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    W ^"^ P\ All Old Countries. The Socialis...

    _w _^ " _^ p _\ all old countries . The Socialists _joog _^ _Lmanists of France have no ri ght to jp _d _Vi ose are opposed to them in princifct _* pU _isorily to adopt their creed , or lire p _frt _^ q _gocial arrangements they propose . _nffl er j _, aTe the right to ask from the State , ' 5 ° « Ion * as they obey the laws binding ib _* as c - ? KnSj tue state in j _^ _nm shall _afnrf _r _tcm « l protection , facilities and « tv to carry iuto practice those economical _^ fioral news which they sincerel y believe _hAest calculated to promote the general _^ _SJthe President of the French Repnhlic __? L ss ed sufficient common sense to have com-P ° _^ _o _^ ed this p lain and important princi p le _^ Tiad he possessed sufficient _flonrage and _man-* ZZ to have made it the groundwork of a _sistent and impartial a & mnistrative policy , , _ff _^ _iu Vut have become { fs great in history fc * V peaceful and _benetcial achievements as _x- fa tuous predecessor , and the _spontaneous _Sction of a _prosperous , free , and fexppy

    _Cv _*^ _v 5 i _~ . __** _m '* _¥ if % n _« Ail _£ _»* _«^ _iinriti _jai ' _nti ¦¦¦¦ * _± I _« ficnle would have _ensured the _pennase & cy ot \ v - tenure « f _office . Suppose that ! _fos efforts f the Socialists , vr Coimnunists , lad failed to realise their _eSpectations , the _fetoe would ot have been _attached to him < . the parties / _. _ntfaced in _iitese social _experiments would j _^^ _onvinced themselves , in _€ ie onl y practicable and irrefutable way -of the fallacy 0 f their theories ; and if _tlrsy be indeed ini-Tgaeticable , all classes vefchi have been the _Stter fbr "the lesson . Those who opposed the geir social theories , would _% ave no longer had to contend with a _phssti & oni . The masses ould "no longer have beea attracted by

    avihiw _-mfe-a . In any case , the _President—who gave a ( art chance _' tothemasses-oftrying , in . peace and ln order , t ! : c realhstion of their _-oplsrons _*;^ onld have rcecrvefl in return their _Jgratitade and _attacesnerit _3 » an impartial -arid _con-^ tutional _ruter-. ; Bat , on the otiher hand , j _gnpjmse that _dieiprkci p les and tbe -elaborate ¦ _calculations snbodkd in Louis - ! N _« _goleon ' s own pamphl _^ , '" _§& e _Extincttoa _> di _fauperjgm , * had _pccved ' cerrect , npon being _^ irl y and adequately trieVi—suppose tfeat t _& e Prince-President , In tas Elysee , _hatlactSi upon the convictioss of - _n < ie Prince-prisoner in Ham

    _Castle—suppose that , instead ' - « banding himself _^ _th-these whose _ohVw _& irAisto keep the i toiling masses- ever _atthetottom-ofthe social ; scale , he _basVgiven the _wgigftt-of his name and _inSaeEC £ ? i » Voluntary _-JoiSt-Stock Companies , _& r f " tS _» 3 purpose of _ctHEfeKiing agrica- * - ; tare , marrafoctures , and 'handicrafts , in harmonioas _^ proportions , asa -upas just and _ra-j tions ! principles : —what -weald have been ihe ; _result-l _^ _lie would have conferred—notoMii

    _FraECC'aloGe , but upon the _^ wcrld—the greatest _feoorrevar conferral by acy _individual , at any _jeritM of the wcrad s _^ 4 _t : story . _Labstnv Capital ,-and Machinery , - " reconciled to _= eacb other , and properly directed under the great law of'human brotheehood , would have laid the-foatfdution of a _uevr-ssd superior _--seeiai 6 ystem , and the rafer _,-nnda : whoseacspices it _-was-feaugnrated , -would have eclipsed : in history the renown of theH ? irst Napolean . \ _IVhether the net ? - _'Sobisl theories foiled of

    succeeded he would _iave _^ been safe ; _« s it is ; he-ha _* -bst the esteem _oytupport _oftkei-peo _? pie , and , for a mess of * -pottage , heiassoJd _lumself to a clique-of intcguers for otker pre ; tenders to power , _vho but wait a . fitting iJEe 'End opportunity ? tc hurl him icta that obscufiiy from _whieh'hc emerged _ts ? o years a ** o in " despite of them , to fill an _^ _siice' for which' his conduct proves him to be totall y . _incapably either as respect the qualities-of Lead eraeart .

    'Yes : " a knave , _s _^ _onrr a fool witli _-a-ckcum-. _bendibas . " "With -the-cv st magnificent pp 4 porturities ever _voschsifed to human being , of achieving the hi g _hest and most IaEting dist tinctiensand _honaacs , Louis Napoleon has ' chosen to shut his -ey « 3 > 3 n all the experience _c-f ths past—to , rcpeatfc a worse ferae , all the ; errors and political _xxnsies of _the-Bonrbous and ' Orleans families , -down even to the beggarly Dotation Biy _? , ' - _^? hich rendered Louis

    Philkpe utterl y _oacteirptible , and powerfull y _contributed to * his fail and expulsion from _jFraoce . The ultimate result is _notscouhtful . History abounds with- emphatic _andVpregnant examples of the fate of such men . MSemesis ever tracks the _stpps- _' _-ef those _who _^ recreant to- thsir own _prefesaens , violate _Ifee great p rincip les of _juseice . Louis Napoleon ..-is doomed to fall

    - '" Unwept , _unaoncorad _, and _nnsnagj ' except , it may be , _ij-thosewhodesireio . make his---wretched career , point " a mojf . il , and adorn a t _; ile _, ' : Escm the _divisiea 3-. iEl ; he various . bureaux , _Sie . general opposition-eviaced by all-parties in the Assembly , and _? _iae known opicions of Ike parties _appointedi-to report on the Dotation : Bill , it is not vary : improbable that 4 t will herejected , sothatthe _] . perjured President will , in that case , lose even ihe pecuniary _toward for . 3 » _5-treason .

