisition of wealth seems but to sharpen , their appetites for _jain , afid inorease their lust of gold , _, ' According' to the income tax returns of 1811 the value of properly in _Lancashire was £ 3 0 S 7 , 774 , . and in 1843 it was _^ 7 , 307 . 109 . One wouldthink that " such an increase of wealth would surely satisfy the possessors , and ensure happiness and plenty for the people- It has , however , done neither ; the . people are now starving for want of food—perishing for want- of clothing . ' Tho millowners demanding eleven hours labour
from factory children , or our country is ruined ; the last ounce ot flesh must be had from man , ' woman , and child , in order that our minufacfcnrins' _Molouhs may ride in carriages , buy up landlords , impoverish our shipowners , ruin our people _^ and then exultingly exclaim , ' England is the glory of the world . ' If the free traders bo pressed hard on the repeal of the navigation laws , some of them may admit that it is necessary to sacrifice the interests , of the . fow for the general welfare of the state .. This sounds exceedingly patriotic , and we know something of its results . When H _« 8 kin 8 on carried his free trade measure , reducing the import duty ou . silks , it was considered _ncceesary to harechesp silks , and cheap silks are , of course , a very excellent thing - but let us see tho effect on the ailk weavers . In evidence given by J .
Blocklehurst , Jun . Esq ., before the select committee on the silk . trade , we have the following questions and answers : — ' Question 11 , 413 : Do you know any instance of mill property being offered for salp ? I know an instance of a mill originally costing £ 6 , 000 or £ 7 , 000 , and was purchased in 1827 for £ 1 , 700 and I stated the fact fio the Board ef Trade j in 1828 , or 1820 ; a few weeks ago I met the late proprietor in London , and asked him what that . mill actually cost ; he said £ 7 0 C 0 , independently of machinery , costing him £ i 000 more j and that that property which cost him £ 11 , 000 , waB knocked down for £ 1 , 700 , and _abiut £ 200 for the machinery . ' So much for the effect of free trade in silk _onjtho posses _, sor of property . Now for the wages of the weaver . In 1820 the average wages of the silk weaver ; was
10 s . Cd . per week ; two years after free trade being introduced weekly wages Cs . 6 d . Such a policy means cheap silks to the rich / and dear silks to ; the weaver's wife and daughters . True enough , says the free _trader , but it is all for the good of the state . The duty was taken off glass lately ; what an excellent thing to have cheap glass ; ask the makers of oar fancy glass ornaments , and tbey will answer yon , that Bohemian glass can be imported for leas than they formerly received for wages . Free trade'in boots , shoes / hate , fancy workboxes , musical instruments , < fcb . What adelightful thing to have French boots . Frenbh hats , and Frehch silks , and German musical boxes . Really Mibs ' _b bonnet fits so-well , so nea _% and above ' all so cheap ; Master George ' s hat is perfectly charming , and Sir Robert's morocco slippers perfectly delightful . What of the poor ' shoemakers , hatters , tailor ? , cabinetmaker , glass-blowers ,
ailk _weaverSj' & c ? Oh ! they are such excellent workmen , can work harder than the French or _Germans ' true enough they are very poor , bat ttfey are so industrious , really after all you see it is all for the good of the community . Now , I admit that dn all legislation , the _fntereslsof the minority should be mbrged ill the welfare of the majority j and suppose _Iterant that Free Trade ia sound in principle _mide * _certain circumstances—practical , f or all _hwa ' are > _impljf regitlations , cannot be immutable ; but constantly subject to change . 1 think the first great interest that re . quires consideration ia thelnterest of the : National Debt . ? All . money is valuable , hot because _ofretrinsic worth , hut because ofthe quantity of necess & tiesfoif the support of life that money can buy in the market . Every requisite of existence , food excepted , is not more than one _^ half its former price , whilst the interest of eur National _Itebt baa increased . Well ,
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then , what think you patriotic Free _Tiadtr ? If j i u propose an adjustment of our National Debt , it would certaiilv be a hardship for the poor annuitant , but it will be an act of justice to the nation , and what is sauce for the goose should be _sauce for Ihe gander ; and if it be jUSt to reduce the wages of the weaver for the benefit of the majority , it cannot be unjust to reduce the income of the annuitant for the welfare of the nation , besides the Jews have doubled their fortunes within Ihe last fifteen years , and it cannot be a _wiaely governed State tbat makes fortunes for the few and famine for the many . Then there are the landholders , too , who have managed to shift tho greater share of taxation on tho backs of the working classes ; who have in a few years taken from the
people the common lands ; and made them _private property . There is no act of injustice on record mora foul in principle than the enclosing and appropriation of tbe common lands ; to call things by their proper names , Legislative Enclosure Bills have been landlord robberies . Suppose we say to those men named landowners , you must refund ; we tax you to support tbe poor of this country—the poor belong to the land and not to the shopkeeper—so to enable us to trade freely and profitably , yoti must find work for every man able and willing to labour , if not , yoa must pay for his keep out of your income . My lord might think tbw demand rather oppressive , bnt remember you voled for Free Trade in silk , and it is just to legislate for the true interests of the State .
Suppose we next call on his Grace , the Bishop , saying your _curategets £ 1 QD per year—jou Bay he us a very good Christian . Wh . \ t think you of giving ' US a 3 hare of your income , and see if you cannot be a good Christian for something less than £ 10 , 000 or £ 12 , 000 per annum ? and say we go over the pension list , and in iact reduce all the national burdens that oppress the working and middling ola 9 _ses of society —• and after having reduced our taxation , developed our industrial resources , established a healthy home trade , our legislature may then say ; Free Trade , cheap shipping " , and all tbe rest _efit . but without _BBch reforms a 3 those enumerated , all FreeTrada means in practice robbery of tbe poor f or the benefit of the rich . And the tendency of the policy is to
centralise property in . the bands ofa few men who will at no distant day possess both the land and quarries , _shippiny , and factories of this _island . This process goes on quietly , but rapidly in this country ; James Garth Marshall , the millionaire of Leeds , is _neighbouring land owner to Lord Brougham ; onr manufacturers have their town and country residences , and hear of an estate _beingsold—you will generally _discover that the purchaser is a merchant or manufacturer . This new aristocracy are more to be feared than the old feudal barons—they urate calculation with cruelly—cunning with avarice—Craft with ostentation—property with despotism . The old aristocrats are formal and outworn , imbecile for good , and supporters of antiquated systems . The
new aristocracy are energetic and rich they will neither support our charities nor patronise the'fine arts : their motto is ' Every man for _hirosslf . ' They absorb thelife ' s blood of our nation in chilly _selfishness , and make our morality dried and barren . Yet , if the present system be not changed—these mushroom millionaires are destined to be our rulers , and England ' s working men their slaves . A number of , I daresay , very honest men are ' noW desirous of repealing the window tax , and really the window is a most cruel impost , and I should bo very glad to hear of its being removed ; but what says Sir Charles Wood _, the . ' national tax collector ? Hesays ' it brines a millimi and a quarter annually into the _Kxeheque ? and I cannot do without it . ' No , the Whigs never
can spare any money ; they have , I believe , added £ 8 , 000 , 000 . lately , to onr national debt , and talk about increasing the income tax . The Whigs are darling boys tomanage _thecwh affairs , they retrench the pauper ' s gruel , and economise the digestive properties of our stomachs . The property and income taxi toOj are-poking things , they make oup ' shopkeepers grow serious , and enable their bankers to know how far to give them credit . The return to direct taxation is compulsory on the part of government , but it will bo a _rarespecimen of Whig economy to take the tax off light and put it on income . How liberal ! shifting the burden from the window , to tha ledger , but both commg from the pocket at last . This is certainly the age of invention and
ingenuity , and the _Whiga , true to thB chemiBtry of the age , absorb all that is valuable in their profession and are of course in the advance guard of the light fingered fraternity , and manage the pick-pocket department in a very professional manner . . _vYhen I appeared before you on the day . of nomination , I did so as the humble advocate of great and noble principles . The People's Charter appears to me as the national manifesto of the people ' s rights , _noi tho Magna Charta for a privileged order _,, but the maximum populi ; the great charter for , aU . My _, 8 upporters have beer , often told that these principles would lead to anarchy and confusion , to plunder and bloodshed ? I ask , where is the evidence for bo flippant an assertion . Did noli America—tho oldest
born of England—rise in rebellion against the mother country , and after a long , and to England an inglorious struggle , succeed in wresting from a haughty and beggared ministry a declaration of independence ? America . established Universal Suffrage as the basis of her constitution , and I ask is property _lci-s _, safe in New York ihan in London ? life less Tespected in Philadelphia than ih Glasgow ? Every one knows that property and life are as . safe on the western as on tbe eastern side of the Atlantic ; and in the free States of Switzerland , although on a late occasion , suffering . from internal commotion , yet the rights of properly and the liberties of the subject have remained unaltered , and the brave men of the Cantons conld be courageous in