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    . LEGISLATIVE _'HONOUR . An . attempt on the pari > cf the _^ lill- _«\ _rzer 5 to legalise the system of relays , has been ,- signally defeated in the Ccni 8 _io » s , notwithsie _^ djng wie'fanatical support of _JMr . Bright- . and his _coasce denunciation , of _^ ill who think 'that he , and his class , _should = sot be allowed = _cnlimited _j _> ov ; er over the _cnforlanate labourers , whom poverty p laces . _uuder their coatrcL The _Eos £ 5 , however , _wliilecit shrunk from-so glaring a . breach of faith , _rCoiapeusated itself

    by carry ing—with great « nanknity—the _eompromise . Cianse , which adds half an hour aday _tothetinie-Sxed by the Act . of 1817- Lord Ashley ' s _desertion of his cliests has been , so far , followed bv evil results ; ifck to be feared ¦ worse are boHnd . His past _experience of the _TVhigs oag _' _tt io have _cenvinced . him tliat the y are insincere , evasive , and dishonourable , whenever their personal or party _purposes are to be subserved and , in _accepting the compromise , he < _isgiit at least to have stipulated that the com _:.-rfcmise apj lied io ell Factory

    labourers , _witk'ty-i exception . If it does not do so , the onl y valuable portion of ihe compromise , namely , that which recognizes the principle ofa restriction on the moving power , Is lost Lord Asb £ ey neglected to mai : e this distinct stipulation , and Sir George Gj # j took _adjantage of that neglect , to exclude " . children" from the _operation of the Act . They may he worked at different periods of tbe day , and , practically , will be subject to the same _inconvenience and suffering that the Acts -of 1814 and _loiT were designed to remove .

    "With real or assumed simplicity , Lord Ashley said he presumed that the omission of children was merely accidental , and , therefore , his " Eight Ron . Friend " _nouii have no _objeetioutohis motion , that tlie omission he rectified . " If is Rig ht Hon . Friend " thereupon told him , that so far from being accidental it was intentional , and tliat he was not prepared to _pkee children on the same footing a * " women and _yc-ung _peVsons "—they may be worked at what hours tho mill-owner pleases . It was in vain Lord Ashley pointed oat that this nullified the measure ; that in the rural manufacturing districts , of both

    Lancashire aud Yorkshire , where the children lived at a distance from the mills , they would have to walk miles on a winter morning before daylight , and after darkness had fallen at night Sir George was inexorable . He had trapped the timid and _waveriiig Kepresentative ofthe Factory Operatives into the acceptance of a compromise favourable to the inaslc-rs ; that compromise had heen carried in consequence of its adoption by Lord Ashley . The mischief was done , and he eared not for objurgation or _complaint , so long as the " Manchester School " at his back , could be cozened to coutinuf _^ ne r support to a feeble and rickety _adininisirati 011 ' _*«<»' Ashley , on J » _wg defeated , said he _considered himself

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    absolved from any . farther observance of a compromise which had thus been essentially violated ; but we fear this tardy _repudiation and repentance comes too late to be of any avail . He has played into the hands of an unprincipled and . heartless Ministry , and given up to an _unscrupulous ,, _selfishj and grasping clique of profitmongersi the great princi ple , which , for the last quarter ot a century at least , has been so nobl y , so energeticall y , and so consistently contended for hy the factory operatives and their real friends . They are beaten because they have been deserted and betrayed ; and we fear , that the want of determination and of moral courage which Lord Ashley has so often displayed _ at _critical moments on this question , will ,

    under present circumstances , lead to the passing of a measure which throws the ' , whole question back for atleast ten years ; the whoW work will have to be done over again , unless Lord John Manners and the honourable and honest members of tho House , succeed in throwing the disgraceful evasion of justice and gcod faith—concocted b y Sir . George Grey and his profitmongering allies—overboard . In that case we may obtain a real Ten Hours Bill next session . There is one other _alternative which we suggest for the immediate consideration of the Short Time Committees and the Delegates sow in London . Sfec-uld the Commons decide

    on passing the BiH fo its present shape , they nnght commence & vigorous canvass among the Peers , with Him view of inserting the clause . prepared by Mr . Butt , aud which has been ! declared by _lalsryers of eminence to be sufficient for all _tfoa purposes of a him fide Tea Hours Act As one branch of the _Legislature , the _& ords' are as deepS y pledged to maintain -good faith with the operatives as the Commo & s , and they are to a great _eStent , exempt from the warping _iaSaences , w _& ch in the Lower House obscure _a ' nd blunt the perceptions -cf many " honourable members . "

    No onevnll accuse the _Losds of sympathising too _warml y with the * 'Manchester School " aud its clique of selfish _5 & w breakers . Lord _Lansdewne is , we _beliese , too honourable a _man'Xvillingl y to lend himself for the promotion of _suek palpably _sordid'objects as the dishonest _seotiea of the _mill-owners have'in view , while Lore-Stanley is far -to * hi gh-spirited to stoop , to'the dishonour of 'being their-mstrument to ; _nrhjlaSe _Parliamentary good _& ith . If tias ! _hint'tje forthwith _acted upon , snd the Tea-si insert the clause _^ _which _"wrj-jld effectually

    carry out the origfeal _intentiOrs of the Lcgis- latere in 1817—the'Houseof _fjommons would , - in-that case , be _> _ce _§ fipelled _elfoer to _accepfrthe Bill so amended , -e ' r to throw it out for the "Session ; in which'case the Ten Hour _party would re-enter ice field wi _& the advantage of dtaviug one Chamber ' of the Legislature _avowedly with _~ - % hem , arid _= a substantial-arid ; icdisputable claim on'the honour _aadvgorjd " _feithof _theotitts-.

    "A word to ~ the wise Is enough . " 7 Fim _$ y « snd earnest _« zertions may yet prevent- ' ' thb _timidity and fdse polity K _/ f * Lord Ashley ; aatl the disingenuons , -unpriE _3 i pIed _shuSing _'» _taid _duplicity of _^ Sir" George ' Grey , from ' " robbkrg the factory- 'operatives- _^ f tiieir endoubted rig ht—a geacine , sub ' stential , and _HnplasM ) le ' lea Hours Ast .

    _PARLIASiENTaJlT REVES'Sr . "With the hot weather and tbe _longways , the hardwovk , _and'the protracted "sittings of both Hoases _usuallytjeznmence . The'Mouse of Lords , - which , _witis-one or _twa exceptions , has not sat above aa hour in _titree or" four = days in tlie week , - 0 ? tr since February , engaged , ev « n _duiingvtlhat time , in-talking aimless twaddle , _hsis-acw _commeaiced its ordinary Jlidssmmer labsurs , and sts _> _asaal ] y till one or two o ' clock ia the morning . :-This is the consequence of 'the practice of 'Originating

    the majority of measures in the _^ Commons , where they _dinger _for-jnonths in the-earl y part ofthe _sesefen ; and-when thrown » npon the Lords in shoals afc . a late period , they are either compelled to work " double _^ _tides , '' or to cast them aside -forafoe year . With _= the eiceptinnof-a : oney bills , which _eonnot-be constitutionally- in _troduohS in the House bf Peers , there is _notsiecessity _^ for this _practicef-aad it "ivould not _^ nly conda & 3 _materiall y 'to * tike convenience of * , both Cfcambers , bat _^ _totthe proiduction of * _se ! l consi & _sred Acts of Parliament ,

    if the _Adraimstratiea were to provide both « 7 ith a fair _; _and _-equiJibl y divided , proper tion -cf work fronr the _begisning of tlie session . In _anany _respeotej . the I & ase of L ® _rdsvis > tetter _> £ tted for the : initiat « ry stages of 'Legislation _ii-an the House of 'Gammons . Its _^ members hive more _leisurpj _and-siost _ofthese = whatake an active _parfcin its _pnscsedings , have received _Stat practical-aiid judicial _trainingAvhich isso valuable iu _impartingsrplicitness to thes 7 erbal enactments of a hiE- as well _as : proyMing ¦ forthe _duecoharence : _iffiid consistency . of its _pscvisions as a _* vrhole .

    "fThe more aetire and : pcpular braneh _. ofethe _Leg islature is lamental % ' defective in-.-these _regpects . The'host of-Mils which are . esch year introduced _^ and wStiidrawn in _ordeivto tiese-introducediK an . _aussnded and alte ? cd form—the number of Acts passed _eadh-sessiaa to . a _& _er , amend , asd . explain Acts passed hi former _sessions—* _sd . again to alter , ame' 4 d _, and _esp lain former _.-sxplanaelory Acts—proves , to demonstration , rthat . _; ia this department great Unprovement 6 > 2 iay _bejiaade , and are im-, perativcl y required , ; Loi _« d Stanley , two er three- . j _^ _ears since , fried : his _JUand upon the _^ _abr ject , aud introduced . a , _Bj ] J , which , _though _Selective , was admitted to ffee useful ; _hut , _V somehow , or other the matter ; dropped , _an 4 . we I shave not beard of it _sinae . !

    While : fiie Lords arc _^ thas occupied in making up . _sor their previous idleness , the Coaimons sit night and day te _compensate for their _incarable habit of dawdlieg . over iheir work in tbc _^ _ai'ly _pericd of tlie _sesrion _,- ; . said the result of this hig _h-pressure action of the Legislative machine , is to scamper over such an amount and -variety of work in a » eek , _:-lhat it is difiicult to keep pace with _k iu _ttihe way of _comment .

    The Bill for Extending the _Pi-aneaise in Ireland _easountered-a , warm opposition from Lord Stanley and the Tories , on the _second reading , thoagh _lbey- & d not think it prudent to _divfde on the _princip le . Their _policy it would appear , is to damage and mutilate it in committee ; _aad , from Ihe course taken by-Earl St Germaius on the matter , it would appear as though thcPeeliteand Tory sections ol the House will coalesce fer the purpose of . raising the franchise to £ 12 , instead of £ 3 , and of malting other altemtSons which will : efiee £ adly destroy _wliatovor h ' ttla _tliGl'fl is ill j

    ths Bill that is valuable , in a popular sens ? . Lord Stanley ' s tone in opposing it ivas bitterly hostile , and—as far as regarded the people of Ireland—absolutel y insulting . He said the measure proposed " to abandon the elements of substantiality , and makeup for the deficiency of quality of materials b y increasing tho quautity of rubbish . ' Of course Irishmen who lire in £ 8 houses will remember this complimentary designation , while the excluded masses in this country need be at no loss as to the estimation iu which the impetuous Rupert of the Tory forces holds them . He emphatically warned his compeers , that

    If a hundred representatives , elected by sucli a _constitujney , wei « to bo introduced into the House of Commons , it would not he long before * the poisoned chalice would lie commended to our own lips . ' ( Hear , hear . ) The bad materials infused into tlie composition of tha . House of Commons would not be satisfied till they had _extended still further Ihe samo principle into tho composition of lie English portion ( hear , hear ); and tho lowest deraocratical infusion would gradually , and certainly , and _rapidly undermine the constitution of this _coimtry . ( Hear , hear . ) . _;

    Tho ready responses to these warnings prove how much the aristocracy of this _. conntry are afraid of the growing _pow « f we people ,

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    and their firm determination to resist , as far as they caii or dare ; any larger infusion of the democratic element into our institutions . That they should feel this alarm at the prospect of "the _Constitution of this country being undermined , which confers upon them rank , _stationj wealth , influence ) , ' and supreme rule over the masses ' is riot to be wondered at . That the excluded millions , who are thus openly defied , and told that the object and intention ofthe British Constitution is to make [ and keep them political " rubbish" should be

    , as determined to win for themselves political emancipation and equality , is equally natural . Which of the parties engaged in this great contest will eventuall y conquer ? Lord Stanley mi ght answer the question from his own official and political experience . The determination of his order to resist all progressive extension of political rights to the people has been beaten in every instance where the latter were fairly organised . Is it likely , that

    with increased knowledge and augmented powers , they trill ultimatel y bepreventedfrom achieving _tie object tbey . ttim . at _^ -tbat ' ofj political equality ? Lord Stanley and the Tories know better ! They may ; retard , but they cannot prevent that consummation * . It is merely a question of lime ; and the t _£ me doesisot depend so much upon either Lords or Commons as upon the people themselves . When they have made their minds up on the subject the rest will follow .

    Incidental to _tfea question of . the Franchise the social aspect of matters in Ireland has been the theme _> of discussion ia both Houses . Now that _tlra _$ & uic produced 'try the famime and the pestileaco has passed iwray , the laudlords are for _ffingingoverboard'the laws which , in the extremity oftheir _distress , they were compelled ts submit to , and _Vhich bind them to treat the wretched people with something like hamgaity . The Poor Law , and other enactments connected wl _& i the disposal « _#

    Encumbered Estates , _«* & violentl y attacked iu both "Houses . The Iiifldlords have _got'dtfr cig _ht-or ten millions , -trad they now wish to _sauflfe'out of the terms on which they'Were permitted to squander'that money , and to'be allowed in future to govern Ireland after the _old feshion of landlordism . Not content with _lig'riisg driven by their execrable system _dearl y _oce'cighth ofthe _papulation to foreign _^ sliores , 'in _^ search of the _subsistence denied them in their native land , " -the wholesale _appropriators ¦ ofthe soil seem to bo bent upon a war of

    extermination ; and in the prosecution of their design to re-establish the supremacy of their "dlass with all its consequent oppression , _injustice , tyranny and horrors , _^ hey talk in _Parliament treason as glaring _as'the valiant [ 'Protectionists " -st the Crown -and Anchor , under the Presidency of the © tfke of Richmond . If the-Irish landlords _nvere Irish Democrats or _SHeli tenants , wbald'uot the Whi gs assert the dignity of Ihe law 3 "But they are landlords and aristocrats , and _^ therefore Justice becomes-deaf as well as blind !