war and forgiving in peace ; whilst the . stability of her institutions , "the comfort and _iridependenea of her hardy people , have been the subjects of praise and admirationirom tbe . days of . Bacon to therecords ' of the Iateat ' travellers . Tcprotect property is tho very nature , of man . 18 there a fire in your warehouse , who endanger their _lrves to save _ydus " property ? the people , Li there an act of petty local despotism practised , who rebels ' against it ? the people , h there an act of . cruelty committed wantonly against the weak , who sympathises with the injured and redresses the grievance ? the people . Is there an invasion . threatened whom do you ask to defend you?—the people . _Whoarethe . _pprteis of your bank—the mariners of your vessels ? In a word , to whom do you entrust
yoar lives and propertyi To . the peopio . Yet are you pot assassinated—yetare you not robbed ? And if England , with such a people , advanced afid fast advancing _, in knowledge , is . not fitted for self-government ? tell _rhe why America . exiats , and Switzerland h still a nation ? . It seems a _waste , ; of time to reason with such an opposition . The insulting accusation arises from ignorance or intention—if _^ baiormer , the parties using it are to , be pitiep ' ; . if the latter , they deserve not to be reasoned _wiw . , 1 observe , you are to have a _meeting in this hajj / on the evening Of to morrow , to aid the removal of the disabilities now pressing on the Jews . Well , Lord John Russell , who can play more than one line of character , in his _sreech
in the Ilouse of Commons on that same question , declared hia belief that the people of London were mora intelligent thnn the members of ( he House of Commons ; and surely , after such a declaration , no supporter of his lordship will urge suoh an objection . Only my Lord John is apt to change—tho cameleon is a standard for light and shade compared to his lordship . The Whig leader was clothed that night in the garb o ? Radicalism . The soul of John Ball seemttl in the possession of the iast of the Rus 9 . ells ;; . and iris lordship , big with his love of justice , appealed nobly to the honourable members of the thrice honourable house , on behalf of the Jews , and asked who conld interfere with God ' s judgment to man ,
Stf ike from his hand the balance and the _roo _. Prejudge his justice , be the God of God . How sympathetic and patriotic on behalf of God ' g Jews . Why not extend the _sympathetic chord te God ' a Christians ? I hope your sympathies will _nafc be encircled by so narrow a creed ; all . men are brethren , and if your hearts pant to bursting for the Jew , remember , I / beseech _6 ij |/ 'on } ihe poor Samaritan , whoaa heart is kind and feelings generous ; but poor in pocket , and cannot , like the- _Rothschilds and Barings , boast of his millions , and command the services of great lords and rich commoners / . My youth and poverty are objections raistd by some . of my opponents . Age is not always . indicative of wisdom , nor ia poverty of disgrace . But with an these objections against- me , I will not resign in layout of Mr Barnard or Admiral Dundas . The poor Chartist would not hold a seat in the senate with a _conscience s _<> _deaS
to humanity as that of Admiral Dundas , the supporter and advocate of flogging .. But who . voted for bim ? The merchants ahd _shophpeporsinf thia borough . Who then flogs the soldier ? The drummer . "Who ordera the drummer to layon the lash ?; The colonel . Who aided to grant the power to tbe colonel ? . Admiral Dundas ,: Arid who gave the power te the Admiral ? : The electwa of Greenwich , Deptford , and Woolwich . Certainly not ' , unanimously , but by a majority . -And . as for Mr Salsmons , he is a Whig , _and'itwould be _treachery tolibcrty—treason _tojustice , to roaign my claim in favour of such a ' poiiticiam 1 _wiltat the next election contest this borough against all' of them , Still willing to give , way for abe tter man—but no compromise . Remember , we _L-narra is the groundwork of the _atruggler-the raht ot tne people tq _foodand shelter in- tho land of their . birin , the motto of our banner— ¦; -- *'• i '•
There ' s' a good _«*• coming boyi-a gcbd t ' mfl _coming _, Aid it aU you can , every woman , * vary man , _ThegoodtfmecomlHg . - . „„„ . _ Littlf aids rightlygl _^ It will be strong enough one day . wait a lit lo longer . ( Immense and long continued applause . ' ' " _^ 5 fi _^ _tt »* elccti 0 D " - move the following resolution — Tbat we tbe electors and _oon-alectois of the bowmen nfGr « _anw '« V _i » puWo . 'meettaR as « n > Med „ t fcft _* . to & £ 3 _^ princ iples held by . _Mt-Samuel Kydd , io , _luciflly , eloquently ,, and forcibly set forth oa this and many occailoD _* , do hereby pledge turselvts , individually and colloctively , to use every tffort within our power *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05021848/page/7/
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