    The Australian Colonies _SBill has also ! formed _thebaic of lengthened debates in the-Upper Chamber ; but , notwithstanding con- ' : siderabfe-a « d powerful » opposition it has so far : escaped tomutilated . -Ministers havo _hcldj their _own , .-and Earl * Grey 'has not yet- to mourn o _vp _^ any damage _'tokMstast Leg islative bantling . 'That it wilt give _^ general dissatisfaction ' - "to the colonies'far "which it is in- ; tended- _- ! 3 < n 3 w certain . "; The _^ Colonial Secre _t tary , _sretke when he niay , " _^ dll leave 'Office witn tiie Tepntation 6 f'having bungled everything he . _-pat his hand to as _^ a Minister . ¦

    Much'of the time of the _^ _Ccmmons has beeri occupied * with the .-Metropolitan Inte ? i ? ient . s Bill , _^ _he Members _= 'for tlhe _metropelitan district-have , with one or two exceptions _^ given > _it a-strenuous opposition , which-hithert _^ has been _* _v / ithout elfect . _Aiknost all the essential ; positions of » the' _. _< m « aswe have been _passedsin committee , and' . there is now- every prospect _^ cf its passing ; Parliament nearly in the _fihjape it was ? _-introduced . _Many-of its provisions are of _so-trausual a character < in our _Legiala _^ wn , andth © _---v / holemeasurei 3 _'OEs of bo importent a nature ; _& at we shall take _advantage of _; its future stages to : _derote a • _-separate artidatfrits consideration .

    _Iaithe coarse of tke- _'weekj-ibo _Premiecmade two _annouEcementfr-of importance . ; . The one was ,-thatithe Great _^ eal . _has been ; put into commission for a short timej . _avowedl y to enable ihe ; 6 o 7 ernmentio prepare a measure for _sepasatipg _^ he _judicial from the political _Sanctions _^ f ; _the-Lord ChaC 3 ellor-f 4 he other , vthat the Sabbatarians are ; . io _have'Cieir-own - _« ray , and t _& _atithffi-Queen _^ _hat ; been . _aSvised to give the _ftdlest _effect to the , « _ddress-6 arried on _Sliat subject-, b y ; Lord Ashley . 'We have a suspicion feat con & ossion on _tiiis latter point

    iaidesigned . to arouce the country' . _torjesistance to the _encroachments of the . _saintSriipon civil a _^ d social "freedom , by _giviHg-the-cemmunity-d ; large a practical _jllustr _^ iou , of tho inconveniences and _injuries whiehtho _.-Jedaical _eystem wo _^ d : mip _9 se upon _sdiclasses . The great _mcrchants , pf : London , when they originated or patronised a _^ _mojament w _* ich gave them aa advantage , over riheir pro _« incialcompetitors , did _noteoateropiate the turning oHhe _tabled upon _thetssolves , . _^ we hope they tt _^ J be by a ! strict _complianca . with Lord . Ashley ' s motion .

    If it be _stEful . to . _^ ollect or .-sort'letters on a Sunday , _ft « mu st ,.. _< _tf course , _* e equally sinful to transmit < themi by rail or otherwise . In the case of a mail arriving at Liverpool _orrSouth-. ampton on _a-SaturVhiy night , - « fter tho mail train has left for " _Lendon , the letters'brought by such mails _wilr-have to be detained until Sunday night , . or , _strictly speaking , Buntil Monday moru'iag—no matter how _impoytant their contents S £ _ay'be » to the mon « y _dealew of 'Lombard-street , _^ _hebrditers of J _* iacinfj-l ; tne , the _.-corn speculators in _^ fark-lane ,

    orthejfib-: _becs . fin 'Change . 'Wc suspect thcseeKtra pious gentlemen did not bargain for such &< _result-as this . They wanted , under the guise-of _reverence'fsr the Sabbath , to retain a itfivilege which . most have been most valuable to themi —namely , priorit y of commercial information ' on the 'Monday morning , at the expense of the provincial trading community . If _tLord John rigorously enforces the > _policy of the _J _" u-. daicai Pharisees , there is hope that the _coaji- . try at large will he roused to « ich a pitch « v * indignation as will put them < _aWn summarily ] and effectually ..

    Another long debate on the ignorance , mismanagement , Vastfulness , and folly , exhibited since the commencement of the new Houses of _Parliament , ended in apologies'and confessions and promises to look after matters in future , which can only have the effect of shutting tbe stable door when the steed has been stolen . Every day ' s experience of the New House of Commons , proves that it is utterly and irremediably unfit forthe purposes for which it was constructed . In fact , it would seem that the study of the architect , and all concerned , has been wilfully and deliberatel y to run counter to all that experience , practice , science , and common sense have

    combined to establish as precedents _m such cases . They have literall y " done what they ouglft not to have done , and left undone that which tbey ought to have done , " and the only thing they can now do is to pull down a considerable portion ofthe building attached to the Commons House , and commence , as it were , de novo . At present , members sit in & species of square well , in which the voice is so dispersed that those who are a few yards distant from the speaker cannot hear a word ; and if , as was patheticall y remarked by Lord Dudley Stuart , they ohey tho cry , " speak up , " it makes the matter worse , as the voice is then drowned b y the echo . A committee is promjied to see what can bo made of this

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    _f n _? f T _etoae _and _? _. _mortarJM another is talked of , to see what can-be done -with _. ats counter-part in Trafal gar-square , which : seems to have been erected _.-for the . express purpose ot _nidmg and _destroying-not exhibiting and preservwg ; the national pictures . . ¦* r-

    By- _a-combin ' ation of Irish and Scotch members , advantage was taken of the usual dinner hour to set aside an ' elaborate arrangement respecting the duty on' homo made spirits . Our readers aro aware that three different duties are levied in Ireland , _Sdotland , and _England , npon spirits , and that all home made spirits are charged with duty at . the mouth of the worm . , This has been , _orijarious occasions , complained of as being unjust ; _u ia doman ( 1 made , that an allowance should be made for leakage , evaporation , and waste , so that the distiller ¦ or-retailer Bhould

    bo onl y -charged for the quantity' actually brought into the market . Sir Charles Wood asserts , that he made _arrangements which compensated for , the loss under ' theso hands ; but , as we hare said , the Irish and Scotch members took him by surprise ; and though he spoke _agajnst time in . order " to allow " _, a House" to , be whipped , . they succeeded in driving him to a division , in which he waB defeated . - Will the Government accede as readily to tlie resolution on . this point as they did to the resolution for restriction , on the

    Sunday ? We suspect not . It involves tho loss of iwemie , and the reKgion of our rulers is aptly typified by the story of the beggar _andtheparson . The beggar commenced by _askiDg a shilling to relieve his destitution , and gradually abated Ms request till it came do * _-u to a half-penny , without receivin g anything but a stern denial . At last he asked for the blessing of the hol y man . " . . * . " With pleasure , " was theteply . ' " Ah then , " said 'the beggar " I won't have it ; if it . had been worth a halfpenny you would not have parted with it . "

    National Association Of United Trades. E...

    _NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . Established 1845 . ' T . S . © UNcoMBR , Esq ., President . 'IfitwerepoSsihlcforthe working classes , by _combining among themselves , to raise or keep the general rate of wuges it nced'liardly lie said tliat this would be a thing not to be _punUhtd , but to be _welcomed nud rejoiced at . _'SidahtMill . ¦ ' . - ' .

    During me past week the Central Committee have been engaged iu preparations for the ensuing campaign , when they will endeavour to give the Trades an opportunity of electing between-a , long _continuanco in their present isolated , . and , " therefore , ' necessaril y exposed and unprotected position , to that to which they are invited , whose unity of action and combination of power and resources would enable tbem to effect what Stuart Mill—no mean authority—pronounces a thing "ft ? be welcomed end-rejoiced at , " _thuti is , to " raise or keep up ¦ _thetoeiieralrate of uwjes . "

    Nothing , perhaps , wonld _contribute so much to the general prosperity as would this power in the hands of the working classes , judiciously and temperately exercised . A steady and remunerative rate _df wages enforced by the determined and united action of the _better paid trades , in the first instance , would soon bo felt through every department of in'dustry , b y the _constantl y increasing demand it ivould occasion for ' all descriptions of home manufacture . This improved home trade would again in its turn , 're-act upon those very trades whose 'um ' _Cy-and -spirit put this industrial reform in motion . The whole army bf industry , and , in-addition , that large and important class'who live by < tho exchange ov distribution of the-manufactured _wealths Great

    Britain—would feel the dnsta-nt effect 'of tiiis ocnstitutional and beneficial combination * The : gi _\ ols and _"workhouses would gradually , give back to society a greats portion of theiripresent ' dense and ' - unliappy . population . The 'unpatriotic trade of the Emigration-mongers woiild receive a salutary check , ' _iind the puling-senti-. nteutality-otVinan y Of our suckling Legislators . would evaporate from '<¦ lack of its _customary _ipabtiluin , and society'would begin _toresutne : that _cheerfulii : spect , which was its wont -in itfee days of oar forefatlters .

    It is to carry to the tuades of _thisxjountry _;*! _knowledge of . the means by which _^ _sodesira'ble a change-can be accflmplished- _^ _that-isithe mission of the Executive during ! tiie ensuing year . T . S . _iiDuncombe , Esq _.-i-the . _generoas acd patriotic president of this "association , from its commencement in \ _2 io—although prevented by _^ _diis severe and protracted illness from taking , an active-part in its pi _* ogress , "has , eacouraged with the prospects of -speedy ; _recosrary , renewed his _offiir of support and ¦ „ patronage to _theaworkiug-tlasses , _in _« , ny proper and legal effort to improve their position . He _tafess precisely the same view . now in ¦ 1850 s _asifca did at _ifeho first s Conference > in / 1845— - _wltan , in _aceppt-jng the _niffice of , president ,-he thus _addressedithe _assembled delegates : —

    _•' _. ' _.-Cne andsU .: £ _dniit ; thc « _J 7 ast increase that ' has ' taken place in llie . u » tioiiaL . woultb _-wliile . they -are _coinpSlcd al 8 o . ; to _,-. vidtni ( i y p av legicinmte titc _to- ; i _sluroof it ; _bntli , y some iti * s : plicablc deficiency- in _.. wltat . _itiiay lie tf . _n ' Jlei tlie . division of _letfisiatioivall havofiiled to put . you in _possession _oj-yotr admit 1 - ted , _rigats . If the ? , as . _nonmnn caii » deny , the _geniusiinil indasliry of our _j-eople have . given , rise to . _avasi r _^ _cumuktisn of national wealt !;; and -if tne _. pBtBciple of professing . _pte'l . iiitropists » . ao true , [ that youaro ' pre-emieatly entitled to youR . sliaro _; I _. _caii-chiiiscterise _tliisausemblyiKO othcrwisefthan as -the nuw-bom genius of J ! n _«; land—ri _« liteously , _naaceably , boldly , _and-bonostlydooking _foVjita share

    of the . _property £ _liafc _„ . itself . _ewates ; while your _wiliiogneu to submit . your _ssaiul _olaiinseto be arbitrated _« apon by others , must convince , even your _truiuesrs , that _yqur ( Iemaij 4 n are so jus . t _nthat joa are . indifferent as to , the eliaptictcr . of t ' liertribuiir . l . to . wjicse _judgmmit they .. sball be _subnufctcd . ' _ifiyousce _iK'iideiieQ ,-. _safe _iy , ar . il success _injthe _coui' 63 . tlmt _; I have pointed _out-rras I never _rasommend what , I am not prepared _; to attempt , ; aad bolievi » ig , yoiH" eau 9 o to _ba . just „ ycur- niotivestto be _hoaaurablc , and yonr _ _^ bjee ' t 8 . desirable - _* - i shall _Jtwld _mysslf in the . iacreasQd estimation . jf I can Iw instrumental , eitjb . * r within or without , tho walkofjl' _-ii'liauient , ic advanci . _ig your in- , ; tercsts . " i

    It _mus _& be confessed , _thafetSie trades to whom this eloquent . _aupeal wasaddressed , havcgiven . but a ' sorry response to this generous offer ; ; bu " t , at _thegauib . time , the peculiarity of the circumstances wlikh have give _^ i to , tho years .: _i . 8 l 7 and 18-a 8 snob a bad _preneiniuGncy iu the world ' s history , wiU , in a great measure , if _not-entircl y , account for their baci . ward ! iess in respending to _tho . _ajkncc find inyitation » _t ? f so irue .-a friend to _fcheati'liistrious cla-sscs .

    _Thcjjlans of tlio _iGentral Committee-. wall , iua few days , be matured , and they will -then issue au _/ ippeal to theu * fellow _working men . They will distribute . this appeal throngh , t | ie length and breadth of < _fc ! _ie laud—they will carry it to their workshops . aiid club meetings ;; and , at alt fwents _, if they » re still determined to remain tha same _passive er unreasoning slaves to the power of capital ou the one hand , and to their own selfish prejudices on the other , it shall not he because they _intve not had an opportunity afforded them of making ' themselves acquainted witli the full extent of tlie g rievances they labour under , _itnd their folly in their patient endurance / but also in being instructed in a simple remedy for theso

    grievances : — A NATIONAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL COMBINATION OF LABOUR-FOR LABOUR'S PROTECTION . Wm . _Pjsbl , Secretary . 259 , Tottenham-court-road .

    Another Roujanekt Cuke Of A Ifcitvous He...

    Another _roujANEKT cuke of a _Ifcitvous Headache and Giddiness in the Head by HoLunm"s Fins ' . —Mr . W . Smith , of-No . 0 Wttle _'fliomas _^ treet , Lambeth , -suffered for many vear with a nervous headaclie and giddiness in the toad , whirl ! so prostrated his strength that he had very little lione of recovery . His disorders completely kifflcd the _sliill of several eminent doctors , who , it appears , mistook his complaint for an affection of the spine , and he got worse under their treatment . In despair , and as a last resource , he _leommeneed' taking Holloway's Fills , which have had the efl ' ect of restoring him to perfect health . ¦ > .

    Scottish Democratic Conference

    SCOTTISH DEMOCRATIC _CONFERENCE

    A Conference ef Cha ' _rlisfPblegatesl " from the leading towns of _Scotland ; met at Edinbur . uh , on Monday last , in the Waterloo Rooms , f . ir tlie purpose of taking into consideration the present state : of Democracy . ' Tho following , _delegates were _pre-I sent at the _Conferenco , viz .: —Mr . William Lindsey , ' ; Aberdeen ; Rev . _'IMr . " Duncansoii , Falkirk ; Mr . William Brown , Glasgow ; Mr . M'Kimni , _Paisley ; Mr . Geo . Campbell , from League of _Progress , Eilinburgh ; Mr . Davis , from Edinburgh Tract Society ; and Messrs . George Bremner and Richard Burkitt , from the Edinburgh Chartist Association . . Mr . Fcar _? us O'Connor , M _. P ., was also present , in com- : pliance with an invitation , and took part in all the deliberations ofthe Conference . Mr . Lindsey , Aberdeen , was called to the ' chair , and Mr . Bromner agreed to act as secretary to the Conference .

    , The several delegates having read their instructions , the Conference resolved itsolt into a business committee , for the purpose , of drawing out a programme of business , out of the instructions which had been road . It was agreed , without discussion , that the first , instruction submitted by the _delegates from the Edinburgh Chartist . Association , which referred to the . propriety of all true Democrats giving their strenuous support to the _National Charter Association , should be placed first on tho programme of business . : It was also agreed , without discussion , to place on tho programme a resolution referring to the raising of funds , in aid ofthe operations of the National Charter Association ; and to the propriety of endeavouring to obtain the abolition of all taxes on knowledge . '

    An interesting discussion then took place on the question whether the following resolution , submitted by the Edinburgh Chirtist . Association , should be placed on the programme : — " That it is the opinion of tho delegates , that any movement' or agitation of tho people fer any political measure short of the People ' s Charter , should be discountenanced , because it is the enactment of that document only which will place tho people on a real footing of equality with each other . " Mr . Campbeumoved , "That the resolution be not inserted in' the programme . " He thought they should give their assistance to every movement

    calculated to enlighten or elevate tho people , though it might not go the whole length of tlie Charter . Mr . Davis seconded the motion . , Mr . O'Connor also supported Mr . Campbell ' s motion . He contended that they woiild best advance the causo of the Charter by aiding other movements for reform , which stopped short of the Charter . After complimenting the people of Scotland on the knowledgo thoy possessed of the principles of the Charter , and their ability to advocate those principles , Mr . O'Connor suggested that , as the substance of this resolution was embodied in the first , . they should , in accordance with Mr . Campbell ' s motion , decline placing it on their

    programme . Rev . Mr . Ddscansow said , if lie thought the present resolution was embodied in the first , __ he should give the first his determined opposition . The . time was now fully come when they should entirely . remove from their minds all . idea of opposing the public mind on any movement whatever , that had a tendency to , make man better . Nothing had afforded hini greater pleasure than to watch the alteration that had taken place within the last three years , in the feelings and sentiments of many Chartists on this point . Ho trusted that , in future , whilo they steadily _-, supported . the Charter , they would also give their hearty support to any movement that tended to act in the same direotion _.

    It was agreed that the reso _^ _'Uon should not he p laced on the programme . The next resolution _propped to ho placed on the programme referred to the nationalisation of land . On its being proposed , Mr . O'Cosson said there was not a single resolution in the programme which gave him greater pleasure than tho one now proposed . He had always advocated tho Charter us tlie "means , aed the Land as the end . It was the darling object ot his life to see the people put in possession of the

    land . Every operative should understand , that it ho does not wish to work upon the land , there were thousands who were desirous of working upon it ; and , by the removal of these from competition in the labour market , the effect would be greatly to increase the amount of labour to all . They were ai present—with twenty-six millions of a population —importing food from all parts of the world , while they wouldhe able to support a hundred millions , if their own land were properly cultivated ; and , at the same time , they would prove better customers to every branch of trade .

    The resolution was then added tothe programme , as were also four others—referring respectively to the more efficient _rorganisation of Land ; tho _establishmentof a Chartist Association in Scotland , to co-operate with the National Charter Association ; the desirability of effecting a reconciliation with leaders who have differed from each other ; and the propriety-of keeping up a correspondence with persons holding- similar opinions in foreign countries . All-the abovo . resolution were inserted in the programme with tho unanimous consent of tho delegates , after a short discussion on each topic , and the < Conferenco adjourned at two o ' clock , to meet again at three , for the purpose of disposing of the-various matters in the complete -programme of business . Afternoon Sitting .

    ' The 'Conference met again at three o -clock—Mr . Lindsey in the chair—and proceeded to take up the first'resolution in'the programme , which was couched dn the _following terms— . " That _thisjConference . urge upon all professing democrats , acknowledging _thofjustiee , utility , and 'consequently the necessity , of thesis points bf tho 'Charter being enacted -ind becoming tho statute law of Great Britain -and Ireland , -tho -propriety -of enrolling themselves as members of tho National Charter Association , and as sash , using every legitimate and honourable means within their power to render _the-exerfcions of the Executive'Committee of

    the _abovotnamed Association as widely _Amused as possible )" _Mi' . _'Davb said ,-that before proceeding to vote upon this resolution , which pledged'them to the support-of tlio 'National Charter Assosiation , he wished- / to . ' 'know _whothai' that Association would advocate ; the social as well as tho political rights of the _peopltr ? By the-social rights of-tho people , 'he re / erred / io those -mentioned in _hi 3-instructions s 7 iz ., Nationalisation-of Land ; the _^ Extension of _^ Credit to all-. ; a . just . and wise system of currency _j _£ iid exchange , ¦ together iwith a sound and _comprehensive national-secular , education .

    ' Mr . _O'CosKOK-said , liediad _nodoubt'bstthat the . adoption . of the Charter would lead . to all the _. _aseasures referred to by Mr . Davis . Ho had great _objections , _however , to tho propounding _* of certain circumstances cs the result of the Charier , when these might never oecur r . s it had only . the effect of _f . roventing _mjiny-fromijoining in the movement ¦ who otherwisejffoulddiavo _.-taken an active part in . its advancement . . , } it \ Davis _said _. tho-socialiights to which he had _referred , were even more _accessary to the people _thaivihcir politiaal . rights , . for they were the only power which we-sld enable them to keep the Charier when ' they had got -it . Till iliese ri ghts were embodied in the programme of the Association , he co ultl not loin its . ranks .

    • Mr . 'O _Ooji . _voii admitted the great importance of the social rights _insisted _upoirby Mr . Davis , and re _jnindedjfcim that when thoy succeeded in obtaining rtho ; Charter they would not bo long in gaining all _iShese . jf , . however , they brought these prominently forward . on nil _occasions , they would only render i , he _principles of tho Charter more repugnant to others , _iind ; tlius retard the cause they meant to advance . Mr . . _Duxc & v'sott said tberc could be-no objection to the Advocacy on Chartist platforms , of such topics

    as these alluded to by Mr . Davis ; but their main objeetrtliould . undoubtedly le to obtniu the enactiiiciifc _« f the _jlteop ' o ' s Charter , 'for by that means only wftaid they be able to sweep out the present House of Commens , and introduce men who would legislate fer the _msses and not for the few . It would only be . whoa they effected this -change that _rhey could possibly obtain any of the social ri ghts referred to . So long as they wero unablo materially to alter the J-lcuso . of Commons , they were only _beatitijr the air . _iaid speaking to no purpose .

    Mr . Campbell _degiued muoh to see some system . of organisation propauaided which would be bettei received hy the public , _., wd thought it would be productive of good , ii a new name were given to their organisation . . Considerable discussion _,-took place on this remark , all tho delegates expfessiiig an opinion decidedly unfavourable to such an idea being entertained , as th . it of changing the name by which tho Chartist body had been so long . distinguished . Mr . Campbeu , ultimately withdrew his suggestion on the subject , nnd the Conference

    unanimously agreed to adopt the first resolution as given above , with the addition of the following sentence , proposed by Mr . Davis : — " That the Conference recommend ( ho Central Executive Cominitteo of the National Charter Association to advocate , along with the . political rights of tho people , the establishment of their social ri ghts , viz . : nationalisation of land ; the extension of credit to all ; a just and wise system of currency and exchange ; together with a sound and comprehensive system of secular education . "

    . . Tho Conference next unanimously adopted the following resolution :- " That with a view to oarry out , as far as possible , the suggestions contained in the preceding resolution , it is desirable that each locality throug hout Scotland should raise a fund , a portion of which to bo transmitted to tho Executive commit ! eo in London , for the purpose of publishing tracts on the principles . ol _swutl and politi-

    Scottish Democratic Conference

    cal economy , the various localities to share in the distribution ofthe tracts in quantities proportionateto tho amount , of _^ theip _. subscriptions . And that , with a view "to the complete emancipation of the press of this country out of the hands of unprincip led and designing men ,. the Conference recommends that , wherever practicable , _committcesshould be appointed for the purpose of carrying out whatever may appear to them likely . to influence . the ¦ Legislature towards the abolition of all taxes on knowledge in general , and the stamped press m particular . " ' ' .. - ¦ '" It was then moved by Mr . Bubkitt , that the following resolution should be adopted .:. 7- . " . That labour should be organised , even under existing circumstances , u | . on a more efficient basis , which would free the . labourer from the tyranny ' of . capitalists , and allow him the . profits of his own industry" ¦'"' . . _-,-- .

    Mr . Brkmner seconded the resolution , and it was unanimously adopted . Mr . Dincakson stated , that as he understood ; a society already existed under the title of the Fraternal Democratic Society , for the purpose of corresponding -with foreigners of , similar political sentiments , he would not take up the timo ofthe Conference by proposing tho resolution on that subject , which he had intended to bring forward . The Conference then unanimousl y ' adopted tho _following resolution : — " That . 1 committee be now appointed with the view of forming ar-Scottish Democratic Association to co-operate with the ) National Charter Association . " . . JMr . _Duncanson proposed the next resolution . There had been , ho said , a great deal of bitter feeling raised amongst parties who had taken an interest in this movement , on account of certain differences that were alleged to exist . It was highly

    desirable that they should bring into the movement all the ih ' tel ' cctuarand moral power that they couid collect ; and with this view , he would propose that the Conference endeavour , _byoverypossibJe means , to effect a reconciliation amongst their leaders , and also to remove , as far as possible , the obstacles to the rap id advancement of their principles . .. ' Mr . O'Connob thought it was most proper that the delegates should express their opinions on this subject . There was nothing so completely damaging to a cause as the antagonism of- its leaders . ( Hear , hear . ) They should-nevei \ allow the an tagonism of their leaders to interfere with tho peoplo ' srights . He thought thero should bo a recommendation issued from , the Conference to Chartists , that they should no longer tolcratb _differences between tiieir leaders . ' '

    After somo further discussion , it was agreed , on the suggestion of the Chairman : — " That an address should be issued from the Conferenceupon this important subject , and widely distributed . " Mr , _Duncanson was appointed to draw , up the address , aRd lay a draft before the Conference next day . On the motion of Mr . O'Connor , a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the Conference adjourned about seven o ' clock , to meet next day at twelve , in Buchanan ' s Coffee-house , for the despatch of the _remaining business . f During the entire proceedings of tho Conference * there wero a number of strangers present , ; among whom were several ladies ; all of whom appeared to take a deep interest in the deliberations of the Conference . , ¦ ' „;

    TUESDAY . .. Tho Conference met in Mr . Buehannn ' s . Coffeehouse , High-street , this forenoon , at twelve o ' clock . The delegates present were—Air . M'Kimni , ' ' . Paisley ; Mr . Brown , Glasgow ; Mr . Burkitt , _Edinburgh ; Mr . Bremner , Ditto ; Mr . Davis , Ditto ; Mr . Duncannon , Falkirk . : > Mr . Lindsey , delegate from Aberdeen , occupied the chair . __ " . , Mr . Duncanson submitted an address to , the democracy of Great Britain and Ireland for the consideration of Conference . Mr . O'Connor moved the adoption ofthe address ; and also that it be published in the A _ortftem Star , and airothev papers that will publish it . ¦ Mr BnowN _, Glasgow , seconded the motion , which was unanimously agreed to . <

    Mr . Burkitt moved : — " That a Central Committee ho appointed to correspond with- the National Charter Association of London , and _^ to communicate with the different . localities of Scotland , for the better organisation ofthe movement . " Mr . M'Kimm , Paisley , seconded the motion , which wax also unanimously agreed to , and tho foltowinggentlemen were appointed a committee : — Messrs . Richard Burkitt " , William Davis , Henry Kay , George Bremner , and Charles Callum _, Edinburgh . Mr . Buhkitt then moved : — "That 3 , 000 copies of the address to the Democracy of Great Britain b © printed at the expense of the Edinburgh Committee , to be purchased by the local societies for gratuitous distribution , or sale , as they might think proper . " Mr . Brown , Glasgow , seconded the motion , which was agreed to . .

    A voce of thanks was then cordially given to Mr . O'Connor ; to Mr . Duncanson , for his address ; and to Mr . Lindsey , of Aberdeen , for his able conduct in the chair . It was agreed that a Conference be held in Aberdeen , in the month of June , _1 & 51 , for' _similar purposes as the Edinburgh Conference ; and ' also that a friendly fueling be kept up between the several local Chartist Societies by a change of deputation at least once in three months . The Conference was then declared duly dissolved , after a pleasant and most encouraging sitting . ... ..... V . *! JV . . _-.- . THE PRUSSIAN REFUGEE _^ - J _&*>

    TO TnE EDITOR . OF THS SUN . Sir , - ~ For somo time past we , the undersigned German political refugees residing in London , have had occasion to admire the attention paid to us not only by the Prussian Embassy but also by the British government . We should not have taken much notice of this , as we should be at a loss . to conceive in what respect we might possibly come into collision with what the Alien Bill calls " the preservation of tho peace and tranquillity of these realms , " but wo have of late read so much in the public papers about orders given to the _Prussian Ambassador to insist upon the removal froth 'England of

    tho most dangerous refugees , and we hate been fop about a week past so closely watched : > by English police agents , that wc really think we must lay the ease before tho public . , No doubt the Prussian government exert themselves to have the Alien Bill enforced against us . But why ? Because wc intevfore in English politics ? It would be impossible to prove that we had done so . Why , then ? Because the Prussian « overnment must pretend that the shot- fired at the King in Berlin was the result of a wide-spread conspiracy , the centre of which is to be _sought in London . _°

    Now , let us look to the facts of tho case . Can the Prussian governmen t deny that Sefelogo , the author of the attempt , besides being a notorious iTia , iman , is a member of the ultra-Royalist Society , the Trcubund ? Can they deny that he is registered in the books of that society as member No . 133 , section No . ' 2 , in Berlin ? . Can they deny that ho has received , not _long' _^ i go , pecuniary aid from that society ? Can they deny that his papers were deposited at tho house of a Major _Kimowpki , an ultra-Royalist , employed attheRoval War-office ? J It is really ridiculous to pretend , in the face of such facts , that the revolutionary partv had anything to do with that attempt . The revo lutionary party have no interest in s ' eeinir the Prince or Prussia arrive speedily at thethrono , but the ultra-Royalists have . And yet the Prussian government is making tlio Radical Opposition _nar

    ior tnc attempt , as it is shown by the now law against the liberty of the press , and by the activity ol tho Prussian Embassv iu London ' We may state , at the same time , that about a fortnight before tho attempt , persons whom we have the conviction tobe Prussian agents ; presented themselves to us , trying to entra p us into reeicidnl conspiracies . We were , of course , not to be made the dupes of such attempts . It the British government desires any informaon respecting ,, , wc shall always be ready to give it . What can it hope to learn by sending spies after us wo are at a loss to conceive . The Holy Alliance , now re-constructing under tho aegis of Russia , would be too glad if they could succeed in making England the only stumblingblock in their way , adapt < •! reactionary policy aft homo . What would become of the anti Russian feeling of England , of the diplomatic notes and

    Parliamentary assertions of her governmen t if j commented upon by an enforcement of tho Alion Bill , called forth by nothing but the _revenue of the Holy Alliance , of which Prussia forms part and parcel ? * The government ofthe Holy Alliance , we hone will not succeed in deceiving the British government to such an extent as would call forth from this Home office measures whicli would seriously affert the long established reputation of Evgland as tha safest asylum for refugees of all parties and of _aH countries . *"

    We remain , Sir , your most obedient servants Ci . ari . es Marx , ) Editors of the NeucRkeS _& h _Fbkd . E . noki , s , / _Zdlmig 0 { Cologne Auo . WiLucir , / Colonel in the Insurrectionaw pi t > 1 1 h ¦ Army in Baden . Gi , Dean-street , _feolio-sqiiare , June 15 , 1850

    A Uextumak Tassino Tlirou"H Onp Of Tu „„...

    A Uextumak _tassino tlirou"h onp of tu „„ w offices was affronted b y some clerks and & l _& l * to complain to the princi pal 7 l S ¦ " & _t- _~ _2 _t _^ bUSed here b >' soroe ofthe raalVin this place , acd have come to acquaint you of it , as I understand you are the _princWi " * ' * 1 _vlf- _' _rWi that the r , e ' Solicitor-General will be Mr . Cockln _trn . _fhis v \\) cuvso a vacancy f or Southampton . " ' '

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15061850/page/5/